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She met him with a winning smile
That set his heart a-flutter;
He waited anxiously the while,
To hear the words she’d utter.
For he adored her fervently;
Without her, sad his lot.
She spoke, and from her lovelv lips
Came, “Goodness, ain’t it hot?”
Mr, Jerry Batten was in town this
week.
Can’t you pay your subscription? We
need it.
Mrs. W. W. Terrell is with her par
ents at Alamo.
Water-melons are letting almost any
body eat them.
Mr. Buddie Mansel was attending
court this week.
The big mill will not cut much lumber
before next October.
How about some preparations being
made for the fall fair?
Capt W. M. Denton left for White
Spring, Fla., last Wednesday.
Build more houses capitalists of Doug
las, if you want the town to grow.
W. T. Cottingham, of the Union Bank
is on a visit to home folks in Florida.
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As we said before, the town will grow
faster if there were more tenant houses.
Miss Alice Sampie, of Columbus, Ga.,
is expected by Douglas friends to-day.
The Base Ball fever hasn’t had much
effect on the Douglas players this sea
son.
Mr. John McKinnon attended court
this week and had other business in
town.
Dan Lott, J r., brought in more water
melons this week than Carter had
oats.
Manning Peterson was busy all day
last Saturday shaking bands with
friends.
Bro. Hill will pieach in the school
room of the new Methodist church to
morrow.
Sol Sears was in town tikis week, saw
the Enterprise man and set up his sub
scription.
Col. J. H. Estill, who has been ill for
for some time, is reported to be im
proving. \ (
Messrs J. S. Lott and F. L. Sweat,
are out in Arkansas, on business and
pleasure.
Do not forget the Knights of Pythias
rally, to coma off next Thursday night,
July 25th.
Mr. J. J. Vickers bought up all the
wool brought to town last Monday,
25,000 pounds.
Bro. Carter has quit moving and has
stopped temporarly in front of the
Citizens Bank.
Several Willacoochee people have been
in Atlanta this week trying to start a
boom for Satilla county.
Miss Ruby Thomas, of Dublin, is visit
ing Miss Ruby McLean, so is her cousin,
Miss McLean, of Broxtoa.
Miss Lillian Knoblock, well known and
very popular, from Tifton, has promised
to visit Douglas friends to-day.
Mr. Jeff Kirkland, of Pearson, was
in Atlanta this week looking after try
ing tc get a new county at Pearson.
Dr. Meeks, D. Kirkland and several
•others, of Nichols, have been in Atlanta
this week pulling for Nichols county.
You .can’t make some girls we know
believe the legislature would pass an
actprokibiting their drinking Coca Cola.
Marvin Wilcox, from over about
■‘Coochee, was in town early Monday
morning. Always glad to see that boy.
J. W. Morris, of Kirkland, put down
the silver wheel for the Enterprise to
run on to his family for the next year.
Mrs. Moyers, mother of Mrs. Turner
Brewer, who has been with her daughter
for some time, left for her home last
Tuesday.
Mr. W. E. Outler has moved back to |
Douglas from Pearson, we are glad to
see him and hope he will stay here where
he belongs.
Don’t ». get it now. Camp meeting |
at Gaskin Spring will commence on
Friday night before the third Sunday
in August.
Inquisitive old soul wants to know if
whiskey and ecca colai prohibited what
i to be done about butter milk? None
of our business;
DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, JULY 20th, 1907.
Miss Kate McKay, a popular young
lady of Mcßae, Ga., will be among
friends in Douglas to-day, and perhaps
part of next week.
Mr. J. D. Forbes, one of the leading
business men in the city, is now at
home in his new artificial stone resi
dence on Gaskin avenue.
Wm. Nugent, of Willacoochee, was
in town Tuesday. He is a good citizen
and shows good sense by paying for the
Enterprise for another year.
Wool day last Monday, white wool
sold for $24,00 and black wool for $22,15
per hundred. See what was lost by
having black sheep in the family.
Mrs. W. R. Flowers and children re
turned home last Sunday from Florida
and Mr. Flowers actually shaved, wash
ed his face and put on a clean shirt.
