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PIEDMCNT BEGINS
DRIVE FOR JUNIOR
COLLEGE, WAYGROSS
EX-STUDENTS AND WAYCROSS
VISITORS BANQUETED HERE
WEDNESDAY EVENING—
ALUMN-AE ASSOCIA
TION FORMED.
A small but very earnest group
representing ex-students of Piedmont
Institute, of Waycross, together
with a number of prominent visitors
of that city met in Douglas Wednes
day evening to devise plans for the
elevation of that institution to the
rank of a junior college.
Baptists throughout Southeast
Georgia will be called upon to raise
SIOO,OOO or more as an endowment
fund to match SIOO,OOO already pledg
ed by the city of Waycross. The
Smyrna Association, of which Coffee
county is part will be asked to give
$25,000 within five years.
A banquet was arranged for the oc
casion and about twenty graduates of
Piedmont, lead by Rev. J. H. Green
and Mr. Simon Peterson, of this city,
were present. Mr. Peterson acted as
toastmaster for the occasion, and at
the conclusion of the program, was
elected president of the alumni as
sociation. Mr. O. H. Davis, of West
Mr. O. H. Davis, of eWst
Green was elected vice-president, and
Miss Estelle Parker, secretary-treas
urer.
Mr. G. A. Croom, vice president of
Piedmont breifly stated the purpose
of those behind the school. He stat
ed that it should be made a junior
college and supported as such, or be
junked.
H. A. Stallings, prominent news
paper man said that pledges made by
Waycross people were being paid and
urged friends to enlist in the move
ment. He told of the untiring efforts
of President W. C. Carlton and oth
ers, who had invested time and mon
what it sh:u!d be and stated that
dividends are now being paid on their
efforts.
Dr. Rich of the First Baptist
church, Waycross said that he was in
Douglas to represent his church,
which was pledged to every effort to
put over the drive for Piedmont. He
complimented Douglas on her splen
did schools, and said that the peo
ple of his church had had their shoul
der under Piedmont for many years.
He advocated better support for part
of the Baptist secondary schools, and
do away with about half of them, lo
cating others in central points where
they would receive cooperation. He
stated that unless changes were made,
all such schools may pass out of ex
istence. Dr. Rich said that all denom
inations in his city combined to
raise SIOO,OOO for the support of Pied
mont, which had property valuation
of about $70,000. “The call up n
Piedmont, Smyrna, Consolation and
New Sunbury Association must show
their spirit and find themselves be
fore philanthropists come to our aid
with endowments,” said Dr. Rich.
President W. C. Carlton, Judge
Harry D. Reed, Mr. O. E. Davis,
J. D. Overstreet, newly lected
principal of Piedmont, and others
made brief talks, and those who had
attended school at Piedmont intro
duced themselves and pledged sup
port in the movement.
The party coming over from Way
cross were: Judge H. D. Reed, W. C.
Carlton, president, J. D. Overstreet,
principal, G. A. Croom, vice-presi
dent, Dr. W. H. Rich pastor Fjrs:
Baptist church, Miss Florence Grace
Carltcn, Miss Francis Price and Mr.
H. A. Stallings.
Douglas was chosen as the first
place to organize for the on coming
drive which will begin at an early
date.
DEATH OF MRS. E. W.
HALLECK; WAYCROSS
News was received here Tuesday
of the death of Mrs. E. W. Halleck,
which occurred on Sunday night in
a private sanitarium in Atlanta fol
lowing a recent operation. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
'low of Bowling Green, Ky., where
her body was sent for burial. She
leaves no children. Rev. E. W. Hal
leck of Waycross. husband of the de
ceased is well and favorably known
here as an Episcopal minister. His
many friends sympathize greatly
with him in this sad loss of his com
panionl.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
BEGINS 810,000 STRUCTURE
Dirt was broken Wednesday for a
rilling station at the corner of Ward
street and Madis- n avenue by the
standard Oil Company. The build
ng will be erected at a cost of ap
roximately SIO,OOO, and will be of
ick and steel, with concrete drives,
and the grounds surrounding will be
•iade as attractive as possible.
Mr. Carl Deadwyler, of Savannah,
construction foreman for these people
is in charge of the work. The sta
:on will have two entrances, and
very convenience for serving the
ufclic. It will be built exactly as
rations in the larger cities, such as
itlanta and Savannah.
