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Volume X—No. 32.
HIGH SCHOOL TERM
ENDED LAST MONDAY
The delivery of diplomas to four
teen graduates, the literary address,
and appropriate exercises on last Mon
day evening brought to a close the
1923-4 term of teh Douglas High
School.
Each of the programs during the
commencement period were well at
tended, and in carrying them out, the
student body played their parts well,
demonstrating marked talent, which
indicated thorough training upon the
part of their teachers in every depart
ment.
The Sunday morning exercises were
impressive, and the sermon by Rev.
I. P. Tyson, of Valdosta, was decidedly
among the best to be heard here on
such an occasion.
The literary address by Judge W.
A. Covington, of Moultrie, was unique
in its delivery, humorous to extreme
at times, and thoroughly logical upon
points made’ by the speaker, when in
serious vein. He urged, primarily,
school consolidation in the rural sec
tions, and high school training for
rural students without, the expense of
leaving home to obtain it. Mr. Cov
ington reverted to school conditions
when he was a youth—many, many
years ago—as expressed by himself,
and attempted to show the added ad
vantages of today; as if to explain
that there was no necessity for any
boy or girl to fail of high school ed
ucation, at least, and adding that a
thorough high school training was ad
equate for those who would, to make
success in life. Judge Covington ’.s
an orator of no mean ability. His ad
dress was an oddity, insofar as has
ben heard hear on similar occasions.
He was warmly applauded frequently
He was introduced by Senator E. L.
Grantham, chairman of the city board
of education.
The salutation was spoken by Miss
Harvey Louise Roberts a very talent
ed young lady, who, upon behalf of
the graduating class, of whica she
was a member, expressed piany beau
tiful thoughts, and helped to make
this part of the program most enjoy
able.
David Dickerson was valedictorian,
and lived well up to the reputation he
hSs won as an orator.
The musical features of the closing
program, first number by Miss Mary
Alice McEachin, and another by Miss
Jerradine Brinson and Mrs. Nell Burns
were much enjoyed.
The delivery of diplomas by Prof.
J. T. Henry, the principal, after a brief
address to the audience an dthe grad
uating class, was followed by the cal
ling of an honor roll of the primary
grades and higher grades. Those who
had made a perfect record in attend
ance was called upon to approach the
stage, and a long list answered this
roll call.
GRIFFIN-CLARK WEDDING
Miss Minnie Belle Griffin became
the bride of Mr. T. C. Clark of Way
cross, Ga., Saturday, May 31, at 4:30
o’clock, Rev. Guyton Fisher perform
ing the ceremony. The marriage took
place at the Methodist parsonage.
The bride is the beautiful daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Griffin
and a graduate of the A. &M.School
hei'e. She attended Wesleyan College
during the past term.
The bride wore a handsome suit of
navy blue poiret twill, grey gloves
an 5 shoes competed her costume.
Mr. Clark is a graduate from the
A. & M. School, and is now living in
Waycross, where he holds a position
with the Atantic Coast Line Ry.
After the ceremony they left for
a wedding trip through Florida, after
which they will make their home in
Waycross.
Don’t it make you tired to hear a
merchant complain of hard times
when you see thousands of dollars go
out of town for merchandise thart: they
carry. It is poor business for a lo
cal merchant to sit around with a
store full of goods that foreign con
cerns are advertising every day. Then
of course they talk about the home
paper as an advertising medium.
When we take a mail order advertise
ment they yell to heaven but at the
sametime tells us they can’t make
advertising ppv. Penny wise and
pound foolish. The merchants expects
the home paper to sell his wares at
a higher price than some other adver
tiser is selling them. We can not to
that. Mr. Merchant the lusiness is
here if ycu go after it.—Bainbridge
Post-Searchight.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY, CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
WILLIAMS REUNION
HELD THURSDAY
In commemoration of the 83rd
birthday of Mrs. Sarah Williams, a
long list of relatives and many friends
assembled at the heme of Mr. Lyman
Adams, several miles south of the
city, where a neat program of short
i talks, a' basket luncheon, and other
features were enjoyed Thursday.
