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Volume X—NO. 36. \ Georgia Tobacco Market To Open August Fifth South Carolina and Georgia To Open Same Date According to Inofficial Announcement. While unofficial, it is authentically stated that the opening of the Geor gia tobacco markets will be simul taneous with the Carolina markets and the date will be either August 4 h or sth. The 4th comes on Mon day and it is altogether probable that the opening will not be until Tuesday. - Some have urged earlier opening, pthe main reason for this being the fact that difficulty is being found in s oring the immense crop of tobac co that is being rapidly cured out now. Forest and second priming have already been cured anci most farmers are now in process of curing out the third primings. Wlfeile stor age space is a problem, it is pointed out on the other hand that to open the small market in Georgia might prove injurious to the market here, as the Georgia market prices are al ways based upon the prices paid in other larger tobacco states. The price paid here on an early opening might be lower than if opened with the Carolina market, or may drop when these markets open, is the opinion of authorities on the sub ject. * An added advantage in delaying the opening, it is shown gives the tobacco time to ripe and many growl ers in the Carolinas pack tobacco ™,vay for two to three months in or der to allow it to color anal mellow, which it will do when properly housed Tobacco growers state .that the crop in this county is curing out nicely j and that an average or better grade will be on the market this season. The recent rains and cloudy weather dees not seem to in any way affect thp Crjing proeCSs. Some-have an aversion to placing tobacco, in bjyms when wef l^ TampT it is said by ex perienced growers that this is imma terial and does not injure the curing. It now assured that a market will be operated at Fitzgerald by Messrs, j Knott & Knott. Nicholls is making j an effort to operate the warehouse | there this season. Business men have visited the (Richmond dealers with a view to procuring buyers, but as yet there is nothing definite about v'.ether the Nicholls market will open season. Vast' preparations have been -made j by Messrs. McLean & George and ■ Pegram & Hester local warehouse, i and at present an aggressive adver- i tising campaign is being waged to J bring tobacco to the Douglas market, j which it is believed 1 will lead the : state this year, having the largest acreage planted. The warehouse in this city will re-' main open day and night during the selling season, and there will be ad- j vantages that will match any mar- 1 ket in the state in handling tobacco, on the floors of the Douglas ware- 1 houses. A party of business men composed of John R. Slater, G. H. Pegram, J.! C. Brewer and' T. A. Dixon visited ; North Carolina and Virginia recently in the interest of the local market. JjLey were assured that the best buy tAs on the job would be sent to Doug las this year. The large tobacco manufacturers are very muck inter ested in the Georgia market and will lend all encouragement to this sec tion. INVITATIONS TO BRUNSWICK ROAD OPENING. * _______________ A number of citizens of this sec tion have been invited to the Bruns wick-St. Simons road opening on July 11th when official opening of the roadway connecting St. Simons with the city of Brunswick will be hel i Thousands of visitors throughout the state,Jficluding the entire general as sembly have been invited to Bruns-1 wick on that date. A verv fine road has been the marshes ex- i tiling seven miles to St. Simor.3 j at a cost of .$450,000. The J movement was sponsored by the j Young Men’s Club of Brunswick three or four year* ago. J WE’VE BEEN CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY We have followed the usual custom ; of weekly papers by taking a little j time off on the 4th. Many papers do , »et issue on this date. (£to fftt Cctroiji McADOO LEADS AS 69TH BALLOT IS TAKEN With the taking of the 69th ballot, 14 more than has ever been taken at any previous con vention, W T . G. Me A too, on Fri day night, polled the highest vote since the Convention con vened June 24th. His vote was 528 1-2, or just a little less than half the total Convention vote. Governor Smith, of New York, ihad 324 1-2, or a few less than on a previous vote. He has held his own, however, al ways his vote intact. Ralston, of Indiana, Cox, of (shio, and Bryan, of Nebraska have asked that they not be voted! for lon ger. John W. Davis, of West Virginia was next highest man with about 65 votes. Indications are that McAdco will win the nomination, and that the convention will ad journ today. (Saturday.) COMMISSIONER TWITTY OFFERS REWARD FOR DYNAMITERS OF FISH Commissioner P. S. Twitty has written a letter to the game wardens of Georgia calling attention to the dynamiting and poisoning of fish and offering a reward! for the arrest.and -conviction of every person caught violating the fislb and game laws. I “One of the most unpardonable ! violations of our game laws is the i dynamiting of fish. This shameful practice is becoming a menace to Georgia’s fishing streams, and we are determined to use every lawful means to stop it. >N. gen ine sportsman wjy be guilty of r" A sing’e charge of dynamite, while killing a few larger fish, destroys thousands, and some times millions of little ones, if left alone would sooner or later furnish ! abundant food and sport for the legiti j mate fisherman, said Mr. Twitty. “The department earnestly appeals to ‘.he true sportsman and other good people of every county in Georgia to co-operate with us in our efforts to stop all forms of game law viola , tions—particularly dynamiting and | fidb poisoning,” concluded Mr. r Twitty. I » —————— NOTICE $25.00 Reward. ! Offered by Peter S. Twitty, State Game and Fish Commissioner of 'Georgia: Good untill January Ist, ! 1925. For the arrest and conviction t of any one caught poisoning or dynamiting Fish in any of the streams jin Georgia; in addition to tUde above Reward any person causing the ar jtest and conviction shall receive one j half of the fine in the case. This reward is offered by the Game and i fish Department and we hope no one i will be caught violating this law’, but will help to enforce the law, and protect our fish. This July 2, 1924. Respectfully, EUGENE MERIER, Game Warden, Dsuglas, Ga. BAR COMMITTEE WILI CONVENE IN ATLANTA f» ~~ ~ ATLANTA, July I.—The proposal by the Georgia Bar Association that this session of the General Assembly make a radical change in the matter of selecting judges, and that a con stitutionel amendment provision be submitted, will take definite form \ soon. The plan outlined in the special committee named by the bar associa tion, which takes the actual election of judges out of the ballot box, and provides that, at the expiration of the term of a jud#? he shall be submitted | to a vote of the people solely on the question whether or not he shall be retained for another term, Fas been much discussed by legislators. The manndr of filling offices or vancancies would be by gubernatorial appointment, from a restricted list i of submitted names, and the appoint ! ment to be confirmed bv the State I Senate. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY, CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURS DAY, JULY 3, 1924. DIXIE “SHORT ROUT’’ MEETING AT FITZGERALD. FITZGERALD, Ga., June 28. The tenth annual meeting of the Cen tral Dixie Highway Association was held here Friday, with W. R. Bowen,: presiding. N. M. Patten, secretary, of Macon, read the annual report, showing progress being made in the construction of permanent roads in some of the counties. Mayor Jack Mayes, for the city, and W. N. Smith, president of ifr.e Kiwanis, welcomed! the delegates, both referring in their speeches to the. proposed highway bond issues for the 1 state and urging itlheir passage. Col. A. J. McDonald also spoke along the same lines. Ware County brought the largest delegation, having more than 20 in the meeting. Irwin was largely represented as was also Wil cox County. Coffee, Pulaski and Houston Counties had three delegates responded to roll call. A resolution was unanimously (adopted, indorsing the proposition of issuing $70,000,000 road bonds and was wired to tfke representatives of the counties. The State Highway Department was represented by Division Engineer G. W. Darden, of Dublin. Officers elected for the year were: W. R. Bcwen, president; H. D. Bunn, cross, anci Sam A. Nunn," Perry, presidents; Isidor Gelders, secretary. The following directors were ap pointed by the President W. R. Bowen in and for Coffee County: J. R. Slater, J. C. Brewer, Moses Griffin, J. H. Milhollin and J. M. Dent. Mr. Griffin attended the Fitzgerald meeting. DR. SHIRLEY, VETERINARIAN LOCATES IN DOUGLAS* Dr. S. J. Shirly, veterinarian, grad uate