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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. Help US By telephoning News Items to Numbers 23, 44, or 106.