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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. 1 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 t 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 * RIGHT POSTURE f •' DID Mp* 1 C A health giving patent, built into clothes that are made to stand hard usage. It is a patent elastic band built into the Bp j jpft shoulders and back of the coat. Not a brace, jMftw * 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 v -- Peterson & Relihan Douglas Georgia