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Purely Personal Mrs. Q. Holton is visiting relatives | at Bexley. v ~ ■ Pr. B. H. Mincfeew, of Waycross, was here Sunday. Mr. I. C. Sapp and Mr. Ira Fales back from Baltimore. Mr. S. T. Barr.es has returned to his home in Perry, Fla. Mrs. J. L. Cochran is; Spending the weekend at Willacoochee* Editor Fred Ricketson' spent Tues day in Deatur and Atlanta. Miss Venita Vickers has netty'hed home from a visit to Ocilla. Miss Agnes Morrisch has returned home from Mcßae and Eastman. Mrs. J. N. MsDonald and little sen, are at St. Simons for a few days. Judge J. W. Quincey spent Wed nesday in Brunswick on business.’ . • i- ; , Mrs. Preston, cf Monroe, is the guest of her son, Mr. F. F. Prestoh, ; Mr. J. C. Roddenberry. cf Braxton, was here for a short while Thjjrsda’y. Judge ar.d Mrs. W. C. Lankford; spent Sunday with relatives in Ocilla. Mrs. Andrew Wood has returned from a‘Visit to relatives at Jackson.', Liston Elkins, of Waycross, is the guest of his uncle, Mr. G. F. Dickson. Mrs. P. E .Pafford returned home Wednesday after a visit to Mrs. Elias Lott. Representative €. E. Stewart spent a few in the city Thursday on 'busi ness. ■* ’' » .T r 7 * " <"? r-/l z f Monday night iur air burn and Jen erson. Mrs. J. M. Ashley anc Miss Lolita Lewis will return tonight from',-St. Simons. .... r . - , Quite a number of young people attended the dance at Fitzgerald Tues day night. Mr. J. F. Overstreet is now in Hot Springs, Ark., where he will remain for a month. Miss Fay Chapman, of ' Forsyth, is a guest at hte home of Mr. and Mr«. Rema Sapp. •• .. - V Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jordan have re turned from a short visit to relatives at Hazlehurst. -r ■ ' AN ITEM THAT APPEALS An article that is i 5 d for all occasions. An article that is facinating to the observer. An article that perfects the make up of the lady, whether on a shopping tour or at a social function. It satisfies the variea preferences of women in dif ferent communities or different walks of life. We are the Pioneers in the Jewelry busi ness, we have behind this Item long years of experience in studding the needs of the trade. Come and let us show you this beautiful item We assure you it Will please. Wilson Jewelry Co. Douglas Ga. Any Straw Hat In The House $ 1 .49. Barnes & Comply Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dale have re turned home after a visit to relatives in Byromville. Prof, and Mrs. A. A. Kuhl and Mias Nora Huss motored to Fitzgerald and Abbeville Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Geo. W. White are spending several days in Sumpter, S. C., with relatives. Mrs. John Crapps and children, of 1 Cordele Ga., were the recent gusts of Mrs. C. W. Roberts! Mr. Archie Gresham, of Rome, is (visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G, 0. Howard. ' . - . ,• . ' V ■" 1 1 1 . S -r Mrs. H. H. Fielding and daughter, Miss Lydia, of Leliatcn, are hte guests [of Mrs. C. N. Fielding. M iss Ruby Haddock is spending sev eral days in Elaekshear, visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Jones. '■ M.iss Eva .Lattimer, of Waycross, w&s the guest cf Misses Mourine and i Madeline Mccre this week. li b ■ Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Andersen and children left Friday to spend some time with relatives in Alabama. '' , i- I Miss Floy Ford has returned to her heme in Tifton after a very plesant : visit to Miss Jessie ©vestreet. Mr. R. L. Collins, cf Columbia, Ala., | was the guest at the home of his : cousin Mrs. C. W. Roberts, this week. ; Misses Allie Lott and Daisy Relihan also Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tanner left Sunday to visit friends at St. Simons. Mrs; P: W. Hill and little daughter left Thursday for their homes in Dode City after a visit to Mrs. T. S. Hubert. Mrs. Dikcsbn, Miss Liliie Dickson tne..' acme at Lake' TV iaT:U'w N. C. Campbell Hubert has ended his visit to his parents and friends at Douglas, returning to his heme in Florida, this week. Judge and Mrs. Levi O’TSteen have moved to their Gaskin Spring cottage and will remain there for several weeks.. • Th linen shower given under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. this after noon for the Hospital, was a decided scroess. ' '* •’ i Mrs-. Ti .8. Price, Miss Lillian Price gn«s her guests Misses Eriine Min dahan and Elsie Parish ,of Montgom ery will leave Sunday for a trip to St. •Simon- i. ... i THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 22 1916 Messrs. J'. R. Overmen and Melvin Tanner spent Thursday in Macon in attendance at the meeting cf the Far mers’ union. