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Vol 11. No. 5
CHILDREN WRITE
TO SANTA CLAUS
Number of Letters Received By
The Progress From Boys and
Girls Addressed to Good
St. Nicholas
ALL ARE INVITED TO WRITE HIM
Letters Will Be Published Each Week
l ntil Christmas. So Send Them In
At Once—W rite on a Postal Card if
You Like.
Several of our little friends seeing
in _ast week’s issue of The Progress
an .nvitation to write a letter to San
ta Claus, have sent him word of what
they want him to bring them on Christ
mas morning, and we are going to
print the letters, as many of them as
we get, from now until Christmas.
The letters may be written and sent
to Santa Clause, care of The Prog
ress, and he will be sure to see them
because he reads The Progress every
wek, and is glad to hear from his lit
tle friends. Santa is a very good old
saint, and will come to see the boys
and girls this year just the same as
he always does, but it may be that he
won't be able to bring as many toys
as usual, because he will have so ma
ny more poor children to look out for
over in Europe this year on account
f the terrible war there. But he »
not going to pass any good boy or
girl by, especially here in America,
where he has always had so many,
many friends.
Boys and girls who want Santa to
know- exactly what they want him to
bring them may write a letter to him
now, and the chances are that he will
be glad to read the letter and it may
help him to decide on what to bring.
The letter, or note, for it should be
of few words, may be written on a pos
tal card, if the writer chooses, and in
any case send it to Santa Claus, care
of The Progress, and The Progress
will print it the next week after it is
received. Send the letters in as early
as possible, because there will be a
lot of them and the quicker they are
sent in, the sooner Santa will see what
the boys and girls in Coffee County
want, and will be able to get to them
with their wishes.
This Girl Loves Dollys.
McDonald, Ga„ Nov. 23, 1914.
Dear Santa Clause:
Please bring me a story book, doll
and cart. I am going to school and
.like my teacher. Her name is Miss
Ida Fields. I am in the fifth grade.
Your friend,
VIOLU3 DAVIS.
Remembers l ittle Brotlu r.
McDonald, Ga., Nov. 23, 1914.
Dear Old Santa:
I am a little seven-year-old. Santa,
bring me a tea set and a rubber doll.
Bring my little brother a little train
and some candy.
Your little friend,
VARNELL DAVIS.
Bring Ilim a Boat. Santa.
Pearson, Ga., Nov. 24, 1914.
Dear Santa Clause:
I am a good little boy eight years old
and all I want you to bring me is a
goat and wagon and harness. If you
will bring me it I will always love
you more. I love everybody.
SAMMY WHITE.
Wants a 801 l and 801 l House.
Broxton, Ga., Nov. 25.
Dear Santa:
I would like you to bring me a doll
and a doll house anft some nuts and
candies, and bring brother a little wag
(Continued on page 3)
NOTICE TO DIRECTORY
ADVERTISERS
All parties who hare contracted for
space in the Douglas Telephone and
Business Directory are hereby notified
that they are to pay no m«ney whatso
ever on said contracts to anyone until
the books are completed and delivered.
The directory will be issued just as
»o«n as business conditions warrant
and not later than January 1.
The contracts with the directory are
the sole property of The Progress Pub
lishing Co- no one outside having any
right or title to any part in them.
PROGRESS PUBLISHING CO.
TOBACCO GROWERS
TO MEET ATNIGHOLLS
Mr. S. J. Brown, tobacco agent for
the A. 8., & A. announces that a
meeting of all farmers interested in
tobacco growing will be held at the
Bank of Nicholls at 10 o’clock on Sat
urdaj morning, December 12. Mr.
Brown authorizes The Progress to say
that he will kill a shoat to which will
be added a sack of rice and stewed
until well done and served to the vis
itors at his farm, just outside the city
limits, on that day.
While at the farm. Mr. Brown will
prepare and plant the first seed bed
for tobacco plants for the enlighten
ment of those present.
