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VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 25
All-Aboard for the Chamber of Commerce Special Leaving Next Monday
ORDER PASSED 10
SELL ALL ASSETS
GA.JTATE BANKS
ORDER SIGNED BY JUDGE HOW
ARD REPORTED THAT AT
LEAST 10 NEW BANKS WILL BE
ORGANIZED SOON.
Judge G. H. Howard of the Fulton
superior court signed an order Tues
day granting the petition of T. R.
Bennett, state superintendent of banks
in which the court authorizes the sup.
erinendent to sell the assets of the
several branches of the Georgia State
bank to the depositors and creditors
of the respective branches. This in
efFect means that the resource and
assets of the 20 banks comprising the
Georgia State bank and its affiliated
institutions which closed their doors
to the public recently, wll now be sold
in settlement of the deposits and
claims against these banks as of July
14, 1926, the day upon which the Geor
gia State banks were closed.
This does not mean that the origisal
Georgia State bank is to be reorgan
ized. The parent bank will be dealt
with by the state superintendent of
banks as a unit member of its af
filiated institutions and each of the 20
members originally belonging to the
Georgia State bank will also be treat,
ed as a unit of its own under the court
order. The assets and resources of
each member bank will be sold to sat
isfy the deposits and claims against
the individual bank.
Wherever local conditions warrant,
new banks wll be organized and will
buy the assets and resources of the
old banks, continuing to serve the lo
cality in which the old bank was locat
ed under a new charter and a new or
ganization. It is reported by the
Georgia state banking department
that at least ten new banks will be or
ganized within the next two weeks
for the purpose of buying the assets
of as many Georgia state branches.
Including the various banks through
out the state which have been reopen,
ed previously, the banks to be liqui
dated or reopened under
Judge Howard’s order today, brings
the total reopenings to nearly 50 per
cent of the number originally com
mitted to the state banking depart
ment and representing considerably
more han 50 per cent of the total re
sources involved.
HENRY VICKERS WILL
OPEN WOOD YARD HERE
Mr. Henry Vickers informs us that
he will open a wood yard here about
October 15. and will have a further
announcement thru these columns
later.
ELECTRIC BAKER!
TO OPEN MONDAY
Another new industrial enterprise
completed and ready to run —the elec,
trie bakery.
It is the purpose of the owners and
managers to open its doors to the pub
lic Monday morning- with all the
wheels turning, the electricity turned
on and bread a baking.
If you never saw an electric cook
stove in operation it is your opportu
nity—and you are urged to attend this
opening and look at it cook and taste
the bread.
Messrs. Brown and Minchew are in
viting the people of Coffee county to
attend their bakery opening all day
Monday and carry home some of their
bread. They have an expert to do the
baking and the finest equipment in
the world to do the cooking.
The light commissioners of Douglas
city council made this enterprise pos
sible by giving the owners cheap cur
rent to cook with. And henceforth
Coffee County people will eat their
own bread instead of that of another
community.
The bakery is located in the Lank
ford building west of the court house
and everything is neat and nice and
inviting to ones appetite. Drop in
and get a sweet cake for your trouble
on Monday. The cake will be free but
you will need a loaf of bread and you
won’t mind paying the price for that.
c Che Enterprise Dulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
First Photos From Florida Tornado Districts
Two hours after the tornado had abated on the East coast of Flonda these photos were northward
bound by airplane, the first from the storm and wave torn districts. >jTo-. 1, Miami Beach front. No. 2,
Fifth Street and Washington Ave. No. 3, Typical of great destruction which swept from east to north
west across the peninsula—tropical trees of ages crashing to earth. No. 4, The force of the storm
shown in that 116-ton motor car’s position against the building. Loss of life not yet known.
BAIZEEN CARVER
BURIED ROCKY POND
Mr. Baizeen Carver died suddenly at
his residence last Friday night, suffer,
ing of a heart attack. He was 53
years of age. The funeral was con
ducted at Ricky Pond church on Sun
day, conducted by Elders Mousljy asd
Linds*;. A !:cgt crowd was present,
including relatives and friends fr./in
over the county.
