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Wants to Take Brother’s Place
on the Gallows.
Montgomery, Ala., June 28.
John Beeman, a negro preacher,
has made application of the jailer
to be allowed to die for his broth
er, David Beeman, on the gallows
the date of execution being July
26. The preacher says that he
will go to heaven and his brother
being a bad man, might not.
This sacrifice -would have a tend
ency to bring his brother to the
Master, and in the end both
would get to heaven. He said
he did not see why the state
could not take him. as he would
be taking the place of his brother
and the law would be satisfied.
The offer of the negro has
■caused a great wave of sympathy
for both him and the condemned
man, and a large petition is being
■signed for the governor to com
mute the sentence to life im
prisonment.
David Beeman split open the
head of his wife because she paid
too much attention to another
man. He was crazed with jeal
ousy.
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Another Case of Unwritten Law.
The trial of Judge W. G. Loving
of Houston, Va., is on the way.
This is a case where a young man
Theodore Estes went riding in
a buggy with the daughter of
■the former. She complained of
feeling chilly (in April) when
young Estes offered her some
whiskey which she drank. In a
drunken stupor the drive was
continued, when finally the girl
was carried to the home from
which taken, in a almost uncon
cious and helpless condition. Her
father went after and from
statements she maup concluded
that his daughter had been as
saulted, therefore, he shot and
killed young Estes. The unwrit
ten law will be the defense, sus
tained or defeated by the girl’s
own testimony.
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Talking About Heaven.
“Most men who stick to the
Fourth Estate don’t leave any
estate when they die,” accord
ing to the Albany Herald. And
the saddest part of it is that they
are not sure of the estate they
are going to, ’ ’ remarks the Arreri
cus Recorder.—Hawkinsville
Dispatch.
Why should not a newspaper
man feel sure of his future es
tate? We know of no profession
or calling in life whose duties,
conscientiously preformed, im
pose fewer obstacles to “making
good” on the promises held out
by the Lord to those who believe
and who line up on His side in
the great battle of life which we
are all called upon to fight. Let
our Americus brother take a
course in Sunday school and try
to get himself right.— Albany
Herald.
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He who can and will laugh at
misfortune saves many tears.
For
Woman’s
Eye
J-18
Rapid Development.
There is a hustle and prosper
ous condition unlike any ever
seen by the town of Douglas and
the county of Coffee before. The
whole county seems to be awake
and every one seems to be doing
| everything possible to make the
’’county and towns within its bord
ers grow. The many improve
ments that are seen on every
i hand and the great work that is
■ going on in the way of develop
ment along educational lines
make the town and country look
like a good place for home seek
ers. We need fifty thousand
more people in Coffee county, and
we will have them some day, but
if we will all get busy, we will
get them much faster. To make
our schools and churches what
they should be we should have
more people, and if the pros
perous conditions continue, we
will increase our population very
■apidly. Douglas wants fifteen
lundred people each year for the
lext five years, and we will come
very near getting them. Those
)f us who know the town now
will not know it five years from
now, unless we keep our eyes
)pen and keep a humping. It
will grow out from under our
feet and we will not know how
it was done.
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Georgia for Georgians.
“Georgia for Georgians,”
urges the Sandersville Herald,
is it proposed that others shall
just send their money into the
state? How about the reeded
workers in farm and factory?
The sentiment sounds well as a
slogan, but it won’t bear scru
tiny—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
It does look as if we could stand
more people in this state. We
have sixty thousand square miles
and only about two million two
hundred thousand people. Others
have got to come from some
where. We can make them Geor
gians after they get here; that’s
one thing certain.—Sav. Press.
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They Are Behind It.
When the business men of all
states get behind the educational
movements as the business men
of Georgia are now behind the
educational movement in this
state, there will be glorious re
sults.—Athens Banner.
The business men of Georgia
demanded more practical men on
the school boards, more efficient
men as teachers, better paid men
ts directors in the work of public
education. The business men
neglected one important thing,
and that is, how are we to get
the money to secure these men.—
Sav. Press.
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Douglas, Ga., July 6th, 1907.
The Short Woman.
She never can look tall.
The most she can hope for is
to look a little taller.
,But Lincoln said anybody was
tall enough whose feet reached
the ground.
And Orlando thought Rosa
mond ideal because she
“just as high as my heart.”
There are ways, too, whereby
she can seem to add a couple of
inches to her height.
She must dress her hair high
and add to the effect by wearing
a hightopped comb.
The longer her skirts and the
higher her heels, of course, the
taller she will look.
Princess frocks make her look
tall, and so do strips running up
and down.
Frills and huge sleeves that
increase her breadth take away
from her height. '
She should therefore avoid a
too broad shouldered or over
trimmed appearance.
Much will be gained if she
holds her head high and carries
herself well
If she doesn’t it’a easy for her 1
to enter the nimble kitten class,
which may be “cut,” but not a
bit impressive.—Pittsburg Press.
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Raise the Standard.
How much longer are the peo
ple of Georgia to be imposed up
on by such a class of school
teachers as have been engaged
in the profession for the past few
years?—Thomasville Press.
At the busin oc, “ men’s educa
i /. second
tional conference .-«• Atlanta the
need of better teachers, better
superintendents, and better edu
cated trustees was stressed in
Georgia. In the country some of
the materia l labeled “teachers”
would not pass muster inagram
mer school grade. It is a pity,
but it’s true. —Sav. Press.
Hillinery Notes.
