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VOL. 17, NO. 35. Douglas Baptist Church Notes. DY \LEXIS D. KENDRICK, pastor. V 1 V / A ppy new year, and may a 'WL ss crown the earnest efforts of our people. The new Individual Commu nien Service used Sunday, marks another forward step in our church. The pastor has for every fami ly of his church, a novelty in the way of a church calender; if you haven’t one, come to the pastor ium and get one at once. Things are getting on a high road in the Sunday School. Sun day’s report shows 141 present and the collections, well, we must not tell all of the good things out of school, but we in vite you to come and help us make things GO. The Sunday Sehool Teachers Meeting was well attended Sat urday afternoon and much inter ested was manifested: Interest ed schoollars in the Sunday School, who want to get special help in Sunday School work, will be welcomed, and especially those who are will to act as sub stitute teachers. We were pleased to see so many out to the service Sunday morning; the congregation was the largest morning service that we have had. The pastor de sires to meet at the close of every service all of the visitors and strangers, and he insists that’they come to the front at the close of the meeting. We want you at the services Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, and come prepared to help ; n •'the service; look on the back of tiijt'ews and you will find hymn books and they were placed there for the congregation to use in singing. If you do not know the songs just join in with the people and sing the best you can, Come even if you haven’t fine clothes and remember that we will be just as glad to see you as if you were dressed in broad cloth and silk. Do not take a seat in the rear of the home, but come right up to the front and feel as comfortable as if you owned the church, and if you have no church home, then you are the very one we are looking for. Remember that this church and pastor stands ready to min ister rather than to he contin ually ministered unto; we stand for the development of the mind, body and soul. Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, the pastor will preach to the prisoners at the jail. Four of the Junior Choir girls will sing at this service the beautiful song, “My Mother’s Prayer.” Those who have good literature that they desire to be used for a good purpose will kindly send same to the pastor, and he Will distribute it at the jail services. The pastor has just closed three months service as pastor, and many have asked him how he was pleased with Douglas and his church. In reply, we wish to say, that we have never been more cordially received by any church and the people at large. Both pastor and wife have every reason to love the people of the tcjten and surrounding country. .>* church has been loyal to me in every sense of the word. They have cooperated in every thing that I have undertaken, and at all times given evidences of appreciation and love. We arc pleased with the town and the people, and so much in love with our church and work that when we were asked only a few days sine to consider a call to a town three times the size of Douglas that we replied “No, OLD MUDS NOT WANTED. In Phllipine Islands as Teacher. Only Married or Engaged Ladies Stand any Showing. Unless a womam is engaged, or already married, she will stand no chance at a United States civil service examination which is to be held in Atlanta January 25th and 26th for teach ers places in the school system of the Philippine Islands. The government’s purpose in excluding old maids and those other female impossibilities gen erally called “wall flowers” is said to be the importance of having no unportected women on the islands, and, incidentally adding to the American popula tion. A man may try the ex amination or a fiancee or a bride or a settled wife, but if a lady can’t show to the satisfaction of the authorities that she either has or soon will have good chances of marrying, there will be no use in her calling at the custom house January 25th. The result of this provision was evident on the first install ment of teachers that set sail from America to the Philippines. Out of a ship of 300 passengers 100 were married before Manila bay was reached. The energetic young women had carried their prospective husbands with them, and had also taken along a preacher of every denomination. The position for which the examination is to be held is re garded as excellent in every par ticular. Its salary ranges from SI,OOO to $2,000 a year, and a long voyage without the annoy ance of chaperones is thrown in to boot. The