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“The Enterprise Covers Every Nook and Cor ner of Coffee County and Then Some” THIRD WEEK OF CITY COURT t " The criminal division of the City Court of Douglas adjourned on Wed nesday evening for the week, and will reconvene again on next Monday morning, making the third week of court. Judge Bryan has pushed the busi ness as fast as expedient throughout the term and a great amount of busi ness has been disposed of. The fol lowing is a list of a part of the crim inal business disposed of to date: Jim Searcy, guilty of simple lar ceny, 6 mos. or SSO. Jno. Watson, plea of guilty to lar ceny, 6 mos. or SSO. Beulah Smith, gaming, 6 mos. or S4O. L. W. Phillips, verdict not guilty. Jerry York, plea of guilty gaming, 0 mos. or SSO. Sam Holmes, two charges larceny, acquitted of both. Buelah Williams, larceny after trust nol pressed. James Smith, plea guilty gaming, 6 mos. or SSO. Mack Jordan, carrying concealed weapons, 10 mos. or SIOO. Tobe Woolbright, acquitted of char ge simple larceny. Elmer Mancil, acquitted pointing gun at anctl'.er.j Jesse Thomas, simple larceny, nol prossed. Walter Rowell, larceny from the house, nol prossed. STEWART’S PROMISED CARD TO PUBLIC (advertisement.) Axson, Ga., Nov. 29th. 191 G. To the People of Coffee County:— I have promised to give you the Legislative Record of Hon. Calvin At kinson Ward. I wish to say in the outset, that you will have to bear me as it will require a number of articles for me to conclude. It will be in the shape of a continued carticle appear ing in your county papers during the next month or so. I wish to say too, that I do this with a certain degree of reluctance, but after thorough de liberation. Some one has said “That where Angels fear to tread Fools but in.” The Senators actions and move ments during the recent campaigns causes me to refer to the above phrase. I was going the even tenor of my way politically when the Senator came into the fight telling his friends, that my election meant his repudation; he did everything in his power both fair and unfair against my candidacy and at the last moment knowing that it would be impossible for me to reply to same, came out in public print with an article trying to mis-lead the voters of our county and to mis-represent the facts. Of course this article as well as the Senator has been repu diated by the people of the county. But as this article from the Senator was intended as a “Guiding Star” for the people of our county, I thought it proper, and cannot see where it will be out of order, to give the Senator’s official record, so that the ones who were charmed by the radi ance of that' “Star” and the ones whom the Lustre thereof did not at tract can view it in its natural state and ascertain whether it was a genu ine “Star” or a Lightening Bug. When a fellow gets to be a Public Servant, his official Record is Public Plunder, and when he becomes a Law maker, his every official Act is of Re cord. It stands there either as a shin ing light to brighten his pathway or as a black cloud to darken it. Why should anyone object to his official re cord being spread out before his con stituents ? In giving this record I shall go strictly according to the data furnish ed by the Senate and House Journals which is correct. I shall refer to each date and page and make it so plain that “He who runs may read.” Before I get through I am going to show where our County and our 9 ' (Continued to Last Page) Douglas Enterprise VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 31 6 BRICK STORES TO BE OUIET - , The buiTding boom in Douglas still continues. It has been going on all the fall and there are prospects for quite a bit of building to be done with in the next few months. The latest announcement is that of Mr. Oliver Peterson, Who expects to build six stores within the next few months. Work on them will start on Jan. 1. The stores will be located on Peterson avenue, four of them being on the east side, starting from Bry an street and coming this way. The other two will start at Bryan and go the other way. A very important announcement in this connection is that Mr. Peterson has rented the room nearest this way, in this new block, to the post office department, and the post office will be moved there as soon as the build ing is completed. The pr<*fent room for the post office is too small, »"<i the new place will give the natrons more room. The new place will be used until a federal building is built, which will probably be in the next ten or fifteen years. Mr. Peterson says that he has all the other stores rented, and when this block is completed, that section of the city will be one of the liveliest places around. It is already one of the busiest sections of Douglas and