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"The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
SOI. T. ALLEN
ON NEWGOUNTY
PASSED THROUGH DOUGLAS ON
TUESDAY ENROUTE TO AT
LANTA. HEADQUARTERS WILL
BE KEPT OPEN.
Hon. Benj. T. Allen, of Pearson,
spent Tuesday in the city enroute to
Atlanta, where he will spend a few
days in the interest of Atkinson
county.
Judge Allen said that the Pearson
bill had been recommended favorably
and that the House wouid probably
pass on it next weeek. He says that
the Pearson people would continue
their headquarters in Atlanta until
the legislature adjourned which is a
bout two weeks away.
He said that the people of the new
proposed county were highly elated
over their success to date and now
feel assured that the fight has been
won. It is hardly likely, he says,
that the proposition will have any op
position in the senate.
Judge Allen has been one of the
hardest workers the new county has
hal. He has been continuously on the
alert and much of the sentiment fav
orable to Atkinson county was
brought about his activity. He has
been an enthusiastic worker all the
time, never slacking, always confident
of success, and the people of our sis
ter city are under lasting obligations
to him, as well as many others who
have labored with him.
Rev. J. S. Jordan occupied the pul
pit of First Baptist church, in the
absence of Pastor T. S. Hubert, last
i fsunday evening, preaching a sermon
*1 appropriate, helpful truth, couched
j beautiful English, and delivered
n impressive sincerity and earnest-
Press Notices Given Douglas Boos
ters On Their Recent Tour Over State
That the recent state tour made by
the Douglas Boosters has accomplish
ed much publicity all along the route
is evidenced by the following press
notices given the party.
Everywhere they went the people
gave them a royal welcome, many
cities making extensive preparations
for their entertainment. We are re
producing only a partial list of the
notices this week, and will continue
them next week.
DOUGLAS BOOSTERS HERE
ON GEORGIA AUTO TOUR
Nearly 100 Strong, Coffee Delegation
Rolls in After Fine Trip—Leaves
for Athens.
(From Atlanta Constitution July 21)
“Twelve ladies and seventy men
composed the enthusiastic - body of
Coffee county ‘boosters,’ who arrived
at the Ansley hotel yesterday after
noon in the course of a five days’
‘seeing Georgia tour.’ No special
program had been arranged for their
overnight stop here, as many wished
to be free to call on friends and bus
iness connections, while others desir
ed to see the metropolis without teh
formality of a specially conducted
party.
“The pacemaking car reached the
Ansley shortly after 3 o’clock, con
taining Charles G. Day, assistant
manager of the hotel; R. A. Smith,
secretary of the Douglas Chamber of
(lommerce; Councilman C. E. Baker
/id his wife and son and haughter.
\hf o£her twenty cars arriveh later
in che afternoon.
“The ‘boosters’ were informally en
tertained at the Ansley during the
evening. Those of the party riding
in the pacemaker were the guests of
Mr. Day at dinned.
“Among the tourists were J. C.
Brewer, president of the Douglas
Chamber of Commerce; T. A. Wal
lace, mayor of Douglas; Professor G.
B. Eunice, farm demonstration agent;
Fred Rieketson, secretary of the Geor
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 13-
ININS HERE
FORTIES
GAMES WILL BE CALLED AT 3:30
EACH DAY. DOUGLAS TEAM IS
COMPOSED OF WELL KNOWN
PLAYERS.
They are here, the famous Nebraska
Indians, and will play ball on the
local diamond this afternoon and to
morrow afternoon with the Douglas
team, which Cleve Southerland has
selected for these two games.
This afternoon at 3 o’clock the
Douglas band played while the parade
took place. The teams are now at
play and the attendance is very good.
We are unable to predict the results
of the two games, but we believe that
the boys here will interest this fam
ous team which has played in every
part of the country.
Those who did not attend thfe game
today should go out tomorrow and
support the team by your presence.
There is a good deal of expense at
tached to the bringing of the Indians
here and the people of Douglas should
rally to the home team and help them
in a material way, if tney cannot get
away to the game.