The meeting will, no doubt, be well
attended as quite a number of farmers
are planning to plant tobacco anoth
er year, and the time is at hand to
prepare the seed beds and build the
barns so as to give the crop an early
start.
Invitations have been extended to
Messrs. Lamb, Bugg and Croxton. the
head officials of the A. B. & A., to be
present, and they will probably ac
cept. will also be prominent
speakers from Waycross, Douglas and
other points. A program of the meet
ing will be published next week in
The Progress.
Schwab Brings Orders
For Two Hundred Million
Chicago, Nov. 30. —Charles Schwab,
who returned from Europe last week,
brought with him orders from Brit
ish and French governments for va
rious war euipment aggregating $200,-
000,000. His plant, the Bethlehem
Steel Co., will be able to fill but a
fractional part of the orders he se
cured.
The remainder will be let to the
United States Steel Co., and others.
It is said Schwab pockets a com
mission of a cool million on the deal.
American manufacturers now have
orders on their books approximating
$400,000,000 from the allies, exclusive
of grains and provisions which amount
to a tremendous sum.
DWELLING BURNED
Fire of a mysterious origin broke
out in one of Mr. B. Peterson's dwell
ings, located on Ward Street just be
low the G. & F. depot, last night at
midnight, and before the department
could get to the blaze, the flames had
gained such headway that the building
was practically destroyed. To finish
the work, the five resumed at five o'-
clock this morning, presumably from
a smouldering spark.
Mr. George White occupied the prop
. rty, and it was with some difficulty
that part of his furniture was remov
ed to safety. There was no insur
ance on the building, it is understood,
while Mr. White carried a small
amount on his furniture.
Earlier iu the night an alarm was
sounded because of a film catching
fire at the moving picture show. The
blaze was uiekly extinguished, how
ever, with but little damage.
Mr. Dave Byrd Dies
Mr. Dave Byrd, a young man about
thirty years of age, and well known in
Douglas and Coffee County, died at
his home in Broxton last Saturday
night, after a brief illness from pneu
monia.
The news of his death was a shock
to his many friends, only a few be
ing aware that he was ill. His broth
er, Mitchell, died from the same dis
ease just eight months ago.
INSTITUTE FOR THE COLORED
TEACHERS BE HEU> SATURDAY
On next Saturday December 5, there
will be held in the colored school
building of Douglas, beginning at 10
o’clock in the morning, the regular
monthly colored teachers’ institute.
All teachers must be present unless
providentially hindered.
J. GORDON FLOYD, C. S. S.
The best thing a knocker can do
for his home town is to purchase a
railway ticket one way and use it.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, December 2nd 1914
SCOUT CAR WILL MAKE
TRIP OVER HIGHWAY
As will be seen from a news item
appearing in the Journal-Herald, is
sue of November 28, a proposed high
way leading from Chicago to Jack
sonville, via Atlanta, is under con
sideration. Should such a campaign
be launched, the people of Douglas
and Coffee County would have an op
portunity of co-operating with Fitz
gerald, Ocilla, Waycross and other
towns ou the line, to have the pro
moters consider the shortest possible
route between Atlanta and Jackson
ville. Should this route be adopted,
it would practically mean winning all
of the tourist travel by automobile
from the Eastern and Western states.
Having the shortest route with roads
equally as good, it would be an easy
matter to divert the travel our way.
Douglas and Coffee County citizens
should be on the alert and keep in
touch with the movement. The news
item above referred to, follows:
Waycross auto and good roads en
thusiasts—and they are numerous—
are planning to send a scout car over
the route proposed for the short cut
from Atlanta to Jacksonville in con
nection with the campaign inaugurat
ed by the Hoosier Motor Club of In
dianapolis for a Chicago-Florida high
way.
