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Volume Xl—-No. 33.
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Jchn R. Slater of this city war
named president of the G.ngia As-,
soda: ton last Friday, at the ai*o.’ai
meeting of the association held m
liacon. 150 or mere leading Geor
gians were inattehdance upon the j
meeting, and while air. Slater him
self was not thero, being away on
business, Mr. T. A. Dixon and Mr. A.
S. Bussey represented Coffee county.
The State College of Agriculture,
the Georgia Department of Agricul
ture, and ntany other state and pri
vate institutions were there and toe
I daily newspapers of Atlanta, Macon
and Savannah had representatives,
there. *
Dr. A. M. Soule, of Athens, Mr.
J. T. Holloman, of Atlanta and other
noted speakers were there and the
slogan of the Association, “Let’s Go
Georgia,” was impressed as never be
fore.
The Georgia Association has done
much iu recent years to boo?*t Geor
gia and never was so well organized
as at present.
Mr. Slater has been away from the
city, and while it is known that he
will accept the presidency, no state
ment has been given out by him for
publication. He is ideally equipped
for t e wo-k before him and will‘en
ter zealously upon his dudes. Mr.
Slater is among the leading boosters
of his section, and believes that noth
ing save a calamity will stop the
progress now begun in the state.
He has the backing of thousands of
leading men, and organizations
throughout the state, and the plans
?re to start a campaign of advertis
ing in the state heretofore unparal-
Dlir aTFaa’rmp; ithroumgl schrnr r
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GORSNEB i^VfcSHSATE
-DEATH-Of nbro
Coroner W. W. Southerland was
summoned to Hurfer, six miles north
of Douglas Tuesday afternoon to in
vestigate the death of Sylvester Wal
lace, a negro man, who was found
dead by other negroes near the Ir use
in which Wallace had lived. Mr.
Southerland summoned a jury, and a
verdict of death from natural causes
was returned. The negro man had
been seen a few hours before his
Jody was found by other negroes,
Who stated that he had left his work
and had gone to his house to prepare
dinner. Nothing more was seen of
him until late in the afternoon when
he was found dead, presumably from
a heart attack. The body was pre
pared for burial and put away at
the expense of the county.
REMODELING DENT’S
DRUG STORE
Mr. Ira Dent is almost making
over his new place of business since
coming into possession.
Only a few weeks ago he bought
hte business, and he has been con
stantly adding some features for the
improvement of the place.
A new floor has just been laid and
now they are busy painting the place
from top to bottom.
A The store doesn’t look like the
Tame place. The clean, fresh, airy
appearance is a remarkable contrast,
to its former musty dark little hovel.
Mr. Dent has a new fountain or
dered for the soda department,
and in just a short time will be able
to render fountain service for the ac
commodation off Jthtdr customers.
We always enjoy seeing a man put
forward an effort to do somethnig
real and there is n*o doubt in our
minds that Mr. Dent is making a
first class drug store of his present
location.
HOOT MAN!
A farmer near here tells us that
he went into his cow stable the other
night and, by mistake, mixed up a
nice mash in a box of sawdust in
stead of bran. Evidently thinking
that hard times had arrived, and
«|shing to co-operate with her mas
_Jr, the cow meekly ate her supper,
and the farmer never discovered his
mistake uptil the next morning when
he milked the cow and she let down
a half-gallon of turpentine, a quart
of shoe pegs and a bundle of shingles!
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
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The Conic derate M< m rial Coin
drive is on, and con i ,e.cc ■ acTi iR
u the ~ rr of tin ’. .-cal chapter U.
D. C. and the Woman’s Club have or
anized a drive to put it over in fine
hape,
O her organizations are a part an,;
before the drive is over a splendid
showing wilt be made from Coffee.
The following letter from Guy
Guthrie, South Georgia director wa
received Mvndey and we believe it
worth passing to cur readers:
Mr. Fred Ricketscn, Editor,
to free County Progress,
Douglas, Ga.
tear Mr. Rickets-on:
The following telegram, frfim
National Headquarters of the Con
. evierate Memorial Coin Campaign,
ass been prompted by the discourag
,g slvwrtess of our good south Geor
:a people to make up their minds to
buy the coins.
Week ending Saturday, June 13th
s each county’s Confederate Memor
al wefek, with Saturday as grand
Confederate Memoral Day. It is int
er? tive that the woman’s division be
rganized in each county from U. D.
- and Woman’s Clubs for special
trect sales of coins on Saturday iii
11 towns and villages.”
