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PERSONALS
We have got the Goods, so says
Levin.
' Mrs. Edell Smith visited Atlanta
this week.
. P. L. Smith of Hazlehurst was
Mrs. W. A. Little is visiting rela
tives in Ohio.
We want your news, phone us at
322 or 94.
y Bishop F. F. Reese returned to
Savannah Monday.
Mr. Sam Goin attended the fair at
Palatka Fla. this week.
Mr. Fred Mullins, of Montezuma,
spent Friday in the city,
Mr. Dan Kirkland, of Denton, was
in Douglas Wednesday.
Received another shipment of La
dies’ Coat Suits at Levin’s.
Mr. W. L. Fisher spent a part of
(Thanksgiving in Waycsoss.
Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Turentine are
visiting relatives in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Mathews of Griffin is the
guest of Mrs. Ward B. Albertson.
I Judge W. C. Lankford spent Sun
day in Clinch county with his father.
W. L. Fisher made a business trip
to Waycross andreturned last Sunday
Mr. Johnson, the genial hotel man
of Nashville, spent Thursday in the
city.
Ex Sheriff David Ricketson spent
several days here this week on busi
ness.
Col. Chastain of Nashville, spent
Thanksgiving here with his brother
R. B.
Judge Lev! O’Stsen is attending the
General Conference in Macon this
week.
Judge Levi O’Stein is attending
the general conference in Macon this
Mrs. Barclay who has been spend
ing several days in Augusta, return
ed home today.
C. A. Tyler, David Ricketson and
Bill Hursey, of Broxton, were in
the city Monday.
Cols. W. W. Bennett and Wade H.
Watson, of Baxley, attended City
Court this week.
Col. J. J. Rogers, Mr. T. S. Price,
with a party spent Thanksgiving on
a hunting trip at Zirkle.
Miss Addie Bell Lowther has re
turned to Waycros; after a visit to
Miss Hester Brewer here.
Mrs. J. H. Cossart has returned to
her home in Caddo, Oklahoma after
a visit to her parents here.
k The violin solas by Mr. Ben Roberts
and readings by Miss Grace Gaffney
added much to the evening.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Frink and little
Miss Carol Frink have returned to
Jacksonville after a visit here.
Mrs. John McLean and daughter,
Miss Annette, are spending several
days at Hampton Springs. Fla.
Mr. A. C. Heath, who- has been
visiting the .family of Col. L. E.
Hearth, left today for Rochelle.
Mr. Sam Coin attended the Fair at
Palatka, Fla. this week, taking.his
pacer down for entry in the races.
Miss Nell Verdry returned Mon
day from Augusta, where she was
called by the illness of her father.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sapp and little
son, Kermit, are spending several
days at Willacoochee visiting relatives
Mrs. W. W. McDonald is spending
several days with her daughter,
Mrs. Thurman Whatley, at Reynolds
Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb Barnes left
Tuesday for their home at West
Palm Beach, Fla., after a visit to
relatives here.
Judge J. W. Quincy, C. A. Ward,
F. Willis Dart and Messrs. J. N.
McDonald and W. R. f rier spent
Monday in Atlanta.
The ynung people enjoyed a delight
ful cane grinding out at Mr. fisher
Dent’s Thursday night, Mrs. J. W .
Mathews acting as chaperone.
Rev. M. A. Morgan and Judge
Levi O’Steen are spending several
days at Macon this week attending
.the South Georgia Conference.
Don’t fail register for city election
WANTED Rabits and squirrels. ;
Do’-tglas Hotel.
Mr. C. C. Anthany of Sassar was
the guest of Mr. Fuller this week.
Eugene Merrier is considering en-1
tering the race for mayor in the |
coming municipal election.
Miss Laura Wilson and Miss Julia
Williams of Fitzgerald are visit
ing Miss Mildred McDonald.
Next Wednesday will be the* last
day in which to register for the com
ing city election in Douglas.
If you have not registered with the
city clerk by next Wednesday night,
you cant vote for city officers.
WANTED Rabits an 1 squirrels.
Douglas Hotel.
The registration books for city
election will close December 3rd.
If you want to vote register at once.
The William Todd Show is the
best of its kind that has yet struck
Douglas. The biggest laugh and the
most fun you ever had for a dime.
The best of its kind yet. The Will
iam Todd Show that will be here
for one week, begginning December
Ist. Genneral admission, 10 cents.
William Todd’s sho w is the besi
entertainment of the kind ever
brought to Nashville. This show has
been playing here ail the week under
a tent, and the crowds have been fill
ing the teit every night.—Nashville
Herald.
Mrs. Rosina Pillsberry, a graduate
and post graduate nurse, after spend
ing some time in Atlanta, has re
turned to Douglas to locate and prac
tice her proffesion. Mrs. Pillsberry
is a splendid woman and efficient
nurse and we feel sure that she will
succeed here. Her residence at pre -
ent is with Mrs. R. B. Sanders 126
Gaskin Avenue.
The friends of Mr. Horton Chris
topher miss his pleasant face at the
Citizens Bank and will be glad when
he is well enough to return to his
work.
