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“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
E. D. A. S. COMMENCEMENT
SHOTS EXERCISES TONIGHT
COITINUIN6JHRU TUESDAY
The Eleventh District Agricultural ar.d Mechanical School will begin
their commencement proper next Sunday, with exercises in advance on to
night and Saturday night. The last program will be rendered on Tuesday
night. Below we publish a full and complete program of the entire com
mencement exercises, with a detail program of every entertainment from
tonight until Tuesday. The play tonight will be given at the Grand Theatre.
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 8:00 P. M.—Grand Theatre: “ESMERALDA.”
CAST OF CHARACTERS
1. Mr. Elbert Rogers (a North Carolina farmer) Mr. Cocke
2. Mrs. Lydia Ann Rogers (his wife) Lilia Love
3. Miss Esmeralda Rogers (his daughter) Elise Meadows
4. Dave Hardy (ajyoung North Carolinian) Joe Fraser
5 Mr. Estabrook (a man of leisure) Emmet Whelchel
6. Mr. Jack Desmond (an American artist in Paris) Prof. Powell
7. Miss Nora Desmond (his sister) Alma Taylor
8. Miss Kate Desmond (his sister) Madge Baker
9. Marquis De Montessin (a French adventurer) Bevy Gaddis
10. George Drew (an American speculator) Fred Anderson
11. Sophie (a maid) Hattie Cooey
ACT I—Room in Rogers’ house in North Carolina.
ACT II —Studio of Jack Desmond in Paris.
ACT III—A room in Rogers’ home in Paris during a ball.
ACT IV—Same as Act 11.
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 8:00 P. M.—Auditorium: Speakers’ Contest, and
Championship Debate.
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Valse de Concert Peabody
Miss Venita Vickers
Declamation Contest
Freshman Class Declamation —“Work” Carlyle
C. D. Boggan, Jr., Coffee County.
Sophomore Class Declamation—“ Spartacus to the Gladiators” Kellogg
L. C. Walker, Ware County.
Junior Class Declamation—“ America’s Uncrowned Queen” Wilson
John Maguire, Alabama.
Reading Contest
Freshman Class Recitation—“ William Greenhill Selection” Calhoun
Miss Dorothy Mathews, Coffee County.
Sophomore Class Reading—“ The White Bungalow” Wilson
Miss Janie Martin, Liberty County.
Junior Class Recitation—“At the Box Office” Anon
Miss Madge Baker, Coffee County.
“When I Think of Violets” Jackson
Miss Lois Clough, Coffee County.
Championship Debate Between Sidney Lanier and David C. Barrow, Liter
ary Societies. “Resolved, That all interstate* railroads should be owned
and operated by the Federal Government.”
Affirmative, Barrow Society: Negative, Lanier Society:
C. V. Baker, Coffee County C. S. Walden, Ware County
H. Y. Reynolds, Grady County R. A. Raulerson, Wayne County
SUNDAY, MAY 28, 11:00 A. M. —Baptist Church: Commencement Sermon,
by Rev. P. Quintius Cason, of Palatka, Fla.
MONDAY, MAY 29, 2:30-4:30 P. M.—Girls’ Dormitory: Exhibits of Home
Economics and Mechanic Arts De
l partments.
’ 4:45 P. M.—Campus: Play Festival.
■> ' 8:00 P. M.—Auditorium: Alumni-ae Meeting.
I. Grand Pageant.
11. Japanese Drill—By
Janie Martin, Dorothy Mathews, Vivian McLean,
Amla Taylor, Helen McLean, Nora Purvis, Madge
Baker, Roberta Meadows, Lilia Love, May Dorminy,
Daisy Relihan.