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nesbitt with Misses Fletcher and Nesbitt, cf For syth, were Ihe guests of Miss Lucy Hall Tuesday. Miss Mary Jelks has returned tc her home in Macon after a delightful visit of several days an the guest of the Misses Wilson. Little Miss Opal Vickers enter tained quite a number of little'friends at a water melon cutting at the Park • Wednesday afternoon. I Mrs. C. C. Whiddcn and daughter, jwho have been visiting the family of ! Mr. J. M. Dent, have returned to their I home in Gadsden, Ala. Mrs. Frank Cato and little daughter Hazel, left Tuesday for Grassland and mNorman Park to visit her father, mother and other relatives. Mr. R. N. McEachren has purchas ed Mr. Ross’ bungalow on Sellars St., and expects to make additions to it before moving in next month. Messrs. Chas. T. Darley, Jno. M. Hall, A. L. Ponder and I. Levin spent several days -in Brunswick this week in attendance at the Masonic con vention. Mrs. Ncn.h Hean, of Copper Hill Tenn., has many friends here who will be giad to hear that she is coming Monday to visit her sister Mrs. Law son Kelley-. Mrs. E. F. Sapp ar.d little daugh ters are visiting relatives in Hazle j hurst. Sibbet and Everett Sapp are [fr-till here visiting their grandmother, j Mrs. W. F. Sibbett ■ j Mr. and- Mrs. S. M. Roberts and (daughter, Mary, are making a trip jin their car to Abbecille, Baimbridge, 'Atlanta and ether places. They will jbe away about a week. |, Mrs. P. H. Hill and daughter, Annie jfLou, and Sister Miss Julia Waters, v,i LDad? City. Fla., racer.t guests of the Hu', c.r hunt or Se.mrs street, .aav-t returned to Dade City. ! Mrs. Theresa Caldwell is expected home next, week from a western tour, which included all the interesting places ol Oregon, Colorado and a weeks stay in Chicago. Mr. Evertt Sampey, of Columbus, is spending a few days as the guest of Dr. M. H. Turrentine. Master Minor, who ahs been on a visit to Columbus, leturned with his grand jflaanent. 11. D. C. On next Thursday at four o’clock, the regular monthly meeting of the U, D. C. will be held at the residence pf Mrs. S. j. Stubbs. WHEN YOU NEED' AMERICAN Wine Fence, see J. S. Lott. MR. J. S. LOTT SELLS AEMERICAN Wire F'ence.. Car just received. MONEY—We will pet you aU you apply for without delay. Wallace & Luke, Douglas, Ga. For quick loans on improved farnr lands, at low rate of interest and leas expense, see F. W. Dart. Douglas, Ga We vvi!3 lend you all the money you need, either on farm or city property, at the lowest possible rate of isiterest and at small ex i pense to the borrower. Wallace & Luke, Douglas, Ga. NOTICE TO WATER AND LIGHT CONSUMERS By resolution of Council in regular meeting last night the office of City Collector was abolished and in future there will be no collector sent out for the collection of water and light bills. Those who desire to ake advantage of the ten per cent discount allowed on these bills must pay same on cr before the fifth of the month, as there will be no discount allowed any one after hat date. All water and light bills not paid on or before the tenth of the month will be discontin ued and will net be reinstalled until there is a fee of one dollar paid for same. All bills due the City, for anything whatever, are payable at the office of the City Clerk. By order of Council, this the 29th day of June, 1916. J. D. KNOWLES, Clerk. OOFFFE COUNTY ; WANTS COT (Continued from editorial page) the Ex-Sheriff, the present Sheriff j and the nominated Sheriff signed ’ the ftetition favoring the new coun- j ty of Atkinson for the special reason ; that the county is now so large—92o square miles- that it is impossible for the sheriff, under the ever in creasing duties imposed on, to per-1 form them to the _ satisfaction of himself and the people. Editor Howell talks learnedly of the many sets of new county officials whose salaries would bankrupt the ljttle new county and the State. Now this is really laughable! j would like for the astute editor to point out an ordinary, a clerk, a sheriff, a tax receiver, a tax collect or or a coroner in Georgia that re-, ceives a salary. Recently some few treasurers, by special act of the legislature, have been put on saiar aries. The people pay the officers a fee for the services they perform, and these fees are fixed by law. The creation of new counties neither in creases or diminishes these fees. Editor Howell concludes his edi torial by saying “There are many counties in Georgia today which ought to be combined with others’’. No doubt,*he would like to see Ful ton and DeKaib counties combined, but he will be in paradise many years before the people of DeKaib county will consent to such a thing. No, regardless of assertions to the contrary, the small rural counties of Georgia are her most prosperous communities in the state. 