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The Douglas Enterprise
VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 30
Special Term Court Called Nov. 15 To Try Alleged Coffee Co. Lynchers
FITZGERALD BAND
TO PUT JUIE
Committees from the Lions and Ki
wanis Clubs have preferred plans for
the motorcade of Dixie Highway
boosters on November 22nd, when the
completion of the road from Way
cross to Jacksonville will be officially
celebrated by the state authorities of
Georgia and Florida at the Florida
State Exposition at Jacksonville.
The civic clubs, Chamber of Com
merce, county and city officials along
the entire route have been invited to
join the motoriade on this occasion
and two hundret automobiles are ex
pected to be in line when the proces
sion rolls into Jacksonville the even
ing of November 22nd.
The Jacksonville Board of Trade,
the Tourist and Convention Bureau,
at Jax Motor club and others will
meet the Georgia party at or near the
Florida state line to escort them into
the city.
Governor Clifford Walker is invited
to accompany the Georgians and
Governor Martin of Florida with his
staff will be with the Florida party
when they meet at the state line.
Folkston, the Gate City, is prepar
ing to entertain the two delegations
cn the banks of the St. Mary’s with
a luncheon, the party arriving about
2 P. M.
The entire Fitzgerald band will ac
company the motorcade and play a
concert at the State Fair.
The party will leave Fitzgerald at
7:30 A. M., November 22nd, and is
expected to reach Jacksonville about
5 P. M.
GEORGIA VS TECH FOOTBAL
GAME NOVEMBER 13TH.
To Atlanta and return fro-m Doug
las— $8.26 via A. B. & A.
Tickets on sale 12>th and for trains
arriving Atlanta morning of the 13th.
Return limit November 15th.
Make sleeping car reservations now.
A. D. Daniel, P. T. M.
MRS. MAJOR BROWN
MS CONDUCT
The truth of what I did and said
regarding the matter at the Coffee
County jail. Knowing that my hus
band, Major Brown, was innocent of
the charge against him and being told
that he would be carried away from
the jail early the next morning, I
went to Sheriff Tanner and asked him
to let me up into the jail to see my
husband and he promised to do so.
Asked him if he could cash a check for
twenty-five dollars for me and he said
that he could not but that 1 could
probably get it cashed at the Union
Pharmacy. I could not get it cashed
there and had to go to the City Ser
vice Station to get it cashed. When
I returned Sheriff Tanner was not
there, he told his wife that a crowd
was coming and had gone away. I
was confronted on my return by Mrs.
Tanner with a shot gun. I was dis
appointed and hurt because I could
not see my husband. I did not ask
the Sheriff to turn the keys over to
me nor did I damand that he open the
doors and release my husband. It
was a misunderstanding all around.
I could not usderstand until recently
why everybody was so confused and
l-uthlessly ruhed me to Fitzgerald jail.
I had no pistol with me at any time
except I carried one in my car for
protection as I was traveling around
by myself. In the meantime I car
ried my sister’s children home and re
turned with a bed spread and a pillow
having been promised by Mrs. Tanner
that I might spend the night with my
husband in jail. I was astonished
when I was confronted on my return
by a bunch of men with shot guns. I
was seized by the officers without no
tice and never realized what it meant.
Whatever I said was said through
heat of passion and grief over the un
just treatment of myself and my hus
band. I know nothing about the
lynching of Dave Wright. I know that
my husband was with me at home
that night.
Mrs. Abbie Brown.
W( are glad to announce that Mrs.
L. C. Barnes is able to be out again
after a serious illness.
c C7ie Enterprise Dulishhes the Legal Advertising of the City of ‘Douglas , Coffee County and County Commissioners
G. & F. APPLICATION
WAS NOT OPPOSED
Application of the Georgia & Flor
ida railway for permission to extend
its lines from Augusta, Ga., to Green
wood, S. C., was unopposed before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
Washington Wednesday, and it is
stated that the favorable decision
will be handed down in the next few
days.
At the same time application was
made for permission to reorganize the
property by the Georgia & Florida
railway being taken over by the Geor
gia & Florida railroad. This was
unopposed from a.-ny source and the
decision is expected to be favorable
and the whole plan will proceed.
