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UNION MEETS
> WITH PEARSON
COFFEE COUNTY’ UNION IS TO
HOLD REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING AT PEARSON SAT
URDAY, JUNE STH.
Next Saturday, June sth, is the
day for the next Farmers’ Union,
and this time it will be held at Pear
son. The people of that little city
are preparing to give all who go a
royal entertainment. The city gov
ernment will take a hand in the en
tentainment, and Jim White, Doc
Smith. Jeff Kirkland, say they are
going to put the big kettle in the
little pot, while Big Dickerson says
“derned if they don’t.”
There will" be speaking by promi
nent gentlemen of the Union, J. J.
Brown, J. R. Overman and others.
A reporter for The Enterprise will
be present, and hopes to make several
little Speeches on the quiet to parties
who have a dollar in their pockets
that they would like to exchange for
a subscription receipt, and if any one,
lady, gent, boy or girl, wants said re
porter to dine with them, at “taking
out time,” he’ll be Johnie on the Spot.
The Army Worm Is
In Laurens County
Atlanta, May 26.—Reports of the
appearanceo f the army worm in
Laurens county, which have come to
the State Department of Entomology,
are proving exceedingly disquieting
to farmers in that section of the state.
Some similar reports have come from
other sections, but it is in Laurens
that the pest appears most seriou°.
Dusing the vegetation with a mix-
one pound of arsenate of lead
'to six pounds of slacked flour of lime,
through sacks made of 8-ounce cot
ton duck, is the bestr emedy, Mr.
Worsham says.
The Blue and Bray Will
Parade In Richmond, Va.
Atlanta, May 24.—For the first time
at any reunion of Confederate veter
ans, veterans of the Union rans will
march with the Gray at the 1915 re
union of the U. C. V. in Richmond,
which will be largely attended by the
Georgia camps. N
Veterans of all the Southern states
are to send big representations and
there will be sponsors for each dele
gations. It is expected that at least
10,000 veterans will assemble of whom
over 1,000 will be Georgians.
While this may or may not be the
last reunion, it is certain that there
will never be anoher on this elabor
ate and inclusive scale.
At this reunion gray-clad veterans
will parade with National Guard mili
tary commonds from the North, and
with many of the crack organizations
of the North and East whose members
in the sixties bore arms against the
South.
MOTHER AND BOY SICK.
Mrs. H. F. Brown, on Madison St.,
who has been ill for six or seven
weeks, and who was reported better
last week, is not doing so well today,
her husband informs us.
Mr. Brown’s little son, of whom we
wrote last week, is holding his own,
but in a low condition. Dr. Whelchel
is handling both cases, and Miss Mat
tie Maddox is doing the nursing with
tender care and efficiency.
NICK LOTT DEAD.
Nich Lott, about 20 years of age,
son of Mark Lott, of this place, died
after a year or more of suffm ing
from rheumatism, last Thursday af
ternoon about 3 o clock. Tins and
another child of, Mr. Lott have been
suffering for a fong time, and while
death is sad in any form, it comes
as a relief when there is no hope.
Friends of the deceased were at once
arranging for the burial some time
Friday. The bereaved have the sym
pathy of the public.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 5.
CHAMBER HAS
GOOD OFFICE
SECRETARY SMITH IS NOW ON
JOB WITH PERMANENT OF
FICES IN THE PETERSON &
RELIHAN OLD STORE.
The committee of the board of trade
of Douglas appointed to select offices
for the new enterprise, have made
arrangements to occupy the old store
room of Peterson & Relihan, next to
Union Pharmacy.
The room is now being fitted up,
and in a few days everything will be
in readiness for business.
Mr. R. A. Smith, the secretary, has
been on the ground several days. He
will be in charge of the offices and
will be glad to have the people call
and offer any. suggestion for the
good of the order.
The people of the city and county
that have lands to sell, will please
communicate with Mr. Smith. The
Board now has many inquiries on
hand aSout Coffee county lands, and
the new enterprise hopes to be the
means of bringing buyer and seller
together, for their mutual benefit.
Bank of Douglas Has
Made New Connections
We call special attention to the
announcement of The Bank of Doug
las which appears on the last page
of this paper.
This bank is now one of the strong
est financial institutions in this sec
tion of Georgia. Their connections
are as good as any bank n this sec
tion.
The addition of Mr. J. E. Wadley
to the bank is worth a great deal in
many ways, as Mr. Wadley is one of
the best known bankers in this sec
tion. He has been prominently con
nected with may South Georgia banks
and always had a successful manage
ment.
The bank expects to add a savings
department in the near future, in
which deposits of any amount will be
received subject to check upon pre- i
sentation of pass book. This feature
will add a great deal to the already j
popularity of the bank.
