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The Douglas Enterprise
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VOLUME XXXVII, NUMBER 47
Women’s Clubs of District Hold Session Here Two Days Next Week
G. OF G. TO ORGANIZE
TUESDAY 10 O'CLOCK
EVERY MEMBERSHIP HOLDER
EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT.
ALL PARTS OF, COUNTY NOW
REPRESENTED.
The important announcement of tli'
week in Chamber of Commerce cir
cles is that a county-wide meeting 1
will be held at the court house next
Tuesday morning at 10 r ’clock for the
purpose of perfecting a permanent
organization of the Coffee County
Chamber of Commerce. Every per
son who has bought a membersh'p is
urged to be present, as well as any
one interested in the organization of
this body.
The campaign work under the sup
ervision of Mr. Rawlings has (been go
ing on throughout the county all the
week. Meetings have been held at
Nicholls, Ambrose, West Green, and
committees named at all these com
munities •to take charge of the cam
paign work. No opposition was met
anywhere, nothing but cooperation
everywhere. A meeting had already
been held at Broxton, and this gives
cooperation from very part of the
county.
So don't forget the date, next Tues
day at 10 o’clock at the court house.
Judge Reed will be asked to give time
from court for the purpose of per
fecting this great organization. This
is going to /be the most important
■meeting that will be held in the coun
ty this year.
B.Y.P.U. ORGANIZE SUNDAY
SCHOOL NEXT SUNDAY AFT.
The local B.Y.P.U. will organize a
Sunday school at the Mill Tabernacle
next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Mr. C. M. Deavours will be superin
tendent, Mr. Tom Sims will act as
Secretary, and other members of the
B.Y.P.U. will be teachers.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, and the mothers and fathers
of this section of the city are especial
ly urged to have their children join
this Sunday School.
CARNEGIGE FUND "WILL
NOT HELP LIBRARY FUND
The Library Committee of the Wo
man’s Club has been working hard to
establish ,a Public Library for our
town and county. They have found
there is no chance whatever of get
ting help from the Carnegie Fund, so
lets get behind the movement, Cham
ber of Commerce, and help them to
land this laudable undertaking. We
could have no better asset or offer no
better inducement to prospective set
tlers to come to our community. A
Free Library for Douglas with
a circulating county library in con
nection would be a long step forward.
What do you say? Let’s go!
CONVENTIONINSf
Al DOUGLAS MCH. IG
Douglas is included in a tour of sev
eral cities in Georgia where a Conven
tion Institute will be held at the
Douglas Baptist Church, Tuesday,
March 16, 3:30 and 7:45 P. M. to which
all officers, teachers and other Sunday
School workers of all denominations
in Coffee County are invited to attend.
The speakers for the meeting will be
Dr. E. B. Quick, Atlanta, Educational
Secretary of the Christian Church in
the Southeastern States, and R. D.
Webb, General Superintendent, Geor
gia Sunday School Association.
It is expected that one of the inter
esting features of this Convention In
stitute will be the discussion of plans
for securing Georgia’s quota of 1,000
delegates to the great quadrennial In
ternational Convention, which will be
held in Birmingham April 12-19. The
last convention was held in Kansas
City in 1922 and had in attendance
more than 10,000 people.
Leaders are stating that the Bir
mingham Convention will be the great
est religious educational convention
ever held and probably never again
will Georgia Sunday School workers
have such a convention so near them.
Its significance is evidenced by the
fact that for the first time thirty-five
denominations are promoting this
great convention together with the
various states and provincial Asso
ciations.
Enterprise ‘Pulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the City of 'Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
J. L NEWBERN MAY
RUN FOR CONGRESS
FORMER COFFEE COUNTY MAN
THINKING OF OFFERING FOR
COMING CONGRESS RACE. NOW
RESIDES AT VALDOSTA.
(Ocilla Star)
A week or two ago an article ap
peared in the Wayeross paper in
which Capt. J. L. Newbern, of Val
dosta, was urged to enter the race for
Congress from the Eleventh Congres
sional Distiict.
We note that other papers, parti
cular the Savannah Morning News has
referred to this Wayeross boost. The
News says that Capt. Newbern would
have nothing to say concerning the
write up from Wayeross, other than
to say that his friend in
did not consult him before releasing
this article for publication.
Capt. J. L. Newbern is a brother to
Judge Philip iNewiborn of this county.
He was horn and reared at Broxton in
Coffee county, is a graduate of the
Meridian Male College, of Meridian,
Miss., and the University of Georgia.
