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"The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
WITH HIKES WASHED AWAY
VOTERS COME OVER 900 STHONG
TO HEAR HUGH DORSEY SPEAA
About five hundred people, a con
servative estimate, met at the court
house in Douglas on Thursday after
noon at two o’clock to hear the
speech of Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey, one
of the candidates for governor. The
bridges were down over the county,
some of them chained to trees to keep
them from floating away, and the
roads were washed and rough, all
due to the recent downpour of rain,
but even this did not keep the people
away, and early in the morning the
crowds begin to appear, and by speak
ing time a full house was present to
hear this distinguished Georgian
make his first Coffee county address.
The speaker arrived in an automo
bile from Ocilla where he spoke at
ten o’clock to a very large Irwin
county audience. He got here about
2 o’clock, and began his speech at
2:30. The speaker was introduced by
Solicitor M. D. Dickerson, of the
Waycross circuit. Mr. Dickerson
paid a splendid tribute to the speak
er and made a very earest introduc
tory speech, as the solicitor always
does. *
Mr. Dorsey began his speech in a
calm and deliberate fashion and pro
ceeded throughout in the same man
ner, speaking his words with the ut
most earnestness and in a most con
vincing style. He told the people
what he would try to do if he was
elected governor. He took up each
plank of his platform and was very
positive in his explanation of his pur
poses, should he be favored with the
commission of the people. He told
several little stories explanatory to
the point in question, and all of these
seemed to be appreciated by the
crowd, who responded with applause
each time.
The candidate took up each of his
opponents and in a very neat way
discussed their differences, making
no unkind remarks about either of
them. He devoted about the same
space of time to each of them.
At the conclusion of his speech the
crowd applauded freely, the deafening
noise coming from every section of
the room, and from the galleries
above, which were packed.
Speaks At the Shops.
After he had finished his speech at
the court house, Mr. Dorsey shook
hands with as many people as he
could there and was then ushered in
to an automobile and carried to the
Georgia & Florida shops, where he
made a few minutes’ speech to the
boys out there, who were kept away
from the speaking on account of the
time of day. Some of them had tele
phoned in during the morning asking
if he could go out there, or postpone
his speech until four o’clock, and it
was thought best to have him go out
there, as the farmers from all over
the county had gathered here with
the expectation of hearing Mr. Dor
sey at 2 o’clock, and return to their
home before night. At the shops,
Mr. Dorsey shook hands with as many
of the men as possible.
The candidate remained in Douglas
until 7:20 when he left on the Geor
gia & Florida train for Hazlehurst
to spend the night. He will speak
at Union school house in Jeff Davis
county today at ten o’clock.
The speaker is booked for two
speechesa day for the next ten days,
and in that time will have -covered
something over twenty counties. He
will wind up the week in Lowndes
county, spending Sunday in Valdos
ta, where his wife’s people live.
NOTICE.
Those now registered in Coffee
county and living in one district de
siring to change to another can con
veniently do so now by notifying or
seeing Eugene Merier, or Tax Col
lector Dan Vickers.
FOR SALE.
I am selling White Leghorns at
fifty cents apiece for the next two
weeks. J. I. HATFIELD,
Douglas, Ga.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 11
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HON. HUGH M. DORSEY
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
IN ATHENS AND AUGUSTA
Augusta, Ga., July 13. —The infant
child of Patrick J. Toomey, 217 Me-
Kinn street, is suffering from what
the attending physician has reported
to the board of health is infantile
paralysis.
Athens, Ga., July 13.—Three cases
of infantile paralysis were reported
here today. All are children of cot
ton mill workers.
SWEAT HALL
NOW OCCUPIED
The Sweat Memorial City Hall is
now completed and the various of
fices are being filled. By the end of
the week all the departments who ex
pect to occupy space in the building
will be moved to their new quarters
and in the future when you desire
business with these people, you will
have to make your visit to the new
hall.
The city clerk’s office was moved
on Thursday. Clerk Knowles was
busy all day with the moving and by
nightfall, the change of headquarters
ifor the city had been made. The
i Chamber of Commerce office and the
office of the Superintendent of coun
ty schools, will be moved this week,
'as well as the larm demonstrator’s
office and the canning club depart
ment.
