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The Douglas Enterprise
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VOLUME XXXVIIL NUMBER 3
MSI. SCHOOL MET
IS BIG SUCCESS
QUITMAN WINS NEXT MEET.
PROF. HENRY ELECTED PRES
IDENT. OVER 300 DELEGATES
AND VISITORS PRESENT.
The District High School Meet
which convened in Douglas for three
days last week was the largest gath
ering of high school students and visi
tors since the organization began.
There were eighteen high schools rep
resented and about 300 delegates and
visitors were present. Quitman won
the next meeting place, and the asso
ciation is promised a great Meet for
1927.
Prof. Emmett Whelchel of the Ocilla
iHgh School, was president of the
Association, and presided. The an
nual business meeting resulted in the
followng election of officers to serve
one year: President, J. T. Henry, of
Douglas; Vice-president, D. F. Burton,
of Adel; Sec.-Tieas., H. D. Knowles.
Homes were provided for everybody,
the local Boy Scouts doing splendid
service in meeting all trains and di
recting each visitor to the home as
signed. A brilliant recaption was
held at the home of Mr. J. M. Dent
for the visitors and contestants on
Friday evening from six to eight
o’clock, and on Saturday afternoon the
Douglas Kiwanis Club gave them a
barbecue at the Kracker Club. The
barbecue was .splendidly served and
brought foith many compliments
from the visitors. The service was a
little late due to the time taken up for
athletics, but nevertheless enjoyed by
all
ATTORNEY PADGETT
BURIED NEAR BAXLEY
Baxley, Ga., Apiil 26. —Attorney V.
E. Padgett, 50, died at his home at
Baxley Sunday morning. Mr. Padgett
had been in bad health many months
and in January fell in the court house
in Folkston, Ga., while trying a case.
Since that time he gradually improved
but not sufficiently to return to his
practice but has given his attention
to his farms. He was driving his car
Saturday and his sudden turn for the
worse and sudden death was a shock
to his many friends.
He was one of the most successful
and widely known attorneys in South
Georgia. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. DuPree Padgett, and four sons,
DuPree Padgett, Joffre Padgett, Frank
Padgett and V. E. Padgett, Jr., the son
iby liis first wife. He was buried Mon
day in Omega Cemetery, three miles
from Baxley. *
4 QA BROADCASTING
CONCERTS NIGHTLY
“This is Station 4-QA, Dickerson &
Sims Electric Company, Douglas, Ga.,
Broadcasting.”
Very few Douglas people perhaps
know that their city now sends out
nightly programs through the Ame
teur Tiansmitting Station, which is
operated by the Dickerson & Sims
Electric Company. This company has.
broadcasting license recently granted
by the government and the station has
been designated as 4-QA.
The first broadcasting was done
Tuesday night from the home of Col.
M. D. Dickerson where the station is
installed. Mr. David Dickerson who
handles the station, says that this
station will bioadcast for a radius of
500 miles. Of course it is not as large
as Atlanta or Pittsburgh, but Mi\
Dickerson has been getting results for
two nights. He has received letters
and telegrams from people living in
distant towns who express themselves
as having enjoyed the nightly pro
grams. On Wednesday night the an
nouncement of the engagement of Miss
Burton to Mr. Griffin was sent out,
giving the first information of it to
the people of Douglas who happened
to be operating their radios at the
time.
Programs are being arranged for
every evening and the fact that they
are broadcasted from Douglas will be
a great advertisement for our city.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. T. B. Stanford, pastor of the
Methodist church, will return to the
city Friday and will preach at 11:30
a. m. and Bp. m. next Sunday. Mr.
Stanford reports a splendid meeting
at Hinesville.
