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“The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year To All
HIKER CLUB
OPENS DEC. n
NEW CLUB HOUSE WILL BE
THOWN OPEN CHRIST M A S
NIGHT. OVER 200 INVITED
GUESTS FOR OCCASION.
Thg Kracker Country Club will give
their big opening on next Monday eve.
ning, Christmas night, to which there
will be over 200 invited guests, many
people coming from Valdosta, Way
cross, Fitzgerald, Oeilla, and other
south Georgia cities.
A six piece orchestra from Jack
sonville has been secured to furnish
the music for the occasion. There will
be a big dance and other attractions
for the invited guests and members.
The club house, which is one of the
finest and most modern in Georgia,
was recently completed, and this will
be the first celebration to be enjoyed
by the members and their guests. The
pool is there should anyone desire a
plunge, and the ground v. ill be all
lighted up, and everything in readi
ness for the big night.
There are 100 club members and
the stock is prized very highly, always
in demand. Ther e will be no more
issued, and while the grounds and
other attractions will cost more than
it was first planned, the present 100
members v;ill be assessed instead of
issuing more stock.
The Kracker Country Club is one
of the big attractions of Douglas and
this secti m of Georgia, and is a source
of pride to the members.
Dr. A. S. Coleman
Named President
The annual meeting- of the Coffee
county Medical Society was held in
Douglas on last Tuesday at 10 o’clock,
and quite a number of out of town
physicians wer e present. A most in
teresting meeting was held, and many
papers were read and discussed.
A card was granted by the Society
to Dr. C. W. Roberts, who withdrew,
on account of his intention to locate
inVAtlanta on Jan. 1. This card was
addressed to the Fulton County Medi
cal Society.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Dr. A. S. Cloe
man, president; Dr. Quitman Holton,
vice-president; Dr. C. W. Findley, sec
retary and treasurer.
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MCE CHIME
At intervals there are plays either
on the legitimate stage or in the silent
drama of such paramount interest and
importance to the nation that long
after their presentation reminiscences
of .their greatness follow in their
wake. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation’’
is the most recent of these wonder
plays. Race Suicide however, is to
see at th e Grand Theatre commencing
Friday December 29, a new production
which will take its rank with the
never-to-be forgotten film dramas. It
is entitled “Rac e Suicide” and was
conceived and produced by a maste.
woman director, Ormi Howly.
The photoplay has just had its pre
mier at the Globe Theatre, New York
City at SI.OO admissiion, and thous
ands swarmed to wtness it. It has
received the hearty indorsement of
the National Board of Censors, Dr.
Parkhurst and a score of other promi
nent physicians, lawyers, scientists,
club women, etc.
Mrs. Robert Bruce Liggett, society
leader of Duluth, Minnesota, jnakes
the startling statement that, “There
is not a baby in the world to-day worth
the suffering that its mother went
through to give it life. Unless some-
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 34
BANK BEPDSITS
HIGHEST YET
NEARLY ONE AND ONE HALF
MILLION DOLLARS ON DEPOSIT
IN COFFEE COUNTY BANKS.
ALL PROSPEROUS.
Pursuant to the call for quarterly
statements from all the banks, the
Coffee county banks are this week
making public their statements. From
the figures submitted the hanks in this
city and county are in the finest con
dition in their history. The unprece
dented prosperity which has prevailed
in this territory during the past fail
has brought the banks up to the high
est point in their history.
The Enterprise is carrying the
statements of all the banks in the coun
ty with the exception of one. They
show combined deposit of $1,358,240.37
with one bank out. This is indeed a
great showing for these Coffee county
institutions.
In detail the. deposits are as follows:
Union Banking Co., of this city $538,-
790.24; Citizens Bank of Douglas, $347,
707.77; Pearson Banking Co., $165,-
132.64; Merchants & Farmers Bank of
Nicholls, $117,969.46; Bank of Willa
coochee, $89,195.49; Merchants & Far
mers Bank of Willaeoochee, $99,444.77.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
The Greek-American Restaurant will
dose Sunday and Monday at 8 o’clock
p. m., on account of the holiday sea
son.
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1). E. GASKINS ELECTED
WILLACOOCHEE’S MAYOR.
Willaeoochee, Ga., December 16. —
(Special.)—The city election of of
ficers for the ensuing year .was held
I here to-day with the following re
! suits: 1). E. Gaskins defeated C. W.
j Green for mayor by a safe majority;
.members of the council-elect: Moore,
J. M. Shaw, W. D. Langford, D. C.
Henderson and J. T. Shearer; members
i of the school board for two years, R.
