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County and
Then Some”
STUDENTS GO
FQRDIITING
TO BRUNSWICK AND ST. SIMONS.
THE TRIP WAS QUITE A SUC
CESS FROM EVERY VIEW
POINT-
There were five or six hundred men,
women and children on the excursion
to Brunswick last Tuesday. The
Georgia Normal College and Business
Institute pupils, and parts of the Bap
tist and Methodist Sunday Schools,
made up the larger number, but
there were a number along that did
not belong to either school. Two car
loads from Broxton, Pridgen and
other points on the Broxton line, and
some from up on the main line were
pushed down to the crossing, and the
passengers were transferred to the
coaches of the A. B. &A. Those who
went report an excellent day of
amusement, and the few who went to
Brunswick to “fill up” were very or
derly on the train. Most of those
who went to Brunswick made close
connection with the boat for St. Sim
ons, while those who remained in the
city were shown many courtesies by
the citizens of that place. On the re
turn the train arrived here about 11
o’clock at night, with a well pleased
but tired load of people.
The Floyd Family Had
A Big Family Reunion
Douglas, Ga., May 17, 1915.
Jim:
birthday dinner at Aunt
"T uoda Floyd’s on Saturday, the 15th.
Aunt Rhoda was about 97 years old,
and in honor of her kind and mellow
old age there was given a birthday
dinner.
Aunt Rhoda had always been a
good mother and a faithful worker
for the love and obedience of God.
She is beloved in this community. We
all were there soon in the morning,
and among her children there were
nine present, all that was living, ex
cept Mrs. Annie Adams, of McDonald.
We had preaching services by Bro.
Samp Smith, who pleached a good
sermon. Singing was led by Brother
Buchans and Obner Lott, and music
by Miss Rhoda Lott. Everything
was carried on very nicely. Every
body was in high spirits, and Aunt
Rhoda was as gay as she was at six
teen. Sunday she often made the
remark that it was as pleasant a time
as she ever spent. She has raided a
large family and they are, as well as
herself, God loving people, and are
well spoken of in the community.
There are three that has passed
from this life. The first one was Dan
Lott, who got killed at a saw mill at
Broxton; the next one wa Myron
Floyd, who was killed by Dennis
Paulk several years ago; the next
was Joe Lott, who died in Broxton
with heart trouble some few years
ago.
Aunt Rhoda has been married twice
Her first husband was Mr. Mark Lott,
who died several years ago. After
wards she was married to Perry Floyd
Uncle Perry has been dead eleven
years, and Aunt Rhoda is here yet
in good health.
The dinner table was in the front
yard, under the old oak trees, and was
75 feet long, and full of good provis
ions.
Aunt Rhoda is the mother of thir
teen children, nine were there among
the crowd. Forty-one crandchildren,
and eighteen great-grandchildren, with
many visitors.
OBSERVER.
jCrRS. BELLE APPLEBY HON-
ORED BY STATE PYTHI.Y
At the recent meeting in Savannah
of the state convention of the Knights
of Pythias, Mrs. Belle Appleby, of
this city, who was a delegate from
the local lodge, was elected Grand
Manager.
This office is quite an honor both
to Mrs. Appleby and the local lodge,
and is considered one of the most im
portant offices cf the state lodge.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 4-
REVIVAL CLOSED
SUW NIGHT
EVANGELIST ARTHUR MOORE
HAD CHARGE AND DID EFFI
CIENT WORK. THE MUSIC WAS
A SPECIAL FEATURE.
The revival meetings that have
been conducted for the past twto
weeks at the Methodist church, came
to an end last Sunday night, after
many conversions and a vast amount
of good that will never be known on
this globe.
Rev. Arthur Moore, the preacher
in charge, during this series of ser
vices, is not altogether a stranger
here, as he conducted a similar ser
vice up at Broxton some time ago,
and left impressions as to his Chris
tian work and character that will out
live him. Some of these people at
tended a number of his services while
he preached here. All of Mr. Moore’s
work was of the convincing, telling
kind; nothing fancy or flowery, but
of the kind that could be understood
and applied. This had much to do
with the success of his efforts. Mr.
Reid and Miss East did valuable
work. Their songs were sweet and
soul-stirring, and they were assisted
by a good, loyal local choir.
We do not know the number of con
versions, tut there were many, and
some of them will remember for a
long time “the happy day,” when un
der the appeals of Bro. Moore and
the singing of Mr. Reid and Miss East
they found a Savior’s love.
These workers will rest up for two
or three weeks, when they will begin
a revival in some other town. Wher
ever they go they will have the
prayers of the people of Douglas for
their success on earth in the Master’s
work, and their final salvation after
life.
