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VOLUME XXXVII. NUMBER 32
WAITER LEE BURIED
IN DOUGLAS MONDAY
PIED IN SEW YORK CITY FROM
HIGH BLOOD PRESSI HE. W \S
BROTHER OF WILL LEE, he
CENTLY BURIED HERE.
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The ; of Walter Lee rcacheu
T>6ugfl4s Monday from New York City,
Tindwere taken to the home of Mfs.
j; F. Touchtop, wheri&* the funeral ser
vices were held, being conducted by
Rev. T. M. Christian, pastor of the
Douglas Methodist Church. The body
was interred- in the family lot in the
Douglas Cemetery.
Mr. Lee was 42 years of age, born
and reared in Appling County, but
for the last number of years has been
an inspector for an insurance company
with headquarters in' Richmond, but
two months has been in
in New York .City, where
treated, for high blood,
jiressurg from which.'disease he died!,
Lee was a ,bw>ther of the late
jjee, a former Resident of Doug
las, who died several weeks ago and
wits buried here, lie is survived by
the following brothers: Lewis Lee, of
“JT '■ • if f
Jacksuhvlle, Elva Lee, of Augusta,
and Marvin Lee, of Macon, all of
{Whom were with him for several
~veeks- at the Hospital in New York.
; He tvas'hever married, and the only
jßgm&rdOf the Lee family who could
iibt.he present at the funeral of his
brother, Mr. Will Lee.
DR. COLEMAN IS BACK
FROM DALLAS, TEXAS
Dr. S. M. Coleman returned Sun
day from Dallas, T£xas, where he has
been for two weeks in attendance at
the annu il meeting of the Southern
Mecjica ’.Association which convened
it to carry % Dr - Coleman, and .L.
ended to be r Willacooc.heeljwere
showed bridges a f‘ ,rs wh « attended
1 plain marks#*'- Dr - Coleman re
vere on, taking ul tri P> spending a few
he tourist, p* Orleans, on his return.
iat this uni® ‘
roads mad(" HOMES ARE
as sugge# ‘ NED FOR WARD ST.
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Seveial homes will be built on
East Ward street* right away, if all
reports are true, in fact some of them
are under way at this time. That
section of the city appears to be very
popular at this time.
Mr. I. Weintroub has already begun
the erection of a home on the old
Presbytgrian church lot. Mr. C. O.
Durden has a novel bungalow now un
der construction. Col.' Mingledorff
and Col. John Gibson will each begin
their home there before the year is
over. Mr. Hardy Courson also ex
pects to improve his home recently pur
chased, and Messrs. E. L. Tanner and
J. R. Slater expect to build four bun
galows for rent on the north side of
East Ward, at an early date.
OYSTER ROAST FOR YOUNG
MENS BIBLE CLASS
The Young Men’s Bible Class of the
First Baptist Church enjoyed an oys
ter roast in their class room last Tues
day evening. Most all of the mem
bers of the class were present includ
ing the teacher, Dr. Carl W. Minor.
The hour was pleasantly spent by the
large membership of the class and is
only one of a series of entertainments
which the class will enjoy from time
to time. A campaign for members
is now under way and under the lead
ership of Dr. Minor this class will
certainly grow.
LANKFORD DOES 10
WASHINGTON MONDAY
Congressman W. C. Lankford ex
pects to leave Monday for Washing
ton, D. C. He will not return to
Douglas until next Summer unless he
is back just for a day or so. How
ever, he will likely make seVeral trips
to Brunswick where Mrs. Lankford
and the children wll spend the winter.
Congress convenes on the first Mon
day in December and Judge Lankford
is desirous of being there a few days
ahead of the opening. He has in mind
several important bills that he hopes
to get thru at this session. All of
them are favorable to the small far
mer and trucker.
PPffl/i: “The Golden Harvest City, The Pride of the Wiregrass”
'Uhe Enterprise Dulisbhes the Legal Jlrhertising of the City of Douglas,. Coffee County and County Commissioners
BURGLARS ENTER
WILSONJEWELRY CO,
WENT IN AT REAR DOOR CUT
TING BARS ON THURSDAY
NIGHT. STOLEN VALUE MISS
ING IS $210., SAYS WILSON.
