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VOL. 11. NO. 40.
20,000 EXTRA VOTES FOR EACH SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED OORING “BOOSTER WEEK" SO GET BUSY NOW
THIS IS POSITINELY THE
LARGEST OFFER THAT WILL RE
MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN
The auto club campaign has met
with approval from all members, old
and new. All members have netered
wtih the determination *f winning the
first prize, which we are glad to offer
to the members securing the largest
number of votes. The offer of fifteen
per cent commission appeals to each
member likewise.
Let ITs Urge You
We desire to urge each member to
take advantage of the special offer
that we are making during “Booster”
week, for the 20,000 votes on each sub
scription will add rapidly to the list
of votes of any member that will take
advantage of of the offer We are not
malting any limits on the number of
subscriptions, but allow any member
to send in as many subscribers as
they get between the dates mentioned.
You CAN Succeed
There is no question about your
1 : king a success in this campaign.
Tne only thing necessary is to make
up your mind that you will be the win
ner, get right out among your friends,
let them know' you are in to win, and
ask them for their support. Your
friends will be only too glad to help
you win by giving you a subscription.
Don’t give up in despair and success
will be yours.
Save the Coupons
The coupons are valuable, they are
worth 700 free votes, which will count
in the end the same as your subscrip
tion votes. Get your friends to save
them for you, call them over the phone
Oi drop them a post card, and they will
be glad to clip the vote coupons for
you. The coupon will decrease 200
votes with each issue and it will be to
your advatntage to save them while
they count.
Each Member Has Equal Chance
There is no reason for any member
to hesitate on account of not getting
an early start, or for fear of some oth
er member getting ahead. All mem
bers have the same opportunity, no
one knows w r ho is ahead, and will not
know' until the final count. Don’t sup
pose that Miss ? is ahead,
and that you can not soon be the lead
er. The winner will be the member
that secures the largest number of
votes, and no member has as yet se
cured too many for either one of the
other members to get ahead of. It is
absolutely up to you. Get busy now
and see your friends. Remember, "the
earlier you get to work the easier it
is going to be for you.”
Standing of Auto Club Members “Booster Week’’
Corrinne King, Douglas... 40,100
Mable Squires, Douglas 41,300
Viola Merier, Douglas 40,800
Alkalone Rollins, Douglas 36,500
Mary Anne Ferguson, Amborse. .40,300
Mrs. J. B. Cooksey, Nicholls... .40,700
Eliza Taylor, Broxton 38,900
Ruth Douglas, Kirkland 39,100
Gussie Roberts, Kirkland 36,300
Ada Fielding, Kirkland 31,400..
Ethel Tanner, McDonald 39,900
Claude Wall, Willacooehee 37,800
Lois Linder, Willacooehee 35,600
Esther Denton, West Green 40,900
Jesse Mayo, West Green 36,800
Bertha Corbitt, Willacooehee.. .34,500
Listen, members: Let’s make this
week a sure enough BOOSTER W’EEK,
we can do it.
Put in every minute’s time you pos
sibly can this week, and we will make
it the largest subscription week of the
campaign.
Broxton Gets
Her First Bale
Broxton, Aug. 3.—The first baie of
new cotton to come into this market
was brought in Tuesday morning by
Mr. T. J Shrowder.
The bale weighed 478 pounds.
Mr. Shrowder lives about seven
miles north-east of Broxton, and is one
of the largest and most successful
farmers in Coffee county.
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ANTI-SALOONISTS
IN BIG FIGHT
Special to the Progress.
Atlanta, Aug. 3.—The Georgia Anti
saloon League Leaders are fighting
hopefully and determindly to bring
their measures to an issue on the floor
of the house despite adverse com
mittee.
Dr. ‘G. W. Eichelberger, state sup
erintendent, and prominent leaders
are working together to this end, and
in order to awaken further public in
terest and intelligence in what they
are endeavoring to accomplish they
began last Friday and are continuing
this week to publish their paper,
“The Georgia Commonwealth” as a
daily instead of a weekly.
They insist that the legislature as
a whole go on record one way or an
other on the question of whether the
beer saloons and locker clubs shall
go or stay.
They say they do not propose this
year to let rules and committees block
action aon the measures and that their
appeal is to the Assembly as a whole.
They believe they will win their
fight, but have stated that in the event
they lose they will set about a state
wide movement to elect a new legisla
ture next year favorable to prohibi
tion in Georgia.
