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Vol I. No. 29
J. M. DOUGLAS DIED
SUDDENLY MONDAY
WAS IN USUAL HEALTH SUNDAY
Was Convict Guard and Died at
Camp Near Ambrose. Buried
Tuesday at Nicholls. Is
Survived By Family
The county was startled to learn of
the sudden death of Mr. J. M. Douglas
which occured at the county convict
camp last Monday morning. Mr. Doug
las was a chain gang guard, having
taken that place about a month ago
and was in his usual good health Sun
day.
About 1 o’clock Monday morning he
was heard to groan and cry out with
pain and \\hen those about him went
to his bedside he was so w racked with
pain that he could not tell them what
was the matter, but kept striking his
chest with his clenched fist.
Dr. Moorman was hastily sent for
at Ambrose and hurried to the sick
man’s side, but could do nothing for
him, and he died in great agony about
10 o’clock that morning.
Dr. Moorman is of the opinion that
Mr. Douglas was suffering from acute
indigestion coupled with uremic poi
soning.
Mr. Douglas was born in this coun
ty and was a son of Mr. Warren Doug
las. He had lived for a number of
years in Florida and returned to this
county last fall taking up his resi
dence at Nicholls where he lived a*
the time of his death.
The deceased was a man whom to
know was to like, and numbered his
friends by his acquaintances. He
was 53 years of age, and is survived
by his wife, one son, Mr. Lester Doug
las, a daughter, Mrs. Mattie Anderson
and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Ed Knox.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at Nicholls Tuesday and interment
was made in the cemetery there. The
obsequies were attended by a great
number of people showing the respect
in w’hich the deceased was held.
HON. J. A. J. HF.NDFRHON
WORKING TERRITORY HARO
IVas lu Douglas Monday and Said He
Was Receiving Much Encourage
ment.
Hon. J. A. J. Henderson, of Ociilu,
candi kv,e t r om this d ,l *trir i *>'>r con
gress, was in the city Von day bard at
work in the interest of his campaign.
Mr. Henderson stated that he had
received much encouragement so far
in his travels around the district, "but.
you know," he added, “it is early in
the campaign yet, and we are not go
ing to claim everything in sight until
we are reasonably certain of success.
Mr. Henderson left here Monday af
ternoon for Brooks county.
Belled Buzzard Seen in Laurens
Doublin, Ga„ May 14.—Laurens
county seems to have become the hab
itat of the belled buzzard for another
appearance of the wondering bell ring
er has been reported by a farmer in
the lower edge of the county. The
buzzard was seen not only by one per
son, but by several people, on the
plantation of T. J. Blackshear, near
Orianna, by one of his farm hands,
who notified the family and some of
the neighbors, vcho saw the strange
buzzard in company with several oth
ers, feeding upon a carcass. Those
who saw him say that the others seem
ed to be afraid of him and his bell and
allowed him to boss the bunch as he
pleased.
June lltli Alfalfa Day
Fitzgerald. Ga., May 24. —June 11 tn
has been selected as Alfalfa day in
Fitzgerald and will also be demon
stration day for a large number of
manufacturers of farm machinery,
who will have experts on the ground
to explain the merits of their particu
lar machines, which will include trac
tion engines, gang plows, wheel culti
vators and other modern implements
for farm work.
Services at Episcopal Church
It will be of interest of those of the
Episcopal faith to know that the Rev.
Mr. Walker, of Savannah, will preach
at the Episcopal chu~ch here next Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock and again
the evening at 8 o’clock.
The easiest way to convince a wom
an is to agree with her.
BUND TIGERS NOW
GAN SEE FINISH
CITY COUNCIL SAID “SKIDDO”
And They Sought Their Lairs
Without Further Ado. They
Are Going After the Dope
Sellers, Too
“There is whiskey being sold here,
and dope also," said a member of the
city council at a recent meeting of
that body. And then he added: “We
now have a new chief police and un
less he can get rid of these pests, we
will have to get police officers who
can; there are plenty of them to be
had.”
