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The Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXXVII, NUMBER 39
GOVERNOR SPEAKS
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Douglas was visited on last Mon
day night by Gov. Clifford Walker,
and Senator Morgan, of Savannah.
Gov. Walker spoke at the court house
during the evening beginning at eight
o’clock. He was introduced by Mayor
J. R. Slater in an appropriate address.
Gov. Walker spoke along the lines
on which he had addressed the people
of Waycross during the day, which
were on the measures he had includ
ed in his call for the extraordinary
session of the legislature. He placed
the greatest emphasis upon the neces
sity of Georgia raising funds by bonds
to enlarge facilities of the common
schools so as to give every boy and
girl in Georgia a high school educa
tion. He wants the state to issue
bonds and build consolidated high
schools in every district of the state
and then build a good system of high
ways so school busses can transport
the children to these schools.
He also favored the state issuing
bonds to build an ample system of
highways in Georgia. He deems this
necessary to carry out his school pro
gram.
At the close of his speech, Mr. J.
C. Brewer made a motion that those
present give unanimous approval of
Gov. Walker’s program, by a rising
vote. This was done. Senator Mor
gan also made a short address, fol
lowing Gov. Walker, and endorsed
everything the Governor said. There
was a large crowd present to hear the
Governor who has many friends in
this county. He left at 10 o’clock
Atlanta.
FORI) NATIONAL DISPLAY
WEEK HERE JAN. 11-16
Ford Natonal Show Week will be
held throughout the country pn Jan.
11-16. The R. B. Evans Motor Co.,
of this city, authorized Ford agents
for this section, have a quarter page
ad in this issue giving the details of
Display Week for this section.
The R. B. Evans Motor Co. will give
three prizes as announced by them,
and this fact is worthy of your at
tention. Everything in their line will
be on display during the week. Read
their ad on the local page.
ARCH YOUNG DIES'
111 AMBROSE HOME
A very sad death occurred in the
county on Wednesday of last week
when Mr. Arch Young died at his
home near Ambrose, at the age of 60
years. He was well known through
out the county, and a member of one
of Coffee county’s pioneer families.
The interment took place at New Hope
cemetery at 2 o’clock Thursday after
noon, where a large crowd of relatives
and friends gathered.
Mr. Young was a son of the late
Thomas Yourrg, who was Ordinary of
Coffee county for several years, be
ing the direct predecessor of Hon. W.
P. Ward, the present Ordinary. His
brothers are, Jake, Thomas, and Tim
Young. His sisters are Mrs. Mar
garet Fletcher, Mrs. Jack Meadows
and Mrs. Gaskin.
Mr. Young was a large land owner,
had accumulated quite a little fortune,
but had reverses, however, deft a mod
erate estate, and was considered one
of the representative citizens of his
community.
NEGRO FARMERS’ CONFER
ENCE, JANUARY 14-15
The negro farmers of Coffee county
will hold their annual conference at
the Coffee County Training School
Thursday and Friday, January 14-15.
arrangements have been
thiough the County Board of
>to have all rural district
teachers of the county, with their
pupils and exhibits, accompanied by
the farmers, to attend throughout the
entire session. Each farmer, as near
ly as possible is expected to bring
well cured hams, side meat, sweet po
tatoes, peas, beans, hay, fodder, var
ious vegetables, chickens, etc.
Ladies will bring plain sewing beau
tiful quilts, handy craft work and
canned fruits, including a small basket
of lunch to be served at noon time.
A special guard will be on duty, both
day and night, to assure safety of
articles.
Speakers from various sections of
Georgia will be present, who are well
able to furnish essential information
relative to farm life.
‘Vhe Enterprise 'Vulishhes the Legal Jhhertising of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
“WATCH YOUR STEP. FELLER—’'
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MEDIDCAL A 550.10
MEET JOE JAN. 12
As announced last week, the thir
tieth semi-annual meeting of the Elev
enth District Medical Society will
convene in Douglas for one day on
next Tuesday, January 12. Some
thing like 75 visitois are expected to
be present, and the local board of
doctors are planning entertainment
for the guests during the day.
The business session will be held in
the Elks club room and the dinner
will be had at the Douglas Country
club. This will be one of the most
important sessions in the history of
the Society, and a full attendance is
expected. The following official pro
gram has been announced for the
business session at which many im
portant papers will be read:
Meeting called to order at 10 a. m.
Invocation—Rev. W. E. Smith,
Douglas, Ga.
Address of Welcome City of Doug
las—Hon. John R. Slater, Mayor.
