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“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
HI. 5. I
BOYS TO PLAY/
BLUB
FIRST GAME OF FOOT BALL F^)R
THIS SEASON WILL BE |PLAY-
ED ON LOCAL DIAMOND NEXT
MONDAY AFTERNOON. BiG
CROWDS ARE EXPECTED.
The first game of the season is to
be played on Monday, October 4th,
between E. D. A. S. and Pierce Insti
tute of Blackshear at Ashley Park on
the corner of Sycamore and Pearl
streets.
This being the first game of the
season for the home team, so the out
come of the game is hard to forecast.
The visitors have played one game
with Piedmont Institute of Waycross
in which they went down to defeat
by the close score of six to nothing.
Our “Ag” boys have been working
hard for the past ten days, trying to
round their material into shape, so
as to see what they really have. Of
the old men Day, Overman, Sims,
Vickers, Stubbs and* Upton are back
from the regulars, while Appleby,
Whelchel, H., Raulerson, Avera and
Griffin of the “scrubs” are putting in
their best efforts to play varsity ball.
In the way of new men we have some
with plenty of grit and determination
in them, but hey are light and inex
perienced. The most promising of
them are Reynolds, Sharp, Anderson,
Taylor, Fraser, Whelchel, Smith and
Wilkinson.
Manager Overman has arranged a
schedule ,of eight "if nine games this
reason including such tearis as Nor
man Park, 2nd District A- & M., of
Tifton, 3rd District A. & W-, of Amer
icus, Pierce Institute of Blackshear,
Brewton-Parker Institute of Mount
Vernon, and Piedmont Institute of
Waycross.
Four of these games will be played
on Ashley Park, all of which will be
good games, so the horfie fans will
have a chance to see ar'd enjoy the
real article of foot ball.
Now since our “Ag” boys have ar
ranged something for o>ur entertain
ment, it is up to us <f? Douglas to
lend our support in every way the
Ags might call for. They are going
to give Douglas and Coffee county
.some of the best advertisement pos
sible. So it is up us to go out
Monday and show the t>oys we have
the spirit and are readiy to back them
up. The game will tpegin promptly
at 2:45, and the admission will be 25
cents for ladies and Children, and 35
cents for men. Let’s jail be there.
LOCAL SPORTS
THIS f INTER
By RODERICK S. DAVIS,
t
Tifton is the first! note worthy team
on E. D. A. S. schedule this season.
Look out for the < lash.
*: * *
Reports from Waycross indicate
they are getting: <j>ut a strong eleven
at Piedmont. There is always some
thing when Wayclross and Douglas
meet on the gridi/ron.
* I * *
E. D. A. S. ever since its establish
ment has ranked at the top along the
line of athletics; among the prep
schools of Soutm Georgia. There is
,no reason why Jit should not do so
this year. j
• * *
Another world series is nearly at
hand. It looks like “Phillies vs. Red
Sox.” Will this dope be upset? Not
likely. These were the same two cit
ies represented in the world series
last year, but not the same teams.
* * *
At least one Georgian will take
part in the world “serious” this fall.
He is Erk Mayer, of Atlanta, one of
the star pitchers of the Philadelphia
staff. Douglas had the distinction of
being the home of Mayer for part of
Douglas Enterprise
j AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 22.
o _ _ _ _ The latest meeting of the Latin American mediators with Secretary Lansing resulted in deciding on a plan to support the MexI
WCWS an&psnois can i ea( j er who showed the greatest strength. A city street of New York's new subway under construction caved in, envelop-
Of the Week a street car; persons were killed and many injured. After an absence of two years V. Stefansson, discoverer of
the blond Eskimo, reported having found new land in the arctic. James F. J. Archibald, the American correspondent who car
ried the Dumba letters, returned under compulsion to face whatever action the secretary of state may decide upon. After a long period of neutrality It was
reported that Bulgaria had virtually decided upon entering the war on Germany's side, in Poland the Russians were forced to give up Vilna, barely escap
ing from a trap. Having lost his all in timber land investments, the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Ilillis of Brooklyn promised from his pulpit to make amends.
