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VOL. 18, NO. 27.
Sessoms News.
Miss Ethel Bell was a visitor
here Monday night.
Mr. Spurgeon Meeks is visiting
home folks this week.
Mrs. J. W. Prince and children,
attended church at Guysie last
Sunday.
Mrs. H. P. Riddick, and little
Ruth, are visiting relatives here
this week.
Mr. S. VV. Lovett has moved
into the new hotel near the A B
& A depot.
Mr. B. Hayes, has moved to
Nichols, where he will work for
the A B & A.
Rev. J. B. Bozeman passed
through town Monday, on his
way to Fitzgerald.
Mrs. B. W. Johnson, of Beach,
was in town Saturday, visiting
Mrs. Tom Johnson.
Miss Olive Johnson has been
sick for some time, but is a little
better at this writing.
Mr. W. L. Parker, of Savannah
was a pleasant visitor with his
brother here last week.
Mr. R. J. Rigdon’s baby has
been quite ill for the past week,
but is improving now.
Mr. S. L. Parker, made a fly
ing trip to Offerman Sunday pass
the day with his wife and friends.
Miss Minnie Bailey and many
of her friends spent a pleasant
afternoon in Nichols, Saturdny
last.
Messrs. R. H. Lovett and A.
F. Crosby attended their lodge
meeting at Niehols, last Tuesday
night.
Mr. R. M. Grimes, our jolly
operator, is off on a thirty days
vacation, relieved by Mr. A, F.
Croiby, cf Waycross.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ward,
of Jacksonville, Fla, past through
town on their way to Douglas
to visit relatives Sunday.
Mrs. N. J. Bailey has been on
the sick list the past week. At
this writing, we are glad to state,
she is improving very fast.
Sunday school and prayer meet
ing every Sunday p. rn. and
evening at the church here.
Every body is cordially invited
to come and be with us.
Messrs. G. F. Dickson W. M,
Mash, Doc Johnson, Ed Corney
and H. P. Riddick of the A B &
A Ry, enjoyed themselves on a
few days hunt here this week.
They report a pleasant time.
There was a crowd of young
folks attended the cane grinding
and candy pulling at-Rev. J. A.
Thompsons last Wednesday night
those going were: Misses Ola
and Minnie Bailey, Pearl, Bessie,
Lula and Dareas Meeks. Messrs
Wesley Meeks, Seward Lovett,
Charley Surrehcy, Tom Youmans,
Frank Thomas and T. H. Wilson.
i
The Enterprise begs to be al
lowed to thank the little lady and
friends for the above fine batch
of news.
A Nov/ York Judge decides
that ‘ ‘a v/if e has no right to throw
dishes at her husband.” It seems
a pity anyway, to use such nice
things in an ordinary family row.
It Ought to End Soon*
"Each twenty-four hours,”
says the New York Commercial-
Advertiser, "now sees at ieast
ten thousand men discharged!”
Commenting on this statement,
Hon. Grunby Jordan in the course
of an article contributed to the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun, says:
"So that the needs of money
will be very much reduced, there
will be less men earning it.
Hundreds of thousands of aliens
will return to Europe and trade
will be modified. Commodity
prices have been reduced on
many things and will be reduced
on many others. Wages may
have to be reduced, but all in all
it is as clear as the noonday sun
that next spring will see—as has
always been the case in previous
panics—a great redundancy of
currency, rates of interest lower
and the timid, narrow little souls
that withdrew their money from
the banks, wondering what made
them such fools,”
That is a fearful price to pay
for the readjustment that is now
going on but the readjustment
has been prescripitated, for no
good cause, and must be met.
There is every good reason why
this panic should quickly pass
awry and it will if the raiders
are held up by public sentiment
and made to cease their warfare
upon the business interests of
our country.
We dip the above, as it seems
that the able and honored editor
of the Telegraph is fixing to get
after the raiders and his enlist
ment in the reform movement
will be severely recognized by
those who are at the bottom of
the raiding. Hoke Smith and
his supporters have been telling
the country about the raiding that
has been going on, and even the
Hon. Charles R. Pendleton has
begun to talk about slowing up
the raiders.
