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* 0F" m The Singing Convention in Douglas 2nd Sunday i September. Big meeting begins at Burkett’s church Ist Sunday in September. “Big Sis” will be married next Chuesday. Dog gone that fellow. Nothing from Dora, at Saginaw, this week. She or the red pig must be sick. The Wiregrass Singing Convention at Nicholls, on the 2nd Sunday in Oct ober. Myrtice Corbitt, one of my Inman chums, must be sick. She don’t ever write. City Court met and adjourned last Monday. Short and sweet, like the trot of a donkey. The regular annual service of the Primitive Baptist, at Arnie church, to. morrow, 4th Sunday. Eva Adanms, of Fales, is in the city with relatives, and of course, came to see me, last Tuesday. I am told that thee will be about thee other candidates in the race for Justice, besides myself. The regular service days at Salem has been changed from the 3rd to 4th 1 lay in each month. ynelle Everett said if I’d send her r ■’paper and envelopes she’d write, I . !, and no letter yet. What did she t.-il? George Stanton says the next sing ing convention at this place will be some convention, and then some left over. The Pearson Tribune has 105 bona fide subscribers. Now, if it only had one bona file editor, all would be for given. Jim and Fannie Tarrant, two of my old firends, who live up near Salem, were in town last Monday and hunted me up. In answer to a note from a lady. I will state again, that the Note Book goes to the printer at 12 o’clock every Wednesday. We all fly oft' the handle sometimes and say things we are sorry for in a few moments. It is just mean old human nature. Riley O’steen came in off the road bits Saturday one crate of soda water short, but he had a goat under the seat of his truck. Been looking for a letter from Myr tice Tanner, down at Nicholls, all the Week but she’s fooled me. Well, she’s not the fist girl that did that. The editor of the Pearson Tribune attends all the big sings. Can he sing? Did you ever hear a big old billy goat with a bad cold, bleat? Gussie and Cadie Herrin, Rfd. No. 1 Nicholls, have not been heard from this week. Wonder if some fellows have run away with those girls? Not the scratch of a pen from Ellen Smith, at Sessoms, this week, and sing gin school is out, too. Hardest girl in the country to keep your finger on. Fannie Lewis, up at Osierfield, says Hell Courson, one of my chums, up on No, 1 and Casey Kirkland, who lives near Chatterton, were married fast Saturday They have my best Wishes, T •» * “ febe »" coming to the singing conven tion on the 2nd Sunday, and that I must look out for her. We’ll be sure to do it. Now and then you will find some of those who you thought to be your friends, untrue, but you’ve got to do Something mean to make a girl friend forsake you. Mandy West, up at Osierfield, says she “Wants to see Uncle Jim mighty bad.” The man with the little bread account against me for last month, is in the same fix. All the gins in the county a«e mak ing full time. The gin at Huffer is making over time, and our correspond ent s talking about sending me some sweet potatoes. Gaynelle, down at Saginaw, says “If you want me to write to you you will have to send me some paper, en velopes, stamps and a pencil.” Doesn’t charge a*ything, does she. I am told that Johnnie Paulk, in the Willacoochee district, is out for the legislature. He is a good man, will make a good race, but I don’t see how he’s going to keep up with * Dora Kirkland, down at Nieholls, who has the sick red pig, named Jim. wrote to me again lust week. She did not say anything about Jim and 1 reckon he’s dead. Poor old Jim. My Madison, Fla., chum, Mattie, writes that she is setting type with both hands and spacing it out with her teeth. That is the reason that girl is getting snaggle toothed. I will not answer a letter from a gill, or pul ’.i; 'i a r.cte from rmo thf + I J ' <* rtivfK tofei.'cn* .au t.en-.i ‘ i... i\„.. Unad@ Note K®®&’ By ] M. Freeman phonk^V 1 ” i s for love and harmony, not strife. Emma Adams, in a note last Mon day, says “she met some of my girl friends down below Nicholls.” And if Emma will take the trouble to notice she will find them all over Southern Georgia. Bro. Harralson was in here last Monday and wanted me to go out to see him next Sunday, but that was just a bluff. He knew I had to go to Zirkle. He will invite me sometime and I’ll fool him, and go. Miss Annie Gilis and her father were in town last Wednesday, and Annie came to my office. Don't know whether she came to see me or Pres ton Burkett, but I rather incline to think it was the latter. Dollie Freeman, Ruth and Daisy Mills, up at Lyons, are busy washing, ironing, starching and sprucing up for big meeting next Sunday. Three girls can study up more mlscief and fun, than a bunch of monkeys. Latest name on Red Book is Miss Emma Lou Adams, No. 3t)B. She is the pretty sister of Prof. Adams, and one of the sweetest, softest alto sing ers in Dixie. Listen for her at the convention on 2nd Sunday. Burrell Davis, of McDonald, was in town last Monday monkeying around, and I thought was about to buy him self a car, be h e went off without one. He’s coming again soon and will bring me a gallon of syrup in his coat pocket. Alice Renfroe, clown at