A burglary occurred in Douglas last
Thursday night which resulted in a
foss of about $2lO worth of jewelry,
watches, etc. at the .Wilson Jewelry
{Store. Mr. Wilson has checked up
Jon the missing aiticles and thinks that
this amount will cover the loss.
The parties breaking in sawed the
iron bars on the door in the rear ef
fecting their entrance in this manner.
The work bore imprints of exper
ienced men, men who knew what they
were doing and how to do it.
On the same evening fthe hardware
store of the Bioxton Hardware Co.
was broken in and several guns and
ammunition were stolen. The en
trance there was made through the
windows, the parties cutting the glass.
Up to this date there* appears to be
no clue to either of the burglaries,
but the county are doing all
they can to make an 4 n ’est, and may
yet succeed.
FIRST GRADUATING EXERCISES
OF CLARK-SMITH SANITARIUM.
The first graduating exercises of
the Clark-Smith Sanitarium will take
place tonight, Thursday, in the nurses’
reception room at the hospital. A
splendid program has been announced
and published herewith. There hap
pens to be only one graduate at this
term, Miss Leola Vickers, of this coun
ty, a daughter of ML and Mrs. Bartley
Vickers.
PROGRAM.
First Graduating Exercises, Clark-
Smith Sanitarium, Douglas, Ga.
8:30 Guests Assemble.
Music.
Invocation—Rev. T. M. Christian.
Opening Address —Rev. Stilwell.
Toasts—Drs. Coleman and Davis.
Address, —Rev, Christian.
Diplomas Conferred—Dr. Smith.
Toasts—Drs. Turrentine and Hall.
Benediction—ttev Stillwell.
Master of ceremonies—Dr. Clark.
Punch served on entering ano leav
ing.
REV. T. M. CHRISTIAN LEAVES
FOR CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK
Rev. T. M. Christian, of the local
Methodist Church, will leave next
Monday for the annual meeting of the
South Georgia Conference which will
be held in Macon this year. This is
the close of the first year of Mr.
Christian’s pastorate in this city, and
will likely be returned to the church
here for another year. He and his
excellent family have made many
friends in Douglas during this year,
and they are interested in his return
to this city for another year’s work,
if the conference so directs.
STH. SUN. SINGING CONVENTION
The Coffee County Singing Associa
tion will meet in its regular conven
tion at Salem Church, about 4 miles
west of Douglas, on the Dixie High
way, on the sth Sunday in November,
1925.
All singers and others are most
respectfully invited to be present and
bring their books.
Elmer Smith, Treas.
NAMED COUNTY CHM. TOM
WATSON MEMORIAL ASSO.
Editor Douglas Enterprise:
I arp taking this method to inform
the people of Coffee county that I
have been appointed County Chair
man of the Watson Memorial Asso
ciatipn for Coffee county.
It is needless for me to say that I
appreciate the appointment very much
as tfiis great Georgian who has pass
ed over the river, gave practically the
whcfle of his matured life to the ser
vice of the people, and I am sure that
his friends of Coffee county will glad
ly contribute some of their time and
money toward a monument to honor
his memory.
In next weeks issue of the Enter
prise I will call a mass meeting of
our citizens. I trust the good people
of our county will show their patriot
ism in this noble cause.
• Henry C. Ellis, County Chm.,
Watson Memorial Asso.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, NOV. 20. 1925.
COCHRAN COMES FRIDAY AND
AMERICUS ON MONDAY FOR
GAMES WITH A. 0 M. BOYS
. Douglas people will have an oppor
tunity of witnessing two of the best
football games to be played in South
Georgia, during the next few days,
viz: the Cochran A. & M.-vs Douglas
A. & M., on tomorrow, Friday after
noon at 3:30; and the Americus A. &
M. vs Douglas A. & M., on next Mon
day afternoon at 3:30, both games
played here on the local grounds.
These are going to be real games
and will likely draw the largest crowds'
during the entire season. The game
on next Monday with Americus will
close the football season, that is, real
football. There will be a few minor
games by serabs following this game,
but after Monday, the season closes,
and that is why our people should
give their united support to the two
games herewith announced.
