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Vol I. No. 16
LIST OF RURAL
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Coffee county, taken at any angle,
is fast forging to the front in every
line, and is now recognized as one of
the best in the State.
The agricultural possibilities have
long since passed the experimental
stage and it is now a settled fact that
the state has few if any that can
equal it in the production of the
necessities of life, but agriculture is
not the only inducement to offer the
homeseeker that comes into our
midst,
Douglas, as the county-site, has,
a 3 is well-known, two of the best
t educational institutions to be found
in the South, while the county as a
whole, is in the fore front along the
line of education. In the County
Superintendent of Schools, J. Gordon
Floyd, the county has a young man
of few equals and no superiors when
it comes to taking an interest in this
grand work. Below will be found
the names of these that are
trying to eradicate the curse of illit
eracy in our youths throughout the
rural districts:
SCHOOLS TEACHERS
Ambrose R. Y Touchton, and Mary
Ward.
Arnie L. D. Vinmg and Rachael
Mancil.
BlystONE Maggie Minchew.
Beach— W. J. Thomas.
Burkett Delilah Purvis.
Bennett Manta Lou Bl'ackstock.
Byrd- Sallie MaePrine.
Bullard Horace McNeal.
Bush.VELL -Vera Rheiney.
BUSH- Mary Douglas,
Chattertgn Rosa E. Bellany.
David Ethel Tanner.
Dry Creek R. 0. Roberts.
Elim W. J. Sullivan and Mintie
Roberts.
Friendship—Lila Sapp.
Forrest Mattie Moiris and Letha
Starling,
I Fa les J. H. Floyd.
Fussell James Birmans.
Cully Branch Edna Fedrick.
G arrant J. L. Purcell and Fannie
Burkett.
Gordon Park J. W. .Cameron.
Harper—T. V 7. Markey.
Harmony Grove A. C. and Mrs. A.
C. Blalock.
Isaac Lassie Morris.
Inman Kate Duggan and Leo Lin
■ ers J. B. We Us and Mai le Bo*t
wick.
Kirkland- Gr/cb a Tanrer,
Leliaton - Nam ij Tr ier.
K,s. Mi ry tv'&hte *.
M 'Bley Norena Moi ley.
Mc( lEllad 1 . v. Wi lio.ms
Donald GaKueen Eurn.-.
’.Zion Eth • ■ en.
McKinnon Bertha MorLv.
:kers Cl Pttz J. R. Smith.
L; .ilgsn Car* ie Sts.lsveg.
Sant 'Tew Kornev Corbl-t.
’: ly C use; VI ~. J. M: Spi y.
Blufi Ruth < fare ock.
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You cannot aiuora to miss
this great saving event
now going on, where
everybody reaps the bene
fit and saves money on
every article purchased
during the big Semi-An
niial Clearance Sale at
i wins Store
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Donbas,
Georgia
The .Laborer. -
We regret that the inclement
weather prevented many from at
tending the meeting at the Audito
rium on last Monday night, where
the cause of the laboring man was
discussed.
Douglas certainly should have af
forded a large crowd on this occa
sion, not from a morbid curiosity,
not simply to have had some where
to go to pass away an evening, not
for the purpose of seeing or being
seen, but in search of facts as to
what the great masses of the people,
the laborer, to whom the world owes
all, are doing for their own good and
the good of society. Our hats are
ever off and our heads ever uncover
ed to the laborer.
We believe in their unions for we
know T that by that organization alone
have they been able to look the greedy
soul-crushing frich in the face and
demand and receive their rights. It
is the unit of mankind striving for
the good of all. The greed of money
and lust of power of the industrial,
commercial and political despots nev
er wore a check-rein until the worlds
workmen combined.
The present cycle is recording some
epoch making events and the trans
formation is rapid and sure. About
ten years ago the great pendulem
began to swing hack in the direction
of the laborer and today he possesses
privileges and a new freedom un
dreamed of. The cycle has little
more than begun its course; a decade
or more and the workingman will be
ruler in truth and fact of this great
land of America, and may the day
peed on.