Address of Welcome in Behalf of
Coffee County Medical Society—H. C.
Whelchel, M. D., Douglas, Ga.
Response—A. Fleming, M. D.,
Folkston, Ga.
Menigitis, Case Reports—H. J. Cars
well, M. D., Waycross, Ga.
The Private Hospital in relation to
the Community’s Charity—G. W. Wil
lis, M. I)., Ocilla, Ga.
Acute Surgical Conditions Occurring
Within the Abdomen—T. C. Davison,
M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Enlargement of the Prostate—E. T.
Sellers, M. D., Jacksonville, Fla.
Facts and Fancies of X-ray Diag
nosis—Kenneth McCullough, M. D.,
Waycross, Ga.
Presidents Address—W. C. Hafford,
M. D., Waycross, Ga.
Adjournment one hour for lunch.
Laboratory Aids in the Treatment
of Kidney and Vascular Diseases —
Allen H. Bunco, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
A Review of Gallbladder Cases—
Frank K. Boland, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Perforations of the Rectum; Report
of Case; Helpful Diagnostic Sign—
Chas. H. Watt, M. D., Thomasville,
Ga.
The Problems of Sanitation in a
Seaport City—J. W. Simmons, M. D.,
Brunswick, Ga.
The treatment of Shot Gun Wounds
of the Abdomen—T. H. Clark, M. D.,
Douglas, Ga.
Business Session.
A CARD OF THANKS.
I wish to thank eveyone that re
membered me so kindly these holidays.
Words fail to express how I appre
ciate it. May Gods richest blessings
rest on them, is my prayer.
Mrs. W. M. King.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Preston had as
their guests for Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
A. R. Lewis and family, of Broxton.
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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DO UGLAS, GEORGIA, JAN. 8, 1926.
CITY OFFCIALS
NAMED BY COUNCIL
At a meeting of the city council on
Wednesday night the Mayor named
his standing committees for the com
ing year, and the following -elections
were made; school board members, C.
M. Stubbs and E. L. Grantham. A.
Brooks was named mayoroprotem, J.
B. Jardine, treasurer, R. A. Moore, at
torney,, and R. M. Pearsall, clerk.
B. M. Barrineau was named to head
the police department, with the fol
lowing policemen: C. H. Shaw, D. E.
Lott. W. B. Mills. The Union Bank
ing Co. was named as the city deposi
tory for 1926.
LEWIS VICKERS TO LEAVE
FOR WASHINGTON MEET
Mr. Lews Vickers, chairman of the
county commissioners of Coffee coun
ty, will leave Saturday night for Wash
ington to attend a meeting of the of
ficials of the Woodrow Wilson High
way Association. He will go from j
there to Baltimore, being absent from
the city about a week.
Mr. Vickers is very enthusiastic
over the paving proposition in Coffee
county, and believe that the highw r ay
from one end to the other will be
paved as early as possible. He ex
pects another five mile project to be
begun as soon as the first is disposed
of.
DOUGLAS MIN S
GUESTS OF ALMA
On last Friday evening the Douglas
Kiwanis club members called at Alma
where a big banquet was given in
honor of their presentation night, as
this progressive city now has a full
fledged Kiwanis club. The charter
was presented to them by Governor
Harry Reed, of the state, and in ad
dition to the local club, visitors were
present from Waycross, Baxley, and
several other nearby towns.
MISS FRANCES FROST HOSTESS.
Miss Fiances Frost was hostess to
a number of her friends on last Fri
day evening. Proms and dancing were
features of the evenings entertain
ment. A delicious salad course was
served.
Miss Inez Rouse who lives near
Douglas, and who was graduated from
the A. & M. School last spring, left
Tuesday night for Cincinnatti, Ohio,
to enter the Cincinnatti Conservatory
of Music.
Mrs. C. H. Pierson and children are
at home from Vidalia after spending
the holidays with Mrs. Walter Fulmer.
By A. B CHAPIN
SAM TANNED'S CON
DITION IMPROVED
As we go to press the condition of
Mr. Sam Tanner is somewhat improv
ed and he has excellent * chances for
recovery, it is stated. He has been
in* a very critical condition, at the
pont of death for several days, suffer
ing of blood poison, and his many
friends have been alarmed and ex
tremely worried over ’his condition.
At diffeient times during Monday and
Tuesday hs life was despaired of, and
it was thought the end was near.
