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The Douglas Enterprise
VOL. 17, NO. 49.
Douglas Baptist Church Notes.
By ALEXIS D. KENDRICK, Pastor.
The Sunday School Picnic will
be discussed next Sunday at the
Sunday School: Of course you
will-be present and on time.
Prof. Edenfield, Principal of
Hearne Institute, Cave Springs,
gave an interesting and helpful
address on "Christian Education,
at the church Sunday evening.
The debate Friday evening by
the Baraca-Philathea classes
promises to be interesting, and a
large number of people are ex
pected to be present to hear the
young people.
The pastor has an interesting
class of children who meet each
Monday afternoon in connection
with the Sun Beam Society.
The object of this class is to
study sytematically the Bible.
The children come with their
Bibles and note books.
The character of the prayer
meetings on Wednesday even
ings will be somewhat changed
from the former way. The pas
tor will select one man each
week to conduct the meeting
the coming week. The services
will be chiefly prayer, praise and
testimony.
We note with much pleasure
the increasing interest and
growth of Dr. Bryan’s Sunday
.School class of men. We are
anxious to have the class con
tinue to grow and ask the men
who are not in any school to join
this class and spend one hour
every Sunday afternoon in the
study of the word.
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning and evening, and the
public will find a cordial welcome
t these services.
We are anxious to have a few
more male voices in the choir,
arid all who will help in this part
of'the service will kindly come
to the front and occupy a seat in
the choir., [Several more lady
voices are desired and any of
’the ladies who desire to render
some seryice in this * way will
please become members of the
choir.
The ladies Aid Society will
■ meet Monday . afternoon** at 4
o’clock, and a large attendance
is desired. Let every member
be* present and ladies who " are
not members would *dc well to
unite in the good work done by
this scciety.--
Miss Lillian Orr, of "Davis
boro, Ga., has beeff chosen as
the pastor’s assistant, and has
begun work. Miss Orr comes
from one of the best families
of Washington • county, and
is a young woman of fine
Christian character. For nearly
. four years she was a member of
the church at Davis
boro, ancfciunjng which time she
was an* .earnest * and faithful
church and Sunday school worker.
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Prospecting for Oil
A number of our promineifl!
citizens have looked over the sur
rounding country with a view of
trying to locate oil, which is said
.to be in the earth in and around
Douglas in large quantities. Who
knows but that we may not be
the center of oil
produceing world,
and that we may ri *%d the oil,
and make Douglas Weater
Beaumont. ha,ve
'.happened. *** S P
The Revival.
Mr. Chas N. and
Dr. Walker Lewis are in Way
cross in a meeting now and they
will come to Douglas from there
to assist in a revival here, on the
first of May.
Several have asked me where
are you going to have the. meet
ing. I answer that God knows,
though s|s yet I do not. I* have
been doing all in- my power to
get the material here to finish
the S. S. Dep’t of our-new church
in time for the meeting. Just
one instance of delay will show
you something: The plaster has
been ordered from Brunswick
two weeks last Saturday and has
not been received at this writing.
Mr. Russell went to Waycross
Tuesday evening to seek to rush
matters and Mr. Forbes has
promised that on his trip to Cor
dele this week, he will do all he
can to get our S. S. Room wind
ows out for us.
The work will require only a
week or ten days and hence if
we could get our material this
week, we would be able to use
the S. S. Dep’t for our meeting.
If we fail in this,' the Presby
terians have offered us the use
of their tent, which is a great
kindness on their part.
We want the prayers, the help
and co-operation of every Christ
ian in Douglas, that God may
give us a revival that will save
our town. > .
There are many here without
God and without hope in the
world. Let us lead them to Christ
and then let them join the church
of their choice. Some people
have more “Churchanity” than
Christianity; these need to be
saved as well as others.
May God help us to get ready
for a great revival. Let it begin
in you, in me, and let it spread
from heart to heart, and from
home to home, until the whole
town is taken for our Christ.
, Sincerely,
. L. A. Hill,
Cuttiug News Notes.
Quite a number o£ people came
down from Homerville, yesterday
to attend church hire, but was
disapointed as the poacher failed
to come!
Mr, Rice, has been spending
several days here on .-business,
but departed yesterday.
M~. Enoch Patterson, our mill
foreman, made a filing trip to
Waycross, Saturday to visit rela
tives and returned Sunday.
Miss Bettie Lewis, made her
return to her brothers here some
few days ago.
Master Charlie Craven, is visit
ing his sister here Mrs. M. Craven
for a couple of weeks.