Kiwanis Clvb Will Discuss
Good Roads At Friday Meet
Holder and Neel Coming
The Douglas Kiwanis Club is prom
ised an interesting session at its meet
ing tomorrow, Friday, as the subject
of Good Roads for Coffee county will
be the discussion of the hour. A full
attendance is desired at this meeting
as this is one of the most important
matters before our people at this time.
Thr matter of building a highway
from Hazlehurst to Douglas thru
Broxton, will be taken up and discuss
ed at length, as well as the Dixie
Highway rumws which have been go
ing the rounds Tor some time. *
President J. M. Thrash, of the Ki
wanis Club, was in Atlanta a few days
ago and while there saw State En
gineer Neel, of the Highway depart
ment, and discussed with him the sub
ject of road building in Coffee county.
He assured Prof. Thrash that he would
favor the line of'“the Dixie Highway
remaining as it is today, and not the
suggested change where a recent sur
vey was made from Upton down, on
the other side of the A. B. & A. Mr.
A. & M. State Principals To
Meet Here 2 Days Nov. 27-28
The Principals of the twelve Agri
cultural Schools of the state, together
with the Vocational teachers, will meet
in annual session in Douglas next Fri
day and Saturday, Nov. 27 and 28,
with Pi of. J. M. Thrash, of the Elev
enth Distriot School, as host.
Meeting here at this particular time
is quite an honor paid Douglas, as if
the annual meetings were held around
the state, it would be meeting in
Doug'as every twelve years, there be
ing twelve schools, and the annual
session of the state was held in Doug
las three years ago. However, at the
last meeting in Powder Springs, Prof.
Thrash invited the 1925 session to
hold in Douglas again, and it was
readily accepted.
The meetings are held under the
Vocational department of Athens, and
there will be many interesting speak
ers on hand. The heads of all the
Agricultural Schools in the state will
be here, together with the party from
Athens, and will give Douglas many
prominent educators during these two
days.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged for this session as follows:
Friday Morning, 9:00 to 12:00.
Chair man—T. O. Calloway, Prin.
6th Dist. A. & M. School.
Welcome—J. M. Thrash. Principal
11th. Dist. A. & M. School.
Response—F. M. Greene, Principal
12th. Dist. A. & M. School.
Address —Hon. Fort E. Land, State
Superintendent of Schools.
Address—Paul W. Chapman, Direc
tor of Vocational Education.
Friday Afternoon, 2:00 to 5:00.
Teachers’ Meeting.
On next Saturday at 4 p. m., the
Basket Ball’season will open here with
a gamd between the local team ahd
Pearson. This is going to be an in
teresting game, and should draw a
l.'vge crowd. There are several bas
ket ball games scheduled for the sea
son, the dates and places to be an
nounced later.
Now we want to urge all Douglas
people to lay aside everything ahd
attend the two games- between the
local team and Cochran, Friday, and
Americus, Monday. We owe this
m*ich‘ to the local school and, to our
city, as well as to ourselves. We mlist
give the local sports more support
than we have been giving them. Qur
team has made a splendid record dur
ing the season. We will publish the
official score for the season as s ion
as it has been compiled.
Neel’s influence in this direction will
be worth a great deal. The Enter
prise has also been assured from ojdier
sources that there will be no chqnge
in the present line of the Dixie High
way, as effects Douglas. There will
likely be made a more secure cross 7
ing at the Upton end, as well as; the
crossing four miles below here. |
The all important good roads (sub
ject now being discussed, and which
will be gone into thoroughly at! the
meeting of the Kiwanis Club tomor
row, is the Highway from Hazlehurst
to Douglas, and on south. It is hard
to believe that there will be any fight
on this from any souice. We under
stand that Broxton highly favors it,
and the Highway department j also
upon it with favor. Chairman
Jir.ia.Holder is expected to be a £uest
of thi\ 'idty during the next ten days,
and while? !, e is here all of these*mat
ters will be f vie over with him. With
the right kind Ist cooperation o i our
people, and more acting than ta king,
these projects can be put over.
Chairman —L. M. Sheffer.
Preparing a Course Calendar,
General Discussion led by Li M.
Sheffer.
A Course Calendar for Farm Crops
—R. H. Smalley.
A course Calendar for Live Stock —
R. N. Jones.
A Course Calendar for Horticulture
—J. W. Cooper.
