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£?/>e Douglas Enterprise.
DOUGLAS PRINTING CO.. Proprietor*.
W. C. BRYAN, ..... Editor.
Entered as second-class matter October 20 19C5 at the Post office at Douglas,
Ga., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SATURDAY, MAY sth, 1906.
Official Organ of Coffee County
And City of Douglas.
Safe lowers have been at
work at Mount Pleasant, in
Wayne county. They secured
about SSOO. 00. by dynamiting
the safe of D„ R. Akins, at that
place.
Cotton Factory men and Cot
ton Growing men met in the
first International Cotton con
ference, in Washington City,
last Tuesday. A permanent or
ganization was affected and
Harvie Jordan wa R elected presi
dent.
The Cotton Factory men, at
Washington, last Tuesday, de
clared they did not want cheap
cjtton, cotton made at a loss to
the planter. That’s right.
Cheap labor, cheap material and
cheap cotton are dear at any
price.
No man should be allowed to
have a bottle of whiskey and a
pistol at the same time. Only a
coward will lug around a pistol
all the time, and mean whiskey
in a coward makes a fool of him,
and he is liable to do things that
he will regret as long as he lives;
but his regrets can not restore
to you what he may have, in his
irresponsible moments, robbed
you.
We want to grow up a strong
sentiment for morals and rights
in our community, and to make
it as strong as it should be, the
entire county should work with a
singleness of purpose, and make
it so unwholesome for evil doers
that they desist, and make good
citizens. Every man can make
a creditable citizen if he only
will.
Editor Richard W. Grubb has
been editing the Darien Gazette
for 32 years. In all that time it
has been clean, bright, optimistic.
It shines for Democracy and is
devoted to South Georgia at all
times. Grubb is one of the old
guard and yet is young in his
energies and his hopes. Savan
nah Press.
All of the Georgia papers are
having something good to say
about the Atlanta Georgian, the
new paper of Mr. John Temple
Graves and Mr. F. L. Sealey.
The Georgian is splendidly prin
ted and well edited. The mag : c
pens of Graves and Bayne have
not lost their cunning. Success
to the Georgian! May it cover
the state like the dew and never
get into the courts.- Savannah
Press.
We are preparing to make
the Enterprise the best weekly
news paper in Georgia, and that
is saying a good deal, for Georgia
has some very fine weeklys; but
Coffte is entitled to the best and
we only want the people to half
stick to us and we will do the
rest. We have arranged to have
a man out looking for work all
the time, and about a half dozen
some of the time, besides ourself ;
and Uncle Jim hasn’t gone any
where yet. We are in for business,
only watch us- We are running
our job presses all day, and at
times into the night, and the
Enterprise is full of live adver
tisements. Every advertisement
in it is a live one and paid for by
the advertiser. We insist on
our readers reading these adver-!
tisements, and trading with the 1
ones who ask you to trade. If
your trade is not worth asking
for it is not worth having. Tell
Merchants this and go to
ones who respect you by
you for your trade.
in our paper
’ right.
Institute Notes.
The Enterprise is now sent to
the Library and a copy, gratis,
to each teacher. They appreci
ate very much the courtesy o f
the Editor.
Coh Lankford has been secur
ed to diliver the literary ad
dress and judging by his former
efforts it will be a rare treat to
listen to him. Prof. Hendricks is
to be congratulated on securing
Col. Lankford, as he is one of
the most eloquent and impresive
speakers in all South Georgia.
On Friday of this week Prof.
Hendricks goes to the closing of
the Day school about nine miles
northwest of Douglas.
Annie May Abbott, the Ga.
magnet, will be here and give an
entertainment at the auditorium
Friday night, part of proceeds go
to the Library and the people
should avail themselves of this
entertainment, and also help tne
Library fund at the same time.
Dr. Bryan, editor of Entirprise, ]
was a visitor at the chapel exer
cises Friday, and latter visited j
some of grade rooms. Dr. Bryan
is always welcome, as he always j
brings words of encouragement
and good cheer.
Several of the teachers and
students took advantage of the 1
low rates and visited Broxton,
and took in the S. S. Convention j
while there. They report a good j
time; kind treatment on the
part of the Broxton people, so
much so that many of them are ;
anxious to go back again. Col. ;
Heath was elected Secretary of
Coffee county S. S. Association.
Prof. Hendrieks has subcribed
and placed in the Library the
Golden Age, a paper edited and
published by “Earnest Willie.”
He has also added another set of
encyclopedias and new dictionary
containing 6,000 pages and 30,000
more words than any dictionary
heretofore published.