The games will be called at 3:30,
and if you want to see the start, go
early. The following is the lineup
of the Douglas team as furnished us
by Mr. Southerland. The pitchers
will be changed each day:
Jackson and Coochee, P.
Moore, C. F.
Griffin, L. F.
Edenfield, R. F.
Vibbert, S. S.
Jim Burke, F. B.
Whelchel, S. B.
Ward, T. B.
Kent and Sims, C.
gia branch of the Farmers’ Educa
tional and Co-operative Union; R. A.
Smith, secretary of the Douglas Cham
ber of Commerce; J. N. McDonald,
and Councilman Baker, and Overman.
“Doing justice to to royal entertain
ments at the various towns in which
the Coffee county boosters stopped,
the talking of good roads and the ex
ploitation of the resources of Coffee
and enjoying the sections of the state
through which they passed has been
the order of events since the tour
commenced at Douglas Monday morn
ing.
“The ‘boosters’ ’ route lay through
Ocilla, Irwinville, Vienna, Perry, Fort
Valley, Macon (where they spent
Tuesday night), Forsyth, Barnesville
and Griffin.
“The Miami Fruit company was the
host at an elaborate spread served at
their plant near Fort Valley Monday
afternoon. The tourists said they
carried away many peaches.
“Vienna entertained with a barbe
cue.
“The party will pass today through
Lawrenceville, Winder, Jefferson, Ath
ens, Monticello and will spend the
night at Eatonton. At Jefferson din
ner will be served and a stop of three
hours will be made at Athens to visit
the agricultural college.
“They expect to return to Douglas
Friday afternon.”
DOUGLAS AND COFFEE COUNTY
Party of Seventy in Autos Are Tour
ing Georgia and Boosting Home
Section.
(From The Athens Banner July 22)
“Twenty automobiles with seventy
citizens of Coffee county and the en
terprising city of Douglas—with a
dozen ladies in the party—stopped
over for an hour in Athens yesterday
on a tour of seven hundred miles over
the state—scattering enthusiastic in
formation about the prosperous coun
ty and the progressive city from
which they came.
“The party wired Athens from Win
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS., GA„ JULY 31ST., 1915.
Official Organ of Coffee County and County Commissioners.
STEWART GIVES STATUS OF
BILLS AFFECTING COFFEE CO.
Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1915.
Mr. W. R. Frier, Douglas, Ga.
My Dear Sir: I wish to give you a
few facts as to our new county. We
do not go nearer to Douglas than 8%
miles. We were unanimously favor
ably recommended by the committee
with Pearson the county site. The
committee also gave us back our name,
“Atkinson,” on account of my being
the originator of the name for the
new county two years ago. The Wil
lacoochee proposition never received a
single vote in the Committee. We
not only received from them our ter
ritory and county still, but I got our
name back.
HARMONY GROVE
ON AUGUST 1
COUNTY UNION WILL MEET
HERE, AND AN IMPORTANT
PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED FOR
THE OCCASION.
The county organization of the
Farmers’ Union will meet at Harmony
Grove School House Saturday, Aug
ust 7.
Great preparations are being made
for the entertainment of those who
attend. The trains will be met at
Vickers Siding and those who go will
find no trouble in getting out.
A Pig Club man will be present on
this occasion and deliver an address
on hog raising.
der that they were on the way to the
Classic City of the state, and in fif
teen minutes were ‘in our midst.’
“Many representative citizens of
Douglas were in the party but more
than half of the number of tourists
were substantial farmers of the coun
ty. Among the number were the fol
lowing: J. N. McDonald, attorney,
whose father lives here; R. A. Smith,
secretary of the chamber of com
merce; Mayor T. A. Wallace, J. R.
Overman, chairman of tae executive
committee of the Farmers’ Union of
Georgia; J. C. Ellison, chairman of
the board of county commissioners;
C. E. Baker and John McGovern, coun
ty commissioners; Fred Rieketson,
secretary Farmers’ Union; Prof. G. B.
Eunice, state demonstration agent;
J. F. Overstreet, real estate agent;
Jesse Lott, assistant postmaster; J.