has been for some time. PUBLIC INVITED. The public is cordially invited to an entertainment given at Blystone school house, 3 miles north of Doug las, on Saturday night, Dec. 9th, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The amusements are numerous and something to eat too. The proceeds are to be used in helping standardize the school. Come and enjoy a while with us. Teressa Brown, Teacher. Motorcycle Rons Into Freight Train - What came near proving to be a | fatal accident occured on last Tuesday morning in this city, when John Smith, a fifteen year old boy, drove his motor cycle into a G. & F. freight train, which was standing still on the Ward street crossing. It seems that he lost control of the brakes on his motorcycle, and could not stop it, as + he grade at this par ticular point was also against him. He was seriously wounded, one thigh be ing broken and maybe some internal injuries. He was taken to the Doug las Hospital. The young man is the son of Mr. Ira T. Smith, of this city, and his many friends hope for him a speedy recov ery. WHY WILSON BEAT HUGHES IN CALIFORNIA AS GIVEN BY A SAN FRANCISCO NEWS PAPER The “Billion Dollar Special,” with its precious freightage of bejewelled women from out of the east. The childish foolishness of standpat Republicans in deliberately forgetting the existence of a man named Hiram Johnson. That’s what defeated Charles Evans Hughes in California and ended his dreams of the presidency. That—and Hughes himself. Californians, in deciding one of the closest elections in the history of the nation, decided it not on the basis of wealth, snobbery and glitter, but on the merits of the man. The Wilson victory in California was numrically small. Had there been only | one vote’s difference the victory {would have been just as overwhelming. | Any sort of a Democratic victory ir, j California is remarkable, for the state , is normally a firm Republican strong hold. A wonderland of politics has been California during the past few days. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 2 1916. The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cfifee County and County Commissioners. COOPER FINDS NEW GROUNDS John R. Cooper, of Macon, the law yer who took a Washington county murder case to the United States Sup reme Court cn the ground that no negroes being drawn on the jury, the defendant was deprived of his consti tutional rights, has presented another novel constitutional problem to the State Supreme Court. H e is seeking a new hearing in the appeal of G. Wash Lott of Coffee county, convicted of murder and giv en a life sentence. The Supreme Court was evenly di vided and Attorney Cooper contends the state law, which in such instan ces holds the lower courts is sus tained, is in conflict with the constitu tion of the United States. He fur ther contends that Mr. Justice Price Gilbert is disqualified because he did not hear argument in the case, not having been on the bench when the case was argued. TEACHERS HEBE IK INSTITUTE To-morrow, Saturday, the teachers of the county will gather in Douglas for their monthly meeting, as announc ed thru the columns of The Enterprise last week by Superintendent Floyd. It is expected that every teacher in the county will be present, as the Sup erintendent has specially urged them to be. These meetings are worth a great deal to the teacher and none of the mshoul l Le missed, if it can be avoided. FOR COUNCILMAN. To the Voters of Douglas. I herby announce myself a candidate for councilman of the City of Douglas for 1917. Subject to the election to be held in December 2, 1916. If elect ed on the auldermatie board I most emphatically promise the entire City a businesslike administration. All laws enacted by said councilmen will be rigidly enforced. Your support will be gratefully appreciated. Yours for law and order, J. B. EXUM. Farm for Sale 1200 acres fine farm land for sale on easy terms. Best in Colfee county for stock raising and farming. Six miles from Douglas, Ga., a town of j six thousand inhabitants, on Dixie Highway and A. B. & A R. R. For particulars, see or write, I)R. W. F. SIBBETT, Douglas, Ga. STRANGE RESULTS. Electing Hiram Johnson, Republi can, as United States senator, by a majority almost incredible in its over whelming proportions; placing a lop sided Republican legislature into offic e and declaring for Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, are pages of a new political primer presented by the people of this state. Women of California resented the insult to their dignity and intelligence when committeemen of the east sent out the dazzling special train of silken clad, diamond-sparkling women to show the western feminine how to vote It was a foolish move. The railroad pageant bespoke im mense