Miss Lawrence will give a re
cital in paino and voice on the
night of the 13th, Saturday night
week. Below is the program.
Recital and Aria: —“Tyrant
soon I’ll burst thy chains.’J
(Ilßarbierre) - Rossini.
Song:—“Garden of Sleep.”
DeLara. j
Song: —“Voices of the woods”
- Rubinstein.
Romance: —“When all was
young” (Faust) - Gounod.
Gavotte: —“I am here in her
Boudoir, (Mignon) - Thomas.
Paino trio:—Overture— ‘ ‘Bar
ber of Seville” - Rossini
Misses Luella Roan, Ruth Davis
and May Shappell.
Song:—“O fair, O sweet and
holy” . Cantor.
Song: —“A Japanese love song’
- Clayton Thomas. ]
“II Trovatore, Act IV, Scene i
II,” - - - Verdi.;
Azucena - Miss Lawrence, ]
Manrico - Prof. Hipsher-
The State Primary, August 22nd.
The State Primary will be held
August 22nd. A governor and
all State House Officials will be
nominated. The rules laid down
by the State Democratic Com
mittee are iron-clad, and out of
keeping with former rules, and
we think, will create some dis
satisfaction, but we urge our
people to do what is right and
abide by the rules as laid down.
The nominating convention
will meet in Macon, Sept. 4th
Mrs. L . P. Odum, of VVaycross,
returned home Saturday, after
having spent a week with her
mother. Mrs. W. G. Dekle.
No Whiskey in Primary.
The following is a resolution
which was made by the Clinch
county Executive committee, viz:
44 \ resolution to prohibit the use of
liquor. Be it resolved by the Executive
Committee of Clinch county, that it is
strictly against the rules of the Execu
tive Committee for a candidate to use
any undue influences such as liquor,
money or other things of value in se
curing voters. And that each candidate
be required to file on oath with the
Chairman of the Executive Committee
not latter than the morning of the
| consolidation of said Primary, that he
: has not used since adoption of this res
olution or allowed to be used, any whis
key or money or other undue influence
in the way of securing votes. And
that no candidatss returns be counted
or considered until he has filed his affi
davit regardiug the restriction.”
We strongly indorse this reso
lution, and think the Executive
Committee of our county should
pans a similar one, and not only
pass it but insist that it be carried
out. In a'white primary there is no
excuse for whiskey being used,
and the best people are not going
to stand for it. The Enterprise
is not going to start out to re
form the world and ex-pects to
say little along reformation
lines, but will always, so long as
jwe are in charge, be on the side
of right, but we will strike whis
key every time it can be done
; with advantage to the temper-
I ance cause.
| We will not favor any candi
date who uses whiskey, or any
other illigitimate or unfair means
to futher his interest as a candi
date.
We will expose any candidate
who uses whiskey, and will do it
in plenty of time for the voters
and the good people to know it
before the election. The Ex
press and railroads will be close
ly watched and do not delude
yourselves with the idea that we
will not find it out. We have re
liable information now that cer
tain of the candidates are using
or have used whiskey. We have
their names and the names of the
parties to whom the whiskey has
been given, but we think it hard
ly fair to give them away until
put on notice that we will, latter
on, if we get knowledge of its
occuring again, give full particu
lars. If white people, with the
negroes eliminated, cannot hold
a square, fair and open election,
we think it is time fo some crit
icisms and exposures to be made.
We can have an election pitched
on ahigh plane, and we believe we
will. Lets purify the politics in
old Coffee, if they are rotten
every where else.
HISTORICAL CELEBRATION.
Three Hundredth Anniversary Setlement of
America.
The Jamestown Exposition cel
ebrates the three hundredth an
niversary ®f the first permanent
settlement of English-speaking
people in America.
Jamestown, Virginia, was
founded May 13, 1607, by one
hundred and three pioneers, who
proceeded at once to convert a
forest into a village. They cut
down trees, built log cabins, and
planted grain.
They passed through periods
of increditable suffering and fair
prospects, until finally they es
tablished themselves permanent
ly in the New World.
Before 1619, the colony of Vir
ginia included many settlements
along the James river and on the
peninsula between the James and
the York, and during the month
of June that year a legislature,
elected by popular sufferage,
convened at Jamestown.
The House of Burgesses was
not only the first American Leg
islation, but it held its first ses
sion more than one year before
the Pilgrims’ landing.