111. Wooden Shoes.
Blanche Quincey, Robert Williams, John McGuire,
Evelyn Shelton, John Dart, Ethel Deen, Rowder
McDonald, Elizabeth Terrell. y ; T c
IV. May Pole Dance. ■ -- ai :*>* ”
Madge Baker, Madeline Moore, Maurine Moore,
- Hellen McLane, Beulah Pafford, Venta Webb, Lilia
Love, Vineta Vickers, Roberta Meadows, Dorothy
Mathews. C 3 r
y. “The Motor March.” *‘ ' * j'
Blanche Quincey, Mary Shelton. % **
VI. “Coming Thru the Rye.”
William Dickerson, David Dickerson, Ethel Dick
erson. Margaret Shelton, Carolyn Deen, Sam Deen.
VII. The Ostend.
Mae Dorminy, Louis Clough, Hattie Cooey, Daisy
Relihan, Alma Taylor.
VIII. Sailor’s Hornpipe.
Mary Shelton, Margret Shelton, Evelyn Shelton,
Blanche Quincey, William Dickerson, David Dick
erson, Virginia Appleby, Tom Deen, Ethel Deen,
Carolyn Deen, Susie Lee Mathews, Ray Mathews.
Elizabeth Terrell, Mary Willis McDonald, John
Dart. Olden Vickers, Robbie McLean.
IX. Mystery Dance.
Ethel Dickerson. *
X. The Polka. *
Lilia Love, Madge Baker, Mae Dorminy, Janie Mar
tin, Roberta Meadows, Alma Taylor, Mary Peterson
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER 4.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., MAY 27TH, 1916.
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners.
Thomas R. Cox Charged With Em
bezzling $30,000. From Bank Of
Willacoochee, Under Arrest In N. Y.
/SHERIFF RICKETSON IS NOW IS
NEW YORK AWAITING REQUI-
I SITION PAPERS FROM GOVER
NOR NAT HARRIS.
Information reached Douglas Thurs
day afternoon from New York City
to the effect that Mr. Thomas R. Cox
was under arrest on a charge of em
bezzling $30,000. from the Bank of
Willacoochee, this county.
Sheriff David Ricketson, of this
county, left Sunday for New York,
having been advised by the Pinkerton
Detective Agency, that Mr. Cox had
been located and placed under arrest.
The information reaching here from
New York was from the sheriff who
advised the officials here that Mr. Cox
refuses to come without requisition
papers.
The papers were promptly prepared
in Douglas Thursday afternoon and
forwarded to Gov. Harris that night,
reaching him this morning. It is
likely that Gov. Harris will issue the
necessary papers today and forward
same to the Governor of New York,
and that the sheriff will be able to
return to the county with his prisoner
by the first of the coming week.
'The information also is that Mr.
Cox was located in New York by
means of a letter to some girl in the
county. Detectives have been work
ing on the case for several days.
Mr. Cox held the position of book
keeper in the Bank of Willacoochee
for several months prior to his vacat
ing same. We understand that he re
signed the place on May 1, the busi
ness conditions not requiring the ser
vices of a bookkeeper during the sum
mer months. He remained around
this section for several days, it is
stated, and then departed for parts
unknown. In the meantime, a short
age at the bank was discovered, and
the officials wired the state bank ex
aminer to send a man to Willacoochee
to check up the bank. The doors of
the bank were immediately dosed and
have been since that time, about three
weeks. We understand that the check
ing up still continues at the bank and
that the shortage is not exactly
known, although it is believed that it
will pass the $30,000. mark.
When the shortage was discovered,
detectives were put on the case with
above results. All of the men behind
the bank are some of the best citi
zenry in the county, and the bank was
the second oldest bank in Coffee. It
is understood that an effort will be
made to reopen and continue business,
after an adjustment of the present con
ditions have been completed.
Much interest is manifested in the
arrest of Cox and just what he will
have to say on his return. The case
will be watched with great interest.
Cox was at one time employed for a
few months here as clerk in the Union
Banking Co.
XI. Athletic Events.
60-yard Dash for Girls; 100-yard Dash for Boys.
Sack Race for Boys and Girls Under 15 years.
Obstacle Faculty Race.
Alumni Oration Mr. Vance S. Smith, Mcßae, Ga.
Alumni-ae Banquet.
TUESDAY, MAY 30, 8:00 P. M.—Auditorium: % Graduating Exercises.
