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The Douglas Enterprise VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 35 LANKFORD OFFERS BILL FOR RELIEF OUR CONGRESSMAN OFFERS GOOD COTTON BILL ON OPEN - ING DAY OF CONGRESS. COM PLIMENTED BY MANY SOUTH ERN MEMBERS. Establishment of a Federal cotton co-operation capitalized at $500,000,- 000, and functioning to maintain cot ton prices at a level of 22 cents per pound, is proposed in a bill laid before the House at the opening of Congress today by Rep. W. C. Lankford, of Georgia. The proposal is the first of a series which are expected to bo pre sented to Congress by representatives of the cotton belt in an effort to obtain legislative relief for producers of the South. Under the Lankford bill the pro posed Federal agency would be au thorized to purchase cotton at 22 cents per pound when the open mar ket failed to respond to that price level. Resale by the organization would not be permitted at a price less than 22 cents, plus two cents profit to the producers, and plus storage and insurance charges, which would run the total resale price to approximate ly 25 cents. Representative Lankford, who con ferred with a number of bankers and producers in drafting his measure, be lieves that the Federal agency sug gested would operate to hold cotton at a minimum of 22 cents without the necessity for using funds appropriat ed. Buyers of cotton for manufacture would pay 22 cents in the open market before allowing the staple to go into the hands of the government corpora tion, where the cheapest resale price Would be 24 cents, he pointed out. In arriving at a price of 22 cents as a minimum Mr. Lankford he used purely arbitrary figures, Once the bill is under consideration Congress can set any minimum it determines as a fair return. The gency would be organized along lines of the war finance corporation, with power to issue bonds or stock six times the amount of capitalization, which w r ould increase the total re sources for cotton buying to $3,000,- 000,000. The corporation would be adminis tered by a board of six directors with the secretary of agriculture serving as chairman. Directors w r ould be ap pointed by the President from a list of nominations sent in by governors of the cotton states. Only one direc tor would be appointed from any state. In order to hold down production to the need of industry, the corpora tion would be given authority to re strict cotton acreage. Severe penal ties, in the way of equalization fees, would be imposed for excess acreage. M. W. OF A. ELECT OFFICERS. The Douglas Camp 16783 Modern Woodmen of America met in regular session Wednesday night, Dec. 8, and elected officers for the coming year. Those elected for 1927 are: H. F. Stirewialt, Counsul; John D. Adams, Clerk; B. F. Sweat, Adviser; Frank F. Adams, Banker; O. A. Sweat, Es cort; J. A. Johnson, Watcher; D. A. Peacock, Sentry; Trustees, M. F. Head Sibibett Merrier, Luther Black. MASONIC NOTICE. J. At the next meeting of Douglas Chapter No. 49 R. A. M. and Douglas Council No. 26 R. & S. M. to be held at the lodge room on the 14th inst. at 7:30 P. M., will be held the election of officers for the coming year. All members are earnestly requested to be present. Jno. M. Hall, H. P. & I. M. BROKTON TO OFFER 12 MONTHS PLAN We are authorized to announce that our sister city of Broxton has made arrangements to install a new modern lighting plant, with a Decile engine. This will be quite an improvement over the present plant. We are also informed that the citi zens over there are preparing to in stall an ice factory right away, and that practically the amount necessary for this is in sight. Leading citizens give further infor mation that a twelve months pro gram for Broxton will be announced at an early date. This program will include many improvements for 1927. c C7je (Enterprise Dulishhes the Legal flrhertisins of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and Cnuntx Commissioners THIRD WEEK OE HAGGARD CAMPAIGN CROWDS INCREASE AND GREAT INTEREST IS BEING M ANIFEST ED. NEXT TEN DAYS PROMISE BIG REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN DOUGLAS. The evangelistic meetings being held at the tobacco warehouse and conducted by the Haggard Evangelis tic Party are now in full swing, and great interest is being manifested at each service. The preacher is doing some of the best preaching ever de livered here, and the interest has been increased, as the meeting progresses. Prayer