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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.