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VOL. 111. NO 45.
COFFEE COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
Is to be Held at Ambrose, Ga.,
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. !6
and 17,1916.
The present indications are that
the Coffee County Sunday School
Convention, which is to be held on
Sept. 16th and 17th is to break all
past records. The convention this
year will be held in Ambrose.
Two of tne principal speakers will
be Miss Daisy Magee, Elementary
Superintendent of the Georgia
Sunday School Association and Mr.
C. H. Bolton, Atlanta, of the
Woodward Avenue Baptist Sunday
School. 1
Miss Magee is a very attractive
speaker and her subjects are always
presented in the most interesting
and instructive manner. Those who
are interested in working with the
children in the Sunday School will
do well to make a special effort, to
hear her as she is an expert along
that line.
Mr. Bolton is a very enthusiastic
Sunday School worker. The Sunday
School with which he is connected
is very successful and he knows how
to tell others how to make their
Sunday School successful. He is
an interesting speaker and impresses
his audience that he knows what he
is talking about.
Besides Miss Magee and Mr.
Bolton a number of the local Sunday
School workers will take part on the
program. The County officers feel
that they have been very fortunate
in securing these workers to help in
the convention. The program was
prepared with the view of making
the meeting especially helpful to the
Sunday School, superintendents,
teachers and officers.
This is an interdenominational
meeting and every White Sunday
School \n Coffee County is urgently
requested to send a good delegation.
All who are interested in Sunday-
School work are invited to attend
the sessions.
JUDGE BRYAN
PRESENTS FACTS
ABOUT LANKFORD
TO THE VOTERS OF THE 11th.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
I feel confident that if the voters
of the entire Eleventh Congress
ional district knew Judge W. C.
Lankford as I know him, there
would be no doubt whatever about
the result of the campaign for
Congress now being waged in this
district.
Judge Lankford has always stood
for things that were honest and
righteous and that were best for the
people and for the best interest and
betterment of the community in
which he has lived during the past
fifteen or sixteen years. He takes an
especial delight in the success of
the young people, in helping them
get an education and get a start in
life and I know of my own knowl
edge of several instances where he
has loaned money to young people
to help them complete their edu
cation, and they are making good
to-dav. He has never made demand
on them for the return of the money
and what has been paid by them
when they got able to do so and
without hardship to them in any
way whatever. These young people,
with his aid, have gone out over
the country and to a man are mak
ing good. These are some of the
commendable traits and actions of
Judge Lankford. I known these
facts by having been associated
with him on the Board of the City
of Douglas for a number of years.
His whole life has been filled wfith
kinds of acts of service to the people
among whom he was reared and has
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HARDMAN MAKES
FOUR SPEECHES IN
COUNTY-HERE THURS.
Dr. L G. Hardman, the farmers’
and businessmen’s candidate tor
Governor, visited Coffee county
this week and made four speeches.
Wednesday night he spoke to a
good sized audience at Broxton.
Today (Thursday) he made three
speeches. At ten o’clock he ad
dressed the voters of Pearson and
the lower part of county. At one
p. m. he spoke to a large crowd at
the court house, and at 2:45 he
made a brief address at Nicholls
from which place he went to
Alma where he is scheduled to
speak at four o’clock.
The Doctor was well received
at all these places and the speech
es he made were vote getters. He
is one of the cleanest campaigners
it has been our privilege to hear,
and we have within the past few
weeks, heard all four of the candi
dates Dr. Hardman in the beginn
ing pitched his campaign on a
high plane and to this policy he
strictly adheres in all of his utter
ances. In his references to his
opponents, he refrains from un
kind remarks and critcisms. He
is absolutely above partisan and
petty politics and is averse to poli
tical harangnes and discussions
that should have no place ina high
ordered campaign.
The Docter was cordially re
ceived in Coffee County and his
visit has made him many new
friends. Two years ago, he did
not have an opportunity to speak
here, but he received a large vote
and with the efforts and activities
now being exerted in his behalf;
his opportunities to carry Coffee
next Tuesday are, indeed, good.
