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MILLINERY AND READY-TO-WEAR
To the GOOD PEOPLE OF COFFEE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES:
Fair weeek will soon be here. We want every women, girl and child that visitsjthe fair next week to come
and make our store your headquarters, we will make special efforts to accomodate you in every particular, whether
you buy from us or not. We have in stock over three hundred Shapes, Ready to Wear Hats and Pattern Hats.
We also carry Ladies Coats and Coat Suits.
We have the most complete line of Embroidery work the whole Kewpie outfit as well as a complete line
of Royal Seciety, every package has sufficient embroidery floss to complete the article. Christmas will soon be here,
and right here is a good place to get something for your friends. Don’t forget the Fair and by all means don’t for
get us while here, we mean what we say. Comn to see us and make yourself at home while hear in Douglas, have
a good time and go home feeling like Douglas is the place to come for a good time as well as on business.
DOWLING’S MILLINERY STORE
PERSONALS
' Dr. Man Kirkland, of Nicholls, is
here today.
We have got the Goods, so says
Levin.
Mrs. A. W. Haddock spent Tues
day in Vidalia.
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Representative C. E. Stewart spent
Saturday in Douglas-
We wantyoir news, phone us at
322 or 94.
Mr. T. J. Young was a business
visitor here Monday.
£ Mr. G. L. Bush, of Broxton, was
here Monday and Tuesday.
Low Prices will prevail during fail
week at Levin’s.
Mr. W. T. Shrowder was over from
Broxton Wednesday.
Postmaster J. F. Overstreet is
away on a two weeks’ vacation.
Judge W. C Lankford spent sev
eral days in Atlanta this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Anderson have
a new baby at their home.
Mr. U. A. H. Davis was in Atlanta
a few days this week.
Mr. Jim Sapp, of Sapps’ Still, was j
a visiter in the city Tuesday.
Mr. E: L. Tanner made a busnness
' 'tsip to Jacksonville teis week.
Mrs. Truitt Nelson, of Alma, is
relatives in the city.
Received another shipment of La
dies’ Coat Suits at Levin’s.
Mr. Roy Paulk, of Willacoochee.
was here Tuesday.
Dr. M. M. McGorvan, of Broxton,
was in Douglas Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Corlis Dugger have
leturned to the city from Milltown. |
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Harper moved i
into their new 7 home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Meeks, of
Nichols, spent Sunday in the city.
Judge Levi O’Steen left today for
Macon on business.
Mr. J. C. Roddenberry, was over
from Broxton iast Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Charles Jackson and baby
have joined Mr. Jackson at Valdosta.
Mrs. E. L. Tanner attended the Bap
tist Convention in Atlanta this week.
Mr. J. W. Stalnaker, of Broxton,
was a visitor in the city Wednesday.
I will have a new line of hats at
►specially low 7 prices during the fair
liss Sayre.
Mr. Duncan McLean, of Feronia,
was a visitor in Douglas Tuesday.
Messrs. I. T. Graham and Thos. M.
Fletcher, were over from Broxton
Monday.
Mr. E. D. Douglas. of the hustling
city of Nichols, visited Douglas Mon
day.
Honorable G. Washington Lott, of
Garrant, was visiting relatives here
Sunday.
Mr. W. T. (Nottingham is at h.s
old position at the Union Rank for
awhile .to the placeof Mr. Noah
Head, who has resigned.
You are welcome at Levin’s.
If you want progress, give us a dol
lar and we guarantee you plenty of
it for one year.
Mr. James Harrilson, of Conyers,
is visiting Mr. Homer Johnson at
Broxton this week.
Solicitor General M. D. Dickerson
is at his post of duty attending Pierce
Superior Court this week.
♦ Mr. J. L. Helms, of Unadilla,
spent Wednesday in Douglas with
his son, J. D. Helms.
Miss Pauline Duggar has accepted
a position with one of the country
schools near Mr. Warren Vickers.
Miss Alice Owens has returned to
Brunswick after a visit to Miss
Nannie Jardine.
The W. C. T. U. held an interest
ing meeting at the Methodist church
last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Tanner, of Nicholls, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Dubose, dur
ing her illness.
Mrs. Elmo Tanner and little son,
of Alma, are visiting friends in
Douglas this week.
Mrs. John Barnes, Mrs. T. P.
Wilcox and Miss Rosalie Barnes
spent Tuesday in Fitzgerald.
Post Master J. F. Overstreet has
just returned from Augusta where
he has been spending a few days.
Mrs. Fannie Pound of Cordele
spent a few days this week with Rev.
and Mrs. M. A. Morgan.
Do your trading at Levin’s or you
lose.
Mrs. J. J. Dubose is very ill at her
l home on Madison street, a trained
I nurse having been secured for her.
