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Volume XI—No. 38.
WAYCROSS KIWANIANS
VISITORS TODAY
About twenty-five Waycross Ki
wanians are the guests of the Kiwan
is Club here today. The -occasion of
the visit is to present to the Douglas
Club the Henry C. Heinz attendance
trophy, which is a beautiful loving
cup. The cup is being passed from
■club to club throughout the state, and
will become the property of the club
having the largest attendance at the
state convention this fall at Albany.
The size of the membership and the
■distance traveled will be taken into
consideration in presenting the
trophy.
Judge Harry D. Deed was in the
■city during the morning attending
■court matters and remained for the
luncheon. Others coming over from
waycross are:
H. D. Bunn, H. C. Bunn, John W.
Bennett, Dr. J. H. Brewton, W. G.
Converse, Jerome Crawley, S. G. Cole
man, Basil Cole, T. J. Darling, B. S.
Gibson, L. L. Harvard, J. H. King, A.
M. Knight, George Kontos, Dan Lott,
A. G. Miller, Dr. W. D. Mixon, Dr.
Paul McGee, Dr. B. H. Minchew, Dr.
George N. McDonell, W. D. O’Quinn,
Judge Harry/D. Reed, John T. Watt,
C. M. Williams and Jack Williams.
GA. NORMAAL SUMMER
•SCHOOL BEGAN TUES,
The Georgia Normal College began
its annual summer school here Tues
day with a good attendance. The
■course is mainly teachers’ training
-and review work and will continue
for four weeks.
Prof. A. A. Kuhl and Prof. Simon
Peterson are in charge of the work.
The studnet body of the summer
course consists of students from
many counties, and is always largely
attended. The school dormitories are
used by most of those in attendance.
CARD OF THANKS.
I wish to take this means to thank
the many people who were so kind
and thoughtful in the long illness
and death of my husband. May
Heaven’s richest blessings reward
each of you.
MRS. JAS. BLAND.
STRAYED —Bay horse mule about 14
hands high, weight about 850 pounds,
fifteen years old. Left my place
Monday. Reward for information or
return to J. S. Lott, Douglas, Ga.
WANTED—Man with car to sell
complete line quality Auto Tires and
Tubes. Exclusive Territory Ex
perience not necessary. Salary S3OO
- per month. Milestone Rubber Com
pany, Eastliverpool, Ohio.
FOR RENT —To desirable party, four
large rooms with all modern con
veniences. For full particulars,
Phone 265 or 118, City. ad
Mrs. L. S. Peterson and children
have returned from a three weeks’
visit to Mrs. J. Rod Davis in Donald
sonville. Mrs. Davis returned with
them and was their guest Sunday.
G. O’Berry of Willacoochee,
spem Tuesday here.
Mrs. W. P. Ward, Mrs. V. W.
Critcher and son, Gordon, left Tues
day for a visit to Jacksonville and
Pablo.
Miss Margaret Owens of Mont
gomery, Ala., who has been the guest
of her sister, Miss Ophilea Owens,
will return to her home, tonight.
Mr. Edd Williams, of Macon, was
a visitor in our city Friday.
Mrs. Jesse Grantham and sons of
Fitzgerald were the guest*; of Judge
and Mrs. W. P. Ward for a few
days last week.
Mrs. N. J. Bailey had as her week
end guest Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Spell
and children, Mrs. J. W. Caveneugh
and Mr. J. E. Bailey of Fitzgerald.
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Sweat have re
turned from Clearwater, Fla.
The many friends of Mrs. J. B.
Thrasher regret that she is sick at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Thurman of Columbus.
Miss Alma Strickland and Miss
Lucy Poston left Monday for a two
weeks trip to Savannah and Tybee.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. McEachren and
children returned Monday from a ten
days stay at Pablo.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Harris of East
man, were guests at the home of Mr.
Abe Harris Sunday.