Mr. Tracy W. Stackhouse, of
Hawkinsville, spent Sunday here
with his family. Mrs. Stackhouse
and children returned home Wed
nesday.
Mr. J. S. Ward of Lebanon Fla.,
was here this week. He is connected
with the West-Flynn-Harris Naval
Stores Co., there. The PROGRESS will
fallow him.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Bryan were
c mdial host and hostess at their new
suburban home Thanksgivng at a six
o'clock dinner, their guesss being
Prof. Little, Prof. Bryan, Prof. Sie
bert and Master Wilbert Little.
Miss Eleanor Cameron, who
appeared in song recital at the
auditorium M -nday evening, was a
rare treat. Her voice was superb.
The violin solos by Miss Grace Gaff
r.ey added much to the evening.
Mrs. Z. W. Kirkland accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Edell Smith,
went to Atlanta last Sunday to pre
pare for an operation. Her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. L. Fisher, received a
telegram Thursday afternoon stating
that the operation had been perform
ed and that she had come through
! the ordeal all right and was doing
! file.
Mrs. W. R.Frier was the hostess to
1 a pretty afternoon affair on Tuesday
in honor of Miss Leone Baird, who is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Baird, Rook was the game enjoyed,
the big best score being made by
Miss Lovie Turner after a salad course
Mrs Andrew Wood gave several read
! ings. Those present w T ere: Misses
Lovie Turner, Nela Knowles, Della
Lott, Beatrice McDonald, Julia Hall,
Lucile Clements, Era Goodyear, Mrs-
Andrew 7 Wood, Misses Brice* Stanton,
Flansburg, Latimer.
Mr. D. F. Gaskins and familv, r f
Hacoda, Ala., attended the fair here
last week, Fisher is a former resi
dent of Coffee county and a son of
Mr. Dan Gaskins Sr. of Douglas, but
has been in Alabama about twelve
years where he is ingaged in the
naval stores business. He has made
i enough money to be too comfortably
situated out there to ever return to
hisold home County and State to live
again but will keep up with things
in the old “beat” hereafter by read
ing the Progress.
THE rCFITT COU NTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
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TO PESTFiOY CANADA THISTLE
Bei ng Persnni?.! Plant, it Pucpapalco
Itself by Means of Seeds and*
Its Underground Parts.
This weed occurs in the northern
states from t Maine to Virginia, west to
North Dakota and Kansas, and in the
Pacific coast states from Washington
to northern California.
Being a perennial plant, the Canada
thistle propagates itself both by its
underground parts and its seeds. The
character of the underground growth
must, therefore be understood in order
to attack the weed intelligently. The
root, which varies in size from one
quarter of an inch or more down to
very small feeding rootlets, branches
and spreads in all directions more or
lees horizontally. The depth of this
root varies from a few inches to a
few feet below the soil surface, de
pending on the kind of soil in which
it has been formed. From any point
along the rcot buds may form and
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Characteristic Growth of the Canada
Thistle. The Shoots Are Illustrat
ed in Various Stages of Develop
ment, From the Most Advanced
Down to Buds Just Starting From
the Roots.
send up root shoots, which appear
above the soil surface as stems or
tops*of the plant. At any time dur
ing the growing season shoots in all
stages of development can be found,
from the most advanced down to those
just starting from the roots.
After this weed has obtained a foot
hold the best way to eradicate it is
to prevent it from sending up top
or growth, which finally
causes the roots to die. This is the
basic principle which must be kept
in mind at all times. The top of the
plant serves much the same purpose
as the lungs of animals, so that if the
plant is continually deprived of all
that vital part it must soon die.
PROBLEM OF WINTER BUTTER
Most Important Part of Work Is
Proper Ripening of Cream—Churn
at Least Twice a Week.
(By S. C. MILLER.)
We cannot hope to make good but
ter without the proper ripening of
the cream. This is in fact the most
important part of the work. Most
farm people keep skimming during
the entire week, putting all into one
lot, and often the last day’s churning
is skimmed directly into the churn,
and of course this has not ripened at
all.
This plan gives cream of six dif
ferent periods of ripening. It is al
most impossible to get good butter
from week-old cream.
Churning should be done at least
twice a week. After the cream is
taken off it should be kept at low
temperature to discourage the growth
of bacteria until about twelve hours
before churning, when the starter
should be added to ripen it, and the
temperature raised to 65 degrees or
a little over.
In summer churning can be done at
58 degrees, but in winter the temper
ature should be from six to eight de
grees higher. If churned at more
than 65 degrees a good deal of the
curd may be incorporated, and this
will make butter of a cheesy flavor,
which does not keep well.
Rancid butter is caused by insuf
ficient washing. The wilk left in the
butter will soon become strong, and it
should be all washed out, care being
taken, however, not to overwash the
butter, as this will take out the good
flavor.
In salting, the mass should be
spread out thinly and the salt
sprinkled over evenly, because it is
almost impossible to work the salt
through all of the butter if it is
thrown all in one place.
Streaked or mottled butter is near
ly always caused by uneven salting.
After satting, the butter should be al
lowed to stand for five or six hours
and then worked again.
