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S he Douglaj Enterprise.
DOUGLAS PRINTING C(X Proprietors.
W. C. BRYAN, .... Editor.
Entered as second-class matter October 20 1905 at the Post Office .
at Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1897.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1907.
Official Organ of Coffee County and City
of Douglas,
Sandersville Trip.
The editor an! his better half, who went along to keep him
straight, went to Sandersville to attend the Georgia Weekly Press
Association meeting. We had a most delightful time and words
will not permit us to say just all we would like to say of the way
we were treated by the good people of the town of Sandersville.
The Entertainment Committee were our friends, and surely had in
mind the best place in town when they designed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. McCarty for us. We appreciate the many kind
nesses and coutesies shown us t»y this hospitable and clever family,
and assure them that it will be many a dav before we forget them.
The Association was declared by many as the best held for
years and more practical good will result from it than many of the
past meetings. The Georgia editor is awaking to his duties, as a
citizen and as one who assists in the moulding of the sentiment of
his section and state. We are very glad to note that they all stand
for the highest and the purest in the state and in the home. The
Georgia Weekly Press will stand, as if one man, by the prohibition
and educational movement of our state. The boys and girls of
Georgia have friends in the Georgia editors next to their own
fathers and mothers, and the Press will do every thing possible to
further their inteiests, religiously, morally, educationally and in
every other way possible.
Sandersville was an inspiration to the Press and next year we
will go to Gainesville, where we will meet with the same old time
hospitality. The following, year, the boys will report in Douglas
for duty, and after having two good years like Sandersville and
Gainesville will give them, they can rough it for one. Our people
will be delighted when the time comes for them to come to Doug
las, and we feel that the Georgia editor will appreciate the visit to
our new and prosperous section.
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Educational.
State School Commissioner W. B. Merrett attended the meet
ing of the Georgia Press at Sandersville, and found the editors in
full accord with him on educational lines. The Georgia editor
stands for the best of everything, specially education, and are
pledged to stand by the educational movement of the state, which
is so ably championed by Commissioner Merrett. The Georgia
editors have not been in full harmony in espousing the educational
interests of the state, while all have been doing what they thought
best. The plan of the Press was to appoint an educational com
mittee to confer with the school Commissioner, and get the whole
Press in line in such a way that more good could be accomplished.
That committee was composed of editors W. H. McGehee, of Tal
botton, 0. L. Mcßae, of Mcßae, J. A. Hardy, of Gainsville, J. F.
Shannon, of Commerce, and W. C. Bryan, of Douglas.
. There was never a time when the educational interests of the
State was commanding greater attention, and with such a School
Commissioner, who is thoroughly in earnest, as Mr. Merrett, much
good will be done along this tine.
The Exposition.
The editor and Mrs. Bryan spent three days at the Jamestown
Exposition, being there on Georgia day, and hearing the address
of President Roosevelt. This was the greatest day yet of the
great Exposition, being more than seventy five thousand people on
the grounds. The Exposition is not complete in every detail, but
is fast nearing completion. The Georgia exhibit is one of the best
on the grounds, and Messrs White, Bartow, and Miller, of Bulloch,
are doing much to make it the best exhibit there, You will feel
proud of Georgia when you see the display.
The Exposition Officials are very clever and are determined to
give the county a good and satisfactory show. To those who can,
it is well worth the trip to go.
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The Farmers’ Union.
The great rally of the Farmers’ Union at Gaskin Springs Satur
day will mark an epoch in the history of that organization in Coffee
county. Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Rome, will address the people,
and he is one of Georgia’s most honored sons, being fearless in his
championship of the right, and able in his exposition of wrong.
Every one in the county should do himself the honor of going out
and hearing this great man speak.
The Union is doing much for the farmer, as well as for the
whole country, and the union people of Coffee county should get
more actively in earnest, if they would keep in touch with other
sections. Education is the key note of the organization, and those
who would throw sneers and ridicale at this great organization are
opposed to the education of the farmer, the sinew and back bone
of the land. The farmer is entitled to a few good things of life,
and it looks now that he is coming in for a small share of his part.
They wdll never get all that is coming to them, but they will get
more than they have been getting.
The members of the next legis
lature have their grips packed
full of important bills, and when
the roll is called the world will
be startled out of its boots.
DOUGLAS HNTEPRISE, JUNE 22nd. 1907.
The thing to be considered is
not what you believe and suppose
about salvation and punishment
after death, but what the bible
says on those subjects.
Will Soon Reach Birmingham and
Atlanta.
The A. B. & A. R. R. will soon
reach Birmingham and Atlanta.
This is fast developing into one
of the best lines in the southern
states and is managed by the best
talent to be secured, in all de
partments. We have watched
this road, with pride, develop
from a log tram road to the mag
nificent proportions of the present
and the development and magni
ficence of the road is just now in
its incipiency. What it means
to Douglas and other towns along
it’s line is incalculable. Without
it there would only now be a small
country town where we have the
beautiful and progressive town
of Douglas, and this holds good
with many other good towns
along the road. It passes through
the very best section of the state
and people who want new homes
would do well to take a trip down
the A. B. & A.
