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"The Enterprise
Covers Every
Nook and Cor
ner of Coffee
County and
Then Some”
MEETINGS 10
BEGIN MARCH 1
The boll -weevil meetings for Cogfee
county will begin next Thursday, Mch.
1, at 10 a. m., at Douglas, and will
continue throughout the county until
Saturday night.
From Douglas the speakers will go
to McDonald and speak at 2:30 in the
afternoon. On Friday they will speak
at Willacoochee at 10 o’clock and at
Pearson at 2:30 in the afternoon. On
Saturday the meetings will be held in
Broxton at 10 o’clock and at Nicholls
at 2:30.
Experts from the department will
make addresses at these meetings and
every farmer and business man in
Coffee county is urged to attend.
TAX RECEIVERS SECOND ROUND.
I will be at the following places on
the dates mentioned for the purpose
of receiving state and county tax re
turns for the year 1017.
Tuesday Mar. 20t'n Ambrose.
Wednesday Mar. 21st Broxton.-
Thursday Mar. 22nd T. J. Shrowd
ers 10 to 12 a. m.
Thursday Mar. 22nd Pridgen 2 to 4
p. m.
Friday Mar. 23rd Nicholls.
Monday Mar. 26th West Green.
Tuesday Mar. 27th Willacoochee.
Wednesday Mar. 28th Pearson.
Thursday Mar. 29th McDonald 8 to
12 *a. m. *
Thursday Mar. 29th Tim Tanners 1
to 3 p. m.
Friday Mar. 30th Mora 1 to 4 p. m.
E. S. SAPP,
Receiver Tax Returns.
Husband and Wife
Die Two Days Apart
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Willaeoochee, Ga., Feb. 21.
Special to Enterprise.
It is with sincere regret that we
chronicle the death this week of two
of our best citizens, Judge and Mrs.
Isbin T. Giddens. Mrs. Giddens died
Sunday night at 10 o’clock as the re
sult of an attack some weeks ago of
paralsis and was buried Monday after
noon. Tuesday night at the same
hour Judge Giddens was stricken with
heart failure and suddenly passed
away.
Mrs. Giddens was a member of the
Premitive Baptist Church,-59 years of
age, a true and devoted Christian wo
man and loved by all whose pleasure
it was to know her.
Judge Giddens was serving his third
term as Justice of the Peace of this
district. In all of his rulings as a
Justice presiding over the rights of
his fellow man, he was just and fair
and was one of the best officers the
district ever had. He will be greatly
missed as an officer, a citizen and a
friend, whose place will not be easy to
fill.
They leave surviving them and to
mourn their loss four daughters, Mrs.
Lou Roberts* and Mi's. Sallie Hardy,
this city and Mrs. Alma Wheeler and
Miss Bernce Giddens, of Albany, Ga.,
two sons, Moses Giddens, Elpaso, Tex.,
and Arthur Giddens, Willaeoochee.
Mrs. Giddens leave a mother, Mrs.
Mattie Roberson, Tifton, two sisters,
Mesdames G. W. Fuiwood, Tifton, and
P. J. Clark, Albany and one brother, (
Geo. Dearirg, Tifton.
Judge Giddens leaves five sisters,,
Mesdames. Nancy Kerby, Arthur
Moore, Alapaha, Mrs. T. L. Daughtry,
Adel, Mrs. Bettie Wilkerson, Valdosta,
and Mrs. Mary Lee, Willaeoochee, and
one brother, Mr. John Giddens, Alapa
ha.
BOX SOCIAL.
There will be a B*x Social and En
tertainment at Salem School Satur
day evening, March 10th. Everyone
cordially invited.
E. JOY TAYLOR,
GEORGIA LEE, Teachers.
FOR SALE CHEAP two good mules
and wagon. Dr. Quitman Holton.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 43
AGED RESIDENT
BURIED TODIT
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Another of the old inhabitants of
Douglas died on last Thursday morn
ing when Mrs. Sion Simmons, age 65,
passed away at her home on Gaskin
avenue.