Tre new building takes the place
f a wooden structure which has been
ised as a ladies rest room provided
>y the Womans Club of Douglas. It
will add materially to the appearance
of that part of the city.
Mr. Deadwyler states that the
building will be completed about Sep
tember Ist.
REV. N. T. PAFFORD OF
SYLVANIADIES SUDDEN
An account of the death of Rev.
Newton T. Pafford, a native of this
county, appeared in I the Brunswick
News.
Rev. Pafford was widely connected
n this section, being of the promi
nent family cf Moores and Paffords.
e was an uncle of Mr. Monroe
app, of this c: y. News of his death
hocked his friends and relatives in
ois and Atkinson counties, where he
was best known. Fr om the Bruns
wick News:
Rev. Newsome Pafford, pastor of
the Sylvania Methodist church, Syl
/ania, Ga., died here very suddenly
ate yesterday at the residence of his
nother-in-law, Mrs. Maranda Davis.
Rev. Pafford came to Brunswick a
few days ago enroute to Dcboy where
t. number of Methodist ministers are
onjoying a fishing party.
Stopping for a brief visit with his
mother-in-law, late yesterdays while
it the residence, he was taken ill and
lied almost before a physician could
be summoned. Heart trouble was the
oause of his death.
The deceased was one of the best
nown and most beloved ministers in
the South Georgia Conference, of
vhich he had been a member since
896. He was born and reared near
Willaeoochee; and at the age of 16
was a local minister in that vicinity.
Sincg joining the South Georgia Con
'erence he had been assigned to a
lumber of the leading churches in the
district. He was, up to the last con
erence, pastor at Sandersville, and
was serving his first term at Sylvan
a.
The funeral will be held from the
First Methodist church this city Sat
urday afternoon, Rev. Bascom An
thony, presiding elder of the Savan
nah district, Rev. W. T. Smith, pre
iaing elder of the Macon district,
and Rev. Guyton Fisher, paster of
he First Methodist church, will con
duct the services. The deceased is
urvived by his widow and five chil
dren, Mrs. A. C. Metts, of Midville,
■lrs. I. W. Williams, of Atlanta, and
'lisses Annie Lillian Ivey and Mary
Belle Pafford, all of Sylvania. He
Iso leaves a number of ether reia.
fives.
PROGRAM FOR WORKERS
CONFERENCE, SMYRNA
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Workers conference, Smyrna Bap
tist Association will be held at Sagi
r.aw Baptist church, Tuesday, July
14th, 1925.
10:30 A. M. —Devotional, Rev. H.
M. Meeks.
11:00 A. M.—How Baptist Work
•Together, Mrs. B. H. Tanner.
11:30 A. M. —Creating an evange
listic spirit, Rev. J. D. Bethune.
Luncheon.
1:45 P. M.—Devotional, Rev. E. J.
Riddle.
2:15 P. M. —Building the Mission
ary spirit, Rev. S. G. Taylor.
2:35 P. M.—The need of the D. V.
>. S. in our association, Miss Ruth
arel-ock.
3:00 P. M. —Piedmont Institute,
Oza Davis.
3:15 P. M.—Our young people and
their work, Mrs. L. L. Denton.
DOUGLAS. GEORGIA, THURS DAY, JULY 9, 1925.
AUTIS TURN TURTLE
IN MON. COLLISON
Two Ford automobiles, one driven
by Frank Byrd of this city and the
other a young man named Morris,
of Vidalia collided at the intersection
of Gaskin avenue and Ward street
ate Monday afternoon, and both cars
.vere turned over as a result of the
ompact. Two tires were blown out
n one of the cars and one tire blew
ut on the other. Byrd was travel*
ng north on Gaskin avenue and Mor
,s was headed east on Ward street,
nd ■ both seemingly were traveling
t a fair rate of speed so that it was
impossible to stop in time to avoid a
collision. Morris was slightly in
ured, but neither Byrd, or hi 3 com
oanion, John Higgs, were injured.
Considerable damage was done to
oth cars.
Morris was placed under a $lO bond
or speeding and a case made against
iyrd, on the same charge. Byrd as
erted that he was not exceeding the
eed limit. From the noise created
y the cars running together and the
explosion of tires, one might have
educted that Independence Day was
ill being celebrated.