There was from two to three hundred
people present at the occasion, which
for several years has been an annuel
affair, and Mrs. Williams, not fully
recovered from a severe injury suf
fered when a fall broke one hip, sev
eral months ago, was seemingly alert
and mingling with admiring friends,
and showed perceptibly the pleasure
it gave her to thus be honored.
Ordinary W. P. Ward, in his
eloquent and pleasing manner paid
beautiful tribute to the “Parkers”.
Mrs. Williams maiden name was
Parker. He was followed by Mr. Jesse
Carver, a relativen, Judge C. A.
Ward, Mr. Jim Tanner, Col. John R.
Slater, Mr. 'Cicero Gillis, Mr. Richard
Vickers, Mr. A. W. Haddock, Mr.
Henry Williams, and others, all of
whom spoke briefly and splendidly of
the occasion. Mr. John H. Williams,
of this city acted as toastmaster for
the occasion, (and he is a good one.)
These are happy occasions and are
looked forward to with a great deal of
pleasure by the members of this spen
did family, and friends alike.
AN UNIQUE DISTINCTION
FOR O’STEEN FAMILY
To have four members of ne family
graduate in the course of one week is
a distinction of which and father and
mother, or community may be proud.
This is what took place recently, Miss
Myrtie O’Steen, Mr. Alton O’Steen,
and Misses Doris end Ruth O’Steen,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Levi O’Steen,
all receiving diplomas. Miss Myrtie
O’Steen an A. B. degree from the
Georgia State College for Women at
Milledgeville, while Alton received
and A. B. degree from Emory Univer
sity, being one of 176 to graduate
from this institution, and he was one
of six out of the entire number to be
honored signally, having for the four
years that he spent at Emory, aver
aged above 95 per cent, in all studies.
Miss Ruth and Doris O’Steen grad
uated from the Eleventh District A. &
M. school here.
Alton O’Steen has been named
treasurer of the Hospital Board of the
Methodist church, with offices in the
W T esley Memorial building in Atlanta,
and has already assumed his duties as
such.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The regular services will be held at
the Baptist church next Sunday.
Preaching both morning and even
ing by the pastor.
Bible School at 10:15, and B. Y. P.
U. at 7:30.
Robert L. Wyatt, Pastor.
ALL SET FOR A
BIG CUE DINNER
(Valdosta Times.
With several features combined, the
meeting of the members of the Cham
ber of Commerce at Ocean Pond on
Thursday at 1:30 is attracting a great
deal of attention.
This meeting was originaly planned
for the purpose of extending hospi
tality to such Carolina visitors as
might be here in accordance with in
vitations sent out over North Carolina
and South Carolina. Owng to the
lateness of the tobacco planting sea
son in those states it was believed that
the number of visitors would be great
"y reduced. However, assurances have
been received that in spite of this sit
uation there will be quite a number
of these prospective settlers.
All vsitors will be entertained in
every part of the county that they
may see that they may see for them
selves what Lowndes county can do
in the way of tobacco production.
In addition the membership of the
Chamber of Commerce is expected to
to be present and make of this in a
way an open forum meeting, and there
will be a number of interesting speak
ers on the program.
The barbecue dinner will be one of
the best ever served in this section
and will be ample to meet every de
mand. The meats will be cooked to a
turn and everything necessary will be
provided to go along with such a din
ner.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1924.
South Georgia Edition of
Southern Tobacco
Journal Off the Press
The South Georgia edition of the
Southern Tobacco Journal, issued from
Winston Salem, N. €., the oldest and
largest Southern journal devoted to
tobacco culture exclusively is off the
press and copies were received in
Douglas Saturday.
This issue is devoted almost exclu
sively to South Georgia tobacco indus
try and graphically describes the past,
present and future of this crop in this
section.
A number of South Georgia cities
have purchased space in this issue of
The Journal, and Coffee county and
Douglas are are represented, using
five pages to illustrate, pictorially and
in write-ups, the tobacco industry in
Coffee county alone.
