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VOL. 111. NO 51.
FAIR PLANS ARE
BIGGER THAN EVER
J ust four weeks ‘until the Coffee
County hair opens. - Time enough,
but none to lose if the fair comes up
to its opportunities th's year to put
on the best display ever seen in any
county fair in the South, and this is
the goal o£ the management. Grain
and forage crops are excellent, the
cotton crop after all, is heavier than
anticipated ninty days ago, and the
prices, well. Every body knows the
bulls have taken the market in hand
and outrun the bears too far to talk
about, and how much further they
are going, no one can tell. This is
making money jingle in the pockets
of the farmers, laborers, business
men, and in fact, all classes. They
are in a mood to attend the fair, if
it is made attractive and interesting,
and this the promoters are striving
to do. The Fair, however, is an in
stitution of county and state wide
interest, and it is the duty of all
loyal citizens to lend a hand in mak
ing it a success.
Practically all space in the agri
cultural exhibit hall has been reserv
ed and the displays in this and the
Woman’s department will far sur
pass all former effort. The part
the schools are taking will add to
the attractiveness, and will make of
the Fair what it really should be,
an exposition of the geatest educa
tional value.
The displays of colts, fine cattle,
pigs and poultry will be full and of
the highest type in their respective
departments.
Good music by one of the best
bands in Georgia, racing, airship
flights, and splendid midway attrac,
tions will furnish a daily program of
the best entertainment that the
management can book.
Let everybody boost the Fair, and
herald the dates November 14, 15,
16, IT and 18/
FOOTBALL NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEATH OF BOY
A report that gained 'considerable
headway to the effect that the leath
of young C. A. Bailey was caused in
directly from the participation in a
football game with Fitzgerald Mon
day October 2nd was without founda
tion according to the attending
physicians, Drs. Whelehel and Rob
erts, both of whom gave the cause
of his death as blood poisoning which
started from an ulcer in his nose and j
which he probably picked with his
finger or in some way caused it to
become infected with fatal results.
It is an extreme injustice to the
college here to scatter such a report
and it is for the purpose of letting
the public know the truth of the
matter by giving statements from
the attending physicians both of
whom are well known and throughly j
responsible and would not hesitate |
to give the facts as they really may i
appear, that we publish the article
without request and upon our own
volition.
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE
AGAINST COFPER
_
Atlanta, Oct. 13.—N0 less than
1,040 claims for damage are before
the board of arbitration which set
tles disputes between farmers of
north Georgia counties and the Ten
nessee Copper company.
The board at its* meeting yester
day in the state capitol in this city
was literally swamped with work,
and will require several months to
dispose of ail the claims before it.,
They range from S3OO to $3,000.
WANTED:— Lady to take charge
•ff a business which will pay her
$35 to SSO per month. Experience
not necessary. Give address plainly.
Address J. incaie Progress.
(Zforffe* toimla Progress.
MASSENGALE GETS
PLAGE ON W. & A,
This Made Known Before the Rail
road Commission Higher Rates
On Crates Are Asked.
Atlanta, Oct. 18.- A press report
has leaked by the official censor of
the governor’s office. Dependable
report tonight has it that Gov. Nat
E. Harris has appointed, even though
he has not yet signed an executive
proclamation to that effect, Col.
St. Elmo Massengale, of Atlanta, to
fill the place on the Western and
Atlantic commission made vacant by
the death of Hon Judson L. Hand,
of Pelham.
The same report has it that the
only other of the several names pre
sented which was given any serious
consideration was that of Col. John
T. Boifeuillet, father-in-law of F. R.
Jones, designated official spokesman
for the governor.
Mr. Jones announced today that
there was nothing of importance
from the governor's office and that
there was no development in the
Western and Atlantic matter, but
tonight announced that the governor
has made up his mind who will be
appointed and is only withholding
the name for the present.
MASSENGALE IN NEW YORK
Mr. Massengale is in New York
and it is assumed that the governor’s
selection would not have gotten to
the public until after his return, had
it not leaked through the bureau of
censorship.
The appointment of Mr. Massen
gale gives the Atlanta community,
the railroad center of the state and
the principal point in Georgia of the
L. & N. and the N. C. & St. L. rail
roads two of the five members of
the commission which will dispose
of the state’s railroad property.
Taday the name of Hon. Warren
Grice, of Macon, former attorney
general, was added to the list pre
sented to the governor, and a num
ber of Mr. Grice’s friends spent
some time with the governor on the
subj ect.