I The fire engine has also been in
stalled in their new quarters and in
1 a few days everything will be set
tled down to business. The building
I makes a fine appearance in that sec
tion of the city, and is a credit to a
city many times the size of Douglas.
COUNTY BILL
RECONSIDERED
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The Atkinson bill, with Pearson as
the county seat, lost only by seven
votes, and thru the efforts of Rep
resentative C. E. Stewart, was re
considered, and placed on the calen
dar again.
Representative Stewart informs
The Enterprise that he expects the
bill to pass without any trouble, and
is only waiting on a foil attendance
in the legislature. He says that he
has enough votes pledged to pass the
bill, if a full house can be had.
Speaker Burwell is insisting on the
members attending the sessions more
rgularly, and it is likely that the bill
will be voted on in the next few days,
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 15, 1916
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners.
COFFEE COUNTY
DORSEY CLUB
IS ORGANIZED. DR. C. W. FIND
LEY, OF BROXTON, IS PRESI
DENT, AND T. H. BROWN, OF
AMBROSE, SECRETARY.
A few minutes after Mr. Dorsey
finished his speech in Douglas on
Thursday afternoon, a large crowd re
mained in the court room for the
purpose of organizing a “Coffee Coun
ty Hugh Dorsey Club,” and it was
promptly done.
Judge Quincey announced the pur
pose of the meeting and placed in
nomination for chairman of the meet
ing, Dr. C. W. Findley, of Broxton.
Mr .T. H. Brown, of Ambrose, was
made temporary secretary of the
meeting. Later on these officers
were made permanent, and were un
animously elected president and sec
retary, respectively, of Coffee Coun
ty Hugh Dorsy Club.
A plan of organization was dis
cussed and it was decided that Chair
man Findley appoint a committee of
five men from each precinct in the
county, to solicit members to the club
and look after the dub’s interests in
their respective community. These
committees will be named in a few
days.
Broxton came forward with a list
already signed up of 117 names, who
will be members of the Coffee County
Hugh Dorsey Club. The list will be
added to, says Dr. Findley and other
gentlemen from that city.
Ambrose reports that a similar list
will he added there right away. Pear
son, Willacoochee, Kirkland, McDon
ald, on the lower side, will organize
in their respective cities thru their
committees. Nicholls promises to do
her part toward swelling the list, as
well as West Green and other parts
of the county. The matter will be
pushed as vigorously as possible.
THREE CHILDREN ARE
DROWNED IN ALAPAHA
RIVER ON WEDNESDAY
Valdosta, July 13.—Three children
of Henry B. Phillips, of Stockton —
Henry, aged 14; Elizabeth, 10, and
a boy, 2—were drowned in the Alap
aha river there late today, according
to a message received here. Mrs.
Phillips, who was with the children
when they waded into what they be
lieved to be a shallow lagoon made
by the river’s recent overflowing nar
rowly escaped death. Parties have
gone from Naylor and Stockton to
recover the bodies.
Benjamin Pafford, 18-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pafford, of
Milltown, Ga., was also drowned in
the Alapaha river near Milltown to-
Interesting Letter From
Coffee Co. Boys In Camp
Monday Night, July 10.
Just a word to The Douglas En
terprise from the Coffee county boys
of the N. G. U. S., Ga.:
We wish to thank the good folk of
Coffee county for the nice presents
which are being sent to us from
homefolks and friends. Wish also,
in advance, to thank any one that
hasn’t our address for any present,
good news, or anything they wish to
contribute to any of the following:
Guy Freeman, Ralph Freeman, Kin
Starling, Vernie Starling, Rufus Rob
erts, C. D. Dudley, D. C. Odum, Ju
lian Kirkland, Henry Lewis, Clinton
Shappell, Kile Knowles, Lige Tanner,
J. Minchew, Dr. Henry Corbitt, Frank
Summerlin, and many others I can't
call to memory at present.
We are all having lots of fun scout
ing at night and going on extra duty
for it.
Would like to be at some of the
all-day sings and picnics you are hav
ing down here. Tell them to sing
some for us. Rufus Roberts, C. D.
