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THE ENTERPRISE
VOL. 14.
Segregation Bill
Before Congress
Congressman Edwards Favors
Segregation of Races In
Lengthy Debate.
Congress has begun on thesegre
gation-ot-the-races question. The
debate was fairly begun in the |
house Friday. And the last of it
has not been heard. The least one j
may say of it is a most interesting
discussion.
It was brought out during the
speech of Representative Aswell,
of Louisiana, that there are 490
000 federal employees in the Uni
ted States, 22,500 of whom are ne
groes, and that 13,000 railway
postal clerks have petitioned to be |
separated from the negro clerks.
The temper in the house isshown
in the debate. The Northern and'
Eastern states wanted to -‘give the
colored man a chance.” The mem
bers from the South insisted on
segregation. Fer instance, Repre
sentativa Edwards of Georgia, de
clared it would be better for both
races if the white and negro work
ers were separated. Mr. Edwards
would eliminate negro government
employees entirely if he could.
Representative Dies, of Texas,
pronounced it, “a monstrous out
rage that afiy white woman or any
white man should be the subordi
nate of a negro.” Representative
Mayden of Illinois, protested that
the negro “is n cit Yen, pays taxes,।
is amenable to the laws and should |
not be ‘discriminated’ against.”]
Mr. Dies retorted that “stgrega
is not discrimination,” Mr. Mad
den disputing this.
Representative Edwards cited a
case of a young white woman, re
cently appointed to one of the ex
ecutive departments in Washing
ton, who was assigned to a desk
beside that of a negro asking if he
might call on her. The young wo
man, Mr. Edwards said, compiam-]
ed to the chief, who told her the
negro was well edacated and that ]
she should not[feeloffended.
“Is the negro still living?” de
manded Dies
“I guess so,” replied Edwards,
who added he had received com
plaints from white employees of
p actically all the departments
about the lack of segregation.
“I certainly object to whites]
and negroes working side by side,
he continued. “It forces upon
white people those of an inferior ]
.ace and you ought not to force
wnite employees to bend the Cau ]
easian pride.”
Politically the negro is in a bad
■way. The Republican party has |
thrown him over. The Progres
sive party has turned its back ]
upon him. The Democratic party ]
will have nothing to do with him.
And, so far as the negro is con
cerned, all this is ror the best. It i
is to his hurt that he is in politics, ■
or trits to get into politics. M hen ]
he of his own motion casts politics I
aside absolutely and unequivocally
he will have made a long step for
ward. —Augusta Chronicle.
South Georgia has a United
States Senator all right enough,
bat if you think we will be satis
fied until we elect a sure-enough
South Georgia man for governor
you are not figuring correctly.— j
Montgomery Monitor. I
PEMBROKE, BRYAN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAR.. 13, 1914.
Conductor Tips
Cops To "Yeggs”
Mei. ^sted a i Montgomery
At oected of Doing
eral Jobs.
Americus, March 8, —Seaboard
railway conductor, H,E. Hurley, ,
j whose home is in Americus, re
| turned here this morning from
I Montgomery and tells an interest- 1
ing story of the capture in Mont
gomery yesterday of the four pro
fessional yeggmen, who had pre
viously boarded his train at Lum
kin and Louvale, near Americus,
and whom be afterward pointed
out to the Montgomery officials
as suspected crooks. The four
cracksmen were high class profes
sionals and during the past week
; had visited Americus, Montezuma
| Oglethorpe and Albany, accord-
I ing to their statements. Five
thousand dollars is the reward
offered for the men who recently
held up a Southern Railway train
near Birmingham, and il these
are the guilty parties as strongly
suspected, Conductor Hurley will
share in the reward.
Had “Goods” on Them.
Montgomery, Ala.. March. B.— |
I The four men suspected of con-]
i auction with the robbery recent- |
ly of a bank at Warwick, Ga., an
] express office and post office at
I Cottondale, Ala., who were taken
into custody by pol ice when they
aljght-'d_Umn a wistbouml tariff.
I heroFgav ■ names as Harry
I Marks, Frank Moore, John Wil- •
] liamson J. M. Todd.
According to officers who made ]
the wrests, a quantity oi nitro
glycerine, a set of burglar tools,
and several revolvers were found ]
in the possession oi the suspects. ]
Neon Items.
