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COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
FRED PICKETSON, Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Doug
las, Georgia, as Second Class Mail
Matter under the Act of Congress
March 3rd. 1879.
OFFICIAL ORGAN:
County of Coffee and City of Nicholls
Thursday, April 16, 1925.
W. H. CARROLL SHOWS FAITH
IN PROSPERITY IN DOUGLAS;
TO BUILD COTTAGES.
Mr. W. H. Carroll, popular ov.re'
and manager of the Rivoli Theatre
is demonstrating his faith in the fu
is demonstrating his 1 faith in the fu
ture growth of Douglas by the pur
chase of several lots on east Ward
street Monday upon which he will
erect as quickly as possible three
modern bungalow type cottages for
rent or sale. The property was pur
chased from Sheriff W. M. Tanner
and is unimproved property.
Mr. Carroll purchased , a home on
north Madison avenue last year aad
has recently remodeled this resi
dence t>e as to make a most attrac
tive appearance. These expenditures
will a meant to approximately slG>-
ooc.
Mr. "Carroll owns one of the most
popular play,bouses that has ever
been operated here. He is pleased
with k .tbe outlook- for Douglas’ future.
He "teas been a- Resident of this city
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
' 1 COURT HOUSE
SUNDAY MORNING
10:15
Beginning its second year
HELP THE CLASS BY YOUR PRESENCE
Yoo are urged to attend the Revival Services being .held
dally at Methodist and Baptist churches.
(The class is out in time to attend these services)
“WHY DO YOU 60 TO CHURCH"
By CHAT
A friend recently asked us this question, and it created
a current of thought. Why do any of us go to church ?
Have we ever sought to analyze the motives prompting us
to do so? It is a question each must answer for himself
and it would be well to do so in an honest searching manner.
Some may go to see, others to be seen, to hear the music,
the singing, the eloquence of the preacher, to gratify the de
mand of our nature of association with our fellowkind, for
man, and when we say MAN, it includes WOMAN, is a gre
garious creature seeking contract with others, possibly bet
ter indicated in the trite piirase, “birds of a feather tioc-k
together.”
Primarily we go to worship God in the response of the
finite to the infinite—it is the admission deep down in our
hearts that we recognize there is a “higher than 1” to whom
we may come in ways appointed, with gratitude for bless
ings, seeking continuance, confessing weakness and obtain
ing strength to overcome. The church is the meeting place
between heaven and earth where divine influence DWELLS
and BROODS in the heart and mind. If elated it affords us
a quiet hour of meditation, if depressed and discouraged it
comforts and cheers —it has been described as the—
“ Joy of thfe desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,
Here dwells the comforter tenderly saying,
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure.”
It is the one organization on earth that is proof
against the changing evolution of time; empires rise and
fall, governments are established and destroyed, the shock
or revolution and upheavel produced by ambitious men does
not effect it—these all serve their fleeting purpo/ and dis
solve, but the church goes on forever for has He not said,
“upon this rock 1 build my church and the gates of hell shall
niot prevail against it!” It is eternal, not temporal, man
did not found it, neither can he sustain or destroy, but it
was built for his use, for his worship, and its resources are
always available to them. If we go in a receptive spirit no
disappointment awaits us.
It seems to us, one of the strongest calls to this house
of worship is the meeting with GOD. He has said “where
two or three are gathered together in my name there am I
in the midst of them ” When we enter the sacred edifice
and cross its t’uvshhold. we should be profoundly impress
ed with the solemn thought that we are in the presence of
God, in His dwelling place, His guest, receiving the bless
ings and courtesies He only is able to extend. Just now
there are two spiritual revivals in progress in our city, two
men of God are daily calling us to come to the front of life
and renew our allegiance with the power that enables us to
maintain our place in the ranks of those who bravely and
hopefully contend for the best in this earthly life, believing
that when at last, the “boatman pale” beckons us to take
voyage to that other shore, we shall enter upon a new phase
of existence that knows no limitations, frded from the
diseases, the imperfections, the restrictions of this human
frame. How often have we gazed in wonder at a brilliant
sunset with its wondrous changing colors, its grand paint
ing athawrt the western skies, which no human mind can
conceive, or hand imitate, and thankful for this fleeting
glimpse ol heaven’s glories, wondered what its realities
must be when we are permitted to enter the gates ajar, and
go up into that other home of God. Yes. it is well to go to
church, and well to know why, it is the first of earthly in
-1 solutions to welcome its here, and the last to minister to us
a- we pass out into the great beyond.
for little more than two years, and
indicates his determination to make
his permanent home here. Prior to
coming to Douglas, he was a promi
nent citizen of Savannaji.
