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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
CSTAULISHI D 1»8»
Published Every Saturday By
THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. R. FRIER, Editor
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PublUhcs The L-gal Advertising Of T lie City Of Douglas,
Coffee County, And County Commissioners.
Entered as fee; ond class matter at the postoffice at
Douglas, Ga„ under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
LOOK OUT FOR GERMAN SPIES.
It were well for our people one and all to re
member that in time of war “eternal vigilance”
is the watchword. Spies do not come labeled as
these deadly enemies come, discover important
data and hurry on their way. Already some of
these emissaries of Germany have been at
Douglas where we carelessly dealt kindly and
generously with them. At points where more
rigid attention is given strangers, they were
arrested and held. Look out for the German
piano tuner and other fellows. Report all sus
picious characters to police authorities. We
are in war. Our homes, our lives, our nation,
our civilization are imperiled.
This word of warning is meant for the read
ing- of women and children as well as men and
boys.
WAR CALLS FOR MORE FOOD.
The Enterprise is "carrying today in their
advertising -columns two half page ads of the
two local banks here, both of them containing
a letter addressed to the farmers of Coffee
county and urging the necessity of an increase
in yield of food-stuffs, on account of present con
ditions which have become alarming.
The letters are timely and contain much
food for thought. It is freely predicted by
sources higher up. by men and corporations in
control and those in a position to know, that
this country is likely to experience a real famine
in a very short time. This prediction is based
oti facts and figures and the only way to hedge
in any way is for the farmer to plant more food
stuffs, less cotton, and in this way lend his as
sistance, without any financial embarassment
to himself, to the great cause for which our
country is now fighting for. '
Aside from the patriotic standpoint, the
farmer will reap a greater harvest, as the high
prices for food which are now increasing will
bring him more money than he could possibly
make in any other way.
The banks have offered financial assistance
to our farmers so that they can carry out this
program without any necessary financial em
barassment, and we believe that after the far
mer ha* studied the real situation, he will adopt
the plans suggested by both the Union and Citi
zens Banks, and increase his acreage in food
products this year, while it is a little late, hut
yet early enough to give attention to the plan.
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A union station, first, last, ad all the time.
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“Nail a flag to every plow”, is a slogan sug
gested, and a most appropriate one.
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At the present rate of capturing Germans,
the war cannot possibly last but a few months
longer. The English and French armies are
having great successes at the front and especial
ly so during the past few days.
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While Emperor William is looking up the
family'history he should pause awhile over the
incident where his granddad slipped out the
back door and (led to England while a mob at
the palac e door demanded liberty News
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It is important to remember that a b'a'K; of
cotton will not buy as much food today ai
would before the war. The only answer is that
the farmer must not be tempted by the appar
ent high price of cotton to neglect his food and
feed crops.—Macon News.
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The Valdosta Times carried a little news
ftory about r nold negro standing on the corner
»f one of the main streets the other day, with
a dejected look, and when spoken to by one of
fcts white friends, replied: “I’m terrible wor
ried. The ear is on, the boll weevil done come,
and now we have this here dry-bone. I jus’
done know what is coming next.”
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Lost: A valuable cane by an old gentle
man with a golden head little used.
For Rent: Room, suitable for a young
3nan, 12 x 15 feet.
A UNION STATION?
Hon Jno. T. Boifeuillet and Hon. J. A. Perry,
two of the members of the state railroad com
mission, spent Thursday here in an effort to
familiarize themselves with the real condition
of depot facilities at Douglas, so that they could
make just%ind proper recommendations to their
body when the commission met again.
The gentlemen went into the situation care
fully, visited both stations, and made all neces
sary inquiries as to the feasibility and practic
ability of forcing the railroads to either build a
union station or make extensive improvements
on the present sites. Just what their recom
mendations will be. is only problematical at this
time, but the members of the commission pres
ent. appeared favorably impi’essed with the
needs of Douglas along these lines, and we be
lieve that they will make a favorable recom
mendation when they return to Atlanta.