Eider V. B. White filled his reg
ular appointment at Ashes Branch ,
] Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Anderson ]
of near Register visited her father ,
Mr. J. M. Lanier, Saturday night. ]
Mrs. Dollie Anderson has re
turned home alter spending some
time with In r sister, Mrs. Ruby I
Johnson in Waycross.
Mrs. L. M. Lanier left gunday]
for Statesboro where she gees to]
visit her daughters Mrs. E. M.
Beasley, and J. T. Jones.
Mr. Jim Lanier was a pleasant!
visitor at the home of of Mrs. E. ]
S. Lanier Sunday p. m.
Mr. Maggie Byrd spent Satur
day night with her neice, Mrs. E.
j S. Lanier.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
| Mitchell Jones is out again alter ]
a severe attach oi lagrippe.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grimes of
j Groveland, were pleasant visitors]
I at the home oi Mr. Joshua South
well Saturday night-
We arc sorry to hear that Mr.
W. J. Lanier is on the sich list.
Messrs. L. M. and F. J. Lanier
land Hamp Myrick went hunting
last Friday andafteran unsuccess
ful days hunt counted up only :
] nine rabbits.
Most ail the lime somebody is
threatening to cross the Atlantic
[ in an aeoroplane, but we are still
j waiting to see somebody make
i good.
fl Few "Old
Hickory Chips”
Brief and Breezy Paragraphs
Picked Up Here and There
—Caught on the Fly. '
She's a wise widow who never
shows how wise she is. < '
Many a spoiled boy has devel
oped into a fresh man. U
Some people's speialty is throw
ing ice water on enthusiasm.
Villa says he is a self-made man.
We suspected as much all along.
Efforts to introduce the tango
in Arizona have failed.; It was
entirely too tame.
Foreigners who get themselves
murdered in' Mexico do so without
the consent of tho United States.
You must say this for Huerta:
He can do more tottering before
। falling than any public man of the
century.
Astronomers say the “Big Dip
per” will disappear. l?ut not, we
suppose, until the “milkv. way”
goes dry.
A good many people are begin
] ning to think it about; time for
our dove of peace to let forth a
i few screams of defiance.
Suffragettes are said be re
vising the Bible and wefexpect to
learn that the snake id Adam
really framed it tip muzAe.-
Anybody who doubts the old
saving that man is a mere born
has only to see a couple wriggle
through the tango to know better.
Boston is awakening t n the fact
] that foreign blood is securing the
] tanning land of New England. By
and by the native will be crowded
from the Brainery.
Since Illinois estadlished moth
er’s pensions wife desertion has
largely increased, which shows
that a woman often would rather
have a pension than her husband.
It has been nearly sixteen years
] since Dewey made that German
Admiral officer walk the straight
] line at Manila, and the Germans
are just now getting mud about it.
Very little is required to make
some people arrogant. There is
lor instance, the man who is proud
of himself because he was born in
February Lincoln and Washing
ton. >
The Alabama Senatorial contest
has accomplished one good thing;
it has kept Mr. Hobson from clut
tering up the pages of the congres
sional record for the past several
months.
Whe i the government encour
ages farm boys to raise bigger pigs
and finer crops than their fathers
it may be doing a great work but
it is injuring the spirit of ances
tor worship.
You may criticise women and
their slit skirts, as much as you
please, but we have noticed that L
when a man has a new pair of silk ]
socks he generally manages to let |
people see them.
Congress has passed a law to;
keep women in the District oi Co-1
lumbia from working more than |
eight hours a day. It is expected
to protect all women except those
। who keep house.
Largest To Age
In The World
Five Year Old Boy in North
Georgia Weighing over
200 Pounds.
Atlanta, Ga., Mar., 13—James
Adolph Cody, who is a Georgia
product, ’’ is the largest boy in
the world for his age. He is five
yedrs old; he weighs forty pounds
more than his father, seventy-five
pounds more than his mother, and
seventy-five pounds more than his
older brother, who is 13. His own
weight is exactly 210 pounds.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Alex Cody, wno have a
prosperous farm in the ^northern
part of the state. The boy is
healthy and strong, has never
missed a meal, and is always hap
py
He outgrew his name as fast as
he did his clothes, and is now
known as “Big Joe.” He ; s four
feet three inches tall, and meas
ures one inch more than that
around his waist, so that he is lit
-1 erally “broader than he is long.”
