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Vol I. No. 26
GUY GOUNCIL HAS OROERED THAT THE
SANITARY WORK BE DONE AT ONCE
Extra Mule and Cart Has Been Secured For Work
On the Streets in Order to Place Two
In Sanitary Department.
Special Tax Ordinance
Killed by The Council
V
Mayor Contended That the Pro
posed Tax Would Effect Only
The Working Men and
Small Property Owners
CHAIN GANG ESTABLISHED
AND WARDEN WAS ELECTED
An unusually Interesting meeting of
the city council was held on Monday
night. Mayor T. A. Wallace presided
and the following councilmen were
present: Stanton. Stubbs, Crowder,
Tidwell, while Clerk Knowles was on
hand to take the minutes of the meet
ing.
The minutps of the preceding meet
ing were read and adopted.
The council then read for the last
time an ordinance establishing a chain
gang in the city of Douglas and elect
ing a warden. The ordinance was
adopted after which Mr. J. F. Moore
was elected as warden for such a per
iod of time as the council saw fit. His
salary was fixed at $50.00 a month.
When this business had been trans
acted Councilman Stubbs asked War
den Moore how many men he had in
the chain gang at the present time and
he answered that there were five in
the gang at this time.
Some discussion then arose about
what the gang had been doing and
Warden Moore stated that up to this
time he had been using the gang for
repairing the bad places in the (streets
cleaning out clogged ditches and doing
such other necessary work. Mayor
Wallace spoke up at this juncture and
said that it was his opinion that the
gang had made a very creditable show
for the length of time it had been at
work. Councilman Crowder agreed
with the Mayor.
Jt was stated by the warden that as
soon as he had taken care of the more
important “small” repair jobs he then
would follow out the instructions of
council and begin on the sidewalks,
etc..and would soon he able to put tlie
gang at work posting the streets, the
signs being ready.
■ The second reading of an ordinance
for the placing of a special tax on all
surface closets was then in order. Af
ter the ordinance had been read the
Mayor stated that he was opposed to
such an ordinance, “for” said he, ”it
will simply mean that the little fel
low and the man working for wages
will be burdened yith the tax." Coun
cilman Crowder sided with the mayor
and after considering the matter ful
some time, the entire council came to
the conclusion that there was a better
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EDITOR FRIER (S CONSI&KRING
RACE COR RAILROAD COM
MISSIONER
In Lettef to Star Admits That He May
Enter Race Against Paul Trammell .
(From Ociiia Star)
Editor Will Flier, of the Douglas
Enterprise, in a letter to the Star
states that he is seriously considering
making‘the race against Paul Tram
mell for Railroad Commissioner.
He points out that at present four
of the five commissioners come from
north of Macon.
Editor Frier lias been for some time
prominent in politics in this section
of the state, and has been a leader of
the Joe Brown faction in South Geor
gia, and ‘.will naturally have many
strong friends to back him in case he
finds the Heater to liis liking, and he
decides to make the plunge.
Infant Child Dies
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Nabors, who reside on the F.
M. Appleby farm, sympathize with
them in the death of their infant which
occurred last Thursday morning.
The body was brought to this city
for interment Thursday afternoon.
dfofjfoe CJtotmfjj Pragma
MEMORIAL SERVICES
HELD LAST SUNDAY
Touching and appropriate tribute
was paid the departed Confederate
Veterans last Sunday afternoon in the
school auditorium. A large crowd
was on hand, but the absence of the
“old vets" was noticeable —their ranks
are fast thinning out, as Col. T. A.
Wallace said in his address, “it won’t
be long before the last survivor is
gone.”
But there will be left behind to re
member them each year with tribute
and praise, the loyal sons and daugh
ters. under whose .auspices the exer
cises were held Sunday.
The service began with prayer b;.
Rev. M. A. Morgan, and the following
program was carried out:
Song—America.
Quartette.
Recitation—“ Song of Dixie”—Willie
Pearl Davis.
Song—“ Fairest of AH '—Maude Lee
Bryan.
Col Geo. R. Briggs then introduced
the speaker of the day, Hon. T. A.
