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Purely Personal Mr. G. M. Stanton spent Sunday in Atlanta. Mrs. Dan Wall has returned from Willacoochee. Mr. Shep Pell left this week for D. C. Mr. J. J. Rogers has returned from Washington, D. C. Mrs. J. H. Moore is visiting rela tives in Hazlehurst. Mrs. Andrew Wood is visiting rela tives at Jackson, Ga. Mrs. T. B. Moxley has returned from a visit to Augusta. Mrs. M. E. Bardin and daughter have returned to Douglas. Mr. A. J. Meeks, of Nicholls, trans acted business here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Salter spent Sunday at St. Simons Islond. Col. W. W. Bennett, of Baxley, was here on legal business Friday. Mr. Len K. Roan has accepted a position with the G. & F. offices. Mr. T. J. Harmon, of Ocilla, was the guest of friends here Sunday. Mr. Prince Noell, of Valdosta, was the guest of friends here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bartlett, of Nicholls, spent the week-end here. Miss Eula Hankinson, of Augusta, was a visitor to the city this week. Mr. W. B. Zachry leaves tomorrow for Sarasota, Fla., to visit his father. Mr. Charlie Crews left this week for his future home at Spartanburg. Mrs. Cordie Patrick, of Cordele, was the guest of Misses Hinson Sunday. Miss Susie Parrish left toclay for Albany after a visit to Mrs. H. W. Baird. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Taylor announce the arrival of a baby girl at their home. Miss Nettie Barrett, of Calhoun, is the guest of her brother, Mr. H. W. Barrett. Mrs. W. A. H. Davis has returned from a visit to relatives in North Georgia. Miss Grace Brown, of Fitzgerald, was the guest of Mrs. J. W. Powell this week. Mr. Arthur Ponder and daughter, Miss Irene, have erturned from a visit to Tampa. Mrs. Jesse Grantham and children, of Fitzgerald, are guests of relatives in the city. Mrs. S. J. Brown and children, of Nicholls, are the guests of Mrs. A. W. Haddoek. Miss Dollie Freeman, now in Jeff Davis county visiting friends, will re turn next week. Mr. R. B. Chastain is at home from the Panama Exposition and other western points. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pafford were re cent visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Lott. Mr. and Mrs. L. Evans, of Claxton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. Weint-, roub over Sunday. Mrs. L. E. Heath has been confined to her room for several days, but is improving again. Mrs. T. A. Wallace and children have returned from a several visit at Steubenville, Ky. » Mr. C. N. Fielding and Misses Lil lian and Jessie Fielding spent Thurs day at St. Simons. Mrs. Hoke Davis, on a recent visit of a month to her mother, returned to the city this week. Mrs. J. M. Hall, accompanied by her sons, Jonh and Lawton, have re turned from Augusta. If your child was slow in school last term, start it right this one by giving its eyesight the proper attention. —Wilson. Mr. Dan Knowles leaves tomorrow for a trip to the Adirandacks before returning to Cincinnati. Mr. M. Vickers, of Pearson, will move to his new home near Douglas by the first of September. Mr. Edgar L. Brown, of Columbus, spent Wednesday night with his sis ter, Mrs. S. H. Christopher. Mrs. R. J. Cornelius and baby are visiting friends in Waycross this week and are expected home tomorrow. On Thursday evening Circle No. 2 sold ice cream and cake at Ward Park for the benefit of the Baptist church. Mr, J. W. Monk and three children, of Sylvester, were guests of his sis ter, Mrs. J. L. Kersey, here Sunday. Mr. W. I. Christian is moving his family into the cottage vacated by Mr. H. W. Barrett on Gaskin avenue. Miss Maude Lee Bryan’s class of boys, and their girl friends, are en joying a picnic at Gaskn Spring to day. Mrs. T. J. Holland, of Pensacola, and Mrs. R. I. Denmark, of Cyrene, are guests of their sister, Mrs. A. F. Coffee. Miss Mattie Hardman and little sister, of Jacksonville, Fla., are visit ing their cousins, tyfr. and Mrs. C. T. Darley, this week. Miss Beatrice McDonald left this week to visit her brother in Fitzger ald before going to Ocilla where she will teach this winter. Mr. M. D. Jones has moved his fam ily into the Hart cottage on Pearl street, recently vacated by Mr. J. Monroe Wilcox and family. Mrs. S. H. D. Barnes, Sunday school class enjoyed a delightful picnic