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Preaching at Okl Midway on last
Sunday was not wcdl attended.
Bertie Herrin (tame to see me two
weeks ago. Looks like she ought to
show up again.
Some of our truck growers are
shipping cantaloupes by the car load
from this place.
I’d like to know what the “Old
Lady” thinks of letting the “Old
Man” go to war.
Gaynell Everett, down at Saginaw,
says “she thinks of me sometimes.”
Some consolation.
Clara Dent and her pretty mama
(wonder how John will like that?)
were in town Saturday.
speed limit for automobiles to
run in Douglas is 10 miles per hour;
on the highways 30 miles.
Pretty Clara Lewis and her mama,
of No. 1, were in town Saturday.
Clara is getting real saucy.
Some people never think they have
any new-s unless they can tell some
thing mean about their neighbors.
Bessie Kight, Lilia Tanner and
Mamie Courson, all came to see me
last Saturday, to tell me the news.
All the stores in town were closed
on the 23rd, and the bosses and clerks
were off on the railroad boys’ picnic.
Cordelia Quinn came to see me last
Wednesday, and to hear her talk you
would think she was right off for
Mexico.
I wonder how many of the Inman
Mora, Arnie and Sunny Side girls 1
am going to meet at Arnie on the
eighth ?
Jim Cowart, down at Millwood,
says he is a “better looking man than
his brother Dan.” Poor Dan; he has
my sympathy.
Sibb Vickers was in town Wednes
day, but didn’t say whether he was
going to Mexico or not. I’m afraid
he can’t leave Effie.
And Agnes Burkett was going to
write me the news, and she was go
ing to do this and she was going to
do that, but she didn’t.
I was not with the railroad boys on
their picnic, but would have been had
1 been able. I was sick, and then I
did not have the dollar.
Lawrence Cato, who was married
last Saturday night, does not talk
much like going to war. He says
he's a man of family now.
Ruby Peerson once promised to let
me hear from her at least once a
week, and if I have heard from her
in six months I can’t remember the
time.
Mineola Cone, of Ambrose, is on
a visit to friends in the city. She
came with her friend, Miss Lula
Revie, of Collins, Ga., to see me last
Tuesday.
There were 300 people at Alma on
last Sunday, a report says. Wonder
if Mike Carter was there? They say
Mike is some singer, with a voice like
a goose.
Dismuke, at Pure Food Grocery
Store, says he wats to adopt a whole
orphan asylum until the Mexican war
is over. Men with large families,
you know, are exempt.
Well, Myrtice Paulk said, in her
last letter, that she intended to write
regularly, but the letters have mis
carried and none been received. What
about that, little girl?
Bill Maine invited me to an all-day
sing at Salem last Saturday, but I
couldn’t go, to my regret. He has
just finished up a successful singing
school of ten days out there.
Little old Viola Lott, one of my
favorite chums, acquitted herself
beautifully on the last day of school.
She had a nice subject for a final,
and delivered ti without a bobble.
I don’t know when the priest is
coming to this county, but I want to
see him and confess to him what ter
rible liars we have here, but I won't
say anything about Jim Kirkland.
The nine-year-old son of Mr. Rat
Kirkland, who lives a few miles east
of town, accidentally shot himself in
the leg with a pistol last Monday.
The wound is not serious, but pain
ful.
The average young fellow from the
country last Saturday, reported “fine
crops, plenty of watermelons and
pretty girls. Loyd Lankford says
“that’s enough for anyone.” 1 think
so, too.
There’s a girl down at Saginaw’
that dates her letters “Monday Morn
ing.” Shedoesn’t say what week,
month or year, and it seems to me
she just does that to keep a fellow
guessing.
Now and then you hear about two
or three beys from here making a trip
to Waycross, Fitzgerald or Ocilla
and back the night before. Doesn’t
that have a sound with a sickly,
%limv !ir?r~ to "1 ?
| Bro. Jowers, of Ambrose, was in
I town last Tuesday, and went off with
I Bro. Williams of Chatterton. Must
Ibe getting up some big meeting or
something, I don’t know what. Guess
1 better write to Tilda.
