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'“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
CEO. WHITE KILLS TOM DANILL
ABOUT NOON TODAY. NOW IN JAIL
The city was 'shocked about noon
today ■when the news spread broad
est that George White, a barber
working at Brooks’ barber shop, shot
and killed Tons Daniels, a painter by
trade, at the home of Flander Gas
kin, -tei the eastern part of the city.
After the sheeting was over. White
walked direct to the court house and
told Jailor Smith, who was sitting
on the front steps, to come ©n and
lock him up. Smith immediately fol
lowed and placed White in one of the
cells.
Several Stories.
It is hand to get the same stony
about the affair and the casises lead
ing up to it, but the best obtainable
is as follows:
On Thursday morning Flander
Gaskin, a hrother-in-law o? George
White, was dodged in jail on a charge
"■of assault .with intent to murder, be
ing charged by his wife’s brother,
John .Ivey,'iff trying to kill his wife.
Flander Gaskin and Tom Daniel are
brothers-in-law, having married two
sisters, the daughters of Air. Joe
Ivey, if seems that Gaskin and his
wife had been separated for several
days, .and .trouble had been brewing
between them, when the assault was
made, »esulting in Gaskin’s ;arrest.
It is also said that George White was
sore ;d»«out rhis brother-in-law being
locked up.
Daniel and White Confer.
It is said ,£hat about noon today
(Friday') Tom Daniels went to
Brooks’ shop and called out .George
White. The .two were in conversa
tion far several minutes in front of
the post office, although nothing out
of 'the (Ordinary conversation .seeras
to have (Occurred. After the conver
sation, George White went hack into
the barber shop and got his hat and
proceeded alone to the home of Flan
der Gaskin, in the eastern part of
the city. There he found Gaskin’s
wife alone with lihe children. In a
few minutes, it .is said, Tom Daniels
appeared on the scene, and the three
were in the kitchen engaged in a
conversation about the case of F lan
der Gaskin.
Mrs. Gaskin’s Story.
Mrs. Flander Gaskin says that
Daniels and White, after being in the
house a few minutes, engaged in a
heated conversation, while standing
in the kitchen door. She says that
the argument was .or seems to he
about the conversation that had oc
curred down in front of the post of
fice an hour before. White, it is
said, claimed that Daniels said so and
so, and Daniels denied having said
it. It grew more heated until Dan
iels put his hands on White’s shoul
der and told him that he did not say
it. At this juncture, it is said, White
pulled out his pistol and shot him
thru the breast, the ball going just
above the heart. Mrs. Gaskin was
the only eye witness to the shooting.
After the shooting, Daniels walked
out the kitchen door on thru the
room and front piazza, and down the
steps, falling, when he reached the
ground, and died immediately. White
proceeded, as stated, to jail, and de
livered himself to the officers.
White’s Story.
George White, after he was locked
up, makes the statement, so we are
informed by the sheriff, that Daniels
was coming on to him with a knife
when he shot him. The sheriff says
that no knife was found about Dan
iels, and Mrs. Flander Gaskin says
that she saw no knife.
The whole affair is a regrettable
one as both parties are prominently
connected and had many friends in
the city. Both are hard working
men, and have lived here for many
years, Daniels having been reared in
the county. Mr. White has lived in
Douglas for several years, and a few
years ago married the daughter of
Mrs Joe Gaskin, of this city.
—
R. C .LAW, BARBER, IN JAIL.
R. C. Law, a barber at Corn’s bar
ber shop, and who has been in the
city for a few weeks, was arrested
about noon today, on a charge of
Bimple larceny, being charged with
taking money from the pockets of
Cooney Lott.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 10
NASHVILLE MAYOR ASKED
BY COUNCIL TO RESIGN
Nashville, Ga., July s.—The city
council oof Nashville has passed reso
lutions commending the resolutions
recently passed at a mass meeting of
the citizens of that plsue in wtecih
Mayor J. D. Lovett was called upon
to resign his office.