A Course Calendar for Farm Man
agement—Joel Chappell.
Principals’ Meeting.
Chairman—J. Henry Walker.
An Informal Discussion of General
Policies, discussion led by Luther El
rod.
Saturday .Morning ,9:00 to 11:00.
Chairman-—Paul W. Chapman.
Getting the Work of the A. & M
Schools before the people of the State
—D. D. Scarborough.
General Discussion.
Part-Time Classes in A. & M
Schools—L. M. Sheffer.
U. S. NAVY BAND COMk\G
TO FITZGERALD NOV. 25.
The United States Navy Band, of
Washington, D. C., will give two re
citals in Fitzgerald on next Wednes
day, Nov. 25, at 3:30 and 8:30 p. m.
The tour of the country has been au
thorized by President Coolidge. Large
delegations from Douglas will likely
take advantage of this opportunity to
see this great band and hear some of
the best musicians in the country.
FOR RENT—2 or 3 room nicely fur
nished apartment, 619 Sellers Street.l
Phone 53.
COMIC OPERA A 1
A. G M. FRIDAY NOV. 27
ANNUAL OPERA PROGRAM AP
APERS BELOW. WILL DRAW
LARGE CROWD AS USUAL.
MUC H WORK IN PREPARATION.
A comic opera, “The Glass Slipper”
will be given by tlfe students at the
A. & M. School on Friday night, Nov
ember 27, at eight o’clock. This will
be one of the most beautiful programs
ever presented there. Tire opera is
filled with sparkling wit, unusually
pretty choruses, solos and duets. The
musical setting is beautiful, and those
who see this program will enjoy an
’evening of rare delight.
This piogram will be given during
the meeting of the State Principals
and Vocational Men. Due to the heavy
expenses of the production a small
charge of thirty-five cents will be
made. This being one of the few en
tertainments where admission charges
are made, it wll be greatly appreciat
ed if the people of Douglas will rally
to the call and .give a large attend
ance. AH the principals and voca
tional teachers of all the other A. &
M. Schools of the state will be pres
ent. Now it is up to Douglas to show
the principals and vocational teachers
of the other A. & M. schools that they
do support the Douglas A. &M. This
opera will be given at. the A. & M.
School.
The east of characters is as follows:
Bobbins (Sir Oliver’s valet) —Mr.
Irving Simpson.
Sir Oliver (Hen-pecked Husband) —
Mr. Free Davis.
Lady Oliver (Who does the peck
ing)—Miss Linda . Cotton.
Vesta and Mora (Lady Oliver’s
charming daughter’s)—Miss Leman
Tyler and Miss Martha Bush.
Cinderella (Sir Oliver’s daughter)
—Miss Ruth Dorminey.
Prince Leo—Hassell McGee.
Capt. Jasper Farroll—Mr. Manning
Pope.
Lieut. Victor Kenyon—Mr. Martin
Bosworth.
Godmother—Miss Vivian Strickland.
Chorus:—Misses Erma Crons. Hazel
Smith, Aral a Pridgen, Blanche Mid
dleton, Loreta Bennet, Erma Lee
Bennett, Messrs. Walter Hiers, Har
ry Kelly, Valene Bennett, Herbert
Colvin, B. B. Freeman, Jules Lang.
Special Chorus: Misses Odessa Ben
nett, Helen Malone, Avie Lee Mims,
Alma Jones, Elsie Vinson, Ardath
Lloyd.
BUSSEY MAY BE CANDIDATE
FOR PLACE ON COUNCIL
In the election to be held for the
city on Dec. 19, there appears to be
a vacancy in the Fourth Ward due to
the fact that Councilman S. J. Subbr.
has moved his residence from that
ward. A new man will have to be
selected, and the friends of County
Agent A. S. Bussey are asking him
to make this race. Mr. Bussey has
not consented to do so, but is consid
ering the matter. In the meantime
there are other names mentioned.
In the race for the place a/ large
which Councilman Rema Sapp is now
occupying, and which will have to be
filled again, there is only one name
mentioned to date, that of Mr. Sapp.
He has consented to make the race
again, and there will hardly any
opposition to him.
