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WOL. 13, NO. 22.
Douglas Baptist Church Notes,
By alexis d. kendrick, Pastor.
The Rally Dav Services and
The Church Reception were a
great Success from every point
of view. We believe these oc
casions will be the means to
greater service than ever before.
The pastor will be at Hazle
hurst for several days assisting
in a meeting and the pulpit here
will b^supplied Sunday morning
and evening by Rev. A. J. A.
Dumas, pastor of the Hazlehurst
Baptist Church.
The Young Ladies Missionary
Society will meet Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock. The young
ladies of the church and congre
gation are invited.
The Sunday School Teacher’s
will meet at 3 p. m. Saturday in
stead of 4 o’clock as heretofore.
In the absence of the pastor the
meeting will be under the direc
tion of the superintendent.
The Sun Beam Society will
meet at 3p. m, Monday. All of
the children invited.
The report of the pastor at the
Church Rally showed the past
year to have been the best and
most successful one in the his
tory of the church. There were
received during the year seventy
six additions to the church,
which means an increase in mem
bership during the past year of
fifty per cent. The Sunday
School has increased in attend
. ance over any previous year
than one hundred per cent
in atendance. The various church
auxiliaries have made considera
ble progress. During the year
a Ladies Aid Society, A Young
Ladies Missionary Society and a
Sunday School Teachers Meeting
have been organized. All of these
societies with all the former ones
are doing well and the outlook
for them was never so bright.
We have now the largest Sunday
School in the county, and every
department of the work is pros
pering. The offerings to the
church have increased nearly
thribble over any previous year,
and the Sunday School collections
for all purposes have increased
from $60.00 to $228.00 in twelve
months.
The above report stands out as
facts and we believe there are
few churches in the state that
will show so good an increase.
Another thing that every one in
our church feels profoundly
greatly over, is the church, hav
ing grown sufficiently during the
past year to relieve the State
Mission Board of further help,
and for the first time, the church
is self supporting and a stronger
financial support than when un
der the Board, ihe pastor and
membership, and especially those
who have helped to bring about
the success, feel that under God
we have reasons for rejoicing
and in our own hearts there is
music and joy.
Another cause for rejoicing is
the development of some of the
members in the church and Sun
_ day School work. Out of the
* thirteen Sunday School teachers
at present, eight of them were
developed during the past year.
Six of the present deacons were
ordained this year, and in fact
more than one half of the officers
An O.'il Landmark Gone.
Last Sunday night at eleven
o’clock, Mr. John M. Lott died
at his home in Douglas. He was
near seventy seven years old and
had been closely identified with
the growth and prosperity of
Coffee county since its formation
in 1854. The Lott family has
always been one of the leading
families of the county and this
one had always been one of the
ieaders of the large and prosper
ous family. He represented the
county in the legislature several
years ago and made himself rec
ognized and appreciated by his
colleagues. He was the oldest
Master Mason in the country,
having been a Mason for more
than fifty years, always faithful
to his lodge and beloved by his
brethren. He was a member
of the Methodist church and was
always faithful in the perform
ance of his duties. Mere than
fifty years ago he married Miss
Mary Jane Wilcox, who survives
him, and who has been his main
strength and support through
out life, always standing by him
in his sorrows, misfortunes, suc
cesses and joys. They have
lived a long, eventful and happy
life together, and her heart is
bourne down with grief at the
parting of the two lives that
have been so long together. They
have a number of children,
grand children and great grand
children to grieve the loss of this
good and faithful man, who has
ever lived a good, true and con
sistent life.
Several months ago, we had a
talk with him and he had prom
ised us to give us some old time
Coffee county history, his con
nection with Masonary and other
things that would have been of
interest to our readers, but his
health and circumstances pre
vented us getting together, and
we feel that we have missed,
possibly, some matter of great
interest that no other man in the
county could give. The first
court ever held in Coffee county
was at his father’s house near
Fillingim’s still six miles from
Douglas.
He was buried by the Masons
at the Douglas cemetery at three
o’clock Monday, Oct. 7th.
We extend our sympathy to
his bereaved wife and many rela
tives and friends.
Lawyers Attend Court.
