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VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 18
DOUGLAS TOBACCO MARKET SELLS 2,500,000 POUNDS THIS WEEK
CHAMBER COMMERCE
TO MEET FRI. AUG. 20
On next Friday, August 20, at three
o’clock in the afternoon, the County
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, that is, all the committees
meeting as a whole, will assemble at
the county court house in Douglas and
finally pass on the Five Year Plan
which the committees have been mak
ing for the last six weeks.
This meeting was projected for next
Tuesday, but on account of the City
Court which will be in session at the
court house at that time, it Was mov
ed up to Friday following.
Every committeeman in the county
is urged to attend this meeting, for
this will be the last time an opportu
nity will be granted the committees to
make any changes. The Plan will be
printed on a large sheet for that oc
casion and others besides the commit
tees may attend (the meeting and get
one. Suggestions will be received
from any citizen of the county for
changes or additions, (but these sug
gestions will have to (be voted on by
members of the committees. '
Those who have worked on the Plan
are greatly pleased with it, and Sec
retary iGreer, who is familiar with
these things all over the country, says
it is the best county plan he has ever
seen. He thinks it is well balanced,
perfectly feasible, easy to put through,
although very full and rich with pro
jects and suggestions. He says some
will not believe it possible, but these
have not studied it, and as a rule are
of the type that do not believe any
thing out of the usual can be accom
plished until it has (been done. “Some
will wonder where the money is to be
had to put it through”, he says, “a
paragraph from (the little book ‘Look
ing Ahead,’ will help them to under
stand. That paragraph reads as fol
lows: ‘The Plan will develop its own
resources. Once lit is thoroughly di
gested and ratified, financing will be
found to be one of the least difficulties.
In fact, it is not as costly to build a
house with a plan as without one, and
it will be a better house when it is
finished. If a county is to grow, it
must be paid for and it will not be any
mbre expensive if the people have an
idea what they are going to do be
forehand. It must be remembered
that this program is not to (be carried
out in a day or a year, but over a per
iod of five years, and time should be
allowed between the development of
each enterprise for recuperation and
stabilization. With a plan, it will go
steadily on with assurance of success,
while without it, progress will move
with fits and starts and jerks and fail
ures. It will be surprising to the
average man to discover how much
funds there are he knows not of and
which a well ordered program will
coax out of its hiding. Confidence is
a force that attracts money like a
magnet attracts steel particles out of
the dust. Millions of bits rise out of
unsuspected sources and cling with
energy to the loadstone.’ ”
After this Plan has been passed on
by these committees ar a whole next
Friday, it will then be passed up to
the county as a whole. That is, later,
sometime between the first and fif
teenth of Sptember, a general rally
of the whole county will be called to
gether in a big meeting to ratify the
plan. Several thousand copies will be
printed and put into the hands of the
people, (the local papers will carry it
and everything will be done to get the
peope to read it over. At this rally
the Governor and other celebrities
will be invited to address the (people
on the Plan and its possibilities in
Coffee county. The people will be
asked to vote on whether or not they
want it. * Then it is the County’s Plan
for the next five years to work out
in their own way.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. J. C. IMydiett, of Macon, will
fill the pulpit at the morning and
evening services Sunday. Sunday
School at 10:15. Preaching at 11:30.
B. Y. P. U. Service at'7:3o. Preach
ing 8:30. All members urged to at
tend these services. Visitors cordial
ly invited.
Miss Edith Turner has returned to
her home in Mulberry, Fla., after a
delightful visit to her aunt, Mrs. O.
F. Deen.
c Uhe Enterprise Dulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the dtp of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
GEORGIA STATE BANK
PLANS REORGANIZATION
At a meeting of a large company of
the depositors of Georgia State Bank
of Douglas held in the court house
Saturday afternoon the depositors
voted to go into some form of re-or
ganization, and a committee composed
of A. D. Blackshear, T. A. Mitchell,
W. H. Bone, Jr., B. Rigell and L. E.
Heath were named to represent the
depositors with the State Banking De
partment to carry out the plan of re
organization.
The State Banking Department at
a meeting held last week in Atlanta
advised that the Department would
approve either of two plans: Ist., to
r-eorganize all of the 20 branch banks,
and to operate as a whole until some
time, some four or five months, as the
branches will be in position to separ
ate and organize separate banks. 2nd,
to obtain a new charter locally and
take over the Douglas Branch and
liquidate it for the benefit of the de
positors.
