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VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 31
BOARD OF HEALTH
FOR COFFEE COUNT)
Coffee county is now entitled to a
county board of health, in fact has
one, since the recent action of the
grand jury recommending that Coffee
county inaugurate and put into effect
a boa<rd of health as outlined by the
Ellis Health Law, a law recently en
acted by the state legislature.
The law provides that any county
may put this into effect after the rec
commendation of two successive grand
juries to that effect. The last one
was the second to make this recom
mendation, and it was done with a one
hundred percent vote, we are inform
ed.
The board must consist of the coun
ty school superintendent, the chair
man of the county commissioners, and
one physician. The recent grand jury
recommended Dr. T. H. Clark. On
last Monday afternoon the first meet
ing of the new board was held and a
permanent organization effected. Dr.
Clark was made permanent chairman.
Melvin Tanner, secretary. The other
member, Mr. Lewis Vickers was also
present.
This board will employ a health of
ficer who shall give his entire time to
the work. He shall inspect all school
children of the county, look after the
general sanitation of the county, also
epidemics, in fact all work pertaining
to the health of Coffee county. The
board figures that the health commis
sioner will cost $3600 per year. The
board has asked for an appropriation
by the county of $5,000 annually for
the work. The balance after paying
the health officers will be used in
maintaining a central office, and many
other incidentals that may come up.
It is not known just who will be
named. It will likely be an outside
man, one experienced in the work.
The law requires that. The board
hopes to have the law in operation in
this county by January 1, next. The
most important thing now is to get
the right man for the place.
NOTICE GRAND JURORS.
To all Grand Jurors serving at the
October Term, 1926, Coffee Superior
Court, you and each of you are hereby
commanded to be and appear at the
court house in Douglas on Tuesday,
Nov. 16th, at 10 o’clock a. m.. 1926.
Herein fail not by order of the Judge,
Hon. Harry D. Reed. This Nov. 10,
1926. Cleon Fales, Clerk.
PROGRAM GIVEN FOR
TEACHERS LAST SRI.
The teachers of the county schools
held their second meeting’ for the
1926-1927 term at the Superintend
ent’s office in the City Building last
Saturday morning, more than seventy
five per cent of the schools being rep
resented.
The program as publishd some
weeks ago was taken up in regular
order, but for lack of time, all the
topics wee not discussed. Those that
could not be taken up Saturday have
been incorporated in the program for
next meeting, which program we are
publishing below.
The two high points of the meeting
were the inauguration of a field day
to be held near the close of the term
in March, and the organization of a
county unit of the Georgia Education
Association. All the teachers present
joined the Association, and special ef
fort is being made to have the county
get in on the first honor roll with a
one hundred per cent membership. The
teachers and the County Board joined
one hundred per cent last year. The
date for joining on the first honor roll
closes November 27th. CofFee county
should respond to the first call. Events
of the Field Day with rales and reg
ulations will be announced in the near
future.
Program for Meeting Dec. 11th.
10 a. m., Devotional, Rev. Stihvell.
10:20. What the P.-T. A. Can Do for
the School, M. H. Williams and Glen
Parrott.
10:45, Three Minute Rest Drill
Suitable for School-room, C. E. Davis.
10:48, Care of the School-room,
round table discussion with M. W.
Williams, of Patterson High School,
presiding.
11:18, Reading, Miss Addie Belle
Dockery.
11:25, The,Field DdA.’ Progrma pre
sented and discussed by the commit
tee.
12:00, Adjournment.
‘Che Enterprise ‘Pulisbhes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas , Coffee County and Countx Commissioners
EVANGELISTIC SER
VICES W NOV. 21
A scries of evangelistic services will
begin in Douglas on Sunday week,
Nov. 21, the meetings being held in
■ the Red Warehouse on Gaskin avenue
extension. The services will be con
ducted by Rev. A. A. Haggard, a Bap
tist evangelist living at Alma. It will
be a union meeting and all denomina
tions are welcome. It is understood
that the local Methodist church will
cooperate as well as the Baptist
church.
The first service will be held on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, and the
second on Sunday night at 7:30, Nov.
21. There will be no Baptist service
for that night only. The week day
meetings will be held only at night
at 7:30. There will be no day meet
ings during the week. The meeting
is expected to run for at least four
weeks and maybe longer.
In addition to the minister there
will be a singer, Rev. L. F. Mayes, of
Knoxville, Term., and a pianist, Mrs.
W. O. Byers, of Blackbird, S. C. Mrs.
Byers will also have charge of the
Womans work during the meetings,
as well as the young people.
