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Volume XI—No. 30.
CONTROLLING STOCK IN 0, S.
TURPENTINE COMPANY BOUGHT
BY THE LOCAL CAPITALISTS
A deal involving approximately
$160,000 was closed here a lew days
p-»o Mmsrs. T. S. Price, *. _. Brew
er ar.r* John R. Slater, lo.alcapital
ist - Ecquiring 51 per cent of the stock
in the U. S. Turpentine Company
The 'nterest was purenased from
stop’holders in the original company
of vmch C. R. Porter of Rome, j;..,
was the promoter.
Closing of this deal means that the
innrtgement of the company will be
ir the hands of the recent purchasers.
The plant was erected here about
a year ago at acost of about SIOO,DO* 1
Since that time additional capital has
been added making the physical val
ue ef the plant much above that fig
ure. The plant manufactures spirits
turpentine and pine oil, extracting
the products from dead pine stumps
and dead wood.
At present the outlay for wo-od and
for payrolls amounts to about $15,000
per month; About 801) gallons of
spirits turpentine of a very fine qual
ity is manufactured, in additions fine
grade of pine oil is produced. The
plant is run day and night. It is
probable that other similar plants
will be erected, and additional diges
ters may be added to the present one.
The new industry has added to the
city one of the largest payrolls here,
and are manufacturing a product
that is easily salable for various pur
poses, paint and varnish manufactur
ers being large consumers of the
spirits.
Under the new control, the manage
ment will remain the same, Mr. G. C,
Smith continuing as superintendent
A meeting of stockholders has been
called and the election of officers will
take place at this meeting.
CHICKEN SALE FOR
COFFEE COUNTY
Neither of the railroads that ran
through Douglas will run a poultry
car this season, so it is up to to
try to find some other mmket.
Therefore, I wonder if we couldn’t
have a chicken sale here in Douglas?
To have a chicken sale, I must
have a little cooperation. I want you
to cooperate with me in this way.
' Please notify me by letter or card by
Wednesday morning, May 27, how
many chickens we can count on you
for in the sale. Then, I will find
somebody to buy them, if we have
enough, and notify you either thru
this paper or by letter when will
have the sale. I want to try to have
the sale sometime in the week begin
ning June 1. Remember, we cannot
have the sale unless somebody
promises to have enough chickens
there to get a buyer in. So please
let me know just as quickly as you
can how many you will have.
lam not advertising a sale, or
rather announcing one, but I am try
ing to find out how many people have
chickens that they want to sell, and
how many. Be sure to let me know
the smallest number you will have,
giving number of friers, hens, etc.,
so I can tell the buyer what to ex
pect. Do this at your earliest con
venience. Then, if every body will
write me as I request, I can announce
a sale date in the next issue of this
paper. So watch it.
A. S. BUSSEY,
County Agent.
REV. WILLIAM E. SMITH
NEW PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
The local Presbyterian church has
been fortunate enough to secure the
services as pastor of Rev. William E.
Smith, graduate of Columbia Theo
logical Seminary. Mr. Williams has
accepted a call and has already ar
rived here. He will preach both here
and at Haaelhurst, using Sunday
mornings here and Sunday evenings
at Hazelhurst.
Rev. Smith is a welcome acquisi
tion to the church workers of the city
and the he is extended a hearty wel
rcome.
Although being pastor of She Hazel
hurst church as well as the local
church, Rev. Smith will make his
home here, and naturally, will spend
the greater part of his time her*.
THIRTY-ONE CASES TRIED
IN CITY COURT MONDAY
Thirty-one cases were removed
from the civil docket of City Court
Monday. Many of the cases were of
long standing and in the natu-e cf
contestel claim cases, etc.
Judge C. A. Ward presided over
the court and solicitor J. A. Roberts
acted for the state. The court only
lasted for one day, adjourning Mon
day afternoon until next Monday,
May 25th at which time the criminal
docket will he called. The court will
probably hold for two days.
Judge J. L. Crawley of the Way
cross City Court will come to Doug,
las one day to preside for Judge
Ward in cases where he is disquali
fied. A rather lengthy docket will
face the court on Monday.