The mayor and council fully agreed
with the gentleman, and the new chief
Officer Stevens, seemed to feel that he
had better fall in line with his em
ployers.
'Thus it was that the fight against
blind tigers and dope peddlers began.
It has resulted thus far in the tigers
putting the stopper on their jugs, or
in their jugs, bottles and other recep
ticles containing “the precious stuff.”
As to the dope peddlers, that is is a
harder matter to get at. The sale of
this nefarious drug is carried on in
such a way that it is almost impossi
ble to get evidence. But Mayor Wal
lace, joined by the council and as
sisted by the police department, says
that it means a fight to the finish and
that no matter who may be found
guilty, whether a church dignitary or
a back alley bum, the same jail will
be the final domicile.
Officer Stevens is doing his duty so
far and it looks as though Douglas
would at last “clean up” and stay in
that condition. At any rate the coun
cil is determined that their wishes—
not theirs, but the wishes of the great
majority of the people of the city—
shall be complied with and that the
dryness now felt in the throats of the
drinkers here will not cease as far as
getting the aleviation liquid in Doug
las is concerned.
Mayor s court is a busy place now
a-days. Sentences to the gang are not
infrequent and heavy fines often pre
vail. Those who once get a fine and a
reprimand and appear again before
the mayor have discovered that Tom
Wallace is a man of his word.
THE PONY CONTEST
CLOSED LAST MONDAY
I'lie Windup Was Fast and Furious.
Votes Not Yet Tabulated
The pony contest ended at 9:30
o’clock Monday night and for three
days it had been a head and neck race
for votes for the favorites.
As to is the winner of the pony, bug
gy and harness is yet speculation. A
committee consisting of three men
went to work counting the ballots on
Tuesday morning, but as there were
eeveral million votes cast, it will be
tomorrow, or possibly later, before
the actual winner is know n.
Miss Lula Dent Passes Away
Tuesday evening at 9:10 o’clock,
just as the graduating class of which
she was member, sat on the stage of
the Agricultural school to receive
their diplomas, Miss Lula Dent slip
ped from this earth to attend the com
mencement of another life in the spir
it w r orld. Her diploma was never de
livered, her chair was vacant through
the exercises, but at that hour she
heard the Great God say "Come, high
er up."
For several weeks she had been
very ill of typhoid fever. She was
desperately ill from the first; two doc
tors and two nurses being in attend
ance. The family had no hope from
the first and she, too, realized her con
dition. During yesterday she asked
for several friends and recognized
them. She put her arms around her
mother’s neck a few nights ago and
told her she was going to Heaven.
In early childhood she joined the
Baptist church and has lived up to her
strong convictions. She declined on
many occasions to take part in things
she thought to be wrong.
Miss Lula was nineteen years old the
first of April. Being the youngest
child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dent, she
was the idol of the home. She was a
sister of Mrs. Martin King. Mr. Ira
Dent, and Mr. Walter Dent, of this
city.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, May 27th. 1914
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Wrisht. 1914, by «h« Mcdute New«p«per Syndicate 1
AN A YOUNG MAN LOVE TWO
GIRLS SIMULTANEOUSLY?
he brilliant black eye
May In triumph let fly
11 Its darts without caring who feels
’em;
But the soft eye of blue
Though it scatter wounds, too,
s much better pleased when it heals ’em.
So much is said about a man's best
;irl that we cannot help wondering
how many girls he
have. Does each
Mwgyawaken similar
sentiments in his
'■ . * breast or is his
liking carefully
" graded? It must
)■„ „u.d that
DEMONSTRATORS TO
BE HERE SATURDAY
ARE ON A THREE WEEKS’ TOUR
Demonstration of Farm Imple
ments, Stump Pulling and Blast
ing, Ditching and Addresses
in the Afternoon.
The farm demonstrators, under the
auspices of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the State Department
of Agriculture and headed by District
Agent G. V. Cunningham, of Tifton,
started on a three weeks tour of South
east Georgia Tuesday. Today they
are at Tifton and Saturday they will
be here in Douglas.
