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“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
COMMITIES Of
C. LStEHUT
GIVEN SEVERAL IMPORTANT AS
SIGNMENTS BY SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE BURWELL, DUR
ING THE SESSION.
Representative C. E. Stewart, of
Coffee, was very fortunate in the as
signment of committees at the open,
ing of the present session of the egis
lature.
Speaker Burwell paid Mr. Stewart,
as well as Coffee county, a very ’tat
tering recognition in the assignments.
Mr. Stewart is on the following com
mittees: Appropriations, Western and
Atlantic Railroad, Agriculture, Man
ufactures.
MR. BEN L. LANE ADDS AN
AUTOMATIC ORCHESTRA
Mr. Ben L. Lane keeps making ad
ditional improvements at the Grand,
for the growing business which he
has built up at this popular play
house, and this time it is the auto
mate orchestra.
This wonderful instrument cost Mr.
Lane $1,100., and carries with it com
plete band music, representing an
orchestra of violin, drums, piano,
tambourine, nandolin, and other in
struments.
It is worth a trip to the theatre to
hear this wonderful instrument, aside
from the fact that you see pictures,
surh as are produced in Atlanta and
other large cities.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Usual preaching services Sunday,
18th, at the usual morning and eve
ning hours. Attendance has been
good for this - time of the year and
interest has been the same, but both
attendance and interest could be bet
ter.
Bible School, a faithful and efficient
superintendent and body of teachers.
It meets at 4:00 P. M., and has a
place for you. Come also to the B.
Y. P. U., which meets at 7:30 P. M.
You will enjoy it.
T. S. HUBERT, Pastor.
REASON GUTHRIE DEAD-
Mr.,'Reason Guthrie died a this
home, near Nieholls last Sunday and
Was buried Monday at Arnie, Rev. J.
A. O’Steen, of this city, conducting
the burial ceremony.
Mr. Guthrie had been married
twice, his second wife surviving him.
By his.lrst wife he leaves several chil
dren, viz: Lucius, Bud, Joe and Isbon
Guthrie-, also Mrs. Hewett and one
other daughter.
JULY 27, WOOL DAY.
July 27 is wool day in Coffee coun
ty. Everybody who has any wool to
sell'should bring it here on that day.
All the wool buyers will be here and
the best possible price will be paid
on that day-
25 GARS WILL LEAVE DOUGLAS
MONDAY AT 6 O'CLOCK A. M.
The Round the State Tour is a cer
tainty. This was definitely decided
by the Douglas Chamber of Commerce
today at noon.
Secretary Smith says that there
fcill be twenty-five cars, with about
■hi people to go on the trip, an itinery
Kf which was given in the last issue
of The Enterprise.
The cars will leave Douglas next
Monday morning at 6 o’clock and pro
ceed to the Highway at Ashburn. The
trip will then be easy.
There will be a quantity of adver
tising matter distributed along the
route by the Douglas Chamber of
Commerce, as well as private individ
uals. This matter will advertise
p oug !as and Coffee county.
Douglas Enterprise
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 11.
TWO DAYS OF
CITY COURT
SHORT SESSION HELD. ADJOURN
ED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MUCH BUSINESS SI TRANS
ACTED.
The adjourned term of Douglas City
Court convened last Monday, Judge
W. C. Lankford presiding, and Solic
itor W. A. Wood looking after the
State’s interest. The following cases
were disposed of during the two days.
State vs. Emmett Quinn, Larceny,
mistrial.
State vs. Sam Story, drunk on the
streets, guilty; motion for new trial.
State vs. Mack Pridgen, selling
whiskey, nol prossed.
State vs. Luther Davis, selling whis
key, nol prossed.
State vs. Bill Butler, assault and
battery, nol prossed.
State vs. Oliver Watson, assault,
verdict not guilty.
State vs. Leonard Graham, selling
whiskey, verdict guilty, sentence 8
months.
State vs. Henry Moore, larceny, 10
months.
State vs. Son Didly, pointing pis
tol at another, plea guilty, sentence
10 months.
State vs. James Britt, assault, plea
of guilty, sentence 6 months.
State vs. J. C. Blunt, larceny, plea
guilty, sentence 6 months.
Court adjourned Tuesday afternoon
at 5:30, leaving the jury on the Em
mett Quinn case out, and after a long
trial for a verdict made a mistrial,
standing 6 for guilty and 6 for ac
quittal.
Judge Lankford will dispose of a
number of cases, which will come be
fore him next Tuesday week. No
juries will be used in these, however.
THE QUI VIVE CLtfß.
