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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE DOUGLAS, GEORGIA ESTABLISHED 1888 Published Every Saturday By THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. R. fRIER, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE) ONE YEAR SI.OO SIX MONTHS 50 THREE MONTHS 25 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. 0 The Douglas Cow Catcher is “the man of the hour.” Not Teddy. 0 Egland had a hard hit when she lost her great chieftain, but you can’t lose England. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. «i . 0 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. r- * o 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. 0 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. 0 / Dirty hands spread much disease. 0 Exercrises in the garden is better than ex ercise in the gymnasium. 0 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. —_ 0 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. Mmj,f J'* Blackstone I'T Perfect Traction Tread ntr I Non-Skid Tires The non-skid efficiency of the Blackstone tread stays f ® with the casing—it does IBrl ’ 1 not lose its “life” as soon as the newness wears off. jjllfkl 1 The price is right—we gf! I I bought them at a price that fl will give you the most miles 1 for the least money, i i , ... * { 4 - i Watt-Holmes Hardware Co. J. H. JORDAN, Manager Phone 74 EASY BREEZY Mid-Summer Suits Palm Beach and Cool Cloth Underwear that fits and is cool and comfi. Manhattan Shirts $1.50 to $3.00. New Neckwear in wash material and silk. See our Edwin Clapp, Bion F. Reynolds and Walk Over Oxfords. Phone No. 28 PETERSON & RELIHAN “The Home Of Good Clothes”