It was brought out in the depos
itor’s meeting that the depositors
could re-organize on eiher plan and
work out for the depositors some
where in the neighborhood of 75 or
80 per cent of their depositors, while
if they permitted the State to liqui
date, it would perhaps not yield the
depositors over 25 per cent. Either
plan of re-organization contemplates
the depositors signing up agreeing not
to withdraw their deposits until such
time or times as will be necessary to
perfect the re-organization and let
ie tank get in position to pay tne u
positors without embarrassment. A
great many of the depositors have al
ready signed up and others are sign
ing very day as they are being seen.
Another meeting will be called in
Atlanta as soon as all the audits are
completed, and the audit of the Doug
las Branch has already been complet
ed. The depositor’s committee (favor
obtaining a new charter by the local
depositors and take over the affairs of
the Douglas Branch, as these assets
virtually belong to the depositors, and
it is understood that the depositors
contemplate burnishing $25,000.00 cap
ital for the new (bank, and a great
many people prefer securing another
$25,000.00 in cash subscriptions, so as
to make the capital stock $§0,000.00,
which will likely be done, and which
will assure Coffee County of another
good bank Coffee county is putting
on an extensive advertising campaign,
and a grat many (people think there
should be two substantial banks in
Douglas to properly finance the many
new agricultural and industrial pro
jects, which are coming to Coffee coun
ty.
R. B. EVANS MUCH IMPROVED
AFTER SERIOUS ILLNESS
We are delighted to announce that
the condition of Mr. IR. B. Evans,
proprietor of the R. B. Evans Motor
Co., is much improved. Mr Evans
has (been ill for some time, and last
week he became very ill and he was
carried to the (Clark-Smith Sanitarium
where he underwent an operation on
Saturday. His home town physician,
Dr. Sam Wise, of Plains, was called
Tuesday and assisted Dr. Clark in per
forming another operation. Local
physicians announce that his condition
is not serious now, and it is hoped
that he will soon be out again.
SCOUT NEWS.
The scouts held their regular meet
ing last Monday evening. Mr. Adams
was unanimously elected scoutmaster.
Mr. Snead was chosen assistant scout
master. All the food brought back
was toted Ito be sold.
The scouts wish to thc.nk .he people
of Douglas for their consideration of
Archie and Mr. Smith and for their
kindness to the scouts.
Scouts are now engaged in putting
the hu in tip-top condition. All scouts
are to meet at the scout hut Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock before going to
the memorial services at the Metho
dist church.
All scouts be present at next Mon
day’s meeting and bring a dollar to
help raise a manument to Archie’s
heroism. Chas. Heath, Scribe.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA, AUG. 13, 1926.
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CHAMBER COMMERCE
ADVOCATES PAVING
The board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce in session Monday
afternoon passed a resolution urging
the county commissioners to make
(provision for funds to pave all pri
mary roads leading out of Douglas
direct to county sites of counties ad
joining Coffee. This would mean the
five roads leading to Pearson, Cecilia,
and Fitzgerald, to Mcßae via Broxton,
to Hazlehurst via West Green and to
Alma and Waycross via Nicholls.
The resolution urging that the mat
ter (be taken up at once and the roads
be paved as soon as possible.
The Board also passed a resolution
appointing a committee to work some
plan to get some residences built in
Douglas as early as possible. The
resolution favored a local building and
loan association, but the committee is
not confined to this method. The mat
ter was fully discussed and it was the
general opinion that Douglas could not
grow any more until there were places
for people to live. It was stated that
within the last two months fourteen
families had applied for permanent
homes in Douglas and none of these
could be supplied other than tempor
ary.
Messrs. Cottingham, Stubbs and
Bailey were appointed to handle the
matter.
A movement was started also to get
a road to the golf ground, so that peo
ple could get to the grounds, without
going a frnile or two out of the way
and over roads that are practically
impassible, as well as having to open
gates. .
BOY SCOUTS TO WORSHIP AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Stanford 'announces that he
has invited the Boy Scouts to worship
at the Methodist church next Sunday
morning at 11:30. Andrew, the boy’s
friend and private counselor, will be
the theme. All the Scouts and their
friends ,are urged to be present. This
is the regular Family Day at the
church. Seats will be reserved for
the Scouts.