‘CTie (Enterprise Pulishhes the Legal jddvertising of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and Countv Commissioners
PRIZES GIVEN 10
WINNING SCHOOLS
OCILLA HIGH SCHOOL WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP, VALDOSTA
SECOND. MANY MEDALS GIV
EN IN LITERATURE-ATHLETICS
The prizes of the District School
Meet which consisted of medals and
loving cups, were delivered at four
o’clock Saturday by Col. E. L. Gran
tham, in the school auditorium. The
house was packed and each school
delegation sat to themselves, giving
wild demonstrations as Col. Grontbam
announced the various winners. Every
body seemed to be satisfied and filled
with a spirit to win in the 1927 Meet
m Quitman.
Ocilla won over el' the schools in
number of points, making 40, Valdosta
was second with 38, and Quifman a
good third with 37. The Slater lov
ing cup therefore was delivered to the
Oc’lla school for a major'ty of points
made in all contests.
The Quitman High School won the
Fr'tr loving cup which had bc°n of
fered to the school in the district pro
ducing the best spel’er:. A close sec
ond was the Valdo “a school. Only
Live cups weie given during the Meet.
The championship lebate was held
on Thursday evening between the Jes
up High and Quitman High, the Jesup
school winning with Miss Elizabeth
Miliken and Joe Clary, of Jesup.
Medals weie delivered. •
In the piano contest, Nashville won,
the first place going to Miss Onedo
Mathews, of Nashville, second place
to Bardin Dickson, Adel, and third
place to Miss Lolla Brnach, of Quit
man.
In reading, Quitman won with Miss
Mildred Clark. Miss Mary Youles,
of Valdosta, made second, and Miss
Ethel Dicekrson, of Douglas won third
place.
Valdosta won the medal in Home
Economies with Miss Frances Holmes.
Miss Thelma Hires, of Jesup, won sec
ond, and Miss Mildred Dugger, of
Quitman, third.
Miss Eleanor McMichael, of Quit
man, won first place in girl’s essays;
Miss Melba Y'oung, Valdosta, second
place; Miss Adelle Deen, Baxley,
third. In boy’s essays, Ocilla won
first place with Raymond Batts; Ul
mer Crosby, of Quitman, second, and
Braswell Collins, of Baxley, third
place. Medals were given to all first
places.
Jesup won first place in declamation
with Perry Nicholls. The second
place went to Burdick Farr, of Bruns
wick, and third place to D. G. Meeks,
of Ocilla. Braswell Collins, of Bax
ley, won in the National Oratorical
contest, and will speak against the
other winners in the districts meets in
Atlanta at the state meet.
ATHLETIC EVENTS.
In the Athletic contests the 100
yord dash was made by J. R. Dasher
.of Valdosta; second Edgar Altman of
Blackshear; third D. G. Meeks of
Otcilla.
The 220 yard dash was made by N.
W. Brantley of Valdosta; second, D.
G. Meeks of Ocilla; third, Marvin
Strickland, Jesu/p.
The 440 yard dash was made by Dil
worth Middleton, Douglas A. & M.,
second Eugene Clark, Quitman; third
palce by Earle Tyne, Jesup.
Ocilla won first place in relay race,
with Douglas A. & M. second and Val
dosta third.
First place in broad jump was made
by Marvin Paulk of Ocilla, second
place by E. M. McGowan, Valdosta;
third place, by Ottis Richardson,
Jesup.
Marion Dickers, Ocilla, made first
place in high jump, with F. M. Smith,
Quitman, second and third place by
Roy Wilkes of Hahira.
Pole vault was made by Elder Hol
lingsworth, Ocilla; second by F. M.
Smith, Quitman; third place by A.
Garbut, Valdosta.
In hurdles, first place was given to
Carlyle Vardeman, Ocilla; second
place by A. Garbut, Valdosta; third
place by Eugene Cark, Quitman.
Marion Dickens, Ocilla, made the
first in shot put; with Raymond Boone,
Valdosta, second and Dupont Smith,
Quitman, third.
Messrs. Mashbum Vickers, Norman
Minchew, J. B. Sarver, and Albert Cole
of Jacksonville, spent the week-end
with relatives and friends here.
