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189a Elsewhere $2.50 Per Year. FIFTIETH YEAR a. ENTERPRISE. ALABAMA FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1948. NUMBER THIRTEEN jCity Officials Not Be Nominated In Church And Houses Lightning Struck MODERN STOIfES AND ADVERTISING ASSURE SUCCESS, SAYS J.

B. BEVIS "Teen-Age Party" At Iome njoyed In Severe Storm I I i Commissioners Vote $1,000 In Hookworm Fight Now Starting Spurred by the advance knowledge that about 50 of the people of Coffee county are now suffering from hookworm infestation, the Health Department on Monday of this week secured an appropriation of $1,000 from the Commissioners for use in launching a campaign to reduce the number of infected persons and create conditions whereby they will not again be reinfested. Additional fund have been made available by the County Board of Education, with the view of helping toward employment of a well trained teacher to act as school and community health educator. These funds are not sufficient for the complete program as planned, but the Health Department expects further financial assistance from other sources. Plans for the campaign irclude examination of all school children first.

Those found suffering from the disease will be treated after receiving written request from the parents. After this testing and treating, each community will be canvassed to see what degree of sanitary improvements the residents are willing to make, and the community making the best showing in this respect will earn for its citizens special services of the Health Department to insure against further suffering and loss from this cause. Intensive effort will be devoted to the educational angle of the campaign, with the view of getting the school children interested and informed regarding the seriousness of the disease, getting their parents to cooperate in treatment and preventive sanitation measures to insure against reinfestation. The Health Department hopes to create some safe areas in the county, as the campaign progresses, and then continue the work by Thursday of last week witnessed what old time residents of Knter-prise described as one of the most severe thunder and rain storms ever to strike this area. In a met tor of only a lew mi nutes, lightning struck the Pnnison house, on Main street, occupied by Mr.

and Mrs. Arnold Grimsley, and set fire to curtains and scorched the wall. A fire alarm was turned ir- and firemen responded in tho downpour, arriving after occupants of the house had cxtingur hid the flames. Lightning also struck t'e Presbyterian church, knocking shingles off the steeple tower, burning out electrical wiring, burning out loud speaker equipment ol the chimes and altogether inflicting damage amounting to several hundred dollars, according to unofficial reports, hut did not start a firo wittiin the building. While Enterprise was Juddering under the impact of this storm country areas near town, in the Goodman community and out the Dothan highway, experienced lightning and wind which damaged at least five houses and was reported to have overturned a house trailer on the Dothan highway.

Miss Lcona Fortune reported to Mrs. Ellis at the Red Cross office that the house of her brother, Dewey Sims, had been destroyed, and subsequent investigation revealed that the house had been damaged a great deal, having been unroofed and blown off its foundations. Repairs were made Saturday. The house is located on the John Rogers farm near Goodman. Three houses on the Boyd farm were damaged, one.

blown down, and the other two lifted off their foundations. Ridgeway Boyd stated that repairs were being made, but that it was impossible to estimate the amount of damage with any degree of accuracy. One house, occupied Ivy he-Widow Toole and her children, was: completely destroyed, except for one newly added room, into which the family had gone just as the full force of the wind struck. Persons seeing the house before and after the storm were unable to-understand why the tiny side room, had been left when the remainder-of the house was destroyed, as the SldV room 'family group huddled looked to be weaker in structural strength then the re-. mainder of the house.

Mrs. Romulus Ellis and. Mrs. Jean Farris visited the storm area on Saturday, but were unable to get near the house of Dewey Sims, and also were unable to travel the roads to other points where damage occurred. Information was: Among the more valtile citizens of Enterprise, a like J.

