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The Douglas Enterprise
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VOLUME XXXVII. NUMBER 31
SUDDEN DEATH OE
MR. CISJ. PORTER
SICK ONLY FEW DAYS. MRS.
PORTER AWAY IN N. C. BODY
WILL BE TAKEN TO BRUNS
WICK FRIDAY FOR BURIAL.
A gloom was cast .over Armistice
Day last Wednesday morning when
it was announced early that Mr. C. B.
Porter had died suddenly at his home
on Sellers street, death taking place
at 6:15. The news was a shock to
the people of Dougla# as it was not
known that he was so critically ill.
The direct cause of his death was
heart failure, while he had been suf
fering for several weeks with renal
colic.
Mrs. Porter was in Greensboro, N.
C. at the time of her husband’s death,
and only Miss Dorothy and Harry
Porter, two of the children, were in
the house at the time of their father’s
death. He suffered off and on during
Monday and Tuesday, however, he
came down to his place of business
late Tuesday afternoon. When night
came on he retired early but could
not sleep and called for his daughter,
Miss Dorothy, about 3 o’clock in the
morning, telling her that he was lone
some and could not sleep, asking her
to talk to him. She remained with
him until about .5:30, but was called
back in about 30 minutes. He asked
for a doctor but died before the doc
tor arrived. Just before’ his death he
was sitting on the side of the bed,
suddenly falling back on the bed and
expired.
The funeral services will be held in
Brunswick on Friday afternoon at
three o’clock at the First Baptist
Church, the services being conducted
by the pastor. The funeral party
will leave Douglas on the A. B. & A.
FYiday morning. The Douglas masons
will accompny the corpse and have
a prominent part in the funeral.
Mr. Porter was 58 years of age at
the time of his death. He was born
in Baltimore, Md., but his parents
m«ved to Brunswick soon afterwards
where the deceased spent his boyhood
days. He married Miss-Leonora Chan
dler in Madisoh, Ga., afterwards mov
ing to Douglas 22 years ago where
he has since lived. All of the child
ren were born here except Mrs. Pot
ter, of Greensboro, N. C.
. Besides his widow and .three child
ren, viz: Mrs. G. I). Potter, Jr., of
Greensboro; Miss Dorothy Porter, and
Mr. Harry Pcnter, both of this city,
the deceased leaves his mother, Mrs.
W. E. Porter, of Brunswick, and three
sisters, Misses Florence and Mary
Porter, of Brunswick, and Mrs. Mac-
Tighe, of Lohg Beach, Cal.
The deceased was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Douglas, at
one time a deacon, also a mason and
member of the order of Oddfellows
and a member of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics. Mr. Porter had
been engaged in the Plumbing busi
ness in this city since he came here
from Brunswick. He was a very quiet
man, had little to say, always attend
ing to his own affairs. He was de
voted to his church and lodges, and
Could always be found to aid the dis
tress of a friend. The community will
miss him from his accustomed places.
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
registration books of the city will
close on Nov. 29, at 6 p. m. Those
■who are not on the permanent regis
tration list must register before they
can participate in the December elec
tion. R. M. Pearsall, Clerk.
DOUGLAS SLOGAN PROVES
POPULAR WITH MASSES
The Douglas slogan, “The Golden
Harvest City, the Pride of the Wire
grass”, is proving to be popular with
the business men and masses in gen
eral. At the last regular meeting
of the Douglas K.wanis Club, the
slogan was endorsed and adopted
unanimously by the clvo. Mayor Sla
ter who is very enthjsiastic about
slogan says that it will be adopte
by the city at their iext regular meet
ing, that it was ovirlooked at their
last session.
We are carrying several ads this
week with the slogan at the bottom
of each ad. We have also printed
many letter heads during the week
and most of these contain the slogan
at the bottom of tie sheet.
DOUGLAS: “The Golden Harvest City, The Pride of the Wiregrass”
(Enterprise ‘Pulishhes the Legal jddvertising of the City of ‘ Douglas , Coffee County and County Commissioners
CO. AGENT BUSSEY
TALKS 10 FARMERS
SUBJECTS: SHIPPING CORN AND
RENTING FARM LANDS FOR
ANOTHER YEAR. VALUABLE
HINTS GIVEN BY AUTHORITY.