Attorneys John W. Bennett, of
Waycross, W. W. Bennett, of Bax
ley, attended court here this week.
Maybe! Corbitt.
Rose Hill Wiille Uuton and Saiah
W rd.
Roberts Church Kate Wilcox.
Rocky 1 \; Agnes D -.y.
Satilla Park K. C. Robert?.
Sears Waiter Thomas and Mary
Jones
Sunny Sid.’ Teressa IP-.ven.
SroKESVILLE- K. E. Akins and Mrs.
A. T. Minchew.
Sacanaw Minnie -lores.
St. It la Bessie W ■ t.
Shepherd- Bertie Stanfield ar.d Il§
Hunter.
■ i MPi k ;ce K< ila Daniels.
Upton Annie Hatfield.
Vickers Ev.ia Badey.
Wti ;ox P. E. Paft >rd and L a
V/, te Blanche Cone.
Ward J. T. BkvdmvMl.
. LSO VILLE S. i F Mend.
WESTONIA Eliza Tyler.
Warren Paulino Duzee?.
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Douglas, Georgia, Friday, February, 13th 1914
IMPORTANT MEET
ING OF FARMERS
A very important meeting of the
farmer and business men of Coffi e
county will be held at the court
house on Feb 24th at 10 o’clock a.m.
f>r the purpose of discussing the
Mexican boll weevil, black root or
wilt cotton, and diversification of
of crops. Every farmer in the coun
ty would do well to be here and get
in touch with every agency that can
help them along these lines. It seems
to be a certainty that we will within
a very short time have the boll wee
vill to contend with, this we cannot
help, to destroy him is an impossibil
ity, hence the idea is change our
money crop by diverisfied farming.
Hon, J. D. Price, Commissioner
of Agriculture; E. L. Worsham,State
Etomologist, Prof. M. P. Jarnigan,
of the State College of Agriculture,
A. G. Lewis, Asst. State Etomologist
and Ira W. Williams, Assistant in
Cotton Breeding will all be here, and
we hope to see as many as possible
take advantage of this opportunity
to see these gentlemen personally,
and talk with them. They are em
ployed by the State for our benefit
and we cannot expect to get any
thing out of it unless we take advan
tage of their visit here.
TIM TANNER ANNOUN
CES EOS TREASURER
Mr. Tim Tanner of the Tanner
District is the aspirant for the
office of Treasurer of Coffee
county. Mr. Tanner is of one of the
oldest and most prominent families
in Coffee and has always been looked
upon as being nothing less than a
typical citizen, and is well known
throughout the county,and has come
into this race at the solicitation of
scores of our best people who would
be glad to see.him hold this position
which should be held by good respon
sible men only. Our predictions are
that “Uncle Dick” will make it lively
for the boys.
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Prepares for “Hitt Up"
a. w ir.
Wh jn.it comes to s trippls fill ice,
combination <>r genera! mix-up T oc
ci: tti< ns, ( rone \ Jeweli r, Under
taker G. L. Sima has le rest of the
city skinned a bloc’ - ., ?;/.* he is on the
-b 1 * . tart to nish and a m n
U-v r act « ;dati vy « tlern in
r started in • Mr ne A of the vo
‘n hi.; son, “il. T ” you vni find a
chip off the same block, with the ex
ception of youth instead S age.
Mr. Sims has been having s..me
i:r proven;rnU’ra d' that v:b •• ox
> eat ve!u< to hi n ; u i his n any . ■ s
tomor.s as'ho rau lire thu .'ear op bis
business pit <on the correr of '.Yard :
reet ai -• Ax renovi -
ed and fixed so that row he has his '
hearses an \ i nbuia ic > where it will
be ns me >nv .•".ient and so he can
• a iff \vc r All hurry up c/i'. - At onct?.
Our citizens are wel! aware that no;
better stock of un-’lortakirg; Go' ds :
•tan ) e f. and in any city ■>'{ ewiev the
size of Douglas tha"i he carrier.