The poison seemed to center in two
places, around .the brain and in the
tight leg, below the knee. He has
received a partial stroke of paralysis
on the left side. Dr. Roberts, of At
lanta, was called in Tuesday morning,
and after a consultation with the
local physicians, Drs. Clark, Smith,
and Whelchel, it was decided to ampu
tate the right leg, above the knee,
which was done at 2:30 o’clock at
the hospital, where the patient had
been removed about noon. The opera
tion was successful, and since that
he has seemed to rally, improv
ing- each day. It is believed by some
that this operation may be the means
of his recovery, while he is still in
a critical condition and it will be
months perhaps before he is out again.
•His illness has caused a profound
sorrow throughout the community, and
the great interest manifested in his
condition from time to time is evi
dence of his popularity in this city
and section. His entire family con
sisting of parents, several brothers
and sister, were called in and are still
here aw-aiting the outcome of the
case.
TO BOX RENTERS AT THE NEW
POSTOFFICE:
I expect to move to the new Post
office in a few days, and as the boxes
there have key locks it is necessary
that you bring your keys when you
come for mail, or you send someone
else for your mail give him your key.
We expect this cooperation in order
that the time of the clerks in their
regular duties may not be interefered
with, you expect service and I shall
expect your mutual help giving the
best service possible. Very truly yours,
L. S. Peterson, P. M.
DOUGLAS LODGE 386 F. &
A. M. ELECTS OFFICERS
At the last regular Communication
of Douglas Lodge 386 F. & A. M., the
following officers were elected for the
year 1926:
S. M. Moore, Worshipful Master.
G. T. Saunders, Senior Warden.
H. M. Love, Junior Warden.
J. H. Calhoun, Treasuer.
H. G. Fussell, Secretary.
A. L. Ponder, Tyler.
Turner Brewer, Chaplain.
PtlßOil DISCUSSES
FELDS FOR TDB/IGCO
by J. M. PURDOM,
Assistant Agricultural and Industrial
Agent, A. C. L. Ry. Co.
Selection of the right field in which
to plant tobacco is extremely import
ant, for upon this depends to a much
greater extent than most of us sus
pect, the kind of crop that will be
made. The main considerations to be
botne in mind in selecting land on
which to plant the crop I give below.
First, the field should be of what is
commonly called good live soil. A
field in which the soil has become run
down or worn out should not be select
ed.
Second, the color of the soil should
be light rather than red or dark for
upon this depends to a large extent
the color of the tobacco. The best
soils for bright leaf tobacco are the
Norfolk series, the sandy loam or
loamy sand being the best of the
series. This is a soil that has a gray
topsoil and a bright yellow clayey
tulbsoil. Good usable grades of to
bacco can, of course, be made on stif
fer and darker soils. There is, how
ever, more danger of the crop being
dark and course on these soils, and
the demand for these types of tobacco
appears to be falling off.
Third, careful attention should be
given to the matter of crops which
have been grown in the field during
the past three years. As a rule, to
bacco does not do well following to
bacco, sweet potatoes, and most truck
crops such as tomatoes. The same is
ttue, though usually to a less degree,
with regard to cotton. The reason
this is that the tobacco roots are at
tacked by little worms or nenatodes
which burrow in the roots and cause
knots to form on same and produce
a disease known as root-knot which
stunts the growth of the plants and,
wheie infestation is very heavy,
actually kills many of the plants. The
crops above mentioned are also at
tacked by these nemntodvs and their
roots furnish a favorable place for
them to live and multiply. Corn,
oats, rye, velvet beans, peanuts and
beggarweed appear to be immune, at
least are highly resistant to nema
todes, and where these crops are grown
the nematodes gradually die out from
lack of a suitable host on which to
live and propagate. I prefer to plant
a crop of tobacco following oats or
corn. Sometimes if tobacco is planted
cn land that has grown a heavy crop
of velvet beans or beggarweed the
pi-evious year the leaf will b edark,
coarse and chaffy.
Fourth, the soil should be well
drained. If water ponds in the field
it will certainly seriously injure the
crop.
If these requirements cannot be fill
ed with the land that is already under
cultivation, 1 would suggest clearing
up some new land for the tobacco
crop. The new field will be safe for
tobacco for two or possibly three
years.
DOUCOFF TO OPEN
DOORS ON FEB. 1
We have received official informa
tion that the new Doucoff Hotel will
be completed and ready for occupancy
by Feb. 1, and will likely be in opera
tion by that time. The work is about'
finished and in a few weeks the debris
will be cleared away and the Doucoff
an assured fact.