Among the lawyers attending
court this week are Cols. Wilson,
Sweat and McDonald, of Way
cross; Bennett, of Baxley; New
bern, of Broxton; Moore and
Sirmans, of Willacoochee; Allen,
of Pearson; and the local bar,
which is composed of about fifteen
strong, abl* and conscientious
lawyers. Judge Parker held
down the bench in his usual strong
way and Col. A. D. Gale looked
after the state’s interests.
Would you, if you failed to see
the publisher and pay your sub
scription during court week, feel
angry if you did not receive the
Enterprise with the Grand Jury
Presentments? Yes, we thought
so.
vnd workers in the church were
received during the last twelve
months. For every reason for
rejoicing we give all the praise
to Him who did it, Our Lord and
cur Cod.
Douglas, Ga., October 12th, 1907.
Simple Home Recipe.
Get from any prescription
pharmacist the foilwing;
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon,
one ounce; Compound Syrup Sar
saparilla, three ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take
a teaspoonfnl dose after each
meal and at bedtime.
The above is considered by an
eminent authority, who writes
in a New York daily paper, as
the finest prescription ever writ
ten to relieve Backache, Kidney
Trouble, Weak Bladder and all
forms of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on
the eliminative tissues of the
Kidneys, enabling them to filter
and strain the uric acid and other
waste matter from the blood
which causes Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with
the afflictions may not feel inclin
ed to place much confidence in
this simple mixture, yet those
who have tried it say the results
are simply surprising, the relief
being effected without the slight
est injury to the stomach or other
organs.
Mix some and give it a trial.
It certainly comes highly recom
mended. It is the prescription
of an eminent authority, whose
entire reputation, it is said, was
established by it.
A. druggist here at home when
asked stated that he could either
supply the ingredients or mix the
prescription for our readers, also
recommends it as harmless.
Surnames not Used by Kings.
The origin of most royal houses
was similar throughout Europe,
and kings and their families,
speaking broadly, never had or
used surnames. They signed
their Christian names alone.
So universally was this the
vase that it became rigid eti
quette that a person of royal
birth should not use a surname,
though there have been num
bers of cases of dynasties, like
our Stuarts, like the Bernadotte
dynasty of Sweeden or like the
Bonaparte family, who unques
tionably and indubitably had in
herited surnames. But it has
always been a puzzle why the
cadet members of our own royal
house do not subscribe them
selves as peers by their peerage
designations, as do other peers.
However, the fact is they do
not, but it has not been discover
ed what are the rules .vhich gov
ern their signatures. The sov
ereign signs by the Christian
name and usually adds “R.” or
“R. and I.” Princes and princes
ses sign by their Christian names
and sometimes, but not always,
add the letter “P.” When or
why this is aeded or omitted is
not known.
But the habits of royalty lead
others into strange happenings.
There was an occasion upon
which Victoria after a “func
tion” was asked to sign a visi
tor’s book. Her majesty wrote
“Queen Victoria, R. and I.”
Paincess Henry of Battenberg
then wrote “Beatruce P.” The
turn of the local Mayoress came
next and she signed ‘ ‘Elizabeth. ’ ’
The surname was hastily written
in the following day, but too late
to prevent the story gaining cur
j reney.
A Splendid Lecture.
I To those who have heard W.
D. Upshaw lecture there is noth
ing that we can say that will be
of interest to them, as they are
well acquainted with the rare
treats that he gives to his audi
ence, and there are only a few
( who have not heard him, but his
lecture at the Auditorium last
Tuesday night was superb and
we would feel that we were fall
ing short in our duty to our read
ers if we did not say something
of it.
Carnegie has built his Libra
ries, Rockefeller has given vast
sums to large institutions of
learning, other great philanthro
pists have given vast sums of
their immense wealth (that they
object to Uncle Sam inquiring as
to how they got) but VV. D.
Upshaw has far outstripped
them all. He has given his life,
his all, to humanity and there
is scarcely a county in Georgia
where there is not some good
woman who arises to call him
blessed, who is now the happy
wife of a good home and with
her husband and children gath
ered around her, or who is en
abled to be occupied in some
calling to which she is suited,
that stand ready to thank him
for his great work in her behalf.