Judge Ward states that he is de
termined to remove all pending cases
in his court as rapidly as possible.
THIRTY SIX RECEIVE
DIPLOMAS TUESDAY
The past Monday and Tuesday
marked the closing of the 1825 term
of the A. & M. school. They were
two big days, and many out of town
visiters attended.
The program, an extended one, was
enjoyable all the way through. Thir
ty-six students received diplomas and
six were awarded special certificates.
Tuesday morning, Rev. A. W. Hal
leck, of Waycross delivered the lit
erary address, that was said by many
to be the best ever delivered on such
an occasion in Douglas. Rev. Hal
lecks address was received with much
enthusiasm. He was warmly com
mended for his splendid talk.
The diplomas and certificates were
awarded directly after the literary
address.
A wonerful barbecue dinner was
served on the grounds to approxi
mately a thousand people. The bar
becue dinner has been a popular idea
for several terms. The dining hall,
though spacious, is not large enough
to accommodate the many guests who
are always present for the final exer
cises of the school,
The graduating class had their Al
umni banquet Monday evening at six
o'clock. This was a splendid affair,
the settings and dceorations being
very artistic. Covers were laid for
some ninety-six guests enjoyed the
course dinner, prepared and served
by Matron, Mrs. M. Weaver, and as
sisted by the faculty and girl stu
dents.
Many trustees were here and re
mained during the festivities among
whom were the following:
T. C. Ham, Echols county; F. M.
Austin, Brooks county; L. L. Webb,
Lowndes county; W. A. Wood, Brant
ley county, secretary to the board,
Lawson Kelly, vie e
chairman, of the hoard, Coffee coun
ty; F. M. Carter, Bacon county; Mrs.
H. J. Parker, Appling county; Mrs.
Fannie B. Heritage, Wayne county;
Dwight Rogers, Irwin county; H. V.
Wilson, Jeff Davis county; J. J
Knight, Lanier county; T. L. Pickren,
Charlton county.
Tnere was a meeting of the trus
tees in the school library. The chair
man, John A. Strickland, being una
ble fro attend, the vice-chairman, Mr.
Kelley presided and called the meet
ing to order. After the usual busin
ess, the following faculty was elec
ted: J. M. Thrash, principal, elected
last year for.two years; C. A. John
son, agriculture; J. H. Breedlove,
science and agriculture; W. P. Rich
ey, mathematics and shop; Miss Ma
ry T. Collins, English and history;
Miss Clara Overby, home economics;
Mi* Lucile Wheeler, secretary and
librarian; Miss Ethel Wilkerson, pia
no and voice. Miss Elaree Brock did
not stand for re-election, as secreta
ry and librarian. Miss Catherine God
bee did not stand for re-election.
Some fellows are more particular
about the appearance of their auto
mobiles than about their personal
appearance.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURS DAY. MAY 21, 1925.
FIRE DESTROYS FEED
BARN AT A.&M. SCHOOL
A fire of unknown origin broke out
at A. & M. school Monday night corns
pletely destroying one of the main
barns and burning one of the mulesj
so badly as to necessitate killing him.
The fire alarm sounded at about*
12:15 a. m., and the whole town was,
immediately transformed into an ex
cited tumult racing their cars to the
scene of the fire. From the city the
fire could be seen blazing high in the
air, mighty flames bleaching forth in
great clouds of snvoke, the sparks
seemingly reaching the skies.
It was the first opinion that one of
the main buildings of the school was
afire and it was a great relief to
those going to find it was one of the
barns and not the academic building
or dormitory as was their first
thought.
Douglas was an excited little "city
for a few moments when someone
yelled the school was afire;. Some
sprang into their cars, not waiting
to dress, wearing only nighties. Boys
of the schooll were on the ground
when the press representative arrived
upon the scene and they were scatter
ed about watching the course of the
fire hoping to be able to save the
other building. The calmfiess of the
night was a great asset as only the
barn and fence nearby caught.
There was several cows and mulei
in the barn but they were all saved
except one gray mule. He was
burned black. Prof. Thrash said he
guessed they would have to kill him
to get him out of his pain. The en
tire oat crop of the year was lost.