Monday, June 7th, Is
The Day for a Hearing
The Board of County Commission
ers petitioned Judge Eve to set a date
for a hearing and to pans upon what
fees are legally due the Clerk of Su
perior Court and Sheriff in cases in
City and Superior Court and for sum
moning witnesses and jurors for the
same. Judge Eve set Monday, June
7th, as the date for a hearing. In
cases where arrests were made out
side the state, that of A. L. Fulgham
was cited.
It is understood that the petition
is a friendly one, the Board being de
sirous that the amounts due these
officers should be legalshrdu etaoincf
officers should be legally fixed to
avoid any possible discussion when
bills are presented.—Tifton Gazette.
A Fine Record For
The Solicitor-General
Solicitor-General M. D. Dickerson
of the Waycross circuit has just com
pleted a record that will probably
stand for years in this section of
Georgia.
In six sessions of court, held in
Charlton, Clinch, Pierce, Bacon, Cof
fee and Ware, he lost only four cases
that went to juries.
Fifty cases in Superior court went
to juries, giving the state 46 convic
tions to 4 acquittals. In Ware Supe
rior court, which recessed last night
until May 24, 41 cases were disposed
of in the criminal branch. —Waycross
Journal.
GRAND LODGE WILL
MEET AT FITZGERALD
The Grand Lodge of Georgia, of
the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows and Rebecca Sisters, will meet
at Fitzgerald on May 26th and 27th.
The different orders will use sep
arate halls for their meeting*, but
will unite in making the occasion
profitable and interesting.
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., MAY 22nd„ 1915.
Official Organ of Coffee County and County Commissioners.
ANNUAL PICNIC
FOR EMPLOYEES
WILL PICNIC THIS YEAR AT
DIXIE LAKE. A SPECIAL PRO
GRAM IS BEING ARRANGED
FOR THE OCCASION.
Every year for the past seven
years the employees of the Georgia
& Florida Railroad, with their fam
ilies and friends, have an annual pic
nic, and these occasions have always
been looked forward to with pleas
urable anticipation. The committee
on location and time this year has
selected Dixie Lake at Sparks, and
the time, Thursday, June 3rd.
This is said to be one of the best
places at convenient distance that
could have been selected for a day of
pleasure and recreation. The park
is well shaded, well watered, a bath
ing pool, and for those who like to
shake their “light fantastic toe,”
(don’t know exactly what that means)
there is a large dancing pavilion ar
ranged with side seats for spectators
and an elevated position for the mu
sicians.
The pool has an incline bottom, so
arranged that children can bathe with
out danger, as the depth of water will
be from two feet to a greater depth.
The pavilion has a splendid, even
floor, and hose who like to engage in
skating can do so. The committee on
amusements will have an amusing and
varied program, fo be carried out as
usual, with a nicety and precise man
ner that always bring entire satis
faction to the participants.
The writer has been on one or two
of these picnics with the railroad
boys and their families, and has never
attended one at any previous occas
ion that has been conducted with
more courtesy and hospitality than
that shown by the managers of the
entire affair. There will be more
specific information next week.
Perry Nettles and Two
Sons Are Now In Jail
Last Monday Deputy Sheriff Ira
Ricketson went over to Pearson, and
from there to some place near Fales,
where he arrested Perry Nettles,
father and his two sons, Aubrey and
Earle, concerned in the burglarizing
of the store of Isadore Passon, a Jew,
at Pearson, some three months ago.
The deputy found a suit case, rain
coat and other goods hidden in an
oak thicket near the house where the
Nettles family lived, and they have
been identified as goods taken from
the store. The parties named above
were brought to Douglas and are now
in jail. It may turn out in the trial,
it is hinted, that all the parties im
plicated in this burglary are not now
known, and some interesting develop
ments may show up.
Sheriff Ricketson, with Deputies
Strickland and Ricketson, are prov
ing to be terrors to evil doers, and
do some nice sleuth work.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
The regular teachers’ examination
will be held July 30th and 31st., in
Douglas, in Prof. Little’s class room
in the Georgia normal College.
Those wishing to apply for license
should take advantage of this, as
under no circumstances will any spe
cial examination be given during the
next year except in case of emer
gency.
J. GORDON FLOYD, C. S. S.
The Broxton High
School Commencement
Rey. I. P. Tyson, of Waycross, will
preach the commencement sermon of
the Broxton High School, tomorrow,
Sunday, May 23rd. The public is in
vited.
The program is published in an
other place, and will be carried out
as published.
SMYRNA A 350.
GENERAL MEET
AS ANNOUNCED BY REV. H. M.