Address by Judge W. E. Thomas, of
Valdosta, Ga.
Valedictory Address Hateley J. Quincey, Coffee County
Essay Miss Beulah Pafford, Coffee County
Commencement Address Judge W. E. Thomas, Valdosta, Ga.
Presentation of Diplomas and Medals by the Principal.
The Graduating Class consists of: Miss Hattie Cooey, Coffee County;
Charles W. Anderson, Chatooga County; James R. Exum Coffee County;
Joseph B. Fraser, Jr., Liberty County; Bevy M. Gaddis, Union County; Clin
ton Lott, Coffee County; Hately J. Quincey, Coffee County; Reppard A.
Raulerson. Wayne County; Horace Y. Reynolds, Decatur County; Francis
S. Stubbs, Coffee County; Cleon Vickers, Coffee County; Harry B. Vickers,
Coffee County; Charles S. Walden, Ware County; Alvin D. Woodard, Laurens
County.
Specials: Miss Lois Clough, Coffee County; Miss Mae Dorminy, Ben
Hill County; Miss Mary Peterson, Coffee County; Miss Eeulah Pafford, Cof
fee County; Miss Vinta Webb, Lowndes County.
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
MR. I. B. COFFEE, JR.,
MOVES TO THALLMAN
Quite a number of the younger set
enjoyed a pleasant little party given
by Mr. Louis Coffee and brother on
Thursday evening.
The young people are regretting
{.hat they will soo nlose these two
young men from their circle, as Mr.
I. B. Coffee and family will leave in
’a few days for their new home in
Thallman.
W, R. WILSON SPEAKS AT
FLA. STATE CONVENTION
*’**’■**• *«■
W. R. Wilson attended the Florida
State Optical convention in Jackson
ville this week before which body he
made an address on advanced meth
ods of testing and fitting eyes with
glasses.
THREE JUDGES MUST HEAR
WHISKEY CASE, SAYS SPEER
Macon, May 25. —Federal Judge
Speer yesterday held that three judges
must hear the Ocilla whiskey case,
which is a test of Georgia’s prohibi
tion law. It involves the proposed
destruction of two carloads of seized
liquor.
The owners claim the law is retro
active and violates the fourteenth
amendment.
DAVIS NOT TO
MIM RAGE
DECLINES TO ENTER RACE FOR
REPRESENTATIVE IN COMING
PRIMARY. C. E. STEWART IS
UNOPPOSED TO DATE.
Mr. .1. A. Datis, of Nicholls, will
not be a candidate for representative
of Coffee county this year, and so ad
vises this paper to make this announc
ment.
Mr. Davis made up his mind several
weeks ago to be a candidate but now
decides not to be, as he says it takes
him away from his home at a time
he ought to be there. He says that he
is fully appreciative of the many as
surances tendered him to gel into the
race, and shall always feel under many
obligations to these people, but his
business is in such shape now that it
will be impossible for him to run.
Hon. C. E. Stewart, the present en
cumbent, is the only avowed candi
date, although he has not officially an
nounced, and it is not known whether
three will be any others.
jOFFICIALS OF
SCHOOLS HERE
J. GORDON FLOYD IS HOST TO
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SEV.
ERAL COUNTIES. VISITORS EN
TERTAINED DURING DAY.
At the recent Moultrie convention
it was decided to cal! a meeting of the
county school officials of the various
counties in the Eleventh District to
convene at Douglas on Thursday of
this week, and the meeting was
promptly held here on that date.
Prof. J. Gordon Floyd, superinten
dent of the Coffee county schools, was
host to the officials who gathered here
on Thursday. The meeting was well
attended. Several things of impor
tance to the rural school so the dis
trict were discussed. While here they
visited the two schools of the city, be
sides being given a ride over the roads
in and around Douglas.
At the business session, which last
ed for about an hour, the following
resolutions were unanimously passed:
Resolution.