Evangelist Haggad comes to Doug
las highly recommended as a minister
of the gospel, and with great successes
behind him. He held a long series of
meetings recently in Columbus, Ga.,
and several in the Oarolinas where he
had great success. It is expected that
a large crowd will attend the services
regularly.
ANOTHER ALLEGED
UNGHERJ CAUGHT
Sheriff W. M. Tanner returned from
Bronson, Fla., a few days ago, with
Paul Cady, aged 22, one of the origin
al 16 men indicted by the Coffee coun
ty grand jury for lynching Wright.
He was placed in Valdosta jail by
Sheriff Tanner Saturday night and
will be brought to Douglas next Mon
day for trial along with the 9 other
defendants.
The father of Paul Cady, who is a
minister, spent last Monday in Doug
las to see if he could do anything for
his boy, and employed attorneys, it
as learned. This makes 10 of those
indicted who have been arrested, and
one other, Young Smith, has been ar
rested but not indicted. The grand
jury will convene again Monday morn
ing to look into Smith’s case.
Prosecution Assisted.
It is understood that Attorneys
Rufus A. Moore and R. B. Chastain
will assist Solicitor Spence in the
prosecution, and they are making
every preparation to he ah'le to an
nounce ready in all of the ten cases
next Monday.
NEW PARTNERSHIP.
Mr. W. A. Wilcox has sold an in
terest in his insurance business to Mr.
Jas. E. Crabb, of Rockmiart, w’ho will
be in active management. The firm
name will be Wilcox & Crabb. Mr.
Crabb is a young man of fine reputa
tion, and will make Douglas a valu
able asset. We are glad to have him
in our eonxmuniity.
SAL) DEATH OF J. L. DAVIS BRO
THER OF TOM AND ROD DAVIS
Mr. Tom Davis returned to the city
Wednesday after an absence of ten
days in Wilmington and other Caro
lina points where he was called to the
bedside of his brother, Mr. J. L. Davis.
He was informed enroute that his
brother was dead. The funeral was
conducted last Sunday afternoon at 4
o’clock at Elizabethtown. N. C.
On the day Mr. Davis died he was
49 years old. He leaves a wife and
five children besides two sisters, Mrs.
D. L. Smith and Mrs. C. C. Gordon,
of Elizabethtown, N. C., and three
brothers, Messrs. T. J. and J. Rod
Davis, of this city, and Mr. E. L.
Davis, of Jacksonville.
CHILDREN’S FOUNDERS CLUB.
Those wishing to join the Children’s
Founders Roll of the Stone Mountain
Memorial or become a contestant, to
enroll the children of this county
please see Miss Marie Wooten at
once.
The following have joined: L. C.
Alderman, Jr., Leah Baird, Virginia
Baird, Martha Maddox. Bernice Cook
sey, Kathryn Outen.
“Experience Is Our Only Teacher
Both Ir, Peace and War”—Lnndor.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, NOV.. 12. 1926.
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
TALLT BOVS WRITE
OF WESTERN TRIP
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 5. 1926.
Editor Douglas Enterprise:
Dear Mr. Frier:
We arrived here Oct. 12 and had a
very pleasant trip ail the way out
here. There were many interesting
things to be seen on the way, so we
took our time and did not try to rush
the trip. We came the Southern Routi
so that we would not hit the cold
weather. We came by the way of
Columbus, Ga., Montgomery, Ala.,
Jackson and Vicksburg, Miss., Shreve
port, La., Dallas, Fort Worth and El
Paso, Texas, Demming, New Mexico,
Yuma, Ariz., and then into Los Ange
les, Calif. We crossed the Mississippi
River at Vicksburg, Miss, and landed
at Delta, La.
When we arrived in Ei Paso, Texas
we stayed there a day and went across
the border into Juarez, Mexico. We
had a very delightful time over there
and saw many things that were dif
ferent fram the States.
At Yuma, Arizona we were inspect
ed to see that we did not have any
cotton mattresses or cotton pillows or
any kind of defective fruit, because
just across the Colorado River from
Arizona we hit the state of California
and they did not wany any boll weevils
or fruit diseases carried into the state.
They made a strict inspection and you
couldn't get away with anything if
you wanted to.
The roads were good most all of
the way out here, except in the state
of Alabama. We had paved roads
most all the way across Texas. They
have a paved road across the desert
in Texas now, but up until a few
months ago there was only a board
road across it and I imagine it was
pretty tough travelling then.