Dudly and Vernie Starling said tell
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
TREAS. OFFICE
IS ABOLISHED
AFTER JAN. 1, THERE WILL BE
NO TREASURER’S OFFICE IN
COFFEE COUNTY. BILL PASS
ES HOUSE AND SENATE.
After January 1 next, the office of
county treasurer of Coffee county
will be a thing of the past. Mr. Tim
Tanner’s term of office will expire on
that date, and Mr. Mark Anderson’s
term was to begin then, but a bill
wa/ introduced and passed in the pres
ent legislature which abolishes the
office, taking effect on January 1 next.
It was thought at one time that the
bill would not pass in its present
shape, as a long petition was gotten
up by Mr. Mark Anderson asking our
representatives to amend the bill so
that the office would not be abolished
but that the treasurer would only re
ceive a salary of $600: per year. The
petition did not work, as the bill was
slated to go thru and it was passed
like greased lightning.
NOTICE.
I suggest as a committee to look
after cleaning off camp ground, Col.
Levi O’Steen, Thos. Griffin, J. A.
Daughtry, Mrs. E. L. Vickers, Mrs.
C. A. Ward and Mrs. B. Peterson.
This committee will please decide
on and advertise a day to meet and
clean off the grounds. Meeting be
gins on Friday night, August 4th.
Respectfully,
H. M. MORRISON.
WHITE WILL
WAIVEHEARING
The status of the George White
case remains about the same. He
has employed Attorney T. A. Wal
lace to represent him. It is under
stood that a preliminary hearing will
be waived and that White will re
main in jail awaiting the action of
the grand jury when it convenes in
September.
White has no statement to make, we
are advised, other than that he acted
in self-defense. The case promises
to be of much interest when the court
convenes in September, and it is ex
pected that a great array of counsel
will be employed on both sides.
day when he dived from the railroad
bridge. Donald Dorsey and Cranford
Peters, his companions, were rescued
by Lawson Patten. They became ex
hausted and couldn’t save Pafford.
the girls to remember them for no
one loves them here. Kin Starling
said he had been so mean he hoped
the girls would forget him while
away, that probably he will make a
better impression when he returns.
Guy Freeman says he wants to go
back and get every boy in the Pear
son district. Think he’s jealous of
his girl.
Lige Tanner says he thinks he’ll
be capable of being sheriff of Atkin
son county when he returns. We all
should have an office in the new coun
ty when we return. We hope to do
much for you all while away.
July 4th was celebrated with pa
-1 rade from Camp to Macon. When
I we return we will celebrate the an
niversary of Villa’s disaster, and his
band. We arc at any rate outrag
eous because we are living a camp
life. We have services every Sun
! day.
News is out. Give all our best re
gards. Tell them to let us hear from
them and send us a copy of The En
terprise.
KIN STARLING.
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J. J. BROWN WILL RESIGN ANO
STATE HEADQUARTERS OF UNION
WILL BE MOVED FROM DOUGLAS
i
W. R. WILSON IN PROVI
DENCE FOR P. G. COURSE
Mr. W. R. Wilson is attending the
American Optical Association which
is in session in Providence, R. I.
Mr. Wilson will take a post grad
uate course in advanced optics while
away.
Mr. F. C. Wilson, of Wheeling, W.
Va., will take care of Mr. Wilson’s
optical practice while he is away.
PRESS /ISSO.
ITJPTUR
The preparations for the annual
meeting of the Georgia Press Asso
ciation to be held in Decatur July
17-19, have been completed and the
program in detail has been arranged.
The advance indications show that
the largest attendance in the history
of the association will be recorded at
the Decatur meeting and a most de
lightful round of events has been ar
ranged by the citizens of Decatur for
the entertainment of the newspaper
folk.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
has co-operated with the Decatur
board of trade and will give a bar
becue to the members of the Georgia
Press Association and the state leg
islature at the southeastern fair
grounds, Wednesday, July 19. The
Decatur end of the entertainment
will include a barbecue at Stone Moun
tain, and a banquet Tuesday evening.
After the close of the Decatur meet
ing the newspaper party will journey
to Savannah, where they will be en
tertained by the newspapers of Sa
vannah and the Savannah convention
bureau. A most delightful time is
expected o the whole trip.
