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E. S. SAPP, Business Manager
J. E. BARTLETT, Mechanical Mgr.
Entered at the Pos" Office, Douglas,
Georgia as Second C'ass Mail Matter.
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BUGLE CALL TO THE UNPREPARED
The Georgia Normal College and Business In
stitute has just published a very attractive bulletin.
In it is shown the cut of a number of young men
and women who have graduated from this Insti
tute and have gone forth in the world and are
making good. We wish that every boy and girl in
Coffee County could be furnished with a copy of
this bulletin, for there is an inspiration clinging to
it, the effect of which few could escape. The part
that appeals to all who are familiar with Prof.
Little and Kuhl and their thorough and practical
methods of teaching know that the publication con
tains the cold truth and that only.
We know that the boy or girl who enters that In
stitution with a determination to do his or her best
and remains with that purpose throughout the
course, leaves it prepared to accomplish anything
within the scope of a legitimate ambition We
quote at least one paragraph hoping that it may
catch the eye of some slumbering youths who are
wasting the golden days of preparation. “Do you
see visions of success? I)o you see yourself, a few
years hence, weilding influence for good in your
community? If you do, prepare now to make your
dreams come true, where you will catch the spirit
of enthusiasm, learn to love work, to have faith in
yourself, and lay the foundation for a successful
career. We have helped thousands of others, we
can help you.” The above is the bugle call to the
vnprepared.
THE LIFE SAVERS’ WORK.
What the Government life saving service did
during the last year is told in a report Just made
public by the Secretary of the Treasure. T he ser
vice gave exclusive aid to more than 1,300 ships
with more than 5,000 persons aboard and help
ed to protect ships and cargoes of the value of
more than $6,000,000. Its work is in connection
with revenue cutters and wrecking vessels saved
many more lives and an additional $7,000,000
in property. Warning signals saved 182 vessels
that were running into danger and the service
also did rescue work in nearly 1,200 cases of ac
cident to pleasure crafts.
The sturdy men of the Government auxil
iary deserve full recognition of their gallant work
and few will be found to complain about the ex
pense involved in the maintenance of the ser
vice. The report shows the efficency of modern
mechanism for the prevention or disaster as well
as the heroism of Americans.
THE SOUTH AS A SOURCE OF
NATIONAL BEEF SUPPLY.
Evidences of the South’s opportunities in
cattle raising continue to multiply. Time and a
gain in the past few years, students of agricultu
ral and economic problems have predicted that
from this section will come a large part of the
country’s future supply of beef. Especially nota
ble is the recent statement by Mr. George M.
Rommel, chief of the animal husbandry division
of the department of agriculture.
Nowhere in the North or the West, he de
clares in a report submitted to the House com
mittee on agriculture, can beef be raised at less
than five cents a pound; but in Alabama it is ac
tually being raised at a lower cost. “If the north
ern feeder is raising beef on the farm," he adds,
“He must get more than five cents a pound. If
he is fattening it, it is an open question as to
how much it is going to cost." These and
related facts convince this official that “for a
long period to come, the South is to be the na
tion’s principal source of cheap beef "
What is being done in Alabama can be done
in Georgia and neighboring states. Resources of
soil and climate alike combine to make the South
ideal territory for the economic production of a.l
live stock, particularly catde. Not only in this
section, free from the long, hard winters that add
si much to the cost of feeding and housing cat
tle in northern latitudes, it is also endowed with
t u .dreds of thousands of acres of soil that is
peculiarly well suited to nutritious grasses and
other forage crops. Every natural circumstance
contirms the testimony of experts that cattle can
be produced most easily and cheaply in the
South.
it only re cams that the farmers in our scc
t ~n avail themselves of this rich opportunity.
Wh n they do, they will immeasurably advance
■•h ~r own interests and at the same dm; simplify
t:.e r.£. ic.ds feed probbn. —Exchange.
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
LET YOUR EOY WORK AS WELL AS FLAY.
By EDWIN MARKHAM.
“That boy of ypurs,” issued by the George
H. Doran Company, discusses the various prob
lems of care of youth. The author, Janes S. Kirt
ley, has a suggestive chapter to parents. He
claims that rational child-labor is as necessary as
child play in the development of the boy.
He says:
“The amount of enjoyment a boy gets out
of the enterprise initiates himself is a wholesome
education; it is an anticipation of his career and
a preparation for it. He must be encouraged to
do this, and carefully guided. Guidance is high
ly necessary.
Even employments with hobbies is a bene
fit, as it develops special tastes and, sometimes,
fits for special work iri the future. If no other
good comes from them, they are, at least, employ
ments, and that is something; but the memory of
them is sure to be a source of recreative amuse
ment to him in the future.
One boy of my acquaintance went into the
white rabbit industry and actually paid expenses,
while getting back large returns of pleasure and
information and sympathy with animal life. An
other went into photography; while a little group
near by, studied wireless telegraphy. Drawing,
ceramic work, skteching, music-vocal and instru
mental have given boys lots of pleasure and
profit.
Another makes it pay to raise pigs; another
a certain breed of dogs; still another boy makes
a specialty of pigeons. There is an enterprising
lad who raises vegetables in the back yard, on
shares, and he sells his share for enough to take
music lessons on the flute. Boys organizations—
gangs, clubs and troops—may be given employ
ment by the public and individuals. That kind
of organization does double good.