We had pretty good luck all the
way out here, we did not have any
tire trouble until we got in New Mex
ico. We burnt out our brake bands
coming down a mountain in Arizona
and we had a little trouble with our
timer, but outside of that everything
was O. K.
Gas is a good deal cheaper out here
than in Georgia, because there are so
many oil wells. You can get the best
gas for 16 1-2 cents a gallon.
We went to San Pedio Navy Day
and saw many things of interest there.
A good many ships come in there
every week, because it is a pretty
large port. We went aboard seme of
the ships and submarines and the
sailors shewed us all about them.
California is a pleasant state to live
in and has a suitable climate all the
year round. I suppose it is getting
pretty cold in Georgia by now, but
out here the days are warm and the
bights are pretty cold. It has not
rained any since we have been out
here and- the people say that it does
not rain very often. It gets pretty
ORGANIZE TO RANDLE
COUNTT CHARITIES
At a meeting of joint committees of
the Chamber of Commerce, the Ki
wanis and Wo man’s Club heldjn the
Cnaimtber of'Commerce Tuesday after
noon, November 9, the matter of or
ganizing a system of handling the
charity for the community was con
sidered.
After consideration many plans sub
mitted by members of the three com
mittees, the following deductions
were finally agreed on for submission
to the three organizations:
Ist. That the movement should be
county wide.
2nd. That a committee of three
from each militia district should man
age the work, the committees in each
district having charge of investigat
ing the merits of the applicants for
help in their respective districts.
3rd. That the County Commission
er’s having charge of the county’s bu
siness in each district shall be a mem
ber of the committees from that dis
trict, and in the city of Douglas, a
represenative from the Mayor and
Council be a member of the commit
tee.
4th. That a budget of $4,000 be
raised all over the county for the pro
secution of the work, this to be in ad
dition to what the county is already
doing, which is understood to he about
$2,000, mostly monthly contributions
to paupers in the homes of relatives
or friends.
sth. That this fund be solicited
from churches, lodges, organizations,
districts, schools and individuals.
(ith. That a central office and depot
be established where the work may
have its headquarters and a place for
storage of bulky contributions.
7th. That a joint committee from
the three organizations here repre
sented, carry this plan before the
County Commissioners and Mayor and
Council of Douglas for their appro
val and cooperation.
Bth. That forthwith after the plan
has been fully adopted, finacncd and
set in motion, no person will be allow
ed to .beg anywhere in the county, but
that every case of begging or solicita
tion for help by individuals or by com
mittees shall be fully investigated by
a central committee and assistance
be accorded in the light of modern
charity and help.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffin expect
to attend the Georgia-Tech game in
Atlanta Saturday.
foggy at nights sometimes and 1 sup
pose that helps to keep things cool.
Well, Mr. Frier, I do not know of
anything else that would be of inter
est to you so I guess I hail better
bring this to a close.
Respectfully yours,
Robert Tally.
By A. B. CHAPIN
EDITOR USE DIES
AFTER OPERATION
The many friends and acquaintances
in this community of Editor Foy A.
Vaasa will be sad-duped la learn of his
death last Saturday right at the sani
tarium in Valdosta where he was op
erated on for appendicitis last week,
later peritonitis setting up, and after
a hard fight succunabed on late Sat
urday night. Ills remains were pre
pared for burial and shipped to North
Carolina.
Mr. Vause lived several months at
two different times in this city while
he was in charge of subscription cam
paigns for the two local papers, the
last one being for this paper a little
over two years ago. Later he located
in Nashville, buying the Heiald, and
was making a splendid newspaper out
of a property that had gone down.
He sold a half interest in the Herald
later to Mr. Robert Gamble, also an
excellent man. He visited Douglas
quite often, always felt at home here,
and had made many friends in this
city. He and Mrs. Vause boarded at
Mrs. Overby’s while here. He origin
ally came from Kinston, N. C., but
had been in Georgia several years
where he conducted subscription cam
paigns for various papers. He was a
practical newspaper man also.
Womans Club Had
Interesting Meet
The regular monthly meeting of the
Womans Club was held at the club
house November 4th with a large at
tendance and Mrs. T. H. Clark, presi
dent, in the chair.
The decorations were baskets of
chrysanthemums and ferns. Splendid
reports were made by the various
committees. Eight new names were
passed on for membership.
Although the club is not a patriotic
organization yet Armistice Day could
not go by unnoticed. A committee
was appointed to aid the Chamber of
Cunmerce in this observance, and
poppies for the relief of disabled vet
erans will be sold'by the young peo
ple, the fund sent to Augusta Hos
pital.
