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VOL. 111. NO 40.
STATE WIDE LAND OWNERS
MEETING AT WAYCfiOSS SOON
i Cordial Invitation is Extended
Land Owners in the State to
Attend this Meeting and
Douglas will be Re
presented.
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The State wide land owners meet
ing to be held at Waycross on Au
gust 23rd, next, is fraught with
ipany possibilities said Mr. R. M.
findell, Jr., Baltimore, Md., Vice
president of the Southern Settle
ment & Development Organization
fcffio visited Waycross a' few days
ago for the purpose of assisting in
the perfection of plans for the meet
ing.
There are a number of develop
jrnents under way in South and Mid
dle Georgia. Some are moderately
successful —and some of them
have been anything but successful.
If the meeting on August 23rd,
* does nothing more than bring about
a better method of the handling of
these present developments, it will
be entirely justified. But there is a
much larger question to be consid
ed. What is to be done with the
millions of idle acres? How can the
owners of large acreages get the
most profitable results from their
holdings? Is there not some com
mon policy which these owners may
adopt in united fashion, which
would bring profit to each and
! everyone?
Land value is fiixed by demand,
and the most fertile and productive
lands on the globe, have only a nom
: inal value until they are sought.
■- Create a demand for these idle lands
in GEORGIA, and the increase in
actual value, which will be sure to
come, will reach a stupenduous fig
ure.
The ownership of ideal lands that
4 are not in active demand—means
• practical confiscation through taxa
tion while on the other hand, such
ownership, with a demand that i»
substantial and insistent means
great wealth and profit.
This statement cannot possibly be
impeached, and it is for this pur
pose of devising a practical solution
of the problem that every large land
owner in the State of GEORGIA
owes it to himself to attend the
meeting at Waycross, Ga., August
' 23rd, 1916.
LANKFORD SPOKE
AT VALDOSTA SAT.
Judge W. C. Lankford, the local
i congressional candidate, attended a
picnic near Mr. Geo. Touchton’s,
out from Valdosta, Saturday and
make a speech in the interest of his
candidacy.
He spoke in the courthouse at
Valdosta, Saturday 2 p. m., before a
good crowd, who gave him a very
courteous hearing and from the
words or several, made a good im
; pression and will be well received
| again.
The announcement of the after
noon speech wxs not made until 11
o’clock Saturday, too late to adver-'
j tise the meeting properly. J udge
Lankford states he expects to re
turn to Valdosta before long and
make another address.
Desirable Farms For Sale
l .ft i
1 Parties who may desire to pur
chase a one or two horse farm of
good South Georgia land well situat
ed, prices moderate and terms easy
covering a nine vear period with
Jaw rate of interest should call on
; me at once at Chamber of Com
rerce.
Melvin Tanner.
<MT« jJrogrcoa,
SMALL G. &. F.
WRECK AT WEBER
South bound G. &F. train 7 en
route to Valdosta, was delayed thir
ty minutes, Saturday morning, by a
small wreck at Weber. The train
went into a siding at this point to
let north bound 5 pass and was back
ing on the main line, when one end
of a box car left the track, burying
wheels in the dirt. Due to slow
speed, no one was hurt or knew of
the mishap until an investigation
was made by the passengers as to
the cause of the delay.
The wet weather had caused the
sidetrack to become in very shaky
condition over soft, muddy ground
and the wheels of the heavy loaded
box car easily left the track. Due
to skillful supervision, the car was
pulled back on and the train continu
ed to Valdosta after a very short de
lay.
VALUABLE INFORMATION
The Empire of Japan includes
4,000 inlands.
Japan produces 20,000,000 tons of
coal yearly.
The whole Orient now calls Manila
the city without odors.
Nearly one-half of the Jews of the
world are in Russia.
War has seriously affected the
peanut trade of Madras, India.
The United States in 1914 mined
2,476,355 tons of crude gypsum.
f orty-one of the states have state
geologists or similar officials.
There is an average of about 350
births and 70 deaths a day in Lon
don.
Almost every known variety of
iron ore is found in Newfoundland.
Electrical railways of the United
States represent a valuation of $630-
000,000.
Seventy per cent of the American
people use electricity in some form
every day.
New South Wales is said to have
more varieties of flowering plants
than all Europe.