DEAIB CAUSED
BY APOPLEXY
J. L. CARTER DIES ON STREETS
OF KIRKLAND. PROMINENT
BUSINESS MAN. WAS BURIED
AT ANTIOCH CHURCH.
A very sad death occurred in the
southern part of the county last Sat
urday, when Mr. J. L. Carter, a lead
ing citizen of Kirkland and this sec
tion of the state, died suddenly of
apoplexy, falling on the streets where
he was engaged in buying cotton.
The funeral took place Sunday at
the residence and the burial at An
tioch church, where a large concourse
of relatives and friends gathered. The
burial was in charge of the Masonic
lodge, of which he was a member.
Over 800 people were at the funeral
and burial, a large number going
from this city, all of which shows the
great popularity of the man.
Mr. Carter is survived by his wife
and five children. The death cast a
gloom over the entire county, as he
was one of her leading citizens. At
one time he represented his district
on the board of county commission
ers, making a very efficient officer.
His death is generally mourned and
he will be greatly missed by every
body who knew him.
a winter.
* * *
Glover, a star member of the Tifton
aggregation for several seasons, and
incidentally one of the shining play
ers of South Georgia, will doubtless
wear a varsity uniform at Tech this
year. He is reported the most prom
ising of the new men. The one year
rule prevented Glover from playing
foot ball last season, but he was a
star performer on Tech’s track team.
* * *
Coach Cocke will endeavor to ar
range one game with some large prep
school of the state or some large
eleven in Florida. Much notoriety is
sure to be gained by such a game,
while nothing can be lost except the
game itself, and much credit can be
secured in a loss by means of a splen
did showing which our boys are sure
to make. A game is sure to be stag
ed during the Coffee County Fair.
* * *
It is hoped, with our old friend Jake
Zellars at its head, the Mercer team
will make a far better record this
year than it has in the past several
years. At any rate Jake will have a
whole host of friends pulling for him.
The success of Zellars along the
coaching line has been little short of
mervelous. After turning out lead
ing prep teams of South Georgia the
two years he was here, he went to
Lanier High School at Macon. Last
year, his first year there, he turned
out three of the leading prep teams
in the state in foot balL basket ball
and base ball, either wilning title or
finishing second n each llstance. Thus
a team famed only locallj was turned,
in one year by skillful Coaching, into
a title contender in leading
branches of sport.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., OCTOBER 2, 1915
Official Organ of Coffee County and County Commiaaionera.
MORE INTEREST
IN MILITARY
TWO MILITARY COMPANIES ARE
NOW ORGANIZED AT ELEV
ENTH DISTRICT AGRICULTUR
AL SCHOOL. MORE INTEREST.
Promotions in the Military Depart
ment of the Agricultural School were
made the past week, and arc as fol
lows:
! Company A
Captain, H. J. Quincey; Ist Lieu
tenant, J. Sims; Ist Sergeants, R.
Raulerson, B. Griffin; Corporals, C.
Maguire, J. Wilkinson, J. Maguire,
B. Roan.
' Company B
Captain, F. S. Stubbs; Ist Lieuten
ant, V. Baker; Ist Sergeant, H. Rey
nolds; Sergeants, H. Whelchel, C.
Walden; Corporals, C. Lott, D. Deen,
F. Anderson. W. Holton.
Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant, H. B.
Vickers.
This is the first time in several
,years that there have been enough
students for two companies. There
is a friendly rivalry between the com
panies, and this will be an important
factor in making the military train
ing more valuable than it has been
before.
In this time when our nation is pre
paring itself for any emergency that
might arse, the best thought has a
greed that the best defense our coun
try can have is a citizenry trained in
the art of handling men and arms.
When training boys this school is at
the same time taking a hand in build
ing up a system of national defense.
Quite a number of boys who have
had the military training in this school
have joined the army or navy, and in
every case they have given the credit
for promotion to this school.
DOUGLAS STEAM LA UN I>Rl
CLOSES DOWN FOR 2 MONTHS
The Douglas Steam Laundry will
close down at the end of this week
for about two months. Mr. Day de
sires to announce that he proposes to
rebuild and fit up a laundry with all
modern machinery by that time, and
wants his old friends to remember
him again.