prime value of the office is, of course, its matrimo nial feature, for the government, regulation naturally hastens the wooing of many laggard sui tors. It is understood that when the examination is called in Atlanta, three weeks hence, will be a crowd of candidates waiting. Big Sale of Short Cotton. Macon Telegraph—The price of cotton in Macon is advaning and under the good quotations sales are rapidly made. Farm ers who have been holding for 10 cents and more are selling. S. H. Haddock, of Haddock Ga., was in the city Friday, and or dered 200 bales sold, if the price advanced to 10 j cents. Yester day these figures were on the board, and at that price B. T. Adams & Co., sold 1.400 bales of average low midding, to a firm in Bremen. This is the largest sale made by any warehouse this season in one order. All the warehouses. It is reported were kept active yesterday, owing to the good price for the staple. When a woman won’t say any thing nice about another it’s a sign she thinks her husband does. It makes a girl boil with indig nation to have anybody see her kissed. that for a while at least, our serv ices were to be given to our present church and town.” The series of sermons on “The Second Coming of Christ” began Sunday night, and the house was packed from the pulpit to the vestibule. We believe this special series of sftrmons wil prove a great bless ing to our people and all who attend. The study of this sub ject will make our Bible a new book to us, and its precious truths will become more help ful in our lives. We cordially invite the publie to these services which will last for some time. Remember that these sermons will be preached on Sunday nights. Douglas, Ga., January 12th, 1907. HAZLEHURST ON A BOOM. Substantial Structures and Im provement doing on in the Little Town. Hazlehurst is probably build ing more houses than any town in south Georgia. The new bank building is now occupied and the handsome new store of Mr. Top Weatherby will soon be completed. Dr. John E. Hall is building an elegant new home on a pretty lot near the Baptist Church. Mrs. Chapman has given contract for her new resi dence. which like Dr. Hall’s, is to be a modern, up-to-date house. Mr. Dave Williams has the lum ber on the ground and will soon commence on his new home. Mr. Tom Turner is building a home near the courthouse. The courthouse, which is built entire ly of concrete blocks, is finished up to the second story floor. Mr. Morgan, our town marshal, will erect a house on the lot where his residence-was burned last spring. Baleigh Wood and Mr. Gill are building small resi dencs in the eastern part of town and Mr. Ben Dyal is build ing a nice cottage in the Wilson grove. Mr. Charley Chapman will build a modern concrete re sidence on his lot near his store I in the spring. Boone & Atia way will scon finish their pretty building. Mr. J J Frazier con templates building five neat cottages to begin work on his home on Northern Heights at an early date. It is to be built en tirely of cement stone. Mr. Pearce, a new comer here from Douglas, expects to add eight more rooms to his house near the hotel, to be built cf brick or cement stone. Carman & Williams may build their new store on the corner where the telephone exchange is now loca ted. Mr. John F. Hall says he will rebuild his old block and add several new stores. Over the new -stores an opera house will be built. He expects to use concrete blocks. Several rooms are being added to the Tuten hotel. The new oil mills will be finished in ten days Mr. Stanseil, the contractor, says he will begin work on the new freight and passenger depot for the Southern road soon. Legal Fight Over Company’s Fail ure to Improve Streets. Some surprise occasioned at St. George by an injunction be ing served on the Colony Com pany restraining it from dispos ing of any more of the colony property, until the matter is de termined by the courts. The firm of Smith, Berner and Hastings of Atlanta has been interested in the case by those who are dissatisfied over the failure of the company to grade and stump the streets. While some express doubt as whether the company can be held to ad vertising matter promised, es pecially when they are not ex plicit in saying that the company intended to do the work, others feel that it can be made to pay for the street work. In the meantime the city is pushing the work, levying a tax of 5 cent per front foot on the streets that are being worked. Clerk of Court J. W. Vickery, has been placed in charge as temporay receiver.