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“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
J. J. BROWN Si J. H. MILLS
IGNORE GALL OF CHAIRMAN
Today » the day for the .meeting
of the sits’e executive committee of
the Farms, s’ Union, but no meeting
is in progress and none likely to be.
Chairman issued the call some time
ago to .every member, asking them
to meet'sn Doug'las today, fo" the pur
pose of looking into the headquarters
proposition. No response An person
from artynody.
Chairman Overman informed a re
porter of ? this paper today fftiat he had
replies from" a few of the members,
including President J. J- Frown and
Secretary Mills, stating ghat they
could iroii be here, and asked that he
change fch, call for Macon instead of
Douglas. Mr. Overman vary prompt
ly and wisely refused to do this, writ
ing them sfcnat be had called the meet
ing here and did not expetfi to make
any change in his program.
However Mr, Overman says that it
is his purpose to issue -.ftnuther and
last call forra meeting, in .a S'cw days,
and it will 'a*p up to the committee to
come or stay, away, as £iey please.
He may call the meeting for Macon
or for Douglas, but prefers this city,
he rays. At .ttui meeting he says that
he expects to insist on .Secretary Mills
resigning or jget on the job here in
person at once. He says that he has
already written Mills to this effect.
Mills will not be allowed to pla«> any*
in charge in his plane. If he
holds the job as secretary, he must
move here and o-pen up.
It seems to us that Brown and Mills
-veilld have been glad of the oppor
tunity to come to Douglas at this
meeting and if they have any excuse
to offer, present them in person, but,
like all other matters pertaining to
the headquarters here, they are ignor
ing it with a v stillness of a stagnated
pool.
But the next meeting will be called
and if th«y do not show up at this
meeting, then The Enterprise intends
to do some sure enough showing-up,
and somebody will be run into a hole.
JUDGE THOMAS
VI SITS CITY
Judge W. E. Thomas, of Valdosta,
one of the aspirants for congressional
honors from this district, spent Wed
nesday night and a part of Thursday
in Douglas, shaking hands with the
voUTS and meeting the people gen
erally. '
The judge expressed himself as be
ing highly pleased with the progress
of his campaign and says that from
now until the primary he expects to
spend the time with the voters of the
district. He says that he will return
to Coffee county again in the near
future and it is his purpose to make
several speeches in the county during
the coming four months of the cam
paign.
He left in a car Thursday morning
for Alma, where he says he will spend
a few days touring Bacon county.
RED. MADDOX
DIED TO-DflY
As we g oto press we learn that
Rev. W. J. Maddox died at his home
a few miles out, today at about one
o’clock, after a lingering illness of
several months.
He was about 71 years of age, an
old confederate soldier, and a minis
ter of the gospel for over fifty jears.
We have not learned of the funeral
arrangements.
A more detailed account of the
death atid funeral will appear next
week. _ j
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVlll, NUMBER Z
DEATH OF MRS. MINNIE
SIMMONS LAST TUESDAY
Mrs. Minnie Simmons, wife of Mr.
Frank Simmons, <of the '.city police
force, died at her home last Tuesday
morning at 4 o’ehzrk, after an illness
of .only a few days, leaving a husband,
two children, 7 and 4 .years of age,
amd an infant, of .only nine days old,
besides many relatives and friends to
mourn her sad death.
Since the birth off the itr.le one, all
U r.t loving care .and tenter hands,
w ith the aid of an efficient physician,
could do for the loved one, was done,
but at last, in spite of all, death came
to relievo Iter suffering.
The remains wait- followed to the
Sand Hill dgamih ceemetery Tuesday
afternoon by n host of relatives and
.Friends, wisese they were quietly laid
Ito rest. She was . a men! ter of the
Sand Hill cfeurnh, ca&d was loved by
the entire congregation .who had
mown her fruui girifoaod.
Mrs. Simmons was formerly Miss
j Minnie Cannon, daughter of .Mr. and
iMrs. Luke Cannon, wbo died a few
• years ago, and was a lister <£ Mrs.
I ftkdvin Simmons and Mr*. R. C.fiTavis,
.sell of this county.
| Rev. T. S. Hubert, oif .the Dctsglas
Baptist church, conducted the funeral
services at the cemetery, where a &ost
of friends am! relatives from -town
and country had gathered fto pay sor
rowful adieu and respect to the ,<i?-
; parted friend, wife and mother.
For those bereaved ones, due bus*
band and little ones, we fegeve the
deepest sympathy.