of the University of Georgia, has located in Douglas for the prac tice of his profession, arriving in the city Tuesday. , . ; Dr. Shirley- js an : experienced .ptaf tifioner, and ■curing his college Tsbk specltaf* training m diseases of dogs, for one year. He comes from Rhine and Americus to Douglas. Dr. Shirley has been employed by the city as food inspector, and will inspect all meats sold in the markets or in any way in the city. This inspection will be more rigi-'ly enforced in the future, andi a fee is charged for each carcass inspected by the heal’frf officer. For cattle, 50c will be charged for each carcass, and less for hogs, sheep, goats, etc. Tickets will be procurable at the office of the city clerk, and each deal in fresh meats will be required to provide themselves with these tickets pay the charge and give one of the coupons to the inspector. COMMMON LAW UPHELD IN DOG AND CHICKEN CASE * Greensbor, Ga., June 30.—A cog and chicken case tried in Watkinsville Oconee County, and carried to tfbe Court of Appeals, has been reversed. The case involved the right of E. P. Johnson to kill a setter that had been presented to J. A. Wilson by Ty Cobb, the famous ball player. Wilson sued Johnson for $l5O in Oconee Court and Joftinson retaliated with the contention that the dog had killed 48 of his White Leghorn (thick ens w T ort)h $1 each. The jury valued the dog at SSO and the chickens at S4B and gave Wilson judgment of $2. Johnson carried the case to the Court of Appeals which, reversed it on the grounds tihat Judge Blanton Fort son erred in instructing the jury that Johnson had the right to kill the dog, if it was worth more :tban the chick ens. The court said there is no statute in Georgia changing the common law that the owner of a domestic animal or has a right to kill a dog to protect his own property. W. M. HARDEN RELEASED AT COMMITMENT HEARING At a comitment hearing before Justice John S. Gibson Friday morn ing, W. M. Harden, charged |vith kil ling Duncan Murray, on the the Har den farm a shorn time ago, was re leased without bond, the court ruling that insufficient evidence had been to warrant the holding of Harden. Self defense was the plea entered by Dick erson & Kelly, attorney for Harden. Solicitor General Allen B. Spence assisted Col. Levi O’Steen in the pros-; eeution. WAYCROSS WRITER GIVES COFFEE SPLENDID BOOST Coffee county is indebted to Mr. Carey Sutlive, versatile writer on the Journal-Herald, and the At lanta Journal for a splendid feature story in whic)':. Coffee county and Douglas shared most liberally. yhe article was written by Mr. Sutlive, who is one of South Georgia’s most promising young newspaper and published in the Atlanta Journal of last Sunday. The wide circulation given any article publish ed jjby this premier southern news paper is bound to return benefits of such nature that is impossible to en umerate. (jioffee county was given credit justh due them of being the oldest tobpcco market in the state and 1 grow ing the crop first, the promotion of a tremendous industry that has, witihin a few years, spread to all sections of Southeast Georgia, and even South west Georgia. This county was listed as having hOQ more acres planted than any other Georgia county. A review of develop ment of this crop, its present outlook, hnd the potentialities of the future cf °f this section as a tobacco growing county were dealt with in a most in telligent manner, and without exag eration. MRS. E. W. FORTUNE DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. E. W. Fortune, of this city died! Tuesday athter an illness of sev eral months of Bright’s disease and the-tburial took place at the Stokes villej community cemetery the follow ing jday, Rev. H. M. Baptist minister, officiating. Mrs. Fortune is survived by six ’sma|l children and her husband, who is‘ aji employe of the Georgia and Florida railroad. DEATH TAKES ’ MRS J.M.PAFFORD A sufferer from rheumatism for twenty years, much of the time an invalid, Mrs. J. M. Pafford, aged abo:|t forty-five years, prominently connected, and mother of several chil dren, who survive, and wife cf Mr. J. M. Pafford, one of the county’s best known farmers, died at For home near Shepherd in this county Sunday night about eleven o’clock. Mrs. Paf ford had been in a precarious condi tion for weeks. She had been vir tually an invalid! for years, and much of the time, unable to be out of bed, and her death had been expected for