B. Bevis, whose quietness, dignity and reserve are characteristic, might be thought of only occasionally in the true light of his worth from every angle that one might view a citizen. This is a man who has seen revolutionary changes take place in the distribution of dry goods during a period of nearly 40 years, and who has had an important part in those changes in his sphere of activities, yet he is not seen climbing to the roof tops to shout about the wonderful improvements he has witnessed, the part he had in such improvements. Joshua Bartow Bevis was born on his father's farm at Bascom, Jackson county, Florida, a few years before the beginning of the present century, the third son in a group of eight splendid children brought up by the late Lonnie Bevis and Mrs. Willie Tipton Bevis, who now lives at Tampa, Fla.

got his schooling during a few years in the public schools of his state prior to the time when the Florida school system stepped ahead of its present high degree of excellence. Then as Mr. Bevis ruefully admits, his real education began in the school of hard knocks. At the age of 14 he began selling dry goods in Long's store in Bascom. After some years of this he went with Beall Mercantile Company at Malone, Fla.

He was learning dry goods all the while, learning to sell, for his alert mind and physical energy combined to push him ahead. At Malone, however, he encoun tered an interest that took his mind off dry goods merchandising. One of the finer families in that section, that of the late Benjamin and Sallie Williams Hatton, includ ed a daughter, Gertrude. "I guess I used my salesmanship on her," said Mr. Bevis, recently, "for, at any rate, she agreed to marry me." Fron this point in life on, J.

B. Bevis had inspiration and material help in his efforts to learn the dry goods business. In those comparatively early days, he had already acquired an extensive knowledge ofjtnerchandise and the art of salesmanship. He had observed the beginnings of changes in the art St distributing merchandise, and his progressive spirit urged him toward the better things that were ahead. After his successful experience in Malone, he went with the J.

B. Beall Dry Goods Company, in Do-than. The owner of this business organized the firm known as Ma-lone-Beall Dry Goods Cgmpany, wholesale, and J. B. Bevis put in four years with this business.

Then Mi-. Bevis and three associates of the Malone-Beall Company formed the concern known as J. F. Beall Dry Company, wholesalers, and served as a member of that firm for three years. "Wholesaling and retailing just won't mix," said Mr.

Bevis, in discussing his experience of the twenties, "and this firm of ours made the error of opening several retail One of these was at Enterprise. In 1927, I sold out my interest in the wholesale business, bought the retail store in Enterprise and came here to live. I got in just in time for the slump to get me. But what I started to say is: If a wholesale business opens a retail store, that retail store kills the wholesale business in that territory, because the independent merchants feel that they would be buying from a competitor and you can't blame them for cutting Easter Services At Presbyterian Church Scheduled 9:45 A. M.

Sunday School, Topic, "Eternal 11:00 A. M. Sermon Topic, "Christ's Resurrection and Ours." Text, Luke 24:39, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a Spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have." 6:00 P. M. Sermon Topic, "A Mountain-top Text, Rev.

"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. Next Wednesday, March 31, at 7:00 p. m. we shall continue our Bible study with a discussion of the Tabernacle. Read Exodus Chapters 25-31.

Choir practice at 7:30 P. Wednesday. We plan to have an Easter egg hunt at the church Friday at 3:00 p. m. for the Beginners and Primaries.

In case of rain, it will be Saturday morning at 9:00 a. m. or Sunday morning at 9:45 a. m. The other departments are invited to be at the church by 12:30 m.

Saturday to go to James' Park for an Easter Egg hunt. We plan to leave the church for the at 1:00 P. m. Bring two ori Party Primaries No city officials of Enterprise will be nominated in the May and June Primaries of the Democratic' party, and no city election will take place until the third Monday i in September, in accordance with the changed city election laws as passed by the 1947 legislature. Some citizens had inquired as to whether nominees for city offices would be selected in the forthcoming primaries, and the above information is to clarify this point.

The election laws applicable to municipalities do not require a primary. Under the recently changed city election laws, candidates for office will present their requests and information for qualification to the board of councilmen sometime earlier than 40 days before the third Monday in September. The councilmanic board will pass on the qualifications of the candidates wishing to run, and will certify those candidates considered qualified 30 days before the date of the election. No candidate will be required to present a signed peti-tition to get himself qualified to run in the election. This city election in September will be for the purpose of selecting a mayor, 1 councilman at large, and four councilmen from the four wards.

