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Coffee County Progress
J. DANA JONES, Editor.
Published Wednesday Mornings
By the
Progress Publishing Company
T. A. Wallace J. H. Peterson
President Vice.-Pres*?
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Georgia, as Second Class Matter.
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Douglas,Ga., August 12th 1914
Walker will have a landslide.
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And now they do say it's “Special
Privilege" Jim.
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Tom Hardwick had the crowd with
him from start to finish Saturday.
*****
Which way did Mr. Henderson jump
when he flopped from "Farmer’’ to
“Railroad President” Jim?
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The Progress has been rushed night
and day this week, and for that reason
the editorial page has had to be neg
lected to some extent. However, prob
ably the readers don't mind that.
*****
Friends of Walker claim he will car
ry 14 of the 15 counties in the district,
and they also say that the 15fh county
is mighty near for him at thiMime.
*****
If Mr. Henderson, of Ocilla, were to
wear a suit made in keeping with all
the trades, professions and callings he
claims to represent, Solomon in all his
glory would have looked like 30 cents.
*****
Tt started out as “Henderson’s Spe
cial" but it came back as “Henderson’s
Friends Special.” Because the cam
paign managers learned hot ->re they
got the “Special” home, they had made
another mistake.
*****
At last accounts the Joe Brown
“Special” was gliding peacefully up
Salt River with scarce a riffle showing
on the ebosom of the creek, and that
it was expected to arrive at the head
waters early on the day of August 19.
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Because Mr. Henderson's friends are
few’ and far between, is advanced as
a reason for a “Special" train to car
ry him about the district. Only way
he could get to see them all, someone
said because they were so scattering.
*****
Perhaps by the time the primary is
over with and the votes are counted.
“Farmer Jim" “Sawmill Jim” “Bail
road President Jim” “Business Man
Jim" “Turpentine Jim" and “What-not
Jim" w ill decide which calling he most
prefers.
*****
Vote for F. Wills Dart and no mis
take will he made. He is competent,
capable; has had the proper training
and experience, and can manage our
courts with promptness and economic
ally . There is no doubt but that he is
the man for the place.
Friends of Tom Hardwick now claim
that he is certain to carry Coffee conn
ty by a good majority. He delivered a
splendid address here Saturday and
since that time many have openly an
nounced that they would support him
in the primary.
*****
Because they could rot control him.
the old brigade of pie-eaters in the
11th are trying to arouse enough in
terest against Mr. Walker to make a
showing at the ballot box on the 19th.
But it takes more than one "Special"
train to run down the enthusiasm that
is being displayed by Mr. Walker's
friends. Walker is a winner by a bie
majority.
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When the time comes to vote we
hope that the people will take careful
second thought and vote their convic
tions. We hope that they will not be
influenced by any man or set of men
hut that they will study the ticket car*
fully and then vote for the men that
they believe will make the best public
lie servants. Taking into consideration
ea< h man's training, experience, fit
ness for the office he asks for and the
opportunities he has to serve the pop.
P e If this is done, then the right men
wi’l b’ selected; and this is the only
way that the country will ever be prop
criy managed m the interests of ail
th people.
WALKER DELIVERS
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make appointments that would be to
the best interests of ail the people.
He said that every applicant v.ho fail
ed to get appointed knew before the
appointments were made why lie could
not make their recommendation and
that they had all been treated wth th<
utmost courtesy and that because he
had treated them wijh courtesy anu
consideration they now claimed tliai
he had made them promises, which he
had not made.
Had Correspondence With Him
Mr. Walker brought to Douglas a!!
tiie correspondence he had iiad with
thd several applicants for the post
office here and invited anyone who
was interested to come to his room
and look at the letters. He said that
he had answered each and very letter
and acknowledged the receipt of each
and every petition from Duglas as w’ell
as from the other places in the dis
trict as promptly as was possible for
him to do so.
This statement by Mr. Walker re
futes some ( of the claims that he neg
lected to acknowledge the receipt of
petitions and letters.