Jamestown was the cradle of
the Republic, and the United
States, as imperial as it is, may
be said to be an elaboration of
Jamestown, for the principles
promulgated there have entered
into the moulding of the Ameri
can Constitution. The James
town Exposition will celebrate
historically the evolution of the
country from 1607 to 1907.
A Visit to The School.
We attended the general exer
cises at the auditorium last Wed
nesday morning, and afterwards
visited the rooms of the third
and fourth grades.
The fourth grade is in charge
of Miss Kate Norman, of Nor
wood, Ga. There has been a
large number enrolled in this
grade during the term, and Miss
Kate has taken the pupils well in
hand and has accomplished a
good deal with this grade.
We compliment Miss Kate for
her painstaking and effective
work, and speak a good word for
the children for the admiration
and respect they show their
teacher.
Miss Lula Smith, of Fountain
Cit\ Tenn., has immediate
charge of the third grade. We
have noticed this grade through
out the term, and have found
that they were doing very good
work. In a way, so far as age
and experience will permit, they
have the same spirit that prevails
throughout the school. It re
quires an unusual amount ot pains
and care to teach these small
boys and girls, and we thank
Miss Lula for the faithfulness
of her work.
These boys and girls of to-day
will be ♦’he men and women of
to-morrow and the impressions
they get now will be lasting.
Magnolia, Ga.
Dr. W. C. Bryan; Editor the
Enterprise, Dear Sir: Please
allow me a little space in your
valuable columns to let your
many readers know where I am.
The caption will show
Magnolia, down at the old In
dian Spring, that like the old
Sewanee river, so famous in
song.
Yes, the famous Indian Spring,
found by the Indians long ago.
Their camps and mounds near
by, where the healing waters
flow.
The magnolia, hickory and
dogwood form a beautiful scen
ery, where the squirrel plays
from branch to branch. The
large lakes afford a paridise for
the sportive flsh, and the alliga
tor roars, to the terror of the na
tives. Where the nightingale
sings its requiem, and the whip
poowill’s carrol lulls you to
sleep.
Yes, on my farm, and happy.
We are rather dry about Magno
lia, but we expect to make plen
ty and to spare.
Say doctor, I have on my mind
Rev. Jacob Snider, of Kentucky,
who after thirteen years in the
ministry, abandoned his calling
and engaged in the practice of
law. His congregation made in
quiry and sent a committee to in
vestigate. The preacher told
them that it was a matter of dol
lars and cents. He told them
that his wife could not live on
what he eat, and that his family
could not wear what he wore,
so he quit.
I have learned from experi
ence that a man will give one
hundred dollars to stay out of
jail one night, and would not
give one cent to stay out of hell
during eternity.
Say, what would you advise me
to do ? lam plowing every day
and have a good farm. Am of
fered a big price for it to day,
May Ist, 1906. May sell. With
best wishes,
I am. Yours Truly,
A, B. Finley.
Father Thomas Sherman, a
Catholic priest, and son of W. T.
Sherman who marched through
Georgia, during the war, is said
to be wanting to make a trip
over the ground which his fath
er trod, under govermental es-!
cort. Some southerners resent
such an insult to the South, but
the actions of a lunatic should
always be excused. W. T. Sher
man. it will be remembered, said
“war was hell,” and from the
treatment of those in his line of
march through Georgia it is safe
to assume that he has learned,
since death, what “hell” is.
The Southern Normal Institute.
We will every week try to have
something of interest concern
ing the school aside from the
school notes, which we will also
have each week. The people
who patronize the school have
a perfect right to know what is
going on in the school, and
should visit it more than they
do; but they do not do it, much
prefering to talk about what
they have heard, for frequently
w’hat we have heard is untrue,
and what would we do if we
were to find this out before we
had time to talk about some one?
We are prone to tell vvhat“They”
said, and without futher in
vestigation proceed to send it
down the line to waiting messen
gers of the house of “They”.
We will stop this for one year
and go direct to headquarters
when we hear anything that
does not suit us.
During the remainder of the
term it will be our purpose to give
some information, each week, as
to what is being done in various
rooms. We will visit the rooms,
or have some reliable one to do so
for us, thereby gathering the
news of that particular room.
We are liable to drop in at any
time, and we promise not give a
favorable report unless we find
it worthy. In order that you
may not pe looking for us we
may depend entirely upon some
other party who is interested in
the school to keep us posted.
Remember that we are not
going to believe a word any of
Old Man “They’s” folks have
to say; We are going to be pre
pared to tell the truth, then
when you see the paper you can
say that this is true and look
out for the next report.