Wallace. Mr. Wallace delivered a
splendid address that was neither too
long or too short. It was full of his
torical and timely facts, and forceful
to the end. Many commented upon
the speech being a masterful one at
the close of the exercises.
Following the address of the day.
a number of children sang “Memor
ial Flowers.” The song was prettily
rendered and the children looked
fetching in their white dresses and
suits and garlanded as they were in
circlets of flowers. After the song
was finished the children drilled out
though the main auditorium.
After the children had passed from
the room, Major Bu v ke, of Broxton,
made a few remarks. He stressed the
point that there was r.o such thing as
a “lost cause.” And judging from the
facts that he recited, most every one
in his hearing believed the “cause”
was more alive now than ever.
As there are no soldiers’ graves in
the cemetery here to be decorated, the
ffiarbh statute of Gen. Robt. E. Lee
on Peterson avenue was decorated.
The Daughters are to be congratu
lated on their efforts to properly ob
serve this day. Surely it will be'but
a short, while until it will be looked
upon as a sacred holiday indeed, when
schools and stores will close to nor.or
the dead. Many towns make it an an
nual cemetery cleaning day and the
neglected graves are cared for by the
clubs.
RGaska sireg-t yeaott e-tdd etaoin
STOLE A PAIR <i! PANTS AND
VVi AV HE RAN ,BUT WAS CAUGHT
Last Saturday night Mr. P. E. I’af
ford, who was attending his duties ns
clerk in the store of Rigell Bros., saw
a young white man enter the door,
step to a pile of trousers and, open
ing his coat, tuck a pair inside. Mr.
Paffcrd at once started for the thi i
and oaugut him at the front door. Here
Mr. Rigell met them and attempted to
hold the guilty party until Mr. Pafforc
could summon a ' policeman. The
young man broke loose from Mr. Rig
ell and started to run. Mr. Pa‘.ford
Mr. Rigell and Officer Stevens finally
located the thief in alley.
He asked to be allowed to go to his
buggy when caught and the party acc
ompanied hint. In the buggy they
found an other pair of pants which iiaq
been stolen from the Davis dry goods
store.
The next morning the young man.
w ho gave his name as W. F. Simmons,
and who claimed to work at Ambrose,
was given a chance to help get Doug
las ready for tire mail carriers pend
ing the next sitting of the city court.
Preparing tor ('< mmencement
Nicholls, May 4. —Preparations have
| been under way for some time for th
| school cent me cement here, and it is
I said that this year's exercises will be
ibetter than ever before.
There are but three weeks left of the
school term, which has been the most
successful of ady the school has
i known.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, May 6th. 1914
HOSTS ASSEMBLE
AT JACKSONVILLE
75,000 Visitors Are Oi Hand and
City Surrenders to Men in Grey
Jacksonville, Fla., May 6.—With
special trains from all sections of the
South coining into the city, Jackson
ville is today in ga’a attire and in
complete control of the men in grey
and their friends.
Every hotel in town is literally jam
med and packed with people and all
private residences, where accommo
dations could be secured, have beer,
filled, it being estimated that 75,000
people have reached the city since
Monday morning.
Jacksonville is a flutter by day and
a flame by night, thousands of flags
floating to the breeze from the lofty
buildings, while strings of electric
lights are draped artistically across
every street in the business district.
Electric signs, and fountains sending
forth great volumes of water on which
is played different colored electric
lights, tend to make tl; • di: play by
night one of the most gorgeous ever
witnessed in the South.
POLICE FORCE HAS
BEEN REORGANIZED
...Owing to the fact that,,Policeman
Wood’s time had-expired, city council
has dispensed with' his ’ services and
the vacancy caused thereby is in abey
ance.
At the same time that this action
was taken, Officer Stevens was made
chief police while Officer Daughtery
was assigned to night duty.
The new chief has been instruced
to get astride a horse and see to it in
stanter that the surface closets are ail
thoroughly cleaned and kept clean. He
lias also been instructed to see to it
Tiat all tax dodgers be haled before
the council to show cause why they
should not be dealt with.