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DOUGLAS BEST ADVERTISED
SAYS DR. JONES AFTER TOUR
“Douglas is the most talked of and
best advertised town in Georgia,”
says Dr. E. H. Jones, after a recent
tour over a large portion of the state
including North and Middle Georgia
points.
Tobacco is largely responisble for
the large range of popularity enjoy
ed by this' city, thinks Mr. Jones, but
from the standpoint of business in
general he thinks that this city has
obtained invaluable advertising at
the hands'of traveling men and oth
ers who have visited Douglas. He
further stated that a great many
people make inquiries regarding this
immediate section with a view to
coming here to live.
Dr. Jones made a trip lasting sev
eral weeks in the interest of Tanner’s
Eye Water, a proprietory medicine
manufactured locally and which is en
joying a wide sale over this state and
Florida.
PRESBYTERIANS HOLD
INSTITUTE LAST FRI.
The Church Workers’ Institute of
the Savannah Presbytery met with
local church last Friday. Two
sessions were held, both morning and
evening, and a luncheon -was served
by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church at noon.
Those who were on the program
for addresses were: Rev. C. 0. N.
Martindale, Vidalia, Rev. L. A. Davis,
Savannah, Miss Elizabeth Havenkot
te, Valdosta, Miss Inez McCrae, Mt.
Vernon, Rev. E. S. Winn, Fitzgerald,
Mr. B. D. Brantley, of Blackshear, and
Rev. W. E. Smith, local pastor.
There was a good attendance, rep
resentatives coming from Waycross,
Fitzgearld, Blackshear, Savannah and
Valdosta. All of the program was
most interesting and instructive.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that there
will be introduced at the 1925 session
of the General Assembly of Georgia
a local bill entitled:
“An act to authorize the Mayor
and Council of the Tity of Douglas,
Georgia, to call an election at such
time or times as may be desired, to
submit yo the qualified voters of said
City the question of exempting from
taxation certain properties as are
mentioned in Article 7, Section 2,
Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, to provide who
shall vote in said election, how the
ballot shall be prepared and counted
and how the result shall be declared,
to comply with all other require
ments of the Constitution of this
State as set forth in the Article,
Section and Paragraph above refer
red to and other purposes.’’
This, the 7th day of July, 1925.
WHENCE ALL THE MOSQUITOES?
The above question should be an.
swered and without delay, by the city
fathers. There has been no excuses
of rain this summer, yet the mos
quitoes are worse than they have
been in several years. To only the
casual observer it is apparent that
most vacant lots, and the City’s Park
are grown up in high weeds and grass
forming breeding places for mosqui
toes —some streets and side walks of
the city are «in the same condition —
some large ditches have not been
cleaned out in a year or more, and
the sanitary situation of the city is
becoming alarming—prompt attention
to these things and the expenditure
of a few hundred dollars in clearing
up the city will perhaps avert an
epidemic of disease. Just at this
time when the eyes of every body are
directed towards Douglas, the eyes
of the city fathers should be directed
towards making Douglas a desirable
place in which to live.
An epidemic of typhoid fever in
Douglas now would practically set at
naught all the efforts of the past
years towards making our city the
center of tobacco industry of the sec
tion.
The city fathers should at once cut
the weeds on the streets, side walks,
park and other places, clean out the
ditches, and require owners of vacant
lots to do likewise, on penalty of the
city doing it at their expenses, or
perhaps a fine by the Mayor. Let’s
everybody clean up our premises.
Prof. J. M. Thrash left Tuesday
for White Springs, Fla.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, ANb THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY l(i, 1925.
Now for A Little Rest*
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ROYAL ARCH MASONS !
MET AT VALDOSTA
t j
The district association of Royal ]
Arch Masons met in Valdosta last j
Thursday for their annual convention.
Fitzgerald was selected as the next
meeting place.
Valdosta won the plaudits of the
delegates for the splendid entertain
ment furnished those in attendance.