Miss Agnes McKinnon expects to
leave tomorrow for Valdosta where
she will attend the May Day Festival
at the G. S. W. C., later going to Nash
ville for a week’s visit with her sister,
Mrs. W. M. Sutton.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, APRIL S!), 1926.
1 ........ i
One of the greatest of plays, “Sev
enth Heaven,” by Austin Strong, au
thor also of “Three Wise Fools,” has
been secured for the fourth night of
cur Chautauqua. “Seventh Heaven”
A. & M. Senior Recitals
Scheduled For Next Week
The Senior recitals which mark the opening of the commencement
season at the A. & M. School will begin on next Tuesday night, iMay
4th, at 8:30. At this time Miss Leman Tyler will be presented in a
piano recital. On Friday night, May 7, Miss Ruth Dorminey will give
a beautiful recital in expression. Very interesting programs have been
arranged for both of these recitals. The friends of the A. &M. School
are most cordially invited to attend these programs.
The programs are as follows:
On Tuesday evening, May 4th, Miss Leman Tyler in a piano recital:
1. Valse Arabesque Lack
2. Reading—Billy Keeps a Secret Walter Ben Hare
Maxine Relihan
3. (a) Consolation—*Op. 19 No. 6 Leschetzky
(b) Hunting Scene Merkel
4. Vocal Solo—A Spray of Roses... Sanderson
Mr. Free Davis
5. Scotish Tone Picture McDowell
6. Play—How She Managed It A. Humbolt
Miss Hazel Smith, Mr. Manning Pope
7. (a) Prelude—Op. 28 No. 4 Chopin
(b) Mazurka —Op. 7 No. 1 Chopin
On Friday Evening, May 7, Miss Ruth Dorminey in Expression Recital.
1. The Sin of Steve Ordain Walter Ben Hare
2. Piano Solo —Momou Charaeteresque Wollenhoupt
Mi<s Emily Darby
3. (a) Li jab Buys a Radio Davidson
(b) Sonny Meets The Smiths Walter Ben Hare
(c) Naughty ’Liz’beth Robert Banks
(d) The Kid Walter Ben Hare
4. Vocal Solo—The Rose Sans-Souci
Miss Leman Tyler
5. (a) Whistling Boy Cox
(b) Fraidy Cat Elliot
(c) When We Haven’t Said Our Prayers Hammell
6. Rose Drill:—Misses Marye C. Chambliss, Frances Goss, Faye
Jones, Lorena Varn, Erma Cross, Lydia Vickers, Mamie Smith,
Mary Annis Vickers.
7. Legend of the Robes Donnelly
The recitals of Misses Arloa Pridgen, Linda Cotton, Effie Cleo
Brewer and Edwina Preston will be given the following week. Their
programs will be pubished next week.
SCOUT FIELD DAY
IN DIST. MAY 15
On Saturday, May 15, the first Field
Day and Rally of the Okefinokee Coun
cil Scouts wll be held at Waycross.
The Field Day events will be stepping
100 yards, water boiling, Scout pace,
knot tying, equipment race and string
burning. Waycross merchants are of
fering prizes for the various events
and the troop and patrol seeming the
most points will be suitably recogniz
ed.
Last Monday the scouts took a hike
to the Cracker Club. There they prac
ticed rescuing drowning and stepping
a hundred yards. A good time was
had by all. That night Mr. Smith
held the regular meeting. He urged
scouts to practice for the coming meet
at Waycross. Scouts will start sell
ing tickets for the Chautauqua Wed
nesday. Last week the scouts were a
valuable aid to the High School Meet.
They rnet the trains, showed the con
testants and visitors to their homes
and helped manage the crowds on the
athletic field.
Chas. Heath, Scribe.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Roberts and
children, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McKay,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Roberts spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Will
iams at Moultrie.
has everything an audience enjoys,
a compelling plot, rich'humor, beau
tiful romance, ihrilliug climaxes, op
portunities for marvelous acting, a
splendid patriotic appeal. ai\d a "tre-
FORMER DOUGLAS
TEACHER IS DEAD
Douglas people will be interested in
the announcement of the death of Mrs.
