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VOL. 111. NO 47. CAPITAL REMOVAL BILL TO BE FIRST Bibb Delegation To Ask Appling County to Waive Right to Intro duce First Measure. When the Legislature meets next June the members of the Bibb dele gation in .the house, Messrs. Fowler. Hall and Barfield, are going to ask the representative of Appling county to waive his right to introduce the first bill, so that the bill to remove the capital from Atlanta to Macon will be the first measure introduced at the first session. Practically the same bill as was favorably reported by the committee on constitu ional amendments will be introduced again next year. With the advantage of being House Bill No. 1, it will hardly be possible for the rules committee to smother it, as was done this year. Ben. J. Fowler has made a careful study of the newly elected members of the legislature, and believes that that the capital removal bill will have more supporters this year than it had last. W. R. WILSON ON BOARD OF EXAMINERS After a hard fight had been waged in the legislature for several years a bill creating a board of examiners was passed whereby it will be neces sary to stand an examination before a state board before being allowed to fit eye glasses or sell them. The bill was backed by the state organization of optometrist and Mr. W. R. Wilson of this city was one •of its most ardent advocates and through his efforts, as an officer, of the organization, the bill gained impetus. The Board is composed of five members and Mr. Wilson was ap pointed last week by Governor Har ris as one of them for a period of two years. Notice, Corn & Martin All parties indebted to the old firm of Corn, Dickey & Martin which have been dissolved, are here by notified to come in and make set tlement with John A. Corn who now represents Dickey & Martin in their new business. The notes due the old Company are at the Citizens Bank, Douglas, Ga., and must be paid to save cost and further trouble The new firm of Dickey & Martin will have plenty of stock of the same high-class as heretofore at the same old stand. Come and see us before you trade. Dickey & Martin, adv-47-4t By John A. Corn. SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED WED. After having been in session for almost three weeks Superior Court adjourned at shortly after noon Wednesday. The greater part of the murder cases were disposed of and two life sentences imposed in the cases of George White and Mrs. Haskins. Robert Merritt received 4 years for assult and attempt to murder. The case of the Shepherd boys and Dennis Sears was carried over on account of the inability of their counsel to try the case on ac c iunt of throat trouble. In the case of Burns for the murder of Williams at McDonald, the defendant was not on hand when the case was called and could not be located according to the sheriff until the last day of court. He was indicted by the Grand Jury for murder. The presedtments of the Grand Jury are carried in this issue. (Bofftt (ffotwfjj COFFEE'S REPRESENTATIVE RACE GETTING PUBLICITY. The following from the Macon j Telegraph possibly gives the views i of Mr. Stewart who w-as a candidate j for re-election as Coffee’s Repre- I sentative and who, according to' consolidation of votes here by the, Executive Committee, lost by 19 i votes. The outoome of the contest is being watched by the people of the county and while we were ap prised of the fact that Mr. Stewart had filed a contest, we do not know whether or not the report as carried below is correct. —Thesesultof the primary election in Coffee county not only will be contested on the ground on fraud and illegality in several precinets, but information is that there is a possibility that the fight will be carried into the general election in November. Representative C. E. Stew T art, of that county, who was standing for re-election to the house, was opposed by John Paulk. The declaration of the election results gave the winning to Paulk by 17 votes. The charge is now T made by the Stewart sup porters that the election was stolen and that trickery was used. They charge that two or three hundred of the Stewart men were arbitrarily marked off the registration list prior to the election, but th .t in the actual ballots polled there were enough to give the winning to Stewart; that the Paulk crowd simply counted Stewart out of his votes. It is charged that in the Willacoochee box Stew-art was given only 7 votes, and yet they have affidavits from voters to show that 75 votes were polled for Stewart in that box. The charge is also made that similar irregularities occured at the Nichols and McDonald polling places, and that these will be protested. CONTEST HAS BEEN FILED A contest has been filed before the county committee, it is stated, and if it is not sustained there the in tention is to take it before the state convention. Information is that sentiment is very much disturbed in Coffee over the charges being made, and that there is a great deal of talk of carry ing the fight, if necessary, as far as opposition in the general election in November. Mr. Stewart is in Atlanta today. There is, it is understood, a strong probability that the senatorial race in the First district may be taken to the convention for settlement. Chatham county had the senator from that district the last time and, under the rotation agreement, is not entitled to another term in the senate now. J. Q. Edwards carried Chatham county, with its six votes. J. P. Dukes was the candidate from Two more instances of Coffee County’s progress, on left is the McLelland School and on the right the Arnie School, both of which are situated in progressive com munities and both have become standard schools. The Arnie school was taught last term by H. C. Roberts and Miss Sarah Joyce and the McClelland school by Prof Wells and it was largely through the work of these splendid teachers and the co-operation of the enterprising patrons of the schools with the assistance of Supt. J. G. Floyd J" I '.