THIS YEARS_HAY CROP
In view of the fact that cowpeas
are scarce and high in price this
season, a lot of our farmers are
planning to not plant a hay crop.
This view is the wrong one for two
reasons; the first being that the hay
crop should occupy its place in the
farm program just as tobacco or
cotton especially for its soil building
qualities, the second reason being
that hay in the bam is like so much
money in the bank.
With cowpeas so high, it is out of
the question for most of our farmers
to get seed. It will cost about $5.00
per bushel to get brabham or iron
peas delivered to Douglas, and you
can hardly get them at that price.
At $5.00 per bushel you can readily
figure out what it will cost to seed
10 acres of land to cowpea hay.
•Figuring a bushel to the acre, 10
bushels will come to $50.00 which
prices is almost prohibitive. But,
ypu can plant the same area with 5
pecks of .Laredo soybeans. Figuring
Soybeans at $12.00 per bushel, which
is a little high, it will cost $15.00 per
10 acres. Five pecks will plant 10
acres of seeded in 80 inch rows and
>4 and 6 inches in the drill.
Another thing about the* Roy
beans which gives them an advantage
over cowpeas. ,We .ganpnot mature
the seed Here-in thiSjHectior of cqw.
peas that will mpbe good hay crop.
Brabhams Irnd dror.s are 7 the -only
Coffee county progre s *
DOUGLAS DELEGATES TO ATTEND
DIOCESE OF GEORCIA IN ALBANY
The one hurdrod and third annual
convention of the Diocese of Georgia
of the Episcopal church will meet in
Albany, at St. Paul’s church, April
21-23, and delegates and women del
egates from Douglas who will
attend are. Rev. and Mrs. R. J. Stil
well, Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Clark. Mr.
and Mrs. R. N. McEachren, Mrs. M.
D. Dickerson, Mrs. T. A. Dixon and
Mrs. J. M. Dent.
One of the most important tasks
which the convention will be called
upon to discharge will be the election
of four clerical and four lay deputies
to represent the Diocese of Georgia
at the 48th Triennial General Con
vention of the Episcopal church
which will assemble in New Orleans
October 7, and will be in session three
weeks.
Vital problems of faith ar.d doc
trine as well as details of the work
in which the church is engaged it all
parts of the world, will be laid be
fore the New Orleans Convention
for consideration and decision. Among
the subjects which will be discussed
there will be Prayer Book Revision,
the status of women in the church,
divorce, the Youth Movement, church
unity, Christian healing, Evangelism
and home and family life. All of the
important for Pnijjfr book
revision were acted upop at the last
General Convention of the church
which met in Portland, Oregon, ..Sep
tember 1922. The church "constitu
tion requires, however, that tbjese
propositions bjusT UKttfFrt* be approv
ed at the next succeedin gconventror.,
to make tbeir adoption final and
legal. Ounce more, therefore, the
deputies now tq be elected at the var.
ious diocesan conventions, will have
to pass upon the proposal to omit the
word “obey*’ frc|n the ’ marriage
ceremony as well as for the provision
eliminating the verse in which, the
llrida-groom endows! his bride with
all bis worldly goods. Another ques
tion which the New Orleans Conven
tion will have to decide finally is as
to the use of the shortene\ form of
satisfactory hay peas and they will
not mature teed, so every year we
have to send money into other sec
tions to buy our hay seed. But, you
can plant a small patch of Soy beans
and save them for their seed and
next year you have your own hay
seed.
The records of the State College
of Agriculture show that Laredo Soy
beans have averaged 1 3-4 tons of
hay per acre against about 1.04 tons
of hay per acre from Brabham cow
peas.
Don’t let the price per bushel of
the Soy beans scare you off. for it
is the price per acre that you are
after, and the Soy beans will give
you much cheaper seeding per acre
than cowpeas. What I am after is
that you not lose out on this years
hay crop. 1 feel that the man who
has a good hay crop th : « year will
have one of the best cash crops we
will have in the county
W. A .Feireloth, R. B. Cro~i«r, and!
J. L. Cochran and J. L. Sheltor "new
Soy beans for hay last year and weic
thoroughly pleased. 1 heard Mr. I | r
cloth say he didn’t expect to plant
another cowpea for hay but rather
plant soybeans, the main reason be
ing that he could raise his own seed.
Let me urge you, for your own
good, don’t neglect your hay crop
this year, but rather make a special
effort to put out cowpeas or Soy
beans, giving the Soy beans prefer
ence. They may be planted for hay
as late as June 1, but it will be bet-
I ter to get them in as early as pos
l sible.
