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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE DOUGLAS, GEORGIA ESTABLISHED I»feH Published Every Saturday By THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. R. TRIER, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR ..SI.OO SIX MONTHS .50 THREE MONTHS .25 , . 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. 0 We thought the campaign would get hotter than the weather, but it hasn’t so far. 0 The race in Coffee county wiil narrow down to Dor sey and Hardman, it appears. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. * 0 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. 0 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. Tiff*- 0 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. ~/0 at Jp - - > . , t These and other things combined constitute almost unanimous appro f '•••.• . •* 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? 0 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. ' ,T. r. RLL.IS, UNTIL AUG IST $2.50 Coolers SI.BB 3.00 Coolers 2.25 3.50 Coolers 2.63 ( 4750“ Coolers 338 ■ Hjßßj*; • J : :;W REFRIGERATORS f $12.50 Value $9.58 ' 15.00 Value 1J.25 # 1 16.50 Value 12.38 •. . 22.50 Value 16.88 25.00 Value 18.75 a • ■ 32.50 Value 24.38 ' JgIEE3, 3500 Value 2075 AMf ' 1 We Offer These Bargains Because we need room for PALL GOODS B^||lißT erms j f CASH Wait-Holmes Hardware Co. J. H. JORDAN, Manager Phone 74 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 , - (Continued on .oia. payO