Mayor Lovett’s resignation is de
manded on the ground that lie has
accepted employment to work te the
interest of the proposed new county
of 'Cook, which, if created, will take
away a considerable slice of Berrien
county. The city council declares in
its resoultions that the creation of
the new county will be detrimental
to both the interests of the city of
Nashville and the comity of Berrien.
PiNKOM
The packing and leading off the
famous Pink Queen cantaloupes, and
the daily shipment *if extra fine .wat
ermelons in car load lots for the past
itwo weeks, add materially .to the bus
iness activity in ansi a Soul Douglas
these summer days. The seasons have
been most favorably for growing and
maturing both melons and canta
loupes in this vicinity and the quality
off the two fruits, that are adding to
Georgia’s wealth and fame, is the
truest.
We understand that the carftaloupes
a»e being marketed at prices that
are very satisfactory to the -growers.
The 'production per acre is fair in ad
vance of last year, and the quality is
all that could be desired. Under
these conditions, the farmers will no
doubt plant heavily another year.
The finest watermelons grown in
Georgia are moving, several cars'
daily, to the northern markets. Some
of the growers are leading and sell
ing them at fair prices f. o. b. Doug
las. Others are shipping and mar
keting through jobbers and commis
sion dealers in the large cities of the
North. The Chamber of Commerce
is taking an active inteest in finding
the best possible markets for the
growers and the sales reported so
far have been highly satisfactory.
The high quality of these and oth
er products grown here demonstrate
thoroughly that nowhere, North or
South, can soil arid climate conditions
surpass those of old Coffee in the pro
duction of things that command good
prices and ready cahs when properly
piarketed. The truck industry will
be a boon to this section if adhered
to wisely and persistently. The pro
duction of things for the market is
easy, but finding a market after they
are grown is where the difficulty lies.
A marketing association, or bureau,
should solve the problem, and in the
inauguration of same, the Chamber
of Commerce can give valuable as
sistance.
WHAT COMES OF IT.
At First Baptist church next Sun
day morning, the pastor will have
for his subject, “What Comes of Be
lievers in Jesus as the Christ of God,
the Lamb of God, the Son of God.”
This will be the third of a series of
sermons in the Gospel according to
John. Hear it.
Bible School meets at 4:00 p. m.
W. C. Bryan is superintendent.
Usual preaching and popular ser
vice at 7:45 p. m. Come!
This is the Friendly Church.
T. S. HUBERT, Pastor.
HATS BELOW COST.
We will close our doors in about
tert days. All hats at and below cost.
Wish to thank all for their generous
patronage and hope to be with you'
in September next.
BROXTON MILLINERY CO. '
Broxton, Ga.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 8, 1916.
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners.
ATKINSON COUNTY BILL LOSES
WHEN VOTE IS TAKEN THURSDAY
A vote on the Atkinson county bill
was had in the House on last Thurs
day about nooij, and the bill faihd to
pass. Messrs.. J. C. Ellis, C. E. Ba
ker, John M .'Govern and Thos. Hol
land, four of* Coffee’s esmmissioners,
were on hand to light the passage.
In addition to these gentlemen, At
torney T. A.. Wallace and W. A. Wood
were pres ant to assist in tine fight
against th e passage of the bill. There
was also a, large delegation -from Wil
lacoochee present working against
the bill.
The following account off the vote
and the speeches made in the House,
appeared in the Macon Telegraph on
Friday morning, and we eerewitb re
produce same:
7!w Telegraph’s Story,
j The bill to create the county cf
, Atkinson by cutting off a portion of
Coffee county, though strongly sup
ported on the floor of the house to
’day, failed *to pass, with only 39 mem -
bers voting against it. Being a con
stitutional amendment, it required
126 to pass the bill, .and only 119,
other than Hie 39 opponents, were in
; the house to vote. The showing made
/ for the measure was .a strong one,
|an especially forrceful "speech in be
half of the new 'County being made
by H. H. Elders, of Tattnall, and a
beautiful tribute paid to the memory
fof the late Goyennor W. 'Y. Atkinson,
'of Coweta county, for whom the new
county would be named, by Garland
M. Jones, of Coweta. Strong oppo
sition to the creation of any more new
"counties was voiced by Henry J. Full
bright, of Burke, and Judge W. W.
