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CtrcwlM Progress.
Vol I. No. 33
Chautauqua Starts With Much Interest Shown and Big Audiences
Go Out to Hear the Famous Talent. Three Programs Given Daily.
MUCH INTEREST BEING MANIFESTED
WATERMELON PLANTING NEXT YEAR
Several Farmers Have Expressed Their Intention of
Going Into the Club-Will Probably
Plant 250 Acres
ONE HUNDRED ACRES ALREADY BEEN PLEDGED
Mr. Tanner Seems to Think it Be No Trouble to
Get Twfce as Many to Join Club as Originally
Planned.
SPECIAL TERM OF
CITY COURT HELD
To Relieve Crowded Condition of
the Jail-Several Cases Dis
posed Of.
Judge Lankford held a special ses
sion of the city court last Thursday
in order to dispose of several cases
and to relieve the crowded condition
of the jail.
The court convened in the morning
and was in session until late in the
afternoon. The following cases were
heard and disposed of.
Bob Wilcox, colored, plead guilty to
a charge of misdemeanor, and was
sentenced to pay a fine of S3O or serve
4 months on the gang.
John Watson, white, was charged
with simple larceny, plead guilty and
was sentenced to pay a fine or S3O or
4 months.
Howard Coley, colored, was charged
with simple larceny and plead guilty
He was given his choice between pay
ing a fine of $75 or serving 5 months.
Tom Scott, colored, had the same
charge against him, and plead guilty;
4 months or S3O was the ticket he
drew.
Isaac Mooring, one of the colored
gemmen caught in a recent raid on a
picnic party by Broxton officers, was
found guilty of gaming and was sen
tenced to 6 months or $35.
George Washington, also of dusky
hue and a member of the same party,
was guilty, so he said, and received a
sentence of 5 months or $35.
Preston Wilson, white, plead guilty
to carrying a concealed pistol and was
given 3 months or pay a fine ofs2s.
Arthur Key, charged with the same
offense, plead guilty; and drew the
prize package as far as fine was con
cerned, being given his choice of serv
ing nine months or paying SBO.
Thomas Elmore was charged with
chicken stealing. He is a white man
and a judgment of guilty was found
against him so the judge said he mighi
work nine months on the State Farm.
W. A. Bagwell, forgot to have his
license to practice recorder so the
court told him he could pay a of
S4O which he did.
M. D. Dickerson Formally
Announces for Re-election
It is with pride and pleasure that
The Progress is able to announce in
this issue that Hon. M. D. Dickerson
stands for reelection to the office of
Solicitor General of the M aycross
Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Dickerson is now serving his
first term, and from reports from all
sections of the circuit he has given per
feet satisfaction and is entitled to be
continued in the office.
The Progress knows Mr. Dickerson
as a man clan cut, free from the pettj
vices that make so many men unwor
thy of being placed in high positions,
he is a man of ability, capable of per
forming any duty that may fall upon
him as Solicitor General; broard of
mind—fitted by nature to deliver Jus
tice and impartiality; fearless and
conscientious, having in mind at all
times the interests of the circuit.
There is not now. and there is no
liklihood that there will be. any oppo
sition to Mr. Dickerson's candidacy,
and it seems to be th° concensus m
The watermeln club, mentioned in
the last issue of The Progress, will be
larger than was at first expected, ac
cording to the statement of Mr. Melvin
Tanner, who is engineering the plan.
Mr. Tanner stated to a Progress re
porter this week that he had been ap
proached by several of the progressive
farmers of the county since the pub
lication of the fact that he was inter
ested in getting up a club and that
quite a number of them had stated that
they would plant melons next year.
He states that more tha 100 acres are
already represented in pledges that
he has received and that there will
be at least 250 acres, and possibly
more, planted next spring.
Mr. Tanner is busy this week with
the Chautauqua, but next w r eek will
make it a point to definitely lay plans
to organize the club. His idea is to
have a sort of a club promise drawn up
for those who want to join to sign
This promise w ill not necessarily com
pel the signer to plant the numebr of
acres he promises but is to get the mat
ter in such shape that he can take it up
with the departments of agriculture of
the State and government, as well as
with the railroads so that cooperation
from them may be secured to the end
that the planting and harvesting may
be easy and profitable for the club
members.