Thought of Daughter
Leads to Flnair.ii Farmer
v/
Greenvi’de, S. C. Feb. I*> John W.
L e, a well-to-do citizen of Piedmont
who disappeared mysteriou :v from
home a week before Christmas has
been located at Douglas, Ga., and
will be brought back home today.
It is the genera! impr-srion that Mr.
Lee has been sufficing fro;, sonm
mental trouble and ir. this t*. adieu ;i
wandered away from home. For
■ ■ - ks after his disappearance search
ing parties ?cou-od the country for
j some trace of the missing man; ali
| efforts in - his direction being futile,
j however.
The clew to the finding of Lee was
: the postmat k on a piece of sheet
music the wandering man had mail
ed his little girl. Lee, who is a man
•of means, was much surprised, it z’
! said, whe informed that his myste
rious disappearance rad led many to
believe he had met foul play.
FIELD DAY PRO
GRAM FOR SCHOOLS
Through the untiring efforts of
Supt. J. Gordon Floyd, who is ever
on the lookout for something to
create an interest in education and
to germinate a desire in the minds
of the lads and lasses of the present
age to grasp the opportunities that
are knocking at their door along the
lines of personal enlightenment, has
prepared a program for the Rural
School Field Day Exercises that will
be held at the Fair Grounds in this
city on Saturday, April 4th, that
will not only be of much interest to
the student body of the county, but
to the parents and public as well.
Below will he found a list of the
several events with the prizes offer
ed for same:
Declamation by Boys.
For the best - - - $2.50
Second best - - - 1.50
Third best ... 1.00
Recitation bv Girls
For the best - - - $2.50
Second best - - - 1.50
Third best - - - 1.00
Quartette,
Male, female or mixed.
For the best ... $2.50
Second best - - - 1.50
Third best ... 1.00
Spelling,
Best per cent made on spelling 50
words from Swinton’s Word Book.
For the best - - - $2.50
Second best - - - 1.50
Third best - - - 1.00
Invitation,
Best invitation to Woodrow Wilson
to attend a school closing.
For the best ... $2.50
Second best - 1.50
Third best - - - 1.00
Map of Coffee County
For the best - $2.50
Second best ... 1.50
Third best ... 1.00
Drawings.
For best collection - $2.5(t
Second best ... 1,50
Third best - - -1.00
* Biscuits.
Best half dozen biscuits by girls un
der twelve years of age.
For the best - - - $2.50
Second best - - - 1.50
Third best ... 1.00
Best half dozen biscuits by gin under
eighteen year..; of age.
For the best - - - $2.00
Exhibit by School.
For the best - - - $5.00
Second be st ... 3.00
i niru best * - - - 2.00
ATHLETIC E MERCISE3.
A prize of SI.OO win be awarded
\ 1 the vvS nor in each of the U Low
ing contests:
High Jumfi,
Broad _ Ja y>
Two Hop Jump
Foot race- Seventy-five yards
B 3 x to t verve.
Foot ram Cue hundred yards
Bo;, s, twelve to eighteen.
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THE PROGRESSIVE DRUGGIST
PHONE US YOUR NEEDS, WE HAVE IT
PHONE 144 AND SEE
1 her 2 is comfort in knowing where to get what
you want when you want it Our Line or Drags
Medicines, 1 o«iet Art; j !es ? Rnbber Goods, Station
ery, Candies, etc., is extensive ancl wiu surely
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1 02- iO4 E. Ward Si. Douglas, Georgia
TWO ANNOUNCE
FOR SOLICITOR
In this issue will be found two an
nouncements for the office of Solici
tor of the City Court of Douglas.
These two gentlemen are John H.
Williams and Andrew Wood, both
of Coffee’s own production, and
both are young attorneys who are
well known and connected in Coffee
county and strange to say there were
only a few minutes difference in their
announcements reaching this office.
Col. Williams was elected four years
ago to the office of County School
Commissioner hut for business reas
ons resigned this position last year to
resume the practice of law, while
Col. Wood was elected two years ago
to the position he is seeking now,hut
owing to the fact that Col. Kelley’s
time did not expire until last Decem
ber he has only been in office a short
time. His present term will not ex
pire until December 1915.
