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Vol !• No. 3-4
IQE BROWN HAS STARTED ON HIS TRIP UP SALT RIVER
WATERMELON CLUB
WILL BE PUSHED
Mr. Tanner Says He Will Get Down
to Busines Now and Complete
the Details.
Xow that the Chautauqua is out of
the way, Mr. Melvin Tanner states
that he will get down to brass tacks
and complete the details for the forma
tion of the watermelon club. He says
that he has every reason to believe
that the club will be formed and not
less than 250 acres will be planted in
melons next year.
The idea now is to form a joint wa
termelon and hay club. That is, the
farmers who join the watermelon club
will be urged to plant hay after the
melons are off, and a prominent bus
iness man who is in a position to make
good, has stated to The Progress that
he will buy all the hay that the farm
ers in the county will raise, provid
ing they will deliver it to him proper
ly baled. That offers a market for the
product here and there is every rea
son to believe that the farmers will
take advantage of the chance to get
started in an effort to starve the boll
weevil to death when that rascal
starts devouring what cotton he can
get to in Coffee county two years hence
Watermelons this year have been
moving off at a good rate and up un
til now have commanded good prices.
The G. & F. has been hauling solid
train loads daily out of its territory
towards the northern markets. Some
of the trains have been composed of as
many as fifty carloads. The A. B. &
A. has also hauled many carloads and
both these roads assure The Progress
that they will do everything in their
[lower to make the planting and har
vesting an easy and profitable matter
for the farmers here.
Mr. Tanner says that he will be
glad to get in touch with any and all
the farmers who care to get into this
club that he is about to form and will
personally take an nterest in its de
velopment and successful formation.
The Progress hopes that the club
will be formed and that it will be made
up of more than now- planned, because
the more acres that are planted the
more easy it will be to get the buyers
to come here and purchase the melons.
WILL MANUFACTURE
LINE OF FURNITURE
Empire Novelty Works Will Begin
at Once to Make Porch, Lawn
and Kitchen Furniture.
The Empire Novelty Works, of this
city, has made arrangements to begin
making a line of cheap furniture such
as porch swings, lawn swings, kitch
en tables, etc.
The concern believes that there is
a good opportunity afforded here for
the manufacture and sale of this kind
of goods and they will employ several
men at the works from the start, in
creasing the force as fast as the busi
ness demands.
The firm of M. F. Head & Co. will
act as distributors for the goods and
will put a man on the road selling at
once.
The Novelty works will make the
goods in the fall and spring months,
when they are not busy with their
other work, and will arrange to manu
facture the year around if there is a
big enough demand for the product.
At any rate, Douglas is glad that
such an enterprise is started here for
it means employment for skilled labor
and'that means a peimanent improve
ment.
The goods that the firm has made
up to this time are proving poular
and it is hoped that they will meet
with success.
Hon. C. E. Stewart An
nounces for Reelection
In another part of this paper will
be found the announcement of Hon.
C. E. Stewart, who asks for reelec
tion at the hands of the voters of Cof
fee County, for the office of represen
tative.
Mr. Stewart has no opposition un
til this time and it is not predicted
that he will have any. His announce
ment which is somewhat lengthy sets
forth his claim for reelection in full
and makes interesting reading.
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REPORTED THAT BOLL
WEEVIL IN JEFF DAVIS
Claims Are Made That the Weevil is
In Some Cotton Fields in Ad
joining County.
There is a report that the boll wee
vil has made his appearance in Jeff
Davis county. The report has not yet
been confirmed, but Mr. Jake Nabors,
who is working a farm just above
Denton, believes that the pest is in his
cotton.
This is very serious if true, for the
weevil was not looked for in this part
of the country until year after next,
and should he be here now it means
that the farmers are not ready for him
and will have to hustle to get to plant
ing something else besides cotton.
The w-eevil has been in the western
part of the state for some time and
travels at the rate of 40 to 50 miles
a year. At this rate the pests would
arrive here by the millions by 1916,
but in the meantime the farmers will
have time to get ready for his recep
tion by diversifying to a greater ex
tent and by raising an early matur
ing variety of cotton.
