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<£of ftt County Jhrnyrfle®. Vol I* No. 44 Jack Slaton Joins Down-and-Out Club GERMANS CAPTURED 70,000 RUSSIANS TWO COMMANDERS AMONG PRISONERS TAKEN BY GERMANS lilies Have Lost All Hopes of Persuading the Otter man Empire to Remain Neutral ITALY MAY AID THE TBIPPLE ENTENTE Appears Probable War Drama Will be Extended to Ail Eastern Europe Washington, D. C. Sept. I—Offi cial advices received through dip lomatic channels to-day report two of the most Important develop ments of the present war. The German embassy £ave out | message from Berlin, received wireless, claiming that German forces near Allenstein had captur ed 70,000 Russian prisoners, in cluding two commanding generals 300 officers and the entire equip ment of Russian artillery- Great Britain asked the United States to be prepared to care for British diplomatic interests in Tur key, indicating that the allies had lost hope of persuading the Otter man Empire to remain neutral, Dispatches received at the British embassy referred to the incorpo ration in the Turkish army of sev eral German officers, which was yarded as the forernnner of mirkey’s iniervention in behalf of Germany 30,000 Russians Are Captured by Germans X w York, Sept. 2. —The capture of '0 Russians by German troops is <*' ounced in a wireless dispatch from :)in received here Monday. The dis i> h follows: "!t was officially announced in Ber today that about 30,000 Russians : been taken prisoners by the Ger n .ns in the fighting in> East Prussia, Menial ly at Ortelsburg, Hohenstein av . : , Tanneburg. They include many officers of high rank. The German attack at these points was across swamps and lakes." Tue Russian General Staff last week a r.ounced the capture of Ortelsburg fr >ni the Germans without opposition, i Ms town is 85 miles south by east ' f Koenigsburg and 105 miles east by north of Thorn, both of which, says ar, official announcement in St. Pet ersburg. have been invested by the Russians. It will be "recalled that of ficial announcements made in Brus sels continually reported victories for but the Germans made a Bpfdy advance. The same course of wevtion may be followed in St. Peters b'ft'sr. Drops Bombs in Paris M-indon, Sept. 2.—A Paris dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. says: "A German aviator flew over Paris Sunday afternoon and dropped five bombs, which fell in the most popu- quarter of the city. In one case two women were wounded. "One bomb fell in front of the shop ’S 3 barber and wine-merchant at tvue Albuy ar.d Rue Des Yinaigriers: two on Qual de Yaimy. one of which | did not explode, while another struck | the walls of the Night Refuge, behind St. Martin’s hospital. Two others dropped in the Rue Des Recollets and Rue Martin, both of which exploded. "The aviator, who signed himself, Lieut. Yon Heissen, dropped manifes tos on which were written ‘The Ger- I man army is at the gate of Paris; you j can do nothing but surrender.’ ” 18 Atlanta Youths Off Join Canadian Troops Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—More than a dozen Atlanta young men are plan ning to leave for Canada within a few r days to join the Canadian expedition ary force which leaves there to fight | with the British troops. They are I yonug fellows of adventurous spirit, I and range from members of the Peach J tree set to hard handed working men. j They are going simply because they I want to get in to the excitement, afid j they are likely to have plenty of it j before they return, k American Money No Good In Europe Now Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 2. —On every ship which reaches an American port Geor gia folk are returning from Europe with tales of war time in Europe. Many of them were caught in the hu man maestrom which surged in the streets of Paris or Berlin, found themselves in a perilous passage to London, whence sailed the only re maining ships, or were seriously de layed in trying to get from one spot on the continent to another. Real suffering was experienced by many Atlantans. “I had more than a thousand dol lars in letters of credit and English currency in my purse," said one At lanta woman who returned this week. "Yet in Berlin I could not purchase so much as a sandwich. I might as well have been a pauper. It was 24 hours before I succeeded in finding a German friend who lent me enough i German gold to purchase food and passage to England. I waited 18 I hours standing in line in the sun. be } fore I could buy a ticket at the sta | tion.” 600,000 MORE FRENCH CALLED TO FRONT Paris, France,4 Sept. 2. Before thr German armies get to Paris they will have to face 600,000 troops in addition to the vast forces that are already at the front. That many have already been called to tire colors, and work of equiping them is proceeding rapidly. As fast as they secure their outfits they will depart for the front. -These trops include veterans and young men who are not called in the first order for mobilization. Their be ing called to the colors means a com plete paralysis Of manufacture. HEW VKD I will pay liberal reward for the re turn of bicycle stolen from my home on last Saturday night. Description: Ranger. New departure, coster brake, made by Meade Cycle Co.. Will pay good reward for proof to convict party stealing same./ G. R. MOORE Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, September 2nd 1914 Railroads Will Have To Guarantee Boyers Says Farmers Here if They Expect Many Acres of Watermelons Planted Next Year While talking with a prominent far mer of the county this week, the sub ject of the watermelon club was men tioned. This farmer stated that there would be no use for the farmers to plant watermelons or any other of the perishable crops unless buyers could be guaranteed to come to the fields and buy direct. The gentleman in conversation said that one of his neighbors had this sea son shipped a carload of watermelons to the Northern markets