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Foot race Seventy-five yards
Girls, six to twelve.
Foot race Seventy-five yards
Girls, twelve to eigh teen.
Foot race - One hundred yards,
Girls, twelve to eighteen.
Shoe race Boys,
Ten to fourteen years.
Chinning the Pole - Boys,
Six to eighteen years.
Ball Throwing Girls,
Six to eighteen years.
Sack Race Fifty yards,
Boys, six to twelve.
Potato Race Boys,
Twelve to eighteen years.
RULES GOVERNING CONTESTS.
Declamations and recitations must
not be longer than five minutes each
Quartetts will sing only one song
each.
Spelling contests will consists of
fifty words to be taken from Swin
ton’s Word Book. Practical words
only Will be used.
Invitation to Wilson must contain
; not over one hundred words and must
I be written with pen and ink.
Map of Coffee county must oa
| tain towns, rivers and railroads.
Collection of drawings must con
! sist of not ovor ten pieces.
$5.00 wiil be given to school bring
| ing largest percent of March enroll
| moot, in case of a tie, prize 7. ill be
I given school farhest away from
j Douglas.
All exhibits m ist be entered in
j the exKbit budding not h vx-r than
j 10 o'clock, p. nt. Friday April 3rd.
No on- 1 will I e eligible to enter any
' of the above named contests wh >
• has not sometime during tike ter :
'h 11 enrolled as a pupil in •'•on.
■ F die rural s:hooD arm . ~er wii!
| anyone be eligible who was over
! eighteen years »<f age < r !• m«x*r
ast. J. G >KD in Fl d,
c. s. s.
$1 Per Annum
SLAYS HIMSELF TO
ESCAPE ARREST
Hazlehurst, Feb. Iff—George F.
Armstrong, cashier of the Farmers
State Bank; which recently failed,
committed suicide by shooting him
self in the forehead with a pistol
rather than submit to arrest. K.
Duncan had sworn out a warrant for
Armstrong, charging larcen/ after
trust, he having bought an SBOO Nev/
York exchange which Armstrong
failed to account for. Armstrong,
who was at his home sick, sent for
Judge Knox, and learned that the
warrant had been issued, whereupon
he took his life rather than go to
jail.
Armstrong claimed that he was
penniless, the bank failure taking all
he had, and that his family w T as suf
fering for necessities of life.
Investigation of the bank’s affairs
disclose a shortage of approximately
$12,000.
Armstrong was w-ell known in
Georgia hanking circles, His son,
W. O. Armstrong, now in jail at
Dublin, charged with being short in
his accounts as cashier of the Bank
Rentz. The latter hank suspended
on the same day the Farmers State
Bank here closed its doors.
Will Armstrong, the son, is alleged
to be short with the Bank of Rentz
about $15,000, and has been indicted
by the Grand Jury of Laurens Coun
ty and is in jail at Dublin, Ga., in
default of bond. George F. Arm
strong was the brother of Frank
Armstrong of the Brown House of
Macon. He leaves a wife and six
children.
Son Leaves Jail to Attend Funeral.
Dublin, Feb. 10- W. O. Armstrong
has given bond here for $12,000 and
left in an automobile for Hazlehurst
to attend the funeral of his father,
George F. Armstrong, who commu
ted suicide there.
Armstrong is under indictment for
embezzling $12,000 from the Bank
of Lentz, this county, of which he
was cashier.
H’s father killed himself when he
was about to be arrested for wreck
ing the Hazlehurst Lank.
“Within The Law/’
The famous Reader, Miss McLir n
wii! g.-ve this noted play, that M s
oeen in New eon
tinu< v j : ..p< .
Lug the era t 0,3 in such a> ■ MTt.c
way that yi i (• n almost see the
ray a:- il staged. r : his w ill be given
• »n Monday evening.
POST FOR SALE
: bar • hand at my home in East
■./••upis.- ifrJO good lightwood pi.'St
for sale. :). Rudo .?F.