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(Soflfe* (ttrottfij Jtmj re&&, Vol I- No. 31 Make Your Arrangements to Spend Part of Chautauqua Week in Douglas, or You Lose CHAUTAUQUA AND FESTIVAL WEEK WILL UE GREAT SUCCESS HERE COMPLETE PROGRAM PUBLISHED IN THIS ISSUE Much Interest is Manifested in The Week of Enter tainments That Are Coming Under the Aus pices of The Alkehest Lycemum Bureau TWENTY-FOUR SHEEP KILLED FOR SPITE Someone Killed That Number of the Animals Belonging to Mr. Bill Giddens. Sheriff Gillis and Deputy Tanner went to Kirkland la&t Thursday and placed two farmers under arrest on a charge of wantonly destroying fwen ty-four head of sheep belonging to Bill Giddens, a prominent fanner of near that place. Mr. Giddens found the sheep with their throats cut Thursday morning The work of killing the sheep had been done during Wednesday night and Mr. Giddens telephoned the sher iff’s office about the matter the next morning. The sheep were good stock and it is said that they were killed out of spite toward the owner. Douglas and Eastman Playing Splendid Ball An aggregation of baseball players came over from Eastman onday for a three-game seris. The Eastman bunch came with a reputation of being some thing out of the ordinary in the way of class and so the home team expected to be wiped up in good shape. But on Monday afternoon such a sharp battle was put up by the locals that the visi tors were defeated to the tune of 2-1. It was a cracking good game and the fans went wild over the way the two teams claw r ed the earth in an effort to win. It w r as a fine panacea- after the lazily played don’t-care-a-darn way the Thomasville baseball (?) team showed up here last week. Mo- ascended mound for ;Le locals in the first ga.ne of the present series and to say that he pitched a good game would not be doing him justice for he was master of the situa tion all the time. His support was all that could be asked for. Five errors were made by the locals which nearly cost them the game, and tl was on an error that the visitors made their only run. Burke and Grif fin did the best field work for Doug las. Burke hit for three bases and Eubanks lined out a prety single scor ing the winning run. Skelton pitched for the vis*tors and was in good form. He had plenty of steam behind his ball, hut the Terne: s mastered his curves. 'Continued - n page 71 M. N ATHAN HAS BOUGHT THE L. NATHAN STOCK HERE Mr. M. Nathan, of Liberty county, has purchased the stock of goods of L. Nathan and has already begun to do the old stand on A\ ard street, near the corner of Peterson avenue. He will call he store the sur prise and as soon as possible will get in a full line of all kinds of dry goods and what goes with such articles. Mr. Nathan will run a first-class and uptodate store and will have on hand at all times a complete line of goods to choose from. He will have but one price, and as he is an experienced merehan his store will fill a long felt want here. Will Deli veil Memorial Address Mayor T. A. Wallace will deliver an address at the Memorial Day exer cises to be held by Division 323, B. of; L. E.. of Atlanta, and Division 717, of j the same organization, of Augusta, at St. James Methodist church in Augus- j ta next Sunday. Quite a delegation j is expected to go from this place to be in attendance at he services. That Chautauqua Week will be a success here this year is almost a .fore gone conclusion as people from all sec tions of this county and surrounding territory are coming here to take ad vantage of the week’s festival. There are but few towns the size of Douglas that can boast of a Chautau qua Week. The course of entertain ments that are put on are of the very highest class and cost a lot of money. That is the reason why not many pla ces this size can have them; the where with to pay for the talent is not in sight. Among the famous entertainers who will appear here are:The Ernest Gam ble Concert Company, a transcendent company of noted artists, composed of Mr. Ernest Gamble the distinguished basso cantante, who has achieved a po sition among the foremost concert singers; Miss Aline Kuhn, a most gift ed young woman with a charming per sonality and fine musical perception; Miss Verna Leona Page, concert vio linist of unusual talent and training and others. Then there will be many other noted artists, mention of some of whom is made below. Suffice it to say that the people of this part of the State will be afforded a rare opportunity to hear some of the greatest entertainers known to the lec ture platform. Any information de sired will be gladly given by the local managers, Mr. Melvin Tanner or Mr. J. Gordon Floyd. Tickets are on £ale at the Union Pharmacy, and as the sea son teket is only $3, t will be much cheaper to buy one than to pay admis sion to the separate entertainments. The program which has been ar ranged for the week is as follows: FIRST DAT Afternoon Address of welcome by Mayor T. A. allace, responded to by Platform Man ager. Grand opening concert by The Nea politan orchestra, assisted by Miss Hallie Gasaway, reader. Evening Musical prelude by The Neapolitan orchestra and readings by Miss Gasa way. Humorous lecture by Dr. H. W. Sears, of Illinois. Subject will be: ‘‘More Taffy and Less Epitaphy.” SECOND DAY Morning Hour Literary or Biblical lecture by the platform manager. Afternoon A program of vocal and instrument al muse by the Hawkeye Glee Club. Evening Thirty minutes of musical preludes by the Hawkeye Glee Club. Shakes pearean recital by Mr. Fredk. Warde the noted actor and tragedian. THIRD DAY Morning Hour Popular lecture by platform mana ger. Afternoon Song recital by noted soprano, Sibyl Sammis-McDei mid, assisted by the New York City Marine Band. Evening Grand concert by the New York City Marine Band. M. Lo Zito, director, in troducing a