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2?/>e Do'vig'lai Enterp rise.
DOUGLAS PRINTING GO., 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.
SAI GKDAY, JANUARY 6th, i 907.
Official Organ of Coffee County and
of Douglas,
The h..t censu Ukin of Albany, Ga.,
gives trie city on the Thronateeska
over i. 0,000 population. We really
thouyi t;t was more than that. Albany
is an old town.
The Japanese are putting up an ex
peilit'o i r war' .-hips to send over to
Arum! in a friendly visit. We don’t
know that we like for then, to be too
dog-gum friendly.
The citizens ol’ liomerville are rais
ing liu. u y to build a baptist church,
and the way they l ave commenced
means business. Nice people live over
there at that town.
Tha n • city officers of Broxton, for
1907 at', us follows: Mayor, W. K
Frier; c jun Ilmen, K. C. Campbell, W.
A. McCoy, C. I’. Collins, A. L. Wilson
clerK s;.i! treasurer, P. L. Moore.
At a late meeting of the Executive
Commit:. of the Farmers’ Union c
Georgia at Barnesville, Ga., Mr. G. ft
Davis, of Rome, was elected State Le,
turer, vavßobert B. Barron, resigned.
The C iffee County News chides the
Fitzgerald Enterprise for copying and
crediting some of its effusions to this
paper. The News is correct; we have
enough sms of our own to account for.
On the i,h oi the present month it
was reported from Atlanta that there
wsrc fourteen tax collectors and eight
tax recei/ers rjcently elected that had
not file! the usual bond. This is un
usual.
The telephone girls of Memphis,
Penn., about thirty-five are out on a
strike for higher wages. It is said they
receive only $4.50 for a week of seven
days. Our sympathies are with the
hello girl*, of course.
On account of 1 heir riotous conduct
President Roosevelt has ordered all the
colored troops to the Philippines. It
would be a good idea if all the colored
peo, le that will not live law-abiding
were sent to the same country.
Mrs. A. J. Meeks, oi Nichols, died
la it Tuesday, her illness said to be
meningitis, was of short duration. She
leaves n husband and a child only a few
months old, besides many relatives and
friends to mourn her sudden demise.
The past year has been a great year
for banks. There are now over 400
state banks in Georgia. There are 64
national banks in the state, one trust
company, two banking and trust com
panies. We are progressing all the
time.
All the railroads and corporations of
the country are reported to be extreme
ly prosperous with more business than
they can handle, still, an occasional
strike is threatenei because laboiers
are not paid living rates. No comment
is necessary.
The papers report that a rich bach
elor tobacco manufacturer of North
.Carolina imported some German girls
to work in his factory, and among them
found one that suited his fancy fora
.vife and will be married this spring.
Curious that people have to send off
or what they want, when there is just
.is good or better at home.
Quite a number of sea island cotton
growers held a meeting at Valdosta
.ast Tuesday, and discussed the con
dition of the market, the cause of the
recent slump in the market, and the
disposal of the crop still on hand. The
organization of a corporation with a
million dollars capital to protect cotton
growers who are financially short from
cotton market sharks was proposed.
The inability of railroads to handle
the products of mills, naval store man
ufacturers, deliver freight shipped and
ordered shipped is causing- many enter
prises to suspend operation, and the
consequent idleness of laborers whose
families depend on their daily wages
for support. Where the fault lies we
are unable to say, but something should
be done to save the business of the
country from congestion, and dependent
•aes frein suffering.
“What Shall We bo?”
The business of the world
seems to be outgrowing the
means of conducting it, in spite
of the great gold production, the
increase of note circulations and
the very extensive use of money.
This unprecedented growth is
confined to no particular industry
or country. Everything is ex
panding everywhere. The one
exception, perhaps, is in agricul
ture, and more particularly in
the production of food stuffs;
and, as a natural consequence,
provisions are advancing in price
at a rate that is unprecedented.
-Albany Herald,
Then it would stand to ren on
that farming is the vocation in
which to engage to make money.
The high prices for food products
tor man and beast should iuduce
more people to engage in farm
ing, and to keep others already
in it from abandoning it. But
such is not the case. The tend
ency is from the farm to the
cities. The cities and towns are
oeing built up to the neglect oi
the farm. Labor, therefore, i. c
getting scarcer every year. —Ma
rietta Journal.
The reason there is a movement
from the farms to the eities is
because farm life is not made at
tractive as it ought to be. There
should he a good school, a church
or two and good roads in every
neighborhood. When this is done
the boys will stay on the farms
and the conditions will become
ideal. —Dublin Dispatch.
We have quoted above the
opinions of three of our most in
telligent and popular exchanges,
of Albany, Marietta and Dublin,
different sections of the State,
and all with the desire to ‘‘know
what to do,” in a most important
case.
The Albany Herald notes the
r:pid growth of business in every
direction, and of every occupa
pation, and as well observes that
the rapid rise in provisions is
unprecedented.