Special music will be rendered by
the best musicians in Douglas. Sun
day school 10:15 a. m. The Epworth
League will (have splendid program at
7:30 p. m. Miss Louise .Stanford will
have charge of the program. Preach
ing at 8:30 p. m. by the pastor. A
Tragedy in a Preacher’s (Home, will be
tre theme. Prayer meeting and Bible
study (at 8:30 Wednesday evening.
The book of Obadiah will be studied.
CONAN DOYLE’S “LOST
WORLD” NOW A MOVIE
COMES TO THE RIVOLI
——
Probably the most unusual love
drama ever put on the screen is “The
Lost World,” which comes to the Ri
voli Theatre next Monday and Tues
day.
A vivid word picture of a lost wo Id
in the vast, unexplored regions of tne
upper Amazon river which Time had
forgot.
Into the heart cf this monster-in
fested district went a party of explor
ers—three men and a girl. Tneir mis
sion was to rescue her father, if he
still lived, and prove to the world the
existence of prehistoric beasts.
As the modern humans watched,
awe-inspired, these monsters gave
deadly battle to one another—such
battles as never before have been
witnessed on a motion picture screen.
Numerous picture producers have
tried in vain to film Doyle’s story, but
the reincarnation of the monste *s was
deemed impossible.
That was seven years ago. Since
then work has proceeded steadily, and
now the picture is complete. It es
tablishes probably the record for time
production in the film industry as well
as a record for uniqueness.
Bessie Love, Lewis Store, Wrllaee
Berry and Lloyd Hughes head the hu
man east, sharing honors with the pre
historic monsters. Supporting them
are more than 2,000 other players who
participate in the huge scenes show
ing the return of the explorers to Lon
don. They bring with them a bron
tosaurus which escapes. Running a
muek in the heart ot London s shop
ping district, the monster proceeds to
wreck the metropolis and finally
crashes into the Thames, v hen the fa
mous London bridge collopses under
his weight.
This picture is ditfere.it from all
others, it is astounding in showing
man’s conception of pre-historic beasts
Through it all runs a beautiful love
story. It has created a sensation
wherever shown; our people should
take advantage of the opportunity to
see “THE LOST WORLD”
A. B. & A. OFFICIALS SPEND
WEDNESDAY IN THE CITY
Mr. A. D. Daniel, Passenger Traffic
Manager, of Alanta, Mr. John A. Wes
son, and Mr. Wallace Smith, of At
lanta, spent Wednesday in the city.
Mr. Smith is Traveling Freight Agent
for the A. B. & A. and will be station
ed in Douglas throughout the tobacco
season.
Mrs. A. M. Bagwell and Miss Pearl
Bagwell are spending this week with
relatives in Pearson.
TURN UNDER TOBACCO
STALKS SAYS BUSSEY
Just as soon as the tobacco is off the
giounh, the sta'ks should be turned
under and the land immediately utiliz
ed for some other crops. All of the
fertilizer has not been used up by the
tdbaccoa nd it will go to the support
of weeds and grass unless something
is put there to use it'. Also, land that
has been in tobacco is usually in a
finer state of tillage than is the other
land on a farm, due to the more in
tensive cultivation given the tobacco,
and is therefore more likely to be
washed. For this reason, the land
should be intelligently cultivated in
some other crop or sown down to a
winter cover crop.
Among the clean cultivated crops
to be planted after tobacco might be
mentioned su mm e r crook necked
squash and red Valentine or String
less Green beans and peas for seed
production. Very likely a market can
be found for these crops at no great
distance from our section. Cucum
bers might ibe planted in a limited
way.
Anoher good crop that might be
planted for home consumption and for
nearby markets is Irish potatoes. A
better stand of Irish potatoes will be
secured if the seed are sprouted. To
sprout them, place the potatoes under
the house or under a tree so that the
Sun won’t hit them, and just so they
will rtot touch each other and cover
them with sand. Just cover the pota
toes; if you just leave little spots of
the tops so you can just see them
won’t hurt anything. Keep the sand
wet or moist. After the sprouts get
albout one-half inch long, cut the po
tatoes and plant. These should be
planted in August.
If peas are planted in rows in the
tobacco land, there is a possibility of
making either seed or hay. Sweet po
tatoes from vines if put out now soon
will stand a good chance to make
something.
For a winter cover crop, use hairy
vetch. Sow 20 pounds per acre in
October. Inoculate it and use a lit
tle acid phosphate for best results.