Mr. J. B. O’Berry, of Willacoochee,
was in town this week on business.
That’s one man you never see any where
away from home, except on business.
George White, of this office, went
down to Nichols last Saturday, to set
tombstones on his father’s grave, at
the Taylor-town Camp Ground ceme
tery.
Friday night before the third Sunday
in August Camp Meeting begins. Now,
get out of debt, spruce up, attend the
services and, for goodness sake try to
do better.
Our streets are full of convicts mak
ing drains and throwing up streets and
sidewalks. They have been here two
months or more and will stay quite a
while longer.
H. V. Arnara, of Houston, Texas.,
has accepted a position with Markey
Trading Co. He is an experienced man
in his line, and we are glad to welcome
him to DougldS.
No Maud, we are not so anxious to
educate our children that we would have
it done on money that a drunkard’s wife
and children should have to keep them
from rags and starvation.
It is given for what it is worth, the
rumor that Nichols and Alma have each
ordered a printing office outfit. Now,
for a certainty, if this he true, some one
is going to put money in a hole.
It is getting time now for you to look
over ycur stationery and see if you do
not need some envelopes, statements or
noteheads. We have them in large
quanities and print them promptly.
The Douglas Enterprise is a trade
edition every week. If you don’t be
bieve it look at our columns and you
will find more advertisements than in
anytwo papersin this neck of the woods.
The county gang has gone to Bridge
town. This gives some few people re
lief. They do not know where Bridge
town is, and don’t care, but it is a long
way from Douglas, and that alone is
sufficient.
Dr. Ivy Moorman, of Ambrose, was
in town Tuesday. In spelling his name
always be sure to use more than one
“0,” if you don’t it will make him a
Morman, and he says God knows one
is all he can get along with.
The News advocates taking down all
the populars in town. We have fre
quently mentioned this matter and join
the News in insisting that they be cut
dowm and their places filled with a better
andmore satisfactory shade trees.
See notice of dissolution of Harrel
son & Moye, in another column. Mr.
Harrelson will continue the business at
the old stand, and is anxious to serve
them. That this may be done better
Mr. J. W. Williford is with him.
Now, this will suit you, certain. Go
to church on Sunday morning, Sunday
school in afternoon, preaching at 6:15
p. m. at Methodist church and at the
Baptist 8 o’clock, following. That looks
like taking ’em in agwine and a cornin’.
A fine water-melon, too big to weigh,
was left at “Your Uncle Jim’s’’ house
last Saturday by Dan Lott, Jr., apros
! perous farmer living within a few miles
jof town. He had a wagon load of the
same kind, and several acres at home.
Alma citizens are pushing their claim
for a new county. We have not heard
from Broxton, Ambrose and Hokesboro
but suppose that they, also, want to
| make new counties out of Coffee. None
of these sections, as yet, offered to take
Douglas into the new county, but there
are several that have not been heard
j from.
Contractor and Builder.
Contracts and specifications for any
kind of work will be made, and all build
ings put up on short notice and in a
workman-like style, at prices to live
and let live, satisfaction guaranteed in
all cases. See or write
J. S. WHITE, Douglas, Ga.
Call and buy your wagon from us,
we have just received a car load, one
and two horse wagons. Columbus make
we also handle the O wensboro wagon.
Both makes are the highest grades.
Call and let us give you prices.
Douglas SuppLy Co.
Will Deliver the Goods.
Our trade has grown so, and
the demand so great for our goods
that we have decided to deliver
anything anywhere in the city
limits. Markey Trading Co.
The Baptist Church Building commit
tee has closed a contract for two hun
dred thousand brLk and they are being
placed on the ground. Messrs Jay Broth
ers will build the church and work will
begin at once and will be pushed as fast
as material can be secured.
MARKEY TRADING CO.
Mr. B. B. Gray is in town this week.
He has just returned from Atlanta, hav
ing been up there looking after his
charter for the new railroad from Val
dosta to Ocilla. He has twelve miles
in operation and is going to push the
completion of the whole line as fast as
possible.
