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IF YOU'VE GOT TO FILL UP THIS YEAR, FILL UP ON CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, IT ONLY INTOXICATES WITH JOY
WALLACE REELECTED
MAYOR OF DOUGLAS
STRAIGHT TICKET WENT ALONG
Balloting Saturday Was Staedy and a
Heavy Vote Was Polled. Roth
i ndidafe* For May f, r Worked
Hard —No Unpleasantness
Hon. T. A. Wallace was re-elected
mayor of Douglas over Col. R. A.
Moore, in the municipal election held
last Saturday. The race between the
two candidates for the office waxed
warm during the day, but while there
was strong competition no unpleasant
ness of any nature came up and the
voting went along rapidly and with
good feeling cn all sides.
Mayor Wallace had lined up a tick
et and it was elected without a single
exception.
There was some surprise When the
votes were counted and the result an
nounced at the majorities some of the
candidates for council had received as
many had predicted that the result
would be a different one. However, the
newly elected council is made up of
splendid men and everybody seems to
feel tha htet affairs of the city will be
well taken care of during the coming
year. The newly elected council will
take hold January 1.
Mr. Sydney J. Stubbs lead the tick
et for councilman, being re-elected;
and this was not a surprise. Mr. Geo.
Crowder, who stood for re-election to
the council, was the lowest man on
the ticket and this was somewhat, of
a surprise to many who thought that
he would surely be returned.
A comical incident, or at least it
turned out to be comical after the
check was returned to the owner, was
the casting of a s2l check for a ballot
by Mr. W. A. V’ilcox. Mr. Wilcox by
mistake handed the \ieck, all neatly
folded, to the clerk, who, without ex
amining it, of course, deposited it in
the ballot box. Mr. Wilcox missed the
check about 3 o’clock in the afternoon
but did not dream that he had voted
It and he made a most diligent search
for it, because s2l is a great, huge pile
of money these times. The check was
discovered by the tellers, when the
vots were counted and as none of the
candidates’ names appeared upon it it
could not be considered a vote and so
the check was returned to Mr. Wilcox.
It is said that he wept with joy when
this was done.
The result of the election was as
follows:
Mayor: T. A. Wallace, 212; R. A.
Moore. 125.—Wallace’s majority, 87.
Councilmen: T. W. Upton, 233; S.
J. Stubbs, 251; J. R. Overman, 209;
Melvin Tanner, 219; W. L. Rogers,2o6;
Geo. A. Crowder, 74"; G. A. Tanner,
132; Oliver Peterson, 117; J. F. Over
street, 75; I. C. Sapp, 127.
War Taxes Marriage
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta. Dec. 21. —While the govern
ment war tax does not apply on mar
riage licenses young bridegrooms need
not cpngratulate themselves on escap
ing entirely their share of the cost of
war. The government has ruled that
the certificates provided by ordinaries
or ministers, declaring that John and
Mary were lawfully bound in holy
wedlock, shall bear a ten cent stamp
to prove it afterward.
Forrest Adair Again v Head
Of Yaarab Temple
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Dec. 21. —For another year
at least Forrest .Adair, the leading fig
ure in Southern Shrinedom, will serve
as potentate of Yaarab Temple of At
lanta. He was re-elected this past
week, the vote being unanimous. Plans
were immediately set on foot for send
ing a big delegation to the Seattle con
vention.
Forrest Adair is the man who
brought the great Shriners’ conven
tion to Atlanta last summer and who
worked night and day for weeks to in
sure its success. Naturally, he could
have anything he desFred at the hands
of Atlanta Shriners.
Job' printing at The ProgTeaa office.
(Sonuftj Jhrogr*&&
A BIG EDUCATIONAL
BALLY BE HELD HEBE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT COMING
Also Ron. R. H. Phvell President of
The Normal College of Valdosta.
Rally Will Re Held on Decem
ber 30 and Re Rig tft'air.
One of the iggest educational rallies
ever held in Douglas, as well as one of
the most important, will be held here
an December 30, at which time State
Superintendent M. L. Brittain will ad
dress the gathering and it is expected
that Hon. R. H. Powell, president of
the Normal College of’ Valdosta will
also be on hand.
It is certain that Prof, rittain will
be herer, and Mr. Powell will come un
less something transpires in the mean
time to prevent him.
Supervisor Geo. .D. Goddard, of Mil
ner, and Prof. W. A. Little, of this city
are also on the program and will de
liver addresses during the day.
Besides speaking during the day to
the teachers and others at the rally,
Prof. Powell has agreed te remain
over and speak at the school auditor
ium at 8 o’clock that night.
