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Coffee County Progress
J. DANA JONES, Editor.
Published Wednesday Mornings
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Progress Publishing Company
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Douglas, Ga., August sth 1914
"Farmer” Jim, “Sawmill” Jim, "Bus
iness Man” Jim August 19. —“Good-
bye” Jim.
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Funny, isn’t it, how some of the pol
iticians seem to think that the weekly
newspapers can pay off when Satur
day night comes and at the same time
give them a whole lot of "boosting”
free of cost. Funny, isn't it.
*•* • *
With several hundred acres of tobac
co, several hundred acres of water
melons and many other crops next
year, the boll weevil will have a tough
time of it making a living when be
gets to Coffee county.
•** * *
We are mighty glad to note that
the editors of tiie two Waycross pa
pers have decided to drop their per
sonal difficulties and work together
for the good of the city. There may
have been a reason for the "horrid’
remarks that passed pro and con, but
even so, Waycross was the loser and
for the life of us we can't figure out
who was the gainer.
"Watch the lineup” says an exchange.
Yes, indeed, just take a careful look at
it. hspecially here in the Eleventh.
•Then answer the question yourself as
to who are the opponents of Walker.
One doesn’t have to do much "watch
ing” to see the clea." outline of “pro
fessional” politics back ot the move
ment to keep Walker out of Congress.
Business may be dull, but e Pro
gress can’t say so with honesty, be
cause additional help has had to be
secured and the wrokshop is running
overtime nearly every day. Mr. Hom
er Johnson, who has been off for
sometime having his eyes treated, is
back on the job, and we are trying now
to secure the services of more print
ers. Watch The Progress Prog.
*** * *
The fight in the Eleventh against
Hon. J. R. Walker has narrowed down
to a scrap by disappointed applicants
for post offices. The great common
people are interested in no such an is
sue. They continue to get their mail
in the same old way from the same old
source. If anyone can be so grossly
deceived as to believe that the masses
cf the people are going to swap a true
and tried congresman for an unknown
quantity, simply to satiate he ruffled
feelings of a half dozen men, the had
as well prepare for an awakening on
the 19th.
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How many "Farmers” in South
Georgia are able to rig up special
trains, suply them with brass bands
and run about over the railroads of
the country giving six o’clock dinners
at high priced hotels? We are speak
ing of that class of mankind who com
pose the brain and backbone of the
nation, tow it; the farmer who farms
This inquiry does not extend to the
"railroad presidents” for only too well
do we know' that the most of that spe
cially favored class are able to pull
off such stunts, but the people invari
ably' pay the fiddler w hen the dance is
over. “President Jim's method of
campaigning may be quaint, but they
are certainly not new.
If a farmer wants to get some work
done on his farm, he does not hire a
lawyer to to it, because he knows that
the lawyer is not a farmer. If com
petency applies in a case like this how
much more should it apply in the
courts. An inexperienced judge could
cost the counties thousands of dollars
in money; could delay the work of
the court to such an extent that jurors
and attaches would be hel dindeflnite
ly thereby costing untold hundreds of
dollars in wasted time. On the other
hand a judge with the proper training
and ability can handle the courts eco
nomically and save hundred* of dol
lars annually to the taxpayers. Judge
F. Willis Dart earnestly desires that
his fitness to be judge of the Superior
courts of the Waycross circuit be in
vestigated. and believes that if this is
done there will be no question about
his being sufficiently equipped to han
dle this important work for the people.
With the serious situation confront
ing the administration at this time, it
would be a very unwise act for the
peole to turn down a tried and true
congressman, who has the confidence
of the administration, and who can do
depended upon to use every effort to
aid in assistirg the farmers over what
looks now like a hard road, for a mar
who is untried and who woula have
to start from the beginning. Send
Walker back. In doing so the Elev
enth district will be represented by a
man whom President Wilson can
trust and woh is in position to help
the administration to do the things
that are being planned for the alevia
tion of the distress that will follow
the European war, unless the govern
ment takes some active steps to avert
a panic.
*****
The kind of a man to sen d to con
gress is the kind that can do some
thing and the one who has the oppor
tunity to do something. At this time,
we need a man in Congress who has
the confidence of the administration
and that man is J. Randal Walker.
Me has made good all along the line.