It is stated that the best way to get
rid of the weevil is to starve him to
death. This may be true, but in some
sections of the country through which
he has passed, many of the farmers
have nearly starved to death trying to
get rid of him.
It is sincerely hoped that the weevil
is not in Jeff Davis county, just over
the line from Coffee, for it is a very
serious matter and if they are there,
it is not known how they reached the
land as they do not jump across as
much territory as intervenes between
this section and the fields they occupy
in west Georgia. If they are in the
Jeff Davis fields, they probably were
brought there in the seed that was
used. No other reason can be attri
buted for their presence.
At any rate, the formation of the
watermelon and hay clubs will help
mightily in eradicating the pests and
giving the farmers something to eat
while the weevil is making a feast on
w T hat cotton he can get to.
SHIPPERS BEGINNING TO FEEL
EFFECTS OF REDI'CEI) RATES
Atlanta, Ga., June 30.—Georgia ship
pers are beginning to feel the good
effects of the recent order of the rail
road commission revising express
rates within the state, and the farmers
especially are profiting by reductions
in rates on fruits and vegetables, ac
cording to reports received by local
commercial bodies.
The board of railroad commission
ers has done some excellent work for
the state since its organization. It is
working harmoniously, and business
men are congratulating the state that
there is but one member whose term
is expiring. He is the Hon. Paul
Trammell, and up to this time he has
had no opposition for reelection.
DIED WHILE OH VISIT
TO DAUGHTER IN DOUGLAS
Mrs. Minnie Mims, who came here
from Scott, Ga.. several weeks ago to
visit her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Ivey,
and who was taken 11 shortly after ar
riving. died last Monday morning, and
the body was taken to her old home
for funeral and interment.
Mrs. Mims was about 70 years of
age and had been a sufferer for some
time with kidney trouble and this dis
ease was the immediate cause of her
death.
PROF. POWELL ELECTED PRIN
CIPAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Last Saturday at a meeting of the
special committee from the board of
trustees of the 11th District Agricul
tural School. Prof. J. W. Powell was
elected principal to succedd Prof. C.
W. Davis and Miss Opal Shepherd, of
Nashville. Ga.. was elected teacher of
Domestic Science to succedd Miss Es
telle Bozeman, who did not offer for
re-election.
Prof. Powell has been vice-principal
of the school for the past three years
and stands high with the citizens of
Douglas and the patrons of the insti
tution. Only a few weeks ago he was
re-elected as vice-principal and after
the vacancy occurred he was promoted
to principal.
Prof. Powell is in close touch with
the needs of the school, is an educator
of experience, and promises to make
next year a record breaker.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, July Ist 1914
FARM DEMONSTRATOR
GIVES INTERESTING
Interview Showing What is Being
Done In Coffee County Toward
Advancing Farm Interests.
Mr. G. B. Eunice, farm demonstra
tor for this county, gives out an inter
esting interview showing w r hat work
is being done in this county. Mr. Eu
nice believes in publicity, and really
that s the only way that any interest
can be thoroughly brought to the at
tention of the masses. It is the prop
er w-ay to keep the people in touch
with what is going on around them,
and especially is this true of the farm
ing interests. If more aggitation can
be aroused over farming, then the fear
of the ravages of the approaching boll
weevil will be reduced to a minimum
for the farmers will, as soon as they
learn the truth, begin to follow- the ex
ample of those of their calling who
have made a success by getting away
from the beaten paths of planting.
Mr. Eunice says, among other tilings
that as a result of the work in this
county, 157 boys of the county are en
rolled as members of the Boys’ Corn
club, and that they have planted fine
acres of corn, many of whch bid fair
to make 100 bushels or more to the
acre.
One hundred and twenty-five girls
have enrolled in the Girls’ Canning
club and have their tenth acre plant
ed to vegetables to be canned this
summer.
Sixty-two farmers have demonstra
tions in corn and cotton and are car
rying out methods of better farming.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE WIFE
BE SPECTACULAR QUESTION
Atlanta. Ga., JuneSO.—Woman suf
frage promises to be one of the most
interesting and spectacular questions
before the Georgia legislature this ses
sion and a real English militant cam
paign is not unlikely.