DOUGLAS MATTRESS FACTORY
IS NOW IN FULL BLAST
Mr. Scoggins, of the Douglas Mat
tress Factory, is now running his fac
tory on full time and has plenty of
orders on hand for several days. He
is located near the A. B. & A., where
the old excelsior plant was operated.
He has ample machinery for mak
ing all kinds of mattresses, and does
renovating work also. The people of
Douglas should give him their pat
ronage and we believe they will. If
you need a new mattress, get him to
make it, or, if your old one needs fix
ing over, turn the job over to him.
He has a full page ad on page 11
of this issue, and we should rally to
it now and all the while. Keep this
in mind.
First Section
EAND COMPANY
BEGINS IRK
DOUGLAS DEVELOP EM ENT COM
PANY ARE NOW HAVING A
LARGE TRACT SURVEYED AND
CUT INTO 50 ACRES EACH.
The Douglas Developement Com
pany, mention of which was made in
these columns last week, is going
right ahead with the plans as were
outlined, and the large tract of land
is being surveyed and cut up into
fifty-acre farms.
Mr. McEachren, of the Empire Con
struction Co., has prepared plans and
specifications for the buildings to be
erected, and work on these will begin
in the next few weeks. The scheme
as already outlined in last week’s is
sue, will be carried out to the letter,
and will prove to be one of the best
colonization plans yet suggested.
Other companies will be organized in
the next few months along the same
lines, and when all of them get per
fected, Coffee county will get the peo
ple, and the opening up of the county
will be accomplished in a very short
time.
BARNES & CO. HAVE MOVED
TO THEIR NEW HOME
The popular firm of Barnes & Co.
I have moved to their new store, next
1 loor to The Enterprise, in the old
Hart stand, where they will be glad
to see all of their old friends.
They have one of the prettiest
stores in the city, the store room hav
ing been remodeled. They have re
ceived most of their new fall goods
and are offering them at greatly re
duced prices. Look up their ad on
page 16 of this issue, and read every
word of it.
THE MAJESTIC RANGE
WINS HIGHEST AWARD
Once more the Majectic Range
has been awarded a world-verdict over
ail competitors. This time it comes
in the shape of the gold medal given
by the Panama Pacific exposition.
This is the very highest award the
exposition can give. It comes to the
Majestic Range with a peculiar value,
for this decision keeps the proud rec
ord of the Majestic Range unbroken.
For nearly a quarter of a century—
ever since the Majestic Range has
been on the market—it has swept from
all competitors the highest prizes of
fered at World’s Fairs and similar ex
positions. There has not been one
single break or exception.
It is evident to the most prejudiced
mind that this betokens an article of
extraordinary and unquestionable mer
it. It is admitted to mean much when
such a prize is won even once; but
when the winning is repeated year
after year, and when the judges are
chosen from the most proficient men
in their line from all the four quar
ters of the globe, the Majestic Range
people are justified in their conten
tion that they make the very best
range on earth.—From the Saa Fran
cisco Hardware World. (Adv.)
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
SPEAKERS ARE
ALLPROMINENT
DR. A. M. SOULE AND MISS DOW
DLE ARE WELL KNOWN IN
THEIR SPECIAL LINES. THEY
WILL INTEREST YOU,
' ! '
Two very prominent personages
will be guests of our city and county
on next Thursday, both of them be
ing scheduled to make addresses on
Industrial Day, and the people of the
county should take advantage of this
opportunity to hear these speeches.
Miss Lois Dowdle is one of them.
She is at the head of the canning club
work in Georgia, and her address will
be along these lines. She has been
very successful in her work, accom
plishing a great deal, and the people
who are interested in this line of work,
should be present on this occasion.
The other prominent speaker is Dr.
A. M. Soule. Everybody in Georgia
knows Dr. Soule, who is president of
the State College of Agriculture, at
Athens, and is recognized as one of
the greatest agriculturalists in Amer
ica. His lectures are always inter
esting. He has visited Douglas on
other occasions and always impresses
the crowd who gathers to hear him.
These two addresses alone will well
be worth your time in coming to
Douglas next Thursday. There will
also be other speeches by other well
known people in this special line of
work.
