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Uid@ Jm 9 s ftl J M. Freeman rHCNVIIV 1 ' —The next thine: is Christmas. —-All my girl correspondents must have frozen up this week. Didn’t get any letters. —Lizzie Meeks, down at Nich oll, must have cut me off of her list. Not a line since June. —Dollie and Dora Kirkland, down at Saginaw, have been pouting with me for a month. —Tishie Harper is figuring on a big time Christmas, 1 guess. She always gets a big time out of everything. —Santa Claus has headquar ters in Douglas for Southern Georgia, if you judge by the amount of toys in town. —The girl who told me some time ago that she would be a married woman before leap year "was out has only a few more days. —The County Commissioners will hold their last meeting for the year on the ‘2Bth. They have done about as well as I would have done under the same cir cumstances. —Mary Corbitt, up at Isaac’s School said if I’d come up there she’d see that 1 had a nice time with the girls. What’s the mat ter with her? —Jewell Davis, down at Sag inaw, wants to start the new year by getting on the Red Book. And I expect she’s going to make a nice little chum. —There’s a considerable fall off in the marriage business for the past two weeks. Guess the boys and girls are plotting up for Christmas, times. —Don’t order any whiskey for Christmas, friend; just give your wife thes2.so and see how she will stretch it and buy something for every one in the famiy. —“The Old Lady”, up at Am brose, has finished the baby’s gingham dress, and is now knit ting a pair of Christmas stock ings for the little darling. —After January Ist the price of the Enterprise will be $1.50 per annum. All in arrears will be cut off. The high cost of material makes this necessary. —Did any one ever see Jack Ferguson, of Ambrose, smoking whole cigar? Beats the other yboys down town every morning •stqd picks up the longest stumps. r ~y Stevens has had the mbasles for so long that he says .Everything tastes and smells bad. ' upper lip has a bad Ijj-oat'h, <Mrs. Stevens has my ‘i' .c x W synipa.lm v/ Corbitt, one of my In- 1 -school Qhums last year, is blithe H- C- at Valdosta. thqifgWF something strange could iwvr see or hear epey'; down at Bar iSb^.^ehoof'Jk a lne cor ■gad sejCiF sh"e when she in' s Pity .measlnft^ a bStTU \Va§ til at plan asF the ola ggVork so lilanje stinCy'thiiCW ydif .tb ' o^a^ofd fy^v yob 'Will'""yffithe /San-v. Ns 1 fi# i{k]E e oft patrqi^ ty Schovf social i®*ijchori 1 4iou^ywbist Thursday, but vithd y6ungl entrust ed -to iyotify until she vkgev if wa.s tbq late -for me to rb-Mny. Vlai'k McKinnon set it mb 1 ,h'bic dwindle of Spare ribs' Wednesday. by " .her husband, who killed ninebig, "Rasters bum' Tuesday. If the world had more such people it I would be the greatest blessing, and I would have more to eat. God bless these good people. —The “Barrow School”, down south of Nicholls, was named Barrow, after the Irst teacher, Miss Jewell Barrow. There’s a fellow down there that says he can’t change the name of the school house “but he’s going to 'try to change the teacher’s name. That’s the way with some peo ple, always trying to tear up or change something. —Melva Corbitt is as jealous as hse is nice and pretty. She accuses me of being partial to New Forest School, and leaving Inman off of my slate. She even goes farther, and says she wrote to me and I have never answered her letter. 1 hat is just like a woman, when she finds something against you she keeps piling it on. —Joe McDonald, over at Ax son, wants to know if ’owing to high price of cotton and cross ties I could not figure off a lit tle on the price of the Enterprise. If we should send it to him free of cost, he’d want us to make ar rangements to have the post master carry it up to his house, | sit beside his bed and read it to ; him before he gets up for break- fast. —The new city council should pass and enforce the “move on,” ordinance, to keep the side walks ! clear on Saturday, so the people can pass. Eevry Saturday, or any other day when much of a crowd is in town, people, white and black congregate in the most public places to talk, and those in a hurry have to quit the side | walks and go out in the streets i to pass the throng. —Whenever you are going to have a box social or other enter tainment at your school