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(£n:frr (Cmmljj iPrngrraa. ■ I■■■■' ■ ■ • ■<" * * ■**.•** *" - Published E\ ery Friday Afternoon T. A. WALLACE. Editor E. S. SAPP, Business Manager J. E. BARTLETT, Mechanical Mgr. Entered at the Poit Office, Douglas, Georgia as Second Class Mail Matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE One Year . - , SI.OO Six Months, - .50 DEPEND ON SELF. Any man who reaches, even a respectable de cree <>t success, must depend upon himself for the achieving act. Results will always follow in the wake of a strong will, coupled to a courageous spirit and honest purpose. Those qualities will enable any man to make a success of life. We place the emphasis on the word “make” because man must tight every inch of the way to success. It is true the road is wide open to all. the entries un limited, pedigrees unwi itten, the race a free for all trot, run or pace, the purse, success, yet oppo sition is at every step of the way. Success is yours only when YOU WIN it. No one can hand it to you, and if they could they would’nt, and if they did, it would not be YOUR success, You are a man or you are nothing. On the opposite shore from you the sands are covered with pearls, plunge in and swim the current, for you can if you will. To hesi tate, to doubt, to fear, to look back to the reced ing shores for help, means to be lost in the waves, it means failure. Success is everywhere but to make it yours you must capture it. For the sake of mother, father, wife and babies or whatever the tie may be; for the sake of your neighbors and the great citizenship of the County, for the sake of your own manhood, leave off “Old Booze” this time and learn how pleasant it is to five and act soberly and decently through just one Christmas. THE CURRENCY BILL It is generally agreed by bankersan 1 financiers as well as all others qualified to give an opinion on ] the subject, that the banking and currency bill,-as j a whole, is a good one. It is admitted that the bill j of course has some faults, but only such as may j l e easily remedied as experience may show the' necessity of correction. The fight has been a hard one and many peo- ] pie thought that it would never pass, but the tact an 1 determination of the President held congress ; together until they agreed and passed the bill, i Had the wishes and expectation of the Senate and Congress been recognized by President Wilson, they would have adjourned immediately after they h passed the tariff law, but with the tariff law on the books and no currency reform to back it up j:e President knew that trouble would begin, so he v.: s presistent and determined and as a result! the country now has a new currency system pro- 1 v’.di" _f i’.r safe banking and elastic currency tc 1 buck up the lower tariff. It is known that the ! currency bill makes the first great change in bank-: mg and currency systems since the war between the States, although the need has been keenly felt and loudly demanded for the past twenty years. This reform will be one of the greatest contribu tors to the country’s permanent prosperity, as by j i there will be an abundance of currency for all I legitimate business purposes and money panics will be a thing of the pact. Virtue and true love 1 etween man and wife is j r.yj-h more needed in our day than lessons in ! eugenic marriages. We are not animals to be ma ted for sD'ck pen purposes or to be placed on ex h’bition at the fairs; if men and women will live j tiue to iheir marriage vows and love one another as they should, happy homes would never be referr ed to legends .of the past and the race standard would be raised morally, physically and religiously. Now that the City election is over lets join v r.ds and work, push, pull and shove for a Greater Douglas. It is the County Seat of South Georgia’s greatest county and everyone in the county should feel a keen interest in it’s welfare. The impression made by your county seat on strangers or business people quite frequently determine the idea of your county. It is to your interest, regardless of what part of the county you live in, to keep as much as possible in the advancement of your county seat. To the people of Douglas we would say that the men elected by you to serve in 1914, are your ser vants. They will try to do their best for you and for Douglas; they need your co-operation and as sistance and will gladly listen to your suggestions along any line that will be a benefit to all the peo ple. Among the out of town people who will attend the China Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. L<>tt on Friday evening are, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lott and children of Jacksonville, and Mr Jim Paulk of ociila,. This will be the brilliant event of the week, as one hundred seventy five guests are in vited. CHRISTMAS TIME “Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace and good will among | men,” Once again the time draws near when the birth of Christ is brought vividly to our minds and again the 1 words of this wonderous song comes beating on our ears. Nearly twenty centuries ago in the little village in Palestine, on the ' night Jesus was born of Mary so the old story runs the angel hosts decended from the blazing heavens and chanted this great refrain, and still to day, more triumphant than ever, “Through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heavenly music floats, O’er all the weary world.” To most persons, no doubt, this song suggets only victory and glad ness. But there are some to whom its strains are full of sorrow. What has the world been doing all these years to make true the promise of the angels? What is the world doing to day to realize the Christmas spirit which they first proclaimed ? Armies mar tialed upon the lands, drednauts launched upon the seas, fortifica tions frowning from every headland; Jews persecuted in Russia, Turks in Bulgarian and the negro here in America; labor oppressed and down trodden in every portion of the globe not less in those parts most highly civilized, poverty still rearing it dreadful head in every haunt of man; crime, vice, alcoholism, tuberculosis, insanity, tenements, factories, aban doned farms, adulturated foods, watered stocks, land speculations, monopoly, these are some of the evils that we have to contend with. What are these things doing in a world which worship Christ ? How do these horrors give “glory to God, or bring good will to men, and peace on earth”? How can we even sneak of a civilization as chris- \ tians which permit such realities to exist. Truly he must be a dull person who is not