wealth; the tinge of Wall street j clung to the coaches, ar.d the billions !of predatory wealth seemed to puff from th e very engines as they drew ! the eastern women through this stab* | So this was the lay of the land! Wil lson had fought against tremenaou jodds. He had sa\ed the country from AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS Tom waison Acq«iite<! in Aiipsfa W REGISTER FORELECTION With the passing of the J. P. elec tion to-day, Douglas has yet one more political contest before th e year closes. The municipal election comes off on the third Saturday in December, two weeks from to-day. The books for registering have been open for several days, and closed Tues day afternoon at 6 o’clock, with only a registration of 227 names. This is the smallest registration that th e city has had for some time. | There seems to b e very little inter est in the approaching election. It has about reached the point that good men don’t want the office, as it is a ; burden and the people are hard to please. | We are advised that Mayor Stanton j will not offer for reelection. This I brings on many rumors as to the pos sible candidates, and to date, no an- I nouncements have been made, that is formal ones. The names mentioned for Mayor, that we have heard, are E. L. Tanner, T. A. Wallace, Jno. M. Hall, Attorney Henson, Lawson Kel ! ley. None of these gentlemen have authorized the v.si of their names. For alderman the Enterprise carries one official announcement in this issue, viz: J. B. Exum, who has thrown his hat into the ring. The names of Oliver Peterson, I. C. Sapp, Oliver Deen, Dan Gaskin, G. A. Tanner and others have been mentioned hut no one but Mr. Exum has announced up to this time. It is expected that a week hence | will bring forth a very interesting ! municipal campaign, and it is being watched with interest. COMMISSIONERS COURT JS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY. i State of Georgia, Coffee County. Owing to some other very urgent matters which will render it impracti cal to hold the regular term of the Court of Commissioners on the first Monday inDecember. It is therefore ordered that the same be, and it is hereby adjourned over till Thursday, December 7th, 1916. It is especially requested that a full board be present at this meeting, as business of importance is to be trans acted, which will require a full board. Don e at Douglas, Ga., this 27th day of Nov. 1916. % J. C. Ellis, Chairpian. Board County Commissioners, Coffee County, Georgia. INTERESTING PLAY AT NICHOI.LS. The Nichojls High School presented that beautiful and interesting play “Farm Folk” on Thanksgiving eve., Nov. 30th at 7:30. Admission will only b e 15 cents and a pleasant evening is assured to all. war. And wemen whose fortunes are rated in millions, goldens hoards wrest ed in frenzied finance from great money marts, were fighting for Hughes, displaying themselves spec tacularly before the west. OVERLOOKED JOHNSON. Voters in California, men and wom en alike, resented the snubbing of Govenor Johnson by Hughes and his followers on the swing down the Paci fic coast. Unfortunate Hughes, sur rounded by a golden ring of standpat ters, wealthy bankers and old-style Republicans, overlooked one of the big gests bets of the campaign when he failed to notice Johnson, “the great est man in the west.” Johnson, idol of his people, the man who knocked out machine poli tics in California during his terms as governor, has been elected United States senator by one of the largest votes ever rolled up such an office — more than a quarter million. Such is the man who was slighted SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE HOLDING J. P. ELECTION TODAY The election of J. P., of the 648th. District G. M., comes off to-morrow (Saturday). The term of office is for four years, and these elections are held in every militia district in the state on the same date every four years. In this district, there are three can didates for Justice of the Peace. Judge J. M. Freeman, who now holds the of fice, and Messrs. Gus. L. Brack an(j E. Manning Smith. For Constable there seems to be three in the running, at least that is all we are advised of at this time. Two are voted for on this ticket. The can didates are Henry C. Ellis, C. A. Fur ney and C. E. Bailey. Thelbusiness men of the city should - not overlook this election which is one |of the most important in the state, and should vote early before it is for gotten. THOMASVILLE IS HOST TS SO. CA.CONFERENCE The South Georgia Methodist con ference has been in session in Thomas vilie for the past week. This is the annual conferance and the outcome is always watched with great interest. Rev. H. M. Morrison, the local, pas tor, left Wednesday for the conference. Mr. Morrison has