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THE DOUGLftS ENTERPRISE DOUGLAS, GEORGIA ESTABLISHED 1868 Published Every Saturday By THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. R. ERIER, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR SI.OO SIX MONTHS... 50 THREE MONTHS.- 25 Publishes The Legil Advertising Of The City Of Douglas, Coffev County, And County Commissioners. Entered as sec >t-.d class matter at the postoffice at Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of Inarch 8, 1879. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS AND CRIMF- In his annual address before the police chiefs of Georgia in Savannah Wednesday, Leonard M. Summer of Cordele, as president of that body, tells these officers of the law that compulsory education and free school books are our bulwark against crime and a remedy for the storming of jails and the lynchings of de praved human creatures. He,further declares that education of the right kind gives men strength to control their passions and to over come their primeval animal desire for revenge. It helps them to see, he further argues with a great deal of common sense, that the destruc tion of a criminal is no more complete when he is held dangling from the limb of the stately oak or lowly pine than when regularly executed by due and solemn process of law. Lynching and mob rule sow the seeds of outlawry and evil begets evil, he says, but education lifts the vc-H and helps us to see the better effect of a supreme devotion to the majesty of the law. As to detail President Summer is not so much concerned. It is the principle—education as a sure remedy against the great crime of lynch ing. The state will have to enforce any com pulsory measure, but the state ought not to have to do with the free school books. That’s a matter which ought to be set on the shoulders of the county or the school community. But both are coming and future generations are to rvap the benefits of a more widely distributed educational training among the children of to day. The advantages to be had from free school books and enforced school attendance belong to the future, but it is none the less our duty to give our young the advantages which they cannot have without our assistance. In illiteracy we stand almost at the foot of the list. To be more accurate, we are third from the bottom of the list of states. Is Sum mer right when he estimates that a lack of education permits the rising up of primeval animal revenge in the lyncher? And does this account for the fact that we do more lynching than our sister states? One reason of lynching such as infests our state is enough to destroy the work of a gen eration directed to the establishment of the law. People of culture, refinement and educa tion have nothing to do with lynchings. Men who take the law in their hands usually have no regard for the good order and peace of the community and they are of a class that educa tion of the present will never reach. Their day of refinement of character by education is gone. .So we must build for a love of order and peace through the b vs of today. They must be edu cated . Compi.lsoryeducation and free school books are both employed by other states with telling influence and they ought not to be de layed in Georgia. The lyncher of today should be dealt with summarily for the reason that he sows for the state to reap murderers and outlaws. The lynchers of tomorrow will not materialize if the boys are educated to that state where they can themselves know the full meaning of the maj esty of the law. —Cordele Dispatch. < 0 The Enterprise expects to revise their sub scription list in a few days and a great number will be cut off unless they pay up right away. With the present high cost of newspaper which has over doubled in the past few months, we w*ll be unable to furnish the paper to our sub scribers unless they are more prompt with their obligations. The political campaign is on and you won’t want to miss a copy, so in order to receive it regularly, you had better send us your check, and that this month. 0 wd- are advised that the Central route of the Dixie Highway gets two-thirds of the travel, just as we thought it would. We have the best road and shorten mileage, the two big features of a highway. < Joe Pottle spoke over at Alapaha, Berrien county, last Tuesday, to somethig nlike 1,000 people, and made a very fine political speech. He is an orator and always entertains his au- AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KINSFOLK. While we believe every farmer should try to think of his neighbor as a brother, whether he is any blood kin or not, and co-operate with him accordingly, yet the fact remains that it is easier to work out such co-operation where the way has been paved for it, as it were, by the ties and intimacies of family relationship. Consequently it is especially among broth ers and cousins, and between fathers and sons, that