The only opposition he has is that
which has been made by a few of the
disgruntled in the district —the ones
who for years have had all the say
about the appointments and who have
discovered that they cannot control
Mr. Walker. For this reason they
nave been aggitating against him. Not
for the sake of the district, but be
cause they have lost the control they
have had for years over the offices in
the Eleventh. Mr. Walker is a cap
able man and one that will make the
district a most estimable representa
tive. He stand for the things that the
administration at Washington wants
and no one knows what his opponent
dands for.
Special trains, special bands, spe
■ial suppers and special privileges be
ong to the dead past. Thev belor,-. to
an age when the United States Senate
and Congress wore filled with railroad
presidents and other special privilege
haracters. We have hardly passed
he daw n of the Twentieth Century,
yet we have witnessed the passing of
such baneful influence and power from
lie political arena of our nation. The
railroad president no longer pops his
whip over the head of the toiler and
forces an unwilling ballot into his
hands; the farmer long ago learned
hat he had nothing to expect or even
hope for at the hands of a “Special
Train” and “Special Privilege” class,
except the greatest burdens that could
be heaped upon him, so side by side
he tiller and the toiler, regardless of
h manner of their respective toils,
have marched to the polls and one
by one have hurried beneatli an aval
inche of ballots, thelast survivors of
he “specials” until now the sacred
vails of our great law making bodies
ire rid of them and rid to stay.
*** * *
The increase in tax returns
in one South Georgia county
was more than $1,000,000. 'Tis
claimed the new tax law did it
Law what a tax dodging there
must have beer, down that
way.—Elberton Star.
Come, now. Let us be fair.
South Georgia has made wonder
ful strides. There may have been
tax dodgers, but the increase
shown there is almost wholly the
result of improvement, advance
ment and progress.—Augusta
Chronicles.
Thank you, Editor Loyless. It is
’offee county the Star refers to, evl
iently, and your answer is eminently
’orrect. This county opened up near
ly 10,000 acres of new land this year,
md with the influx of people from
other sections, there is no doubt but
'hat 1915 will see another 10,000 acres
ipened up. Down this way, we are
'urging ahead so fast that the counties
iway from us cannot believe that it
•'s possible, but w hen they come to in
vestigate they find that we are con
servative in the claims we make about
South Georgia's advancement.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Some things have been said about
Mr. Walker's accomplishments since
le has been in Congress that were in
tended to leave the impression that he
had done nothing since being a mem
ber.
Let's see how true these statements
ire:
On April 21, 1913, Mr. Walker voted
aye" on the Sundry Civil Service bill.
This is the bill that the Farmers
Union. Grange and other farmers or
ganizations and organized labor was
trying so hard to get passed.
On February 4. 1914. the House pass
d the Immigration bill. Mr. Walker
oted “aye”.
This bill was favored by the farmers
:nd organized labor and is intended
'o protect America from the landing
if ignorant, lawless and diseased for
-igners. It is a bill that the well
vishers of our future social and in
lustrial life have been defending.
March 4. 1914, the Convict Lcboi
ill passed the house. Mr. Walke:
oted "aye” on this bill.
Mr. Walker has been attending
COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
•.trictly to his duties as a congress
nan ever since he has been in office.
There is not a man who can say that
he has not performed his full dutv.
thus far. But he has not yet had an
opportunity of showing the kin»' ot
stuff that is in him, for he has not yet
served all of his first term. Still, re
gardless of the fact that he has not
been in Congress a full term he is
making headway that means that the
11th will have a representative to
whom they will look in future years
with pride.
And it would be a great detriment
to the district should a man strange
to the workings of Congress be sent
to Washington at the beginning of the
next term. Mr. Walker is just begin
ning to get his stride and if he is per
mitted to remain he will be able to
give his district the things the dis
trict wants. But on the other hand a
new man would have to work up step
by step, and, if he had the ability and
fitness in a term or two be able
to do something for the 11th.
Mr. Walker is capable, energetic,
competent and is ao‘ually doing great
good for this part of the- South. He
is recognized as one of the leaders in
the House and the people of his dis
trict appreciate that it would be an
injustice to him and to themselves to
elect some one in his stead at this
time.
Send Mr. Walker back! That is the
slogan all over the district.
Send Mr. Walker back because he
has made good. Send him back be
cause he can do things, and do them
before another man could get in the
harness. Send him back for the sake
of the district, if no other reason.