-MBf-wy Afa tret ■ wgL mm |§|§|fiBS . , mK/Qmr '■'*"• - *>s. • . .*fe> '3HI %, Jr ■mp , ' fS . • -i" jul *»***■< .-*/£/ V ‘.3J L.. ..v -ijT’f*'- .tf —ir* ’ .%jL-L.,-t/. \- ■ * n «*■-■■„•. '.'«f-,~~-' .-.-« r •' : -.--C \.ate*? * ~ aAv **l DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1916. R. G, DICKERSON SENATOR FROM FIFTH DISTRICT Some surprises were sprung in the representative races in adjoining counties. R. G. Dickerson, of Homerville, defeated Sherman Drawdy for the senate and is there fore to be in the Senate for two years from the sth district composed of Coffee, Ware and Clinch counties. Dr. Culpepper was elected to the house in Clinch county, while J. P. Knight was defeated in Berrien by A. H. Giddens, the candidate who seemingly favors the creation of Lanier county with Milltown as the county seat. Knight was making the race on a platform that stood for the creation of Cook county with Adel as the county seat. W. F. Hin son was the winner for a seat in the House from Jeff Davis county, de feating Col. James Swain and W. S. Johnson, of Hazelhurst and a candi. date from Denton. This race was very close between Hinson and Swain, only about 24 votes difference. In Bacon county Dr. J. H. Carter, the present representative defeated J. S. Douglas in a heated race by a majority of four votes. Editor L. V. Williams and Calvin Parker who were nominated in the county pri mary some time ago were nominated. Judge J L. Sweat bolted the pri mary and made the race against Williams, only to be overwhelmingly defeated. Mrs. Alice Longino has returned I to her home in Fairburn after a visit ! to her sister, Mrs. VV. R. Wilson. ' Mrs. J. E. Causey is at home from a visit to relatives in Plains. Bryan county, which is entitled to the term. In Chatham, after the election, it was decided that, though the county did not give a majority to the Bryan candidate, Chatham’s vote should be polled or him in the convention. Now comes the protest filed by Edwards, claiming that he carried the district and that the Chatham county committee had no right to direct that county’s vote be polled against him after he had won the county. The state senatorial cenvention for that district is to be held in Savannah September 23, and the fight will first be taken up there, and may be settled at that time. If not, it will have to go to the state convention. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS OF SEPTEMBER TERM. We, the Grand Jury, selected and sworn at this the September term, 1916, of Coffee Superipr Court, here with submit our general present ments. Through committees appointed,we have examined the various institu tions, roads, convict camps, buildings J. P. books and such other things as we are required to investigate, and make the following reports and rec omendations: We recommend that the “Ellis Health Bill” be investigated by our Board County Commissioners, and ; that they require it to be put in operation in our County. W’e recommend that Ben Joice be placed upon the Pauper roll of our County, and that he be paid the sum of $3 00 per month; That Archie Taff also be placed upon the pauper roll, and that he be paid the sum of $5.00 per month; and that Geo. A. Hancock be placed also upon the pauper roll, and that he be paid the sum of $3.00 per month. W’e reccommend that J. F. Over street be paid the sum of $5.00 for Automobile hire, carrying committee to convict camps. We recommend that our Tax col lector use a cash book upon which to keep a complete record of all special taxes collected as required by law; same to be furnished by the County Commissioners. We recommend that the County Commissioners employ an expert ac countant to check the various books jof our County, and that such ac countant be paid for his services out | of the general funds of said county. We ,recommend that the Dixie Highway be put in first class condi tion at once, in so far as it lies in Coffee County. We recommend that E. Todd be re-appointed to succeed himself as Notary Public & Ex officio J. P. for the 1127th District G. M. of Coffee County. We recemmend that H. M. Thomas be re-appointed to succeed himself as Notary Public & Ex off J. P. for the 1170th Dist G. M. of Coffee County. W’e hereby fix the per diem for Grand and petit jurror, ‘for the en suing year at $2.00 and for the pay of Clerks of Grand jurrorsand Fore man of Grand jurrors at $3.00 per day. We hereby appoint H. F. Brown, C. W. Meeks and J. L. Shelton as a book committee to examine all the various books of our countv and re port to the next Grand Jury. That they be paid $3.00 per day. We the committee appointed to examine theJ. P. books and N. P. & Ex J P Books of Coffee County, j . . — ■ ~ that these schools have become nearer perfection. Includ ing these there is now five standard schools located in Coffee county and many more will become standardized during the coming