meetings are being held throughout the city daily, and a lot of personal work is being done throughout every section of Douglas. The music is a great drawing card at each service. It is conducted by Mr. Dixon, who is a splendid choir leader, assisted by Mrs. Byers. The Hag gard song book is being sold nightly by Fred, the Jew, as he calls himself, together with a little book of personal helps which has been compiled by Fred himself. This is the third week of the meet ing, and it was first announced that it would continue for four weeks. We have not been informed as to any change in dates as to the termination of the services. Tonight, Friday, Rev. Haggard will preach on “Hell”, as announced last night. The children will have charge of the song service. The Jews of Douglas have been invited to attend in a body on Sunday night. The G. & F. shop men will attend in a body Mon day night, and the W. 0. W. will at tend in a body on Wednesday night. The men will hold a special meeting : at the tabernacle Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, and at the same time the ladies will hold a-similar meeting at the Baptist church conducted by Mrs. Byers. Dr. Haggard will con duct the men’s meeting. DR. W. F. SIBBETT HAS PARALYTIC STROKE We regret to announce that Dr. W. F. Sibbett had a very slight paralytic stroke on Thursday morning and was carried into Sapp’s Pharmacy. He was later sent home and is doing nice ly at this time. The stroke was very light and his condition is by no means serious. MISS MADELINE MOORE, FORM ER DOUGLAS RESIDENT, DEAD News reached the city this week of the death of Miss Madeline Moore, a former resident of this city, her death occurring at her home in Miami last Friday morning. She was buried on Saturday in Miami. The deceased will be well remem bered here, one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Moore. She was sick for about six months, and her death was no surprise to the fam ily. “THE kING COMETH ”, A CHRISTMAS CANTATA “The King Cometh”, a Christmas Cantata by R. M. Stults, will be pre sented at the High School auditorium Monday evening, Dec. 13, at 8 o’clock for benefit Pipe Organ Fund St. An drew’s Church. Admission charge will be, adults 50c, children 35c. Introduction—Piano. “Awake, Awake, Put on Thy Strength, O Zion”. Opening Chorus. Raft I—A King Is Promised. “And There Shall Come Forth a Rod”. “Therefore the Lord Himself Shall Give Y'ou a Sign”. “For Unto You a Child is Bom”. “Thy Kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom”. Reading—“ Why the Chimes Rang” —Miss Gaffney. Part ll—The Incarnation. “And the Angel Said. Unto Mary”. “He Shall Be Great”. “And the Word Was Made Flesh”. Part lll—The King Is Born. “There Were Shepherds”. “And, 10, the Angel of the Lord”. “And This Shall be a Sign Unto Y'ou”. “Glory to God in the Highest”. Reading “The Angel and the Shepherds” from “Ben Hur”, Lew Wallace —Mrs. Simon Petersen. Tableau—The Nativity. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 10, 1926. THE FAVORITE WINTER SPORT Oh** 1 '- ■ A*/T* f*Sl«»- SCHOOLS 10 pi FOR BOLUS' The Douglas schools will adjourn next week for the holiday season, ana most of the week has been devoted to exams in the various departments. The A. & M. School will have their last work on Dee. 17, and all students will be cheeked out on the morning of the 18th. They will be required to return on Monday, Jan. 3, and will re port for work on Tuesday morning, Jan. 4. The Douglas High School will close this term’s work Thursday at noon, Dec. 23. We understand that the grades will also be dismissed at the j same time. The return work wll be-! gin Jan. 4th., we understand. The j Kuhl school will also dismiss for the holidays the last of next week, with about two weeks vacation. BOX SOCIAL. The public is cordially invited to attend a Box Social at the Arnie School on Saturday night, Dec. 11th at eight o’clock. Marguerite McGowan, Gussie McDaniel, Teachers. MEETING CIRCLE NO. 2. Circle No. 2 of the Baptist Church met at the home of Mrs. Fred Brewer last Monday afternoon, with Mrs. and Mrs. Homer Johnson hostesses. Mrs. A. F. Coffee, chairman of this circle presided and in a most inter esting manner disposed of the busi ness. The members answered to roll call with verses from the Bible pro physing the borth of Christ. An enjoyable social hour followed the program, and salad course with coffee was served. Salted nuts in novelty Christmas baskets were pass ed - X WELFARE WORKERS AD DRESSED BY