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Vol 11. No. 3
MANY FARMERS ARE
NOW SOWING WHEAT
Demand For Seed Indicates That
There Will Be An Abundant
Crop of This Grain Next
Season
According to auantities of seed
sold by J. L. Young Co. and other deal
ers to planters in Coffee County, more
than one hundred farmers are plant
ing wheat. The seed sold so far has
been in lots of cne to five bushels to
each purchaser. The J. L. Young Co.
has sold their first order of fifty bush
els, and a second order for one hun
dred bushels has been placed, which
will be promptly disposed of when it
arrives as there is quite a demand for
seed. .
A number of the farmers saved their
seed from the crop grown the past sea
son, and others have ordered direct
for this year's planting. There is no
longer any doubt that several hundred
acres will be grown in the county the
next season. With such a crop in
sight, it is practically certain that a
wheat mill will be established here to
manufacture high grade flour. This
important step by our farmer friends
is to be commended. It seems that
thousands of dollars will be kept at
home for paying off old debts accumu
lated under the cotton slavery system
heretofore in vogue, and for farm and
home improvement. The new system,
—by this we mean diversification
will lead ultimately to healthy bank
deposits to the credit of the farmers
instead of farm mortgages and past
due notes to embarrass and hinder ag
ricultural development and indepen
dence.
NEGRO BREAKS JAIL
On Friday night of last week, Char
ley Haines, known as “Kid Charley”,
who has been in jail here for some
time, charged with highway robbery,
.broke out and made his escape. Up
to this time he has not been recaptur
ed.
Deputy Sheriff Shaw went to the
jail about the usual time that night to
snut the prisoners up in their cells.
This negro, however, secreted himself
on top of one of the cells and es
caped notice. After the other prison
ers had retired and things became
■quiet about the jail, Haines proceeded
to pick away the mortar and remove
the bricks until he had made a hole in
the wall large enough for him to get
out through. After he had finished
removing the brick he tied two bed
quilts together and fastening one end
of the improvised ladder inside the
jail he slid down to the ground and
noislessly beat it for the tall and
stately pines.”
Besides the charge of highway rob
bery against Haines, he is also charg
ed* with having killed another negro
at the saw mill of the Dougherty-Mc-
Key Lumber Co., at Pearson, this coun
ty, about a year ago. The escaped
criminal has a very bad record, and
the authorities are making a dililgent
effort to bring him back for trial.
IMPORTANT SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday will be the last Sunday
Rev. M. A. Morgan will preach in Doug
las this year. The year has witness
ed encouraging growth and fine devel
opment in all departments of the
church during the year.
Mr. Morgan has cause to congratu
late himself and to feel justly proud
of his church for the splendid show
ing made by it last Sundaj.
Next Sunday Rev. Morgan expects
to preach to his people on the sub
ject of "Pleasures of Religion and the
Possibilities of the Saints.’ and asks
to see all his people present.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the general public to attend the ser
vices. and a warm welcome is assured
*ll visitors.
REPORT OF GINNED COTTON
According to government reports
from this county, there had been gin
ned up to November 1 17,214 bales,
from the crop of 1914. as compared to
13,731 bales ginned prior to Novem
ber 1. 1913. This shows a gain for
1914 of nearly 4,500 bales
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
Adjourned Term Will Begin Mon
day and Continue For Two
Weeks-Heavy Docket-
List of Jurors
Coffee Superior Court, adjourned ov
er from September, will convene on
next Monday for the full term with
Judge J. W. Quincey presiding, and
all witnesses subpoenaed for the Sep
tember term are required to attend
without further notice.
The first week will be taken up with
civil business covering divorce suits,
land cases, etc.
Second Week Criminal Business
The second week of the court will
be devoted to criminal business, and
according to data in the office of So
licitor M. D. Dickerson, it will be a
very busy week. Four murder cases
are pending for trial as follows:
Four Murder Cases
Van Goosby, charged with killing
his uncle in* 1911 on the Thurman
was at large until last spring when he
was located and arrested in Virginia,
from which state he was brought here
and placed in jail.
T. W. Thomas, white, charged with
killing Leon Ruth, colored, two weeks
ago at the negro fair.
Nicey Taylor, colored, charged with
stabbing a negro to death at VVilla
coochee some time ago.
Charley Farmer, colored, charged
with killing another' negro about three
months ago on the farm of C. N. Ar
nold, near Douglas.