Insane Negro Taken
To Milledgeville
Last Friday a negro man who was
raving crazy was brought here from
Ambrose. He had to be bound hand
and feet and brought here to be lock
ed up. He went into Ambrose on
Thursday from nobody knew where;
pulled fodder for some one there a
part of the day, then seemed to sud
denly go raving mad. After being
placed in jail here, he tore his clothes
to pieces and beat a tin plate on the
cell by the hour, talking and mutter
ing all the time. On Saturday he was
bound again and carried to Milledge
ville in an automobile. More pitiful
than his ravings and metal tortures, is
the fact that no bne knows his name
and he may be completely lost to his
peopl|.
CONGRESSMAN WALKER IN CITY
Congressman J. Randal Walker
spent Tuesday in the city with his sis
ter, Mrs. Oliver Peterson.
Mr. Walker was visiting his father
at Patterson when the news of the
death of Mr. B. Peterson reached him
and he imediately set out from there
in an automobile in an effort to get
to Douglas in time to be present at
the funeral services, but an unusually
severe wind and electric storm over
took the party at Blackshear and they
were compelled to remain there until
it was too late to reach here in time.
Mr. Walker came on that night, but
did not reach here until after the serv
ices were over.
The is about recovered
from "his of “ration but still employs a
cane to assist him when tvalking, a 3
he does not care to strain the muscles
of the abdomen yet awhile. His gen
eral health is much better than it has
betn in yet.rs, and he seemed to be iu
the best of spirits, taking into con
sideration, of course, the death of Mr.
Peterson, the two gentlemen being ve
ry close friends.
Mr. Walker left for his father's
home this morning, where he will re
main thee balance of the week, after
which he will go to Valdosta.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915.
DOUGLAS LOSES PROMINENT GITIZEN
IN DEATH OF MR. BENAJAH PETERSON.
Douglas and Coffee county suffered
a distinct loss in the death of Mr. B.
Peterson, which occurred at the home
here Sunday night a few minutes af
ter 8 o'clock.
Mr. Peterson had been ill for several
months, but during the first part of
last week his condition changed and
hopes w'ere held out that he would re
cover, in fact he was able to get out
of the house and take short trips of in
spection around some of his proper
ties, and to transact business at the
Bank of Douglas. Thursday, however,
his condition became worse and he
gradually sank until the end came. He
had suffered with Bright’s disease, but
death W'as caused through bowel ob
struction.
Lived Here Ail His Life.
Mr. Peterson was born to Mr. and
Mrs. “Hal” Peterson on April 10, 1860,
at the homestead just outside of Doug
las, and when yet a young man mar
ried Miss Vicey Kirkland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. Kirkland, of Kirkland,
who survives him. Two children were
born to them, one of whom survives,
Mr. Oliver Peterson, of this city.
In the early 80’s Mr. Peterson mov
ed from the old homestead to the then
vilage of Douglas, where he had pur
chased large tracts of land from his
brother, on which the city of Douglas
now stands. He conducted a hotel for
a number of years, and through his
close attention to business and con
stant hard work accnmulated one of
the largest fortunes in this section of
the state.
Was Public Spirited.
Mr. Peterson never neglected doing
all that he could for the benefit of the
city and county when he felt that the
call made upon him was for the best
interests of the community. He gave
a large tract of land and considerable
money, for instance, to aid in induc
ing the 11th District Agricultural
School to locate here; he aided the
churches whenever he could; he gave
the right of way for streets through
his lands without asking compensa
tion for them. And to him should be
given the credit for a large part of
the growth of Douglas.
Deeply Interested in Politics.
While the deceased was always keen
ly interested in political matters, he
never sought office for himself, pre
ferring to take active part in the cam
paigns of others. He was, however,
mayor of Douglas for a short time, fill
ing the unexpired term of Mr. Frank
Sweat, after that gentleman’s untime
ly death.
Funeral Held Monday
The funeral services were conducted
at the home on Monday afternoon by
Rev. H. M. Morrison, pastor of the
Methodist church, with which the de
ceased was identified, and interment
was in the city cemetery, which w-ns
one of the gifts of Mr. Peterson to
Douglas.
The last rites were attended by a
host that crowded the large residence
beyond its capacity, and there were
more than thirty automobiles and oth
er conveyances filled with people that
followed the remains to their last rest
ing place.
The following gentelmen acted as
pallbearers: Mr. J. M. Ashley, Hon.
F. Willis Dart, Dr. H. C. Whelchel, Mr.
J. C. Brewer, Mr. Moses Griffin, Mr. S.
J. Stubbs. Mr. Elias Lott and Mr. J.
M. Dent.
As a mark of respect, the banks or
the city were closed all day on Mon
day and the city and county offices,
and places of business from 2 to 4 ij
the afternoon while the funeral and in
terment services were in progress.