Our experience is that unless the
farmer is well equipped to make but
ter in very large quantities, with ac
cess to a good private trade which
will pay fair prices, it is better to
sell the cream than to attempt to
make butter for the market.
LEAF MOLD MOST VALUABLE
Necessary Addition to- Soil in Grow
ing Seedlings in Open Air—Turn
and Water Leaves Often.
Leaf mold is a valuable and neces
sary addition to the soil, used in pot
ting plants, in the hot bed, or for
growing seedlings in ftie open air. It
is also fine when used for a mulch on
the lavn. It makes soil friable and
aids root formation.
Dig a hole large enough to accom
modate the leaves you have gathered,
and pack them in layers, stamping
and watering each layer. Turn and
water the leaves several times a year.
Leaves may be piled in the fence
corner, and soil and brush used to
keep them from blowing away. Stir
the leaves every few weeks, watering
them thoroughly every time.
Equal Chance for All.
It is an easy matter to put all the
little pigs together to be fed by them
selves or to enlarge the troughs so
they may all have an equal chance.
Mr. iicmcr Ricketson
Weds Miss Greer,
Broxton G\., (Special) The wed
ding of .Miss Maggie Greer and Mr.
Horner Ricketson was a beautiful
i event of Wednesday evening Nov.
19th, the ceremony taking place at
3:30 at the Methodist church, Rev.
M. F. Beals officiating. The interior
jof the church presented a scene of
! beauty; the chancel was banked with
southern smilax and ferns, graceful
j sprays of smilax and bamboo were
' used in mural decorations and clus
\ ters of handsome pink roses formed
I a striking contrast to the green of
I palms and ferns.
An interesting musical program
was rendered before and during the
ceremony by Mrs. B. M. Poer and
Mrs. Glenn, of Eufala, Ala., cousin
of the bride who sang “Because,”
Lohengrin's Bridal chorus was sung
by friends of the bride.
The members of the wedding par
ty were Miss Eddie Greer, sister of
| the bride, maid of honor; Miss Fan
nie Lee Dixon, bride’s maid; Mr.
Dan Newbern, best man ; Mr. Hugh
j Preston, groomsman; and Messrs,
j Ben Poer and Jesse Newbern, ushers
: Marguarite McDowell, niece of the
bride, and Eulalie Dorminy, little
daughter of Capt. J. J. Dorminy
flower girls.
The groomsman and brides-maid
j entered the church down the center
i aisles and formed a beautiful picture
; around the white chancel. Miss
Fannie Lee Dixon, ofOsiertield wore
a handsome draped gown of pink
satin and chiffon and carried a bou
| quet of white chrysanthemums tied
| with airy streamers of white tulle.
Miss Eddie Greer’s, maid of honor,
! lovely gown was fashioned of pink
accordion pleated crepe de chine, the
bodice draped in real hand embroid
ered chiffon,and she carried an arm
ful of white chrysanthemums.
The bride entered with her sister
and was lovely in her wedding gown
of white crepe de chine, the bodice
was veiled with chiffons and pearls,
her veil was caught to her soft dark
hair with sprays of orange blossoms
and fell in graceful folds to the edge
of her train, she carried a white
Bible, showered with lilies of the
valley.
The wedding was followed by an
informal reception at the home of
the bride. Punch was served in the
hall by a group of lovely girls-
We Solicit Your Banking Business
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PROMPT AND COURTEOUS
ATTENTION GUARANTEED
NOT THE OLDEST BUT THE LARGEST
BANK IN THE COUNTY ------
The Citizens Bank of Douglas
E. L. TANNER, G. M. STANTON,
Vice-President Cashier
NOW IS THE TIME!
To do your trading with us. Dont
wait till the last minute. Christmas is
sure to come and so is cold weather.
Why not get what you need now and
enjoy the comforts of life. Our stock is
complete in every DEPARTMENT and
you can get a better SELECTION as we
Handle EVERYTHING and WILL SAVE
YOU MONEY. New goods coming in
by express every day and we guaran
tee satisfaction. Trade with us or you
LOSE. .....
Levins Department Store
Douglas, Georgia
IA FULL LINE OF CHRISTMAS TOYS I
Josephine Chambliss, Rita Prince and
Allethea Morrison. The rooms were
tastily decorated with palms and
ferns combined with vases of pink
roses continued the color motif.
The popularity of the young couple
was- attested by the numerous and
handsome gifts, among which was an
heirloom, a silver service, from her
mother.
The young couple will make their
home with the groom’s father.
Among the out of town guest were:
Mrs. Mike McDowell, of Greenville,
F!a., Mrs. Clarence Glenn, Eufala,
Ala., Dr. and Mrs. Quitman Holton,
Mrs. F. F. Preston and Mrs. 0. Ru
dolph, of Douglas, Mr. Prince and
daughter, Miss Rita, of Nicholls,
Miss Fannie Lee Dixon, of Osierfield.
Masonic Notice.
The next Regular Communication
of Douglas Chapter No. 49, R. A. M.
will be held Tuesday, December 2nd,
at 7:30 p. m. This being the meet
ing for the election of officers for
the next ensuing Masonic year. It
is essential that every member of
the Chapter be present.
John M. Hall,
High Priest.