These five pages appear most attrac
tively in the magazine of 56 pages,
and many photographic illustrations
of growing crops of tobacco, truck,
corn, cotton, velvet beans, sweet pota
toes, pastures, together with splendid
illustrations of schools in the county
•are shown. Many facts are given
[relative to agriculture, climatic con
ditions, productivity of soil, prices of
lands., etc. are shown, together with
suitable cards inviting prospective set
tlers to investigate the section.
Atlanta Trust Company
Brings Franklin County
Boys to Douglas
Lavonia Times of May 30th.
Member of he Vocational Class of
The Lavonia High School have a fine
trip coming to them and a very unusu
al one. They have been notified that
that they could take a fine outing at
expense of the Atlanta Trust Com
pany and get seventy-five cents a day
besides. This sounds mighty nice.
Well it is nice for the boys and sev
eral of them are going to take ad
vantage of the occasion.
The Atlanta Trust Company is pay
ing the expenses of seventy-five
boys from northeast Georgia for a
course in tobacco study at Douglas,
Ga. There will be many experts in
the section around Douglas the first
part of June and they say the Tobac
co crop is very fine.
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SILLYAOS
To float alone when in swimming, one
must keep the proper balance. Like
wise in the swim of business, one to
float a loan, must have scurity. Build
up your scurity now. Save in the Geor
gia State Bank.
The letter ‘S’ is the only difference
between a plumber and a hungry dog.
One wipes a joint and the other swipes
a joint. Dog gone good plumbing is
done by the Porter Plumbing Co.
Should the man expecting his wife
to repair his shoes, marry a peach
cobbler? We fix shoes to you taste.
J. B. Pherris Shoe Shop.
Occasionally a person looks swell by
getting the mumps, but a man always
looks swell who buys his clothes from
G. C. Weitman Company.
It’s about as sensible to expect to
get milk at a creamatory, as to be
lieve a cow will give the limit in milk
without being fed on Dofco Feed from
J. L. Young Company, Douglas, Ga.
When you feel that .civine pressure
against your lips and you seem to in
hale the ecstacy cf new life; you’ve
been kissed by a bottle of Coca Cola.
Bill cuts up when compelled to meet
a tough meat bill. Now Bill cuts
i The space v/as purchased and paid
for by business institutions in Doug
las, and copy prepared by a committee
of the Kiwanis Club. The advertising
was taken at consicerable cost. Wide
circulation is given this particular is
sue of the Journal, a great many ad
ditional copies being printed for cir
culation among tobacco growers in
the old tobacco belts.
Mr. R. D. Webb, editor of The Jour
nal, visited the city some w*eeks ago,
and unhesitatingly expressed himself
as fqlly convinced that Southern Geor
gia possessed the greatest possibil
ities Tor tobacco culture known to the
world today. He expressed great
amaiement at the cheapness of lands,
the possibilities for diversification and
the ideal conditions existing generally
for "development here. He stated
among other things that there were
thousands of people in the Carolinas
and Virginia, once familiar with true
conditions in South Georgia, would
immediately come to this section.
Editorially and in news stories pub
lished in the same issue of the Jour
nal, splendid compliment was paid to
Coffee county as a great tobacco see
: tion.
| The boys will get the trip from La
! vonia to Douglas and back, all ex
penses while there, also amusements,
such as movies *imd-radios, arid-seven
ty-five cents a day while away. This
school is for the purpose of beginning
the tobacco business in this section
which industry they say will ultimate
ly iand in Franklin County.
Prof. Thomas was busy Tuesday
seeing the boys and getting them
lined up for the trip. He thinks there
will be about six of the boys v r ho can
get away from home for the trip to
Douglas. The boys are elated over
the prospects of the trip to the good
town of Douglas with every expense
paid and seventy-five cents a day be
sides. Gee, ain’t it glorious to be a
vocational boy.
down when he meets a tender meat
bill from King’s Market.
In recalling “Ten Nights in A Bar
Room,” how nice it would be to have
another dram(a) of booze? When
thinkng of something strong, get hard
ware at Dcuglas Hardware Company.