TANNER-BRICE WHOLESALE
GROCERY BURGLARIZED
Burglars entered the wholesale
grocery house of the Tanner-Brice
Company Tuesday night, climbing a
'.adder and entering through a sky
light on the roof, anfter which they
•ntered the brick vault by picking
ff a sufficient number -of bricks to
ain entrance.
\.bout SIOO in money was stolen. So
ir as could be told by Mr. E. L.
Tanner, the manager, no merchandise
ave possibly some cigars, cigarettes
’nd tobacco was taken.
The company employes a night
atchman, but he can give no expla
nation as to the time the store was
■"’tered, or as to who the burglars
are. Officers claim that they know
'ho committed the burglary, and are
only waiting to secure positive proof
before making arrests. This is the
-t burglary that has been report
’d here this year.
TEACHER’S EXAMINATION
We are advised by the State De
partment of Education that the regu
• r examination for teachens will be
held on July 21st, and on August
st. Questions to be given out on
Mday, July 31st, will be elementary
subjects, and those to be given out on
"aturday, August Ist, will be on high
chocl subjects, and those to be given
'Ut on Saturday, August Ist, will be
in high school subjects. Write or
i'l on us for full information.
This July Bth, 1925.
MELVIN TANNER,
County School Superintendent.
REST ROOM LOST TO LADIES
The building formerly used as a
rest room, and which stands on the
site of the Standard Oil Company
filling station to be, js being torn
down and removed to make way for
the new building. The rest ro orn was
at first given to the ladies by the
Standard Oil Company on condition
that they move it and the committee
of the Woman’s Club has been unable
to find a lot upon which to move the
building, therefore it is lost to them.
NOVEL BILL FOR
GEORGIA ASSEMBLY
Atlanta, July B.—Assistant Attor
ney General T. R. Gress is drafting
a bill for possible introduction into
ne of the houses of the legislature
which he says is a sure cure-all for
bootlegging and blind tiger activities.
The bill would, if enacted into law,
automatically shut off any county in
in which any conviction for
bootlegging occurs from State tax
monies for the calender year in which
the conviction occurs.
The measure is not being drawn
for any particular delegation or Sen
ator, but is being written to have on
hand should any unusually drastic
anti-bootlegging bill be desired dar
ing the legislature as has been the
case in every legislature since the
prohibition era dawned in the state.
Mid Thundering and lightning
By the finger of God
‘THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”
EIVOLI THEATRE—JuIy 27-31. ad.
NEGRO m WREAKS
REVENGE ON WIFE
Bertha Mills, a negro woman is
n a serious condition at the Clark
•mith sanitarium as the result of a
knife wound inflicted by her husband,
ill Mills. The gash required twenty
stitches to close, beginning at the
op of the left shoulder and reach
,ng below the heart on the left breast.
The woman’s statement as related
y the police is that her husband be
'ame furious because she was not at
9 and had not prepared his noon
meal Tuesday. The negro man states
hat his dinner was not prepared
when he arrived home, and that his
ife was away from home with an
ther man. As he was coming to
.own from his home in the southern
i?rt cf the city, he met Bertha op
posite the new tobacco warehouse of
farmers Warehouse Co., and began
he attack. The occurrence was wit
nessed by a white lady of that sec
ion of the city, who notified the of
cers. Chief Barrineau, policemen
haw and Lott went to the scene and
ter a search, found Mills hiding
ar the McCranie Live Stock Com
ny place. He was placed in jail
n a charge of assault and attempt
murder.
The woman walked all the way to
he hospital, a distance of several
locks. She will recover it is stated,
as the knife did not reach a vital
ot. The blade of the knife wield
ed by Mills was broken as he made
> attempt, presumably, to kill his
wife.
LUB GIRL WRITES
OF CAMP WILKINS
Dear Friends and Club Members: —
.fter having my attention called to
i club girl’s letter, I decided to write
you my experience on a Short Course
Agriculture at Camp Wikins in
Athens.
We planned to go cn a truck as we
thought that we would enjoy it mu.h
more and it would be cheaper for all.
On “the morning of June 15th at 3:30
o'clock, we left Douglas. After a long
ide with several stops, we reached
amp all tired, sleepy and worn out.
All seventeen girls took their suit
ases and went up stairs. There we
saw the largest bed room we had ever
een. It looked like a large hospital.
Each cne in a seperate cot and were
’ust waking up when we arrived. We
went to bed and slept until time
'or dinner.
