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“The
Enterprise
Covers Every Nook
and Corner of
Coffee County —and
Then Some.”
cur POLITICS GRSW WHOM
US ELECT! our APPROACHES
The municipal campaign is just one
Week off, and things are beginning to
move thick and fast, politically
speaking. Every candidate is on the
move and the 266 registered voters
are being interviewed every day.
The only new developement in the
campaign is the entry of Mr. S. J.
Stubbs, whose friends announce him
as a candidate from the Fourth ward.
The other candidates in this ward are
E. L. Tanner and Simon Levine. This
Fourth Ward race promises to be a
mighty interesting one because of the
multicplicity of candidates.
All of the candidates have qualified
by making the proper registration on
schedule time. The council at their
last meeting fixed the assessment of
candidates at $1 each, to be paid to
the City Clerk by 6p. m., Dec. 11. In
other words, if this fee is not paid by
that time the candidate’s name will
not be placed on the official ballot.
Executive Coin.
Smyrna Meets
Executive Committee of Smyrna
Association held a very important
meeting at First Baptist church Mon
day, Dec. 3rd. With one exception,
the full membership was present.
Ladies of the church, led by Mrs.
Hoke Davis, who is president of the
Woman’s Missionary Union, served a
lavish dinner.
The committee proposes an active
misionary work in Coffee county this
year—supplying needy fields and
strengthening the weak. Four hun
dred dollars and perhaps more will be
spent in this way.
Other interests of the Association
will be cared for.
T. S. Hubert, pastor of Douglas
Baptist church, is chairman of the
committee, as well as moderator of
the association. H. M. Meeks is
Clerk of both committee and associa
tion. Other members are J. F. Smith,
A. S. Minchew, R. W. Bugg, 11. Kirk
land, A. S. Minchew, E. L. Minor, F.
H. Brown, J. O. White.
Committee will meet again Satur
day, 29th.
AX SON NEWS
School is progressing nicely nuder
the management of our efficient prin
cipal, Miss Bessie Steakley, assisted
by Misses Mabel Bostwick and Gertie
Hughes.
Mrs. Joe McDonald is spending a
few days m Waycross.
Mr. «and Mrs. Martin and family
spent Thanksgiving week with Messrs
Y. 0. and T. H. Mathews.
Miss Grace Peters, of Waycross,
rpent the week-end with Miss Dasiy
Burns.
Messrs. Y. O. Mathews and W. J.
White made a business trip to Way
cross Monday in behalf of our school.
Miss Adie Mae White, who is at
tending school here, spent the week
end with her parents at Pine Valley.
Thanksgiving day was dutifully
observed by Mrs. James McDonald
and family, who served a delightful
turkey dinner. Those present out
side of the relatives were Misses Bes
sie Steakley, Mabel Bostwick, Gertie
Hughes and Addie Mae White.
Mr. W. J. White spent several days
in Valdosta last week.
Mr. Loyd Brooker left Tuesday for
New Smyrna, Fa., where he expects
to learn the trade of machinist. Loyd
leaves a host of friends who wish for
him much success.
Mr. G. L. White, Misses Steakley
and Bostwick motored over to Doug
las Saturday evening for the movies.
Mrs. T. J. Lockridge spent part of
last week in Atlanta listening to the
abie evangelist, Blily Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gunter, Mrs.
B. 11. Tanner ar.d ittle daughter,
Mary, left last Friday for Monroe,
Ga., to visit relatives. They are tak
ing the trip thru the country and will
make several towns before returning.
MERRY WIDOWS.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER 32.
With The Churches
The evangelistic services which
have been in progress at the Presby
terian chuich for ten days, closed
Thursday night.
Rev. R. A. Brown, pastor of the
Waycross Presbyterian church, who
has been doing the preaching during
the time, was called back to his own
church to attend urgent business.
The interest in the services contin
ued up to the closing night. There
were three additions to the church by
letter, and the spiritual life of the
church was greatly revived.
ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Services on Sunday the 9th inst.
Holy communion at 10:30 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a.m
Evening prayer and sermon, 7 p. m.
The Rev. J. W. Bicker desires the
church guild to meet with him im
mediately after morning services.
Thomas B. Marshall,
Senior Warden.
PREACH IVG AT METHODIST
CHURCH, SUNDAY, DEC. 9
R,ev. R. F. Eakes D.. D„ of Atlanta,
will preach at the Methodist church
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Dr. Eakes is one of the strong
preachers of the Southern Methodist
church. Don’t miss this opportunity
to hear him. B. E. Whittington.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dec. 9
Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Morning
worship, 11 a. m. Evening worship,
7:00 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching next Sunday, December
9th, at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m., by thfe
pastor. Live subjects.