State officers were in attendance and
the business sessions were very in
teresting. Three candidates from
Douglas were given degrees, those be
injg'L. W. Drew, P. O. Kohn and Mr.
Stirewalt. Dr. J. M. Hall and S.
M. Moore attended the session from
Douglas, and Mr. Moore was elected
captain of the Host, and Dr. Hall
named treasurer.
Following is a list of officers elect
ed:
S. G. Pryor, of Fitzgerald, grand
high priest.
Rev. /. J. Cornish, Valdosta, king.
J. W. Long, of Ashburn, scribe.
John M. Hall, Douglas, threasur
er.
J. R. Dusenbury, of Valdosta,
scribe.
David L. Paulk, of Fitzgerald, chap
lian.
S. M. Moore, of Douglas, captain
of the host. ,
S. F. Overstreet, of Tifton, prin
cipal sojourner.
S. J. Smith, of Waycross, 1 master
of the third veil.
F. R. Sutton, of Daisy, master of
the second veil.
R. D. Reid, of Homerville, master
:f the first veil.
M'r. and Mrs. Thomas .Griffin and
Mack Griffin are spending the week
with Mr 3. Cottle Clark in Waycross.
Ed Poindexter, of Lenox, who has
been a patient at the Clark-Smith
Sanitariurp, returned to his home
Monday. His father, the Rev. J. D.
-Poindexter, arrived in Douglas Sun
day and accompanied him home.
Misses Mary Winn, Alma Pridgen,
Lurline Strickland and Evelyn Sikes
left Wednesday to be the guests of
friends in Augusta for a few days.
Miss Cleo Touchton is the guest of
her sister in Waycross.
Miss IrJ?y Cook left yesterday for
a visit to Athens and North Carolirka
where she will spend two months. '
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fields and lit
tle daughter, Elizabeth, of Miami, Fla.
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Farnell for a few days this week.
Miss Clara Walker has returned to
her home in Madison, Fla., after a
visit to her aunt, Mrs. Lonnie A.
Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stubbs has as
their guest, Mrs. J. L. Stubbs, of New
Orleans.
Mrs. Lewis) Keim of Fitzgerald
was the guest of Mrs. G. C. Smith
Wednesday.
Mr. T. H. Monk, of Miami, Fla.,
will join his family here today for
a visit at the home of Mrs. S. J.
Stubbs.
STATE MUTUAL RE
INSURANCE ORDEED
Rome, Ga., July 14. —An order di
recting W. A. Wright, Comptroller
General of Georgia, to advertise for
bids to reinsure the business of the
State Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of Rome, to be opened by him
August 12, was made public Tuesday
by Judge W. E. T.oomas, of Valdos
ta, before whom proceedings were
heard'several weeks ago in which cer
tain certificate holders asked that the
Comptroller be corfined in bis accep
tance of bids to certain corporate re
quirements.
The Comptroller will open bids for
the business and submit them to
Judge Thomas, with his recommen
dation, subject to the approval of the
court. The preliminary order, as
signed by Judge Thomas, will not be
appealed, it is understood.
This means that any insurance com
pany may submit a bid for the busi
ness of the Rome institution, but that
the Comptroller will not be bound by
the lowest bidder, but by the bidder,
in his opinion, representing the best
interests of the policyholders.
The Independent Insurance Com
pany, of Rome, composed of J. P.
Cooper, John M. Graham, M. S. La
nier and others, will submit a bid
along with other companies.
Mrs. Vida Tomlinson has as her
guest, her cousin, Miss Maria Strick
land, of Ray City.
Mr. E. L. Tanner and E. If. Jr., left
last Thursday week for Henderson
ville, N. C., where Mrs. Tanner and
daughter Janie Carrol, has been for
several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Tan
ner are expected to'return to Doug
las the last of the week.
Miss Hilta and Master Hersha Har
ris are guests of their aunt in East
man.
Mrs. R. O. Crocker and daughter,
of Atlanta, is of Mrs. Ralph
Ray Turner.