Argentina has ten meat-freezing
plants in active operation and three
more are contemplated.
New York city has the largest ele
ctric sign in the wmrld. It is 261
feet long and contains 3,916 lamps.
In this country from 30 to 40 per
cent ot the cases requiring charit
able relief are due to sickness.
John Calvin Lewis of Louisville,
Ky., is said to be the nearest living
relative of George Washington.
Thousands of Koreans have ap
plied for Russian citizenship with a
view of joining the Russian army.
Frank A. Vanderlip. presdent of
the National City Bank in New
York city, is a machinist by trake.
Beer has has raised in price in Ria
Janeiro. Foreign bters cannot com
pete because of the high tariff.
The czar of Russia ride a bicycle,
plays tennis and bowls ninepins. He
is also an excellent swimmer.
A telepraph cable 5,000 miles long
and costing $5,009,000 is to be laid
under the ocean from Aden to Hong
Kong.
Fraternities of the University of
California have been prohibited
from building houses costing more
than $25,000.
SOMETHING NEW
LONG NEEDED
Earnbertson’s Non-Explosive safe
ty Lamp burners—no home is safe
without them warranteed ten
years. Possessing seven seperate
merits over any other burner. The
onls extinguisher Burner made.
Agents Uanted throughout the
State. For sale by S. W. Yawn,
Douglas, Ga. Phone 79. adv.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2. 1916.
SUMMER COURSE CLOSES SAT,
EXAMINATION LAST OF WEEK
Over One Hnndred Took Advantage
of the Excellent Course--llas
Meant Much to Douglas
The summer school at the Georgia
Normal College and Business Insti
tute will close Saturday, Aug. 5,
after a two week’s session of useful
instruction. The summer course has
meant the presence in the city of
over one hundred young men and
women, representing about forty
different counties in ail sections of
South Georgia.
Profs. W. A. Little and C. M. Wil
liams have been conducting this in
stitute, which for the first few days
was in charge of Prof. A. A. Kuhl,
he superintending until Messrs. Lit
tle and Williams returned from their
western trip. These gentlemen
were delayed on their return by the
many wash-outs.
Prof. Little has earned the repu
tation of being the ablest of instruc
tors for institute work and for pre
paring competent teachers. He has
had much experience and the long
list of boys and girls he has helped
to success is his reward. He is very
ably assisted by Mr. Williams, a
young professor in the college, pos
sessed of sterling qualities.
The two week’s course is given on
a gratis basis to help the young
people refresh their minds, prepara
tory to standing the regular teach
ers examination for the year 1916,
to be held at the Georgia Normal
College on August 4 and 5. Many
who will not stand the examination
are also here taking advantage of
the useful instruction. Only a very
small tuition fee is charged.
Douglas is glad to have this sum
mer school and her people appreciate
the good result. There could be no
better reputation going out from
the city and gratitude is extended
to those whom credit is due.
BOWDEN SPEAKS
HERE SATURDAY
Hon.J. E. T. Bowden, of Way
cross, one of the congressional can
didates, will speak at the court
house, Sat., Aug. 5, at 3p. m. Mr.
Bowden is a hot campaigner and
will likely invade this territory
thoroughly armed. He makes a
splendid speech and a good crowd
is sure to hoar him. It will be a
red-hot political day in Douglas as
Governor Nat Harris will speak in
the morning at 10:30.
GOVERNOR HARRIS
SPEAKS HERE SAT.
A great amount of interest will be
taken by the friends and supporters
of Governor Nat E. Harris in the
announcement that he will address
the voters of Coffee county at the
Court house in Douglas Saturday,
August sth at 10:30 a. m.
The aggressive old man is doing
some rapid-fire campaigning and
Douglas will feel it quite an honor
to be one of the places at which
Georgia’s distinguished governor
will make utterance on the various
political issues in the present race.
KNOWLES-WESLEY
BOUT CALLED OFF
On account of town authorities
the boxing bout between Frank
Knowles and Tommy Wesley was
called off.