It is expected that this rally will be
attended by hundreds who are interest
ed in educational matters, and a cor
dial invitaition is extended to the gen
eral public to be on hand at all the
meetings.
Can’t Mail Skunk Skins
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta, Dec. 21.—Georgia'boys who
may be tempted to enter the fur mark
et, are warned that Uncle Sam has
barred the pelt of hte well known
skunk, or pole cat, from the mails,
giving as a reason the noted odorif
erous qualities of that unpopular ani
mal.
The ruling of the postoffice depart
ment also applies to the furs or hides
of any animal so badly cured that they
give a disagreeable odor. So the
would-be fur shipper will have to tan
his product or ship it by express.
LELIATON NEWS NOTES.
(Special Correspondence)
Miss Kate Wilcox, teacher of the
Tillman school, left for Douglas Sat
urday, where she will spend the holi
days.
Miss Mary Jones, teacher of the
Pine Grove school, left Saturday for
her home in Manassas, Ga. Miss Jones
has resigned as teacher of the Pine
Grove school. She has rendered good
service, and her many friends regret
to see her leave.
Miss Gussie Roberts attended the
entertainment at the’auditorium in
Willacoochee Friday night.
Mr. H. E. Dukes visited his brother
G. C. Dukes, of Glory, Sunday.
Spikes-Flanders
Mr. Oren Spikes and Miss Jessie
Flanders were married here last Sun
day at 11 o’clock. The wedding was
solemnized at the home of the bride's
parents..
Miss Bessie Spikes and Mr. Tom
Metz, Miss Mattie Flanders and Mr.
Roy Tomlinson. The couple left for
Tifton and Atlanta Sunday afternoon.
Rev Rogers officiated.
JUDGE Ql INCEY PRAISED
BY WAIT ROSS LAWYERS
Waycross, Dec. 21. —Judge J. W.
3uincs(F has been extended a vote of
thanks and appreciation for his ser
vices as judge of the Waycross cir
cuit by the Waycross Bar association.
January 1 Judge Quincey retires, his
successor to be J. I. Summerall, of
Blackshear. Judge Quincey was nam
ed judge to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge T. A. Par
ker. of Waycross.
STATE HEADQUARTERS OF
FARMERS’UNION COMING HERE
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, December 23rd 1914
At Mess Meeting at Court House ot Fanners and
Business Men Held Last Night, Proposition of
State Body Was Unanimously Accepted
CHILDREN MAKE
A FINAL APPEAL
IN LETTERS TO GOOD OLD SANTA
Many of the Roys and Girls Have St ilt
ti iin Word What to Rring and We
Print Today the East That The
Progress Has Received.
Wants Big Doll and Fireworks.
Douglas, Ga., Dec. 18, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
I want you to bring me a big doll
and some fireworks, and a carriage;
some nuts and candy. Bring me some
things to give to children who will not
get any things.
Your loving friend,
LULA JOYCE.
Has Tried to he Good and Smart.
Nieholls, Ga., Bee. 14, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me some fireworks and
fruit and candy, as I have tried to be
good and smart boy all this year.
Please bring the other children
something nice, also.
Your friend,
MERRITT TANNER.
Two Little Girls Write.
Denton, Ga., Dee. 11, 1914.
My Dear Santa Claus:
YVe are two little sisters, ages 11
and 12 years and go to Sunday School
and are good little girls and we want
you to bring one of us a»little iron
cook stove and the other a little pi
ano, and bring us some fireworks and
fruits of all kinds and don’t forget all
the other little children.* YVe wont
ask for any more now, as times are
so hard.
Your girls,
SALLIE AND DOROTHY JACKSON
Remembers Other Little Children.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy 9 years old and try
Denton, Ga., Dec. 11,1914.
to be a good boy and I want you to
bring me an air rifle and some fruit
of all kinds and carry all poor little
children something too.
I am your little boy,
LAMBERT JACKSON.
Goes to School and Studies.
Nieholls, Ga., Dec. 14, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am going to school and learning
fast. I have minded my teacher, Miss
Tressie, and my parents good, so
please bring me a flag and lots of
goodies to eat; also take other good
little children something to gladden
their little hearts.
Lovingly,
REXFORD TANNER.
Wants a Drum and Football.
Douglas, Ga., Dec. 17, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please send me a drum and footall.
I am a little oy six years old and go
to school and try to be smart and
good. And you send me all you'can.
LOVELLE McNAB.
