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Vol I. No. 48
PART OF GERMAN ARMY OFFERS TO SURRENDER
MURDER SUSPECT WAS
FOUND IN JAIL HERE
Jthnson County Deputy Accident
ly Discovers Man Here Wanted
For Killing Six Years Ago
0“ Friday of last week, Deputy Sher
iff l. L. Johnson, of Johnson county,
ariv-d in the city and carried away
a young man (white) who had been
in this county for the greater part of
the time for the past two years, under
trie tame of J. W. Jackson, but whose
really Lee Gainer. The pris-
stands charged with the murder
nft | a young man named Claxton in
Jot:.son county some six years ago.
He was arrested by the authorities
in *nis county about six weeks ago
on a charge of having stolen a bicy-
S| cle :rom the Central Grocery Co., and
j being unable to give bond was placed
in jail to await indictment at the next
term of Superior Court.
Recently Deputy Sheriff Johnson
came to Douglas for another prisoner,
and on entering the jail immediately
recognized Jackson( as known here),
as the murderer wanted in his county
the kiling of Claxton. The sus
pect, however, stoutly denied ever
having been in Johnson county and
claimed that his name was Jackson.
The deputy, in order to more thor
oughly establish his identification,
made a close examination of the per
son of the prisoner, procured a pho
tograph, and on returning to his home
county, submitted the description and
photographs to parties who knew Lee
Garner before he committed the mur
der.
Practically all who saw the photo
4gra;h recognized in it a complete like
■ ness of Garner so with definit assur
ance that he had found the right man,
•the deputy came to Douglas and took
him away on the 10:00 o'clock G. & F.
train Friday morning.
are informed that there is a
standing reward of three hundred dol
lars for his arrest. The man charged
with the crime has been about Doug
las for the past two years working as
a farm hand for Mr. Bartley Vickers.
ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPING
Monday afternoon, Constable H. C.
Ellis arrested a white man in Douglas
by the name of Jim Riley, on corn
ua: nt from officers of Birmingham,
<2ia„ under a charge of kidnaping the
poung son of a Mr. Hicks, of that city-,
about a month ago. Riley admitted
he was the man wanted, but would
not divulge the whereabouts of the
kidnaped boy. He was placed in jail
to" await the arrival of the Alabama
sheriff.
There is a SSO reward for the ar
rest of Riley which will go to H. C.
Eiiis.
TJOFFETCOUNTYFAIR
WILL NOT BE HELD
For several w-eeks the officers and
directors of the Coffee County Fair
Association have been in suspense as
to whether to hold the fair this fall.
They have been appnehensive since
the outbreak of the European war and
the dow-nfall of the cotton market that
the fair w r ould not make enough to
cover the expense, and that it would
become financially involved should an
effort be made to hold it this season.
At a called meeting of the direc
tors held at the court house last Thurs
% afternoon, the resolution adopted
Ipd the annual meeting in the early part
oAthe year to hold a fair, this fall, on
dates later fixed by the executive of
ficers, November 17-21, 1914, was, on
formal motion, rescinded and the dates
canceled.
It is regretted by all that condi
tions are such as to cause the direc
tor to feel that it would be to the best
interest of the association, and of the
public, to abandon the plan to hold
tfie fair this year. This action, how
ever, does not mean that other fairs
not be held. Steps will be taken
immediately after the holiday season
to hold the largest and best fair in
the fall of 1915, ever undertaken by
the Fair Association.
doff it (Ktmnfj) Progress,
PROGRESS WILL PAY
TEN CTS FOR COTTON
I
To Help Farmers Pay Their Sub
scription Dues-Thirty Pounds
of Seed pays For a Year.
ILSO AIM.IV TO OTHER ACCOUNT.
Any Merchant or Business Man Owing
The Progress for Anything May De
liver Seed Cotton at .“Ha Cents or
Lint Cotton at 10 Cents to Apply on
The Indebtedness.