There is not a city, of Douglas’ size and im
portance in the state that has poorer depot fa
cilities. Our people have stood for present con
ditions for many years, for various and sundry
reasons, one of which was because the apparent
financial conditions of the two railroads enter
ing Douglas, both of them doing expensive ex
tensive work and apparently struggling under
this pressure, finally both going into the hands
of the receiver, but since that time, the busi
ness of the two roads has steadily increased and
their finances are as normal as the average
Georgia railroad.
The business done at Douglas demands bet
ter facilities for handling it. The people here
are entitled to better service along this line.
It ismot the purpose of our people to antagonize
the two roads entering here in any way or try
to dictate to them what they should or should
not do. but we have tried to show them in a
business like way and in a reasonable way that
Douglas needs these facilities and think they
should give them to us especially after our pat
■ ient wait of many years.
It was when they refused absolutely to give
us relief in * any shape that the matter was
brought to the attention of the railroad com
mission. who sent two of their body here to-day
to make a personal investigation and report the
real conditions existing here in the matter of
proper depot facilities. YVe believe that their
report will give Douglas some relief in the near
future.
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SCHOOL WORK iN COr I EE.
Last Wednesday was a great day in Coffee
county for the rural schools. State Superin
tendent Brittain'came down from Atlanta* Wed
nesday morning and spent the day in the county
visiting several school rallies planned by Prof.
Gordon Flovd, our county superintendent, and
a-,; •' v.unced by us last week.
It was a whirlwind campaign and a go
from morning until night, but the party of visi
tors composed of Profs. Brittain, Floyd, Eunice,
rnd M|as Cheatham, managed to attend every
school rally as planned and a most delightful
occasion each proved to be . The following
schedule was carried out to the 'letter: the
party first went to Willacoochee, then to Inman
and on to Harmony Grove. After dinner they
visited McClelland, then into Douglas and back
to Sears, then back thru Douglas on to New
Forest where a great supper was waiting for
them, and after which the party closed the
day’s work at Nieholls.
Every school visited received a further in
spiration to do greater work, and these rallies
will long he remembered by the rural schools of
the county. They have done a magnificent
work this school term and at the close of this
' year’s work, Coffee county will stand at the
front in the matter of Turn! education, and so
long as the present officials are in charge, which
includes the teachers as well as the trusteed and
the superintendent, our schools will rank at the
forefront of the rural schools of I he state.
County Superintendent Gordon Floyd has
always been untiring in his efforts to bring our
schools up to the standard, in fact make them
lead in the state, and thru his systematic work,
this result has teen accomplished. He has not
only made good with the schools of the county,
but he has favorably impressed the leaders of
\education higher up, and today is held in the
highest esteem by the state superintendent and
otmV' state leaders in the cause of education.
The tX>unty is fortunate in having his services
as a of schools and so long as he
is continued in this capacity, Coffee eunty’s
rural sehV'l work will not be second to any in
the state. \
His c<\-"'orkers, Prof. Eunice and
Cheatham, Fkave done their parts well, and in
deed their w\>rk is a most important one. In
closing the velars work. The Enterprise wants
to conrgatuiatl e all three of these officials on
their great servP ce to the county and humanity.
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Dougkys has I>een full of lady visitors most
of the week, the {district session of the Womans
Missionary Uri< p - being in convention here.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS. GEORGIA, APRIL 21, 1917.
fl GILL FOR FOOD
roe MAN AND BEAST
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From The Government, The State
and The Union banking Co.
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To The farmers of Coffee County:
Alarming conditions confront us as
the result of war. The South has
been fed largely from the West, but this
year we must feed ourselves, because the
Government will take the Western food
supply for the armies.
r Phe present high cost of all foodstuffs
* is only a warning of higher prices.
Next winter there will be wide-spread
suffering in the South before the year ends
if food crops are not heavily increased.
The only way to avert the impending cal
amity is for every farmer to raise plenty of
food for man and beast.
We must awake, then, to this necss
sity while there is yet time, by so
doing we will reap a rich rewarti, be
cause food is scarce the world over and
food crops are sure to * bring high prices.
'"Phis bank will be glad to co-operate
with you extending credit, en
couragement and moral support to those
farmers who carry out this policy.
We feel that we can count on you in
this emergency and we will be
glad to see you and confer with you on
this subject and aid you to increase your
food crop.
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The Union Banking Co.
J. L. SHELTON, Cashier.