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THE DOUGLAS ENTEKPRISE
liouoias, geom
ESTABLISHED 1838
Pablished Every Saturday by
THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. R. TRIER, Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE:
ONE YEAR-.i SI.OO
SIX MONTHS
THREE MONTHS .25
Publishes The Legal Advertising Of The City Of Douglas,
Coffee County, And County Commissioners.
Entered as second class matter at the postoflice at
Douglas, Ga., under the Act of Congress of
March 8. 1870.
A Happy and Merry Christmas to all.
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It is a fine season of the year to adjust
that old difference, we mean, with your fellow
man.
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Congratulations to Mayor-elect Gaskin and
Couneilmen-clect Stubbs, Exum, Young, Whel
chel and Lott.
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The elections for this year are over. . Just
what next year will bring forth is hard to figure
out at this time.
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I
In the death of Judge WallaceLambdin the
south loses one of her most distinguished jurists
and the state a well beloved citken.
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We w-ant you to read the many Santa
Claus letters in this issue. They speak vol
umns, and it will soften your old heart to read
them.
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The editor of The Enterprise appreciates
the kind words of Editor Ricketson, in the last
issue of The Progress, relative to his prospective
candidacy for Prison Commissioner in 1918, and
hopes that his predictions will come true.
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The Enterprise feels grateful to the many
contributors to the Empty Stocking Fund.
While the amount is not what we would have
liked, still these few dollars will go a long ways
ia helping those who cannot help themselves.
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The court of appeals job seems to be going
begging. Douglas is full of well qualified law
yers for this partieular.plaee and we know of at
least twenty in this city who would fill the
vacancy with honor to themselves and their
state.
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The incoming city council has an opportuni
ty to build a lasting monument to -themselves
if they will get busy and do something for the
main streets of the city. Pave them, if possi
ble, if not, do something toward putting them
in better condition. The old council did their
part. They made the city an excellent board
and have advanced the city a great deal during
their administration. Let the new board keep
up the lick and make additional improvements,
something substantial, like paving the streets.
more sam i
CLfliib LETTERS
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Douglas, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus:—Please bring me
some fruit and a big doll and a big
carriage. 1 want some nuts. Don’t
forget father and mother and brother
and sister, bring my teacher a big doll
and some fruit. \ our little girl
Annie Sapp.
Douglas, Ga. 1
Dear Santa Claus: —I am twelve
years old and in the sixth grade. 1
thought I would write and tell you
what I wanted for Christmas. I want
a bracelet and a locket, some fruit
and candy, don’t forget Miss Teressa,
be sure adn bring them to the Christ
mas tree. Leland Yoemans.
I
Douglas, Ga.
Dear Santa:—l want you bring me
some nuts, candy, spplos, oranges end
bring my teacher some of what you
bring me. My teacher’s name is Miss
Teressa Bowen, she is a fine teacher.
Santa come to the school house next
Monday night. I am in the third
grade. I am 13 old, I have a
good time at school so Santa I will
ti(.v:e. Your friend Aline Johnson.
house and don’t forget papa and
bamma and our teacher, Miss Teresa
and all otheg good little children.
Your little friends Leon Sapp, Lonnie
Sapp, Randall Sapp. Olio Smith, Odus
Sir.kb, Glenn Griffin, Allen Sapp, Wal
ter Sapp, Owen Smith.
Nicholls, Ga.
Dear Santa: 1 am a little 8
years old- I go to school at Saginaw,
ray teacher i.; Mr. Roy \ inson. Ho :s
a line touV'lfer and 1 love him v:vy
! much. Please bring me fire crackers,
iroman candles, a drum, a little bugle
|and some fruit, and please remember
| all the other little boys and girls. My
! sister Gay said bring her some good
'[books for she likes to read. So by by
! your little boy, Hershy L. Everest.
Nicholls, Ga.
Dearest Santa:—l will try to write
you what 1 want you to bring me
Xmas. I am a little boy 5 years old
I am the baby so you will know I am
spoiled. Please bring me some fire
1 crackers, some roman candles, a bugle,
la Maxwell car,'some fruit and nuts.
1 live thre e miles west of Nicholls
Iso don’t forget to come. Your loving
'boy J. Elpert Everett.
Nicholls, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus: —I want you to
bring me a locket, a pretty doll, some
fruit, a box of candy and a lot of
things that is good. My oldest sister
said to bring her a pretty little locket
and chain. I want you to bring me
a little ring with little sets in it. Your
little girl Beatrix Everett.
Douglas, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus:—Please bring
me one doll and my little sister a
doll and two carriages, one for my
little sister and one for me. My little
sister wants a dresser and T do too.
Please bring a sewing machine to
I make my doll’s dresses. \V e want
I some tinker toys, htat is all for this
;time. Your little girls
Ruberra ar • M. : guerite DuVall.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
Before our next issue Chriistmas Day will
have come and gone and the usual festivities
of the sea-on will have passed.
