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“The Enterprise Covers Every Nook and Cor ner of Coffee County and Then Some” ■ REPLIES TO STEWART ■Douglas, Ga., Doc. 16th, 1916. Dear Mr. Editor:- Please allow me. through the eolums of your paper to give to the people of Coffee County a few facts, the peo ple and myself are put on 'notice by one C. E. Stewart, that he is going to write a series of articles, in which my public record will be attacked and in view of this fact I think it just and right that the public know some thing about the character of the man who is going to make the charges against me, so the people can better judge for themselves the motives prompting this attack. The only rea son I can offer, is because I supported Mr. Paulk and helped to defeat Stew art in the primary election, and for this reason alone he is willing to as sasinate my character by false rep resentations and insinuations. The best way to judge what a man is, is by what he does, and I charge and accuse him (C. E. Stewart), of hav ing entered into a solemn written ob ligation signed by himself and wit nessed by Carl Meeks, n which he (Stewart) bound himself to the people of the Nicholls District, in the con sideration of their support of him for representative of Coffee County that he (Stewart) would do ail i.i ins pow er to pass a bill creating a new coun ty and with Nicholls the County site. The people of the Nicholls district in good faith, give him a large maj ority of the votes of the district and when they called on Stewart to car ry out his part of his written obliga tion, h e refused to give them any con sideration whatever; now in support of this charge I offer the written con tract signed by himself and the wit- ness to the same. I further charge that for the pur pose of getting the support of the people of the Willaeoochee district, he also entered into a written obligation to support that new county of At kinson with Willaeoochee the county site and by this deception and deceite he secured the support of the people of the Willaeoochee district and car ried the district by a large majority. Then when called" on by the people of said district to stand by his written obligation he refused to give them any consideration. In support of this charge I offer his written contract signed by him and the witness thereto. I further charge said C. E. Stewart with offering to make a contract with one Perley Pafford, in which Stewart offered to obligate and bind himself to said Pafford to raise his salary as clerk of the City Court from SIOO.OO per month to $125.00 and to pass a bill giving said Pafford a four year term instead of a two years term for which he was elected, provided the said Pafford and his friends would sup port him (Stewart) in the last race for representative. I give in support of this charge the affidavit of Perley Pafford. I further charge C. E. Stewart with trying to procure from one Aaron Metts Jr, an affidavit, in which he (Metts) would swear he voted for Stew art in the primary election in the Willaeoochee district, after said Metts had told him (Stewart) that he(Metts) had voted in said primary for John Paulk. His object to get this boy to swear falsely, was to sustain his charg es made against the managers of the primary election of the Willaeoochee district, of stealing his votes in said election. I further charge C. E. Stewart with the offence of Forgery. That he (Stewart) forged a lease to the tim ber of one Malinda White, and upon the trial of the issue of Forgery, by a jury in Coffee Superior Court, Sept ember term 1913, the jury trying the case found the lease which C. E. Slew art testified to be a genuine lease, to a forgery. And to find this verdict the jury had to find the testimony of C. E. Stewart to be faulse, therefore, finding by their said verdict that C. E. Stewart was guilty cf forgery an 1 fal?e swearing or pergery, in support of this charge I offer the verdict of the jury trying the case and the names of the jury, to-wit: We th e jury find in favor of the plaintiff, in favor of cancelling of the lease. This Sept., 3rd, 1913-, D. F. Goore, Wilson Worth, AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 33 BAPTISTS INN OOTJF DEBT The effort of the Baptists to lift their long standing church debt is re sulting in a complete success. Only two. or three hundred dollars of a debt aggregating $5988 remains to be rais ed. This will come to hand in a day or two and the church will enter the New Year owing no man anything. Mr. J. L. Young, chairman of the church Finance Committee, developed the plan and pushed it to this happy consummation. In this he was ably supported by Messrs. H. Kirkland. E. L. Tanner, Melvin Tanner, M. S. Brice, Carl Tanner, D. W. Gaskins, J. B. Ex urn, Lawson Kelley, E. S. Talley and others. Mr. J. C. Brewer offered to add SIOOO when the cash reached S4OOO. This j was done by the second day. The total indebtedness of the church ! when Rev. T. S. Hubert returned to ! its pastorate, less than two years ago, ; was about S9OOO. To have paid this , large amount and kept up all current ' expenses is a remarkable achievement 1 for th s Baptist host. All Douglas ' joins them in their joy. We are informed that now since the | house has been paid for, arrangements ; for its dedication will be made and j properly announced. SUGGESTED TICKETS. Alderman: S. J. Stubbs Elias Lott H. C. Whelchel O. F. Deer. J. T. Relihan Another: E. L. Grantham H. C. Whelchel O. F. Deen S. J. Stubbs J. E. Causey The above tickets were handed in to us this week with request that we publish same, for information only. Most cf these gentlemen may be in the race to-morrow. RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF EDUCATION DEC. 4, 1916. Whereas, God in his infinite wis dom deemed it best to call from our midst one of our most beloved teach ers, Miss Mary Taylor. We, the members of the Board of Education of Coffee County, now in regular meeting assembled, resolve. Ist. That in the death of Miss Taylor we have lost one of our most 'efficient and beloved teacher:-;, one who was always faithful in the per formance of every day. 2nd. That w e extend to the mem bers of her family our deepest sym pathy upon their great loss. 3rd. That copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. This 4th day of Dec. 1916. Board of Education: J. H.