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<MT tt (ffotwln fflvmrtm* Vol I* N”o. 3-2 Chautauqua Festival Begins Tuesday, Ends the Following Monday. There Will be Three Entertainments Each Day. Come, it’s a Great Opportunity to Meet World Famous Talent CONTEST MOVES ALONG WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS SO FAR THE FIRST PRIZE IS MUCH TALKED ABOUT Some Earnest Worker Will be Riding Around in the Five-Passenger Touring Car Next Thanksgiving Day That the Ford is a popular car is demonstrated by the fact that the third car load to arrive in Douglas within six weeks have been disposed of and the fourth car load is en route from the factory. There are six cars in each car load which makes 18 cars that have been sold to Coffee county people since the agency was opened here. Get in the Swim The Progress offers a chance for some enterprising person to get a five passenger car free by workng in the Busines Producing contest. The work is easy and the renumeration is good for the person who really wants to accomplish the end in view. Head the Rules We would urge the contestants to read the rules carefully, as we find that several of them have not done so. The rules are very simple and easily understood, and there is no red tape to hamper the workers. Plenty of Time Given The fact that the contest does not close until November 4, and that vot ing in the race can be done up until the day before that affords any one who wishes to try a chance to win the car. And it’s some car, believe us. It would cost any one S6OO to get one like it. Then the Other Prises But suppose that the car is not won ? Well, there is the Wellman piano that is on display at Tanner's Pharmacy. That’s the next highest prize. After this, the diamond ring that may be seen at any time at the Wilson Jewel ry Store will be the bonus. And if none of these are won, a handsome $25 watch may be selected from the stock of Fielding & Sibbett. Besides the prizes, there is offered to the con testants who do not win, a commis sion of 10 per cent on all the business that is sent in to his or her credit dur ing the contest. Start Now and Work Hard There is plenty of time yet for en trance into the contest. It won t be until after the crops are ready for (Continued on page 8) Attention Methodists. Rev. M. A. Morgan has asked The Progress to tell the Methodists of Douglas and vicinity to be sure and attend service at that church on next Sunday. Rev. Morgan says that he is going to tell them something out ot the ordinary and that they will regret it if they neglect to hear what he has to say. By way of being pleasant and friend ly, the reporter of the paper asked Mr. Morgan if he was going to talk about money matters and he said that he would mention that among othci things, but he impressed upon us the fact that the local Methodist church was in the best financial condition it had ever been at this time of the >eai. He further stated that there was a debt on the church and he was going to tell the people that God wanted the church to be out of debt and that no member of the congregation could af ford not. to hear what he was going to say about that matter. PET DOG W EXT MAD Nearly everybody knew that Rev. H. H. Shell had a pet dog at his home, but few know that it was neccessai> to kill the little animal one day recent ly because it went mad. Fortunately Mrs. Shell discoered the dog’s actions before it had an oppor tunity to get out and away from the house, so no one was bitten. A policeman was called and the dog was shot. The Place of Honeymoons. HEAT WAVE RELIEVED BY HEAVY RAIN FALL Jupiter Pluvius upset his bucket in the skies over Douglas Monday night and poured out a liberal supply of wetness, said wetness coming at the close of one of the hottest days in the history of this city at this time of the year. The storm was accompan ied by an electrical display out of the ordinary and with some wind. No particular damage was done, as far as the Progress as been able to learn, further than the blowing down of trees tearing down wires and some fences. During the storm lightning stuck a chimney on Mr. G. M. Stanton’s house on Gaskin avenue, but aside from tearing off a few brick the building was not injured. The crash accompany ing the bolt of lightning somewhat startled the occupants of the house, however. During the day, thermometers reg istered as high as 103 in some parts of the city, and the day before the peo ple fairly sweltered in the heat. Tuesday was somewhat cooler, the rain the night before having lowered the temperature to a considerable ex tent. Animals have been the greatest sufferers from the heat. The fine horse belonging to the Douglas Steam Laun dry was overcome Monday afternoon and died. j The rain that feel 1 Monday was pret ty general over the county and was a great blessing to the farmers, espe cially to their corn and truck crops. Cotton has not been reported as being badly off for rain up until now. Get busy and win. NEAPOLITAN ORCHESTRA SJ3YL NEW YORK CITYMAR/W? BAND ____™ mmmm ■» m ™^i— —■ I ■ II |- ■ ■ ■■■!