actually aware, as we enter upon the Christmastide, of these hideous anomalies of our social life. And he must be an indifferent j or selfish person who does not util ize this season, not merely for re-1 joieing but also for sober reflection and noble consecration. There are good reasons for re joicing I Many horrors familliar to the world in Christs’ time have been destroyed, such as polygamy, infan ticide, tortuc, famine, pestilence and j ehattie slavery. The evils still with ! us are less terrible than they have j ever been before, and new forces, j such as popular education, scientific research, preventive medicine, dem ocracy and social idealism are to day being liberated to the certain destruction of all the ills from which we now suffer. Good reason is there indeed for! rejoicing at the sure triumph of Christ, but this does not mean that we should rejoice and nothing more. Every victory in the past has been achieved because there have been men who believed enough in Christ j to give their lives to the work of j making His Spirit supreme upon the j j earth. And if those victories are | Ito still go on until every evil thing I | D banished, we must ourselves, in j turn, “take up the cross and fob: low.” Thus at this season must we be j 1 both glad and sober, we must rejoice j j that Christ was born, that under the ] guidance of His spirit, humanity has already traveled so far and climbed so high. And we must no less un derstand that the goal is still far in the distance and push on to new battles and God willing, to fresh ; victories. This done we shall know I that Douglas and Coffee county will very soon come out of its semi-civi lized condition compared with what I the true followers of Him who was born upon our Christmas day would have us reach, W. W. T. Douglas, Ga. taptist Cnjiai Rev. H. H. Shell, Pastor. Sunday services. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7. p. m. by the pastor. This will be the last Sunday in the old year and everybody should attend church. The pastor desires a full attendance of the members at both ser\ ices. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Meeting of the B. Y. P. U. Mon day at 7. p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend these services. COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS, GOREGIA Not a Substitute But a Wholesome Beverage There’s nothing injurious in Chero- Cola. Drink it morning, noon and night, and will experience no disagreeable effects. Everything pleases when vou drink it. The taste delights, and its refreshing qualities are most satisfying. It quenches thirst completly, and the memory of its goodness lingers until its time for the next bottle; TRY IT TODAY. Douglas Chero-Cola Bottling Works THE EMPTY STOCKING There’s an empty stocking hanging From many a little bed, Where a God-blown dream hangs over Each sleeping curly head; And the vision gathers nightly Of a day that soon’s to come Where the little feet should patter To the music of the drum. There’s an empty stocking hanging By a mans wind-blown door, That must wait in vain for Christmas In the gray haunts of the poor; And eyes that now shine brightly Shall, through a rain of tears, See nothing there on Christmas But the sorrow of the years. But out where splendor centers In the mansions of the great, No call will go unanswered No tot will vainity wait; The Christmas horn will summon The Christmas drum will roll The tide of joy in magic Through the gateway of each soul. But where one gift would brighten The dark -of weary days, No reindeers’ hoofs well thunder Out povert,’s dreary ways, And so, for God’s white season For some wee dreamer cause Don’t you think that you might whisper Just a word to Santa Claus? Grantland Rice Order No. 7706. On and after January 1, 1914, the limit of weight of parcels of fourth class mail for delivery within the first and second zones shall be in creased from 20 to 50 pounds and in third, fourth, fifth, six, seventh and eighth zones from 11 to 20 pjounds. The rate of postage on parcels ex ceeding 4 ounces in weight in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth zones shall be as follows. Third Zone. Six cents for the first pound and two cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof. Fourth Zone. Seven cents for the first pound and four cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof. Fifth Zone. Eight cents for the first pound and six cents for each ad ditional pound or fraction thereof. Sixth Zone, Nine cents for the first paund and eight cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof. All regulations or parts of regula tions in conflict herewith are hereby recinded. A. S. Burleson, Postmaster General. Rates of Postage on Books. Order No. 7705. On and after March 19, 1714, the classification of articles mailable un der section S of the Act of August 24, 1912, authorizing the establish ment of the parcel post service shall be extended so as to include books. The rate of postage on books weigh ing 8 ounces or less shall be one cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof and on those weighing in excess of S ounces the regular zone rate shall apply. Ail regulations or parts of regula tions in conflict herewith are hereby redded. A. S. Burleson, Postmaster General. WANTED Rabits and squirrels. Douglas Hotel. THE MAN WHO KNEW SANTA CLAUS BEST v Kmrs~*n or. Ay&rcuw VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS ’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced through their heads; And Mama in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I fled like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash; The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder ana Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away, all!” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys and Saint Nicholas too. And then in a twinkling 1 heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof — As I drew in my head and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a hound. He was dressed all in furs from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of toys he had flung on his hack, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack; His eyes— how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! Kis cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow, And the heard on his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And i laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know 1 had nothing io dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight, “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.” sjvjx-a.-.vj .roasej c&oT'