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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 ! f St** k 1 j jjg 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 - 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. ' 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.