Catura Mobley, of the Wooten dis
trict, was in tow-n last Friday and
Saturday. She was with an old bald
headed dude when I saw her about
six months ago, but she doesn’t say
what she did with him.
Una and Mattie Kirkland, two of
my chums from Wray, were in town
Tuesday, and called to see us for a
short time. They both promised to
w-rite to me, but then, you know how
girls keep their promises.
Every town has a few young men
that do nothing but sit around and
talk about baseball, girls, parties, etc.
but if the country needed their ser
vices conscription would be the only
means to get them to the front.
Vestal Jackson, formerly the pop
ular and efficient “hello girl” at West
Green, is in the city visiting the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Howard, out on
Madison avenue. She expects to go
to Broxton to visit friends this week.
The Fales News was left out last
week. I keep telling that girl to
write on Monday so it will reach us
Tuesday, but she just won’t do it,
and comes poking in here on Thurs
day. Never mind; I see her before
long.
Parson Tomlinson and Frank were
in tow-n Saturday, and the Parson in
vited everybody in sight, but me, to
come and see him, eat watermelons,
etc. Dog-gone him, I don’t care; too
many watermelons are not healthy,
anyway.
It does not matter how faithful you
have tried to be in the discharge of
life’s duties, there are seme, when
you are old and helpless, that would
like to give you one more kck to
send you to the bottom. That’s my
experience.
The Chero Cola man, who drives
the truck, says he is going to carry
me on his route to Nicholls and drop
me at Saginaw school house until he
comes back in the afternoon. Then,
if I knew the way I could go to see
one of my chums.
The Ware County News suggests
that Editor Borden has the country
around McDonald “posted against
other newspaper men.” Borden him
self is a tresspasser; I have owned
full rights and privileges at McDon
ald for 25 years.
Elsie Taff, one of my Inman school
chums, says she may come to the
Normal College here next term. I
hope she will, because her success at
Inman convinces me that she will
make good here, or at any other col
lege. And we have the best.
Did you ever know a boy or girl
that would not obey or respect the
wishes of their parents amount to
much? Very seldom; because God
does not make any promises to any
but the obedient, and then the obstin
ate boy or girl doesn’t deserve any
thing.
Bro. Gardner, of Broxton, was in
town again last Tuesday w-ith a load
of strawberries for sale, and gave me
a basket full for my dinner. If it
was not for these kind friends from
the country giving me something now
and then my dinner plate would be
very light.
Since the New- Forest school house
has been repainted, the yards re
cleaned, it is one of the prettiest
rural school houses and grounds in
Southern Georgia. And I might add,
has some of the cleverest boys and
prettiest girls in the county in the
neighborhood.
John Hall, Jr., and Rochell Chap
pell, were on Ward street last Sun
day afternoon w-ith a girl on either
side. Two girls to the boy. What
do you know about that? And doesn’t
it go to show- that some girls in
Douglas are not particular about who
they go with ?
I have not had a messege over the
phone from Lucy Fussell at Ambrose
in a month, and I don’t know- wheth
er the red-headed fellow- is still fool
ing around Rebecca or net, and she
never would tell me the name of the
fallow that carried Miriam out to
ride last Sunday afternoon.
Some men, who have their children
to work and help them make their
crops, are too mean and stingy to
give their children a dollar for the
Enterprise, still they spend ten times
that amount for whiskey. To com
pare them with a skunk I would have
to do so with apologies to the skunk.
One of my chums down near Nich
olls says “she saw Wesley Meeks us
ing a long-handle broom to curry his
(horse, as she passed Mr. Lester Cole’s
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 1, 1916.
lot last Saturday. Wesley didn’t
want to bend his back.” Poor fel
low; we will have to come dow-n and
bring a porous plaster for that lame
back.
The laws on running automobiles
are to be found in another place this
week, and if the proper authorities
do their duty some reckless automo
[bile drivers are going to be arrested.
| There are some in this town and
county that never carry a rear light
I and many times are without any in
front.