The change will become effective
during next week following the for
mal sale of the property under the
order of the court which has been
maintaining a receivership for seveial
years.
It is expected the work of con
structing the Greenwood extension
will be under way during the month
of November and rushed to comple
tion within a year. While reorgani
zation plans were being carried for
ward all arragnements were likewise
made for this extension program and
the surveys have all been made and
the final route selected between the
two points. AtGreenwood the new
extension will connect the G. & F.
with the Piedmont Northern and open
a new and short freight and passen
ger route to the northwest gateways.
BENNETT WINNER IN
SENATORIAL RACE
Walter Bennett defeated Dr. ,1. H.
Carter for the senatorship from the
46th Georgia district composed of
Coffee, Bacon and Atkinson county in
Tuesday’s general election. Bennett,
whose home is in Baron county, re
ceived 60 more votes in the primary
election but Carter protested that he
(Bennett) failed to file his expense
account in the three counties in time
and also failed to file request that
his name appear cn ticket at the gen
eral election fifteen days prior to
November 2. Bennett defeated Car
ter in Bacon and Pierce counties by
substantial majorities. The only ap
peal which Dr. Carter can now make
is to a- legislative committee.
A very small vote was cast in Cof
fee, less than 400 votes. Representa
tive-elect Thrash and Congerssman
Lankford received all votes cast.
MISS PATTERSON ENTERTAINS
AT BRIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT
Miss Mary Campbell Patterson was
a chaiming hostess on last Friday
evening when she entertained the
membeis of her bridge club at her
home on Gaskin Avenue.
An arrangement of chrysanthe
mums were effectively used, the dec
orations being further carried in Hal
lowe’en suggestions.
Mrs. T. H. Clark received a bridge
sat for ladies high, and Mr. Russell
Murray, of St. Petersburg, received
a carton of cigarettes for gentlemen’s
high score.
Those enjoying this delightful af
fair were, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J.
Stubbs, Mrs. Stubbs, Mrs. Francis
Stubbs-. Mr. rvi Mrs. it Evans. Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Griffin, Dr. and Mrs.
T. H. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Stubbs, Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss
Thelma Lowther. of Waycross. Mr.
Hately Quincey, Mr. Tom Deen and
Mr. Russell Murray.
A. J. CRIBB SUCCEEDED BY
RELIHAN AT GEORGIA Oil. CO.
Mr. A. J. Cribb has resigned a?
manager of the Georgia Oil Co., of
this city, and has been succeeded by
Mr. J. C. Relihan. Mr.«Cribb will move
to Waycross where he will be man
ager of the Pan-Am Oil Co., for Ware
county. The change has already be
come effective.
Mr, Robert Fussell, one of the pion
eers of Coffee county, died at his home
above Broxton, last Monday and was
buried on Wednesday. He was about
80 years of age, and was a member of
the large influential Fussell family in
this county.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. NOV.. 3, 1926.
CUT SCHOOLS TO
OBSERVE WEEK OF 8
The Douglas City Schools will ob
serve National Education Week, next
week. There will be a short program
each morning on some phase of edu
cation. The patrons are in
vited to attend these exercises and
to visit the class rooms, to see the
pupils at work. Open house to visit
ors all week.
One of the chief aims of the ob
servance of Education week is to focus
attention on your own school, and find
out its needs, as well as observe its
strong points. The best way tc get
interested in your school is to find
out more about it. The way to find
out about it, is to go to the class
rooms and observe the work. Next
week is the accepted time for doing
this. The Faculty and students ex
tend to you a cordial invitation tc
come, and will give you a hearty wel
come when you arrive. There will be
no special features, outside of the
morning program in chapel—-just the
regular schedule of work. This is
your school, and you owe it to the
school, as a citizen of the town, to
visit and see the work. In no ether
way can you determine whether you
are getting value received for the
taxes you are paying.
A register will be kept in each
room, and all visitors will be asked
to register in each room visited. The
room entertaining the mest visitors,
in proportion to enrollment, will be
given a half holiday, at some future
date.
Program of Morning Exercises.
Tuesday, 9:00 A. M. —Devotional.
Talk cn “Education in the Home”—
Mrs. M. D. Dickerson.
Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. —Devotional.
Talk on “Education in the School”
—Superintendent Melvin Tanner.
