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Vol I. No. 30
FORD TOURING CAR WILL BE GIVEN AWAY
GENERAL OFFICES
MAY LOCATE HERE
G.& F.MAY CHANGE FROM AUGUSTA
Persistently Rumored That Road
Will Change Location of Gen
eral Offices and Doug
las is Favored.
There is a persistent rumor in the
air that the Georgia & Florida gen
eral offices, which were at one time
located here, will again come to
Douglas. This rumor comes from
authoritive sources and it seems that
there are a number of the parties in
terested in the road who are using
every effort to get the offices here.
The offices are now at the extreme
end of the road, Augusta, and it is
said that the rents there are high and
that the city is not doing anything to
keep the offices there.
If the road decides to move the of
fices, and Douglas offers a big enough
inducement, there is every liklihood
that she will get them.
In the event the offices are moved
here the road will build its own build
ing, which they say can be done for
SIO,OOO. The comng here of this busi
ness would turn loose something like
$75,000 a year, and those who are sup
posed to know state that a strong
effort wll be made to locate the offices
in* Douglas.
HOY I\ KNEE PANTS STOLE
HORSE AND BUGGY SATURDAY
Saturday night, about 7 o’clock, a
young white boy, Preston Wilson, 16,
wearing knee pants, stole from a wag
on yard the horse and Buggy belong
ing to Mr. Matt Kirkland, a prosper
ous farmer near the city. Young Wil
son, it is stated, had been drinking,
and he, with some other boys took the
horse and drove some 8 miles to the
home of Mr. John Strickland, a farm
er, where he spent the night with Mr.
Strickland’s son.
Mr. Kirkland made a search for his
horse and early Sunday morning he
found it and the buggy at Mr. Strick
lands. Mr. Strickland knew nothing
about the horse and buggy being on
his premises as the boys came home
the night before after he had gone to
bed. The Wilson boy was there at the
time Mr. Kirkland arrived, but left
immediately. He was apprehended
Sunday night and arrested at Mr.
Strickland's house while a settlement
(Continued on page 5)
Chautauqua Week Will Be
A Big Event For Douglas
Douglas is fortunate in securing a
Chautauqua week.
There will be a wealth of talent
here from June 23 for 6 days and
nights and the programs will be car
ried out in the auditorium.
Whether or not a Chautauqua week
will be an annual occurrence in Doug
las remains to be seen. That such a'
week is desirable and will add much
to the prestige of the city goes with
out question. But in order to secure
such an attraction, much will depend
upon the interest that the people of
Douglas and surrounding towns give
it.
The Chautauqua that is coming here
is under the auspices of the Alkahest
Lyceum Bureau and this itsself as
sures the patrons of a week of genune
attraetons that are second to none in
the country.
Amang those who will take part in
the Chautauqua is Mrs. LaSalle Cor
bell Pickett, widow of General Pickett,
of Confederate fame. She will deliver
a historical address on “The Friends
of Yesterday.”
Some of the others coming are: The
Hawkeye Glee Club; Dr. W. H.“ Taffy
Sears, of Illinois, Avon Sketch Club
and many more of the same class.
Messrs. Melvin Tanner and J. Gor
don Floyd are the local managers and
they will either of them be glad to give
any information that is desired in re
gard to tickets, etc. The cbautauqua
will open Tuesday afternoon, June 23.
and close the following Monday night
TO CONTESTANT GETTING MOST VOTES
BEFORE NOVEMBER THE FOURTH
ROUNDED UP BUNCH
"SKINNERS" MONDAY
BROXTON OFFICERS FOUND NEST
Of Negro “Sports” at Barrows
Bluff and Corrall Six of Them
—Get the Booze But No
One Claims It.
Last Monday an excursion was run
from various sections of the country
to Barrows Bluff .above Broxton, and
judging from all reports there was a
“large” time sure enough. At any rate
alert Broxton officers got wind of the
fact that there was more doing at the
picnic than the law allows and so Dep
uty Sheriff Croft and Marshal Smith
went to see for themselves. Tney
watched the “merry-makers” or was
it “money-makers,’ for about thirty
minutes and decided from whet they
saw that it was time they, the officers,
took part in the “game.”