Moose to Be Hanged On
July 2nd, at Bainbridge
Bainbridge, May 27.—J. F. Moose,
white, who mareted the first bale of
cotton in Georgia last year and the
father of six children, was convicted
in the superior court this afternoon
of improper conduct toward a 14-
year-old daughter. He was sentenc
ed to hang on July 2. The crime was
perpetrated on April 25 on the Moose
farm near Donaldsonville. The prin
cipal witnesses were the girl and an
elder sister. According to a state
ment of the older daughter, Moose
had from time to time known her
criminally since she was 11 years
old. The evidence was the most re
volting ever heard in this section, and
Moose is the first white man sentenc
ed to hang here in over twenty years.
Moose has lived here three years.
Originally he came from Lumpkin
county, near Dahlonega.
THE MARKETS TODAY.
The cotton market is firm. The
prices for the past three days, in Sa
vannah, New Orleans and New York
remaining the same.
Middling, fair 1014
Strict good middling 10.
Good middling 9%.
Ordinary 676.
In the naval store market the prices
for turpentine and rosin have been
unchanged since Monday’s quotations.
Turpentine 4214 @ 43.
Same date last year 4414.
Rosin, no sales.
WANTED—TO RENT TWO FUR
nished rooms for light housekeep
ing. “G.” care Enterprise.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., MAY 29th., 1915.
Official Organ of Coffee County and County Commissioners.
RECEIVERS
OPTIMISTIC
G. & F. RECEIVERS ARE VERY
MUCH ENCOURAGED OVER
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
MADE VISIT TO SAVANNAH.
For the purpose of making tem
porary financial arrangements with
the Citizens and Southern Bank the
three receivers of the Georgia and
Florida Railroad, accompanied by
General Manager D. F. Kirkland,
were in Savannah yesterday morning.
The receivers are, Harry R. War
field, of Baltimore; W. R. Sullivan,
of New York, and Col. J. M. Wilkin
son, of Valdosta. The Georgia and
Florida went into receivership recent
ly and one of the first steps taken by
the receivers was to make certain
tempo: ary financial arrangements
that would tide the property over un
til plans could be made for a reor
ganization.
“Business is picking up,” Mr. War
field said. The receivers have just
been over the road and they found
that traffic was increasing and that
conditions generally were very hope
ful. The Georgia and Florida runs
to Vidalia and its business is handled
from there to Savannah over the Sea
board and other lines.
“The outlook for the Georgia and
Florida is bright,” continued Mr.
Warfield. “We exp;ct later on to for
mulate a reorganization plan hat will
be acceptable to all concerned and
that will put the railroad back on a
firm foundation. We don’t anticipate
any difficulty in financing the proper
ty through the receivership. The rail
road is a valuable one and runs 'hru
a rich territory.”
Mr. Warfield represents the Balti
j more Trust Company, holder cf a
I large part of the Georgia and Flor
i ida’s bonds. The other interests in
I the roads are represented, alsa. Mr.
Warfield said he was not prepared
to go into details of the receivers’
plans at this time.
Business in general is on the mend,
the worst having been past safely,
according to Messrs. Warfield and
Sullivan.—Savannah News.
What Is thh Matter With
Douglas and Goffoe Go?
This article is written by one very
much interested and not in any crit
i ical sense whatever.
What is the matter with Douglas
and Coffee county? This good roun
ty of Coffee has nearly one thousand
square miles of as fine lands as there
are in the great wiregrass section.
Douglas has a population of more
than than five thousand. The sounty
now has a population of something
like thirty thousand, allowing about
six thousand increase since 1910,
which is a very modest allowance.
The writer lays it down as a gen
eral proposition that Douglas is a
better town than many of the towns
in its class in South Georgia. Coffee
county has more acres of good land
than Brooks county, and naturally,
is as good land and will keep the
average with Brooks or any other
county in the wiregrass belt. . Of the
thirty thousand people, there are as
many good people who want to do the
right thing, and want to prosper and
make their county and town better
as here are in any other county in
the state. We have schools unexcell
ed by any county in this section. The
county is filled with good churches
and strong religious communities.
We have many natural advantages
that some other counties do not have.
What is the matter with Douglas
and Coffee county? Let every citi
zen of the county begin to ask this
question and seek its answer. The
writer has some ideas as to what the
trouble is, and may undertake' to dis
cuss |ome of them later, but not in
a sense of criticism, but with a view
of analysing the situation and lend
ing his mite towards eradicating the
trouble and helping to make Douglas
and Coffee county more of what it
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
The Shipping of Georgia
Peaches From Fort Valley
The first shpment of pcaehes from
the Georgia peach belt was made last
week when James D. Fagan, a grower,
of Fort Valley, shipped two crates,
one to New York and the other to
‘Philadelphia.