When a man decides to buy an auto
to help him with his giri, he may just
as well take out both an auto and
marriage license if he purchases a
Star from the Star Motor Company.
(Cqntinued Next Week.)
NEW WAYCROSS PUBLICATION
The Waycross Georgian is the title
given the new weekly newspaper
issued from Waycross by L. W.
Herrin as owner, and Waiter L. Hay
as editor. The first issue is cf date
May 29, 1924, and contains twelve
pages of reading matter and adver
tisements. The patronage receiver!
in this initial issue is most liberal,
and the paper is neatly printed and
well edited.
Mr. Herrin, as business manager,
is experienced in this line, operating
at present, the Waillacooehee Times
and the Ware County News, the latter
published at Millwood. He has made
this part of his business profitable.
Mr. Hay is a versatile v.*ri?er, and his
ability to edit such publication is un
questioned.
A new model 14 linotype and other
modern machinery go to make up the
mechanical part of the new plant,
which will do commercial printing in
addition to the publication of the
Georgia, which for the present will be
maintained as a weekly.
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Mrs. E'. Price and Mrs. Lillian
Forbes are spending a few weeks in
Sewanee, Fla.
THREE CORNERED RACE
NOW SEEMS LIKELY
It now appears that the race for
representative from Coffee county
will be at least a three-cornered af
fair. Dr. Geo. M. Ricketson, of
Broxton, and Dr. D. H. Meeks of
Nicholls have both announced and
each states that they are in the race
to the end. From reports being cir
culated there will be another candi
date. Mr. Geo. W. Gillis, of the
southern part of the county has the
matter under serious consideration
and states that he is being urged to
make the race. There is apparently a
“dark horse” looming, whose name
cannot be learned. We have been in
formed that a prominent citizen of
Douglas anticipates making the race j
should Mr. Gillis decline to do so.
Ere another week hes passed it is
likely that there will be other develop
ments_ in the race for representa
tive.
YES, THEY ALL KNOW
YOUR IN BUSINESS
That is, they did know—you have
told them so in times past—but do
they still remember it? We all know
that Ivory soap floats, and that
Royal Baking Powders is absolutely
pure, and that children cry for Cas
toria, and the kind of soap that
makes a skin you like to touch, etc.,
etc.—and we’re not going to forget
about for a minute, because the man
ufacturers spend millions of dollars
a year telling us about them, day by
day and week by week and month by
month. They take no chances on be
ing forgotten. How about your busi
ness? Isn’t it just as important
that you be kept in mind by the buy
ing public in your territory as it is
to the national advertiser that his
product be remembered? You can
cover your trade territory more easily
more cheaply in proportion, and more
thoroughly than the national adver
tiser can cover the whole country. But
you have got to keep it up to get the
results that he gets. And you can’t
"expect to*a3vertise in' flush times
and live on the memory of it when
you’re hard up.
BALLARD WINS IN
HIS GREAT FIGHT
Atlanta, G?., June 4. The Geor
gia State Board of Education will be
told tomorrow by a representative cf
the general education board that the
funds by which the negro schools of
the state have been aided is to be
administered by the state superin
tendent of education or the funds
will be withdrawn from the state.
Superintendent N. H. Ballard made
this announcement today on his re
turn from New York. This, he said,
will settle once for all the controversy
which has been raging for the past
fortnight over his demand for the
resignation of the superintendent of
negro schools.
BAPTIST BEGIN REVIVAL
AT W. GREEN SUNDAY
A revival will begin at the Baptist
Church at West Green next Sunday,
ana continue through the week. Rev.
D. B. Nicholson, pastor of the Clax
ton Church and vice president cf the
B. P. S. will assist the local pastor.
The choir will be under the direction
of pastor and the music will be a spe
cial feature of each service.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend and enjoy an otd-time Gospel
meeting.
The hours of service will be 4:00
and 8:30 p. m.
FISHING PARTY ON SATILLA
A party took advantage of the holi
day Tuesday to go fishing on the
Satilla river below Blackshear and
have a fish fry. Equipment wns car
ried for the purpose and plenty of fish
were caught and two feasts o' bream
and red breast perch were enjoyed.