There are numerous other crimin
al cases on the docket, and others in
jail or under bond awaiting indict
ment. Solicitor Dickerson informs us
that the Grand Jury will be Icept busy
for the whole term. He further re
quests us to say that all witnesses
will be required to attend this court
without further summons or notice.
This applies to both witnesses before
the court and before the grand jury.
Sheriff Gillis informs us (hat there
are now twenty-four in jail awaiting
action of the court.
JFRY LIST.
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Below we give a list of all the ju
rors drawn to serve at the coming
term:
Grand Jury.
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J. A. Davis Session Fales
George Herndon J. L. Palmer
Jacob Vickers A. F. Coffee
Richard Vickers Sampie Smith
J. P. Jardine G. A. Roberts
George Williams C. N. Fielding
J. W. Hataway W. R. Wilson
J. H. Roddenberry G. M. Stanton
J. C. Pharr Elias Batten
Dan Lott. Jr. Aaron Byrd
M. M. Kirkland D. A. Meeks
H. L. Carter G. W. James
Jesse Meeks J. O. White
H. H. Fielding J. A. Barnes
J. H. King J. M. Meeks
Petit Jurors—First Week.
W. H. Duncan P. A. Smith
Goe. Young (Ambrose) Elam Lott
Manning E. White x C. A. Arnold
J. H. O’Steen C. A. Stephens
J. M. Shaw G. W. Hesters
D. D. Blount M. A. Pafford
J. M. Kimbal A. F. Tanner
Jesse McKinnon Geo. Harper
D. L. Cannon B. Morris
W. H. Wooten David M. Douglas
Dan D. Newbern S. J. Stubbs
W. M. Vickers (Mora) J. E. Humes
H. V. Johnson James Tanner (Bud)
W. R. Adams * E. D. Southerland
T. H. Brown A. S. McCallum
L. D. Gillis Reason Griffin
Gray Meeks G. L. Miller
T. R. Hataway M. Rigell
Petit JurOrs —Second Week.
H. Kirkland J. M. Batten
Thomas Morris W. C. Bryant
Wilson Worth Everett Duncan
W. D. Griffis R. A. Summerall
Willie J. Thomas Levy Mancil
Hiram T. Paulk J. T. Relihan
W. B. Adams C. R. Tidwell
B. F. Ellis Edd McDonald
Moses Swilley F. M. Merritt
Charlton Gillis John McGovern
E. L. Peterson W. H. Douglas
Joe Tanner (Pickren) G. W. Corbitt
Joe McDonald J. P. Smith
Wilson Williams W. C. Graham
J. M. Peters J. W. Burkett
David Anderson J. T. Paulk
E. E. Vickers W. L. Pridgen
W. H. Fivash Lee Anderson
D. F. Minchew J. G. Starling
Calvin W. Williams D. S. Goodyear
Elias Meeks J. F. MeekF
J. G. Floyd A. Overstreel
3. M. Harrell C. F. Chambliss
R. J. Vibbert John Hall, Jr.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, November 18th 1914
CONTEST WILL CLOSE
10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT
Much Interest Being Taken In It
As Windup Draws Near and
Last Few Hours Will De
velop Hot Fight
The Progress’ Business Producing
Contest will come to a close tonight
at 10 o’clock, and at that hour will be
known who has won the handsome pi
ano and elegant diamond ring, as well
as hte watch. Thee isr a lot of inter
est in the contest today, as three of
the workers are busily engaged in try
ing to land in first place. They are:
Miss Gussie Roberts, Miss Georgia Liv
ingston and Miss Lala Sapp, and it re
mains to be seen who will win the cov
eted place.
At noon today these three stood as
follows:
Miss Gussie Roberts 264,740
Miss Georgia Livingston...... 130,600
Miss Lila Sapp 75,375
But there is no telling where the
vote will stand when the final count is
made at 10 o’clock tonight, for it is
evident that there will be some radi
cal changes between nsw and that
hour.
There are several others in the race
and -who knows but one of them may
step to the front before the time for
the final windup. The others are:
Miss Edna Moore 49,625
Mrs. Velma Touchtoo 44,350
Miss Ethel Tanner 63,000
Miss Mary Annie Ferguson... 61,750
Remember the Club Votes.