NOTICE CONCERNING
THE CITY COURT
Upon a practically unanimous re
quest of the bar and others interest
ed in the City Court, I have decided
not to try any civil business at the
August term, but to continue all
civil business to the November term,
and to continue all criminal business
except those who may be in jail
charged with misdemeanors. The
jurors summoned for the first week,
beginning August 21st, will be re
quired to be present. The jurors
summoned for the second week of
City court are excused and need not
report, as there will be no court
hel i during the second week. I will
dispose of jail matters during the
first week as stated in order that all
parties may have all the time possi
ble for the coming session of the
Superior Court, which will convene
the first Monday in September, and
which I understand has a large doc
ket of heavy business to handle.
I will call the Appearance docket
on Friday, September, Ist. at ten
o’clock, at which time I will hear de
murrers and motions to dismiss
pleas.
This the 2nd day of August, 1916.
W. C. BRYAN,
Judge of the City Court of Douglas.
PREPARDENESS AT
BLUE BRIDGE N. G.
Published by Request
Cut off from all communication
with the outside world since Satur
day night, nearly 300 men and
women from all parts of the South
attending the Y. M. C. A. Summer
School now in session at Blue Ridge,
N. C., have been eager to get word
to thousands of anxious relatives
and friends that they were perfectly
safe, well-fed and comfortable in the
heart of the storm-swept region
near Asheville.
The 16 buildings of the Blue Ridge
Association are located at an eleva
tion of 3700 feet on a high vantage
point ove looking the flood region of
the valley below. Executive Secre
tary, Dr. W. D, Weatherford, said
today: “Not only was' our com
misary department stocked with
two weeks’ full supply of staple
groceries, but we have furnished
food to a number of mountaineers
in real distress. We have every
thing for which to be thankful.
Our own power plant is supplying to
all our buildings lights and water,
which were temporarily cut off by v
an accumulation of silt and dirt in
our reservoir.
“I never saw a better exibition of
Y. M C. A. spirit than when 75 de
legates were working voluntarily at
hard manuel labor to make sure of
light and water for other conferen
ces as well as their own.
“Those who have planned to at
tend the other conferences need
have no fear as to their safety and
comfort during their stay in Blue
Ridge.
“C. H. Hobbs, prominent lumber
merchant of North Carolina, Chair
man of the Blue Ridge Business
Committee, after a perilous trip to
Blue Ridge by Sunday afternoon,
hired a gang of men on Monday and
promptly restored the automobile
road to the town of Black Mountain,
two miles away.
“As quickly as telegraph service
was resumed at Asheville, 20 miles
away, we sent 98 telegrams by foot
messengers to let the world know
that the Blue Ridge Association was
comparatively untouched bv the
storm.
“Our delegates are leaving Friday
by carriage to Asheville, and by
railroad thence via Murphy and At
lanta or Knoxville.’’
GASKIN SPRING CAMPMEETING
BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY AUG. 4
MRS. t. F. CDNDIFF
DIED MONDAY
Although friends and relatives
have realized that the physical was
slowly breaking loose from the
beautiful soul of Mrs. A. P. Cundiff,
it was, after all, a blow when her
eyes closed to earthly things on Mon
day evening at eight o’clock. Sur
rounded by loved ones, affection and
comforts, the only pain her death
brought was that it brought to oth
ers. Her beautiful spirit and rad
iant smile passed into another world.
Mrs. Cundiff has spent much time
with her daughter, Mrs. G. F. Dick
son here. She was not known to a
large number of Douglas people as
she had for a long number of year
gone in a rolling chair, but to the
nieghbors and triends who knew her
best she was a well spring of hap
piness. The joy of living was so ef
fervescent in her soul of souls that
it became a centagion, and few mo
men had the callers, that were hers
every day. Her phycical infinmities
were many, but they were passed
into insignificance by ner master in
tellect and cheerness.
Mrs. Cundiff was a native Missis
sippian but went out to California in
her young married life. There Mr.
Cundiff was buried on the Rocky
Mountians and she then came to
Georgia with her children. She
taught for a number of years in the
schools of Ware County, and has
been recognized as one of Ware’s
best teachers. When asked how she
held out to teach with her tiny babe
coving or, a school bench, she smil
ingly said she di In't teach too hard.
Being the daughter of a Baptist
preacher, she was a member of that
denomination, and clung to the faith
which had been hers since childhood.
God was good to Mrs. Cundiff and
His great peace was sealed and re- j
fleeted in her, face.
At the time of her quiet passing
away, she was seventy-six of age.