Under the new-law, the mayor and the councilman at large will be voted on by electors of all wards; but council-men candidates for the different wards will be voted on and elected only by qualified voters in their respective wards. Persons interested in further information may apply to city hall, and in any event, further details of this election will be published from time to time for the information of those who might be interested in entering as candidates, and for the information of voters as a body. Capt. Bill Adams On Special Assignment Springfield, Mass. Captain Bill Adams, well known and remembered in Enterprise for his excellence in Football, base ball and basketball, and been physical training director at Maxwell Field for the Air Corps for the past three years, has been detailed to a 12 months course of physical education at Springfield, and will report to his new duty station there within a few days to begin this special work.

Capt. Adams' record at Maxwell Field is described as one of the finest jobs of this kind ever performed for the Army Air Corps. His duties at Maxwell Field are being turned over to Captain Joe Riley, former Alabama halfback and. former Lanier high school football coach. i For the past two years, Captain 1 Adams has been responsible for bringing the Maxwell Field Basket Udu leuiu lu ciilci yi ise lui uie annual charity "March of Dimes" game.

Each of these years the proceeds of this game have amounted to a goodly percentage of the total March of Dimes yield in this area Captain Adams, after an envi able high school record in Enter prise in athletics, went to Arkan sas State on a football scholar ship, and after finishing there, was coach at Walnut Ridge, for a time, then returned to Arkansas State as head coach. He was serving in this position at the beginning of the late war, and during the war, served with the army in its physical training program, qualifing for a regular army commission in grade of captain. He is the son of Mrs. Nannie Adams, of Enterprise. Wildcats' Spring Training Indicates Good Team In Fall Spring football training, which has been going forward energetically at Coffee County High school under the direction of Coach Rus sell Taylor since March 11, will close next week, March 31, and by that date, according to Coach Taylor, sufficient material will have been developed from the 40 or more participants in spring training to insure a good team for next season.

'The boys are enthusiastic," said Coach Taylor, "and in the group we have some splendid material. It's far too early to know definitely, but we certainly should have an average, or better, team out of this group for next Season." And the day after the spring football training ends, baseball training starts, on April 1. Schedule for the season is being arranged, and date of first game will be available within a few days, Coach Taylor stated. "We've not played baseball in several years," said Coach Tay- be Over one hundred and fifty young people of Enterprise attended the first 'Teen-Age Party" at the V. F.W.

Home, and from all reports every one of them had 'one of the best times of the year. The party was presented at the home through the courtesty of the John Wiley Brock Post 6683, and with the cooperation of parents of Enterprise, supported by a number of local merchants. The program got under way about eight p. and lasted until after ten p. though it was intended to end about ten p.

m. Due to the large number of youngsters that attended, those in charge found it necessary to play some games twice in order that all might participate. Games were led by R. L. Bates, Lou Lorieaux, and music provided by Mrs.

Hamilton. One of the highlights of the evening was a contest based on radio contests, in which pieces of chewing gum, donated geneVously by The Sweet Shop and Martin-Col-ley Drug represented dollars, and were awarded to contestants giving the "right" answers. H. M. Finney, commander of the post, welcomed the group to the home and stated that it is anticiat-ed that the parties will be held each week.

It was decided to divide the group into two, with senior high students holding one party and junior high students the other. The next party, which will be held Friday night, March 26, will be held by the senior high boys and girls and will begin at 7:30 P. The boys and girls involved will plan their own party, including refreshments, games with the assistance of their parents. The junior high group will hold a party the next Friday. In charge of the party were Mrs.

Rip Rawls, and Mrs. James Home, co-chairmen. They were assisted by Mrs. Ed Nichols and njr 1 1 tK HIT ivirs. om apps, uecoiauons; iviis.

