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Out of Town Society AMBROSE SOCIAL NEWS T rr. O I)r. T. A. Weathers spent Sunday at Brunswick and S t.Simons island. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Royal spent Sunday at Mr. Micajah Vickers’, near Douglas. Mr. B. G. McCranie, Mr. Ned Royal and M. Herman Daly spent Sunday at Abbeville. Misses Zelda and Zona Harper, of Ocierfield, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sutton this week. WILLACOOCHEE LOCALS o o Mrs. Bozwell, of Valdosta, is the guest of her sister, Mrs W. A. Wal dorf. Miss Ethel Turner who has been on a visit to Vidalia and Manassas, returned to her home Friday. ■ Mrs. Murphy, of Broxton, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Single ton Sunday. Mrs. Annie White and little daugh ter, of Fla., are the g-uests of Mrs. W. N. Gaskin this week. Miss Myrtle Puckett, of Ocilla, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. Cor bitt this week. Mrs. Regiter and little daughters, Nellie, Mildred and Marie, of Nashville spent Wednesday in the city, the guests of Mrs. C. B. McCall. Mr. ar.d Mrs. H. G. Guffey, of Vi dalia, were the guests of Mrs. J. B. Mills for a few days, before leaving for their new home, Whigam. Quite an unusual happening oecur ed here today about 2:30 P. M. when news was received from Atlanta that Baby Atkinson had been assassinated. Every bell rang and every whistle blew, and everybody gave vent to their feelings. LAX NEWS Here we come again for the first time in a long time. Everybody seems to be pulling around here. Mr. Amos Harper and daughter, Lizzie made*a business trip to Will acoochee Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mitche! Driskel) spent Saturday at Mr. Amos Harper’s. Miss Retta Harper spent Thursday with Miss Myrtis Harper. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Harper attend ed preaching at Gordon Park W ed nesday. Mr. J. F. Perry and brother, M. M. Perry made a business trip to Ocilla Saturday. Mrs. Wm. Hutto, of near Mystic, spent Tuesday night at Mr. Amos Harpers. Miss Lizzie Harper spent Saturday night with Miss Myrtis Harper. Mrs. Robert Harper spent Wednes- Copyright lilt by R* J. Reynold* Tobacco Ca. Slip a few Prince Albert smokes into your system! You’ve heard many an earful about the Prince Albert patented process that cuts out bite and parch and lets you yCr smoke your fill without a comeback! Stake your bank roll that it proves out every hour of the day. \\ p/ Prince Albert has always been sold 1 Ikl” IP fjf without coupons or premiums. We jjSpF||sf | IQ There’s sport smoking a pipe or rolling A ft your own. but you know that you’ve got A 1 DCll B* ¥\ ft to have the right tobacco! We tell you i I VA | Prince Albert will bang the doors wide An, SL | l open for you to come in on a good time f/ie national joy smoke '• £ firing up every little so often, without a \ £ ' regret! You'll feel like your smoke past f v •; _ has been wasted and will be sorry you cannot r; jj back up for a fresh start. P; i You swing on this say-so like it was a tip to a jjj thousand-dollar bill! It’s worth that in happi- M ness and contentment to you, to every mmjjjf V Bil l Ml l TO 1m This is the reverse a message-to-you ff U) i ■,.*!'HIU \\ H-ryQ S''''"’. CVO »‘<le uf ihe tidy on its reverse si Je. You'll * 1111 |||||||Ms[ 1 *" r «* d ■•proceM Patented h 41’ 'lllliml 11®$* % 9 C- % thit'th^Unitcd'state^Govern / -HBrn 'Mlllllllllh Av\ .< Ojw\o‘'"’ 'll ,n ment has granted h patenton the ( tn&F it \ ' ' y\ fcVtO r\&‘ process by which Prince Albert is ib# v<> '■ A Wi\ __.it Pv™ _ pnVt U' r made. And by which tor.fuebite and 4a x§k§S T W MI \ 3“r5 co.ndiuon- day aternoon at Mr. Amos Harper. Mr. O. N. Harper, of Chifland Fla., spent Saturday night at M.r Amos Harper’s. Miss Myrtis Harper spent Satur day afternoon with Misses Ruthie, Lizzie and Jessie Lee Harper. Messrs. W’ilbur Grfiffin and Carl Paulk attended prayer meeting at Lax Sunday night. Well, as news is scarce I will close. (Long Boy.) NICHOLLS NEWS Howdy folks. Glad to be with you again, but as Sam Lewis ventured, “they gotta come back when they run short of change and rations.” We’ve got to give Sam credit for remarkable prophesy concerning our trip to New York. Miss Janie Douglas has a charming visitor this week in Miss Maude Doug las, of Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Rich ard Kirkland will please read this an nouncement. Pretty hot down here. Dr. Vin son says so, and we believe him. Our boys polished off both Pearson ar.d Baxley this keek in a neat busi ness-like manner, in two of the finest base ball games of the season. Scores Nicholls 9, Pearson 6, Nieholis 10, Baxley 7. Folks here are gettig to be regular bugs and fans about the national game. Miss Essie Shivers, who has been visiting Mrs. Lila Shepard, has re turned to her home in Milner, Ga. I Mr. Ira C. Alley was killed, Mrs. Rebecca Mon): seriously hurt, and Mrs. Luther Davis slightly injured, When an automobile in which they were in, owned and driven by Mr. Lonnie Edenfield, turned turtle one half mile out of Nicholls. The Misses Janie and Maude Doug as spent Sunday at St. Simons. Mr. Charlie Powers is back after spending one week in Lumberton visit ing relatives. Mr. Jno. Kirkland, Republican and 1 