It is planned to offer to the promo
ters of the new highway a route turn
ing off from the National highway at
some point between Cordele and Tif
ton, running via Douglas and Way
cross to Jacksonville, Such a route
would eliminate the big elbow made
necessary by following the National
highway via Valdosta and Madison,
Fla., to Jacksonville. Approximately
80 miles is saved by the Waycross
route, and as the shortest and best
route is the one the promoters will
designate as the official highway from
Chicago to Florida, it is felt that the
Waycross route will stand a splendid
chance of winning.
Each county through which the
proposed route passes is interested,
and knowing that the National High
way' counties will be equally as inter
ested in getting the new highway,
competition for the new route prom
ises to be unusually keen. The Way
cross scout car may make the trip in
time to meet the Indianapolis car,
which is scheduled to travel the high
way from Chicago to Atlanta.
The Chicago-Plorida highway, as
outlined in a communication received
here from Secretary Gilbreath of the
Indianapolis motor club, would be in
reality a Southern tributary to the
Lincoln highway, touching it at South
Bend. The length of the new highway
is estimated at around 1.2u0 miles.
This may be reduced by changes in
the route as it now is proposed.
Rev. Morgan To Preach
Farewell Sermon Sunday
Dr. M. A. Morgan returned this
morning from conference at Dawson,
and was interviewed by a reporter* for
The Progress.
Dr. Morgan stated that he regretted
leaving Douglas, that he felt as if he
had just begun to get acquainted with
the people and the work here, and as
though organization was but started.
He said that he would have a big
church at Bainbridge and a large con
gregation and anticipated that he
would meet with success in his ef
forts there, but that he did not ex
pect that his work in the new field
would or could be any more pleasant
than it had been here.
Rev. Morgan will deliver his last ser
mon as pastor of Douglas church next
Sunday, and stated that he would be
much pleased to have all of his par
ishoners present to hear him say good
bye to the charge.
Unless something unlooked for tran
spires in the meantime, he will leave
Douglas next Monday afternoon for
his new- home, and it is expected that
his successor, Dr. Morrison will be on
hand to occupy the pulpit here the fol
lowing Sunday.
There is widespread expressions of
regrets among Dr. Morgan's members
over his leaving here. *
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have you?” inquires
did it—the doctor .
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butcher.”
DEMONSTRATION OF
HOG RAISING EXPERTS
Farm Demonstrator Eunice has per
fected arrangements for illustrated
lectures and demonstrations with mov
ing pictures on pig club work, and
the hog industry, to be given at the
Grand Theatre, this city on the after
noon of Thursday, December 10, be
ginning at 1 o’clock.
Dr. A. L, Hielman, government hog
cholera expert and Prof. J. E. Down
ing, state agent of the pig club work,
will be in charge of the picture dem
onstration, which will be very inter
esting and instructive.
There will be no charges for admis
sion, and all farmers and others in
teracted in the hog industry should at
tend the demonstration. The time is
at hand to begin preparation for a
large crop of hogs next year, and we
should eagerly sieze every opportun
ity to acquire information that will
be helpful in ttie upbuilding of the in
dustry. Don’t forget the date, Dec
ember, 10; and the place, the Grand
Theatre.
Mis Roberts Thanks Her
Friends
I wish to express my deep appre
ciation to The Coffee County Progress
for the thoroughly business-like man
ner in which they conducted the re
cent piano contest, and to extend each
one of my friends my sincere thanks
for the help given me while I was in
the contest.
Very respesetfully,
(Miss) GUSSIE ROBERTS.
Bov, H.H. Shell Accepts
Gall To Bainbridge
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It is with keen regret that the con
gregation of the First Baptist Church
and the citizens of Douglas and Cot
fee County will, on January 1, iose the
services and the citizenship of Rev.
H. H. Shell, who last Sunday tender
ed ills resignation to accept a call to
the Baptist’ Church at Bainbridge. He
has been here since August, 1912, and
during that time he and his estima
ble wife have endeared themselves to
the people.
Rev. Shell is a preacher of ability
and a most successful pastor. His
work here has prospered from the day
he arrived and he leaves the affairs
of the church in excellent condition.