We attended assembly on the first
day and were divided into different
tribes like Indians, our tribe being
called the Wcetunkus.
The mornings were given over to
’ess ns. From 12 to 12:30 we had
dinner. After dinner came an hour
or rest then we had story telling.
r he afternoons were used for excur
iens over the College farm, shop
ping, street car rides, picture show
nd swimming.
After supper we would have differ
ent ways of amusing ourselves. One
evening we had a party, another time
singing or a camp fire and stunts,
"e had many club songs and yells
and met lots of girls from different
places. There were talks from dif
ferent cnes from the College. We
mjoyed them all and especially Dr.
Soule’s and Miss Creswell’s.
This camp is located on a high red
ill out from Athens and is surround
with all kinds of pretty shrub'-
md trees. A large swimming po 1
s near by and all around the camp
vere many beautiful scenes.
On Friday before we left we all reg
stored in a large book where all the
iam.es of the visitors to Camp Wil
ms will be kept. We all had a very
; ce time and I hope to join the club
-iris going back next year. Girls,
ve must bring back the red and black
ibbon each time.
A club member,
NELLIE ROBINSON,
Nicholls, Ga.
If Georgia’s expenditure every
ear on her colleges was divided
equally among her white people,
ach would pay 28 cents per year.
Fulton county spends $83.30 on
ach school child every year, Towns
unty spends $4.61. Twenty-seven
’her counties spend less than SIO.OO.
The University of Georgia is the
’+est institution among State uni
•erstities in America. It was founded
n 1785.
PHENOMINAL STALK OF
TOBACCO QUINCEY FARM
A stalk of tobacco 7 1-2 feet high
with 61 leaves is a theme for specula
tion by Judge J. W. Quincey, one of
the county’s largest and mast suc
cessful tobacco growers. The stalk
stands in the middle of a large field
of tobacco, and has had the same fer
tilization and cultivation as the bal
ance of the crop, yet it is more than
twice as tall and has three times the
number of leaves as even the best of
plants growing in the field with it.
It has never produced and succors,
as does other kinds of tobacco plants,
and shows no indication of “button
ing” as other plants as they ap
proach maturity.
The field of tobacco is especially
fine, and this plant soars above the
average so as to be seen a long dis
tance.
Mr. Quincey does not know the va
riety he has produced in his crop, but
is going to allow it to seed, if it de
cides to do so, and will save the seed
for another season. A field of to
bacco averaging up with this phe
nomena would probably produce 4000
pounds or more to the acre, and if
of good quality, and at an average
price for the better grades, might
net the grower more than fifteen hun
dred dollars per acre.
MAYOR SLATER AT
WAY'X CELEBRATION
Mayor John R. Slater, with Con
gressman Charles G. Edwards, of Sa
vannah, were orators for the huge
4th of July celebration at Waycross
last Saturday. Mr. Slater followed
the congressman with an address
that was carried in the Wayer ss
•Journal-Herald.
Since Mr. Slater accepted the presi
dency of the Georgia Association,
mere frequent demands are made
upon him as a public speaker and
uch of his time is being taken up in
onnection with his work as head of
this organization, which is function
ing better than ever before in its
history.
BAG DISPOSITIONS
BLAMED ON FOOD
Many of the cases of bad temper
and grouchy dispositions can be at
tributed to poor food and plenty of
good vegetables, fruits and milk will
often times prove a better correc
tive measure than the sterner meth
ods which are often used on young
s ers, says nutrition specialists of
< e State College of Agriculture.
Y r cu can tell the well nourished
mild wherever you see him, they say,
r. t only by the clever, rosy skin, the
firm flesh, a well rounded chest and
blight eyes, but by the fact that he
s active, alert and enthusiastic and
energetic without nervousness. In
act, nearly all the troubles of chil
'ren concerning their mental and
p ysical development can be traced
o poor food, says the College.
The cause of malnutrition are not
■rd to find. The child does not get
sufficient food, or the right kind of
>od; they eat irregularly; they drink
tea or coffee instead of milk and
water and they don’t get enough
deep. These cause the child to have
bow legs, or knock knees, his chest
s narrow and flat, his shoulder blades
tick out like wings and his skin is
rle and flabby.
A good supply of Nature’s foods.
Yuits, vegetables and mlik will pre
vent malnutrition. If these are in
cluded in the regular diet, little wor
will be experienced about the child
eing under fed.
