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&/>e Douglai Enterprise.
DOUGLAS PRINTING CO., Proprietors.
Entered as second-class matter October 20 1905 at the Post Office
at Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1897.
_ SATURDAY. JANUARY sth. 1907.
Official Organ of Coffee County and City
of Douglas,
Mr. Lewis Breen and Miss Martha
Jones, two prominent young people of
Waycross, were married last Sunday.
One of the Sunday schools in Atlanta
now has a whistling choir. Atlanta
never was a slow place. — Dublin Cour
ier-Dispatch.
“Uncle” Hampton Powers, a promi
nent respectable negro, born in 180 F,
consequently 101 years of age, died at
Dublin last week.
The child labor bill went into effect
last Tuesday, and the mill men who
fought it so hard now claim that it will
work no hardship on them.
Secretary Shaw sends out a New
Year Message to the nation and says
“Let every man he of good cheer and
conservative in everything save thank
fulness.
We are told that the world is growing
better, but it does not look that way,
judging by the large number of crimes
committed during the holidays. Hawk
insville Dispatch and News.
In an article published elsewhere in
this paper to-day, it is shown that print
ers do not get into the penitentiary as
often as other bad boys. You should, j
therefore, be kind to the printer.
George 11. Freeman, of Griffin, has |
been sentenced to the chaingang for j
12 months for failure to pay board-bill, j
We make this note to show that justice j
sometimes overtakes the evil doer.
Assistant Attorney General Lake of ,
Missouri says that in the event the !
Standard Oil trust is convicted in the j
M issouri proceedings against it, the;
property of the trust will be confiscated.
When Georgia took free passes from
the judges their salaries were raised.
Congressmen cannot ride on free passes
after January Ist, and their salaries
should be raised, the Dublin Courier-
Dispatch thinks.
The author of “A Bachelor’s Reflec
tions" that has for the past two years
amused the readers of nespapers in the
United States, was married last week. ;
The Bachelor will now have time for
serious selection
Dublin Courier: Judge W. C. Adam
son has introduced in the house a bid
providing that all railroads engaged in
interstate commerce shall be required
to make a flat passenger rate of 2 cents
per mile on their lines.
The Alabama delegates to the South
ern Association has agreed by resolution ;
that the national government should
provide two or three million dollars for
education in the Southern States, and
favored compulsory education.
J. E. Loomis, an aged Confederate
Veteran, made despondent by his dis
charge from the Soldiers’ Home, com
mitted suicide Saturday night by taking
laudanum. His home was originally in
Rome, and he was a confirmed drunk
ard.
During the past ten days negroes
have accosted and attempted to assault
two or three white ladies in Atlanta,
the last lady being a trained nurse. It
does seem that these biutes would
learn better sense after what has hap
pened to some of their race for such
crimes.
Mayor J .V , ood' , rd. of Atlanta, vetoed
the high license ordinance of the city
eouncil recently, and it was carried over
his veto. Mayor Woodard has vetoed
eight ordinances during his administra
tion and was sustained four times and
lost four times. Now, while it is 4to
4is a good time for him to step down
and out. *
Two robbers boarded the Seaboard
Air Line at Richmond, Va.. hist Mon
day, and while one remained in the day
coach and robl>ed the passengers the
other did the same in the sleeping
coaches. They then stopped the train
and escaped with about SsOO.Oo. Sev
eral of those robbed were merchants en
route to New York and other points to
purchase g<*>ds.
Explanatory in Regard to the En
terprise.
The Enterprise goes out to-day
| to its thousands of readers as
usual, with a Happy New Year
to all, and a wish for your con
tinued prosperity. In the expi
ration of Dr. Bryan’s lease it
has no name at its mast-head as
editor, but it has an editor with
out the name all the same, and
the interest of patrons and sub
scribers will be taken care of un
til better arrangements, probably
before another week, is made.
Of course every one is not
pleased with the policy of the
paper in the past, and every one
will not be pleased on the same
account through the coming
months, for it is impossible for
an editor to please every one—it
matters not how hard he may
try. No congressmr n legislator,
sheriff, ordinary, lawyer, doctor,
preacher, merchant or any other
living man that is in a public bus
iness, or public life has ever been
able to please every body. It
can’t be done. People w r ere not
pleased with the Savior, in
Heaven, and they are not satis
fied with the devil in hell. But
this much can be promised you,
and that is, that the man who
runs the Enterprise during 1907
will do the bast he can, and you
have charity enjugh in your
heart to accept the will for the
deed in case of any failure. The
Douglas Printing Co., is com
posed of your own fellow citi
zens, whose interests are com
mon with yours, and they wish,
as you do, to work for the moral
and educational, financial and
industrial advancement of Coffee
county and her people—and they
hope to make a strong factor of
the Enterprise in that direction.
With this explanation it is
hoped all will be satisfactory, as
far as possible, and that the read
ers of the Enterprise may contin
ue in happiness and prosperity
during the year just entered.
The Needle and Brush Club,
Several meetings of the Needle
and Brush Club was not reported.
Mrs. Dickerson entertained the
ladies on December, 4th, and on
December 20th, they were enter
tained by Mrs. Hall, both after
noons were very pleasantly spent.
On last Thursday the club met
with Mrs. McLean, nearly all the
members were present and a
number of visitors. After a short
business session the hostess open
ed the doors of the dining room
where a Christmas feast was
spread. The afternoon was de
lightfully spent, though npt much
work was dane.