There was no effort made to fight
the fire as it would have been little
better than useless. Prof. Thrash
directed that every effort be made to
save the other buildings, knowing
there was no chance to save the barn,
which was well dried and seasoned,
and the oats stored in the loft above.
Prof. Thrash was very upset about
the fire. He felt very bTtter over
the Small water supply from the city
to the school, saying the school
should be either moved from Douglas
or have fire protection. “This is qn
ly an example of what a fire could
do to the dormitories or academic
building should fire break out with
the present lack of water supply,”
said someone, talking to Prof. Thrash.
“If a small barn should be uncon
querable, what would a real fire of
one of the main buildings be-” re
ported Prof. Thrash. “Nothing short
of a crime,” he added.
SEVEN BOYS FOUND
IN FLORIDA SWAMP
The following account taken from
press dispatches Monday and which
is carried below relates an unique ex
perience of a number of Florida boys,
one of which is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Tanner, of this city:
Plant City, Fla., May 17. —Seven
boys, ranging in age from eleven to
thirteen years, were rescued early to
day from the most hazardous sec
tions of the Hillsborough river
swamp, fifteen miles northwest of
Plant City, after a search by hun
dreds of men throughout the night.
The boys were found reclining
against a log two miles
from the camp from which they were
frightened by three men, thought to
have been illicit distillers, yesterday.
The log upon which they had scram
bled was surrounded by mud an!
water almost waist-deep.
In the absence of men who had ac.
companied the camping party, the
boys said, three men came into their
camp and threatened them. Fright
ened, they fled into the swamp for
safety.
The rescued boys were Jack am-
Fred Knight, George Tanner, James
Coble, Charles and Oliver Da’.'gh.
trey and J. C. Harrington. Two
others, Elmer Wilson and Pete Hath,
cock, were chased by the men, thev
said, but managed to reach a truck
sent to the camp for the tents and
other paraphernalia, and escaped.
Upon the arrival of these boys in
Plant City yesterday posses were or
ganized and a search for the other
seven was started. ®
What is done today in a spirit of
adventure is done next year as a mat
ter of habit.
GA. TOBACCO MARKET
TO OPEN JULY 21 ST
jf The opening of the Georgia tobac
co markets will come earlier this
year than in several seasons past, on
Tuesday, July 21. This is ten days
earlier than the opening last season.
The early opening was requested of
the Tobacco Association of the Unit
ed States by Georgia warehousemen.
A meeting of this organization com
posed of leading tobacco companies
of the country meeting in Richmond,
Va., last week set the above date,
and a letter was received Wednesday
announcing the date, from the presi
dent of the association, Mr. T. M.
Carrington, and received by Mr. G.
H. Pegram, of the warehouse firm of
Pegram and Critcher, expressing the
hope that this early opening would
prove satisfactory to Georgia ware
housemen and growers.
The crop in this section due to
drought, is not as far advanced as it
was last season at the present time,
buf recent rains have put tremendous
“pep” in the plants, and a week’s
time has shown vast change. The
rain have been pretty genera)
throughout the tobacco belt and to
bacco growers in Coffee county are
highly pleased with prospects. A
many growers have set out
plants during the past two weeks,
and even yet some transplanting is
going on where plants are available
Predictions two weeks ago were
hat the crop here would be cut from
25 to 30 per cent, and even more
than this by some. It now looks as
though this percentage may be low
ered considerably, the weather con
ditions having a deal to do with fu
ure growth.
Farmers are happy over prospects
now that rains have come and in al
most every instance crops of cot
ton, corn, beans, peanuts, etc., are as
fine as ever seen in Coffee county.
MEM3RIALGOIN
CAMPAIGN OPENS
A conference of all city and county
chairmen of the Waycross district of
the Conference Memorial Coin Cam
paign, which includes nineteen coun
ties in South Georgia was held
in Waycross Tuesday, May 19, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Judge Harry D. Deed, District Chair
man. The conference made plans
for launching the campaign for the
distribution of the Confederate Me
morial Half Dollars.
Among some of the prominent of
ficers of the association which were
present were: Preston Arkwright,
State chairman; Harry J. Dill of New
York, national director; and F. W.