The deceased is survived by a widow
who was a Miss Ricketson, daughter
of Vincent Ricketson, and seven child
ren: Lilia, Baizeen. Sallie, Vince, Buck,
Janie, and Minnie Lee. The follow
ing brothers survive: Lee, Raymond,
J. C., asd Brazell Carver.
Mr. Carver was a member of the
Church of Latter Day Saints, and was
active in church circles. He was also
a member of the local Wdodmen Camp
and this order buried him. He was
well known over the county and liked
by all.
STATESBORO TEAM !
IN DOUGLAS TODAY;
As we go to press the Statesboro!
team is on the ground in a contest
with the local A. & M. boys. The
game promises to be interesting from
start to finish, and a big crowd is wit.
nessing the game. This is the first
real game of the eason, and many
more are cheduled for the fall months.
The games scheduled so far are as
follows:
Oot. B—Cochran in Cochran.
lOct. 9—Brunswick in Douglas.
Oct. 18 —Piedmont in Waycross.
Oct. 29—Norman Inst, in Norman
Park.
Nov. B—Open.B—Open.
Nov. 15 —Americus in Doug-las.
Nov. 22—Open.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilmstead, of Pennsyl
vania, announce the birth of a daugh
ter. Mrs. Olmstead was formerly Miss
Evelyn Wilson, daughter of Mrs. S.
J. Stubbs.
IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR
FRIEND, MRS. D. S. GOODYEAR
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their
labor:, and their works do follow them.
Thou hast gone from us, 0 loved
one, o’er the dark and chilly tide, in
the house of many mansions. With
the blest thu dost abide.
Here thy form lies pale and silent,
but thy soul from earth hast flown.
Far from scenes of toil and trials thou
hast gone to joys unknown.
We shall now be sad and lonely.
iSince thy voice we hear no more. But
’ere log we hope to meet thee, on the
bright eternal shore.
We shall meet thee in th morning,
when all gloom has past away. Where
good-bye is never spoken. We’ll re
joice with thee for aye.
Fare thee well, departed one. Fare
thee well, ’till bye and bye. We shall
join the ransomed number, in the land
of light on high.
By one who loved her.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. OCT. 1. 1926.
RURAL TEACHERS IN
SESSION SATURDAY
The rural teachers of Coffee county
met in the City Hall last Saturday
at which time many things of inter
est to them and the schools were dis-‘
cussed.
The devotional was led by Rev. T,
B. Stanford, followed by Dr. Carl W.
Minor and Rev. Martin, of Broxton.
Mrs. T. H. Clark made a fine talk to
the teachers, on the importance of a
Parest-Teachers Association, offering
the services of the Douglas P.-T. A.
in helping them organize.
Mr. John Greer, of the Chamber of
Commerce, made a short talk and told
them of the desire of the Chamber to
' help them in any way possible. Prof.
Thrash also spoke in behalf of the
Kiwanis club, and told his hearers of
the interest Kiwanis was taking in
the work of the rural schools and the
entire county. Mrs. M. H. Turrentine'
made a splendid talk and asked the 1
| teachers to cooperate with the Cham
: ber of Commerce in getting the ladies
| of the rural communities to prepare
' exhibits for the fair. M-ss Buchan,
home demonstration agent was pres
ent and made an interesting address.
Her theme was coopei’ation. and she
. wanted this in the approaching fair.
Superintendent Melvin Tanner made a
fine talk, as usual, and ask the teach
; ers to make the county schools this
year the best ever. A list of the
schools and teachers have already
been published in these columns.
OFFICERS OF DOUGLAS G. A’s.
Pres., Iris Faircloth; Vice Pres.,
Emily Darby; Sec., Theo Pierson;
Treas., Virginia Tanser; Ohm. of Fun.
derburk Circle, Myrtie Smith; Sec. of
Funderburk Circle, Annie Bell Talley;
Treas. of Funderburk Circle, Thelma
Ruth Blackburn; Rporter, Hazel Shaw.
