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Volume Xl No. 17
TOBACCO FARMERS FROM MANY
BOUNTIES HEAR STATE COLLEGE
EXPERTS HERE LAST FRIDAY
Addressing an audience that filled
the court house auditorium almost to
capacity end which was perhaps the
most representative number of farm
ers coming from this and other coun
ties to ever congregate here, the to
bacco specialists from the State Col
lege, the Costal Planes Experiment
station, the A. C. L. railroad and the
Southern Improvement Committee,
brought out many splendid points
which will prove of great value to the
old as well as the new tobacco grow
er in South Georgia, here Friday.
The first speaker on the program
at 10:30 a. m., was Mr. E. C. West
brook, tobacco specialist of the State
College of Agriculture, Athens. Mr.
Westbrook’s talk was a resume of con
•ditions throughout the belt. He stat
ed among other things that there
would be a 75,000,000 crop in Geor
gia this year and discussed the im
portance of making a superior type
of tobacco, stating that the crop was
Being studied in Alabama, Louisiana
.and Mississippi and the best thing
for South Geoigians to do was to
show to the companies that the best
crop could be grown in this state and
maintain a high standard. Mr. West
brook’s talk received rapt attention.
He was followed by Mr. J. C. Hart
of the Tifton experiment station,
whose discussion of fertilizers and
experimental work carried on there
were intensely interesting, and elicit
ed numerous questions which were es
pecially instructive to the prospective
grower. Mr. Hart is perhaps the
best informed man in the state on the
subject of tobacco fertilizers, and
urged the farmers to write there for
information and make visits to the
station where they could receive di
rect results of two years ex
periments under varied conditions.
Mr. J. M. Purdom, with the Atlan
tic Coast Line railroad, a graduate
of the Georgia State College of Agri
culture, and all his life a practical
farmer was called upon to relate how
he succeeded with tobacco. His dis
cussion was mainly upon the impor
tance of properly handling the crop
from preparation of the plant bed to
the final stage of curing and prepar
ing for the market. Mr. Purdom’s
discussion proved intensely interest
ing, he having proven himself one
of the best growers in the Georgia
belt, he spoke very frankly of the
faults usually practiced by amateur
growers.
Mr. C. A. Whittle of the Soil Im
provement Bureau advised the farm
ers to diversify their crops, plant
ing cotton and food crops along with
their tobacco and urged that no cot- |
ton be planted unless poison was J
used.
There were several county agents
present, who brought farmers from
their various counties. County Ag
ent Bussey, of Coffee County figured
largely in making the meeting a suc
cess. The Douglas meeting was the
second of these meetings to be held,
,one being previously held at Tifton.
NEW LUNCH ROOM
OPENS IN CITY
The Tea Cozy is the name of a new
lunch room which opened last week
in the Dent building next door to the
Chappell Drug Company. Experienc
ed restaur; nt people are operating the
new place. Quick lunches and regu
lar meals are served at popular prices.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Prog
ress will be found the menu for next
Sunday dinner.
NOTICE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY.
Several years ago the Georgia
Federation of Women’s clubs desig
nated Washington’s birthday, Febru
ary 2brd as “Library Day” in Geor
gia.
The local Library committee, Mrs.
Wilson Prycr, Mrs. J. C. Relihan,
Mrs. C. L. Patterson, and Mrs. J. M.
Hall would appreciate it very much
if all those who will promise books
and money would on this day send
their donations to any member of the,
committee and due credit will be
given.
MRS. J. M. HALL,
Chairman Library Committee.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY, CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
prominent north
CAROLINEANS SPEND
FEW DAYS HERE.
Mr. C. S. Hobgood and Mr. S. T.
Wiggins, of Wendell, North Carolina,
arrived in the city Tuesday and age
spending a few days here. These
gentlemen are prominent warehouse
men at Wendell, and have under ad
visement entering the warehouse busi
ness in Douglas.
While in the city they were guests
in the home of Mr. Hobgood’s dau
ghter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Wilkins. This was the first
visit of Mr. Hobgood and MF. Wig
gins to the tobaccc section of Georgia
and both were very much pleased
with the outlook here for a tobacco
section and conditions generally.