sextette and quartette and Madame Sibyl Sammis, as soloist. FOURTH DAY Children’s Day Morning Hour Literary or Biblical lecture by the platform manager. Afternoon Preludes of sketches and music by The Avon Sketch Club and Glenn Wells. Entertainment by other noted artists. The program for this atternoon will be arranged especially for the benefit of children. Evening Dramatic entertainment and concert (Continueda on page 12) Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, June 10 1914 Georgia Normal Holding Commencement Exercises Commencement exercises for the Georgia Normal College and Business Institute are on hand this week, hav ing begun Sunday morning when Rev. W. E. Dean, of Ocilla, preached to the graduation class the baccalaureate sermon at the school auditorium. His theme was, ‘‘Power and Influence” and he appealed for the higher things of life. Special music added to the ser vices. Monday evening Miss Gaffney's mu sic and expression class presented a splendid little farce, “Fun in a Pho tograph Gallery.” Besides the play, there were readings and a splendid in ternational flag drill. Tuesday evening was the annual Alumni meeting, when a splendid ad dress was delivered by Mr. R. R. Jones of Dawson, followed by the annual banquet. Beginning this morning, the gradu ating exercises will continue through Thursday evening. Graduates will be from the commercial, teachers, short hand and scientific classes; sixty-eight pupils having completed their courses. The diamond is sure enough real pure stuff. CONGRESSMAN WALKER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT To tiie People of the Eleventh Dis trict of Georgia: It is with the deepest sense of grati tude and appreciation of your confi dnee and past support that I am ask ing to be reelected to Congress. My views on public questions are well known to you. I am a Democrat, and as such, have now served a little more than half of my first term in Cougress. I came into Congress with a Demo cratic President, Democratic Senate, and a Democratic House, the first in the past twenty years of the country's history. Sixteen years before I came to Congress ther was a Democratic Presidut and a Dmocratic House, hut the Senate was Republican. The pres ent Congress was organized with a fix ed legislative program. We have ear nstly engaged almost continuously for more than a year, putting uoi phff form pledges into la>v. Meny reform measures have been passed hut our work is not yet complete. I have s tood squarely and firmly with the adminis tration. and endeavored earnestlv y t all times to do my part as your repre sentative in redeeming our every pledge to the people. In doing this I have not been unmindful of thus' things that in my honest judgment would best conserve the interests of our section and promote the welfare, happiness and prosperity of our peo ple. I have responded promptly and IL. ■ JjC ... HON. J. RANDAL WALKER ELECT TEACHERS. At an adjourned meeting of the board of directors of the truste- of District Agricultural college, held on last Friday, all the old teachers who applied were reelected, except the principal. C. W. Davis. Those elected were: Profs. Powell, Zellars, Neely and Miss Brice. Miss Bozeman, teach er of domestic science, and Capt. Da vis in charge of the military depart ment, did not apply for reelection. The position of principal, formerly filled by Prof. C. W. Davis, and that of do mestic science, will be filled by a com mittee of five from the board of trus tees, of which Mr. Eschol Graham, of Mcßae, is chairman. It is not known yet where Prof. Davis, who has been at the head of the institution since its organization, will go, but it is understood he has work in view and he and his splendid family will probably leave Douglas within the next few w'eeks. Prof. Davis has made many friends while in Douglas who regret to hear that he is apt to leave the city. with as much efficiency as I could command to every call that lies come to me (and they have been many) from the people of our district, rgardless of class, calling or position in life. I have many matters now- pending of most vi tal importance to our district and sec tion, which I shall hope to have op portunity to push to a final and suc cessful conclusion. The new adminis tration brought with it many increas ed labors and responsibilities not or dinarily attendant upon the duties of a Democratic Congressman. I have performed these fearlessly, and fairly, and. I trust, efficiently. I have gjim-u much experience and better knowledge of the legislative work since coming to Congress, and am better able to sent you now' than before. Loyalty and fi delity to tiie best interests of my con stituency, together with my concep tion of a proper and faithful discharge of duty, have kept me in Washington. The outlook now is, however, that 1 will be justified in leaving here some time the latter part of this month. 1 shall then be pleased to see you and discuss my candidacy in person. Again expressing my gratitude for your past loyalty to me, and assuring you of my grateful appreciation for your contin ued confidence and support, I am. Faithfully and obediently yours, J. R. WALKER. Washington, D. C.; June 8. adv MUCH INTEREST BEING TAKEN IN PROGRESS CONTEST NOW THERE WILL BE ACTIVE WORK FOR THE FORD And Other Prizes Offered--Several New Contest ants Have Entered And There Will Be A Lively Tussel. Several new entrants have come in to the race since the automobile has been put in and the run for the prizes bids fair to be an interesting one be fore the contest closes on November 4. There is plenty of time for all the en trants to make some money but the ones who work the hardest now will be the most likely to win the five-pas senger touring car and the other priz es The Progress has put up for them. And even if they do not win one