She has been in ill health for a
number of years and recently contract
ed pneumonia which ended her life
Thursday morning.
Her husband who is now about 70
yars of age, is lying critically ill and
is not expected to live.
The funeral was conducted on Fri
day morning at ten o’clock, th ar
rangements being handled by the Doug
las Undertaking Co.
Besides her husband the deceased
leaves several children among them
| being Mrs. Ira Smith and Tom Sim
mons, of this city.
The aged couple have lived in Doug
las for over thirty years, coming to
Georgia from North Carolina at that
timie. The bereaved have the sympa
thy of hundreds of friends in Douglas,
who have known the deceased for
many years.
Jesse Janies Shew
At Grand Tuesday
! Manager Murdock has booked for
j next Tuesday night, Feb. 27, a big
company of over 20 people, playing
the well known play of Jesse James.
This company usually plyas Under
tent, carrying a very large canvas,
but the Grand Theatre management
have induced them to play at his
i house here, and he is now selling re
served seats for this attraction,
i In the meantime the big A 1 Shaffer
Comedy Co., continues to play at the
theatre this week, closing their en
gagement on Saturday night.
1 This company is drawing packed
houses every night, and tongiht (Fri
day) they expect to give away a real
live baby a*. a side attraction. Every
member of the company is popular
with Douglas people, having played
here before, and they always draw
good houses when they visit Douglas.
WOMANS’ CLUB.
The meeting of the Womans’ Club
next Thursday will be in charge of
the Social Committee and will be held
at the Auditorium at 10 o’clock A. M.,
from there the ladies and their guests
v ill be given a luncheon at the Country
Club.
The program is as follows: Answer
your roll call with the name of a
prominent Georgia woman.
Welcome—Mrs. M. D. Dickerson.
Response—Mrs. H. H, Tift, Tifton.
Duet —Mis. E. L. Tanner, Mrs. W.
R. Frier.
Reading—“ The House by the Side of
the Road”—Mrs. J. H.Jordan.
What the neighboring clubs are do
ing—Our visitors.
Music—Violin—Miss Huss.
E. L. Vickers Host
To Over 200 Thursday
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l to -
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vickers issued
about two hundred invitations to their
friends and acquaintances to attend
a barbacue at their farm Thursday.
Surely there was never a more jovial
or hospitable host or hostess nor more
delighted guests who partook of the
delicious barbacue or helped them
selves to roasted birds and other de
licacies.
An interuption in the form of a
speech from Judge Bryan almost call
ed down mob violence on that worthy
gentleman who was attempting to tell
the people for Mr. Vickers, that he had
prepared the treat for friends who had
given him their patronage while in
business in Douglas.
The guests departed insisting that
Mr. and Mrs. Vickers had established
a precedent and hoping that this would
be an annual affair.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, FEB. 24, 1917.
The Enterprise Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Cffee County and County Commissioners.
TOBACCO MEN
HERE TODAT
An important meeting of tobacco
growers and business men will be held
at ten o’clock A. M. today, Saturday,
at the office of the Chamber of Com
merce in the City Building for the
purpose of trying to pedfect arrange
ments for opening a tobacco sales
warehouse at this place for the sea
son of 1917.
Through the efforts of Rev. W. B.
Smith, demonstration agent of theh
Georgia & Florida Ry., Messrs. Ford
and Miller of South Carolina are
here looking over the situation with a
view to operating the warehouse at
some point in this territory, provided
the necessary facilities in the way of
a building can be secured and the co
operation of the farming and business
interests assured.
It is of the greatest importance that
the leading business men and farmers
of Coffee County attend this confer
ence and land this enterprise.
WILL PREACH AT COLLEGE.
The Rev. W. W. Webster, Vicar of
St. Andrews Episcopal church, will
hold service and preach at the auditor
ium of the Agricultural college next
Sunday evening, Feb. 25, at 7:30
o’clock.