The Progress has not made any ef
fort until now- to collect anything on
subscription up to this time because of
the fact that its farmer friends were
not in position to pay during the sum
mer for the paper, but as there are
more than 1,000 people in the county
w ho owe us at this time a dollar each,
and as we have been running along all
through the summer months without
collecting scarcely anything 6n sub
scription, w-e are now at a place where
we must get in some of this money.
A newspaper has a lot of expenses
that must be paid every week and ev
ery month. And it takes a lot of mon
ey to run even as small a paper as
The Progress. We have paid out near
ly $2,000 to run The Progress during
the year and w r e have not received a
teneh of this amount back in subscrip
tions. And we feel sure that our farm
er friends will appreciate our stand at
this time and will gladly send or
bring us 30 pounds of seed cotton and
get a receipt for a year’s subscrip
tion. If they want to pay for another
year, they may bring 60 pounds and
get a receipt for two years.
Simple Matter to Comply.
It will be easy enough for the farm
ers to do this. All they have to do is
to put 30 pounds net of seed cotton in
a bag and send it or bring it to this of
fice. If several of them wish to make
up a load that much the better, as
each one can send 30 pounds net, and
instruct the party who receives it at
the office who sent the cotton and get
separate receipts for each 30 pounds.
Contestants May Take Cotton.
The Progres hereby authorizes all
the contestants to accept cotton at
the rate of 3 % cents a pound ( for
seed), and allow* the giver to have a
year’s subscription for every 30 pound
they give. Thm will help the contes
tants in their work.
The cotton need not be delivered to
the contestant, but may be brought to
this office and when turned in the one
for whom the cotton is delivered can
inform The Progres which of the con
testants they wish to credit it.
Or, if the contestants desire, they
may arange to have the cotton deliver
ed to any given place thsy name and
when the amount is great enough, they
can send it to The Progress and The
Progress will pay the expense of hav
ing it hauled. In this way the work
ers in the contest should be able to
reap a harvest.
Applies to Other Accounts.
There are a number of merchants
throughout the county who owe The
Progress for job work and advertis
ing, and who have allowed their cus
tomers to settle with them in cotton,
and The Progress will be glad to ac
cept cotton from them at the rate of
ten cents a pound for lint or three and
one-half cents for seed. They can let
us know whether they will accept this
proposition and we will tell them how j
to send the cotton to us.
There is a lot of money outstanding
on our books and if we can get cotton
for it, we will be glad, and it will help
the people of this county to gain their
end —10 cents or more.
We have made every effort to give
the peopl of the county a clean and
fair nwspaper holding the interests of
the people of the county above every
thing else, and we firmly believe that
our friends will help us now and send
us cotton or money so that we can con
tinue giving them the kind of a news
paper we believe the peopl want and
desrve to hav.
VIRGINIA GOES DRV BY MAJORITY
OF 35,000.
Richmond, Va„ Sept. 29.—Statewide
prohibition won in Virginia at last
week's election by a majority of over
35,000, all but four counties going for
prohibition. The four counties oppos
ing were Richmond, Norfolk, Alean
dria and Williamsburg. The total vote
was about 150,000.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, September 30th 1914
COTTON SEED ARE
LOW EVERYWHERE
Farmers Wonder Why They Sell
For 50 Per Cent Less Than
Year Ago.
SEEM TO BE GOING BEGGING
While Everybody Has Boosted Price
Of Cotton That of Seed Ha* Been
Overlooked. The Reasons Given for
the Big Slump.
While the people of the South,
backed by the rest of the country,
have boosted the price of cotton un
til they have raised it to within sight
of ten cents, it appears that cotton
seed has been overlooked, and this
commodity is being sold at great sac
rifice prices in Dawson and elsewhere
over the State.
The question has been asked by a
number of farmers as to the reason
cotton seed is selling for about 50 per
cent less this year than last year,
while at the same time other pro
ducts, especially food stuffs, are sell
ing at higher prices. True, with cot
ton lower the seed fell with it, but
the raise in the price of cotton has
left the seed, and there has been lit
tle if any change in the price.
