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"The
Enterprise
Covers Every Nook
and Corner ol
Coflee County—and
Then Some."
CONTRACT MADE WITH LITTLE
4 KOHL FOR ANOTRER 5 TEARS
At a special meeting of the city
board of education on last Wednesday
night, 1 the matter of making a new
contract for teachers came up and
was acted upon. In fact this was
the object of the meeting. The board
which consists of J. M. Dent. W. C.
Lankford, Jno. M. Hall, S. M. Roberts
and W. R. Frier, met in Dr. Hall’s
drug store.
As a result of this meeting, we are
able to make the interesting and im
portant announcement that the board
will contract with Little & Kuhl for
another five years term. The second
term of five years with these gentle
men terminates with the closing of
this session and it was necessary to
make a new deal for another period.
The board was unanimous in their
desire to keep this famous school
here, and felt that they had the back
ing of the people of the city. Profs.
Little & Khul have been teaching in
Georgia for twenty years, ten years
at Abbeville, and now closing their
tenth year here. They have built up
one of the strongest and best known
educational institutions in Georgia,
and Douglas is indeed fortunate in
again securing their services for an
other term.
The board has agreed to pay these
able teachers more money, but they
deserve more, especially with exist
ing conditions, and while the contract
is for five years, the terms for each
succeeding year are to be arranged
annually, based on the then existing
conditions, due to the war. Should
the war end at any time, then the con
tract stands as it is today.
Furthermore, it is the intention of
Profs. Little & Kuhl to employ an
extra teacher to assist them in their
work, in addition to the number now
employed.
Grade Teachers Are
Elected For Next Year
At this meeting the board took up
the matter of electing grade teachers
for another year. There were some
thing like 100 applications on hand,,,
but the board, in view of faithful ser
vices rendered, decided to reelect ev
ery member of the faculty now serv
ng and for the grade which they are
now working in.
However, we are advised that Miss
Corinne Little, who has worked so
faithfully and well in the third grade
Tor several years, has positively de
cided not serve another year, in which
event the board will have to fill this
place. This will be done thisweek.
The teachers elected for the grades
including Miss Little who will not
serve are as follows:
First Grade —Mrs. Julia Foster,
Lucile Peek.
Second Grade —Mrs. Margaret Jor
dan, Miss Nora Huss.
Third Grade—Miss Corrinne Liitle,
Miss Nona Quillian.
Fourth Grade —Miss Anna Foster.
Fifth Grade — Miss Lucy Hall.
Sixth Grade—Miss Maggie Hamrick
Prof. J. B. Ellis was elected by the
board as the pmeipal cf the colored
schools of the city, to succeed him
self.
Contest Winners
The following were the winners in
the War Savings Stamp contest which
closed Monday night. The contest
ants sold during the contest Thrift
and War Savings Stamps to the a
inount of $1829.16.
First—Miss Mary Cochran.
Second — J, Lee Cochran.
Third —Edwina Preston.
Fourth —Howard Whittington, Miss
Eva Suddath.
Fifth —Minor Turrentine, Annie
Bell Tally, Norman Minchew, Claud
is Sapp.
Sixth —Lois Odum. Johnnie Byrd,
Myrtle Byrd. Myrtle Barnes.
Seventh —Valda Grantham.
L. S. PETERSON, P. M.
Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME, XVIIII, NUMBER 2.
Reelected
PROF. W. A. LITTLE
PROF. A. A. KUHL
| COL. T. N. IIIXSON JOINS
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RANKS U. S. ENGINEER CORPS
Col. T. N. Hinson has joined Uncle
Sam’s engineering corps, and is now
in uniform at Fort Oglethorwpe, and
will be in France in three weeks, is
the information "which reached the
city today:
Col. Hinson left Douglas two weeks
ago but very few, if any, knew of his
intentions. We do not know just when
he entered the service, but only learn
ed of it today.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
May 26
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
There will he no service at 11 o’-
clock on account of the E. D. A. S.
Commencement service at the First
Baptist Church.
Dr. A. S. Patterson, of Savannah .
will preach at this church at 8:30 p.
m. Everybody welcome.
School Census To
Be Taken In June
During'the month of .June a school
census of Douglas and also of Coffee
county Will be taken. The enumera
| tion will form a basis for the amount
of the state appropriation which the
city and county will get for the next
five years.
Superintendent .Floyd will name an
enumerator for each school district
whose salary will be $2 per day.
The city board of education will name
a man today to take charge of the
enumeration in Douglas. Prof. J. B.
Ellis will have charge of the work
among the colored people in the city,
and may be called upon to assist in
the county. The names of all school
children between the ages of six and
eighteen will be taken and also other
information is to be obtained which
the Enumerator will acquaint you
with. It is very important that ev
ery name he secured so we ask that
you assist the enumerator when he
calls.