Mrs. W. A. Wilcox and little daugh
ter returned from Live Oak, Fla.. Inst
Saturday, and were accompanied by
Mrs. J. C. Havvard, Mrs. Wilcox’s
mother, who will spend some time with
her.
STATEMENT OF COM COM
MISSIONERS FOR JAN. 1917
GENERAL
Henry Ellis Biliff Services ,$12.00
David Ricketson . Arrests 23.95
Mrs. Samantha Paulk Int. on Note 554.95
P. E. Pafford Supplies 3.00
Douglas Telephone Co. Telephone 2.75
Will Cade Wood 50.75
M. C. Carroll Mules 2,9(10.00
J. C. Day Work on Bridge 4.75
Southern Express Co. Express on harness 11.02
A. B. & A. Ry. Freight on mules 42.25
Oliver Peterson Mules 350.00
A. B. & A. Ry. Freight on Cage 00.83
A. B. & A. Ry. Freight on Road Scrape 22.12
B. Screiber Supplies 10.00
W. J. Peace Wood 10.00
G. F. McCranie Supplies 8.00
Stubbs & Pearsall Supplies 91.90
Will Cade Wood 43.70
R. C. Relihan & Co. K. Oil 2.25
\ John W. Fussell Work 2.50
D. W. Pittman For feeding prisoner 15.50
M. I). Davis* Work 18.00
T. J. Tanner Corn 30.00
M. D. Davis Meat 8.00
Charlie Adams Vegetables 100.00
W. 11. Kirkland Meat 4.00
Farmers Loan & T. Co. Int. on loan 25.00
Roy Paulk Work 42.50
L. D. Gillis ~ Supplies 55.14
. O. J. Paulk Work 12.00
T. Tanner Lumber 46.11
T. Tanner • Lumber 83.01
Standard Oil Co. Oil 5.83
Charlie Daniels Lumber 31.50
Henry Lott Hauling Lbr. 22.50
J. C. Anderson Work 1.50
T. Tanner Meal * 3.83
J. a! Kirkland Lumber 39.03
J. M. Carter Beef 2.50
Powers & Meeks Supplies 5.75
B. W. Taylor Supplies 33.30
W. L. Sessions (Lumber 284.61
lohn McGovern iHay 14.50
D. S. Goodyear Meat 22.00
M. J. Roberts Work 40.00
J. F. Meeks Board and R. R. Fare 17.04
Carl Murray Work 6.00
S. M. Davis Supplies 18.00
W. W. Stewart Lbr. Co. Lumber 198.00
T. H. Matthews Supplies 302.42
E. D. Southerland Lumber 22.50
G. M. Stanton & Co. Care of mules 7.00
H. J. Sweat, Sheriff Keeping prisoner 15.50
Brooks Plmb. Co. Work 6.00
W. A. Wilcox Co. Premium on bond 250.00
City of Douglas Light & Water 20.00
Douglas Tel. Co. Phone service 2.50
Pure Food Gro. Co. Groceries ’.BO
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AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
The next regular teachers’ monthly
institute will be held in Douglas on
Saturday, Feb. 24th, beginning at 10
A. M. in the school auditorium.
The program will be as follows:
10:00 Devotional Exercises.
10:15 How 1 was benefitted by a Sum
mer Normal School, Kate Wilcox.
Round discussion of Normal Schools
by all teachers present.
10:40 Phonies, How I Teach, Ruth
Howze.
10:50 Diacritics and what it means to
pupils, J. G. Floyd.
11:30 Benefits of the Standard school
to my pupils and patrons and me
by H. C. Roberts and Clyde Mc-
Cranie.
12:00 Noon.
1:30 Dont’s for a teacher, Ernest
Neal.
1:45 Music and how it helps my
school, Homer Corbitt.
2:00 How I Teach Domestic Science,
Julia 1 mbert.
