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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. \ 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 (Continued to Last Page) “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 $1.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Kelp lis By telephoning News Items to Numbers 23, 44, or 106. 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.