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The Douglas Enterprise sup (Eoffpf ffisurae Upw* / VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 27 Hundreds Will Visit Coffee County Fair On Opening Day Next Monday MI HOLDS FOR ONE BAY. GRAND JURY CONTINUES RECENT LYNCHING BEING VIG OROUSLY INVESTIGATED AND SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED AT ANY TIME. The regular October term of Sup erior court for Coffee county convened in Douglas last Monday morning at 10 o’clock, with Judge Harry Reed on the bench and Solicitor Allen Spence on hand in the interest of the state. The session for this week only lasted one day, adjourning over to next Mon day when the criminal docket will be taken up. The grand jury organized by elect ing F. F. Preston, foreman. The charge of Judge Reed to the grand jury was strong and covered all the requirements under the statue. He dwelt on prohibition and the enforce ment of the prohibition laws, and urg ed the body to look carefully into the Ellis Health law and recommend that it be put in force in Coffee county. In his charge Judge Reed also brought up again the lynching of Dave Wright some time ago. He charged the jury to make thorough in vestigation of this affair, and we un derstand the jury has spent much of their time on this case. The grand jury is still in session Thursday afternoon and will likely be tomorrow. The body will return again Monday. The criminal division of the court will be taken up Monday, at which time the case of the state vs Major Brown is scheduled to be tried, as well as two other murder cases. A full list of the cases tried this and next week will be listed in these col umns in our next issue. The trial of divorce cases consumed most of the day Monday. DR. W. H. HUGHES INSTALLS NEW CHICK HATCHERY Dr. W. H. Hughes expects to open up a chicken hatchery in this city, to be operated by Oct. 20. He has al ready received his equipment and same is being installed at 235 Peter son Avenue. The machine is 7,000 ca pacity, and Dr. Hughes proposes to operate it for the public at large. He will be glad to talk the matter over with anyone interesed. If you have eggs to be hatched, take them to the new hatchery. ANNOUNCEMENT. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church will hold its regular third Monday Missionary Program at the church Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Wlindham’s circle will have charge of meeting. LANKFORD RECIEVES OFFICIAL NOTICE By unanimous vote, W. C. Lankford, of Douglas, Saturday was declared the democratic nominee for congress from t m elcvent.i district by the democratic congressional convention which con vened in Waycross v/ith Chairman J. O. Rodgers, of Homerville, presiding. C. W. Pittman, J. D. Mitchell and J. W. Bennett, Jr., were named as the committee to notify Mr. Lankford of his nomination. The following mere named as mem bers of the district executive commit tee for the next two years: J. R. Na hunta, H. L. Lankford, Pearson; J. B. Moore, Baxley; W. F. Kicklighter, Al ma; W. R. Knight, Quitman; W. S. Yates, Quitman; Alvah Gaskins, Nash ville; J. O. Rodgers, Homerville; R. J. Roddenberry, Hazlehurst; L. E. Blackshear, J. W. Bennett, Jr., Way cross; C. W. Pittman, Waycross; W. B. Gibbs, Jesup; A. W. Haddock, Doug* las; Mrs. S. C. Townsend, St. Marys; C. O. Smith, Adel; L. E. Ballard, Folkston; W. D. Clayton, Statenville; j L. Paulk, Ocilla; Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, Lakeland; W. W. Webb, Ha hira; Mrs. Mary Everette, St. Simons Island; A. T. Wbodward, Vallosta. The following officers were elected: A. W. Haddock, Douglas, chairman; j. W. Bennett, Jr., Waycross, vice chairman; H. L. Lankford, Pearson, secretary. c U/ie (Enterprise ‘Pulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the City of ‘Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners MEN HERE TO BUY COFFEE CO. LANDS FOR COLONIZATION BROUGHT HERE THRU