of the prizes ttie commission of 10 per cent assures all of the workers that they will not have worked in vain. All of them wll get somethng, either a prize or money. And as to the amount of money they get at the close of the con test depends upon the amount of bus ines they are able to create for The Progrss durng the time that the con test runs. The Ford Attracts All who have seen the five-passen ger touring car, valued at S6OO, are de lighted with it. It will be on display at the Ford agency here, or that is one just like the one that The Progress will give away, and may be seen at any time during the contest. The ma chine that The Progress will give will not have run a single mile before the winner gets it. It will, be right new from the factory at Detroit. There is only one way to win a prize in any contest and that is to start as soon as possible and keep right at it (Continueda on page 12) COMMITTEE MEET GENERAL MANAGER General Manager Kirkland, of the Georgia & Florida railway, spent Mon day night in the city and while here he received a delegation of citizens, headed by Mr. J. C. Brewer, Mr. J. M. Ashley, Mayor T. A. Wallace and E. L. Tanner, who discussed with him at length the possibility of the removal of the G. & F. general offles from Au gusta to this place. Mr. Kirkland stated at the outset, that he had a tender feeling for the peopl of Douglas and that he personal ly had as soon live here as any place' he had ever lived. He stated, further, that he had been with the road only sine June 1, in his present position and had had but little tme in which to consider the proposition under dis cussion. Favored Change Before Mr. Kirklnad said that while he was | with the road before he had favored j the change and was not now averse to it. However, he stated that he was with the road now in an entirely dif ferent capacity and would have to give the matter much careful consdera-1 ton. More Houses Needed In the course of the con versa ton, | Mr. Kirkland stated that one of the | conditions which the road would re quire would be that sufficient houses be erected to accommodate the force that would move to Douglas with the change. He stated that it would mean that from thirty-five to fifty more fam ilies would move here, which would mean from 250 to 500 more people. Was Assured of Houses The committee very promptly assur ed Mr. Kirkland that all necessary house room would be supplied and j that if there was a lack of houses j when needed, more would be ereetd. within thirty days. Many Other Details A great many other details of a mi nor nature were discussed and Mr. Kirkland agreed to come back with in a short time and go ipto the matter fully with the people of Douglas. Thinks Should Get More Business Before the evening had pessed and the conversation had drifted to other i matters, Mr. Kirkland made some per (Continued on page 7) $1 Per Annum DEMONSTRATION FARM DOING A GREAT WORK TRANSFORMING OLD SWAMPS INTO Profitable Fields and Run Down Poor Land Into Veritable Gar dens-The Railroad Wants People to See the Place Have you been out to the demon strationfarm? No. Then you had better hitch up, or crank up, and go the very first chance you have for there s somethng revealed out there whch wll startle you, whether you are a farmer or not. Last Friday a representative of this paper visited the farm, accompanied by his wife and some kinfolks. The farm is at West Green (no not Garrant that named changed some tme ago) about nine mles from Douglas. Mr. A. H. Mayo, tiie manager of the farm, met us courteously and gladly took us for a stroll over the property. First we saw a magnifleient field of strawberries, planted in a cypress swamp; that is, it w'as a cypress swamp last fall, but by scientific ditch ing and tilling, stump dynamiting and clod and ground breaking, it has been transformed. Mr. Mayo explained that they had discovered beyond a shadow of doubt that that sort of land was the ideal kind for strawberries. Two arieties of the fruit were plen tiful, the Dixie Bell and Lady Thomp son. Either of these two varieties will do well in this section. The crop this year is late because the plants were not Set until the last week in Septem ber, 1913, and the lack of rain cou pled with the fact that this is the first year for the berries, has made ths the case. But next spring they ex pect to begn shipping berries from the patch as early as April. We then saw an oat stubble covering about three acres and our host told us that they had gathered 2,250 bun dles from the piece besides two 2-horse wagon loads that were matted down by the heavy storm in early sprng. Two acres were planted in Hammond and the balance n Texas Rust Proof. The Hammonds did far the best. (Continueda on page 12) WANT TO HAVE BANDSTAND Woman’s Flub Working Hard to Have One Erected Here Soon The young men of the Douglas band are anxious for a band stand for free concerts. All Douglas is anxious, too, and a movement is on foot to erect one at an early date. The proposed place is in the Ward street park and it will be an ideal place. As soon as the weeds and undergrowth are cleared out, seats will be arranged for by the Woman’s Club. Bids are now being taken for the band stand and it is con fidently expected that at an early date Douglas w ill be enjoying open air con certs by their own. band. BOUND OVER TO STATE COURT At mayor’s court held Monday. Ar thur Williams was arraigned on a charge of keeping whiskey at hi 3 boarding house, and was bound over by Mayor Wallace to the State Court under a bond of S2OO. Lous Thomas, charged wth volatng the prohibition law, by selling intoxi cating vinegar, was discharged by the mayor. Louis Thomas, charged with violat ing the prohibition law by selling in toxicating vinegar, was discharged by the mayor. Our next story will be The Place of Honeymoons.