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Vol 11. No. 27
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MTE SHOULD COME
THROUGH THIS WRY
There is every reason to believe that
the Hoosier Land to Dixie Automobile
Highway will come through this way.
At the meeting held at Fitzgerald
last Friday it developed that this route
i£ quite the most feasible; it is the
shortest and has every advantage ov
er any of the other routes suggested.
There were a number of the interest
ed counties represented at the Fitzger
ald meeting, and from all of them was
heard that the roads, if not now in the
pink of condition, they would be so by
time the highway was designated.
Charlton county sent word that the
bridge ocross the St. Marys river w r ould
positively be built, and that she now
had her road from line to line in good
shape; Ware county reported that she
had about completed her road; and be
anies building her own road, that coun
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Sale of New Goods at Low Prices
Children’s, Misses’
and Ladies’ HATS
New shipment just
got in at money sav
ing prices, from
68c up
Room Size 9x12 Art
Square, made of
Japanese Straw nice
neat patterns with
fancy border or plain
at $2.89
New Silk Dresses
made of the Latest
Silk Poplin, SIO.OO
values at
$6.48
LEVIN’S DEPARTMENT STORE
INTERESTING NEWS
ABOUT CANNING CLUBS
(By Miss Nola Johnson)
As many cannig clubs as can be
managed have been organized. We re
gret that we could not take members
from every community, and organize
a club at every school, but it would
have been impossible to have taken
care of them all this year.
There are twenty-four clubs and 168
members—all live workers. They all
know what their club stands for. They
all take great interest in reading the
literature prepared by the government
to find the best means of production,
and conquering the enemies of the soil
and plants, and turning a deaf ear to
discouragement
It will be only a short time now un
til they will learn the valuable les
sons of saving what is raised at home.
This is done by preparing for the win-
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Good Tea Tumblers
regular 10c value, our
sale price during this
week
3 for 10 Cents
We handle the best Standard
Make this Country produces,
W. L. Douglas. Qyeen Quality
Shoes. Buster Brown
and W. B. Corsets, at that
you pay for cheap goods
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New Waist made of
Rice Cloth with Lace
trimming down the
collar, Embroidered
$1.50 value at
89c
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, May 5, 1915
OFFICIAL ORGAS FOR TIE CITY.OF.DOUGLAS.
BIG REVIVAL BEGUN
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
The series of revival meetings that
wore to have begun at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning had to be
delayed until Monday night on account
of Rev. Arthur Moore’s not being able
to reach Douglas in time to start tnem
on Sunday.
The first meeting was held Monday
night and there was a large congrega
tion on hand to hear the noted preach
er, who filled his hearers with good
truths, pointedly spoken, and the other
meetings held since have demonstrat
ed that Rev. Moore is a sincere and
earnest worker and filled with the zeal
necessary for the work in hand.
Prof. Reid, the singer did not reach
Douglas until Tuesday, but his assist
ant Miss Mary Fast arrived and was
on hand at the opening meeting.
The meetings will be continued at
3:30 in the afternoons and 7:30 in the
evenings for some time, and it is pre
dicted that they will be the means of
accomplishing much good in Douglas
and the county.
UNION SENTIMENT
STEADILY GROWING
That the farmers of this county are
taking a great deal of interest in the
re-organizatoin of the Union is dem
onstrated in the fact that during the
past ten days no less than four new
locals have been established, namely:
Wray, Bushnell, Rocky Pond and Up
ton. These locals were organized by
Rev. W. J. Maddox, county organizer,
and W. B. Evans, state organizer, and
this week these two gentlemen are
in the southern part of the county do
ing the same work, and they expect
to organize three or four before re
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POLITICAL DUPE
Special to The Progress.
Atlanta. May 4.—Here is a pretty
close guess at the way the Georgia
Legislature will be organized this sum
mer, based not upon the claims of any
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Nickel Guaranteed
Alarm Clock, Regular
SI.OO Value, Our Sale
Price going at
68c
Room Size Art Squares
$30.00 va’ue in green
velvet with pink roses
in the center and
around the border, at
$19.89
Children’ and Boys’
Linen Wash Hats just
come in at
22 and 43 Cents
GEORGIA FARMERS ALREADY HAVE
A MARKET FOR THEIR PRODUCTS
Special to The Progress
Atlanta, May 3.—Market Agent J. A.
Montgomery, of the State Department
of Agriculture, has just completed a
canvas of the brokers, jobbers and
commission men of Atlanta, w hich will
prove an eye-opener to the farmers of
Georgia and show them that they have
a possible market right here in the
capital city for millions of dollars
worth of food and feed products, if
they will only make them up to stand
ard quality and put them up in mer
chantable form.
The Atlanta dealers handled last
year, 3,117,000 bushels of corn, of
which 98.6 per cent was grown out
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Mr. Doll Davis
Died Monday
After an illness that lasted for five
weeks, Mr. Doll Davis, son of Mr. Tom
Davis, who lives out from Pearson a
few miles, died at the home of his fa
ther last Monday, and will be buried
from the Tanner church today.
The deceased was a splendid young
man, being about 20 years of age at
the time death overtook him, and a
large circle of relatives and friends
regret that he had to answer the last
call so early in life.
About five weeks ago he contracted
pneumonia and was ill at the home of
his brother, John Davis, for more than
two weeks, but grew better and was
able to be carried to the home of his
father. He did not recover, however,
and after the disease had worn out his
strong constitution he succumbed.
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J. GORDON FLOYD, ('. S. S.
Mr. Floyd is one of Coffee County’s most promising young men. and
has, though his untiring efforts in scl 00l w'ork, won a place in the hearts of
the people that will pass with him in-to posterity.
The wonderful advancement rrade by Coffee's schools during the year
1914-15 is due to the fact that the present Board of Education is a progress
ive one and to the fact that SuperintE ndent Floyd conscientiously worked to
carry out ’.heir plans; at the same time Mr. Floyd kept in close touch with
the patrons and surrounded himself with a corps of teachers second to none
in the State.
Do You Need Money? M ' ney Plentiful
We are now closing farm loans promptly. If you need
money, come to see us
DICKERSON, KELLEY & ROBERTS
$1 Per Annum
MONTHLY MEETING
HELD AT SHEPHERD
The regular monthly meeting of the
Coffee County Farmers' Union was
held with Shepherd local last Satur
day and besides transacting the work
of the Union, a delightful picnic and
dinner was enjoyed by a large number
of people.
Several speakers were on hand
addressed the ggathering in the inter
ests of the work, among them Mr. W.
B, Evans, national organizer, whi
spoke at some length and interested
his hearers. He was followed by state
president, Hon. J. J. Brown, and at the
close of Mr. Brown's speech, a royal
dinner was spread by the ladies of
Shepherd community to which full
justice was done.
Reports at the meeting make it plain
that the work of the Farmers' Union
in this county is going ahead rapidly
and that many farmers are joining.
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GO. DEMONSTRATOR
TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK
A Progress reporter called at the.
office of Demonstration Agent G. B.
Eunice recently and elicited quite an
amount of interesting information that
should make good reading for those
of our people who are interested in the
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