notify |me the week before, in order ■that I may make an announce | ment in time to do you some good. Don’t wait until a few hours before, as Melva Corbitt did this week, and then say “if I am not there, with my face clean, hands washed, nails all trimmed and pared, she’ll make me feel like I was bare-footed on to}) of my head.” These girls make such threats (by mail) that I don’t really know wheth er to wear a wig or not. —William O’steen, up here at Bushnell, came down here the other day, with $l4O in his pock et, got too chumy with Clarence Peace, and lost it. He' notified Constable Furney, who got on Clarence’s trail, finally found him at a certain house in town, re covered the money and put him in jail. One year ago Mr. O’steen lost about SIOO by a light finger ed negro, who picked his pocket. Constable Furney also caught that theif and recovered most of the money. Furney is one of the best detectives in Georgia, and if you give him a warrant will get the man if he stays on the ground. SHE’LL MARRY RILL. s . r Pauline Hayes, at Sylvester, is' isi a close place. You see, it is-tltis way: Her birthday comes Day and she will be exfittly 18 next Christmas. Hill . Chambers has been her “ steady. fellow” ever since she was 16. and she ‘‘makes out she d<jn’t like him, (but she does) and to rid if his pleading to gef she told him i£> one she liked better, her next birthday Christmas HqiC/she would mar THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. DEC, 16, 1916. ry -him.” Bill is minding the gap, keeping the boys away from Pauline, but it is my opinion that she don’t want any boy but Bill. To the County Teachers. Supt. Floyd has kindly publish ed in the last number of the Enterprise a list of the schools and teachers in the county, and I am proud to have it, but this list does not give the post office addresses of the teachers, and that is what I want. Therefore, as Mr. Floyd failed in this, the most particular point, will every teacher in the county furnish me with their post office address. Then, as I have their schools and names pasted in a book, I can write the post office opposite. Some of them may not know me personally, but that makes no difference, I am their friend, and must have their names that I may sometime help them. Send me a postal next Monday. Letter To Santa Claus. One of my little chums wants to know what I want Santa Claus to bring me for Christmas, and so, here is my letter to Santa: “Dear old Santa Claus: Bring me a big mess of sausages, a peck of sweet potatoes, some syr up, some molasses candy, a chicken that can crow, a pig, a dozen eggs and anything else you care to give a good little boy only (6)9 years old. I love you, Santa, and don’t you forget me. It has been a mighty hard strain on me to be good so long, that is, for two weeks, and I have not said “darn it” but once in that time, and I know you will for- give me, for I was trying to feed Polly, and she bit my finger. Wasn’t she hateful? Your good little boy, Jimmie. P. S. Bring me a fountain pen, a rubber ball and a blue eyed girl baby doll, that won’t shut one eye and watch me all the time when I ake a biscuit off the table at supper time. “I don’t want much.” Because I Fought Whiskey. In the heat of the fight last Saturday week, when it was thought by the apposition that 1 had been snowed under, I was told that “the reason the boys had it in for you was because you have used the Note Book to fight whiskey, and they are go ing to beat you.” I didn’t make any answer because I did not want to be beaten, but I thought there were enough good people, and a power greater and higher than my enemies that would pro tect me, and while I was a little frightened at the prospects, right then, subsequent events proved that I was right, and the work of the Note Book is going right on. The excessive use of whis key is wrong and unlawful. It makes paupers out of thousands who use it, causes women and children to be hungry, and in rags, fills the jails with crim inals and the dockets of the courts with profiless business aud expense, puts men and wom en in chain gangs, sends mur derers to the gallows and their wives and children to the poor house,, and finally lands the whole family in hell. Tearful pictnre, isn’t it, but true. That is what the Note Book is fighting It is not making war on any par ticular person, and if any man that is in the habit of getting drunk will sit down a moment and have a sensible view of the matter he will think as I do. The Note Book will not quit its work. FOR SALE.