—Valdosta Times. Dr. Briggs, of the Dixie Ly ceum Bureau, billed to fill an en gagement in Douglas on the 15th, is unable to travel, and arrange ments are being perfected for Mr. Booth Lowery/a celebrated humorist, to be at the auditorium on the 15th, instead. RAILROAD WRECKS. In America They Occur Once a Week. In England Once a Year. England has had a big railrotd accident in which sixteen people were killed and thirty-five injur ed. A thing like that happens not oftener than once a year in Eng land. In America its a semi weekly occurence, and some times oftener. The British wreck was caused by a blinding snow storm. It appears the danger signals were set alright, but because they 'were clogged with snow they did not act The cause of most of the American wrecks are not signals. Most of them can be traced back to a lack of proper equipment in some department of the system on which they occur, to over worked and underpaid employees, or to some other reason which has to do with the evident deter mination of the American rail road chiefs to get everything they can out of the business, while putting as little back as possible. The British wreck will be re membered for years in the Is- j lands. We have so many of them here that we are grown I careless. “Sixteen killed and! thirty injured” in a* newspaper j head line furnishes us only with ! sensation enough, to last a few minutes,.for wrecks are so corn men. They do. some things better in Great Brittian than we do here. They would not stand for a cm-! dition similar to the present con- 1 dition of American railroads a 1 wr.t'u iae ."people would do- ■ mand immediate reform, and they would get them, too; their , public men would see that they did get them. Fong;:: About a Dog. Reports from Jeff Davis county say that Walter Carter shot and fatally wounded Elias C. M ley on the morning of December 29, near Gulf, Jeff Davis county. It i? said that the trouble was due to a controversy over the shoot ing of Mobley’s doy by Carter. Carter fired two shots, one tak ing effect in the side of the head and the other in Mobley’s left leg. Carter used a shot gun loaded with buckshot. It is stated that Mobley has no possi ble chance for recovery. Walter Carter is a son of Pink ney Carter, a well-known citizen of Appling county. He left the scene immediately after the shooting and as yet has not been apprehended. Baxley Banner. An Essential to Leadership. The professor of economics was discoursing eloquently on the need of leadership in all things, and from the greatness of the leader he plunged into a discus sion of the essentials to leader ship. “And what,” he exclaim ed, “is the great characteristic of all born leaders, the first great essential to successful leader ship ?” He paused that the question and its import might be fully ap preciated. “What is it?” he asked again. A small voice coming from the rear of the room answered cheer fully: “Ready ability to satisfactorily explain what the other fellow says about you!”—Florida Times- Union. Notice to Rebekahs. All members of the Rebekah Lodge of Douglas are requested to attend meeting at lodge room next Tuesday night, as it will be a meeting of importance. j AN IMPORTANT MATTER. A Bird’s Eye View of What the People of (ieorgia are Doing for Education. When the next achool statistics for Georgia shall have been com piled they will show that the date has gone by leaps and bounds during the past year or two in educational matters. Not only have the grammer schools in the cities and towns been en larged and improved but arrange ments have been made for a very considerable bettei ment in the rural schools. The new law which authorizes special local taxation for school purposes is now in effect and a number of the counties have taken advan tage of it to tax themselves for the purpose of employing better teachers, lengthening the school t/rm and improving school prop erties. The movement has proved to be a popular one. Not all of the counties have acted upon the matter yet, but it is likely thi t every county in the state hereff fore lacking satisfactory school facilties will, within a short tin e take a vote on the question; and, so far, whenever such a vote fas been taken, the school has won. It is a foregone conclusion, that tne next official statement wm show a large increase in the at tendance upon the common schon as well as a marked advance i their efficiently. A- to what the 1 size of the new and additional funds raised by local taxation will he there is no means 0 f knowing at present, but it is safe to sav that hundredsof thousands of dollars will be raised and ex pended annually. And the annum vff'l oe increased from yvor 10 year. Already there are practical, in sight no less than twelve new agricultural colleges; one in