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VOL. 17, NO. 37.
Georgia Glances.
News and Views Culled from the State
Papers for Hurried Reading;.
The officers of Pulaski county are on a still hunt for blind
tigers all the time. The day has dawned when the is
in danger all day long.
The Fitzgerald Leader says: Mr. Young Vickers, of Coffee
county, and Miss Margret McMillian, of Ben Hill county were
married in the city Wednesday.
The Broxton Journal will scon appear in a new dress of type
and with a new head. We fail to note any improvement in the
editors head or dress, promised for the future.
Squire Fitzgerald, the founder of the St George and Fitzgerald
colonies has been prosecuted, he plead guilty, and was fined
11.500 for using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
Hoke Smith says when his term as governor of Georgia ex
pires he will fill in his time working for nothing and boarding him
self. He must have struck a rich vein some where.
By the way, Henry Futurell, over at ’Coochee is getting out a
neat, clean paper, and brother Dorsett wields a pointed pencil The
two gentlemen make a nice team and pull well together.
Mr. J. L. Robinson, a newly elected member of the Board of
County Commissioners of Lownds county, died suddenly last Tues
day. He was besides, a prominent citizen of the county.
Baldwin connty, the county in which the insane asylum is
situated, has gone dry. The ladies of Millageville and prominent
prohibitionests succeeded in polling 500 of the 770 votes in the city.
Eight prisoners sawed through the steel barred windows of
the Americbs jail last week and made good their escape. This is
the second time prisoners have broken out there within the past
year.
The Grand Jury of Muscogee county is in favor of a law com
pelling a fair return of taxable property. All counties should
adopt a local system of their own. They have the law let it be
enforced.
The Broxton Journal makes the mistake of its life when it call
ed the pastor of the Baptist church of Douglas Hendricks. Bro.
Kendrick may forgive the, but we can’t say so much for Professor
Hendricks.
Spirits of turpentine climbed to 70 cents, at Savannah, last
Tuesday, but toward the close of the day declined one-quartor of a
cent. There is a steady demand, however, and the prospect for
an advance is good.
The managers of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing
Co., have not decided whether to rebuild the plant recently des
troyed at Savannah or not. Some of them favor moving the whole
business to Waycross.
The formation of the Dixie Realty Co,, of Broxton, last week,
means a good deal for “beautiful Broxton on the hill.” Real
estate agents of Southern Georgia are important factors in the im
provement of this section
Seven guests of the DeSoto hotel, of Savannah, are said to have
been robbed in one day this week by pick pockets. That’s a bad
reputation for this popular hash-foundry and we shall not go there
without keeping a hand on our pocket.
Capt. W. A. Davis, past grand master of the Grand Lodge,
Georgia Masons, and a member of the firm of W. A. Davis & Co.,
cotton factors, died at his home in Macon on Orange street early
Saturday morning at the age of 63 years.
We are pleased to note that our extreme north Georgia ex
changes who feared, ten days ayo, that the continued warm
weather would cause peach trees to bloom out, and get killed by
the cold subsequently, are mor» hoi.eful now.
It is believed in railroad circles of Georgia that the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic railroad is working for a northern and
western out let, and will get it though the Cheasepeake, Ohio, and
Western railroad, to Cincinnatti and other points.
Bennie Beaseley, of Savannah, attempted to kill himself last
Tuesday, because his sister, who had been taking care of him from
boyhood moved away and he was compelled to rely on his ow.i ex
ertions for support. Pity he failed in his attempt.
The Willocoochee Sun announces that it will soon print its en
tire paper at home. This will be better. Humbugging the peo
ple with an eight page paper—four pages printed in Atlanta and
four at home is playing out, and the people are catching on to the
fraud, even if the Atlanta printed pages are often the most reada
ble.
Eight leading cities of Georgia will furnish a room in Bulloch
Hall, areproduction of the home of President Roosevelt’s mother,
which will be the Georgia state building at the Jamestown Exposi
tion. Atlanta is expected to make an appropriation of something
flkSs,ooo to equip her room in Bulloch Hail and each of the other
cities to participate will expend from SSOO to $2,500 in equipping
their rooms. These other cities will be Savannah, Augusta, Co
lumbus, Macon, Valdosta, Albany and Cordele.
