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Vol I- No. 36 The Progress Has a Greater Circulation in Coffee Countv Than Any Other Paper Published BROXTON .WILL BE REBUILT AT ONCE BY PROPERTY OWNERS All the Burned Area Will Be Built up With Sub stantial Fireproof Buildings Immediately. CAMPAIGN FOB THE AUTO WAGING HOT Contestants Are Scouring the Woods and Will Soon begin to Make Big Gains in Votes. There is but little being said about the campaign for State House and .Na tional offices, but everyw here one goes in Coffee county one hears from the contestants in the great Automobile contest The Progress is conducting. As far as from interior Florida word coupes to us that one of the contes tants is getting down to business, and is getting encouragement. Another contestant is over in Echols county this week working, another is in Ap pling county, and others are at w’ork in Coffee county. This means that as soon as crops begin to move there will be some tall hustling among the workers for first place in the list and up to this time it is anybody’s car. The votes at this time tally as fol low’s: Mrs. J. B. Cooksey 19,250 Horton Christopher 4,750 Miss Mary Annie Ferguson.... 11,500 Miss Edna Moore 27,750 Miss Lila Sapp 27,650 Miss Gussie Roberts ......... 91,650 Miss Ethel Tanner 55,590 Roy G. Vinson .... 33,675 The Place of Honeymoons. FOR GOVERNOR i n r ~ v . " ' NAT E. HARRIS Judge Nat E.Harris Will Speak Here Tomorrow Morning Hon. Nat E. Harris of Macon, candidate for Governor, will make a public address in behalf of his candidacy, at the Court House in Douglas tomorrow morning, July 1 6 th. Judge Harris is one of the most eloquent speakers in the State; is one of the few re maining old soldiers in public life, and a delightful treat is in store for those who have the good fortune to hear him. The public is cordially invited, especial ly the ladies, and the old soldiers from Cof fee and adjoining counties. (Adverti»ement) <MT*< Caunta Progress. The burned area of Broxton will be built up at once, is the declaration of the owners of the property on which stood the buildings that’W’ere destroy ed by fire recently. The new buildings w ill be erected of fire proof material with steel doors and will be by far better in every re spect than the wooden structures that burned. This is good news to all the county, and especially to the northern sec tion which is. rich in farm lands and Broxton serves a wide territory there. It means also that the rebuilding will increase the business of the city, as the new stores will be more commo dious and convenient than the old ones with the result that the mer chants will bh able to carry heavier stocks and be in position to display and handle them to better advantage. When the fire first occurred, it was reported on good authority by people from Broxton that.the burned area would not be rebuilt, but after the shock of the fire wore away, those in terested in the welfare and growth of that progressive community began to make arrangements to rebuild, and this will be done, and the work will be started and pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and it is ex (Continued on page 8) BACON COUNTY BILL IS SAFELY PASSED HOUSE Atlanta, Ga„ July 14.—The bill creating the new county of Bacon, with Alma as the county seat, passed the House today with a safe majority. The bill will now go to the Senate and will in all probability, be passed by that body, Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, July 15th 1914 CIGAR FACTORY WILL INCREASE ITS OUTPUT MEANS MORE PAYROLL MONEY Manager Smith Expects to Close Deal That Will Make it Necessary For Him to Employ at Least Twenty Men. It is planned now’ to increase the output of the Douglas cigar factory to such an extent that not less than twenty men will be given steady em ployment. This means that a good deal of money will be put into circu lation here by this added force of skilled workmen, as cigar makers re ceive from $lB to $25 per week. Manager Smith stated to a Progress reporter recently that he was nego tiating with a concern to handle his product and if the deal went though he would be compelled to double the capacity of his plant, and in order to do this he would move from the rooms he now’ occupied as living rooms and use them for workrooms, giving him the necessary space for making the cigars, and for the storing and curing of tobacco. Mr. Smith expects to begin making two more brands of cigars, which will give him five brands in all. His El Triumfo, Don Abilo and Smith's Blunts have already proved winners and he states that the two new’ brands he contemplates putting out will give his factory an assortment of styles and flavors that will reach practically ev ery taste. The Douglas cigar factory has been busy during the season and sales have increased much to the surprise of the management, w r ho looked for a decid ed falling off during the spring and summer. Should the new plans work out as started, Douglas will be able to boast of as good a cigar factory as there is this side of Tampa. CHERO-UOLA BOTTLING WORKS CHANGES HANDS Owing to the ill health of Mr.G. T. Varner, who for some time has been the principal stockholder in the Chero- Cola Bottling Works here, and mana ger of the concern, sold his interest last week to Messrs. J. E. Chappell and J. W. Jennings, of