at Gaskin Spring, having as their guests the young ladies of their set. Mrs. R. N. Fain will leave in a few days for Waycross after a visit to Mrs. G. F. Dickson. Mrs. Fain has a number of oil paintings for sale. Mrs. Hulda Thigpen, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly Miss Hulda Deen, of this city, is visiting friends and rela tives here this week, and will remain several days. Mrs. John McLean and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vickers, and Miss Oldin Vickers will leave Sunday for a trip to New York, Washington and other eastern points. Mrs. Hattie Fussell, of Pearson, was operated on at the King’s Daugh ters’ Hospital at Waycross on August 26, the operation being successful. Her father, M. Vickers, was with her. Those attending a house party and camp given by Miss Mary Burns, of Vienna, are Misses Lucile Clements, Mark? Ward, Eunice Lott, Ruth Johns, Mrs. Gordon Burns and Mr. Preston Ward. Prof. J. 0. Rogers was in the city last Friday enroute to Fruitland, where he has been conducting a sum mer school, from an extended trip to Augusta. Miss Era Goodyear has returned from Waycross. She was accompan ied by Prof, and Mrs. Noland Good year on their way to Oxford, Ga., where he will resume his place at Emory. Miss Helen McLean’s entertainment on Thursday evening was the second of a series in honor of Tier guest, Miss Lina Hearn, of Eatonton. Through out the evening punch was served, and after the pleasant games were ended, an ice cream course with cake was served. The streets and sidewalks and va cant lots of Douglas continue to be a disgrace to the community. Why can’t we pull the Weeds from our own premises, thereby insure safe navi gation to the business section? The Civic Committee of the Woman’s Club is much interested in find a way to have smoother, cleaner sidewalks and streets, and are asking the co-opera tion of every property owner. NOTICE—By agreement, we the undersigned dentists of Douglas, Ga., will not do any credit work after Sep tember Ist, only in cases of retraction or treatment for temporary relief of pain. LEWIS DAVIS, D. D. S. M. H. TURRENTINE, D. D. S. S. G. ALDERMAN, D. D. S. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GA., AUGUST 281x1., 1915. SOCIAL CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK The U. I). C.’s The U. D. C.’s will have an enter tainment at Ward Park next Thurs day evening. Ice cream and cake will be served. The K. K. K.’s Entertain- Misses Mary and Maude Lee Bryan were hostesses to the K. K. K.’s on Thursday afternoon at their suburban home. An unusually good time was enjoyed by the young ladies present, with games and dainty refreshments. Picnic at Springs. On Thursday a few ladies and their children spent an enjoyable day at the Spring. Those comprising the party were Mrs. J. W T . Quincey, Mrs. M. D. Dickerson, Mrs. J. M. Mathews, Mrs. J. L. Shelton, Mrs. 0. F. Deen and Mrs. W. R. Frier. jH#* W. C. T. U. Notes- The W. C. T. U. meetng held at the Methodist church Friday afternoon was under the leadership of Mrs. Mol lie Lott, the Flower Mission Superin tendent, and an interesting program showed the importance of this great work. It was announced that a temperance program will be given to the public at Vickers Park at an early date. The union entered enthusiastically into the work of planning for their float at the Coffee County Industrial Fair in October. Mrs. Fielding reported two meet ings at the jail. These seem to be greatly appreciated by the prisonrs, and they are giving good articles to read.—By the Press De partment. THE CHILDREN'S CRY. I said: "I am poor this year, and the war is hard. I cannot give to the things I love to aid. So this must go. and this, in the great discard. And the children must suffer, too, I am much afraid.” But I didn’t know how they crp in tire night And pluck at pour nkirtn and mourn. Row thrp erg with the voice of pour heart * delight And the face* pour dead fcoee worn. There are boys that work all night in the crystal dust. There are girls who spin all day at the whirring wheels. And how shall I face my dead with my broken trust When the "Inasmuch as ye did it not” reveals? / couldn't bear their erg In the night. The eluteh of their little hand*. I must do mg beet with the widow's mite Tv loosen the iron bond*. —L. B. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENT. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.. Please notice that the evening hour is thirty minutes earlier than in the past. All our trains pull out on schedule time. Come promptly and often. Shall be glad to see you “pretty nigh continually all the time.” Bible School, W. C. Bryan Superin tendent, meets at 4 P. M. All welcome to all services. T. S. HUBERT, Pastor. CARD OF THANKS. Editor Enterprise: Please allow us space to return our thanks to the people of Ambrose, our kind friends, and others, for their kindness and sympathy in the recent sickness and death of our husband and father, C. P. Gore. Their unsel fish attention to him and us in this dark hour, means a great deal to us. MRS. C. P. GORE, W. E. and D. F. GORE. A CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my friends and dear neighbors for their many kindnesses to me in my deep affliction. It seems that nothing which could have light ened my sorrow was forgotten or neg lected, and from the bottom of my heart I pray God’s richest blessings on every one. MRS. H. D. YORE. SCHOOL TIME. Your children’s vacation is rapidly drawing to a close. School time will soon be here again. You are thinking of and preparing many comforts to assist your children while gaining an education. They will need books, clothing, shoes, etc. They will get them. Now seriously, have you thought of your children’s eyesight? Have you considered that with their efesight they accomplish fully 90 per cent, of their school work ? Is it not very im portant that you provide them good eyesight while providing other com forts and necessities ? Bring your children in for exami nation—l will give you honest advice, and tell you what is best for the child —some need glasses—some lo n <t — it costs you nothing to knew-—come now. W. R. WILSON, Opt. D. SPECIAL FAVORS TO TENNESSEE DANNERS Amendment to Child Labor Law Passed This Year. NEED FOR A FEDERAL LAW. An effort made in New York last winter to grant canneries special fa vors by permitting them to .work their operatives longer hours was strongly condemned by the press throughout the country, and the attempt failed. But no attention was paid to Tennessee when she did the same thing at about the same time. In fact, the National Child Labor Committee regards the Tennessee amendment as far more se rious than the New York one would have been since the change in the New Y’ork law would not have affected any children under sixteen, while the Ten nessee amendment permits children un der fourteen to work in canneries and for unlimited hours per day. "It is strange how many states fail to realize that children are more valuable than fruits and vegetables,” said Owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, in commenting on Tennessee’s action. “The idea is so common that canning goods is more important than protect ing children that we find not only Ten nessee, but Delaware, Maryland, In diana. Maine and Virginia, making spe cial exemptions to their child labor •laws for the benefit of canneries, while Mississippi does not regulate them at all. I do not know why the idea should prevail that employment in canneries cannot possibly l»e harmful to children when the conditions there are usually worse than in factories. ‘‘We feel that the only successful way to meet the cannery situation is through the federal law which will he introduced in the next congress and which, if passed, would prohibit the shipment outside the state of canned ; goods which children under fourteen ! hadhel|>edto manufacture or on which they had worked more than eight hours a day. A letter came to us the other day from a woman who wished to know what variety of canned goods she could buy and feel sure that no chil dren had worked on it. We could not tell her. but we did tell her that if she would help us iu passing a federal law she could buy any kind of canned goods with safety.” MESSENGER SERVICE A “CRIME FACTORY” S® Lewie W. Hine Tells Child Labor Conference. “Crime factory” is the term which an investigator for the National Child I-abor Committee made use of in de scribing the evils of the messenger service at the Eleventh Annual Con ference on Child Labor. This man. Lewis W. Iline. lielieves flint there is not a messenger bey of any experience