;R. Folsom and Dennis Sears, and for
lone year, R. A. Brinson.
NOTICE.
Those holding Lyceum tickets that
have not been edeemed please present
to L. R. Squires for redemption.
thing is done to relieve women of this
curse, there is no justificat.l on for
matrimony. Propagation should be
confined to women of the lower type
who are incapable of suffering. They
hould be selected for breeding. There
should be no mothers among girls
who wear high-heeled shoes and cor
sets, and whose nervous temperaments
are encouraged by music, art, and
dancing. Women should rebel against
motherhood until something is done
to relieve the suffering incident to
birth.”
Naturally enough Mrs. Liggett’s re
volutionary outburst has resulted in
broadsides from all directions. Amelia
E. Barr, the noted author, herself an
old-fashioned woman, succinctly re
marks that motherhood is woman’s
crowning glory and that if women de
form themselves through their mode of
living without regard to consequences,
they alone ar e to blame. They suffer
and they ought to. The Princess
Pierre Troubetzky, better known as
Amelie Rives, suggests that any wo
man capable of endorsing th e lower
types for universal motherhood is her
self unworthy of becoming a mother.
Miss Howly, author and socialist,
gives to us in her latest photodrama,
'“Race Suicide” an adequate answer to
the question of birth control. While
this startling presentation is bound
to develop much interesting discuss
ion one cannot help but feel that she
has taken us a great step forward to
ward its solution.
“Race Suicide” will open its engage
ment at the Grand Theatre on Friday
December 29th.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 23, 1916.
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners.
EBTT CASE GOES
TO U. i\ S. COURT
ATTORNEY JNO. R. COOPER WILL
TAKE CASE TO HIGHEST COURT
IN LAND. CASE IS WATCHED
WITH INTEREST.
The supreme court of Georgia on
Tuesday denied the petition of coun
sel for Wash Lott, under sentence for
the murder of his son, in Coffee Coun
ty, for a rehearing and Attorney John
R. Cooper, of counsel for the aged de
fendant, announced Tuesday that he
x/ill carry the case to the United States
supreme court on the ground that his
client is being deprived of his liberty
without due process of law.
Lott’s case was affirmed by opera
tion of law by the supreme court
when that tribunal divided, three
Judges favoring granting a new trial
and three deciding the jugdment of
the lower court should be affirmed.
lUnder the law when the court is un
able to agree the case stands affirm
ed.
In this case it is contended that
Judge Price Gilbert, who voted to af
firm the lower court, did so without
hearing the case argued by counsel
for the defendant.
Att6rney John R. Cooper, of Macon,
appeared before C’neif Justice Fish of
the state supreme, court Thursday with
application for signature of the sup
reme court to a writ of error on which
it is Mr. Cooper’s intention to take
the Wash Lott murder case to th e fed
eral supreme court.
The basis of Mr. Cooper’s appeal
will be, practically, that Mr. Justice
Gilbert, of th e state supreme court,
was not a member of the court when
the case was argued, that he did not
hear presentation of the case, and yet
participated in the court’s decision;
that without the participation of Mr.
Justice Gilbert the result would have
been different.
GENERAL MEETING SMYRNA
TO BE HELD SAGIN AW CHURCH
The first general meeting of the
Smyrna Association will be held with
Saginaw church sth Sunday and Sat
urday in this month. It is desired
that all churches send full delegation
and that all pastors attend. Program
has been prepared and will appear in
this weeks Enterprise. Saginaw
church-is one mile west of Nicholls.
Those coming on train will be met at
Nicholls with conveyance. A cordial
welcome awaiting you.
PROGRAM.
Saturday Morning.
9:15 Devotional exercises by D. M.
Everett.
10:20 Organization.
10:30 Who were the wise men that
sought the infant child Jesus, by
J. A. Kimmons.
11.00 Introductory sermon by David
M.Douglas.
Adjourned for dinner.
1:30 P. M. The Preaching of John
Baptist, his mission and was it
authorized of God by John F.
Smith.
2:00 What is a true church of God
and what is its mission in the
world by T. S. Hubert.
3:00 Outline of work fo rthe incom
ing year by ex-committee.
Adjourned for night session.
7:30 Devotional service by M. M.
Kirkland, followed by sermon by
John F. Smith.
Sunday Morning 9:50 A. M.
9:50 A. M. Devotional by W. B. Smith
10:30 The duty of a church by A. S.
M inchew.
11:00 Sermon by S. E. Blitch.
The above church is one mile west
of Nicholls. Messengers will be met
with conveyance to and from the
church Saturday morning. A good
delegation is desired and a most cor
dial welcome awaits all that come.