On Thursday afternoon Miss Lucy
Hall was the hostess for the Qui Vive
Club. An informally pleasant after
noon was spent, and ice cream and
cake were served for refreshments.
FIRST OPEN COTTON.
Mr. W. L. Lott, of West Green,
sends to this office the first open cot-
Ton of the season. He says he will
have a bale ginned by August 1.
AFTER MAY Ist. I WILL REDUCE
prices on all Cleaning and Press
ing. All work guaranteed. Davis
Pressing Culb.
CITY TAX NOTICE
The City Advalorum Tax Books are
open for the payment of 1915 Taxes,
and will stand open until September
Ist, after which date executions will
be issued against all delinquent tax
payers. J. D. KNOWLES, Clerk.
Mrs. J. M. Ashley and little son,
John Marshall, Jr., will return tonight
from St. Simons.
It is expected that one car will
carry the Mayor and three Council
men, who have signified their willing,
ness and intention to go.
Speeches will be made along the
route by several stump speakers who
will be in the party.
A great time is anticipated. The
trip will last four days. Get ready
and go. Visit the offices of the Cham
ber of Commerce and tell Secretary
Smith that you are going, how you
expect to go, and all about it, and
get whatever information from him
that you want to know about the
trip. The time is short, so get busy
and join this aggregation of Douglas
boosters. It will be a great trip and
everybody wants you to go.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., JULY 17th„ 1915.
Official Organ of Coffee County and County Commissioners.
Harry Thaw is Given Freedom
Special to The Enterprise:
Just as we go to press the information is given The Enter
prise that Harry Thaw, the famous prisoner of many years, is
a free man.
The jury trying him in New York on yesterday declared him
sane, and Judge Hendrick rendered a further decision this morn
ing which only required of Thaw a peace bond of $.“15,000., which
was readily made. This gives the famous prisoner freedom,
after a confinement in the pen and asylum for many years. The
public sentiment all over the country favored his permanent
release.
Randall Solomon Escapes Gang
Randall Solomon, the famous Coffee county prisoner, is again
at large.
Sheriff Ricketson received information this morning that
Randall had escaped from the Colquitt county gang, coming this
way in an automobile.
Solomon was sent up for vfteen years for burning Bledsoe’e
store at Broxton. He first went to the state farm, but was later
sent to he gang a Moultrie. He has made a good record on he
gang, and was released as a trusty, working in the blacksmith
shop at times, again serving in the position of a guard.
Particulars were not sent, but it is supposed that he had an
accomplice, and caught the car as it was passing on the public
road where he was on duty as guard.
Solomon will be well remembered by many here for the fame
he gave to the Roundabout, where he and his brother secreted
themselves for months, defying all authorities, but was finally
captured, and during the fray, his brother was killed.
The United Drug Company Orders
1,000 Inches Space in Enterprise
V*.*
UNITED DRUG COMPANY ** % >
Rexall Remedies *■
Boston, Mass., July 13, 1915.
The Enterprise, Douglas, Ga.
Dear Sirs:
As per your letter of July sth., we enclose contract for
1,000 inches of space at 9 cents per inch net for plate matter .
and 12 cents per inch net for set.
Yours very truly,
UNITED DRUG COMPANY,
H. B. STORM, Asst. Adv. Mscr.
Four Well Known Douglas Firms
Endorse Enterprise as Medium
Our store has been a constant advertiser in The Enter
prise for five years, and we have always been pleased with
results obtained. I have always believed in advertising,
and especially in the local papers, that form of it to my
mind being the best medium.
I. LEVIN.
Levin’s Department Store.
I want to say that my advertising in The Enterprise
has always brought results. In my recent and present
campaign, The One Cent Sale, it has proven and furnished
splendid results. Your paper handled the present cam
paign, exclusively, and the reward has been more than grat
ifying. O. F. DEEN.
Manager Union Pharmacy.
We have for several years used your columns as an
advertising medium, and in every instance, we have seen
magnificent results. We have begun to believe that The
Enterprise must sure enough “cover every nook and corner
of Coffee county.” We have never had a kick on any cam
paign made in your paper. J. A. BARNES.
Barnes & Company.
The Enterprise has handled our advertising for sev
eral years, and we have the first time to complain about
results. We are strong believers in local newspaper ad
vertising, as the years gone by has brought convincing
proof. R. C. RELIHAN,
Peterson & Relihan.
INDIAN TEAM
II PLAY HERE
THE FAMOUS NEBRASKA IN
DIAN BASE BALL TEAM TO
PLAY BALL HERE ON JULY 30
AND 31.
