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Vol I. No. 50
Douglas Packing Company Opens This Week
PLANT YOUR OA TS NOW
OR, SIBBETT MUST
UNDERGO OPERATION
IVfrs. Sibbctt, and Son, Will Are
, Now At His Bedside In
Atlanta
W r e reported in our columns last
week that Dr. W. F. Sibbett, one of
our best known physicians, was in
Atlanta at the Piedmont sanitorium.
for treatment. We are, indeed, sorry
to learn that an operation will have
to he performed, and that it will be
made to-day.
Mrs. Sibbett, and Dr. Will Sibbett,
his son. left last night for Atlanta, to
be with the doctor during the opera
tion. *
Dr. Floyd Mcßae is the operating
physician, and the best of attention
will be given the patient.
The hope for his speedy recovery
is expressed by a multitude of the
doctor’s friends here.
BELIEVES COTTON SIT
UATION TO BE RELIEVED
Atlanta, Oct. 13.—Senator Hoke
Smith spent a few days here recent
ly, getting a brief and much needed
rest, and before returning to Wash
ington expressed the belief that the
I cotton situation in the South would
soon be greatly relieved.
Senator Smith called attention to
the fact that cargoes of cotton were
being shipped abroad, and said he had
reliable information that orders for
100,000 bales had been placed by Eng
lish spinners, but the cotton not se
cured because the price was too low.
“Very soon the foreign spinners will
have to buy cotton and get it." he
said. “And then the market will show
an advance.”
Senator Smith was emphatic in his
statement that the farmer must cur
tail the cotton crop for next year or
face a very bad situation. He believ
► ed financial affairs would be much bet
ter soon and the crop financed
through the aid of the new currency
measures, but there could be no real
relief until the public was assured
that next year’s crop would be cut
considerably.
ATTENTION KNIGHTS.
Last Saturday I mailed each of you
a statement showing how you are
standing on your Lodge books. Just
now, we need your earnest help. Me
are behind in our rent. Have a note
that is past due, and besides other in
cidentals that ought to be paid. I
am making a special aqqeal to you
in behalf of our beloved order, and I
hope you will give these notices pei -
sonal and prompt attention. Pay up
Brother Knights. Come up to our teg
ular meetings on the first and third
Thursday nights. Help us get on a
boom. Help us to do the great work
that we can and should do here.
Yours in F. C. & B.
TURNER BREWER,
Master of Finance, Douglas Lodge,
No. 91, K. of P.
AGGIE WINS OVER MT. VERNON.
The football team of the Agricultur
4 School returned from Mt. \ ernon,
Ga., this morning. On Monday thej
Tiad their first game of the season,
which was a splendid victory for the
Aggies.
The teams were evenly matched as
to weight, but after the first few min
utes of play, there was no doubt as
to the outcome of the game. The
Douglas team scored six touchdowns
kicked three goals, making a to
ital of thirty-eight points, while theii
V pponents w ere unable to score.
The harbor of Rio de Janerio has
fifty miles of anchorage and is said to
be the finest in the w orld.
NO FART OF THE PROGRESS IS MADE OUTSIDE OF DOUGLAS EXCEPT THE PAPER AND INK—IT IS AN “ALL HOME” PAPER, AND “UNION-MADE” BESIDES.
GREAT EXHIBITS
FOR VALDOSTA FAIR
Georgia-Florida Fair to Have Nu
merous Interesting and In
structive Displays.
Judging from reports and informa
tion sent to us the exhibits at the Geor
gia-Florida Fair, to be held at Val
dosta, beginning Tuesday, October
‘27th, and continuing until Saturday
night, the 31st, promises to be the
best and largest' in every department
ever shown ot a fair in South Geor
gia or North Florida. Several thou
sand exhibits have been arranged in
cluding eight county displays of ag
ricultural products, a large unmber
'of beef and dairy cows, thoroughbred
’hogs of all ages, breeds and sizes,
weighing from 200 to 1,200 pounds.
We are informed that in the live
stock department these hogs are be
ing shown by the largest breeders in
the South and that some of the herds
will be sent to the International
Stock Show at Chicago, and others
are on the way to the State Fair. A
large number of young animals will
be on hand for sale and the oppor
tunity to select fine stock for breed
ing purposes will be unsurpassed in
Georgia.
The district corn show is to be held
at this fair and over 15.000 ears of
corn will be displayed in the most at
tractive manner, and special agricul
tural exhibits of hay, grain, cotton,
truck and fruit will occupy a promi
nent space in the buildings.
