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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
ESTABLISHED 1888
Published Every Saturday By
THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. R. fRIER, Editor
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PJMuhcs The Legal Advertising CX The City Of Douglas,
Coffee £ojnty. And County Commissioners.
Entered as secot'.d class matter at the postofUce at
Douglas, Ga„ under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
The country club proposition has evolved
itself into a cole fact.
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The Douglas Cow Catcher is “the man of
the hour.” Not Teddy.
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Egland had a hard hit when she lost her
great chieftain, but you can’t lose England.
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If some of these congressional or guberna
torial candidates don’t do something to wake
tap things, this is going to be a long dull summer.
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J. J. Brown is in the limelight again. This
time it is in the copper case. But J. J. has an
other lamp to light yet, and he might as well
HKI his match.
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Reports from everywhere are that the crops
•re in fine condition. The prospects for a great
crap year are excellent, and we are looking for
« prosperous fall and winter.
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We- have all along predicted that Teddy
would be a nominee at Chicago, and we still
feeLeve it, but now it looks like it will come
from the Progressive side.
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Teddy seeme to hold the keys to the repub
lican situation in Chicago. He held them four
.years ago and elected Woodrow Wilson. We
«lonT care how long he keeps them.
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The gubernatorial race has not taken on f he
lie that we expected. We don’t know what the
candidates are waiting on, unless it is the plat
tterm c; 1 Hugh Dorsey which will be issued next
neeek.
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Why not make Douglas the convention city
«f South Georgia? Let’s go after the next
Georgia Methodist conference. We can
it sooner or later, if we will pull strong
enough.
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Jet Bowden, congressional candidate, hit
Douglas Thursday, spent a few hours, claimed
everything in sight, and lit out for Waycross,
fta congratulate his press agent on the splendid
work done in his absence. Jet’s a brick, and
fcr* nay be a hard nut to crack for all we know.
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WELCOME EPWORTH LEAGUERS.
On next Wednesday, June 14. something
Kke three or four hundred Epworth Leaguers
wiifl convene in Douglas in annual conference,
are? will remain with us thru Sunday. This will
periiaps be one of Lie most notable gatherings
fcfatt Douglas has ever had the opportunity to
entertain.
As a host of this occasion Douglas should
<fl*> herself proud and put forth special efforts
togive these people the entertainment to which
ffeey are entitled. That our people will do this,
•we do not hesitate to vouch for.
The program as announced on the first page
wfi this issue, is full of entertainment and in
atmetion and it will be worth your while to
•Wend as much of it as is convenient for you.
are some notable men who will make ad
dresses. some of them well known to our people,
yw others on the program who have a national
aepatation. The music will be up to the stand
jggiP. and every service will be full of choice
•et'etions. ' *" **
Douglas feels honored to have this great
feedy of Christians gather here and hold one of
*t«r annual conferences When they leave, the
will be better off spiritually for having
ocie in touch with a great band of Christian
markers. They leave their imprint wherever
• conference is held, and for this reason Doug
fas is to be congratulated on the fact that she
3b* the opportunity to be host to such an as
semblage of people.
Die delegates will begin to arrive early in
must use ever >' effort to make
H&tin feel at hoirk e and give them the best enter *
bemnent in our sH 0 P s> great many cities in
Cfeqrgia have entwined this conference and
•fee/ are always eag£ r to have it return, whic
volumns for r\ s and value to am
COUNCILMAN HALL’S SUGGESTION.
Councilman John M. Hall has suggested that
the city council, school boards of the city and
county, and the Chamber of Commerce, get to
gether and arrange some kind of program for
the opening of the Sweat Memorial Hall, which
will be ready for occupancy in about ten days.
The Enterprise believes that this should be done
and heartily favors it, and stands ready to assist
in any possible way.
The Memorial Hall and city chamber will be
a composite building in that several funds have
been thrown together in which to complete the
building. The city of Douglas has a large part
of the stock, the fund of the Sweat Memorial
Association has a portion, the county board of
education has also contributed to the fund, and
in this way the handsme two-story building on
Sycamore street is about completed and ready
for the tenants.
Now it is a general custom to have some
kind of a program on the opening of any city
public building, and in this instance, where so
many other institutions are materially inter
ested, Councilman Hall thinks that a service
of some kind might be arranged, with refresh
ments, a few addresses, everybody joining in.
and make it an occasion long to be remembered
in Douglas. It will bring the people together
where they can mingle socially and commer
cially, all factions uniting, and in many ways
will be a fitting climax to the accomplishment
of this undertaking.
We suggest that a committee be appointed
from the city council, from the county board
of education, and from the Chamber of Com
merce, to get together and see if they cannot
frame some attractive program for this oc
casion, perhaps a banquet to touch it off. and
let’s open the building to these people in a foi'-
nial way, which will certainly lend dignity to
the matter, if nothing more.
The new occupants of the building will then
enter into it with more pride, feeling more at
home, and with a better assurance that the
people who have contributed to this a success,
are now glad they did it, and wish them Cod
speed in the vvoyk accomplished.
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THE VALUE OF A GOOD NAME.
Along with the value of good soils, good
seed, good livestock, and good farming meth
ods, the young farmer who would achieve suc
cess must ever bear in mind the value of a good
name. The man of his word, the man of honor
whose reputation for square dealing is known
to all the countryside, has an asset of incalcu
lable value.
Most of the world’s business today is done on
credit, or confidence in the ability and willing
ness to pay, and were credit abolished business
of all kinds would of necessity largely stop.
And just so it is with the young farmer strug
gling to get on in the world. Very frequently
without capital of his own, if credit is denied
him he labors at a sore disadvantage. He may
need credit to buy, clear and drain land; to
build a home; to buy improved livestock; but
without capital and without credit these things
must be gone without, and a possibly excellent
farmer badly handicapped.
To all of our young men we would say, then,
diligently as you cultivate your prize acre of
corn, look even more carefully to your good
name; fine and famous as your prize pig may
be. strive ever that the fame of your good name
may spread farther. Your crop may fail or
your pig may die, and still the loss would not
be irreparable; but once a young man’s good
name is gone something is lost that a whole,
life’s work may never replace.
Make debts, if you need to in order to better
your business, in order that you may become a
better farmer; but when you give your promise,
either verbally or in writing, make it an iron
rule to let nothing on earth keep you from ful
filling it. The good name you will win will be
more priceless than gold.—The Progressive
Farmer.
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Dirty hands spread much disease.
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Exercrises in the garden is better than ex
ercise in the gymnasium.
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The mosquito situation can be solved if we
will first clean around our own door. Look all
about the place and see if you don’t find some
old tin can filled with stagnant water, or some
other vessel around that is anything but sani
tary. A very small oyster can filled with stag
nant water will raise enough mosquitoes to keep
you awake every night during the sumiher, and
some left for your neighbor’s recreation.
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We again desire to call the attention of our
readers to our county correspondence page this
week. It is a matter of pride that we are able
to publish so many letters from various parts
of the county. It is a splendid page, a page we
honor, and we have not seen an exchage that
comes to our office with a similar page. Verily,
there’s a reason, and we take special pains each
week in giving prominence to these community
letters which rontain some of the best reading
in our paper.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JUNE 10, 1916.
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New Neckwear in wash
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Over Oxfords. Phone No. 28
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