G. BEGAN
FALL TERM TUESDAY
List of Boarding Pupils Unusually
Large Many Entered for
Graduation.
The doors of the Georgia Normal
College and Business Institute were
opened Tuesday morning for the
1916-17 session. The opening chapel
exercises took place at 8:30 a. m.
and were followed by a prompt or
ganization of classes. By now all
work is going on smoothly, which is
very indicative for a splendid year’s
work and a banner year for the
noted institution.
More boarding pupils began the
term than ever before, the dormi
tories being practically filled to ca
pacity. A large number have enter
ed their names in the graduating
classes, including the commercial, in
which there is listed a greater num
ber than every before. Several hun
dred city students have entered the
grades and other departments.
These with the boarders, make the
attendance seven or eight hundred.
Profs. Little and Kuhl, principals
of the literary and commercial class
es are jubilous over the outlook for
the coming year. A splendid facul
ty has been selected and an unusual
ly large number of ambitious boys
and girls have entered. The people
of Douglas should lend the instruct
ors every incouragement in their
great work and greet and welcome
all students with open hands and
hearts.
WANTED — Room for rent, to
couple; or two young men. Can
get board also if desired.
Call Phone 199, or address Mrs.
H. W. Baird.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1916.
EXTRACT FROM THE HAZLEHURST
SPEECH OF JOOGE LANKFORD
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am to-!
day making the first speech ever de-!
livered by me in behalf of my candi
dacy for office. I have always hoped
that some day I would run for con
gress, and be elected. This ambition :
of mine helped me when a boy in
school, to put forth my best efforts.
That ambition has encouraged me all
through life to be a good student,
and endeavor to be a good lawyer,
and to strive to be and make a good
record as judge of the City Court of
Douglas, and always inspired me to
do my best.
I would not want to be elected to
congress merely for the sake of being
called congressman and to receive
the pay. 1 would however like to go j
to congress, because I believe I could
make good, and be of real service to
the people of my section of the state
and to the nation as a whole. No
man is entitled to honor simply be
cause he holds officd. True honor
and distinction should go to the man
who really renders a service to ser
vice to suffering, struggling, striv
ing humanity. If I am elected to
congress I will work all the while to
makegood, so that whenever I re
turn home, my friends will come to
me and say “Lankford, old fellow,
you have made good, you stayed on
the job and you rendered us a real
service.’’ I believe that lam quali
fied to make a good congressman.
First, because 1 was born and reared
on the farm; I was born in an ordi
nary log house, learned to crawl on
the old fashioned clay floor. I
plowed with an ox four years then a
mule four years, and at the age of
fifteen mabe a second grade license
to teach school, and before this ex
pired made a first grade. I taught
school several years, and fina ly be
came a lawyer, then judge of the
City Court of Douglas. I tell these
things only to show that I am in
sympathy with the man who works,
and the man who toils, and to let
you know that the happiest moment
of my life, if elected to congress,
will be when I am in position to
render a real service to the farming
class and to the laboring class.
The most important piece of legis
lation now pending is the rural
credits proposition. I have devoted
much time to this question, and I be
lieve the way to solve the problem is
for the government tc pay for the
inspection of the security offered and
the making of the abstract and then
that the government insure the loan
offered for the amount approved
and thus let the governmeat guaran
tee the notes in the loan by guaran
teeing that whoever lends the money
to the farmer will never lose any of
the principal or interest, because of
lack of security or insufficient titles.
In this way the farmer’s loan notes
will become as good as government
bonds,and he should be able to secure
the monev at four or five per cent
interest. The government could
The boyhood home of Judge W. C. Lankford, in
Clinch county. He understands the needs of the people,
and knows how to help them.
either charge one-half of one per
cent for the insurance,-or the gov
ernment could do this without ex
pense -to the farmer, in order to
buiid up the farming interest, and
thus benefit the whole nation. I
think this the most efficient plan
which possibly can be devised. If I
am elected to congress I will work
for this plan untiringly, and will
only change when I see my plan is
faulty if ever.
