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Coffee <£jotwrta |hrtfjms, VolumeXl—No, «j 7. 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.