The Henderson Real Estate Co., of Ocilla, are preparing to put
on a land sale at Osierfield, the junction point of The Atlantic,
Birmingham and Atlanta Railroad and the Ocilla & Valdosta Rail
road, in Irwin county, soon. Osierfield is one of the growing towns
of South Georgia and money invested there will make handsome
dividends. We can all remember when the best lots in Douglas
sold for a very small amount. Some of the same property has
been recently sold for several thousand Dollars. Five years from
now'people vffien speaking of Osierfield will say “if I had only
known.”
The Douglas Enterprise.
Douglas, Ga., January 26th, 1907.
Douglas Baptist Church Notes.
DY ALEXIS P. KENDRICK, Pastor.
The gcol work continues in
the Sunday School. Notwith
standing the threatening weather
Sunday, the school nurmered
169. Mrs. Tanner’s Philathea
class of young ladies was the
largest class, and had 30 present.
We are pleased to learn that
Dr. Bryan is to continue as editor
of the Enterprise. We have felt
all the while that the Enterprise
could not afford to let*the Dr.
off, and we are as certain thar.
the Dr, could not afford to leave
the paper which he has made a
success. In the future, as in the
past year, the readers of the En
terprise will have the pleasure of
having in the Enterprise one of
the very best county papers in
our state. A paper that stands
for the right, and which advo
cates by word and deed every
thing which strives for the inter
lectual, moral and spiritual de
velopment of our people.
The series of Sunday evening
sermons of “The Second Coming
I of Christ” will continue for some
I time. The interest and attend
ance is good and
: great good is being accomplished
I by the preaching of these special
[sermons. We are pleased to
I have so many strangers and vis
itors attend these services, and
iwe wish again to assure all a
1 cordial welcome,
j The Sunday School Teachers’
J Meeting will meet at the pastor’s
| study Saturday at 3 o’clock, All
of the teachers are expected to
be present, and we invite others
i who will become substitute teach
| ers to come and study with us.
If the school continues to grow
as it has during the past three
I months, and we are certain that
lit will, we will need at least two
more good teachers by the first
of March.
The following officers were ap
pointed Sunday for the year
1907: Mr. Melvin Tanner, to
‘ receive and make all of the an
nouncements from the pulpit,
preceding the preaching. Mr.
Turner Brewer and Mr. Porter,
will receive the morning and
evening offerings. Mr. Briggs
and Mr. Brown, will act in the
| absence of the above.
Mr. Grantham and Mr. Wil
i hams, will act as ushers. Mr.
jjinks and Dr. Turrentine, will
I act in the absence of the above,
i The pastor assisted pastor El
gin, at Broxton, last week in a
: few days meeting. The interest
[and attendance was good. The
Broxton church is in a very en
’couraging condition under the
'leadership of pastor T. E. Elgin.
I Several readers of the Effior
prise told the editor of the Chir
Locals, that they were takiru
trie paper in order to
with the Douglas Baptist Chur, u .
The Enterprise some time since
offered the pastors of the Doug
las churches space for their
Church Locals. We think this a
Lhoughllul and kind offer, and
.the pastor of the Baptist church
can testify to the fact that t’ e
Enterprise has been of great
service in helping to build up the
work of our church, and we be
lieve it would pay every church
in Douglas to accept the Enter
prise’ kind offer, and have each
week at least one column of
“Church Locals,” from every
church in our town.
Monday afternoon the pastor
organized a new society which
promises to do much good. The
society will be known as “The
Ladies’ Aid Society.” The town
will be divided into districts, and
1 or more ladies will have charge
of each district to look after
the sick, the needy and such oth-
GEORGIA NEWS
News and Views Culled From Ex
changes of the State.
Djn’t let anything interfere
with your regular hours of work
and rest, but get plenty of sleep.
The man who talks about his
neighbors is bad enough, but the
fallow who talks about himself is
the limit.—Pensacola News.
Sometimes a brother who has
made a miserable failure at play
ing the gentleman on his own ac
count bolts the game [and acß
agent for bis wife.