FELDER'S ASSAILANT
GIVEN LIMIT
C. K. Vasson, was found guilty in
Fulton County Superior Court last
week and given a sentence of 12
months on the chaingang, and six
months in jail and fined SI,OOO the
full limit for a misdemeanor. The
jury tryihg the case reduced the
charge from a felony to a misde
meanor and Judge Hill, in passing
sentence said that Vasson had been
showm all the mercy that he deserv
ed.
It will be remembered that Vas
son met Thos, B. Felder in the halls
of the Kimball House and after a
few words Felder was severely stab
bed and for a'time it was thought
that the wounds would prove fatal.
The altercation arose over the Sav
annah Recall bill that was then be
fore the legislature. Vasson was
doorkeeper of the state senate at
the time.
TWO KILLED ON
WAY TO WEDDING
T. H. Mercer, a well to do farmer
of Twiggs county, and C G. Farr,
of Bostick, N. C.. were killed Sun
day vdften an automobile in which
they were riding was struck and de
molished by a Macon & Dublin pas
senger train.
They were on their way to Jeffer
sonville to get a marriage license for
Farr’s brother when the accident oc
curred.
Dickey & Martin will receive a
new shipment of stock the best that
has been here this season Friday af
ternoon or Saturday morning.
See Jno. A. Corn.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1916.
DIRECTION TO
RURAL TEACHERS
Dear Teacher:
You have been chosen from a large
number of applicants to serve a. l
teacher in one of the rural schools
of Coffee County. And now the
Superintendent, Board of Education
and patrons expect you to demon
strate your application of the honor
conferred upon you by going into
the community assigned you and
complying as best you can with the
following instructions:
1. Form acquaintances with all
the patrons and pupils and insist on
every child’s entering school and
especially on the very first day of
term.
2. Call a meeting of the trustees
and ask them to see that the follow
ing things are done.
1. Draw water now standing in
well out and equip ready for use.
2. Scrub floor of school room if
necessary, which of course is.
3 See that school is supplied
with crayon, erasers, pointers etc.
4. Investigate roads leading to
school building and see that all
creeks and branches are made safe
to cross.
5. Assist teacher if necessary in
finding a boarding place.
3. Call a meeting of patrons for
the opening excercise on Monday,
Oct. 30th. at 8:00 o’clock for a
thorough understanding between
teacher and patrons and to elect
trustees where terms of some have
expired, and there is at least one
vacancy in every school.
You are expected to go in your
community not later than Monday
Oct. 23rd. and visit patrons for four
days.
Then you will return to Douglas
for a two day’s institute beginning
at ten o’clock a. m. Friday Oct. 27th.
in the school auditorium. At this
institute topics of vital importance
to the successful management of the
schools will be discussed.
Instructions, suggestions and plans
for next year’s work will be offered
by the Supt. and the Board of Eudca
tion.
No further notice of institute will
be given and it is hoped that no
teacher will ask to be excused for
any cause except providential.
Sincerely,
J. Gordon Floyd.
TO THE VOTERS AND
CITIZENS OF COFFEE COUNTY
Through the columns of Ihe Prog
ress some weeks ago I gave you a
slight history of the September 12th
Primary, the rottenness, thievery
and dirty schemes thereof and also
the status of my contest at that time.
I charged in this said article that the
opijgsition bought stole and coerced
votes and violated nearly every rule
of flie county and state executive
committees and violated state and
Federal Laws in making the official
returns show Mr. Paulk the nominee
by 19 votes. Since then lam proud
to say that my contest has been
passed upon by the State executive
Committee after a full hearing and
they have sustained me in my con
test and declared Mr. Paulk is Not
the Nominee and ordered the race
run over in the General Election on
November the seventh. I wish to say
too, in this connection that had not
my attorney made the suggestions
the committee, at my request, that
the committee give it this direction,
I feel sure that they would have de
clared me the Nominee and ruled
Mr. Paulk out entirely I also wish to
state to the people of our good coun
ty that the expected happened in re
gard to the “Doctored” receipt
showing that Mr. Paulk paid his as
sessment Fee on the 15th. of August,
Th s receipt was properlv signed too
by th 3 “Doctor” of the committee,
and was presented to the Committee,
by the Gentlemen representing Mr.