Stark, cf Jackson.
The Cook county bill comes on for
.action tomorrow morning, having
| been made the order following the
Atkinson county bilk
Effort to Split New Counties.
An effort was made to split in be
tween consideration of the Atkinson
'and Cook county bills, but it lost.
Representative Neill, of Muscogee,
whose primary election bill, seeking
to make the county unit system a
law and do away with conventions,
was the special order for today, and
Mr. Neill moved that it be defend
until immediately after consideration
of the Atkinson county bill. To this
objection was raised and a substitute
motion offered by Mr. Knight, of Ber
rien, that it be made the next order
after the Cock county bill, inasmuch
as the county bills had already been
arranged to follow one behind the
other.
Judge Stark fought any postpone
ment of a genera] state for the pur
pose of going into consideration of a
measure which, he said, is almost en
tirely local in its interest. However,
on vote the substitute motion by
Knight of Berrien, carried and the
election bill was put over. If the
Cook county measure is concluded be
fore the end of the Friday session
the election bill be taken up and dis
posed of. If not, it will be the next
order of business thereafter.
Speaking for Atkinson County.
Five speeches were made in behalf
of the Atkinson County bill and three
against it.
Representative Bob Dickerson, of
Clinch, said the people of that sec
tion have been trying to break into
the doors of the legislature and get
this county for the past ten years.
He declared that the members cf the
house and the senator favor passage
of the bill, as do those representa
tives from the terriory surrounding
Coffee; that the only opposition comes
fom those of other sections. It is a
matter of local interest to • the peo
ple of the localiy where it is sought
to create the new county, he said,
and does not affect the members or
the people from other counties.
Mr. Fyllbright, of Burke, took is
sue with that view, contending that
the creation of a new county directly
affected every member of the house
and the people of all the state. He
contended that the members of the
house are not local representatives
sent there solely in the interest of
ambitious towns or communities, but
they are represenatives of the state
of Georgia, and every time one new
county is created it invites some oth
er ambitious and prosperous little
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
town to want to be a county seat.
[“The whole thing,” he said, “‘is tend
ing to that end where first thing we
know we will be trying to so cut up
the State of Georgia, that every mi
litia district in it will be a county,
jand already there are too many of
jthem. The situation is becoming con
gested; and this thing of creating
j new counties and new offices, regard
less almost, has reached that state
j where we can’t move around up here
fan the capital ,now. In a litle while
|.you ■wssl have to add a lot more room
f'to this building—or move it some
where else where you can build one
jlsTge 'enough to accommodate the
t needs as they stand now.” He said
|T>e has consistently opposed the cre
mation of additional new counties from
Title cutset, believing it not in the best
; interest of the state generally, but
his opposition hadn’t been very ef
, fee five.
j Tribute to Departed 'Statesman.
\ Ga;land M. Jones, of Coweta, de
< siring only to speak on the subject of
■ the name proposed for the new coun
ty, jinid a magnificent tribute to the
j memory of the late Governor Wil
iliam Yates Atkinson and said, “Geor
gia Ban do nothing more fitting than
to commemorate the name of this
great statesman; to perpetuate the
memory of ‘Bill’ Atkinson, of the
county which I have the honor now
to represent; the name of a man who
gave his life for the state he so loved”
Judge W. W. Stark, of Jackson, ar
gued that the time has come to cal!
a halt on the new county fad. “We
are getting into the habit of side
tracking the business of the state of
Georgia at every session to go into
these local fights, and It ought to be
stopped. There are too many coun
ties in the state now, and certainly
there is a stopping place somewhere,
and I think it is here and now.”
