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Douglas Baptist Church Notes.
By alexis d. kendrick, Pastor.
Remember that the Sunday Schoo
will meet hereafter at 4 o’clock instead
of 3 o’clock.
Next Sunday will be the regular
time for election of officers of both the
Baraca and Philathea classes. Come
prepared to vote for the new officers.
While we extend to the public a cor
dial invitation to the services Sunday,
we are especially anxious to have every
member of the church present at the
morning service to partake the Lord’s
Supper. The new deacons are expect
ed to be present and assist in the ser
vice of the supper.
The debate by the Baraca- Philathea
classes no boubt will be interesting
and helpful, and it is not too early for
those who are to take part to begin
preparation for the occasion. The
pastor and his library are at the ser
vice of every one who are to speak and
he insists on the young people calling
on him for service.
We are anxious to have the children
between the ages of ten and sixteen
occupy the Junior Choir at all of the
services. Miss Freeman will act as
superintendent of the choir during the
services. We insist that the parents
of our children use their influence to
this end.
The pastor is desirous of being more
helpful to our young men and he is
willing to devote one evening of each
week with them in helping them to ap
ply themselves in some lines of reading
and study. His library of six hundred
books is at the service of the young
people.
Notwithstanding the cold Monday
afternoon a few of the young ladies
met at the church and organized a
Young Ladies^Missionary Society, with
the following officers for the first three
months: Miss Marion Hernden, Pres
ident, Misif Hattie Paxon, Vice Presi
dent; Miss Effie Bailey, Secretary and
treasure; Miss Pauline McCormick,
Organist; Mrs. A. D. Kendrick Super
intendent. The society will meet
Monday after each second Sunday at 4
o’clock. The first meeting will be held
at the church Monday, April 15th, and
it is desired that a large number of the
young ladies be present at the first
meeting.
The Baraca- Philathea debate which
will take place soon promises to be a
most interesting occasion for the young
people and the public. The young peo
ple have begun in earnest to prepare
their papers and speeches, and we are
certain that many new and interesing
characteristics of these two great men
will be brought out by the debaters.
Mr. Johnie Williams was selected
some time since by the male members
of the church to act as an assistant for
the treasurer of the church, and he
will sollicit pledges from every mem
ber of the church who has not made a
pledge for the support of the church
and also collect from all who do not use
the envelope system in making their
contributions. It is the earnest desire
of the church that every member do
something towards its support and do
it each month. We insist that the
envelopes be used and these can be
found on the back of the church pews.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
meet at 3:30 P. M. Monday. A large
attendance is desired. Several new
members were received in to the
church during the recent meeting who
should become a member of this Socie
ty.
We want fifty men to join Dr. Bry
an’s class of men, and if you are not a
member, this is an invitation to you to
become one of the fifty. (This of
course applies to men who are not in
any school.)
The plans and specifications for the
new church building were accepted
Monday afternoon in a meeting of the
Building Committee. The committee
is open for bids for the church and the
contract will be let May Ist. Plans
and specifications can be seen at The
Citizens Bank, or write E. L. Tanner,
Douglas, Ga.
The pastor will preach Sunday morn
ing and evening and a large congrega
tion is desired. Come and bring some
one with yon to both services. If you
are a visitor in town a cordial invitation
is extended to you. Come and make
your—'!* i.' ike p .itor ;-.o-
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS
Of The Grand Jury of The riarch
Term, 1907, of Coffee County
Superios Court.
We, the Grand Jury, chosen
and sworn for the March term,
1907, of Coffee Superior Court,
beg, to submit herewith our gen
eral presentments.
Through committes appointed
for the different purposes, we
have investigated the conditions
of all public buildings and public
highways and the various insti
tutions of our county and report
as follows:
In the investigations of the
convict camps we find that it was
in fairly good order and convicts
well kept. W. H. Duncan, Oscar
Paulk, Com.
In the careful investigation of
the poor farm beg to say that we
find it in good condition, with
plenty of provisions and inmates
well cared for. Bartley Vickers,
B. W. Tanner, Com.
We have examined the books
of all Justices of the Peace and
find them correctly kept, except
those of the 1170 District J. P.
incorrectly kept, first by not de
signating the dist. nor term in
which the case was pending; sec
ond, by not making entry of
disposition of case, when settled
or otherwise disposed of. Also
docket of 1127 in not stating dist.
ar d county in which case is pend
ing. He inserts the name M.
Spivey where it should be 1127
dist. Coffee county. W. H. Dun
can, J. D. Pearson, W. M. Cor
bitt, Com.
We the committee appointed
to examine the public buildings
begs to say we find the jail in as
good condition as could be ex
pected with the improvements.