Manloe, state director and Harry Still
well Edwards.
It is probably that the campaign
will get under way during the mid
lie of next week and coins will be
received by banks in the district
within the next few days. It is the
hope of every officer of the associa
tion and those in charge of the cam
paign that every bank in the Way
f-ross district will place an order for
the coins and handle them through
u heir organization.
Preston Arkwright, state chairman,
who attended the waycross
conference, in a recent lettej
■o the presidents of chapters of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
sand:
“As chairman of the Seorgia state
committee in charge of the distribu
tion of the Confederate memorial
half-dollar.l respectfully invfte your
attention to the able editorials in the
Atlanta Constitution April 25,
1925.
“Immediate resumption and early
completion of the memorial at Stone
Mountain depends now on the sale of
coin reservation certificates redeem
able in memorial half-dollars on and
after July 3, 1925. Only 2,300,000
coins are immediately available for
the whole United States. Of these,
about 509.000 have been alloted to
to banks and trust companies in north
ern states.
“The national committee has, up
on my request, reserved for Georgia
somewhat more than her original
quota. The members of the Georgia
executive committee assume that not
only would the original quota inade
quate fro the natural demand, but al
so that the state should be given the
COFFEE COUNT! SETS EXAMPLE
FOR STATE SAYS B, L. BUSCS
HARRELL GROVE TO
ENTERTAIN SINGERS j
The Fifth Sunday Singing conven.|
ti-on will meet at Harrell Grove'
church, six miles south of Douglas on j
Sunday, May 31. A basket dinner
will be served. Mr. Jim Tanner is
president of the association, and C.
V. Willard, W. J. Cannon, and John
Sapp are directors of the association,
which meets on each fifth Sunday at
some point.
$25.00 REW ARD
The State Game and Fish Depart
ment, Atlanta, Ga., offers $25.00 for
every person convicted of dynamit
ing and poisoning fish and one-half
the fine, also, this is good until Jan
uary Ist, 1926, and any citizen caus
ing the conviction of each person
caught violating the above law will
get the reward and I ask all good
citizens and sportsmen to assist in
the conviction of these dynamiters
and fish poisoners; it is also against
the law to sein, trap, net, shoot or
catch fish in any way before July
Ist, except with hook and line, and
if the law was not violated we would
have plenty of fish; so please help
protect the fish and uphold the law
of our state and county.
Respectfully,
EUGENE MERIER,
County Game Warden.
ROSETIME GIVEN Ml
NIGHT GREAT SUCCESS
“Rosetime,” the home talent pro
duction presented by the Wayne P.
Sewell Company of Atlanta, under
the auspices of the Woman’s Auxil
iary, Episcopal chirch, was one of
the biggest successes ever presented
in Douglas.
The play carried a delightful little
t romance and the musical numbers
! and dances were applauded with
| much enthusiasm.
j The entire cast was well selected.
! Each played his or her part as
though living it.
Mr. T. A. Dixon and Mrs. Frde
Brewer as “Pa” and “Ma” Perkins
couldn’t have been beaten by profes
sionals. The realisticalness of M*
Dixon using his corn cob pipe in the
opening scene was the most natural
thing the writer ever saw in home
talent. The tuning of hi 3 voice and
the quaintness of the adopted dia
lect was splendid. The tuning of his
voice and the quaintness of the adopt
ed dialect was splendid. Mrs. Brew
er as “Ma” Perkins represented the
typical sweet and simple, old fash
ioned mother. Her acting was very;
natural and without selfconcious pos
ing.
Miss Dorothy Dyer and Mr. Jack
Brett, leading lady and leading man,
were splendid as the lovers of the
story. Mr. Brett had a number,]
“Rose” which was sung to an applaud
ing audience. Miss Dyer also had a
vocal solo, the girl chorus assisting
with a dance on the chorus. Thi.s
made such a hit that an encore was
necessary. Miss Dyer and Mr. Brett
'->ad a duet in the close of the first
act which deserves much credit.
There cannot be too much applause
for Jack Oplinger and “Sal” Solo
mon woh furnished the comedy for
the production. “Sal” as Percival
Peabody, the feminely inclined
scenario writer, was a perfect scream
with his “sissy” voice and actions.
