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tf/>e Douglas Enterprise.
DOUGLAS PRINTING CO., Proprietors.
W. C. BRYAIN, - Editor.
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 19th, 1907. ~
Official Organ of Coffee County and City
of Douglas,
The Telfair Enterprise has installed
a new rnwspaj er press and paper, fol
der, and is now one of the best printed
papers in Georgia.
Foraker says the war is still on be
tween him and the president, on ac
count of the negro troops, not with
standing the evidence.
The farmers of Georgia, if we are to
rely on our exchanges for correct in
formation, are getting in trim for an
early crop all long the line.
Hon A. M. Knight is again mayor of
Waycross. When the people of a town
bas an honest, straight forward man
they always want h'm in hamesz.
Waverly, Hall county, reports sever
al cases of small pox. We guess its
the itch wi had down here last year,
and we hope it wiil not reach us again.
The Irwin County Courier lias been
leased by Mr, A. H. Jones who will ed
it it, with Mr. C. F. Hanlon as asso
ciate and publisher. We wLh the gen
tlemen success.
The announement is made that Fitz
gerald will soon have a lotlvr newspa
per. There are ihree g<>o:l ones pub
lished there now, and it does seem that
these are sufficient.
The big daily papers began the wet k
Monday with the usual announcement,
•‘Fearful RaDroad Wreck.” Some
prosecution and hanging for criminol,
murderous carelessness would be in or
der.
Senator Tillman says this is a white
man’s country and they will govern it,
and at the same time jumps on Roosse
velt for discharging riotous negro
soldiers. Consistency doesn’t cut any
figure with Senator 1 illman.
President Roosevelt’s evidence con
cerning the colore 1 troops ■'hows with
out doubt that they fought nobly at
Brownsville No sane man can con
tend that they should not lave been
hanged, much less discharged.
The Youn ; Men’s Christian Associa
tion, of Val iosta, agreed last week, to
disband, because they could not agree
on a site for are v Association, build
ing. This is a matter of regret, and it
is hoped the matter will bereconsidered •
Some old time friend of the writer
has discovered his handiwork on the
Enterprise, have been saying nice
things about him an! have made him
glad that he is still alive. Thank you,
boys, boprets smell just as sweet to the
old as to the youn v.
There’s a bill before Congress to
compcll railroads to allow men in their
employ ten hours re it after working
sixteen. It is a difficult matter to see
how ten and sixteen will go into twenty
four. We amend by reducing the labor
hours to only fourteen.
Besides paying every expense of the
city during 1906, the City Council re
ports that about $11,€03 ha 5 been paid
on debts contracted by a former Coun
cil and that outside of the* bund indebt
edness of Waycross begin the
the new year practically out of debt.
The new city cou acil of Waycross has
again placet th’ license for selling
liquor in that town at SP,O)J. This,
of course, amounts t > prohibition, end
elections are not neceisa y. The may
or and councilmen are in accord on this
question and there is no danger of it
being otherwise.
The Macon Telegraph of Saturday
last has this item: Mary Perkins, ot
Foursyih, was in the city jesterdiyj
seeking aid from the p lie > to induce
Mattie, her 17-yeur-oli daughter, to
return home after a runaway scrape.
So it seems that the tide has tinned,
and th ' song goe3 ‘‘Where is my Way
word Girl To-Night?”
William A. Wilcox, of Darien, is
dead, in the 69th year of hi ; age. He
was a confederate veteran, belonged to
the famous Blh Georgia regiment and
was well known in this section, espe
ially by*those who rafted timber to
Darien, down the Oemulgee and Satilla
rivers,. One by one the old veterans
are crossing over the river.
The pi a sterers of the Jamestown ex
position buildings are out on i strike,
because after work hou s Saturday
evening they are compelled to walk
a mile an 1 a half to the office of the
contractors for their [ week’s wages.
They want the money brought and paid
to them during work hours, to which
the objection is that five or ten minutes
of contractors’ time would be lost. The
long walk of the workmen, and the
annoyance of waitin g an hour and a
half for the ‘‘boss to get ready to pay
them,” is not to be considered.
“Our Policy”
On April 7th, 1906, when I
first tobk charge of the Enter
prise, I wrote an article headed
“Our Policy.” It was intended
to set forth the plan upon which
I would try to operate the paper
while I was editor. In taking
charge of the Enterprise again, I
reiterate the policy outlined then
and will endeavor to do more
along th i lines set forth than I
was a’)le to do during the year
1906.
I have made arrangements
with the stockholders of the En
terprise and will be the editor of
the paper for this year. What
ever I can do through the columns
of the paper towards the moral,
social, religious and educational
development of Coffee county, as
well as the commercial develop
ment, will be done freely, cheer
fully and gla lly.
Coffee county is the best county
in the state and with such jewels
in its setting as Douglas, Brox
ton, Willacoochee, Nichols, Pear
son, Kirkland and Ambrose, it is
sure to take the forefront in many
ways, and maintain its place.