She was taken to Waycross this
morning to be laid away in the fam
ily lot there. Besides Mrs. Dickson,
she is survived by two other child
ren, Mrs. Willie McEldrey, of Way
nesville. Georgia and Mrs. P. L.
Cundiff, of San Francisco.
Masonic honors were conferred
upon her at the grave, as she loved
and affiliated with that order.
ASYLUM PROBLEM
BEFORE LEGISLATURE
i
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 1. The associa
tion of criminal and innocent insane
at the state insane asylum at Milled
geville is declared by the trustees
unjust to both alike and both suffer
by it. What is the legislature going
to do about it? This question has
been asked on all sides. Lawmakers
have been repeatedly asked to reme
dy tnis situation, but so far there
| has been no response to the appeal.
J Back in 1904 the legislature passed
!an act reqiring that insane convicts
j should be cared for at the State
! Farm, but it failed to provide funds
for taking care of them there.
The question of making better
j provisions and remedying the laws
at the asylum is one of the issues be
fore the legislature.
We are still doing job work in our
same old way—first-class.
MONEY TO LOAN.
On improved farm property in Cof
fee County. Long terms, reasonable
rates of interest. W T e represent the old
and reliable firm of Howard M. Smith
& Co. Call on or write.—J. MONROE
WILCOX & BRO., Douglas. Ga. 22tt
Official Organ of Coffee County
After A Year’s Absence, Meeting
Promises to be Bigger and
Greater than Ever.
The Gaskin Spring campmeeting
begins next Friday, Aug., 4th, and
will continue for about five days. It
is one of the oldest and most noted
camp grounds in Georgia and a large
number of visitors is always in at
tendance. More interest is being
taken in this year’s meeting than
ever bfore and there is expected to
be a record oreaking crowd each
day as well as the most interesting
services in its history.
There was no meeting last year,
due to the financial staingency of
the country, and the renewal of the
event bids fair to be accompanied by
very bright prospects. The various
improvements on the grounds and
the building of the Kracker Coun
try Club, nearbv, makes the grounds
more attractive than, which likely
means such rapid growth of the
Gaskin Spring campmeeting, that in
the near future, its attendance and
renown will closly rival the famous
Indian Spring meeting.
All damage caused by the recent
heavy rains is about repaired. The
bridges have been put in first class
shape and there has been some white
washing and other improvements
made on the pavillain grounds by
the Woman’s club of Douglas.
Everything will be in readiness for
the opening.
The short road to the spring is un
dergoing repairs through the aid of
the city and several citizens, who
have kindly sent help. So there will
be two good roads to the grounds
and plenty of the conveyance for
every one to attend at a small and
regulated cost.
The various committees appointed
by the church have done their duty
thoroughly and the subscription
committee for bridge repairing, etc.
has been very active.
Pastor Morrison announces among
the noted misisters of the Methodist
church, who will preach daily, will
be: Dr. C. R. Jenkins, President of
Wesleyan; Rev. M. C. Austin, a ver
teran attendant and known all over
Georgia; Rev. L. J. Ballard, of Way
cross, Rev. W\ F. Quillian and oth
ers. Feature singing and other
features will accompany each ser
vice.
The campmeeting means the an
nual camp of several families of
Douglas, who will spend several
days on the grounds and take a large
interest in the meeting. Some have
cottages wffiile other will pitch tents.
Mrs. H. J, living on the
grounds, will throw open her doors
to visitors and accommodate as many
as possible. She is in position to
furnish meals at a very reasonable
price. Many parties will go for a
day and spread lunch.
The meeting of family members,
who seldom see each other, always
takes place at campmeeting, which
means much to Douglas, Coffee
county and this section of Georgia.
It is one of the greatest meetings,
the Methodist church holds in this
section of Georgia during the year
and it is desired for all people to
take an active part.
JUDGE BRYAN
AT HAZLEHURST
Judge W. C. Bryan, of the Doug
las city court, held a short session of
court at Hazlehurst this week for
Judge Grant. Judge Bryan is very
ably presiding on every occasion and
his reputation is becoming far
reaching. Nothing but praise has
been heard of his work since he as
sumed the Judges duties. He serves
like a veteran and disposes of the
work in a prompt and firm manner.