The poultry show also promises to
be a most attractive feature. The
building has been equipped with the
latest open wire exhibition cages and
they will be arranged in such a man
ner as to show the entire lot of chick
ens from every part of the building.
The Woman's Work department
will be very full and complete in ev
ery detail. The U. D. C. chapter at
Valdosta has taken an active interest
in the needle work exhibit and a
large list of entries from all over this
section has been received.
A number of educational features,
demonstrations, etc., have been ar
ranged and no doubt the fair will be
well worth the trip from an instruc
tive point of view!
The management informs us that
on Tusdav, October 27th, the gates
will be free to all children under
fourteen years of age on account of
the educational features of the Pana
ma Canal Ehxibition and the instruc
ive lectures given in connection wjth
the actual workings of the model just
as the canal at Panama is operated.
The exhibition is a perfect model
of the canal and surrounding coun
try, 15x90 feet, made of hammered
brass and shows the locks, lakes,
boats, running in water, mountains,
light houses and railroads, all operat
ed by electricity, and will give visit
ors a clear idea of Uncle Sam’s big
ditch.
JUDGE ELLIS URGES R.VRII VL
CHANGES IN MARRIAGE LAWS
Radical changes in the trial laws
regarding divorces and in the laws
governing the issuance of man iage
licenses were urged by Judge A. D.
Ellis before an Atlanta jury in his di
vorce court last Thursday.
In a short talk at the close of the
last 100 cases that had been tried
Suring the three days previous, Judge
Ellis said:
“The Ordinary should require the
presence of the contracting parties
and their parents before granting
-manage licenses. I have seen
'licenses issued to children, but this
can not be blamed upon the Ordin
ary. A reputable looking man may
walk into his office and ask for a
license. The law does not require
'the Ordinary to find ont who the
woman is, and as a matter of fact
there is no protection for the home in
the existing laws.”
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, October I4th 1914
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* MARK TWAIN’S SPIDER. *
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When Mark Twain in his early days was editor of a Missouri pa
per a superstitious subscriber wrote to him saying that he had found a
spider in his paper, and asking him whether that was a sign of good
luck or bad. The humorist wrote this in answer and printed it:
“Old Subscriber Finding a sp’der in your paper was neither good
luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our
paper to see which merchant is net advertising so that he can go to
that store, spin his web across t ! e door and lead a life of undisturb
ed peace ever afterward.”
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DOUGLAS PACKING COMPANY WILL
OPEN FOB BUSINESS SATURDAY
Fixtures and Necessary Equipment In Hand And
About Installed Will Be Big Industry.
CITIZENS INVITED TO INSPECT
THE PLANT NEXT WEEK.
Ladies Especially Invited to See What
a Model Plant Will Be Kept Hre—
All Kinds of Parking Business Will
Be Carried On.
Announcement was made in The
Progres three weeks ago that the
Douglas Packing Company would be
ready for business about October 1,
'but delay in getting some of the ma
terial delivered, made it impossible to
install all of the necessary equipment
earlier than this week, so it is now
the expectation of Manager Taylor to
have everything in readiness by next
Saturday, and he authorizes us to
state that the plant will be open for
the inspection of the public on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week, and the citizens of Douglas and
Coffee County have an invitation to
call and be shown through. Ladies
need not hesitate to visit the plant as
everything will be kept nice as a par
lor.
The establishment, w r hile not pitch
ed on a huge scale, as compared with
packing houses in Chicago, St. Louis,
Kansas City, and some other larger
cities in the West, has, nevertheless,
all the modern conveniences for stor
ing, refrigerating and curing meat
that are essential, and it will be done
in a strictly sanitary and up-to-date
manner.
With the equipment now installed,
there is capacity for forty beeves and
fifteen thousand pounds of pork. The
management thinks the capacity suf
ficient for the first season’s trade.
The packing company will conduct
an up-to-date retail market and will
make a specialty of Gorgia raised pro
ducts, but in pursuing this policy will
not sacrifice quality as service to
their customers will receive first con
sideration.
A wholesale business will be eon
fiucted for supplying out-of-town
Healers.
The announcement of the establish-
J ment of this new enterprise, made by
The Progress a few weeks ago, has
aroused interest, not only in Douglas,
but in other and larger cities. A cur
rent edition of the Augusta Chroni
cle carried an editorial commending
and emphasizing the importance of
the packing house to the farmers of
Coffee County and this section of the
State.
We appeal to our farmer friends to
cut the cotton acreage. Piant oats,
rye, corn, peanuts, velvet beans, and
other feed crops to be converted in
to cattle, hogs and poultry which w-ill
i ever hereafter find a ready market.