Wait, She is Coming.
Our milliner will be here in a
few days to begin to plan for the
fall seaso n.
Markey Trading Co.
Rev. Mr. Kendrick in his sermon last
Sunday night said a young lady expe
rienced trouble in getting married
after they are twenty-five years of age.
The trouble the Douglas girls have is in
making the boys let ’em alone until they
get into their teens.
Miltown wants to be a county
site, but says it is not the peo
ple’s desire to pull any body’s
court house over there.
MARKEY TRADING CO.
The Nichols correspoudent of the
Coffee County News has this item:
“A very quiet wedding occured here
last Friday night. Mr. W. A. Rich was
married to Miss Ida Meyers, both of
Nichols. Webster says Friday is just
as lucky a day as any other. ’ ’
To the People.
You are put on notice that I
will refuse to pay, and will de
fend against any effort to collect
five promissory notes given by
me to J. J. Rogers. Each of said
notes being for the sum of One
Hundred Dollars; all bearing date
January Bth, 1907, and due as
follows: One January Ist, 1908;
one January Ist, 1909; one Janu
ary Ist, 1910; one January Ist,
1911; and one January Ist, 1912.
This June 25th, 1907.
F. D. Riviere.
Don’t Worry.
Our millinery department for
this fall will be great, and we
will also add a large line of ready
to-wear goods.
Markey Trading Co.
Stolen Mule.
Stole from my nlaee on Route
6, Dublin, Ga., Saturday night,
June 29th, one medium size light
bay mare mule; has scar on left
fore foot, made by rope.
Was seen in the possession of
a negro Sunday. Negro weighs
about 140 or 150 pounds, of me
dium build, black and of very lit
tle intelligence; negro was seen
on plantation Saturday night.
Any information as to where
abouts of both mule and negro
will be rewarded.
W. A. Thomas,
Route No. 6. Dublin, Ga.
MARKEY TRADING CO.
And now the prohibition bill having
passed so nicely, another just as impor
tant is to come up and will pass it is
hoped. This one prohibits the sale of
morphine, laudunum opium and other
like drugs without a doctor’s certificate
to any one. This will be a hardship on
some people who are accustom to the
use of opiates.
MARKEY TRADING CO.
Program Robert E. Lee Chapter
U. D. C. for July 21st, 1907.
Meeting to be presided over by
2nd Vice President.
Roll call »to be answered by
quotation from any author.
Business Meeting.
HISTORICAL PROGRAM.
Music, —Mrs. John Hall.
Life and War Experience of
Mr. and Mrs. John Lott,
—Mrs. Turner Brewer.
Sketch of Mr. F. W. Dart,
—Mrs. Shelton.
War Record of Col. Briggs,
—Miss Hortense Briggs.
Song,—“Southland”
Chapter.
Meeting to be held at Audito
rium at 4 p. m.
Mrs. Turner Brewer,
Rec. Secretary.
Alack Summerlin Arrested.
Last Tuesday night, the Deputy
Sheriff with a number of men,
went out and located Mr. Mack
Summerlin, who has been evad
ing arrest, and who had threat
ened to die before he would be
arrested. He was located in his
house about sun-up Wednesday
morning. Sheriff Ricketson was
notified, and he soon had about
twenty-five men, who went with
him to aid those officers who
were already on the ground.
Summerlin stated to them that
he would not be arrested, and
stayed closed in his house with j
his wife and four little children.
Sheriff told him that he would
give him thirty minutes to give
up and come out, at the expira
tion of which time, if he did not
do so, that he would set fire to
the house. Before the time was
out, negotiations were opened up
I which resulted in his arrest with
lout any trouble. His family had
nothing to eat, and the men made
up a purse to help them get food.
They had had nothing to eat for
about twenty four hours and had
no water to drink.
Summerlin is safely in jail and
everything is quiet.
The A. B. & A. railroad company is
negotiating for the purchase of Cumb
erland island, to be used as a summer
resort. The island has an ocean front
age of three miles of the prettiest beach
on the Georgia coast, enough for every
woman and child in Georgia to have a
bath.