BRICK BUILDING UNDER
CONSTRUCTION ON PETERSON
t 0
The handsome two-story brick
building being erected by Mr. D. D.
Morgan at the corner of Peterson
avenue and Bryan streets is nearing
compktion, and within a short time
will be ready for occupancy. Mr.
Morgan will use the first floor for
his grocery and meat market business
and the new building adds much to
the appearance of this section ofthe
city. The contract on this building
is in the hands of Mr. R. N. Mc-
Eachren.
Dirt was broken this week for the
erection of a one-story brick structure
by Mike Nahara on property of the
A. B. & A. railroad upon which a
long time lease has been secured. The
store faces Peterson avenue and will
be occupied by its owner as a general
merchandise establishment. The work
on this building is being done by
Ivey Stone.
A, & M, STUDENTS
TO PRESENT OPERETTA
Much interest centers around the
beautiful operetta to be given by the
students of the Music Department
of the A. & M. school on Friday
night, February 20th, at 8:00 o’clock
at the High School Auditorium. As
a romance of the old south the plot
is full of quaint charm and beauty
and the musical setting bright and
pretty. Dainty maidens wearing love
ly colonial frocks make the scenes
attractive and beautiful, while the
presence of young southern gentle
men depict the chivalry of this per
iod. All the warm friendship and
cordial hospitality for which the
south is famed is brought out in this
play while the presence of two old
negro slaves add much laughter to
this attractive operetta. The cast of
characters is as follows:
Pilot Farley—Mr. John Perry.
Rose —Pilot Farley’S adopted
daughter—Miss Effie Cleo Brewer.
Richard St. John—A young sugar
planter—-Mr. Alton Brewton.
Monty Gray—A friend of Richard’s
—Mr. Talmage Scott.
Martha St. John- —Richard’s sister
—Miss Thelma. Mead.
Old Ned—A colored servant —Mr.
W. T. Hattaway.
Aunt Judy—The cook—Miss Doro
thy Thomas.
Simon Scudder—Pilot Farley’s
overseer—Mr. -John Henry Drew.
Holly Tims—A shady lawyer—Mr.
Free Davis.
Jack Martin—Tim’s friend—Mr.
Martin Bosworth.
Marquis De La Tcur, of Bordeaux
France—Mr. Earl Spence.
Bruce McDonald The county
Sheriff—Mr. Howell Cross.
Chorus:
Misses Odessa Bennett, Loreta
Bennett, Erna Lee Bennett, Ruby
Fussell, Inez Rouse, Lois Coffee, Ivel
la Right, Mary Strickland.
Messrs. Harvey Tanner, Harold
Coxwell, Irvin Strickland, J. Q.
Waters, Young Brinson, Hassell Mc-|
Gee, Manson McCrimmon, Pitts
Vickers. , ' " •
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
DANIEL GASKIN SR. DIES;
mm AT SAND HILL
PIONEER CITIZEN AND ONE OF
COUNTY’S LEADING MEN
PASSED AT AGE OF 77
YEARS.
Funeral services .for Mr. Daniel
Gaskin, Sr., were conducted at San
Hill Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon
of this week. Mr. Gaskin died at his
home in this city Monday afternoon
about four o’clock of a complication
of diseases and mature old age. He
was seventy-seven years of age at
the time of his death, having been
born April 10, 1848. Mr. Gaskin
had been ill for several weeks and
for some time was practically an in
valid.
He had spent his life in this sec
tion and the active interest he had
taken in business and civic affairs had
acquainted him with a very large
number of people who respected and
admired him. In 1873 he was married
to Miss Aleph Hinson, who survives
him in addition to one son, Mr. Fish
er Gaskin and one daughter, Mrs.
Belle Clough, who were with him
at the time of his death.
Mr. Gaskins’ activities had placed |
him in various positions of trust. In
1870 he was elected tax receiver of
the county and served in this capacity
for several years. In 1875 he was
elected tax collector and served in
thi3 position for some time. He was
for 20 years a member of the county
board of education, and in 1911-12 he
served the county as its only com
missioner of roads and revenues. In
1916 he was elected mayor of the city
of Douglas. He filled each place
with credit and his ability had served
to amass quite a fortune.