Plains, Ga. These two gentlemen come here with the best of references and the people of Douglas will welcome them and their families. The Chero-Cola plant here has en joyed a splendid run of business ever since it started and the various drinks the concern puts out have proven pop ular to the extent that the firm has all the business they can attend to right along. POPULATION OF DOUGLAS IS INCREASING RAPIDLY During the week intervening since our last issue, the poulation of Doug las has been materially increased, and by the kind of immigrants we all like to welcome. Those arriving were: a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Brantley, another has come to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Spears. To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barrett the stork brought a girl; and another at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Seaborn Moore; and Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Turner are rejoicing over the arrival of a girl at their home. As far as we are able to learn, the boys, girls, mammas and papas are doing well. HON. J. J. BROWN SPEAK SATURDAY The farmers and all others, for that matter, will be interested to learn that Hon. J. J. Brown, candidate for the office of Commissioner of Agricul ture, w ill deliver an address at the court hous here Saturday afternoon, at 2:3,0. Mr. Brown has hundreds of staunch supporters in this county, having made many friends down this way though efforts that have benefited the fanners in this section of the state, and it is openly said that he will get a heavy vote in the county and many predict that he will carry the district. At any rate, Mr. Brown is a fluent speaker, and has put considrable “life” into the campaign for the office he seeks. He can and will interest those who hear him, especially the farmers, and earnestly desires to meet as many of them as possible Saturday at the court house. ' - The Dowling Sale Offers Some Bargains The public bankruptcy sale of the Dowling Millinery Store will take place at the store, corner Madison avenue and Ward street, Saturday morning, July 18, at 10 o clock. The sale will include the stock of goods as well as a complete set of furniture aad fixtures, making it a most attractive sale for those desir ing this line of business, and will prob ably be a bargain for some one. MANY ACRES WILL BE PLANTED IN MELONS LOOKS LIKE BIG CLUB AT PRESENT Farmers in All Sections of the Coun ty Have Expessed Themselves as Willing to Club and It Is Ex pected 500 Acres Will Be Planted. Much more interest is being shown in tiie formation of a watermelon club than was at first expected, according to statements made to The Progress. Already several farmers have stated that they would be glad to go into the club, and these farmers are urging others to go into the club bohinetaoin others to lay plans this fall to plant melons next spring. It is stated by those who have grown melons that the crop can be made on new land and that this done the land is practically ready for a hay crop to follow the melons, and that the next year the land is In shape for corn or cotton. Among the farmers who have said that they are going to plant melons will be found such prominent men as J. B. Mills, J. E. Phillips, Melvin Tan ner, Elisha Corbett, Oliver Peterson, John Kirkland, Griff Lindsay, C. E. Baker, Sol. Sears. A. J. Meeks, The above mentioned will plant from 10 to 25 acres each, and it w ill be seen that already 150 acres are assured, but it is the hope of the ones deeply interested in the club’s formation, that not less than 200 acres will be plant ed next year. The more acres planted the more inducement can be offered to buyers to come here and takg the corp. A Progress reporter was recently told by a melon buyer that he repre sented a big concern in Chicago, and that his concern had numbers of men in the South at this time buying mel ons and shipping them to points in the North and East. The buyer said that he left Chicago with letters of credit in his pocket calling for enough cash to pay for all the melons that the (Continued on page 8) DOUGLAS TEAM HAS FULL WEEK AHEAD s Dougias sent her baseball team to Eastman to play three games this week, and after the boots have been pulled oft there the boys will proceed to Hawkinsville for three games, re turning here Sunday. The team has been strengthened some what and it is freely predicted that it will return home with several scalps, at any rate the fans here are pulling every minute wTiile the boys are on the road and only the best of wishes follow them. Eastman Won First Eastman, Ga., July 13.