The teething period is the most
troublesome and dangeous lime
of childhood, and it would be
well for a reputable dentist to be
consulted by all mothers at that
period.
“Where does the gold go?”
asks the Baltimore Sun. Next
| thing some inquisitor will be ask
ing the newspaper men of the
country how they secured pos
session of it.
The ’’big head” is a popular
way of expressing a common and
very frequent ailment. It axdscs
from various sources, but the real
foundation is a lack of sense.—
Dallas New Era.
Possibly the relative of that
jlB months-old Atlanta boy, who
J began a damage suit against a
j abroad, think that a verdict
; may be reached by the time he
! arrives at the age of 21 years.
11-to-sb Cubans
are joining rapidly in petitions
to the United States government
for a protectorate. The negro
population of the islands has be
come so threatening that the
more thoughtful and conservative
people are sure that there will
never be prosperity or peace, as
there is an indefinite prospect
for another experiment at local
self-government. Uncle Sam
has the problem on hands for
keeps.—Chattanooga Times.
er work as we think the Master
i would have us do. We believe
it the duty of the church to do
more than worship God in the
church on Sunday, sing songs,
say long prayers and wear long
faces, collect dues, and this faith
we are striving to put inuo prac
tice.
Dougi us continues to grow and
prosper interlectually, morally
and spiritually. The coffers of
her thrifty people are being filled
to overflowing. We are glad
that we are living, and especially
living in Coffee county, and ir.
j the tov .of Douglas. It is true
j that ■ v i» v mv not bom in this
| county, but it was not the
i write! - s fault or he might have
j been. We were not raised in
this coalite, but it is too late to
grieve over our misfortune.
This we did do, and that was tho
' best ' e could do under., the cir
c ms ances as soon as we had an
opportunity to come to Coffee
county, we at once availed our
selves of it. We are here among
you, *nd we are not sorry that!
wo came, but glad. We come!
in the prime of life, eager to
spend and be spent in honoring j
God and serving the people.
We are here pastor of a church j
| whose chief aim is to serve the j
j people, for we believe in doing
; this we are serving the Lord. j
The pastor invites you to a church
with open doors to all who are!
without a church home. Thej
rich and the poor will always
find a warm welcome in our
midst. Our church is free from
formality and her services are
such as all can take some part.
We invite you to “A Homelike
Church,” where the services are
of reasonable length, and U R
always welcomed. Uneeda-
Church-Home.
“IF WE LIVED IN UTAH.”
Mormon Elder Captured the Col
lege Girls.
Northwestern University girls
living at Willard Hall girls’ dom-
Lory at Evanston had the times
of their lives Saturday niglff,
when Elder, Laurin[Farr, of the
Church of Latter-Day Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah, stoppei
tor a brief call on his inspection
af the Methodist institution.
Elder Farr, a venerable merr
oer of the Mormon church, is
visiting friends in Chicago. Dui -
ng his stay he willj see most
Chicago schools and , [colleges.
His reception by the Willard Hall
.prls was lively in the extreme.
“Oh, isn’t he the cutest
thing?” babbled [a tall blonde, as
she set aside a box of “fudge”
tor the greater excitement’ ol
talking to a real much-married
Mormon.
“How many has he?” excited -
; ly chorused an interested quintet
of ne\y[arr iva I s, who_craned’their
necks over the sea‘of much porr
padoured heads intervening be
tween them and Eider Farr.
It was an interesting moment
but the Salt Lake city churchman
was equal to the occasion.He
didn’t get flustrated in the leasL
He complimented the univei
sity, its location and buildings,
and then showed he was made
of the right stuff by intimating
that he wouldn’t dare [think of
sending many of his [church’s
young men to Evanston[to col
lege, for fear the beauty[ of
Northwestern’s girls would lead
the young Tmen to desert the
ranks of Mormonism.
It w r as a happy occasion.
When the Elder, gravely strok
ing his long, gray beard, Tpicked
up his tall hat and bowed himself
out, there was a disap
pointed exclamations fromlthe
bevy of youth and interested
beauty left in his wake.
“It’s a shame that lie”;didn’t
stay longer,” pouted she with
the blonde hair and “fudge.”