Miss Mary Roberts is visiting her
brother in Savannah.
Miss Vera Belle Barclay left today
for Thomasville to be the guest of
friends.
Glynn Harper is visiting his grand
parents in Plant City, Fla.
Miss Lucile Beasley left Tuesday
for a visit to friends in Augusta.
Miss Marie Ward is being delight
fully entertained as the guest
Sarah Hollond Hester in New Bern
N. C.
Mr. M. A. Parker spent Tuesday
in Hazlehurst.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gunter of Vi
dalia, were guests of their mother,
Mrs. B. H. Tanner Tuesday.
Mr. Donald P. McKay, of Cordele,
spent Sunday at the home of Dr. S.
L. Vinson.
Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Vinson and
daughter, Mrs. W. N. Dark, left Wed
nesday on a motor trip to Eatonton,
where they will be the guests of Mr.
an<T Mrs. Roy G. Vinson, for a few
days.
MISSING WORD CONTEST
CLOSES THIS WEEK
The missing word contest which has
beeh running in The Progress for
thirteen weeks comes to <a close
with this issue. All replies must be
in the office by Saturday at noon to
be counted.
The answers will be checked up and
:he successful contestant or contes
tants will be announced later. It will
not be necessary for those interested
to come to the office, as it will require
some time in which to find the cor
rect answers. Announcement will be
made in the paper as to the winners,
but as soon as learned the winners
will be notified and will receive the
awards.
NICHOLLS WANTS
LOCAL SCHOOL DIST.
The first substantial movement to
establish consolidated schools in tof
fee county is being undertaken by
Nicholls and a bill is pending in the
legislature which would incorporate
that city and a wide territory into
one school district. The plan carries
with it a bond issue for adequate
school buildings, the equalizing of
opportunities for the rural students
of that section with those of the
children in town.
It is proposed to include in the
school district sufficient territory to
raise adequate funds to maintain a
high school on a high standard. A
large number of leading business
men of that section are behind the
movement, and from reliable sources
comes information that there will
likely be no opposition to the plan.
MR. JAMES BLAND DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
In the death of Mr. Ja3. Bland
which occurred Saturday afternoon
about four o’clock from a heart at
tack, Douglas has lost a respected
and sterling citizen. Mr. Bland who
was 59 years of age had been a resi
dent of this city for more than fifteen
years, coming here from Baxley in
Appling county, where he had lived
for a time after leaving the place of
his birth in Bulloch county. He has
been a successful business man since
coming to Douglas.
He had been confined to his home
for several days away from his busi
ness, but ws3 able to be up. It was
while he was sitting in a chair on the
porch of his home that he wasstrick
en. His adopted 12-year-old son,
Leon Bland was the only one near
him, and aid was summoned quickly.
Mrs. G. H. Bridges, a sister and who
lived nearby arrived in time to see
him breathe his last. Mrs. Bland
was at the market and grocery store
operated by Mr. Bland and when she
arrived at the residence he was dead.
■ The funeral services were conduc
ed at the Baptist church by Dr. Carl
W. Minor on Sunday afternoon at
four o’clock and the remains interred
in the city cemetery.
The immediate family surviving
are his wife and two adopted sons,
Leon and Cleon,,twin brothers, twelve
years of age, and children of his bro
ther.
Surviving broehers and sisters are:
D. D. Bland, W. G. Bland and W. W.
Bland, o fßaxley, R. L. Bland, of
Waycross, Shelton Bland of West
Palm Beach, Florida, Mrs. Jake
Johnson, of Alma, Mrs. G. H. Bridges
of this city, Mrs. Minnie Peacock, of
Eastman, and Mrs. Ben Johnson, of
Waycross, all of whom were present
at the funerai and interment. His
mother, Mrs. W. H. Bland, of Alma,
also survives.
Attending the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Bland and family, of
Waycross, Mrs. B. M. Johnson, of
Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pea
cock, of Eastman, W. G., W. W., and
D. D. Bland, of Baxley, Shelton Bland
of West Palm Beach, Fla., Mrs. J.