—(8y special leased wire) —The first game of the three-game series to be played here began at 4 o’clock this afternoon, with a crowd of not less than 600 people, mostly Eastman rooters, in atten dance. From the first man up until Wright broke up the game in the nineth with a homer, there was fast and furious ball played. It was a pitchers battle, and the two opponents, Dewberry for Douglas and Holiday for Eastman, vied with each other for the game, with the favors going to Holiday, not withstanding Dewberry made an ex cellent showing. Holiday struck out 14 men and Dewberry 7. Douglas made her two runs in the third inning with two men out, when Hargroves fumbled an easy grounder at second with a man on third and second, both scoring while Hargrove played with the ball. No further scoring was done until the sixth inning, when Eastman came to bat with Hargrove up. He placed the ball over the fence between center (Continued on page 8) SPECIAL WIRE SERVICE REPORTING EASTMAN GAMES Much credit is due manger Smith, of the Western Union office here, for the complete arrangement he made to* get a special wire service installed to give the Douglas fans a detailed re port of the games played at Eastman this week. A wire was placed on the grounds at Eastman with an operator and as fast as any play was made it was announc ed through a megaphone here and a record made of it on a score board placed just outside the telegraph of fice. The square in front of the office has been filled with rooters each afternoon who thoroughly enjoyed the reports, which were handled in such a manner as to make the watching of the reports as interesting as seeing the boys at work on the diamond. The service rendered by Mr. Smith fully repays the efforts of baseball lovers here in getting him to put the feature into effect, and from now on it is liable to be of reoccurence when the home team is in Eastman, or on some other diamond wherfe hard play ing is looked for. DOUGLAS OIL & FERTILIZER CO. HELD ANNUAL MEETING MONDAY Condition of Company's Business in Fine Shape-De clared Ten Per Cent Dividend-Will Double Capacity of Their Plant. The annual meeting of the stock holders and board of directors of the Douglas Oil and Fertilizer Works was held at the company’s office Monday morning at 10 o’clock. The report of the management showed that the company had been successful and a dividend of ten per cent on the capital stock was declar ed, payable on the day of the meet ing. Besides the dividend, a snug sufn was carried into the surplus ac count. All the old director were re-elected and after the election of the directors that body elected the following offi cers for the ensuing year: Mr. B. Pet erson, president; Mr. Dan Lott, Jr., vice-president; Mr. S. J. Stubbs, treas urer and general manager; and Mr. Ben L. Lane, superintendent. It was decided at the meeting to in crease the capacity of the plant to about double its present size, making it possible to run out from 8,000 to 10,000 tons of fertilizer a year. Other improvements in the conmpany's plant was authorized and will include ad ditions to their ginning department. Two new short staple gins will be in stalled and two hydraulic presses. With this new’ machinery, the com pany will be in position to gin from 60 to 70 bales of cotton a day. This company is a decided benefit to Douglas and it is gratifying to learn that these additions will be made as it means added accommodations to the farmers in this vicinity as well as giv ing employment to more men. A CARD FROM REV. M. A. MORGAN I am at St. Simons Island enjoying the surf and the sea breezes. Bro. M, E. Vickers will lead the services at the Methodist church for me next Sunday. I sincerely hope all the members and friends will attend, and that God’s blessing will be upon the entire congregation. Let everybody remebr the Gaskins Springs campmeeting, and all prepare to attend. Let’s make this a great social and religious occasion. Hon. J. J. Brown, of Elbert County, Candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture Will speak at the t t Court House, Douglas, Ga., Saturday Afternoon, July 18, 2:30 Mr. Brown has hundreds of friends in Coffee County who will be glad to hear him speak, and as he is a speaker of unusual talent, his ad dress will be interesting. COME OUT AND HEAR HIM IT WILL DO YOU GOOD He will put some ginger into the campaign and his address will be worth listening to. Farmers are especially invited, because the office Mr. Brown is running for is one of most importance to them, and he will tell the people why he should be elected. Court House, Douglas, July 18th Make it a point to be there [Advertisement! ■ a : .. v f:% » 4* j $1 Per Annum JUDGE HARRIS SPEAKS HERE TOMMORRW Candidate For Governor Will Ad dress the Voters of Coffee Coun ty in the Interest of His Cam paign at the Court House. \ Judge Nat E. Harris, candidate for governor, will speak to the voters of Coffee county at the court house' here tomorrow, Thursday, morning and de sires to have as many hear him as possible. j Mr. Harris has put some ginger in to the campaign at other places where he has spoken, and being a very fine speaker big address will be interest ing. Judge Harris is a Confedrate vet eran and ex-judge of the Superior court and has had good crowds at the various places w here he has spoken throughout the state, and as he is the first candidate for a state house office to speak here this year, doubtless many will turn out to hear him. At any rate, he deserves a fair and impar tial hearing, which should be accord ed every man who asks for the suf frage of the people. His address will be worth listening to and as he has many friends in Douglas and in Coffee County, it is likely that the court house will be packed when he begins to speak. Ben 1.. Lane Will Remain It is with a great deal of pleasure that the many friends of Mr. Ben L. Lane will learn that he will not go to Boston, as lie had planned, but w ill re main in Douglas having made an agreement with the Douglas Oil & Fertilizer Co., to superintend their plant for another year.