The peaches shipped arc of the
Mayflower variety. The shipment is
three days in advance of previous
records.
One of the crates was consigned to
R. T. Cochran, of New York, and the
other to Baker & Co., Philadelphia.
Mr. Fagan expects to ship 200
crates during the season per week.
Colonel Lewis Brown, of Grovania,
expects to ship a carload from his
farm at Grovania next week. The
peaches are well covered and growing
fine.
ANNUAL FLORIDA EXCURSION
GA. & FLA. RAILWAY CO.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TH., 1915.
Round trip fare from Douglas: To
Jacksonville, $2.50; St. Augustine,
$3.50; St. Petersburg and Tampa,
$4.50. Special train. Detailed infor
mation cheerfully furnished by any
Ticket Agent.
ought to be.
One thing that impresses the writer
at this ime is that here is no “team”
work in Douglas or Coffee county.
Team work tells and it is the only
thing that does the work.
Remember the good old days and
let us organize our team ar.d do some
first class team work, or to the junk
pils we will go. Which shall it be?
Will you work on the team? If so,
where ?
COFFEEAN.
QUITMAN HAS
GREAT SHOW
A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATION
GIVES 20,000 VISITORS PRES
ENT. ABOUT FIFTY DOUGLAS
ITES ATTENDED.
Nearly every prominent town in
South Georgia had a delegation at
the Quitman Cattle Show last Tues
day. The special from Vidalia, with
about eight coaches, came in at 6:30
and had a good crowd gathered from
all along the line. The Vidalia coach
was very attractive, with banners on
each side of the coach extending the
full length, advertising the claims and
advantages of that place, situated in
the exact center of the world, over
all other places. There must have
been fifty or more that went from
here, but as we have not all of the
names will not publish any, but a
mong them were some of our best
people, and again, perhaps, some of
our sorriest, without any personal
reflection.
All along the line to Valdosta the
coaches filled up, and when the train
reached that place it carried some
thing of a crowd.
It is variously estimated that there
were 20,000 people in Quitman by
12 o’clock last Tuesday. A basket
dinner was served on the court house
square, thousands of citizens and
their families having come in to help
Quitman entertain her guests.
The Moultrie Observer claims that
that town sent the biggest hog in the
world to Quitmgn. “The hog was 10
feet high and about 15 feet long, and
its weight no man knows. The hog
was mounted on the chasis of an au
tomobile and was a conspicuous fig
ure passing down the streets in the
parade, its eyes sparkling like elec
tric Rights and its mouth gaping as
if it was very thirsty.”
A number of addresses were made
by prominent speakers, on different
subjects. Governor Slaton was a
mong those who delivered addresses.
President Chas. J. Haden of the State
Chamber of Commerce was also a
speaker.
The little towns along the railroads
leading to Quitman for ten miles were
entirely depopulated, only a few chil
dren and some pigs being left to
claim some signs of cultivation.
DANIEL DIES
AT FITZGERALD
AFTER FINISHING HIS SPEECH
TUESDAY EVENING. BODY
WAS TAKEN TO GRIFFIN FOR
INTERMENT.
Judge Robert T. Daniel, of Griffin,
Sovereign Grand Sire of the Sover
eign Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the world,
died early Thursday evening at Fitz
gerald, following a stroke of apo
plexy that he suffered earlier in the
day.
The session which was in progress
at Fitzgerald was brought to a close
last night after Judge Daniel’s death.
He had just finished making a speech
in which he used much effort, and
fell to a chair, with one side paralyz
ed. He never regained consciousness.
His body was sent to Griffin for in
terment.
T. J. Holland of Near
Ambrose, Skipping Beans
\
We are indebted to Mr. T. J. Hol
land, one of our most prominent far
mers, who has a beautiful home and
fine farm near Ambrose, for a rum
ple of his superb stringless snap
beans, which we found of an excellent
flavor, well filled and of good size.
Mr. Holland has twenty acres of
these beans, and commenced shipping
them this week to northern markets,
where an accredited agent will dis
pose of them to the very best advan
tage. Exactly how many car loads
will be made and shipped we are not
informed, but we intend to watch this
move and report the result.
The Georgia & Florida
Employees to Picnic
As the time grows shorter more in
terest is centered on the date and
place, June 3rd., at Dixie Lake, near
Sparks, for the next annual picnic.