The Fine Arts Committee, always
thoroughly awake and progressive,
called attention to the universal ob
servance of Educational Week and an
nounced a most interesting program
on “The Companionship of Good
Books”, Nov. 18th.
At the conclusion of the business
session the meeting was turned over
to the program committee with Mrs.
Claude Stubbs in charge. A paper,
“A Real Playground, What It Should
Consist Of and What It Would Mean
To Douglas” was given by Mrs. Fred
Brewer. For some time Mrs. Brewer
has been interested in this topic- of
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
PUROOM TO SPEAK
COUNTY NEXT WEEK
The Chamber of Commerce offers
to the county next week, beginning
Tuesday night at Nicholls, the ser
vices of Mr. J. M. Purdom of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad, the great
est obaeeo expert in the South.
Mr. Purdom will speak at the fol
lowing places on “More Tobapco
Farms and Better Tobacco in Coffee
County”. He will be accompanied by
Mr. Bussey, County Agent, Miss
Buchan, County Home Economics
Agent, the Old Songs Quartette of the
County Community Singing Cluib and
Secretary Greer who will direct the
five days campaign.
Nicholls School, Tuesday evening
7:30 o’clock, Nov. 16.
Ambrose School, Wednesday even
ing, 7:30 o’clock, Nov. 17.
Bethany School, Thursday evening,
7:30 o’clock, Nov. 18.
New Forest School, Friday evening,
7:30 o’clock, Nov. 19.
Douglas, court house, Saturday af
ternoon 2:00 o’clock, Nov. 20.
Mr. Purdom’s services are a contri
bution by the Atantic Coast Line Rail
road to Coffee County, and those who
have heard Mr. Purdom and know his
practical success in raising tobacco in
this tenitory and making money on
it where other failed, know what a
splendid gift this is from the Coast
Line.
The campaign will he accompanied
by experts on dairying and poultry
and those who want information on
how to start and make money on these
adjuncts to the farm will be able to
get help by simply asking question®.
The Old Songs Quartette is a recent
acquisition to Coffee County, and
those who hear their songs at these
meetings will go away with pleasant
recollections of long ago.
DOUBLE FUNERAL IS
HELD WEONES. AFT.
A very sad death occurred in the
noithern part of the county on last
Monday night when the spirit of Mr.
A. M. Wilcox took its flig-ht. He was
generally known as Gus to this entire
section. Mi. Wilcox had been ill for
several weeks contracting influenza.
The deceased was fifty-three years
of age at the time of his death, and a
son of the late J. Monroe Wilcox, one
of the pioneers of this section. He
leaves a wile and ten children, besides
several brothers and sisters, viz; Mrs.
W. M. Denton, of Soperton, Mrs. W.
G. Hagan, of Mystic, and Mrs. Kate
Baker, of Nicholls, and two brothers,.
Marvin "Wilcox and W. A. Wilcox, both
of this city.
A sad foa-tur of the illness and
death was the loss of Little Grace Wil
cox, six years old, on Tuesday night
following the death of her father on
Monday night. A doube funeral was
held at Oak Grove church on Wednes
day afternoon conducted by Rev. Mr.
Salter, of Broxton, the Methodist min
ister of that city. The funeral was
attended by a large crowd including
many from this city.
Mr. Wilcox ,was well and favorably
known to everybody of this section
where he had spent most of his life.
His wife was Miss Clyde Mahis, and
the couple was rearing a large family.
He was a prosperous farmer, honored
in the community in which he lived,
and will be missed by his neighbors
and friends. Peace to his ashes.
FAMILY REUNION AT HOME
OF AUNT POLLY SEARS
A family reunion of the Sears fam
ily will be enjoyed at the home of
Aunt Polly Sears, about six miles
south of Douglas, on the Peterson
Highway, on Saturday, Nov. 20. This
will be in celebration of the 80th
'birthday of Aunt Polly, and all her
relatives and close friends are invited
to come and bring baskets.
recreation for children and a splendid
talk right from her heart gave im
petus to the need of a better equipped
playground for the community.
Community singing led by Mrs.
Dixon, Mrs. Claude Stubbs, piano ac
ompanist, was heartily entered into.
At the close of the program delic
ious refreshments were served by the
following committee in charge: Mrs.
Hutch Williams, Mrs. Eston Ricket
son, Mrs. Thomas Overstreet and Mrs.
Henry Love. Rec. Secty.