CHURCHMEN At a meeting of the Welfare work ers of the city Thursday morning in the Chamber of Commerce, Rev. 11. H. Barber, Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, of Augusta, addressed the meeting on the work, especially emphasizing the jail and county pau per work. He complimented the excellent con dition of the Coffee County jail, mak ing a few suggestions such as chang ing the tub bath to a shower, covering the mattresses used ad painting the walls from dark to light. Rev. Mr. Hobart, of Hawkinsville, accompanied him. Mr. and Mrs. Rema Sapp returned Wednesday night from their wedding trip through Florida and are at home to their friends at their home on Gas kin Avenue. an* OtoWTe NO CONTESTS IN CITY CAMPAIGN The city election will be a very tame affair since the withdrawal of Col. John Gibson fion the race in the Sec ond ward. This leaves no opposition to Councilman Ja'dine, and there is no opposition to Councilman Mc- Cranie in the Third weid. These are the only two races to be run with the exception of the vacancy in the May or’s office, and there is no contest there, as Mayor Slater will be elected for another term of two years. Col. Gibson cairics his card of with drawal in another part of this paper. The election will be held on Saturday, Dec. 18, a week from tomorrow, and the new term starts on January 1. This will leave the 1927 and 1928 per sonnel the same as has been for the past two years. WACONA SCHOOL BURNS 10 GROUND The Wacona Consolidated School, two miles north of Waycross at He bardville, was completely destroyed by fire originating from a burning wood pile, Sunday afternoon, several hun dred partjcipaots in a singing conven tion in the Wacona auditorium escap ing without injury. The Wacona school is the largest consolidated school in the county. The building, a brick structure, about three years old, was valued at $35,000 and the equipment at SIO,OOO. Several hundred people were in the building when the fire alarm was sounded, and it probably was through the iool action of Dan T. Cowart, of Fairfax, that the crowd filed from the j building in an orderly manner, pre-! Venting injury or loss of life. The j blaze started in a wood pile, several , feet from the rear wall of the build- j ing, from an unknown origin. ! The proximity of the blazing light- . wood to the building made it impos-j slide, in the high wind to save the building. When two fire companies from Waycross reached the scene it was too late to render effective ser vice. A small water main from Hebardville was the only water sup ply and this was negligible. Chemi cals were not adequate to cope with the spreading flames. Two carloads of fire wood were un loaded several days ago and stacked in the rear of the building, and the thoughtlessness in placing The wood in such close proximity to the walls resulted in the disaster. Four hun dred students attended Wacona, and twelve teachers are employed for their Instruction. Mr. and Mrs. Hutch Williams are spending today in Waycross. By A. B. CHAPIN D. B. LOTT 6IIIES UP TO SHERIFF Mr. D. B. Lott, one of the alleged lynchers recently indicted by the giand jury, and who ha : been at large for some time, came in late Thursday afternoon and surrendered to Sheriff Tanner, it is understood. He will re n ain in jail until Judge Reed comes over and opens court for the dispo sition cf this case. There re. Pairs only one more at large, Mr. Make Tanner. His whereabouts are un known. CITY COURT TWO DAYS. The criminal division of the City Court of Douglas convener! on Mon day morning and continued for two days only. The court was adjourned Tuesday night for the term, and t: e next regular term will convene in Feb ruaiy. Judge Roberts dispatched a lot of business during the two days, assisted by Solicitor Cornel'us, A lot of civil business was handled during the term of last week. Several visiting attor neys were here during this term of the City Court. WOMAN’S AUXILIARY OF ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH MEETS The Episcopal Woman’s Auxiliary meeting for this month was held on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. B. Evans. Mrs. J. D. Adams, president of the Auxiliary presided. This being the last meeting of the year, with Christmas close at hand, there seemed more than the usual amount of necessary things to be done. Besides the Bazaar which will open on Thursday morning of this week at the Ga. State Bank, there will be a Cantata on Monday evening, Dec< 13th, at the school auditorium. Consider able preparation is being made for this entertainment which promises to be very pleasing as well as instruc tive. A Christmas tree will be given the members of the church school and plans were made to give gifts to child ren in needy families known to our Auxiliary. A $5.00 donation to the Empt v Stocking fund was unanimou-dy a / proved by the meeting. Mrs. T. Dixon of the prr , j /yam committee, gave a short des .. of the very first Christmas ri , c ° n written by the well kmr h or Henry Van Dyke, which ’ V/e „ ren dered and proved ais outstand ing feature of the rn'*etmg. Those present we .