Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

ENTERPRISE SUBSUIiIfIiON RATES ADVANCE TO 51.50 ON JANUARY 1 On January I, nex\ the price of The Douglas Enterprise will be advanced from one dollar to $1.50 per year, payable in advance. All subscriptions received between now and that lime, will be taken at the old price of one dollar, provided you pay up all arrears, and we will also give ycu the op portunity to pay ahead as far as you like, at the rate of one dollar per year. f his change in subscription rates is made after mature cc■'.<•; <r, and we know that we are do ing the best for us anti for you. Ihe price of print paper has ad vanced over ?00 per cent in the past ten months, and we cannot afford to send out a paper like we have been, at the price of one dollar, and get by with it. We believe we will come nearer getting by with the advance of fifty cents. All the weekly papers in Georgia and h lorida 'are doing the same thing. 1 hey are forced to it. I here is no profit in subscription even at that price, but it will puli us thru, and give us a good list for our advertisers. r urtnermore, we expect to pay special attention to our list in the future, and no name shall stay on it, who is in arrears over one year. We must have the money, or, olf you go. A general revision of the list will be made in a few days, and cn Jan. 1, our list will be carried, as an nounced above, on a basis of $1.50 per year. Please ad vise us if you do not want the paper after Jan. 1, at that price, and we will omit your name, if you dont want to pay it. We dont believe we will lose a single name, and our list is now growing daily as fast as we care for it to AT ARNIE SCHOOL. There will be a Box Supper at Arnie School next Friday night, the 22nd. at 7 o’clock. The public is in vited. H. C. Douglas, Mrs. Lessie Aldrich, Teachers. I‘E'TH OF MRS. LAURA BI'RKKT. Mrs. Laura Burket died near West Green last Tuesday morning about 4 o’clock. Ph? .id been suffering for some time ’.viui consumption and when the end it was a great relief to her. Laura Burket was married to Len ard Burket about eighteen years ago and they hud lived peacefully together. To them were born nine children all of which are living at the time of her death. .She also leaves her mother, Mrs. ’ Elizabeth Meeks. Six sisters and brothers, Miss Lizzie Meeks, Mrs. L. S. Cole, Charlie, Gray Meeks, Nich olls. Mrs. J. S. Starling, of Pearson, and Col. Melvin Meeks, of Ocilla. Mrs. Burket joined Unian Church near Nicholls when a small girl but was later transferred to Burket where she remained a member until her death. Her funeral took place the follow ing day and was preached by Rev. H. M. Meeks. Then her remains were laid to rest in Burket cemetary. Since her death the future for husband and ! children is very gloomy. RULE TO PERFECT SERVICE. STATE OF GEORt 3 \. Cofree county. Lillie Brown vs S. A. Brown, Libel. It appearing by t> ■ return of the Sheriff that ‘he dt'■ endant does not reside in Coffee County, and it further appearing that he does not reside in this State, it is ordered that service be perfected by publication twice a month for two months in the news paper publishing Sheriff's advertise ments for said county, requiring de fendant to appear at the February Term, 1917, of Coffee Superior Court, to answer this petition for divorce. Witness the Hon. J. I. Summerall, Judge of said court, this December, 14th 191(5. DAN WALL, Clerk. Sale Under Power Contained In Deed To Secure Debt. GEOFGIA, Coffee County. Under and by virtue of a power of sale contained in a deed to secure a debt executed by A. C. McNeely and Sophie K. McNeely to Bank of Nich olls on the 18th, day of May 191(5 and recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Coffee Cuonty T , Georgia, in book of deeds No. 8.4, page 462. The undersigned will sell, at public sale, at th t > court huos deoor in said county, on the first Tuesday in January 1917, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following property, to-wit: ‘ Five lots of land in the town of Nicholls, Ga„ Nos. Twelve (12), Thir teen 1 14), I urtaen (14), Fifteen (15), and Sixte. i (16), « Block No. Ei«ht\ Six (8(5) said land is bounded as"fol lows. On th e cast by North Main KeepingYourselfWell HOW YOU GET SICK I Sometimes you overload your stomach with rich foods. Your life may be an active one. and thus you may care for all you eat. But a few days of inactivity show your system does not call for so much. r You awake in the morning tired. Your body feels heavy; you know you are not up to the mark. Your digestion has not cared for the overload. Part of it remains. It generates gas that inflames the delicate linings. They fall to pour out the digestive fluids and neglect to absorb the life-giving elements. Yon know something is wrong. Your body gets weak, and soon opportunity is offered for some se- I vere Bines. <9 | Taken in time, the Indigestion i would not become serious. First re move the overload; then soothe tho sore membranes; then build up tho weakened body. It’s simple to say, but nottooeasy todo. You need help. A tonic that will quicken diges tion, help remove waste, soothe tho soreness and arouse the system— that's just what you need. Peruna has an enviable record in this respect. Tt has aided many thousands in the last century to overcome just these conditions, and thereby prevent serious sickness. The tablet form is convenient for regular administration. - . . , . „ Manalla Tablets are tuflthe ideal laxative and I liver tonic. J lOil They have T 1 ° unpleas ■« !l n *- e ff pcts and form n ° habits. 