H. M. MEEKS.
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
DANIEL GASKIN
MAYOR ELECT
S. J .STUBBS, J. B. EXUM, J. L.
YOUNG, DR. 11. C. WIIELCHEL,
ANI) JESSE J. LOTT, ELECTED
AS COUNCILMEN.
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Mayor-elect DANIEL GASKIN, SR.
The municipal election passed off
I quietly last Saturday, resulting in the
election of Mr. Daniel Gaskin, Sr., as
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mayor for the year 1917, and Messrs.
S. J. Stubbs, J. B. Exum, J. L .Young,
H. C. Whelchel and Jesse J. Lott, were
elected councilmen. •
The new officers will be sworn in to
office on Monday night, Jan. 1. The
out-going mayor and council are as
follows: Mayor, G. M. Stanton; Al
dermen: O. F. Deen, Jno. M. Hall, I. C.
Sapp, G. A. Tanner and E. J. Barcley.
The vote on Saturday stood as fol
lows: For mayor, Daniel Gaskin 119,
Jno. M. Hall 17, G. L. Sim s 82.
For Councilmen: J. B. Exum 122,
Jesse J. Lott 94, O. F. Deen 87, J. W.
Williford 31, J. J. Dußose 22, H. C.
Whelchel 108, J. T. Relihan 70, S.
Fales 49, S. J. Stubbs 130, E. L. Gran
tham 49, J. E. Causey 57, J. L. Young
111, Thomas Griffin 33, A. L. Wilson
22, J. F. Overstreet 36, A. Brooks 49.
MASONS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR i 917
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The election of officers for Douglas
Lodge No. 380 F. <& A. M., for the
coming year, resulted as follows:
A. L. Ponder, W. M.. I. Levin, S. W.,
A. Overstreet, J. W., Jno. M. Hall,
J. D., C. M. Williams, S. C., Harry
Nabb, J. S., S. T. Thompson, Tyler.
All were duly installed on Dec. 15,
for the ensuing year-
BADLY HURT IN EXPLOSION.
WILLACOOCHEE, Dec. 19.—When
the boiler at a shingle mill, owned by
G. W. Sizemore and operated by An
drew Sizemore at Glory, on the At
lantic Coast Lin e railway exploded,
Andrew Sizemore was struck in the
head by a portion of the boiler, re
ceiving a serious wound. He was
hurried to Waycross and physicians
hope, however, for his recovery. Sev
eral laborers at the mill were wounded
also, but not seriously. •
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.
Service and sermon appropriate to
the nativity of Christ will be held in
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at 11
o’clock Sunday morning, Dec. 24.
Evening prayer will be read at 6
o’clock. Sunday school at 10 o’clock
in the morning.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
i W. W. WEBSTER, Vicar.
Be sure to call at the Racket Store
for Xmas Goods.
CHARITY FUND
FOR CHRISTMAS
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ENETRPRISE EMPTY STOCKING
FUND WILL BE TURNED OVER
TO COMMITTEE OF LADIES TO
DAY. MANY THANKS.
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This week closes the subscriptions
to the Empty Stocking Fund, and we
publish below a list of the contribu
tions received to date. We expect,
however, to receive several others be
fore we turn the money over to the
four ladies who have kindly consented
to make tthe investment and distribu
tion.
The Enterprise has named Mrs. E.
L. Tanner, Mrs. M. D. Dickerson, Mrs.
S. J. Stubbs and Mrs. Levi O’Steen,
as a committee, to handle the fund,
collect the remaining unpaid subscrip
tions, and to have entire supervision
over the distribution. These ladies or
some of them hav . assisted us each
■ year, and we know of no better ones.
U yen hav n not given anything yet
i.. L...S funu, ...—e send it to this ef
jfice or give it to either of the four
ladies mentioned.
The following have subscribed to the
fund, as we go to pres.-.:
The Woman’s Club cash $7.05
The Woman’s Club mer. 2.00
Cash • 1.00
J. T. Relihan 1.00
Peterson & Relihan 1.00
Union Pharmacy 2.00
J. C. Relihan & Co. 1.00
Melvin Tanner .50
W. O. W. Camp No. 105 2.00
Philatheas, Meth. 2.00
Chero-Cola Bot. Co. 1.00
W. C. Lankford 2.00
Mary Roberts 1.00
Ci A. Ward 1.00
Union Banking Co. 5.00
W. C. Bryan 1.00
Mrs. Quitman Holton 1.00
Barnes & Co. 1.00
Douglas Hdw. Co. 2.00
I. Levin 1.00
Moses Griffin 1.00
W. R. Wilson 1.00
A. W. Haddock 1.00
I. Weintroub 1.00
L. S. Peterson 1.00
<£. M. Stanton 5.00
Mrs. J. M. Ashley 5.00
Carnival Week For
Firemans Benefit
To-day announcement is made in a
formal way of a grand carnival and
gala week to be held*under the aus
pices of the Douglas Vol. Fire Dept.,
on si. beginning Monday Dec.,
25th and continuing throughout the
week ending at midnight Sat., Dec.
