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The Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 29
DIRECTORS DECIDE
FOR FAIR 1H1927
TO BE KNOWN AT TOBACCO BELT
AGRICULTURE AN I) LIVE
STOCK FAIR. FEATURING
BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO.
As a result of the termendous suc
cess of the County Fair last week the
Board of Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday decided to put on
next year what is to be known as the
Tobacco Belt Agircultural and Live
Stock Fair, especially featuring ex
hibits of Bright Leaf tobacco from all
the territories, poultry, dairy cattle
and hogs.
Coffee County is in the center of the
Georgia Bright Leaf tobacco territory,
it is the county which started the suc
cessful production of that product in
Georgia. Douglas is the largest to
bacco maiket in the State and the
Douglas Civic Clubs with the Cham
ber of Commerce are ready to back the
enterprise with money and effort and
it is proposed to offer such attractive
premiums for tobacco, poultry, pigs
and dairy cattle as will attract the
biggest and most creditable fair ever
held in South Georgia.
The fair which closed Saturday
night was a success in every particu
lar. The agricultural, industrial and
■commercial exhibits, woman’s work,
boys and girls club work and school
exhibits were all far above anything
the county has ever shown before,
and withal, it was a financial success.
The fair next year will offer attrac
tive premiums to nearly thirty coun
ties for tobacco and live stock and no
expense or effort will be spared to
make it the biggest tobacco and live
stock show ever pulled off in the
Smith.
DR. HARDMAN SPENT $23,148.99
IN RUN-OFF PRIMARY.
Atlanta, Oct. 2(1 —Expenditure of
$23,148.99 by Dr. L. G. Hardman,
Democratic nominee for governor in
the un-off primary was reported to
day in his expesse account, filed with
the comptroller general’s office. The
biggest item in the campaign expenses
was $11,325 for advertising. Contri
butions amounted to $1,325.
The expense of John N. Holder in
the second race was $5,348.48 which
was SIB,OOO. under that of Hardman.
J. J. PICK REN STRICKEN.
Prominent Man Suffers Stroke at
Home of Nephew.
J. J. Pickren, 77. of Douglas, suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis early Wed
nesday morning at the home of his
nephew, W. A. Wilcox.
Mr. Pickren is a native of Coffee
County and is closely related to the
Wilcox family which has been identi
fied with the business interests of
Coffee County since the county was
established.
Mr. Pickren was formerly engaged
in the naval stores business but for
the past few years has been operating
a rental agency.
TURKEY DINNER GIVEN AT
BAKERY NEXT SAT. NIGHT
Menu
Turkey Dressing
Celery Cranberry Jelly
French Peas Rice with Gravy
Sweet Potatoes a la Doucoff
Vegetable Salad
Hot Rolls
Mince Pie Apple Pie
Coffee and Cream
One Dollar per Plate.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will serve a lovely and bountiful Tur
key Dinner on Saturday night, Oct.
30th, from 6 to 9 o’clock, at the new
Bakery.
The bakery will be decorated in real
Hallowe’en colors, black and yellow,
witches, ghosts, black cats and spooks
will all be there.
A bevy of charming matrons and
young girls will assist in serving the
dinner and entertaining the guests.
Come down and eat with us. We
are expecting you.
TO PAY PENSION MONEY.
Within the next three weeks the
state will be in position to pay the re
maining $500,000 on pensions for Con
federate veterans for the present
year, it was announced today by State
Auditor Samuel L. Slate. Mr. Slate
pointed out that this payment, which
will provide SSO for each of the vet
erans, is not due until December, but
is being moved ahead to allow the
veterans funds for Thanksgiving.
‘CTie Enterprise Vulishhes the Legal Jldver thing of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners
LIST OF PRIZES II
GIRLS CLUB IRK
COMPLETE LIST ON SECOND
PAGE. MUCH INTEREST WAS
MANIFESTED IN EXHIBITS.
PLANS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
The list of prizes for the girls club
work was not completed before this
paper went to press last week, hut is
published hereunder with a list of
these who wrote the best stories in
the schools of the county:
Girl’s Club Work.
Class A—Gardening.
Best exhibit of fall vegetables fresh
from garden—slo.oo Clarice Vickers.