■ II I- - —— I ■ EA. pound I [ox/W/W/W oeTwo) fywste-rcH a ue~ , I wuicGASMAr The above cartoon represents tne aggregation of celebrities who are coming to our city to enterta'n. ainnse and instruct u> during the Alkahest Chautauqua week, June it? to iO. There are tifty-one people on the pro Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, June 17 1914 PLANS FOR HELPING SOUTH GEORGIA CONSIDERED AT MEETING OF Commercial Secretaries. “South Georgia Developers” Will Meet Once a Month. At Quitman last Tuesday a meeting was held of commercial secretaries to form plans for the advancement of South Georgia. The meeting was fraught with many timely suggestions and it is quite likely that before there is another get-together of this body, Douglas will have formed a board of trade, or some sort of commercial body, so that she, too, will be included in the work that is sure to spread over this section of the state. According to the Savannah Morn ing News the leading commercial sec retaries of South Georgia met in ex ecutive session in Quitman Tuesday. The secretaries formed an association South Georgia Developers, which will meet once a month. It is to be limited in membership to th men of South Georgia who are doing things in the developing line. It will include a few men outside of the commercial sec retaries who organized it. The enthusiasm of the visitors over a get together movement looking to the general developement of South Geor gia was notable. In the executive ses sion held after the luncheon many plans were discussed. F. C. Farrell, of the Bainbridge Board of Trade, I. Gelders of the Fitz gerald Board of Trade, Martin V. Cal vin, of the Waycross Chamber of Com merce, J. M. Ashley, of the Valdosta of Commerce, John W. Greer (Continued on page 8) FIRST BOLL OF THE SEASON The first cotton boll that has been seen here was shown around town on Tuesday by Mr. J. A. Moore. The boll was picked off a stalk in the five-acre field on Mrs. McLean’s place near the city, occupied this year by Mr. W. J. Griffin. Mr. Griffin has a fine stand about three feet high covering this field and the stalks are heavily fruited. gram, including famous musicians, orators, humorists, glee clubs, quar tets, readers, orchestras, bra-s bands, suffragettes, and enteretainers of ev ery kind. It is going to be indeed a gala week for our people and it is to TRYING TO ORGANIZE WATERMELON CLUB WANT TO GET 100 ACRES PLANTED Mr. Melvin Tanner Is Endeavoring The Forming of Club to Start Planting Next Spring. In the hope of encouraging diversi fied farming as much as possible in the county, Mr. Melvin Tanner is at work organizing a watermelon club among the farmers. He states that he has met with good success in get ting the planters interested so far and that as soon as he is through work ing up the Chautauqua festival, he will take up the work of getting the farm ers to sign up for the planting. The idea, as we understand it from Mr. Tanner, is to get as many farm ers to promise to plant as possible, but that enough to guarantee 100 acres. is wanter as a starter. This can be accomplished by twenty farm ers to plant five acres each, or ten to promise that they will put in ten acres each. Of course if more acres can be planted so much the better. It is expected that the railroads will lend every assistance possible to make the planting, harvesting and market ing of the melons easy, and, it is un derstood, that the State Board of Agri culture is willing to lend assistance also. If the plans that are being mapped out now are carried through, there is every reason to believe that in the fu ture this county will rank among many others in the South in the growing for market of this salable product of the fields. The melons can be grown here successfully, it ra ehnwed by those in position to know, and with the splen did facilities that are offered for get ting them to market, it should prove a paying crop. Hill Hold Memorial Service A memorial service will be held next Sunday, June 21, at Hebron church for Mr. John W. Grantham, Jr., who died about a year ago. The services, which will be conduct ed by Rev. Vickory, will be held at this time because of the fact that it is the first opportunity that presented itself for all of the relatives of the de ceased to be present. he hoped that eveybody, young and old, will take advantage of this splen did opportunity to improve themselves by attending. You simply can’t afford to miss a single performance. You can save a lot of money by buyng a CHAUTAUQUA WILL BE A SUCCESS SAY THE LOCAL MANAGERS NOW SEASON TICKET SALES BEEN SATISFACTORY The Cost of Bringing the Talent Here is Heavy, But Sales Show That the Festival Will Not be a