There are two main points that 1
wish to call the farmers attention to
this week, namely, shipping com and
sweet potatoes, and renting farm lands
for another year.
Corn is only bringing 70 to 75c f. o.
b. shipping point now, and the pros
pects are not very bright for the price
to go up. I really don’t know just
what to say about selling corn, though
I really believe it is bringing as much
nowf las it will later. I wanted to
some to the drought section of
north Georgia and we can get 70c,
maybe 75c, f.o.b. shipping point sell
ing to those fellows. The freight rate
from here to north Georgia points is
from 23c to 25c per bushel, so you
can see what those fellows up there
will have to pay for it. They are
buying a lot of western shelled corn
cheaper than they can buy our slip
shucked corn and deliver it up there.
I- would like. to have the names of
farmers who will sell at 70c to 75c
f.o.b. shipping point shipped order
notify £o those fellows in the drought
section. The College of Agriculture
has paired a souith Georgia county
with a north Georgia county for pur
poses of com distribution and the
county that we are (to supply, if we
can trade with them, is J|eriwether
County.
Sweet potatoes are selling for about
80c per bushel f.o.b. shipping point
for number l’s, and field run potatoes,
less strings, will sell for 60c f.o.b.
shipping point. -The field run pro
position is mighty satisfactory in as
much as I can get arangements made
for our local hanks to pay for these
potatoes as soon as the car is loaded
on my weights and we do not nave
to ship order notify. I believe that
potatoes banked and held until Dec
ember or January will bring a dollar
a bushel or better for number l’s,
though trie way prices are now, I
rather like the 60c for field run, ex
clusive of strings, best of all, and'
rather think I would sell that way.
Any farmer who wants to sell either
way, please see me or drop me a card
and we can move them immediately.
The second point that I want to call
to the farmers attention is that every
week I get inquiries from farmers
who want to rent land, some of these
inquirers live in other states and some
of them are experienced tobacco grow
ers and can furnish references. If
any farmer has land that he wants
to rent, either cash or share, see me
or atop me a card and I will give or
mail him a blank to fill out describing
the farm and his terms. I have some
advertisements running in some farm
papers for renters and will want some
places to tell these folks about right
away. So please get in touch with
me immediately. You can find me in
my office on Saturdays only so don’t
wait to see me personally, just drop
me a card.
A. S. Bussey, County Agent.
cityTlection to
TAKE PLACE DEC. 19
The city election will take place on
Dec. 19th this year, and all candidates
must qualify 15 days befoie or by 6
o’clock, Dec. 4th.
It is expected that the election will
be a tame one this year. Only two
places are to be filled, viz: the coun
cilman from the Fourth ward which
has been filled by Mr. S. J. Stubbs.
Mr. Stubbs has moved out of the ward
and his time expires as councilman
with this year. The other place is
that of Mr. Rema Sapp for councilman
at large. Mr. Sapp’s term expires
with this year. For either place we
have not heard of any rumor* of can
didates but there will of course be a
new entry for the Fourth ward place
anyway.
The present mayor and the remain
ing councilmen will serve on as under
the new city election law there are
only two candidates on the council to
be filled each year, and the mayor
serves two years. This closes the
first year of Mayor Slater’s term of
office.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, NOV. 13, 1925.
TRIBUTE M lO WORLD 10
HEROES ON ARMISTICE DAY
Dr. Minor Was Orator of Day. Entire
Program Was Interesting Many
Beautiful Floats and Parade of
School Children Made Day
Very Impressive. *
Armistice Day in Douglas proved to
be one of the most interesting and
impressive days of the year, and the
celebration was by far on a much
largt-r scale than any year since the
signing of the Armistice seven years
ago.
The entire program and decorations
were sponsored by the Woman’s Club
of Douglas and to them most all of
the credit is due. The weather was
perfect and people began coming in
during the early morning until sev
eral hundred visitors filled the streets.