Class B—Canning.
Special tomato exhibit, with club
record:
1— $5.00 Carrie Harden.
2 $3.00 Estelle Minchew.
3 SI.OO Clyde Daniels.
Spanish pepper or pimento exhibit
with club record:
I—slo.oo
2 $6.00 Velma Harper.
3 $4.00 Josie Vickers.
Special peach exhibit with club
record:
1— $5.00 Clarice Vickers.
2 $3.00 Mary Annis Vickers.
3 SI.OO
Special pear exhibit with club rec
ord:
1 — $5.00 Loyce Meeks.
2 $3.00 Clide Baker.
3 SI.OO Thelma Teston.
Special grape exhibit:
1— $5.00 Minnie Lee Vickers.
2 $3.00 Correne Baker.
3 SI.OO Ruby Smith.
Class D—Sewing.
Best exhibit of first year sewing
with club record:
1— $5.00 Mary Wall.
2 $3.00 Rosa Brigmond.
3 $2.00 Minnie Lee Vickers.
Best exhibit second year sewing
with club record:
1 — $5.00 Bonnie Blalock.
2 $3.00 Carrie Harden.
3 $2.00 Gussie Vickers.
Best exhibit third year sewing with
club record:
1— $5.00 Ruby Smith.
2 $3.00 Kate Harkleroad.
3 $2.00 Virginia Lewis.
Class E—Special Scholarship
to Camp Wilkins.
Best individual club exhibit:
$12.00 Velma Harper.
SIO.OO Effie Brigmond.
Best individual club exhibit second
year:
$12.00 Bonnie Blalock.
SIO.OO Mary Vickers.
Best individual club exhibit third
year work:
$12.00 Ruby Smith.
SIO.OO Kate Harkleroad.
Best individual club exhibit fourth
year work:
$12.00 Mary Annis Vickers.
SIO.OO Georgia Davis.
Special mention for completion of
creditable work in first year sewing:
Loyce Meeks 50c; Mary Hennie
Mosely 50c; Josie Vickers 50c; Dollie
Russ 50c; Virchel Russ 50c; Lula Mae
Dockery 50c; Nola Newbers 50c; Win
nie Lewis 50c; Hazel Green 50c; Vera
Purvis 50c; Willie Mae Willard 50c;
Opal Vickers 50c; Lonnie Lee Hutch
inson 50c; Mary Evelyn Vickers 50c;
Ruby Vickers 50c; Louise Batten 50c;
Thelma Meeks 50c.
The following girls from eleven
clubs in Coffee County will receive
prizes for writing the best story of the
work done in the-4-H Clubs in 1926:
Rocky Pond—Louise Batten.
West Green—Kate Harkleroad.
New Forest—Loyce Meeks.
Broxton—Ruby Smith.
Salem—E’izaheth Minix.
V' -kers —Minnie Lee Roberts.
Vickers Chapel—Dorothy Vickers,
Ambrose—Josie Vickers.
Bethany—Minnie Lee Vickers.
Nicholls—Bonnie Blalock.
Saginaw—Dollie Russ.
SINGING CONVENTION
AT DOUGLAS NOV. 28
A call is hereby issued to all sing
ers, song leders and lovers of good
music to come to Douglas the 4th Sun
day in November for the purpose of
holding a singing convention. We
hope to make this an annual affair.
We will have with us the Vaughan’s
“Happy Trio”. Mr. A. B. Sebren and
Mr. G. C. Wilson, who will help make
•the convention a success.
■Come to Douglas on that day and
enjoy hearing gool singing.
Dr. S. L. Vinson.
Furnished rooms for rent—Ward
I Apartments. Phone 56.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, OCT. 29. 1926.
Royal Party Visits United States
America is busy entertaining “company”, Queen Marie of Rou
jnania accompanied by her youngest son and daughter, Prince Nicholas
and Princess Ueana are visiting America and are being “royally”
received at every point of their tour. Left to right—Queen Marie
Prince Nicholas and T 'rincess Ueana
General Presentments Of
Coffee County Grand Jury
After duly organizing, the follow
ing were elected to serve in the var
ious capacities
F. F. Preston was elected foreman,
and R. C. Relihan was elected clerk,
and B. J. Minchew was elected bailiff.
