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VOL. 18, NO. 17.
Douglas Baptist Church Notes.
By ALEXIS D. KENDRICK, Pastor.
You are invited to the services
Sunday as follows: 11 a. m.
preaching, 4 p. m. the Sunday
School, 7:30 p. m. preaching.
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning on “The Lost Christ.”
This is a sermon which should
he of special interest to all who
are christhns. Special music at
this service and the public is in
vited.
At 7:30 p. m. the pastor will
speak on the important subject:
“Without God.” At the night
service a special feature will be
the bright cheerful soul stirring
song service which will precede
the sermon. This is a Deople’s
service and you are invited.
The Young Ladies Missionary
Society will meet Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock. All of the
members are urged to be present
and all young women will find a
cordial welcome.
The prayer meeting, will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
You are needed and a special
invitation is extended the public.
On the third Sunday night of
this month the pastor will preach
a special sermon to working men
and their families. The sermon
will be of special interest to all
"who like our Lord, was. a work
ing man. Reserved seats will be
.set aside for those who send their
names to the pastor before the
Sunday named. The subject of
the sernW and full particulars
Will be announced from the pul
pit at both the morning and even
ing services Sunday September
Bth.
We are pleased to have the
Sunday School teachers who have
been absent during the past few
weeks return, and while many
pupils are absent, we hope to see
the teachers look up the absent
ones and invite them to the school.
Now let every teacher and pupil
go to w r ork and build up the
school. We need more teachers
and scholars.
We are delighted to have a
large number of the new people
in our town who are Baptists
promise to bring their church
letters and deposit them with us.
"Why not every baptist in Doug
las do their duty in this respect.
■Quite a number of our people in
Nov. 5 6 7 8 and 9th.
Douglas, - - Georgia,
Write ’or Premium Lists.
MELVIN TANNER, Sec, and Treas,
THE RURAL ROUTES.
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster
Writes Postmaster Over
street About them.
“Inspection developed the fact
that the carriers on routes Nos.
2 and 3 from Douglas have been
handling but a comparatively
small amount of mail matter,
and the Department therefore
questions the advisability of con
tinuing service over those routes
on the present basis of six de
liveries a week. However, the
people interested will not be de
prived of the facilities now af
forded them without being given
a further opportunity to demon
strate whether or not they pro
perly appreciate the service and
to provide additional patronage.
You will notify the families re
siding adjacent to lines of routes
Nos. 2 and 3 that unless a con
siderable increase is shown in
the amount of mail handled
within the next ninety days,
steps will be taken looking to
substitution of tri-weekly deliv
ery for the present daily-except-
Sunday service rendered by the
carrier.”
Twenty New Engines Bought by
' Q. & F.
The Georgia & Florida Rail
road has placed orders for twenty
new Baldwin engines of the
largest size and latest pattern,
and has taken other steps look
ing to the early opening up of
the road for traffic.
Vice President John Scott is
now in Philadelphia, and it is
learned officially in the Augusta
offices that the construction con
tract has been let to Schofield &
Sons, through Philadelphia bank
ers. The terms of the contract
or the amount involved are not
known here but will be made
public later on. I
Work on the road will begin at
once and it is expected that
within twelve months trains will
be running through from Augus
ta to Madison.—Augusta Chroni
cle.
this little city are not members
of a church and consequentley
withouta church home. To these
we extend a cordial invitation
to attend the services of this
church, You will be welcomed
and your presence will help us.
Make yourself known to the past
or at the services.
Douglas, Ga., September 7th, 1907.
Claying the Roads.
We are informed that the Com
missioners have had about six
miles of road clayed in and around
Willacoochee. We are very glad
to hear of this, as we regard this
as the only permanent work that
can be done on the roads in the
county. The people of the com
munity sent in large numbers of
teams, Mr. B. B. Gray hauled
clay with his train and placed it
where it could be gotten to and
with tire good people, aided by
tne county chaingang, there has
been some w r ork done that will
be lasting and an everlasting joy
to the people who have to travel
over the roads that have been
clayed. We are glad that the
Commissioners have decided that
the only permanent work was in
placing clay on the roads. This
will improve our roads so that
we will have the best roads in
the country. Money spent in
any other way, unless it be in
building necessary bridges, is
throwm away, and the Commis
sioners have decided that what
work they do from now will be
of a more permanent nature than
work that they have done before.