AN EVANS POI NTY HOG
This cold weather has been an op
portune time to butcher hogs x says the
Claxton Enterprise, and adds: “Wal
ton Rogers informed us that he killed
his monster hog last ' Monday, the
gross weight of which was 817 pounds
and after dressing it the net weight
was 732 pounds, from which he ren
dered five cans of lard, being 250
pounds. As he is a candidate for sher
iff, he hopes to succeed as well at pol
itics as at raising swine.”
BE BIG IMPETUS TO
ALL THIS SECTION
Extensive Campaign Being Planned
E<*r the Purpose of Advertising
Coffee County’s Resources in
An Effort to Rring Farm
ers Here
One of the most Important develop
ments that has taken place in Douglas
in a long time, occurred at the Court
House last night, when it was unani
mously voted by a large crowd of en
thusiastic farmers and business men
to accept the offer made by the Geor
gia State Farmers’ Union as an induce
msnt to get the state headquarters to
locate here.
Meeting Has Well Attended
The meeting last night was well at
tended, and several prominent men ad
dressed t>„e assemblage, setting forth
the advantages that would accrue to
this section if the headquarters were
to locate here. It was pointed out that
it would be the biggest thing towards
adverising Coffee County farm lands
that had ever been undertaken, and
the plan met with hearty approval by
those present.
Meeting Held East Saturday
Last Saturday a large and enthus
iastic meeting of farmers, professional
and business men was addressed by
Hon. C. S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers’ Union, and Hon. J.
J. Brown, of Elbert County. The two
gentlemen made addresses that great
ly enthused the audience.
President Barrett, who is official
head of the greatest organization of
farmers in the world, has held the po
sition for nine years and grows strong
er in the esteem of the members of
the Union as the organization grows
older. He is, indeed, a man of won
derful information—a genius in the
great work to which he is devoting
his life. , .
Made Important Announcement
Mr. Brown made the important an
nouncement in his speech that the
headquarters of the state and likely
the national organization would move
to some point in South Georgia in the
near future, and that Douglas impress
ed him and Mr. Barrett as being the
logical place for the headquarters pro
vided the city and county would co
operate by giving the National Field,
the official organ of the Union, a cer
tain amout of advertising and five
hundred subscribers.
Meeting Last Night Accepted Offer
The meeting held last night was fbr
the purpose of considering the propo
sition made by the two gentlemen who
came here Saturday representing the
Union, with the result as stated in
the beginning of this article.
Will Spend $1,500 in Advertising
It was agreed that some ten pages
be taken in the National Field to use
in advertising Coffee County farm
lands and to set forth the wonderful
advantages and possibilities that are
here. These pages will be used from
time to time, not all at one time, and
a committee was named to took after
the preparaion of the material to be
used in making up the ads. A commit
tee was also named to solicit the five
hundred subscribers, and another com
mittee was appointed to solicit the
subscriptions to the fund to’defray the
cos of the advertising.
BANKS WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO
DAYS THIS WEEK.
The three banks of this city will
close for two days, Friday and Satur
day, December 25 and 26.
The public will please take notice.
UNION BANKING CO.
BANK OF DOUGLAS.
CITIZENS BANK.
FIRE DISCOVERED IN
COTTON AT OIL MILL
MIGHT HAVE CAUSED MUCH LOSS
Negro Working in Gin House ill The
Douglas Oil and Fertilizer W°rks
Discovered That Cotton in the
Yard >V»s Yblaze
What would have proved a disas
trous fire had it occurred in the night,
or at a time when a strong wind was
blowing, was only a small blaze yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock wnen a
number of bales of cotton was scorch
ed in the yard at the Douglas Oil &
Fertilizer factory.
Lonnie Dupree a negro, who is em
ployed in the gin house there happen
ed to look ou tof the d6or and saw
smoke coming up from a pile of cot
ton stored in the yard. He investigat
ed and found that the cotton wasafire.
The flames were soon extinguished
with perhaps S3O damage being done
through the ends of several bales of
'he cotton being scorched.
If the fire had gained any headway
and had been fanned by a strong wind,
there is no doubt, but that the build
ings and the great quantity of cotton
stored on and in the premises would
have been destroyed, making a loss of
something like $75,000.
LUMBER PROPERTY
UNDER THE HAMMER
IS OF MUCH LOCAL INTEREST
/
Assets of Gray Lumber Company Will
l-e Sold on the First Tuesday in
February, Sale Having Been
Granted By the Referee
All of the assets of the Gray Lumber
company, located in this and Ware and
other South Georgia counties, and val
ued at upwards of $125,000, will be
sold on the first Tuesday in February,
an order having been granted recent
ly by Referee Crovatt, of the bank
ruptcy court of this district.