They succeeded in rounding up a
bunch of “skinners,” securng six of
them. One colored gent by the name
of Joe Haynes resisted to considera
ble extent, telling the officers that he
would do all sorts of things to them if
they “tuk him to de jail.” He was ‘tuk’
however along with Dave Thomas, of
Broxton; George Howard, of Douglas;
Isaac Mooring, of Willacoochee, and
Dingle Burxus, of Nashville.
The officers secured three packs of
cards and a quantity of booze. They
could not find anyone who w-ould lay
claim to the booze, so they have it on
their hands. Officer Croft brought the
six captured to the county bastile on
Tuesday morning where they await
the action of court.
The officers state that the negroes
made considerable fuss at the picnic
and that it was the cursing and fight
ing that attracted the attention of the
authorities.
Several, of the participants made
their escape, but it is believed that
they will be apprehended.
Mr. Perry P. Sutton, postmaster at
Kirkland,-- was in the city Saturday
for awhile. Mr. Sutton recently lost
his father and was extended heartfelt
sympathy by his many friends while
here. -
with a program at the auditorium
every afternoon and evening except
V .
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Ur.. LiSiUr Corti.'ll Pickett
on Sunday, June 28.
Season tickets are only $3 each, ad
mitting to each performance, and con
sidering the nature of the Chautauqua
the price is remarkably low.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, June 3 1914
Five Passenger Touring Car Has Been Added as Grand Prize. This
Makes $1,200.00 Worth of Prizes Offered Besides fhe
Commission to Those Who Do Not Win a Prize
SPLENDID CITIZEN
PASSES TO BEYOND
HAD TUBERCULOSIS OF BONES
Mr. Scabron J. Sutton Died at His
Home Last Tuesday. Long
a Respected Citizen of
Coffee County.
In the passing of Mr. Seaborn J.
Sutton, Coffee County lost one of her
substantial citizens, a man of strong
convictions and a will to bear them
out.
He had been suffering for the past
few months from pains in his bones
which he attributed to rheumatism.
On the fourth Sunday in April he at
tended the services at Arnie Baptist
church, of which he had been a con
sistent and faithful member for years,
and the next day felt so badly that he
decided to come to Douglas for treat
ment in the local hospital. When the
physicians diagnosed his case here
they told him that he had tuberculosis
of the bones and that the disease had
gone so far that there was little hope
for him. They operated on his hip,
however, with the hope of prolonging
his life, but the operation proved of
little relief.
He returned to his home near Kirk
land about a week later and died on
Tuesday, May 26. There were simple
burial services held at Arnie church
the following day.
Mr. Sutton was about 60 years of
age. He had twice married. His
first wife was Miss Mary E. Slade, of
Berrien county, whom he married in
young manhood and soon after moved
to this county and located finally on
the farm where he lived at the time of
his death. His first wife died about
14 years ago. From this marriage
there are surviving the following chil
dren: Lacy L.. of Pearson; Perry P.
of Kirkland; Mrs. Emory Belch, of
Pearson; and Cauley, of Kirkland.
Two children by his first wife are
(Continued on page 5)
MOVEMENT IS ON FOOT TO
SECURE OVERALL FACTORY
Opportunity Offered Now That Makes it Possible to
Get Big Factory For Douglas—Details
Being Worked Out.
When the great floods raged through
the Ohio valley last year, there was
destroyed, among many others, the
qlant of a large overall manufactur
ing factory in an Ohio city, but the
machinery was left practically intact.
This factory has been established
for many years and has a large pat
ronage. It had a capacity for work
ing from fifty to sixty hands and it
can be brought to Douglas for very
little outlay in money. In fact, over
tures have been made that look very
attractive on the surface and the com
pany courts the closest investigation
into its business and will turn over to
the purchasers the good will, trade
marks, patterns and everything of that
nature.