1 shall be glad to give you all the
information 1 can about this new
and wonderful crop, the Laredo Soy
beans. It is wilt resistant and will
make a good crop where cotton will
| not grow.
A. S. BUSSEY, County Agent.
Petition for l.ea'e to Sell.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To All Whom it Mav Concern:
Annie E. McLean guardian of D. F.
McLean, a minor has in due form ap
i plied to the undersigned for leave to
sell all stock of belonging to the
Consolidated, Naval Stores Company,
of Jacksonville. Fie., the estate of
said minor and said anplication will
be heard on the first Monday in Mav
1925.
9-16-23 30 W. P. WARD. Ordniary.
CITATION
GEORGIA. Coffee County.
To All Whom it Mav Concern:
Ahbie Pickett having made appli
cation in due form of law to be ?p
--noitited administrator upon the estate
of Elizabeth Williams, notice is he e
hy given that said aDplication will
be heard at the regular term of the
court of ordinary for said countv. 'o
be held on the first Monday in Mav.
1925.
Witness mv hand and official -:g
this fi*b : av of Aoril. 1925.
r-13-23 :’Q W. P. WARD'. Ordniary.
the ten commandments. Other vita]
questions which will come before the
body at New Orleans are the lpans
for licensing women as lay readers
and the establishment of a form of
ordination for deaconesses. One of
its most important tasks will be the
adoption cf the program for the en
suing three years following serious
agitation within the church for a
curtailment of expenses. A joint
meeting of the House of Bishops and
the National Council in New York
last October, while recommending the
utmost economy in the affairs cf the
church, decided against any curtail
ment of its present activities, and it
is expected that a world 'program
framed along these lines will be sub
mitted by the council re the General
Convention.
The Rt. Rev. F. F. Reese, D. D.,j
Bishop of Georgia, as chairman of
the dispatch of business of the House
of Bishops and Mr. J. R. Anderson,
of Savannah, as chairman of a like
committee cf the House of Deputies,
are members of the ad interin com
mittee tfc which are tc be referred by
the committee or. arrangements the
proposed program for the New Or
leans Convention. The Diocese cf
Georgia is signally honored by hav
ing two of its officers chairman of
these important committees. Mr.
Andersor is also a member of the
committee on Prayer Book revision.
The Diocese of Georgia will also
come prominently before the Conven
tion by having one cf its clergy, the
Rev. J. A. Schaad, rector of St. Paul’s
church, Augusta, bring before the
convention the subject of “Evange
lism”. Mr. Schaad waf formerly or.e
of the General Missicners of the
National Council, and is a member
of the Commission or Evangelism.
Mr. Schaad has traveled from coast
to coast holding preaching missions,
and last year spent a week each in
Savannah arj Augusta for this pur
post. Mr. Schaad is chairman of the
National commission on evangelism
for the Province of Sewanee, and will
have a special place on the General
Convention program for ar address
on this subject.
Including the membership cf the
House of Bishops and the House of
Deputies and the Woman’s Auxiliary
to the National Council, which will
meet in conjunction with the Conven
tion, more than 1000 leading efcurcn
men and church women from all parts
of the United States will be in at
tendance when th- convention is call
ed to order. It is expected that in
cluding the famine* • f the delegates
and visitors, with missionaries and
workers from all parts of the world,
there will be 5000 people in the Con
vention city during Tee three wee.es
that it will be ir. sess: n. The G r
gia Dicesan, Convent; n which will
meet in Albany, in addition to e tot
ing <4-pules to th New Orleans
meeting will also con-' vr many oth
er important matters p-. rtainiv.g to
its own administratin' .
klmovalsale
Millinery
O -vinr to :> *n ' reoairs to be made on our
-*■ -/n' L a T ;on. \v j will vacate in two weeks,
, n : n ' t c ) e m: our line within that time.
* . sav are vours, Call and get cur prices,
Mrs. Ckas. M. Jackson
.Poue ] as, Gf ,
r •.
CHARLIE STEWART MAKES HOT
REPLY TO BAINBRIDGE EBITOR
Replying to an editorial published
in the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
and reproduce*’ in The Progress. Hon.