It is hoped that all teachers will be
present and keep up the past good
record of attendance.
J. Gordon Floyd.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to everyone who so gen
erously offered their services and ex
tended so many kindnesses to us at
the death of our beloved mother and
wife.
J. T. Relihan and Children.
TEACHERS COME
RN SATURDAY
MRS. MARY RARRIS ARMOR
SPEAKS HERE MONDAY NIGRT
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MRS. MARY HARRIS ARMOR
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, the noted
woman speaker, of national fame, who
is to lecture at the school auditorium
on next Monday evening, Feb. 26.
Our city is glad indeed to welcome
Health Certificate
To Be Required
Requirement of a health certificate
from both parties before the issuance
of a marriage license will be proposed
in a bill to be introduced in the next
session of the Georgia legislature and
stroiigiy used for passage.
A Wumber of ministers, physicians,
.educators and social workers over tiie
state, who have had impressed upon
them the tragic results of marriage
between persons afflicted with certain
diseases, are reported to be obtaining
signatures to a monster petition urg
ing the legislature to pass the bill.
They will insist, that persons in
good health and free from disease will
not be embarassed in any way by the
proposed eugenics law, while persons
who could not pass a medical examina
tion have ro business to be married.
FIRST BAPTIST CHUCRH.
Sunday, February 25.
11 a. m. preaching by the pastor,
Subject: The Kingdom of Power.
3 p. ni. Bible School, with large, well
taught, graded and special classes.
7 p. m. preaching by the pastor,
Subject: The Absolute Necessity.
J. B. I’hillips will come Monday,
April 2dn. to lead in evangelistic cam
paign. R. O. Bell, who is assistant
pastor of Baptist Tabernacle, Chatta
nooga, will have charge of music and
personal work. Cottage prayer meet
ings will begin a week or ten days in
advance of Bro. Phillips arrival.
The pastor is praying thait this
meeting be a real revival of religion—
brood and abiding in its results.
You are always welcome at all the
services of the First Baptist Church.
T. S. HUBERT, Pastor.
FOR SALE. —1 1914 auto, broad gage,
for sale, in running order, at bar
gain, will sell on terms for good
note. PEARSON HPW. STORE.
Pearson, Ga.
$1.50 I'ER YEAR IN ADVANCE
this speaker, she needs no introduction
to most of our people having spoken
here on previoils occasions.
I)o not miss this opprotunity of
hearing her.
L. It Breen Named
Commercial Agent
Effective Feb. 15, Mr. L. M. Breen,
who is in charge ofthelocal agency for
the G. & F., was appointed Commer
cial Agent for the road, with head
quarters in Douglas.
Mr. Breen will still retain the po
sition as Agent, and ihe road has ap
pointed Mr. li. N. Hunter as his as
sistant in Ihe agency work here.
The road is to be congratulated on
the appointment, as Mr. Breen will
make them a very efficient man. He
has lived in Douglas for a number of
yeai's and held very responsible po
sitions in ihe railroad world while
located here, arid has made good with
all of them.
Douglas is also to be congratulated
that the headquarters of this depart
ment is to be located here, and may
be the beginning of a series of head
quarters to be located here later on.
REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN
AT WILLACOOCHEE.
Revival services conducted by Rev.
W. B. Kiser of Columbia, S. C., began
at hte Missionary Baptist Church at
Willaeoochee Sunday r.ight and will
continue through this week. The Rev.
Kiser is a revivalist of considerable
note and the church is looking forward
to a week of genuine refreshing, and
much good to the community.
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.
TKere will be service in St. Andrews
Episcopal Church Sunday, Feb. 25th.
First Sunday in Lent. Morning pray
er and sermon at 11 o’clock; Vesper
service at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Service and sermon at the Agricul
tural College. Auditorium at 7:30 in
the evening.
The public are invited to these servi
ces. A cordial welcome awaits you.
W. W. WEBSTER, Vicar.
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