A great deal is said about pre
paredness, Woodrow Wilson is
preaching preparedness everywhere,
and he is right. We must have more
military affairs and more naval
affairs, in order to keep this country
out of war, and in order if war does
come, that we may be able to fight
and win great victories and protect
our county and women and children.
We are learning a lesson of prepared
ness from Germany, when we stop
to think, Germany's preparedness
is not along the line of having mili
tary and naval affairs only, but her
preparedness means a good rural
credit system whereby the farmers
borrows the money they need at a
low rate of interest fora long period
of time. Her preparedness means
to help the larmer get the nitrogen
from the air and the particular fer
tilizers he needs. Her preparedness
goes further than that, after a great
crop has been made, she helps her
farmers to market that crop, by
bringing the produce in close touch
with the market, and helping the
farmer, to get the very best price
the products of his labor. Her pre
paredness means educational ad'ant
ages for the children, and the build
ing of good schools systems, and she
educates her men so that in war
they fight with their brains, instead
of their bodies, thev fight with im
proved machine guns and long range
artillery at a long distance, instead
of with a bayonet and sword at short
range. Her preuaredness mi ans a
hetter system of roads, better ad
vantage which will help and
strengthen the laboring man and
funner and the strengthening of her
country.
I stand not only for prepared
ness which is good in time of war,
but for preparedness which is good
in time of peace. And, it occurs to
me that we should learn the whole
lesson of preparedness, and not only
a part of the program.
If I am elected I will stand for
everything which helps the farming
folks and the multitude.
I believe in the congressmen and
senators having an advisory commit
tee of men selected by labor orga
nizations to assist the congressmen
and senators in standing for the
things deemed by the laboring man
man ar.d organized labor.
The man who goes to congress
should be in close touch with the
people whom he represents, und
should at all times as faithfully rep-
A STANDARD
RURAL SCHOOL
There are probably a great many
people in the county that do not
understand what is meant by a
Standard Rural school, and for the
benefit of those who would like to
know we take pleasure in offering
this explanation.
The requirements for the Stand
ard school have been outlined and
prepared by our most efficient
State School Superintendent, Hon.
M. L. Brittain and who is also a
candidate for re-election to this the
most important office in the State,
and who will of course be re-elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The requirements are as follows:
I.
THE TEACHER
1. Good Teaching.
2. Good Order and Management.
3. First Grade Certificate.
4. Full, Neat, and Accurate
School Register.
5. Daily Program posted in
Room.
6. Teacher’s Manual on Desk.
11.
GROUNDS.
1. Good Condition.
2. Playgrounds.
3: School Garden.
4. Two Separate Sanitary Closets,
111.
BUILDING.
1. Painted Outside.
2. Plastered, or Ceiled and Paint
ed.
3. No Leaks.
4. Windows without Broken
| Panes.
5. Cloak Rooms.
6. Good Doors with Locks and
I
Keys.
6. Clean and Well-Kept.
IV.
EQUIPMENT
1. Patent Modern Desks.
2, At least 20 linealfeet of Black
board per Room,
8. Building Comfortable Heated
and Ventilated.
4. Framed Pictures on the Wall.
5. Dictionary, Maps and Library.
6. Sanitary Water Supply.
V.
ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
1. Manual Arts, Corn, Canning.
Poultry or Cooking Club.
VI.
SALARY of TEACHER
1. At least S4O per month.
VII
ly Term at least seven months.
It is very gratifling to us who
live in Coffee, the best county in the
i state, to know that there are 8000
rural schools in the state and only
I 200 have reached the standard re
quirements and five of these are in
Coffee County. McClelland and
Arnie are the last two to qualify
and the photographs of these will
appear in the papers within the
next few days. It is hoped that
before another year passes that
Coffee County will have at least
fifteen Standard schools and we
believe this will be true.