The (Enterprise ‘Publishes the Legal of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA MAY 24, 1918.
DR. MCDONALD
OILS AT AON
Dr. J. M. McDonald, age 73, died
Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock at
his home at Axson, Ga. Dr. Mc-
Donald has been in failing health
for several years and for nearly two
years has been confined to his home.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons and four daughters, Messrs. Joe
and Hugh 1). McDonald, of Axson,
Ga., Mrs. Lillian Brooker-, Mrs. J. N..
Lamkin, of Axson,. Ga., Mrs. E. L.
Townsend, DeFuniak Springs, Fla.,
Mrs. T. L. McCrary of Waycross;
two brothers, Judge J. C. McDonald
and F. B. McDonald, of Waycross;
five sisters, Mrs. C. M. Sweat, Mrs.
G. G. Parker, Mrs. M. M. Crawley
and Miss Frances McDonald, of Way
cross ar,d Mrs. Tobby Tyson, of Web
ster, Fla. The funeral services were
held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock
at the resience at Axson, conducted
by Rev. M. B. Boyken, of Waresboro.
Interment in McDonald cemetery, Ax
son.
i. B. Ellis Writes
About Red Gross
Colored People Hold Enthusiastic Red
Cross Rally and Voluntarily Pledge
Themselves to Contribute to the
2,000 Drive now on tor Coffee Coun
ty and Make a start by Taking up
.'522.00 Monday Night. They Also
Hear Great Patriotic Address by
Col. J. N. McDonald.
The colored people of Douglas with
the assistance of Mrs. Shelton and
Mrs. Dr. Clark, organized a Red
Cross Auxiliary Monday night, Miss
Madie V. Burnett and Mrs. Anna H.
Counts acted as organizers. Miss
Burnette is rural supervisior and has
done and is still doing much good
work for the colored people of the
rural disricts.
Rev. J. D. Counts was made chair
man and Mrs. Dr. Davis vice chair
man with Mrs. Maggie Blanding sec.,
and Mrs. Pauline Shumake treas.
These women at the suggestion of
Dr. Thos. J. Davis, were taken one
from each leading church in town and
are all active church workers in their
(Continued to local page)
BED CROSS DRIVE WELL UNDER
WAY IN DOUGLAS AND COFFEE
The Red Cross drive in Coffee coun
ry has been under way since Monday
and will continue until the time limit
expires. Itappears that our quota
is $2,000 instead of $1200., as an
nounced last week. The error was'
made in this way. The local chapter
was asked to raise $2000., our part,
if possible, and to advise if this a
mount seemed to be too much. It was
suggested from here that probably
it was and that we would try for
SI2OO. We were then advised that
it would be expected of us to raise
$2000., if possible, if not SI2OO would
be acceptable. Of course Coffee coun
ty would think of nothing: less than
$2000., under these circumstances.
We are advised that Willa coochee
chapter, an inependent organization,
has raised their quota, which is SSOO.
and that the money is ready. We
presume that this SSOO. is to be de
ducted from the quota of Coffee coun
ty.
The local management have daily
meetings here and on Tuesday morn
ing several teams went out for blood
They got the money, raising about
$4.61. here in Douglas on Tuesday,,
and on Wednesday about $1.75. Just
what has been done in other parts of
the county we have not been advised.
The local teams working this par
ticular district have been as follows:
Col. J. J. Willingham and Rev. i&. E
ELDED MAKES
SUGGESTIONS
Hon. Hugh Richardson, State Dir
eetoi»vof the War Savings Committee
suggests that every farmer in the
State either plant an acre or take an
acre which is already planted and
call it the National acre. Let all the
members of the family assist in cul
tivating ami harvesting and *\vhen
this is done invest all the proceeds
above expenses in "War Savings
Stamps. This seems to be one of
the most practical things we have
heard oi' to assist the government,
we can take an acre of oat land or
we can take an acre of land on which
nothing is now growing and in this
way obtain an extra income,,, or if
all our land is already planted we
could just lay aside one acre and
dedicate it as the National acre. We
are expected during this year to pur
chase $439000 worth of Thrift Stamps
Unless we adopt some plan as abuse
stated it will be more difficult to
raise our quota. Coffee county can
do its part, always has in every great
undertaking and we believe it will
in this. Our boys will if necessary
give their Ives for this government.
So the least thing we can do is to
lend it our money and this is a good
investment.
We would like to have some on- 1
volunteer in every community and
town to push this work and get as
many as possible to promise to work
according to this plan. Out of 152
counties in the state ours is 42nd
from the top. Why not make it first
to reach its quota? It will make
our boys braver and stronger to know
we are doing our part at home.