L. L. Ford and Mrs. Grady Proctor, refreshments; and were assisted by a number of parents whose names are not available. Mrs.

Rawls and Mrs. Home were very enthusiastic about the results of the party, and expressed pleasure with the behavior of those present. ItIs the best hing we bav seen for young peoopre in Enterprise in a long time," they stated, "and we want to thank Searcy's Funeral Home, Danley Furniture Company, who furnished chairs; Glenn Heath, who hauled chairs; Martin-Colley and The Sweet Shop, who donated gum; as well as the dozens of others who assisted in making the party possible. Judging from the reaction of the young people tonight, there can be no doubt that they appreciate what the V.F.W. is doing for them, and we hope that these parties can be carried out according to plan." Due to the fact that the home is not yet fully equipped, the re quest was made that persons having extra chairs that are not in use, old bridge or game tables, game equipment, be liberal enough to donate these materials to the home for use by the young people.

Any kind of furniture, even though in need of repair; any games such as dominoes, checkers, cards, ping-pong, will help the teen-agers to enjoy themselves more at the parties. Any member of the V.F.W. will accept the donations and will pick them up at the homes of those who wish to donate. All senior high school boys and girls are invited to attend the par ty next Friday night, and all parents are invited to attend and look on Local Guard Unit Will Entertain On Army Day, April 6th The Enterprise unit of the Ala bama National Guard Headquar- ers Battery 933rd Field Artillery Battalion will observe Army Day this year by holding open house at the Armory on Army Day, April 6, according to Captain Tom Bow- den, battery commander. Bowden announces that special events are being planned and that the public is invited to participate.

On April 6, the local Armory building will be open from four p. m. to ten p. m. witn everyooay invited to visit during those hours.

Refreshments will be served to all visitors during that time. From eight p. m. to ten p. m.

the regu lar drill period for the unit will be held, and visitors will have an op- portunity to observe these drills. Other activities being planned, according to the unit commander, include a special window display of National Guard equipment in a show window in Enterprise, a display of all flags on that date, and street exhibitions of such equipment as vehicles, telephones, mess equipment, etc. Further details of these displays will be announced later. DR. W.

F. CALIIOl'N Methodist Revival Begins On Sunday To Run Entire Week Notices for week of March 28th 1948: March 2P (Easter Sunday:) 9:45 A.M. Church School for all age groups. Good Bible teachers tor all who come. 11:00 A.

M. Morning Worship Service. Our Senior and. Youth Choir combined will sing two beautiful anthems, members will be received by faith and transfer, and little children will be dedicated with Chrsitian baptism. The offering for World Service will be received, and the pastor will preach on the subject, "Easter Means Good News." 6:00 P.

M. MYF Final Choir Practice and Fellowship Hour. 6:45 P. M. Intermediate and Senior Leagues Meet.

7:50 P. M. Our Revival begins. Dr. W.

F. Calhoun will preach his first sermon. The Baptist Church is giving up the night service to be with us and we are expecting a house full. All next week our revival will bein progress, with services at 7:30 each morning and 7:30 each evening. All our friends in the other churches are asked to be with us, and those who have no church at all will have a special welcome.

It, is possible that we will Jhaye with ii for the'Trneeting' a special worker with young people and children and he will also conduct the singing, but this will be announced later. Dr. W. F. Calhoun is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, and also Emory University.

At present he is pastor of the Foster Street Church in Dothan, and for years has served our largest churches. At once time he was Dist. Supt. of our Montgomery District, and is one of our best evangelists. 2,000 Pines Planted By Scouts On Camp Site Near Clintonville Boy Scouts have planted around 2,000 slash pine trees on the 520 acre reservation near Clintonville.