Atkinson, writes a postal and says: “I was at St. Simons last Sunday, and came near being drowned.” Well, Alice, you can’t blame me, for I told you not to go in the water until you learned to swim. Barto Teston, up near Salem, is still playing around Vanie Deen. She won’t stand hitched, and before Barto can ask permission to geed her regularly she slips the halter and is gone again. First and last she’s going to get away from him, too. Allen Stephens and Lillie Anderson, both of this district, were in town last Saturday, and nothing would do them but that I must marry them, which I did in short order. That’s another case of the hard looking chaps getting the best looking girls. The Pearson Tribune intimates that ther’s no truth in the statement that the “Noe Book is read by 10,000 people each week.” The trouble s, the editor of the Pearson Tribune is so unaccus tomeed to the truth that he doesn’t know it when he sees it. The protracted services at Burkett’s church will commence on the Ist Sun day, to-morrow week in September, and not on sth Sunday, as stated, last week. Now, you see that Gussie? You or some other female woman is always getting me in trouble. Pretty Bertha and Eva Woods came to see me Saturday and told me about their trip to St. Smonsi. They went all right, but saw a girl eating whale tporpoise) about three miles from shore, and struck a trot for a tent about a mile from the beach. Annabell and Mary Sears, Rfd. 2 were in to see me last Saturday. When theae two girls come everything in the shop puts on his Sunday smile and Preston Burkett runs inside the syrup room to the lookin glass to see if his pair is parted straight, and then cuts a sheep's eye at Mary. “The weather for the past two weeks awful hot, has been making cotton pop open in a hurry,” says one of my country birl chums. The weather was hot, nice moon light nights, the very kind for the boys to pop an important question to the birls.” lam unanwer ed" and Lucille looked guilty. Ex Tax Collector Moore has lost both of his girls this year, and now he comas in and makes complaint to this court in addition to losing the girls a muie is missing. He says he’d like to have the mule back, but didn’t say anv thftig about the girls. But we know he loves Minnie and Annie. George Stanton says “E. 1.. Tanner will soon have a larger car, his fam ily is growing.” Tanner oomes back at him and says “Stanton doesn't need anv lager car. That torpedo came so sudden that a slight pause is necess ary for an answer. Both parties are under bond to keep the peace, how ever. Arch Young, of Ambrose, was in town last Friday and went b\ me with a stiff neck, like he had a carbuncle on it, and didn’t even say hello. Since the county commissioners kicked me out of the grand jury room and shut it up for tlj£ use of the rats and roaches Arch and Dennis Vickers Sr., are mighty repity. Mr. K J. f-t t'r-5 11 ,a V... , -i ■ I THE DOUGLAS ENTERT RISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, AUG., 26 1916. tried to get him to tell me if he knew anything about Tom Douglas and Ben Morris’ lard can and lead pipe com bination in the head of the branch near the Bristol gin house, but he wouldn’t. Hanged if I don’t believe Tom and Ben he... him hodoed so he wouldn’t issue any warrants for them. I will be glad when the schools open. Maybe Elsie Tuff, Myrtice Cobitt, Mel vin Corbitt, Frances Lott, Fannie Lott, Fannie Paulk, Lucena Spivey, Perlie Adams, and forty-seven others will let the postals come every day. I remember one day last spring when 61 postals came in one day. My chums ,are some writers when it comes to postal card correspondence. Mrs. J. Q. Adams sent me a box of nice grapes last week, and to keep her husband from knowing anything about it said she sent it at the request of Miss Emma. Down in the bottom of this box was a nice letter from her to me, and my wife found it. So, she knows all about it, and I am afraid if 1 say anything about the matter for fear Mr. Adams will catch on, so I j won’t say a thing where it will get out. Noah Burhett is not only one of the best truck drivers the Chero-Cola 1 people have, but is one of the most notorious flirts in the country. Last Sunday he was going up to Burketts’ town when he passed a house where some one had hung a lady’s dress on a post to sun, the wind shook the skirt a little, and hanged if Noah didn’t slow up, lifted his hat, bowed, cleaned up his throat and smiled one of his sweet est smiles. Dr. T. H. Clark, from Leesburg, was in town last Tuesday for a short visit. He lives in the county where my moth er and father were buried 62 years j ago, just twenty eight days between i heir deaths. Sixty-two years is a j long time but I can still see, in my imagination, the big strong man, and a little frail woman. Whenever my troubles and trials come thick and fast the face of that little woman peeps at me thru a rift in the clouds with a smille, and the shadows vanish. Thank God, even an old man is loved by his mother. Some pretty little girls up on Gaskin avenue, have to pass my house with their fellows, every Sunday afternoon, their sharp eyes detect me on the piaz za, hidden by the foliage of a tree, and they cross their lips with a finger, look at the tall fellow at their side and