Dr. J.C. Solomon of Atlanta, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Georgia delivered two sermons <in Douglasville> yesterday.
He made mention of the whiskey dealers in Atlanta. He referred to badges that were distributed on the occasion of Bryan's visit in Atlanta and said they were an insult to Bryan as well as the state of Georgia.
A large number pledge themselves as members of a local anti-saloon league which was organized with L.C. Upshaw as president.
This article appeared in the "Atlanta Georgian" on October 8, 1906.
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This article from the "Atlanta Georgian and News" dated March 9, 1910 was rather significant for me because it mentions the Ralph community. I know it existed, but can't find a lot of information.
This article was forwarded to the Atlanta paper from the "Douglasville Argus"....a little known local paper.
Now I have some names for possible residents.
The article said......
B.L. Renfroe gave a wood chopping last week and Mrs. B.L. Renfroe had a quilting. Two quilts were made. Mrs. A.N. Irwin, Mrs. E.Y. Hendrix, Mrs. W.T. Williams, Mrs. J. G. Mozley, Mrs. E.F. James, Mrs. Viola Hendrix, and Mrs. C.M. James were in attendance. It was an enjoyable affair especially at 12 o'clock. Ralph Community via Douglasville Argus
"The Weekly Constitution" for August 22, 1882 reported that J.S. James, R. A. Massey, J. P. Watson, and J. M. Baggett represented Douglasville at the funeral for Benjamin Hill.
If that name seems familiar, it should be. Lots of places and roads are named for him....Ben Hill.
You can find out more here.
The "Atlanta Georgian and News" for September 4, 1907 mentions Douglasville College stating that it opened its doors for the fall term on September 3rd. The newspaper also mentioned the school had its largest enrollment ever, and that Professor W.E. Denny of Spartanburg, South Carolina was the head of the college again for the next year.
Weather was the subject of an article dated June 16, 1910 in the "Atlanta Georgian and News" detailing a storm that hit the day before. There was damage to crops and fruit. Hail fell for 25 minutes, and was the heaviest ever witnessed by the oldest residents.
Crop damage was estimated at 50 to 75 percent. There were a great many window panes broken and the telephone system had considerable damage.
This find within the "Atlanta Georgian and News" for April 14, 1908 was very welcomed by me because it gives some exact dates regarding certain town buildings.
A contract was made here Saturday with Baggett & Sebert of this place to erect four stone mercantile buildings on Broad Street to replace the frame structures that now occupy this place.
This will make eight new brick and stone mercantile buildings erected her in the past six months.
Stewart Brothers, I & J Goodinski and W.J. Stringfellow will occupy these buildings.
The location for the Stewart Brothers was still standing until just recently. It was the Smith-Dabbs location that was torn down making a cut-through to the Plaza East walkway. During the Stewart brother's day (Dr. FM and Rader Stewart) the store took up the Smith-Dabbs location as well as the present-day Gold-N-Goodies store. The Stringfellow location is next to the Irish Bred Pub (Selman/O'Neal Drugs), I think. W.J. Stingfellow had a barbershop in the earliest days of Douglasville, and Sanborn maps show a barbershop in that location. If it was a stone building like the Stewart Brothers' location the building was great altered at some point since it's brick today.
The Douglasville Banking Company moved into its new marble and brick building on Broad Street and Price Avenue yesterday. The building has been completed at a cost of $7,000.
We have an exact move-in date and cost!
The Lois Cotton Mills are installing machinery in a few months this $500,000 mill will be in operation. It will be one of the largest and most modern mills in the state.
I'm thinking the $500,000 may be a typo in the paper....one too many zeroes.
Fourteen new residences have been built here in the last three months and eight or ten are in the course of construction.
The following article appeared in "The New South" dated March 21, 1901.....
Teachers who closed their school are required to send in their accounts at once or as soon as they do close. No teacher will be allowed to carry any time over for the summer term. It must be reported at the close of the spring term. I can't say at this time whether we will be able to pay for all of the spring term or not. We have just paid sixty percent of all the time up to February 28 and we hope to pay the balance due the teachers soon.
All teachers who have graded their schools will please make out a program of the same and send it in to my office at once. I would like to have suggestions from all teachers as to our Institute work this summer as to the best time and the general workings or should we go to another county.
The library books will be ready in a few days for distribution. As soon as all are called in teachers of the county can get the books and let the children have them and by this means we can use the books all the time not only through the school term but during vacation also. Our library is going to be a success. We will have about 200 books to begin with and I want every boy and girl in the county to use them.
J.E. Phillips