Lead Teams in World Series Battle
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The stage all set for baseball’s fall classic. Miller Huggins
(left) Manager of the New York Yankees is confident Babe Ruth and
Ins playmates will defeat the St. Louis Cardinals for the World’s
Cilampions hip but Rogers Hornsby (right) says, "Try and do n!”
FASHION SHOW ID
BE FAIR FEATURE
A unique feature of the County Fair
will be the Fashion Show on Tuesday
evening, Oct. 19, when the merchants
of Douglas will display the latest Par.
isain creations. The very smartest
frocks, morning, afternoon and even
ing, will adorn the prettiest feminine
contingent of the city, and a friendly
rivalry will be awakened, each mer
chant vieing with the other to make
his costumes the most distinctive. Not
only will grown-ups appear well
dressed, but the children’s styles will
also be shown. Special music will be
an added attraction on this evening.
It will not be necessary to go to the
centers of style to see what is to be
worn this Fall and Winter, but attend
j the Fashion Show at your door and
| you will have an opportunity to see
the smartest gowns, beautiful coats,
pretty foot-wear, lovely millinery, and
t . /eryhing that is dear to the feminine
I heart. Come to the Fashion Show and
see how the well-dressed woman ap
pears. The evening’s program will be
exceedingly interesting.
LEWIS VICKERS ARRANGING
FOR TOURIST TRAVEL
A telegram from Lewis Vickers
chairman of the board (n county com
missioners, states that he is “having
wonderful success arranging tourist
stop over in Douglas for early spring.”
Mr. Vickers wii’ed this from Balti
more, where he is spending a few days
on business. While away he will
visit New York City, Boston, Phila
delphia, and other eastern points
where he has engagements. Mr. Vick
ers is eternally keeping Coffee county
to the front wherever he goes, and is
always on the lookout for Coffee’s in
terests. He is expected to arrive home
this week.
Five Communities Will Be
Visited Monday by Fifty
Douglas People In 10 Cars
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Carl W. Minor, D. D., Minister.
Bible School 10:15 a. m., W. R.
Frier, Supt. Numbers 10:29, Come
thou with us, and we will do thee good.
Morning worship 11:30. “The Need
ed Tide” will be the subject for con
sideration.
The Unions will meet at 7 p. m.
The young peope are urged to attend
one of the Unions.
Evening worship 8 o’clock. This
hour will be evangelistic. You are
most cordially invited to study and
worship with us.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
T. B. Stanford, Pastor.
Sunday School 10:15 a. m. A place
for all and teaching that will do you
good and give you a greater insight
into the love of God.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the
pastor. This is Church Day and Com.
rnunicn Sunday. A season of worship
and communion.
The Epworth League will have a
splendid program at 7p. m. The pur
pose of Education will be the theme.
Preaching at 8:00 p. m. by the pas
tor. Why Every Man Ought To Join
The Church, will be the subject. Come
and let us study and reason together
about this important subject.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p. m.
COTTON GINNED IN COFFEE
AND ATKINSON COUNTIES
The official report of cotton ginned
in Coffee county this season up to
Sept. 16, was 3,421 bales, as against
6,363 bales for the same period in
1925.
In Atkinson county there were 580
bales ginned to same date as compar
ed to 639 bales ginned in 1925. This
report was furnished us by Miss Lois
Farnell, official reporter.
HIGH SCHOOL LEAD
IN BRUNSWICK SAL.
The Douglas Hi School team leaves
, Saturday morning for Brunswick
where the boys will play the High
School team of Brunswick. Prof.
Clyde Herndon and Mr. Snead, who
have coached the home team, will ac
company the boys on this trip. Others
may go down also.
BOSTON STORE’S BIG SALE
OPENS FRIDAY MORNING
The Boston Store is putting on a
Fall Opening Sale, carrying four
pages in this issue to tell the people
about it. The sale opens next Friday
morning at 8 o’clock, Oct. 8. The ad
and bill states 8 p. m., but of course
this is an error, and the big sale opens
Friday morning.