Elsie Taff invited me to go and
see her last Sunday, her 17th birth
day. Sorry I could not go, for no
one will ever hear of her having an
other birthday until after she is mar
ried. If she is not married in the
next year, the 25th of June, she will
“just be sixteen.” They come back
ward instead of forward.
Married, last Saturday night, June
24, at the residence of Mr. Brown, in
north Waycross, Mr. Lawrence Cato
and Miss Mae Quinn, J. M. Freeman,
J. P., officiating. Both parties are
well anr favorably known, anr have
a host of friends who wish them a
long life of happiness and prosperity,
and among those friends is the writer
The Grand Theatre stood out of
the way when the League was in ses
sion here, when the school entertain
ment was in progress, shut up and
all hands went on the railroad picnic,
and now is giving the best pictures
that are made to Douglas twice a
day. Of course, you should make a
note of this, and govern yourself ac
cordingly.
A girl writing from Hayestown
last Monday says: “Uncle Jim, we
all had high expectation of some wed
ding cake here recently, but Lovie
Moore kicked out of gear.” That’s
all right; tell the fellow to save his
license until I get there, and we’ll
hold Lovie until I can snap the buc
kle. Then she can kick as much as
she pleases.
Mattie Kirkland, at Wray, says
she “has not fully decided which one
of her fellows she will marry.” Well,
she must not be so particular; they
are all nice fellows, and the price is
just the same—sl.7s for license and
$2.00 for “hitching ’em up”—looks
like $3.75 is cheap enough for a girl
about her size.
Arlo Cothern and Cadie Herrin,
down on Nicholls Rfd. No. 1, says
“Here we come to join your band of
chums. Will you have us?” Cer
tainly; you have been mine all the
time, but didn’t know it. Don’t you
go and ask any other fellow that
question. If you do he’ll say: Just
as soon as I can go to Douglas for
license and Uncle Jim.
Una and Mattie Kirkland, Mineola
Cone, Lula Revie, were all in town
at one time last Tuesday, insisted
that they wanted to go to jail, and
almost compelled me to go with them.
After looking around a little while,
and were leavig, the prisoners invit
ed them to “come again, ladies, we
are always glad to see you,” but they
never promised to return.
Willie Durst went to Augusta this
week on one of his wild goose chases,
leaving Mrs. Durst at home to hold
both ends of the bag. Strange how
many people go to Macon, Atlanta
and Augusta these days on “busi
ness,” and they never let any one at
home know what that business was.
Hanged if I don’t believe there’s
“something dead up the branch.”
My friend Pafford, who lives a few
miles out of town, furnished a nice
dish of peas for my dinner last Tues
day. If he had just thought about
it and brought along a little piece of
meat to season them with he would
have hit the nail on the head. He will
do that in hog killing time, and if I
can just make my meat skins hold
out for chewing until then, I’ll be
safe.
“Wireless” tells me that Prof. Em
mett Whelchel, of this city, has a bad
case of heart affection. The main
cause lives up at Sandersville, in
Washington county. Uncle Sam’s
mail service does carrier pigeon duty
between them three times a wek, and
Emmett’s friends declare the thump
| ing in his bosom grows louder every,
time the mail comes. Desperate,
isn’t it?
People are beginning to talk about
the reckless manner in which auto
mobiles are run in this tow-n, and
they want to know why the marshal
does not make cases against those
who run over ten (the posted speed
limit) miles per hour. Can get all
the evidence wanted if he’ll notice.
After some child is knocked dow-n
and killed will be too late in that par
ticular case.
“Ira Burkett and Layman Cothern
of Burkettown, went to see Gertie
Adams last Sunday evening. One of
i them talked to the girl and the other
was caught in D. W. Cothern’s water
melon patch near by,” a girl w-rites
me, but another report says “Ira
found Arlo dow-n in the watermelon
patch.” Well, all right; I don’t
blame the boy, because pretty girls
and watermelons go mighty well to
gether.
Mary and Tishie (not the one w-ith
the striped dress) Harper, up here
near Ambrose, had their fellows with
them last Sunday. Little bird says
Mary “w-as too happy to talk much.”