term. There is doubtless not a county in the state that is making better progress in the way of school work than Coffee and the work is still young. If the improvements now being made is continued it will only be a short while until Coffee county will have a model system of schools. find them to be generally well kept. Jeff Kirkland i J. I. Hatfield ■ r>„ m Arthur Vickers \ W’e the committee on public build ings, and properties of various characters, herewith submit the following report. W’e find the stock at Camp No 1 in good condition, but we find at camp No 2 some sore shoulders among the mules, due largely to collars too large; we also find that some of the mules need shoeing, and recommend that these defects be remedied at as early a date as possible. We find some of the cam)) cars in bad repair, and recommend that these too be looked after within a reasonable time. We have examined the County Jail, and find it entirely too small for our present needs, and reco mend that that same be enlarged at once, or that a new and larger one be built to take its place. W'e have examined the court house, and find it in fairly good repair ex cept toilets; they are shamefully bad, and should be put in good condition at once, and we recommend that a more efficient janitor be employed and that he be required to keep them in a clean sanitary condition. We find the entire toilet system to small for the demands made upon it, and recommend that this condition be in some wav remedied. G. J. Meeks, J. F. Overstreet, B. Morris, Com. We the committe chosen to inspect tbe roads of Coffee county, herewith submit the following recommenda tions. That the County Commissioners j use the regular Chaingang force in j building permanent roads, and that they create a suitable patch gang I from the convicts, and that they be j located at Douglas; that they jbe provided witn a proper Au ! tomobile truck with which to haul material of various kinds; one in which, the hands also may be trans ported to any portion of the county with unnecessary loss of time, and that their services may be accessible to any and all Darts of the county on short notice; the party in charge of this camp to be regularly appointed by the Prison Commission deputy warden, and that he be a practical road and bridge man. J. F. Overstreet, D. A. Smith, J. M. Shaw, A. S. McCullum, Com. In taking leave of the court we de sire to thank our worthy judge for the able charge given us and for the efficient manner in which he has presided over this term of the court. We also desire to thank our able solicitor generel for the faithfui and Official Organ of Coffee County 111,335 IS TOTAL OF DORSEY'S VOTE Governor-Elect’s Majority is More Than Ten Thousand - Other Popular Votes. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18. The com plete consolidated vote received by the various state house candidates in Tues day’s opposition shows the following result: For Gove.no,: Dorsey 111,386 Harris 70,606 Hardman 27,846 Pottle 7,210 For Comptroller General: Wright 126,467 Dobbs 83,882 For Treasurer: Speer 126,249 Fakes 85,223 For School Superintendent: Brittain .. ..114,624 Keese 85,223 For Commissioner of Agriculture: Brown 113,492 Price 100,473 For Prison Commissioner: Davidson .... 108,6:18 Flanders 30,027 Henslee 38,717 Tuggle :c.121 j For Railroad Commissioner: Candler 119,285 Peeples 84,033 For Railroad Commissioner: Perry 118,032 McLendon 91,202 The standing of the fourteen candi dates for the three new places on the court of appeals follows: Convention. Counties. Votes. O. H. B. Bloodworth 69 176 Alex Stephens 66 166 Walter T. George 64J 153 W. F. Jenkins 06 150 J. B. Hutcheson . 50J 125 Roscoe Luke 50 114 H. J. Fullbright 28 74 M. J. Yeomans 21 50 John J. Kinsey 21 48 A. W. Cozart 14 40 Henry S. Jones 7 20 John M. Graham 4 12 George C. Grogan 5 12 L. P. Skeen I 2 THOMAS. E. WATSON EXPECTED IN ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Sept. IS. It is re ported on reliable authority in At lanta that Thomas E. Watson, the well known editor of “The Jeffer sonian” of Thompson, Ga., will be in attendance upon the state conven tion to be held in Macon next Tues day, Sept. 2fi. If he goes to Macon, it will be the first time he has at tended a state-wide political gath ing since the famous Underwood convention held in Atlanta four years ago, when Mr. Watson came to Atlanta with the announced in tention of having himself elected to Baltimore as a delegate, and of “seizing control of the Democratic party.” Another noted old timer who will I play a prominent part in the conven j tion at Macon is “Little Albert” Howell of Atlanta, brother of Edi tor Clark Howell of the Atlanta Con stitution and himself president of the Constitution Publishing com pany. Mr. Howell is the law partner of Hugh M. Dorsey, directed the policy of the Dorsey campaign, and will head the Fulton county delega tion to Macon. impartial manner in which he has discharged his duties and for his good advice to us. We also thank our sheriff, clerk, bailiff and all the officers of the court who have so kindly contributed to our care and comfort during this term. We recommend thst A. W. Had dock be paid the sum of $5 for mak -1 ing and transcribing these general presentments. We recommend that these present ments be published in both the Cof ; fee County Progress and the Douglas j Enterprise, and that each be paid $5 ! for such services. Respectfully Submitted, W T. ROYAL Foreman.