These trees were furnished by the soil conservation service. The scouts have also been planting bi color lespedeza which will make bird feed. Last Saturday around 15 scouts spent the day working on a road and trails into the property. The surveyor is now working on a contour map of the area which will be developed. This map will be sent to the Engineering Service of the Boy Scouts of America who will draw plans for the camp.

Scouts from several counties will camp two nights on the Reservation this week. Scouts should meet at the store in Clintonville at 10 A.M. Thursday, March 25. If troops cannot go this time they may go at another time, Frank Gaines, Field Executive of the Southest Alabama Council will be on hand Thursday. J.

V. Cooke, Scout Executive will be at the camp Friday. The Executive Board of the Southeast Alabama Council will meet at the Covington Hotel in Opp Monday night, March 29, at 7 o'clock. One thing the board will discuss will be the finances of the council. Enterprise has not yet reached its quota.

Officials are sure of reaching this quota of $1560 before Monday. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. J. R.

Wilson announce the birth of a daughter, Brenda Jane, on March 19, at Gibson Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Willie H. Windham announce the birth of a daughter, Teresa Ann, on March 20, at Gibson Hospital.

lor, "so we don't know what we can get up in the way of a team. The schedule for the season should complete in a few days." 3. B. BEVIS Photo by Enterprise Studio off buying under such circumstances. "Take the firm I'm with now, Bentley-Gray Dry Goods Company, of Tampa.

When the present ownership took over this business seventeen years ago, one of their first moves was to dispose of several retail stores the prior management had opened. A wholesaler who goes into the retail field always picks locations in the best towns and his retail store then kills off his wholesale business in those best towns, and it just doesn't pay, to say nothing of its being unfair to the independent merchants who were former custo mers of the wholesale house. "But, getting away from errors, in 1930, I went back on the road for the LaMode Garment Company ladies ready to wear. I put in three depression years with this company, then three years with Charles Boyett Wholesale Company of Blakeley, and on March 20, 1939, went with Bentley-Gray Dry Goods Company, Tampa, where I've been, since." The past fifteen or twenty 'years, Mr. Bevis believes, have witnessed more improvements and changes in the distributing of dry goods by retail stores independently owned than any similar period in history.

Chain store competition, in some cases, caused independent retailers to change their methods, improve stores, use advertising and other approved sales helps. "But the progressive wholesaler," says Mr. Bevis, "has had a big part in building up independent retail dry goods merchandising. My own firm, for example, has spent a lot of money helping independent merchants to modernize their stores, arrange their stocks, develop their advertising and sales policies, and this help from the wholesaler has helped his own business, too. "Retail dry goods merchandising has changed for the better in several ways, but I would say that modernized stores, the use of better advertising and selling plans, and the featuring of 'name brands' have acounted for most of the increased profits that independent retailers have enjoyed.

The name brands are a source of quick pro fit. "Items that have become known by name because of widespread advertising are profitable to sell, even if they don't sell at as low a price as the unadvertised pro duct. Many merchants are com ing more and more to realize this. Our own company grabs every 'name brand' line we can get as Harrow. Phone 2114-J.

Duncan (continued on page 4) James Edwards Wins Fellowship Under General Electric Among 20 students throughout the United States receiving awards of Gerard Swope Fellowships for advanced study in industrial management was James W. Edwards, Enterprise, graduating from Ohio State University, it was announced this week by the news bureau of the General Electric Company. Under the terms of the fellowship, Mr. Edwards may receive up to $1,500, plus a grant for any special equipment needed in his chosen field of research. Loans may be available to him during his period of study under the fellowship.

These fellowships are awarded in honor of Gerard Swope, third president of General Electric. They are made annually to graduates of universities, colleges and technical schools who have shown through nrpvinns work that thev could undertake or continue ad- vanced study either in this country or abroad. Winning of one of these fellow ships consitutes quite and honor, as well as a valuable material aid to further advancement in the student's chosen field. friends here this week. 1 enlarging the safe areas, recheck- ing and watching to prevent trouble.