There is offered a fine proposition
in the way of big gains in votes thru
the club plan, which is as follows:
Clubs amounting to $lO, 50,000 votes
clubs amounting to S2O, 125,000 votes;
clubs amounting to S3O, 200,000 votes;
clubs amounting to S4O, 300,000 votes;
clubs amounting to SSO, 500,000 votes;
clubs amounting to SIOO, 1,000,000
votes.
AGGIES WIN' GAME FROM NORMAN'
PARK TEAM,
The Game of the Season a Bril
liant Victory for the Home Team.
After having been defeated by Nor
man Park on last Monday the football
tigers of the Agricultural School came
back and took the big end of the score
in one of the most fiercely contested
games ever seen on the local field.
The first score of the game came
when C. Vickers made a spectacular
tackle-over-tackle play, and placed
the ball directly behind the goal posts
for a touchdown. Usher failed to kick
goal. The next, and last, score came
when a Norman Park player inter
cepted a forward pass and was tackl
ed behind his own goal by Anderson.
The Aggies were able to make good
gains on straight line bucks and end
runs, and for this reason they did not
resort to very many forward passes or
trick plays; while their opponents al
ways struck a stone wall whenever
they tried to go through the line.
Norman made substantial gains in
the first part of the game on a for
ward pass to a man who sneaked out
to the side line and got around the
Douglas line without being seen. This
play failed after the Douglas ends
opened their eyes.
In the third quarter, the Douglas
team worked the ball by a series of
line bucks, end runs, and a pretty for
ward pass to Sims, to the two-yard
line of Norman, and there a fumble
lost the ball. But for this fumble
there would have been at least one
more touchdown to the credit of the
Aggies.
The team work of the Douglas boys
was the feature of the game. Through
out the game they showed that they
outclassed their heavier opponents in
the knowledge of football and their
ability to put this knowledge into prac
tice. The line bucking of C. Vickers
was the best ever seen here.
Norman played hard throughout the
game and not until the whistle blew
at the end of the fourth quarter did
they give up hope of winning the
game. They were somewhat taken off
their feat by the attack of the Tigers,
as they were confident that they
would go horn weith another victory.
The game was marred by some
rough playing on the part of both the
teams. This was expected as in the
game at Norman Park, the Aggies
were handled roughly, but were not
allowed to play that way themselves.
It was demonstrated in the game here
Monday that with an impartial referee
the Aggies have a better machine than
Norman Park.
Referee: Whelched, Tech.; Umpire:
Griffin, Douglas: Headsman, Neely,
Tennessee.
COFFEE COUNTY WINS
PRIZE AT STATE FAIR
Secures Eighth Place for Best and
Most Artistic Display—Much
Credit Due Messrs. Sims
and Eunice
Worth county was awarded first
prize of SI,OOO cash, offered by the
State Fair Association at Macon, for
the best, most complete and most ar
tistically arranged agricultural dis
play at the fair this year. Mrs. W,
W. Monk, one of Georgia’s best wom
en farmers, prepared the exhibit, as
she has done for twenty years past,
though never before has she won first
prize. To do so this year she had to
compete with J. Gid Morris, famous
Cobb County exhibit, which has won
first prize for several years.
The prize winners for similar dis
plays, besides the first prize, were as
follows:
Cobb County, second prize, SBOO.
Wilkes County, third prize, S6OO.
Carroll County, fourth prize, S4OO.
Hall County, fifth prize, S2OO.
Pike County, sixth prize, $175.
Wilkerson County, seventh prize,
$175.
Coffee County, eighth prize, $l5O.
Rabun County, ninth prize, $l5O.
All other counties having displays
at the fair will be paid SIOO each ,by
the fair association, provided they win
no other premiums. Among these were
Tift, Randolph and Habersham.
Considering the limited time devot
ed to collecting the exhibit and the
very short time in which the mana
gers had to arrange it after reaching
the fair grounds, the showing made by
Coffee County was. indeed, creditable.
The prize money obtained is but a tri
fle compared, to the splendid results
that will come to the county through
such effective advertising of her pro
ducts and resources.
That Coffee County has done so well
under the circumstances should be an
incentive to us to begin now to lay
the foundation for an exhibit that will
place us among top winners.
Congratulations to Messrs. Sims and
Eunice who have done so well.
TOBACCO EXPERT
FOB A. B. A. R. R.