The demonstrators will hold forth
at the 11th District Agricultural farm
and the farmers will have an oppor
tunity to see all sorts of farm machin
ery in operation, some breaking land,
some cultivating crops, some thrash
ing grain, some grinding feeds, etc.,
canning outfits canning fruits and veg
etables: stump pullers pulling stumps;
dynamite blasting stumps, breaking
sub-soil, blowing holes for setting
fruit trees, and ditching, the farm
demonstration agent at each point in
oculating hogs with serum to prevent
cholera. 4
It is especially desired by the gov
ernment and state departments that
farmers go out to these demonstra
tions, that is as many as can do so,
because a great deal of expense is
made in bringing the demonstration to
the eyes of the farmers.
Canning club members are also
urged to be on hand as they will be
taught many things of importance
that they may not have an opportun
ity of learning again for some time.
The demonstration work will begin
in the morning, and in the afternoon
there will be in the court
house by men versed in the art of
scientific as well as practical farming.
.Judging from all reports there will
be a big crowd on hand from this and
adjoining counties.
From here the demonstrators will
on to Blackshear and will wind up
their trip at Fitzgerald on June 11.
There was an enormous out pour
ing of friends at the funeral, which oc
curred at 1 o'clock and the floral-tri
butes were many, appropriate and
handsome. The pall bearer; were se
lected from among her young men
friends. They were: Messrs. I. C.
Sapp, Aubrey Suddath, Y. S. Hogg,
E. H. Tanner, Ralph Youmans, Jim
Jardine.
Interment will be made this after
noon at Sand Hill church in the old
family cemetery.
“Standing with reluctant feet.
Where the brook and river meet,” it
seems beyond human endurance to
see her taken from the beatiful wo
manhood into which she was budding,
but choicest flowers are often plucked
first, the opening bud especially.
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hun
dred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and
sear;
A lily of the day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fall and die that night—
It was the plant and flower of Light.
In small proportion we just beauty
see,
And in short measures life may per
fect be.
—Ben Johnson.
rlzoiT U 1 nil'll .
discovers his bride has a temper.
He comes home after a hard day’s
work, to meet a wife who has no
smile for him. Instead, she frowns and
answers him in monosyllables. So it
continues. The home he imagined
was to be an earthly paradise turns
out to be so dreary an abode that he
had rather turn his face anywhere
than there. It's a man’s nature to
look for sympathy wherever he can
find it. He generally turns to some
woman who has a cheery disposition,
a pleasant greeting for him, and a
kindly word, which is a sort of solace
to him. He wishes he could be
met with a smile such as this woman
has in his home. The young wife is
high spirited and will not give in.
When the husband has a like disposi
tion, matters grow’ from bad to worse.
He is afraid that his wife harbors
a mistrust of him regarding the small
amount he holds back. From the time
the stand that she will
WILL INCREASE THE
CAPACITY OF PLANT
ADD EIGHTY FEET TO BUILDING
Douglas Oil and Fertilizer Co. Plan
Improvements That Will Make
Their Works as Large as
Any in Section
WILL INCREASE
The Duoglas Oil & Fertilizer Co.,
one of the concerns that is hustling to
make Douglas a bigger, better city,
will during the sumer increase its
plant to a considerable extent.
The building will be lengthened in
the neighborhood of 80 feet and rear
ranged so as to give an increased ca
pacity of about twenty cars. This
means that by the time business opens
up next fall, this concern will be
ready to furnish Coffee county farm
ers with just that much more fer
tilizer per day ifnecessary.
Besides the increased size of the
increased size of the plant, other plans
are being laid now to be carried out
during the summer which will put the
Douglas Oil & Fertilizer Co., among
the leading class in their line in this
section of the country.
The concern has enjoyed a splen
did business here and they feel war
ranted in making these added im
provements this year because they
are of the opinion that Coffee county
farmers are going to make the big
gest crop this year they have ever
made.
GEORGIA NORMAL
ELECTS FACULTY
The board of trustees for the Geor
gia Normal College and Business In
stitute have been busy the past week
with the election of next year’s fac
ulty for the six lower grades, and with
other things of importance that came
before the board.
