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«oirr, THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. R. fRIER, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE: ONE YEAR SI.OO SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS .25 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. WANTED 1000 GIRLS To help us on a propo sition that is good. Send Name and Post Office on Postal Card, giving age. DETAILS Will Be Announced By 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