*Peterson ■ Pres., H. M. Meeks, Thos. Morris, G. W. Corbitt, E. Corbitt, j. Gordon j Floyd, Supt. FOR MAYOR. I am a candidate for Mayor of Doug las subject to th e election to be held Saturday, December 1(». I shall ap preciate your vote and influence. I stand for anything for the betterment of Douglas. G. L. SIMS. NOTICE. Lost or strayed, a Jersey bull about 1 year old, marked smooth and under bit in one ear, and swallow fork in other. Return or notify, DANIEL VICKERS j and receive reward. VV. L. Rollerson, Lovitt Harrell, Rich i ard Thigpen, J. Meeks, W. D. Demary i and J. J. Sapp. Now in conclusion I want to say that these are only a few of the charg jes I will make and prove against iC. E. Stewart if I see proper to do ; so. If Stewart had been prcsceeuted j on the criminal side of the court for ; these offenses and convicted, he wouid served the State much better in building good roads than he has in the Legislature. Signed C. A. WARD. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 16, 1916. The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners. SCHOOL OUT FOR HOLIDAYS The Agricultural School and the Georgia Normal College will both ad journ on next Wednesday for the holi days. The teachers and most of the students of the two schools will leave j icxt Wednesday night, r.nd will be awry for two weeks, which is the length of the holiday season. The Agricultural School will hold examinations on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and will close school Wednesday at noon. They will re), sume work on Jan. 3. The Georgia Normal will also finish the Fall’s work next Wednesday, and adjourn. Several o the teachers of this school will remain here for the holidays and some of the out of town students will also spend the season in Douglas, but most of them will leave for their respective homes on Wednes day. LARGE CROWD HEARD GOV. S. I. GAITS Perhaps the largest congregation that ever assembled at Douglas heard Gov. S. J. Satts at the First Baptist church, last Sunday evening, in an ad dress two hours long, and which held every attention without weariness to its close. That Gov. Catts is a remarkable man will be conceded by all, even those whose convictions are as honest as his and altogether unlike them. His ad dress was ii. language that little child ren could understand. It contained j passages of real beauty and eloquence. It is simple justice to Gov. Catts to state that he said, at the opening of his address, that he made no fight on the Roman Catholic church as a church and only objected to its role as a poli tical factor. Whether or not he made his case good on this issue, the Enter prise leaves to the judgement cf those who heard him, without caring to in fluence that judgment, either way, one iota. His complimentary reference to Hon. T. E. Watson was an opinion of his own to which he was entitled. Th e great bulk of the addess was a series of incidents drawn from his recent successful gubernatorial con test and was interesting, instructive and inspiring. Douglas has been honored on the coming of Gov. Catts and a strong move for his return already has been started. He went from Douglas to Nashville, Tennessee, where he spoke Tuesday night. The next night he was at Birmingham, Alabama. He will be inaugurated Governor of Flori da, January 2nd, 1917. J. L. Shelton is Named Treasurer The trustees of the Eleventh D : rict Agricultural School met in las on last Thursday for t v of electing a Treasurer " to fill the vacancy cause cent death of Air. J. Mars, who had served in that caps numbe cf years. Mr. J. L. Shelton, cashier Union Banking Co., was unanim. elected to ibis vacancy and will assu his new dut'es at once. The selectL was as goad as could have been made and the trustees will never hav e re gret in their nomination. Among the trustees who were pres ent were: Eschol Graham, cf Telfair; prrident of the board; J. A. Cromartie, cf Jeff Davis, secretary cf the board; l). i>. Gilmore, cf Appling, L .L. Web-.* of Lowndes, J. A. Strickland, of Pierce W. E. Austin, of Brook.