Mr. W. M. Rainbow, one of Brox
ton’s most prominent merchants,
was in t’ne city last Tuesday.
Messrs. C. D. Kirkland, E. Todd
and Thos. McGovern, of Broxton,
were here on business Wednesday.
Make yourself at home at Levin’s.
Miss Lillie May Bagwell and Miss
Vara Jackson, of Garrant, spent Sat
urday morning in the city.
Messrs. John Lewis and T. C.
Allen, of Broxton passed through
j the city this morning enroute to
Garfield,
I wall have an especially pretty dis
play of hats at my store, 116 east
Sycamore St.; during the fair.
Miss M. Sayre.
Mrs. Tracy Stockhouse and child
ren of Hawkinsville are the guests
of Mrs. S, H. D. Barnes and family.
Mr. Henry Futrell, of the Willa
coochee Record, called at The Pro
gress office while here on business
I Tuesday.
Misses Madge Baker and Vinita
Vickers, of the E, D. A. S., spent
Monday with their aunt, Mrs. J. A.
Daughtrey.
Clothing, cleaned, pressed and dy
ed by the City Pressing Club.
Rear Corn’s
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
Mr. Melvin Tanner left yester
day to spend a day of so at the
Georgia-Carolina Fair at Augusta.
Ex-County Commissioner J. L.
Brown, after an absence from our
city for about six months, was ming
ling with his many friends here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meeks and
their little fellows came over from
Ociila Sunday in their car and spent
the day with Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Sapp.
Wanted A position by a hard
working colored man. Will take any
kind of a job. Can furnish best of
reference. C. M. Munson, Mora,
Ga. It
Mrs. J. J. Dubose has been quite
ill for several days, and we are very
sorry to learn that at the present
there seems to be no improvement in
her condition.
Editor Fred Ricketson, of the Alma
Times, Alma, Ga., is spending a few
days here. He is a hustling news
paper man and we are always glad
to have him visit us.
Mr. Clarence Beard, of McDonough,
Ga., passed through the city Wed
nesday on his way to Broxton, where
he will visit his sisters, Mrs. Jesse
Newbern and Mrs. E. L. Bledsoe.
Messrs. James B. and Jesse E.
Lott, two of Broxton’s young busi
ness men, passed through Douglas
Wednesday evening on their way to
Augusta to attend the Georgia-Caro
lina Fair.
A splendid six room house on Bry
an street with all modern conven
iences, close in and convenient to
school and business center. Large
yard and gardens and good out
houses. Bargain if sold at once.
Apply at this office.
We are very glad to see our old
friend J. M. Dent on the streets
again after a severe spell of rheuma
tism. It looks as though it had
handled him rather roughly except
for his genial smile; that continues
to be one of his drawing cards.
We wish to say to the good people
of our neighbor town, Broxton, that
| Mr. Homer Johnson, while employed
| with us, will spend the nights and
| possibly Saturdays at home and will
j look after our interest over there,
; and any business given him will be
greatly appreciated.
Mr. Webb Barnes, of West Palm
Beach, Florida, will arrive in the city
tonight with his bride, who was Miss
Jessie Brown, of that city, but for
| merly of Colorado. Mr. Barnes is a
Ison-of Mrs. S. H. D. Barnes and a
.
j twin brother to Miss Rosalie Barnes,
of this city.
Dr. J. A. Peterson, of Tifton, spent
some time here this week, and while
here subscribed for The Progress.
The doctor is a former resident of
Dougias and has lots of friends here
who are always glad to see him, and
while we would be glad to have him
back, we understand that he has
a practice in Tifton that any dentist
should be proud of.
E. D.*A. S. wins‘again over the
town boys Monday, the score being
18, to 0. Coochee and Vickers were
a feature of the game, three of the
town boys not being able to be there
and there was a weakness in the line.
Referee Gray.
Timekeeper Anderson.
Mammoth Yellow Jacket Nest.
Photographer W. L. Rogers went
down to Mora Monday and made a
photograph of what is supposed to
be the largest Yellow Jacket nest
ever seen in this country. It was
captured in the “Round About” by
Messrs. Vickers and Lott and hauled
to Mora. The nest measured five
feet and six inches in height and
four feet in diameter and weighed
more than a hundred pounds. When
found every cell was occupied by a j
yellow jacket.
We understand that perhaps the
nest will be on exhibition at the com
ng fair and it should prove quite an
attraction for that now famous reni j
dezvous.
City Improvement Club.
The City Improvement Club held
its regular meeting on Tuesday af~ j
ternoon with the president, Mrs. J.
C. Brewer. Many helpful thoughts
were brought back to the members
from the Federation by Mrs. Brewer.
Plans for the winter work are being
made and a profitable year is as
sured.
“Uncle Charlie” Called to Broxton
Church.