EFFORTS GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY. EX PECTED TO MAKE SEVERAL PURCHASES IN THIS SECTION. Thru the efforts of the land and in dustrial department of the Georgia & Florida Railroad it now looks like Coffee county will have many new farmers from the north and west for the coming season. Mr. W. E. French, General Indus trial Agent of the road, together with General Manager H. V/. Purvis, spent Thursday in the city and vicinity of Douglas in company with Messrs. F. B. Robbins, president of Robbins, Ltd., of Toronto, and McLaren, an official of the land company, and visited many farms in the county v/ith a view of buying them. They were much im pressed with what they saw, and the Robbins, Ltd., is one of the largest colonization concerns operating in the the U. S. It is the purpose of the company to buy many farms, build more houses on them, equipping them in every way for first class farming, and then send salesmen out thru the north to sell them to first class farmers who want to come to this section. The company expects to cut the farms purchased into any size the purchaser demands. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Carl W. Minod, D. D., Minister. Vese for the day, Psalm 122:1, I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. Bible School 10:15 a. m., W. R. Frier Supt. Morning worship 11:30. Subject: “The Supreme Gift to Christ.” The Unions will meet at 6:45 p. m. Evening worship at 7:45. We arc nearing the end of our asso ciational year. This and one more Sunday will bring us up to the adop tion of our church letter. Our time is short in which to finish our work. To this end Sunday has been designated as “Home Coming Day.” Every member is urged to be present at the morning worship. All Baptists who have their letters are invited to put them in the church Sunday. Those who have not their letters invited to come under the watchcarc of the church. Come and let’s make a great day for our Lord. PROGRAM FOR B. Y. P. U. FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 Topic: Stewardship. Scripture readings, Luke 16:1-12, and 1 Cor. 8:1-12, by Lillie McCarty. Introduction by Marion McCarty. Part 1. Are Southern Baptists Broke? bp Mrs. Laura Joyner. Part 2. Stew-ardship as Taught in a Story, by Miss Alice Harris. Part 3. The Kind of Givers Paul Praised, by Miss Kate Outen. Part 4. Stewardship Stated Simp ly, by Mrs. Kirkland. Part 5 and 6. Stewardship of Sub stance and Give God a Tenth, by Miss Dollie Freeman. Part 7 and 8. A Denial of Covet ousness and Begin with -’he Tents as a Minimum, by Mrs. Lawson Kelley. Be sure to come to our B. Y. P. U. You will enjoy what you hear. 1.8 M. SCRUBS TO PLAY BLACKSHEAR One of the best games of the sea son wll be played here tomorrow (Fri day) on the local field between the A. &M. Scrubs and Blackshear. The game will be called at 3:30 and a large crowd is expected to be present. The local Scrubs have one of the best teams in their history., and the game will be interesting from start to finish. Brunswick Wins. On last Saturday the Scrub team played the Brunswck team at Bruns wick and was defeated by a score of 6 to 0. The regular team will play Pied mont in Waycross next Monday. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE—try it! THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. OCT. 15,7926. Official Program Of Fair Gives Five Interesting Days Monday—Opening Day. Tuesday—School Day. Tuesday Night—Fashion Show. Wednesday—Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce Day. Thursday—Women’s Day. • Friday—Farmers’ Day. Friday Night—Ku Klux Klan Night. Saturday—Everybody’s Day. All School Children In County Admitted For 10 Cents Tues. We are authorized to announce that the County Fair Management will admit all school children, city and rural, on Tuesday. October 19th, for 10 cents per pupil. This liberal concession is made for one day only. Douglas Woman’s Club Holds Ist. New