10c and 25c. The Peruna Co I Q. j Street, south by Douglas Avenue, west by lot No. 11 of Block No. 86 and on the north by an alley (Lot No. 16 de scribed above is excepted from said sale, the same having already been sold under a prior lien) for the pur-, pose of paying a certain promissory notjC bearing date of the 18th, clay of May 1916, and payable six months after date thereof, and made and ex ecuted by the said A. C. McNeely ar. i Sophie K. McNeely said note being I for Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars | ($450.00) principal, stipulating for in -1 terest from date at the rate cf 8 per j cent, per annum, the total amount Idue on said note being Four Hun jdred and Fifty Dollars ($450.00) prin cipal, and Twenty ($20.00) interest, j together • with the cost of this pro ceeding as provided in such deed to secure debt. A conveyance will be executed to the purchaser by the undersigned, as authorized in said deed to secure debt. This the Bth, day of Dec. 1916. ! Bank of Nicholls Attorney in fact for A. C. McNeely and Sophie K. McNeely. I E. L. Grantham, Attorney at Law for Bank c.’ Nicholls. LOST.—Light red jersey cow, mark ed split and underbit in one ear and underbit in other, about 6 years old. Strayed from my house about six weeks ago. Notify J. D. JOWERS, Nicholls, Ga. FOR SALE.—House and lot in city of Douglas. Reasonable price. Sec or write MRS. MOSE JOINER, P. O. Box ."75, Douglas, Ga. 2t No. 60S This it s prescription prepared especially far MAL ARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Fir • or tix doses vill creak any csjc. 3nd if taken then r.s a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better thaa Caicurel acd deed aot gripe or sickea. 25c TTTK norm. AS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. DEC. 16, 1916. BRYAN AGAINST OWNERSHIP BY THE GOVERNMENT Gives Newiands Committee His Views on Railroad Control. COMPETITION PREFERABLE Federal Regulation Should Not Be Al lowed to Exclude Exercise of State Authority, He Contends—Thinks Rail road Stocks Should Represent Actual Value and Be Stable as Government Bonds. Washington, Dec. 11. - William J. Bryan, who startled the country ten j years ago by advocating government ownership of railroads, appeared be- j fore the -Newiands Joint Committee on | Interstate Commerce last week in sup- 1 port of the claim that the states should j he allowed to retain authority over the i regulation of all transportation lines | within their borders. Mr. Bryan ex- i plained that lie had long regarded gov ernment ownership as inevitable, but) oniy because of railroad opposition to effective regulation. Against Government Ownership. “Personally I cannot say that I de sire government ownership,” he ex plained, “because I lean to the indi vidual idea rather than to the collec tive idea; that is, I believe that gov ernment ownership is desirable only where competition is impossible.” Alfred P. Thom, counsel to the Rail way Executives’ Advisory Committee, previously had presented before the I members of the Newiands Committee I as one of his reasons for urging a bet ter balanced and more systematic reg-1 illation of railroads the argument that! this is the only alternative to govern-1 meut ownership. Calling attention to j the restrictions imposed upon the ■ transportation lines hy conflicting state j laws and regulations, to the practical cessation of new construction and to the impossibility under existing conditions | of securing the new capital needed for extensions and betterments of railway facilities, liv‘ ; .D .'. ' > V ifY.’s -' i that unless they pio* uu.ii a lair a.ini reasonable system of regulation that would enable the railroads to meet tile growing needs of the country’s busi ness the national government would be compelled to take over the owner ship of the lines with all the evils at tendant upon such a system. Preservation of Competition. Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, holds that the further extension of federal authority over the railroads would be a step in the direction of government ownership. He advanced the view that the centralization of control in the hands of the national government ] would impose too great a burden upon ; the regulating body, would offer strong j temptation to railroads to interfere in ! politics and would encourage the gen-: eral movement toward centralization of power in the federal government at the expense of the states. He said that he did not object to consolidations of railroad lines so long as they did not destroy comi>etition, that he knew of no complaint against great railway systems because of their size and that he believed that the preservation of competition was the test to be applied to all consolidations. Regulation of Securities. Mr. Bryan declared himself in favor of national regulation of railway stock and bond issues, hut added that be saw no reason why that should exclude the states from acting on the same sub ject as to state corporations. “I would like to see the stock of a railroad, as long as it is in private hands, made as substantial and as unvarying as the value of a government bond,” he as serted. , He suggested that railroad capitali zation be readjusted to equalize it with actual valuation of the property rep resented, making due allowance for equities, and that when this was done