Government Uin Report*
Washington, Nov. 21. —Th •
census bureau to-day issued its
report on cotton ginning from the
i growth of 1907 to Nov. 14, show
ing a total of 7,311,202 bales,
counting round as half bales,
compared with 8,562,242
for 1905, and 7,501.180 for 1905
The numbly of round bales in
cluded is 142,609 for 1907 and
20,866 for 1906, and 203,006 foi
1905. Sea Island included 42,-
708 for 1907, and 30,671 for 1906.
and 64,103 for 1'905. The num
ber of active ginneries was 26,-
571 for 1907.
Ginners by states: Bales.
Alabama 761,139
Arkansas 386,770
Florida 35,065
Georgia 1,375,111
Kentucky 76,
Louisiana 349,841
Mississippi 792,127
Missouri 15,102
New Mexico 24
North Carolina 401,852
Oklahoma 491,274
South Carolina 847,455
Tennessee 140,921
Texas 1,709,583
Virginia 3,671
Total 7,311,202
Your money’s worth is
what the M&rkey Trading
* Co stands for.
Hope deferred is apt to give
the promoter cold feet.
Douglas, Ga., December 7th, 1907.
The Sentiment Behind It.
The sentiment against whiskey
is fast growing and the outlaw
ing of it will have just the effect
that the people want it to have.
The law will be a nullity if a
community does not see flit to
have it enforced and the future
will show the sincerity of those
who claim to favor prohibition.
Let the sentiment grow so strong
that any man who violates the
law will immediately be out in
the changang and the man who
is found drunk will be so dis
graced that he will dosist from
so serious and dangerous prac
tice.
Many good men drink whiskey
to excess and feel ashamed and
sorry for their action and wish
that it was out of their reach
and would never get drunk were
it not placed easily accessable to
ihem. We sincerely hope that
the claim that every drug store
in Georgia will become a grog
shop and that whiskey will be
easier getton than before and
that the moral sentiment ot
every community in the state
will grow so strong that it will
no be tolerated in any sense and
then those who ardent pro
hibitionists wAKrejoice. to see
the theory that they have long
held put into practice, and the
country will at jn te become fifty
per cent better.
The locker proposition will
never cut any figure and many
of those who think so strongly
enough to undertake to operate
one will find themselves in the
gang and will be given a lesson
that will be abi ling.
Better Prices Demanded.
An article in the Macon Tele
graph of last Monday, says more
than one hundred small saw mills
in Georgia have been compelled
to suspend operations because of
low prices for lumber and heavy i
advances in the prices of the I
necessaries of life and the de- !
mand for increase in wages for
laborers. The public does not;
see things in that light generally,
and wonder at the high prices
charged for lumber, but when J
the above facts, with the scarcity
of timber is considered, all is
plain as day. The fact of the
business with every industry or
enterprise, there must be an ad
vance in prices all along the line
or many suspensions must be re
corded.
L-itile Dorothy Appleby.
The little city of Douglas wa3
severely sh eked when it was
learned last Saturday morning
that little Dorothy Appleby was
dead. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Appleby and
was about two and half years
>ld. She took the prise at the
fair of 1906 a? being the prettiest
oaby in the county. Funeral
services was conducted by Rev.
G. A. Bartlett and interment
rook place at the Douglas ceme
tery.
We extend our sincere sympa
thy to the bereaved parents.
Ladies’ Bazaar.
The ladies of the Episcopal
church will have a Bazaar at the
Union Pharmacy on the four
teenth. Every body is invited
and the patronage will be appre
ciated. It is for the benefit of
the Episcopal church.
Finances and Farm Crops.
While the farmers have been
referred to as the "foundation
and bulwark of the nation’s pros
perity, ” the expression has been
handled so carelessly that it has
almost come to be considered
without vital meaning. With
the passing flurry in the money
market, it is likely that the ex
pression will take on a new
meaning.
Up to November 1 about $20,-
000,000 had been engaged at Eu
ropean financial centers for ship
ment to this country. A large
per cent of this was released on
the strength of the shipments of
American farm products that
were to be made or had already
been consigned to meet European
demands.
