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“GEORGIA PRODUCTS
DAY” NOVEMBER 18
Banquets Will Be Held All
Over State
AUSPICES STATE CHAMBER
On I' Georgia Products Will He Serv
ed at These Gatherings, and the
Banqueters Will All Wear Georgia*
Made Clothes.
T losday, November 18, will be
u-gin Products’ Day.”
Georgia products will I*«• celebrated;
on that day when every branch of j
the Georgia Chamber <>f Commerce
liohis a banquet for (lie purpose of
urgmg the use of home prod nets.
At each of these banquets only
Georgia products' .will he served on!
tin tables, and tip- ltampietors •will
v,. r < teorgia-mad# clothe:., or some
an le of apparel'Aide in (Seofgia.
Governor Slato'rr.awi.ll soon issue a
pro. la"lation offlJißilty designating
November IS its Products’
J>«y.”
liit* banquets will be held s'itnul
taneously at (i p. in. An elaborate j
font page menu is being prepared for
Sliest* occasions, The state chamber |
will endeavor to furnish one out-of
town speaker for oaili banquet.
t 'buries !»• McKinney, of Decatur,,
acting secretary manager of the state
chamber, has charge of the arrange
ments.
Special prl/.es have been offered for
the best menu prepared at these ban
quets.
FATHER ACQUITTED
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But Voung Iturnsed ticts 10 Years
I n -ftVn.
The jury in UlVj.case of K.
Burnsed and his t'leve, ret urinal
« verdict at (la., acquit
ting the father and finding the son
guilty of manslaughter.
The father ami son were charged
with the murder of Pharris Davis, a
young white man,, who was found
tleiid by the roadside a few weeks
ago In the lower edge of the county.
At first they denied all knowledge of
the i. 1111 11 g.. but a day before superior
court convened they admitted the
killing, claiming the son. (Move, kill
ed Davis in self-defense.
The case lasted a day and a half
ami the jury was out less than half
an hour.
As soon as the verdict was reached
Young Murnsed was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
INCOME IAX PUZZLBS.
Be .Months Before Working of Law Is
Understood.
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Robert I l '. Maddox, cliairpian of the 1
clearing lfonso eommiltcc of Atlanta,
ventured tin' opinion that il would!
be mouths before the new income tax I
law was thoroughly understood about i
the country.
lie made the remark aft dr the
clearing ionise committee had been
at much pains, w ith the advice ami j
slid of numerous lawyers, to formu- !
late and issue circular-letters of in j
formation, which were sent out to|
corn spondent banks in Georgia,
Florida. Alabama and other Southern]
Stilt, s.
CHURCH CHANGES.
Cause Speculation Among N. (i. Meth
_- r ? odist Clergy.
>r The fact that two leading ministers
of tin North Georgia Methodist Con
ference have died this year and that
six or eight now in the active minis
try bill probably retire at the coming
session of the annual conference to
be held at Elbert un. November •_’(). is
causing speculation among the Meth
snlist clergy of North (leorgia relative
to the appointments of preachers for
•the next twelve mouths.
Il* 1 situation is madofiiore com*
plicated by the fact that eight other
preachers will be forced to move this
lall .‘ii account of haring served their
churches (lie four-year limit of con
secutive service.
New Appeals Court Organizes.
** Mlc Georgia Court of Appeals, with
Judge Roan sitting for the iifst time i
as a member, was organized in the j
capitid. Judge Richard IV Russell
look ids new position as chief judge, i
blit was required to take no additional 1
oath. His position is purely honor
ary. a' hi* powers arc in no wise dif
ferent from tin* other judges. lie
pn sides over the deliberations of the
court, however. 'The court starts off
with : clean docket, and will be able
to push rapidly the business coming
Li'.or* it.
25 Per Cent. Increase I t Corn Crop.
The < mu crop of Ceorgia this year
will l>e fully 2o per cent, larger than
the crop of I**l2. according to the es
tiniat' of the Atlanta t'liainher of
Commerce. This year’s crop will to
tal 72.0(i0.00n bushels.
Georgian is Vrrested*.
<'n warrant charging hint with
the t! m of .<(>..cm il a.li/.ci| from the
sale of three motor cars. .Tames
Ifrowu. an antomol>ih> salesman, of
Saranrah. • la., was arrested in I‘liil
adeljdiia. and held tinder SOOO bail
by Magistrate Oormaii. in the Central
station, whiie the southern authorities
are being notified of his apprehension.
GEORGIA IN BRIEF.
Eire claimed the life of the two
m mths-old baby son of Mr and Mrs
John Slieominas an 1 d'str'.vil tin
ri sidenee at No, lot Mills str. t. At
la at;i.
The ladies of Ktlvrton. headed hv
Mrs. J. M. Wester, w;> of Mayot
Wester, as ehai! mn:i of the civic le-,
: part mem of the to •can Soro-is. will
' erect a hospital in Edit ; ton.