Was Interrupted.
When Mr. Walker had finished talk
ing about the postoffices and had be
gun to discourse on other matters, a
gentleman from Irwin County inter
rupted him. hut as his questions were
out of order at the time and as the in
terrupter did not seem inclined to
wait for a proper moment for Mr. Wal
ker to answer him, the crowd went
wild and kept calling “Walker! Walk
er! ’ and “Put him out!” “Throw him
out!” and finally the man desisted and
Mr. Walker asked that he have a pri
vate talk with him.
Spoke of Soa Island Bill
Mr. Walker appealed to the people
to judge him in the acts he had per
formed in the short time that he had
been in Congress and if tuey found
'hat he had done his duty he wanted
them to vote for him He said that he
had mapped out a campaign of work
and really desired to be back so
that he might finish this work he had
planned to do. He said he had intro
dticed the Sea Island Cotton bill, and
that lie felt sure of its passage, espec
ially if the people rturned him so that
he could work for its becoming a law.
He stated that it wuld mean hundreds
of thousands of dollars to sea island
growers, and that the greater per cent
of sea island cotton was grown in the
lltti district of Georgia.
Mauds by His Record
Mr. Walker spoke briefly upon the
several bills he had tried to pass and
pointed out that he was a member of
one of the most important committees
in the House, that of Foreign Rela
tions. He said that lie had the ear of
President Wilson and that he had gain
?d the confidence of the president and
those the president had gathered
around him as advisers.
Paid Wilson Tribute
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Before closing Mr. Walker spoke
very eloquently of Presidnt Wilson
and touchingly of the great bereave
ment that had fallen on the Presdent
recently in the loss of his wife.
From here Mr. Walker went to Nich
olls arid spoke there at 3 o'clock; from
hat place he w’ent to Beech to address
i large audience at 4 o’clock. He spoke
at Waycross at 8 o'clock, and every
where in tiie district that lie lias spok
en, large and enthusiastic audiences
nave greeted him and it is freely pre
dicted that he will hav a landslide in
he district.
j LI i i LE NEWS ITEMS
I THROUGHOUT STATE
Gainesville. —Will Heith, who was
knocked down by an automobile, died
as a result of the accident.
Atlanta.—The number of county tax
returns to date, according to Tax Re
ceiver T. M. Armistead, numbers 28,-
450, and exceeds by 2,000 those of any
previous year in the history of Fulton
county for the same length of time.
Fitzgerald.—At the primary the dry
ticket made a clean sweep of their
candidates for aldermen by a large
majority of council against saloons.
Athens. —Athens has a large num
ber of citizens detained now by the
war situation in Europe, the most of
them in Germany and England, and
many of them prominent in the state
as well as locally.
Atlanta.—The old veterans at the
Soldiers’ Home answered the “bugle
call" just as they did in the war days
of long ago. This time they had no
enemy to meet, but instead there was
before them on the front veranda a
wagon load of fresh Georgia melons.
Bainbridge.—The cotton growers of
Decatur county are not as much wor
ried about the European war as in
other places in the cotton belt. The
Bainbridge market is open and doing
business every day, while other and
larger places are refusing to buy cot-,
ton.
Atlanta. —By action of the board of
Fulton county commissioners, the sue
cess of the proposed Southeastern fair
at Lakewood in 1915. was assured.
Decatur.—Tax returns for DeKalb
county under the new tax equalization
law. which have just been compiled,
show an increase of $1,700,015 over
those of 1913. The returns of this
year are $11,735,170 and those of the
past year were $10,035,155.
Louisville. —J F. Comer royally en
tertained about three hundred guests
with an old-time fish fry at his place
at Old Town. The dam to his mill
pond was cut and a great quantity of
fish caught. Among some of the excit
ing incidents was the seining of a 7-
foot alligator which tore up the net
and escaped.