Year Meet On Thursday afternoon, October the seventh, the Douglas Woman’s Club held its first meeting of the year, v/ith a large part of the membership present. As Mrs. Horton Christopher, the newly elected club president, had tendered her resignation, Mrs. T. H. Clark was elected for this office, with Mrs. J. M. Thrash as first vice presi. dent. Mrs. Fred Brewer, club presilent for the past two years, in a few well chosen words turned her chair over to Mrs. Clark, who asked the co-opera tion of the entire club in order that she may do the best work during her period of office. The new president voiced the sentiment of the club mem bership in expressions of regret at the resignation of Mrs. Christopher. Through the efforts of Mrs. Fred Brewer and her finartce committee during the summer not only has all the left over indebtedness of the club paid, but other disbursements- have been made, still leaving in the treas ury something over fifty dollars. Mrs. Bronson, chairman of the mu sic committee, stated that the old club piano had been sold, and that the out look for securing a new one is prom ising. The club feels very much indebted to Mrs. Hall and her splendid com mittee for the work they have done P.-T. A. Plans Work For New Year And Names Committies The executive committee of the P T. A. met at the home if Mrs. Boat wright last Wednesday. Plans for the work of the coming year were dis cussed and committees for the year were appointed as follows: Program: Mrs. T. A. Dixon, chm., Miss Nora Huss, Miss Mary I.owrey, Miss Gaffney. Reception: Mrs. T. H. Clark, cbm., Mrs. M. F. Head, Mrs. Harry B. John son, Mrs. Oliver Deen. Prgss Reporter: Mrs. Hoke Davis. Health: Mrs. E. S. Talley, chm., Mrs. W. H. Bailey, Mrs. Martha Baird, Mrs. W. S. Conner, Mrs. Melvin Tan ner, Mrs. Homer Johnson. Finance: Mrs. E. L. Tanner - , chm., Mrs. A. F. Coffee, Mrs. O. F. Deen, Miss Alice Lowrey. Miss Thornton, Mr. Herndon. Mrs. Fred Brewer, Mr. Hixon. Membership: Mrs. W. O. Harris, chm., Mrs. A. C. Winn, Miss Lucy Hall, Miss Lola Mac McLean, Mis. J. F. Spivey, Mrs. R. N. McEachren, Mrs. E. L. Grantham. Campus: Mrs. J. M. Thrash, chm., Miss Marie Wooten, Mrs. M .H. Tur rentine, Miss Parnell, Mrs. J. L. Coch ran, Mrs. Clyde Jardine, Miss Betts, Mrs. J. C. Relihan. Relief: Mrs. L. E. Heath, chm., Mrs. J. M. Dent, Mrs. Hall, Sr., Miss Richardson, Miss Holland, Mrs. T. H. Clark, Mrs. B. H. Tanner, Mrs. R. J. Cornelius, Mrs. Weintroub.’ Dom. Science: Miss Ruby Grubbs, Mrs. M. F. Head, Mrs. J. D. Adams. Music Dept.: Miss Mary Lowrey, Mrs. W. H. Williams. Expression: Miss Gaffney, Mrs. M. D. Dickerson. , Mrs. C. R. Tanner, for the library. They have kept the library open all summer, acting as librarians themselves, and have a • % laige number of good books on hand with several paid subscriptions. Mrs. W. T. Cottingham, chairman of the fine arts committee, announced a program to be held at the club house Theursday afternoon, Oct. 21. Miss Buchan and Mrs. A. F. Coffee each asked that the club lend its co operation in making the county fair a success. The several committees of the club are each to have booths of their own at the fair, and are now at work perfecting plans for the booths. Mrs. Durst reported that the Rest Robin is doing nicely with Mrs. King in charge as matron. The program for the afternoon was a most instructive paper, “The Value of Art to the People”, given by Mrs. Blie Tanner. During the social hour an iced course was served, the favors used be ing suggestive of Halloween. This idea was also carried out in the dec orations. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Lewis Davis, Mis. Banks ton, Mrs. Fannie Rogeis, and Mrs. George Saunders. They were assist ed in serving by Mrs. Hutch Williams, Miss Wannelle Rogers, and Miss Mary Lois Woodard. Mrs. R. N. McEachren, Mrs. H. J. Boatwright, Mrs. Solomon, Mrs. Melvin Tanner, Com. Grade mothers appointed for the different grades as follows: First Grade: Mrs. Melvin Tanner, Mrs. M. H. Turrentine, Mrs. Harry B. Johnson. First Grade: Mrs. Martha Baird, Mrs. R. H. Wheless, Mrs. Bush. Second Grade: Miss Nora Huss, Mrs. J. L. Cochran, Mrs. W. A. Wilcox. Second Grade: Miss Lola Mae Mc- Lean, Mrs. McCranie, Mrs. Lewis Vickers. Third Grade: Miss Williams, Mrs. Johnnie Jardine, Mrs. A. Harris. Third Grade: Miss Parnell, Mrs. H. W. Baird, Mrs. W. S. Conner. Fourth Grade: Miss Thornton, Mrs. Elie Tanner, Mrs. Woodard. Fourth and Fifth Grade: Miss Alice Lowrey, Mrs. W. T. Cottingham. Fifth Giade: Miss Marie Wooten, Mis. F'. F. Preston, Mrs. Outen. Sixth Grade: Miss Betts, Mrs. W. 11. Hughes, Mrs. Geo. Mingledorff. Seventh Grade: Miss Holland, Mrs. Stirewalt. Sixth and Seventh Grades: Mrs. J. F\ Spivey, Mrs. J. A. Sikes. Eighth Grade: Mrs. John Greer, Mrs. J. H. Breedlove. Ninth Grade: Mrs. Ben Gray. Tenth Grade: Mrs. C. L. Patterson. Eleventh Grade: Mrs. A. P. Darby. The October meeting of the P.-T. A. will be held at the school auditor ium FYiday, Oct. 15, 4 p. m., after which a brilliant reception will be held in honor of the teachers. All patrons cordially invited and urged to bej present. Special Band Music Will Be Heard Daily. Tuesday Is School Childrens Day Up to Wednesday morning applica tion for space had been made for the following exhibits: Six district agricultural exhibts. Quite a number of individual exhib its in agriculture and live stock. A large volume of Woman’s Work. Large exhibit Girls’ and Boys’ work 7 or 8 fine School exhibits. Douglas Novelty Works. Electrik Maid Bake Shop. Sanitary Mattress Shop. Hart Furniture Co. White Cigar Co. Dixie Fire Kindling Co. Georgia Oil Co. The Boston Store. The Harris Store. Tanner-Brice Furniture Co. Kiwanis. Chamber of Commerce. Union Dry Goods Co. Wilson Jewelry Store. R. W. Griffin Seed Co. G. C. Weitman Co. Douglas Oil & Fertilizer Co. Lewis Vickers. Head Furniture Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. People’s Hardware Co. Douglas Hardware Co. International Harvester Co. Lott Builders Supply Co. Overland Autos. Chevrolet. Hudson & Essex. Dodge Brothers. Ford Autos and Tractors. Bradshaw Music Co. LANKFORD PREPARING COTTON SALES BILL W. C. Lankford, Congressman from the Eleventh District, is now prepar ing a bill for the maiketing of cotton under a federal system similar to that proposed by the McNary-Haugen bill for the marketing of wheat. The purpose of the bill is to stabi lize the price of cotton and to prevent it from going below a prescribed min imum. MEETING OF SMYRNA W. M. U. The W. M. U. of the Smyrna Asso ciation met with the ladies of Douglts Baptist church on Sept. 25th. Mis. W. F. Bronson, Superintendent of the Association, presided over the meeting with prayerful enthusiasm. The morn ing devotional was very impressively given by Mrs. W. H. Bailey. Miss Emma I-eachman, of the Home Board brought to all present a very stirring and effective message on “Sacrifice.” Here came the noon hour when lunch was served in real old fashioned picnic style. Dr. Carl W. Minor eld the afternoon devotional, which was very helpful and inspiring. Miss Julia Allen, Young People’s Leader of the Georgia W. M. U., greatly delighted all pres ent and especially the young people. The following officers were elected for the new year. Supt., Mrs. W. F. Bronson. Sec., Mi's. Hoke Davis. Treas., Mrs. E. L. Grantham. Stewardship Chm., Mrs. B. H. Tan ner. Peisonal Service Chm., Mrs. J. L. Cochran. White Cross Chm., Mrs. T. Brewer. Press Chm., Mrs. Mary Coleman. Mission Study Chm., Mrs. L. L. Denton. District Secretarys: Ist, Mrs. T. S. Roberts; 2nd, Mrs. L. D. Gillis; 3rd, Mrs. B. H. Tanner; 4th, Mrs. R. O. Martin; sth, Mrs. Fisher Kirkland. Young Peoples’ Leader, Miss Maude Griswold. DOUGLAS HI PLAYS NASHVILLE FRIDAY The Douglas Hi School team will play the Nashville team at Nashvile tomorrow (Friday). Several expect to go down to witness the game. On last Friday the Douglas Hi team played