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DOWLING’S MILLINERY ii 'itHii. iir === i ii —nor i 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. a 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. • v 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.