been pastor here for two years and the people of his church and the city really hope that the conferance will return him here for another year. He has filled the pastorate here with distinction to him self and the church, and the peopl of the city would regret to see him moved away until the limit is up, which is four years. ‘ Thr announcements will probably ' c read Monday and announced thru the press on Tuesday morning, as is gen erally done. VERNON WALLACE STOCK HERE ALL THIS WEEK. The Vernon Wallace Stock Co., is here three days this week and they are playing good houses. The show is good, that is Thurs day night was a hummer, and We pre dict that the other performances will be equally as good. Vernon Wallace is a show within himself. He is decidedly the star of the company, with Maude Hollings worth a good second. The other mem bers are quite good. The show will give you your money’s worth, and you can stick a pin in that. by Hughes. In Los Angeles during the Hughes trip west, the presiden tial candidate, was on one floor of a hotel and Johnson, by a confidence, was on another. The two men did not meet. Hughes listened to the counsel of his millionair advisors. At no time while Hughes was in California was Governor Johnson recognized, either officially or socially. These two things—the big mistakes of the Hughes effort —were altogether too much for Californians. Broad-minded, liberal, free-hearted folk, they refused to accept a man who countenanced snobbery and the power of vast wt-alth. That is why Wilson won and Hughes lost in California. That—and Hughes himself. The candidate from th e far cast ! seemed bewildered and dazed on his western trip. He had the wrong idea, ant?, it cost him a victory. Help US By telephoning News Items to Numbers 23, 44, or 106. VERDICT TODAY AT II O'CLOCK Augusta, Ca.. Dec. 1, I 91& The Enterprise, Douglas, Ga. Jury Watson case returned verdict net guilty eleven o’clock this merw ing after being out from six o’clock yesterday afternoon. THE CHRONICLE WILLACOOCHEE METHODISTS WILL BUILD A NEW CHURCH. A movement is under way for the erection of a new brick Methodist church for Willaeoochee. A building committee has been appoined and plans formulated for a $5,000 struct ure. Local parties are subscribing to the fund liberally and funds are ex pected from other sources. ! Tuesday night at 8 o’clock the lad : ies opened a bazaar in the McCrarno I old store to continue until Saturday 'night. Turkey dinner will be served Thanksgiving day. Music will be fur nished by the band every night araef refreshments will be served. L. vita . iioin ... u —g rnaiitu uii u cvu.judoy has been invited. The proceeds will go to the church fund. Next Saturday, December 2nd, is election day for Justice of the l'eace. Uncle Jim Freeman, needs your vote. Don’t forget him, please. PASTOR PRAISES THIS GREAT PICTURE BY REV. W. H. CARWARDINE... . I entered the La Salle Theatre to see the motion picture play “Wherx Are My Children?” With doubt ar«s misgivings. I cam e out deeply moved, enthusiastic and determined, if I gat a chance I would write or speak in it=- favor. I feared this would be another sei play, doubtful and suggestive. I charmed to find it a clean, inspiring: and splendid presentation of a sub ject generally kept under cover aiwt spoken of in whispers. Not a prurient suggestion, not as scene that was morally off color, austf running through it all are great Uig lesson that ought to be driven home into the conscience of men and women*: everywhere. It handles a gelicate subject with exceptional good taste: d delivers a sledgehammer blow at one of the most dastardly of secret evils altogether too prevalent i» American society. LESSON FOR WOMEN Over against the pernicious teach ings of both birth control is thi great film that excoriates the physi cian who for a price murders the un born and holds up to keen condem nation the misguided woman evades motherhood. Tyrone Power, as Richard Waltons the district attorney, wealthy, wit » a beautiful home and a worthy but misguided wife, a great lover «f child ren and wondering why he should be denied their entrance into his home,, depicts with splendid dramatic pow er the man who has been robbed e€ his children. He is instrumental in sending t& the penitentiary a scoundrel doctor who has performed the operation tha£ resulted in the death of a good b«E trusful girl. In a dramatic scene the district attorney learns that the sattss man had performed an operation on his own wife. Crushed and stagger ing under the blow, the district at torney confronts his wife, with thfc evidences of her guilt. Penitent after ward for her sin, she finds that sfeu has destroyed the hope of children; tr, I her home. No one under 17 years of age ad mitted. Friday, Dec. 15.