Thursday 9:00 A. M. —Devotional.
Patriotic Songs.
Armistice Day Address—Hatley J.
Quincev.
' Friday, 9:00 A. M.—Devotional.
Talk on “Education in the Church”
—Rev. R. J. Stilwell.
The Faculty and students will be
disappointed, if you do not visit
them some time during the week.
Unless parents are induced to come
Miss Reidison has returned to her
home in Atlanta, after spending the
week with Mi’s. J. D. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Grady, Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Stone, of Fitzgerald, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adams
last Thursday.
Messrs. Lewis Vickers, P. L. Moore,
John W. Greer, A. S. Bussey and
others, went to Atlanta Thursday
night to appear before the state high
way commission in session there to
day.
Editor 1. Gelders, of Fitzgerald,
spent today in the city. He was a
visitor at the Kiwanis club and made
an address.
Mrs. Ralph Griffin had as her geusf
for the weekend, Miss Grace Parker,
of Cordele.
Mr. W. J. Williams has prterhased
the McDonald home on Gaskin Avenue
which has been occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
will move to the Doucoff Hotel, and
Mr. and Mrs. Williams will move into
their new' home the first of the year.
Mrs. O. F. Been, Mr. Tom Been and
Oliver Been, Jr., spent Sunday with
Miss Carolyn Been at Wesleyan Col
lege.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Malcolm have
returned to Douglas to make their
heme and have an apartment at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Exuni. Mr. Mal
colm has accepted his old position at
the Union Pharmacy.
Mrs. O. G. Guerrant expects to
leave in a few days for her winter
home in Umatilla, Fla., after spending
sometime in the city as the geust of
her daughter, Mrs. C. L. Patterson.
Mrs. Ray Kite, of Kite, Ga., is
spending several day in the city as
the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Haddock.
Mrs. E. G. Champion is spending
this week with relatives in Moultrie.
Mr. Frank Haver returned Monday
from a four week’s tip to Baltimore
and Washington, where he went in
the interest of the Dixie Eire Kindler
Co.
suit (Ebf <Eoffh> (ESU'itp HUBS
Overflow Of Locals
CITY COURT GOESI
OVER 10JTH MONDAY
The City Court of Douglas which
was scheduled to convene on the third
Monday in this month, has been post
poned by Judge Roberts to the fifth
Miotnday in November, on account of
the special term of Superior court be
ing held on the third Monday.
Judge Roberts announces that it
will not be necessary for the jurors to
come on the third Monday, but may
come on the fifth Monday instead.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
T. B. Stanford, Pastor.
Sunday School 10:15 A. M. Spirit
ed singing, goed teachers and a place
for all.
At 11:30 “Church Sunday”, fellow
ship. conference and Communion.
6:30 Epworth League, Miss Clyde
Wheeles will have charge of the pro
gram. Roll Call service and business
meeting.
7:30, Why, 1 am a Methodist and
Church member, will be the subject.
Prayer meeting and Bible study
Wednesday 8 P. M.
SOUTHERN MATRONS HON
ORED THIS WEEK
Mrs. J. W. Quincey and Mrs. M. D.
Dickerson of Douglas, Georgia, were
the honor guests at seveal social af
fairs given this week. ‘Mis. Quincey
and Mrs. Dickerson are the sisteis
of Mrs. Herbert C. Anderson of 919
Third avenue north and have been her
guc ts for the las? two weeks. They
Will'leave Monday for their southern
homes. Included in the social events
given in their honor was a luncheon
given by Mrs. Fred C. Ar.UcUa at
her home Tuesday at 1, a biidge par
ty given by Mrs. Guy H u cutis at hei
he-fe Friday evening and an afternoon
cf bridge Thusday given by Mrs. An.
Jerson.—Great Falls (Montana) Tri
bune.
and observe the WORK OF THE
PUPILS, the chief benefit that should
be derived from the observance of
the week will be lest.
Miss Mittie Wooten, of Mcßae, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. L. C. Alderman.
Mr. T. H. Strickland, of Manches
ter, spent the weekend with Mrs.
Strickland, who is visiting her parent?
here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Harris, of
Eastman, Miss Celia Cayeln, Mr. and
Mrs, Jack Galin, of Mcßae, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Harris, of Ocilla, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Harris
Sunday.
