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Vol 11. No. 19
COTTON ACREAGE TO BE
REOUCED BUT LITTLE
IX THIS (OIXTY THIS YEAR
Fertilizer Sellers State That Farmers
Will Plant About the £ame Acreage
Hut Will I'se Less Fertilizer aud a
Ledueed Crop Will Result.
To judge from reports through fer
tilizer salesmen, the acreage to be
planted in cotton in Coffee Countv this
i
year will be about the same as last
year, but that the farmers are using
on an average not more than 200
pounds of commercial fertilizer to the
acre, and that, in the estimation of
many, the crop will yield something
less than 25 per cent of normal as a
re suit.
It is explained that diversified farm
ing is yet in its infancy in this sec
tion of the country and that farmers
feel that they have got to plant cotton
for their money crop. One salesman
states that he has observed that ma
ny farmers are going to grow corn
without the use of fertilizer, and that
he- believes this will so reduce the
yield of that crop that there will be
a shortage of the, forage and grain in
th* county as a result.
This salesman expressed the belief
that this method will result to the dis
advantage of the farmer in the end,
but that it is a hard matter to regu
late the present conditions.
If is pointed out bj some of the ones
who are in a position to intelligently
discourse on the subject, that we are
going through a transition in this sec
tion, and that after markets are es
tablished. and the farmers feel reason
ably safe in producing something else
besides cotton as the money crop, or
at least have confidence enough to at
least plant something else along with
cotton, then diversified farming will
be more extensive than now, but that
conditions will have to right them
selves naturally. They cannot be forc
ed. Q
FOURTH DIVISION ODD
FELLOWS WILL MEET
Plans are bing laid for the enter
tainment of the 4th Division of In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, who
will convene in this city on Wednes
day, March 17th, for a two days’ ses
icn. This meeting, being the last
oiie before the Grand Lodge, in May,
a large number are expected to be in
attendance.
Douglas Lodge, No. 203, will be host
on the occasion, and extends a cordial
invitation to all brother Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs.
The Rebekah Division meeting will
also be held here at the same time,
and ifrany visiting ladies are expected.
Mrs. Smith
Breaks Arm
Mrs. Gertrude Smith, who lives
about one mile from this city, had the
misfortune to slip and fall from a hay
loft last Friday, breaking her arm.
The bones were broken in two plac
es. She was uickly attended by a phy
sician and is getting along as well as i
could be expected.
Do You Need Money? MOnC> Plentiful
We are now closing farm loans promptly. If you need
money, come to see us
DICKERSON, KELLEY & ROBERTS
DREAMING
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Drawn expressly for The Progress.
“Dreaming,” that is the title of Hap
Ward's editorial in this issue.
And may the day hasten when the
dreams that many Douglas people are
dreaming come true.
The idea that Hap pictures in his
cartoon is not an original one with
him; neither is it original with The
Progress. No, indeed. It is in the
minds of a great many of that class
of citizens of Douglas and Coffee Chun
ty who have a habit of looking into
the future; of wanting things to be
as they should be; as they might be,
OLD MAN OSIP IS
GRIPPING GS NOW
‘Sgood (lab.
Oh myb. I sure have got a bad one
this tibe.
That’s not a foreign expression, and
it is perfectly correct English, as she
be spoked, at this particular time in
this part of the land of the free and
the home of the brave.
And the reason whereof is that near
ly everybody one meets has just tak
en or has just let loose a case, said
case being a case of grip, and it is
certainly some epidemic just now.
The weather is blamed for all the
sneezing, coughing, headaches, tooth
aches, backaches, etc., etc., that are on
hand now, but then, the weather gets
the blame for anything that cannot
be blamed to something else, and that
makes it blamed bad, eh?
Whatever the cause may be, the ef
fect is certain, and it has had the re
sult to change our once loving and
gentle population into one of grow
ling snee-zers. *
The sun came out yesterday and re
mained on the job for several hours,
and doctors state that old Sol is the
greatest enemy of old man Grip they
know r of. Of course, they prescribe
a little quinine, etc., to aid Sol in do
ing a ggod job of extermination.
At any rate chew bed the beoble
don't care a sneeze how soon the grip
gibes wav to something more bleasant.
- )
There will be services at the Baptist
church next Sunday both in the morn
ing and at night. After the night ser
vices, there will be held a special con
ference for the purpose of calling a
pastor.
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, March 10, 1915
OFFICIAL ORGAX FOR THE CITY OF.DOUGLAS.
if we would give more attention to
the things that make for a permanent
and an attractive city.
There are some who will sneer at
this carton; some who will laugh at
the idea that Douglas wants, needs 01
should have such an institution as a
Y. M. C. A. at this time. And some
will remark that it’s a long, long way
to a Y. M. C. A. in Douglas.
Yes? Well, if Douglas sets about in
the right* way she can have not only
a “home for her wandering boys” but
she can have a great many other
SAYS NEW COUNTY
- IS BADLY NEEDED
Pearson,.Ga., March 6, 1915.
I take this opportunity of expressing
myself in reference to this new county
movement.
As I see it, there are no people in
this State, possibly, that need a new
county more than we do.
When we come to consider the re
moteness from the court house, togeth
er with all the disadvantages under
which we have to labor in performing
the duties of citizenship, we feel that
we justly merit a ne\y county.
Not only that, but this south Coffee,
with its adjacent territory, needs de
veloping; not only agriculturally, but
morally, socially and literally, and as
I see it ‘tis the only public roal build
er with in the hands or gifts of her
people.
Some ten years since, when a new
county movement was inaugurated by
the citizens of Pearson, and McDonald
districts, with the county site at Pear
son, the writer lived in the Willacoo
chee district, which he had, and still
has, many close friends.