Mr. W. L. Matthis, of this
place has accepted a position at
Aiexandersville, Ga., made
his departure to-day, hw mother
will leave in a few dayfe, we wish
them much success.
Mr. M. Craven, formerly of
' this place but now of Saginaw,
made a pleasant visit to his family
and friends here Saturday.
Mr, M. E. Dyess, made a fly
ing trip to Waycross/ last Satur
day.
We are proud to say our prayer
meeting has been successful thus
far and hope it will continue so.
We are sorry to hear of the
illness of Miss Theata Kennedy,
but hope however she will soon
be alright again.
Cutting.
Doyglas, Ga., April 20th, 190 7..
Epworth League, Sunday, April
3i. io o’clock A. fW - .-!jS
programme:
Song, - “He Came to Save A[<a v
Prayer?" A
Quotations by members" on *
■Love ??
Song - ‘.‘Not a SpaiVow Falleth,”
•. Prof- Hipsher.
The measure of bur interest in
others, Mr. Geot, M Stanton. -
“God’s Unselfish Interest,”
Mrs. L. E. Heath. <
God’s provision for the wprld’s
. salvation, Mr. .Cary'lnfijm§r.
Song - “My Father’s tlpe,’’
Misses Nellie Ward,
Clement, Ruby McLean, Lu
cille Clements, Beatrice Mc-
Donald, Luella Roan, Ruth
Wofford. ' , A
Song - - - “He Loves Me.’’
Benediction. ‘
The Epworth League invites
the young people of the -town to
be present at this meeting.
Death of Jesse Sweat.
As esteemed corresnondent
furnishes us the following, from'
Pearson, under date of April 15th:
After all that loving hands and
skillful doctors could do, our
friend, Jesse Sweat, died of ty
phoid fever at Leland, Ga., last’
Friday afternoon, leaving ai wife
and two small children.
He was the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sweat, of
this place, and the remaing were
intered at Red Bluff cemetery,
a few miles from here. His wife
and babies will live with. Mrs.
Sweat’s mother in Douglas. *
Little Picnic.
Several of the young Misses
got together and under the es
cort of Masters Roddie Davis
and Harry Roan, went out to the
Sulphur spring last Monday, and
enjoyed a good time. The follow*
ing went, Misses Alma Clements,
Beatrice and Irene McDonald,
Ruth Davis, Mary Bryan, Luella
Roan, Ruby McLean, Nellie Ward
and Era Goodyear.
Mr. H. C. McFadden.
We regretted very much when
we saw that Mr. McFadden had
severed his connection with the
A. B. & A., as it then occured
that he would leave this section.
We are glad to find that this im
mediate vicinity will the
benefit of his progressive rail
road genius. He, with associates
has bought the 0. & V. and he
has been made President. The
rodd will be improved and length
ened.
On a Still Hunt for Hands.
Mr. J. R. Davis is manager of
a large place at Lake Bird that
Mr. McLean is interested in, and
on Sunday morning they discus
sed procuring some hands. He
did not let Mr. McLean know
tfiat he was to get married, and
wlien he got on the train he sent
Mr. McLean word that he had
secured one hand, and that he
would look for others at an ap
pointed place.
The law requires a 30 days
notice from persons leaving an
other’s employ, and, had it not
been on Sunday, the Citizens
Bank would have filed an injunc
tion and kept Mrs. Davis here at
least 30 days longer. But jok
ing aside, Mrs. Davis has no bet
ter friends than the Citizen
Bank people, who she served so
faithfully for the last few
months, and they have nothing
but best wishes for her future
happiness and prosperity, in the
land of flowers with her clever
husband.
Big: Building Boom in Dqtiglafc-aml
' There is new a big building imoin
five stpry building of Swbqt and Tanner is -
taking on the appearance of a rnagri: Jcent buifelmg. This"will be
tho rm«M and most imoosing building in sot
■Tvv'p sides will be solidgat'e gladfe and this building would dapredit
to Atlanta or any jMfcjNxwn. The larke two afij-j ~,-t. r
built by. Mri B. Peterson wjlf soon, be completed.\ Rie ijfcttoqd'RH?
church at a cost of abqut eighteen thousand dollar oon be
completed. Thtf Baptists wilH)egin, a
.church that will cost as rnuch. Both chufcffes will be o?/4o-date.