TEACHERS’ MEETING
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
The teachers’ institute Held last Sat
urday was a groat success notwith
standing the weather was unfavorable
Out of the sixty teachers in the coun
ty, only three or four were absent and
they were away on account of sick
ness.
The program as planned was car
ried out with the exception of a num
ber or two. All the teachers report
Jiiiiir progress as satisfactory with
the exception of a few children be
ing kept out on account of duties at
home.
Within the next few days, we hope
to have practically the full enroll
ment and hold it to the end of the
term.
J. GORDON C. S. S.
SERVICES AT SALEM CHURCH.
There will be services at Salem
Church on fifth Sunday commencing
on the Friday night before.
A cordial invitation is extended the
public to come and worship %s.
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SUPERIOR COURT
DIRPOSES OF MUCH
CRIMINAL BUSINESS
-
The adjourned term of the Superior
Court resumed business for the sec
ond week last Monday morning and
up to the hour of going to press, ma
ny criminal cases had been disposed
of. Judge Quincey adheres to busi
ness like methods by requiring that
all parties interested in court mat
ters be on the spot when needed, so
that valuable time is saved in the
trial of cases. Solicitor Dickerson fa
cilitates the work of the court by
having his papers well prepared and
by announcing ready when his cases
are sounded..
The Grand Jury has dispatched its
business at a rapid rate and will prob
ably finish this afternoon.
The court is engaged today on the
trial of the case of the State vs. T.
W. Thomas, charged with murder.
The following eases have been dis
posed of:
B. L. China, felony—verdict guilty;
12 months to be discharged at end of
3 months upon payment of fine of S3OO
J. L. Nipper, larceny—6o days in
jail and 8 months or SSO fine.
L. Rush, consent verdict of guilty
to stabbing—B months or $75.
F. E. McNeal, asault and attempt to
murder—verdict not guilty.
Edgar Carver, nolle prossed.
John Newbern, obscene and vulgar
language in presence of females —plea
of guilty; 3 months or $25.
John Newbern, nolle prossed upon
payment of costs.
Willie Newbern, nolle pLossed upon
payment of costs.
Rachel Hill, forgery—plea of guil
ty; sentence suspended.
Will Mcßae, carrying concealed
weapons—plea of guilty; 10 months or
$75.
Will Mcßae, pointing weapon at an
other—nolle prossed.
E. J. Sweat, concealed pistol—plea
of guilty; 10 months in chain gang or
S2OO.
E. J. Sweat, carrying pistol with
out a license —2 months or $25.
J. Mancil, cursing in presence of fe
males —plea of guilty; $33 or 3 mos.
George Rush, seliing whiskey—nolle
prossed upon payment of costs.
Manning Roberts, drunkenness on
highway—nolle prossed.
Henry Chancey, disturbing Divine
worship—plea of guilty; 6 months or
SSO.
Tink O'Steen, disturbing Divine wor
ship- pica of guilty; 6 months or ?30.
Grover O’Steen, disturbing Divind
worship -nolle prossed.
S. T. O’Steen, disturbing Divine wor
ship—-nolle prossed.
Tink O’Steen, assault and battery—
nolle prossed.
Emanuel Anderson, larceny—ver
dict guilty.
George Pittman, larceny from the
house —nolie prossed.
Van Gcosby, charged with murder
verdict guilty of voluntary man
slaughter; sentenced to twelve years
in the penitentiary. The defendant in
this case was very ably represented
by Attorney J. R. Davis, of Thomas
ton, Ga.
Held Up By Highwaymen
And Robbed of His All
Mack Simians Held Up and Robbed
of .Money and Food While Kn R°u4e
Home From Nashville.
Last Tuesday night, accordihg to a
news report in the Millwood Advocate
Mack Sirmans, who lives in Mud
Creek district was held up and robbed
of $67 in cash, flour, meat and shoes.