“I was just going to ask him
how he kept them from quarrel
ing while he was away.”
Then some darling little girl
from Oshkosh remarked that
there were 1,500 girls and only
300 boys in the Evanston end ol
the university. This precipitat
ed a debate upon Mormonism
that last *d even after “lights
out” bell had jangled its unwel
come signal up and [[down ti;
bsoad corridors of the much-alive
d jrmitory.
Educate for Business.
There are more young men in
the penitentiaries in this country
1 laming trades than there are
outside of them learning trades
The principal cause of this is
that we are educating our young
men for idle gentlemen, trying
to rriak lawyers, preachers, doc
tors and clerks out of material
that is needed for blacksmith.,
carpenters, merchants and other
honest ‘ ‘hew r ers of wood ■ ar.d
drawers of water. ” It mis
take, and a big one, to teach boys
and girls to believe that, labor is
disgraceful, and do nothing[for a
living is more so
ciety Hang such society! It is
rotten to the core and is ruining
our county to-day; and [there are
sons and daughters who are now
being educated to playi“the lead
ing lady” and “walking gentle
man” in the great drama of life,
who will light out from the poor
house or the penitentiary before
the curtain drops on the last sad
act of the play to which they
have been educated by their too
indulgent parents.-Eastman
Times-Journal.
SI.OO per Annum
THE EARNERS UNION,
More Than a Million Members,
And Still Growing.
The Farmers Union is in Nation
al session in Atlanta this week.
Read what the Atlanta Georgian
h ato say about this great oryoni
zation. It is the most remarka
ble organization that the world
has ever seen and he who thinks
that it amounts to nothing will
b i harshly awaken to the fact
that he is mistaken.
The farmer needs organization
than any other class and
the interests of all other classes
will be much improved and our
section enriched when the farmer
gets his just dues.
The watch word of the Farmers
Union is “education” and when
the farmers become educated to
sound business methods and to a
clearer understanding of matters
that pertain to them, then nil
classes will reap the reward that
their intelligentorganization will
bring.
Read the report of the dany
papers and see what is being said
about the Farmers Union.
We give below a clipping from
the Georgian:
Ovor a million members!
New members coming into ti e
organization at the rate of 1,200
per day!
An organization only five years
old!
Briefly epitomized, that is the
marvelous history of the National
Farmers’ Union to date. No
other organization in history 1 as
had such a growth. No other
organization is growing at the
same rate.
Just five years ago a Texas
farmer formed the first Farmers'
Union, It was just a small band
of men, but they had hold of the
right idea, aims and purposes.
Under the enthusiasm and the
purposefulness of Newt Gresham
the Farmers’ Union grew by leaps
and bounds. 11 spread over
Texas, lapped over into other
states, jumped the Mississippi
and was not checked until it
touched the Atlantic seaboard:
s.vept west, east and north ai e
a prairie conflagration, but kind
ling only enthusiasm and higher
aims in the farmers of the Unit d
States.
Newt Gresham gave his life to
the work, but he left a mighty
monument to himself, which is
growing higher deeper and wider.
He gave too much of his strength
*o the work and succumbed.
But he a Barrett to take
up and push onward his work.
And nobly is the Georgia farmer
doing it.
Here is a human biogranhv in
a nutshell: Born, welcomed,
caressed, cried, fed, grew, amus
ed, reared, studied, examined,
graduated, in love, engaged,
married, quarrelled, reconciled,
suffered, deserted, sick, dead,
mourned, buried and forgotten.
—Dublin Times.
Waycross proposes to blow all
of her whistles every time SI,OOO
is raised for her Y. M. C. A.build
ing. That will be sufficient to
cause the Waycrossers and the
Wayfarers tempoarily sojourning
there to raise the sum instanter.so
that the blowing may be as near
ly concurrent as posible. —Ex.
Records have been recently
published in Savannah showing
that cotton was raised and manu
factured in the neighborhood
of that city as early as the year
1748 in sufficient quantity to be
the subject of official notice. But
Great Britain at that time would
not permit the colonies to manu
j facture cotton, and compelling
| them to buy the manufactured
article of the ’’home country.”