We, the Grand Jury selected and
sworn to serve at this the Oct. Term.
1926, of Cotfee Superior Court, here
with present our General Present
ments.
Through committees appointed we
have examined the various institutions
and also the various books of the dif
ferent departments of our county and
report as follows:
Books.
We have inspected the books, of the
Ordinary and find them neatly and
correctly kept.
We find the records of the Clerk of
Superior Court in splendid condition
with exception of the Filing Docket
and Index which by constant use of
the general public has become worn
and defaced to the extent that we rec
ommend additional binders and covers.
We find from the recent audit of H.
H. Burnett & Co., the condition of our
county is in better financial standing
than it was a year ago.
We find the records and bocks of
the County Commissioners are neatly
and correctly kept.
We feel that the Board of Commis
sioners and their Clerk should be
commended fer their successful ad
ministration during the past two
years.
The following dockets of the Jus
tices of the Peace and Ex. Off. Justices
of the Peace were found in good con
dition as follows:
West Green Dist. No. 437, J. P. Civil
Docket.
Broxton Dist. No. 1127, Civil Dock
et J. P.
Nicholls Dist. No. 1170, Civil Dock
et J. P.
Douglas Dist. No. 748, Civil and
Criminal Docket J. P.
Broxton Dist. No. 1127 N. P. and
Ex. Off. Civil Docket.
No Dockets being presented from
the Ambrose and the Bridgetown
Districts for our examination, we have
no report on these.
E. S. Sapp,
J. M. Tanner,
H. C. Roberts, Book Com.
Roads.
We the committee appointed to in
spect the roads and bridges of Coffee
County beg to make the following re
port:
We recommend that the commis
sioners put the old Douglas and Bax
ley roal in passable condition; we find
all the other roads in as good condit
ion as we could reasonably expect, but
recommend some repairs on the
bridges of the county generally, and
recommend also that special consid
eration be given to curves with ref
erence to the elimination of such ob
structions as would interfere with
seeing approaching ears and other
vehicles. *
In some places we find the roads en
tirely too narrow and recommend that
this be corrected as soon as possible.
We find in some places that ties,
lumber, wood and other things are be
:ng unloaded entirely too near the
load and recommend that this be dis
continued.
T. J. Smith,
G. W. Gillis,
I. L. Seymore, Committee.
C'haingang.
W’e the committee appointed to ins-
anil Eiif ffioffcf oiiurci) Urns
peet the Chaingang and Farm of Cof.
fee County, find that the Convicts are
well fed and cared for as to clothing
and other things, and that the camps
are being kept in good sanitary con
dition.
We wish to commend our Warden,
Mr. J. D. Pridgen, for the splendid
condition in which we found these
camps.
We also wish to commend our Board
of County Commissioners for the
manner in which they are handling
the financial affairs of the county.
We find the live stock to be in first
class condition; also the trucks and
other vehicles, tools, etc, are being
kept in good condition, being kept
from the weather and otherwise being
kept intact.
H. L. Hodges,
J. S. Dickerson,
C. E. Stevens, Committee.
Public Buildings.
We the committee on Public Build
ings have examined the Convict
Camps, the County Jail and the Court
House and make the following obser
vations.
We find the Convict Camps in fine
shape in so far as the buildings have
teen completed.
Wla find the Jail in poor condition.
There are some repairs which should
be made as the bars across the win
d ws are in a dangerous condition and
other repairs which should be made.
We find a great pile of discarded
cots, lumber and other material piled
upon the cells in the jail, and recom
mend that all this be removed.
We recommend that sufficient
screens be paced across the windows
so as to prevent the passing of pack
ages and other things through to
prisoner’s.
The prisoners appear to be well fed
and cared for, the food we saw served
to the prisoners was wholesome, well
cooked and well served.
The premises both inside and out
are being well kept as the surround
ings will permit.
We find the courthouse as follows:
One of the hinges to the vault of the
Ordinary’s office is broken off and we
recommend that it be put in proper
condition.
We find the Cot Family Index Files
in the Clerk’s office in a depleted con
dition and recommend that they be
replaced with new ones and the proper
transfers be made to adequately pro
vide for them.