*e Mosdames J D Adams, Davis, Dem, Dent, Dicker son. Dixon, Qurncey, Shelton, Stubbs Evans and Miss Mae Dart. A very dainty refreshment consist I mg of fruit salad en parfait with chocolate wafers was served by the 1 hostess at the close of the meeting j $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE MMFTEES NAMED FOB WELFARE WORK COMMITTEE PROPOSES TO RAISE FUND FOR CHARITY WORK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. MRS. M. 1). DICKERSON HEADS BAND WORKERS. The poor in Coffee County will all have a Santa Claus this Christmas, provided the people respond to the ef forts of the Welfare Board, which has about perfected its organization and on Friday of this week will begin its campaign for funds in the Douglas . district and in some of the other dis tricts of the county. Record sheets have been sent out by the Central commttee of the Cham ber of Commerce to every school teacher and preacher, both white and colored, to every district chairman, the head of every lodge, club and fra ternity and these have been urged to get the names of all people in need and send these sheets back to the Chamber of Commerce by December 15, where they will be recorded and handed over to each district chairman by the 20th, so that the good thipgs to fill these baskets may be bought, the baskets prepared and on Christ mas Eve day, the young people in each district will be g'lven the baskets with directions thereon and they will deliver them to the addresses. Most of the districts will' handle their own baskets, raising the funds, buying what is necessary, preparing them and sending them out. Contributions will be solicited by committees and through the local pa pers, these will be turned over to the district chairmen and those from the Douglas district to the central treas urer, T. A. Dixon, of the Union Bank ing Co., not later than December 20th. The district chairmen are Mrs. M. D. Dickerson, Douglas; L. L. Denton, West Green; Eric Moore, Broxton; Mrs. Fisher Kirkland, Nicholls; Leon Vickers, Bridgetown; Mrs. Reba Phil lips, Ambrose. Solicitors for the Douglas district [ are Mrs. Dickerson and Mrs. E. L Tanner, for the business district, Mrs. . Dr. Smith and Mrs. Ralph Griffin, res j idence district of Ward No. 1, Miss j Dollie Freeman and Mrs. Johnson for {residence district of Ward No. 2, Mrs. A. D. King and Mrs. Randolph Reli han for residence district of Ward No. 3, Mrs. John Jardine and Mrs. Lawson Kelley for residence district of Ward No. 4. Mrs. Dickerson, the chairman thinks it will require fully three hundred dollars to secure good baskets for the Douglas district alone. It is possible that a deficit will have to be met * some of the smaller districts i county, and whatever may be left from the Christmas baskets wil. used in the permanent work, so there is little danger of getting much. Mrs. Dickerson also wi' ,v ~ =t the fact that the Welfare trying to take over anyt rogative in doing this Chris It is simply desired that th done thoroguhly and a recor families and individuals > the Chamber of Co mm ere Je plicates will be sifted ; a kept. These records w lT]r j iately returned to the /]] ■ men of each district ir district will in turn give it J . the county who is to distribute ;o the The records will the baskets the permanent wr be kept for Board. This is irk 0 f the Welfare poverty may e- the only Way th ° out and beggr ' entually be stamped P ' done away with. mr A mil MICMII® The city ejection was held at r-,, fe\\ fCWdayß «nd resultfd fn for I !m7‘" S bei " !? “ »»*r. Mayor, A. R. Lewis. Ojundlm., P. L. Moore. .A. Sooth, Jr , C t etson and J. E. Lott. Clerk, Luther Roberts." hiS ,s the same ticket that has power for several years^Horp c'tv J as already serv ed the tem s a a nd ay<>r cons «“«ive 'sixth TK 18 n ° W elected the isfied with l: P,e e - ldently are sat and other officers. * Mermen