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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.”