Washington, D. C. —The action of
the comptroller of the currency in des
ignating five more Georgia banks as
COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS. DOUGLAS. GEORGIA
dtT'- Tor tho'p ThCTlug Tubus,
was warmly praised by Sam B. Brown,
a prominent banker of Albany, Ga.,
who came here from New York. The
five additional banks are at Albany,
Columbus, Valdosta, Rome and Athens
“The money will be used by the banks
to help move the crop, and will be
available only for this purpose,” he
said.
Americus.—The third district Ma
sonic convention concluded the annual
session of two days here and adjourn
ed to meet next year at Rochelle. In
the annual election of officers S. L.
Hammond of Americus was chosen
worshipful master and A. B. Howard,
secretary, while the usual number of
minor officers were elected. At the
close of the business session the visit
ing Masons and invited guests to the
number of 400 were transported to the
park of the Americus Barbecue club,
where a sumptuous feast was enjoyed.
Savannah. —Announcement that a
syndicate is being organized in New
York to purchase foreign vessels with
which to resume the country's foreign
commerce will be comforting news to
cotton and naval stores producers
throughout the South. J. A. G. Car
son of Savannah, who was recently
appointed a member of the merchant
marine committee of the foreign trade
council, was notified that a meeting
of the committee was held in New
York. The meeting will have an im
portant bearing upon the organization
of the steamship company.
Griffin. —Plans for the greater de
velopment of the apple industry of
Georgia were made at the joint meet
ing of the Georgia Apple Association
and the State Horticulture Society at
this place. The object of the joint
meeting was to greatly Increase the
acreage planted in apples and the pro
duction of groves already bearing, the
latter result to be accomplished
through adoption of the most advanc
ed methods of horticulture. Officials
of the Georgia Experiment Station
have a great many interesting and ed
ucational things to show the fruit
growers and truck farmers who at
tended this meeting.
Bainbridge.—Bainbridge people have
considerable interest in the European
situation on account of the presence
there of several well known people.
Fears are expressed that Mrs. F. S.
Jones, wife of the cashier of the First
National bank, is in Paris. Mrs. Jones
is accompanied by Mrs. Agnes D.
Graves. Mrs. Charles Barney of the
Bainbridge high school, has been
spending the summer in Italy and Ger
many, and it is feared that she is
among the Americans bottled up. Her
son is a student at Rome, and it is
believed that she will be cared for il
she can get out of Germany. Miss
Marie Craig, one of the teachers ol
the high school, is probably at Ber
lin.
It is believed that the White Star
liner, Olympic, which departed from
New York, with provisions and coal
for Liverpool, England, will be con
verted into a British cruiser upon its
arrival at its destination.
The enmassing of British, French
and Belgian troops at strategical
points in Belgium, it is believed will
effectively block the German army’s
progress through Belgium.
A dispatch from Amsterdam states
that 50 Uhlans have been captured and
disarmed in the province of Limburg,
Holland.
Lieutenant Commander Arthur B.
Keating missing from the battleship,
Arkansas, was drowned in Vera Cruz.
Canada has made an offer of one mil
lion bags of flour as a gift to the
British government, and it is said that
the offer has been accepted.
According to information received in
Washington, D. C., by Secretary of
State Bryan, many Americans are be
ing detained in Germany. Some of
them are under arrest.
Georgia and Florida were well rep
resented at the National Rural Let
ter Carriers’ Association which con
vened at Washington, D. C.
The Holland Lloyd steamer, Tuba
nia, from South America, which was
captured by the British and taken
to Plymouth, is said to have had a
cargo of $2,300,000 in gold.
A trainload of French reservists on
their way to France to join the army
passed through Atlanta, Ga. The men
were in high spirits and sang the Mar
sellaise most of the time.
The cotton planters of t)he South are
urged to keep cool and hold on to
their cotton.
The French troops have invaded
Alsace-Lorraine.
The Italian ambassador in London
was cheered by the throngs that pass
ed the embassy in London.
A call for all available ship officers
has been made by the United States.
In a proclamation to the German
people the kaiser said that Germany
will fight it out against the enemies
of the world.