the past two or three weeks almost momentarily, from sheer weakness and exhaustion. She was -the daugh ter of Mr. Elias Lott, and! the late Mrs. Elias Lott, who died only a few months ago. The interment was at Lone Hill cemetery Wednesday and the funeral sermon was preached by the Method ist minister of the West Green charge The Douglas Unciertaking Company had charge of arrangements, and ma ny beautiful floral offerings were pre sented at the last rites of a beautiful Christian character, whose influence for good will live as a monument to one of the most sterling characters that has lived in that community, anc who has born unmetionable suffering with fortitude. The surviving children are: P. E. Pafford, of Savannah, Waldo, Russell, J. M. Jr., and younger son, the latter four at home; Mrs. Bulah Roser, of Eastman and Mrs. Ossie Smith, of Gulfpprt, Miss. The following sis ters and brothers survive: Mrs. E. R. Cross, pf the Shepherd community, Mr. D. W. Lott, Jr., and James M. iLott, of the same community, Mrs. 11. B. Johnson, of Coffee, and Mrs. J. B. Jardine, of Douglas. POSTAL EMPLOYEES HAVE BARBECUE ON FOURTH July 4th was the occasion for a barbecue and fish fry at Gaskin Springs by the postal employees at the local post office, anc* their families Postmaster Peterson, Assistant R. H. Wheeles, Mr. J. D. Adams, Mrs. R. R. Harper, Mr. Dan Kirkland, Mr. Elton Kirkland, Mr. O’Steen and Mr. Frank, Adams compose the office force, and the carriers are R. W. Cain, Geo. B. Saunders, Oliver Courson and Homer Floycl A more efficient and popular set of employees could hardly be found in any office in Georgia. Soldier’s Bonus Blanks Ready For Distribution MR. LAW’S RESIDENCE BECOMES NEWS BUREAU Many people are indebted to Mr. T. B. Law, who has, since the National Democratic Con vention has been in session in New York, disseminated infor mation throughout the city re garding the proceedings. Many people call at the home and re main to a late hour at night, and dozens of telephone calls are answered. While tJhere are nr any radio’s in the city, the home of Mr. Law anci DKr. Frost is l.e mecca of many interested in the outcome. Mr. Law is a dealer in Ra di ’s, and is an expert on the subject, and the Imachine, with loud speaker attached, in his home, invariably works excel lently. Almost every night the proceedings have been lis tened to almost as though a person were on the Convention floor. IRWIN COUNTY POLITICS PROMISES TO BE LIVELY OCILLA, Ga., July I.—A' a meet ing of the Irwin Gouty Democratic executive committee Saturday, July 5 was the closing date fixed for qualifi cation of candidates to participate in the primary on Sept. 10. Three candidates (have entered the race for senator from this, the Forty fifth senatorial district, *and since two of them had been stricken from the voters list by the registrars for al leged default in the payment of tiheir taxes in .the time limit as fixed, by. law, it was undertaken to have this county exectuive committee agree to enter the names of these two candi dates on the tickets. It was, however, agreed by the committee tihat it was not for their body to say who is or is not qualified for the race, but that it is a matter to be cetermined by the senatorial committee, and the committee adopted a resolution to re ceive the assessments of and to print i‘(he names of all qualified candidates on the ticket. An appeal has been made by one of the candidates from the decision of the board of registrars and the case will be heard by the judge of tihe su perior coutrt of this circuit during the August term of court in this county. To date there are three candidates for senator and two candidates for representa.tive. COMMITTEE TO ACT ON BILL TO INVESTIGATE TEXT BOOKS IN GEORGIA ATLANTA, Ga., Juiyl—The House committe on education, meeting at 9:30 this morning to act on the bill of Representative Guess, of DeKalb county, after some discussion, defer red action until 8:30 tonight. The bill would authorize a board to inves tigate the text books now in use, with a view to elimination or substitution to possible purchase of some books in the state of Georgia, to changing the revenue from certain taxes in the state to the board of education, and to possible free taxation and free text books in the sdhools throughout the state. J. J. WILLINGHAM JOINS NEW LAW FIRM, The announcement was made last week that Mr. J. J. Willingham of Augusta had become a member of the law