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VOL. 111. NO 50. E, J, SWEAT OF AMBROSE JAILED Charged with stealing a Chevrolet automobile belonging to I. H. Marks, of Monticello, E. J. Sweat, of Am brose, is in the Bibb county jail, and police of Georgia and Florida are searching for Frank Stephens, al leged partner in the crime. The two men stole the car Satur day afternoon from E. D. Marks, son of I. H. Marks, who came to Macon to do some shopping, and was on his way back home. Marks picked the two men up as he was leaving Macon, volunteering to give them a ride. “Five miles out from Macon.” Mr. Marks told Sheriff Jim Hicks yesterday, “some one suggested that I was on the wrong road to go to Monticello. I stopped the car, leav ing the two men in it, and started off toward a house about 200 yards from the road. When I had gotten away from the car, one of the two men seated himself at the wheel and started off. I ran after him, but there was no chance to catch him. SWEAT IS IN JAIL. The matter was reported to the city detectives, Rachels and New berry, yesterday morning. ‘Learning that Sweat lived at Ambrose, Detec tive Rachels wired the police at that place to look out for the car. At II o’clock yesterday morning he receiv ed a wire to the effect that Sweat was in jail at Ambrose, and that Stephens had taken the car and start ed on back to Macon. The detective expressed the opinion that he was headed for Jacksonville, however, and wired the authorities there to begin a search for the men. He also wired o,ther points. Mr. Marks had the car, which was stolen for two weeks, having pur chased it here. He was not acquaint ed with the road between here and Monticello, and when one of the two men now' charged with the theft of the car suggested tnat he was on the wrong road, he thought their inten tions were good. A deputy sheriff w T as sent to Am brose for Sweat. CORN CLUB CONTEST THURSDAY OCT. 19TH Farmers And Business Men Meet Same Day Thursday, October 19th will be an important day in Douglas and Coffee County. The Boys Corn Club con test will be held here on that day. Every member of the club is request ed to be here and to bring twenty select ears for exhibition purposes. Handle the corn carefully and see to it that it gets here in good condition. At a meeting of the Chamber Com merce, Tuesday night a resolution was adopted requesting that a mass meeting of farmers and business men be called and it has since been decided to hold this meeting at the court house on the same day begin ning at t< n o’clock. The coming of the boll-weevil makes it imperative that steps be taken now to diversify our crops, at this meeting there will be important discussions an growing and market ing, tobacco,, sugar cane, melons cantaloupes etc. An effort will be made to close the business houses for two hours during the meeting that the merchants, bankers and professional men may attend and take part in the meeting. G. B. Eunice, County Farm Demonstrator. Mass Meeting At McDonald A Mass Mt eting of the Citizens of the McDonald District is hereby called for Saturday October 21st. for the purpose of selecting and nomi nating a suitable person for County Commissioner for the McDonald Dis trict, to be elected in the November Election. Many Citizens. €affte djctwfjj SINGING CONVENTION AT NiCHOLS SUNDAY Over Two Thousand People in Nichols Last Sunday The W iregrass Singing Convention held its annual convention at Nichols last Sunday, and there w*ere more people and better singing there than at any previous convention, and that is saying a good deal. President Vinson opened the pro ceedings ak9:45, and after a prayer and a few songs, the classes were en rolled. But before the singing be gan, it was announced thateach class would be allowed to sing from three to five songs, to suit their desires, still only one or two of them used more than three songs. The names of the classes participating, with their leaders are as follows. Friendship Class, T. L. Wade, leader. Walkerville class, J. N. Sin clair. Mrs. Hayden’s class, of Alma composed of thirteen little girls, from eight to fourteen years of age, one of their number twelve years of age at the piano. This class, on ac count of their pretty singing, nice behavior, on and off the stage, cap tured the convention and established their sight as “general favorites.” The Nichols class, composed of about a dozen young people of Nich olls, wu'th Miss Fannie Mae Davis, the efficient music teacher of the Nichols High School, did some good wmrk, but saved their best for the afternoon. “The Penitent’s Plea,” are the refrain, in low sympathetic tones, “Jesus Lover of My Soul,” was rendered in a realistic and af fective style. “The Penitent,” a pretty gifted soloist, of Nichols, brought sympathise tears to a thous and eyes. She has a Sweet, tre mendous voice, adopted to the piece of music. It is hoped her prayer will be answ'erod. The Alma Cottage Class, J. R. Hol ton leader. New Forest Class Mel vin Eight, leader. AFTERNOON Convention