Most all of the business men had
their places decorated in colors, be
sides a number of automobiles. Some
of the places of business closed dur
ing the hour of the program at the
court house. Mr. Fred Brewer was
the marshal of the day and assisted
in directing traffic and other duties
pertaining to that office.
At 10:30 o’clock the great parade
was formed at the Pegram & Critcher
tobacco warehouse. First came the
grades followed by the High School
students, then the A. & M. School
students. This was followed by Mrs.
Elie Tanner’s car which carried two
of the Gold Star Mothers, Mrs. Ade
line Quinn and Mrs. D. P. Gaskin.
The third mother, Mrs. Smith, was
not present. There are only three
Gold Star mothers in the county. This
car was followed by the various floats.
The line of march was up Peterson
avenue to. Ward street thence east to
Madison avenue thence south to Ash
ley street, where the grades and High
School students returned to the cam
pus. The A. & M. students marched
back to Peterson avenue where they
dispersed, while the floats also broke
their line.
MANY FLOATS.
The floats were varied and pronoun
ced the prettiest even displayed in this
city. A lot of work had been put on
many of them, and they represented
various organizations and business
places. We have tried to list all of
them but may have left out one. or
two, and if we did, it must be over
looked, as we did our best to get a
correct list, as follows:
A. & M. School.
The U. I). C’s.
The D. A. R’s.
Woman’s Club.
Unipn Pharmacy.
Children of the Confederacy.
Evans Motor Co.
Hart Furniture Co.
Chero-Cola Bottling Co.
Wilson Jewelry Co.
O. R. Lowery Estate
Douglas Grocery Co.
Mr. Roberts and another.
The Woman’s Club had offered two
prizes for the two best or prettiest,
floats, and these were won by Union
Pharmacy, first prize of $lO. The
second prize of $5 was given to the
A. & M. School. The Judges were
Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. M. H. Purvis,
Attorneys M. D. Dickerson, Lawson
Kelley, and E. L. Grantham.
After the parade was over the
crowd gathered in front of the court
house Where a very impressive pro
gram was rendered. There was first
a silent prayer of two minutes, fol
lowed by a prayer made ‘by Rev. R.
J. Stillwell, who was master of cere
monies for the program occasion.
Then the congregation sang “Aferi
ca” Which was followed by a reading
by Miss Ethel Dickerson, entitled,
“Lest We Forget”. Then the large
crowd sang “Keep the Home Fires
Burning”, followed by a reading by
Miss Ruby Grubbs.
It appears there is no Post of the
American Legion here at this time
but Col. J. A. Roberts was the former
head, and at this juncture of the pro
gram he was introduced and made a
ten minutes talk in line with the spirit
of the day, and introduced the orator
of the day, Dr. Carl W. Minor, pastor;
ARMISTICE DAY ORATOR
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DR. CARL W. MINOR
Who delivered the principal address
here on Armistice Day.
of the First Baptist Church of this
city. Dr. Minor began with the state
ment that he felt in a way qualified
to participate in a program of this,
kind as he did a lot of work in Chap
lain service during the war, and later
blade application for active service
and was accepted. Had the war con
tinued he would have gone to the
front with the other heroes, many of
whom never returned. He spoke for
about twenty minutes and held his
hearers very closely. He is a fluent
speaker, handles himself well in any
place, as well as his subject, and this
part of the program was a great treat
for those present. It may be possi
ble that we can carry his speech in
our next issue, and will if it can be
obtained.
After the address of Dr. Minor the
large crowd sang “The Star Spangled
Banner”, after which Dr. Minor dis
missed the crowd with a prayer. It
was nearly one o’clock when the pro
gram was concluded.
Another feature of the day was the
sale of Poppies by many of the girls
,of the school. The net proceeds of
this sale was about $35., and this
amount was sent to the Government
Hospital for the Sick and Disabled
Soldiers of the World War, located in
Augusta. The Woman’s Club also
sold lunches and drinks on the court
house square.