Paulk, Viz: Senator Ward, Judge
C.A. BAILEY DIES AT
11TH DISTRICT SCHOOL
A feeling of gloom i assed over the
city Monday morning when it was
earned that C. A. Bailey of the
Junior class at the Agricultural
school had died a that morning.
He had been desperately ill several
days of blood poison which develop
ed from a severe nasal catarrh.
He was a brother of Miss Myrtle
Bailey, teacher of Home Economics
at the school, and after his illness
become so alarming, work in her de
partment suspended and a trained
nurse was employed. His mother
and brother from Washington Geor
gia arrived several days ago and
were with him till the end.
The remains were carried back to
Washington Monday and for a long
procession formed at the Douglas
Undertaking parlor, headed by the
student body. The pall bearers
were the members of the foot ball
team. Prof. J. W. Powell and
Wadley Sharp accompanied the
members of the family to Washing
ton.
Much sympathy is extended the
family for the loss of this bright
eighteen year old boy, who was just
entering manhood.
PROF, OVERMAN
RESIGNS POSITION
Prof, and Mrs. Lonnie Overman
left Sunday night for Washington
D. C. where Prof Overman has ac
cepted a civil service appointment.
His resignation in the faculty of the
Agricultural school is a matter of re
gret here as he did good work as as
sistant professsor of the mathema
tics. His apnointment to the work
in Washington is a promotion And
his many friends congratulate him.
Wilson Jewelry Co., The
reliable gift store. They
give the best values for
the money, all around,
that is possible to get.
The newspaperman sees a lot of
difference between a knocker and a
critic.
Quincy and Col. Sirmans, of Willa
coochee. In justice to Mr. Paulk, I
wish to sav that he would not appear
before the Committee trying his case,
to identify that “Wonderful” re
ceipt, in fact he never appeared be
fore the Committee at all. The
Committee hearing the contest seem
ed to think it proper for Mr. Paulk
to be present and appointed a sub
committee to go out and bring him
before them and the sub-com
mittee went out and made a dili
gent search but reported back
that they were unable to find Mr.
Paulk. I wish to state that this j
Honorable Body composing the State 1
Democratic Executive Committee is I
made up of Four Members from j
each Congressional District and 1
Twenty-Four from the State at large, j
I desire to thank and congratulate j
the majority of this Committee too
for their fairness, as there was two
motions made by two members of
the Committee from this District
the (11th.) opposing me to throw
my case out without a hearing and
the motions were promptly over
ruled. There was also a similar
motion made before the su!|commit
tee, which was promptly over-ruled
by the chairman. Also a motion to
refer it back to the county commit
tee which met a similar fate. I men
tion these circumstances and facts to
show that had not my case been a
good one and based on facts and
justice, my contest would have been
STORE ROBBED
AT BROXTON
The grocery and cold drink store
of T. Id. Joyner at Broxton was
broken open between 10 and 11
o’clock Saturday and about $25.00
taken out of the money drawer.
Mr. Joyner it seems had been out of
the store for only a few minutes,
leaving this amount in the store and
when he returned the money was
gone. While no one has been ar
rested a warrant was issued for a
partv who had not been apprehend
ed a* yet. Two cents was the
amount of cash left in the drawer.
Mr. Joyner is an old confederate
veteran and the loss of the money
come as a heavy loss to him.
B. L. LANE IN CHARGE
‘BATTLE CRY OF PEACE’
Bed L. Lane, Manager of the local
theater, who is ever wide awake and
procuring the best entertainment
for the local picture show has a con
tract to show the famous picture
“The Battle Cry ot Peace” in all
leading South Georgia cities and
opened at Hawkinsville Tuesday af
ternoon with two performances.
The fame of the picture is nation
wide and Mr. Lane will bring it to
Douglas and will give two perform
ances at the local theatre Fri
day at 2:30 and at 7 o’clock. Th<
picture he is now running is known
as the “New Battle Cry of Peace”
and is a new print and is drawing
immense crowds at every place.
Many people were turned away at
Hawkinsville.
The picture should be seen by
every citizens in the country that
can possibly do so.
promptly thrown out. As it was the
only contest before the Committee
which was sustained.
I wish to put my friends on notice
i that the general election will be
I held according to the laws of Geor
gia. The Australian Fraud System
will not prevail in this election.
We will vote the old way. You can
prepare your ballot at home, or you
can get a friend to prepare it for
you if you cannot read. The hun
dreds who were disfranchised re
cently can also vote in this election.
