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. VOL;*’ ■ N 5.23 T«E DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. ■ This is the name that the CDTphin'ed newspaper interests of Douglas has put on to take the places so largely and ahly filled; by the Breeze and Gazette, and in doing so it extends the parting hand with feelings mingled with sadness 'ajsd pleasure* For it is always sad to part with any one or any thing, that has for a long time been a strong factor for the advancement and progress of your people and community. And it is a pleasure to contemp late the union of divided forces that have been striving so hero ically for the up-building of a proud little city. The Douglas Weekly Breeze and the Coffee County Gazette have'been combined, and in the future only one paper will be is sued in their stead, and under the nameof the Douglas Enter prise. The new paper will be sent to all subscribers,of both the old papers, and the new com pany will carry out in good faith all contracts for subscriptions and advertisements. It will be the purpose and aim of the new paper at all times to stand boldly up for that which is right, before God and man, and we humbly ask for the de vine guidance will always idirect iiah nuqs- Hrmatierial departmVnt of our county and StateA We shall strive to beVfair, con servative and charitalple in all matters except where sin and wrong doing are khe issues, and then we want \and expect to speak out in unequivocal terms, yet, will do so, with a heart of love rather than hate- .% If the paper, under our man agement and control shall fall this high standard, let ycur criticisms be tempered with that charity that will lead you to come to us in kincjjness and love and tell .is of our error. You know we are human, Me yourself, and it is “human £0 err and devine to for give.” f Now, let us all combine our energies, brains and money for the up-building of our proud and plucky little city, grand old county and glorious Southland. We want more good people to ■ come and §etije, ampng us, and t'.ur can 'bring them here if we. •will let .them know the good things we have offer them in this Gpd-favored coWWw. Let every citizen join us iW'r. grand pull for'Douglas and Cof fee county and it will not be long before the thousands of untilled acres in our midst will bless us with their boundless products. Now. I tip rny hat and say God speed that which is good and stamp out all that has an evil ten dency. J. J. Rodgers, Editor and Manager And now John Temple Graven, of Atlanta, is being talked about for the United States Senate. Brings on more talk. Quitman Free Frcss : It Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, really wants to marry be ought not to make his election to the gouernorshir p con dition. ■ Ojr TraVli,, jUqJins ii/iiat * 1 have, no apologies to* make. fo| taking the field work for the Dong Ds Enterprise. I like the work •and the .Cpiwpawy offered it-to -1 n. and 1 too If it.- ,* - v - ■> '< Two things besides preaching I take a delight in doing. One i newspaper work. The other' him migration work, —especially V B , when that work is to bring people to South Georgia. Smith Georgia is the greatest fiel( for immigration work in the Unite! States. !\ r o ‘-doubt about that. People North of us tire going t pour into this section within th, next few years. We are all begin ing to realize that. The count) 'hat puts on the prettiest dress and advertises the most will be the county to reap the richest harvest from the thousands that are coming Miis way, by inducing them to settle in tier boundaries. Andwhai a harvest it will be! A hardest of wealth, a harvest of enterprise and industry, a harvest of life and pluck and energy, a harvest of those who love education and morality and re ligion, a harvest of as good farmers as live on tiie earth. All the^eWill that county and section which ad vertises reap. W by not Coffee be that county ? She has tbe climate. She has the health record. She has tihe rail road facilities. She has tie huO- fa rndngHWpfg ddiejAp : ; great timbers cut. an. ’ Tying ready for the home seeiccr.' The poor farmers in North Geor gia and other sections where the lands are so high they* can never own a home, will come if they are told about this section. Of course they will come. They* will come for their own selves, and they will come for the future of their pre cious children, but don’t doubt l heir coming. Only tell them what vou have had and they will come and be your meighbors, and better neigh bors are not known in this world than the average Georgia farmer. One thing 1 wanted ?his work for, is to go Over CotHe county, section by section, I’roß’ time to time, and see what the