Fiease back up your County Chair-
I :?n and his workers with a good
■ry thi week, in which you brin*
| ome the seriousness of putting off
] >:n pu: noses. Help him'in all way.;
, o get a u keep d group of you:
! plendid women out to- call on the
I eople in their homes and to make up
j selling group on Saturday,
j "v: . ve hundreds of niun in y:tn
■ lie _•> unty who will buy coins for'
, T ir chil ireri : ..d -r: amjchiU i en. It
. -ey’re t.ilicMej ui. ilteir homes ov
>1 cos ci • If left to their
■nclinatiprS' to' ‘Gp t tho bank and
ray”, n.v. it of .thpin .ilk forget the
natter gißkely.or. -delay the- fest.
ninute and rush in and buy ONE coin
instead of possibly FIFTEEN. Not
ne of these good men lacks sincere
appreciation for the Confederate
/eterans, in fact, they truly treasure
their Confederate soldier blood.
God speed this work—so inspiration
il to coming generations—in your
aunty.
Very truly yours,
GUY GUTHRIDGE, South Ga.
Director Conferedate Memorial
Coin Campaign.
I'OER—SALTER WEDDING PLANS
ARE ANNOUNCED TODAY
Interest to their many friends
throughout the state will be the an
nouncement of the plans for the wed
ding of Miss Florrie Lamar Poer of
Broxton, Ga., daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. M. Poer to D. J. Salter of
Arlington, Ga., which will be quietly
and simply solemnized on the evening
>f June 23rd at 8:30 o’clock at the
3roxton Methodist church.
Arrangements had been made for
an artistic home wedding, but be
reavement in the family of the bride
•aused a change of plans.
No formal invitations will be is
ued.
CLARK POER WEDDING.
An occasion of wide spread inter
est throughout the southern states
will be the wedding cf Miss Dorbthy
Clark of Winston-Salem, N. C., to
Oly S. Poer, of Port Myers, Fla.,
which will be solemized at the home
f the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Clark, June 16flr. The plans
will be simple on account of the
recent berevement in the family of
the groom.
Only relatives and intimate friends
will be present. Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Poer of Broxton, parents of the
groom, will attend the wedding.
GRATEFUL!
At a Christian Science testimony
neeting there were many enthusiasic
:alks by those present in ackn-owledg
:ng the enspiration and help they had
received from Mary Baker Eddy, the
founder of Christian Science. Final
ly a meek-looking little woman in
the audience arose and said:
“I am -only a visitor here and never
heard of Mary Baker Eddy before,
hut I just want to tell you what
Lydia Pinkham has done for me.”
See Kid Young for your Fruit Jars
and Sugar. Ad-tf
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, J lli *F23.
W. S. CONNER T 0
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Mr. W. S. Conner, member of the
Douglas Kiwenis Club has been an
■r unced as iv ligate to the Oth an
nual c nventi .1 of Kiwanis Intsr
ational, which convenes at Saint
Paul," Minnesota, cn Mcnduy, Judo
.2nd, at the big municipal auditorium*
accordings to J. M. Thrash, President"
of the Douglas Club.
The local member, who will carry
to the convention sessions the banner
of representation ■ f the Douglas Club,
will be but one of five-thousand Ki
.vanians from the United States and
Canada who will take part in the an-
nual business of the conlintent wide
service organization and also the en
tertainment features that have been
prepared.
He wall vote in the election of the
International president of Kiwanis
Dor 192 G and help determine the con
vention city for the next year, (and
promises to bring the 1920 convention
to some Southern City.)
For entertainment of the varr ud
representatives the Saint Paul Club
has arranged a number of special oc
casions. One of the features is to be
? mid-summer ice carnival, to be held
in a large especially built arena, (the
ice covering two city blocks).
Hockey-games and other ice sports by
champions for the northwest will b
a novel treat for the visitors. The
annual reception and president’s bolt,
to be held this year in honor of visitor
M. Johnson, rf Rockford, 111., In
ternational Fresident, is scheduled
the second night cf the convention at
the city’s ccliscum.
“I anticipate attending the biggest
and most important convention held
.0 far by our Interactional organi
zation’’ said cur local delegate today.
Mr. C-cnner, expects to .leave Doug
las Friday night, Juqe J.gth> jotpidf
the Georgia delegation''in AtTO'in.'
The body will leave on a special train
Saturday morning, arriving in Chi
cago Sunday morning, where the day
will be spent. The special train
bearing the Georgia delegation will
arrive in St. Paul Monday a. m. at
8 o’clock.