Rev. Charlie Wilkerson, of Au
gusta, has been called by the Baptist
church of Broxton as pastor for next
year. We all love to call him “Uncle
Charlie,” and in fact he is better
known by that title than any other.
We congratulate the church and all |
of Broxton on this selection. “Uncle j
Charlie” is an evangelist of wide rep
utation and we can promise Broxton 1
a lot of good sound preaching for*
next year.
Program of Sydney Club.
The Sydney Lanier Club of the
Sixth Grade of the public school will
render the following program next
Saturday afternoon.
Song—“ Five O’Clock in the Morn
ing.”
Composition Life of Henry W.
Longfellow Horrie Summerill.
Reading “The Wreck of the Hes
prus” Mary Shelton.
Reading “The Skeleton in Armor”
Art’nine Livingston.
Sor.g “Tenting Tonight.”
Story of Evangeline Lessie Thomp
son.
Recitation “The Rainy Day”
Rem a O’Steen.
Reading “The Arsenal at Spring
field” Agnes Spaulding.
Recitation Selection from Long
fellow Ora Mae Howard.
Reading Selection from Longfel
low Loraine Gillen.
Song “The Vacant Chair.”
Edith Brooks.
Sec’y Sydney Lanier Club.
At Methodist Church.
Rev. M. A. Morgan, the pastor,
has only two more Sundays to preach
before he leaves for the annual con
ference. He very much desires that
all his members and friends attend
these two Sundays. Subject next
Sunday: “Universal Prosperity from
God to His Children.”
Mr. Morgan will show in this dis
cussion how all people can prosper in
material things and in spiritual
things. *
Everybody should hear, this dis
-1 cussion.
Pearson.
A number ol the younger set were
delightfully entertained at the home
of Miss Bertha Pearson Monday eve
ning in honor of her guest, Miss
Alma Royals, of Rupert, Ga.
Mr. Sherrod Corbett, of Willacoo
chee, was a business visitor here
Tuesday.
Mr. H. L. Lankford, of Lyons, is
spending some time here with rela
tives and friends.
Mr. T. J. Littlefield came up from
McDonald Friday, returning Satur
day.
A series of entertaining and in
structive lectures were delivered last
j week in the local churches by Mr. N.
A. Boyajian, a native of Armenia,
I now a student in Vanderbilt Univer
| sity.
Mr. H. C. Corbett has been elected
!to the faculty of the Pearson public
| school. The increased enrollment
this year has necessitated the ser
vices of an extra teacher.
Mr. Charles Corbett, the genial
druggist, is in Savannah this week
making his holiday purchases.
Col. B. T. Allen returned from
Jacksonville Saturday, where he ac
companied Mrs. Allen, who will visit
there with relatives.
Mr. W. C". Patterson spent Tuesday
in Ashburn, where he attended the
Patterson-Simmons wedding.
After an illness of several months,
Mrs. Micajah Vickers, Sr., living
several miles South of town, died
Friday leaving several sons and
I daughters to mourn her loss. Mrs.
Vickers has lived an exemplary
! Christian life, and the sympathy of
ARIVING DAILY j
We have just received another \
shippment of • . • • V
Ladies Coal Suits and Coats i
54 Inch Black and Navy all Wool serge \
36 inch Woolen Plaids
A New lot of- Boys Norfolk Suits ;
30 dozen Ribbed Underwear \
20 doz Frisco Top Shirts \
W. L. Douglas Shoes \
Buster Brown Hosiery \
John B. Stetson Hats J
We sell everything and will save you \
money. Come and be with us during \
Fair week. Special prices in every ;
department. •
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Levins Department Stc ?
We Handle Everything Douglas, Ge
the entire community is extended to
the relatives in their hour of sorrow.
Interment was at Union Hill Church
Saturday. Quite a number of rela
tives and friends attended from
here.
Mrs. Samantha Pnulk and Miss
Letitia Peterson, of Willacoochee,
spent the week with Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Sears.
To the Public.
I wish to. announce that I have
opened offices on the second floor of
the Union Bank Building for the
practice of dentistry. I have one of
the most modern ann thoroughly
equipped dental offices throughout
this entire section, consisting of san
itary equipment, gold inlay machine
\ and electrical motors.
I have received three years train
ing in one of the largest dental clinics
in the United States, combined with
three years office practice, and I feel
able to handle anything in my pro
fession. Hours from 8 a. rn. to 5
p. m.
Dr. Ernest Clinton Swanson.
Cotton Report.
The tabulation of the separate re
turns from the ginners for the No
vember Ist,report shows your tele
graph summary to be correct. There
were 13,731 bales of cotton, count
ing round as half bales, ginned in
Coffee county, from the crop of 1913
prior to November 1, as compared
with 7,210 bales ginned prior to
November 1, 1912.