A plain little hat to be worn
well back upon the head is swath
ed with white tulle. From the
left side a large white plume en
circles the left side, hack, and
gracefully falls with the tip di
rected toward the right shoulder.
It is a girlish style and intended
for only youthful persons.
The dark red straw which is a
mixture of black and red, is
trimmed on both sides of the
milkado brim w th red ribbon,
black lined, and hunches of red
black cherries at the left.
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The court of appeals, the high
est court in the state, says if you
repeat a slander that you heard
from others you are just as liable
for damage as the one who start
ed the falsehood. That’s pretty
bitter medicine for some people
who manufacture and deal in
slander by the wholesale and re
tail under the firm name and
style of “They Say & Company.”
Some Are Left.
All the same, there are going
to be some Georgia peaches this
year, and also a few bales of
Georgia cotcon. And, providence
permitting, we shall cut some
watermelons in July.—Hamilton
Journal.
This being true, the people will
manage to pull through without
any trouble. Things are never
so bad that they may not be
worse. Cotton is rot cut off and
the Elberta is not extinguished.
The summer may he warm, hut
the melons will be with us. Sta
tistics show that cotton is the
ideal clothing for the world, and
instinct tells us that watermelon
is the food for this climate. —Sav.
Press.
There is no doubt that the
State Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
is one of the best. It is being
hard fought by Northern and
Western Companies and now and
then these Companies have some
one who is locally situated who
will help them knock the only
southern Company that promises
to come into competition with
them for southern business. We
have confidence in the State Mu
tual, of Rome, and believe that
the laws of Georgia are such
that the policy holder will be
amply protected. Our advice is
to stand by home people.
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There is a great improvement
going on throughout the county
of Coffee along the lines of re
ligion and education. We are
glad to note this, and the only
thing that we need is more peo
ple to enable us to have churches
and school houses more thickly
situated throughout the county.
This will come but the sooner
the better.
Manager Wallace, of the Tan
ner Mercantile Co., is about the
biggest man in town, acc ordirg
to his feelings. It is a girl about
a week old, and as we wish it
well we hope it does not resem
ble its father. Next!
The third Monday is wool sales
day for Coffee county.
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Dr. Turrentine, the next door
neighbor, has brought to this of
fice the largest water mellon of
the season. It weighed 38
pounds, skin, seed and ali. Two
young ladies, who are anthori
tees on the subject, say it was
A. No 1, if not a little more so.
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Miss Adeline Conova, a pop
ular young sister of Mrs. W. P.
W’ard, has gone to Jacksonville,
Fla, to be present at the nuptial
ceremonies of a brother. From
there she goes to Sanderson, Fla.,
where the Enterprise will visit
her once a week.
SI.OO per Annum
He Spanked The Girls.
“Prof. Carrell, head of the
public schools of Bristow, la.,
has just had his pay increased
$1,500 a year and been elected for
a new term of two years for the
unique reason that he had the
courage to spank six 18-year-old
girls,” says the Savannah News,
“The girls were unruly and it
appear that they would break up
the school. Several of the un
-1 der teachers threatened to resign
; because of the conduct of the
[girls. The school hoard told
[ Prof. Carrell to take them in
hand and discipline them and he
would be fully sustained. That
was all of the encouragement he
needed. When he had conclud
ed his little arguments with the
girls they were good, very, very,
good; and the school board un
animously agreed that any qaan
who had the courage to spank
six 18-year-old girls deserved an
increase of pay.”
An eighteen-year-old girl who
will not behave herself ought to
be spanked. We are delighted to
know that down in this part of
the world it is not necessary to
spank the girls. They are lady
like under all circumstances. If
perchance now and then one is
found who cannot and will not
obey the rules she is sent home
in disgrace and feels worse than
if she had been spanked.
It is the unwritten law in the
south that a girl should not be
whipped in school. If Prof.
Carrell lived in rhe South he
would have been roughly hand
ltd. As we said before, how
ever, it is never necessary in the
south to chastise a girl.
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Rev. A. B. Finley’s Appointments
The first Sunday in July, I will
commence a meeting at Prospect,
near Fitzgerald. Several choirs
will he there, led by Prof. Knight.
Dinner on the ground every day.
Second Sunday at Oak Grove,
near Hazlehurst, Rev. J. PI.
Black, of Florida, will be with me.
The third Sunday I go to Bruns
wick to marry a couple and run a
tnree days meeting.
The fourth Sunday I will begin
a protracted meeting at Harrell
Grove, near Douglas. All are
invited to these services. I pro
pose to treat some subjects of
vital importance.
Respectifully,
A. B. Finley.
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List of Jurors Drawn For the July
Term of the City Court
of Douglas.
R. M, Guthrie, Geo. W. Corbitt,
David Anderson, Arthur Kirkland,
W. A. Carelock, J. D. Roberts,
J. A. Gaskin, T. J. Smith,
J. C. Gillis, Tinor Corbitt,
J. M. Wilcox, Je3se B. O’Berry,
Geo. W. Vining, D. E. Gaskin,
T. J. Courson, Elisha Jowers,
A. M. Preston, Dan W. Paulk,
C. E. Baker, A. L. Deen,
W. H. Harrison, Isbow Bryant,
B. Kirkland, Warren G. Meeks,
C. T. Darley, J. A. Day,
Allen Carver, Sr W. M. Manceil.
Wool Sale for County.
The Enterprise is requested to
announce that the 3rd Monday
in July will be “Wool Sale Day”
in Douglas, for the entire county
or section. Wool Growers are
requested to remember the date,
and be on hand bright and early.