Should Boost Cotton Seed.
It is suggested that the people of
Georgia and the South should unite
on the price of cotton seed and boost
it along with the price of cotton.
Starting about three weeks ago the
price of cotton has been boosted sev
eral cents a pound, and it appears to
be going higher, having already
reached nine cents.
The farmer with his seed is going
begging, and about the best he can
get for them is sl4 a ton. Higher
prices have been paid this season by
some dealers, but tills appears to be
the prevailing price at present. The
price has ranged from sl4 to sl6 per
ton, but last season the price was
double this.
Reason for Low Price.
One reason for the low price given
in several cities is that the mills
have a large supply on hand, but this
seems improbable when it is taken
into consideration that much of the
seed has been placed in the market
by the farmer on account of the low
price. Cotton seed makes good fertil
izer, and when it is considered that
fertilizer is high it seems that therein
lies the solution.
It is suggested that the farmer
hold his seed as he has held his cot
ton. and let the people unite behind
him to buy at a higher price as they
have done with cotton, and this sec
ond commodity to cotton would prob
ably rise at once. It is possibly a
matter to be taken up with the farm
ers and the citizens of the country.
Better Prices to All.
The farmers are asking the ques
tion, and while their cotton is being
held off the market, if a good price
could be gotten for their seed they
would be enabled to handle their
debts better and really have to sell
less cotton. With seed bringing a
good price the farmer has a large
portion of his money in cotton saved,
but with the price of cotton low and
the seed lower he is the loser both
ways.—Dawson News.
HUGE DIAMOND BACK
RATTLESNAKE KILLED
BY HON. C. A. WARD
Senator-elect C. A. Ward, who has
won his political spurs more than
once, is very busy these days trying
to establish some record as a progres
sive farmer, so last Monday, bright
and early, he betook himself to his
plantation near the city and soon after
arriving there he began the destruc
tion of a weed patch which he thought
was thriving too well for the good of
his soil. Before completing the job,
however, he suddenly found himself
face to face with a good sized rattler.
After recovering from the shock, he
promptly dispatched the diamond-back
and came on a bee-line to Douglas.
We have not missed him from the
streets since.
10c Cotton For Real Estate.
I will pay 10c for middling cotton in
exchange for real estate, farms or city
W. A. BAGWELL REALTY AGCY.
47-48 Douglas, Ga.
OPEN SEASON FOR
HUNTING IS GIVEN
Game Warden Merier Sets Out
Dates When Various Birds
May be Lawfully Killed
Game Warden Eugene Merrier be
low gives the dates when various birds
and other game may be lawfully kill
ed in this county:
Cat Squirrels.—From August 1 to
January 1, following.
Deer.—From October 1 to January
1, following.
Dqves, Partridges, Turkey Gobblers
and Plovers. —-From November 20 to
March 1, following.
Snipe.—From December 1 to May
1, following.
Ducks.—From December 1 to Janu
ary 1, following.
No person shall kill more than three
male Deer; no more than three wild
Turkey Gobblers: no more than 25
game birds, except Doves, or Snipe, of
which one person may kill 40 in one
day. No wild Turkey Hens, or Doe or
Fawn Deer, prior to December 1, 1916,
shall be killed, and no Fox Squirrels
shall be killed prior to January 1,
1918; and it is unlawful for any party
or parties to sell or offer for sale any
game in any manner.
County license costs one dollar;
State license, $3.00. As your county
warden, I ask that all the good people
of Coffee County abide by the laws,
for the protection of the fish and game
laws, so that there will be no one to
prosecute.
With best wishes to all, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
EUGENE MERRIER,
Game Warden, C. C.
Buy-a-Bale Plan Makes
Unlooked for Headway
According to reports daily pouring
in from all parts of the country, the
Buy-a-Bale movement is sweeping on
at a tremendous rate. Already the
number of bales bought up and taken
off the market would aggregate sever
al hundred thousand.