Sunday school at 3 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. at 6:15 p. m.
Welcome to all services.
Come. “The Spirit and the Bride
say, Come.” T. S. Hubert, Pastor.
Santa Clause Letters
To Start Next Week
As has been the custom of this pa
per for the past ten years, we will
publish Santa Claus letters this year,
beginning next week, and running
for two weeks.
Remember we will publish them for
two weeks only. We invite letters
from any white boy or girl of Coffee
county, or, the boy or girl of any par
ty living outside of Coffee county. If
you live in the county, whether your
parents are subscribers or not, makes
no difference.
Get the letters to us by Thursday
morning, for that week. All letters
received after then will be pubished
the following week. Write a short
letter, only on one side of paper, and
sign name plainly. If you mail it,
pace a 3 cent stamp on it, if out of
town, or a 2 cent stamp, if in town.
Remember this, as it costs more to
mail this year.
We want your letters. So if you
comply with the above rules, we will
be glad to print them.
WOMAN’S CLUB
The Woman’s Club met at the Club
House Thursday with a good program
Roll call was answered with a Christ
mas custom in foreign countries. Mrs.
Peterson read a splendid paper on the
relation of Home Economics to Soc
iety and a very excellent report from
the Federation in Augusta was given
by Mrs. J. M. Der.t.
The ladies were adjourned by sing
ing “America.”
‘Uhe Enterprise ‘Publishes the Legal jddvertising of the City of ‘Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA, DEC. 8, 1917.
THANKSGIVING
IT NEWFOREST
The good people in the neighbor
hood of Sand Hill church and Shep
herd came together last Thursday at
New Forest school house for the pur
pose of observing Thanksgiving. In
stead, as has been the custom in
former years, of having the service
at the Sand Hill church, the commit
tees representing New Forest and
■Shepherd schools came together and
moved the service to the school house
which was more convenient to all. It
has been the writer’s pleasure to at
tend these services for a number of
years and this occasion was the best
of all, for the reason that there were
a gr£at many people who took part.
We found the same old stand-by, the
Tanners, the Dents, the Bakers, the
Kirklands, and Smith’s, and Meeks
families, with many others. This oc
casion demonstrated that there was
a fine community spirit in that sec
tion. We found, which in fact we
have known, that Shepherd and New
Forest were two of the best schools
in the county. Fine school buildings,
excellent facilities, headed at Shep
herd by Prof. W. C. Rozar, and New
Forest by Prog. A. E. Rozar. It does
one good to spend a day with such
people. There was dinner on the
grounds, and it loked like Hoover
ought to have been there to have ob
served a large part of it until Judge
Levi O’Steen hit it, then Hoover was
not needed so badly. This commun
ity is noted for serving the finest
dinners and this occasion showed tnea-
SOUTH GEORGIA FARMERS '
PAY ENORMOUS TAX
The cattle tick takes toll from the
farms of South Georgia larger than
their entire share of the war tax.
Following is a part of the tick’s
toll:
1. The quarantine reduces the value
of tick infested cattle in Georgia
from fifty cents to three dollars a
hundred. Estimated loss at $2.50 a
head of cattl,. in tic A infested
counties, $2,000,000.
2. The tick takes an average of over
seventy-five pounds of beef from
the back of each animal. Esti
mated loss en 800,000 head, $5,000,-
000.
3. The tick robs the children of Geor
gia of an average of one quart of
milk a day for each of approxi
mately 250,000 milch cows in tick
infested counties. Estimating 200
milking days for each cow and
valuing the milk at 10c a quart the
tick's annual milk toil is $5,000,-
000.
4. The tick reduces the breeding ef
ficiency cf cows over twenty.five
per cent. The tick’s estimated an
nual calf toll is, therefore, 60,000
calves worth at SIO.OO a head $630,-
000.
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This is an ordinary tick infested
Georgia cow. She will give about 1
gallon poor quality milk per day. She
eats as much as the cow in the other
picture. This cow has an unbroken
chain of tick-infested ancestry. Ticks
do two things; either kill good cattle
or degenerate them to scrubs. Ticks
take at least one quart of milk a day
from this cow that should go to feed
the babies. Estimating that th's cow
was in milk 200 days, her owner could
iave sold the milk the tick stole for
5c a quart, or S3O.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
I am happy to be able to announce
that George W. Andrews, Sunday
School expert of the world at large,
will be at Douglas to conduct a con
vention on the 29th and 30th of this
month.
