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The Douglas Enterpn-" ypL. 17, NO. 47. 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*