The girth of his neck is eighteen
inches, of his head 26 inches, of
his thigh thirty-three inches, of
, his knee twenty-one inches, and
his hand is nine and one half inches
wide.
A peculiar relation exists be
tween Jot’S parents. His mother’s
1 father is a great-grand -father of
| his father, by a former marriage.
Jernigan-Stewart
A wedding of much interest to
friends of the bride here was that
of Miss Tempe Jernigan to Mr.
Arthur Stewart which took place
in Savannah Sunday.
Miss Jernigan has been teacher
of the primary grade at the Bry
an Normal institute during the
last term, and has made many
friends here. She left Pembroke
Saturday morning accompanied
by Miss Lois Horton, tor Savan
nah whom the groom was waiting
The bride and groom will make
their future home in Mayfield, Ga.
Hanccßk county.
Miss Jernigan will be missed by
her many friends here as well as
by the school children.
Distinguished Entertainer
Coming.
The public will be pleased to
-learn that the well known enter-;
tainer Miss Buelab Elwood McNe
mar will give her popular recital.
“Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch” in Pembroke on Thursday,
March 26 at the Bryan Normal In
stitute.
MissMcNemar is a platformist
of rare ability, who always charms
her audiences.
This program is a favorite —a
happy combination of Wit, Wis
dom and Philosoyhy which never
fails to please both young and
old.
Adults 25c, Children under 14 15c ]
In Tony Faust’s restaurant in
St. Louis is kept a boon in which ]
famous patrons record their favor
ite dishes. Secretary Bryan there ;
goes on record as fav.oring “bacon
and greens.” Thus we see the
sympathy established betwixt him |
and Senator Tillman, who prefers]
“jowl and collards.” Both ap
proximate the “hog and hominy
of pure democracy, and argue well
for the restoration of the simple,
fare oi our ancestors.
NUMBER 22
Big Real Estate
Deal Pulled Off
Mr. G. H. Lanier Sells Proper
ty to Real Estate Men of
North Carolina.
The Atlantic Coast Realty Com
pany, of Greenville, N. C., yes
terday purchased from Mr. G. H«
Lanier his land lying in the south
east end of town and will put on a
big residence lot auction sale in
the near future.
The property will be subdivided,
streets laid off and developed
through the property, and it is ru
moured that these people will give
the Daughters of the Confederacy
a site for a park free in this sub
division.
The deal was handled by our
wide awake real estate hustler,
Mr. N. T. Way, and was bought
by Mr. J. H. Newbury for the At
lantic Coast Realty Company.
Watch for sale date in this pa
per.
Written on the Death of Mrs.
F. A. Morgan.
’ On Feb. the 21st, just at the
hour of midnight, the Angel of
’ । Death came and bore the spirit of
1 our mother to net Heavenly home
1 She had been in declining heath
■ fur some time, ami we feared
t hat the end was near, but none
of us dreamed that she would be
called away so soon.
’ She had been up a portion of
the day Saturday and talked on
various topics, and her mind was
as bright as ever.
She had been a sufferer for
years, but bore affliction with
the greatest fortitude I have ever
known—never murmuring nor
’I . ■ ■
j complaining.
j She hud been spared to us a
I good many years, having passed
I her seventy-third .mile stone last
~ October.
During all the years that I
lived with her, I cannot recall an
■ instance in which she ever spoke
harshly or unkindly io anyone.
She was converted while young
। ami united herself with the church
at Liberty Chapel, where her
membership afterwards remained.
Her life was one of simplicity and
purity. She was always happy in
doing her duty. She loved her
Lord ami lived very c ose to him,
I praying continually. The day
she died she spoke of Jesus as the
Great Physician.
She was a most devoted mother
and sacrificed all for her children
She died at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Alfred Smith; and
the end came so peacefully that
vie hardly realized it.
She was laid to rest in the
Smith cemetery beside her hus-
I band who died nine years before.
Eight cnildreu survive her.
'They are Willie, Matthew, John
nie and Adkin Morgan, Mrs. Al
fred Smith, Mrs. John W. But
ler, Mrs. Will Tuttle, and Mrs.
] Carl Story.
A Daughter.
It has been estimated that a
man uses about 375 hogsheads of
air a minute. Think of this my
friend wheu you are tempted to
' eat onions.