farmers of Coffee county are doing. We want to send thousands of copies of the paper outside of South Geor gia so that people in other sections may know what can be done on Coffee county farm lands. Ir. this connection I ask the co-operation and help of every one in C 'ifee county who wants to see his county bound foward in enterprise as site has never done before. kefs talk Coffee county. Let’s advertise her, and results will Agaat U> tfte* Dongia Enterprise tii • beW"county weekly paper in the state. I wmt 1 very lover of Coffee county to wont tor both, county and paper. Build up your paper and it will be a mighty factor in building up your county. Let’s talk also for improvements among ourselves. We have good churches and schools already, but let’s talk and work for better times. Then let’s have better roads, and bridges, and let beautify *4>iy homes and improve our farms. When we do these things, we will be as happy and contented as any people the stars of Heaven ever shown upon, and the stranger, passing t Trough, will be charmed by the happiness, love and content ment. Nothing would induce him to go futhcr. He would stop. And that’s what we want. P. B. Buti.kk. Douglas, Gm, October.l9os. Letter From Pension .Commissioner Hex. \\ . P. Ward : Dear Judge —Replying to yours of recent date, vhich bits to me ere, where I am-.at work on pen ion applications. Die class of Indigent Pensioners s allowed.*his pension as >y law—to those soldiers 'who, rom Age and Poverty—lnfirmity md Poverty Blindness and Poverty , —Poverty being the basis of each lass, poverty and indigence being the same—and applies to one who s not the owner of any property -f any* kind of any value. No man -c*n be allowed the indi gent pension who is the owner of iroperty of any value—must be a it subject f or the Almshouse—it is illowed to keep him from the Alms muse. This rule applies to Indi- K nt widows as Well usto Indigent soldiers Age and Poverty—lf a man s 6S years old and over he is not required to work—but pension is bowed if be h.s no property;, no income, - . ' Infirmity arid.Poverty—Where a nan is under 68 years, has no prop erty and by reason of infirmity '.annot earn his support at any And of labor, which must be prov en. lie will be allowed a pension. Blindness and Poverty—Applies to one of age who was a soldier md is now blind and has no .prop erty or income. All these classes must show as nucli as six months actual military service in the confederate army or >f the organized tnalicia of thjs •state and have been honorably b-icl; urged. There must be a se/S2| "Hot suflh-udere’d v. ith fits comn^^M iftne end of the war he must honorably account for his absence from command at surrender before a pension can be allowed to him. Yours Respectfully, J. W. Lindsey, » Pen. Com. It seems from the above that persons who apply for pensions who have property will stand a poor show to get a pension. New Methodist Church. The member of the Methodist church are planing to build, in the near future, a magnificent church on modern Such a church as our town neßls with ample Sunday school rooms and other conveniences that modern church work demands. The following gentlemen have been appointed as a building com mittee, and their well known busi ness qualifications and success is guarantee that the building will : be first-class in every particular: Messrs. W. W. McDonald, John McLean, Frank Sweat, B. Peter son, W. P. Ward- These gentle men will employ a completent architect at once and secure plan." and specifications, and bids will lie asked for the erection of the building. Every single member seems to be anxious to do their part and willing to contribute iifcerally to the funds for the work The ladies of the church are thoroughly organized, and no wjaere will you find a more en ihusiastic and enterprising set of woman than those in the I louglas j Methodist church, and they are j behind the men urging them to pean great things, and this as sures success, for what our good women set their hands and hearts on is certain to come to pass. Mav God bless the church in her noble endeavors. The Waycross Daily Herald re ports that four gentlemen of Mc- Donald. in this county, were visited last Saturday by revenue officers and made to pay retailers license because they had been order ing whiskey for persons in their em ploy. Every man must do bis own ordering or pay for being so! rciever and accommodating. Conrthoase News Notes. BY W. P. W. * • • • *> -; .* .Mrs. Samanjtha Paulk has-been appointed guatdian of thejiVrson and property- of J. E. Peterson’s children. 