Four generations were r.-p:-. seated
, wlien S. K. Johuso:i. on*' of Macon
county’s most vv ilthy and p: < . ;;:i j: * •; 1 1
planters. ceh>lrr:lt d his 7">l!l bit’ll: !:l\
recently at a family reunion at h:>
home at Ideal, attend.■>! by forty-twi
i ehihlreit. gramlehi! diva and great
, grandchildren.
'l'li*' Injection of tin* “open town”
issue in i lie approaching primary elec
turn for three alderni 'ii of t'orilelc. to
lit' held November 12. iris caus'd an
increase of more than (id above the
numbi'r of xob'i’rf r g.-di id for the last
primary.
The management of the Columbus
Poultry Show. Fair and Corn Club
Carnival lias set November id as
“Governor's I)a,v.” as Governor Sla
ton has mditied the managotueiit that
he can be there on that date.
For the fourth time it has been!
found necessary to reset the broken
arm of IF Murphy.’ who was injured
in a runaway at Cornelia two weeks
ago. Ilis condition, while somewhat
improved is still regarded as serious.
Charles Davis was Installed in his
ollice in the Georgia eapitol as .the
new state game and fish commission
cr. lie succeeded Jesse li. M ‘l'eer.
win. retired after holding the post
two years and two •mouths.
The Fithonia mayor and town coun
cil have closed a contract with the
J. |t. McCrary company;-.of■■Atlanta,
to put in an up-to-date waterworks
system and sanitary sewerage and
have just purchased a lot upon which
will be erected a granite city hull.
After remaining oiit four hours tin
jury in the case of State v. Tom Bul
lard. charged with killing Mack Spain
near Mexico. 20 i es west of \V;jy
cross. returned a verdict of “not guil
ty” in Clinch superior court.
Pipe raspberries from her own gar-
I deu were served for a dinner at Home
by Mrs. .Henry A. Smith, of Fast
First street. The raspberries were of
a si/.e and flavor as those that grow
in season. They were raised by Mrs.
Smith in her regular vegetable gar
den and not under glass.
From an attack of acute indiges
tion. brought on. it is believed, by
continued drinking, a white man sup
posed to lie IV Buckner, of Tippe
canoe City. Ohio, died shortly after
j reaching W'.tycross from Binning
ha m. ->
j Percy it. M'iller, who sled J. M.
Gregory some ten days ago in a iptar
i rcl at Lexington, accidentally shot
j himself in the stomach and died at
his country home.
I Mlu* illness of Fniory Speer, federal
judge for the southern district of
(leorgia. charged with official inreg
I ulafitirs and threatened with irn
| pcuchmcut proceedings, resulted in it
postponement of the investigation of
! tin* charges upon xv hi • -1 1 tin* housi
judiciary subcommittee was to begin
on November It).
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SHERIFF .Mi:Hi'S DEATH.
South Georgia County Offi.ial Is Kill
ed in l a:,*..ual AceiJeni.
Siicriflf Ale.v Bailey died at ids'
home in Darien as the r. suit of an
automob'lt* accident.
'l i e accident occurred while Ball *y.
j who'had been sheriff of Mclntosh
J county for about eight years, was on
an antoiaohile trip to Uvescent. Ga.
Tin* machine was going at fuTT speed
wlieii it swerved into the woods,
turning completely over, throwing it>
j occupants out. then righting its *ll
and passing over the body of tin
sheriff - , •inflicting injuries from which
he died a few hours later.
BUMPER CORN CROP.
Farmers of Georgia Have Grown Sev*
enty-Two Million Bushels.
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From tin* Atlanta Fhamber of Com j
merce conu s the news that this vearT
corn crop m (.corgia will he "Jo "pei
cent, larger than that of last year.!
Tills year's crop will total 7ff.•)')!).iMH! j
bushels, which is a record crop foi ;
tin* state.
Tin* nearest approach to this fig
ure is tin* crop of 11)11. which
amounted to f> Loon.tub) bushels. Tiu
lull! crop was about nX.oOO.OPO.
M'lii* results from tin* boys' corn
clubs are o<> per cent., bet: *r than
those of last year—that is. fit) tut
cent, more boys have “come through."
Which is the tcehrha! term for hav
ing complied with all g •comment r •-
ijuii i mmits of methods of culth atkm,
keeping records am! making rcpoits.
::s well as exhibiting at the local
; county coin show. About ff.IHV,) boys
i have “come through.”
Two (ieormnA ■■ tv named in tin
'almost lisr ol avv over made by
the <'.lllK'uio Ib'O >i!a«l Commission,
which was made i»ub'-> ait *r a moot
ing "f tin commission at I’Utsburt:
a tuv (lays ago. Seventy-sow:
awards iv iv ma<lo. Tlu* (Jeoraian
are: Lasker Ibirel. 21. of Ihumia. am
Arthur I.ookett, .‘Li, j( negro. o.
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liosa. tht* 1 it-year-oH daughter o
■ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tallis. who ha<
a terrible accident at I,awreneoviiU
by getting her sqnll crtished bctweei
tin oak tree and a two-horse wamo
body, died and the remains were bur
ied at Hog Mountain. Rev. .1. C. John
son having charge of tin* exercises.