Sympathy and hearty commendations
do not run newspapers. The prohibi
tion element of Georgia, larger than any
other faction in the State, should stand
by the Atlanta Georgian for endorsing
the cause, and by solid chunk- of con
tributions and subscriptions give it the
largest circulation of any paper in the
State.
The Grand Jury of the first session
of the Tift county Superior court, last
week, recommended that the Tifton Ga
zette receive $15,00 for publishing its
presentments, which made about three
colums. Now, we have known some
grand jnries in this county that would
have kicked powerfully about paying
$5,00 for such work.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank,
Located at Nicholls, Georgia, at the close of business June 29th, 1907.
Resources.
Loans and Discounts 30,783.30
Overdrafts .... 3.177.76
Banking House 5,054.00
Furniture and Fixtures 1,279.00
Due from Banks and Bankers
in the State 3,018 71
Currency 680 00
Gold 190.00
Silver, N'ickles and Pennies... 047.61
Checks and Cash Items 1,0%.01
Inter *st Paid 55.^8
Total 52,912 75
STATE OF GEORGIA.—County of Coffee.
Before me came F. G. Jones, Cashier of The Merchants’ and Farmers’
Bank, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said Bank, as shown bv the books of file in said Bank.
F. G. JONES, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this l tth day of July. 1907.
W. B. TEST ON, N.P.
The naval store market has
been unsteady for a week past,
Spirits took a small decline last
Monday.
It does good to preach the truth’,
and there is no other preaching '
that will stand the test, but for
the vagaries of some two-by-fours ■
to be promulgated as the truth
and for good people to be criti
cised for not lining up with their
foolish ideas is too much.
We thank those who are com
ing up and subscribing for the
Enterprise and who are paying
their subscriptions. Many pa
pers are raising their rates, but
all we ask is that you pay the old
rate of one dollar per year. We
need that as ic takes it to mail
you the paper. Will you send it in?
When the State prohibition bill
was first mentioned, this paper
said two thirds of the people of
the State favored such a bill, but
that the money barons of the
large cities would fight against
its passage. Our observations
were correct, and these large
cities would rather 50,000 women
and children should be in rags
and dirt than that they should
loose $50,000.
There are some who do not
know that Douglas District pays
about one third of the taxes of
the county, and the citizens of
the city of Douglas pay about one
half of the taxes of the county,
some of them owning much prop
erty in other districts. We do
not suopose that there are many
tax payers in the county who are
not disposed to be just, and
to get absolute justice, the Doug
las District would get more than
it ever has.
There was never a time when
the outlook was better for the
farmers of Coffee county. The
seasons have been good and the
crops are better than they have
: been for years. If this contin
ues and the prices are what they
now promise to be for the pro
ducts of the farmer, things will
be good in this good old county
this fall, and we are glad to see
everything so promising. There
are only a few sections of the
country that is blessed with the
crops that we are, many places •
being far behind the average,
and the cotton crop of the coun- -
try is sure to be short this fall,.
thereby giving those who are •
lucky a good price for this crop..
Dissolution Notice-
GEORGIA, Coffee County: The firm
of Harrelson & Moye, dealers in Hard
ware, &c., on Ward street has been
dissolved, Mr. Moye retiring from the
firm, the undersigned collecting all dues
to the old firm, paying all outstanding
indebtedness due and continuing the
1 busi> ess at the old stand, where he
i hopes, with Mr. J. W. Williford, whose
services he has secured, to wait on his
old friends and make many new ones.
A. R. Harrelson.
I shall be pleased to see my old
friends and give them the best treat
ment in bargains to be had anywhere,.
Liabilities.
Capital Stcek Paid in 25,000.90
UndivHed Profits, less Current
Expenses and Taxes Pa.d 1,044.04
Individual deposits Subject
to Check 12,010.20
Time Certificates 5,070.95
Cashier’s Checks 551.50
Notes and Bills Rediscounted 8,000.00
Total 52,912.75