Monuments have been built,
but it has been left for Upshaw
to build to himself the highest
one of them all. His monument,
erected all by his own hands,
reaches from earth to the very
Throne of God and the eyes of
many woman and girl, eternally
fixed on the Dpshaw monument,
are trained to see the God for
whom he works and to whom he
desires to train the mind and
heart of every iiving being.
There is only one Upshaw, and
he has invested his life in REAL
ESTATE, the real estate that
God has taken and breathed the
breath of life into, and that
walks, talks and has its being in
this world as humanity. In
what could there be a more valu
able business. Most ordinary
real estate will be left behind us
when we are gone, as we brought
nothing into this world and will
carry nothing out of it, but Up
shaw’s REAL ESTATE, some
going before and some following,
will greet him around the Throne
of an Immaculate God, and he
will get the benefits throughout
ETERNITY. Do you blame him
for dealing in real estate ?
We are glad that Douglas fill
ed the Auditorium and that this
great lecture “Climbing Up
ward” was deliverd to our peo
ple, as it will raise their aspira
tions and inspire them to a higher:
and nobler life.
We thank you, Brother Up
shaw. Come again. You will
always be welcome in Douglas
and in the hearts of her people, j
Good Citizens.
A few good citizens of Coffee
county who attended court this j
week caught at random by our
hepresentave were 11. R. Davis,
W. M. Fussell, Jv el Ward, John
Harper, M. Spivey, J. L. Sapp, i
H. Kirkland and R. G. Kirkland.
When a woman wants to over
look the faults of her husband!
she tells the neighbors he is
broadminded.
SI.OO per Annum
Wants to Stop Japanese immi
gration.
Washington, Oct. 6.—lmmi
gration of Japanese into America
is increasing at so alarming a
Irate that it has been determined
, by the government to adopt ex-
I traordinary measures to prevent
! the introduction into the United
States, not only of Japanese, but
of other Asiatic coolie laborers.
One result of the trip of Secre
tary Straus, of the Department
of Commerce and labor, along
the Canadian border and the
i Pacific coast has been an order
increasing the force of immigra
tion inspectors along the Cana
dian border, with a view to
controlling, if possible, the flood
of Asiatic immigration into
America.
More than double the number
of the Japanese have come into
the United States thus far in
the year 1907 that came here in
the same period lest year. Nat
urally, the figures do not include
the number of Japanese who
have come into this country sur
reptitiously. They have come
across the Canadian and Mexi
can borders practically without
hindrance, despite the regulation
adopted by the government to
prevent the introduction of Jap
anese laborers.
The government of Japan does
not issue passports to laborers
for America. It does, however,
issue passports to them, for the
Hawaiian Islands and Canada.
Once in the Hawaiian Islands
they take passage either to Mexi
co or to Canada and their way
across the border line into this
country from either Mexico or
the Dominion is easy. They take
train, for instance, from Mexico
to Canada, through the United
States. The railroads are not
bonded, as they are in the case
of Chinese passengers, to deliver
them at a specified destination.
The result is that the Japanese
leave the train at any point in
the United States they may
choose. They dissapear, and it
practically is impossible to find
them, even if they are known to
have left the train, which is en
tirely unlikely.
In the appointment of what
practically constitutes a patrol
guard of the northern and south
ern borders of the country, Sec
retary Straus hopes to reduce
the number of Asatics—Japanese
Chinese and Hindus —who daily
come across the border in great
and increasing numbers.
The Central’s Earnings.
The estimated gross earnings
of the Central of Georgia Rail
way for the fourth week in Sep
tember and from July 1 to Sep.
21, compared with gross earnings
for the same periods of the pre
vious year were as follows ;
Fourth week in September
$323,300, last year, $294,000.
Month of September, $1,052,-
370,00; last year-1963,500.00.
July Ist to September 21,
$2,968,270 00; last year, $5,876,-
900.00.
The increase for the fourth
week in September over last year
was $29,300; for the month of
September •'MS,B7O. an d from
July 1 to September 21, $91,370.
The snippy parson ought to be
fed on parsnips.