Baptist Plitircli Robbed
Some miscreant entered the Baptist
church recently and stole the collec
tion plates and the piano cover.
The plates have bean in use by the
church Tot several years and are made
of aluminum. Several such petty
thieveries have been perpetrated in
the city lately and the police are using
every effort to apprehend the guilty
parties.
It is thought that whoever took the
plates from the church entered during
the day when the building vas left
open during the recent revival ser
vices held there.
."ui s Jiosflfj Sprains Ankle
Miss Pauline Moseley, whose home
is at Broxton, a student at G. N. C. &
B. ]., had the misfortune to miss her
footing while descending the stairs in
the gill’s dormitory last Sunday af
ternoon and falling to the bottom of
the steps.
She sustained a badly sprained an
kle f.om which she will not recover
for some time.
Candidates From Douglas Will
Cross Hot Sands Tomorrow
Several candidates from the Shrine!
went to Mayoress today to be initiat- j
od into the mysteries of the order to
morrow. Poor fellows! We expect J
to see them back here Friday hob
bling on crutches anji making all sorts
of wry faces from the kicks the
camel will give them as they try to
steal a ride. It is stated that Dr. Sib
bett will be immune from the more
strenuous part of the initiatory exer
cises on account of his having had sev
eral ribs nearly broken recently when
an automobile , tried to summersault
over him.
But because of this his son. Dr. W.
A. Sibb tt, will be put through extia
paces to make up for what his father
misses.
Yes, they have laid out a fine enter- i
tainment for Col. J. J. Willingham, be- 1
cause they remember that at one time!
he was a captain of the national guard
and believe that he needs to be “tain- 1
ed”, especially if there is a chance for l
him to go fight the greasers in NL-x-j
ico.
Beides these gentlemen, the others I
who will have to take the long. tedi-|
ous. tiresome journey across the sands
are: Mr. H. B Curling, and he- vGli be I
IS UNITED STATES
BACKING VILLA?
Report Has It Rebel Chief is Slated
For Mexican Presidency
Washington. D. C., May 6.—Devel
opments in theMexiean situation on
Tuesday weredivided between the dip
lomatic and military status.
The South American mediators con
tinued their sessions throughout the
day and for the first time it became
authoritatively known from them that
| they considered the whole arrange ot
Mexican affairs as properly embraced
in their work. Their reply to Car
ranza, made public today, made this
clear, and while exempting him from
the mediation for the time being it
still left the dooropen for him to come
j into the proceedings later.
Eiirtlirr Effort Being Hade
| It later was learned that a further
| effort was being made to induce Gen.
j Carranza to send a representative
J without seeking to limit his agent to ;
! discussion of any particular subjest.
The American government has rot
chosen its representatives. Presi
dent Wilson and -Secretaries Bryan
and Lane disc-used many names today.
They are seeking to get men.of train?
ir.g in diplomatic affairs,
j Ag yet there has been, no formal
| basis of negotiation, neither the Unit
ed States nor Huerta having set forth
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; MISS l„ (.. < H VNDI.EK QUITE
SERIOUS I, V INJURED S 5 NOW
Last Sunday afternoon while Mr. I.
C. Sapp, of Sapps Pharmacy, was
driving west on Ward street one of
the springs holding the shafts to the
buggy flew out. As the shaft fell il
struck the horse on the hocks and he
became frightened, and started to run
The buggy swerved from side- to side
of the street throwing Mr. Sapp out
and bruising his hip.
Miss L. G. Chandler was in the bug
gy with Mr. Sapp and made an effort
to jump from the buggy. She was
thrown with great force on the hard
clay and sustained severe injuries tc
the left side of her head.
Miss Chandler was taken into the
home of Mr. G. R. Moore and Dr. W.
F. Sibbett was called to attend her.
The doc.or reports that she ruptured
a vein in the ear.
Mr. Sapp was able to be out lit*
next morning, but stai d that In felt
sore and stiff from liis fall.
Superior Court at Wnjcro' s
i Judge Quineey is holding supeoioi
court at Wayerpss this week. Owing
to the length of the calendar, it is no
thought that the court will be abl to
adjourn before the middle of next
week.