But the note of warning must be sounded.
Perils await the boy. Among his interesting ven
tures are those in which his father engages to
give him financial compensation for services of
greater or less insignificance. Let both him and
his father beware lest he learn to put a financial
value on those ministries which he should render
freely and glad!}', as a son. Let him learn to co
operate for the pleasure of doing his part. Let
every command given him be a summons to his
nobler sense of comradeship, all work come to
be team work and all rewards be a gratification
to his unselfishness.
The boy is in peril of early pessimism, as he
finds that everybody feels competent to direct
him and justified in imposing on him by with
holding or cutting his wages, working him over
time, and, in numberless ways, failing to recog
nize that a boy can get tired, hungry, irritated,
and indignant.
He may be so directed that his early ven
tures will be in the line of his future achieve
ments, It will be well for him to have in mind
such boys as Andrew Carnegie, who came over
from Scotland with a sovereign in his pocket,
but with sovereignty in his soul, and fired a sta
tionary engine for two-fifty a week. A boy can
get the virtues of industry, honesty, fairness and
altruism started and operative in his life quite
early."
THE GOOD OF HOLIDAYS.
How the holidays have flown! It seems only
yesterday that they began, and now they are over.
The Yuletide period brings out the best that is in
us. It restores the home circle the boys and girls
back beside the fireside as they were when little
children, father and mother close to them, every
one enjoying the spirit of the truly holy days
which glide by so rapidly. No one likes to see
these days go, but there is a thought to cheer u’ s
Another year is coming. Life would be tiresome
if all its days were holidays.
JT[T You ve heard of
%\\ George M. Cohan
the popular actor
and successful
playwright.
He’s the author of
* Broadway Jones
You don’t want to
miss reading it.
Full of fun and
real heart interest.
Our Next Serial.
Be sure to get the
issue with the
first installment.
Notice Confederate Veterans!
Headquarters
Camp Spivey, No 1539, U. C. V.
Broxton, Ga., Jan. 1, 1914.
The first regular meeting of the
I Camp will be held at the court house
i in Douglas, on Monday, January 19,
jat 10 o’clock a. m. There will be a
j joint meeting in the afternoon with
I the Daughters of the Confederacy.
All veterans are requested to be
present as the officers for the year
will be elected, delegates to the re
anion to be held at Jacksonville.
Fla., in April will be appointed and
other business of importance trans
acted. Geo. R. Briggs,
A. D. Burke, Commander.
Adjt.
Rawlings Boys Plead For Brother.
Leonard and Jesse Rawlings, two
young men who were pardoned out
lof the penitentiary by Governor
j Smith, and their aged grandfather,
J. J. Jowers, of Broxton. appeared
before tne state prison commission
ers Monday afterneon and pleaded
for a pardon for a third brother,
Milton Rawlings, who is serving a
life sentence in the Mitchell county
cpnvict camp.
The three Rawlings boys were given
life sentences for the killing of the
Carter children in Lowndes county
in 1905. J. G. Rawlings, their father
and Alf Moore, a negro, w ? ere hang
ed for the same crime. It being con
tended by the state that the negro
did the actaal killing, but he was
hired to do it by the Rawlings
family.
John R., Cooper, attorney for the i
boys, also appeared before the prison
commission Monday afternoon in be- j
half of Milton Rawlins. He declared !
the only evidence against the boys |
was that given by the negro, Moore, i
who implicated them in his confes- !
sion.
Since they were pardoned Leonard
and Jesse have been living on their
mother’s farm in Coffee County, and 1
are said to be making good citizens.
At'anta Journal,
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
To the voters of Coffee County:
After careful consideration, and strong
solicitations, from many friends, from
all parts of the County, I have decided
to become a candidate for Tax collector
of Coffee County, subject to the coming
primary. If alected I will give the office
my personal attention, and will do my
utmost to serve the people to their very
best interests.
Youj support will be greatly appre
ciated. Very respectfully,
Ben Morris
FOR CLERK
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Clerk Superior Court of Coffee
County, subject to the white primary.
I will greatly appreciate the support of
all who are willing to help me. and. to
those who are not, I shall entertain
no unkind feelings
Yours for best service
A. W. Haddock.
Do your chickens have sorehead--
I have the absolute cure.
E. S. Barton.
Corns barber shop.
THE CITY PRESSING CLUB
Phone 172 Rear Corn’s Barber Shop
Let us know when you have any garment
to clean, press or dye. We deliver promptl
and satisfaction guaranteed
THE CITY PRESSING CLUB
TAYLOR’S MARKET
We Handle Native and Western Meats, Fish.
Apalachicola Oysters
Also A Line of Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables etc.
S. P. TAI m
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Phone 261 Sycamore st, Douglas, Ga
PLUMBING
Porter & Watson, now operating
the plumbing shop known as Douglas
Plumbing Co., will desolve partnership
on December 25th. After that date
I will go in business for myself and will
do plumbing, tinning and electrical
work. I will have with me expert tin
ner and electrician and guarantee all
my work to be first class, if it is not
don’t pay "for it.
U. G. WATSON
Vickers’ Market
Call 25
For Steak, Pork Sausage,
Anything in Fresh Meats.
Appalachicola Oysters. : :
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Vickers’ Market
Peterson Avenue
Douglas, Georgia.