The Marietta Journal suggests
that in order to meet the demand
for food stuffs that it would be a
good idea for more people to en
gage in farming, and hints that
some means to prevent people
from leaving the farms and go
ing to the cities is in order.
Both points are well taken and
in the briefest manner presented,
by the Dublin Courier-Dispatch,
not many miles from Douglas,
in a sew lines gives the proper
solution. ‘‘Farm life is not be
ing made as attractive as it should
be,” it says, and there is a good
deal of truth in those words.
The boy, girl or young man of
fifty years ago is not much like
those of the present day. Fifty
years ago a “quilting over the'
branch,” or a “candy pulling
over at Sam Smith’s farm,” was
enough amusement for the sum
mer months, and a “corn shuck
ing at Brown’s place,” and a
“few possum hunts” would do!
for the winter. The young man
of to-day on the farm don’t want
that alone —that will do as far as
it goes, but they don’t come fast
enough. He works hard all day
and is tired at night, but a rom
pus with some boys and girls
would make him feel better, and
he’d work with more will and
enthusiasm next day. Little par
ties at farm houses don’t cost
much, and they do a lot of good.
One or two each week, wouldn’t
do any harm. The young people
of both sexes would be brought
together oftener in social pas
time. singing, music, plays and
parties, and a circle of friendship
and congeniality would bind the
whole section in a spirit of neigh
borly sympathy that would make
all the boys and girls know that
they would “miss me at home”
if they went away, and the con
sequence would be that “home
on the farm” would be as enjoy
able as any other place, while
We Want Lively Agents.
Th; Present year will not be
filled up with political excitement
but every body will have ample
time for work, reading and re
! creation, and they will need it,
too, for 1908 will be full of poli
tics. Well, for 1907 we want to
i put the Enterprise in every home
in the county, and if we do we
; shall have to double our subscrip
tion, but that’s easy, if we can
j get one good agent in every sec
tion. We pay agents 25 per cent
for new cash subscribers, but
not for new credit subscribers,
ff you find a person who wants
the paper, collect a dollar and
! send us 75 cents and the name.
! If you run across one that wants
i the paper but has not the money j
then, but will pay some time soon j
send us the name, collect the
money when you can, keep 25cts
and send us 75. That’s fair, now
send in a good list, and then;
every week send us a newsv let
ter, about good crops, marriages, i
births, deaths, schools. If you
ir.d a fellow sitting up close to a
girl, like a sick kitten to a hot!
brick, tell us about it and let us!
know when yo i thi k the wed-j
ding will te ripe enough to pull.
To Rid the Island of Had Char
acters.
The authorities in the Philip
pines are determined to rid the
islands of all undesirable charac
ters and to this end they have
decided to account for all dis
honorably discharged soldiers .
It is stated that their discharged
men have been accustomed
to hang around the garrisons and
they add to that class of the popu
lation which is neither a credit
nor a profit to the islands. The
military courts that here after
sentence s .i Jiers to dishonorable
Jischarge will also impose a term
of imprisonment, and during this
time the prisoner will be trans
ported to the United States. In
zhis way it will become impossible
for a dishonorably discharged
soldier to be set at liberty on the
islands, and it will rid the Philip
pine community of their undesir
able presence.
The Til ton Gazette says: The
papers of the large cities are all
right if you want them, but it is
your own home paper that adver
tise your churches, your numer-1
ous societies, sympathizes with 1
you in your afflictions and re
joices with you in your prosperi
ty. In short, it is the local pa
per that mentions the thousands
and one items in which you are j
interested during the year, and !
Jo not find in papers of big;
cities.
A woman judges the value of j
a letter by the postage it has to
pay.
the fraternal feeling and mystic
charms of happy and contented
people would bind them with a
bond of love for one another that
no one would think of severing
for a “home in a shifting, tight
fisted city.”
The main draw back to social
enjoyment in the country is the
distance of farm homes from
each other, and this comes about
from the fact that there is too
much idle land, and the scarcity
of small farms. In the older
states of the union large families !
are supported and money-mak
ing crops produced each year
from twenty-five or thirty acres
of land. Small tracts of land
and better farming is what is
needed and the results will be
more satisfactory, the people
happier and the country in a more
prosperous condition. Small
farms, good roads, numerous
churches and schools, attractive
home-life and the question
“What to Do,” and “How to
Do,” will be answered, and the
j mother and father on the farms
will not be looking toward the
towns with dim eyes and heavy
hearts, singing “Where is My
Wandering Boy To-night ?” for
he will be over at neighbor
i Smith’s talking to brown eyed
Susan, and in the fall when the
fields are white with cotton there
will be a wedding, and another
' small farm commenced.
Stop, Look, Read.
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Ladies’ Furnishings ! a
Gents’ Furnishings W
Fnrniture and Coffins!!!
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
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 1
Furnishings, Gents’ Furnishings, Hardware, Buggies,
Wagons, and Furniture. We will keep a first=class
Line of 6otlins 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 Ladies De
partment
Mr. W. I. Christian has charge of the Gents’
Furnishing, Wagons and Buggies.
Mr. W. B. Wallace 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.