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Vol I. No. 38 A NEW STORY STARTS IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE-READ IT DOUGLAS TAKES FIRST 2 FROM WRIGHTSVILLE 12 Innings Played in First Game Hardest Fought of Any Here Wrightsville Puts up Magnifi cent Defense-Last Game Today. COCHRAN COMES FOR 3 GAMES Douglas succeeded in capturing two out of three from the fast Hawkins ville bunch last week. All the games wer hard fought and many good plays were made. In the game played on Thursday Holliday and Butler were the shooting galery artists for Doug las while Holt and Wise played the star parts for the visitors. Both the teams were in good form and the game was a lively one. Gillett lam med the ball over the fence in the second inning for a homer, and Vib bert lined out in the jungle for a round trip in the third. The second game with Hakinsville came off Friday afternoon. This game went to the visitors through several errors and at times it seemed as if Douglas would be swamped. Fernan dez occupied the mound for Douglas while Butler acted as a back stop. Fernandez pitched as pretty a game of ball as has ever been seen on the home diamond and if he had had the support would have won the game hands down. Saturday's game was as interesting as any of the others, in fact some of the players seemed to be trying to make up for the shortcomings of the day before. The box wa* held down by “Smokey” Joe again with Duties behind the bat. Gardner and Wise were the pill handlers for Hawkins ville. “Smokey” was as speedy as ever, but occasionally wild, however, But ler was on the job and no particular damage was done. “Smokey” hurls a mighty hard ball for the backstop to hang to and it is a wonder that more of the “rifle shots” don’t get past the catcher. Hunter made a wonderful catch in left field and threw the pill into the diamond in time to hold a runner on third. For this he was pre sented a purse by the fans. Moore grabbed one down out of the air in deep center that looked like a two bagger—Dewberry claims that Moore muffed the ball and that he caught it as it went through Moore’s hands. Be (Continued on page 8) CROPS EXCELLENT IN SOUTH GEORGIA General Manager Kirkland of the G. & F. Pleased With the Pros pects-His Line Handling Much Perishable Products. The crops in South Georgia, along the Georgia & Florida railroad, are in the best condition that section of the country has ever known, says the Au gusta Chronicle and proceeds: “General Manager Kirkland arrived in Augusta yesterday morning very much elated over the crop prospects now and for the coming fall. “An early cotton crop is expected, and in about two weeks the first bale from that section will be placed on the market-. “It was estimated yesterday that in round figures 800 carloads of water melons have been shipped over the Georgia & Florida railroad since the first of the watermelon season. This is an increase of more than 50 per cent over the movement of last sea son's melon crop. The Perishable Crop Perishable crops are being well tak en care of by North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and all over the state of Georgia. On the arrival in Augusta of the early morning passen ger train one express car is always packed to its capacity with perishable articles. The larger portion of this is shipped to cities out of the state of Georgia. “The railroad officials have figured out that perishabel crops can be taken out of the ground, packed and made ready for shipment during the after (Continued on page 8) NO BOLL WEEVIL IN JEFF DAVIS NOW The following letter from the Geor gia Chamber of Commerce will prove interesting reading, in view of the fact that it was thought that the boll wee vil had made its appearance in Jeff Davis county, just over the line from Coffee, and the report was brought to the attention of the State Entomolo gist, whose reply is quoted in a letter that has been written The Progress: Atlanta, Ga., July 27, 1914. Mr. J. Dana Jones, Editor, Coffee County Progress, Douglas, Ga., Dear Mr. Jones: Referring to the report you recent ly published that Jake Nabors, of Den ton, Jeff Davis County, believed that he had the boll weevil in his cotton, I beg to say that I sent the clipping to Hon. E. Lee Worsham, State En tomologist? who replied as follows: “I have yours of recent date enclos ing clipping from Jeff Davis County in regards to presence of boll weevil in that section. While I cannot state positively, I am pretty sure that there is no boll weevil in that sectino. In sects have been sent from that section of the State, supposed to be boll weevil but they have proven to be other in sects. I appreciate the interest you take in this matter and hope you will not hesitate to call upon us whenever we can be of service.” I am glad that it is incorrect, for the .inevitable coming of the weevil will be disastrous enough, even though our farmers prepare by diversifying and raising meat, without the weevil jumping half way across the state. With kindest regards and best wish es, I remain Yours very truly, (Singned) A. M. SMITH, Secretary-Manager. DOUGLAS OPTOMETRIST ISOLATES THE RETINA OF THE EYE Mr. AYilson is First in Class of 120 to Perforin Operation Successfully at Optoinetric Congress in St. Louis. Quite an honor fell to a Douglas man at the Optometric congress re cently held at St. Louis, Mo., when Mr. W. R. Wilson, one of the