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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. (Continued on page 5) 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 (Continued on page 8) 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 (Continued on page 5) 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.