The robbery occurred at the bridge
on the Nashville and Mud Creek road.
Mr. Sirmans had been to Nashville
that day to sell a bale of cotton and
was on his way home with the pro
ceeds. The Clinch county convict
camp was near the scene of the rob
bery and the dogs from the camps
were secured but they failed to get on
track of the highwaymen. It is not
known whether the robbers were
white men or negroes. The only thing
that they left Mr. Sirmans was a pack
age of cigarettes.
C Ii)TT BREAKS FOOT
——mamm Jay afternoon, Clinton
Lott, broke his
r \ng football. The
, jbe. as well as of a
/ I this time he is
/ Ibed.
$1 Per Annum
HOWTO GROW TOBAC
CO WITH SUCCESS
Instructions For Making Plant Bed
Selection of Proper Seed-
Seeding Time and Care
Of Growing Plants
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Nov. 30.—The A. 8., & A.
railroad is doing all that it can to
encourage the growing of tobacco in
South Georgia and is aiding the farm
ers in every possible way to make the
crop an easy one for them to plant
and a profitable one. They are now
sending out instructions as to the
best method of culture, some of which
fololw:
Select a sandy loam soil, well drain
ed, and yet low enough not to suffer
from lack of moisture. The plant bed
should be four yards wide, and the
length to be governed by the acreage
to be grown. A bed containing 120
square yards should supply enough
plants for four acres, the minimum
acreage recommended for any one
farmer to grow.
I’reparati°n of Plant Bed.
Cut up wood six feet long and split
to the size of an ordinary fence rail.
Cover entire bed with this wood, al
lowing a two-inch space between the
top of bed and the bottom of the wood.
This can be done by placing one piece
of wood lengthwise of the bed on each
side and in the center under the wood
that is placed crosswise of the bed.
After the bed is covered in this man
ner fire the wood about every two feet
on the windward side and burn until
all the w ood is in ashes. This'is done
for the purpose of killing weed and
grass seeds and insects that might in
jure the plants. As soon as ground is
cool enough run center furrow from
end to end of the bed, and bed on this
furrow with one-horse turning pliw,
plowing to a depth of four or five in-
(Continued on page 4)
CAN SHIP COTTON
. TO GERMANY NOW
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Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Dc-c. 2.—The State. Depart-,
merit, through Robert Lansing, c-oyrra
selor, has advised Senator Hoke Smith
that there will be no trouble
shipping cotton through Hoiand infi’
Germany.
The American minister at the!
Hague has informed Washington tht*
or
0 si ipp< d :-mgh Holland ’
Germany will be regarded as “in tr
sit'’ and the same rule will Ply to
all non-contraband goods.
The Eritish government has given
the fullest assurances regarding ship
ments of commodities not on the con
traband list such as cotton, turpentinel
and rosin. It is in no way responsi-1
ble for any adverse suggestions o|
}hr eats by merchants or insurant*
men in the United States or othi'j
countries. 9
Under these circumstances.
Smith believes that cotton merchant?
should be able speedily to arrange ft
shipments into Germany. Germa*
f
and Austria are nearly out of cotto.
and are prepared to consume over one’
hundred thousand bales of cotton a
month. Information from Germany
is that they are ready to buy five hun
dred thousand bales.
FEW FARMERS SUICIDE
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—An analysis of
1,250 suicides in a big city showed
that 98 per cent were flat dwellers.
“Unhappy was the cause in
most of thorn.
At proves that home is something
more than four walls and a folding
bed. The man or woman with a bit
of flower garden, chickens and sun
shine will have small time to worry
himself or herself into a suicide's
grave.
In a flat one eats and sleeps. He
must find his amusement outside. That
often means trouble.
How many suicides do you read of
in rural distrirs? How many farm
ers have committed suicide?
We can't reduce suicides and di
vorces until we get back to natural
living. And b* ing natural means get
ting close 'to nature, close' to the
land. ,-W . ,