Hon. Barry Wright, of Rome fired
the first gun when Vie introduced the
house bill giving for women and
which is still pending. Then the law
makers w-ere reached by copies, just
off the press, of the July issue of the
“Call of the South” the monthly mag
azine published by Jonathon B.
Frost. It is a special woman suf
frage number, and contains two ar
ticles by Mrs. A. Parker Fuller, presi
dent of the Macon Woman Suffrage
Association, one by Mrs. Adele Carter
Ulm and one by Mrs. Lollie Belle
Wylie. The magazine is crammed full
of interesting articles on the South,
and even these members who did not
recognize the arguments found plenty
to interest them in the publication.
SMITH’S FUTURES BILL
IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Cotton Measure as Perfected by the
Amendment Goes Through Follow
ing Brief Blit Spirited Contest
Washington, June 30.—The Hoke
Smith cotton futures bill, as perfected
by amendment, was passed by the
House of Representatives Monday.
There was no record vote and the
debate was short but spirited.
Congressmen Hughes and Tribble
made short speeches, objecting to cer
tain features of the bill.
The bill has passed the Senate and
w'ill now go to conference wffiere it
w r ill be perfected and become a law be
fore the adjournment of Congress, in
all probability.
The purpose of the bill is to reform
the methods and regulate the practic
es of New York and New Orleans cot
ton exchanges. Its enactment will
mean millions of dollars annually to
the cotton farmers of the South, as it
will jrevent absolutely the manipula
tion of the cotton market by operators
of the exchanges.
The chief difference betwen the
Senate bill and the measure passed by
the House lies in the method which
the exchanges are to be regulated. The
Senate bill rests its regulatory powers
on the right of the government to pre
vent the use of the mails and tele
graph by cotton exchanges or brokers
whose practices do not conform to
the requiremtffits of the law. The
House bill rests on the right of the
government to tax and lays a prohib
itive tax on cotton contracts that do
not conform to government require
ments.
G, & F. EMPLOYEES
ENJOYED PICNIC
Big Crowd Went to May Haw Lake
Yesterday on Annual Outing
of G. & F. Employees
With the Douglas band playing
splendid music, flags flying and rnany
“good lucks” the annual outng of the
G. & F. employees left here on sched
ule time yesterday morning for May
Haw lake and from the time the train
which consisted of eight cars, pulled
out until the return, the picnic was a
decided success.
This outing has become more and
more popular each year and the man
ner in which it was handled this year
will make it more popular in years to
come. Each committeeman did his full
duty, which is what makes affairs of
this kind successful.
The Douglas band furnished music
throughuot the day and many compli
ments for the boys w-ere heard. The
band is newly organized, but there is
some splendid talent among the mem
bers and they all seem to take a great
deal of interest in the band’s welfare.
At May Haw- lake a genuine old
fashioned outing was the order of the
day, with a big basket dinner, games
of various sorts, contests and all that
goes with a program for an outing.
The baseball game between Douglas
boys and a team from Wrays Mill re
sulted in a victory for the Douglas
team. Much good natured rivalry pre
vailed over the contests pulled off, but
be it said to the credit of the manage
ment of the outing, and the good name
of the people of Douglas and vicinity,
no crowd of its size ever spent a day
together in more orderly manner.
The following committees had the
outing in charge:
George Crowder, general chairman.
Arrangement—E. J. Barclay, J. L.
Kersey, R. V. Hartwell.
Refreshment —R. F. Faircloth, Will
Jones, Quinton Holton.
Basket- Lee Barnes, J. S. Barclay,
Jesse Upton, N. Branch, T. Ellis.
Train Crew Brinson, Engineer;
Barber, Conductor; Giisson, Fireman,
and Percy Smith, Flag.
Floor Manager—L. V. Yeats.
FARMERS’ RALLY TO BE HELD
AT MUHOLES SATURDAY WEEK
On Saturday, July 11th, there will be
a farmers’ rally and barbecue held at
Nicholls, if the plans now under way
come to a head.
The rally will be held under the aus
pices of the State Agricultural depart
ment and there w-ill be a number of
prominent speakers on hand to discuss
in a general way the problems con
fronting the farmers at this time. At
noon a big barbecue will be served.