and that in stead of realizing anything on them he received an expense bill of $4.80, thus being out the melons, his cost of grow ing them and $4.80 besides. Of course, this grower is not going to plant any more melons under the existing cir cumstances and neither will any of his friends. The melons in question we understand, brought from 40 to 50 cents a piece Jn the market —they av eraged about thirty pounds and yet the freight, wharfage and a hundred and one other charges ate up all they sold for and put the farmer in debt for shipping them besides. However, the farmer said that if the planters of melons could have a bona fide guarantee from the railroads that they would be able to have buyers on the ground when the crop was ready for the market, and could get from 3 to 4 cents each for the melons on the cars, money could be made growing them. That seems to be the meat of the nut. The railroads are continually trying to induce farmers to plant all sorts of crops and when they dp so, or when some of them do so, and the product is shipped, the returns are of times less than nothing, as in the case above cited. It would seem as if the railroads operating in this territory might make some definite arrangements to handle any and all perishable crops the farm ers wanted to plant and it is the opin ion of hundreds of the best farmers in Coffee County that the railroads, the custodians of the crop, chould see to it that the farmer is protected in every way that is possible. llnles this is done, it looks as if the farmers here would be foolish in going ahead with 'crops that they were not sure of getting anything out of. VALDOSTA MAKES STRONG BID FOR DOUGLAS CIGAR FACTORY Business Men of That City Trying Hard to Induce Mr. Smith to Move the Factory There—Would Take Thousands of Dollars of Payroll Money Away From This City. There have been persistent rumors in Douglas the past few weeks to the ffeet that Yaldosta business men are ndeavoring to get Mr. J. B. Smith to move the Douglas cigar factory to that city. A reporter for The Progress inter viewed Mr. Smith on the subject last Monday morning and Mr. Smith ack nowledged that the rumors were well founded. He stated that he had just returned from Yaldosta. having been called there Friday by wire to meet with the business men to listen to their proposition. , Mr. Smith would not state details concerning the offer made him by the Yaldosta people, but said that it was an alluring one, and that he had made them a tentative promise. Mr. Smith stated that tm had no doubt but that the business interests of Yaldosta would come up to all the promises they had made him to get the factory, appreciating, as they said the fact that the removal of the factory there meant thousands of dollars an nually turned loose in the woy of pay roll money. However, Mr. Smith said PLANS BEING LAID FOR BIG CONGRESS In Atlanta in October to be Known as Southeastern Food Crop Con- * ference—State Chamhes of Commerce Backing the Enterprise Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. —The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is arranging to hold a big meeting in Atlanta in the early part of October, which will be known as the Southeastern Food Crop Conference. The object of the confer ence will be to secure the growing of a larger amount of all foodstuffs, Jaoth for man and animals, in tha cotton producing states of the southeast. At the same time, the cotton states lying wes of the Mississippi will be request ed to hold a similar conference in some suitably located city within easy reach of their territory. The plans outlined by the state chamber call for between 500 and 600 delegates. The commissioner of Agri culture in each state will be requested to appoint a dlegate from each coun ty in his state, with alternate dele gates in case of inability to attend on the part of the first one named. These men will be selected by rason of their influence among the farmers of tjieir home counties. The importance of raising sufficient foodstuffs so that the southeast will not have to import any next year will be earnestly impressed upon the met ing. Since the coming of the Euro pean war, the entire South is getting an object lesson on the foolishness of depending too much.on any one crop, no matter how strong a crop that may be. It is necessary that every county j shall grow at least enough to feed it self next year. It is impossible to say how long this war will last. Flail Kitchner, the British Minister of War, who is probably the most reliable source of information, states that it will extend over a period of eighteen months. That will mean two crops for us. it is imperative that the South shall be absolutely independent of out side sources of supply next year. Then no matter what price cotton may bring, we shall be immune from the effects for food ood-eyfythd the effects of high prices for food stuffs in other parts of file world. The South can do it. Before the Civil war it was prastically an unknown thing for a Southerner to buy any meats, grain or other staple foods from any where outside the South. The date for the conference will probably be October 5 and 6. It is possible that it will be found advisa ble to change these dates a little, but it will be held at about that time in he was reluctant to leave Douglas, hut that he had, of course, to do what was to his best interests. The reporter for The Progress went through the factory here and found that at this time there are some twen ty men at work there and learned up on inquiry that they average about S2O each per week. This means that the factory is turning loose here in Doug las in the neighborhood of S2OO a week in payroll moneyand practically all of this money is brought here from out side the city and county, because every thousand cigars that are sold in the territory-traveled by representatives of the cigar company is paid into the of fice here and the only money that the company