firm of Hull & Barrett of that city. The firm is now Hull, Barrett & Willingham. The firm of Hull & Barrett has for many years been one of the lead ing law firms of Augusta and this state. MV. Willingham, since leaving Douglas, has been associated with them and his friends here congratu late him warmly upon his splendid promotion, as a member of the firm of which Federal Judge W. H. Barrett was a member before his ascension to the Federal bench. This firm is general counsel for the Georgia & Florida railroad and other large corporations. $1.50 Per Annum in Advance About five hundred blanks for mak ing application for soldier’s bonus or compensation has been received by tfhe local post office for distribution among the ex-servicemen of this lo cality. Accompanying the blanks are envelopes for return and copies of in structions which will enable the ap plicants to make out the applications. The blanks are to be han ed out at tihe windows of the post office and the postal authorities are cooperating in their distribution to the best of their ability. They are aiding the war de partment in reaching every person entitled to compensation according o the terms of the recent act of Con gress. ' Three forms appear on the blanks, one for enlisted men in the army navy or marine corps, one for commissioned officers and one for dependents mak ing application in case of dea th of ex service men. Filling of the blanks is not com plicated provided the party making applicaton lhas copy of discharge with them upon making application. All the questions require to be ans wered are on the dischtrge an in asking aid of any one to make out this application, it will be absolutely ne cessary for one to have the discharge with them, as the date of the enlist ment, date cf discharge, serial num ber, length of service at each camp in America and abroad, and in case of service in the navy and marine corps, service on vessels, etc., are required. Finger prints are taken on each blank. A heavy penalty is provided in case fraud is attempted. It is not the duty of he postal au thorities to fill out blanks and to co so would require a great deal of time and it will be impossible for them to handle all of this work. - Derugins. Post No. 18 American Le gion members will assist any ex- ser vice men in making ou 1 " tlhir applica tions when necessary. It is the duty of all parties who saw service to aid in any way possible, by advising of the arrival of the blanks, assisiting in filling them out anc in other ways as sisting those who are unable to do the work themselves. The government has inaugurated a new department for handling of this work and a great expense is being in curred and every effort is being made to facilitate its completion. CONVICTS ENJOY FOURTH WITH BARBECUE PICNIC Warden J. D. Pridgen staged an unique entertainment on Friday the 4th by giving a “frie d chicken” dinner and barbecue for the Coffee county convicts, to which were invited the courty commissicners, all of whom were present, other county officers and a nu/mber of friends, including families of men serving time in pris on. Lemonade, and other colfi drinks were serve free. The barbecued meats and the chicken used for the dinner were pro ' : ue*s of the “farm” and provided a delightful repast. The prisoners seemed to enter into the spirit of the occasion as earnest ly as any outsider, and in the after noon a “minstrel” was staged. An improvised stage, with curtains and settings just as a regular show were in place and a piano l was provided. The performance was by talent who jfieviously had been in the “d. ow bus iness.” The darkies put on a show that was right up to the standard of the bes negro minstrels. There is at present nearl forty men working in the county and there is little trouble experienced by the war den in keping ir er. Mr. Pridgen is popular with his men, and yet the maximum amount of w r ork is produced They all seem well fed, well clo'.hed, and satisfied insofar as satisfaction comes under the circumstances. There was a number of ladies and children who enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. Pridgen. MR. THOMAS W. OVERSTREET RETURNS TO DOUGLAS MV. Thomas W. Overstreet, in the employ of the government as post al inspector, has been transferred to the Valdosta district from the Sa vannah district andi will make his home in Douglas again. Mr. Over street, with his family, moved to Sa vannah about a year ago.