Some of the features of the Floats
were that the D. A. R. Float carried
a Spinning Wheel about 150 years old,
and the D. A. R. Float represented
colonial days. Mr. Emmett Roberts
and Mrs. J. R. Slater represented
General and Mrs. George Washing
ton, while Mrs. Martha Baird repre
sented Betsy Ross, of first flag fame.
The Woman’s Club desires to ex
press their appreciation and thanks to
all the business men and others who
contributed in any way to the success
of the day.
PETER LEGGETTE, AGED NEGRO
KILLED LAST SATURDAY NIGHT
A killing occurred in the colored
section of Douglas on last Saturday
night in which Peter Leggette, an old
coloied man shot and died in a few
minutes afterwards. It is reported
that the shots were fired by Mr. and
M rs. Major Brown.
S.,me misunderstanding took place
when Mr. Major Brown went to the
place of business of Peter Leggett,
who sold barbecued meat every Sat
urday night, and an aftermath of
this difficulty brought on the shooting,,
it is said.
We are advised that no arrests have
been made up to this time.
MRS. R.!. HUBERT
BURIED IN DOUGLAS
FORMERLY MISS CASSIE VICK
ERS, OF THIS CITY. KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR JAX
LAST SUNDAY.
Douglas people were greatly shock
ed last Sunday night when the news
reached here that Mrs. R. E. Hubert
had been killed in an auto collision
about five miles south of Jacksonville.
The news was hard to believe at first
but was later confirmed. The details
of the accident appears in another
article on this page.
Mrs. Hubert was formerly Miss
Cassie Vickers, of this city the daugh
ter of Mrs. Dan Vickers and the late
Mr. Dan Vickers, who served this
county as Tax Collector for many
years. She was married to Mr. R. E.
Hubert about six years ago while her
husband lived at Willacoochee. They
were residing at Ormond, Fla., at the
time of her death where Mr. Hubert
is engaged in the drug business.
~ Besides her husband the deceased
leaves a widowed mother and several
brothers and sisters, viz: Mrs. J. P.
Hodge, of Vidalia, Mrs. Isa Corn, of
Little Rock, Misses Pauline and Min
nie Lee Vickers, of Ormond, Fla.,
John R. and McKinley Vickers, of
Daytona, Clifton Vickers, of Okeeho
bee, Fla. All of the brothers and sis
ters were present at the funeral ex
cept Mrs. Com.
The funeral services took place at
the First Baptist church in this city
on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
the services being conducted by Dr.
Carl W. Minor. There were many
floral offerings present, and a special
musical program was given. The bur
ial took place at the city cemetery
:mmediately after the funeral, where
a large party of relatives and friends
gathered to pay their last respects.
As a girl while living here Mrs.
Hubert was very popular with her set
and had many friendships she made
then that have endured all these years.
As a matron she still retained her
popularity and was *well known for
her many beautiful traits of charac
ter. There were no children born to
the deceased, and as her character
called for them, it is said that she
was making the trip to Jacksonville
to adopt an orphan out of one of the
Orphans Homes of that city, when the
accident that took her life occurred.
MISS MAURINE WOODBURN
RESIGNS AS MUSIC TEACHER
Miss Maurine Woodburn, who has
been in charge of the music depart
ment of the Douglas School since the
September opening, has resigned her
position and accepted work elsewhere.
It is understood that the hoard has
filled her place and the music depart
ment will not be without a teacher
for any length of time. It is not
known just why she gave up the place
she accepted a few months ago.
G. M. C. GAME NOW ON
AS WE GO TO PRESS
As we go to press the A. & M. foot
ball team is playing the G. M. C. boys
on the ball grounds at the college. It
is a rainy day but we hear that a
large crowd is in attendance. It will
be one of the best games of the sea
son.
MR. D. A. OUTEN VERY
LOW AS WE GO TO PRESS
We regret to nnounce the critical
illness of Mr. D. A. Outen, of this
city, who gradually grows worse each
day. We understand that his life
has been despaired of and it is only
a matter of a short time before the
end. He is suffering with a cancerous,
condition of the stomach.
BOX SUPPER.