Loseing Proposition HOUSECLEANING IS IN ORDER OVER CITY Douglas and Its People Making Ready for Festival Week With the approach of the Chautau qua and the prospect of many visit ors to the city, Douglas has been busy cleaning house all the week. Housekeepers have been at work getting their premises cleaned up and beautified, and the city has been busy clearing streets and alleys of weeds and rubbish. Last Saturday the city chain gang worked in the two parks an J on Mon day they were in the Ward scrcct park again. Through the efforts of Mrs. F. L. Vickers, the park in Madison eve nue was very carefully fixed up with seats and swings last summer. Now that it has been cleaned out, the cbil dren will enjoy many hours there this summer. * Seats will soon be placed in the Ward street park; a bandstand built and in a short while it will be a sha iy oasis in the heart of the city. MR. ANDERSON VISITS DOUGLAS Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, of Sav annah, candidate for governor, spent last Wednesday night in the city and while here made it a point to call on as many as he could in the interest of his campaign. Mr. Anderson had been to Alma, where he spoke during the day. He is an energetic man and has a way of getting about that covers the ground. Now is the time. season ticket for it will cost you iust as much or more to attend half of the attractions if you pay as yon go, as it will to get a season ticket at the be ginning and take them all in. Come on and let's all have a good time. $1 Per Annum “The Chautauqua will be a suc cess.” That’s what the local mana gers, Mess. Melvin Tanner and J. Gor don Floyd say about the week of mu sic, song and story. It is gratifying to know that this is the case, for it costs a lot of money to get the Alkahest to put the week on and if the sale of seats did not come up to their requirements, of course, they could not be expected to make this city a yearly stopping point. The talent that will be here begin ning next Tuesday morning at ten o’clock, and giving three entertain ments each day, including the follow ing Monday, costs $1,200. This ex pense is outside of other expenses, as advertising, printng, etc.,etc. There will be many noted artists among the entertainers and the people of Coffee County may rest assur ed that their time and money will be well spent for going far to hear them. Such entertainers as the Alkahest sends here are tiie same ones the bu reau employs in the large cities such as Atlanta, Birmingam and Savannah. The prices of admittance to the separ ate entertainments will be 50c and 75c for adults, and 25c and 35c for children. The price of a season tick et for one person is only $3.50 and for two people $6.00, these tickets ad mitting to all the entertainments, so that it will be seen that money can be saved by purchasing a season ticket. It is reported that a good many tickets have been sold to parties out side of the city and it is expected that there will be hundreds from the ad joining towns and country side who will be on band to enjoy the enter tainments who have not purchased season tickets because of the fact that they can not make it convenient to spend the whole week in the city. THE CHARLIE GRAHAM CASE HAS REVERSED Lust Friday the Supreme Court ren dered a decision reversing Judge J. W. Quincey in his judgment denying to Charlie Graham a change of venue from Coffee to some other county un der the murder charge for killing Lawrence Newbern and Lester Graham on March 21st. When the petition to change the venue was heard before Judge Quincey, Solicitor Dickerson appeared and made a countershowing by affidavits from thirteen persons, all of which stated, generally, that they knew the conditions and state of feelings in the county, and that in their opinion Graham could get a fair trial in Coffee County, and that they had not heard any threats of mob vio lence and did not think Graham was in any danger of mob violence. The affidavits of the witnesses submitted to Judge Quneey in behalf of Graham, (Continued on page 8) I <, NEW BANK FOR COFFEE COUNTY A. D. Oliver, of Climax fame, is mak ing his arrangements to open up a bank at West Green (formerly Gar rant) in Coffee County, about 10 miles north of Douglas on the Georgia & Florida railway. Mr. Oliver proposes to open up at once a bank with $25,000.00. Capital, saying that he has plenty of n\oney to run the institution. This week A. D. Oliver opened up a bank at Denton, just over the line in Jeff Davis County, and only about five or six miles from West Green, with $50,000.00 capital at. the Denton bank. It is said that Oliver claims that he has another bank at Smithville, in Lee County, with $500,000.00 capital, and that he has more surplus funds at the Smithville bank than the terri tory demands, and that he is going to use some fo his surplus funds in the two banks at Denton and West Green.