He studied law in the Atlanta Law
school and was admitted to the bar,
but at the present time is engaged in
the insurance business and lives at
Valdosta.
He is a World War veteran, having
volunteered soon after the United
States entered the war, he went in
training at Ft. McPherson and secur
ed a commission as first lieutenant.
He went across early in the war and
was attached to the English army and
was later promoted to a Captain.
He has been active in public and
civic life since the war. He is now
captan of the Valdosta Company of
the Natonal Guard and was formerly
commander of the Legion post of that
aity. He is what is commonly termed
a self-made man, and his many friends
throughout the district claim that he
is well fitted for the position of Con
gressman both from the standpoint
of training and experience.
SILVER TONE QUINTETTE
WILL GIVE PROGRAM AT
COURT HOUSE, MARCH 9
The Silver Tone Quintette, a party
of William Singers who sang here
last year, will tender a splendid
musical program in the Court House
Tuesday night, 8:30 o’clock, March 9,
in behalf of Coffee County Training
School. The singers have world-wide
fame, especially in Europe and in
America. White and colored are in
vited. General admission 50c, reserv
ed seats 75c.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Stanford announces that the
services at the Methodist Church Sun
day will be of unusual interest, a short
church conference will be held at the
morning worship and the sacrament of
the Lord’s Supper administered. At
the evening worship he expects to
preach the last of a series of sermons
on Life’s Tragedies, The Tragdy of a
Bad Bargain, or losing one’s soul will
be the theme.
The Sunday School meets at 10:15
A. M. Graded school, competent
teachers and classes for all. Prayer
meeting and social hour Wednesday
7:45 p. m. Good music, congrega
tional isinging, led by a chorus, and
special numbers by the choir.
COUNTY PAIR WILL
BE HELD IN FALL
At a meeting of the directors of the
Kiwanic Club this week it was defi
nitely decided to hold a county fair in
the county about Oct. 1. The presi
dent named the following committee
from the directors to arrange plans,
A. S. Bussey, T. A. Dixon and T. A.
Mitchell. These gentlemen will ar
range prizes and amounts, in fact look
after the financial end.
Another committee will be named
to look after the grounds, etc. It will
likely be held in the brick warehouse,
that is for the exhibit building, and
a carnival will be procured for the
amusements, which will be located
next to the warehouse. Further par
ticulars will be announced later.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, MARCH 5, 1926.
Prominent State Club Women
Will be Here For Addresses.
About 75 Delegates Coming
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CLUB HOUSE, DOUGLAS WOMAN’S CLUB
The fourteenth annual convention of the Eleventh District of the
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs will convene in Douglas on next
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9 and 10. The session will be held
here by invitation of the Douglas Woman’s Club, thru its president,
Mrs. Fred Brewer, which was given at the last regular session of the
District Meeting.
We are advised there will be something like 75 delegates in at
tendance during the two days session here, in addition to many other
visitors from this section of the state. There will be many prominent
state club women present as honor guests, and the occasion promises
to be one of real interest and instruction.
We have been furnished with the official program of the two days
session, which follows this article, and the inspection of it will con
vince anyone that the club women of the Eleventh Districe are on the
job, and are doing much constructive work for this section of the state.
Homes have been provided for the incoming delegates, and everything
will he in readiness by Tuesday. The program follows:
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9TH, 4 O’CLOCK
AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Mrs. E. Downer Dimmock. District President, Presiding.
Call to Order.
Minutes.
Roll Call of Clubs and District Officers.
Report of Credentials Committee—Mrs. T. H. Clark, Chairman.
Appointment of Committees.
Report of Officers:
Editor—Mrs. C. R. Hawk
Parliamentarian—Mrs. W. G. Eager
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. H. A. Stallings
Recording Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. J. M. Dent
A nnouncements.
Adjournment.
Automobile Ride.
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TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9TH, 8 O'CLOCK.
Mrs. Fred Brewer and Mrs. E. Downer Dimmock, Presiding.
Piano Selection—Mrs. T. A. Dixon.
Processional: Distinguished Guests, Officers, and Past District
Presidents of the Eleventh District.
Song, America—Audience.
Invocation—Rev. T. B. Stanford.
Welcome by Hostess Club —Mrs. J. <C. Brewer.
Welcome from City—Col. John IR. Slater, TTayoh.
Introduction of District President—Mrs. Fred Brewer, President
of Hostess Club.
Response to Welcome—Mrs. C. R. Hawk.
Music, Instrumental—Miss Huss, 'Miss Bowen, Mr. Williams.
Presentation of District Officers: .