A ruling has been made that no mar
ried ladies that are not dependent can
have a place in the school. As a re
sult Mrs. Andrew Wood was not re
elected, although her work had been
very high-class and satisfactory to the
board. The other teachers were re
elected to their old places, but it is
understood that a few of them have not
accepted the places. Miss Claudia
Little has accepted a place at Man
chester and Miss Nanie Quillian will
not return. It is also understood that
Miss Grace Gaffney, has the de
partment of music and elocution, will
not return.
At this time the vacancies have not
been supplied.
DR. IIEMIY CORBITT TO
BE RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Has Been Chosen to Act in That Ca
pacity at the Douglas Hospital
Dr. D. H. Meeks, of Nieholls. ar
rived in the city Monday with Mr.
John Kirkland, assistant cashier of
the bank there. The latter coming for
treatment at the Douglas hospital.
Dr. Meeks has the right spirit about
him. Why send any Coffee county pa
tients to other hospitals when we have
one at our doors. Few towns the size
of Douglas can boast of an institution
like the Douglas hospital. The coun
ty and neighboring towns have alike
reaped its benefits, and all true Cof
fee countains feel proud of its success.
And the end is not yet. Dr. Henry
Corbitt, son of Mr. Elisha Corbitt, of
Willacoochee, is to become resident
physician of this institution and will
arrive to assume his duties in a few
days.
11th DIST. COLLEGE
CLOSES 6TH SESSION
BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Commencement Exercises Were
Most Auspicious. School In
Unusually Prosperous
Condition.
Tuesday night closed the commence
ment exercises of ttie Agricultural
school located here. This is the sixth
year of the life of the school and it is
gratifying to the people of this district
to know that each year has found the
school better and carrying a larger
student body. Its principal, Prof. C.
W. Davis, has been with the school
since its beginning and he has always
been fortunate in securing the excel
lent faculty he has had under him.
This has been the banner year of
the school, and its commencement ex
ercises have been the most auspicious.
Beginning with the sermon ou last
Sunday morning, a deep interest has
been felt throughout the exercises.
Bishop F. F. Reese, of the Episcopal
Diocese of Georgia, preached a mas
terly sermon at the Baptist church on
Sunday morning. Much religious,
wholsome advice was delivered in
chaste English and beautiful thought.
A splendid choir rendered music fir
the occasion, a beautiful solo heing
sung by Miss Selma Thornton, of the
school. Pretty iioral decorations were
used on the pulpit stand.
On Monday evening occurred the
contests for the medals, two being of
fered, one for the boys and one for
the girls. The young men speakers
were: Mr. Spencer Woodward, of Lau
rens county; Mr. Hately Quincey, of
Douglas, and Mr. W. F. Boygan, of
Coffee county. All of these young
men did themselves credit in the man
ner of their delivery and the greatest
interest existed as to whom the med
al should be awarded.
Miss Selma Thornton delighted the
audience with one of her pretty solos,
then followed the contestants for the
girls’ medal. The contestants were:
Miss Nina Davis and Miss Lucy Tuck
er, of Coffee county, and Miss Ruth
Clark, of Laurens county. The inter-
(Continued on page five)
WILL ATTEND COMMEXCEMEXT
EXERCISES AT McRAE SI YD.IY
Rev. M. A. Morgan will be absent
from the city next Saturday ami Sun
day and the first part of next week in
attendance at the commencement ex
ercises of Wesleyan v e at Macon
and of South Georgia college at
Mcßae, both of which will be held the
coming Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Morgan is a trustee of both the
schools named which necessitates his
being away for several days. The pul
pit at the Methodist church here of
which Mr. Morgan is pastor, will be
occupied Sunday morning by Prof. W.
A. Little, of this city, and the service
at 7:45 o’clock Sunday evening will
be in charge of the Epworth League.
PIANO CONTEST OPENED AGAIN
FOR NEW ENTRANTS.
The piano contest which The Pro
gress is conducting is again open for
new entrants. This is done at the re
quest of several who have become in
terested in the paper since the other
date. It does not in any way effect
the standing of the ones in the con
test now who have worked, in fact it
gives them a fine start over the new
ones coming in.