Mr S. J. Brown the well known to
bacco grower, formerly of South Caro
lina, now residing at Nicholls, this
county, has consented to co-operate
with the A. 8., & A. Railroad, in its
effort to encourage the growing of to
bacco along its line in South Georgia,
and has accepted appointment as To
bacco Agent of that company with
headquarters at Nicholls.
Mr. Brown’s experience and knowl
edge of tobacco culture will fill the
only “gap” heretofore lacking in the
Farm Improvement Department of
that progressive railway.
Experiments in growing tobacco
this past season in this county and in
adjoining counties proved both suc
cessful and profitable to the farmers
who undertook to raise this addition
al money crop,
Elias Moore, Jr., of Nicholls put out
six acres of tobacco and cured 820
pounds per acre of the most beauti
ful bright tobacco ever produced in
the South. His profit, after deduct
ing all expenses, including freight
charges and commissions, was $525.80.
Another enterprising farmer, Mr. I,
J. Foreman, of Nicholls, made money
growing bright tobacco. He put out
about four acres, and earned a net
profit of $302. after deducting all ex
penses.
It should be born in mind that this
tobacco was sold in a depressed mark
et, when foreign buyers, who are, in
reality, our largest buyers, were not
on the market.
“PAY-YOIR-DEBTS” DAY.
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta. Nov. 17. —T h e country
would profit by a general “Pay-Your-
Debts" Day, such as they used to have
in Venice, said one Atlanta merchant
this week. “On that day every year
every Venetian would come to a cer
tain bridge with what money he could
scrape together, and pay his credit
ors. They, in turn, would pay theirs,
and the whole city would keep It up.
At the close of the day one coin would
have paid off many debts. Perhaps
everybody would be out of debt and
still have about the same amount he
had brought to the bridge."
MEDICOS MEET IN
DISTRICT CONVENTION
NQmber of Most Prominent Phy
sicians of Section Present-
Address of Presieent,
C. W. Roberts
The meeting of the Eleventh Dis
trict Medical Society, program of
which appeared in The Progress last
week, convened at 10 o’clock yester
day morning, in the parlors of the Cen
tral hotel. The session was opened
with prayer by Rey. H. H. Shell, pas
tor of the First Baptist church.
Mayor T. A Wallace delivered an ad
dress of welcome which was respond
ed to by Dr. Williams, of Folkston.
The formal opening concluded. Dr.
C. W. Roberts, president of the soc
iety, delivered a very pleasing ad
dress, which was so highly pleasing
to the society that direction was giv
en that the paper be given a place in
the archives of the society and that
it be published in the local papers.
Every paper and address following
should have special mention if space
would permit. The subjects assigned
were handled in a capable manner,
showing that the association has tal
ent and ability of superior rank.
Among the visitors who lectured,
were: Dr. A. G. Fort, of Atlanta, field
director of the State Board of Health,
and Hon. W. S. Coleman, of Atlanta.
The latter lectured on the vital statis
tics law which becomes operative Jan
uary 1, 1915.
The meeting which occupied the
day from the opening until 5:30 o’-
clock in the afternoon, was closed
with a banquet at the New Douglas
hotel, the banquet beginning at 8
o’clock. It was regarded by those in
attendance as the most important ses
sion held since the organization of the
society.
The following new officers were el
ected:
Dr. J. M. Smith. Valdosta, president;
Dr. B. H. Minchew, Waycross, vice
president; Dr. J. W. Simmons, Bruns
wick, secretary-treasurer; Dr. J. T.
Colvin, Jesup, member board of coun
i f dors for three years. The other
members of the board are Drs. E. P.
Little, of Manor, and A. Flemming, of
Waycross.
The next meeting of the society will
be held at St. Simon’s on the second
Tuesday in June, 1915.
Following is given in full the ad
dress delivered by Dr. Roberts:
President Roberts’ Address*
Fellows of the 11th District Medical
Society, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Out of the goodness of your hearts
you have seen fit to elect me to the
highest office within your gift. In do
ing so you have placed upon me res
ponsibilities thoroughly in keeping
with the dignity of the position which
for the last year it has been my pleas
ure to occupy.