Douglas wdl be, within a few
years, a t'\vn of more than ten
thousand people, and backed with
the good towns in the county
above named, as well as others,
and with a magnificent farming
section to back them all, there is
no reason why the town of Doug
las, and every town in Coffee
county should not continue to
grow and develop into large and
influential commercial points.
The industrial development will
be very rapid, and very astonish
ing to even the most sanguine
among us. lam glad that I have
the opportunity to take part in
this great development, and glad
of the opportunity to have in
charge a paper that I hope will
be of great benefit to the towns
and county.
Mr. Freeman continues with
us and will give us his invaluable
aid in publishing the Enterprise.
Yours Truly,
W. C. Bryan.
Sixteen Hours a Day
By a vote of 70 to 1, the senate
last Friday passed a bill provid
ing that railway employes en
gaged in the handling of trains
shall not work more than 16 con
secutive hours, which period is
to be followed by 10 hours off duty
The one negative vote was cast
by Senator Pettus.
Theacomplishment was reached
after an entire day in considera
tion of the subject. The parlia
mentary situation was confused
during the entire time, caused
by the forty pending amendments
and the three substitutes for the
original bill, all of which had to
be disposed of.
The bill which was finally pass
ed was a substitute offered by
Senator La Follette and not in
print. It was amended in sever
al respects by the senate.
The bill provides that under
certain contingencies and in case
of accident t ie time fixed may
be exceeded. The enforcement
of the law is placed in the hands
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the federal courts,
the penalty provided being a fine
of not less than SIOO nor more
than SI,OOO.
The act is to apply to trains do
ing an idterstate or foreign com
merce business.
THE FARMERS’ UNION.
An Interesting fleeting LastTues
day—The Enterprise Made
the Official Organ.
The Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative Union met in Doug
las last Tuesday in their regular
monthly meeting. The Union is
rapidly growing in this county
and many of the best men in the
county have recently become
members.
The Union passed resolutions
to build a large cotton warehouse
in Douglas, and a committee was
appointed to make arrangements
to begin the work at once. This
means much to the Union, as
well as to the farmers of the
county who have not become
members of the Union, as it will
guarantee the best prices for
cotton and put this great crop
through the proper business
channel.
There was other important
business taken up, and many
things will be done during the
year that will be of great advan
tage to the farmer. Perfect har
mony has exhisted in the Union
since it was organized in this
county, and the members have
endeavored to take a practical
and intelligent view of the sit
uation, and are trying to do some
thing that will result in perma
nent good to themselves.
We give below a resolution
that was passed in reference to
the Enterprise, for which we
thank them, and assure them,
that as heretofore, the Enter
prise will be the friend to the
farmer, and his interests.
There is nothing that has
grown like the Union, it now
having, in les3 than five years
since organization, more than a
million members:
“Whereas, It is the sense of
the Farmers’ Union of Coffee
County, that this Union should
have an official organ for the
publication of their proceedings,
and other matters of interest to
the Union,
Therefore, be it resolved, that
we hereby unanimously endorse
the Douglas Enterprise as the
official organ of our Union in
Coffee county.”
Harriage of Cousins.
A recent dispatch from Cleve
land, Ohio, says:
“Barred from matrimony in
Ohio by the laws of the state,
which forbid the marriage of first
cousins. Miss Claire Hanna and
H. M. Hanna, Jr., niece and
nephew of the late Marcus A.
Hanna left yesterday for Thomas
ville, Ga., accompained by a
score of friends in private cars.
They will be married at Thomas
ville on some date yet to be an
nounced.”
If it is wrong for first cousins
to marry in Ohio, it ought to be
wrong for them to marry in Geor
gia. If it is wrong for them to
marry in Ohio, it ought to be
wrong for them to live in Ohio,
in. a married state.
It seems to us as if there ought
to be a uniform marriage law.
Some states even permit the
marriage of nephew and aunt or
uncle and niece. A uniform mar
riage law would prevent this.
It is the opinion of many that
there ought not only to be a uni
form marriage law, but that a
physical examination should al
ways be required.
There is a movement on foot to
bring about a uniform divorce
law. The same authorities should
also endeavor to bring about a
uniform marriage law.—Dublin
Cousier.
The Veterans and Daughters
of the Confederacy will celebrate
Lee’s Birthday, at the auditorium
t)-day, Saturday.
Ben Thom is was knocked down and
robbed at Cedartown, Ga., Sunday by
unknown parties, losin g a marriage li
cense and $lO2 in money. He does not
have any dea who were the footpads
and his wedding now will probably be
postponed on account of the loss of
his license an 1 money. A person that
will rob a man of a marriage license is
mean enolgh to ord _>r his local paper
stoped and then slip around and read
auother person’s copy.
Stop, Look, Read.
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Ladies’ Furnishings !
Gents’ Furnishings !!
Hardware, Buggies and Wagons,
Fnrniture and Coffins!!!
We are going to sell more
goods, better goods and for
less money than ever
Before !
We will give special attention to ev<^ v
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 ol Cofiins and Gaskets.
We Want your Patronage, and we
will make it to your interests to give it
to ns.
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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
assured *
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W. B. WALLACE, Manager.