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T. A. WALLACE, Editor
E. S. SAPP, Business Manager
J. E. BARTLETT, Mechanical Mgr.
Entered at the Post Office, Douglas,
Georgia as Second Class Mail Matter.
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WHY NOT GET BUSY?
Douglas, the City of Magnificent Possibilities,
what are you going to do for your 5,000 inhabitants
this year?
You have two of the best schools in the state,
two fine Railway systems, your own Electric Light
plant, Water and Sewerage system, Telephone and
Telegraph connections with the outside world, the
site already selected for the erection of the “Uncle
Sam’s” gift to you, and several minor industries
that help spread your fame abroad.
But with the majority of your citizenry wage
earners, what are you going to do for them to keep
them in the file and rank of producers? What are
you, in this your prime, going to give them that
help spread your name and fame to the very ends
of this great land of ours?
Why not get busy and with the aid of your
Capitalist build factories and kindred industries
that will give them employment and make them
contented citizens.
We need more industries so that those who al
ready live in our midstand those that want to move
here to reap the benefits of the educational advan
tages that are so lavishly extended them can be
self sustaining and progress making. What do
you say?
Coffee County is fast forging to the front as one
of the best cotton producing counties in this part
of the state. The total number of bales of cotton
ginned in the county the past season was 19,268,
which was a gain of 6,340 over last season. With
this much cotton being produced within the bor
ders of the county,why would not a Cotton Factory
pay in Douglas?
OUR BEST MONEY CROP.
After making the largest crop ever made in
this section of the country and it being harvested
in the very best condition, and the cotton which is
our greatest money crop (while we think there are
numbers of other crops that could be grown to a
greater advantage here than cotton) sold at a high
er market price during the whole season than ever
paid before many of the old and long standing ob
ligations have been satisfied and the whole country
seems to be in better shape financially than in
years before. And now with these gratifying con
ditions the farmers seem encouraged and so highly
pleased with the success of last year they are go
ing at their work with renewed energies
prepareing the soil in first class shape which is so
highly essential to good farming, and also speak of
almost doubling their fertilizer tonage, which is
no mistake when we consider how cheaply we can
prepare a large portion of this commodity at home
by buying a small amount of chemicals and mixing
with some of our barnyard products which is by
far cheaper than commercial fertilizer and much
more lasting.
There is nothing more pleasing and more grat
ifying to the real thinking man than the fact that
our soil and climate right here in our immediate
section is adapted to almost every product essen
tial to our every day needs and also the fact that
our people are becoming more wise to these facts,
and seem more determined to take advantage of it.
GEORGIA OIL AND FERTILIZER COMPANY
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
We Handle all Grades of Fertilizer
Will Appreciate a Chance at Your Business
E. R. LOOHRIDGE, Agent. Douglas, Georgia
LUIHVIY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS, GhUKtil^
COFFEE COUNTY IN 1860
The Gazetteer of Georgia, a book that was
published in Atlanta, Ga., in 1860 and edited by
Adiel Sherwood, honorary member of the Georgia
historical society of that time, gives the following
discription of Coffee county :
“Coffee County was erected out of Irwin, Tel
fair and Appling in 1854. The Ocmulgee river is
in the north, Appling and Ware on the east, Clinch
on the South, Berrian and Irwin on the West.
Headwaters of the St. Ilia (Satilla) river are in this
county,
Douglas is the capitol, located on the railroad
proposed to be run from initial Point to Albany;
that is an extension of the road from Savannah.
Byrd’s Mill, Red Bluff Torronia in the north
west corner, and Ocmulgeeville on the river are
Post offices, but the villages are small.”
ANOTHER CARD FROM
“OBSERVER” ON THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING
In the last issue of the Progress
we had something to say about the
high cost of living and some of its
causes. With your permission, we
shall go a little deeper into the sub
ject and treat more specifically the
cure for this malady. It could not
be expected of us to complete this
subject in one communication, but
if vour readers will follow us patient
ly, we promise them to complete
what we have to say in a very few
issues of your paper.