each of the eleven congressional dis tricts under the patronage of the state and one in Ware county, to be supported by the citizens of that county. The creation of the eleven district colleges under the terfris of a new state law has already resulted in pledging to the state school property valued upwards of $1,000,Off), the pro perty consisting cf cosh donations lands and certain valuable con siderations such as light, w iter, drainage, heating, etc. In each of the districts there was spirited 1 bidding between the counties for the location of the district college. Every county contesting was willing to give a neat sum of money and a large lot of land for college purposes. Several of the dissapointed counties are now contemplating setting up colleges of their own. One of them has already taken steps in that direc tion. Jn all likelihood within fix e or six years we shall have fifteen or twenty of these new and highly desirable institution scat tered over the state. The educational spirit in Geor gia is strong and active. The* people want schools, and more schools, and better schools all the time, and they are getting them probably more rapidly than the people of any other state in the South. —Savannah News. We are glad to note that the Supreme Court has decided that it is unlawful to order spirituous liquors by telephone in a dry county. This is a step in the right direction, and by and by the jug traffic will be put out of business, and what is better, it is hoped that the Interstate Com merce law will Ibe so regulated as to prevent liquor from being shipped from antiprohibition in to prohibition territory. —Chris- tian Index. SI.OO per Annum CELEICie r t 0 ~BIRTH rk Sn P Court The Veterans and Udited Daugh ters of the Confederacy, on January 19th. The United Daughters and the Veterans of the Confederacy will celebrate Lee’s Birthday at the Auditorium, on January 19th, at 2p, m. Followingis the program: Prayer—Col. Briggs. Hymn—How Firm a Foundation Welcome Address—Judge F. W. Dart. Veterans Reply—Commander, r. C. Allen. Instrumental Solo—lrene Mc- Donald. Reading of Gen. Lee’s farewell address to the Confederate arny, Mrs. S. A. Powell. Vocal Solo—Mrs. Tanner. Au u son Life and Cnaracter of Gen. R. E. Lee—Col. VV. C. Lankford. Recitation—Lucy Hall. Address, Life and Character of Gen. T. J. Jackson—Prof. Hendricks. A few remarks to the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy— by W. P. Word. Closing Hymn—“ All ye Saints’' Livery Uouteuerate Veteran of Coffee county, is requested to m set at the court house at 11 o’clock a. m. to attend business mieling. Then again at 1.30, from where they will march in a body to the auditorium to j an in the above celebration.‘By *.■. dc of The Commander, A. D. Envk' l Ad i'U anl Changes at tn; Bank. Mr. A. vV. it iddoek, w .■> as oeea with the Citizens Bank «.;■ ce so.m after its organization, aas tendered his resignation, jum has accepted a position with Prof. Overman i t. . Clerk'.- -e. Mr. Haddock has made a f ul a id efficient man for the k, aid leaves with the ben wi-fies for the Institution; He is ns ac curate as a clock, as hon - tas the days are long, and is a val uable man in any capacity. The bam: has elected Mr. G. M. Scan 1 -m . Vtanf Ca hier. He has been with the bank one year and is lolly capable of filling /lew position of responsibility. H- is a young man. exceptionally high toned and refined, and the bank is to be congratulated on having such a young man behind its counters. He came from Dahlonega about two years ago and has rendered himsel very popular among the people. (Don’t ask us.) If every ; oung man in this country was like George Stanton, we would only have to wait till some of us old ones died off, to have something like the miUenium is said to ce. Mrs. Comas has been elected to serve the bank as book-keeper, and procuring the /errices of one so popular and efficient will add much to the bank. Elected Officers. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church South m/t Fri lay afternoon at the home of Mrs, E. L. Vickers and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. C. N. Fielding, Presieent Mrs. C. A. Ward, Ist Vice-Prea.' Mrs. VV. C. Bryan, 2 Vice-Pre* Mrs. L. E. Heath, Secretary)? Mrs. E. L. Vickers, Treasurer The Enterprise is eight pages* all home print, that is, 1 eopleare paid to set the type except a few columns and print the entire eight pages, in our office. It carries more rea 1 local and general news and is read in more homes thaa any other paper published in thi county. And is not doing aJ much as it expects to. The mail ing list is open for examination by any person interested.