Miss Sara Silver, of New York, ar
rived in the city Sunday and will be
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Harris
for ten days, when she will leave for
a visit to California. Miss Silver is
a cousin of Mr. Harris.
Mrs. J. H. McLean, Mrs. M. H. Pur
vis, Mrs. J. C. Brewer and Mrs. John
R. Slater motored to Fitzgerald
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. M. 11. Purvis is leaving today
for her home in Augusta, after spend
ing the week here as the guest of
Mrs. J. H. McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Slater expect
to spend the weekend in Atlanta.
Messrs. T. S. Price, Claude Stubbs
and Francis Stubbs are spending sev
eral days deer hunting on Cumberland
Island.
Mr. Emmett Roberts leves tonight
for Atlanta where he will spend sev
eial days.
Miss Lucile Beasley and Miss Helen
Folger were guests of Miss Myrtle
Agee, of Fitzgerald, for the weekend.
Mrs. R. S. Agee and Miss Myrtle
Agee, of Fitzgerald, spent several
houas in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Homer Johnson and Miss Vera
Belle Barclay spent last Wednesday
in Augusta.
Miss Myrtice Lott spent the week
end with her parents at Nicholls.
Mrs. Ralph Barclay has returned
from a week's visit to relatives in
Ashburn.
Dr. A. S. M. Coleman spent Sunday
in Cordele.
ATKINSON GO. WILL
ORGANIZE G. OF C.
Messrs. Rufus Moore, Fred Rieket
son, County Agent Bussey and Secre
tary Greer went to Pearson Wednes
day afternoon to attend a meeting of
Atkinson County citizens, call- 1 i t)-
gtther for the purpose of organ'zi ig
a county chamber of commerce.
About fifty citizens from all over
the county attended the meeting and
the interest manifested in the pur
pose was most gratifying to the pro
moters.
Mr. Moore was elected chairman
and Fred Ricketson secretary. The
chairman sta-ted the object of the
meeting, Greer, and Bussey enlarged
on his remarks and showed in detail
what the county chamber could do
for the county. The chairman then
called on the Atkinson citizens to ex
press themselves end they were very
pronounced in their favor toward the
enterprise.
There was a general idea of co
operating with Coffee County in a
coordinating chamber—that is, after
organization, to bring them together
under one geneial secretary. This
was favorably considered, but the
chairman advised them to wait until
they were organized before anything
like that was done.
After thorough consideration of the
whole matter, a committee were sent
out to nominate a temporary Board
of Directors. These names were
brought in with Dan Wall as presi
dent and Editor Allen as secretary.
The directors will be called togeth
<r within the next few cV-ys to work
out the details of the organization
which will be put before a general
meeting of the county later, ratified
and set to work.
MEETING CF EPISCOPAL GUILD.
A bugiine.-s an 1 serial mr.tirg cf th
Womans Auxiliary cf St. Andrews
church was held at the home of Mrs.
J. S. Douglas on Monday afternoon of
this week. Only three members were
absent, those present were full of in
terest and good cheer. The chairman
of the Box Committee reported a call
from a Mission School in Va. asking
for beys sweaters and other clothing
for boys. A box will be sent to them
valued at not less than $25.
A Christmas Cantata is being plan
ned for date to be set in Dec. Mrs.
T. A. Dixon will manage this enter
tainment which will probably be held
in the High School auditorium, the
proceeds of which will go to the organ
fund which is being gradually in
creased.
The proceeds from the turkey din
ner of Saturday night was very grati
fying and the church woman fee!
deeply grateful to the public for their
generous patronage and wish to ex
tend special thanks to the managers
of the Electrik Maid Bakery for their
kindness in allowing us the use of
their place for holding the dinner.
A date was set Dec. 9 and 10 for
holding a church Bazarr, at which will
be on sale a number of hand made
novelties specially suited for appro
priate Xmas gifts for family or
friends.
An unusually attractive and delic
ious refreshment consisting of salad,
crackers, a sweet andwich, coffee and
cream was served by the hostess at
the close of the meeting.
The meeting in December will be
held at the home of Mrs. R. B. Evans.
SALES OF G. &. F. IS
POSTPONED TO NOV. 18.