COMMISSIONERS, NOT
SHERIFF, ORDERED LEVIES
The Enterprise made an error last
week in the announcement about the
levy and sale of the county tax fifas,
in that Sheriff Ricketson was respon
sible for the levies.
The county Commissioners at their
last meeting authorized and instructed
the sheriff to make the levies and ad
vertise the delinquents in October for
November sale. The sheriff will
make these levies and advertise the
property under instructions and or
ders from the county commissioners.
PROGRAM FOR SONG SERVICE
AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 7:30 I*. M.
1. Jesus, Light of the World.
2. It’s All Right Now.
3. Sunshine in My Soul.
4. Bringing in the Sheaves.
5. W’here is My Wandering Boy
Tonight?
This song has six full screen views
in illustration of its stanzas and cho
rus. Very beautiful and affecting.
6. Yield not to Temptation.
7. Home, Sweet Home.
8. God Be With You.
All songs will be used from the
screen. The pastor will preach on
The Reward of Filial Obedience.
Come and Welcome.
“Neal of the Navy” starts in
next week’s issue. You will see
it at the Grand Theatre the fol
lowing week.
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INDUSTRIAL
DAY WILL BE
GALA AFFAIR
FLOATS ARE BEING PREPARED
AND EVERYBODY IS COMING.
PARADE WILL BE LONG. PROM
INENT SPEECHES AND A BIG
BARBECUE DINNER AT 1:00.
Next Thursday will be a great day
in Douglas and Coffee county. It is
Industrial Day, and plans and ar
rangements for a great gathering of
people is planned for this occasion.
Prof. Eunice and Miss Nola John
son have had the plans fn charge, be
ing assisted by the ladies of the sev
eral clubs of Douglas, and the citi
zens of several Coffee county towns,
mention of which was made in last
week’s issue of The Enterprise.
The official program for the day is
as follows:
The first part of the program will
be rendered at Ward Park.
10:30 a. m.—Welcome address by
Mayor T. A. Wallace.
10:40 a. m.—Address by Dr. A. M.
Soule.
11:30 a. m. —Address by Miss Lois
P. Dowdle.
ll:45 a. m.—Parade.
This parade will be the big feature
of the occasion. It will consist of a
great number of floats, the
grandest array ever arranged for an
occasion like this in the state. Each
school of the county having a canning
club or corn club, will be represented
in this parade. There will also be
many business houses and various in
dustries represented with floats. The
parade will probably be a mile long.
The official order of arrangement is
as follows:
Ist, Rural Floats; 2nd, Pig Floats;
3rd, Pearson Floats; 4th, Broxton
Floats; sth, Willacoochee Floats; 6th,
Douglas Floats.
The floats will be gathered in the
fair grounds and must be ready by
11:45 a. m., at which place the great
parade will start. The line of prog
ress will be as follows: Down Ward
street to Gaskin avenue, then south
to Sycamore street, then west to the
court house, around which the floats
will be assembled, to be adjudged im
mediately after the parade is over.
Barbecue Dinner.
Preparations are being made for
one of the biggest and best barbecue
dinners which will take place at one
o’clock. The people are also request
ed to bring baskets, but of course
there will be plenty of barbecue for
all.
At 3 o’clock the girls are invited to
Ward Park where talks will be made
by Misses Nola Johnson and Dowdle
and others. At this same time the
corn club boys are requested to meet
at the office of the Chamber of Com
merce, where Prof. Eunice will be
present and host of the occasion.
MRS. M. RASKIN
OUT ON ROND
Mrs. Maggie Haskin, who has been
confined in the jail here, being charg
ed with the murder of her husband,
Rev. Allen Haskin, in the southern
part of the county on April 21 last
was released on last Thursday frorr
jail under a bonl of $4,000., the bone
having been made in Pierce countj
and approved by the sheriff of that
county.
Mrs. Haskin accompanied her broth
er and sister to Pierce county, im
mediately after her release. It it,
presumed that the bond was made by
her relatives over there, Judge Sum
merall having agreed to let the pris
oner make bond on account of her ex
treme delicate condition.
Mrs. Haskin was to have been triec
at the last term of Coffee Superioi
Court, but on account of her physi
cal condition the case was postponed
until a later date.