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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
Douglas, Georgia
Established 1888
Published Every Salurday by
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
W. R. FRIER, Editor
Subscription Rates in Advance:
One Year SI.OO
Six Months 50
Three Months 25
The Enterprise publishes the Legal
<t,4v«Ytising of the City of Douglas,
’faiffce County, and County Commis
sioners.
Entered as second-class matter at
j<h pcstoflice at Douglas, Ga., under
ti* Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
L 0 SIRMANS DEFENDS
PRECINCT MANAGERS
Willacoochee, Ga., Oct. 50, 1915.
To Mie Voters of Cotree County, Ga.
ft appearing in the minds of many
some one should reply to the at
sactß made upon the various mana
gers of the Sep-. 12th 1915 primary
election, such attacks being made pub-
Edy by the Hon. C. E. Stewart one of
the, candidates who ran in that elect- |
and the one and anly one who
W:. fvcr publicly complained of the
Australian ballot system since the
eznic has been enstailed by the demo
cratic party in this county, in fact this
*7*tem has been talked of for several
years past and the first trial dose in
fee early part of this year in the
{wiarnry for county officers has con
vbM'cd o' my opinion a majority of
jm- democratic party that this way of
Adding elections is far better than the
I
f rain Mr. Stewart attacks certain
yrtvi et managers, accuses them of all
wet’s of fraud, rottenness and even
iifii.ng his just rights and votes from
him, he even went, to Atlanta, the Cap
itol of our good State in ordi r that ho
aouia wire a message to the Macon
pros - di Twiner or" •"’ey of robbing
tint out of his rights, in that menage
fce informed th t > public that according
to sworn affidavits he received seventy
dre votes in the Willacoochee district,
{ was one of the managers of the
ft'iflacoochee precinct on Sept. the«l2th
Last Opportunity
jr
By Request Of Many Of Our Customers We Have Reopened Our
= CLEAN SWEEP SALE
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To get Sparkling Merchandise and Startling Values. Get Sky High Quality at Down Right Low Prices. Pay no extra Charges for
advances on any line of high class Merchandise. When you can now Buy it for Less than wholesale Cost, Have gone into the
Markets Before prices advanced and replenished our needs for our many Thousand Customers, and now we want you to participate
in the great feast of low Prices. Having decided to close out our entire stock of merchandise which consist of the best and biggest
lines that Money can Purchase
ABSOLUTELY FREE
We will give as a profit sharing premium absolutely free commencing November 14th, and lasting Two Full weeks
which closes Saturday night, November 25th, One large handsome framed Mirror Size I 9 x3i inches which would be at «3 50
to any customer trading £IO.OO or over. Remember this large framed mirror will be given absolutely free every day from Tuesday
November 14th, until 1 sale closes November 25th, Between the Hours 8 A. n. and 4 P. M.
SPECIAL
We will give absolutely free to any customer buying SOC worth Polo soap. 10 Bars of polo soap absolutely Free. Re
member you can get the 10 Bars free soap every day from now untill we close the big Clean sweep sale, November 25th.
Remember our big clean Sweep sale is now re-opened. Extra low prices will take effect Saturday November 4th.
Meet your Friends during The Big Coffee County Fair and make your Headquarters at the Big Clean Sweep Sale
E L VIChERS & COMPANY
1916. The Hon. Thomas Daniels, Jas.
F. Shearer and myself, composed the
board of managers for that election,
R. J. Roberts and C. B. Shaw acting
as clerks. We were sworn to do this
i work by the Hon. I. T. Guldens J. P.
jof this district. I wish to say to the
public and voters of Coffee County
that there was nothing crooked or
unjust done to Mr. Stewart in that
days election, he got all that was
coming to him, he got all that a free
ballot and a fair count could give
him.
; Now citizens and voters one and all
if you will have Mr. Stewart produce
to you or either of you these seventy
j five affidavits of men who voted for
him on Sept. 12th 1916, I will pay
cash for everyone of them in excess
of (7) this being the number wp
counted for him,Twenty-five Dollars,
this offer holds good for all time to
come with reference to the election
held Sept. 12th 1916. Remember I
,say there was only seven men in the
Willacoochee District that voted for
C. E. Stewart on Sept. 12th 1916, and
that I will pay Twenty-five Dollars
each for all who will swear that they
did vote for him, over and above
seven.
Yours truly,
J. 0. Sirmans.
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of
Coffee.
Personally appeared before the un
dersigned and officer duly authorized
by law to administer oaths, Aaron
Metts, Jr., who after being duly sworn
on oath deposeth and says, that he
was in Douglas, Ga., shortly after the
primary election held Sept. 12, that he
met the Hon. C. E. Stewart and Stew
art asked him personally who he
(Metts) voted for and after being told
that he voted for John Paulk, he
(Stewart) insisted on his making an
affidavit that he (Metts) voted for
Stewart.
Aaron Metts, Jr. :
Sworn to and subscribed before me ■
this oOth day of Oct. 191(1.
I. T. Gueeelens, J. P.
102(5 Dist. G. M., Coffee Co., Ga.
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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, NOV. 4 1916.
A TRIBUTE
A TRIBUTE
By T. S. HUBERT.
It has been said that the great
ness of a tree is measured by the
gap that is made in the forest when
it falls. Measured by this standard
we have lost “a great man and a
prince” in the passing of J. M. Ash
ley. Banks, railway companies, manu
facturing plants, stores wholesale and
retail, lodges and social circles miss
him and moum e him—their pride and
tower of strength.
His was a life made visible in deeds.
He made it impossible that his name
be forgotten by the utterance that he
gave himself in achievements that
compel wonder and in institutions
that survive him. These will keep his
memory green and bring others into
touch with his genius, year after year,
for years to come. There are walls
here at Douglas as full of music as
old Cremonas. Could they do so,
they would tell of hope and joy re-
THE BOSTON STORE
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A new arrival of the most stylish
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4.98
A new arrival of Suits in Poplin, Ser
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The Boston Store
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Douglas, Georgia
fstored to hearts and home that would
have gone down in despair but for
him.
I have known Douglas many years.
Never have I heard his name associa
ted with the faintest, suggestion of
fraud or malevolence or anything un
becoming a gentleman. His name is
honored not only for the vast wealth
for which it stands but as well and
more for unanswering business integ
rity and incorruptible personal recti
tude.
He rose to the high place which he
occupied in the public eye by merit.
If written out his life would read like
a romance. Discouragements and
difficulities which would have daunted
others were by him wrought into
agencies of success. The young and
ambitious have in him a most whole
some and stimulating example.
He has gone and we shall see him
r.o more, and it will be many a year,
if ever, before we see another like
him in the qualities of mind and char
acter and temperament that easily
made him our foremost citizen.
The death of Mr. Marshall Ashley,
of Douglas, may be said to have been
caused by grief over his little son,
who died two or three days before.
Here was a strong man, a giant in
business matters and in his dealings
with his ellow-man, so wrapped up
in the life and hopes of the little boy
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