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P. O. BOX 412
PHONE 44
COFFEE COI'NTY BOY
GOING JO SIBERIA
Miss Delema Davis, of Axson.
sends the following letter from her
cousin:
Dear Delema: —Will try and ans
wer your sweet letter I received a
few days ago. Sure was glad to hear
from you again. Have been sick but
am better, thitik I will soon be all
O. K. I am not doing any duty this
week, so I am trying to write to the
“dearest” of all cousins.
Little girl I am expecting to sail
for Siberia some time soon, about
Sept. Ist. I think, you see some of us
are going, but don’t know for sure
where 1 will be one of the “lucky
ones” or not. Have orders to get
rid of all excess baggage, such as
pictures, letters, and all other things
we have around us, as we won't be
allowed to take them with us.
1 want you to answer this soon
so I will get it before I go away, that
is if 1 am lucky enough, and I do
hope that I will be. Although 1 hate
to leave here in a way, as 1 have so
much fun, but I want to go where we
will have a little excitment some
times.
Sure would like to see you all, but
don't see any chance for anything like
that, but will say that you will have
the biggest part of my thoughts while
I am away. Ivill colse and send love
and best wishes, your cousin,
Sonnie Davis.
David Douglas was here last Mon
day.
Bill Right, Tony and some of the
re-t of the family were in town this
week.
A ! : < f . ‘er melc s c«- ° : n
Tue-day, ,r, 1 ; ttracted cr ,vds a.,
goo 1 prices.
Jesse I’afford, of Pearson, who will
be ordinary for the new county, was
it town last Monday.
Bill Hursey, his daughter, Babe,
with her friend McAlster, were in
town Monday on some legal business.
Vera Meeks and Biney Goodwin,
two pretty little girls, came to see
me last Saturday, and went to the
show. ~
Judge Rummot all was here last
Monday, with a smile on his face
that wont wash off. He is running
like a jack rakrit, now that he has no
opposition.
Yes, Susa, the Palace Theatre be
gins to show pictures at 3 o'clock on
Saturday. * ; fty cents will carry all
three of you girls. Dome to me be
fore you go. ..
Th? car cvn -r who refused to cut
cut his jty , iue last Sunday :s a .-lack
co, «nd it , obstincy ttv ;K> de
of the i-e of gasoli m f tt..
r-.-t f the And tl) - ; is sl.ou'd
be <l. i.o. ■"•••••- ~ •
Gertrude Thomas, the pretty litle
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Thom
as, but four years of age, has begun
to flirt mith me this soon in life, She
is a smart child, and all who go to
the store like her.
Hardy McClelland, from Fairfax,
was here lu*t week, and again this
wee l ;. He always begins to snooze
around up here when he thinks its
time for Henry Vickers to kill a hog
and his wife make sausage.
If there is anything on earth that
Sheriff Tanner will steal it is a good
lead pencil. I've gotten so that I
keep mine in a drawer when he is a-
HP HE Union Banking
* Company, in order
to accomodate their c usto
mers during the busy fall
months, will keep their
doors opon 9 a,, m.’till 3 p.m.
Uncle Jim’s
Note Book
By J. M. Freeman
oout. He never buys a pencil but
always has a good one.
They tell me that John Hanna, who
s over the sea, in the Avation corps,
at London, is married. That is sur
prising, for John told me he was af
ter the Kaiser, and now he is ral
lied, well, well, let it go at that.
Miss Maud Hutrtlson and Mr i”v
McNeal, both of Pearson, were mai
ried while s ; Png in an automobile
by Judge Sweat near Kirkland lost
Sunday week. And that’s tire way
hey go. Miud was one of my chums
aril the boy-- know all my c’.iu ,s a: e
r! ■ gsirl and tnat is why ,ne/ ward
them.
The Government asked the auto
mobile joy riders to cu tout some of
their pleasures for Sunday, in order
that the gasoline thus saved might
help in the war necessities, and a
bout two-thirds of them did, the oth
ers did not, and they had rather have
their pleasures than to do their bits
toward winning the war.
Parson Tomlinson was in town last
Monday, dressed in white and driving
a gray mule. He had something,
tied up in a crocus sack, tied on the
hack of his buggy, but I could not
tell what was in it, whether meal,
grits or jugs, for he drove off in a
hurry when I started down to where
he was. Some strange things going
no in this county now, certain.
John Gaskins, of Ocilla, with a
clean shirt on, was here Saturday
shaking hands with his many friends.
He says he made plenty of wheat, and
“Came mighty near bringing me
some to make biscuits,” but he did
not. You know what that girl said
last week, “that all men are liars”
ami I don’t know if she included John
or not, but 1 think she did.
When a man marries off his daugh
ters to good, honest men he is thank
ful that he has done his duty, but
when he finds that his daughters
have married on to a lot of slothful
good for-nothing loafers that will not
provide for them, and who hopes to
live at the expense of the old man he
feels like getting and using a shot
gun, but dog poison would be better
and cost less.
H. D. McDonald, of Axson, was in
town this week, and is now a subscrib
er for the Enterprise. He has been
reading it for a long time, but with
the death of his father, and the ex
piration of his subscription the paper
stopped, so the son, like the father,
wants the paper and the Note Book
in particular. The Note Book has
many readers in the new county that
will not give it up.