We, the County School Superinten
dents and Members of County Board
of Education of the 11th Congression
al District in conference assembled, in
Douglas, Ga., on May 25, 1916, after
visiting the 11th District Agricultural
School in a body and having been very
kindly shown through its various de
partments by those in charge, beg
leave to submit to the Honorable Trus
tees of said school, the following res
olutions:
Resolved, Ist. That, we have found
the work in the various departments
good, in so far as we are able to judge.
We also found a very congenial spirit
between teachers and students, which
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“AM IN RACE TO STAY,”
SAYS JUDGE THOMAS
Brunswick, Ga., May 23.—1 n a tele
gram received here from Judge Wil
liam E. Thomas of Valdo-ta, he denies
emphatically reports printed in a Ma
con newspaper recently that he would
probably withdraw from the congres
sional race. The telegram from him
| was as follows:
“I am in the race to stay. State
■ ments to the contrary are a surprise
to me.” The telegram was sent from
Jesup, where Judge Thomas spoke at
the high school closing exereirses.
COUNCIL SAYS COWS MUST
STAY OFF DOUGLAS STREETS
Mayor Stanton and his efficient
council board have definitely decided
to enforce the hog and cow law in
Douglas or quit the ranch. There is
an ordinance on the books prohibiting
the running at large of hogs and cows
on the streets of this city, and this
has been a law since March 1, but for
some reason it has not been strictly
enforced, at least it has been hard to
get a po\ind master to handle the mat
ter to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned.
For the past few days the cows have
been giving the people of the city
much annoyance, roaming about the
streets, day and night, which is in
direct violation of the ordinance. A
few residents of the city have tom
their yard fences away, depending on
a strict enforcement of the ordinance,
and these people as well as the entire
population should be protected, if the
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COUNTY UNIT
| PUNi LOSES
AT MEETING OF CONGRESSION
AL COMMITTEE IN WAYCROSS,
PLURALITY PLAN IS ADOPTED.
ASSESSMENT $250.00 EACH.
The Eleventh District congression
al primary will be held on September
12, in connection with the state pri
mary, and will b.e held under the plu
rality plan. This is the substance of
action taken Wednesday afternoon at.
Waycross by the district’s executive
committee. Rules for the primary
i were prepared by a committee com
posed oi V. E. Padgett, A. C. Sweat,
Fred Brewer, R. L. Tucker and Joseph-
Williams. This committee was ap
pointed when the committee held the.
first session at the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday morning at ll'iOQo
o’clock.
The district committee will recon
vene at Waycross September 22 for
the purpose of declaring the nomineee
of the primary. The entrance fee wasr.
fixed at $250, and this will have to be
paid twenty days before the primary.
J. E. T. Bowden, of Waycross, one
of the candidates for congress in the
! Eleventh, was presented at the meet
ing and endeavored to make a state
ment regarding the county unit plan..
He announced some time ago that he
favored the county unit plan as under
it the small counties of the district
would be able to have a say-so in nam
ing the district’s congressman. The
committee voted not to hear from Mr.
Bowden on the county unit question-
CITY COURT ADJOURNS
FOR THE TERM ON WED.
The May term of the City Court of
Douglas adjourned Tuesday night af
ter a two days’ session this week.
There was a great number of crim
inal cases disposed of during the week.
Judge Bryan and Solicitor Wood
dispatched the business as fast as ex
pedient and the docket is in better
shape now than it ha been in many
months.
Judge Bryan is to be congratulated
on the manner in which he presided
throughout the term. He has receiv
ed many compliments on his first
term as Judge.
city proposes to keep such an ordin
ance on their books. So many com
plaints have been made to the city
council during the last few days, that
a new pound master has been em
ployed, Mr. Eli Jowers, and he is in
structed to take up every animal run
ning at large on the streets. He is
now at work and has made several
arrests, among the first being the de
tention of one of the cows belonging
to Councilman Deen. But he has or-
ders to take them all up, and the
mayor and council propose to back
him up.
So, Sis Cow must go, and if she re
mains in Douglas, she must keep her
self confined in a yard or lot. The
council has given the pound master a
horse and he is making it his special
business to cover the entire city's dis
trict several times a day, trying to
locate any animal at large.