1 insist that the creation of Atkin son county from south Coffee and north Clinch counties will be a splen did bit of legislation and the mem bers wno vote for it will never have any ca-use to regret it. NEW COUNTY LEGISLATION. I listened with much interest to th> discussion lor and against new coun-' 'y -fui i Wirt H t:;i l>v, in: .; » Lfai, 01 Atkiimuu was ua An in the House of Representatives, and am compelled to ray that some ol the aufi-aew-ceunty arguments was very unfortunate for the purpose intend ed. The purpose of free government is to “‘Promote the interest and happi netj* of the citizens." The glory and stiJeupth of government depends largely upon the contentment and happiness of the people. Plotting aod treachery against government is found only where discontent and un happiness exist among the peopK, and where they realize they are bear ing utoeven and unjust burdens in performing the- duties of citizenship. One of the speakers referred to the string of three little new counties down in South Georgia—no doubt hav 'infc fh his mind Crisp, Turner and Tift. The illustration, if such be in- terfiled it, was strongly against his auti-new-county position. There are r.o counties in Georgia where the citizens are happier and more con tented, where thrift and prosperity more greatly* abound. These three ‘Tittle’’ counties are real object les sons of thrift and prosperity. No counties of Georgia have better pub lic reads and bridges, better public buildings and better church and school facilities. They speak out in thunder tones in favor of small coun ties. Another speaker illustrated his an ti-new-ccunty position by referring to the fact that Georgia has more coun ties then any other state in the Union except Texas, whose territory would ] make three Georgias. II was dournb founded at the lack of knowledge of the geography of his county and es pecially the great State of Taxas. Evidently he does not know that, if he should send a civil engineer to cut off from her east side a State as large as Georgia, the survey would encom pass more counties than there are in the State of Georgia, and the engineer would be brought face to face with small counties such as Aransa3 con taining 240 square miles; Delta, 231; Franklin, 289; Galveston, 395’; Gregg, 312; Marion, 391; Morris, 259; Orange, 363; Rams, 267; Rockwall, 149; Somerville, 184, and Titus, 393. There are other small counties in Texas ranging irom 400 to 600 square miles of territory, but the twelye mentioned suffice to show the speak er’s illustration is really against his. acti-new-county position. In this Eye-Strain Relieved By Our Glasses » -■ The summer sun, and glare, shows up errors of refraction of the eyes—if there is arty need of glass * es the hard summer light will iritate the eye. 1 Our accurately fit ted glasses make seeing a pleasure both distant and near Come in today don’t wait and abuse your eyesight. W. R. WILSON Optometrist and Optician connection Rhode Island hSs 1,C67 4 Square miles of territory, divided into five counties, the largest of which has only 430 square miles of territory, ar,d the smallest 24. Thirty-six states of the Union—in cluding Alabama, Florida, South Car olina, North Carolina and Tennessee -i.’c ienti. aui; mu' mg nv . -._d smaner counties wherever the cou>. nience, contentment and prosperity of the people demand it. The great State of Texas, during the decade of 1900-1910, crated sixteen new ar.d smaller counties from the two large counties—Pecos and Tom Green. Another point made against the creation of new counties was the great expense of organizing and op erating them when created. My ob servation . with all classes of people is, if they can get what they want, they will cheerfully pay the pride: m this age of push and rush ocnve nineces are cheap at almost any •price.' • ; i 1 fully agree with Dr. Walker, of Bleckley county, that small counties’ furnish conveniences to the people in the matter of bearing the burdens of citizenship.. He says in speaking of the new county: , “1. have' noted a marked improvement in the people.! They take more interest, in affairs, they study questions aDd are develop ing into stronger citizens. It is bet-1 ter, too, on account of schools; dis tances are lessened, and a spirit of county pride develops which leads to The Boston Store Is still offering some wonderful values in New Summer Goods on account of re rodeling which is now taking place. Now is the time to avail yourself of an opportunity that seldom comes. The Boston Store Douglas, we give premiums . Georgia love of home and love of country.” ft ! is the very fact. vJ jP | Let me close by insfsitfng that there ! . j is no sane reason why Georgia should j pattern after any other State of the | Union. Let her policy be the convo- I nience and happiness of her people-- “the state a-d the people wilt both . be the g: h.ers ” DOUGLAS TRAIN SCHEDULES A. B. & A. RAILROAD NORTH BOUND No. 1 9:58 a. m. No. 3 9:18 p. m. SOUTH BOUND No. 2 4:35 p. m. No, 4 « 6:58 a. m. G. & F. RAILWAY SOUTH BOUND No. 7 ..6:25 a. m. No. 5 .....3:35 p. m. I NORTH BOUND No. 4 ,’j ,10:03 a. m. No. G.i ~.,...7:20 p. m. DEPARTURE FOR BROXTON No. 32 3:40 p. m. No. 30 .: 10:15 a. m. ARRIVE FROM BROXTON No. 33.. 6:45 c. m. No.' 33......* ......12:20 p. m. WANTED—POSITION , BY MAR ried l capable and willing. Can not live and be honest on dollar a day. Best references. Address this office. , 2t.