sends out of the city and county is for raw material. So it will be seen that the factory is a feeder at this time to the extent of some $20,000 a yar in cash which goes into every line of business that exists in the city; grocers, druggists, and all other class es of merchants get their share, as (Continued on page 5) MACON CONVENTION DEAD LOCKED THROUGH THE NIGHT STEAM ROLLER WORKED HARO Steady Voting From Two o'Clock Tuesday Until Six To-Day. Pandemonium Reigned From 3:30 Till Six This Morning—Hardwick Finally Wins Out Through Felder Withdrawing From Race 14th Ballot, Hardwick 222, Slaton 144, Hutchens 6 SUPERIOR COURT BEEN ADJOURNED The regular term of Superior Court, which was to have convened last Mon day has been adjourned until the 4th and sth Monday’s in November. Judge Quincey, in his order adjourning the sessions stated: “Owing to the fact that the farmers of the county are extremely busy gath ering the cotton crop and to the fact that it is difficult to get money to pay for cotton picking because of the fi nancial stringency brought about by the European war, and that it would be an unnecessary hardship and bur den upon the people of the county to force jurors, witnesses and parties lit igent away from their homes and busi ness for two weeks at this time when they are so badly needed in looking after the gathering of their crops, Su perior Court will not be held on the first and second Mondays in Septem ber, but will be adjourned over to the fourth and fifth Mondays in November. It will, therefore, not be necessary for jurors, parties, and witnesses to be present on the first and second Mon days in September, but they will be required to answer to all summonses for those dates on the fourth and fifth Mondays in November.” Commissioner Jim Price Says Hold Your Cotton Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. "Hold your cotton. Sit steady in the boat. Don't get rattled,” is the advice of Farmer Jim Price, state commissioner of ag riculture, to Georgia farmery. Mr. Price has been one of the clos est watchers of the effect of the Euro pean war on cotton, and he has come to the conclusion that the planter has little to fear if he will only keep his head. "Hold your cotton in the seed where possible,and if not, hold it in the bale. Go ahead with your year’s work just as though conditions were normal,” is Mr. Price's advice. Mr. Price and other leaders in the agricultural field now feel confident that the steps taken by the govern ment for the protection of the cotton planters will prove entirely adequate nad the cotton people will suffer no great, losses because of the delayed market. THE DOUGLAS DISTRICT * SINGING CONVENTION The South Georgia Singing conven tion will convene at the Normal col lege auditorium at 9:30 o’clock Sun day morning, September 14. Nine or ten glasses from different sections of the county and a number from other countieswill be present, including some of the fluent sopranos, altos and tenors in this section. There will be two sessions: Morn ing, from 9:30 to 12. and afternoon from 1:30 to 4:00. If you can enter tain any delegate, leave your name with Judge C. A. Ward, or The Prog ress office. This convention will be well worth attending and the public is cordially invited to be present at both the ses sions. J. M. FREEMAN, See. $1 Per Annum One of the most strenuous convn tions in th histry f Georgia came to a close at 1 o'clock today with the nomination of Tom Hardwick for the short term senatorship. From 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon the forces at. Macon had ben lined up and a battle royal ensued. From the first ballot taken last night at six o’- clock until early this morning, Hard wick steadily gained on his opponent, Jack Slaton, and at 7 o'clock this morning the •convention adjourned un til noon. During the recess a caucus was held and Felder, whose forces had been a rock aof Gibralter all through, were finally influenced to go to Hard wick. When the convention reconve'ned at. noon today Felder made a brief speech stating that it was useles for him to hold out longer and he withdrew. This gave Hardwick the advantage and on the next ballot Hardwick was elected. The result of the convention puts Jack Slaton in the down and out club, and his “foxey” politics will not be again inflicted upon Georgia for he has done his best and lost. The odds were too strong against him. Mr. Slaton played a foxey game. He tried to work both ends and the mid dle, but the voters of the Empire State did not seem to take to his way of trying to get into the United States senae, and consequently he is now, or will be when his term as governor ex pires. one of the plain citizens of the state. Formal Opening of Convention When Senator West mounted the pi*:form to open the convention by virtue of his position as chairman of tiie State Executive Committee, he was given a cordial reception. Just as the West applause died down someone yelled.'Three cheers for Hoke Smith!’ They were given. The man who start ed it was Judge Newt Morris, one of the senior senator's most ardent ad mirers. The convention was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Ainsworth, pastor of the Mulberry Street Methodist church. Dr. Ainsworth prayed that God's hand would guide the delegates in their deliberations, and that he "He calm the passions of men." Senator West implored the dele gates to so conduct themselves that there might be a minimum of noise and confusion, as a preface’ to naming United States Marshal Davis as Sar geant at Arms. There was a battle at once between H. H. Dean, of Gainesville, and Du pont Guerry, of Macon, to gain recog nition for their nominees for tempora ry chairman. Mr. Dean was recogniz ed and put in onmination Judge J. P. Pottle. Mr. Guerry then placed the name of W. F. Jenkins, of Putnam, in nomination. The temper of the spectators was quickly shown in the sharp yell that went up for Jenkins. (Continued on page 4)