the Ocilla team in Ocilla and was defeated by a score of 47 to 0. The same team played Broxton one day this week and defeated the Brox ton team by a score of 27 to 0. frpft PER YEAR IN ADVANCE SPECIAL DAYS FOR EVERY BODY. EXHIBITS IN BRICK TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. WISE SHOWS WILL BE HERE FOR THE WEEK. On Monday afternoon at five o’clock Wise’s Royal Concert Band and his Minstrel Concert Band will give a double concert on Peterson Avenue and at seven o’clock, Wise’s big carni val shows will throw open their tents and the fun will begin. On Tuesday morning at ten o’clock the big parade will occur and the fair will be formally opened. The parade will be formed on Peter" s*»rt avenue in front of the Peteison home, it will be headed by the police force, the county commissionWs, may or and council, the Kwanis club, Cham ber of Commerce and Women’s clubs, followel by the A. & M. College stu dents, the Commercial School and the Douglas Public Schools and citizens. The parade will bp headed ty ’’he Royal Italian Band, in the middle of the parade the Minstrel Concert band will march and at the end, Wise’s caliope will bring up the procession. At the fair grounds, the parade will be broken and everybody will enter the fair through the north gates of the building, where the exhibits will be in place, and on the inside -hort addresses will be delivered by the chairman of the county, commission ers, the mayor, presidents of the Ki wanis and Chamber of Commerce and the Women’s clubs, and the fair will be declared formally open. The general admittance to the fair will be 25 cents for adults, 15 cents for children. One dollar for adult sea‘-tn tick 0 , and fiDv ents for child len. On Tuesday, which is School Day, all children and teachers will be admitted for ten cents. In the day time all admittance to the fair and show grounds will be hrough the fair building. At night the fair building will be closed and admittance to the carnival will be from Peterson avenue entrance, in the rear of the fair build ing. Indications are that this will be one of the best fairs Douglas ever had. Space in the fair building has already been engaged almost to the limit and there are yet many attractions to come. On the North end of the building, the six big district agricultural ex hibits will be located. The people in the militia districts are working like beavers to win the capital prize for the best agricultural exhibit, and it is like ly these exhibits will excel anything at the state fair. These exhibits will begin arriving Friday night, Saturday they are expected to be practically all placed in the building and by Monday noon, it is hoped every one will be ready for display. On the East side of the building in the corner, the Chamber of Commerce will have a booth, then comes the Wo man’s Work, after that the Girls, then the Boys, the Educational exhibits, then the industrial and commercial ex hibits running- all around the side to the exit door forty feet from the West wall. On the right of the aisle and in the center of the building will be ranged the automobile exhibits, running over half way round, to be continued by machinery and commercial exhibits, The poultry exhibits will commence near the exit gate and run back to ward the entrance. The cattle, hogs and other live stock will be in the stalls to the east of the building and these are expected to be brought to the fair Monday be fore noon. Mr. McCranie will have charge of this work and the stock wilL be fed and cared for through the fair and by the fair. One of the fine features of the fail will be the musicai program every af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the fair building under the auspices of the Woman’s cub. Some fine singers will be heard. Wise’s shows are said to be one of the best aggregations on the road. Their two fine bands with their Hi wian and Minstrel shows are some of the special features.