We have a lot to be thankful for at this
season of the year. The Enterprise could not
begin to enumerate the many olessings in de
tail.that our peoj le sh Hil< 1 be thank, ul for. The
greatest however is that our country is out of
war while the countries across t he waters are
now engaged in the greatest conflict of the
ages. That alone is enough for the American
people to be thankful for at this particular time.
The season also closes a year of great pros
perity for the people. There is more money in
the country to-day, and particularly the south
land, than at any time in a decaae. The farmer
is rich and the workingman is getting his quota.
No famine or panic is in the land, and our peo
ple should rejoice at these conditions.
The Christmas season is usually sad to a
great many people, particularly t'ne grown-ups.
The responsibilities seem greater at this period,
while they should not he. The real pleasures
of the holiday season are enjoyed by the little
folks, and ours is received thru them in partici
pating in their joys.
The season always closes the year arid
brings to our mind the fact that it is stock
taking time. That is, we should take stock of
ourselves ancl j. -t where we are at, morally,
we mean. We should look back on the past
twelve months and try to discover the gross
errors we have made, and arrange for their cor
rection or omission for another year. A year
is a very short period of time, and as we grow
older, it apparently gets shorter, and it is up
to us to try an improve each succeeding year,
however fast they may go, so that when the
last one for us has come, we can present a
record of service and improvement all the while.
At this season it is a good lime for people
to get together, be neighborly, forget all the
past petty differences, and prepare to start the
new year with a clean sheet, with everything
bright and shining, and wdth a heart full of love
for our fellow man.
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Douglas is to be congratulated on her new
aldermen for next year. All of them are men
of experience, integrity, and the city’s aft airs
will never suffer in their hands.
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The coming New Year will open up with
thebrightest prospects for Douglas in her his
tory. There is much to be accomplished in
Douglas next year, and we believe the year will
close with great deeds done which will advance
our city commercially and otherwise.
*****
The Kracker Country Club is a great resort
to take the visitor when he comes to Douglas.
He will at once be impressed with the progress
iveness of our people, as this institution would
be a credit to a city many times the size of ours.
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The Valdosta bar will endorse Col. E. K.
Wilcox for the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Lambdin. He will very likely make a
strong candidate for the palce, and no«county
would rejoice more over his appointment than
Coffee, his native land. The bar here will likely
endorse him, should his name be presented to
the president.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 23. 1916.
Broxton, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus:—Please bring me
a top, a ball, a mitt ar.d some big
fire crackers tnd little ones too, some
nuts, candy, knife and fruit of all
kind. Please remember me.
James Wildeo.
Broxton. Ga.
Dear Santa Claus: —I am a little
| bey 7 years old and I am writing to
j you to tell you what to bring me. 1
.want a ball, mitt, som e fire crackers,
! nuts, candy, and fruit. I have a little
| sister she is a good girl. I want you
' to bring her a doll and a rocking chair
I and thcr e is my baby brother, bring
him a rattler. Now please don’t for
get us. Cecil, Idartel and Ralph. *
P. S. A pocket knife for Ralph Wilder.
Broxton, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus:—Please come to
see me and bring me a ball, mitt, knife
some fire cracker, nuts, candy and
fruit. So good bye.
Clinton Wilder.
Douglas, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus:—Please bring
me a large doll carriage, a desk with
a drawer, a red letter testament and
some goodies in my stocking. If you
havn’t a doll carrigae bring me a blue
tin set of dishes. Please try not to
miss me.
Little Ruth Brewer.
Nicholls, Ga.
Dear Santa Claus: —I am a little
girl 8 years old. I go to Nicholls
High School am in the second grade,
please bring me a little wash tub
|and wash Liard. I already have a big
doll, don’t forget to bring my other
two sifters something too. Your lit
tle girl Pimon Smith.
The “sppuce=iip” fpec
is what we call our Christmas tree this
year. It sends a message to every man
in town to present himself with his
‘‘best appearance’’ at this festive season.
WE’VE “TREED” A FULL, AS
SORTMENT of the things you’ll be
needing-from hat to shoes-and you can
easily select them from our large tree-full
of ‘‘self-presents’’ which has been trim*,
med especially for you.
ALL BRANCHES ARE HEAVY
with haberdashery, but our Christmas
prices are unusually light this year.
See our Windows
PHONE 28
Peterson l Relihan
Tor she Xmas Gift
WHAT SHALL IT BE?
In selecting Gifts, why not kill two
birds with one stone? Give some
thing that pleases and at the same
time be useful. A trip to our store
will be of interest and at the same
tim show you how well your money
can be invested. =
We Offer a Few Suggestions:
FOR MEN
PAJAMAS
DANCING PUMPS
RAINCOATS
KID GLOVES
NIGHT SHIRTS
HOSIERY
NECKWEAR
HOUSE SLIPPERS
SHOES
HATS
BARNES & COMPANY
FOR LADIES
PARASOLS
BOUDOIR SLIPPERS
XMAS HANDKERCHIEFS
HOSIERY
KID GLOVES
RAINCOATS
SHOES
SEE OUR WINDOW
DISPLAY OF MANY
OTHER USEFUL GIFTS.