Mr. Dickerson, of Clinch, asked
'him: “Then you favor killing a good
bill in order to keep some bad bill
alive?”
“Why,” replied Judge Stark, “I be
lieve in smashing the head of a snake
wherever he sticks it up.”
Representative Smith, of Dade,
said 16 per cent of the tax money col
lected in the state now goes to pay
salaries of too numerous officers, and
the continued creation of new coun
ties means a continuation of that.
Besides, he said, it costs abot as much
to run a small county as it does a
I large one, and that feature of the
situation adds to the burden of the
local people themselves.
Mr. Elders, of Tattnall, believed
strongly in the creation of a new
county in any isolated section where
by that section would be made to
develop and become a thriving and
more valuable part of the state. He
pictured a condition of isolaion in this
instance, and said he would see the
situation in the same light wherever
the great undeveloped parts of Geor
gia could be brought to a period ar.d
state of development and enhance
ment in valtlfc.
Charged Use of Money.
In concluding the debate Mr. Stew
art, ox Coffee, who had made a strong
showing of the desire of the people
of one part of Coffee for the creation
of the new county and the acquies
cence of the others charged that four
members of the board of county com
missioners, illegally acting, have us
ed county money without authority
for fighting the new county; that they
have taken SSOO out of the common
treasury “to come up here to Atlan
ta and have a good time and try to
kill the measure.”
“But they had better get ready for
me; I’m going back down home and
make it hot for them, and I put them
on notice now, and the people of the
county, that I am going to make each
of them dig down somewhere and get
$125 apiece and put it back into the
county treasury—or there’s going to
be trouble.”
On the roll call, the bill being put
on its passage, the result was 119 for
its passage, 39 against it. The bill
lost for lack of seven votes, and Rep
resentative Ed. Wohlwender, of Mus
cogee, gave notice of intention to
makee motion at the proper time to
reconsider.
HUGH DOBSEY WILL ADDRESS
VOTERS HERE THURSDAY, 2 P. M.
A REWARD OF $1„©00 IS
OFFERED FOR DOWTHER
Waycross, Ga., July s.—City coun
cil tonight authorized a reward of
SI,OOO for the arrest of former City
Clerk A. C. Lowther. Previously a
.reward of SIOO was offered. Rumors
had reached council that the former
clerk could been located if a larger
reward wtr e offered. The last heard
of Lowther was when he wrote May
or Beaton from Atlanta in January,
confessing to a shortage, it was said.
NEWIIIEIS IN
TRODUCED DAILY
The passage of one general bill,
that provided for a board of optom
etry, and of a number of local bills,
uneontested, was the principal busi
ness transacted Wednesday by the
house of representatives.
Members of the house continued to
introduce many new bills, one of
these being to raise the salaries of
members of the legislature from $4
to $7 pr diem, with the speaker’s sal
ary increased from $7 to $lO.
A number of important bills, taken
up for passage, were postponed to
some future date at the request of
the authors of the bills.
The bill providing for a revision of
the state game laws came up for pas
sage and was recommitted to the com
mittee on fish and game.
A bill drawn by Representative
Swift, of Muscogee, to give the Wes
tern & Atlantic commission power to
deal with all encroachments upon the
roads and rights of way was not sub
mitted in the house Wednesday.
A bill was also drawn to strike
from the Western & Atlantic act the
proviso conferring upon the commis
sion the power to prescribe the terms
and conditions under which the tracks
may be used by other roads. Both
bills were introduced in the senate.
1511 PEOPLE
VISIT REUNION
Over 1,500 decendants and friends
of the famous Meeks and Moore fam
ilies of Coffee county gathered them
slves together at the old Charles
Meeks place, two miles east of Nich
clls, on last Tuesday, July 4, for a
general reunion.