A reporter of The Progress recently
had the pleasure of meeting the traf
fic manager of a South Georgia rail
road that had induced farmers along
its line to raise melons, cantaloupes,
truck instead of devoting all their land
to cotton. This gentleman told The
Progress that this year had been a
most successful one for the farmers
along the line; it war now no trou
ble to get them to plant a diversity of
stuff for the markets. He said that
the farmers had realized not less than
SIOO an acre from their melons this
year and that other crops were doing
equally as well. “Then too” he added,
“while it is not practicable to plant
melons in succession, a farmer can
get an abundant hay crop off his melon
field after the melons are through
with."
Several other cases came up, but no
final disposition was made of them
and they will be tried at the next
term of the City court, July 6.
cuit could not be better represented
opinion t'he the Waycross Judicial Gir
in the high office to which the people
have elected Mr. Dickerson than it is
now.
His announcement follows:
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL
To the Voters of the Waycross Judi
cial Circuit:
I am a candidate to succeed my-self
for the office of Solicitor General of
the Waycross Circuit, subect to the
Democratic primary to be held on
August 19th. 1914. I greatly appre
ciate the confidence and trust which
the people of this circuit have placed
in me, and I trust my conduct of the
affairs of this important office merit
the continued support and influence of
the people. lam serving my first term
in this office, and I will greatly appre
ciate the support and influence of the
people in behalf of my candidacy for
a second term.
Yours very' truly.
M. D. DICKERSON.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, June 24 1914
CHAUTAUQIfA ON
IN FULL BLAST
Splendid Array of Talent Here to
Entertain Patrons Until Next
Monday Night
The long looked for and much talk
ed of Chautauqua and Music Festival
is here, and judging from the inter
est shown at the start, the programs
will be much enjoyed by large num
bers of people.
Many of the business houses and
public buildings of the city are deco
rated giving the place a gala appear
ance 3ure enough.
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock a
parade of decorated automobles pass
ed through the/streets, advising the
peoplethat the festival was about to
begin at the auditorium.
At 4:00 o'clock Rev. H. H. Shell,
pastor of the Baptist church, opened
the festival with a few T words of pray
er, after Mayor T. A. Wallace
welcomed to Douglas what he said he
believed would prove a red letter
event in the history of the city.
The auditorium was well filled at
the first performance, and the pro
gram carried out by the entertainers
was unusually fine. The Neapolitan
orchestra, composed of talented mu
sicians, rendered several selections
and the violin solo was especially well
taken.
Miss Hallie Ermiuie Gassaway, the
reader, delighted her audience with a
number of selections.
The evening entertainment was en
joyed by a large number of people, the
auditorium being filled almost to its
capacity.
The Neapolitan orchestra again fur
nished the music and the violin solo
and harp solo were features of delight.
Miss Gassaway happily rendered
two selections, after which Dr. W. H.
Sears, of Illinois, lectlred on “More
Taffy and Less Epitaphy.” There was
plenty of “taffy" in Dr. Sears’ lecture
all right, and he had the audience in
smiles before he finished speaking. Dr.
Sears has a peculiar way of saying
what he has to say right now% and he
left some pleasant thoughts with his
hearers —and left them one after an
other faster than a good stenographer
could record them.
Today the entertaners who appear
ed here yesterday will go to Cordele
and a new crowed will be here, and ev
ery day until the close of the festival
there will be a new “bunch,” as Dr.
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Hon. C. E. Stewart
Will Introduce Some
Important Local Bills
At this session of the Legislature
Representative Stewart will have a
number of important bills to introduce
early in the session, among which will
be local bills to change thV charter
establishing the Coty Court of Doug
las. so as to put the solicitor on a
salary of SBOO.OO, and reduce the sal
ary of the judge from $1200.00 to
SBOO.OO. and require the solicitor of
of the City court to serve as county at
torney, to advise the county commis
sioners and to sever the clerkships
and create an independent clerk for
the City court, and make him also
clerk of the board o f the county com
misioners. At the present time, the
clerk of the Superor court is ex-officio
clerk of the City court.
Mr. Stewart will introduce another
local bill to incorporate the town of
West Green, formerly Garrant, about
| ten miles north of this city, on the G.
& F. railway.
He will also very likely introduce a
general bill requiring all persons driv
ing automobiles, motor-cycles, or other
motor propelled vehicles, to come to
a full stop before crossing any steam
or electric railway. This measure has
been strongly urged by The Progress
and is intended to preserve human life
and property rights. The idea is, that
if automobile and motor-cycle drivers
are required by law to bring their ma
chines to a full stop before crossing a
raiiroad track they will have an oppor
tunity of discovering whether a train
is approaching, and many accidents
, will be avoided.