Mrs. Annie Brack, wife of Judge
Gus L. Brack, died last Sunday after
noon very suddenly. She had been
ill for some five or six weeks, but
was supposed to be improving when
the end came without a moments no
tice. She died shouting, after a visit
from her pastor, Bro. Hubert," of the
Baptist church, You will probably
find an appropriate obituary in an
other part of the paper.
C. A. Furney went up to Ambrose
last Saturday located some blind
tigers and phoned for deputy sheriff
Ellis to bring some warrants, which
he did, carrying with him officer Dy
[ kes of the city police. George Strick
land, Lem Jinks Bryant Coley. They
were all in a car which belonged to
Lem Jenks, and were all brought to
jail, the car, and one gallon of whis
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, SEIT. 6th, 1918
! key and the still, in which the whis
! Key was made confiscated. Some of
the parties have been released on
bond.
Seme one was in my office a few
days ago who told me some scandal
ous talk that he heard of the Red
Cross nurses in France, and he said
1 a preacher was the man that told
him these things. That's it, but be
ing a preacher does not give it more
semblence of truth than if it was the
devil. Tffere are men that will scan
dilize the Virgin Mary, under the
guise of being a preacher, but being
a preacher does not make anything
true, still, there is a place in the
Federal prison where men that will
lie about Uncle Sam’s nurses should
be placed. Thank God that these so
called preachers areg enerally known
as to their true worth.
Mrs. W. L. Dennis, writing from
Wauchula, Fla., says: “I have not
received the Note Book yea, not a
single copy since I came home, and
you know I am sadly disappointed,
for there’s no telling what all is hap
pening up there and I can’t hear a
bout it, and I am afraid I am losing
a lot in not getting the Note Book.
The Note Book is like a jolly, newsy
letter from home folks. Have you
heard from Hattie Rice any more?
If there has been any more letters I
from her published in the Enterprise
please send me a copy of it. If there
were more girls like Hattie, more of
her stamp this world would be better
and if all Red Cross Nurses were I
like her war would soon loose some
of its horrors. I say, ‘God bless Hat
tie Rice, and be with her over there,’
and I am sure He will.”
I. D. PRICE FOR
R.R. COMMjSSIONER
Former Commissioner Of Agriculture j
Candidate For Membership
On State Railroad
Board
Believing that the farmers and the
entire agricultural interests of Geor
gia are entitled to representation on
the state railroad commission, as was
clearly intended. J. D. Price has en
tered th» race for that position, and
will make as active a canvass as pos
sible preceding the state primary of
September 11.
v ™
J. D. PRICE,
Candidal# for Railroad Commissioner
Mr. Price was born ih Georgia, has
ived in the state all his life, and has
•tlways devoted himself to farming
and agricultural pursuits. His two
ippottents are both newspaper men
For many years Mr. Price has own
ed and operated his own farm at Farm
ngton, Oconee county. He served his
•ounty in both branches of the legis
ature —house and senate. As a pract
ical farmer he was elected and served
;wo terms as commissioner of agricul
ture, and is at present director of the
Georgia Experiment station near Grif
fin.
During his public service he has
been called upon to travel extensively
over the state, so that he not only
has a wide acquaintance with Georgia
and her people, but has acquired an
intimate knowledge of the conditions
n, and the needs of. the various sec
tions of the state.
Mr. Price has already given consid
erable attention to transportation prob
lems in Georgia; and two years ago
when the big tight was on over
Georgia rates, before the railroad com
mission. he arranged to have a hear
ng in opposition to any increase in
rates on agricultural products and fer
tilizer materials. If it had not been
for his activity at that time, the farm
ers would not have been represented
before the commission.
No farmer has ever been elected a
member of the railroad commission,
notwithstanding the fact that the
farmers contribute annually more than
half the tonnage carried by the rail
roads of the state. As he feels he
is well qualified for this service, Mr.
Price asks, and will appreciate, the
support of the voters of Georgia for
the place on the railroad commission
to be made vacant by the retirement
of Judge George Hillyer.
COTTON. Liberal advances and
expert handling by PEARCE & BAT
TEY, Savannah, Ga.
To The Citizens of Douglas
r\Oyou want to save money, if you do,
% come and look over my stock of gro
ceries and get my prices- Your trade will
be highly appreciated, all orders w ill be
promptly delivered. My stock is ail new
and fresh. Please drop in and look it over.
4 CASH GROCERY COMPANY
B. L. HALL, Mgr. Phone 124
Standard Garage
GASOLINE, Oil, Grease arid ac
cessories, free air at the curb.
Expert repair work on ail make cf
cars, Starting-, Lighting and igni
tion a specialty
Standard Garage
Phone*2ol J. W. Batten, Mgr.
Stoves Stoves
*
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WE It aye just received a car load of Steves,
Ranges and Hollow \\ are.
This shipment together with large stock already
r
on h nd enables us to sell you anything in this hne
cheaper than you can get it elsewhere.
Come to see us we have the goods to sell and
can posit.vely save you money.
Our stock in all lines is as nearly complete as
we can’make it and our prices a r e right.
Douglas hardware c r\
Phone 128
W. T. Cottingham - Mgrs. - F. F. Preston