Bulletin 286 of the State College of
Agriculture gives information not on
on feeding the child but the grown
up. It is free for the asking.
C. R. TANNER VISITS
ST. LOUIS MARKETS
Mr. C. R. Tanner, manager of the
Union Dry Goods Company, is in St.
Louis, Mo., where he goes to purchase
a fall line of merchandise. Mr. Tan
ner stated before his departure that
he was much pleased with the vol
ume of business his company had
’ ne during the summer, and that
'9 was expecting to buy more heav
ily than in past years. He expects
to be away about ten days.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advance
POSTAL EMPLOYES IN
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION
The Douglas Postal Employes Ser
vice Council celebrated Independence
Day with a delightful barbecue and
picnic luncheon at Gaskin Springs, to
which was invited a number of
friends within the city and many
from other points. This method of
celebration has bee-n adopted by the
uncil which is headed by Post
master L. S. Peterson and members
of the post office staff in Douglas,
including clerks and carriers. The
one Saturday seemingly surpassed
any that had been held, and the food
prepared and served was exceptional
ly fine, consisting of barbecued
chicken, beef, Brunswick stew, etc,,
to say nothing of the fried chicken,
cakes, pies and inumerable variety
of good things. Almost the entire
day was spent at the springs by the
party and their friends.
Postmaster W. A. Adams and Mr,
Wiley Fletcher, of Fitzgerald were
h nor guests. A partial list of the
■'uests follows:
Mr. L. S. Peterson and family, Mr
and Mrs. R. H. Wheeless and family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kirkland, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Adam 3 and family, Mrs.
Miriam Harper and family, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Osteen and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Kirkland and family,
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cain and family,
Mr. and Mr 3. O. M. Courson and
family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Floyd and
family, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Sanders
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Pridgen and family, Mr. and Mrs,
Frank Adams.
Guests —Mr. W. R. Frier, Mr,
Fred Ricketson, P. O. Inspector T. W.
Overstreet and wife, Mr. F. F. Pres
ton, Mr. W. M. Dunn, Mr. W. T.
Stewart, Mr. Charlie Stewart, Mr. W.
\. Adams, postmaster of Fitzgerald,
Wiley Fletcher of Fitzgerald, Miss
Mae Gibbs, postmaster of Broxton,
Miss Vera Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Knowles,
ill cf Broxton, Mr. and Mrs. Mon
oe Deese of Ambrose, Mrs. H. J.
Thompson, Mrs. Wooten, Mrs. Mattie
Jack, Miss Foy Mae Nash of El
erton, Ga.
NEAR DEATJI IN SEWER DITCH
The small sen of Mr. G. C. Lee,
grocery merchant of this city, came
'.ear to being drowned Monday when
•e fell from a bicycle into the ditch
being dug for sewerage pipes on Col
:ge avenue. The child attempted to
ide across the ditch over some
ards laid across, and fell to the
oottom. At that particular point the
litch is about nine feet deep and is
few inches deep in water. The fall
seemed to have stunned the child, and
jut fo rthe fact that a man was
vatching him and hurried to his as
istance, would have been drowned.
CONGRESSMAN LANK FORD
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
Congressman W. C. Lankford left
last Sunday for a brief stay with his
family at St. Simans, and from there
went to Washington D. C. His mis
-icn is to attend to departmental mat
ters, and to lend his influence with the
State Department in averting a boy
cott by the Chinese government of
American grown tobacco, which might
vitally affect the Georgia market, soon
o open.
Mr. Lankford will be away about
en days.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”
A coming to the RIVOLI THEATRE.
This latest and greatest PARA
MOUNT Picture, by CECIL B. De-
MILIE, powerful in simplicity and of
intensely vital characters, is coming
for five days run, July 27 thru 21st.
This picture appeals to every human
being who believes ffi a supreme pow
er, regardless of race, sect or deno
mination. And is endorsed by all
’■eligious readers. It is a great ser
in n, a veritable sermon preached
through the medium of the eyes,
toaight to the heart. Our people are
fortunate in having the opportunity
>f seeing it so soon after its release.
This being the first time it has been
-hown out of the big cities.
Twenty-eight Georgia counties
'per.d less than SIO.OO a year on
'ach school child’s education.
Georgia’s State College property is
valued at $1.62 per capita; South
arolina’s at $4.94.