All that is necessary to get the fac
tory here and in operation before an
other year, is the action on the part of
some of our responsible people at this
time. But prompt action is necessary
as the company is making the offer to
other parties, giving Douglas the pref
erence till now.
NO SUCH OFFER HAS EVER BEFORE BEEN MADE
We stated in the last issue of The
Progress that it was possible that
other prizes would be added in the
Business Producing Contest, and so
there has. And such an offer!
Ford Five-Passenger Touring Car
Added.
We have decided to give the contes
tants something to strive for in the
way of a Ford five-passenger touring
car. This car retails for S6OO and il
cannot be bought for a cent less foi
spot cash. It is on display at the Ford
Agency in this city where it may be
seen at any time during the contest.
Machine Guaranteed by Ford
The touring car that The Progress
w-ill give away will be spick, span
brand new out of the factory—not a
rebuilt, cheap, second-hand machine,
and any contestant or other person
desiring can be assured of this fact
by consulting Mr. Salter, manager of
the Ford Agency here. He will tell
you that the car that will be awarded
will be identical with all of the 1915
Fords of like size and design, and
that it will be a new car—never run
at all except to display it on the
streets of the City of Douglas during
the contest.
Worth Working For.
This is a prize that is worth put
ting forth every effort to win. It is a
prize that if not wanted by the winner
can be sold for enough ready cash
to egrry the winner to the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition at San Francisco and
leave them a balance besides. It is
a prize that will be serviceable for
years and years of hard work.
Ford Most Serviceable Car.
There are over a half million users
of Ford automobiles at this time and
you might ask any one of them why
they purchased a Ford and they
would tell you that it was because the
car was the most serviceable car they
could find. You might ask Mr. Dug
ger, of this city, what he thinks of
the Ford. He has run one for thous
ands of miles and can tell you all
(Continued on page 5)
This city would be a most desirable
place for an enterprise of this kind.
The shipping facilities are just what
they should be, raw material is easily
obtainable, and this factory, which
manufactures, besides overalls, a com
plete line of working shirts, blouses,
aprons and jumpers could be easily es
tablished here and made a profitable
investment for its owners and add
much in the way of payroll money to
the circulation of currency in Douglas.
The matter stands open only for a
few days and Mayor T. A., Wallace,
who has been in communication with
the company in the interests of this
city, urges that some steps be taken
at once to get the factory here.
Mr. Wallace can give any informa
tion in detail that may be wanted in
regards to the project, as he has an
inventory of the machinery that the
company in Ohio want to dispose of:
a list of their patterns, etc., and be
lieves that the opportunity for Doug
las to get a permanent improvement
should be taken advantage of now.
GREAT SHIP SINKS
HUNDREDS DROWNED
EMPRESS OF IRELAND RAMMED
Nearly a Thousand Perish In Icy
Waters Within Fifteen Minutes
After Ship is Sunk.
*
Quebec, N S.—According to the lat
est estimate issued by officials of the
Canadian Pacific railway, 964 persons
lost their lives when the steamship
Empress of Ireland was rammed and
sunk by the collier in the
St Law rence river early Friday morn
ing.
Of this number 753 were passengers
and 211 members of the crew. Of
the 403 saved, the passengers num
bered 201 and the crew 202.
The dead bodies were piled in tiers,
in Rimouski, making it possible to
closely Bcrutenize the bodies for the
purpose of identification. Ttiere aj>-
t>ears to be many foreigners among the
dead, judging from passports found m
their possession.
Women and children are plentifully
represented in the grim pile, one ri
them, a mother, with her child press
ed to her breast.
Scene Heartrending
Those who witnesed the scene at
(Continued on page 5)
New Bakery Proposed.
In all probability a new bakery will
open here within the next few weeks.
If so, the new shop will be of modern
type and run by an experienced baker
who knows all the ns and outs of the
business.
A party was looking at the situation
recently and expressed himself as
willing to undertake the enterprise
and said that he would definitely set
tle the matter sometime this wteek.
Tigers Are Getting Their
Eyes Opened Right Along.