called to order at 2 o’clock. The old officers of the convention were re-elected as follows: Vinson president, Meeks, secretary, with an assistant secretary. Prof. Wheeler, of the Vaughn Publishing house led a mixed class, rendering some fine music. The classes sang in the afternoon, as they did in the morning. There was no “dinner on the ground” as some expected, and went there for that purpose, but the citi zens were at the auditorium and carried all who would go to their homes, and taken care of them. Taking it all in all the day was “red lettered,” the crowd of 2,300 people were orderly and good humor ed, and Nichols scored a success. “Uncle Jim.” Service At Presbyterian There will be services at the morn ing and evening hour at the Presby terian church next Sunday. Rev. V. M. Kennedy, of Tampa, Fla. The public is invited and urged to at tend. NOTICE TAX COLLECTOR’S FIRST ROUND I will be at the following places to collect state and county taxes: Douglas Saturday Oct. 1. Broxton Monday 8 A. M. to 12. Oct, 16. Ambrose Monday 2 P. M. to 4. Oct. 16. Nicholls Tuesday 8 A. M. to 12. Oct. 17. West Green Tuesday 2 P. M. to 4. Oct. 17. McDonald Wednesday 9 A. M. to 12. Oct. 18. Pearson Wednesday 2 P. M. to 4. Oct. 18. Wiliacoochee Thursday 9 A. M. to 1. Oct. 19. Mora Thursday 2 P. M. to 4 Octo ber 19. Redp’t., Daniel Vickers. T. G. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1916. STEWART-PAULK RACE TO BE RUN OVER The contest of Rep. C. E. Stewart was taken up by the State Executive Committee Wednesday and referred to a sub-committee who ruled that the race must be run over at the general election and the primary en tirely ignored. The grounds upon which the com mittee took this action was not stat ed, but a resolution criticising the action of some county committee for not adhering as strictly to the rules adopted by the state committee was introduced and in (his connection it is presumed that this is probably the basis upon which the second race was ordered, as the Coffee county committee extended the time limit for which candidate could pay as sessments several days after the date set for the close by the state committee, and it was during this extention that one of the candidates qualified. Mr. Paulk was in the city today and while saying little regarding the oncoming race, seemed to think his position secure and that he will be chosen at the November election by a still larger majority than claimed before. Mr. Stewarts friends are numerous and are grooming them selves for a winning fight. It is the contention of some that hundred of voters stayed at home last time think ing that Stewart was a winner, who would have supported “him had they voted. Mr. Paulk, Judge C. A. Ward, Judge J. W. Quincy and Rep. Stewart w'ere in attendance upon the committee meeting from Coffee. LIVE MEETING OF CHAMBER COMMERCE About thirty of the most active business men of Douglas attended a meeting at the Chamber of Com merce last night in the interest of promoting the tobacco industry in this territory another year. The A. B. & A. R. R. has agreed to furnish an expert demonstrator and pay his salary contingent upon pledges from the business men of Douglas and the other towns of the county that they will get behind the movement and encourage the farmers to plant one thousand acres next year. This acreage must be pledged in writing within the next ten days so it be hooves every body to get “on the job” and see to it that the required acreage is secured without delay lest this important offer on the part ot the rail-road pass to some other point in another county. A committee of ten was appointed to take the matter in hand and se cure the pledges as fast as possible, The following’were named to serve on the committee: 0. Peterson, O. F. Deen, J. L. Young, J. M Dent, F. F. Preston, J. F. Overstreet, J. L. Shelton, G. M. Staton, J. B. Exum, and Daniel Gaskin, Sr. G B. Eunice, Levi Osteen, C. E. Baker, E. L. Tanner, Thos. Nolan, W. H. Bone, S. J. Stubbs, C. C. Floyd and Melvin Tanner volunteer ed to co-operate with the above com mittee insecuring the pledges. All farmers .interested should not wait to be consulted, but should report to one of the above and sign up at once as the rail-road wishes to know with in the next ten days whether the necessary acreage will be secured. The boll-weevil having already in vaded this territory, and tobacco having been throughly tested out on the lands of Coffee County, and it having been demonstrated that it can be grown here at great profit, there should be no delav r*n the part of the farmes and business men in t iking hold of the proposition. Among other things considered at the meeting was the establishment of a cane mill provided a sufficient acreage can be planted. This also promises to become an important in dustry at this point and should be promoted in time for busides next season. A pickle or bringing plant SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES CAPTURE WHISKEY About forty gallons of whiskey be longing