MEEKS. WILL BE HELD ON
FIFTH SUNDAY WITH UNION
CHURCH NEAR NICHOLLS.
Program of the general meeting of
the Smyrna Asocation, to be held with
Union church, near Nicholls, on the
fifth Sunday in May, beginning on
Saturday before. Following is the
program:
Saturday, 10 o’clock, song and
praise service.
10:30—Organization.
10:40—enrollment of delegates with
report on state of the church.
11:00—Sermon by Rev. T. S. Hu
bert.
Adjourn for dinner.
2:00 P. M.—Session of the execu
tive committee will be held in the
grove while the W. M. S. will hold
business session in the church.
3:3o—What conditions visit in the
Smyrna Association, and what are
present needs as appears from the
Baptist standpoint—J. F. Smith and
H. Meeks.
Where shall the next general meet
ing be held.
Sunday morning 9:3o—Song and
Praise service, led by T. H. Brown.
10:00—The educational outlook in
Georgia from the Baptist standpoint,
by a representative of Piedmont In
stitute.
11:00—Sermon, speaker to be sup
plied.
It is desired that the executive com
mittee meet at his ime. This is very
imporant. Also all pastors are urg
ed to attend, as questions coming be
fore tht! committee will call for your
counsel.
• Dr. Arch C. Cree, the newly elect
ed secretary of the Mission Board,
will be pleased to co-operate with the
committee in whatever work they may
undertake for the remaining months
of the associational year. The time
is short, therefore “that thou doest
must be done quickly.”
H. M. MEEKS,, for the Com.
Special Program to Be
Given Monday Evening
The following pragram will be giv
en at the auditorium Monday eve
ning, May 24th, at eight o’clock, for
the purpose of raising a fund to help
pay the Veterkns’s expenses to the
Reunion at Richmond. There are a
number of veterans in this county
who will not be able o attend unless
we help them. Admission 25c and
15c:
Band.
%
Reading—Mrs. J. H. Jordan.
Piano Solo—Mrs. Meeks.
Vocal Solo—Mrs. Dan Wall.
Band.
Reading—Miss Eunice Lott.
Vocal Solo—Miss Ethel Morrison.
Violin Solo—Mrs. Gordon Burns.
Reading—Miss Grace Gaffney.
Male Quartette.
Band.
REV. T. S. HUBERT WILL
PREACH THE COMMENCE
MENT SERMON SUNDAY
Rev. T. S. Hubert, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Douglas, will
preach the commencement sermon of
the South Georgia Training School,
which is located in Ocilla, on next
Sunday morning. He will return to
Douglas in the afternoon for the eve
ning service here.
This is one of the best training
schools in this section of the state,
and Pastor Hubert is glad of the op
portunity to be present on this oc
casion. A large attendance is * ex
pected to be present, as always is,
and that the sermon will meet the
expectations of the school and visit
ors, there is no question.
Miss Mae Williamson was called to
her home in Brunswick Sunday on
account of the sudden death of her
father. Her many friends are sym
pathizing with her in her great sor
row.
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
PROGRAM FOR
AGRIJCHOOL
JNO. W. BENNETT WILL DELIV
ER THE COMMENCEMENT AD
DRESS. REV. CHAS. MONTGOM
ERY WILL PREACH SERMON.
The authorities of the Eleventh Dis
trict Agricultural School announce
the program for their sixth annual
commencement.
Friday, May 28, 8:00 P. M., School
Auditorium, Recital by the Music
Class.
Saturday, May 29, 8:00 P. M., Jun
ior “Prom.”
Sunday. May 30, 11:00 A. M„ Meth
odist church, Commencement Sermon
by Rev. Charles Montgomery.
Monday, May 31, Meeting of Aud
iting Committee of Board of Trustees.
Monday, May 31, 4 to 6 P. M., Girls’
Dormitory, Exhibit, Domestic Science
and Arts, and Mechanic Arts Depart
ments.
Monday, May 31, 8:00 P. M., at
School Auditorium, Speakers’ Con
test.
Tuesday, June 1, Annual Meeting
of Board of Trustees.
Tuesday, June 1, 8:00 P. M., Grad
uating Exercises. Address to Grad
uating Class, by Hon. John W. Ben
nett.
The Difference of 20
Years Ago And Today
The two last lines in the following
special from Atlanta strikes the cross:
Atlanta, Ga., May 18.—Here’s one
for the man to ponder who really be
lieves that the young girls of today
are just as refined as their mothers
and grandmothers were.
Twenty years ago when the great
Mark Twain, addressing the gradua
ting class of a young woman’s semi
nary, advised fair girl graduates
not to drink and gamble, it was re
garded as one of the richest and most
amusing pieces of humor he ever per
petrated. He meant it as a joke. At
that time it was a joke, and a good
one.