delegates from Georgia, successfully performed a rare operation for isolating the re tina of the eye. A class of 120 were at work on the‘operation and Mr. Wil son was one of the first two to finish the accomplishment. The isolating the retina of the eye has been an object of great concern among Opthamologirts an' other sci entific men throughout £~. ages. The feat had never been successfully until a few months ago, Prof. F. A. Woll, of Columbia University, discovered how it could be done. Mr. Woll has been experimenting several years on this one thing, and when he exhibited a perfect retina, Oculists of this and many other countries gave Mr. Woll a “smoker" and made and offered all induements for the secret, but his promise was out that if he ever dis covered how the retina could be iso lated he would give it to the Optom etrist first and then to the Oculist. Mr. Woll being an Optometrist him self. The subject was covered thoroughly in ten lectures given by Mr. Woll dur ing the week preceeding the 17th an nual congress of the American Optom etrical Society hel din St. Louis Mo. July 18th. The course was open to the scientific section members, 120 of whom took the course. Mr. W. R. Wilson, of this city, and Mr. F. E. Vaisseire, of Rome, Ga., were the first two to complete the operation successfully, they finishing at the same time. DOUGLAS POSTOFFICE SHOWS GOOD GAIN OVER LAST YEAR The report issued from the Douglas postoffice at the end of the second quarter of 1914 shows that the office is steadily gaining. The gain of 1914 over 1913 is not so great as in some past years, espe cially the first year of the operation of the schools here, but the gain made indicated that Doug'as is continually going ahSad. The gain this year over the same period of 1913 is about 7 per cent, or in round numbers $700.00. Progress by Blundering. To err is not only human. It is pro gressive.—Puck. Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, July 29th 1914 BIG GAMPMEETING TO BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT The Widely Advertised and Long Looked for Series of Campmeet ing Services are Near at Hand Prominent Divines to Take Part. WILL BE BIGGEST EVER The much talked about and long looked for eampmeetings at Gaskins Springs will begin next Friday night. July 31, and continue for five days. Rev. M. A. Morgan, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, was in terviewed regarding the meeting by a Progress reporter and among other things stated that he felt very much gratified in having such a strong corps of preachers as those who will take part in the services. Among others whom Dr. Morgan announced, besides Rev. P. E. Tyson, presiding elder of this conference, vho will have charge of the meetings, there will be such prominent pastors to assist as: Rev. M. C. Austin, the old war horse of eampmeetings; of Brunswick; Rev. T. B. Stanford, of Savannah; Dr. J. H. Scruggs, of Waycross; Rev. Walter Anthony, of Cordele. There will be four services held each day while the campmeeting goes on. at 8:30 and 11 a. m., and 3 and 7:30 p. m. Great preparations have been made to make this the largest campmeeting ever held in this part of Georgia and it is freely predicted that hundreds of people from all sections of Coffee coun ty and surounding territory w r ill be in attendance. There will be good singing at each service at each service under the charge of the Epworth league and Baptist Young People’s Union of this city. The roads leading to the Spring have been put in good condition, and the campgrounds have been cleaned up in good shape, yesterday quite a body of menand women worked there to the ned that the grounds would be made as attractive as possible. It is expected that many who at tend the meetings will carry baskets, but this will not be necessary as Mrs. Thompson will furnish meals and sleeping quarters to those who de sire them at very reasonable rates. Rev. Morgan has asked The Progress to tell the people generally through out this territory that they will be made welcome at the meeting and that it will be the greatest c -upmeeting ever held any where in this section of the state, and he urges that as Special Notice to Contestants A report has reached this office that some of the contestants are holding back moneys and names that have been given them for suscriptions to The Progress. The management of the contest does not know that this is true, but wishes to call attention to one of the rules of the contest, which is that no contestant can hold back the money and names. They can hold back the publication of tb- if they wish, but when the money is paid in and the names given, the con testant should, under the rules of the contest, immediately make report to The Progress. There are a number of cpntestants who are hard at work and everything looks fine for a big harvest for the workers. We say this with confidence because the people over the county have told us so, and the reaping will begin now shortly. Don't forget the lists and the cards. They will help more than anything else to make gains for the workers. And don't forget the double vote al lowance that will prevail until Au gust 26th. A new $1 subscription now means 2,000 votes instead of 1,000 Take advantage of this—all of you. Miss Lila Sapp 34,475 Mrs. J. B. Cooksey 19,250 Mis Ethel Tanner 59,150 Roy Vinson 34,925 Mrs. Velma Touchton 36,350 Miss Lessie Morris 3,300 Miss Edna Moore 32,000 Horfon Christopher 4,750 Miss Georgia Livingston 120,225 Miss Gussie Roberts 107,550 A. H. Huckabee 4,625 Miss Mary Annie Ferguson . 