CITY COORI
NEXT MONDAY
The regular May term of city court
will convene in Douglas next Monday
morning with Judge W. C. Bryan on
the bench and Solicitor W. A. Wood
looking after the state’s interests.
There are over one hundred crim
inal cases on docket, and many of
those charged with crime are now in
jail. The civil docket ii ssao very
heavy, as th ecalendar in last week’s
issue of The Enterprise will show.
The first week will be devoted to
civil business, while the criminal court
will occupy most of the second week.
Statement Of County Commissioners For April 1916
Debits j
Balance casti on hand $3380.13
Voucher No. 801 5.00
Voucher No. 956 5.00
Voucher No. 1055 5.00
Balance 389.91
<
$•5 <85.04
Credits
General Fund
C B Porter $ 12.60
G B Eunice 50.00
Tom Frier 20.00
j.J L Sapp 9.18
iR S Norris 1.60
j.Alex Hill 7.65
:L J Fussell 12.00
I.J M Dent 2.76
jc E Baker 25.00
Ijno McGovern 9.00
Grantham-Floyd Co .90
D A Douglas 6.00
S M Meeks 14.68
G L Sims 30.00
J S Lott 27.00
J C Lee 17.00
G Bernd & Co 136.67
J S Hursey 3.00
J A Kirkland 4.11
W L Sessions 10.61
Standard Oil Co 12.43
J F Meeks 6.00
T J Holland....' 18.00
G F McCranie 7.50
Jno McGovern 24.00
B H Tanner 24.09
J C Ellis 9.00
A F Wilsno 24.00
;J F Gaskin .90
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., MAY 13TH, 1916.
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee ‘County arid County Commissioners.
DEBATE HELD
AT FITZGERALD
t ... ■"*
DOUGLAS AGGIES DEBATE IN
FI3ZGERALD 1 NDER THE AUS
PICES OF EXCHANGE NATION
AL. BANK.
On last nigh.' the two
teapjs of the ") Ith District Agvk'ul
itural and Mechanical Schc.f-2, met •.each
otter for the first time. The nega
tive winning 'the decision by a .count
'of 9 tto 3. The teams were composed
of Joseph E. Eraser. Jr., of Liberty
county, and ii.. C. Walker, of 'Ware
county, on the affirmative., and 35.. J.
Quir cey, Jr., of Coffee, and B. M. • Jaci
dis, of Union, on the negative.
The debate was held in the .court
bouse of Ben Hill county. ViceJPres
idem Turner had charge cf the uts
sembiy, and iProf. J. W. Powell was
master of cettemonies.
Due to the steady and persistent
approach of tie* bell weevS into «xar
state, the business arid professional
men a* well as the farmers me trying
to learn what the exact conditions will
a few months hence. And one of
the first, great undertakings along this
line v.-as that of .the Exchange Nation
al Bank of Fitzgerald, which by ar
ranging v. public debate of the boy -
from our agricultural college at Doug
las, which which dy actual contest,
have proven the dbarnpion debaters of
the state.
President W. R. Bowen, Vice-Presi
dent J. E. Turner, of the Exchange
National Bank, and Editor Geklers of
-he Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise, had
heard the debaters atgl realized that
there would be no little intellectual
advantage to giving the good people
of Ben Hill and the surrounding coun
ties the ideas- on both sides of the
question: Resolved, That the 801 l
Weevil Will Prove Beneficial to Geor
gia Agricultural Interests. The affir
mative showing on the one hand what
a blessing in disguise this first thought
pest is to be to Georgia, by doing
away with the one crop system, cot
ton, and bringing diversification.
While the-eegative replied to them by
showing that Georgia was now diver
sifying even more than some other
states under their boll weevil condi
tions. Neither side made any state
ment backed only by their personal
conviction, but based their claims on
statistics given out by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
Our Aggie boys showed the result
of sound reasoning superinduced by
keen research and steady work.
W P Ward 5.00
W M Day 6.00
Ashley-Price Lumber Co 8.35
A J Banks 1.40
Hart Furniture Co 46.90
Bryant Jowers 15.25
C E Bailey 1.07
Pure Food Grocery Co 4.60
Citizens Bank 6.00
G L Touchton 10.00
Enterprise Publishing Co 28.50
J C Ellis, Chm. Health Board.. 6.00
D Ricketson 61.20
City of Douglas 20.00
$755.95
Feed Account
! L D Gillie 39.78
|G A Giliis 15.00
Tanner-Brice Co 360.55
$415.33
Chaingang Account
Tanner-Brice Co 344.92 |
Gordon Burns 60.00
,G D Edenfield 30.00
Alex Hill ; 60.00
R L Carter 30.00
J S Beveriy 30.00
Vickers Market 7.20
W T Royal & Co 65.30
M J Ferguson 4.00
R Anderson 30.00
J M Goddard 40.00
M J Roberts 30.00
Pat Kirkland 8.00
Bartow Carter 22.00
S M Meeks 75.00
B Rigeil 21.60
I
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
AGGIES WIN
LAST GAME
, * f
,WON OVER TIFTON AGGIES BY
A STORE -OF 10 TOT. A FINE
RECORD FOR DOUGLAS TEAM
THIS SEASON.