If you were registered last year or
two years ago, in this county, or
have had your registration papers
transferred from another county,
and have paid your taxes for last
year and previous years, you can
i vote. Go to the polls on the seventh
of November and if your name is
; not on the registration list, make
the election managers administer the
oath and you can vote. So be sure
and go out and demand your rights.
I also wish to say to the gang who
| tried to steal my election and to
the ones responsible for all the
crooked work, in the primary that
we are going to have a sure-enough
election on the seventh of Novem
her. It is not only a State but a
National affair. And the main
part I wish for you to get on your
minds, is that the Federal Courts
will have jurisdiction over any
crooked work that might come up
around same, and that a United
Stater Marshal will arrest a Big
Ringster with as much satisfaction
and ease as a little one and in a Fed
eral Court they all look alike.
In conclusion, 1 wish to say to the
good people of our county that it is
now up to you and on Tuesday Nov.
7th you can go “to bat”. You can
speak with your ballot and say
whether you uphold and endorse
“election steals”, vote buying, “doc
tored” receipts, forged letters, the
Australian fraud system, the dis
franchisement of white men by a
dirty ring and political machine.
There is a great principal involv
ed. The sacred rights of the ballot
box are at stake and it behooves
every Freeman to come out on, the
above date and assert his rights.
Yours for a clean election and hon
est count.
CHAS. E. STEWART.
Front Oct. ISth issue of the Coffee
County Progress.
Official Organ of Coffee County
SENATOR SMITH'S
RECORD IN CONGRESS
Atlanta. Ga. Oct. 17.—The work
of United States Senator Hoke Smith
of Georgia is given conspicuous men
tion in the’new National Democratic
Hand Book which was recently is
sued, and the Senator’s friends feel
very much gratified over the credit
accorded him for the part he has
played in achieving the splendid
legislature record of the party.
Among other measures mentioned
in the hand book are the Agricul
tural College Extension Act and the
Act providing for the establishment
of a Market division in the depart
ment of agriculture, both of which
were drawn by Senator Smith.
Others are the Act regulating the
cotton exchanges, the Federal Re
serve Act, the Tariff Act, the Good
Roads, Act, the Rural Credits Act,
the Shipping Act and the Govern
ment Warehouse Act.
PATIENTLY WAITING
We have just been patiently
biding our time thinking that our
delinquent subscribers would come
over, around meet us on the
square, at the Fair, or somewhere
and let us have the price of annual
duty to the Progress the leading
paper in Coffee county, but to no
effect worth mentioning.
1 here no pleasure that comes to
us that in any way compares with
the satisfaction of doing our fellow
Citizens a good turn and we’ve al
ready done most of them a good
one now by letting their subscrip
tion run past due and not saying a
word to any one about money.
We simply do not have time to
go to see you. It costs too much
to mail out statements now that
paper is so much higher and we
are trying to get out a good paper
at $ 1 .00 so it becomes your duty
to sit right down and look after
the matter as soon as you have
had your attention called.
We do not propose to make any
one mad and guess we will let the
paper go for awhile yet but we are
in dead earnest about not being
able to furnisht the paper to those
who can and ought to pay and
don’t.
Some get mad if they get a
statement, others wait for one and
some pay no attention at all either
way. A beautiful way to compro
mise is to all PAY UP.
The Liberal Offer of The A. B. & A.
There may be others equally as
progressive but the management of
the A. B. & A. railroad is ever alert,
up and doing for things the section
traversed by their lines. Only 1 ist
week a demonstration of their pro
gressiveness was shown when they
made what we consider a very liber
al offer to pay the salary of a man
to superintend the planting, grow
ing, and marketing of 1000 acres of
tobacco in Coffee county. This will
necessitate quite an outlay of cash
and while the provision was made
that the necessary acreage must be
put in we would tike to see farmers
place this much and more in tobacco
for surely every farmer who ha 3
been growing cotton s now planning
other crops and tobacco is very simi
lar to cotton in that a market is al
wrys opt n for it. The tobocco sec
tions are as prosperous as the cotton
sections and if Coffee can grow it as
successfully as it now appears, after
pretty thorough tests, there should
be no hesitancy in co-operating with
the railroads when they so gener
ously offer their services. If the
local banks would look into the mat
ter and upon finding it leasable, co
operate in the i ovement, it would
no longer need for promotion
schemes. The local Chamber of
Commerce deserves much credit for
the work they have done along thi
and other lines.