30th.
A special feature will be an attrac
tion furnished by the George Reynolds
Greater Shows—A mammoth midway
of diversified and novel amusements,
with the popular merry-go-round. A
great free feature will, be an act twice
daily by Capt. Jack Payne, world’s
champion high divr. Free band con
certs daily, afternoon a.id evening, by
the Royal Italian Band.
Among the thirteen shows might
be named especially McLaughlin’s Ten
in-one , which has for some of its
specialties, a real performance of big
bears; th e circus with its funny clowns
“Squash” an Ethiopian pigmy, a queer
diminutive creature from the wilds of
Africa; a Pagan god, Chinese dragon,
the man fish and seven-legged calf.
“Dare-Devil Decker” and Kid Chan,
nell are big attractions in their check
er game wth death in the motordrome.
Traveling at lightening speed 6n
motorcycles around tie almost per
pendicular dome, their desparate
chances thrill the big crowds.
The Dixie Minstrel Show maens
just what it says, real old-time, “Dix
ieland” performance with every de
lightful feature of song and dance,
$l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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RAWLINGS BOY
AAAYJO FREE
MILTON RAWLINGS MAY BE PAR
DONED BY CHRISTMAS. PRIS
ON COMMISSION RECOMMEND
ED SAME THIS WEEK.
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The prison commission has unani
mously recommended elemeeny, for
Milton Rawlins, convicted with his fa
ther an two brothers some ten or
twelve years ago, of th e murder of
the Carter children in Lowndes county.
Milton Rawlings, who is serving a
life ..sentence, completed ten years of
service December 11.
J. G. Rawlings and hi: sons, Milton,
Jcc ■ and Leonard, were convicted in
Lowndes superior court. The father
received the death sentence and was
hanged. Milton and Jesse were sen
tenced to he hanged, but their sen
tences were commuted to life imprison/
mer.t, vriiile Jesse received a life seif
tenca through recommendation to
mrcy. Jesse and Leonadr were ; a.
S->-y ;■>*- ••■•CU r. j :l..ag
in Coffee county and making good
citizens. The elder Rawlings and fami
ly former 1 y living her e before going
to Valdosta.
Df. Metis Wcvos !
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To Atlanta lan. i
The many friends of Dr. C. W.
Roberts v ill regret to learn of his in
tention io leave Douglas on Jan. 1 and
will locate in Atlanta for the practice
of surgery. He has already rented
offices m the Candler building and is
now packing up for his departure in
a few days.
Dr. Roberts is a Coffee county boy,
has achieved an eviable reputation in
his special line, that of surgery, and
he goes to Atlanta where he will have
a large field. He is not withdrawing
from his friends here but he expects
to see them there and will be n a
better position than ever fo serve them
He will have connections with all the
hospitals there and will be in a posit
ion to give his best service to the
| folks he is leaving behind.
His family will move sometime in
! January. The Enterprise joins his
many other friends -n wishing for him
a most brilliant career, and we pre
dict great things for him in this larger
field.
A CARD OF THANKS..
I will ask you Mr. Editor to give
me a small space in your valuable
paper. I want to express my sincere
thanks to my friends for their able
support in my election last Saturday.
And in behalf of myself and my other
four collegues and our worthy mayor
for all good citizens to lend us their
loyal support.
We cannot accomplish many great
things just us six men. We must have
the support of all law abiding people.
I thank you most cordially Mr. Frier
for your support.
In conclusion I want to extend to
you and family A Merry Xmas and A
Most Prosperous 1917.
Yours ever,
J. B. EXUM.
McDonald, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus: —I am a little
boy 8 years old, I go to school with
Nellie and I like my teacher fine. 1
want you to bring me a train, auto,
a bugle, monkey, a motor cycle and
some fire works and lots of fruit and
candy. If you will bring me all of
these things I will love you always.
From your little friend John Cavendor.
typical of th e southern negro before
the war.
Another free feature is the “Shoot
ing” Foxes, the pair giving remarka
ble exhibitions of skill with the rifle.