Mr. J. A. Davis, Democrat, may prob ably never become as nationally known as President Wilson or Ty Cobb ; but you can believe this newtrol party ! they both have the wisdom of the for mer and the toung of the latter, when waxing hot in evening reports eon : cepning their respective political t views. A little bird has just whispered to us of the marriage of Miss Lula Meeks to Mr. Strckland, of Florida. Mr. H. Altman, of the “Department I Store,” has just lef for the Eastern 1 Markets in quest of the latest fall styles. Marshall W. J. Anderson was aw ful glad to see us, thought we were gone for good, along with our street THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, AUG.. 19 1916. tax. Elisha Meeks claims he’s the best looking man in town. We claim that John I). Is a relative of ours. SHORTY. LAND WANTED. We hav< a request for a tract of land of about 400 acres. Cut-over land with small improvement prefer red. Party wants a tract suitable for a truck and stock farm. Must be near a railroad and reasonable price. Anyone having such property for sale will please call on me at the Cham ber of Commerce at once. . MELVIN TANNER. NOTICE. An ordinance adopted May 18th. 1914, requiring property owners to cut the weeds and etc. on vacant property in the city will be enforced from this date. AH parties owning vacant lots in the city who fail or re fuse to cut the weeds on same will be b .ought before the Mayor and fined. John M. Hall, Chm. Sanitary Committee. August 10th, 1916. Long term farm loans negotiated on short notice, at 6 per cent interest In sums from SIOOO and upward. L. E. Heath and E. L. Tanner, Douglas, Ga. COTTON:—PEARCE & BATTEY, the Savannah Cotton Factors, are sub stantial, reliable and energetic. Their extensive warehousing facilities and salesmanship are at your command. They are abundantly able to finance any quantity of cotton shipped them. Isn’t it to your interest to try them? Do it now and be convinced. RUB-MY-TiSM Will cure Rheumatism, Neu ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Ec zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c STOP IN ATLANTA AT HOTEL EMPIRE Opposite Union Depot on Pryor St. Renovated and refurnished throughout. Reservations made on application. Hot and cold water, private baths, electric lights and elevator. First class accommodations at moderate prices. Rooms 50c anu» d up y JOHN L. KDMUXDSON, Prop. The Har v „ _ Is Here And we have what you need IN Cotton Balances, Cotton Steel yards, Cotton Sheets, Cotton pickers sacks, Cotton Hooks Cotton Markers, Cotton seed forks & Cotton seed scoops. Hay Mowers, Hay Rakes, Hay forks and Hay Ties. Douglas Hardware Co. Phone 1 28 W. T Cottingham & F. F. Preston Mgrs. “ R U B E”WA D D E LL FAMOUS PLAYS AND PLAYERS V* By RANDOLPH ROSE POOR old Rube Wad dell. I’ll never for get the day be knocked ■ _\ a home run and won a Jf —»» (o|| game for the Browns in u St. Jjouis. Of his won- 's -1i f ders as a pitcher every V 3Py one knows, for it was lie who held the strike out record in the Amer- ican League by strik- , ” ~ - , KANPOI.PH ItOSR mg out sixteen players in one nine-inning game. But as a batter Rube was a joke. It always looked to me like he took a healthy swing at every good ball on the hope that sooner or later he’d accidently wing his bat in the same groove that tie trail was coming. But this time be made a home run! It was a Sunday afternoon along about ■ aS. The game was hopelessly against • Browns, but by good luck the Browns ‘opened to get three on and Hobe Fer the Browns’ third baseman came to . liobie drove a home run scoring r • including himself and the 30.0(10 egs at that park went wild. Those or runs helped a lot. < .-lit tiie real climax came later. With 1 re man on and one run needed to tie .1 two to win, old Rube Waddell came He took one good, live swing. His t and the ball met face to face and the ill went sailing for a home run. I’ve n crazy baseball crowds, but that was craziest. That was one time the be got a hit and it delighted the .arts of the multitude and won the -a me. thwinie Mack had better success man sing the Rube than any other manager, : think, and for a few years, by provid r Rube with a keeper to keep him out trouble, managed to get some good ■ ,k cut of him. When he got too ob reperous. however, Connie turned hint . 'r to the Browns, where Rube was •.iost of the time in trouble. He died two or three years back, and with hint went the best pitching arm tiiat ever worked in a ball game. Jointly with Walter Johnson of Wash ington. Waddell bolds the strike-out rec ord of the American league. In a game against St. Louis, July 2!), 1908, he : truck out sixteen men. Other pitchers have exceeded tiiat years bark but un- i*. r different conditions. No modern major league pitcher has done as good except Johnson. Waddell's greatest strike-out &tunt was in a game of iudoor baseball at the Armory in New York between teams composed of <riants and players from Rochester. Waddell struck out twenty five men. - | \Ht4? | | plain how I wan cured of a. se vere case of Piles of 40 years standing in four days without the knife, pain or detention from business. all such sufferers to learn about this Humane treatment, R. M. JOSEV, Rout* 4, Lamar, S. C. 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