The American Tobacco Co. one of
the giant corporations of the w*orld.
has, during the past week, announced
its plan for taking up oue hundred
thousand bales.
The Studebaker Co., another corpo
ration, representing many millions,
yesterday gave out the statement that
the company would enter the move
ment on a large scale, through their
thousands of dealers in the South.
A number of large purchases have
been reported from other automobile
manufacturers in the North and North
west also, from numbers of large bus
iness houses in New York, Boston and
other cities.
That the North is taking such an ac
tive interest in this great scheme to
help the Southern farmer and busi
ness man, should be an inspiration to
all patriotic sons of the South to stand
by their guns until the battle is won.
BUY-A-BALE-OF-LOTTON .. MOVE
MENT CONTINUES TO GROW.
Atlanta, Sept. 30.—The past week
has been a phenominal one in the BuyA j
a-Bale-of- Cotton movement, which al
ready is believed to have taken half a
million bales off the market. Numer
ous heavy purchases have been report
ed at ten cents a pound and the mark
et has held up strongly under the in
fluence of the movement.
The greatest individual purchase
was that of the Crown Cork & Seal
Co., of Baltimore, which purchases
vast quantities of cork from Spain. It
was unable to secure this because all
ships had stopped running, so it ar
ranged for a steamship line of its own.
Then it contracted with Spanish
spinners to take 12,000 bales of South
ern cotton for $600,000, and will ship
this from Savannah, New Orleans and
Galveston. The company’s ships will
deliver the cotton, the deal being fi
nanced by the Crown company, and
bring back the cork needed for the
manufacture of crowns and corks.
The London policeman arrests on
an average, seven persons a year; the
Parisian policeman arrests twenty
nine.
GENERAL VON KLUK'S DIVISION OF KAISERS
TROOPS WORN OUT BY ALLIES
i PERSISTANCE
Paris, Sept 29.—The right wing of the German army in France is in full
| retreat according to information from the north.
General Von hlnk, commander of the army making up the German wing,
has offered to surrender to General .loffre, the French commander-in-chief,
if the Germans are allowed to retire to Germany, it is said.
..According to reports from the north General Von Kink’s army began to
break oil September 26 under the terrific pounding of the French and Brit
ish.
The French have extended their lines to Comhles, less than 50 miles
from the Belgian border and Ift miles south of Bapaume, where iliey were
vigorously assaulting the rear of the German right wing und the troops
defending You Kink’s line of communications into Belgium.
It was then that General Von Kink opened the peace parley. In addition
to demanding safe conduct to Germany, he agreed to guarantee that his sol
diers would not take up arms again during the war.
General JolYrc’s reply to the German general’s terms, was to redouble the
fury of the French bombardment.
FRENCH REDOUBLE THEIR ASSAULTS.
According to unofficial information, the Germans, owing to their exhaust
ed condition, could not make rapid progress and Ist heavily.
They are reported to have left many
guns and a larg quantity of ammuni
tion behind.
Tnh consumation of this enveloping
movement around Von Kluk's army is
believed to have resulted in the recent
tightening of the censorship. General
von Beulah’s German army is report
ed in grave danger.
Germans Repeatedly Repulsed.
Paris, Sept. 29.—Night and day at
tacks by the Germans on the Allies’
left wing have been repulsed, accord
ing to an official statement issued at
3 p. m. to-day. According to the state
ment, it is said that the left wing of
the Allies’ army to the north of the
Soinme, and between the Somme and
the Oise, the enemy attempted day and
night attacks, and has been repulsed.
Or. the north of the Aisne there is no
change.
At the center, in the Champagne dis
trict, and to the east of the Argonne,
the Germans have been engaged in
conducting a heavy bombardment of
the Allies’ position. Between the Ar
gonne region and the Meuse, slight
progress has been made by the Allies.
ALLIES PURSUING TEUTONS IN
AUTOMOBILES.