The rally and barbecue will be held
on Dr. D. H. Meeks' farm, which is in
the village and conveniently reached.
Graham Case Goes
To Irwin County
Judge J. W. Quincey passed an or
der Friday changing the venue of the
case of Charley Graham, charged w ith
killing Marshall Lawrence Newbern,
of Broxton, and Lester Graham, from
Coffee to Irwin county, and the case
will be tried at Ocilla on the fourth
Monday in October, as Irwin Superior
court will be in session on the third
and fourth Mondays in October, and
the criminal docket will be taken up
the second week. Under a decision of
the Supreme court rendered upon an
application of Graham to change the
venue the court reversed Judge Quin
cey and ordered a change of venue,
upon the ground that on the hearing of
the motion it was apparent that there
was danger of Graham being lynched
should he be tried in Coffee. Soli
citor M. D. Dickerson, for the State,
and Attorney T. A. Wallace for the de
fendant, failed to agree upon any
county in which Graham should be
tried, which left it up to Judge Quin
cey to determine, and he decided to
transfer the case to Irw r in county.
Judge W. F. George, of Cordele circuit
F. George of the Cordele circuit will
will try the case and Solicitor Wall, of
Fitzgerald, will be the prosecuting at
torney in charge of the case, though
it is understood that Solicitor M. D.
Dickerson, of the Waycross circuit,
will offer his services to Solicitor Wall
to assist him in the prosecution as the
case originated in Coffee county.
CONTESTANTS ARE
URGED TO USE CARDS
Time At Hand When Real Work of
Soliciting Should Be Commenc
ed and CardS Will Help.
The first of July is here and before
the close of the month, cotton will be
gin to come in to the market so it be
hooves the contestants to get busy and
send out all the cards they can as
well as do as much personal work as
they possibly can, for the real har
vest time for them is but a little way
off.
This week we received several let
ters from various parts of the territo
ry telling us to give votes to contes
tants that were the result of card so
licitation. In one case the contestant
was credited with 8,000 votes which
were a clean pickup for her, as it only
cost a penny to ask for the votes, and
besides a credit of 11.60 has been giv
en her for commission if she does not
win a prize.
There were several smaller amounts
credited to some of the other workers,
and it goes to show that they can
make a good thing out of the contest
if they will only work.
No Winner A'ct
It is utterly impossible for anyone to
pick a winner yet, the contest lias not
gone far enough ahead. But by this
time next month there will be a dif
ferent complexion to the race, because
the friends of the contestants are get
ting ready to begin work and if the
workers will ask The Progress for
lists and cards they w-ill be furnished
in whatever quantities are wanted.
The cards and lists cost the contest
ants nothing except the asking and
they are a fine means to use in tiie
work.
Auto Is Worth S6OO
The Ford car that will be given as
first prize is valued at S6OO cash, and
is to be brand new from the factory
and in every respect the same as the
five-passenger cars that Mr. Salter,the
Ford agent here, is offering for sale.
It is a splendid car and one that will
last a lifetime if properly taken care
of. Who will get this ear remains to
be seen but someone will win it and
someone will be mighty proud of it
when it becomes his or her property.
Piano Worth oinc After
The Wellman piano is a dandy and
well worth a place in any home. It
is on display at Tanner’s pharmacy
where it may be seen at any time by
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SUN COOKED EGGS ARE
THE LATEST ATLANTA FAD
Atlanta, Ga., June 30.—Just whether
it was as hot as everybody thought it
was led to a peculiar wager a day or
two ago, when William H. Johnson and
Terry Sullivan, Marietta street sales
men, turned cooks and tested the sun
by the Grady monument.
“Its hot enough tc fry an egg,” said
Johnson.
‘‘But you know it ain't,” returned
Sullivan.
‘‘lf it isn’t I'll do any stunt you tell
me to, and that goes both ways,” said
Johnson.
Then they borrowed an egg from a
soda fountain, and a frying pan from
a hardware store and tried it. The
pan had been under the 99 degree siz
zling sun for five minutes when the
egg was broken into it. That egg be
gan sizzling and in a moment or two
there was a “straight up" good enough
for anybody.