The place is now owned by Dr. D.
H. Meeks, of Nicholls, and is over a
hundred years old, and for this rea
son the two big families decided to
bold their annual reunion there.
The large crowd came from miles
around and during the early part of
the day the crowd had gathered, it
seemed, from everywhere. A big
basket dinner was served at noon and
everybody left satisfied, and there
was plenty to eat and drink, and
quantities of the food was left over.
Judge Jas. I. Summerall, of the
Way cross circuit, was present and
made the reunion speech, reciting a
history of the two famous families.
His speech was well receievd and
much interest was manifested
throughout.
Hon. J. E. T. Bowden, one of the
congressional candidates, was pres
ent and made an address in behalf of
his candidacy. His speech was well
received.
The day as a whole was thoroughly
enjoyed by the large crowd of visit
ors, and the memory of the occasion
will last for years to come in the
minds of the decendants of these fam
ilies.
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We are advised and instructed by
the friends of Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey
to announce that he will speak at the
court house in Douglas on next
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, July
13. He will speak at Ocilla in the
morning at ten o’clock and ccome here
from there. It is very likely that he
will spend the remainder of the af
ternoon here, as he speaks in Jeff
Davis county on the following morn
ing.
Mr. Dorsey's campaign managers
have a long list of dates arranged for
Mr. Dorsey, extending to August 1,
and this program which was shown
us by one of his supporters here,
calls for two speeches daily. That
he expects to make an aggressive,
campaign now seems evident.
The hour of two o’clock in the af
ternoon will enable the people from
Nicholls, McDonald, Pearson, WilJa
coochee, Mora, Ambrose, Broxton,
Westgreen and other parts of the
county, to come here and hear him
and return on the afternoon trains.
Large delegations are expected to be
present from every section of the
county.
This will be the first campaign
speech made in Coffee county during
the present campaign, that is, in the
irace for governor. That a political
speech attracts the people of this sec
tion goes with saying. The friends
of the other candidates will likely an
nounce dates for speeches at a later
date.
TROOPS MOYE
IN TEN DAYS
That no Georgia tboops be permit
ted to move from Macon for at least
ten days was the essential feature of
a report prepared Wednesday night
by Maj. T. Q. Donaldson, inspector
general of the department of the east
U. S. A., who yesterday made an in
spection ftff the greater part of the
national guard encamped at Camp
Harris.
Maj. Donaldson alsio reported to
Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the
[department, that the camp is in ex
cellent condition and that the per
sonnel of the men is “fair,” but that
so many rookies as now are in the
ranks should be whipped into better
shape before any unit is forwarded
to the border.
May All Move at One.
This probably will mean that the
j entire Georgia brigade will move at
I one time, the various commands go
ing forward, after the entraining
once is started, as fast as rolling
stock can be provided for them. Their
destination will be Del Rio, a central
point on th e Rio Grande, above Eagle
Pass, to which section many eastern
troops have alreadw been sent.
The Georgia troops still are woe
fully short on equipment and, if this
is to be supplied at Camp Harris,
they could scarcely be ready to move
Monday afternoon, at which time the
departure of the Second infantry had
been arranged. It is not believed
that the government will supply the
soldiers and mules in Georgia, but
will transport them to Texas and out
fit them with stock that has been sea
soned and already is in federal cor
rals there. Only sufficient mules to
move the army wagons will be need
ed in Macon and these easily may be
hired.
To supply the men with horses and
mules here would necessitate the gov
ernment going to the added expend
of providing a long stock train or
two for each regiment and the horses
and mules that could be purchased in
the east would not be hardened or ac
climated for the service that will be
required on the southwestern frontier
It is possible, however, that the gov
ernment, before the troops are or
dered to move, may face a stock
shortage in the west and ask for bids
in Geogria. Under present arrange
ments, these would have to be for
warded to Fort Royal, Vu.