The following out-of-town people
were in attendance at the funeral: Dr.
and Mrs. Nichols Peterson. Dr. and
Mrs. John Peterson. Mrs. R. O. Carter,
of Tifton; Mrs. Fisher Gaskins and I
daughter, of Nashville; Mrs. Fannie
Paulk, Mrs. John Gaskins. Mrs. Aaron
Corbitt and daughter, Emmett Peter
son, Henry Peterson, of Willacoochee:
Mr. John Kirkland, Orlando, Fla.; Con
gressman J. Randal Walker, Valdosta
Mr. Joe Gaskins and Ellie Davis, of
Zirkle; Mrs. Bettie Peterson. Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Kirkland, of Nicholls;
Miss Miriam KirklaDd, also of Nich
olls.
Farmers’ Union
Will Meet At
Harmony Grove
The next meeting of the Coffee Conn
ty Farmers’ Union will be held this
coming Saturday, August 7th, at Har
mony Grove.
It is useless to say that ample pro
vision is being made to entertain and
feed the large crowd that is expected
to be on hand, for the people of that
section of the county are noted for
their hospitality.
The trains will be met at Vicker’s
siding so that any one wishing to go
by that route will find a way to get
to the place of meeting.
It is expected that a Pig Club lec
turer will be on hand at the meeting to
enlighten the farmers in the art of
hog raising.
These meetings are always interest
ing and greatly enjoyed by all who at
tend.
YE OLDE TYME FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION
WILL BE PULLED OFE HERE AUGUST 21.
A genuine old time fiddlers' con
vention will be held in Douglas on
Saturday, August 21, at the Grand
theatre beginning at 2:30 o’clock.
Priies Will Be Awarded
To enliven the interest and to as
sure a big attendance, both of fiddlers
and visitors, prizes to the value of SSO
will be awarded to the one* winning.
Every possible thing will be done to
make this convention one of the best
ever held in this part of the state, and
although the plans have just been
announced, already several prominent
fiddlers have said that they would be
at the convention and take part.
The convention will be held on the
afternoon of the day that the Business
Mens' Asociation is going to invite the
people here for a day’s outing, and the
indications are that there will be a
host of people in the city that day, and
this conventi.n will tend to enliven the
interest in the doing the more.
The next issue of The Progress will
tell more about the convention and
will give a list of the prizes that will
be offered. So watch out for it will be
interesting to all, both fiddlers and
their friends.
Entry Blanks Are Ready
Any one wishing to enter the convea
tion as a player can secure an entry
blank from Mr. Ben L. Lane, manager
of the Grand, by applying to him, by
letter or in person; or by applying at
the box office of the theatre any night
it is open.
An invitation to all fiddlers in the
county and adjoining territory is ex
tended, and they will be royally cared
for while here.
HAS STREET PAVING
BILL BEFORE HOUSE
Special to the Progress.
Atlanta, Aug. 3.—a bill that will
make possible the improvement of
streets and pavings in all the cities
and towns of Georgia of over 1,000 in
habitants is attracting considerable
attention in the legislature.
It is a measure introduced by Rep
resentative John S. Dorsey, of Cobb
county to give all municipalities m
Georgia, of over 1,000 inhabitants,
the same paving rights for which the
city of Atlanta is asking.
The substance of what Atlanta asks
is the right to do paving work by levv
ing the full cost of the paving against
the property which benefits from it
but arranging so that the cose can
be paid by ten annual installments,
and providing that the good condition
of the paving must be guaranteed by
the contractor for a period of five
years and a fund set aside t>y the city
LOOKS LIKE EXTRA SESSION TO
SETTLE VV. & A, QUESTIONS
, Atlanta, Aug. 3.—The Western and
Atlantic railroad questions are the
most important matters for the con
sideration of this general assembly,
and it is expected that unless these
are properly disposed of Governor
Harris will call an extra session.
It would not be surprising if the
Western and Atlantic occupies prac
tically the. entirety of the remainder
of the sesion. Certainly it will occupy
the time of the House until the rules
committee takes care of the schedule
for the last days of the session.
When tne Western and Atlantic
questions are out of the way interest
will center once more in the prohibi
tion measures for despite all other
measures’ it may be anticipated that
the prohibitionists will make a stren
uous effort to get their measures be
fore the House. The snag which they
have been anticipating all the time
has been the rules committee and the
somes as somewhat of a surprise and
unless action cames from the commit
tee imediately it will be too late for
action.
GOV HARRIS CAN’T
SLEEP FOR NOISE
Special to the Progress.
Atlanta, Aug. 3.—By a pecular com
bination of circumstances, the hum
blest and poorest laborer in the whole
state of Georgia is enjoying more com
fortable sleeping facilities than the
governor of the state.
The laborer can at least retire to his
shack at night in some quiet and ob
scure part of the city, “far from the
maddening crowd, but Governor Nat E.