WORK IS STARTED
ON BOARD OF TRADE
Likely That The Organization Will
Resume Work in a Short
Time.
That the Board of Trade will be or
ganized and put in active motion in
a short time is now almost an assured
fact, as several of the business men
of the city are growing interested in
the matter again, realizing that Doug
las needs such an institution if she is
to get some of the improvements tiiat
are so badly needed.
Mr. C. C. Thurmond has promised
that if the Board of Trade will reor
ganize, he will offer his services as
secretary free of cost to the organi
zation. He states that he is in a pos
ition to take care of the work of sec
retary and will gladly do anything he
can to make the body of worth to the
interests represented here and to use
every effort to secure a place for
Douglas among the South Georgia cit
ies.
Mr. Thurmond is of the opinion that
a great deal of good can be accom
plished by a live Board of Trade and
it would seem that with a man to act
in the capacity of secretary who has
the time and ability to take care of
the office work connected with such
an organization, a wide-awake Board
of Trade could be kept going here.
Mr. Thurmond will be’ glad to talk
the matter over with anyone of the
business people of the city with a
view of becoming thoroughly familiar
with the needs here. He has an office
in the Ford agency rooms on Peterson
avenue where he can be seen at any
time, or will call for an interview
with anyone interested if they will
make an appointment with him.
Fitzgerald Will
Celebrate Fourth
Our neighbors on the west are mak
ing preparations for a Fourth of July
celebration that will eclipse all other
celebrations for which that hustling
city is noted.
Among the attractions that are af
fered to visitors to Fitzgerald that day
will be a sham battle between two
companies of the National Guard, Co.
C, of Fitzgerald, and Co. H. of Quit
man; a baseball game, plenty of mu
sic and to top all the rest a barbecue
for 10,000 people will be given free.
Special rates have been arranged
for by the railrodas and it is predicted
that there will be great crowds in the
city to enjoy the day's festivities.
TiftorTs Fast Nine Will
Be Here Thursday
Lovers of baseball can whet their
appetite for the game tomorrow and
Friday when the fast Tifton aggrega
tion will appear on the scene to make
the Terriers hustle for enough runs to
win.
It is claimed of the Tifton team that
they are among the fastest players ir
the amateur class in the State and
that they play with vim and snap,
which is what makes baseball games
interesting.
Safe to say, the home team will
“steam up ’ and win if possible, and
it is hoped that good crowds will be
on hand to witness the contests.
The grandstand has been remodel
led making it safe for the ladies, as
a wire screen has been placed in front
of it and a secure top built over it.
The games w ill start immediately af
ter the close of the Chautauqua prog
rams, so that they will not conflict
with the music festival.
Happy Over Arrival of Bov
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Byrd, of Fates,
are happy today over the arrival of a
fine boy at their home, the event occur
ring last night. The little fellow de
clared in no uncertain tones that he
would not have missed getting here in
time for the Chautauqua for anything.
Mother and child, and the smiling
daddy, are doing well.
V
Try for the Ford.
BIG DEVELOPMENT OF COFFEE
GOUNTY FARM LANDS PLANNED
*
If Carried Out as Intended The Plan Will Eventu
ally Produce Untold Business for
* This Section.
DETAILS ARE ALL BEING WORKED OUT NOW
Thousands of Acres Will be Developed and Made
Into Small Farms and Immigration Encourag
ed For This County
CONTESTANTS WORK
ING HARD FOR PRIZES
With the passing of time and the
approaching of the harvest season,
we hear many favorable comments
from the contestants about the con
test, and all of them are anxious to
win the five-passenger touring car.
Of course, all of them cannot win it,
but the contest is so fair that all of
them can get something and that
something will be of substantial na
ture.
One contestant remarked to the ed
itor of The Progress that she had work
ed in several contests at various times
but that she never had been in one
that was as fair as this one we are
conducting. Well, the editor of The Pro
gress has conducted several contests
and has never had a “falling out" w ith
a single contestant yet.
Those of the contestants who have
not seen the five-passenger car like
the one we will give as the capital
prize, may see one at the Ford Agency
here at any time. Or they can see
many of them passing along the roads
of Coffee county, for a number of them
are in use by people in the county.