Dora R. Pounds who died at a hospital
in Atlanta last Thursday night. She
resided at 17 piedmont Ave., Atlanta.
Mrs. Pounds will be remembered in
Douglas as Miss Dora Rooker, one of
the teachers of the public school in
1924. She resided at the home of
Mrs. Hoke Davis, while here. She was
married to Mr. Pounds, night watch
man for the State Capitol, several
months after leaving Douglas. Her
native home was in Tennessee. Be
sides her husband she is survived by
her father, John L. Rooker, four
brothers and one sister. Her death
was attributed to a heart attack. The
body was interred in Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
Mrs. G. R. Moore, and Mrs. Jay Cat
ledge of Valdosta, returned to the city
yesterday after spending several days
in Atlanta where they attended Grand
Opera.
Little Miss Mary Bryan Coleman is
spending this week with her aunt
Mrs. C. D. Dudley in Baxley. On
Tuesday evening Mrs. Dudley enter
tained a number of the boys and girls
at a prom party in her honor.
mendous spiritual quality, when men
who toil in life’s lowest levels and
women in whom joy is little but a
memory or a fable exult in a new
born belief m themselves a.’d in their
God.”
CHAUTAUQUA COMES
HERE NEXT WEEN
The Chautauqua season will open in
Douglas on next Friday afternoon,
May 7th. The official program is fur
nished us, and there will be two pro
grams daily, one at three o’clock in
the afternoon, and the second in the
evening at eight o’clock. The location
of the tent has not yet been decided
upon. Season tickets are on sale most
everywhere in the city.
The following program shows two
attractions for each day, and the first
one named takes place in the after
noon, the second in the evening.
Friday, May 7th.
Ada Roach Company, Impersona
tor and Singer.
Two Blocks Away, a splendid com
edy-drama.
Saturday, May Bth.
A l tells Dickson Concert Company.
Artells Dickson Concert Co., Dr. A.
Earl Kernahan, Lecture “Christian
Citizenship”.
Monday, May 10th.
Sam Bellino, Accordionist. A. T.
Powell, Lecture “The Price of Success”
Jess Pugh, Humorist Exti aordinary.
Tuesday, May 11th.
A. L. Flude, Lecture “Fairyland of
the Orient”.
“Seventh Heaven”, A Drama of
Parisian Life.
Wednesday, May 12th.
Minneapolis Symphony Players, Vio
lin, Cello and Harp.
Minneapolis iSymphony Players.
Baroness C. de Hueck, Lecture “Rus
sia.”
Thursday, May 13th.
The Tangerine Company. Freddy
—The Clow.n
“Tangerine”—The Smart Musical-
Comedy of the Tropics.
0006 LAS WIIIS P. 1.1.
1921 GONVENIION
The Eleventh Dist. Parent-Teachers
Association which convened in Way
cross Tuesday of last week, was one
of the best meetings the Association
has had in some time. In the election
of officers for the district, Mrs. J. D.
Adams, of this city, was elected treas
urer. Mrs. Fred Brewer, president
of the Douglas Woman’s Club, was
elected as one of the delegates to the
National Convention to be held in At
lanta.
The District Convention for 1927
comes to Douglas next April. Among
those from Douglas who attended the
convention were, Mrs. J. T. Henry,
Mrs. Fred Brewer, Mrs. T. H. Clark,
Mrs. J. M. Thrash, and Mrs. T. A.
Mitchell.
“SAFETY FIRST"’ A SUCCESS
AT WILLACOOCHEE TUES.
“Safety First”, the local talent play
which was produced here several days
ago with great success, was given in
Willacooehee last Tuesday night to a
packed house, under the auspices of
the Willacooehee Womans Club. Many
compliments have been given the play
ers for their fine work in both pro
ductions.