First Vice President, Mrs. P. L. Pomeroy, Blackshear.
Second Vice President, Mrs. Royal Daniel. Quitman.
Recording Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Dent. Douglas.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. H. A. Stallings.
Editor, Mrs. C. R. Hawk, Valdosta.
Parliamentarian, Mrs. W. G. Eager, Valdosta.
Solo—Mrs. Homer Wilkes, Macon.
Presentation of Past District Presidents—Mrs. C. A. Poer.
Mrs. C. C. Brantley, Valdosta Mrs. R. E. Trexler, Memphis •
Mrs. Jeff Davis, New York Mrs. W. Mizelle, Jr., Folkston
Mrs. M. D. Dickerson, Douglas Mrs. D. D. Smith, Valdosta
Presentation of Distinguished Guests—Mrs. G. V. Cate.
Mrs. A. P. Brantley, Pres, of the Ga. Federation Women’s Clubs.
Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpatiick, Past President, Georgia Federation.
Mrs. Nichols Peterson, Director for Life, Georgia Federation.
Mrs. I. A. Heard, President Second District Federation.
Mrs. R. E. Lee, President Third District.
Mrs. Allen Strickland, State Chm., Qome - School Improvements.
Mrs. Russell Snow, State Chairman, (Rural Education.
Mrs. Walton Purdom, State Chairman, Federal Laws.
Chorus, “Send Out Thy Light”—Charles Gounod.
Announcements.
Benediction—Rev. Dr. C. W. Minor.
Reception at home of Mrs. A. F. Coffee.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10TH. 9:30 (O’CLOCK.
Mrs. E. Downer Dimmock, District President, Presiding.
Call to Order.
Assembly Singing—Led by Mrs. T. A. Dlixon.
Collect.
Minutes.
Report of Officers (continued):
Second Vice President—Mrs. Royal Daniel.
First Vice President —Mrs. P. L. Pomeroy.
President—Mrs. E. I). Dimmock.
Club Reports (Alphabetical Order. Time limit three minutes).
Reports of Chairmen (time limit three minutes except where other
wise stated).
(continued to local page)
DOUGOFFIO OPEN
MONDAY MORNING
WILL BE OPERATED ON AMERI
CAN PLAN. HAS 63 ROOMS
WITH BATHS. J. J. ROONEY, OF
TIFTON, IS PROPRIETOR.
The Doucoff Hotel will be for
service next Monday moining, and the
announcement comes from Mr. J. J.
Rooney, the proprietor. There is a
possibility that it might open Sunday,
at he assures us that it will be in
jp: ration by Monday morning.
The hotel will be one of Douglas’
iggest a ets, a credit to this com
aun .ty, and its opening is being look
d forward to with much interest. The
a tel has 63 rooms, most all of them
.Mi private bath, others with con
leeting, telephone in each room, and
every modern convenience. It will be
operated on the American plan carry
ng rates of $3.75 and up.
GOOD ROADS MEETING
AT JACKSONVILLE, GA., TO
MORROW (FRIDAY) NIGHT
A big road and highway meeting
will be held in Jacksonville, Ga., to
morrow (Friday) night at which
Douglas will furnish several repre
sentatives. There will also be dele
gations from Broxton, and Mcißae,
where the idea originated, will furnish
a large delegation.
The purpose of the meeing is to fig
ure on a bridge across the Altamaha
river at Barrows Bluff, also a highway
’"om Mcßae south thru Broxton, Doug
las, and on to Valdosta. The Douglas
crowd will join the Broxton delegation
about 5 o’clock Friday afternoon.
BAPTIST WOMEN’S INSTITUTE.
The Baptist Women’s Institute of
the Southeastern division will be held
at Hawkinsville on April Ist and 2nd.
The women of the Smyrna Associa
tion are urged to keep this in mind,
and make plans to attend this meet
ing.
GREAT WELSH QUARTETTE
IN PROGRAM OF SONGS NEXT
PIEDMONT LYCEUM NUMBER
Music lovers in Douglas and vicin
ity will be afforded a rare treat Fri
day evening, March 12, when the fa
mous Adams Welsh Quartet will ap
pear at Auditorium in a combination
of classic, popular and humorous pro
gram. The numbers of this fine sing
ing organization are all from the fa
mous Royal Male Chorus of Wales.
Each is a soloist of note and has made
good before hundreds of audiences
abroad and in the United States. They
specialize in superior vocal work, their
programs including solos, duets, and
ensemhle numbers of the better sort.
