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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
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W. R. TRIER, Editor
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Publuhe* The Legal Advert is mg Ot The City Of Douglas.
Coffee County, And County Comoiissioneis.
Entered as second class matter at the postofike at
Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
Well, let’s go alter the “headquarters” of something.
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We thought the campaign would get hotter than the
weather, but it hasn’t so far.
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The race in Coffee county wiil narrow down to Dor
sey and Hardman, it appears.
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Joe Pottle speaks here tomorrow. Now if you want
to hear a good speech, go out and hear him.
If that Farmers Union Ford ever comes along the
Central route, we hope it will take gasoline here.
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It dosn’t pay to make a darn fcol of yourself about
any candidate. We have tried it and know exactly what
we are talking about.
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The opposition to Dorsey appears to be lining up for
Hardmna. Well, the doctor is a mighty fine man, and
has a host cf friends in Coffee.
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Gov. Harris is right behind Hugh Dorsey, but the
trouble is that Dorsey is traveling so fast that the Gov
ernor can’t keep up with him.
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The Enterprise is a “red hot” Dorsey paper, as some
have put it, but the editor will vote for Dorsey alright.
We are never on the fence on any proposition.
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If the candidates for congress would spend a little
more money with the country newspapers of the district,
there might be a chance for some of them to win. But
as it is it is a toss of the coin.
Coffee County Wants Cut
Possibly the most important piece
of legislation that will come before
the present legislature, locally speak
ing, is the. hill creating Atkinson
county, as the proposed county takes
from Coree county a large part of
the territory comprising the new
county.
That the people of Douglas and
Cogee county want the hill to be |
passed in its present shape is only too
evident, and one only has to inquire
among the people to ascertain the
unanimity in which the proposition is
held, notwithstanding some evidence
to the contrary. We have given the
matter a thorough study and are am
ply prepared to justify our statements
in this connection.
When the matter came up last year
the people of Atkinson county did
not leap blidfolded. They set about
to accomplish their purpose in a busi
ness-like manner and among the iirst
things they did kas to secure the en
dorsement of ' very member of the
county commissioners as well as the
grand juries of Cogee and other coun
tis acected These are parts of the
records they have and the endorse
ments are on file in the Atkinson
county headquarters in the Kimball
House, Atlanta.
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These and other things combined
constitute almost unanimous appro
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val of the measure by the people lo
cally, and.it is .with a great,deal of
pleasure that we note the promising
outlook for the passage of the bill.—
Extract from au editorial appearing
in the <!ocee County Progress, the of
ficial paper of Coffee county, under
date of July sth, 1916.
We now give the readers of the
Progress, and all whom it may con
cern, an exact copy of the endorse
ment of the proposition by County
Commissioners of Coffee county; with
the fac.simile signatures of the Com
missioners who signed it: '
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
The undersigned citizens of Coffee
county, living (within and) without
the territory embraced in the Axson
(Atkinson) new county proposition,
respectfully represent that the said
new county is needed for the advan
tage of all the people, those who re
main in the old counties as well as
those who will be citizens of the new
county. We have come to realize that
the county of Coffee is too large and
inconvenient to prosper as it should,
and vve ask that the request of the
| applicants for the creation of the
; new county of Axsca (Atkinson) be
| granted.
Respectfully submitted,
THE FARMERS UNION
Well, it has happened! We lose the headquarters cf
the famous Farmers’ Union, lock, stock, and barrel.
It is true we have been doing without the headquarters
of this organization since last November, but somehow,
we still lay claim to it, in a way, but the recent Macon
convention does away with all our hopes, and takes away
every promise of the headquarters being opened up
again here. This convention even took away the only
office we had in it, viz: the chairman of the executive
cemmitee. Douglas was ignored throughout the meet
ing, and when the furniture is moved (7) then the last
vestage of headquartership (excuse the word) will have
disappeared. . - ;
The typewriter left some time ago. We thought
it was here, but it got away. The desks ard here, a
few files, cnairs, etc. . There also remains some office
rent, which has not run away.
The Enterprise has had its say about the conduct of
the officials. We shall have nothing further on the
subject. We did our best at the right time to hedge
the moving of them, but we were overpowered and
did not get the cooperation of some people who could
hav helped. We feel that we did our part. Others can
take it up if they want to. We’re done.
We have nothing personal against anyone. Brown,
Mil’s, Barrett, and the whole lay-out are our friends,
we hope. We were fighting the managment of the or
ganization, not the personnel. Wedon tthmk Dougias
was treated right about the matter, and never will.