Gordon Floyd, county school superin
tendent; Miss Nola Johnson, Coffee
county canning club director, and
many others.
“The party left Douglas last Mon
day morning, came by way of Atlanta
and Winder to Athens, and left for
Madison and Eatonton—at the latter
place spending last night.
“They go on to Milledgeville, and
Macon and then back home, getting
into Douglas Friday night. In the
five days out they will have traveled
about 750 miles.
“Everywhere they are spreading the
information of the advantages, offer
ings, and possibilities of their town
and county. The literature they dis
tribute tells of the location and ac
cessibility, size and growth of Doug
las; its cleanliness and health, its
water works and lights, its schools
and churches, its banks, its factories,
railroads, and other businesses, news
papers, hotels, hospital and wireless
stations, and of the fact that Douglas
is on the Dixie Highway.
“About Coffee county, the splendid
opportunities for home-seekers are
exploited—kind of lands, crops, prices,
terms, and inducements.
“The boosting party is one of the
best that has traversed Georgia.”
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
The bill abolishing County Treas
urer’s office will pass the House to
day.
I got a unanimous favorable report
before the Committee on Railroads
yesterday, on our bill to prevent rail
roads from removing the tracks or
roads and prescribing a penalty there
for. The people of Broxton and Ir
winville are very much interested in
this, as it will save their railroad to
Osierfield.
We are very much under obliga
tions to you and your paper for your
support in our new county fight.
With best wishes and regards, I
am, Sincerely,
C. E. STEWART.
REVIVAL ENDS
AT SAND 11
A SUCCESSFUL TEN DAYS’ RE
VIVAL CLOSES. REV. T. S.
HUBERT, OF DOUGLAS, CON
DUCTED THE MEETING.
Douglas has been fil' d with re
ports of a protracted meeting at Sand
Hill of unusual and far reaching re
vival influence. A reporter of The
Enterprise who attended found noth
ing more than an “old time religion”
movement in progress. But to say
that is to say a great deal.
In days of revival machinery,
choruses, soloists, pianists, organists,
personal workers, press agents and
the like, —it was good to attend a
meeting with no such frills on it, —a
plain Gospel meeting, in which the
Bible was preached in its direct and
earnest meanings, and music was
made by all the congregation, and an
atmosphere of prayer pervaded all.
This describes the Sand Hill revival.
Rev. H. J. Johnson has been pastor
there two years. He and the church
asked Rev. T. S. Hubert to hold this
meeting. It began Saturday morn
ing, the 17th, and continued ten days.
The church went into the meeting
earnestly. The good people who at
tended came in the morning and re
mained all day. Dinners were served
on tables near the church. Bro. Hu
bert preached at 11 a. m., and 3 p. m.,
and Bp. m. This last service was at
a school house three miles away, thus
enlarging the scope of the meeting’s
power. Attendance was the largest
ever known at Sand Hill and the same
thing is true of the number profes
sing conversion and joining the
church. Mr. J. H. Dent, of Douglas,
whose membership has been at Sand
Hill forty years, says that no other
such meeting was ever known there.
Mr. Dan Gaskin makes the same
statement, and Bro. Hubert refers to
it as “Pentecost on Sand Hill.”
Ten were baptised last week, and
others have since joined and are
awaiting that ordinance.
25.000 POUNDS WOOL SOLD
IN DOUGLAS LAST TUESDAY
BRINGS AN AVERAGE OF 30c
As announced in The Enterprise
last week, Tuesday, Juy 27, was wool
day in Coffee county, and on that day
the buyers from Savannah, Albany,
Valdosta, Brunswick and Baltimore,
were present to meet the wool pro
ducers of the county.
Twenty-five thousand pounds of
wool was sold here on that day to
the highest bidder for 31 cents for
white wool and 28 cents for black
wool. The successful bidder was Mr.
1). Kirkland, of Safannah.
The auction of the wool was con
ducted by Mr. Gus L. Brack, who is
considered one of the best auctioneers
in the county. This puts about
SB,OOO. in circulation in the county.
Mr. D. A. Holmes is spending the
week in Vidalia, but will return to
Douglas on the first and will be heie
permanently after that time.