J. GORDON FLOYD,
Cham. W. S. S. Com. Coffee Co.
TO ALL W. S S. SOICIETIES
We have notice from the National
War Savings Committee that they
are now ready to issue commissions
to all boys and gilds who have wo.i
them, Any boy or girl who has se
cured new members will rank as fol
lows :
25 associate members carries rank
of Captain; 50 members rank of Ma
jor; 100 members rank of Colonel;
200 members rank of General.
All those working will advise as
to the work they have done and com
missions will be issued accordingly.
J. GORDON FOLYD,
Cham. W. S. S. Com. Coffee Co.
Whittington; Col. J. N. McDonald and
Col. E. L. Grantham; Col L. I). Luke,
Col. L. E. Heath, Judge F W. Dart,
Col. R. J. Cornelius and Col. T A Wal
lace.
On Tuesday seveial of the young
ladies who have been given charge
of special work, went out and did
valiant work. Mfsses Annie Dyer,
Eunice Lott, and Mrs. J. L. Shelton,
Mies. T. 11. Clark and Mrs. A. S M
Coleman and Mrs. J. L. Cochran. Pos
sibly there were some others whose
names were not given us.
Col. T. A. Wallace is chairman of
the war fund committee, Col. E. L.
Grantham has charge of the speakers
committee and he has arranged for
4 minute speeches at the theatre ev
ery night this week, as well as speak
ers at other gatherings. W. R. Frier
has been named treasurer, and all
checks in the county should be made
to him, and can be sent direct. Col.
L. E. Heath is secretary, and Mrs.
J. L. Shelton has agreed to take
charge of the booth at the Union
Pharmacy where we have installed
headquarters for the week.
The last few days of the campaign
promises to arouse more than ordin
ary interest, and every man, woman
and child, must respond in some way
to this appeal, and put Coffee coun
ty where she always ranks, viz: as
being a people who never fails to re
spond to calls of duty.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE-
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 5
E. B. A. S. TO BEGIN TODAY
ianpet
The annual alumna! banquet of the
Eleventh District Agricultural School
will be held at the college on next
Saturday night. It is expected that
quite a number of the old student
will be on hand. The first class date
back to 1910, and invitations have
been sent o ut to every old student
to return.
The following are the officers of the
Alumnal Association at this time:
President, D .M. Gaddis; Secretary.
A. G. Overman; Speaker, W. F. Bog
gan. The following is a complet;
list of the classes since the organiza
tion of the school:
I bur. of 1«M 3
R. L. King, Jacksonville, Fla.
11. G. Bennett, Quitman, Ga.
Ridge Rountree, Cobbtown, Gr..
Miss Addie Fraser, Hinesville, Ga.
Class of 1911.
Martin Davis, Memphis, Term.
Emmett Moses, Jacksonville, Fla.
A. G. Overman, Douglas. Ga.
G. B. '.unice, D- cglas, Ga.
Miss Jessie Gordon. Cartt rsviile, Gi.
Miss Ahbie Career Screven, C-a.
Has sof 1912.
.Viiss Virginia Bridges, Lake Park. Ga.
J. T. Coffee, Eastman, Ga.
N. C. Crews, St. George, Ga.
J. Frank Wlson, Douglas, Ga.
Margaret Campbell, Savannah, Ga.
11. J. Davis, Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Leila Jardine, Douglas, Ga.
I. 11. Krumrine, Mcßae, Ga.
vance Smith, Mcßae, Ga.
Class of 11*13.
K. F. Calwin, Naylor, Ga.
G. P. Crews, St. George, Ga.
R. G. Jennings, Louisville, Ga.
J. P. Joiner, Quitman, Ga.
E. V. Whelchel, Douglas, Ga.
Otis Woodard, Dexter, Ga.
G. N. Yarbrough, Hazlehurst, Ga.
R. B. Wilson, Isle of Palms.
Miss Allie Fales, Douglas, Ga.
(las of 1914
S. J. Stubbs, Douglas, Ga.
M iss Helen Whelcbel, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Clifford Wilson, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Evelyn Wilson, Douglas, Ga.
Theron Woodard, Dexter, Ga.
Miss Maude Lee Bryan, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Lula Dent, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Mildred McDonald, Douglas, Gr
Miss Lillian Moore, Douglas, Ga.
Class of 1915
A. B. Cain, Alma, Ca.
S. F. Liles, White Oak, Ga.
W. F. Boggan, Douglas Ga.
[ Bronze Vickers, Willacoochee, Ga.
j W. B. Terrell, Douglas, Ga.
Robert Mann, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Miss Carrie Griffin, Douglas, Ga.
-Miss Olivia Thornton, Wray, Ga.