Several of the ones nominated a f the
beginning of'' the contest have done
nothing, two of them have left the
county and one, we understand, has
married. We ere, therefore, dropping
from the roll of contestants al those
who have not worked and the official
list stands as follows at this time:
Miss Nanie Jardine .... 32,250
Miss Velma Johnson 34,750
Miss Georgia Livingston 116,425
Miss Gussie Roberts 58,600
Miss Ethel Tanner 23,800
Mr. Roy Vinson 22,925
A number of contestants that are at
work have made god gains this week,
as will be seen from the list when
compared with the last week’s list.
May be More Prizes
It is quite likely that The Progress
will offer one more capital prize, and
if it does it will be the biggest prize
ever offered a contest in a city this
size.
$1 Per Annum
CROP CONDITIONS
GOOD IN COFFEE
FARMERS REPORT GOOD STANDS
While Government and State Agri
cultural Departmnets Report
Poor Crops, Farmers Here
Are Optimistic.
The State and Government Agricul
tural Departments are reporting that
crops are not what they should be,
taken as a whole, and that the yields
this year will not begin to average up.
This is not tire case in Coffee county
and adjoining teritory, according to
the dictum of many of the largest and
most responsible farmers whom this
paper has interviewed.
One farmer said yesterday that he
had 180 acres of as fine cotton as he
had ever possessed at this time of
year and that his corn and other
crops could not be doing better.
Another farmer stated that his cot
ton and corn were in the best of con
dition.
Mr. J. H. Peterson, an extensive
farhier of this county, said practical
ly the same thing, as did also Mr.
Oliver Peterson and Mr. Rat Kirkland.
Mr. J. A. J. Henderson, of Ocilla,
while here Monday, was asked about
how he found crops in this territory.
He replied that he had no fault to find
whatever with conditions as a whole.
Good stands of cotton obtain generally
he said, and corn is looking fine. Mr.
Henderson, as is well known, is one of
the largest farmers in Irwin county.
Nearly all the farmers talked to
about crops by the reporter were ask
ed if the drouth had had any bad ef
fect on the crops, and they all stated
that up to this time it had not —that
is in this section. They explained that
because of the heavy and continued
rains during the winter and spring,
the ground was very wet and that
while dry now on the surface, there
was plenty of moisture below to keep
the plants in good shape for some time
to come.
The rain of yesterday, Tuesday
which was pretty general throughout
this section, allays all danger from
any ill effects from the recent drouth.
DOUGLAS DEFEATED THE
TEAM FROM CORDEI.E
Cordele sent a team of ballplayers
here last Friday and they arrived in
the city confident that they were go
ing to wipe the home team off the
earth. However, such a calamity did
not happen. Nay, nay, Pauline; on
the other hand, the home team play
ed much the best game considering
the amount of practice the different
teams had had, and the final score
stood 10-6 in favor of Douglas. The
following was the lineups:
Douglas: Coochee, If; Burke, cf;
Russell, rf; Eubanks, ss and p; Mc-
Donald, lb; Whelchel, 2b; Ucher, 3b
and ss; Hunter, c; Moore, p and 3b.
Cordele: Tiller, 2b; Maynard, ss;
Martin, 3b, Needham, lb; Thornton,
c; Woodruff, cf; Thompson, cf; Lit
tlejohn, rf; Powell, p.
The piano which is tne first prize
is on display at Tanners Pharmacy, it
having been removed from the first
display place to make room for Mrs.
Dowling. The piano is much admired
by all who see it as well as the ring
w'hich is at Wilson’s Jewelry Store
and the wath at Fielding & Sibbett’s.
Now that the pony contest is over,
there is going to be something doing
in this contest, which from all re
ports from the contestants is going
to be one of the hottest fought con
tests ever pulled off in this county.
But one thing about tnis contest is
that it thoroughly fair and square
from every angle and every contest
ant wil get something, either a prize
or commission.
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send it in. It counts 2,000 votes to
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