Those who ever once heard George
Andrews will reed for no urging to
come again. Those who never heard
him must do so to know his varied
superiorities. He is a living wire, a
personified thunderbolt, and the near
est solution of the problem of perpet
ual motion yet discovered.
First service Saturday morning 10
o’clock. Services also Saturday after
noor.a nd Saturday evening. These
services Sunday.
Pasijors and church wnrkcrr o'
Smyrna Association are expected to
attend. All others who will do so
will rind cordial welcome.
The Douglas church will entertain
all visitors.
Come. “The Spirit and the Bride
say, Come.” • T. S. HUb£ „£\
best efforts. In carrying baskets
and boxes away, they seemed almost
as heavy as when they were brought.
The welcome address of the occas
ion wsa happily delivered by Prof.
A. E. Rozar, of New Forest school,
responded to in a beautiful vein bj
Prof. W. C. Rozar, of Shepherd
school. Rev. S. G. Taylor conducted
the devotional exercises and delivered
a very appropriate address on Thanks-
5. Loss in deaths directly and indi
rectly due to tick fever conserva
tively estimated at $2,000,000.
Total tick tax on South Georgia
farms estimated, over $15,600,000.
This dees net include the loss in
tick damaged hides, which alone would
more than pay the entire cost of com
plete tick eradication in the State.
Can Georgia farmers and business
men afford to continue the payment
af this tax piu? the war tax?
They willingly will pay the war tax,
but they can escape the tick 'f&x and
save enough in doing so to pay many
times their share of the war tax.
The dipping vat and one season of
unanimous co-operation of farmers in
dipping will destroy the tick forever
and save this enormous toll. Fifty-six
Georgia counties have already done it;
many others have started; all will
have to, under the Davis-Townsend
Tick Eradication Law in order to per
mit the movement of their cattle to
market in tick free territory.
The Georgia Land Owners’ Associa
tion is working to make the cost as
small as poss b!e to each farmer by
assisting in a movement for state-wide
tick eradication.
There should be no slackers in this
campaign to save this enormous $15,-
OCO,OOO tick tax
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This registc. .d Jersey cow, “Violet
;f Experiment." is owned by Mr. Jim
Hooks, Warthcn, Ga. She Is 13 years
old, gave 160 pounds of butter in 80
lays under test. Her owner has sold
SI,BOO worth cf her offspring in 13
years and tod* y has 21 head of Her
offspring in hR dairy herd. This cow
.vas dipped every 14 days during the
year 1916. Mr. Hooks found it cost
too much to feed his herd of dairy cat
tle to the cattle tick; he eradicated
them er.d increased the yield cf m!!:<
from Mu i,erd.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER
SUES COMMIES FOR CO.
Enterprise Named
The county officers having in charge
the naming of the official organ for
the county, met last Monday after
noon to determine the matter for an
other year. The Enterprise was se
lected to continue the publishing of
the official business of the Sheriff’s.
Ordinary’s, and Clerk's offices, to
gether with other advertising which
goes with th election for the yea
1918.
BOX SOCIAL
There will be a box Social at th:
Wilsonviile school house Saturday
night, Dec. 15ih. Proceeds to be use,,
for the benefit of the school.
YoUr presence and help will he ap
preciated.
Mattie Morris, Principal,
Alma Gillis, Assistant.
BOX SOCIAL
There will be a box social at the
Sears school building on Friday night.
Dec. 14. The proceeds to go for the
benefit of the school. The public is
invited.
Lillian Paulk, Principal,
Eunice Williams, Ass’t.
BOX SOCIAL
Everybody is cordially invited t
attend a Box Social and school enter
tainment at the Rock Creek schoo
house December 15—Saturday night.
Jewel McLean, Principal.
BOX SOCIAL T ~~
There will be a box social at Plair.
View school house on Saturay night,
Dec. 15th. The proceeds will go foi
painting of building. Everybody in
vited to attend.
Lula Haskins, Teacher.
giving. Interesting afidressese were
delivered by Judge evi O’Steen and
Judge W. C. Bryan, of Douglas.'
From what we saw of the commun
ity, John’s pants won’t be cut oft bui
one time. If you have never been
out there, you ought to go.
OBSERVER.
Enterprise leetre In
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v>iUai:i ftiwfcn* lisJi’. is
Manager Hall has booked the South
well Stock Co., for a week’s eng *,;< •
ment, begining Mor: ay, Dec. 17. £
is a well known company, and :ne’
put on nothing but f:r..t class play •
They will be here the netire vi
and The Enterprise Theatre will Li
I a great gathering place for first clas*
amusement during that time.