THE FAI I.T-FIYBERS
Occasionally a disappointed office
seeker writes a letter condemning
the Eleventh district's Congressman
The thoughtful man sees at once that
it is only the wail of the disgruntled.
The people are not concerned about
the interests of one man so much, but
they are going to judge congressman
not by what a few people say about
their not getting a job, but by his rec
ord in congress. The people are in
terested in their congressman looking
out for their interests. They will pay
very little attention to these spite
cards. Go to Quitman, Douglas, Way
cross, Ocilla, Homerville and' other
places and ask the people what kind
of officials Mr. Walker has recommend
'd and they will tell you without hes
itation that in every instance he has
supported those who were competent
and experienced and who are now
making good in their positions. The
only- ones who have any kick coming
are tiiose who failed to land a place
and can't get over their failure. It is
very little politics and of a species
that does not appeal to the thinking
man.—Adel News.
*****
WH AT COLLEGE FOR THE BOY J
“Shall I send my boy to college or
keep him at home?” This thought is
uppermost in minds of many fathers
now-. Every normal father desires the
welfare of his children, but he knows
that some boys are spoiled by being
sent to college, whereas others are
just as surely spoiled by being kept
on the farm. How shall he decide?
There is one sure.sufe test —watch
the boy! If he shows decided inter
est in a definite direction, give him a
chance in that direction. Many a boy
cut out to be a merchant, or a law
yer, or a doctor, fails because his par
ents force him to take up something
else. Many other fails at these and
other “clean hand” work because he
should have been a farmer. Way?
His LearLLs not in the work.
Every normal boy is fitted by nature
for some one thing better than for
anything else. This is the father's
cue. If he has the stuff in him he'll
find a way to higher training. The
boys who go in their own choice to
college and work their way wholly or
in part almost invariably do better
than those who follow- a flower-strewn
road prepared by- their parents.
Farm boys who do not show- a de
cided “bent” had best attend an ag
ricultural college, whether they work
their way or not, because they will
there be in contact with farm sub
jects and farmers’ sons. Further
more, the modern "farm college”
gives a decidedly broader, more prac
tical general course of study than do
hose colleges which give a little
veneer of dead language "arts.” and
science which rubs off with the first
contact with the world. The farm col
lege every time for the farm boy, ex
cept the one determined to be a law
yer, a doctor, a clergyman or some
thing else as definite.—Southern Far
mer.
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A CHAMPION WORTH WHILE
When Zachariah Drake died the
other day at his plantation home not
far from Bennettsville, S. C.. there
passed away the only man who ever
grew- 254 bushels of corn on one acre.
The feat was accomplished in ISB9.
Some day that record may be brqken
but if so it will be largely because
Tapt. Drake's success started the
movement that has resulted in the
formation of corn clubs all over the
South. Farmers and farmer boys
who have done their level best in corn
growing contests know bow difficult it
is to raise even a hundred bushels on
one acre and they know’ better than
anybody else what a great thing Capt.
j Drake accomplished when he showed
!the xeaminers of his acre a great pile
[of corn that measured 254 bushels.
Capt. Drake’s name deserves to be
I remembered. Xo doubt his memory
j will be preserved by a few persons,
but the general public will quickly for
get himget him. If he bad been a
champion prize fighter instead of a
champion corn grower even the lads ir.
the street would have known all aboir
him, his flight, his weight, how far he
could reach, the men be had beaten
down in the ring and the name of the
great fighter woh at last beat him
jdown. If he had been a great base
| ball player the record of the hits lie
; made and the famous games he helped
to win would be known far and wide.
And yet no prize fighter, no baseball
player who ever lived did asmuch tor
his country as the quiet, unassuming,
modest farmer who showed the world
that 254 bushels of corn could be
grown upon one acre in the South.
Monuments by thousands are erect
ed to the memory of soldiers and
statesmen. That is right and just,
but the men who have accomplished
great things elsewhere than on the
battle field and in the forum are just
as deserving of tribute. It is a com
pliment to the wisdom of the peoph
of Florida that they have placed a
monument to Dr. Gorrie, the inventor
of the first process for making artifi
cial ice, in Statuary Hall at Washing
ton, and to the people of Georgia that
they are planning to honor Dr. Craw
ford W. Long in the same way because
of his 'pioneer work in anaesthesia.
South Carolina has had many more
famous sons than Capt. Drake, and
some may have served mankind much
better than he, but surely somewhere
in the state there should be erected
a monument to preserve the memory
of th man who was a champion worth,
while.