Arrangements have been made to
send a car load of eGorgia peaches
to St. Paul, a basket of which will be
presented to each member or visitor
at the convention.
NEEDED ALCOHOL FOR LEG,
WOMAN OPERATES STILL
Here is a new alibi on moonshining.
It might pay some of our popular
moonshiners to give it a trial. This
is about a woman who was brought
up before the judge for operating a
still. She says she had been making
the liquor because she needed alcohol
to rub -on her legs. Mrs. Esther
Ecsedy, 55, said today before Mag
istrate Silberman she had operated a
still without a permit from the fire
commissioners. She was fined SSO.
Policeman Michael Harris found
the still in her rooms.
She showed Magistrate Silberman
a letter from her physician, Dr.
Joseph Grief, in which he advised her
to rub alcohol on her legs to relieve
pains. Because she lacked money to
buy the alcohol she said she made it
herself. Her minister in a letter
testified to her character, stating she
was a good church member. /
A DAY IN WASHINGTON
Here are a few brief paragraphs
on a day in Washington:
The supreme court upheld New
York’s criminal anarchy law.
William D. Mitchell began his du
ties as solicitor general.
Belgium advised Washington of the
appointment of a debt commission.
Rehearing of the Coronado coal
case was refused by the supreme
court.
Governor Blaine, of Wisconsin, an
nounced opposition to the defense
test.
Chicago’s sanitary district was re
fused a rehearing in the Lake Michi
gan water case.
The supreme court decided to
scrutinize more closely qualifications
of lawyers appearing before it.
The supreme court defined the
jurisdiction of courts in ordering wit
nesses before the labor board.
Get Kid Young’s price on tobacco
twine before buying. Ad-tf
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TO HAVE SEEN,
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f 'Hetirl| 'itafcseßs was arrfcsicd here |
.'ibicdayW-befr- n cn a charge of
MriasoMßig and selling whi-'k y.
-his chfßjf? ’ura3 mode after he we
sen to»a?s the whiskey out to Jim
Richardso®, the whiskey being wrap
ped in f,.suspicious looking parcel
which failed to escape the vigilant
ye of Qffi er- Dempsey Lott.
In getting the story from the police
we learn ’that Stevens drove into
town, parked along side the side-walk
■id pasted a strange looking parcel
>ver t| Jim Richardson. Officer
oempsyjLott happened to stroll up
during this little scene and saw
" tephenf ii the act. Richardson saw
ott was suspicious and he dropped
he package down on the side walk
uct ebtakie the dcor tf a store. Wit.i
out rnala.ig any effort to show hi
rand, tfs Lot; stood calmly by Wait
ing to sj#c what Stephens wu- g. in
o do! About that time Officer Lank
ord wrffled Up. Spying the package,
sfWopijlv and picked it up. Opdn
ng it hfefaw it was a quart bottle
'.llect wifn’a yellowish fluid. Pulling
he cork the decided from the smell it
/as whKkjpy. Officer Lott tasted it
nd.wasfcfody to swear it was whis
key. Sifpb ms w?s arrested irn
".ddiatclM h.\dl taken to jail.
The l*d9ral officers at Vald'sLa
• -wore livSkd and , tjiey insrructe<l
at be held until tlv.-y could
mid a ®lkrshal after him. Bond
ic.vt bfenN erjhitted him, this, pan
heltig lemM arrangement in Vuldosia
y <4io. officers. there.
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iii-.JS-• Wfaff took
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collected, curious to know what the
quart bottle held. Officer Barri
n.au was very generous in permitting
he curious ones to smell the bottle
.nd decide for themselves what it
ontaimid. Some were satisfied with
mailing. Others insisted upon tast
ing it as they couldn’t smell good en
ough to decide. This, of course, was
ienied as the officers had already
gained sufficient proof that the bot
tle did contain whiskey of the cheap
est “shine”variety.
At the time of this writing, Steph
ens is still in jail awaiting the ar
rival of the Federal marshal who will
take him to Valdosta.
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
First Baptist church met Monday,
June Bth. There was an attendance
if about 25. Mrs. W. F. Bronson,
he newly elected vice-president, pre
ided.
There were splendid reports on per
sonal service from each circle. The
aggregate sum handled through all
he circles amounted to $240.50.
Circle No. 1 will meet next Mon
day afternoon at the New Douglas
hotel with Mrs. Whitaker at 4 p. m.
No. 2 will meet with Mrs. R. C.