Mr. Editor, a contest to be met in
the future, indeed one of the great
est constructive works now remain
ing to be accomplished, is the abo
lition of poverty. No one expects
this to be accomplished by force or
violence, but by the progressive and
forward moving spirit which has al
ways animated the American peo
ple.
About 409 years ago the celebra
ted Chancellor, Sir Thomas Moore,
gave to the world that very curious
philosophical work under the title of
“Utopia,” in which he described an
imaginary country and people, hence,
giving to the English language a
new word. Every since this “Utopia”
made its appearance, nearly every
proposed plan for the improvement
of government and society has been
called “Utopian.” While experience
has probably proved that many of
Mores’ suggestions were “Utopian,”
because they were incompatible with
some of the inherent and congenial
qualities of human nature, it is also
quite true that many of his sugges
tions are today recognized by people
of humanitarian impulse, as princi
ples which make for the strength of
happiness and progress of a state.
In going forward with these
“Utopian” suggestions we will do
no one harm nor will we in anyway
injure society.
The fundamental strength of all
nation’s wealth lie in its lands, hence
for any people to be wealthy or in
another sense, to be happy and con
tented, these people must own their
homes, or in someway hold the land
upon which they live as their own.
No nation of rent-payers can be pros
perous. Landlordism carries with
it the suggestion of serfdom, hence,
in the beginning, let it be understood
that we are going to contend for a
new system of land distribution
among the people. How to bring
this about without destroying society
is the question. Let us go into this
inquiry by noticing what has been
done with the public domain.
Between the 28th day of Septem
ber 1850 and June the 30th 1909,
public lands aggregating 159,125,734
acres of the property belonging to
the people, was by Congress directly
and indirectly, granted to various
railroad companies and of this vast
amount of land thus granted, the pat
ents have been issued for 115,473,986
acres thereof. These lands are now
said to be worth $600,000,000.
To those who would hold up their
hands in horror at the government
giving some poor fellow a home
whereon he could support himself
and family, we ask what is the differ
j ence in giving him a home and giv
ing these railroads these million of
I acres.
To give your readers some idea
j of the extent of the public domain
given away be the government in
this manner, we would say that the
land would cover a space equal in
round numbers, to two hundred and
sixty-five thousand, two hundred and
nine times the size of Coffee county.
We are now expending in round
numbers $500,000,000 annually to
pay the expenses of wai s in the past
and in preparation for wars we pre
tend to think may come in the fu
ture.
Why not expend two-fifths or
$200,000,000 of this amount as a
home buying fund or for reserved
homes for the poor. With this $200,-
000,000 we could buy annually 50,-
000,000 farms at $4,000 each. This
would be our first years’ investment.
By purchhsing 50,000 farms for a few
years, we would soon be in position
to place every poor family in the
nation on a self-sustaining basis.
We would give these farms to the
j people absolutely free from all cost
to them, the only provision in the
grant being that they could not, un
' der any circumstances, sell or hy
j pothecate these lands, but upon their
j death the land would revert back to
| the government.
But we would not have it so that
’ these people could not buy lands for
themselves. Anyone at any time
would be permitted an<T encouraged
to buy lands of their own.
Nov?, Mr. Editor, we have these
| people upon their farms, in the fu- j
ture we hope to show how the gov-!
eminent would prosper from such
an arrangement with the people and
how society would be improved.
There are many things yet to do,'
but they can be done, and we can
| predict that they will be done,
| before the close of the 20th century.
The time has come when the con-
I structive statesmanship of America
must prove to the world and the
“rest of mankind” that “Utopia” is
not a dream. Observer.
A. B. & A. CHANGE SCHEDULE.
A Tective February Ist 1914, pas
senger trains of the A. B. & A. Ry.,
will pass Douglas as follows :
Northbound 10:45 a. m. 9:23p. m.
Southbound 7:02 a. m. 4:35 p. m.
Efiective on the same date, the A.
B. & A. will use the Terminal Station j
at West Mitchell and Madison Ave- :
nue, Atlanta, Ga., instead of the
old Union Passenger Station.