During the attack on Liege it is re
ported the German army of the Meuse
lost several thousand men. They were
repulsed by the Belgians, whose loss
es are said to have been slight in
comparison with those of the Germans.
Two German cruisers who chased
the Lusitania were attacked and sunk
by English warships, according to the
wireless messages said to have been
intercepted by a vessel arriving in the
port at New York.
Sveaborg. Finland, known as the
“Gibraltar of the Baltic.” is reported
to have been bombarded by German
warships. It is believed the reasons
of the Germans for bombarding this
port is to open the way to St. Peters
burg, Russia.
It is feared that American tourists
in Belgium are in danger, as a number
are known to be in the vicinity of
Liege, w here the Germans engaged the
Belgian troops.
THE WEEK’S EVENTS
Important News of the State, Nation,
and World Told in a Few Lines \
for Your Convenience.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record of Happenings
of Interest From All Points
of the World.
The city cf Liege has fallen. The
first great victory of the European
war has been won by the German sol
diers. The price paid, however, was
the loss of thousands of lives. It is
said that the trenches outside the
city are filled four deep with the bod
ies of German soldiers.
It is reported that Kaiser William
of Germany is rushing in an automo
bile to join his troops on the Alsatian
frontier.
The invasion of Alsace by the
French troops has been received with
great enthusiasm by the natives of
that country, according to dispatches.
As the funeral train bearing the
body of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the de
ceased wife of the president of the
United States, passed through Geor
gia, its progress was marked by the
tolling of bells in the towns through
which it passed.
Plans are UDder way in*Canada
to rush 21,000 troops within a short
time to aid Great Britain.
According to reports from financial
centers in the United States, the worst
of the effects of the European war
has been felt in the United States and
the outlook for an early adjustment to
the war situation is promising.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
president of the United States, died at
the white house after a lingering ill
ness of bright’s disease. Mrs. Wilson
was the daughter of a Presbyterian
minister and was born at Savannah,
Ga. The flitrial was at Rome, Ga.,
her girlhood home. The funeral serv
ices at the capitol at Washington, D.
C., were private.
Even the offer of annexation of ter
ritory now under German rule failed
to entice Italy to recognize the alli
ance with Germany and Austria in the
war with the other powers of Europe.
The profound dislike for the Austrians
by the Italians and the reluctance of
the nation to go to war against Eng
land is believed to have influenced the
Italian diplomats in their decision.
It has been estimated that the Ger
man loss in the siege against Liege,
Belgium, was 25,000 killed, not includ
ing the great numbers wounded and
taken prisoners.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels now
has a plan whereby the colliers of
the navy will be utilized in shipping
the South’s cotton abroajj.
An appeal has been made to the
women of France to go into the har
vest fields to tak« the place of the
men who have taken up arms in the
defense of country.
A feeling of optimism prevailed in
London when the banks of London re
opened for business.
With the appointment of Warburg
and Delano the federal reserve board
has been completed.
Italy has received an ultimatum
from Germany in which in so many
words the kaiser demands to know just
how the Italian government stands in
tiie present war crisis.
The French troops have joined those
of Belgium in Belgium.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
ordered American warships to guard
the home ports.
All vessels leaving the ports of the
United States without clearance papers
will be boarded and examined for ex
ports classified as contraband of war,
also war supplies.
The United States warship Tennes
see will carry millions of dollars to
European nations to be utilized in
bringing 100,000 American tourists to
the homeland.
The American Red Crogs Societey
has decided to extend services to all
nations in the European war.
Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, wife of the
American ambassador in Paris, and
many prominent society women of that
city, have offered their services to the
French army as nurses.
King Albert of Belgium has called
upon his subjects to defend the neu
trality of his country, even though it
means the death of every native Bel
gian.
The Germans have captured the city
of Vise, Belgium.
During an engagement at Semendria,
Servia, the Austrian troops were de
feated with heavy losses by the Ser
vian soldiers.
A large force of Austrian troops, aid
ed by a flotilla of monitors have been
trying to cross River Save into Ser
via, but have been repeatedly repulsed.