Worth. No. 3 will meet with Mrs.
Melvin Tanner and No. 4 at the home
of Mrs. Stierwalt.
The G. A.’s will hold a meeting
>ext Tuesday p. m. at 5 o’clock at
he heme of Mrs. B. H. Tanner. Mrs.
W. H. Duggan is their newly appoint
ed leader.
The regular business meeting of
the Home Builders’ class was held
Tuesday p. m. at 5 o’clock. Their
next meeting will be held the first
Tuesday in July at the home of Mrs.
B. H. Tanner. We desire to have ev
my member present. At this time
there will be an interesting program
and refreshments will be served.
It was decided Monday p. m. to
give Dr. Ayers, pioneer missionery, a
silver offering. Those hearing Dr.
Ayers recently were thrilled with his
graphic description of pioneer work
in the Orient.
Preaching services will be held
Sunday a. m. at 11:30 o’clock. Ev
ening service at 8:30 p. m.
FOR RENT—Large house or two
separate apartments. Every conve
nience. Phone 153.
:
Plenty of Tobacco Twine and Ther
mometors at the People’s Hardware
Company. 11-18
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fjjrt j|it y if 4^triiijy
Merer-. Kr it & Silre-, who hove
entered the tobacco warehouse bu-i
--.-o in D .uglas this seasan, hav •
r.warded a contract to R. N. McEach
rn, local contractor; for the enlarge-.
vn.t of the Red Warehouse, which j
-TS purchased by these gentlemen!
orna time ago.
A force of men are already at j
•ork on the additions which will,]
when completed make the building
MO feet long by 90 feet wide. The,
1 part of the building, which was j
he first tobacco warehouse built in
Mi rgia, will he repaired wirere neces
sary, end upon completion, this will
e a modern and convenient building
'n every detail. Approximately $lO,-
000 is being expended.
Knott & Sykes have purchased a
complete - utfit f new baskets, new
scales and new trucks, and their
equipment in this line will be unex
celled by any Georgia warehouse.
This additi- n will increase available
door space on the Douglas market
his seasen to more than five acres,
r spo.<v adequate to handle near 2,-
000. TOO p unds of tobacco and to lun
'our scales at the same time.
A PRELIMINARY REPORT OX
HOW THE BOLL WEEVIL
TAKES UP THE POISON
For years we have known tlv t
calcium arsenate dust will control the
boll weevil, while a liquid spray gi' es
p.or results. The weevil does its
feeding cn the square inside the shuck
where no poison is present.
By observation one can see that, ;-s
the boll weevil crawls over any ~ur
■c ce, its. snout has a characteristic
op -anjl down, motion somewhat fimU
... ■ to.the bobbing of a thicken•••
knead.’ This in itself would account
U’tr cioseTeonta.ct jneuth
.thaywdevil Huwk
>ver which it moves and provides an
accidental end unavoidable means for
he introduction of the poison into the
.veevil’s stomach.
Experiments show by mortality rate
data that the weevil gets the poison
on the snout tip accidently and later,
when chewing or moving its man
bidles, introduces the poison into the
gut.
The action of calcium arsenate dust
during cage experiments, with the
first day’s mortality rate at about
50 per cent second day 80 per cent,
third day 95 per cent to 100 per cent
can be explained by the fact that a
boll weevil can be placed >n a dish
of “dust” removed after a while, and
ontinue to live. This may be ascrib
ed to the firmly locked mancibles
.vhich die opened only when the in
sect is feeding or boring naturally,
f the ‘ dust” has been knocked off
the snout tip before the mandibles are
opened, there will be no poisoning.
Actual poisoning by feeding does
ccur insyrup mixtures. r Jhe acci
lent element here is restricted to the
joll weevil’s approach to the mixture,
/hich in no case, has been made to
attract the weevil. A significant
act is that a syrup-calcium-arsenate
nixture sprayed onto cotton does not
■five practical poisoning results. This
; s due to the drying of the spray so
lution, forming a varnish-like film
of poison which does not adhere to
•he snout of the boll weevil crawling
ver the poisoning area. With “dust”
the poisoning is effective, as the
“dust” particles are loosely attached
> the surface and easily edhere to
the dipping snout of the crawling
weevil. Consequently we have a
large per cent, mortality when “dust”
is thoroughly scattered, while other
poisons, such as syrup and spray
mixtures are more or less unsatisfac
tory.
E. F. Grossman, Entomologist,
Georgia State Board of Entomo
logy.
