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Vol 11. No. 16
COIK3IL CHANGES THE
POOLROOM ORDINANCE
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Much Other Business Transacted »t
Regular Session Held on Holiday
Night of This Week.
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LEVIES BE MADE FOR BACK TAX
The City Council held their regular
weekly session Monday night with all
,of the members in attendance,
Request of the Cemetery Committee
rcr an appropriation to be used in
purchasing and planting shrubbery,
land for beautifying the grounds, was
taken up and considered, but was tab
bed for the present on account of the
lack of funds. Request for appropria
tion to help maintain a charity ward
at the city hospital was likewise tabled
for the same reason.
The offer of Mr. B. Peterson to deed
to the city lands for Sellers Street was
discussed and referred to mayor and
city clerk with power to act.
Con Question Bobbed I'p Again
The cow question, which has been
.sleeping for a season, bobbed up again
and for a time threatened to break the
harmony of the session. Action on this
stnsettled matter was deferred for fu
ture consideration. In the meantime,
Sis Cow continues to moo in freedom
and to roam the streets, back alleys,
and vacant lots seeking and destroying
any fodder, hay, meal. Hour, vegeta
bles and other commodities that the
farmers may desire to leave in their
buggies or wagons.
.An ordinance modifying the item in
the special tax ordinance fixing the
tax on pool rooms and billiard tables
was put on its second reading and
adopted. An ordinance regulating the
(operation of pool rooms was also plac
ed on its second reading and adopted.
Bth ordinances in full are published
below.
A resolution was adopted directing
;i_h at levies be made on all unpaid tax-1
es for 1913 and 1914, that sales be
advertised March 1.
Amendment of License Ordinance
( An ordinance to amend an ordinance
• of the City of Douglas, providing for
the levying and collection of speci
fy fic taxes of the City of Douglas, for
) the fiscal year 1915, prescribing
what persons, professions and prop
\ trty are liable for payment of spe
cific tax, and prescribing the time
and manner in which the same shall
' be collected, and providing penalties
for the violation of the ordinance,
and for other puropses, approved
January 25th, 1915, so as to reduce
the special taxes on pool and bil
liard tables.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Douglas, regularly assembled, and it
is hereby ordained by authority of the
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GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
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We. ihe Grand Jury selected, chosen
d sworn to serve at the February
W rm Coffee Superior Court, herewith
_ b/nit our General Presentments:
. I e recommend that the A. 8., &A.
■ \ R. make arrangements with the
'■City of Douglas at once, for sewerage
■cQnections for the puropse of plac
ing in their waiting rooms asnitary
/toilets f*r ladies and gentlemen, and
we also recommend that the G. & F.
Railroad get their toilet rooms in a
more sanitary condition.
* We recommend that the County Com
missioners have one of the toilet
vooms in the court house opened for
itbe public; also, have the ladies' toi
let room opened up and put in a first
fjltass sanitary condition and place the
Belowing, sign on same: “For Ladies
il y.”,L. also recommend that the
■j Janitor'keep these places in first class
j condition and lock them at night.
| We further recommend that a white
man be employed as Janitor.
> Our Public Building Committee finds
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GETTING BUSY AT SOMETHINC USEFUL
Drawn expressly for The Progress.
SHERIFF LANDS NINE
GAMBLERS IN JAIL
Sheriff Dave Ricketson and two dep
uties yesterday raided the Sam Myers
boarding house on South Pearl Street,
better known as the “Slide” and march
ed out just nine gamblers—pretty
good haul for a rainy day, eh?
The whole party including “Long
Boy” Joe Watson, and others to@ num
erous to mention at this time, were
given quarters at the red brick board
ing house on Courthouse Square.
This wholesale arrest will likely in
crease the working force at the county
convict camp, and will augment road
building considerably.
With Dave Ricketson on the job, the
gamblers and booze artists better de
sist from law' breaking for their per
sonal safety, or else take to the tall
and stately pines and keep “batting
it” until they are well beyond bound
ary lines of Coffee County
Will Run Pullman Car
To Augusta
Beginning with next Sunday, the G.
& F. will install a Pullman car ser
vice between this city and Augusta,
the car leaving here on No. 6, at 7:20
each night.
This added service will be of great
advantage to travelers going north
over the G. & F. as heretofore the
trip even as far as Vidalia and near
by points has not been as pleasant as
it will be with the Pullran feature.
The G. & F. seem to be doing every
thing in its power to corral business,
both passenger and freight, and if
the road keeps up the lick it has set
since the beginning of the year, there
is no question about what the out
come will be.
Pull for DougJas or pull out.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, February 17, 1915
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR THE (TTY.OF.DOUGLAS.
AN OPPORTUNITY IS
BEING SACRIFICED
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Wholesalers Cannot Handle Farmers’
Products I'uless They Are Prop
erly Put Cp For Market.
Several weeks ago The Progress
directed the attention of the farmers
in this county to -»ie announcement
made at the time that the wholesale
grocers of Douglas had agreed to buy
and pay wholesale prices for corn,
oats and hay, if prepared in merchant
able form.
At the time the announcement was
made it was stated that corn must be
sound, unmixed, shelled and sacked in
standard sized bags and well sewed.