No Word I rem Graham (Hoc
No word has been received up t
noon today from the Supreme Court
as to the disposition that body had
made of the Graham case, which was
argued before the court a week ago.
curling alright, Mr. Moses GiifTm, of
whom it is said no one ever yet got his
goat, so tiie boys with the foz will try
mighty hard to get it tomorrow.
The party left here this morning
and were accompanied by the ambas
sador of the Douglas oasis Mr. VV. R
Wilson, who will see that none of
them gets av ay. Toaay they will a -
tend the grand commaudery. Tomor
row they will take part in the gra .ti
street parade and < nt.e;- the shrine, and
tomorrow at midnight thej v ill feast
and laugh. They will return home,
sweet home Friday morning to pre
pare for the long journey to *he oash
ot Atlanta next Sunday night to take
part in the grand conclave of S ■ inert
of North • America.
The part’v intending going ft >n» liei'
to Atlanta consists of Mr. and Mrs.
\V. K. Wii-o i, .Mr. and Mrs. Oiiv :
Peterson. Mrs. B. Peterson. Mr. and
Mrs. Join, R. Smith, Stu rift-ch .!
Dave RPketson, Dr. W. F. Sibixtr, Dr.
W. A. Sibbett, Mr. G. L. Bush and Mr.
J. H. Moore, of Hark hurst.
The party has chartered a special
Pullman car to take them to th cc'-nr
of festivities, and they w ill return i
the same car over the- A. E. £. A.
BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND RING EXCITES
ADMIRATION FROM ALL WHO SEE IT
The Stone is a Pure Brilliant and is Worth Nearly
SIOO.OO. It is a Remarkable Prize
For Second Place.
HENDERSON MAKES
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
Sets Forth Fully His Platform as
Candidate for Representative
From This District
The formal announcement of Hon. J.
A. J. Henderson, for the office of Con
gressman from this district,, appears
herewith. Mr. Henderson sets forth
his platform in brief and promises to
■ represent ids district carefully and
conscientiously.
Mr. Henderson is a progressive
farmer 6l Irwin county, ai.d he states
'that he will, of course. *ie deeply in
terested in anything that may come
up, or that it is possible to bring up,
that will be to the interest of the
farmer of his district, and will use ev
ery effort to get the legislation
through.
The full text -of the announcement
and the platform follows:
To the People of the Eleventh
Congressional District:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for the
office of Representative in the Sixty-
Fourth Congress of the United States,
from the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict.of Georgia, subject to the pri
mary to be held on Avgust 19tli.
In making this announcement I do
not forget the responsibility which
rests upon me in aspiring for the
most important office within the gift
of the people of the district. I realize
that if I am nominated and elected,
the people of this district will have
conferred upon me the highest honor
in their power, and placed upon me
the burden of performing grave and
important duties.
I do not propose in this announce
ment to set out a detailed statement
of tiie platform upon which 1 base my
candidacy, but I deem it proper to
make brief reference to some of the
things which 1 have advocated for
years, and which will later be incor
porated in my formal platform.
I indorse the Democratic adminis
tration, and favor the principles as set
forth in the Democratic platform
adopted at Baltimore in 1912:
I favor the extension of the rural
free delivery, with an increase in the
; pay cf its carriers:
i favor the extension of the parcel
post, thus providing for the farmers
more adequate s i vice, and quick
communication with the markets:
I favor government aid in building
public roads in ev< ry county. This is
something which will greatly benefit
the farmers, and they are justly en
titled to it:
I also favor, and would most earn
estly advocate. National aid in drain
ing and reclaiming the low lands of
the State, thereby adding millions of
dollars to the w alth, and much to the
health of the citizens throughout Geor
gia, and especially of the Eleventh
District:
I am in favor of a rural credit sys
tem, to be worked out in some way by
the government, w Licit will enable the
farmer to realize more readily on his
collateral, either through the National
Banks, or through some other system.
Interest on money in this country is
gradually getting higher. Even the
companies engaged in making loans
on farm lards have increased their in
terest rates within the past year.