There is going to be a box social at
Smith Hill School Saturday night,
November 21. Everyone invited. Be
sure to come and bring someone with
you. Miss Mae Everette.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to thank everybody who
were so kind and thoughtful to us
during ou>r recent bereavement. We
shall never forget those who remain
ed by us and they shall always have
a warm place in our hearts.
R. E. Hubert and
Vickers Family.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL
IU MRS. R. E. HUBERT
AWFUL TRAGEDY OCCURRED
WHEN CARS COLLIDE. DE
CEASED ONLY ONE KILLED
OUT OF SEVEN PASSENGERS.
The following account of the auto
mobile accident in which Mrs. R. E.
Hubert lost her life, was taken from
the Jacksonville Times-Union. It is
correct with the Exception of a few
smaller items which gave the w'rong
information, but in the whole covers
the awful tragedy.
“One woman was killed and six per
sons injured When two automobiles
met in a head-on crash yesterday af
ternoon on the St. Augustine road a
few miles this side of Bayard. Both
cars were practically destroyed. No
arrest was made.
Mrs. R. E. Hubert, aged gbout 26
years, wife of an Ormond druggist,
died of intemaj injuries upon enter
ing St. Luke’s hosptabhere, at 5 p. m.
The accident occurred at 4:30 p. m.,
and is believed to have been due to
slippery road. The injured, none of
whom, it is thought was seriously
hurt, are:
“E. D. Poston, of Ormond, driver
of the car in which Mrs? Hubert was
a passenger; cuts and general bruises.
“Mrs. Poston, general bruises, at
St. Luke’s hospital.
“J. C. Willard, Bayard garage own
er, driver of the other car; minor in
juries—treated by private physician at
South Jacksonville.
“O. C. H. Willard, 209 East Fourth
street, Jacksonville, brother of J. C.
W’illard; slight abrasions.
“Mrs. O. C. H. Willard; cuts and
bruises of head and leg, at 'St. Luke’s
hospital.
“Waverley Burgess, of Asheville,
N. C., brother-in-law of the Willards;
general bruises—treated at St. Luke’s
hospital.
“All the victims, with the exception
of J. C. Willard, were taken to the
local hospital in two passing automo
biles. The death of a near relative
of one of the cars a few days ago,
makes the incident exceptionally
tragic,
j “The car driven by J. C. Willard
j was going north, the other machine,
south. Mr. Burgess and the Willard
brothers were on their way to a friend
to arrange for details of the funeral
of Mt. Burgess’ wife, who was the
Willards’ sister, t 0 take place this
morning from the parlors of Moulton
& Kyle here. Mrs. Burgess, who was
Dorothy Willard before her marriage,
died of pneumonia a few days ago.
The funeral will take place today, as
scheduled, with burial at Lorett. Fla.
“The body of Mrs. Hubert, after ex
amination at St. Luke’s hospital, was
taken to the Marcus Conant Com
pany’s funeral parlor here. It will
probably be shipped to Ormon dtoday.
The date of the funeral has not been
set yet. The Huberts lived formerly
at Daytona.
“Police are investigating the cir
cumstances of the accident.”
REAfESfAIE SUL
IN ACTIVE STATE
Real estate activities in Douglas
and Coffee county continue. There
have been several nice farms sold
during the past week and trades are
pending for others which likely will
'be consummated before the end of this
•week.
The Dixie Realty Company thm
Messrs. Lonnie Pope and Wyatt Har
ris made the following announcement
of sales thru their offices:
The J. A. B. Faircloth home on cor
ner of Madison avenue and Jackson
street was sold to Mr. J. N. Boggs.
Col. John Gibson has prehased the
large lot adjoining the W. R. Wlison
home on East Ward street from Mr.,
W. H. Carroll.
Mr. J. A. B. Faircloth has purchas
ed the C. R. Tanner home on Jackson
street. •
Mr. Lonnie A. Pope has prehased
a dwelling on Ward street from Mrs.
Webb.
Mr. Claud M. Flowers, of Durham,
N. C., has purchased a dwelling on
East Ward street as an investment.
Mr. E. S. Talley bought the old
Darley home on Railroad street from
Dr. M. H. Turrentine.