Aogusta, Ga., Nov. I.—The sale of
the Georgia and Fkrida railway prop
erty, followed the organization of the
Georgia & Florida railroad company,
which was scheduled for this morning
at 10 o’clock, has been postponed until
Nov. 18, to permit the consummation
of certain preliminaries that must be
completed before the sale can go for
ward, according to Ja-mes M. Hull,
of the read’s counsel.
Mr. Hull acided that the sale will
not affect the official personnel of the
road as at present beyond the fact
that H. W. Purvis, now general man
ager, would become president, and
John Skelton Williams, now receiver,
would be made chairman of the bo«-rd
of the new company.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
INDICTED MEN TO
BE TRIED NOV. 15
Judge Harry D. Reed, Judge of the
Superior Court of the Waycross Cir
cuit, will call an adjourned term of
the Superior Court of Coffee County
to convene at Douglas on the fifteenth
of November for the purpose of try
ing the nine white men now in jail
at Waycross, Valdosta and Fitzger
ald, who have been indicted by the
Coffee County grand jury for murder
in connection with the lynching of
Dave Wright in Coffee County on
August 30. The third Monday in
November is the time fixed by law for
holding the quarterly term of the
city court of Douglas but Judge Reed
considers the trial of these charged
with lynching of such importance to
the county and State that he re
quested Judge J. A. Roberts of the
city court to postpone his November
term of cent until a later date. It
is probable, owing to the fact that
some of the defendants have large
family connections in the county, that
only a part of the defendants can be
tried in Coffee County betore the
jury box will become exhi usted, and
it may then become necessary to
change the venue to some ether coun
ty. It is the purpose of Judge Reed
to do this if it becomes necessary to
give all of the denfondants a trial.
Mrs. Abbie Brown, wife of Major
Brown has also been ind cted on three
charges, an attempt t< release her
husband from jail carrying a conceal
ed weapon ;nd carrying a weapon
without a license. She will probably
be brought from Fitzgerald jail and
placed on tris.4 at this November u<k
journed term of court.
A young man by the name of Smith
has recently been arrested as being
implicated in the lynching and is new
in Ware county jail for safe keeping
and the grand jury will be called to
gether on the 15th to investigate his
case. None of the seven other de
fendants who were indicted as being
members of the lynching party have
been arrested.
SCOUT NEWS.
The contest put on by Mr. Adams
for a trip to Brunswick is progressing
nicely. Most of the boys are work
ing hard for points. Most of the scouts
have advanced in rank, practically ail
have left the tenderfoot class and en
tered the second class. A few have
reached first class. All scouts notice
the change in the meeting hour from
7:30 to 7:00 o’clock.
Chas. Heath, Scribe-
JUDGE O P. SPIVEY
DIES AT BROXTON
Judge D. P. Spivey of Broxton, died
at his home on Thursday at noon, af
ter a short illness. He was the son
of the late Matt Spivey, and one of
the most prominent citizens cf that
section of the county.
NEW OFFICERS FOR Y. W. A.
At the regular meeting of the Y.
W. A.’s held at the home of Mrs. B.
H. Tanner, the new leader, the follow
ing officers were elected for the new
year:
Pres., Miss Kate Outen; Vice Pres.,
Mrs. Johnie Jardine; Sec., Miss Miza
Roan; Treas., Mrs. Laura Joiner; Per
sonal Service Cam., Miss Mary Tan
ner; Mission Study Chm., Mrs. B. H.
Tanner; Chm. Group 1, Miss Jeanette
Bridges; Chm. Group 2, Miss Nancy
Bennett; Reporter, Mrs. Vida Tomlin
son.
The next meeting will be held on
Mondlay evening Nov. Bth. Miss Ora
Thompson, Miss Miza Roan and Miss
Nancy Bennett will be hostesses.
GULF SERVICE STATION
OPENS NEXT SATURDAY
Mr. C. E. Hinson, of Alanvo, and Mr.
W. T. Daniels, of Vadilia. make an
announcement this week that they
will open up the new Gulf Service
Station on next Saturday, Nov. 6. The
station was built by Mr. W. H. Bone,
of this city, and is one of the hand
somest stations in the ciy. They have
an ad in this issue explaining their
service on opening date.