Commissioner Watson, of the South
Carolina Department of Agriculture
in an interview the other day said
he woul rather see a monument tc
Capt. Drake than to the most famous
soldier the state ever produced, be
cause he was a constructive force,
while soldiers, though they be con
structive, are at first destructive forc
es. Certainly if succssful politicians
deserve handsome monuments th<
world’s champion corn grower, tin
man who as much as any other mai
gave impetus to corn growing in tin
South, deserves a marble shaft. —
Savannah Morning News.
SCHOOL TEACHERS GAINED
LITTLE BY BOARD’S ACTION
State Board Puts Payment of Salaries
Up to the County
Superintendent.
Orlando. —The state board of pub
lic instruction has handed down a de
cision that “it will be agreeable w-ith
the board that Hon. J. F. McKinnon,
county superintendent of public in
struction., countersign the w-arrants
for the payment of the teachers of the
Orlando public schools for the months
of April and May, 1914,” which war
rants have been held up by the coun
ty superintendent because the teach
ers had not taught the full time re
quired by the state laws. However,
this does not help the teachers very
much, as it has not been agreeable to
the superintendent to sign the war
rants and there are indications that
it will not be agreeable for him to
do so until the supreme court of the
state makes an order to that effect.
MOVEMENT FOR EASTERN
TIME IS FAST SPREADING
Ft. Pierce, Titusville, Ft. Lauderdale
and West Palm Beach Con
sidering Change.
Miami. —That the movement for
Eastern time started by the Commer
cial Club of Miami is catching fire
all along the coast is indicated by re
ports from various cities and towns
where the topic is the main one dis
cussed now, and where in many cases
some organized body has endorsed
the proposal.
Ft. Pierce and Titusville both report
that their respective boards of trade
have heartily endorsed the movement,
and the papers of these towns record
the fact that these progressive com
munities are about ready to officially
make the change from central time
and darkness to Eastern time and
more daylight.
NEW INTERURBAN ROAD
RECEIVING ENCOURAGEMENT
Project Started by Residents of Lake
Helen Is Gaining in
Favor.
New Smyrna.—That the efforts
started some time ago by the resi
dents of Lake Helen for an interur
ban electric railroad between New
Smyrna and the St. Johns river, to
pass through Lake Helen, bid fair to
be successful and that the line will
eventually extend on through to the
west coast at Tampa, is the word
brought to this city bv S. E. Car
michael of Lake Helen, who was dele
gated by the Civic League of Lake
Helen to visit New Smyrna and the
other cities and towns along the line
CHIU) LABOR BILL
GIVEN A START
House Passes The Measure With An
Amendment— Now Goes To
The Senate -
SCHOOL BOOK BSLL AGAIN
Fight Is Being Waged on Senator Me-
Crory’s Bill in the Upper
House.
—Atlanta.
The house has passed the child la
bor bill and it is now up to the sen
ate to say whether it shall become a
law. The child labor bill was in
troduced by Representative Sheppard
of Sumter. Before its passage the
bill was changed by an amendment in
troduced by Representative Dorough
of Franklin county, and accepted by
Mr. Sheppard, the author of the bill.
Some Employers Are Exempt.
As amended and passed by the house
the child labor bill provides that no
child under fourteen years of age
shall be employed in cotton mills and
factories of all kinds, laundries and
places of amusement. The amendment
that was accepted by the house, ex
empted stores, hotels, restaurants,
bootblack stands, delivering of mer
chandise and the carrying of messages.
It is also provided in the bill that
children under sixteen years of age
shall not be employed unless they have
gone to school at least twelve weeks
of the previous year, and can read and
write.
School Book Bill in Senate.
One of the first things on the calen
dar of the senate for this week will
be the McCrory school book bill which
was amended and passed in the house.
Strenuous opposition to this bill
sprung up when it was introduced in
the senate the latter part of last week
and the indications are that the sup
porters of the bill will have a hard
fight on their hands.
Lieutenant Governor Bill.
The members of the Georgia house
of representatives seem to have expe
rienced a change of heart with regard
to the lieutenant governor bill, at the
bill creating the office of lieutenant
governor was passed by that body by
an overwhelming majority. The same
bill was defeated by the house on July
7. Later the representatives, upon mo
tion of Representative Myrick of Chat
ham, decided to reconsider the bill.
Measure Is Passed.