Miss Selma Thornton, Wray, Ga.
Miss Irene Ponder, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Elsie Vickers, Macon, Ga.
W. D. Strange, Willacoochee, Ga
John Usher, Quitman, Ga.
Class of 1916.
H. li. Vickers, Savannah, Ga.
R. A. Raulerson, Waycross, Ga.
H. J. Quincey, Douglas, Ga.
C. S. Walden, Milltown, Ga.
B. H. Gaddis, Valdosta, Ga.
Alvin Woodard, Dexter, Ga.
C. W. Anderson, Trion, Ga.
FF. S. Stubbs, Douglas, Ga.
Cleon Vickers, Douglas, Ga.
Clinton Lott, Douglas, Ga.
J. B. Fraser, Hinesville, Ga.
J. R. Exam, Douglas, Ga.
11. Y r . Reynolds, Brinson, Ga.
Miss Mary Peterson, Valdosta, Ga.
Miss Hattie Cooev, Pinetta, Fla.
Miss Lois Clough, Denton, Ga.
Miss Mae Dorminy, Fitzgerald. Ga.
Miss Beulah Pafford, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Venta Webb. Uahira, Ga.
Class of 1917.
Hugh Whelchel, Douglas, Ga.
Clyde Williams, Quitman, Ga.
Roy Evans, Mountvilie, Ga.
Miss Lilia Love, Kirkland, Ga.
B. A. Wilkinson, Tifton, Ga.
Miss Venita Vickers, Douglas, Ga.
J. H. Sims, Douglas, Ga.
Miss Mamie Baird, Douglas, Ga.
Burney Griffin, Douglas, Ga.
Mi: « Bertha May, Hirte viHe, Ga.
Turner Culberth, Lak* Park, Gc.
The commencement exercises of El
eventh District Agricultural and Me
chanical School, located in this city,
will begin to day, with the Junior
Promenade tonight. Tomcrrow ev
enng the annual banquet will take
place, a detailed account of this oc
casion being gven in another col
umn.
On next Sunday morning at the
Baptist church, the commencement
sermon will be preached by Dr. A. L.
Patterson, of Savannah. This oco
eassion promises to draw a large
crowd. Dr. Pattcron is a prominent
Presbyterian divine and all the church
es in the city will join in for this oc
casion.
On Monday evening there will he a
display of the Domestic Arts by drill,
and the evening will be g iven to de
bate and play.
The school trustees, composed of a
member front every county in the
Eleventh congressional district, will
meet Tuesday morning, at which time
there will be a barbecue. The trus
tees will hold their business session
Tuesday afternoon, at which time a
new principal will fte elected to fill
the vacancy caused by toe resignation
of Prof. C. W. Fraser. There will be
several applications, and it is not
possible to even predict who wll be
elected.
There will be a recital contest on
Tuesday evening at the school audi
torium. This will prove to be a very
interesting affair, and always draws
a large crowd of visitors.
On Wednesday evening the grad-u
ating exercises will take place, after
which the commancciiTJT nt exercise**
will come to a close. We had hoped
to give a program of these exercises
as we had requested it from the auth
orities,, but failed to get the response
The school closes a most successful
term and the prospects for a good
school year beginning in the fall, are
indeed good. Every department of
the school work this year has made
rapid strides under the efficient man
agement of President Fraser, and it
is with much regret that he is to
leave the work he has so faithfully
an well performed during the past
year.
Mr. Chas. T. Darley and daughter,
Miss Margaret Darley, spent several
days in Atlanta this week in attend
ance at the state convention of Odd
Fellows.
Boys Reaching 21
Register June stf».
»lv '
Notice has j' st been received that
till rm.-i> who have become 21 ;. cant
of age since June f, ISI7, will be re
quired to register cn June sth 1918.
It is therefore the desire cf the lo
cal board that all persons who come
under this head, be present at the
court house in Douglas, Georgia, on
June sth, 1913 for the purpose of
registering. This means that all
men cf this age shall register, wheth
er or net you -e an ailen, a colored
man, a we" man or an ill man, this
does not <: : you. Those who are
ill and nc. ,’e to come to Duglas
may be j • d with the necessry
material which to register at
their homes,, by making application
in advance to the office of the local
Board. Person who contemplate be
ing absent from the county on June
sth, may register before they absent
themselves by present themselves at
the office of the Local Board, at Dong
las, Ga. All persons subject to reg
ister under this act, are required ar.d
expected to be at the office of the Lo
cal Board at the Court House in the
city of Douglas, Georgia, for the pur
pose of registering on June sth, 1918,
and not at some later date.
Public please take notice and be
governed accordingly.
Loeal Board of Coffee County.
Douglas, Georgia.
By A. W. Haddock, Clerk
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