1 * ‘ ’ • Dr. D. Hy Meeks has applied for the guardianship of the prop erty of. Dan VV.,Lott’s children.. The property belonging to the estate of Dan W. Lott sold last Tuesday, and brought nearly SI4OOO cash.' • Mr. Daniel Gaskins, Sr., will sell a good lot of* real estate be longing to the esthte ef Joel Gas ; kins, deceased, next month. The administrator hopes to be able to pay every dollar of the ! estate’s indebtedness soon. The County commissioners I have fixed the tax rate of Coffee ! County for State and County taxes at one dollar per hundred for this fiscal year. The electric lights in the court house are a great convenience, during court. All pension papers have been sent to Atlanta, and will be passed upon by the PensionjCommission er within the next two months. ■Couptv F/iiV A 1 -. _ *Tmr busineKv is TaKing”o( t huge proportions already. It will ue more liKs' a SiafiTFair than a county Fair. Judging from numerous inquir ies coming in, there will be some of the finest races. as well as the finest horses ever seen in South Georgia. Let every district in the county organize at once and get down to business for the Fair. Dont wait foi anybody. Just get to gather and organize and let the secretary know how much space is wanted. Some think Tanner.s district will take the prize for the big bog. Others say Douglas will get it. It is claimed that each hog will go over 800 pounds. Every bidv must arrange to bring the very biggest things, the liveat things, and the greatest curiorities they have to the Fair, especially do we want the very finest exhibit of cattle, hogs and poultry. Write to the Secretary and let him know what you have to enter. The General Advertising Agent will start out at once to advertise the Fair. Great crowds are coming from Middle and North Georgia to the Coffee county Fair. Lets make it tile*grandest agricultural and live stock display they have ever seen. Broxton district is arranging to capture fir.-t prize at the coming Fair. Tanner’s district is arrang ing for the same thing and a mag rificent display will be here from eacii of those district. Now let J* aer districts fall in line and ti\ to get ahead ot Tanner and Broxton both. Guysie is preparing for an exhib it at the Big Coffee Count Fair. Being in another county they can not compete for prizes but they say they are going to beat Coffee county with a display any how Let’s welcome Guysie, but not let *etn beat us. It has been said by those who heard it last Monday that the Judge’s charge to the Grand Jury when he opened court was most full and complete. SI.OO p£r i\amim . ■ • *'•*_« * busy week in court U —* The First Week of Coffee County Su perior Court- October T&trn, 1905. • The regular fall, tertntef the Superior Court opened Monday morning, with Judge TU*A. Par ker presiding, and the regular officers of the court all* in their proper places. Judge Parker’s charge to the Grand Jury, of which Mr. W. B. Bellinger is foreman was an especially, able one. Following is a. ligt of the cases disposed'of this week: Garbutt Lumber Co. vs. J. M. Denton, injunction, consent ver dict. Irwin Fitzpatrick’, admr., vs. Mary E. Farrant, admr. eject ment, verdict for defendant. Lula Moss vs. Geo. Moss, di vorce, verdict for plantiff. Mrs. Alma Lott vs. Elias Hin son, admr., judgement for plain tiff- Wm. and A. Fussell vs. A. F ussel and I). McLean, specific performance, non suit. W- T. Bufford vs. Minnie C. Bufford. verdict for plaintiff. Spivey j vs. Spivey\ divorce, verdict Mr plaintiff. , Bowmafti vs. Bowmah, divorce for F .•ick agaijpWiiftrkit ' in' county* withdrawn, after one of gone to tri»i and ver dict for defense was returned. The State vs. Frank Giddens, selling whiskey, fine SIOO to in clude costs. Two bills against A. Corbitt nol pressed on payment of costs. Annie B. Davis vs. Mark Hall, complaint for land, verdict for plaintiff. I. H. Corbitt for use E. D. Newbern, judgement for plain tiff. i Elisha Turner vs. Mary Turner j divorce, verdict for defendant. Lewis Vickers vs. Winnie Sel jlers, complaint for land, consent verdict. Winnie Sellers vs. Lewis Vick ers, complaint, consent Verdict. Buck & Downing vs. Nichols Mfg. Co., damages, judgement for defense. Several other cases were called, dismissed and withdrawn. Court adjourned Thursday afternoon until next Monday morning. Sam Small's Lecture. The lecture, “His Majesty, the Devil." delivered at the Audito rium Thursday evening by Rev. Sam Small, the noted evangelist, was well attended and heartily enjoyed. This was the first en tertainment of the season, and if Douglas can continue ti bring such accomplished stars of the platform as Mr. Small, life will come far nearer being worth living. Veteran’s Meeting. County veterans and others will meet at Court house at noon on Thursday. Oct. 12. Important business. T. C. Allen, Commander.