Their sketches in costume are unusual
ly attractive and popular. Their rep
ertoire mc!ud<* hundreds of compo-.
sitions ranging from the simple pop
ular melodies to the most difficult of
the operatic masterpieces.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brewer chaper
oned several couples of the younger
set last Friday night who attended the
performance of the Emory Glee Club
at Tifton. Those going were, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Brewer. Misses Mary
Campbell Patterson. Elizabeth Terrell,
Louella Coffee, and Charlie Sims, Fred
Brewer, and Joe Brewer.
DOOGEAS SCOUTS TO
RE REORGANIZED
The Doug’.a.-> Scouts will be reor
ganized, in fact, is now under way,
with Rev. W. E. Smith as scoutmaster.
I r gives us rn.i h pleasure to make
this announcement, and one or two
meetings have already been held with
some of the old scouts, and the scout
house has been cleaned out, and Scout
master Smith believes that two troops
may be put forward here.
He has agreed to act and will have
an assistant later. A Field man will
visit Douglas soon, and it is expected
that about 50 young boys of scout age
will enlist. Scoutmaster Smith has
promised the boys a 10 days camping
trip to St. Simons this summer, as
well as other recreations. We will
have a more extended announcement
to make next week.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
COSO AND COTTON
POIZES OFFERED
COFFEE COUNTY FARMERS GIV
EN FINE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMPETE FOR PRIZES. WILL
HELP ADVERTISE COUNTY.
From the number and amounts of
cash prizes being offered this year to
farmers, it certainly seems as if busi
ness men in general are truly awake
to the necessities of promoting agri
culture. The prizes as being offered
are well worth while, they are worth
working for. lam very anxious that
we get a number of faimers entered
in these contests.
I have been advised by the College
of Agriculture in the last few days
that Swift and Company has offered
SIOOO in prizes for five-acre corn con
tests, limited to the Coastal Plains
region, with $250 as first prize. The
prize winner will be determined by
yield and profit. Also, the College
has advised that the Southern Manu
facturer’s Association has offered
SIOOO in prizes for a five-acre cotton
contest. I have not received the de
tails of this contest yet, so I cannot
announce what the individual prizes
will be, though I suspect the first
pirize will be $250 op better.
Now, we believe in our Coffee Coun
ty lands, and we are preparing to
raise a lot of money to advertise it
to the world. I sincerely believe that
to win one, or both, of these contests
would be one of the best advertise
ments we could put over. We have
everything it takes to win except a.
“made-up” mind. Let’s make up our
minds now and win.
If you expect to try for one cT both
of these prizes, you MUST send your
names in .to me, so I can send in your
names and we can keep up with you.
Then, there’s a SIOO prize to the coun
ty having the most contestants and 1
want that SIOO to use as boys’ club
prizes.
These prizes are offered by business
men, big business men and they are
all for quantity and profit. It just
brings home to us again a basic prin
ciple of business, that is, make each
unit do its best, make each acre pro
duce all it can. Don’t let an acre of
land half-produce, but make it produce
all it will.
We are hoping to have some local
prizes put up, so that the high-yielders
in 'Coffee county will win something,
even should they not win the big
prize. Then, if we have a County Fair
this fall, we want to have something
worth while to show.
A. S. Bussey, County Agent.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Squires reached
Douglas Wednesday morning from
Lexington, Ky., and will reside at the
home of Mrs. Overby. Mr. Squires
will plant a crop of tobacco, remain
ing through the warehouse season, as
sisting Pegram & Critcher as auction
eer,
R. A. GEORGE HERE
SPENDING FEW OAFS
Mr. R. A. George arrived in the city
Tuesday from his home in Mt. Airy,
N. C., and will remain in this section
for several days, looking over the to
bacco situation at this time. Mr.
George is a member of the well known
firm of McLean & George, warehouse
men, of this city, and is one of the
most prominent tobacco men of the
Carolinas, who .spends the tobacco sea
son here every year.
Mr. George is right from the Pied
mont section of N. C. and Va. where
the tobacco markets are just closing,
and we asked him what the outlook
was for prices the coming season. He
says the outlook is good especially for
Georgia tobacco, for the fact that a
large part of the crop in N. C. and
Va. was dark heavy tobacco, not suit
able for cigarettes, that there is a
shortage of cigarette tobacco, which
practically all of the Georgia tobacco
goes into, he believes we will get fair
prices for the crop and better prices
for the better grades. History does
not record two as bad seasons in suc
cession as last year was, and
plenty of plants as we have
man should plant what tob r
take care of well and r
"•ord as he can and -
be well paid for it th.