The committees on all parts of the
program are good ones, and are leav
ing undone nothing that will be for
the enjoyment of their friends, prin
cipally bathing, boating, racing, and
other forms of amusement. Good or
der is assured, and the ones that ex
pect to “fill up,” as on other occas
ions, will be asked to behave or stay
at home.
The fare to the Railroad Picnic to
be held at Dixie Lake, at Sparks, by
the Georgia & Florida employees on
June 3rd., will be SI.OO for adults,
and 50c for children. The employees
extends a cordial invitation to nil
their friends who have not received
a printed invitation.
Jailer's Wife Holds a
Prisoner With Pistol
Nashville, Ga., May 26.—Willie Cox
and Ben Mitchell, two white men who
were lodged behind the bars here
some time ago on the charge of steal
ing clothes, last night picked a hole
in the wall of the jail upstairs and
climbed into the kitchen, from where
they jumped to the ground. Cox
made his escape, but Mitchell stum
bled and broke a bone in his foot.
Mrs. C. V. Durror, the jailer’s wife,
hearing the commotion, got her pistol
and ran to the scene of action. She
fired at Cox, but the bullet went wild.
She then ran out of the house and
pointed her pistol at Mitchell, who
had crawled under: eat'a the kitchen,
holding him until her hu and could
come to her rescue. Sneriff Morris
and a posse searched until a late hour
last night for Cox, but as yet have
no clue to his whereabouts.
Every page of this paper contains
valuable information. It may be an
advertisement that will save you
money.
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
—Leppard—Mr. John Maguire, Ala
bama.
Junior Class—
Declamation—“Georgia”—Fleming.
—Mr. Hateley Quincey, Coffee county.
“Meditation”—lVyorrison By Miss
Thornton.
Music—Anon—Band. /
Girl’s Contest.
Sophomore Class-
Recitation—“ The Sign of the Cross”
—Anon—Miss Helen McLane, Coffee
county.
Junior Class—
Recitation—“ Old Ace”—Brooks—»
Miss Mamie Baird, Coffee county.
“Trot De Cavalerie”—Rubinstein.
BOARD OF TRADE MEMBERS 1
URGED TO MEET AT OFFICE
NEXT MONDAY EVENING
The members of the Board of Trade
of Douglas are requested to meet at
the offices of the board in the old-
Peterson & Relihan store, next Mon
day evening at eight o’clock. There
is much business of importance to
attend to, and each and every mem
ber is earnestly requested to be pres
ent.
THE CONSTABLE JAILED.
Quitman, Ga., May 27.—Constable
E. P. Edmondson, of Mcrven.is being
held in jail at Quitman pending his
payment of SIOO which, it is alleged,
he collected and did not return over
to the proper authorities. Judge W.
E. Thomas issued an order against
him and he was arrested by Sheriff
Wade.
ALL DAY SING TO BE HELD
AT SAGINAW ON JUNE 6TH.
The people of Saginaw, some of
the best in the county, have been
wanting an all day sing for a long
time, and now the date Las been fixed
for the first Sunday in June, the 6th.
The Enterprise has been authorized
to state that all who go will be well
taken care of and given a good din
ner. Teams will meet visitors at
Chatterton. If you don’t know the
road, “just follow Uncle Jim.”
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EXERCISES TO
BEGINTONIGKT
AND WILL CLOSE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE GRADUAT
ING CLASSES. SERMON SUN
DAY AT METHODIST CHURCH-
The commencement exercises of
the Agricultural School begins tonight
at the school auditorium, with a re
cital by the music class, in charge of
Miss Brice.
On tomorrow (Saturday), at 8:00
P. M., comes the Junior “Pron.”
On Sunday at 11 o’clock at the
Methodist church, the commencement
sermon will be preached by Rev.
Charles Montgomery, of Mcßae.
On Monday afternoon between the
hours of four and six, at the Girls’
Dormitory, there will be an exhibit
of the work done in the Domestic
Science and Art departments of the
school this year, which has been un
der the efficient management of Miss
Shepherd. It is expected that a num
ber of visitors will be present at this
time.
On Monday evening at 8:00 P. M.,
at the school auditorium, the Speak
ers’ Contest will take place. The pro
gram for this occasion appears be
low.
On Tuesday evening at 8:00 P. M.,
the graduating exercises will take
place. The address to the graduates
will be made by Hon. John W. Ben
nett, of Waycross.
The following is the program for
Monday evening:
Music—Anoni Band
“Valse Caprice”—Rathburn. .Misses
Moore.
Speakers’ Contest for Medals.
Boys’ Contest.
Freshman Class—
Declamation—“An Appeal to Arms”
—Henry—Mr. F'red Anderson, Wayne
county.
Sophomore Class—
Declamation—“A Dying Traitor”