Tha’s the way they get before some
thing happens., Tishie had a “far
away look in her eyes like she was
trying to make up her mind about
something.” Look here, you reckon
I’m about to lose tw-o chums up in
that section?
Arlo Cothern went home with
Cadie and Gussie Herrin, dow-n on
Nicholls Rfd. No. 1 last Sunday, and
as usual, and got into some mischief.
They went out and robbed a hen’s
nest, cooked the eggs and were get
ting ready to eat them when the
lady of the house caught up with
them. They refused to eat the eggs
then, when given to them, because
they wouldn’t be stolen. “Stolen
things are always the best,” as her
fellow said w-hen he kissed Gussie on
the cheek, as she w-as looking the
other way. See right now I’ve got
to go down there before long. Will
you meet me, girls?
LOW EXCURSION FARES
Via
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
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FROM WILLACOOCHEE
To
BRUNSWICK JACKSONVILLE, ST.
AUGUSTINE, ST. PETERSBURG
AND TAMPA
JULY NINETEENTH
Tickets sold to Brunswick, Jack
sonville and St. Augustine limited to
reach original starting point return
ing not later than midnight July 24.
Tickets sold to Tampa and St. Peters
burg limited to midnight July 25,
1916.
For fares, schedules and further
information, call on
W. T. SINGLETON,
Ticket Agent A. C. L. Ry. Company,
Willacooch.ee, Ga,
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Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike?
Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen
that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of
$100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by
reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. /
With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads
have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such
a public body.
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of
the controversy is as follows:
"Our conference* have i)emon*tra*ed that we cannot harmonize our difference* of opinion and that eventually the
matter* in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your
proposals and the proposition o( the railways be disposed of by one or the other of the following methods:
1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its
accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posi
tion to consider and protect the rights and equities of ali the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue
necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and
reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises,
that we jointly request Congress to take such action as may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and
promptly dispose of the questions involved; or
2. Ky arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law” (The Newlands Act).
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New
York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration
or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether
authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the
public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons:
No other body with such an intimate knowi-dge ployes as wages; and the money to pay increased wages
of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned posi- can come from no other source than the rates paid
tion in the public confidence. by the public.
The rates the railroads may charge the public for The Interstate Commerce Commission with its con
transportation are now largely fixed by tins Govern- tro | over rateti is j rl g pos ; t i on to make „ comp | ete
ment board. investigation and render such decision as would pro-
Out of every dollar received by the railroads from tect the interests of the railroad employes, the owner*
the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the em- of the railroads, and the public.
A Question For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of
$100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only
one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that
shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts.
The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an
impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare.
National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, Chairman
IP. R ALBRIGHT, Gen't .Manater, G. H. EMERSON. Gen’t Manatar, N. O. MAHER. Pt^Ao/iw!,
Atlantic Coaal Line Railroad. Great Northern Railway. Norfolk & Western Railway.
L. W. BAL DWIN, Gen't Manatar, C. H. EWING. Gn'l Mar.ater, JAMES RUSSELL, Gen'l danatrr.
Ccotral of Georgia Railway. Philadelphia A Reading Railway. Denver A Rio Grande Railroad.
C. L. BARDO, Gen't Manater, E. W. GRICE. Gen'tSnU. Tran i*.. A. M. SCHOYER. Resident Vica-Pm.
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Cheaapeake A Ohio Railway. Pennsylvania Lines West.
E. H. COAPMAN, Vicr-Pressdnt. A. S. GREIG. Aset, fa Receivers. W. L. SEDDON. Vice-Pres..
Southern Railway. St. Louis A San Francisco Railroad. Seaboard Air Line Railway.
S E. COTTER. Gen't Manater. C. W. KOUNS. Gen 1 Manner. A. J. STONE, Vice-President.
Wabssb Railway. Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe Railway. Erie Railroad
P E CROWLEY, Aset. Vice Presidnt, H. W. McMASTER. Gent Manater, G. S. WAID. Vice-Pres 9 Gn'l Mm
New York Central Railway. Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. Sunset Central Lute*.
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