We have the best school in
Georgia and we are going to
shut up the mouth of “They
Said” and go to work in earnest
to make it better every day.
Will you join hands with us on :
this proposition, and help us :
make the school better? Thank j
you.
It Is Dangerous to Neglect a cold.
How often do we hear it re
marked: “It’s only a cold,” and
a few days later learn that the man
is on his back with pneumonia.
This is of such common occurence
that a cold, however slight, should
not be disregarded. Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy counteracts any
tendency of a cold to result in pneu
monia, and lias gained its great
popularly and extensive sale by its
prompt cures of this most common
ailment. It always cures and is
pleasant to take. For sale by all
■'ruggists.
The Store of J. H Wilkins &
Co,, of Jesup was burglarized
last Monday, the safe broken
open, and cash and articles
token to amount to SSOO.
Rheumatism.
Why suffer from this painful
malady when one application of
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm gives re
lief? Hundreds of grateful people
testify to the magical power of this
remedy over rheumatism. For sale
by all drugg'sts.
Notice.
We are prepared to do all
kinds of job work in most ap
proved style. Work of all kinds
guaranteed. We want your
work. We are prepared with
force of hands to get out all work
promptly.
Sore Nipples.
A cure may be effected by ap
plying Chamberlain’s Salve as soon
as the child is done nursing. Wipe
it off with a soft cloth before al
lowing the child to nurse. Main
t ained nurses use this salve with
the best results. Price 25 cents
per box. Sold by all druggists.
Men Wanted.
Wanted at once 200 laborers
on sewer, concrete and building
work for A. C. L. new shops in
Waycross, Ga. Good wages and a
long job. Apply on the works
immediately.
T. H. Frazier. Supt.
The Douglas Band.
About one year ago at a meet
ing of the Board of trade there
was appointed a committee for
the purpose of organizing a
Band for Douglas. We were
made chairman of that commit
' tee, and with the aid of other"
| members, we begun to look into
:the possibility of organizing a
band. The outlook for such a
thing was^ altogether unfavora
ble, and it fa M 1
, undertaken t r Nihility; but
we went to \ I and pretty
soon developed the fact that few
things were impossible when
work was begun in earnest, and
within a few months we had
enough boys interested to order
a lot of instruments for the
Band. *
We procured the services of
Prof. N. S. Ternest, an experi
enced band leader of consider
able reputation. He went to
work at once and soon got the
boys enthused in the work, and
was not long before he had them
on the streets playing good
music.
They have made most remark
able progress and deserve a
great deal praise for their untir
ing efforts to give Douglas one
of the best Bands in this section,
and they have decided to con
j tinue the services of Prof. Ter
nest and get ready to give some
of the best and most up to date
music for the Great Coffee
County Fair.
The music rendered by The
Silver Concert Band, at the Au
ditorium for memorial services,
was very fine and added greatly
to the occasion. All the mem
bers of the Band live in Douglas,
and will in all probability make
this their permanent home, and
are personally interested in do
ing whatever they can towards
making Douglas a greater and
better town.
We compliment the boys for
what they have done and assure
them that they have our friend
ship and support, and whatever
else we can do for them we will
gladly do. Stick to the Band
boys and make it the best Band
in the State.
Notice!
Notice is hereby given that on
or after May 15th all closets that
are made accessable to the scav
enger cart will be cleaned once
a week by said cart. Further
that all parties mantaining closets
are required to keep same disin
fected by the use of lime, same
can be obtained by calling on the
City Marshall free. All closets
now located over ditches, or
maintained in an unsanitary con
dition, which is in violation of
Health Ordinance passed June
1905, is hereby condemed as a
nuisance, and unless same is re
moved at once and also all sinks,
and unsanitary conditions, cases
will be made against parties for
violations of said ordinance.
S. C. Brown,
City Marshall.
Not if as Rich as Rockefeller.
If you had all the wealth of
R ockefeller. the Standard Oil mag
nate, you could not buy a better
medicine for bowel complaints than
Chamberlain’s Cob'c, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. The most
eminent physician can not prescribe
a better preparation for colic and
diarrhoea, both for children and
adults. The uniform success of
this remedy has shown it to be
superior to all others. It never
fails, and when reduced with water
and sweetened, is pleasant to take.
Every family should be supplied
with it. Sold by all druggists.
Miss Fannie White and her
brother, George WTiite, were
among the visitors at Broxton
last Sunday, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Taylor.
Notice.
Mr. Marvin Wilcox and Mr. J.
A. Daughtry are authorized to
take subscriptions and collect
for the same. Please give them
your subscriptions.