Apply the cholera serum and save
the hogs. Kill the tick, and rapidly
improve the scrub cattle. A campaign
along this line promptly inaugurated
and pushed, will bring prosperity and
independence.
\
THE ONLY PLACE IN DOUGLAS
WHERE YOU CAN GET FIRST
CLASS JOB WORK IS AT THIS OF
FICE.
J. HARLEY LONG
DIES SUDDENLY
Mr. J. H. Long of West Green, died
suddenly at his home last Thursday
evening about seven o’clock. His
death was likely caused from apo
plexy. He lived only about thirty
minutes after the attack during which
time he was unable to speak.
His sudden death was indeed a
shock to his family, a wife and six
children, and to his wide circle of
friends and acquaintances.
The deceased came to Coffee Coun
ty about twelve years ago, and for a
time was in the furniture business in
Douglas'! He, however, sold his mer
cantile interests and engeged in the
saw mill business near Douglas in
partnership with Hon. C. A. Ward.
The mill was subsequently moved to
Jeff Davis county near Hazlehurst,
where it was successfully operated
for a number of years.
After working out their timber sup
ply in Jeff Davis county, Mr. Long lo
cated at West Green, and continued
in the saw mill business as a member
of the firm of Brewer & Long. We
are informed that he carried life in
surance at the time of his death ag
gregating nine thousand dollars.
Harley Long was a man upright in
his business transactions, loyal to his
family and his friends, and highly es
teemed as a citizen.
The Douglas Undertaking Co. direct
ed the funeral arrangements. The
body was laid to rest at Lone Hill
cemetery Sunday morning. Rev. S. G.
Taylor, of West Green, conducted the
religious service. The Masonic lodg
es of Douglas and AVest Green con
ducted the burial under the solemn
rites of the order.
MUST FIND FATHER’S CITIZEN
SHIP PROOF OK LOSE POST
OFFICE JOB.
Savannah, Ga. —Mrs. Alice Evans is
about to lose her position as post
mistress at Tybee, a position which
she has held for twelve yea's because
no record can be found of the natural
ization of her father, Colonel Alexan
der Brodie.
Colonel Brodie came to America
South in the war between the States,
from England and fought with the
He brought his family with him and
his daughter was only two years o d
at the time. She married a native Am
erican, but the postoffice department
at Washington says she is not a citi
zen unless she can produce her fa
ther’s naturalization papers w hich she
she can not do, it seems.
The farmer is the directing head
hnd operating hand of his business.
He combines, directs and carries all
the responsibilities.
Almost any lazy cuss can make a
noise like a hustler when out on pa
rade.
PEANUTS SELLING FOR
DOLLAR A BUSHEL
Farmers of Halifax County, North
Carolina Not Worried Over
“Hard Times”
Scotland Neck, N. C.—With peanuts
selling for one dollar per bushel, the
people of Scotland Neck and Halifax
County, will not experience the dire
Calamity some of the more panic
stricken population will feel. Cotton
'has been selling since the opening of
the local market for eight and nine
cents, and it has been as high as nine
and one-half cents, while it was said
by some who should have known that
it would hardly go above five or six
cents. The market seems to be steady
there being only slight variation since
the opening.
Halifax county is one of the largest
producers of peanuts in the State of
North Carolina, and with this product
selling at a normal price, with a prob
ability of the price going higher, there
is being developed among the people
here a great deal of optimism, and
they are hoping and expecting better
times just ahead.
The above is a news extract taken
taken from the Norfolk (Va.) Pilot,and
it is interesting for the fact that the
soils of South Georgia will produce
peanuts as well as the North Caro
lina soils. The Atlanta, Birmingham
& Atlantic railroad announces that
an effort will be made to secure a lo
cation of a peanut plant on its line
some where in South Georgia, and as
surance has been given that buyers
will be sent into the territory next
year, provided a sufficient acreage is
planted as a commercial crop.
The matter of saving seed is an im
portant one. If a large acreage is to
be planted for a commercial crop next
season, those who have raised peanuts
this year should save what seed they
can.
Saving Seed Peanuts.
It is a good plan to select the seed
for the next season’s planting, at the
time the peanuts are dug. Select
vines with a large number of well
filled pods, clustered close around the
base of the plant. A spreading plant
with pods along the branches, usually
has a large percentage of “pops" or
poorly filled pods. Stack the seed pea
nuts separately and pick the nuts by
hand to prevent cracking or breaking
of the pods. Store the seed peanuts in
a dry place, preferably where thefe is
no danger of freezing .