We recommend that the cells be
painted. We find the court house
in good condition. B. Peterson,
D. E. Poston, Com.
GOOD ROADS RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, it is the sense of this
Grand Jury that the public roads
of Coffee county should be im
proved permanently to meet the
rapid growth and development
that is taking place in all parts
of the county, and
Whereas, we know that there
are few things so valuable to any
community as good roads, and
Whereas, we believe that the
time has come when Coffee coun
ty should manifest the progres
sive spirit extant in the country.
Therefore,
Resolved, that we, the Grand
Jury for the March term of Coffee
Superior Court, appoint the fol
lowing citizens of the different
districts, two from each, viz:—
Douglas district, W. C. Bryan,
J. I. Hatfield; Tanner district,
John Roberts, Bud Meeks; Mc-
Donald district, B. H. Tanner,
S. P. White; Pearson district,
pie. Come and take some part in the
services and feel just as free as if you
were in your own church.
To anyone without a Church Home,
nd who is seeking Christian fellow
ship, and who is willing to do the Mas
tor’s service, with the brivilege of
worship and receiving a helping hand
in the struggle for a better life, this
church and pastor bids a hearty wel
come. The church and pastor strive
together to make this old world better
by our having lived in it, and we need
the support of all others who have such
ideals in life.
We strive to have: A Home-Like
, wii—
Douglas, Ga., April 6th, 1907.
Tom Morris, Sr., Joe White;
Willacoochee district, T. L. Paulk
Thomas Daniels; Pickren district
Bud Burket, W. B. Courson;
Philips Mill district, Micagah
Purvis Yongie Vickers; Broxton
district, G. A. Hall, Lawrence
Newbern. And from the county
at large the following to-wit:
Eli Vickers, Sr. Geo. F. McCranie
Dan Lott Jr., Benajah Mills and
Joel Wilcox. We recommend
that the said citizens of Coffee
county meet at the court house
at the earliest possible time to
take up the matter of building
permanent roads for the county
of Coffee. Be it resolved futher
that this recommendation be em
bodied in the general present
ments of this Grand Jury.
We recommend that those com
mittees appointed to confer with
the county Commissioners in de
vising the plans to improve the
public road system be paid $2.00
per day engaged in this work,
RESOLUTIONS OF UPBUILDING OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Realizing that every step which
our county makes forward, edu
cationally, means progress for
our citizens, morally, socially,
mentally and financially; and that
our people can nev?r advance
beyond the educational standard
which we fix for the children of
our county; and appreciating the
great benefits to be derived to
the people from the Eleventh
Congressional District Agricul
tural College which has been se
cured by our county; we wish
and desire to approve the faith
ful work to all who aided in any
way in securing this institution
for our county. And we desire
to thank the friends of our county
whether they be. citizens of our
county or other parts of the
Eleventh Congressional District
for their faithful work in this
behalf.
We further approve the action
of the county Commissioners,
both of the present and retired
Board, for their action in carry
ing on and assisting in this matter
and recommend that the present
Board carry out fully the work
so nobly begun by their prede
cessors.
We believe that the good to be
derived from this institution to
be infinitly greater than the sum
of money which will be expended
in this way.
And that the children of our
county will praise the memory
of those who contributed to this
noble institution, and call them
blessed.
Douglas, Ga., March 27, 1907.
To the honorable Foreman of the
Grand Jury:
We the committee appointed
by the Grand Jury of the October
term, 1906, examine the books of
the county officers and report to
this Grand Jury, beg leave to
report as follows:
We have made as thorough ex
amination of the several books as
we could and we find as follows:
The books of the Clerk of Superior
Court are kept in a neat, and as
far as we are able to know, cor
rect with the following exeptions;
we find that there has been no
entry made on the writ record
from the 17th day of May, 1905,
to the Ist day of March, 1907,
and while this may be entirely
correct, it is a little singular that
no paper should have been re
corded during that period,; ..
also find that the Duplex Index
sis not complete, as there is a
; vacancy in the record from about
July 21st, 1905, to January Ist,
1 1907. We would suggest to your
body that you recommend this
work to be done at once, as the
book is one of great importance
and convenience, and should be
kept to date all the time.
We find the books of the Ordi
nary’s office are kept in a neat,
and as far as we could ascertain,
correct manner.
We find that the records of the
Sheriff’s office are very incom
plete. The records shown bv
said office are not at all satis
factory.
We find the record as kept by
the Treasurer is neat and correct.
Especially do we commend the
work on this book.
We find the books of the Coun
ty Commissioners to be neatly
kept. We commend these of
ficials for the way in which they
keep their record. We suggest,
however, that they open another
account for the commutation
or road tax. We are of the
opinion that this fund should be
kept separate and apart from
the other county funds.