SLSO PER JHr IN ADVANCE
COFFEE CO. FOBfICCO
ILL LIKED IN CHINA
LOCAL STEMMERY PLANT OPER
ATOR ON VISIT TO CHINA AND
WRITES BACK HOW CHINESE
PRIZE SOUTH GA. TOBACCO.
The following article printed in the
Morning News of last Wednesday will
be of interest to the people of this
county. Mr. Giavely has visited Doug
las on several occasions and for the
past five years has operated the To
bacco Stemmery here. No doubt much
of this tobacco referred to was raised
in Coffee county.
“All the way from Shanghai, China,
comes the news that South Geoigia
tobacco has gained an enviable rep*-
utation.
“J. O. W. Gravely, a North Caro
lina man living in Shanghai, has writ
ten to Mills B. Lane, president of the
Citizens and Southern Bank, telling
him that even in the Orient favorable
comment is heard on this infant prod
uct of Georgia.
“Mr. Gravely is president of the
China-American Tobacco Compony.
In his letter he makes some very in
teresting suggestions with regard to
preparing this tobacco better for cig
arette purposes. This, he says, can be
done through not topping the plant
too low.
“The bright leaf grown in South
Georgia,” writes Mr. Gravey from
Shanghai, “has gained a very envia
ble reputation with the cigarette smok
ers in this far-off land of our Oriental
brethren. It is not uncommon to hear
a smoker say, while he has a cigarette
in his mouth, ‘Ho, Ho,’ which means
in our language ‘Good’.
“While it is true,” continues Mr.
Gravely’s letter, “that Geoigia tobac
co has a superior sweetness and nat
ural aroma, it is also true that some
of the leaves are too thick and too
dark for cigarette pui poses and on
that account bring the former very
little money.
“This objectional feature can, in my
opinion, be overcomb by not topping
the plant too low. Leave as many
leaves on the stalk as the fertilizer
and the strength of soil will properly
end fully mature. This method will
give a thinner, brighter, and much
rn >re valuable tobocco, and will mean
satisfactory prices for the grower.
“Nature has endowed your state
with golden opportunities which, if
taken advantage of, will in a few short
years, place it in the front rank as a
tobacco-growing section.”
DOUGLAS OBSERVES
‘ MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day was fittingly observ
ved, the exercises being in charge of
the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the U.
I). C. Rev. Carl W. Minor, himself
a son of a Confederate veteran, pastor
of the First Baptist church of this
city, was master of ceremonies. Theie
was a varied program appropos of the
occasion, which was begun by the sing
ing of America by the audience. This
was followed by an invocation by Rev.
R. J. Stillwell, pastor of the St. An
drews Episcopal church. Miss Nora
Huss, violinist, accompanied by Miss
Marie Ward, pianist, rendered a de
lightful solo of Southern melodies, and
Mrs. John Bankston and Mrs. W. F.
Bronson sang as a duet an unusual and
inteiesting arrangement of “Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground”. The speaker
of the day was Rev. W. E. Smith, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of Douglas, whose theme dealt with
cherishing memories of the traditions,
aims and ideals and of the gallantry
and heroism of the sons of the South,
and forgetfulness of the prejudices and
bitterness that once filled the hearts
of many Southern men and women
and Southern sympathizers. Rev.
Smith spoke feelingly of the disposit
ion of men in public places who have
recently sought to unearth unpleas
antries in connection with the lives
of America’s great men, and parade
them before a morbid ipublic in an
effort to detract from the honor that
is theirs, and to render them less
worthwhile as examples to the youth
of our country. By many, it has been
said that Rev. Smith’s address was
among the most forcible ever deliver
ed from the local platform.
At the conclusion of the address of
Rev. Smith, two prizes were awarded
for best essays on the History of the
Confederate Flags, the first prize p.i
ing to Briggs Caldwell, and the sec
ond to Radford Y’ai borough.