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dtoffe* dotwlfi %vmvtM. 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 . • - . ; • . . 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.