The party went in automobiles, leav
ing Dougins about four o’clock :n the
morning and returning late in the
afternoon. Those making the trip
were:
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Griffm, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs.
A D. King, Mr. R. N. Yeoman:-, Mr.
R. H. Sapp, Mrs. Jay Catledge, Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Kirkland, Mrs. Mattie
Lee Baird, Newbern and Woodrow
Vickers.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advance
DEMPSEY QUINN TAKEN
TO BAXLEY Mil
Dempsey Quinn, young white man,
was arrested Monday afternoon by
Chief of Police B. M. Barrineau, and
placed in the city jail on a charge of
drunkenness, and shooting a pistol
within the limits of the city. He was
kept in jai! for a time, when lie wan
r leased on bond, $20.90 being the
amount assessed in a case made by
the city charging disorderly conduct.
Upon being arrested an automatic
pistol was taken from him when he
attempted to use it on the arresting
officer. Th pistol was wrested from
him. After being released on bond,
Quinn returne. to his home in the af
ternoon, and returned to the city,
evidently prepared to make trouble
for Mr. Barrineau; having procured
a winchester rifle.
He was met by the chief at the in
tersccion of Peterson avenue and
Ward street where a lively difficulty
was precipitated, Quinn losing hi 3
rifle. He was tried on the charge
preferred and was fined SIOO by
Mayor Moore. The fine wa3 paid and
Quinn was held by request of officers
from Appling county, who held a
warrant charging theft of automobile
accessories. A deputy from**Baxley
in Appling county arrived in the city
Wednesday afternoon to claim the
prisoner, and he was taken to jail at
Baxley.
THE PIEDMONT REPORT
The Steering Committee appointed
by the First Joint Meeting to formu
late a recommendation as to what
should be done for Piedmont Insti
tute has recommended that $250,000
be raised for this institution.
This Steering Committee is com
posed of: E. K. Bennett, Chairman,
Han Lott, W D. O’Quinn, J. G. Stein
heimer, Dr. B H. Minchew, T. J. Darl
ing, Jack Williams, Miller W. Lott,
and M. M. Monroe.
These men, as citizens of Waycross
..have v ipe.t together to ,cousulta;ion,
many times; they*Have ’ carefully‘'in
spected the present plant of Piedmont
Institute: they have studied the fu
ture needs of the school; they have
met in consultation with the trustees
of Brewton-Parker Institute.
After ail this careful investigation
and after thoughtful deliberation they
have agreed upon one recommenda
tion.
That recommendation is that $250,-
000 be raised
The recommendation as to when
this amount wil be raised as to when
the campagin will begin, and as to
what form the subscription will take,
will be made within the next few
days.
In the meantime the citizens of
Waycross should be giving earnest
heed this recommendation.
There is no question as to the need
of educational facilities in any plan
for a Greater Waycross. These ed
ucational facilities are two-fold: the
city schools, that is the first eleven
grades: the collegate courses above
the eleventh grade.
It means that the sending of Way
cross boys and girls off to college can
be postponed two years after gradua
tion from High School because the
work for these two years would be
given at Piedmont,.
That means a great financial sav
ings to the parents of Waycross. It
further insures keeping the boys and
girls at home under parential influ
ence two years longer, thus sending
them away at a more mature age.
It means making Waycross an ed
ucational CENTER for the graduates
of the High Schools in South Georgia,
especially those in the Waycross
Territory.
This would increase the prestige c?
Waycross, the service of Waycross to
its territory, and the annual income of
Waycross.—Waycross Journal-Herald.
FIRST METHODIST C HURCH.
(Guyton Fisher, Pastor.)
Preaching by the pastor at 11:30 a.
m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday school at 10:15 a. m., J. H.
Breedlove, Superintendent.
Epw r orth League 7:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening.
All are cordially invited to these
services, and strangers are especially
welcome.
Miss Annette McLean returned
Tuesday from a few weeks visit in
Atlanta.