I am grateful to you for the honor
and wish here to thank you most cor
dially for its conference. Why you
should have called me to this exalt
ed position from such a galaxy of tal
ent as this association affords, I have
never been able to fathom. However,
that be, it is enough for me in this
splendid company to show humble
obeisance and hasten to discharge the
duty at this time incumbent upon me,
begging only that you will bear in
mind the fact that we belong to the
ranks of a very busy profession and
that you will charge the feebleness
of the effort to the time-consuming
occupation always demanding of us
(Continued on page 3)
THE CHAMPION
PEANUT GROWER
That peanuts thrive in this section
and are rapidly taking front rank as
one of our most profitable crops, has
been most conclusively demonstrat
ed by Mr. John McGovern, one of the
good farmers of the Mora District.who
has from fourteen acres gathered and
thrashed one thousand bushels o fseed
which he will place on the market. Mr.
McGovern has grown one variety for
more than twenty years, during which
time he has fully maintained its pro
ductive qualities. Besides one thousand
bushels of seed, above mentioned quite
as many were left in the ground which
will keep a large herd of hogs through
the winter.
Mr. McGovern is to be congratulat
ed on not being in the class of farm
ers this season who have all of their
eggs in one basket.
$1 Per Annum
HOW GEORGIA WILL
GUT THE CROP DOWN
Reports to the Agricultural Depart
ment Show the Larger Num
ber Will Reduce Cotton Ac
reage 42 Per Cent.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—According to de
tailed reports from forty Georgia
counties received in answer to queries
sent to every chamber of commerce
in the State by J. D. Price, comtnis
aioner of agriculture, cotton reduc
tion averaging 42 per cent of the pres
ent crop is promised in thirty-ttwee
counties next season.
In fifteen counties the reduction will
be 50 per cent or over—Bibb, Colquitt
Spalding. Carroll, Irwin, Stephens,
Glynn, Early Dodge, Coffee, Lee, Cal
houn, Whitfield, Coweta and Decatur.
Three counties, Laurens. Dekalb, and
Dougherty, reported the matter as,
“problematical”; one county, Musko
gee, reported “little or no reduction”;
the rest of the counties averaged over
28 per cent reduction.
The letter of inquiry to Georgia
chambers of commerce was mailed to
the latter part of October by Commis
sioner Price; many of the answers,
covering the situation in the forty
counties were based upon actual
pledges of reduction by the farmers—>
as in Lee county; others were taken
at mass meetings called for the pur
(Continned on page 4)
MANY GEORGIANS
ENLISTING IN ARMY
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—A1l records for
army enlistmnets are being broken in
Atlanta, according to local recruiting
officers, and most of the would-be sol
diets are husky young Georgiads from
the country. It Is exldent that the
horrors of war as pictured in the ca
bles from Europe are not causing any
diminution in the martial spirit of the
young American.
“There have bee'fa 123 enlistments
in this district during the past month,”
said the recruiting officer. “Most of
the applicants passed, In spite of the
rigid requirements, too, for the aver
age young Georgian seems to be an
excellent specimen. ” . " ’ ‘ 1 •
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DENIES PROMISE OF
121-2 c COTTON
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—" Congress really
did aid the Southern cotton growers
in several ways,” says Senator Hoke
Smith, who has returned from Wash
ington upon the adjournment of Con
gress. “It did not pass all tne meas
ures we Southern men wanted, though
we did our best, but I am confident
that new measures will pass when
Congress reassembles.”
Senator Smith showed that the Al
drich-Vreeland amendment, which was
passed, put a great deal of new cur
rency in circulation in the South. The
government licensed warehouse bill
also acted to aid the planters. There
are other bills pending which will be
passed when the House opens again
which will be of benefit.
“As to the absurd charge that I
promised the people of Georgia 12%
cent cotton, that is unqualifiedly false.
No one man could control the price of
cotton. Such a promise would have
been silly,” said Mr. Smith.
FOUL PLAY FEARED IN THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF WALKER
Special to The Progress.
Waycross, Nov. 17.—1 tis feared that
E. O. Walker, prominent in W. O. W.
circles, and a son of Coroner-elect
Joel S. Walker, of this county, has met
with foul play and been robbed of
more than S4OO, as he has been mys
teriously missing since Saturday night
Mr. Walker was last seen in Phoe
nix park and Sunday receipts and a
notebook were found by officers there.
A desperate effort is bing made to lo
cate the missing man. or to solve the
mystery of his disappearance. He has
a wife and four children.
C. V. Cunningham, district agent, of
Tifton, was a pleasant caller at this
office yesterday. He was en route to
Brunswick where he will attend a
Georgia Products Day dinner today.