It seems that, from the debates that
were made for and against the bill, the
question of salary was proving the big
stumbling block in preventing its pass
age. Then Representative Greene of
Houston came to the rescue with an
amendment which provided that the
lieutenant governor was to receive the
same salary as the president of the
senate when he served in that capacity
and when acting governor he would re
ceive a salary equal to that of the gov
ernor. This amendment was embodied
with the original bill and the two went
through with a whoop'.
To Halt Appropriations.
Representative L. S. Ledbetter of
Polk county has announced that he
is going to call a halt on the appropria
tion of another dollar. He stated
to the appropriation committee that
there had already been appropriated
this session over $150,000 and that
while the measures might be merito
rious he did not think it right or just
to be making appropriations of any
kind when the state was in debt and
the teachers had not been paid this
year.
Blue Back Speller Popular.
A great deal of interest has been
manifested in the revival of Webster’s
blue back spelling book as one of
Georgia’s text books. A resolution in
structing the board of education to
use the famous old speller in the state
public schools has been adopted by the
senate. The resolution went to the
house and was sent to the committee
on education. That committee made a
favorable report and the resolution has
g one back to the house with a rac-
THE SURPRISE STORE
SPECIALS.
Men’s $3 and $4 Shoes for - $2.49 >
Ladies’ $3 Shoes for 1.98
6 Spools J. 4 P. Coats cotton 25c
Good 12ic Dress Ginghams for 9c
Best Grade 10c Homespun for 7lc
5c Valenciene Lace for ' 3c
SI.OO Sampson Overalls for 89c
6c Calico for > 4'c
THE SURPRISE STORE
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE DOUGLAS, GA.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
THE SOUTHERN MORTGAGE CO.
has no other representative in this
county except M. D. Dckerson. See
FOR first class board and comfort
able beds, go to the Morgan House
next door to A. B. & A. depot 37
LOTS FOR SALE—I have three fine
lots for sale in Cotton City. Terms will
be made light. Columbus Dawson,
Warrenton, Ga. 3itf.
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a
farm loan from the Southern Mort
gage Company. See M. D. Dickerson.
36tf
FOR SALE—I have plenty of busi
ness and residence lots in the tow’n of
Bushnell. Can sell to white people—
Cash or terms. —R. D. CARNISH. it
FARM LOANS see M. D. DICKER
SON, the representative of the Sou
thern Mortgage Co., the oldest com
panylending money in this county.
LOST—Watch fob with gold locket
on it. “Kate” engraved on locket.
Lost between Tanners Pharmacy and
Royal Cafe on or about July Ist. Re
ward if returned to G. T. McNabb.
FLIES, FLIES, Flies and Mosquitos
on the baby. You can keep them off
by going to P. S. Watts, at Empire
Novelty Works. 30tf
LOST—Raincoat at the ball park on
Monday afternoon. Finder will be
paid reward for its return to Ashel
Day, care Central Grocery Co. 37-lt
SCREEN DOORS and Windows are
made on short notice by P. S. Watts.
Find him at Empire Novelty Works.
30tf
Bring your hides to G.R. Moore and
receive hghest cash price paid is the
city. 8-5-4 t
MELVIN TANNER —makes a spec
ialty of Fidelity and Surety Bonds.
Can execute on short notice. Don’t
impose on your friend by asking him
to “Stand for you” when you can buy,
at nominal cost, something that is
better. Phone 138. 27tf
Will help you to build a house or
lend you money on one already built.
—L. E. HEATH, Douglas, Ga.
G. R. Moore will buy your hides and
pay you all they are worth. See him
before you sell. 8-5-4 t
"I have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets gave just thp rpsnlts
desired. They act mildly and regu
late the bowels perfectly”—George B.
Krause, 306 Walnut Ave., Altoona,
Pa. adv
SIX MEN WANTED for canvass
ing; easy, profitable employment. See
A. L. Dowling, at Grand Theatre.
39-40
NOTICE—I am prepared to do haul
ing of any kind, plowing up gardens,
etc., and can carry you anywhere
when you want to go. Phone No. 288.
I ask your patronage.—G.M. Morgan,
first door t oA. B. & A. depot.
39-40.
Loans
For next 60 days will loan mon
ey on improved city property at 6
per cent interest, to be paid back
in monthly payments.
L. E. HEATH,
July 23,1914. Douglas, Ga.
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