The club meets next with Mrs.
Marshall, on Ward street.
Mrs. Quincey. Sec.
Presented Institute With Flag.
Last Tuesday Washington Lod
ge No 22, of the Patriotic Sons
of America presented the South
ern Normal Institute with a flag.
Dr. Minor Turrentine had charge
of the presentation ceremonies,
while Prof. Overman in behalf
of the order, made the address,
reviewing the trend of patroitism
from the landing of the Mayflower
to the present time. In was re
ceived by Mr. Jap McDonald for
the school. “The Gem of the
Ocean. ’* “Star Spangled Banner’’
and “America’ were the patriotic
songs used. Both presentation
and acceptation speeches are said
to have been eloquent and ap
propriate.
No 24Q5 Draws the Range.
Look over your tickets and see
| if you have one numbered 2495.
| If you have call on Watt & Holmes
Hardware Co., and get the hand
some range.
Prospeceive Glances for the Pres
ent Year,
Pronosticators and geniuses
with the power of prophetic fore
casters tell us that the year 1907
will be one ever more prosperous
than the one just passed, in a
business and commercial way.
Powerful and far-reaching money
transactions that carry before
them contracts for enterprises
that will be of great benefit to this
section, are being manipulated
and put in shape fora rapid reali
zation of these visions of future
prosperity for this section of
Georgia.
Numerous private enterprises
will soon be on foot, then the
building of the structures for the
Educational and Industrial col
lege in our very midst will give
us cause to look for a greater
and brighter future.
Politics, political trickery and
annoyances will be “beautifully
absent” from the programs of
the present year, and the farmer,
merchant and laborer will enjoy
a year of quiet and peace, giving
all an opportunity topersue their
respective avocations without
hinderance, with an assurance
i of contentment that comes from
| success and a liberal reward for
a year’s labor.
No legislators, congressmen,
county officers, governor or presi
dent will be elected this year.
No campaigns need be made, no
roosting on the fence of the farm
er by the dear candidates will be
necessary. The laborers will be
allowed to give his employer an '
honest day’s work, and the tired
patient house-wife will not be
annoyed by having to ‘ ‘fix dinner’
for some belated, tired, hungry
candidate that is prowlng through
the country, while the sun shines
hot and the grass grows long
and strong, trying to get elected
to save the State or county. No,
indeed, this is an off year, snd a
hard year for the news-paper
men. No politicans to fee him.
No candidates to announce. All
were elected or died out last year,
but 1907 will raise a crop that
will be up and doing in 1908.
Gilbert rieeks’ Sad Case
It will be remembered that
some time in 1906, Gilbert Meeks,
then postmaster at Nichols, was
a defaulter, and his relatives and
friends did all they could to
help the young man straighten
out affairs, but they could not
save him from trial in the Fed
eral court. In regard to this j
matter, Bud Meeks, correspon
ent for the Coffee County News
furnishes the following, which
is published with pleasure as a ,
matter of inform ition, but with
a feeling of sadness for those
who sorrow: “Many of my
friend's coma to me to know the
final disposition of Gilbert
Meeks’ case in the United States
court. He was tried in Valdosta
December 12, found guilty and
sentenced to twelve months and
one day in Federal prison, near
Atlanta, where he is now run
ning an engine for the purpose
of hauling stone and coal. He
has three good meals a day, clean
bed, two shower baths a week,
church every Sunday. Can only
write his wife twice a month.
Can receive letters and papers
from friends which are in
spected by- the chaplain. He
desires his friends to write him
though he cannot reply. I de
sire to thank all who have shown
Gilbert and his family such un
bounded kindness in their trou
ble for the words and letters
of comfort which 1 have receiv
ed. Remember this: When a
heart is softened with trouble
and grief, you can make an im
pression as lasting as life.”
Thomasville has just had an election
in which the issues was whether the
cows should continue to run at large in
the streets, and the cow was victorious
by a very small majority. It is wonder
ful with what tenacity people will hold
to a veritable nuisance. No town half
the size of Thomasville can afford to
allow cattle anu swine the freedom of
its streets. But every man with a cow
ora pig imagines that he would be broke
up in business if he had to keep his
stock in stall. Fitzgerald Enterprise.
Stop, look, Read.
Ladies' Furnishings !
Gents’ Furnishings y
Hardware, Buggies and Wagons,
Fnrniture and Coffins !!!
General
Merchandise!
We are going to sell more
goods, better goods and for
less money than ever
Before !
We will give special attention to every
department, and offer greater inducements
than ever before. We want
Your Business on Business Principles
and guarantee satisfaction. YOU are specially invited
to call at our stores and see our large stocks of Ladies’
Furnishings, Gents’ Furnishings, Hardware, Buggies,
Wagons, and Furniture. We will keep a first-class
Line ot 6offins and Gaskets.
We Want your Patronage, and we
will make it to your interests to give it
to us.
Miss Lula Bailey has charge of the Ladles De
partment
. Mr. W. I. Christian has charge of the Gents’
Furnishing, Wagons and Buggies.
Mr. W. B. Wallas has charge of the Furniture
and Coffins Department.
All invite their friends to call on them, and
perfect satisfaction and courteous treatment
assured
Tanner Mercantile Company.
W. B. WALLACE, Manager.