Oats must be thrashed, clean and put
up in five bushel sacks with ends well
sowed. Hay should be of good quali
ty and well baled.
It is imperative that the products
be put up in marketable condition, and
the wholesalers can not handle them
unless they are in condition to meet
the demands of the consumers.
If the farmers of Coffee County are
unwilling to properly prepare their
surplus products for the market that
now awaits them, the Western farmers
are willing to meet the requirements
and they will therefore continue to
supply the trade at our doors.
The Western farmer is willing to
get down a little and do the necessary
thing to put his products on the mark
et in such condition as to command
their cash value according to prevail
ing prices. Georgia farmers have, for
all these years, been willing to meet
trade conditions with their cotton.
Why should they hesitate to do so with
corn, hay. oats?
There is money in these crops at
present prices—decidedly more than
in cotton.
“Let's go to it.”
Better Wait.
“Why do you object to my mar
riage, father? Surely eighteen isn’t too
early to marry.”
“But $lO a week is.”
“Silence is golden.” But not for pol
iticians.
RINGING LETTER FROM
PRES. J. J. BROWN
We are pleased to publish the fol
lowing interesting letter from Hon. J.
1-
J. Brown, state president of the Farm
ers' Union. Mr. Brown clearly and
truthfully outlines the situation, and
his remarks merit the consideration of
farmers and business men. Diversi
fication of crops alone will not solve
the problem. There must be co-opera
tion, and the direct road to co-opera
tion is through systematic and effec
tive organization. The farmers of
Georgia owe it to themselves, to their
families, to their creditors, and to
their country to get together that they
may move in harmony and in concert
in matters pertaining to their common
interests. The Farmers’ Union can be
made a powerful agency in accom
plishing these things. Its policy, and
its principles should command the or
ganization to the thoughtful consid
eration of all farmers, bankers, and
business men whose interests are in
ter-dependent.
Mr. Brown's communication follows
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Farmers’ Union National
Convention May Be Held
In This City Next Year
The Progress is posession of the in
teresting information that if Douglas
and Coffee County will lineup and co
operate with the Farmers' Union in
the efforts that are being made to ad
vertise and exploit the resources and
advantages of this section, that an ef
fort will be made, and likely a suc
cessful one, to bring the meeting of
the National organization here in 1916.
True, this information comes some
what ahead of time, but not too early
to begin a campaign to capture a con
vention of such magnitude and im
portance. The convention for this
year will be held in the West, due
largely to the fact that the World's
$1 Per Annum
HIGHWAY MEETING
WAS RIG SUCCESS
Many Prominent Men From Several
Counties At Fitzgerald When the
Plhiis For Route Were Under
Consideration.
OUTLOOK IS VERY BRIGHT NOW
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(By J. Dana Jones)
Chairman Joe Brewer hit the nail
squarly on the head, when he said at
[he beginning of the meeting at Fitz
gerald I hursday that the only thing
which would induce the Governors to
name the proposed route as the otfi
(al Chicago - Indianapolis - Jackson
ville highway would be to have the
highway. v
The meeting was attended by repre
sentatives from Wilcox, Irwin, Beu
Hill, Ware, Charlton and Coffee Coun
ties, and the representatives were
there with authority to speak for their
respective counties, and speak they
surely did.
Mayor Drew Paulk was temporary
chairman and called the meeting to or
der at 11:30 o'clock. He stated the ob
ject of the gathering and after he had
concluded his remarks, which includ
ed a most cordial welcome to the city
of Fitzgerald of the visitors, Mr. Joa
Brewer, of Douglas, was elected as
permanent chairman of the meeting
and Editors I. Gelders, of the Leader-
Enterprise, and J. H. Jones, of the
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THE DEMONSTRATOR’S
OFFICE BUST
Farm Demonstrator Eunice has a
very interesting little office jn the
Court House. A full supply of- bulle
tins on all subjects of interest to the
farmer are on hand for free distri
bution. A larger and more convenient
ly located office is needed. Good quar
ters on the ground floor in some
building in the business part of the
city could be made a most attractive
and instructive place. The demon
strator could arrange a display of
soils, fertilizers, field products, sam
ples of corn, cotton, canning and pig
club work, that would be of great
value to the public and a splendid ad
vertisement of our resources to the
stranger who is everywhere within
oui' gates. Just here an active cham
ber of commerce could be of service.
It is gratifying to report, however,
that the work of the demonstrator is
making progress. A great number of
boys are enlisting in the corn club
work. About one hundred fifty enroll
ed last year. More than two hundred
have joined this year.
The Pig Club work is also advanc
ing in a very satisfactory manner and
a good show at the end of the season
iS assured.
Miss Nola Johnson, of Tennessee, a
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Fair will be progress in San Francis
co, which will be an incentive to good
attendance at, the farmers’ meeting.
Since the meeting this year will be
held on the Pacific coast, it can be
argued that the 1916 convention should
come to some point near the Atlantic
seaboard, and Douglas now being the
State headquarters for the Union and
situated in the heart of the Wiregrass
section, should be in a position to
make an effective pull for the conven
tion in 1916.
Let's get together and boost, and
keep right on boosting!