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
STEWART WIRES THAT THE
HOUSE COM. REPORTED FAV
ORABLY ON SCHOOL BILL
TELEGRAM
Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1915.
Douglas Enterprise, Douglas, Ga.
House Committee gave favorable re
port on my bill increasing appropria
tion for District Agricultural Schools.
This will mean an increase of five
thousanl dollars for our school after
this year.
P. SELLERS
FOUND DEAD
IN HIS BED THURSDAY MORN
ING. HAD BEEN RESIDENT OF
DOUGLAS FOR 35 YEARS. WAS
BURIED SAME DAY.
Philip Sellers, a well known citizen
of Douglas, was found dead in bed
at 9 o’clock Thursday morning. An
inquest was held by Coroner Sims and
it was found that he came to his death
from natural causes.
He lived on North Gaskin avenue
with his two daughters. The iv’o
girls were out visiting a sick neigh
bor till about ten o’clock. When they
returned Mr. Sellers was sitting in
the hall reading. They do not know
what time of night he retired. Mr.
Sellers was down town Wednesday af
ternoon and appeared to be as well
as usual.
Philip Sellers came to Georgia from
North Carolina about 35 years ago.
He married Miss Gene Calder, a young
lady who at one time taught school
at Pearson. His first wife did not
live long, and he married Miss Win
nie V. Hinson, a sister of Mrs. Daniel
Gaskin, of this city. They have two
children, Winnie ai'd Pearl. The
mother died in Douglas several years
ago.
Mr. Sellers at one time engaged in
the turpentine business and made
good money. When he came to Doug
las 30 years ago he had ten thousand
dollars in cash. He bought real es
tate about town and gradually sold it
off till there is not much left.
Mr. Sellers was a good citizen. He
attended to his own business strictly
and let other people’s alone. He
leaves no relatives except his two
daughters, and they are both grown.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon by Rev. T. S. Hu
bert, of the Baptist church.
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HON. J. J. BROWN
President of the State Union, who will address the people of Coffee
county at Douglas on August 21. Everybody invited. Look out for a
special program to be announced li er.
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REV. R. MEEKS
PASSES AM
WELL KNOWN BAPTIST PREACH
ER DEAD AFTER MANY YEARS
OF FAITHFUL WORK IN THIS
SECTION.
A pure and beautiful spirit return
ed to God, when Hamrick Meeks ceas
ed to live on earth. It seems the
right thing for him to be on the plains
of blessedness beyond,—but this re
moval leaves us poorer and with a
sense of loss and loneliness for which
there can be promised no cure. In
social and pastoral and associational
circles, those who knew him will miss
him and mourne him until they too
escape to the skies.
The suddenness of his death was
only apparent. He had been in bad
health, but with a soldier’s devotion
persisted in the discharge of duty and
fell with his armor on and his sword
in hand. Just a few weeks ago, he
went into a laborious protracted meet
ing at New Hope Baptist church, near
Ambrose, and upon its conclusion
went into another at New Harmony
Grove. His last meeting closed Wed
nesday night, and that very night the
last stroke fell from which physical
strength, could not reach—his death
following Saturday at.
8:00 P. M.
Hamrick Mljeks was born about 55
years ago. Hbv indicates his
connection with one of the. most ex
pensive and important fancies of
South Georgia. His wife was Miss
i Bettie Kirkland, who with a family
jof interesting children, survive Ihim.
Funeral service was held at his late
( home Sunday afternoon and was at
! tended by hundreds who were eage»r
j to pay their last tribute of affection
and honor to the departed friend and
brother. The sermon was preached
[by Rev. T, S. Hubert, of Douglas.
Burial followed at the Meeks ceme
tery three miles below Nicholls.
The Enterprise extends its sincer
est sympathies to the family and
joins all in mourning the loss of this
splendid Christian gentleman and
faithful minister of God.
Prof, and Mrs. J. W. Powell re
turned to the city this week from Los
Angeles, Cal., where they spent a cou
ple of weeks taking in the great Pan
ama Exposition. They report a de
lightful trip and are “chuck full” of
the beauties and wonders of the great
west.