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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
Douglas, Georgia
Established 1888
Published Every Saturday by
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
W. R. FRIER, Editor
Subscription Rates in Advance:
One Year SI.OO
Six Months 50
Three Months 25
VNe Enterprise publishes the Legal
VFieeJti.sing of the City of Douglas,
Vffee County, and County Commis
sioners.
Entered as second-class matter at
_ ife postoffice at Douglas, Ga., under
tf»« Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
It looks like Woodrow. It is Wood
row.
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Old California! Wo love you as we
never did before.
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School children’s day next Wednes
> promises to be one of the biggest
-• id best days of the fair.
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With good weather,, the largest
crowd in the history of Douglas will
Lg here next week.
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The country should have two Thanks
riving days this year. One to give
/ hanks for the reelection of our presi
dent.
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The J. P. and Mayor’s elections are
the next on hand. Then a long dry
spell which will give a much needed
rest.
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' That fellow Vance McCormick will
be heard from again. We hope Presi
dent Wilson will make him Secretary
r>f State.
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Chalie Stewart is some runner. He
made a very remarkable campaign
ami no doubt received a majority of
the county.
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Hughes’ slrm at the south will never
be forgotten by a true southern man.
His play on sectionalism had a whole j
lot to do with vote, too. Taft
never did it. McKinley didn’t do it,
trod a man that does it is not fit to be
!>• zisident of the United States.
Last Opportunity
By Request Of Many Of Our Customers We Have Reopened Our
CLEAN SWEEP SALE
To fill your needs in high-Class merchandise at less than the raw material cost. This is a chance of a lifetime,
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
Harkets 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 cf 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 lg x3 l inches which would be cheap 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, untill sale closes November 25th, Between the Hours 8 A. fl. and 4 P. M.
SPECIAL
We w ill 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
Meet your Friends during The Big Coffee County Fair and make your Headquarters at the Big Clean Sweep Sale.
E.L VICKERS & COMPANY
WILSON REELECTED.
The reelection of President Wilson
on last Tuesday has proven conclusive
ly that the north and east no longer
I control the balance of power in presi
! dential races. They are no longer the
big factor in a presidential race, hav
ing been supplanted by the growing
south and west.
For many years it took New York
to win. Now t a president can win
without the great state. The west is
to be reckoned with in the future, and
if these two great sections of the
country will stand together, as they
did this time, the north and east may
nominate who they please, and vote
solidly for him, but they cannot win.
j Wilson great service to the country
during the past four years had the
most to do with his election. As has
been said, he is a bigger man than his
party. His politics must be right for
they hav e been endorsed by a majori
ty of the voters. He has made a great
president and the country is to be
congratulated on his endorsement for
1 a second term.
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THE FAIR NEXT WEEK.
The big Coffee County Fair is at
hand. The gates will be thrown open
next Tuesday morning, and one of the
best shows in the history of this asso
ciation, will be pulled off next week.
The great agricultural and poultry
display will be the best the Fair has
ever had. The ladies will also have
on<> of the best displays they have
lever had. The midway will be the
I biggset in its history, for the manage.
I ment has contracted for the famous
Dominion Shows, and in itself, it is a
•midway uneaqualed on the road.
I The racing promises to be first class
in every respect. Many well known
horses have been entered and this
feature will be worth going miles to
see. Then the air flights daily will be
thrilling and no doubt will draw large
crowds.
So get ready to enjoy this week of
festivity. It will be the biggest week
in the history of Douglas and Coffee
County, and everybody will be here to
see you. You will meet your old
friends here and make many new ones,
,besides seeing the greatest fair that
has ever been held in Georgia this
year.
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Superintendent bloyd is to be con
gi’atulated on the excellent manner he
Las handled the opening of the county
schools. Every one of them is well
supplied with a good teacher and
everything opened on time.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, NOV. 11 1916.
JOHN ROBINSON CIRCUS
HERE NEXT TUESDAY
“I hate to see a circus with so many
rings and acts. In a big show there
is so much to look at that one keeps
bobing one’s head all over the big tent,
with the result that ane doesn’t see a
tenth of the pcrformence. I should
rather attend an old-fashioned, one
ring circus, where I can see everything
well.”
In all parts of the country the above
| sentiment i s oftentimes expressed,
iwhen a big circus is billed to appear.
I This is true, where the management of
a big show mixes all sorts of acts to
gether in a crazy concoction. But
John Robinson’s Ten Big Shows, which
will exhibit in Douglas, Tuesday, Nov.
14th. afternoon and evening, although
one of America’s largest amusement
institutions, offer no ground for such a
complaint. The experienced manage
ment of the great John Robinson’s Ten
Big Shows long since remedied this
evil.
A circus program is made up of
what is termed as “displays.” A dis
play is a series of acts given simultane
ously in the rings, on the elevated !
stages, in the air and on the hippo- i
drone. Instead of the display being \
j composed of several diverse acts, as
!is often th e case in circuses, John Rob
j inson’s Ten Big Shows’ displays are
j made up of acts of the same kind. For
instance, if a male or female eques- j
tian act is being given in ring No. 1, i
the very same kind of feature will be I
found in the other rings. If a group j
of aerialists appear at one end of the
dome of the great tent, another group |
will be presented at the opposite end. I
thus it is possible for th e spectators
at one extremity of the canvas to see
practically the same perfomrances
that the people in the far end witness.
FOR SALE.
Will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in
December next, at the old home of
Thomas Merritt, deceased, the follow
ing property, to-wit: One horse and
two mules, one 2 horse wagon, one 1
horse wagon, one mowing machine and
rake, one sugar mili and boiler, one
corn and fodtic., - I; . , a...: i i luu :
of cattle, one pair of war stretcher
and foot adds, one oat cradle.
Leaston Harper and W. H. Merritt,
Executors.
The Boston Store
We welcome you to our store during
your stay in Douglas at the Coffee County
Fair and view the thousands of new up to
date wearables which is now on display.
Several recent shipments of new fall
suits, skirts and waists at prices which will
astonish you for such beautiful goods.
Ladies Suits in Poplins, Garbudine Serges, beautiful
models at $9.98, 1 2.50, 1 5. and 18.
Skirts $1.98 2.98 and 4.98
$7.00 Tu ton toots special $5.00
$15.00 Mens tailored suits $11.50
SIB.OO Mens tailored suits $14.50
$25.00 Mens tailored suits SIO.OO
New shipment of Georgette crepe and crepe de chine
waist special $2.98
The Boston Store
Douglas Georgia
We give premiums
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