Harris, because of tbe archaic location
of the governor’s mansion, is requir
night after night to lie awake in the
din and termoil of the central busi
ness section, disturbed by street cars,
autos, dumpearts, drays, trucks,
sprinkling carts and the long proses
sion of noisy vehickles that moves
about in the heart of the city from
midnight to dawn.
The governor’s mansions is the only
dwelling'house left occupied in the
central business section where it now
stnds. Others have sold out and mov
ed out long ago,actuated both by the
fact that it is poor business to hold for
residential purposes property which is
so valuable for business.
But neather consideration has mov
ed the Georgia legislature.
Though "Little Joe” Brown was
nearly killed by huge pieces of plaster
falling on his neck, and though the
present governor became a permanent
victim of insomnia, the legislature,
at least up to now, simply will not dis
pose of the old mansion.
Members who know the situation
truly have been urging for some time
past that a new mansion be secured
in Druid Hills or some other high
class desirable residence section, but
the majority seem opposed whether or
no to any change.
Cheering Him Up.
“Yes, I'm sixty years old.”
“Well, you don’t look it.”
“And married forty of those sixty
years too. my boy.”
“My dear chap, yon don’t look that
either.”
A Progress local ad will sell it.
to maintain it for the subsequent five
years.
Mr Dorsey's statewide bill follows
this in substance, but leaves each
municipality free to say whether or
not it shall make use of the right in
volved.
It is believed that the passage of
the measure will aid materially in put
ting forward the genera good roads
movement in this state.
OFFICIAL ORGAN CITY OF DOUGLAS
Mr. P. Sellers Found
Dead in His Bed
Last Thursday morning Mr. Phillip
Sellers was found dead in his bed at
his home on North Gaskin Avenue,
and the information was immediately
conveyed to Coroner Sims who held
an inquest with the result that it was
learned that death was from natural
causes.
Mr. Sellers sat on his front porc’i
until about 9:30 o'clock the night be
fore, when he was seen by some of
his neighbors to go into the house and
upstairs to his room. He left the lamp
burning in the upper hall for his
daughters, who were at a neighbors.
They returned home about 10:30 and
thinking that their father was asleep
retired to their room. Thursday morn
ing about 9:30 they arose, the eldest
going down stairs and the younger to
her father's room to ascertain the cor
rect time. She made the discovery
then that her father was dead and
call id to her sister, who in turn called
a neighbor, Mrs. Marshall, who re
sponded immediately, and found th 5
body rigid in death. The other neigu
bors and the coroner were then noti
fied.
The death was a shock as Mr. Sel
lers, on Wednesday, had expressed
himself, to his family and neighbors,
as feeling much better than he had
for some time, and as believing that
the medicine he was taking had re
lieved his stomach trouble.
The deceased was a man of few
words and well liked by those who
were acquainted with him. He was an
excellent citizen and his going away ia
regretted by a large number. He was
of a mechanical turn of mind and had
two patents pending, one a device that
owuld eliminate the use o f cord and
weights in raising and lowering win
dows; the other to quicken and lessen
the work of putting up window shades.
Mr. Sellers had been a resident of
this city for many years, coming to
Douglas from North Carolina some 35
years ago. He had been twice mar
ried, the two daughters surviving him
were by his second marriage.
He was buried Thursday at 5 o’clock
The short funeral service being con
ducted at the cemetery by Rev. T. K.
Hubert, of the Baptist church.
MISSIONARY RALLY
The annual misionary rally of the
Smyrna Association will be 2 held at
the Broxton Baptist church tomorrow,
Thursday, August sth, beginning at 10
o’clock in the morning. The following
is the program of the exercises:
1. Song.
2. Devotional—Mrs. Rouse.
3. Song.
4. Welcome Address—Miss Mattie
Stalnaker.
5. Response—Mrs. Andrew Wood.
6. The Importance of Bible Study—
Mrs. J. L. Cochran.
7. Solo.
8. The Place of Prayer in Our As
land.
9. Noontide Devotional. —Mrs. C. N.
Gibbs.
Luncheon at 2 p. m.
Afternoon Program
1. Song.
2. Devotional—Mrs. Rouse.
3. Song.
4. Mission Study—Mrs. Melt n Tan
ner.
5. Why Missions in Our Ass ciation?
—Mrs. O. F. Deen.
6. How May We Reach Our Appoint
ments?—Miss Bessie Clements.
7. Vocal Solo. “Give of yoi r best to
the Master.”—Mrs. M. F. Bri_e.
8. Tithirg.—Mrs. Shipley.
Adjournment.
The luncheon will be served at Pass
more Park and all the ladies of Brox
ton are invited to attend the services
and take along well filled baskets to
sustain the inner man w'hile the men
tal feast is in progress.