HE’D KEEP HUM
A certain bank took on a number
of young men, and on their salary
•eceipts was printed: “Your salary
is your personal business—a confiden
ial matter —and should not be dis
closed to anybody else.”
One of the young men, in sign
ing this receipt, added: “I won’t men
tion it to anybody, as I am just as
much ashamed of it as you are.”
You want pay too much for your
Tobacco Twine if you will get Kid’s
prices before buying. Ad-tf
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si...‘U l er in Advance
m 01 FACULTY
Aw L,.:m :la:eq
. i.. c.fy ho ,i d f iucatiah has an.
: 'oi iod the faculty of ei rhteen teach
in the Figh School for the 1925-
-'■> f in. Prof. J. T. Henry, who for
year... h is boon at the head of the
.school, has accepted for mother
to m and Mr. Clyde Herndon, of Ei.
ii- : a- n, S. ('., has been named prin
cipal and at! letic director, succeed.
Mr. D.m Coleman, who did not
apply.
The faculty named is composed of
perhaps the strongest corps of teach,
ers that has ever served the school.
Th.e b ard, of which Mr. E. L. Gran,
tharn is chairman, has devoted much
time to the selection of the teachers
to take the places of those who did
not apply to succeed themselves, ?n:|
feel that they have succeeded admir.
ably.
The faculty:
Prof. J. T. Henry, Superintendent.
Mr. Clyde Herndon, Ellington, S.
'.. principal and athletic director.
Miss Martha Weir, Moultrie, Ga.,
French and English.
Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Douglas, Ga.,
high school work.
.Miss Mary Holland, Forsyth, Ga.,
7th grade.
Miss Lizzie Mae Reed, Mcßae, Ga.,
slh grade.
Miss Mintie Allen, Cave Springs,
Tenn., 6th and 7th grades.
Miss Marie Wooten, Douglas, sth
grade.
Miss Mamie Lee Miller, Mcßae,
Ga., 4t.h grade.
Miss Blanche Thornton, Forsyth,
Ga., 4th and sth grades.
Miss ,Lu y Hall, Douglas, 3rd
rad.- and Latin.
.' Ruby Grubb, F; irj.lay, S. C.,
: d grade and domestic science.
Miss Nora lluss, Douglas, 2nd
grarle.
rt Miss,, Lnlfr. AfcLfcjfii, jJyyfflas.
hm ij tc - -'■ "■ ’• *
Mrs. Melvin Tanner, Douglas, Ist
Trade.
Mrs. Mattie Lee Baird, Augusta,
Ga., Ist grade.
Miss Zeta Mae Burton, Graymont,
Ga., expression department.
Miss Maureen Woodbine, Atlanta,
Ga., music department.
At a conference of city officials
and the board of education recently,
■t was tantatively agreed that an ad.
dition would be added to the build
ing in the center of the high school
group. This annex would be 70x30
feet, two stories in height and would
orovide four very large and modern
class rooms. It is planned to have
l his addition ready for the opening
af the fall term. It would go a long
"ay to releive the badly congested
-mdition that now exists.
SARAH PARKER WILLIAMS
REUNION A VERY
PLEASANT OCCASION
All the children, a large number of
grandchildren and great grandchil
dren, other relatives and friends were
present at the reunion of Mrs. Sarah
Parker Williams last week. Talks
were made by Col. R. B. Chastain,
Rev. R. Vickers, Messrs. Sam Raw.
lins, E. R. Lochridge, Jim Kirkland,
Mrs. Dr. C. S. Parker, Mrs. John Neu
gent, C. W., Henry and J. H. Wil
liams, Mrs. John Webb and others.
The usual plentiful dinner was ser
ved at 2 o’clock. The remainder of
the day was spent by all mingling
freely together, getting acquainted,
renewing old acquaintances.
The Gillis band made delightful
music. There was singing, dancing,
etc., until late in the afternoon, when
the crowd reluctantly separated.
The children are exceedingly grate
ful for the presence of their mother
in her usual good health at the ripe
old age of 84.
Mrs. Williams made a talk in which
she told of Indians robbing her grand
ther, Bill Parker, Sr., of S3OO, about
the year 1835, and of seeing the fa
mous Indian chief, Billy Bowlegs af
ter he was captured in the year 1850.
This occasion, with every other cel
ebration, has been magnified by the
presence of Mrs. Linnie Wall Wil
liams. She is a queenly woman, loved
honored and admired by all who know
her.
May we have the privilege of cel
ebrating many more of mother’s birth
days.
THE CHILDREN.