Wheat, cotton, tobacco and
meat, the four great American
staples, have a par value in Eu
ropean markets. We are now in
season when these products are
ma; keted abroad in the greatest
quantities. With our surplus of
farm commodities bringing ready
sale in Europe, it is only a mat
ter of time when a stream of
specie will begin to relieve the
financial stringency.
It is not unlikely that the
shortage of ready money is des
tined to cut the prices of farm
commodities to some extent.
The statician is already figuring
how the farmer has lost millions,
lie has even assured the con
summer that he will pay less for
his table necessities, but the lat
ter has failed as yet to notice
any materfal shrinkage in his
grocery bills. —The Prairie Far
mer.
Pruning Grape Vines.
Grape vines should be pruned
in December. The vines are then
entirely dormant and in good con
dition. In tne West the most ten
der varieties always remain in
good condition until about the
middle of January and even later
if there is much rain during De
cember and. January. If these
two months are dry these varie
ties suffer much earlier. The
vines continue giving off water
after the leaves have fallen. The
greater part of the winter killing
is caused by the vines freezing
without the proper supply of
moisture. The roots take up
water slowly in winter and can
not supply the entire plant during
dry weather. If the pruning is
done in late fall there will be
but a small portion of the origi
nal top to use the sap supplied
by the roots. The pruning should
not be done while the vines are
Dozen, for fear of breaking and
splitting the remaining vines.
Tender varieties should be prun
ed early and laid down and
lightly covered with soil.
Douglas People.
The Family Theatorium, con
ducted by the Messrs Ayers, in
front of B. Petersons store, is
not a traveling concern, These
are Douglas people, They live
here and spend what they make
1 right here with our merchants,
The entertainments aro high
class works cf art and devoid of
anything smutty cr unclean.
Go to-night and see for your
self.
Some of the most eloquent ser
mons are wordless.
SI.OO per Annum
Why Springs Name Was Changed
Owing to the similarity of the
name of Green Springs to Green
Cove Springs, the United States
post-office department would not
allow a post-office by the name of
Green Springs. Therefore, Cap
tain Tucker, of the springs, de
cided to give them the name Her
nando DeSoto had given them
when he sailed up Old Tampa
bay, which was Espiritu Santo,
meaning the feast of the holy
spirits.
The Indians were aware of
the wonderful curative powers of
these waters long before they
were ever discovered by white
people, as there is a large Indian
mound near the springs as evi
dence of their great feasts.
The mound is eighty feet high,
and is a great place of interest to
those visaing the springs, as
Indian relics of all kinds are
found by digging into the mound.
Hillsborough county in particu
lar, and the state of -Florida in
general, should be proud of these
springs, as they have been of
indescribable benefit to nearly
all who have sought them, be
sides being one of the most
beautiful spots in this grand state
of ours, and ample accommo
dations are at the service of all
those who might care to visit
this fountain of youth, as there
is a large and perfectly equipped
hotel there, namely, the Bay
shore hotel.
At present the Young Trans
portation and Hotel company are
running two boats daily between
Port Tampa and the spring?,
and some time in the near future
they expect to run a very fast
steamer, the Juanita, from Tam
pa to St. Petersburg, connecting
there with the Penobscot, which
will run from St. Petersburg to
the springs twice daily via Port
Tampa. We call attention to the
above as many here are interest
ed in the springs.
Honor Roll of Bushne!! School.
Sixth Grade—Doratha Me.
Evven.
Fourth Grade—Clark Me.
Ewen.
Sallie Brantley, Benny Merritt.
Second Grade—Winnie Carver.
First Grade —Lonie Buttler.
Gov. Smith declined to listen
to the pardon board in a recom
mendation that the sentence of
Mrs. Minnie Rumsey, of Steph
ens connty, sentenced to twelve
months on gang for selling liquor
be commuted to a fine of SIOO,-
00. Gov. Smith did right.
Now is the time to begin to
think of shade trees. Nothing
adds so much to the beauty of a
home or a town as beautiful
shade trees. Every one should
set some trees during the next
few week.
It is getting time that "many
friends” were getting busy, as
there are many would be candi
dates for the various offices that
cannot get out until "many
friends” get busy. "Many
friends,” come to the front and
be heard from.
If a man is satisfied to make
both er\ds meet he is sure to have
a wife who thinks he ought to
make them lap over.