to J. W. Knight, of Rebecca, was captured Tuesday night about ten o’clock by Sheriff Ricketson and Deputies Ira Ricketson and J. P. Strickland. Knight, with his com panion, C. I. Harrelson, of the same place was arrested and placed in jail in this city w T here they spent the night. Early Wednesday n orning the both plead guilty to having in their possession more of the contra band article than is allowed by the Georgia law and Knight was given 12 months on the gang or $450.00 and Harrelson 12 months on the gang or $250.00. The fines w’ere paid. From what could be learned of the facts King who seems to be a re spected citizen of his community was on his way from Jacksonville with the whiskey, consisting of several kegs and three or four cases of ordinary blind tiger when his car ran into a ditch there or four miles from Douglas and a wheel was broken down. This was in the after noon Monday and during the night the whiskey was brought to Douglas and secreted in the negro section of the city. Another car driven by Harrelson arrived in the city Tues day night for the purpose of taking the shipment on to Rebecca and it was while they were making arrange ments to proceed that the sheriff and hjs deputies got busy and captured the whole lot. Judge Bryan gave both a severe lecture and stated that he intended to break up the transporting of whiskey in this manner if in his power and told the parties that another offense would mean a straight sentence. A number of t he friends of both parties werte in the city and pleded with the judge to be as light as pos sible on them. MONEY A PLENTY IN COFFEE COUNTY That there is more money in Cof fee county than ever before in the history of the county was shown in the statements of the various banks last week. More than a million dol lars on deposit was shown and every bank in the countv showed a most remarkable statement. At the time the statements were made thousands of dollars had been .checked out on account of the large number of notes maturing at this season of the year and ordinarily the banks would have shown considerably more on deposit. The condition of the banks is the best in sight into real condition throughout the section and such an era of prosperity, (outside the week ly newspaper business) has seldom ever been seen here. Old obligations of long standing have been met by the farmers, new businesses estab lished and there is everywhere evi dence of the high prices of cotton. MARRIED SUNDAY A marriage of interest to their friends at Nicholls occurred last Sunday, the constracting parties be ing Mrs. Shepard and Mr. J. Gordon Shivers, both of Nicholls. The marriage occurred at Waycross, it being deemed wise to keep their plans a secret until it was all over on account of objection by relatives. Mrs. Shivers is the daughter of Mr. W. M. Brown and Mr. Shivers is employed by the A. B. & A. at Sessoms. They will make their home in Nicholls. Miss Allie Lott of Ocilla spent Sun day here. \ was also discussed with asurance of success provided the farmers can be induced to grow cucumbers and other products’in sufficient quantities to supply the demands of a moderate sized plant. DOUGLAS HOSPITAL GLOSES IT DOORS After seven years operation the Douglas Hospital closed its doors Sunday and will remain closed|until other arrangements have been made whereby it can be operated on a more self sustaining basis. The hospital has been run under the management of Dr. C. W. Roberts for a long time and when seen by a representative of the Pro gress, gave in text the following reason for declining further to con tinue to operate. The hospital is privately owned by parties whose sole interest in it is to see it operated in Douglas for the people of not only Douglas and Cof fee county but for a section covering several counties. It has not been a source of income to the owners of the property, neither to those opera ting it, but rather, a losing proposi tion all the time. It is the claim of those in position to know that a hospital of this nature cannot be operated on a self-sustain ing basis but must be maintained by donations from individuls, towns or counties. The records of the hospiti 1 here show that more patients have registered there than has ever been the case before up until this time of the year. In fact each year has shown an increase in patronage and today he local hospital is considered the equal of any in the cities and superior in many ways to those operate in towns the size of Doug las. A majority of the patients have come from other towns and counties. This does not mean that the hospital has not been patronized at home, only that it is recognized by other sections. Just what effort will be made to reopen the hospital has not been as certained, but there is hardly a doubt that a strong one will be reopen and run it after some tangible plan has been arranged. For the present it is understood that Drs. Roberts and Coleman who have been running it will remain in Douglas with offices in the hospital building. We