Johnson and Mrs.' W. H. Bland, of
Alma. Bernice Bridges and Herbert
Blackburn, of Valdosta.
TOBACCO SHEETS
I offer waterproof tobacco sheets
50c each. Plain sheets 45c.
9-16 R. W. GRIFFIN.
51.50 Per Annum in Advance
BILL WOULD CLASSIFY
HOSPITALSWITH HOTELS
A bill introduced in the legislature
by Representative G. M. Ricketson,
of this county, would protect hos
pitals in the same manner that hotels
are protected, making it a misdemea
nor for patients leaving the hospitals
without payment, or suitable arrange
ment with the management for fees
charged.
The bill is the conception of local
hospital managers and is designed to
prevent what is alleged, heavy losses
and without recourse whatever.
A bill has also been drafted and
will be presented by Mr. Ricketson
which would enable the city of Doug
las to exempt from taxation for stat
ed period, probably five years, new
industries coming into the commun
ity. Similar bills have been present
ed in a great many counties -of the
state, and practically all of the larg
er cities are asking for this privilege.
MASHBURN VICKERS GOES
WITH JACKSONVILLE BANK
Mashburn Vickers, who, for the
past several years has been a valued
employe of the Union Banking Com
pany of this city, leaves the latter
part of this week for Jacksonville,
Florida, where he has accepted a
position with the Atlantic National
Bank. Mr. Vickers is a young man
of many capabilities, and doubtless
will merit the promotion he has re
ceived in banking circles.
FARMERS' CONFERENCE
LAST WEEK IN AUGUST
(By A. S. Bussey, County Agent)
During the last week in August the
State College of Agriculture at Ath
ens will hold a County Agents Con
ference. This week will be devoted
to discussing various phases of the
County Agents problems, but the es
pecial attention to Marketing. They
have set aside two days of this week,
the 24th and 25th, specially for farm
ers. The cost for board and lodging
for these two days will be $3.00; if a
farmer wants to stay the whole week,
from Monday until Saturday the cost
will be $7.00.
W'hile there the farmers will stay
in Camp Wilkins, the Camp built es
pecially for the boys and girls clubs,
but will be turned over to the farm
ers for this week. This camp is on
the campus of the College of Agri
culture, within a half mile of the
main building. W’hile there the
farmers will attend the various lec
tures and discussions at the College,
and have the privilege of visiting
all the different departments, such as
poultry, field crops, live stock, gard
ening, etc., and asking all the ques
tions they like. It will be a mighty
fine trip.
It is about 230 miles from Douglas
to Athens, by way of Macon. You
can leave Douglas early in the morn
ing and get to Athens for Supper,
Why not let’s get up two or three
car loads of farmers and spend the
week up there? Three or four farm
ers can get together with one man
that has a car and pay his gas and
oil and maybe board for him to fur
nish the car. It will be a trip you
will never regret. Let’s go up for
the two days, 24th and 25th, if we
don’t stay the week. I will have to
stay the week.
If you are interested in this trip,
get in touch with me and I will try
to help you make arrangements. It
is a mighty fine thing to get out and
see what the other fellow is doing.
Several County Agents from middle
and North Georgia have all ready
brought bunches of farmers in here
to see what we are doing, and there
will be another bunch in here this
week from Jefferson County. You
can always learn something from the
other fellow, even if it is nothing but
making you love your home county
better. Let’s go.
MASONS ATTENDING
BRUNSWICK CONVENTION
Dr. J. M. Hall, Sr., H. G. Fussell,
and R. J. Cornelius are attending the
Eleventh District Masonic convention
meeting in Brunswick Wednesday and
Thursday % this week. Mr. Fussell
is secretary-treasurer cf the associa
tion, and Dr. Hall is representing
Douglas Lodge 386, while Mr. Corne
lius goes as a delegate from Wilcox
Lodge 668.