we are going to plead for that co-operation in farm work —that co-operation which condi tions render necessary if the small farmer is to meet the competition of the wealthier far mer with better equipment. Economic neces sity forced farmers in Ireiand and Denmark to co-operate, and an awakening to the facts we have mentioned must sooner or later force our small farmers into more brotherly and more profitable relations. Already, in fact, we think we see signs of this coming change in agricultural meth'ods. Acting at the request of some cousins, I have just sold to two brothers a 200-acre farm ad joining my old home farm, and these brothers will be able to get the advantages of co-opera tive farming even if they do not make it a part nership. Similarly, I find two of my own cous ins working together in farming this year. And I visited a community not long ago in which a group of eight or ten brothers and cousins vir tually had a community of their own, working together almost like one big family. In city business it is common enough t» find father and son, or brother and brother, in part nership. In spite of the greater difficulties, such virtual partnerships should be more com mon in the country. They would not only mean more profits for both parties, but the stimulus, inspiration and comradship of working togeth er would enrich many a life.—Clai'ence Poe, in The Progressive Farmer. Over in the Second district, there is a hot congressional fight betweeen Judge Cox and Congressman Frank Park. There appears to be some pep in the campaign of that district, so unlike conditions over here in the old Elev enth. But we believe it is better to have it quiet, less feeling, so that when the race is over we will not have so far to go to get back to gether again. 0 Judge W. C. Lankford and Judge W. E. Thomas, two of the congressional candidates in this district, attended the hig barbecue at Alapaha, in Berrien county, on the Fourth, and made speeches to the 1,000 people present. Both of these gentlemen were at their best and the crowd was very attentive throughout the addresses of both. 0 Judge Lankford, our congressional candi date, continues his campaign with much ear nestness. He is out nearly all the time ming ling with and speaking to the voters. He feels much encouraged over the prospects, and if a thorough campaign counts for anything, the Judge will figure with ’em on election day. 0 Macon was host to thousands of people on the glorious Fourth, and the report is that she entertained them lavishly and to their entire satisfaction. The legislature was also present in a body and of course it was up to Macon to do her best on an occasion like this. J. J. Brown is talking about running for Commissioner of Agriculture against the pres ent encumbent. Hon. J. D. Price. Now Brown may run like wild fire in some spots, but we doubt his making much of a show in Coffee county. And should he? 0 One of the hottest fights in the legislature will be the Savannah affair, and following close on the heels of this will be the several new county fights, all of which will make this ses sion a memorable one. 0 The campaign for governor progresses slow ly but surely. The lineup is gradually being made but it will be along in August before the real heat of the campaign shows up. o Reports from everywhere around are that Coffee county has some of the best crops she has had in her history. The corn and cotton crops are both mighty fine. o Jet Bowden has one of the best press agents in the country. Jet believes in printers’ ink. and some of the other candidates might follow his custom in this respect. 0 Joe Pottle is making more speeches than all of the other three candidates combined. This counts, too. and will make a tremendous show ing later on. 0 In our opinion. Dr. L. G. Hardman will be one of the two leading candidates for governor in the race now on. 0 What has become of the paved streets proposition ? THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. JULY 8, 1916. Watt-Holmes Hardware Co. J. H. JORDAN, Manager Phone 74 ——————————————————— $380.00 f. o. b. Factory Wood’s Hobilette “The Car That Cuts the Cost ot Upkeep” America’s Lightest High-Powered Automobile, Supreme in Economy, Convenience and Efficiency It is a big saving in First Cost —Tires, Gasoline, Oil, Repairs, Insurance, Accessories, Cleaning, Worry and Time .Easy to start, operate, ride in, own, maintain, and keep in condition. i A beautiful and dignified automobile that you will be proud to own. I have the agency for the following counties: Coffee, Ben Hill, Irwin, Berrien and Tift. Call on me for demonstration. EUGENE MERIER, Teo^a Blackstone E Perfect Traction Tread Non-Skid Tires The non-skid efficiency of the Blackstone tread stays with the casing— it does not lose its “life” as soon as the newness wears off. The price is right —we bought them at a price that will give you the most miles for the least money. * ■ ,