The car that The Proress will give
away will be right fresh from the fac
tory, never cranked up, except to be
tested at the shops. And the car will
not be ordered until a few weeks be
fore the contest closes, that is the
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ESCAPED SKKIOIS IX.IIRV
Last Wednesday afternoon, Mr.
Crawford Varner, an employee of the
Chero-Cola Bottling Works, was sit
ting in a chair watching another em
ployee at the bottling machine. Sud
denly a bottle burst and Mr. Varner
instinctively threw up his hand and
dodged slightly. As he did so a piece
of glass struck his hand cutting away
part of one of the knuckles. Had he
not had his hand in the position he
did, the piece would have struck him
near the lower part of the neck and
quite likely inflicted a dangerous
wound.
Judge Dart Endorsed By
Coffee County Voters
At a well attended mass meeting of
the citizens of Douglas and Coffee
County held at the court house Sat
day, an organization was perfected in
the interest of the candidacy of Hon.
F. W. Dart for the iudgeship of the
W’aycross Circuit, much enthusiasm
beng manifested in his behalf.
It was the sense of the meeting that
the citizens and voters in all of the
districts of the county be asked to join
and co-operate in ths movement in be
half of Judge Dart.
Judge W. C. Lankord was elected
chairman of the meeting and Mr. Mel
vin Tanner secretary. An executive
committee was partially named, which
is to be supplemented by other mem
bers.
Judge J. W. Quincey made a strong,
forceful address in endorsing Judge
Dart s candidacy, and offered the fol
lowing resolutions which were adopt
ed by a rising vote;
“Be it resolved by the citizens of
Douglas and Coffee County, in mass
meeting assembled:
Ist. —That this meeting heartily en
dorses the Honorable F. Willis Dart,
of this county, to the voters of the
$1 Per Annum
A movement is on foot which if car
ried out means that thousands of dol
lars worth of business will be created
for this section—a development that
will be permanent and just such as
should be encouraged by every per
son who has at heart the future wel
fare of Douglas and Coffee County.
As yet the plans are in their in
fancy, but there is a million dollars
back of the movement and if begun
its success is certain.
The plan is to develope farm lands,
divide the acres up into ten, twenty and
thirty acre farms, and after this is
done induce northern and western
farmers to come here and take up the
farms.
The plans is feasible and highly
worthy. At the present time there is
no place in Georgia w here immigrants
can find a home, that is to say, there
has been no definite movement made
on the part of anyone to make it pos
sible for the right kind of farmers to
come here and settle and be protected
after they get here.
This movement that is being start
ed now will meet all these require
ments and with the credit plan that
goes with the purchase of the farm by
the homeseekers there will be no
trouble in inducing them to come here.
One day last week the editor of The
Progress met one of the gentlemen
who are at work on the plan. He stated
that the idea was put into their heads
by the traffic manager of one of the
largest railroads in the United States.
This traffic manager stated that his
road was very reluctant to encourage
homeseekers coming to Georgia at this
time, under the existing circumstances.
“There is no place” said the traffic
manager “where we can send pros
pective buyers of farm lands in the
state at this time. The railroads own
no land in the state that can be used
for breaking up inter small homesteads
and when strangers are unloaded in
to any of the towns they are simply
lost, because there is no exact plan
by which they can be accommodated
with what they are looking for —a
home. ’
This reason made it seem to some
of the largest real estate men in the
State tiiat a plan could be worked out
that would be of material benefit to
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Waycross Circuit as a candidate for
the nomination for the Judgeship of
said Circuit, at the coming primary.
2nd.—That in the presentation ol
Judge Dart's name there is offered to
the people of this Circuit a man whose
fairness, impartiality, ripe experience,
and marked ability as a lawyer and
jurist preeminently fit him for the dis
charge of the duties of the Judgeship;
and a man w hose record as judge of
the City Court of Douglas and as Judge
of the old Brunswick Circuit shows
that he is thoroughly qualified to fill
the important office of Judge of Su
perior Court with credit to himself
and to the people of his Circuit.
3rd.—That as an upright private cit
izen, a lawyer, and a judge, the people
of his home city and county recognize
his qualifications and life as fitting him
most thoroughly to worthily fill this
high and important office.
4th.—We earnestly request the sup
port and influence of the voters of
every section of the Waycross Circuit
in behalf of Judge Dart's candidacy,
and we feel that no better or abler
man iu the Circuit could be selected
to fill the place.