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Volume Xl—-No. 33. qi iTC3 uLA i L.l liLtiUJ ULU«iJfc.n J! j'ln \’i I- Q A j‘«isj ,5 A 1 i ■ J•] >« w t —-i i i i ■ vIJ 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 elk d.. 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 'TGKr n pnß L at 14. id wPJ l! Ui'J »U i l . .. - t. aW • 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 lIEPi&SHiT U3M§ '■ ' at <jt s‘,is] mm i‘i - Gil ir/wUL L.ctluiOii 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 BUfltß ■ iw' UIJ tGire.. I.'- w .... TO HAVE SEEN, ' HLM |hLI;fVL..i ,Ql AI T TO JIM • .tf OF Oi FICER LOT! j 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. v |i iii-.JS-• Wfaff took ■ • ", ** * * ! I 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 (lull iiU 1 Hii“Ml tillLD r v> 'i nrn y r u 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 ■ - n , . » 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.