Oplinger, the top comedian, kept the
audience roaring with laughter from
the opening until the close.
Misses Vera Bell Barclay and Zeta
Mae Burton, vamp and soubrette, had
wonderful lines for laughs and they
were very successful in hitting the
audiences’ funny-bone. Miss Barclay
did a song and dance number assist
opportunity to lead other states in
subscribing for the coins.
“The plan of the distribution is for
each county, city and town in - the
state to form a select sales organiza
tion comprised of officers and com
mittees of the civic and patriotic or
ganizations in the community be
tween now and May 30 when the
campaign in Georgia will close.
$ 1.50 Per Annum in Advance
Mr. B. L. Bugg, general manager
ot the A. B. & A. railroad, addres
sing the Kiwanians of this city last
Friday, displayed a profound degree
of optimism over conditions and fu
ture prospects for Georgia, and es
pecially this section of the state. Mr.
Bugg unhesitatingly stated that in
his opinion. Coffee county was the
most prosperous county in the state,
possibly one or two other counties
only, showing to such good advantage
| this county.
I Mr. Bugg discussed most interest
ingly means and methods of better
ing conditions in Georgia. He stated
that the state should and must work
as a unit and leave petty jealousies
that have heretofore existed between
j towns and cities, and combine to ad
j vertise and promote every section of
the state alike. He commended the
enterprising business men of Douglas
j and Coffee county for their foresight
in promoting new crops, of which
tobacco is an example. It was here
that the tobacco was first grown in
Georgia in merchantable quantities,
and today, the new crop idea has
spread to almost every part of South
ern Georgia. Mr. Bugg, with Mr. C.
E. Brower, were guests of the Gluh.
Judge Harry D. Reed, of Waycross
was also a guest of the Club. Mr.
Reffd, one of the most pleasing speak
ers cf the country, is Kiwanis Dis
trict Governor. He urged the Club
to send a delegate to the Internation
al convention at St. Pan 1 . Minn. A
delegate has already been selected to
go from the Douglas Club, Mr. W. S.
i Connor having been name 1 some time
ago.
A discussion of the boys and girls
club work was presented by Miss
Buoha.n, county home agent and Mr.
Melvin Tanner, county school super
intendent. Miss is engaged
in raising funds to take probably a
dozen girls t oCamp Wilkins, Athens,
Ga., for the summer training course
and is asking the support of the Ki«
wanians in her efforts. A committee
. was designated to work with her,
and a fund will be raised to assist the
girls in making the trip.
A committee was announced to per
fect plans for the organization of a
chamber of commerce. The follow
ing were named: John R. Slater,
W. T. Cottingham, Fred Ricketson,
R. A. Moore and W. S. Connor.
It is planned in about a month to
I organize this body and at the same
time, raise an advertising fund to be
expended in the course of a year. It
is the present plan of the Kiwanians
o raise SIO,OOO for this purpose, and
> is hoped that a county-wide organ
ization can be made of the body.
Feeble-minded optimism is just as
bad as hopeless cynicism.
The engagements which a husband
makes for his wife never seem to
turn out very well.
If we didn’t have to worry about
our automobiles, some of us would bo
as carefree as the birds of the field.
ed by the dancing chorus which was
received with applause for an encore.
Miss Burton, assisted by Mr. Oplin
rer had a musical recitation and
dance which made a big hit.
Mr. Sidney Stubbs, who played the
camera man of the movie troupe, had
many quaint lines that gave him a
] good place ni the heart’s of his au
dience.
The three dancing chorus deserves
j much applause. Their dances came
i off without a break and the apprecia
] five audience encored them to exhaus-
I tion. The butterfly dance was one of
the most beautiful dances any home
talent has ever presented here. The
I dance of the little kiddies was delight
ful and the “Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers” was the most comical thing
of the entire show.
This play was coached by Miss Jane
Perry, special coach of the producers
in Atlanta, and no amount of praise
c aid be too much in congratulating
her for the splendid training she
gave the amateur company.
The crowd was good—almost a ful!
house —and many were heard to say
he play was the best ever presented
[ here.