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA,
DICTATOR HUERTA
IS TOLD TO QUIT
Ultimatum Sent by the United
States
BLANQUET ALSO BARRED
In Communication Huerta is Inform
ed That Me Alust a* Once Elimi
nate Himself as a Factor in Mexi
can Situation.
President Huerta has been told hi'
niusi resign the presidency of Mexico
without loss of time, and that he
must not leave as Ids successor Gen
eral Aureliano Blatnpiet. his minister
of war. or any other member of Ids
official family tor. the unofficial co
terie whom he might be expected to
control.
This ultimatum from Washington
was conveyed to■ "President Huertfi
through his private .secretary. Senor
Ha Inigo, by Nelson o'Sbnughnossy.
tht“ American charge d'affaires, acting
under instructions from the state de
pa it ment.
Scimf Ha ha go presented the memo
randum to ids chief kite Sunday, but
President Huerta had return no an
swer. gnd. as far as .could in* learned,
had guarded its contents from al
most all of his official and intimate
counsellors.
Those who learned of the Washing
ton note regard General Huerta's po
sition as one in which he will be
forced to give one of two answers —
refusal point-blank "to comply With
the demand, possibly* going so far as'
I to hand (lie diplomatic representative
ids passports, or the elimination of
| himself officially.
Those most intimate with the pres
ident insist that I lit*flatter course will
not lie taken for in-aby reasons, chief
among which is ;/lij(kit such action
would bo tantamoiljit to submission to
tlie rebels, official'.Mexico is no lon
ger in doubt that the Washington ad
ministration favors the rebel cause,
and is convinced that tins is the
means adopted by president Wilson
and Secretary l!r.v:.iii to assist Car
ranza to win.
GETS $400,000 BRIDE.
Noted Polo Player Weds Miss Nancy
Gordon Steele.
Miss Nancy Gordon Steele, second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Steele, and Devereaux Milburn. the
polo player, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Milburn. were married at West
bury. L. I. in the Church of the Ad
vent.
.The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Ernest Stires, of St. Thomas
i nitivh. Manhattan, assisted by the
liev. Dr. Richard I*. Powe. rector of
the Church of the Advent.
The maid of honor was Miss Kath
arine Si ceil*, sister of 1 hri’hv,
Mile bride received n number of
nitig liticent wedding gifts. lier fn
tli;presented hi*r with an annuity
keep SUICIDE PACT. v
Couple Thought Death Easiest Way
Out. ,
A double siuei'lo was brought to
light at Atlantic City wh *n the ile
•omposed bo.lit >of Jam.-*- F. Bly. an
IS year old medical student of Phil
adelphia, ami his I’’-year-old bride,
were found in the woods near Noi-tli
itehl. Bullet wounds in the temples
of each, a revolver containing two
empty chambers lying between them
and a nOle signed by both conviiiN'd
the police that the couple ended their
lives as a result of a suicide pact. The
note, which was in the young man’s
hand writing, read:
"Death is the easiest way out. Rose
will kill herself tirst and I will fol
low.”
Other, letters found in Bl.v’s cloth
ing tokl of parental objection to their
wedding which friends say took place
! last August, M'Ue couple had been
I missing since September S.
The youth'* father is Alber J. Bly.
a well known railroad man of Al
toona. I’a. Ilia wife was the daugh
ter of Mrs. M. i'. Herring, of Atlantic
(’sty.
WARTIME BISCUITS.
Virginia Woman Preserves Bread
Cooked at Petersburg in Sixties.
’Three bnisciiits. cooked by Lieuten
ant Griffin. of a Georgia company.
: djirl: - tin* closing days of the Con
feili racy a i a camp near Petersburg.
Yu., now in the possession of Mrs. J.
D. Simonson, of Beach, Ya.. who
; prizes ihem highly ns war relics, wore
exhibited at the Petersburg Fair just
ides, d.
Mrs. Simonson is unable to remit
tin number of the (leorgia company,
but she remembers that Lieutenant
Griffin • mi a brother who was ser
geant in the company, and that there
was another sergeant named Lindsey.
Sees National Prohibition.
oman suffrage will crush the
liquor traffic. Laifranchisoment of
women will mean national prohibi
tion. Suffrage and prohiltition are
indissolubly linked together.
tiii so ringing statements. Mrs. Lil
lian M. N. Stevens, of Portland. Me.,
president of tlie National Woman's
Christian Temperance I'nion it her
annual address before the fo"tietli
eonvention at Asbury Park. X. ... of
that organization pointed the wav for
the future struggle of the member- I
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NOT THE OLDEST BUT THE LARGEST
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The Citizens Bank of Douglas
E. L. TANNER, ' G. M. STANTON,
Vice-President Cashier
The Grocerymen
Our Stock of Grocer
ies is Fresh and com
plete. Phone us be
fore beginning a meal
We hav e it. A nice
line of fruits always
on hand. . . .
207 E. Ward-st, Phone S 3
Douglas, Georgia