We find the books of the Coun
ty School Commissioner to be
kept as near perfect as possible.
The books of the Tax Collector
are also in good shape. The books
of the Tax Assessor are also kept
in neat, and we presume
correct manner. books
of the Clerk of the City Court
are also neatly kept.
We would suggest to you that
vou recommend that the County
Commissoners furnish a book
for the Ordinary’s office in which
to keep the record of Corpora
tions and special tax. The book
now in use is not as complete
as it should be.
On the whole we find the
books of the county are kept in
very good shape. J. O. white,
W. P. Bellinger, Com.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
FOR THE YEAR 1906.
Balance on hand from 1905 $88.44
Amount of State Treasurer’s
Checks for 1906 10,696.13
Total receipts $10,784.57
Expenditures for the year; !
Salary of County School Com- t
missioner $ 897.00,
Salaries of members of Board
of Education 96.001
School supplies and buildings 400.47
Interest account 178.56
Amount paid teachers, white 7,803.87
Amount paid teachers, color’d 1,293.30
Postage, printing and other
incidentals 89.70
Total expenditures... .. $10,758.90
Balance remaining on hand 25.67
We recommend that the Or
dinary be instructed and given
authority according to law to fix
a date and call an election, that
the citizens of Coffee county may!
have an opportunity to yote for j
a local tax for supplementing the
amount of school funds now re
ceived for the State, so that each
school district may have a free
school for at least five months in
the year, and also that the school
buildings and other school prop
erty may be improved in keeping
with the demands of the time.
We recommend that the pay
of jurors and court bailiffs be
fixed at $2,00 per day.
We further recommend that
our clerk and foreman be paid
SI.OO per day extra for their
services during the present term.
We recommend that the County
G? n,ri fi®-K )n€rs fv.rnish 4 JT-Ufc&lc,
SI.OO per Annum
Sunday School Childrens Enter
tainment.
Miss Dollie Freeman entertain
ed her class, No. 4, of the Baptist
Sunday School, at the beautiful
home of Mrs. Reason Lott, on
Ward street, Monday night.
The house was appropriately dec-
orated for the occasion, and the
boys and girls had a rat-killing
time until it was time for all nice,
young people to be in bed, ten
o’clock. With her accustomed
hospitality Mrs. Reason Lott not
only gave the use of her home to
this entertainment, but was hos
tess and entertainer. Those pres
ent were: Misses Ola Bailey,
Corene Bryant, Alice Brown,
Estelle Kirkland, Rebecca Gran
tham, Nellie Dent, Lizzie Barber
Minor Lott, Masters Robert Bart
lett, Gray Meeks, Monroe Grif
fin, Lony Worfford, Carey Bart
lett. After spending some time
in different plays, they went to
the dining room where delicious
refreshments were served. Some
who did not belong to the Sunday
School class pronounced the en
tertainment a success. Not be
ing present your “Uncle Jim”
must take their word for it, and
you must do the same.
book for Ordinary’s office, in
which to keep the record of cor
porations and special tax. The
book now used is not as complete
as it should be.
We recommend the County
Commissioners to help build court
houses in the militia districts
that need them.
We recommend that a small
box be built under the rear end
of chaingang wagons.
We thank the Hon. Judge T.
A. Parker for the impartial man
ner in which he has presided
over our court, also his able
charge to our body, and we trust
that the moral force and influ
ence of same will have a good
effect upon the morals of our
people.
We further desire to express
our thanks for assistance given
us by Han. John W. Bennett,
Solicitor General, and we also
desire to return thanks to our
worthy Solicitor of the City
Court, M. D. Dickerson, who
has so ably assisted the Solicitor
General in the discharge of his
duties.
We also return thanks to our
sheriff, clerk and bailiff for the
courtesies extended our body,
and commend them for their
faithful discharge of their duties.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be printed in the Doug
las Enterprise and the Coffee
County News and the sum of five
dollars each be paid the papers
for printing the same.
J. Wesley Roberts, L. Harrell,
J. C. Gillis, Oscar Paulk,
T. J. Harrison, R.M. Guthrie,
B. Peterson, Aaion Byrd,
J. A. Hursey, Bartley Vickers,
John Roberts, Wiley VicxersJr.
W. M. Corbitt, H. R. Davis,
B. W. Tanner, Tim Tanner,
Elias Meeks, W. H. Duncan,
C. P. Collins, Isaac Corbitt,
D. E. Poston, D. J. Pearson,
W. A. Tanner.
The above and foregoing Gen
eral Presentments received and
read in open court it is ordered,
considered and adjudged by the
court, and that they be admitted
to record.
It is further ordered that they
be printed as therein recom
mended in open court.
This March 29th, 1907.
T. A. Parker,
Ju.’jjc S. C. & C*