M ises Mary Louise Brinson and
Hazel Smith and Masters Joe and El
more Thrash, of the A. & M. School,
spent the weekend at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Monroe Smith.
VICKERS WINNER IN
CDRN CONIES!
Some time ago it was decided to
have a Coffee County Corn Contest
for this season, and a number of the
county’s best farmers engaged in it,
Mr. Leon Vickers was sponsor or pro
moter of this contest which has creat.
ed a lot of interest throughout this
and other counties.
Mr. Jacob Vickers, of the Mora sec.
tion of the county was the winner, his
yield being 101 1-2 bushels. Mr. Leon
Vickers, who planted five acres, and
entered the state contest, produced 92
bushels on one acre and averaged 85
bushels on the five acres.
The land was measured by County
Agent Bussey and the corn grown by
both the Vickers’. There are some
others who entered the contest that
have not made their official report.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CAMPAIGN INCLUDES BAND TO
FURNISH MUSIC FOR OPEN
INGS. TOUR WILL CREATE
MORE INTEREST IN FIVE YEAR
PLAN.
All-aboard for the Chamber of Com.
merce Special!
The Campaign Special leaves the
Chamber of Commerce Monday even
ing at 7:15 sharp, with ten cars and
fifty Douglas members of the Coffee
County 'Chamber of Commerce, a
company of select singers and musi
cians and every man having his heart
packed to the brim with joy, under the
command of Manager Rufus Moore,
headed, thirty-five miles limit, for
Ambrose.
At Ambrose the Special will be met
by the Directors of the Community
Club, a branch of the Chamber of
Commerce, and there escorted to the
Masonic Hall where it is expected that
the larger part of that community
will be waiting to greet the Douglas
contingent and make them feel at
home.
The meeting will be put in motion
by some good musicians which will
intersperse the short talks that are to
follow. No one will be allowed to
make a long talk, but everything con
sidered will be vital to the progress of
the county and the audience will be
invited to express themselves on every
subject.
The big thing in these meetings will
be to get the people of the county to
gether on the things they are thinking
and talking about and to get the view
point of tlte majority on the big prob.
lems that are facing the county—
roads, better tobacco, forestry, Ellis
Health law, hospital, dairying, poul
try, no-fence law and other importam
subjects the county should solve.
Everybody will be allowed to say
what he thinks ought to be done on
I these subjects and it is the purpose
of the committee at this time to have
some light refreshments to close the
meeting on.
Posters have been distributed all
over the county giving the places and
dates for these meetings and the peo
ple are urged to inform their neigh
hors and get them to attend. The
meetings are scheduled to last about
an hour and a half and everybody will
go away in good humor and with a
better idea of what Coffee County
needs and the best way to bring it
about.
The following places and dates will
he observed in the campaign:
Ambrose, Monday, Oct. 4th, 8 o’clock
p. m. at Masonic Hall.
Mora, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8 o’clock p.
m. at Baptist Church.
Broxton, Wednesday, Oct. 6th, 8
o’clock p. m. School Auditorium.
Nichol'ls, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 8 o’clock
p. m. at K. of P. Hall.
West Green, Friday, Oct. Bth, 8
o'clock p. m. at Baptist Church.
ACTIVE WORK BEGINS
ON STEAM LAUNDRY
Coffee county is growing fast these
days and the fulfillment of the Five
Year Plan is rapidly running apace.
The laundry which the industrial
committee called for in its plan is un
der construction and in a few weeks,
Coffee county people can have its best
bibb and tucker done up right in its
own woshing plant.
Mr. H. W. Powers who announced
recently trat he contemplated start
ing a steam laundry, already has part
of his machinery in place and expects
to have the plant running in less than
sixty days.
He is building the laundry out near
his house in East Douglas and he is
putting in all new and modem ma_
chinery. He will put in a family rate
for washing rough dried clothes and
people who cannot get laundry women
can have it done in the laundry just
about as cheap.
There is another industrial plant
about to hud forth and since practical
ly all the vacant stores are now full
and no residences at all for rent, it
looks like if Douglas is to keep on
growing, somebody will have to begin
building stores and homes.