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THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. R. fRIER, Editor
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Publishes The Advertising Of The City Of Douglas,
Coffee Cojnty. And County Commissioners.
Entered as sect i class matter at the postoffice at
Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
The hotter the weather the cooler the poli
tics in Coffee.
0
It is a poor rule that won’t work more than
©ixL-en ways.
0
What has become of Joe Brown these days?
Time for another card.
CK
If' President W ilson succeeds in his present
undertaking, it will take more whiskers than the
present opponent to oust him from the presi
dency.
0
It is generally understood that the republi
can leaders are sadly dissapointed in their can
didate. But they have him and we are glad of
the selection.
0
The,Neill primary bill was vetoed by Gov.
Harris, and the legisature failed to pass it over
his veto. This leaves the coming races to be
sett-, id in the convention.
0
Ad entries for candidates in the approaching
primary will close next Tuesday, Aug. 22.
A Ter that the line-up will be made and the “dig
grin” will start in earnest.
0
It uegins to look like Coffee will have a red
hot representative race. Both gentlemen have
been good runners in the past and the outcome
vvili !>e watched with great interest.
O
If politics don’t get a little hotter in Coffee
county it will be hard to convince some people
that we have had two four cornered races. It’s
the tamest we have known in years.
0
The primary nomination is just a little over
three away. It is a safe bet that these
thjjee weeks will be given exclusively to the
campaign by the interested candidates.
o
Dr. Eichelberger has resigned from the
Anti-Saloon League, for the sake of harmony
he says. In view of recent events, we think
he should do something along these lines.
O
The latest news in big politics Is that W. J.
Harris will oppose Tommy Hardwick two years
hence for the senate. A tip to W. J. from us
would be for him to hold on to what he’s got.
o
School time is drawing near and we want to
see the boys and girls on the streets again. It
livens up things and puts more life into the old
Jfcown which has been so quiet all the Summer.
> O
I ‘'Candidate Hugos loses the respect of the
ISouth when he follows up his present campaign
of slandering our people. We congratulate
Senator Hardwick on his speech in the senate
when he takes the presidential candidate to
task.
O
All of the congressional candidates seem to
have their eyes and harts on Berrien county.
They say it is anybody’s county, that is, the
■general observer, but the candidate himself
says that it is his. We have no predictions in
the premises.
0 i - *»• _w i
The Dixie Highway “central route” is grow
ing more popular every day. Hardly a day
■passes that from five to twenty cars do not pass
thru Douglas, going or coming, and all of them
make a full stop here. And the #isiness is
gradually increasing.
0
Judge Lankford has made a schedule for
speaking in about ten counties next week, start
ing Monday morning and closing In Lowndes
county on Saturday. The Coffee county can
didate expects to cover the district several times
between new and the primary.
0
The contemplated railroad strike is one of
\*i'r:vr'r f wo have before us today.
ate just what the
ould be. It is by
i European or the
or the best.
ATKINSON COUNTY LOST.
The Enterprise was a little premature last
week in tendering its coipratulations and best
wishes for the new county of Atkinson. At
the time the article was written, we feit sure
that the bill would pass the senate, not that
we were on the inside, but all indications point
ed to the passage, and we believed the new
county would be created and the bill signed by
the Governor bfore our next issue.
But the unexpected happened, and the bill
lost in the senate. Just why we do not know,
but it is a cold fact, and the proposed county of
Atkinson is where it was two years ago, a part
of Coffee and Clinch counties. If it is ever
created now, the whole work has to be started
anew, as a year hence there will be a new
legislature to deal with.
It developed at the last that there was pretty
stiff opposition to the passage of the bill. Most
of this opposition did not develope until the
last few days of the legislature. The Pearson
workers made the fight of their lives, and their
fight was a gallant one. They are to be con
gratulated on the great fight they made. Rep
resentative Stewart also comes in for congratu
lations for the work he did in putting it thru the
House, it looked like no new county bill could
pass, in fact the Atkinson county bill was the
only one which passed the House.
The people of Willacoochee and McDonald and
other sections who opposed the bid, made an
excllent opposition fight. They remained
right on the grounds and fought the bill right
up to the vote of the senate. Tills pressure is
of course what killed it.