11,500 TOBACCO CROP WILL PROVE PROFITABLE Mr. S. J. Brown, of near Nicholls, was in the city Monday and had with him a hand of newly grown tobacco from his farm. Mr. Browm stated that he had about 10 acres of the “weed” and that he expected to make more from the crop per acre than he could have made growing cotton on the same land. Mr. Brown raised a grade of tobac co that is suitable for pipe and plug tobacco. He stated, however, that he could grow' a grade suitable for cigars but thought that the most profit lay in the other grades. He was asked if he would have any troubl to market his crop and stated that he would have none whatever, that he was going to ship it to South Carolina and that he had already sold it. He also stated that if every farm er in Coffee County would plant from 4 to 10 acres of tobacco, there would be no trouble in establishing a market here in the county, and that the grow iug of the “weed” to that extent would bring in to the farmers a sum in the neighborhood of $500,000 annually. Mr. Brown said further that grow ing tobacco was much easier than grow ing corn or cetton and that t was pos sible to get a good hay crop off the land after the tobacco was harvested. That he hoped that many more farmers would take an interest in this crop so that it could be made one of the principal crops of the county. One thing seems to be certain with Mr. Brown and that is that the grow ing of tobacco will help to starve the cotton boll weevil to death, and that is a reason he thinks why farmers should become deeply interested in it. It is said that an excursion is to be run to South Carolina this fall this fall to afford those interested in to bacco culture an pportunity of going over the fields there and getting some practical first hand information con cerning the crop. Mr. Brown seems to have gone into th raising of tobacco in a way that means improvement, and many other farmers are thinking seriously about joining him next year. PAPER FOR COLORED PEOPLE Friday after the Arts issue of the Douglas Times, a paper started by the colored people here, will appear. The Times will be edited by J. B. Ellis, who has charge of the colored schools in Douglas, and will begin with a cir culation of about 500. many as possibly can turn out. The meetings will close Wednesday night of next week. PROF. .1. R. OVERM AN WILL NOT RUN FOR SENATE In the last issue of The Progress appeared a statement to the effect that it was possible that Prof. J. R. Over man would make the race for state senator, and that before the week was out he would finally ecide. Mr Over man has since given to the press a statement that he would not make the race at this time. This action on the part of Mr. Overman leaves the race between Hon. J. I. Hatfield and Judge C. A. Ward. Mr. Overman’s statement follows: “To my Ffriends and Voters of the County: “I take this method of saying that after mature deliberation, I have thought best not to enter the race for the State Senate. In doing so I am trying to think that I am doing the right thing. In this connection I wish to thank my friends for their loyalty and assurances of support and good will. I promise that I shall at all times be ready to assist them in any way that I may though at a casrifice to myself. Sincerely trusting that all my friends will see the wit of my course in this matter aua assuring them of my continued and lasting ap preciation of past kindnesses, I am. Very respectfully, “J. R. OVERMAN.” Quite Mechanical. “Yes,” said Mrs. Twickenbury, “my daughter has published several poems, but all of them autonomously."—Chris tian Register. FRIENDS OF ANDERSON DECLARE HE WILL WIN Atlanta July 28. —Most encouraging reports are coming to the headquarters in Atlanta, of Hon. J. Randolph An derson, candidate for governor. Since the withdrawal from the race of Hon. W. J. Harris, Director of the Census, Mr. Anderson has had many accessions to his forces in all parts of Georgia, but especially in the Seventh Congressional district in which Mr. Harris lives. Friends of both Mr. An derson and Mr. Harrs assert that Mr. Anderson will get a large majority of those who were supporting Mr. Har ris prior to his retirement from the race. The situation as it has developed has been most gratifying to the friends of Mr. Anderson all over the state who are now asserting that he will, with out doubt, be the nominee of-the Ma con convention. Another gratifying feature is the manner in which the state senate has stood by Mr. Anderson as their Presi dent and enacted those measures pend ing before it, including the bills es pecially designed to cut down the amount of politics in Georgia, which have been so strongly stressed in Mr. Anderson's platform and which have received the commendation and ap proval from press and people all over Georgai. W. J. Harris’ Withdrawal Helps Randolph Anderson Atlanta, July 29.