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Dick Dickerson in the Race.
The race of Solicitorship is in a
semi-dormant stage just at this
time. We have personally met
many peoole of the various coun
ties that compose the circuit, and
we find that our friend Dickerson
has a remarkable following. It
will be with pride and pleasure
that his friends throughout the
circuitt will see to it that he is
elected. He will make a good
officer and the circuit’s interests
will be well cared for, and he
will make a magnificent record,
if elected. Remember that Mar
cus Dickerson is in the race for
Solicitor-General of the Bruns
wick circuit. * ‘
We Believe in Miltown Property!
To prove this we make the following offer: To parties drawing the following lots in OUR MID
SUMMER DIVISION, we wilt pay in GOLD, on the date of division, as follows:
Lot I,_ Block 2,~ - $300.00
“3, - - “ 2, 250.00
“3, - “ 1, 250,00
"2, “ 2 x— 550.00
“1, “ 2, 250.00
“ l,_ “ 38,.
“ 3, “ 63, - 100.00
“6, “ 73, 100.00
“ 4,.. “ 83, - 100.00
TRY YOUR LUCK, before it is too late. This is no Town-site proposition, but property in one
of the best towns of Georgia to its age, having increased from 175 to nearly 1,500 people in 24
months. Why with two more railroads coming here: The Ocilla & Valdosta and the Adel & Milltown
both being chartered now. Two Banks. The largest Baptist College building in South Georgia to
be completed by fall term. Warehouse accommodations for our crop of 37c cotton, with the best and
largest territory in Georgia to back us up. We can’t help but grow\
Not a lot in this division will fail to look cheap at SIOO.OO within 12 months. Only last week
187 feet, two blocks of where this property begins, sold for $4500,00.
How often do you hear the express : on: If I had only bought property in South Georgia earlier I
A few months procrastination and you will say the same of Milltown.
Our price is 550.00, payable $5.00 cash and $5.00 monthly until paid. Get in line while they
last. Write us.
SOUTH GEORGIA LAND & INDUSTRIAL CO. MILLTOWN, GA.
Parties desiring Tombstones, Monumental Work, Head or Foot-Stones
Iron or Wire Fencing will receive prompt attention by calling on or addressing,
J. R. OVERMAN,
At the Courthouse, Douglas, Ga.
The Farmers’ Union And The
Bankers.
The Farmers’ Union which op
poses immigration has challenged
the Georgia Banker, who favor
immigration to a series of joint
bebates. They propose to meet
and argue the question into a set
tlement of it, and the Savannah
News thinks the Bankers should
accept the challenge and talk it
over. We doubt it ever being
settled by joint debate. Debat
ers generally run to the extreme
views in an effort to bolster up
their sides and the division be
comes only more marked. A
committee from the Bankers’ as
sociation to confer with a com
mittee from the Farmers’ Union
might come nearer harmonizing
the differences. The farmers
have some merit in their conten
tion.—Moultrie Observer.
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Albany Herald:—Editor John
Temple Graves visited President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on Sat
urday, and we infer from a news
reporter published in the Geor
gian that something might have
been said about making Roose
velt and Hoke Smith running
mates on a sort of Republican-
Democratic compromise ticket in
1908.
The South Georgia Land and
Industrial Co., of Milltown, have
an advertisement in to-day’s pa
per. Read it and draw a lot.
Many people have been success
ful when tney did not expect it.
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If prohibition were defeated in
Bartow county the body of Sam
Jones would turn over in his
grave. By the way, the remains
of me great revivalist will be
carried back from Atlanta to
Cartersville. —Sav. Press.
Ths Differen:; in Counties.
Moultrie Observer: A party of
Moultrie people traveled home
from middle Georgia yesterday
and they fell to watching the
crops. They had kept a close
watch on the fields near the road
from Macon to Albany and had
discussed the small size of the
cotton and the yellow sickly con
dition of corn. “Wait until we
pass Albany” said one of the
party who had kept his weather
eye out going up, “and you will
see some crops.” Sure enough
the train had pulled out of Albany
only a few miles when a country
was entered entirely different.
The cotton was neatly “knee
high” and the corn was high as
• the shoulders or head. Moreover
the crops had a better color and
all the gardens and side crops
showed the same contrast. It
was like passing out of the hills
into the Mississippi delta said one
of the party to a representative
of the Observer this morning.
All we need to get all the immi
grants we need from north and
middle Georgia is to get them to
come down and see this difference.
And the man who told this story
was one who has come down from
the washed hills to a more goodly
land.
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And now John Temple Graves,,
of Atlanta, comes forward and
says he still wants Mr. Bryant
to nominate for president of the
United States, Theodore Roose
velt, of New’ York, and for vice
president Hoke Smith, of Geor
gia. That looks good to us, as it
is the only way the South wil
ever get a man on the presiden
tial ticket. K