W. W. Croxton, G. P. A.
2t Atlanta, Ga.
FOR RENT
House on Gaskin avenue five rooms,
sewerage, hot and cold water, S2O
per month. —W. P. Ward.
J OHN H. WILLIAMS
Lawyer
Douglas, Georgia.
F. W. DART
Attorney at Law
Douglas, Georgia.
W. F. SIBBETT
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to diseases
of women.
Office Sibbett Building.
Douglas. Georgia.
G. L. TOUCHTON, M. D.
Special attention to Genito-Lrin
ary and Kidney Diseases.
TURRENTINE & ALDERMAN
Dentist
Union Bank Building
Douglas, Georgia.
J. A. HURSEY
Contractor and Builder
Douglas, Georgia.
LANKFORD & MOORE.
Attorneys at Law
Lankford Building
Douglas, Georgia.
C. A. WARD.
Attorney at Law
Lankford Building
Douglas, Georgia.
Wanted
Second hand machinest tools, wren
ches all sizes, also, set of carpenter
tools, must be cheap, for cash.
Douglas, Ga. Ben L. Lane.
Wanted Rooms
Two rooms unfurnished for family
of three, at once call M. B. Bishop.
Phone 64. lt-23-4
For Sale.
I have a nice, thoroughbred Berk
shire Sow for sale.-Registered stock.
WAlter Dent,
Douglas, Ga.
The Best Company is the
Company Which Does
The Most Good, The
Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York
To the Citizens and Policy
Holders of Coffee County:
It gives me much pleasure
to advise you of the appoint
ment of
MR. B. F. LOADHOLT
as a special writer for this
county for The Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New
Trusting you will give him
your patronage and thanking
you for any courtesies ex
tended him.
Very respectfully yours,
CORNELIUS F. MOSES
The National Bldg Savannah
Georgia.
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.
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.
Youi support will be greatly appre
ciated. Very respectfully,
Ben Morris
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
To the People and Voters of Coffee
County:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Tax Collector of Coffee
County, subject to the primary elect
ion I am familiar with the work in the
office, and if the people see fit to elect
me I promise to fill tha office to the best
of my ability.. I ask the good will and
support of all the people, for if I am el
ected it will ba my pleasure to serve
them all the best I can.
Daniel Vickers
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Sheriff of Coffee Coun
ty, subject to the action of the primary.
The people have honored me with their
confidence in the past, for which I
thank them. lam willing to stand on
my past record, but if my friends will
again honor me with their support, I
promise them two years of the best ser
vice Coffee county has ever had. I ask
the support of my friends, assuring
them of my appreciation.
DAVID RICKETSON.
FOR CLERK.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Clerk of Superior Court
of Coffee County, Ga., subject to the
coming primary, and I sincerely as the
support of the people. Dan Wall.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Sheriff of Coffee Coun
ty, subject to the primary. If elected
Twill fearlessly discharge the duties of
the office with equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. I think mv
neighbors will bear me out in the state
ment, that I have always stood for the
right and clean things as a citizen and
as an official would be active in support
of the same. I will highly appreciate
the support of my fellow citizens and if
elected, will express my appreciation
by faithfully discharging the duties of
the office. ‘ Joseph Carter.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Tax Receiver of Coffee
County, subject to the primary and if
the people see fit to elect me I promise
to fill the office to the best of my abili
ty. I ask the good will and support of
all the people and if elected it will be a
pleasure to serve them, Your support
will be greatly appreciated.
J. Elmore Maine.
Money to Loan
Money to loan on anything of value,
state what you have and amount
wanted, representive will call. Box
577, Douglas, Ga.
Wanted
Second hand machinests tools, wren
ches all sizes, also set of carpenter
tools, must be cheap, for cash.
Douglas, Ga. Ben L. Lane.
POST FOR SALE
I have on hand at my home in East
Douglas 1000 good lightwood post
for sale. O. Rudopph.
We try to give you the very best
j shoes that money will buy, whnn yon
buy shoes from us, and we believe
that in the La France we have all
1 that.—Peterson and Relihan.