shake their heads which means, “Hush, he’s listening.” McDonald’s lips slap together with a smash, he tries to look innocent ond solum, the girls smile at me from under their hats, and they move on like going to a funeral. God bless the boys and gilds, they are the future hope of the country I was a boy once and know “how it Maggie Goodyear, visiting from Nieholls, S. C., Aug. 21, says: “I am out in South Carolina having a dandy good time. I stopped at your place of business before I left to see you, but kvas told you had gone to the show, the movies, I reckon and had taken “Susie” with you. That is about what you generally do, as some girl must Jook after you all the time. It is hot fend dry here, tobac-co bringing a good price and politics hot, hottest and get ting hotter. If you will come up here you can get an apple dumpling.” You can see from this girl’s writing that she is jealous as far away as she is, of little black eyed Susie. COFFEE COUNTY ANNUAL SINGING CONVENTION. It is only a short time now before the 3rd Annual Convention of the Cof fee County Singing Convention will comvene in September, two weeks from to-morrow. The program for the government of the conventon will appear in both the city papers next week. The following committees have been appointed to make arranements for the convention from start to finish, and it is hoped the gentlemen composing these com mittees will find it convenient to meet at the Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, to or ganize and map out a course of action. Soliciting Committee. G. M. Stanton, Chairman, Melvin Tanner, J. N. McDonald, Moses Griffin and J. L- Young. These gentlemen will see the merchants and business men for contributions to prepare din ner for our visitors, probably two thousand. Committee on Arrangements. S. J. Stubbs, Chairman; Gordon Floyd, G. B. Eunice, J. M. Dent, D. B. Johnson, J. A. Dorminy, J. E. Chap pell, W. A. Bailey, Dr. Gordon Burns, R. N. McEachren. It is hardly nec i essary to tell these gentlemen that they aer the “Big Ten,” and have the lbulk of the work. That is, providing i a means of furnishing water and pro , \ isions for feeding the people. Reception Committee. Levi O’steen, Chairman; Rema Sapp, G. A. Tanner, 0. F. Deen, Dr. Willie Sibbett, Dr. John R. Sapp. J. M. Freeman, Sec. C. A. Ward. Pres. j Renew your farm loans through L. 'F. H'-'-'D' and E I Tanner. Douglas. - !.o« imerest ami quirk delivery. MRS. G. W. WILLIAMS | HAD GIVEN UP HOPF HER FAMILY WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS THAT SHE WOULD ..DIE AND CHILDREN WERE SUMMONED TO HER BEDSIDE. Many wonderful indorsements have been gvien Tanlac, but the statement made by Mrs. G. W. Williams, of Gads den, Alabama, is in many respects so remarkable as to be almost inerd ible. Her complete statement follows: “For nearly fifteen years I have had : kidney trouble. I also had stomach i trouble and suffered from nervious in digestion. Icould take ito nourish ment except a little sweet milk, and | would have palpitation of the heart and nervious headaches and terrible pains in my sides and back. I got so weak I had to take to my bed, and I stayed there 18 months. Doctors called two or three times a day, but 1 kept getting iSvorse and fell off un til I was almost a skeleton and had to be turned in bed, and only weighed 90 pounds. “My husband spent more than SBOO trying to get me well. Finally, I got so bad I was told that I could live only a few days. I believed, of course, that I was going to die, and told my hus band to telegraph Thomasville, N. C., for my son and to Atlanta and Bir mingham for my other children. “When my daughter-in-law, Mrs. R. C. Nelson, arrived from Atlanta, she begged father to get me Tanlac. He went right down to Vance’s Drug Store and got me a bottle. I began taking it, and on the second day I be gan to get hungry, and asked for something to eat. They gave it to me, and it agreed with me and I have been eating ever since. After a short time I got so I could eat anything I wanted, and just as much as I wanted “After this I improved right along, and it wasn’t any time hardly before I was out of bed. It just seemed like the more Tanlac I took the better I got, and I have actually gained 48 pounds in weight. I sleep good now, and am not nervous any more like I was. Yes, I feel almost as well as I e,ver felt in my life and am doing nearly all of my housework and milk the cow and churn the milk. “After I got able to go about, I visited my daughter, Mrs. Short, at fEnsley, Alabama, and have just re turned from a trip to the store. I don’t do anything but talk about Tan- All of my neighbors are talking about it, too, and think it is wonderful how this medicine has helped me.” Tanlac is sold exclusively in Doug las by the Union Pharmacy; in Willa coochee by Quillian’s Pharmacy; in Nicholls by the Johnson Pharmacy; in Pearson by Dr;. Joe and C. W. Cor bett; and in Brexton by J. 11. Rod denberry; in McDonald, Lochridge & c©rccfo r“bo Jr iiN. -bKerrefri^craotor 0 ' WW-T . CelicioNis- vri. j (2oca= do/a SSottling domparuj |jjjj jj||| SDouff/as, Georgia SC* If Softer tfiQ |p j Lawton; in West Green, Mack’s Drug Store. 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 trjr them? Do it now and be convinced.