Rev. E. C. Glenn Goes To Second Baptist Church Of LaGrange Rev. E.

C. Glenn, for the past 11 months pastor of Mount and- County Line Baptist churches, has accented a call to the Second Baptist Church of La Grange, and will begin his duties at that church April 1. Rev. Glenn states that he has enjoyed his pastorate of these two splendid churches very much and that he regrets leaving after hav ing been with them for such a short time. He stated that in leaving he felt that he would be accepting a bigger opportunity and bigger responsibilities and that only be' cause of these facts did he accept the call to the Georgia church.

Rev. Glenn also stated that he wished to extend to the members of Mt. Pleasant and County Line churches and the thousands of others in the Enterprise area sincere thanks for their cooperation in his work while here. During the period of his work in these churches, Mt. Pleasant church completed and completed paying for a splendid new brick church, and County Line church has now started building a new brick church.

The County Line building fund, Rev. Glenn stated, has now reached about three quarters of the cost of the new building. Rev. Glenn and Mrs. Glenn and their two children, Michael Wayne and David, won the friendship and regard of a large number of people during their stay in this community.

They came to Mt. Pleasant church from Leeds, where Mr. Glenn formerly served as pastor. Rev. Glenn stated that the La-Grange church has a building program on and that the demands for his services there promise to be extensive and exacting.

Church Of Christ Services Sunday If you enjoy the singing of gospel songs and Bible preaching attend the Church of Christ services Sunday, March 28. 10:00 A. M. Sunday School, good Bible Teachers, classes for all ages. 11:00 A.

Preaching, subject, "The Resurrection of 11:50 A. Communion. 7:00 P. Evening Worship, preaching, subject "Worthy of our Calling." The Church of Christ extends congratulations to the new radio station WIRB. It fulfills a long cherished desire and will be of great benefit to our city.

We invite you to listen to the "Church of Christ" hour each Sunday afternoon also we invite suggestions or comments concerning the program. W. C. Reeder, Minister. Mr.

and Mrs. Neal Ellis were the guests of relatives and friends in Montgomery last week end. 1 spread that suffereers should apply to the Red Cross, if the extent of men- losses were sufficient to cause need of immediate relief, but except for the unofficial report ofi the Dewey Sims loss, no applications were filed with the Red Cross. One building on the Dallas Wise farm also suffered damage, a wagon shed being torn frcm the side of the barn and scattered. Several unconfirmed reports of additional damage in rural areas floated into Enterprise, but exact information is not available.

In all reports, no injury to per sons was reported except that the Dewey Sims family was said to have suffered some scratches and bruises of a slight nature. Fire fighters responding to the Brunson house fire were soaked in the rainstorm. The volunteers in this group were: Joe Slawson, James Dale, Robert Layton, Win-sel Snell, Hilda Snell and Howard Hodges. Park Avenue Church Plans Bible Class For Men Next Sunday A men's Bible class will be organized at the Park Avenue Baptist Church next Sunday. Professor J.

E. Jernigan will teach the class. We invite and urge all the men who will to be present at 10 A. M. Several new classes hae already been started since we moved into the new building.

As soon as we get the necessary workers other classes will be organized. We need some extra equipment in order to expand, and make our work more effective. Thue pianos are needed for department work, and several baby beds cc.ild be used for a nursery. Cnt' bed has' already beer, given. A contribution along this line would be a lasting investment.

We would appreciate ycnr pre sence at the services next Sunday. The Lord willing, the pastor will-bring messages from the following subjects: 11:00 A. "Resurrected Lives." 7:30 P. M. "Motives Leading to Repentance." A.

O. Martz, Poster Mr. and Mrs. Houston Martin of Talledega was called home Sunday on account of the illness of ihis mother, Mrs. Malcom Martin.

'three eggs and some sandwiches.) Miss Manette Barnhill, of Do-We Dlan to stay long enough to than, is the guest of relatives and i 1 have a picnic luncn..