THE POSTMASTER SAYS:
The Postoffice Department has a-;
gain called the attention of the peo_
pie to the necessity of early mailing
for Christmas. For the last th’lc
years the Department has made , BP
request, and effected a half holiatiy
for the postoffice employees; now tsey
request further cooperation of the />ub
lic in order to give the employees a
full* holiday. . /
In connection with the ab«Fe the
Department has issued orJeis;closing
all postoffices on December 25th.
There will be no service except the
dispatch of first class maily No win
dows will be up, no stamps sold, no
deliveries made, in fact there will not
be any one on duty, except one clerk
part of the time, for thy tieing out of
first class mail.
Iti s requested that merchants ad
vise their patrons of this fact, and
with a united slflfjgan of “MAIL
EARLY” there will be no disappoint
| ments. i/ *
$1.50 PER YEAR IX
KU KLUX PARADE?
SUPPER jpsii,
OPEN AIR NATU RAUZA
SERVICE IN FRONT BRICK
BACOO WAREHOUSE THAN
GIVING NIGHT
An open air naturalization servic
of thd local Douglas Ku Klux Klan
will he held in this city on next Thurs
day evening, Thanksgiving. Invita
tions have been sent out to various
klans of the state, and a large crowd
is expected to be present at this time.
The open air service will be ppen to
the public' at large and will be held
in front of the Pegram & Critcher
tobacco warehouse. Good speakers
will be present, and the crowd is
promised some real entertainment.
There are Several candidates on hand
to be naturalized at this time. Special
music has been provided, ahd the
whole entertainment will be spectacu
lar from start to finish.
There will be a parade as usual.
This will be interesting and impres
sive, and will tiavel from the ware
house to the court house and back.
At the close of the parade and oj>en
aif service, the members will go to the
Hall where a big barbecue will be
served. The officials of the local Klan
are expecting a very large crowd and
are preparing for their entertainment
in the old time way.
DON’T BE FORCED TO
OBEY HUNTING* LA
County Game Warden R. H* Sapp
calls attention to all hunters in the
county to save themselves any y-oulf
by obtaining license before shoo*
any game. The following ini
tion is well worth your considerati
County license, authorizing one,
hunt in his resident county only sl.oo#
State license, authorizing one to/
hunt in any county of the State s3.o</
Non-resident license (state-wid/
s2s.°°. djft
Trapper’s, license, authorizing/-*
dent of Georgia to trap anywher in
State, $3.00.
Non-resident trapper license /Fate
wide) $25.00. #
Licenses will be issued only *> writ
-
ten application. Any persor/niaking
false statement as to in ap
plication for license is subje# to heavy
penalty.
Don’t try to hunt beyotl t:he limits
of your own resident coupY on a coun
ty license. A state lie/tse is neces
sary when you hunt biyond the coun
ty in which you live. gr/M '
w. o. wJTyial.
—ot-JBfe-' j •
A large number. £the members of
the W. O. W. ord md their families
assembled at t)j>; jVoodman Hall on
last Wednesday *ning and enjoyed
a good progr? and great feast of
well prepared Q> *e,s. brunswick. stew
sandwiches et. The program con
sisted of the opening ceremony by
District Martger J. M. Webb, wel
come address by Col. J. H. Williams,
a song, St r Spangled Banner, by
Estelle W bb, an instructive talk by
G. W. BeA, District Manager of the
Hazlehurat district, a beautiful and
appropriate address by Congressman
W. ,€j Lankford, the program closing
with jj short appropriate address on
insunnee by ex-Council Commander,
J. %. Webb. The delightful feast
w:/ then served in an orderly manner
Er *a special committee of members.
iv iliss Janie Iffu Calhoun spent the
weekend with her parents at Beach.
ciToilfir
RE BROXTON GUEST
The citizens of Broxton expect to
entertain the Hon. John Holder, chair
man of the State Highway Commis
sion, at a bird supper on Tuesday
night, Dec. 8. Mr. Holder has already
accepted the invitation of that city
to be with them at that time.
Commissioner P. L. Moore reports,
that a splendid program will be ar
ranged for this time, including several
prominent speakers from Douglas,
Hazlehurst and Broxton, together with
the bird supper. Mr. Holder will
spend the night there. A program
of the evening will appear in our next
issue.