Then Johnson had his revenge on
Sullivan.
“Here’s what you’ve got to do,” he
said. Then he whispered.
Half an hour later, with the mer
cury climbing around the 100 degree
mark, Mr. Sullivan seen walking
up Whitehall street attired in a tall
silk hat, ear muffs and a heavy over
coat, fit for a polar expedition. He
was followed by a string of small boys
and questioned by amazed friends, but
under the wager he couldn't explain.
En Route to Did Home in Pa.
Mr. L. Granger and daughter, of Mi
ami, Fla., passed through Douglas last
Saturday en route to his old home in
Towanda, Pa. Mr. Granger drove a
1910 model Ford, and this is the third
trip he has made in the same machine
from his old home in Pennsylvania to
his new home in Florida.
Mr. Granger Is the owner of two
orange groves in Kissimmee, Fla.,
where he went several years ago.
$1 Per Annum
THE MUSIC FESTIVAL
WAS MUCH ENJOYED
Chautauqua Decided Success as Far
as the Entertainments Fur
nished Went.
The Chautauqua and music festival
came to a close Monday- night when
the Oxford Company rendered one of
the best programs of the entire series.
The week's entertainments were
much enjoyed by those who attended,
but the excessive heat kept hundreds
away and as far as the ticket sales
were concerned, there will a loss to
the Alkehest of about S3OO. This is
discouraging to all those who had at
heart the Chautauqua, for it means
that it will be hard to get the Alke
hest to put the week of festival on
here again.
How ever, the heat could not be look
ed for, neither could the people be
blamed for the money tightness that
prevails at this time of the year. Had
the festival week not been so hot,
there is little doubt but that the tick
et sales w-ould have been enough larg
er to have covered the loss that now
iooms up.
Too, in an agricultural section like
this, it is not an easy matter to make
as big a proposition as this festival a
paying instituton at this season of the
year. Had the entertainments been
given in the fall there is every reason
to believe that it would have been a
different story.
However, the Chautauqua w as a sue
cess from all other standpoints. The
entertainments given were of the very
highest class and w ill long be remem
bered by the patrons here. And to Mr.
Melvin Tanner much credit is due for
the week of genuine amusement that
has been furnished the people of this
city and vicinity. And it is to be hoped
that something can be done to make
it possible to follow this first venture
up with a yearly occurrance of the
same sort.
Prohibition Question
Injected In Legislature
Atlanta, Ga., June3o.—The first week
of the Georgia legistlature has gpne
by without the passage of any general
bills of great importance, but the law
makers are girding themselves for
several fights which promise to make
the session interesting before its close.
The present assembly will go down
in history, as Governor Slaton remark
ed in his annual message, as the “debt
paying legislature” for its work has
been marked by an earnest effort at
economy and laws providing for wip
ing out old obligations of the state.
The attempt of two members to re
peal the tax equalization law which
has so greatly increased the revenues
of the state is certainly doomed to
defeat, according to the friends of
Governor Slaton, who stood back o.
the bill last session and commended it
in his last message. The governor
has received letters from 128 members
of the general assembly pledging him
their suport for senator in his present
race, and it is certain that there are
many more with him who have not
yet expressed themeslves. This gives
him a large majority of the 220 mem
bers in his senatorial race, and it is
certain that an even larger propor
tion are with him in the tax equali
zation matter.
The prohibition question promises
to become one of the biggest issues
of the session. It was injected after
several years of “let sleeping dogs lie"
by the members from Bibb county, in
the shape of bills providing for the
legal sale and manufacture of real
beer instead of “nigh beer” and others
to provide a thr£e months minimum
sentence for whiskev selling in place
jof the year now fixed as the mini
mum.
The personnel of the two houses is
practically unchanged. There are five
new members in the house to replace
four who died and one who resigned,
and one new senator to fill a vacancy
caused by death.
Horse Drops Dead
Last Friday morning the horse be
longing to the Southern Express Co.
dropped dead in front of Tanner’s
Pharmacy. The animal had been at
work but about an hour and it is
thought that the excessive heat was
the cause of death.
The horse was valued at about $209
The Place of Honeymoons.