An examination of the lists of voters
of the Eleventh District disilosfs the
fact that over seventy-five per cent of
the white voters therein are engaged
in farming. I, therefore, feel that they
are entitled to every consideration
possible at the hands of the man who
represents them. I have been a farm
er all i iy life, ar.d farming is my chi -f
oecupation now. I am, therefore, in
position to know the needs of the
fa: pier.
All other laborers, not engaged di
rectly in farming, will find in me as
their congressman, if elected, one who
v ill always stand ready to aid and as
sist them in anything which will tend
to better their condition.
My work as a railroad promoter and
builder, thoueh only in a small way.
has cofivmced me as nothing else could
have done, the very important posi
tion railroad conductors, engineers,
firemen, flagmen, and in fact all rail
road employees, hold tc the public.
Not only do these men have to safe
guard and protect property worth mil
lions of dollars, but they have impos
ed up in them a still greater duty, that
of protecting the lives of the traveling
public This being the case I most
heartily pledge to them my most loyal
I support, when an opportunity offers,
j or a just demand is made by them up
| on me.
i In announcing these principles I
desire to emphasize the fact that the
wealth of this country largely hinges
on the producers or originators,
whether engaged in tilling the soil,
or in manufacturing. All other voca
tions depend largely upon these in-
$1 Per Annum
CONTESTANTS ARE
URGED TO USE CARDS
Much Interest Being Taken as the
Time Goes on Toward the
Closing Date.
Here is a picture of the diamond
ring that The Progress is giving away
as second prize in its “Business Pro- ■
ducing” contest, but one must see the
ring in order to enjoy its beauty. It
r.UiU"’’.'
is’a pure brilliant, scintillating, radi
ant, beautiful, and MS’ Valued at retail
mounted, $90.00. ft is on display at
Wilson’s Jewelry Store where it may
be seen at any time. One young lady
contestant said when she saw the-ring
that she believed she would as soon
have it as the first prize, the piano.
So she is working hard for the piano
and feels that if she loses that she
will be sui e to get the ring.
At any rate all those in the contest
who are working are getting along
nicely and making money even if they
do not win a prize. For they will get
10 per cent commission on all the bus--
iness that is sent in to The Progress
during the contest no matter of what
nature and credited to them.
Piano all That Is Claimed
The Progress is in receipt of a let
ter from a well-known musician of
Atlanta: a man whose word goes a
long ways when it comes to things
musical and a man whose veracity
has never been doubted. Read what
he says about the Wellman teat The
Progress is giving for first prize in
its contest. Tile piano is on display
at Dowling’s Millinery Store:
Atlanta, May !. 1914.
Mr. J. Dana Jones.
Editor The Progress,
Dear Sir:
A copy of your interesting pa
per lias reached nu and I note
you are conducting a subscription
contest, also that you are offering
as a banner prize a Wellman pi
ano. 1 certainly congratulate you
in deciding on that makeand am
.sure that the winner of the instru
ment will be forever proud of his
or her effort toward securing it.
It is one of the best instruments
made and one that will last for ,
years with careful useage. Of
course and most expensive piano
that was ever put on the market
would not withstand abuse, but
with ordinary care the Wellman
will speak for itscif in years to
come. In my experience as a mu
sician I have come in contact
with this piano many times and
can say nothing whatever to its
detriment. I am sure the winner
whoever he or she may be, should
thank The Progress and its edi
tor for placing such an opportun
ity before the public.
Very respectfullv,
F. D. CLARE, Violinist.
With Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta.
Now don’t you think it worth while
to have such an instrument in your
home? Isn’t it worth a' lot of hard
work to try and get it? And especial
ly in view of the fact that The Pro
4. *
gress is making you the offer of a
beautiful diamond ring as second
prize if you don’t get the first. Or
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dustries, and p ’ - ex*'v. herr« lh«-e in
dustries prosper:
My campaign will be conducted on a
high and honorable plane, and I earn
estly solicit the support and vote of
every qualified white voter in the dis
trict.
Yours respectfully,
J. A. J. HENDERSON.
; Ocilla. Ga., May 4. 1914. (adv)