—Twin Indian Motorcycle. Good Condition. Price SBO. Also Fox Typewriter. Price $25. Ad dress P. 0. Box 15, Patterson, Ga. 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 try them? FOR MAYOR. I hereby announce myself a candid ate for Mayor of Douglas for 1917, subject to th December election. If elected I promise you an impar tial and business administration. Dec. 1, 1916. DANIEL GASKIN, SR. FOR COUNCILMAN. To the Voters of Douglas. I berby announce myself a candidate for councilman of the City of Douglas | for 1917. Subject to the election to |b e held in December 2, 1916. If elect led on the auldcrmatic board I most j emphatically promise the entire City ja businesslike administration. All j laws enacted by said couneilmen will |be rigidly enforced. Your support will be gratefully appreciated. Yours for law and order, J. B. EXUM. I am a candidate for Alderman for the ensuing year 1917. If elected will serve the people to the best of my ability, will devote such time to that responsible position as may be requir ed of a servant, for the city and the people. JESSE J. LOTT. I hereby announce myself a candida te for Alderman of the City of Doug las, subject to the approaching elect ion. If elected I promise to give the office the very best that is in me, and I will appreciate your vote and in fluence. J. J. DuBOSE. The friends of O. F. Deen announce him as a candidate for re-election as Alderman for Douglas and request support for him. We should retain som of the old members on the board MANY FRIENDS. i I announce my candidacy for Aider man City of Douglas for the coming I election, -rd promise my b est ef , forts on the board if elected. Shall ! stand for equal rights to all. Will appreciate your vote and influence. J. W. WILLIFORD. The friends of Elias Lott, Sr., an. nounce him for one of the places or | the board of aldermen for the City of | Douglas, at the coming election. We I need such men and we trust that the | people will give him their support. FRIENDS. F O R SALE. One residence with large lot, near business center, formerly occupied by Judge Grant, in Hazlehurst, Ga. One store room and residence com bined in one building on SQUARE in Denton, Ga., now occupied by Charley Morris. One well improved farm about 2 miles of Denton, Ga., known as Will iams place. 100 acres cleaned lands about four miles east of Hazlehurst, Ga. About 400 acres part cleaned about .3 miles of Denton, Ga. Correspond with G. I. TEASLEY, Canton, Ga. : | FREE 23 at 10:00 o’clock *P. 2M. We are going to give the following prizes: Ist $25.00 in CASH 2nd 10.22 IN TRADE 3rd 5.00 “ 4th 2.50 “ j 4 chance with every dollar spent with us or paid on ac count. your Christmas shopping with us and try your luck • F. T. CURRIE CO. Lankford Bids* Phone 51. Stop! Look! Listen! We Prepair Casings and Tubes on a Money Back Guarantee Basis. Agents for National Tire Filler. The Douglas Tire Co. 215 Ward Street east. KLET MOTHiNG HAPPEN on CHRISTMAS PAY TO DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OP AIL SO GAV %0 s \J THE DINNER SHOULD BE OF VERY BEST OUR t \h “GOODS' WILL STAND,' § '>THE SUPREME TEST* 4564 *-<7B? WiS£>-« Apples Oranges Cellery Lettuce Nuts Raisins Cran Berries Fine Candies Stones lOc Cakes Stones Rich Fruit Cake SCOTTISH FANCIES 1 egg 1 c. rolled oats 1-2 c. sugar 1-3 tsp. salt 2-3 tbsp. melted butter 1-4 tsp. vanilla Beat egg until light, add gradually sugar, and then stir in remaining ingredients. Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls on a thoroughly greased baking sheet. Spread into circular shape with a case knife first dipped in cold water. Bake in moderate oven until delicately browned. To give variety se 2-3 c. rolled oats and 3-3 c. shredded cocoanut. —<g\VE SHI THE INGREDIENTS '^--* J. C. R.ELIHAN COMPANY Phone 52 MOlFf |f| 1 IFn Osi Coffee Uilfil LUiiftul) County Farms AT 5 1-2 PER CENT We make farm loans at 5 1-2 percent in terest and give the borrower the privilege of paying part of the principal at end of any year, stopping interest on amounts paip, but no annual payment of principal required. J. W. QUINCEY