A ton of green hairy vetch turned un
der next spring is worth more than
200 pounds of nitrate of soda. Inves
tigate.
Save me two or three pounds of the
best tobacco you have and bring it in
sometime when you are coming to
Douglas. I want to put on a tobacco
exhibit at the Southeastern Fair this
fall. If you don’t see me leave it at
the Chamber of Commerce office. Help
me to advertise Coffee county and the
£ Jo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THIS WEEKS SKIES
NEW DOUBLE LAST
The Douglas tobacco market will
show sales this week approximating
two and a half million pounds for the
five days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, with an
average price of 27.42 cents, with the
total amount of money paid out at
$729,937.
Last week the total sales were about
I, with an average price of
23.31 cents, with a total amount paid
out of $226,594., making a total sales
for the two weeks of over three and a
half million pounds and nearly a mil
lion dollars paid out to the farmers.
And yet the season is only well un
der way. If it lasts as long as it did
last year, there are all of three /weeks
yet for the market to run. The pre
dictions before the season started were
that Douglas market would sell twelve
million pounds this year. It may not
reach that point, but the indications
are that it will run considerably over
last year, although the acreage is not
quite so large and the crop not so
heavy.
Unfavorable weather conditions in
this immediate territory have cut off
the price somewhat for our local
growers. The fact that tobacco from
other territory is bringing more than
local tobacco indicates this.
This was illustrated when thirty
two growers from Tatnall county ear
ly this week brought in thirty thou
sand pounds and received an average
price of over thirty-two cents for it.
Other lots also indicate the same.
As a rule, the local growers are
well pleased with their tobacco crop
thus far this year.
[CITY COURT JURORS DRAWN
FOR 3rd. MONDAY IN AUG., 1926
W. M. Worth, John Purvis, C. P.
Purvis, Johnny Harper, Thomas Grif
fin, N. H. Hursey, J. L. Cochran, Ben
F. Tanner, M. Womble, J. N. Phillips,
M. C. Jowers, D. W. Vickers, B. T.
Burkett, Elisha H. Harper, C. H. Mills,
Mose Lott, E. H. McClelland, John D.
Anderson, J. J. Shrowder, A. D.
Blackshear, H. Kirkland, O. L. Luke,
J. L. Brown, J. H. Dent, J. S. Hursey,
C. A. POer, Willie Gray Meeks, W. T.
Oottingham, C. C. Russ, Mitchell
Sapp, J. M. Lott, Jr., C. O. Durden,
M. D. Davis, Dan Worth, A. E. Gillis,
Elias Vickers, J. R. McLeod, E. T.
Willingham, Willie Webber, Joe Pet
erson, Jr., JMoses Grffin, A. P. Darby,
J. G. Traynham, I. C. Corbitt, J. H.
Roddeniberry, S. M. McCranie, M. C.
Vickers, J. M. Thrash.
THE POSTAL EMPLOYES
OF SOUTH GEORGIA TO
HOLD BIG CONVENTION
It Is Anticipated That There Will Be
Six Hundred People lln Attend
ance On Labor Day.
The Association of Postal Employes
will hold its annual meeting this year
in Moultrie, and the meeting will be
held on Labor Day—September Ist—
as usual.
President D. M. McKee, Postmaster
at Moultrie, has the ambition to make
this the biggest convention yet held.
He will work to bring the attendance
to six hundred. With him will be
the iChamber of Commerce of Moul
trie, the Rotary Club and the Kiwanis
Club, all united, to give a marvelous
welcome to the visitors and to stage
a program that will make the day
memorable.
The counties that are included in
the bounds of the association are
Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Brooks,
Lowndes, Clinch, (Echols, Lanier, At
kinson, Coffee, Berrien, Irwin, Ben
Hill, Wilcox, Turner, Tift, Cook, Col
quitt, Worth, Lee, Terrell, Randolph,
Calhoun, Dougherty, Baker, iMitchell,
Crisp, Ware and Glynn.
Mrs. E. L. Grantham had as her
guests for Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. K.
J. Stell and children, Mrs. Eula Oav
enaugh and children, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Bailey, of Fitzgerald, Mr. F. A.
Bailey, of Orlando, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Bailey of this city.
Douglas Market. I need about 75
pounds of good tobacco and two
pounds Won’t hurt you.
August 7. A. S. Bussey,
County Agent.