Some of the worst sand m .he
county was around Willacoochee
and now the roads that have been
the worst will be the best, and
we are glad that the people of
this part of the county will get
the benefit of this work. We
would have been glad if the con
victs could have stayed over there
for a few weeks longer, and con
tinued this work but it is started
and the benefits will be so clear
to the people that it will be kept
up all over the county in the worst
places until all our worst roads
are put in good condition.
Married.
On Wednesday of last week,
at the home of J. E. Maine, in
this county, Miss Eva Maine, of
Macon, was married to Mr. Jno.
E. Maine, Rev. A. W. Clements
preforming the ceremony. Mrs.
Maine is the beautiful and popu
lar daughter of Mr. W. R. Maine,
and Mr. Jno. E. Maine is a popu
lar rural route man of Kirkland.
The wedded pair has our best
wishes for a happy life. They
will make their home at Kirk
land, Ga.
T have orders for three or four small
farms near Douglas. If you want to
sell your farm see Frank Appleby.
Blocking the Side. Walks.
The children —the babies, we
might say, should have fresh air,
and it is necessary that their
nurses carry them out late in the
evening, for that purpose, but
it is not fair nor right, for these
saucy imps who have the babies
in charge to congregate, three,
four and sometimes more, parade
up and down Ward street,
abreast, completely blocking the
sidewalk and compelling pedes
trians going home from work,
in a hurry, to either loiter along
behind them or turn out in the
ditches, and when they do turn
out the saucy juvenile wenches
greet them with “Would I be
caught getting off the side walks
for any body.” Another one
answers, amid a slower of jeer
ing, “Not on your life.” Now,
these nurses attend babies for
nice, clever people on Gaskin
avenue, who, we do not think
know, of this disorderly conduct
toward honest white girls,
againist whom they seem to
have a spite, and if it is not stop
ped there’s going to be some
beat up nurses, of the tar-baby
variety. More than this the
Marshal’s attention is called to
this matter, for it is not time
yet to turn over the town to a
lot of saucy negro girls who feel
that they are superior to any
body else because they resemble
so many apes and are of a easy
going class. It must stop now!
Official Statement.
“The Jamestown Exposition,
barring minor details will be
completed within ten days. It
fittingly commemorates the great
historical event which it was
designed to celebrate, and it re
flects credit on Virginia, the
South and the nation. In the
character of its buildings, the
excellence of its exhibits and the
beauty of location on historical
Hampton Roads, it compares
most favorably with any exposi
tion held in this country, and
it fully justifies its management
in asking the united support of
the people of the country.”
Numbers of Douglas people
have been out of town this sum
mer are now returning and soon
school will open and take on a
more lively air. School will op
en with about four hundred pu
pils, among them many boarding
students.
SI.OO per Annum
Farmers Union Rally.
On last Saturday, the local un
ion at Harrell grove held a rally.
There were a large number
with their families present.
Those present were addressed
by Judge C. A. Ward, Prof. E.
G. Hall, Judge T. C. Allen, the
county president, and it was our
pleasure to say a few words to
these good people.
Dinner was on the ground and
there was a fine spread, more
than enough to feed another
such crowd. It was a good day
i for CofFee county.
These rallies are good for the
union and shows what interest
is being taken by the member
ship of the county in trying to
make the union a success in this
county. It has already done
I great good to our people and will
continue to do much more for
the farmers of the county and
country. Its principles and pur
poses are the best and past ex
periences to guide it greater
good will be accomplished than
by any other organization the
farmers have ever had. The
careful attention given the
speakers for nearly four hours
show how much the people are
interested in this great organiza
tion.
We trust that we may be able
to visit many more rallies at Har
rell Grove.
Lawn Party.
Next Monday afternoon at
3:30, at the lawn at Judge W. P.
Ward’s home, the Junior League
will have a “big time” at a
Lawn Party. All young people
are invited, vho are now mem
bers of the League or ever were.
Refreshments will be served and
an effort made to make every
one enjoy themselves. Come
and bring your sweethearts.
Prof. E. G. Hall has made
many visits to the country since
being here and is fast getting
acquainted with the people, and
is making a good impression
with them. He expresses him
self as being well pleased with
Douglas and the people that he
is meeting and thinks that there
is fine work before him here this
term of school. His family will
arrive a little later.
Women believe they are pretty
because maybe it might come
true some day.