regret to announce the con tinued illness of Mrs. J. J. Dubose, at her home on Madison Ave. E. D, A. S. ROMPS ON PIEDMONT The Douglas “Aggies” walloped Piedmont here Monday in a hotly contested game by a score of 24 to 6. The boys played a clean, hard j game, and very little peeved because ! the Aggies held them for first down with only four yards to go to make a goal. They also got a little “het up” on account of the different of opinion in interpreting the rules of the game. Few penalties were made, Piedmont was penalized once or twice for persisting in getting off side. The features of the game were the catching of forward passes by “Skinny” Williams, the line plung ing of Sharpe and Griffin and end runs by Day and Capt. Simms. Whelchel played a great game at center by opening up holes in the Piedmont line for bucks that came over him. On the defensive Simms, Taylor and Anderson did fine work. In fact, it is hard to pick out any in dividual stars for the whole tear,, played an excellent game. Piedmont’s only touchdown was made by a long forward pass. Park er and Pierce were the stars of the opponents team. Clark also made several good gains off tackle Next Monday the Aggies tackle tire heavy Norman Park team. Pied mont was defeated by Norman Park 1 last Monday week by a score of G to 0. The Aggies are going for the championship this year in earnest. They have a good team, they have grit and determination. They are going to make all the South Georgia teams play hard if they beat us out of the Championship this year. Official Organ of Coffee County COFEEE GO, LIQUOR CASE NOT ASSIGNED Because Judge Emory Speer, now out of the city, had original juris diction in the case. Judge W. W. Lambdin, of United States district court yesterday refused to assign the Qcilla liquor case, involving the disposition of two car loads of liquor valued.at $39,000, for trial at this term of court. An agreement had been reached by Judge Lambdin and Judge Speer that neither would pass upon a cise in which the other had original jurisdiction. The expenses of guarding the liquor, it being necessary to keep two guards over it continously, in addition to paying storage, are fast eating up anything the liquor might bring at a sale, and it was on this ac count that a hearing upon the liquor case was asked for this term. The whiskey was seized on May 3 by Sheriff Dave Ricketson, of Coffee county, who claimed that it was shipped into his county for distribu tion and sale. The whiskey w; s marked “household goods.” After several legal steps had been taken, Judge Speer ordered the iiquor brought to Macon. The government intervened under the statute giving it power to seize liquor improperly marked. The court of appeals of this circuit has decided that the Georgia liquor law is constitutional, Roland Ellis, counsel for Wiley Williams and Geo. Divs having attacked it. VALDOSTA FAIR WILL OPEN SOON The Georgia-Florida Fair at Val dosta, beginning Tuesday. October 24th, according to reports will be the best fair ever held in that city. We are informed that the live stock show will be even better than the magnificent exhibition last year. The entries this year are said to be of larger and more perfect animals. All the popular breeds of swine and beef cattle will be shown. The agricultural and other exhib its will doubtless surpass former dis plays as the fair management and the exhibitors have now had several years experience and, naturally, both should know better what to collect for an exhibit and how to prepare same for an attractive display. The amusement features promise to be exceptionally good. The first day is Children’s Day and all chil dren under fifteen years will be ad mitted free. A patriotic program in eluding daylight fireworks has been provided. Thousands of novel pres ents will be showered down from the sky on the crowds of children and a magnificent piece entitled “Saluting the Flag,” and with Old Glory and other national flags floating high in the air the national salute of twenty •one guns will be fired. This will give many an opportunity never be fore had. Beginning Wednesday, which is Woodmen of the World Day, there will be a parade of Woodmen and competitive drills by degree teams for three iarge cash prizes, followed by harness races and a running race. The races will be held each day for the remainder of the week. A num ber of fast horsts have been entered and the race feature will be conduct ed under the National Trotting Asso ciation. Two very amusing free acts will be given twice daily. The shows will be furnished by the Great Do minion Shows, a new organization of the latest show features, collected under one management to play the largest fairs in the South. The shows began their southern trip at Louisville and play Nashville, Mem phis, Birmingham, Atlanta and Val dosta. Visitors to the fair at Valdosta this year should get all the informa tion on stock and other subjects de sired and at the same time enjoy the amusements provided for their en tertainment.