The Aggies played the last game
I of their season Monday -with the 2nd
!'District- Aggies at Tifton
, The Ilth Aggies went! into the game
i with £ll the “dops,” not only by not
(hsni’g been defeated in the S. G. P.
A. A., with the best hitting club in
ißoafcth Georgia behind Loyd Stewart,
who i< the decided peer of any ama
teur pitcher seen in this section, and
| the game -.\rimt according io dope, tHe
;Douglas boys running away and the
j seventh inning had piled up an 8 to 1
[ score overrt.be Tifton boys. Then sub
stitotes of :1 kinds were made, five
.scrubs being sent in, and due to the
rchngv the home boys put -1 across in
| the stver.th and 2 in the Bth, but never
were She Douglas boys in danger,
though they did put two men* on the
score book in the eighth.
The gtrne was featured by the bit
ting and fielding of the entire Doug
i; team, and particularly by the long
hits of Smith, Scott and Sfewrul, and
she fielding of Suivbs at short.
Score by innings R Fj E
2nd A. & M l(iO 000 420—7 7 .‘j
lltfi A. & 35.. .023 120 020—10 10 1
Batteries: iialfele., Branner and
Blalock; Stewart, Anderson and Whel
chel and Sims; umpire, Mitchell.
REV. T. S. HUBERT GOES TO
PIEDMONT NEXT SUNDAX
Rev. T. S. Hubert will spend Sunday
in Waycros:- where he will deliver the
commencement sermon at Piedmont
Institute. He has also accepted an
invitation to preach the commence
ment sermon at Hahira in the near
future.
The writer wishes to take’this means
of thanking the good people of Ben
Hill for their very good attendance
and cordial treatment of our boys, and
we certainly hope, and really believe,
that they desired some knowledge and
ideas that will be of help to them in
the future.
Personally, we wish to congratulate
in the same breath, this banking in
stitution for its forwardness and en
lightment along this line, and also the
four debaters, who have gained and
merited every bit of the praise given
them.
B H Tanner 12172 j
W W Stewart 214.99
Lewis Bros 7.50
I
$1202.23 j
Coroner’s Fund.
M A Pafford 17.00 !
G L Sims 17.00 .
$34.00 |
Pauper’s Fund
Lizzie Newton 3.00
L B Webb 3.00
Rile Wright 5.00
Calvin Lott 5.00
Sidney Swails 5.00 i
*
Frank Toomer 5.00 t
Jesse Carver 3.00 j
S A Ricketson 3.00
Alex Young 5.00
Jno Hanna 5.00
Hulda Williams 5.00
Sophia Phillips 4.00
E Strickland 3.00
Henry Smith 5.00
Sallie Royal 2.53 |
Jno Bennett 8.00
J M Richardson 2.60
'London Rhem 3.J0
Emma Smith ? 5.00
F Emmerson N.. 5.00
t Mathew Donders 3.00
Ellen Sapp 5.00
Martha Sapp 5.00
Hariet Carver 6.00
Elizabeth Teston 5.00
Mary Mathis 8.06
Bettie Douglas 8.00
Archie Smith 5.00
GRIEF RICKETSDN CONTINUES
HIS CLEANING-UP CRUSADE
|GRAND THEATRE OPENS
MONDAY WEEK. MAY 22
; The Grand Theatre, which has been
: closed for several days on account of
j the revival services now in progress,
j will open again oh next Monday night
[week, May 22, and the regular mat
jinee and night programs will be con
tinued as heretofore.
A change in the management of the
theatre took place a few days ago
when 3lr. C. H. Smith, of this city,
bought an interest with Mr. Lane, and
I the two also purchased the Grand
[Theatre at Waycross. # Mr. I.ane. for
the present, is in charge of the thea
tre there, and Mr. Smith will have
charge of the Grand here.
Since the theatre has been closed a
[great many repairs have been made
in the local house, the middle aisle of
j seats having been raised, so that par
ties in the rear will be able to get a
1 better vision of the screen. Opera
chairs have been ordered and will oc
cupy the middle section of the house.