His family connection included
many of the more prominent fami
lies including the Lott family, his
mother having been before her mar
riage a Miss Lott.
In 1873 he became a member of the
Sand Hill Baptist Thurch where -his
membership remained throughout all
the years until his death, and it was
at his request that the remains be
placed in the cemetery at that place.
The funeral services were in charge
of the Douglas Undertaking Company
and Rev. G. S. Taylor, pastor of the
Sand Hill church preached the funer
al and Rev. H. M. Meeks conducted
the ceremony at the grave.
A large number of relatives and
friends assembled to pay tribute
respects to one of the county’s
best known and beloved citizens.
EDISON CELEBRATES
78TH ANNIVERSARY
Fort Myers, Fla., Feburary 11.—
Two birthday announcements were
made by Thomas A. Edison, who was
78 years of age today.
The inventor declared that the
main crop in Florida today is bun
galows, not oranges, which was not
the case when he first visited Fort
Myers 42 years ago. He also an
nounced that he expects to come
south a month earlier next year.
Today was Mr. Edison’s first birth
day in Florida. He spent the day
quietly at his home with his next door
neighbor, Henry Ford. The two
friends went fishing yesterday up the
Orange river, but returned empty
handed. The Edison and Ford es
tates adjoin on the Caloosahatchee'
river, a stream two miles wide. Much
of Edison’s fishing is done from a
private pier.
STREET PAVING NOW
MOVING RAPIDLY
The paving of sidewalks in the
city is moving rapidly and the main
streets in the business section are be
ing concreted. A very large area of
the residence section has already been
completed and now present a muth
more attractive appearance in addi
tion to being a great convenience.
In addition to the paving, the city
is co-operating with a department of
the Woman’s club in putting out oak
trees in the vacant spaces. Syca
more trees are 'being removed in some
instances to make way for other tiees
that will be more beautiful and en
during.
The paving is in charge of R. N.
McEachren, contractor and standard
five-foot walks are being laid in the
residence section, while broader
walks meeting all requirements are
being put down in the business sec
tions.
. 7, ANDERSON
' RESIGNS FROM
Jr HIGHWAY BODY
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MACO'N. Ga., Feb. 18.—What he
declared J.o be actual evidence that
mive been altered in the
Statfc Highway Department was pro-
hare last Sunday afternoon by
W, T. Anderson, editor of Macon
Telegraph and member of the high
way board, who returned to Macon
Sunday.«.
Mr*. Anderson, in commenting on
his resignation, which he admitted is
in thg he mis of the Governor, “to be
accepted, at his convenience,” assert
ed that there are “no strings tied to
the .resignation.” He declared in his
statement that the chairman of the
StateTHighwey Department may have
some ekplanaion of the proof that
he produces. He also declared that
he is not a candidate for office, nor
m league with anyone seeking office.
.Cites Irregularities.
Mr. Anderson declared that in his
letter to the Governor he cited a
dozen or more irregularities in con
duct ofi the department; declared he
did not ,believe John Holder, chair
man, wps temperamentally fit for the
place he was holding, and said that
his associates were afraid “he was
going to do something that we should
all be ashamed of.”
Mr. Anderson stated Sunday that
he did not believe the chairman ever
profited a dollar in any of the things
that hariiCome to his notice, but ad
ded that he thought “out of goodness
of heart .or laxity of disposition that
he (Holder) was letting grafters and
sappers get the best of the Highway
Department.”
SOUTHERN BANKING COMPANY
The Board of Directors of Pear
son’s qew banking institution, South
ern, Banking Company, met Wednes
day- and por*ftM'ed" aftanperrie'n+f*. for
opening for business Monday, Febru
ary 23rd, at which time they expect
to receive the charter from Hon. S.
G. McLendon, Secretary of State.
The Board of Directors are Dr. Joe
Corbett, Messrs. Jeff Kirkland, H. P\
Sears, A. T. Minchew, Joe McDonald,
Y. O. Mathews and Dan Wall. Mr.
Wall will be the cashier.