London, Sept. 30.—A Paris dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
says:
“It is said here to-night (Tuesday)
that the German right wing has been
entirely broken and is now being pur
sued by the allies. All. the automo
biles in Northern France have been
requisitioned for the purpose of pur
suing.
“Armored motor cars with mitraill
euses are also being used to pursue
the retreating enemy.
“The official communication issued
at midnight demonstrates unmistaka
bly that the Germans have been sur
rounded in Somme department the
French front extending farther east.
“It is officially stated that Peronne
has been recaptured.”
Front Encircling Verdun.
The allies are pushing forward to
encircle Verdun, from which fortress
it strikes directly westward to Rheims
and thence northwestward across the
river Aisne.
In the west the wings of the two op
posing armies are in close touch, the
Germans holding Lassingny, which
lies between Ribcourt. and Roye, which
are in possession of the French, and
also Chaulnes, which is in an almost
direct line between Roye and Albert.
Neither Make Headway.
North of the Aisne two well-en
trenched armies are facing each other,
neither making much headway, while
in the center th artillery duel contin
ues in the district between the Ar
gonne and the Meuse.
The French report they have cap
tured a number of prisoners recently.
Both sides profess to be well satisfied
with the position which must, how*-
ever, prove very wearing on the troops
Naturally fresh troops are being
brought up continually, but it is dan
gerous, even to give them a short res
pite.
We cannot credit the rumor that
there is a great demand for American
mules in Europe. It is our impression
that Europe is already too long on
stubbornness to be justified in the im
portation of an etra supply.—Judge.
$1 Per Annum
FRENCH ARMY USES
DEADLY TURPINITE
Mysterious Ammunation Causes
Instant and Painless Death
to All Within Reach.
LINES OF GERMANS STANDING
In Trendies Yet Dead.—Turpenite
Faiises Instantaneous Paralysis ta
Everyone in the Yieinity of Where
It Strikes—Most Humane Substance
London, Sept. 27, —Tales of remark
able engines of war are appearing in
all parts of Europe, but nothing yet
has equaled reports circulated con
cerning new French guns, which fire
turpinite, a substance said to produce
instantaneous and painless death for
every living thing within its reach.
Turpinite. however, cannot be objected
to on the ground that it violates hu
mane principles of war. In fact, it is
so humane that it must not be con
fused with lyddite and other explo
sives which have deadly fumes.
English correspondents have re
ported that entile lines of German
soldiers stood dead in their trenches
as a result of turpinite fumes in en
gagements along the Marne. The dead
Germans are reported to have main
tained a standing position and retain
ed their rifles in their hands, so sud
den and unusual was the effect of the
new weapon. Instantaneous paraly
sis is said to have been caused by tur
pinite.
The French turpinite gun is shroud
ed in a 3 great mystery as turpinite
itself. Experts are required it is said
for the use of the new ammunition,
and the manipulation of the strange
gun so recently introduced into war
fare.
Military experts now are speculat
ing whether turpinite will lend itself
to use in aeroplanes. Lyddite, it is
said, can be employed successfully by
military aeroplanse and Zeppelins.
London constantly is hearing stor
ies of the terrible engines of war Ger
many will send over the British cap
ital and bombs containing horrible
gases are among the weapons it is
predicted the Germans may drop upop
darkened London streets. But such
stories cause little uneasiness because
of the experience of Paris with bombs
A few persons were killed there, but
the Parisians, in a way, enjoyed the
visits of the German airships, which
ordinarily sailed over the French cap
ital about 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Great crowds thronged the streets to
see the aerial visitors, and showed lit
tle fear of the bombs dropped from
the sky.
Move Hardwa.e Store
J. D. Perkins & Bro. have moved
their hardware business to the store
room in the New Douglas hotel block,
on Sycamore street, and next to the
store occupied by G. R. Moore, w'here
they will enlarge their stock of high
grade hardware. They will continue
their grocery business at the same
old stand on Ward street.
New Jersey has 95,000 widows and
nearly as many bachelors.