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Three Cornels in Sight
If You Use Telescope
It is not often that three cornels i
can be seen at ;«e time.L*ut that is i
the caa3 this m.a th. They are calk'd
Metcalf's Neujnsiri’sand WestphaTs.'
All are small. None of them can he
seen without a‘telescope.
Neuynin’s is idle most remarkable.
This cwmet is really astonishing the
astronomer. JSkver have they Been
one like it. It has scarcity a trace
of a “tail” nor any of the faint, dif
fused light what usually surrounds
the head. Were it not for the orbit
or path, stretching in a flattened
oval far-out into space, beyond lone
ly Neptune, this heavenly visitor
might be mistaken for a planet. It
seems to be a comet that has lost its
‘“atmosphere,” or'"‘gas” or “dust” !
or whatever it is s.hat e&tehes the,
.light and gives the appearance that
we call “nebulosity”. Apparently
it is just the smooth, solid head or
v nucles” ol a comet; nothing else.
This bald wander of the skks ap
pears to have a path and a speed
that indicate its return to our part
of the solar system about once in
twenty-five years. Why has it never
bsen seen before?
Old Prediction Comes True.
Westphal’s comet is * interesting,
too; because it is one of the three
comets return after long periods of
time have been foretold, and which
have appeared when expected. This
comet w’as discovered by Westphal,
a German astronomer, June 27, 1852.
He calcualted the curve of its orbit,
and found that it must be an eclipse,
that is, an oval. Knowing a small
partrof this curve he was able to cai
cuate, by means of geometry and al
gebra, what the remainder must be.
Knowing the speed at which his
comet moved along this curve he |
predicted, 61 years ago, that it would j
return in the year 1913. And here j
it is. In the same way Halley’s;
Comet returned on time in 1910,1
after an absence of 76.8 years.
There are many long period comets
whose return has been predicted and
calcuated, but which have not yet
had time to arrive. One comet,
which appeared in 1864, would not
| come back to this part of the heavens
' until the la 800 >0 yeai
We shall have some time to wait,
therefore, before we can prove the
calculation correct. Another, which
was here in 1863, was calcuated to
Niches News.
(R. G. Vinson Cor.)
Several lawyers from Douglas at
tended Justice Court ..at Nicholls
j Saturday,among them wars Col. T. A.
Wallace Editor of the Progress.
Messrs Joe aid Georg? Taylor of
I Alma visited friends and relatives in
and around Nicholls Sunday.
Messrs. Will Holton and Will
Craven of Alma visited friends in
Nichols Sunday.
Rear. Collins of the Bunn-Bell In
stitute?, of Wayeross preache 1 at the
Baptist Church Sunday and Monday.
Rev IT. J. J.ihnson of the Bunn-
Bel! institute was among his Nichols
friends Sunday P. M.
Ernest Hall who is attending the
Bunn-Bell Institute is visiting his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hall
near Nicholls.
i Dr.. W. L. Hall, of Garrant is treat
ing his .sister, Minnie who is very
sick.
Warren Wilcox visited friends and
relatives near Douglas, Sunday.
Mrs. R. F. Stubbs and little son,
Gilmore are visiting relatives near
Fitzgerald this week.
Colquitt Smith, of Douglas was
among friends and relatives here last
Sunday.
Miss Mary Lott visited Miss Vera
Rainey at Bushnell Sunday.
Troy, the infant son of Dr. and
Mrs. S. L. Vinson who has been sick
for several days is somewhat better
at this writing.
Miss Eula Bailey, who has been
sick for several days is back teach
ing in the public school.
Mrs. W. P. Lewis is on the sick list
at this writing.
Miss Rachel Bennett of Beach vis
ited relatives in Ni«holls Sunday.
Notice to Creditors
Georgia, Coffee County
To the Creditors of B. H. Maynard
late of said County:
All parties holding demands
against the estate of B. H. Maynard,
late of said county, Georgia, are
hereby called upon to present their
demands to the undersigned in legal
form in accordance with section 3997
of the code of 1910. This November
3rd.1913.
Mrs. B. H. Maynard
Admx, of the Estate of B. H. May
nard.
use up 1,840,000 years for each rour d
trip; and there are ten others with
periods varying from 10,000 to 400, ;
000 years. -Current Events.
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With whom had you rather do business? The man who sneaks up and whispers, ‘‘l can make
you a price,” or the man who steps up briskly and says, ’ ! can render you service.”
We sell the kind of printing a man can send out with pride and the assurance that it will
BRING RESULTS. And we think enough of our ability to charge a reasonable price for
the product of our brain and hand. That price is neither high nor low. It’s fair—always. But we
make our bid for business on the basis of service. You need our J kind of printing. That’s a
positive statement, but we re ready to prove it. When shall we call?
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS
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JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT
J. E. Bartlett, Mechanical Manager Phone 322 217 E. Ward Street, Douglas, Ga
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS. OKOKC.H
The Perfect Government
No system of government since the
beginning of organized society has
been perfect. Every system of gov
ernment devised by the wit of man
has had in it from the beginning the
seed of its decay, and so doubtless it
will be till the end of time. But
each form of government has been
succeeded hy something a little bet
ter and more suited to time and cir
cumstances. Thus human society
has moved onward, and while the
march has sometimes been slow, and
there have been periods when society
seemed only to be marking time, the
trend has been steadily forward.
Therefore, let us not fret ourselves
because of evil-doers. This is a world
of just average men and women
whose intentions are honest. Some
times affairs become atwist as though
the whole machinery of government
were going to smash, but the steer
ing wheel is in careful hands and we
are not likely to be wrecked.
If political parties and political
j leaders were as bad as the opposition
sometimes in a heat say they are, we
should all go to the dogs; but it
is not so. We like to think of the
millions of farm homes in this broad
| land peopled by good, sensible. God
fearing men and women who high
est desire is to do right. We love to
think of them as bringing up their
children to love the truth, to shun a
lie and to respect the government
• under which they live. A people
so brought up and living in such en
vironment can not go wrong. They
and their children after them can be
trusted to guide the ship of state
safely through the shoals and into
safe harbor.
God bless the common people, for
they are the savi ors of our country. —
Path Finder.
For sale cheap: A splendid pair j
of Kansas City Computing Scales. I
Latest patent and practically new.
Call at this office.
To The Public
I have taken charge of the old
Rail Road Cafe, which will hereafter
be known as the Royal Cafe and
placed Mrs. S. A. Edenfield in charge
as manager, every one who knows
Mrs. Edenfield’s cooking will be
pleased to know that there is oue
place in Douglas, where they can get
something good to eat, Nuf Sed.
A, K. Spencer
A Call To The boys and Their Mothers
There is something new for you here, and
We Want to tell you and your parents about it
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RIGHT POSTURE f
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It is a patent elastic band built into the Bp j jpft
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but a gentle reminder to stand with head ‘ ; 11 ill
back, chest out, and shoulders squre. 3
A garment that encourages right-posture,
correct breathing and pride of appearance.
We give a nice pair of Dumb Bell’s with Bj§ Wm
each Right-Posture suit. lg
We invite you to come and look them over. j^l|g
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Peterson & Relihan
Douglas Georgia