and /will be imposing buildings for a town the size of Douglas:' Jhq ,
Urge novelty shop of. Mr. J. 11. Qentis no.\v jbenv,
cement stone. Merealbifte
a large warehouse which they will at once fill with ‘car ‘of*
buggies, wagons nnd heavy groceries., The. Agricultural college;',
buildings are being- started and pact of the material fb qowj
op ground. -There will be three of these with a frontage of
phe hundred and forty one feet each, built of. brick,. Ashley
PriciLumber Company bought the timber of Mr.,,, lirson last
week and this added-to the large tract that they a]'?.;’ I bold will
enable them .to build -ohe -of the largest A , Vr built-in
south Board of trade has doMM‘ vo / wf| U ,«n the
A. fit & A.-and G: &F. railroads, valued, at |fie? will,-.
at once begin the erection of their big thill,- at
least a thousand* hew'citizenibo Douglas right w j r Jr. J. D.
Forbes is laying the,foundation for an eight ‘ t | (
on Jefferson street. ' The Leader Land ConfpjaLj ( j t
the erection of a number of nice stone cottage ?
Tljjere are many smaller buildings now in cob,.
and some other large buildings that will soon bVoi&rred.
A visit to Nichols, one of- Coffee’s.-good towns, shows man
building improvements going on, in the way of 'splendid b
,btHjjd&pas and subst£ftcial residences. ■ \\Jllaeoochher*i¬her pjos~ v
perous towq of the-county, shows .the sap ie'Class of improvement ■
and the same with Brcxton, which is north of Douglas in
The writer had the pleasure of a day or two at Pearson, .the oldest
tOwriTft ebuhty, and ona that has made very little progress for
rhe last few years, but To. our surprise, we found i»pme ot’ Coffee’s
most substaheiarimprovement going on there. new brick
buildings and nice residences of a very substantial and an '
air of progress that the town has not felt for many years.
There is a general, improvement going dn thfdUgfeoufe the codiity
at the smaller towns and the country is witnessing the building of
many nice country homes. >
Coffee County Fair,
There is no way of telling how much good the Coffee Chunty
Fair has done for the county and there is no doubt but that the
coming fair will be tf^ and do the. most good of any yet held.
The management is'determined, that noth v sh 11 be left utidofie
that will tend to make the^fair t o t every effort v
be made to mak e it what it is
for Coffee countyj, her'resources and po interested
and write or see Melvin .Tanner apd left • i expect
from you in the way of halping to make ' success that fc all
want it to
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1J: Woukl BrW it Up. ~
We need Florida’s lav/ in referenc whiAey in Geor
gia, as we believe that it would break up tiger whiskey.
The Florida law provides that a person f »und gutity of soiling ■
whiskey without license, shall be fined -/250 to the chain
gang for six months. There is no alternate e/apd the Judge has
not the power to vary this sentence. Tma uieang that those who
are inclined to violate the law along this line will bp restrained /
and that it will be brokpn the public serpent doesn’t /
L r et so weak against selltr)g tiger booze that there ? no con- *
victions. as an
Not a Matter of Sport.
One or two of our
ries are striving to make *prt
of the fact that* a holiness
preacher, of Atlanta, jftev. jL b,
Lee, employed in a furniture |
store, is in the toils of the law, |
charged with larcency after
trust, having collected- money
for which he failed to account.
It is not a matter of but
a matter of regret, that this man
supposed to have been sellected
as a messenger from the Prince ,
of peace to every man and woijmfi
should have fallen by the way
side, still the Enterprise rejoicp
in the cousoling rememberandfe
that “all men are not criminals,**
nor will all preachers "go wrong"
because this one yielded to tem
ptation. If he was a preacher,/
called of God, then his misfo*/
tune can be accounted for, liy
it.-* nA A 'W
SI I/O per ticiUffTw'■
’ the other rail- "
Y aJEo go ahead and
says ; • TljjijSi'V no 00r hi
uCA.ulite House. —Bosto’
An unM
Rj of Rpcamatism. by
i plantjpg. thtMei{ry. of Ch^ n «
i k J . numg
, , jumatieity of
much as he wa.y stren „istituted
Master’s businf elude the
of mreg-ular tax
he was overtaly , s i be collected
Tn this Conn#(/ ein prescribed
T‘ , 'Tihefid.
I Wisoes It
' that it does ( Arts of ordinances
| be, and
} enCeV W£T repealed,
bessness read at regular meet
utfheld this February 18th,
are raSn at next regular meeting
fnnwP^ e ld this Mareh 4th, 1907,
LOUn^- U p 0n j, ts p assa ge and duly
! ¥sfi NB Merrier, Clerk City Council,
improved this March 4th, 1907.
W F. Willis Dart,
v Mayor City of Douglas, Georgia.