We find the vault in the Clerk’s
office wholly inadequate for the de
mands made upon it, and recommend
that some means be worked out
whereby this congestion may be reme
died and overcome.
We recommend .that all the Drums
and other supurfluous material be re
moved from the court house and stor
ed elsewhere.
We find the Toilet in as good con
dition as could be expected, consider
ing the crowded condition of the room
which it occupies.
We find the court room in fairly
good shape and wish to commend the
Commissioners for the changes re
cently made therein.
As a whole the courthouse seems to
be in fairly good repair and fairly well
kept.
J. H. Peterson,
L. C. Barnes,
Joe Vickers, Committee.
It was moved and carried that this
Grand Jury recommend and insist
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ALLEGEO LYNCHERS
IT BE TRIED NOV.
JUDGE REED MAY CALL TERM
FOR THIRD MONDAY IN NOV.
PRISONERS NOW IN ALBANY,
VALDOSTA AND WAYX JAILS.
It has been suggested by Judge
Reed that a special term of court be
called for the third Monday in Nov
ember to try the alleged lynchers, but
this will conflict with the regular term
of the City Court of Douglas. How
ever, he may call it for that time or
the week after or before, when these
cases will be called for trial. A defi
nite announcement i: ldoked for any
time.
In the event a special term is called,
it is very likely that the recent grand
juiy will be called back for that week,
it is learned.
The recent grand jury returned six
teen indictments against that many
men, charging them with murder, as
being implicated in the recent lynch
ing of Dave Wright. CIT this number
nine have been apprehended, including
Major Brown, George Loitt and Jack
Tanner, and they are all in jail. On
the last day of court last Saturday
they were all in the Coffee County jail,
and after court adjourned Sheriff
Tanner distributed the prisoners by
placing them in the Albany, Valdosta,
and Waycross jails, for safe keeping
until their trial was ordered.
Those under arrest and in jail are,
Major Brown, George Lott, Jack Tan
ner, Willie Arnold, Aimer Hester,
John Strickland, Robert Bullard and
Gaines Lastinger. The latter came to
Douglas last Friday morning and gave
himself up to the sheriff. It is un
derstood that Robert Bullard has made
a full confession ,giving all of the de
tails, and implicating the others in
the confession. Six of the men indict
ed still iat large. The officers are still
active in an effort to locate and arrest
the others who have not been appre
hended.
Mrs. Brown Arrested.
Quite a bit of excitement prevailed
on last Thursday night when it was
learned that Mrs. Major Brown, wife
of one of the defendants now in jail
on a charge of assisting in the recent
lynching of Dave Wright, had gon
to the jail and demanded the keys of
the sheriff or that he unlock the jail.
She had previously tried tc get a check
cashed for $l5O and asked that the
sheril get it cashed for her. He de
clined to surrender the keys, and told
her to go to a nearby place to get it
cashed. Sheriff Tanner, in the mean
time, phoned Chief Ben Barrineau to
come down, and he and Officer Strick
land finally made the arrest. A spec
ial guard was thrown around the jail
for the remainder of the night. Mrs.
Brown was taken to the Fitzgerlad jail
where she remains.
Tilden Smith Arrested.
Deputy Sheriff H. J. Goodwin of
Coffee County accompanied by Sheriff
I. E. Outlaw of Atkinson County, have
arrested Tilden Smith, 23, ; n connec
tion with the lynching of Dave Wright
in Coffee County on August 13. Young
Smith was carried to Ware County
Jail for safe keeping.
Smith is not one of men named in
the indictments returned by the Cof
fee County Grand Jury last week but
it is said that one of those who were
indicted had confessed and had impli
cated Tilden Smith as being a mem
ber of the lynching mob. He denied
it to the officers when arrested. He
will be held until the Grand Jury can
investigate his case.
PROGRAM COUNTY
TEACHERS’ MEETING
The second meeting of the county
teachers of the white schools will be
held in the assembly hall of the City-
Building at 10 a. m., Saturday, Nov.
6th. All teachers are required to at
tend this meeting. The program com
mittee has pr-epared the following list
of topics for discussion:
The thing most needed in my school
—C. W. Kicklighter.
Keeping the school room—Mrs. W.