who does not. know more about tlie underworld than the average citizen, because one very common phase of messenger work is the serving of pros titutes by carrying messages, running errands and procuring dope. Investi gations of the night messenger service during the past five years in cities rep resenting every section of the country Photo by National Child Labor Committee / THE PRODUCT OP THE “CRIME FACTORY.” have failed to reveal a single night messenger whose work had not brought him into personal contact with vice. The chances of promotion in the messenger service were summed up by one boy as follows: "Nothing to it un less you are the right kind of guy. You can get to be a check boy or a file clerk after being in the service a year or two if you stick to it. but ordinarily nobody wants to stick. * * * There is nothing to do when wete not on calls. You can go into the office and sit down und loaf, or you can go outside and Stand up atyi loaf. In our office the manager never cared what became of you as lom; as you were within calling distance. * The at frfSde of other employers to ward the boy who has worked as a messenger was brought out last winter by Miss Anne Davis of Chicago at a hearing on the proposed Illinois child labor law. which included a twenty one year limit for night messengers “Employers tell me.” said Miss Davis, "they always specify that a boy shall not have worked as a messenger vetoes tiiej’ employ bUn." A CHARTER FOR CHILDHOOD. Ohio Codifies Child Welfare Laws, but No Other State Does. If any one asks what the laws af fecting children are in New York state no person in any position can without considerable research answer the ques tion. according to a statement made by Homer Folks at the Eleventh Annual Conference on Child Labor. The only state in the Union where it could lie readily answered is Ohio, since Ohio is the only state that has codified its child welfare laws. A committee appointed last May at the National Conference of Charities | end Corrections, with C. C. Carstens j of Boston at its head and Edward N. Clopper of the National Child Labor Committee as one of its most active members, is now at work drafting a children’s charter that would show how all laws relating to children should be co-ordinated and tffiat could be adopted as a whole or in part ac cording to the needs of the Individual state. The benefits of the children’s charter will not be confined to a clearing up of the principles on which the various or ganizations and committees which are interested in the needs and rights of j childhood should base their work. In j fact, the friends of tlie charter are in , dined to believe that its greatest value ! may lie in the simple fact that it will 1 encourage co-operation. The drafting of the charter, which will be in itself a co-operative effort, will teach work ers in tlie various fields to think of their work as a part of a larger whole. The relation, for instance, between the school attendance officer, the fac tory inspector, tlie Juvenile court work er and the administrator of mothers’ pensions will become a practical help to each of them. For the child such co-operation all along the line should mean that the care that is now availa ble for the child who happens to come under the eye of the official or social worker who is fitted to meet bis case will be extended to a larger proportion of those who need it. BOYS ON THE NIGHT SHIFT. Pennsylvania Now Prohibits It, but Maryland and West Virginia Do Not. After Jan. 1, 1916. no more young boys will l»e working on the night shift in the glass factories of the largest glass manufacturing state in the coun try—l’euusyl vania. This means that West Virginia and Maryland are now tlie only glass manu facturing states of any importance which permit children under sixteen to work at night An attempt was made in West Virginia Inst winter to pro hibit night work to children under six teen. but tbe bill did not pass. The National Child Labor Committee, which took an active part lu the cam paign for the West Virginia law, be lieves that the outcome will be quite Photo by National Child Labor Committee 5 P. M.. READY TO CIO ON THE NIGHT SHIFT. different tbe next time.because theglass manufacturers there will no longer fear the corn petit iou of Pennsylvania. “We may not even have