However, that is neither here nor there, we have lost
the headquarters, officers, typewriter, Ford and ather
accssories, but this fact shall not down Douglas. When
you come to think seriously about it, how much wore
we benefited by the removal of the offics here?
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BETTER CATTLE
Vv r hat sort cf a sire have you selected for your 1917
crop of calves? Any one who will stop for an instant
and consider the difference in value between the aver
age scrub calf of the South and one from a good pure
brd bull when six to ten months old cannot fail to see
the absurdity of breeding to scrub or inferior bulls. A
calf from almost any sort of a native cow and a good
pure bred bull will sell for from S2O. to $25. in the
fall at weaning time, while the scrub calf is vveli sold
at haf the price. The difference between the vaue of
a .crop of £5 calves would be at least $250, and still
seme men think $250 too much to pay for a good buli
to breed to grade cows. An inferior bull, scrub or
pure-bred, is dear at any price, but it is difficult to
pay too much for a realy good pure-bred bull.—The
Progressive Farmer.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA, JULY 22 I9N»
It is stated,'by way of explanation,
that the above petition was executed
on the first Monday in June, 1915, j
and before the proposition was sub
mitted to the “Committee on Consti
tutional Amendments.-, There were
two propositions before the commit
tee, ■ embracing almost the identical
territory—one ashing, for the .creation
of Atkinson county wit-Ji Willacoochee
as the county site, and the other ask
ing for the creation of Axson county
with Pearson as the county site. Af-
ter hearing the evidence and argu
ments on both sides the committee
agreed to, and did, unanimously re
commend the passage of the bill to
create the new county-of Axson (sub
stituting the name of Atkinson for
Axson) with Pearson—located cen
trally in the territory—as the coun
ty site. When the new county com.
mittee had the petition printed on
the leaflet circulated among the mem
bers of the House it added the words
“within and’’ before the word “with
out" and substituted the word “At
kinson” for “Axson.” These changes
did net destroy the spirit and inten
tion of the County Commissioners who
did sign the petition on the first Mon
day in June, 1915.
On the morning of July 6th. 1916,
when the bill was to come up for pas
sage in the House of Representatives,
another leaflet carrying the following
affidavit:
GEARGIA—FuIton County.
Bebore the undersigned officer of
Georgia duly authorized to adminis
ter oaths, appeared J. C. Eilis, C. E.
Baker, T. J. Holland and John Mc-
Govern, who, after first being duly
sworn, deposes and says: That they
aie now and were at the times here
inafter mentioned, members of the
board of commissioners of roads and
revenues, of Coffee county. Georgia;
that they nor either cf them sinned
that certain purported statement,
headed “Petition,” published and fil
ing circulated in folder form on be
half of the proposed new county cf
Atkinson, and in which it is stated
that they, the undersigned, were in
•favor of and recommended the crea
tioa of said Atkinson county.
(Signed)
T. J. HOLLAND. '
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C. E. BAKER,
JOHN McGOVERN.
Subscribed and sworn to before roe
this the sth day of July,^l9lC.
M. W. CRAIG,
Notary Public Fulton Gounty, Georgia,
bad been printed and placed upon the
desks oi the members of the House
of Representatives. This leaflet car
ried the further statement: “That
the above named commissioners are
now in Atlanta and Will gladly verity
the above affidavit in person to any
interested legislator'/’
Now the question arises, did these
four Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Coffee county sign the
“Petition” requesting the creation of
the new county of Atkinson ? There
are nine commissioners of roads and
revenue in Coffee county.' One, Geo.
F. McCranie, who lived at Willacoo
chee, because he was the leader of
the proposition asking for a new
county, out of practically th e same
territory with Willacoochee as the
county site, did not sign the request
as it did not favor his proposition.
As to whether Commissioners Hol
land, Ellis, Baker and McGovern did
not sign the request for the creation
of the new county of Atkinson, as
earned by the Committee on Consti
tutional Amendments, let the follow
ing affidavits speak:
STATE OF GEORGIA—Coffee County.
Personally appeared before the un
dersigned officer cf said county, au
thorized by the Code to administer
oaths, D. A. Douglas, A. F. Wilson, .T.