There will be plenty of good mush
and each and every member of th:
company aie recommended a*- l- in
first class in every respect. Y.' .t .
out for further announcements of th
company next week.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR
GANIZES
The new Democratic Executive
Committee of Coffee county met las:
week and elected Judge W. C. Bryan
chairman, Hon. Jesse M. Paffor
vice-chairman, Mr. T. H. Brown sec
retary and Mr. T. B. Burkett treas
urer.
The committee is composed of W.
C. Bryan and Sol Sears, from the
county at large, E. J. Barclay, Doug
las district, George Corbett, Wooten
Charlton Gillis, Tanner, T. H. Brown,
Phillips Mill, E. C. Henderson, Wil
lacochee, Jesse M. Pafford, Pearson.
George Gillis, Jonathon Osteen, Mora
B. T. Burkett, Pickren.
T. H. BROWN, Sec.
W. C. T U.
A full attendance of the Union is
desired for next Friday faternoon -a
the Baptist church as business o'
I importance is to Le discussed.
HELP US
,3 By Telephoning
NEWS ITEMS to
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Executive Committee: Mrs. C. L-
Patterson, Mrs. J, L. Cochran, Mrs.
C. E. Baker, Mrs. S. J. Stubbs, Mrs.
Melvin Tanner, G. B. Eunice.
Citizens Committee: W. R. Frk-r,
Fred Ricketson, Rev. B. E. Whitting
ton, Rev. T. S. Hubert, Rev. R. T.
Henderson, Mayor Daniel Gaskins,
Dr. A. S. M. Coleman, Judge J. W.
Quincey, G. F. Dixon, Oliver Peter
son, J. A. Barnes, H. B. Johnson,
Prof. W. A. Little, Dr. J. M. Hall,
Thos. Overstreet, J. M. Dent, C. L.
Tanner, Prof. C. W. Fraser, W. L.
Rogers, Judge W’. F. Dart, N. Me-
Eachern.
Campaign Committee: J. N. Mc-
Donald, Mrs. G. F. Dixon, Miss Eunice
Lott, Mrs. Mose Griffin, Miss Miriaire
Kirkland, Turner Brewer, Mrs. A. E.
Markett, Mrs. Jeff Williams.
Broxton: Mrs. J. L. Shelton.
Willacoochee: Mrs. J. M. Dent.
Nicholls: Mrs. S. J. Stubbs.
Pearson: Mrs. Ashley.
West Green: Mrs. Lawson Kelley.
Ambrose: Mrs. T. H. Clarke.
Axson: Mrs. E. L. Tanner.
Publicity Committee: Mrs. W. R.
Frier, Mrs. L. E. Heath, Mrs. Geo
Stanton, Col. L. E. Heath.
Thea M by
For Hod Cross
Today (Friday) is Theatrical Day
for the American Red Cross, all over
the country, and Manager Hall is do
ing his share towards this great move
ment.
He has turned his theatre over to
the local committee of the Red Cross*
and is patriotic enough to give a lib
eral part of the receipts to this great
organization.
Manager Hall always responds to
these calls, and this reminds us again
that the people of Douglas have not
been responding to the liberal pat
ronage they should give this theatre.
Mr. Hall is giving the people of
Douglas one of the best shows in the
country, the same pictures the people
of Atlanta and other large ctiies are
giving, and in some instances before
they give them, and the people of
Douglas should appreciate this fact
more and attend tjiis theatre.
There are a lot of towns that would
appreciate a good theatre like the En
terprise. They would give it their
patronage, and the facts are those;
if the show is not more liberally pat
ronized, Mr. Hall cannot afford to give
the people the class of pictures he is
now giving.
Suppose you think about this .xnd
go out. Your money’s worth agaits
you and if you will attend a few times
you will begr.i to realize what you
are missing.
M. E. dickers tad
Pres. G esiiit SI t e.
The Crescent Oil Co., with htv.tf
quarters in Atlanta, has a page act vt
this issue of The Enterprise. We in
vite our reads attention to it.
It is interesting to Douglas p«rph;
because of he fact that it’s Presdwr.t
lives in Douglas. Mr. M. E. Vickers.,
of this city, is the big mogul In it,
owns the land, and he is associated
with a couple of other gentlemen,
with headquarters as above stated.
They have a proposition to offer
which we believe to be a good Invest
ment, and we ask that you read the
back page of this paper carefully.
RED CROSS BENEFIT
Don’t forget the picture, this after
noon and tonight for benefit of Red
Croas. Manager Hall has t- ■: ».«, js
ly donated his profits on the picture
to the local chapter of the Red Cross.
The picture is a good one, entitled,
“The Stolen Trentv ” Prices in