It has been a wonder that peanuts
have not been grown commercially
long ago in South Georgia. The in
dustry in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va.,
is a tremendous one. Among the large
buyers is the American Peanut Cor
poration, with cleaning plants at Pe
tersburg, Suffolk, Wakefield. Smith
field and Norfolk. Another large buy
er is the Columbian Peanut Co., of
Norfolk. At Suffolk the large buyers
are John B. Pinner Peanut Co., John
B. King Peanut Co. Other large buy
ers are: J: B. Worth Co., of Peters
burg. Va.
’ Anyone having peanuts to sell com
mercially should communicate yitb
any of the foregoing peanut dealers.
SINGING CLASS AT METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY.
Prof. B. L. Davis, with his well
trained choir of singers, will be in
charge of the music at the Methodist
church Sunday next. The pastor Rev.
M. A. Morgan, extends a cordial in
vitation to all music lovers to be pres
ent.
Rev. Morgan announces that he will
preach two strong Gospel sermons on
apropriate subjects at the morning
and evening services.
A cordial welcome is always extend
ed visitors to this church.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
This applies to the hog pen as well
as the parlor.
$1 Per Annum
ANTWERP FALLS AFTER
SIEGE OF TEN DAYS
War Flag Was Lowered Friday
Fofenoon and Actual Surrender
Occurred Five Hours Later
’ The Hague, Oct. 13.—Antwerp sur
rendered to the Germans at 2:30 p.m.
last Friday after a long siege.
The Hag was removed from the
cathedral and a white flag arose in
’its place at 9 a.m. The actual sur
'render took place five and one-half
■hours later.
During the forenoon several of the
outer forts surrounding Antwerp fell
under the incesant fire from the Ger
man siege guns. The commander
and garrison evacuated the fortifica
tions. Only a few hours before the
surrender took place.
The siege of Antwerp which cul
minated in its fall on Friday, October
9th, began on September 29th, the
Germans taking just ten days to re
duce the formidable fortifications
which surrounded the temporary cap
ital of the Belgians. The Germans
had. however, for a long time pre
vious prepared the way for the at
tack by taking a number of towns in
Antwerp’s vicinity.
The first direct attack on the Ant
werp fortifications was against the
forts at Waelham and Wavre-St.
Catherines. These were reduced in a
couple of days by the aid of the big
siege guns. Meanwhile the forts at
Lierre and Konnigshoyck had also
been attacked, and these and others
of the outer line of fortfications were
taken week before last.
The last few days of the siege saw
the fighting advance to the inner line
of forts and along the Scheldt, prin
cipally at Schoonarde. Severe fighting
occurred there for several days, but
the superior forces of the Germans
gradually forced the Belgians back
until in the last day or two the fight
ing had reached practically to the
suburbs of the city.
On Wednesday, October 7th, came
reports that the Belgian government
was removing to Ostend, and that day
also brought reports that the popula
tion was fleeing toward the Holland
border in panic and terror. Zeppelin
bomb attacks, which killed scores of
people, added to the terror of the in
habitants.
The German forces which have
taken Antwerp are said to consist of
five army corps. They are under the
comand of Gen. Hans H. von Bese
ler, a veteran of the war of 1870, who
was taken from his regiment to do
the work of reducing Antwerp.
General De Guise was in com
mand of the Belgian forces. King Al
bert aided them by his personal di
rection almost to the last, having quit
Antwerp, according to reports, only
Thursday morning.
Antwerp is 180 miles from London,
and in England fear has been ex
pressed that with Antwerp as a Ger
man base, Zepplin airships could be
used to attack the English coast line,
and even London.
The distance from Antwerp to the
British coast is only 100 miles.
Antwerp is on the river Scheldt.
Before it enters the North Sea the
Scheldt flows through Holland terri
tory. Under existing conditions it
would be impossible for the Germans
to use Antwerp as a naval base with
out violating the neutrality of the
Netherlands.
1 DIED AT AGE OF 10$ YEARS.
Atlanta, Oct. 13.—“ Aunt” Isabella
Bowman, a negro woman 108 years
old, w ho died here last week, is being
sincerely mourned by Atlantans. She
had lived for forty years in a neat lit
'tle home on Georgia avenue, surround
ed by the residences of well to do
white people, and they all considered
“Aunt Isabella" a good neighbor. The
old woman had paid for her home by
hard work, and was intensely proud
■tof her house and her friends.