Savannah, Ga., is considerably trou
bled over the probable congestion at
that port of exports for foreign points
due to the failure of foreign freight
ers to sail from Savannah.
Temporary arrangements for han
dling foreign mails have been provid
ed by the L T nited States in the event
of-English, German and French liners
plying between American and foreign
ports are withdrawn. The mails will
be transferred to American, Norwegi
an. Swede and Italian steamers.
Roy Stubbs of Eatonton, Ga., wiill
be recommended for the position as
United States attorney in the southern
district of Georgia.
After a short skirmish with the Rus
sian troops the German troops took
possession of Zer.stcchcwa, Bendzin
and Kalish in Russian Pc'.and.
'Aid Given Americans.
Paris.—French military authorities
are offering every facility for Ameri
can citizens in France.
Annihilates German Cavalry.
London. —A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company from Brus
sels says a division of the German
cavalry which had forded the Meuse
to the north of Liege was surprised
and practically annihilated by Belgian
cavalry and infantry supported by a
battery of light artillery.
Uhlans Captured in Holland.
Amsterdam, via London. —Fifty Uh
lans have been captured and disarmed
at Maastricht, capital of the province
of Limburg.
Tourists Are Being Aided.
Washington.—Secretary Bryan an
nounced that the American govern
ment was in communication with all
its European embassies and legations
and that every effort was being made
to care for Americans on the conti
nent.
Canada Gives England Flour.
Ottawa, Can. —The Canadian govern
ment has offered the imperial authori
ties one million bags of flour as a gift
for the use of the British people, it
was announced.
Mr. E. L. Bledsoe and little sonl of
Broxton, has been n the city for two
days ths week. Mr. Bledsoe stated
that work had been commenced on the
cleaning away of the rubbish on the
burned area at Broxton preparatory to
erecting the new bildings and that it
was expected that the building would
be completed by the first of October.
The Soft Answer.
It is hard telling just what attitude
to take with regard to the allegations
and alleged misstatements and unkind
remarks of other people. It does not
pay to be too thin skinned. Besides,
the other fellow may have been mis
quoted; and even if he said it, this
saying sometimes does not make it so.
Ignoring a thing of that sort brings it
to the quickest death in the world and
turns bad feeling into good. There is
a book that says: “A soft answer
turneth away wrath.” —Los Angelee
Times.
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.
Overstreet Realty Company
I will be found in my office af
ter July 4th in the Overstreet
building and invite you to call and
see me. 1 shall engage in the
real estate business and would
like to sell or buy and promise
you a square deal.
'Yours respectfully,
Overstreet Realty Company
PER J. F. OVERSTREET •
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 I2Ac Dress Ginghams for 9c
Best Grade 10c Homespun for 7jc
5c Yalenciene Lace for 3c
SI.OO Sampson Overalls for 89c
6c Calico for 4ic
THE SURPRISE STORE
OFPOSITE POSTOFFICE DOUGLAS, GA.
classified
ADVERTISEMENTS
THE SOUTHERN MORTGAGE CO
has no other representative in this
county except M. D. Dckerson. s ee
FOR first class board and comfort
able beds, go to the" Morgan House
next door to A. B. & A, depot ; -
FARM OVERSEER-—I wish to make
arrangements to take charge of farm
Best of references. Aaron Tyson
Douglas, Oa. ‘ 4fJ _ 4 j
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 town of
Bushnell. Can sell to white people—
Cash or terms.—R. D. CARNISH. ]t
FARM LOANS see M. D. DICKER
SON, the representative of the Sou
thern Mortgage Co., the oldest com
panylending money in this county.
Bring your hides to G.R. Moore and
receive hghest cash price paid in the
city- 8-5-4 t
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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” wh?n 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.
“I have been somewhat costive, but
loan's Regulets gave just the '•psults
iesired. They act mfldly and regu
te the bowels perfectly”—George B.
Krause, 306 Walnut Ave„ Altoona,
*' a - 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.