-, W. M. Oi.ff, cf Chariton, and Dr. 11. C. Whelchel, of Coffee. The members were entertained while here by Prof. Powell, the principal of the school. TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY i I The election for Douglas will take place tomorrow (Saturday) and the polls wijl open at 6 o’ci > K in the morning and close at 6 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The following will serve as election managers: J. M. Freeman, C. T. Bar ley and Eugene Fierier. There will be one official jticket printed. It will contain the names of all the announced candidates and those who are being specially urged to run. In fact, anyone may get their name on the ticket by notifying Clerk J. D. Knowles by 7 o’clock this (Fri day) evening, as he will at that time hand the ticket to the printer. It is not known, as we go to .press, the names that will be brinted on the official ballot. A great number have been mentioned, who will not run, and at this hour, Clerk Knowles has not made up the ticket. Of course, oar ties desiring to do do so, may have other tickets printed and they will be counted as well, or, a person can write out their ticket with pencil. There are no special rules along this line. The following names will likely go on the ticket. There may be others and still there may be some of these left off. But from the best informa tion obtainable, the following will be voted on: F O It M A Y O It . DANIEL GASKIN, SR. JNO. M. HALL G. L. SIMS F O It A L D E R M E N . (Vote for five) J. B. EXUM /kSSE.J. LOTT J. W. WILLIFORD J. J. DuBOSE O. F. DEEN ELIAS LOTT H. C. WHELCHEL J. T. RELIHAN S. FALES S. J. STUBBS E. L. GRANTHAM J. E. CAUSEY DICKERSON. KELLEY & ROBERTS MOVE THEIR LAW OFFICES. The well known firm of Dickerson, Kelley & Roberts hav e moved their law offices from the Tanner-Dicker son Building, where they have been for ten years or more, to the new building in th e Sibbett Block, which was re modeled. The new offices are in a new part I of the block, fronting Peterson avenue, ' and considered to be one of the best ! suite of offices in the city. They have several rooms, all good light, and will be fitted in every way with modern conveniences, giving them most de irable rooms. STEWART MA V ' IN <***' i. th. for j It * jney W. ( f candidate also, and t | will be in th, present incun ion, and if not, j years, but that 1. the bee in his bon; >, .ment may b e expec. | of time. SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE HOB'S RAGE ' IIESII The race for Mayor has taken on new life at thg last minute by the *ry v i" Mr. G. 1.. Sims, who has his official announcement in this i: sia. of The Enterprise. This makes three candidates to be voted on t morrow, viz: Daniel Gas kin, Sr., Jno. M. Hall and G. L. Sims. These three gentlemen will run the face to the finish ar.d it is hardly likely that any other candidate will enter now. The race for Mayor promises to wax warm as all of the men are promi nent and each one of them has his special friends who will work untir ingly for their candidate. There is no special platform for either of the candidates, and it will be just their personal popularity that will count in the race, Douglas will be well re | presented, in th e event of the election |of either, so why should we worry. ENTERPRISE EMPTY STOCKING FOND The Enterprise Empty Stocking ta she—- rn increase this week. However, nothing like it will be next week, for we expect to announce that a good sized purse will he await ing the committee of ladies, whi will have charge of the fund. We want eveybody to help some on this fund we are raising. It is for a splendid cause, the best Christmas sub scription ycu could possibly make, and we know that you will get a great deal more but of Christmas, if-ycu will subscribe liberally to this fund. Send in your subscription to us right away. Phone it in or send it or toil it to some of our representatives. Whatever you will gb e, v.-ii! he given proper credit, and there is only on e more week in which to enlist. So get busy and give us th amount;. The Enterprise will appoint and an nounce next week thru these colunis, the ladies who will have charge of the fund. They will collect it and invest it, and then make the best possible distribution. Let’s give them at lea ; SIOO. toward this fund. What do you say ? The Woman’s Club cash $7.05 The Woman’s Club mer. 2.90 Cash 1.00 J. T. Relihan 1 Peterson & Relihan Union Pharmacy J. C. Relihan & Co. Melvin Tanner AN , T* Help Us By telephoning News Items to 1 Numbers 23. 44, or 106. TEAMS RATED The South Georgia Prep Atheletic Association met in Fitzgerald last Mon day to rate the teams and pick the all-prep eleven. The championship was conceded to Tifton with Doujrla- Douglas and. Norman Part- tieing for second place. The standing of the teams was.as follows; Tifton .833 1-3 Douglas .400 Norman Park .400 Piedmont .333 l'-8 The following player;; were picked as all-stars of the Prep Association: Rigdon * F. B. Tifton Parker R. H. Piedmont Dilips L. IL Tifton Mason, L. O. B. Tifton Whelchel C. Douglas Whelchel It. G. Tifton Parker L. G. Tifton [Taylor, N. J R. T. Douglas Sheffield 1,. T. Norman Park Raiford R..E. Norman Park Mason, G. L. E. Tifton Three utility men wer e picked who showed themselves capable of hand ling more than one position, and really i rank somewhat higher than a regular man. These three men were: Wi 11- |iams, of Douglas, playing the posit j ions of right half and left end, Pierce, [of Piedmont, tackle and full bar- and Sm,tii, oi Tdron, tackle and guurci. Another feature of the meeting was that Tifton severed all athletic rela tions with Douglas for indefinitely, on account of thg loss of the last game played between the two schools. This does not effect the membership of the association, nobody was put out. We ;’ar e sorry that Tifton feels this way ! about it, at the same time we are not worrying over it to the extent that it would cause any loss of sleep. The following officers were elected 1 for the ensuing year: J. M.‘ Thrash, rof Tifton, Prsident, H. S. Jennings) of 1 Dougin:-, Vi- e-Pit ident, and C. H. Tinsley, of Piedmont, Scc’y. and Treas. W. W. BESiNET 7 NAiP r The rr ■Benr' 11-