The furniture has already arrived
and will be placed in the building in
about ten days. Some finishnig touches
in the painting and wiring are yet to
be done. The hotel is going to mean
a big advertisement for this city and
section.
EMPTY STOCKING FUND
REACHED SUM OF $101.25
The Empty Stocking fund reached
$101.25, and this amount was turned
over to the committee in charge who
invested this fund wisely, and dis
tributed little gifts throughout the
community where it was needed on
Christmas eve. We want to thank
the committee for their work and un
tiring efforts in assisting us to get the
fund properly distributed.
We have acknowledged all contri
butions except those which came in
after our paper had issued. Those
were the K. K. K., who gave $lO., A.
W. Haddock, sl., and some one else
$2., whos name has slipped our mem
ory, however all funds were turned
over to the committee of ladies.
$1.50 PE* if EAR IN ADVANCE
PAVING PROGRAM
SHAPING | COGNTI
At the regular meeting of the coun
ty commissioners held at the court
house last' Monday a resolution was
passed by the commissioners which
starts the preliminaries of the paving
of the Dixie Highway in Coffee coun
ty. It calls for the first five mile pro
pect. This resolution will be hand
led by the highway department and
the selection of the length and just
where the paving will go will be de
cided by that body. The resoluton
follows here:
A RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, Coffee County desires
to begin a durable road paving system
whereby the State Aid Road, known
as the Dixie Highway, running east
and west through Douglas and across
Coffee County, Georgia may as soon
as possible be paved with a pavement
durable unaer heavy triffic; and
WHEREAS, Coffee County is ready
and has available funds with which to
pay one fourth (1-4) of the cost of
the construction of five (5) miles of
pavement upon said road; and
WHEREAS, Coffee County, acting
by and through its Board of Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues, de
sires the Highway Department of
Geoi-gia to make an allotment of the
State Aid Road fund or such other
available funds sufficient in amount to
defray one fourth (1-4) of the ex
penses of the pavement of five miles
of said State Aid Road, and desire
said Highway Board to take up with
the Federal Authorities the matter of
matching the funds thus raised by the
State of Georgia in order that the full
amount necessary to construct said
five (5) miles of road may be obtain
ed for the purpose of constructing said
pavement, as provided by the Act of
Congress approved July 11, 1916,
known as the Act to provide that the
United States shall aid*the State in
the Construction of Rural Post Roads
and for other purposes; the exact lo
cation of,said five_!£>) juU.es _a£ said
State Aid Road to be paved to be des
ignated and laid out and selected by
the Highway Board of the State of
Geoigia and its Engineer.
THEREFORE, it is hereby ordered
that five (5) miles of the State Aid
Road running east and west through
Douglas and Coffee County, the ex
act location of said five (5) miles
upon said road to be selected and des
ignated by the State Highway Board
and its Engineer, to be paved with a
good and durable pavement, good and
sufficient under heavy traffic.
That an amount of the public road
funds of Coffee County, Georgia, suf
ficient to pay one fourth (1-4) of the
expenses of said pavement be, and it
is heteby appropriated for the pur
pose of being delivered to the Highway
Board of the State of Georgia to pay
said expenses; and the Highway
Board of the State of Georgia is here
by requested to immediately, or as
early as is practicable, to make an
allotment out of the State Aid Road
Fund or such other funds as are
availag-le for said purpose a sufficient
amount to pay one fourth (1-4) of the
expenses in the construction of said
five (5) miles of pavement, and to
negotiate with the Federal authorities
and obtain from them a sufficient
amount to match the funds thus raised
by the State of Georgia, as provided
by the Act of Congress approved July
11, 1916;
And the State Highwoy Board is
hereby requested to select and desig
nate the location upon said State Aid
Road, and the Dixie Highway, upon
which said five (5) miles of pavement
shall be laid, and to do such other act
or act:, as it may deem best under the
laws of the State of Georgia, relative
‘to the paving of State Aid Roads in
said State as will hasten the begin
ning and conclusion of said paving
project.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
a copy of this resolution be furnished
the State Highway Board of the State
of Georgia, and that a copy of the
same be spread upon the minutes of
this Board.
ADOPTED, this the 4th day of Jan
uary, 1926.
LEWIS VICKERS, Chm.,‘
P. L. MOORE,
Attested by: Commissioners.
A. W. Haddock, Clerk.
The county commissioners already
having passed a resolution asking for
state aid in the building and main
taining of Coffee’s roads, and more
will be asked for from time to time.
DRESS MAKING and old dresses
remodeled. Prices reasonable. 3rd.
floor, Lankford Bldg. It