Dr. Joe Corbett will be the presi
dent and H. F. Sears will be the vice
president.—Pearson Tribune.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our heart felt
thanks to our neighbors, friends and
relatives who showed us so many acts
of kindness during the illness and
death of our husband and father, I
Daniel Gaskin, Sr.
MRS. DAN GASKIN, SR.
MRS FOREST CLOUGH,
FISHER GASKIN.
JUDGE G, A. WARD
PRESIDES OVER
FIRST TERM GORT
Judge Calvin A. Ward presided over
the February term City Court which
convened last Monday. This was
the first trial term of the court and
the first time that Judge Ward has
pjresided over a term of court in
about twenty five years. He was
judge of the city ccurt in this county
when it was first organized many ,1
years ago.
At the request cf Judge Ward, the
j court was opened with prayer by
Rev. T. M. Christian, pastor of the
First Methodist church of this city,
an innovation was the request that
all officers remove their hats in the
courtroom.
Immediately after the preliminar
ies, the selection of a jury and the
calling of the docket begail, and
more than sixty cases of old stand
ing on the docket were removed in the
day and half that the court was in
session.
The criminal docket will be called
next Monday and will probably be c”
short duration, as there is not a great
deal of business to dispose of. It is
the stated purpose of Judge Ward
to remove all cases from the dockets
of his court just as rapidly as pos
sible, and an effective start has been
made.
FLORAS. & CRITCHER COMPOSE
HEW TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CO.
MORE HOGS SOLD IN
THIS SECTION THIS
YEAR THAN LAST.
Moultrie, Ga., Feb. 14.—South
Georgia, Southeast Alabama and
Florida have sold nearly twice as
many hogs this season as they mark
eted in the fall and winter of 1923
and 1924, according to information
given out by the buyers on the South
ern St,ock here. Shipments
from North and Middle Georgia, how
ever, are about 25 per cent smaller
than they were last season, it is stat
ed.
The receipts on the stock yards
here continue heavy, but shipments
are expected to show a sharp de
cline around March 1, as it is believ
ed that the peak of the movement
has been reached. The big packing
plant here has had one of the busiest
seasons it has known in several years.
Hog growers on the whole are great
ly pleased with their returns. The
maiket has been higher for several
months than in has been at any time
since the war period. It is believed
in live stock' circles that prices will
hold up for at least a year or two, be
cause of the short hog production in
the West. The outlook in South
Georgia and over in Alabama for in
creased hog production during the
year is said to be bright.
MR. \V. E. BASS IN
CITY FOR FEW DAYS
Mr. W. E. Bass, of Kinston, North
Carolina, who has been on the Doug
las tobacco market for two or three
seasons as an auctioneer and con
ceded to be among the best in the I
game, is spending a few days in the
city on business and looking over the
outlook for the coming season.
fflrMSass 'fYur'cTTa pfgff" <T farnF rrt thhr
county last fall and will have a con
siderable acreage of tobacco in this
season.
WILLIE KIRKLAND
BURIED TODAY
The death of Willie (Dump) Kirk
land, naval stores operator, aged
about fifty years occurred almost
suddenly at his home about eleven
o’clock Tuesday p. m.
Mr. Kirkland had been to Way
cross on Tuesday and returning
home, was apparently well as usual.
At about eleven o’clock his wife was
attracted by Struggles and shortly
after came.
The remains were taken to family
burial grounds near Sand Hill church
and there interred today (Thursday).
Mr. Kirkland is survived by several j
brothers, including Jim and Matt and
others, his wife and several children. I
ARCHDEACONRY OF ALBANY
IN THOMASVILI.E ADJOURNS
j Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 18.—The
i annual meeting of the Archdeaconry
|of Albany, which convened in St.
! Thomas Episcopal church here Sun
; day evening adjourned last night.
The meeting was in charge of Bishop
I F. F. Reese of the Diocese of Geor-:
; gia and tire visiting clergymen were
j Rev. John Moore Walker, rector of
i St. Paul’s church, Albany; Rev. Scott
l Smith, of St. Paul’s church Bani
| bridge; Rev. J. J. Cornish of Christ
church, Valdosta; Rev. R. W. Hailed;
of Grace church, Waycross; Rev.