Tuesday’s police court presented the
appearance of a sure ’nuf barroom, as
beer whiskey and other libations were
considerably in evidence. It was a
day, also, when blind tigers "woke”
to the fact that the piosent authorities
mean that they shall hunt other and
more verdant pastures. They learned
that t does not pay to monkey with a
buzz saw, especially when it is in mo
tion, and they learned, too, that the
police department of Douglas is a ver
itable buzz saw and running at high
speed.
A gentleman of color by the cog
nomen of J. G. Miller was the first one
to be dialed before the mayor for vio
lating the prohibtion law. The darkey
denied, of course,' * that he would do
such a thing as dispense booze, espec
ially in a town in Georgia. However,
the evidence against him seemed to
be conclusive and the mayor told him
that he might pay a fine of SIOO or, if
he preferred, he could work the streets
of Douglas for a period of 60 days.
Sarah Hesters came next and she,
too, denied that she would do any
thing atall that was against the law.
Two or three people of her complex
ion swore that they had been able to
get whiskey from her in potions of
from a drink size to a half pint, and
just for that Mayor Wallace said she
$1 Per Annum
TEN THOUSAND ACRES
NEW LAND PLANTED
IN COFFEE COUNTY THIS YEAR
This is More Than Ever Opened Up
in Any One Year Before—Crops
Looking Fine in All Parts
of the County
.j
The editor of this paper has made
it hs business to investigate farming ,
conditions in this county during the
past two weeks. He has had the
pleasure of being in almost every nook
and corner of the county and the re
sult of the findings are startling.
We use the word startling advised
ly, because every where one turns in
Coffee County this year there meets
the eye a wonderful sight that be
speaks for the countj’ advance
ment this fall unless something un--’
looked for transpires in the meantime.
There lias been more than ten thou
sand acres of new land put under cul
tivation this year, and that is more,
by a good percentage, so we are told,
than has ever been opened up in any
one year heretofore in the history of
the county.
Every where one goes with but very
few exceptions, crops are better than
average. Corn in the northern part of
the county is especialy good, while cot
ton in that section is in splendid
shape. In the middle of the county
the corn and coton are on a par and
both are good. In the southern part of
the county there has been need of rain
and corn is not so good as in other
sections of the county. However, th»
cotton is fine and with the coming of
the recent rain, corn will jump ahead
(Continued on page five)
AN INTERESTING INSTALLATION
SERVICE V ILL BE HELD HERE
A service of unusual interest and
one which has never been held in this
part of the South, will take place at
the Presbyterian church next Wed
nesday night, June 10, at 8 o’clock,
when Rev. Robert M. Mann will for
merly be installed as pastor.
The Presbytery has appointed the
following prominent pastors to act as
the committee having the services in
charge; Rev. W. Scott Moore, of Sav
annah; Rev. A. L. Patterson and Rev.
J. T. Brantley, of Blaekshear; Rev. R.
A. Brown, of Waycross.
A cordial invitation has been ex
tended to the general public to come
out and enjoy the services.
could take her choice of paying SSO
into the city treasury or working at
something she could do for the city
for a period of 60 days. In placing
the fine at SSO, the mayor explained
to Sarah that he did so because she
was a woman and the first one to come
before him on the charge she had beeh
found guilty of. “But,” said the may
or, by way of parenthesis, “I don’t
want you people to get it into your
head that I intend to keep it up. The
next woman thai comes before me and
is found guilty will hi ve to take the
same medicine as the men.”
Baysie Duncan, a sure enough
“smoke”, plead guilty to violating the
bicycle ordinance against riding ou
the sidewalks and was fined $3 or 6
days. He rolled his eyes and ‘elud 'd
he’d pay de fine ‘vidin he could git
to see his bossman.
There were two other cases called
known as whiskey cases but as Col.
J. J. Willingham, who had been re
tained as counsel in both cases, asked
for more time owing to the fact that
illness in his family had kept him
from securing necessary rest, one case
that of the City vs. Hesters, was put
over until 3 o’clock today.
The other case, City vs. Roland was
continued until Monday at 9 o'clock.
Quite a crowd was on hand to hear
the evidence given.