When the theatre opens again, a
i special musical program will be rer.-
Idered at each show. A four-piece or
chestra has been engaged and other
[special music will ! e a part of all fu
jture programs. >
BANK TU UE
OPENED m
i
The Bank of Willacooehe.e, one of
the oldest, banking institutions in the
[county, is now in the hands of the
state bank examiner. It is not known
as to the real status of the condition
iof the bank, just why the doors were
dosed, but some supposedly irregu
larities caused the officials to wire for
.the state bank examiner and he came
[ down and is busy checking up the
bdoks of the institution.
Up to the hour of going to press,
we have not heard of the report of
the examiner. The officials expect to
be able to open up in a few days and
continue business as heretofore, just
as soon as everything can be adjust
ed, and there is no doubt in the minds
of the people that everything will be
properly and promptly arranged,
should any irregularity exist.
E Ricketson 8.00
A Ricketson '<.oo
Sam Kersey 10.00
Mary Cribb 3.01
M J Harper 5.00
F Hutchinson 5.00
Lizzie Bowen 3.00
$170.50
City Court Fund.
W A Wood ,£2.87 j
A W Haddock 100.00 1
W C Lankford 100.00 1
C A Furney 58.14
H C E11i5..., 38.56
$379. .>7
Jail Fund
Tanner Mercantile Co 13.50
W A Tucker 50.60
D Ricketson ." 458.00
$522.10
Superior Court Fund
Jury Services 101.00
Stenographer 67.50
D Ricketson 136.86
$305.36
$3785.04
Balance on Deposit $389.91
Bills Pay $50,000.00
I certify that the foregoing is a
true statement of receipts and dis
bursements of the funds of Coffee
County for the month of April, 1916.
A. W. HADDOCK, Clerk.
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
s won IS
now-job
The services at the Methodist church
are creating the expected interest and
twice daily the house is filled with
people.
Rev. T. B. Stanford arrived Monday
afternoon and preached his first ser
mon that evening. The servcies are
I held at 3:45 p. m., and at 7:45 for the
evening. A 25-minutes song service
is held preceding each service. This
is conducted by Rev. John Sharp, the*
singer, and a very delightful service
it has proven to be.
Dr. Stanford is preaching some
strong sermons, holding the attention
of the congregation, and before the
meetings close it is expected that a
real revival will be in progress. The
services will continue all thru next
week, and maybe louger.
The clean-up campaign inaugurated
by Chiqf Ira Rieketson and other of
ficials of the city, is progressing nice
ly, and the chief claims that in a very
short time he will have accomplished
what he has started in to do.
The cheif claims that the many
lewd women who have been hanging
around the city for some time, have
all disappeared, at least he is unable
to locate a single one. He put them
lon notice several days ago to leave
, the city, and made several arrests af
! ter that, but released all who prom
! ised to leave town. The result of this
j campaign has been that the city tdoay
i clearer of characters like this than
it has been in many months.
As for tiie whiskey sellers, the chief
says he is unable to locate anything,
but is continually working on it. If
any whiskey is being sold here, he
says that they aer so quiet about it
until he has been unable to make any
arrests. He is still after the tigers,
if any exists, and promises to put ev
ery one he can locate out. of business.
One of the biggest accomplishments
of the chief for the past week i<; the
scattering of the vagrant class. He
says that he has notified all the young
white boys of the city v ho have been
hanging around and doing nothing; to
either get a job or move out. Some
have gone and others have secured
positions. The negro men and wom
en have also been put on notice and a
big change in their daily program has
been made. The pest of vagrancy is
a menace to any city, and if Chief
Rieketson is successful in doing away
with this, one vice, he has accomplish
ed much for Tiis town and county.
Chief Rieketson says that the peo
ple must rally to this crusade and
offer all the assistance possible. He
will willingly do his part but wants
the co-operation of every citizen, and
with this, he . ays that Douglas can
be made as clean a town as the best
mode! of today.
SEVEN GRADES
IT M 20
The primary departments and all
grades up to and including the sev
enth, of the city pubilc schools, cose
on next Saturday, May 20.
The other grades and the different
departments of the Georgia Normal
College will continue for another
month, closing about June 20.
MIZZLE YOUR DOGS.
Chief Ricketson informs us that
every dog in the city which is not
muzzled at once, will be shot on sight.
There is already an ordinance to this
effect, but on account of the recent
.rampage of a mad dog, it is thought
best to keep the dogs muzzled. The
chief says this law will be carried out
to the letter.
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