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The Douglas Enterprise ' and (Eh? ffioffp? daunts Ibtuj t ______ 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.