to wait until the legislatures meet in 1917 to bring these states into line.” said Owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary of the Na tional Child Labor Committee. "If the federal child labor bill which will be Introduced into congress early in the next session becomes a law it will auto matically establish a sixteen year limit for night work in the glass factories of Maryland and West Virginia. The chil dren now exposed to the serious physical harm likely to come from go ing out into the air from the overheat ed glass factory and the cramped posi tions in which rhey work, combined with the degrading and coarsening in fluences which prevail on the night force in tin* factory, will be protected by Uncle Sain "if you could see tbe boys, as 1 have seen them, working in a temperature which frequently rises to more than 100 degrees, their shoes cut with the broken glass which covers tlie floor, holding the mold for the red hot glass or walk ing endlessly back and forth carrying bottles to tlie annealing oven, you would realize that the only thing ibat muttered was to get them out tbe -quickest -mnl stireet way by means of a federal law.” OF PELLAGRA; \N IS SO HAPPY ______ yjfc-Ida Creel, of this place, enjoying fine health, bet afiJj in years. My weight is in taking your treatment S jfjJ ire can praise your treat* anything I want ani\it any denbt that pel* \ ■ed. Don’t delay until it 's The Mat y° ur duty to consult th# is not ah®' , . hands red like sunburn, his eyesi wre mouth ljpg> more thai a flaming red, with faculty froioking; indigestion and tificial illu^ o** 0 ** or consti feve. f light contai et percentage* of rays harmful to eyesight. All that danger can be done away with if you view your work through lenses made to your pre scription from the wonderful new glasses discovered by Sir William Crookes, the actually filters out all the harmful colors. Don’t neglect your sight whether you work overtime or not. W. R. WILSON, Optometric Specialist. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH T. S. Hubert, Pastor. M. H. Turrentine, Clerk. W. R. Wilson, Treasurer W. C. Bryan, Bible School Super intendent. 11. Kirkland, B. Y. P. U. President. Preaching every Sunday. Bible School meets at 4 P. M. B. Y. P. U. | meets at 7:00 P. M. Welcome to all services. k ANNUAL MOUNTAIN ANI) SEA SHORE EXCURSION —Via the— “ATLANTIC COAST LINE” “The Stanbard Railroad of tre South” AUGUST 11th, 1915. Round Trip Tickets will be Sold from WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA For all trains via the ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD, August 11th, good returning to reach starting point prior to midnit August 29h, 1915. er j —TO— { °~ Asheville, N. C i Abbeville, S. C Baltimore, M. D • Brevard, N. C ti £ Beaufort, N. C ‘ , Flat Rock, N. C ' Greenville, S. C irth i Hendersonville, N. C to Hickory, N. C I Hot Springs, N. C ; Lake Toxaway, N. C .W ; Laurens, S. C Lenior, N. C Lincolnton, N. C Luray, Va Marion, N. C V Morehead City, N. C Natural Bridge, Va Norfolk, Va J55H55*. Richmond, Va Saluda, N. C Spartanburg, S. C £ Washington, D. C Waynesville, N. C Walhalla, S. C 1 Waterloo, S. C thta. White Stone Springs, Sa bat Wilmington, N. C., (foilth of Wrightsville Beach..®®**®* Winston Salem, N. C.... VETERINARY SURGh - Douglas, Georgia • Office: J. S. Lott’s Stable All calls responded to Day or N Night Phone 151 Day Phone '1 I)R. E. B. MOUNT j j PEARCE & BATTEY, the Savan ] nah Cotton Factors, are suostan- I tial, reliable and energetic. Their extensive warehousing facilities and superior salesmanship are at your command. They are abund antly able to properly finance any quantity of cotton shipped tYf Isn’t it f o your interest. J/i them ? Do it now and Be eonvir I A/- 1 CITY TAX NOTIC T The City Advalorum Tax L open for the payment of 191 b and will stand open until SepM Ist, after which date be issued against all payers. J. D. KNOWLES, C r DOUGLAS LODGE OF FARMER} UNION Meets every 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 3 o’clock P. M. All are cordially invited. County Unions meet every Ist Saturlay at dJerer.t places. * 1 WILL SELL’CHEAP FOR CARHM! Mare with fold by Stanton’s Rt R. C. RELIHAN. It would be a grave mistake the hot days for you to bake; try inste a Stone’s Wrapped Cake. J. C. B‘ han & Co.