Both sides fought hard, turned every trick,
made every legitimate pull, and while Pearson
lost and Willacoochee won, we might add that
neither setion has the advantage over the other,
when it comes to putting up a game fight. One
side had to win. It fell to the Wiiiacoochee
section of the old count y.
VVe wish the two sections could get together
and harmoniously agree on an adjustment of
their differences. If there is any feeling ex
isting, and we suspect there is, the best possible
thing to do is to forgive and forget. Time is
the great healer *of the age, and in this in
stance will turn the trick, but in the meantime,
we hope there will be no “crowing,” which
always deepens the wound and, necessarilly
takes a longer time to heal.
The Atkinson section of Coffee county is one
of the best parts of the old county. Some of
the best people in Coffee would have parted
company with us, should the new county be
created. When we think of losing these splen
did citizens, the present status appeals to us
with greater force.
SHOW FARMERS HOW TO USE
PRINTERS’ INK
The Oregon farmer can swell his annual re
ceipts by useing good printing and by occasion
al advertising in the weeklies of his county,
says D. W. Morton, dean of the new school of
commerce of the University of Oregon.
A farm letterhead should carry the name of
the farm, the name of the owner, the location
of the farm, and perhaps a small picture of
some feature of the place, says Dean Morton,
who regards the farmer as a business man with
a cubstantial investment upon which he should
make every effort to pay interest.
“It gives a farmer a certain business standing
if he has a neat letterhead of good grade, and
it improves the value of his farm to have a
name and something of an individuality,” he
said. “There is some initial expense in having
a picture taken and a cut made, but the publish
er of the nearest cuntv paper will attend to the
details and afterward will do the pring reason
ably.
“If the farmer raises high-class animals, his
letterheads may contain a picture of a prize
animal with its record; or if he has a stock
farm, a picture of a bunch of stock; or if he
has the best house or barn in the neighborhood,
a picture of that; or a picture of a grove or a
stream is usually effective on stationary. There
are few Oregon farms not worth naming, and
few that do not provide something worthy a
permanant picture.
“Advertising rates are very low in Oregon
country papers, and a farmer at a cost from 10
to 50 cents may often sell a horse, a second
hand machine, or some other thing about the
place he does not need by putting a small ad
vertisement in his weekly paper.
“A farmer’s advertising of course conform
to the best advertising standards; it should be
very definite and absolutely truthful.”
Several Douglas attorneys are contemplating
making a change in their law firms, since the
legislature admits women to practice law in
Georgia. A lady partner would most certainly
add popularity to the firm.
0
Hugh Dorsey’s campaign throughout I>he
state seems to be progressing very nicely. He
is getting crowds everywhere he goes, and we
don’t believe he is losing an inch of groi*id
anywhere. Iu nrwmy sections he is gaitring.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, AUG., 19 1916.
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DETAILS
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LETTER
J. H. JORDAN, Manager Phone 74
NEAL & DIXON’S
TOBACCO WAREHOUE
Mullins, S. C.
TOBACCO GROWERS
We wish to announce that our tobacco market opened on
Aug. the Ist. We are glad to say tobacco is selling higher now
than at any time in the history of the Mullins Tobacco Market. We
have the greatest line up of tobacco buyers ever assembled on any
tobacco market in South Carolina.
Our buyers consist of all the big tobacco companies, large
exporters and independent firms of the tobacco trade. The tobacco
people of Mullins have more money invested in tobacco factories,
stemaries, steam plants and prizeries than any two markets in
South Carolina. Thus placing us in position to realize the very
highest market prices for ail tobacco shipped to us.
We beg to say that we do the leading tobacco warehouse
business in Mullins which is decidedly the strongest tobacco mar
ket in the state. We make a specialty of handling shipped to
bacco as w r e handle more than twice as much ahipped tbaceo as
any warehouse firm in South Carolina.
We w T ould advise the shipping of your tobacco in cotton
sheets as it shows to better advantage when shipped in sheets. In
our opinion you would do well to sell your tobacco as fast as possi
ble as the entire tobacco trade seems anxious for tobacco at this
time. We promise you our best efforts in securing for you the
highest market price for all tobacco shipped to us.
Very truly,
NEAL & DIXON
v Mullins, S. G