%'QBm V SSitf
On July 30 and 31, there will be
something doing in Douglas in a base
ball way. The boys here have suc
ceeded in closing a contract with the
famous Nebraska Indian Baseball
Team, which is touring the country,
and they will play the Douglas boys
on the local diamond on the days men
tioned.
This team is composed of Indians—
real Indians—selected from the differ
ent tribes. The team was organized
in 1897 and has been on the road ev
ery year since. They have played
more games and traveled in more
states than any other team in the
world. Their record for 1914 was:
Played 128, lost 25, won 100, tied 3.
The Douglas boys have gone to a
great deal of expense in securing this
team, and the lovers of good base
ball should respond in a substantial
fay in lending them assistance. There
should be a good crowd, and we trust
that the people of the city and county
will give the games the support they
deserve. It is expected that quite a
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSY
WITH MANY PROSPECTORS
Under ordinary conditions we know
of no one place in the city busier
than the Chamber of Commerce just
now.
Stcretary Smith has lines on more
enterprises than we could dream of
when interviewed yesterday.
A Shoe Factory.
Mr. Smith is in close communica
tion with a shoe manufacturer who
desires a location, but just at present
he does not care to make public any
statements on this proposition.
A Bonded Cotton Warehouse. ♦
Mr. R. H. Hartley, of Fort Valley,
was in the city a day or two ago look
ing over the grounds for the estab
lishment of a bonded cotton ware
house. Mr. Hartley took in the full
situation and expressed himself as
being well pleased. He returned to
Fort Valley to confer with a brother
who will be interested in the deal
with him and hopes to give us an
answer early next week.
An Overall Factory.
The chances seem more than good
for the establishment of an overall
factory here which will employ three
or four hundred people. The ma
chinery in this plant will be up to the
minute, the machines being electric
°ER YEAR IN ADVANCE
JET BOWDEN TO
ENTER THE RACE
FOR CONGRESS. MAKES HIS AN
NOUNCEME.T FROM ATLANTA.
LANKFORD AND SELLERS ARE
NOW IN-
Acrording to reports from Atlanta
today and from a story published in
the Atlanta Journal Wednesday there
is going to be a Waycross candidate in
the race for Congress next year.
J. E. T. Bowden is the announced
candidate. He gave out a statement
in Atlanta to the effect that he would
be in the race and at the proper time
he will make fprmal announcement.
For some time the friends of Mr. Bow
den have known that he wanted to go
to Congress.
The following is from the Atlanta
Journal:
“J. E. T. Bowden, popular reading
clerk of the houst of representatives,
will be a candidate for Congress from
the Eleventh District at the next elec
tion to succeed Congressman J. Ran
dall Walker, of Valdosta.
“For some time Mr. Bowden’s name
has been suggested for the race by
But he himself had given no intima
tion of his intentions until Tuesday.
Then, upon inquiry by some friends,
he declared he would be a candidate.
“Mr. Bowden is a resident of Way
cross and is well known and admired
throughout South Georgia. He is a
successful real estate man and has
taken a prominent part in the cam
paigns in that section for President
Wilson and Hoke Smith. ,
“Congressman Walker has not yet
announced whether he will be a can
didate to succeed himself. Others men
tioned for the place beside Mr. Bow
den are Alvin Sellars, of Baxley, Ap
pling county; \M< Q. Lankford, of
Douglas, Cocee county, and Grover
Edmondson, of Alma, Bacon County.’’
FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS I WILL
sell White Leghorn Hens at reduc
ed prices of 60 cents a piece, to
make room for young stock. July
15, 1915. Jas. I. Hatleld. 2t
FOR GOOp CAR SERVICE, DAY
and night, see or phone G. E. Wil
son, phone 138, Douglas, Ga.
number of fans frod all sections of
the county will be on hand to witness
the games. Don’t forget the dates,
Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31.
driven. The company figures on a
pay roll of twenty-lve hundred dollars
a month in this.
A Broom Factory.
A party in Macon is figuring with
the Chamber of Commerce on a broom
factory. This would be an excep
tional good proposition, as it would
give plenty of labor to our people as
well as furnishing the farmers an
end in it by grwing the broom com
which would be used in this plant.
A Shook Factory.
Mr. Smith has wind of a party in
Nashville, Tenn., wanting to estab
lish a shook factory and has written
him asking him what would be expect
ed of us to interest them.
In addition to these Mr. Smith
showed us where he was not too far
off on a cotton where towels will be
made, a staking mill, a ladies’ gar
ment factory anl a cooperage plant.
Out of this maze of prospects it
certainly looks like there will be
something landed in our city which
will be worth while. The Chamber
of Commerce is leaving nothing un
done to make it interesting for these
prospects and they will have to be
mighty quick-footed to get away from
Mr. Smith.
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