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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
ESTABLISHES} 1»S8
Published Every Saturday By
THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. R. PRICR, Editor
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4-Viblulica The L-gal Advertising Of The City Of Douglas,
Coffee County, And County Commissioners.
r fed as seco: J class matter at the postoffice at
Douglas, Ga.. under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
We are publishing today a list of the prize
winners in the recent Field Day program of the
rural schools. It is an interesting article and
me invite your persual of it.
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J. J. Brown is making himself mighty pop
iilar these days with his “market bureau’’
speeches, and “they” say he is fixing his fences
t»> succeed Hugh Dorsey four years hence.
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The Enterprise believes that the union sta
£>on will be built right away. We have faith
in the merit of the proposition winning, and w r e
believe the railroads will figure it that way, too.
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The revival at the Methodist church will
kast thru next week. The preacher is doing
some good gospel preaching and you are miss
ing something worth while, if you are staying
atway.
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The Douglas boys have at last got the spirit
;*jid several of them are enlisting or making
application. We are far behind many towns of
Douglas’ size, in the state, in the matter of en-
CVsiment.
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The Kindergarten closes the term’s work
today. This is an institution that has done
much for Dougals children this year and we
hope that it will continue under the present
management.
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Dr. Gordon Burns has the distinction of be
ing the first Douglas citizen to enist in the pres
ent war, at east he is the first to have made a
satisfactory examination, and is slubject to call
sat a moments notice.
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Today’s papers say that Chili, China, and
'>ne or two more countries, have joined the Al
fik'S. Our side seems to get every new member
and we are n t offering any special prizes,
cither. Verily, there’s a reason.
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The Kracker Country Club is about the
biggest thing .on the map in and around Doug
ins. It is proving to be a most popular resort
ami as the hot weather approaches, its popu
larity will increase a hundred fold.
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Uncle Nat is in Washington trying to
launch and lead National prohibition. Your
i side Nat si trying mighty hard to get on a
♦vvid wagon, but the senate chamber is afar
•'. 7 for him and the way is mighty crooked
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It begins to look like Judge Speer will han
dle the U. S. Court’s business in this neck of the
woods in the future, or. for a time at least, as
?*: • sklent Wilson says that he will make no
more appointments to fill the Lambdin vacancy.
Somebody is keeping this section of the state
imt of the service of a Judge we are entitled
too, and it isn’t the president either.
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The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight comes out
this week with a 32 page issue, being their
ifome Trade edition. It is a splendid edition of
tountry weekly and Editor Griffin deserves a
medal for its issue, and it should wake up the
jjeople of that section to the fact that they have
«»m?of the liveliest and most patriotic newspaper
st ..i in Georgia, right in their midst. There
,-iiv a lot of cities in this and other states who
•would be glad to have the services of the work
ing editor and the people of Bainbridge are to
•Ic congratulated on having him as one of their
citizens. . *
COUNTY SCHOOL TAXTAION.
gmm Superintendent of Schools M. L. Brit
tain hit the na ; ! squ-reiy on the head wren,
in his address at Mvon Thur t.y evening, he
told tr • Georgia Educational r.-sociat’.oi. that
‘•the chief need of Georgia sch' Is now U«for
mom local help for education.”
ff *h:-»re i> anv or o thing tha r. progressive
state nr community cannot to neglect it
Hie »ducati mofit - hildr : ditis a short
sighted policy inde< e whim would prompt a
ciiizmship to combat any reasonable means for
the ’’gUcious investment of pubfic funds in pub
lic education.
Mr. Brittain ci'.ed the fact that in Geor
gia are from 20,000 to 30,000 children of school
age who have never been to school, he vers
dm i; g at the necessity of enforcement of the
new compulsory attendance and free text books
laws: hut one of the chief barriers to the n.ort
general enforcement of these two excellent law i
is .r amity of money.
With sufficient capital to make our schools
more accessible, of higher quality and more al
luring, and with which to provide the poorer
cnildren with free books, those two laws would
almost enforce themselves; because it is only
human nature to want education, and to get it if
it is within reach.
And Mr. Brittain also made it plain that
the state government is doing its full share to
ward expenditures for school purposes. In
fact, he declared that “out of the forty-eight
states in the union, practically none of them
gives a larger per cent from the state funds to
its schools” than does Georgia.
But in other states —the vast majority of
them —the schools are financed in large meas
ure by Ideal and county special school taxation.
That is the only up-to-date, fair and ade
quate method; and it has got to be generally
adopted in Georgia if we are to bring our schools
to a standard commensurate with the public
need.
Already forty-three counties if Georgia
have adopted this system—a levy of not less
than one mill, with a maximum rate fo five
mills, specifically for school purposes, in addit
ion to the country’s pro ratd of the state’s
eshool apportionment.
That is good so far as it goes, but there are
still nine counties which have failed to take this
progressive step, and Mr. Brittain would compel
them to by law.
“All other laws that colud be passed for
the benefit of education,” he said, “are far less
important than this one single measure.”
Let us hope that he expressed the opinion
of such a majority of the state’s taxpayers and
voters that such legislation will be forthcoming
at an early date.—Atlanta Constitution.
CANDID WITH THE PEOLPE.
It is generally admitted now that at the be
ginning of the war all the belligerents made
the mistake of attempting to conceal from the
public a large part of the disagreeable news.
There was no complaint because information
which might be useful to the enemy was with
held, but there was a great deal of criticism of
the policy of aplping the public in an unjustified
security. ,
That time has passed away, and such men
as Lloyd George and Sir Edward Carson do not
hesitate to tell the people that the hour of clan
ger has by no means passed.
It is gratifying to know that our own gov
ernment will, as it seems, adopt the same policy
so far as it is expedient. The announcement
yesterday that German submarines sank prac
tically 400,000 tons of shipping last week which
was far in excess of what was announced to be
the limit of German expectations, was not pleas
ant reading. As Secreatry Lane told the gov
ernors of the various state assembled in V\ ash
ington, not only the very existence of France
and Great Britian is threatened, but the sit
uation is alarming foY the United States.
The facts are not pleasant, but it is better
that we should know the truth than to be living
in a fool’s paradise.
There will be no stampede and no hysteria.
The resources of this country are so vast that
if properly mobilized they can offset tin* sub
marine menance. The situation simpiy reduces
i 4 self to a strugge to fleed our Allies while they
carry on the great war. Proper steps have n
taken toward planting abundant food crops and
building small wooden ships by thousands in
\ hich to carry this food abroad.
The American people, knowing the true
situation, will nerve themselves anew to the
great task which lies before them, and will feel
a sense of gratitude toward the government
t hat they have been told frankly how \ :tal and
how pressing is the necessity for the struggles
and the sacrifices we must make.—Macon News.
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“The kindergarten is designated to give the child plant
suitable climate, soil, exposure, careful nurture and hap
py occupation for the activities of body, mind and soul;
and opportunities of learning of those relationships
which hind man to his fellow creatures, to nature and to
God.”
THS DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, MAY 5, 1917.
Daily Arrivals
of New Spring and Summer Goods at °ur
store which gives us a complete and
up-to-date stock for our trade.
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We handle Men’s Clothing,
Shoes, Hats and everything to
make a Man’s ' Outfit complete.
ALSO
everything new and pretty in
Ladies goods and some
thing new coming in
all the time.
Agents for May Manton Patterns
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Just across street from old stand
Douglas, - Georgia
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