—The withdrawal of William J. Harris, of Cedartown, from the governor’s race, has been greatly regretted by the many friends who had promised him their support, and there have been many expressions of belief that he would have been found w'ell in the forefront when the votes were counted. But it’s an ill wind that blows no body good, and the friends of J. Ran dolph Anderson, of Savannah, believe Mr. Harris’ withdrawal means the certainty of Mr. Andrson’s election. Walker Mangum, in charge of the Anderson headquarters, has rceived many telegrams from counties from which Mr. Harris had found warm support, to the effect that this suport would now go to Anderson. Mr. Anderson has made ’several speeches recently in the vicinity of Atlanta, at points he could reach in the afternoons and at night, but has not attempted to make engagements which would interfere with his duties as president of the senate. He is stickng to his chair in the upper house, attending to the business for which he draw s a salary, and is letting his friends do most of his campaign ing. MASONS ANNUITY HAS ADDED A DEPARTMENT OF ACTUARY Atlanta, July 29.—Masous through out the South will be interested in learning that the Masons Annuity of Atlanta, has added to its organization a Department of Actuary. In the cur rent issue of the Annuity Messenger, the Actuary, who has gone thoroughly into the work of the organization, pays it a high compliment for intelligent managerial ability and integrity. “Its directors really direct,” he said. "Each and everyone is sensible of his responsibility and measures up to it by giving his best, a capable, ef fective best, to the work of providing protection and support to the bereaved widows and orphans of Masons.” Meeks Family Reunion . Will Be Held Tomorrow It is expected that a big gathering of the Meeks family and their friends will take place at the home of Dr. S. H. Meeks, near Nicholls, tomorrow, Thursday, as a state-wide reunion of the family occurs then. Great preparations have been made for the occasion, and a big feast in the way of a barbecue dinner will be one of the features. Besides the din ner, several prominent men of the state are expected to be on hand to deliver addresses. The reunion will, without doubi, bring together a large number of peo ple as the Meeks family is one of the most prominent as well as one of the largest in Coffee County with a liberal scattering throughout all of Georgia. $1 Per Annum CITY STARTLED BY THE DEATH OF MRS. SMITH Husband Discovers Body Sunday Morning--She Had Been Suffering Severely Saturday from Head ache and It Is Believed She Used Too Much Chloro form to Produce Sleep BODY TAKEN TO ATLANTA ~ Sunday morning about 9 o’clock the city was startled by the report that Dr. J. R. Smth had just discovered his wife’s dead body and immediately scores of people hastened to the home, 221 West Ward street, to ascertain if the report was correct, and upon ar rival there found that Mrs. Smith had been dead for several hours. Mis. Smith, it developed at the cor oner's inquest, had been suffering acutely from headache Saturday and her husband had given her two doses of medicine for the complaint. She had asked for another dose about 8 o’clock, it is said, but Dr. Smith thought it unsafe for her to take any more of the medicine at that time. About midnight, Mrs. Smith .was take with a violent attack and lay down in the room across the hall from the one her husband occupied, he go ing to rest after he thought her at tack had subsided. He states he had been in bed for a few monments when he heard her stirring about the house, but that he heard her return to tae room where she had been resting in a few minutes and that he fell asleep, he thinks at about 1 o’clock. The next morning Dr. Smith about 7:30 and proceeded to dress and go to the home of Mr. Monroe Sapp where he had been invited the night before to partake of a fish breakfast. He states that he heard no noise in his wife's room and thought that she was sleeping, and w hen he was ready to leave the house he glanced into the room as he passed dow'n the hall and saw Mrs. Smith lying on the bed in a natural position and still did not think but that she was asleep. He returned from the home of Mr. Sapp between 8 and 9 o’clock and as his wife had not yet put in an ap pearance he stepped into the room to awaken her, when he discovered that she was dead. He immediately telephoned Dr. G. L. Touchton and Mr. George Tanner, (Continued on page 8) JUST ISSUED THEIR ANNUAL CATALOGUE The Eleventh District Agricultural School’s 1914-1915 Catalogue Ready for Distribution—ls Handsome Piece of Work. The annual catalogue for the Elev enth District Agricultural School is ready for distribution and is one of the handsomest books the.school has ever gotten out. The catalogue contains many illus trations and 34 pages of reading mat ter and was executed by The Progress. This is the first time in the history or the school that the catalogue has been printed in Douglas for the reason that until The Progress Publishing Co. es tablished plant here no facilities were offered in this city for the han dling of big work of this nature. The catalogue gives all the informa tion necessary to prospective students and will be sent to any one interested for the asking. The school i 3 preparing for the big gest year in its history, and is making every arrangement necessary for a successful scholastic year. Prof. J. W. Powell states that he antcipates the heaviest registration ever at the opening of the school. FIRST BALE AT CAMILLA SELLS FOR OVER 17 CENTS Camilla, Ga., July 28.—The first bale of cotton brought to Camilla this year was ginned here Saturday. The bale was brought in by w. N. McDon ald, and weighed 572 pounds. It was sold at auction for ir«i ceata