Ch&s. E. Steward has the following
comment:
Editor Coffee County Progress:
1 have read the article tn your
paoer of last week under caption,
“My But Should Charlie Decide to
Reply”. 1 am under obligations to
you for calling my attention to this
I scurrilous attack made by the Editor
of the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
For the past few years I have had
such ‘Birds’ as this to criticise my
| legislative record and 1 have tonsis
tently just considered the ‘source’
I and ignored them, but in this case 1
| shall pause long enough to acquaint
i you and your readers with this fel
low who runs the Bainbridge Post
3ea(rchlight—under the control anc.
direction of The Georgia Railway A
Power Co., and Any other ‘ greedy
corporate interest that 5 will employ
him. His name is E. H. Griffin. J
shall prove to your readers that he
ie a common iLiar as welbae a Knave,
politically. 1 shall submit the records
to prove him a common maiiscious
Liar and the circumstances 'id prove
him a political Knave. He tags
among other things ‘that myself and
the Legislature of which 1 *as a
member raised our pay in the same
manner as Congress did’,' and that
only two-members of the said Legis
lature voted against the question and
they were defeated for re-electror.’.
Any one familiar with c*r fundamen
tal laws kno w that the .amount of pay
which our Georgia Legislators re
ceived is WRITTEN IN OUR CON
STITUTION. The only way to change
this Constitution is for the majority
of the people votir.s at a General
Election, state wide, to • change it.
The General Assembly of 1917-18,
, submitted to the people cf Georgia
during 1918 a referendum . ; as to
whether they should increase the pay
of their future Legislatures. At the
!General Election in 1918, (See Acts
|of 1918) the people cf the State vot
ed their future Legislatures an in
crease in pay. It did not become ef
fective, however, until 1919. So no
j member of that Legislature voted to
| increase their pay. They simply sub
irnitted to the people (The Boss) the
| proposition of raising the pay of a
future Legislature. Thirty-four of
jthe members voted against the propo
• - iiion of submitting the proposition
't;. the people—instead i two as the
l ower Companies Candle - Light
claimed. (See House Journal ISIS,
pige 999.)
CITATION
GEORGIA, Coffee County,
lo Ail Whom it Mav Concern:
Whereas, A. W. Haddock adminis
■ ia*or of the estate of Lonora Eden
tield represents to the court in his
i etition. duly filed and entered on
<■ cord, that he has fully administer
ed said estate. This is. eherefore,
Thursday, April 16, 1925.
I appreciaate most highly what
this Railway & Power Go., and Cor
porate and Capitol Ring ‘Pimp’ says
about my -Legislative record. 1 have
never been on the Pay-roll of the
Georgia Railway & Power Co., and
other greedy corporate interests and
certain departments and on the pay
roll of the State too —like Mr. Grif
fin. He is not only corporate con
trolled but owned by them. He is
a Corporation Jumping Jack. He
just cannot help it. It is a case of
the Ox Knoweth His Owner and the
Ass His Master’s Crib’. He should
change his name to Pewer Company
Pat anfi his little paper to ’Power
Companies Candle-Light’. If Mr.
Griffin or his little paper should aay
something complimentary about my
Legislative record I would immediate
ly apoligize to the people of Coffee
and Atkinson counties and the State.
Yes, Mr. Griffin, through the eyes
of the greedy corporate interests—
the only waF that you can see—my
legislative record has been & bad one.
Ver unsatisfactory to ‘Birds’ of your
stripe. For ten years I have given
iyour fang what Paddy gave the
drum. I must confess too, that I do
not love your gang any better than
you love me.
1 have dropped many a. monkey
wrench in the machinery when your
‘Bosses’ had everything fixed to put
something over. I set that you are
still mad and nettled over the genu
ine good thrashing we gave yoo and
yours last Summer when xtv killed
! your infamous Bus-Bill. You re
j member your Bosses passed it by the
I Senate and had everything fixed to
['rail-road It through the Boos,-*. 1
| committed an unpardonable sin in
1 your sight,—when i touched off the
'fuse in the House which blew your
| infamous Bus-Bill to H . 1 pre
| same that if this Bill would have
I passed that your Bosses would have
! raised your salary and possibly have
i furnished . you another newspaper to
try to deceive the people with. Don’t
grieve over spilt milk Mr. Griffin—
| just take your medicine like a roan.
There is another day coming. You
\ will be in the House next Summer—
j where you can possibly satisfy your
' Masters to the fullest extent. I
j would suggest to you, however, that
|in future before you criticise Legis
> lators for voting their honest con
victions, that you Pour Back that
“Thirty Pieces of Silver” which you
have been getting from the Power
Co., for all these many years to
exploit the people whom you art sup
| posed to represent.
CHAS. E. STEWART.
; Axson, Ga.. April 15th, 1925.
to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and credits, to show cause, if any
they ctn, whv said administrator
should not be discharged from his
administration, and receive letters of
dismission, on the first Monday in
May. 1925.
9-16-23 30 W. P. WARD, Ordniary.