F. Meeks and L. J. Fussell, Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues of
Coffee county, who being duly sworn,
deposes and say that they signed the
attached “Petition,” in behalf of the
new county asked to be crated partly
from the southern part of Coffee
county, and saw Commissioners Ba
ker, McGovern, Ellis and Holland
sign the same. The facts are as fol
lows: The petition was presented by
Dr. Henry P. Smith, President of
Pearson Banking Company, and he
immediately retired. The matter was
then taken up during the session and
all the Commissioners signed the
same except Geo. F. McCranie. The
attached petition ia the identical one
that was signed.
(Signed)
A. F. WILSON.
D. A. DOUGLAS,
J. F. MEEKS.
L. J. FUSSELL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 10th day of July, 1916.
. BERNARD H. ALLEN,
Notary Public Coffee County, Georgia.
(Follow with other affidavits as to
the correctness pt the signatures.)
. . AFFIDAVITS
STATE OF GEORGIA—Coffee County.
appeared'tfaelqre the un
dersigned officer of- said county duly
authorized' by law. to , .administer
oaths,' Hardy Williams, who, on oath,
says that he signed a petition against
the creation of Atkinson county;
that he was induced to sign same by
a statement that the new county
would start off with an indebtedness
of $20,000.00, it assuming that much
of the present indebtedness of Coffee
county. Deponent has always been
in favor of the • creation of, the new
county until told that the leaders
had agreed to assume that indebted
ness. Since learning that the state
ment was false I repudiate and .with-,
draw my consent that my name he
used in opposition to said new coun
ty movement. I can see no just rea
son why the Dew county should as
sume any part of said irf 'btedness,
as Coffee county is in possession of
and will retain the property for which
said money was expended, and from
which the new county would never re
ceive any appreciable benefit.
(Signed) HARDY WILLIAMS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this July 15, 1916.
B. T. ALLEN,
N. P. Coffee County, Ca.
State cf Georgia, Coffee Cuonty.
Certain petition or agreement con
cerning the creation of a certain pro
posed new county in the territory em
bracing the Southern potion cf Coffee
County, Ga., was presented to certain
citizens of Coffee County for their
signatures, worded substanciaUy as
follows;
“The undersigned citizens of Coffee
County, living within and without the
territory embraced in the Axsom new
county proposition, respectfully re
present that the said new county is
needed for the advantage cf all the
people, these who remain in the old
county as well as those who will be
citizens of the new county. We have
come to realize that the Caunty of
coffee is too large and inconveniert
to prosper as it should, and t we ask
that the request of the application for
.Tie cref.t ; cr r* new county of
Axson be granted.”
•i be above petition or agreement
was signed by Messrs C E. Baker, D.
A. Douglas, A. F. Wilson, Jno. Mc-
Govern, J. C. Ellis, J. F. Meeks, L. J.
Fussell and T. J. Holland, as indiv
idual citizens; there was nothing in
writing upon the paper signed that
would indicate any thing else. These
Igentlemen, though Commissioners of
•Roads and Revenues of Coffee County
did not sign same as ppeh Commis
sioners. They igned it on a regular
Commissioners meeting day on the
first Monday in June, 1915, I believe,
in their office in the Court House in
Douglas, Ga., and the new proposed
county at that time was Axson, and
not Atkinson.
No petition of this nature was sign
ed by the gentlemen above named as
Ccmmissionrs in my pesence, neither
did they sign any petition or agree
ment concerning Atkinson county in
fny presence, either as citizens or
I Commissioners: but they did sign, as
above, the above petition or
• a £ r eement as individual citizens, and
same in my presence.
The above facts are true as they
came to me at this time, to the best of
knowledge and belief.
State of Georgia, Coffee County.
I, A. W. Haddock, Clerk Board Com
missioners cf Roads and Revenues of
Coflee County, Georgia, hereby cer
tify that the facts set out above are
-rue, to the best of my knowledge
•and belief. In riplicate,
This 17th day of July, 191 G.
A. W. HADDOCK,
Clerk Board Commissioners Reads
and Revenues of Coffee County, Ga.
Last Sunday’s Atlanta Constitu
tion carried quite a bit of anti-new
county dope. It would go a long
I ways towards calling a halt in the
, creation of new counties did it not
I carry on its very face the evidence
j of insincerety and lack of integnity,
as well as truth.
Editor Hawell says that the
; sc hools, the best roads and the
I sanitary systems are found in the
; l ar £er and better populated coun
ties. This is palpably false, and it
j L& kes no argument to disprove it.
' The government induced to
make its first tests of community
; schools, to obliterate illiteracy in
j the little new county of Tift, and
why? Because of her abundant and
first-class school facilities, her good
roads and general favorable condi
tions. In the big county of Coffee
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