Today in Alanta, the Rev. W. W.
Memimnger, addressing the gradua
ting class of a local young woman’s
seminary, and a socially exclusive one
at that, offers the young ladies in all
seriousness exactly the same advice.
“Don’t sip highballs and drink
cocktails,” he says to the fair girl
graduates.
“Don’t try to keep the love of men
playing cards for money,” he said to
the sweet young girls.
Today nobody laughs. For it is
no joke.
Legislature Makes a
Plea For Leo M. Frank
Nashville, May 18.—The Tennes
see legislature formally adjourned to
day after completing the work of the
fifty-ninth session. The senate late
last night passed a resoution request
ing Governor Slaton of Georgia to
commute to life imprisonment the
death sentence pronounced on Leo.
M. Frank for the murder of Mary
Phagan.
Lansing, Mich., May 18.—Governor
Ferris, of Michigan, it was announced
to-day, has made a personal appeal
to Governor Slaton of Georgia for
commutation of the death sentence
to Leo M. Frank.
CHANGE IN BUSINESS.
On Monday of this week Miss G.
L. Chandler, who has been e nnected
with the millinery business of Miss
Mabel Sayre for several seasons, pur
! chased the stock and good will and
will rontinue the business with the
best wishes of her many friends.
Miss Chandler has made many
friends here who are glad that she
will remain here in Douglas after
the season over.
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SAD DEATHS
WEEK
W. C. SMITH DIED SUNDAY, AND
W. D. WEBSTER DIED ON MON
DAY AT MONTGOMERY, ALA.
WEBSTER’S FUNERAL TODAY.
News reached the city early Thurs
day morning of the death of Capt.
W. D. Webster, one of the well known
conductors of the Georgia & Florida,
who died in Montgomery, after an
illness extending over several months.
The remains were brought to Doug
las Friday morning where the funeral
was preached at the Baptist church
at 4 o’clock, Rev. T. S. Hubert having
charge of the service. The burial
services took place at the cemetery
about 5 o’clock, where a large circle
of friends were present.
Capt. Webster had lived in Douglas
and Broxton and in this vicinity for
several years, where he was connect
ed with the G..& F. During his resi
dence here he had made many friends
also along the entire line of railroad
from Augusta to Madison. He was
jovial, kind, and true to his friends.
His fellow conductors took charge of
the remains and funeral services.
He was 54 years of age, had never
married, and had been a member of
the O. R. C’s. for 27 years. He did
not have a single living relative that
he knew of, although his friends were
many.
The friends and acquaintances of
Mr. W. C. Smith, who has been iden
tified with Douglas, for the last three
years, will regret to learn of his death
at the home of his son, D. M. Smith,
at Cordova, Ala., at 4 o’clock on last
Sunday morning.
Mr. Smith was first engaged in the
hotel business in this city three years
ago, and for a time made the Oliver
Hotel very popular with the travel
ing public. 11l health, however,
brought failure in business and he
engaged in life insurance writing.
He was of a genial disposition and
liked to see those around him enjoy
themselves, and he wohld go a good
distance out of his way to do a friend
a favor.
Mr. Smith was about 57 or 58 years
of age, was born in Gainesville, Ga.,
and during his whole life had enjoyed
fine health until about one year ago,
when the fatal disease which sapped
away his life ptomaine poison began
to pull him down. Some time ago
he went to the home of his son, where
he hoped to find relief in a change of
location and atmosphere, but no pur
pose. Mrs. Smith had remained in
the city with her friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Durst, hoping to hear good news
from her husband, when she was in
formed of his condition, hastened to
his bedside, and was with him at the
hour of his death.
His remains were interred, after
the funeral services on last Tuesday,
in the Cordora cemetery. Besides
Mrs. Smith, there are two grown sons
and hundreds of friends to mourn the
untimely departure of a good man.
Agricultural Students
Played At Broxton Sat.
The play given by the Agricultural
students, assisted by Prof. Davis, was
presented to a very appreciative au
dience in the auditorium of the Brox
ton High School on last Satlrday eve
ning.
The parts were well handled, and
they deserved the generous applause
of the audience. The time between
the acts was used for solos, recita
tions, and quartetts. The school band
accompanied the players and assisted
with the music.
Prof. Campbell, the principal of the
High School, and his assistants were
very courteous to the visitors, decor*
ating the stage, and having every
thing in readiness when the Douglas
crowd arrived. Consequently, there
has been many compliments paid the
Broxton people for th*eir kindness and.
hospitality.