Robert Stillwell, cf St. Andrew’s
church, Douglas; Rev. Edgar Penning
ton of St. Luke’s church, Marianna,
Fla. Yesterday morning the oarty
went over to Moultrie, where* services
were conducted in St. John’s churdi
of that city. A quail supper at the
Parish House md a tea given by Mrs.
Ccrbun Haskell at “Wynnton” h-r
beautiful winter estate here, wei■_*
the social features of the meeting.
SENATE WEAKENS
ON PAY INCREASE
Washington, Feb. 18.—The Senate
recalled from the House the
legislative appropriation bill winch
is passed last night, containing a nr._
vision for an increase in salaries cf
members of Congress and the vice
president.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advance
Erection of the Farmers Ware
house, Immense Structure of
Brick and Concrete to Begin
Immediately. To be 300
by 160 Feet, and Cost
$35,000.00
A deal of considerable importance
and great interest to the public gen
erally was closed here this week when
Mr. G. H. Pegram and Mr. V. W.
Critcher formed a partnership for the
operation of the new Farmers Ware
house to be built in Douglas, work
on which will begin next week.
Mr. Pegram with Mr. E. J. Hes
ter, formerly operated the Big Tobac
co warehouse, and Mr. Critcher had
contracted to operate the new ware
house. The combination makes one of
the strongest companies for handl
ing tobacco in the state, both being
expert judges of tobacco and ware
housemen of long experience.
The erection of a building of con
concrete and brick to be 300 xl6o
feet facing Peterson avenue in the
vicinity of the Douglas Oil & Ferti
lizer Company will begin next week.
The construction will be under the
direction of Mr. W. M. Riley of Lex
ington, Kentucky, who has built many
warehouses and steam plants in the
old tobacco belts. The building will
be fitted with running water and sew
erage. The lighting and ventilation
will be ideal it is stated and the build
ing will be equipped with every con
venience and will be as near ideal for
the purpose as construction can be.
It is estimated that the cots will be
$35,000.
The Farmers Warehouse is a cor
poration is which stock is held by
farmers and .business men of the
county. It will be the fourth ware
house in Douglas.
STANDARD TOBACCO**" BARN
FLUES—Iron used 20 and 24
gauge, manufactured by old ex
perienced manufacturer from Bright
Leaf Tobacco Belt of North Carolina,
Place your orders now—We guaran
tee all parts to fit on leaving plants.
Satisfy our customers is our desire
at all times. Price for set 16x16 ft.
barn, $25.00 Price larger size in
same proportion, according to amount
of iron used in set. S. G. Garman,
Manufacturer, Willacoochee, and
Metter, Ga. -a» f
BAPTIST BOYS
TO ORGANIZE
Mrs. Simon Peterson and Mrs.
Brenizer will entertain the boys of
the Baptist faith at the latters home
on Thursday evening, all boys be
tween the ages of ten and seventeen
are urged to be present.
We often say, “Boy 3 will be boys”,
that is true, and little boys are the
only things you can make men out of
too, we need men, tall, suncrowned,
men to do and dare, most of all our
church needs men to fill the places
of the good men who are passing
one, “as the twig is bent so the tree
will grow”. How can we hope to have
these men if we negleot the boys?
The Scout work is fine, the work
of the B. Y. P. U. % is four square,
and still we need to have a live
Royal Ambassador chapter in our
church, the W. M. U. is not perfect
without it, in this chapter we make
special effort to find the boys who
may be our future missionaries,
preachers, we seek for
hidden treasure, what treasure is
more valuable than a noble Christian
boy?
Circle four is to fester the Royal
Ambassadors, mothers we call on you
to get a vision of what this means,
“Where there is no vision the people
perish”. A church that does not pro
duce distinct results such as minis
terial students, evangelistic workers,
missionaries for home and foreign
field, is a weak or dead church, lets
take stock of ours.
Mrs. Peterson , we all know, is well
trained, and a consecrated Christian
and has accepted this work provided
the mothers help her to make it a
band of boys pledged to seek the
higher* things of life. We plan to
keep (mis work before the public in
hope of winning their sympathy.