FINE RESULTS SEEN
IN OPTOMETRY BILL
Francis C. Wilson, a Savannah op
tometrist, who stopped over in At
lanta Wednesday en route from Phil
adelphia, where he recently was grad
uated in an advanced course, Thurs
day in speaking of the optometry bill,
passed Wednesday, said it would in
crease the efficiency in this line of
work more than 50 per cent.
“Besides eliminating the quack doc
tor who has been deceiving the pub
lic with ten-cent glasses sold at enor
mous prices,” said Mr. Wilson, “it |
standardizes this business and gets it
upon a higher plane, inuring the
public of having their optical defects
accurately adjusted.”
The bill creates a State board of
examiners in optometry. Georgia is
the thirty-sixth State to adopt such
a law.—Atlanta Georgian.
NEILL PRIMARY BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Atlanta, Ga., July 11.—The house
of representatives Tuesday passed
the Neill bill governing primary elec
tions in Georgia and with it an amend
ment to make the law apply to this
year’s primaries.
Provisions of the bill are that all
primaries for governor, U. S. sena
tor and statehouse officers shall be
held on the second Wednesday in
September; that the county unit rule
shall prevail in all such primaries;
that a majority of the county unit
votes shall be necessary to nominate;
that the nominee shall be declared
by the state executive committee;
that where more than two candidates
for the same office and no candidate
receives a majority of the county unit
vote there shall be held a second pri
mary on the first Wednesday in Oc
tober between the two leading can
didates.
SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Ip US
B Lephoning
« i Items to
f' o bers 23,
' % »r 106.
The regular annual convention of
the Georgia Division of the Farmers’
Unian will convene in Macon on July
19, next Wednesday, and will prob
ably be in session a couple of days.
This will be the regular annual meet,
which was moved up a few months
on account of the turmoil which has
been existing in the ranks for sev
eral months, and for other purposes.
The Enterprise don’t claim to know
it all, or, be on the inside of the or
ganization, in fact, we have been very
much on the outside for the past few
months, but we want to make some
predictions as to what will be done
at this meeting, and these predictions
are based on information gathered
here and there from various sources
. for the past few weeks. We may
■ miss the real facts a mile, but we
[don’t believe we will be an inch away
from what will really happen when
this meeting is hed in Macon next
Wednesday.
Now here goes: The Hon. J. J.
Brown, who has served the Georgia
Division as president for the past
year or so, will tender his resigna
tion as president at this meeting, and
it will be accepted. We understand
that he contemplates entering the
race for commissioner of agriculture
against J. D. Price, in the coming
primary. That is one thing that will
likely happen. '
The next move will be to elect J.
H. Mills, the present secretary, as
president of the state organization,
if he will accept. That he is booked
for this job, there seems to be no
doubt. And by the way, Mills is a
pretty good man, a much better man
than we first thought he was.
The third thing that will happen,
and the one in which Douglas and
Coffee county people are more inter
ested in than any other, is that the
state headquaters which are supposed
to be located here, will be moved
away to some other climate. The of
fices will likely go to the residence of
the new secretary, whoever that may
be.
Now, these things are likely tjc
happen in this way. Not that we
have any official information, for we
have not, and no way of getting any,
but we have gathered this from
“twice two and two,” and the con
clusions were easily obtained.
If we make a miss at the guess,
there is no harm done, for every
thing is rnighty quiet about head
quarters, and what we hav e said will
not affect the state organization in
the least, not even causing a riffle or
the extremely calm sea of farmers'
unionism.
NEW STORES
TAKING SHAPE
Work on the new Sibbett block
building has been resumed again ant’,
will now' be pushed to completion,
there hardly being any further delay.
The old frame buildings oceupiec
by Fielding & Sibbett, jewelers, am
Ira Smith, fruit dealer, have beer
moved out, and the space is now be
ing filled in with brick walls. Tht
space on Peterson avenue is nearly
completed and will be finished uj
first. It is likely that these tw<
store rooms will be ready in a couple
of weeks for occupancy. We an
advised that the rooms will be occu
pied by Corn’s barber shop and P
Thomas, fruit dealer.
The two new stores next to Vick
ers will be occupied by the Boston
Store. It will be converted into one
room and will be one of the prettiest
stores in the city.