R. Vickers.
Assignment of the lesson, how much
—Mrs. L. L. Denton.
Arbor Day—lra Moore. .
Field Day for the County- Schools—
C. E. Davis.
What Can the Parent-Teachers’ As
sociation Do for the School and Com
munity—Glen Parrott and M. H. Will
iams.
The County, A unit of the Georgia
Education Association Round Table
Discussion. Melvin Tanner,
County School Superintendent.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
11 ill RUN FOR
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WALTER BENNETT ANI) 1)R. J. W.
CARTER WILL BE VOTED ON IN
STATE ELECTION NEXT TUES
DAY. BACON CANDIDATES.
I here promises to be a scrap for
senatorial honors for this district this
year, at least there will be two names
on the ticket to be voted on next Tues
day in the general election.
The senatorial district is composed
of Coffee, Pierce and Ba con counties,
and it is Bacon’s time to name the.
senator. The regular nominee, Mr.
Walter Bennett, is being opposed by
Dr. Carter over in Bacon, and in the
general election, the voters of the
three counties composing the district,
■will decide this matter.
At the meeting of county executive
committee in Bacon, the day after the
primary, Mr. Bennett was declared
the nominee by the committee. Dr.
Carter was Mr. Bennett’s opponent in
the primary. For some reason Mr.
Bennett failed to file his campaign ex
penses within the required time, and
Dr. Carter filed an injunction against
Mr. Bennett and the three Ordinaries
of the counties interested, asking that
Mr. Bennett’s name be left off the
ticket. The matter was heard before
Judge Reed at Waycross last Satur
day, and Judge Reed rendered his de
cision gainst the petitioners, which
placed Mi. Bennett’s name on the
ticket as the regular nominee. Dr.
Carter then offers anyway, which he
has a right to do, running as an in
dependent, which places the two
names on the ticket to be decided by
■the voters of the three counties.
W. B. LEWIS LOSES
SIGHT OF BOTH EYES
The many friends of Mr. W. B.
Lewis, who has occupied the position
as linesmas and electrician for the
Water and Light department for the
past eight years, will regret to lea n
that he is in a serious condition on ac
count of an infection which began in
his eyes about two months ago. He
had seveial stys on his eyelids and in
some way the eyes became infected,
! gradually growing worse all the time.
He was treated heie and later went
to Waycrtss to see Dr. Minchew. Dr.
Minchtw later sent him to Dr. Cal
houn in Atlanta and for the past two
weeks has been confined in an Atlan
ta hospital with two nurses, the sight
of both eyes gradually leaving him.
He was sent home last Monday, the
doctors practically giving up the case,
and today he is blind in both eyes,
with little chance of recovery.
RALLY DAY AT BAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY
There will be a rally day at the Bap
tist Sunday School next Sunday morn
ing. The same was to be had last
Sunday but was postponed on account
of inclement weather. A special mu
sical program has been prepared, and
there will also be special violin music
under the direction of Miss Nora Huss.
Everybody is invited to be present at
services at Sunday School next Sun
day morning.
ARTHUR WARD ALBERTSON
DIES IN NEW YORK CITY
Arthur Wadley Albertson, 34 years
old, actor on New Y'ork and Chicago
stages, died suddenly Wednesday in
New York, after having just returned
from Chicago, where he played in
“Black Velvet.” which had just closed
there after a long rus, according to a
message received in Atlanta Thursday
by his brother, Wadr Albertson, as
sistant federal reserve agent of the
Federal Reserve Bank here.
Mr. Albertson was to leave Thuis
dy afternoonfor New York. Mrs. J.
C. Brewer, of Douglas. Ga.. and Mrs.
Frank Robinson, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
sisters of Mr. Albertson, also will go
to New York for the funeral services,
which will be held Saturday morning.
Interment will be in Arlington Ceme
tery Sunday.
In addition to the sisters and brother
named, Mr. Albertson is survived by
another brother, George Albertson, of
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Widely known in Atlanta, having
graduated from G. M. A., Mr. Albert
son had been on the stage since his
discharge from the Navy, where he
■was one of the first to volunteer dur
ing the war with Germany, being on
the battleship Texas.
No details concerning his death
have been received.—Atlanta Geor
gian.