This large company went into bank
ruptcy almost a year ago. During the
summer the three receivers made ap
plication for authority to sell the as
sets, but at the hearing all parties at
interest agreed that to sell the large
estate at that time would be a bad
move, as it was realized that it would
hit.
“The session was both a pleasant
and profitable one and we all gained
considerable experience as a result
of it. The commissioners discussed
plans for marketing food crops, whose
production next year will be extensive
and there is no doubt that some defi
nite arrangements for taking care of
these crops will be made in every one
of the Southern states."
A dollar now will be more appre
ciated than two dollars later on.
Ex-Senator West Found Dead
Special to The Progress.
Valdosta, Dec. 23. —William Stanley
West, formerly junior United States
Senator, died unexpectedly at his home
here Tuesday, yesterday, morning.
The news of Senator West’s death
caused the greatest excitement in the
city and county, as it was entirely un
expected. He had suffered an attack of
acute indigestion the night before, but
was thought to have fully recovered.
Tuesday morning, however, whep he
did not appear after some itme, Mrs.
West sent her son, William, to call to
awaken his father. The son soon re
apeared wpith the startling news that
his father was dea>d.
Senator West was found lying as if
in slumber, and death had probably
been painless. It is thought that the
nd came about 4 o’clock in the morn
$1 Per Annum
FOUR HUNDRED ACRES
BE IN CANTALOUPES
IN COFFEE COUNTY NEXT YEAR
Farmers Will Reduce Co ton Acreage
By Substituting Other Ct©ps is a
Certainty Now—They Mean to
Put Threats Into Execution
That the farmers in Coffee County
will out the cotton acreage in 1915 and
substitute other crops is not a dieam
nor a bluff. That they mean to put
their threats into execution is attest
ed by contracts now being signed up
to plant, from four to five hundred ac
res of tobacco in the vicinity of Nich
olls, and four hundred acres in can
taloupes In and near Douglas f/.
Mr. D. L. Campbell farm demonstra
tion agent of the A. 8., & A. R. R.,
spent Monday and Tuesday here clos
ing contracts with a number of our
leading farmers for the cantaloupe
crop to be grown under the direction
of Mr. N. E. Marsliburn, of LaGrange,
who is an expert in cantaloupe produe
tion and marketing. Mr. Marshburn
has been engaged in the co-operative
business of growing and marketing
for a numbei of years, and has made
a success of the venture.
The large acreage to be planted here
means that thousands of dollars will
be turned loose in the early summer,
which will put life and energy into
all lines of business at a season here
tofore inactive and dull. The Progress
commends this advanceed step in di
versified farming, which means pros
perity and independence.
BIG REDUCTION IN
COTTON ACREAGE
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Atlanta, Dec. 21.—The convention of
commissioners of agriculture of the
Southern states held here the latter
part of last week for the purpose of
discussing the problem of more food
stuffs and less cotton, developed the
fact that the cotton acreage all over
the South will be reduced from 40 to
50 percent in 1915.
“I talked with each one of the com
missioners upon this particular sub
ject, "i said Commissioner of Agricul
ture J. I). Price, “and I asked them
to give me conservative estimates,
which I feel satisfied they did. I am
inclined to think from what they said
that the reduction will come nearer
to 50 per cent than to 40.
“It is not a question of what the
farmers want to do," continued Mr.
Price, “ but of what they have got to
do. Farmers in every Southern state
have been hit hard by the develop
ments of this fall and they can not
afford to put themselves in the same
fix another year. They are not going
to take any chances on it, anywhere.
“Judge Kone, the Texas commission
er, tells me the cotton crop will be
cut fully 40 per cent in his state, and
when Texas reduces its crop to this ex
,tent, you may know it has been hard
not bring anywhere around its real
value. Now that conditions are about
normal again in this section the sale
has been ordered. The property to be
sold includes a mammoth saw mill at
Pine Bloom, together with large tim
ber rights etc., a tram railroad some
ten miles long and other valuable
property. The case is one of the larg
est that has ever been handled in the
bankruptcy court of this district.
.
ing.
Senator West spent Monday at his
farm near here and was apparently in
robust health. He was taken ill while
at the farm and upon his return home
Dr. Griffin was summoned and the
remedies given seemed to have the de
sired effects, and at 11 o'clock, when
the other members of the family retir
ed, Mr. West appeared to be sleeping
in comfort.
Senator West was 65 years old and
one of South Georgia's wealthiest men.
He is survived by his wife and one
son, William, 12 years old. The fun
eral and interment takes place here
this, Wednesday, afternoon.
Mr. West was appointed to fill the
vacancy caused through the death of
Senator Bacon. His term expired last
November.