And after giving the matter due con
sideration, I endorsed the movement,
not for any selfish motive, for I had no
personal motive in Pearson at that
time, bujt with the view only of the
greatest good to the greatest number
in that all people affected might be
helped, but the motion was lost.
But. now, since wo have the terri
tory, the population, and the tax val
ues, the time is ripe for action, and I
suggest this: That the citizens of the
four South Coffee districts, and others
that will be effected, bound the pro
posed new county, and make a long
pull, and a steady pull, and a straight
pull, laying aside all selfishness, and
personal preferences and I feel sure
that with the help of our Represnta
tive and Senator, the measure can be
pushed through at the next session of
our Legislature, leaving the location
things that she hasn’t got now and
which she should have—such as a rest
room for tired mothers who would like
to come here to shop, but who now
find that Douglas is too uncmfortble
a place to spend a day in.
And to the croakers, who stand id
ly by criticising those who are trying
to made this a city such as it should
be, it may well be said:
“Douglas will either have these
things or Douglas will go dead.”
There are no two sides to life. We
either grow' or we die—we cannot re
main dormant for long.
CITY COURT GOES OVER
UNTIL IN NOVEMBER
Judge Lankford Sets Court Over Until
Third Monday in November as Rec
ommended by Last Grand Jury.
City Court stands adjourned until
the third Monday in November through
a notice to that effect issued by Judge
W. C. Lankford last Thursday. The
notice of the adjournment follows:
STATEOF GEORGIA,—Coffee County.
WHEREAS. The Grand Jury sitting
at the last term of Coffee County Su
perior Court unanimously recommend
ed that the Civil side of the City Court
of Douglas be adjourned over until
Fall, and
people of the County have requested
that said recommendation be follow
ed; and have urged that if many of
the people who owe money are press
ed at present, they will be financially
ruined and their ALL will be sac
rificed, and that their wives and chil
dren will face want and suffering, and
People plead that they want a
chance to make another crop, saying
they will pay if only allowed oppor
tunity to make something with which
to pay, and beg that their property
be not now taken from them, leav
ing them owing to a large part of
their indebtedness and crippled finan
cially so they can never pay the bal
ance, and
On the other hand several lousiness
men and their representatives insist
that the Civil side of City Court of
Douglas be held, so they can have
judgments and perfect their liens;
urging that courts should be opera
ated promptly, for all people who
desire to enforce their rights therein
(Continued on page 5)
of court house to the popular vote of
the people.
views publicly expressed.
Respectfully,
JESSE M. PAFFORD
$1 Per Annum
STOCKHOIDERS OF THE
PROGRESS ELECT BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR THIS YEAR
Hen L. Lane Elected President, Treas
urer and General Manager—J. Dana
Jones Editor—Hoard Practically the
Same as Before.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of The Progress Publishing Co.
was held in the office of Mr. Melvin
Fanner last Saturday afternoon, be
ing called for the purpose of electing
i Board of Directors for the ensuing
year, and the following were elected:
John H. Peterson, Ben L. Lane, T. A.
Wallace, J. Dana Jones, Oliver Peter
son, E. S. Sapp, J. It. Overman, W. F.
ersonSibbett, J. Gordon Floyd, J. A.
Roberts.
Immediately after the election of
the Board the Directors met and el
ected Ben L. Lane President, treas
urer, Hon. T. A. Wallace declining for
re-election to the’ office of president
on the grounds that his law practice *
and his duties as mayor so fully oc
cupied his time that fie could not give
Hie Progress the attention that it de
served at this time.
Mr. John H. Peterson was re-elect
ed as vice-president, and J. Dana
Jones as secretary.
Mr. Lane was chosen by the Board
to fill the position of business mana
ger, and J. Dana Jones was named as
editor o'f The Coffee County Progress,
Mr. Melvin Tanner having explained
that his insurance business required
so much of his attention that he found
he could-not give the newspaper the
attention it deserved at this time.
Mr. Jones held the position of edi
tor nearly all of last year, but resign
ed early in the fall in order to be
free to give all his attention to the
mechanical end of the business.
ELKS ELECT OFFICERS
Douglas lodge of Elks held their an
nual election of officers last night, and
the following well known men will
head that organization for the coming
year:
Exalted Ruler, R. A. Moore.
Extreme Leading Knight, F. W. Dart.
Extreme Lecturing Knight, J. N. Mc-
Donald.
Extreme Loyal Knight, J. L. Shelton.
Inner Guard, F. T. Currie.
Secretary, C. H. Ross.
Treasurer, I. C. Sapp.
Tyler, W. A. Sibbett.
There were two candidates on hand
to be initiated into the mysteries: D.
A. Holmes and Cyrus Lott, and what
they don’t know about certain parts
of Elkdom is a plenty, but they are
thoroughly familiar with the com
mencement exercises.
Among the out-of-town Elks visit
ing were: R. H. Heaton, J. M. Swain
and W. E. Pierce, of Hazelhurst. J. H.
Peterson, of Huffer, and Warren Lott,
of West Green.
Col. J. J. Willingham will repre
sent the local lodge at the National
convention to be held in Los Angeles
in July next.
HORSE HAD A GOOD TIME;
RUT THE DRIVER DIDN’T
Tuesday afternoon, D»\ M. H Tur
rentine’s family horse became frighten
ed at piece of paper blowing about
the streets, and ran away. He was
being driven by Charlie Bailey who
was hauling some household goods.
After the horse started he seemed to
enjoy the fun, but Baily didn’t relish
it a bit. He ran down Ward Street to
broke, and the horse soon stopped.
No particular damage was done, ex
cept to the driver’s feelings and some
mionr breaks to the wagon.