J. Gordon Floyd, C. S S.
resent them as a lawyer ever repre
sented his client.
1 believe in a separation of church
and state, and f reedom of the press,
and will at all times fight to main
tain these constitutional guarantees.
I believe in the government doing
everything possible to educate the
boj s and girls of her country. I
wish to live to see the time when
every boy and girl can get an educa
tion, and to this end, I am in favor
of a system whereby the government
will loan money to worthy young
men and women with which to get
an education, which money can be
paid on easy terms, and the same
money used to educate others, and
thus the water that turns the mill
will come back and grind again.
I believe that the United States
government should distribute read
ing matter of a clean, instructive,
wholesome character, so that the
boys and girls of the country may
read and learn and educate them
selves, when otherwise thev would
not probably have a chance.
Official Organ of Coffee County
JUDGE LANKFORD
SPOKE TO CROWDED
HOUSE MONDAY
Judge W. C. Lankford delivered
his one hundred and sixth speech
since the opening of the campaign
for congress, to the voters of his
home county, at the court house
heielast Monday afternoon from
one to two o’clock.
The courthouse was crowded to its
capacity, notwithstanding that there
was a steady downpour of rain for
some time before and during almost
the entire speech.
Judge Lankford discussed the
campaign to date as he had previous
ly promised he would do so; and
among other things he stated that
if his old home, clinch, and his
adopted home, Coffee, did the part
that it is not denied they will do,
his nomination and election wa3 an
absolutely assured fact. He told of
the magnificent encour lgemeut
that he was receiving from every
quarter of the district, and of loyal
friends in almost every community
through the whole sixteen counties
who wese bending every effort to
carry his campaign to victory on
next Tuesday the 12th. He promised
if elected, to stay on the job every
day that Congress was in session,
unless providentially prevented, and
that he would repay every voter in
the district for every courtesy and
for every favor shown in honest,
unalloyed devotion to duty and
faithful and consistent service to
the people of this nistrict, the state
and the nation.
Those who heard this speech say
I that it was a most magnifioent one,
and a great many of them denomi
nate it as the best effort of its kind
that they had ever heard.
To say that this speech solidified
the already strong following of
Judge Lankford in Coffee County,
and made friends and supporters of
j many from other counties of the
district is putting it mildly. There
were many voters from at least
four of the adjoining counties to
Coffee, present, and it is believed
that they went away, almost to a
man, ardent supporters of Coffee’s
and the Eleventh’s next congress
man.
Judge Lankford has made speeches
of this same force and eloquence all
over the district, and it is a most
patent truth that where he speaks
to the people of a community they
become his friends and ardent
supporters, because of the stamp of
sincerity upon every prorr ise made,
and because of his known high
moral integrity and unusual ability,
and because of his clean, clearcut
record of service to the people with
whom he has lived since early man
hood,
Coffee County’s candidate is a
gifted orator, a splendid gentleman,
a brilliant lawyer, has made an
exellent judge, is a moral, upright,
God loving, law abiding citizen
whose record is unassailed and un
excelled, and she unqaulifiedly com
mends him to the favorable con
sideration of the voters of the
Eleventh district.
NOTICE
A eommitte in this county is
assisting in securing funds for the
campaign of President Woodrow
Wilson. Every loyal democrat who
is able to do so and wishes to con
tribute something to the cause of
the greatest president since Wasn
ington will please send or give to
Moses Griffin, Treasurer, whatever
amount you feel like giving. Every
one is requested to give SI.OO.
Mr. W. S. Patterson has returned
to Douglas after spending the
summer in Kentucky,
A select car of brood mares just
arrived. See W. S. Pstterson & Co.
We invite you to see the best car
load of brood mares that ever have
been unloaded in Douglas. W, S.
Patterson & Co.