the roads should be allowed to eani sufficient income to keep their stock at par and to create a surplus. The latter, he tentatively proposed, might be allowed to amount to 25 per cent of the capital. Railway Earnings Low. This subject of railroad capitalization and the amount of railroad earnings received further attention from the committee during its recent sessions. In answer to questions by Senator Cummins. Mr. Thom submitted figures showing the net earnings of the roads in recent years. These figures show that (luring the five years from 1905 to 1910 the average net earnings were 5.25 per c*>nt of the net capitalization, while for the five years from 1910 to 1915 the average was only 4.56 i>er cent. The total earnings on the stock, computed by adding to the net oper ating income the income from the se curities owned and deducting bond in terest. were for 1910, 7.09 per cent; for 1911, <5.17 per cent; for 1912. 4.97 per cent; for 1913, 5.94 per cent: for 1914, 4.06 per cent; for 1915, 3.44 per cent, t lots showing an almost contin uous decrease throughout this six year period. It was announced that Hal ford Erickson, formerly chairman of the Wis onrin Railroad Commission, would submit more complete informa tion on t! is subject to the Committee r.t a later date. :M; ' 1 N ' |f| - J jys iy@ j J V Santa Clans HEADQUARTERS As Usual Phone 1 28 Douglas Hardware Cc, W. T. CoTtingham & f=. F. Preston Managers FOR SALE CHEAP. Some 50 head of stock cows, some of fine breed that can not be used for , beef this season but will be in milk through the winter And spriisg. Parties wanting a bargain in milk cows all young. Come and look over the stock and get my bargain prices. J. M. CHAPMAN, Douglas, Ga. SALESMAN WANTED! To sell lubricating oil, grease, spec ialties and paint. Part or whole time. Commission basis until ability is es tablished. Permant position and wide field when qualified if desired. Man with rig preferred. RIVERSIDE REFINING CO., Cleveland, Ohio. —FALL CABBAGE PLANTS— All leading varieties. By express 500 for ,60c; 1000 for §1.00; 5000 at 80c. Satisfaction guaranteed. By mail, post-paid 25c per 100. D. F. JAMISON, Summerville, S. C. jj|p J* W jfc ’JJ[ltlp Oxte Man Horse Power The Kirstin Method guarantees a saving of 10% to 50(4 over ygujeeW), all other methods of land clearing. The Kirstin Method not only iF Kic'. ..VaSb&j? pulls your stumps but gets rid of them after they are pulled. Yank out your stumps! Transform your no-man’s-land into money-making, cultivated fields. Gold is under your stumps— get it out, put it in bank. Clear your land and produce big crops. The Kirstin Method clears land ready for the plow. It has vastly increased the ~ a&W productive value of more than 35,000 farms, most of them in the South. Jw No deeply imbedded tap root is too big for the Kirstin Horse Power Puller. Its mighty strength is irresist- ITgiyl* .■ p ' jble because of its triple power and other exclusive Kirstin features. It will clear more than two acres at one v : ' setting without strain to man, horse or machine. It has been the leader for 21 years. One man without horses can pull the biggest stumps, too, with the Kirstin One Man Puller A little pu-h on i ■ the handle gives tons of puli on the stump. This enormous power is developed by use of double TSjS: leverage. It gives an ordinary 17-year-old farm boy a giant's power. " ,■ tfoflajgL trees with tap roots Q pnf 4 fne Prop Rnnlc We want you to read our new book. “The A moiev kirk •ff® larger than the txxiies oena ror r reK OOOK Gold in Your Stump Land.'' It contains noaey back of the lots of valuable information on all kinds of land clearing. It Droves that bond. Al 5 year ; ?£e?als°24 feet. I have th , e Kirstin Method is the cheapest, quickest and best way to clear land. guarantee AST's «L pulled everything I It tells about Kirstin Service, forever free to all Kirstin owners. It con- . .Se&'HSfc ever hitched to. tains letters from Southern farmers who own Kirstins and are glad they against bruit- g -K. L. mainland, do. Don't buy a puller until vou read this book. age. A war- .aA j . Big Money to those who Order Early We offer you a ranted saving of I cannot fnve tne ® J special oppor- c t aot & ti » r ' J&m Kirstin too much tunity to join in our Profit Sharing Plan. No canvassing. Just a willing- rroin to praise; it does all you ness to s h o w your Kirstin to your neighbors. Don’t wait— send the cou- 50% over &M f* S’ i anchor to. it P° u today. Be the first to share in this big money making plan. othcr 1 ?m W YBBF stump clear my land. A. J. KIRSTIN COMPANY, «44 Main Street, Etctmaba, Kick. \ A profit sharing STSKSU iAKajj Largest Stump Puller Manufacturers plan. ; JK^ m the World 1 ~ I ‘"'' ' r # jSfPßj;, mmf™. J&s , fi- - ... at ******^ a^,BaESaal^****B ‘jack Band. jSgtji V\ Kirstin One A'an Puller -1 ' ,V , ySriy V /?' lis Praia-UnsaPU. — SAFETY FIRST Our first aim safety, next to treat our customers fair and square , and loan them money according to their balances, and extend them any other favor that is consistent with sound banking. May we not have a portion of your Banking business? We will appreciate it. FARMERS & MERCHANTS BISK. Ambrose, Ga, MnUPV F HUMPH On improved |*| ll I " farm lands, at JllUl llUniliJU low rate of interest, and upon very desirable terms. By reason of the direct connection which 1 have loans can be handled without delay. : Union Banking p 117 H ADT DOUGLAS, Company Bldg X « VV . \ A\. A GEORGIA