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fife t dtotmig JI confess. Volume XI—No. 41. STATE AND COUNTY TAX LEVY REMAINS THE SAME AS 1924 The County Commissioners have fix ed the 1925 tax levy at sixteen mills, or $16.00 on the thousand. This is the same rate that was levied in 1924. This rate will prevail except in some of the districts where a local school tax is levied. There are local school districts which levy a special tax of from 3 to 5 mills at West Green, Am brose, Bethany and Lax. The rate for the past year was in creased in order to take care of a deficit in the county school fund. It is planned to retire this indebtedness in two more years, including 1925. The rate in Coffee county is lower than in a great many counties, and higher than only a very small percent age of them in Georgia. The largest items are for schools and maintenance of the county road system, which is considered amone the best in the state in counties of similar class. The financial affairs of Coffee n un ty are in excellent shape, and bills met promptly, no vouchers being issued that are not promptly paid. The balance sheet would be about even if all items due the county were paid. \ TO MEET The church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter Day Saints is to hold a two day conference next Saturday and Sun day August the Bth and 9th. Mem bers will be present from all over Southern Georgia, some coming 'rom as far south as Tampa, Fla., to at tend. Pres. Chas. A. Callis -of Atlanta, Ga., who has charge of the Mor an missionary activities in the Southern states will be in attendance and will address the congregation. The public is cordially invited to attend and hear Pres Callis and oth ers speak. There will also be present some twenty traveling preachers. REV. MINGLEDORFF APPOINTED TO BRUNSWICK CHURCH Rev. Claude Mingledorff, who has been living on his farm near Douglas for several months, has been appoint ed pastor of the McKendree church. He received his appointment this week from Bishop W. N. Ainsworth. The vacancy in the pastorate of the McKendree church came about through the transferring of several preachers, following the death -of Rev Pafford, pastor of Sylvania. Rev. Mingledorff takes charge of his new work next Sunday, but is undecided yet as to when he will move his family, as the conference year is nearing an end and his farm cannot be left without some one to look after it. They have made many friends since ►coming here who will always be in terested in their work. ANNUAL MOTORCADE Atlanta, Ga., Aug. s.—Towns through** Georgia on the Dixie Highway are planning elaborate re ceptions for the tenth annual motor cade that will start from Saulte St. Marie, Mich., and-traverse the entire length of the highway. The delega tion of cars, is due to reach Georgia luring October, and is scheduled to irrive in Atlanta about the 13th. The Dixie Highway is now open ’or travel the year round, making a :ompletion of the highway makes it to longer necessary to ship cars into the South in the winter, and many are expected to buy cars and tour the gouth via the highway. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is planning a barbecue to welcome the motorists. The progress of the motorcade will be broadcasted by station WGST. The circles of Methodist Mission ary Society will be entertained Mon day by the following members: No. 1, with Mrs. Homer J. Boatwright; No. 2, with Mrs. J. S. Pridgen; No. 3, with Mrs. Hutch Williams; No. 4, with Mrs. J. A. Roberts, No. 5, with Mrs. Claude Stubbs. Dr. and Mrs. William Vickers of Miami, Florida, are guests of their daughter, Mrs. S. M. Moor#. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICEOLLS DOUGLAS KIWANIS VISIT OCILLA CLUB ONJLAST FRIDAY A joint meeting of the Douglas and Ocilla Kiwanis Clubs was held in Ocilla last Friday. The meeting was occasioned by the presentation of the Heinze trophy to the Ocilla Club by the Douglas Club. The cup was presented to the Douglas Club three weeks ago by Waycross Ki wanians who visited Douglas twenty two strong. Twelve members of the Douglas Kiwanis Club went to Ocilla, and Vice-President R. A. Moore presided in the absence of President J. M. Thrash, who was unable to attend due to unavoidable circumstances. Presi dent J. C. Smith, of the Ocilla Club was in the chair for the hostess Club, and he is a delight in his place, mak ing things so pleasantly agreeable to the Douglas visitors that each felt a desire to reciprocate in some way. Following the routine business, which was despatched in strictly Ki wanis style, a pleasing presentation address came from Mr. E. L. Gran lham who was chosen by the Doug las Club to make the presentation talk. Mr. Grantham’s theme was for Ki wan’&ns to con inue to “build senti ment” for even greater things than had yet been accomplished by them. “It is not altogether imbibed in that motto, “we build” buildings that does and should dominate Kiwanians,” said Mr. Grantham. He indicated h : s meaning by saying that the :pirit v/Lich brought prohibition, that builds white ways in cities, builds schools and religious thought, a finer and better atmosphere for the home, a better atmosphere for the home, a better place for the underprivileged child, were some of the things chat dominate Kiwanis thought. He re ferred to the fight that is being wag ed in Georgia today for greater indus trial development by bringing capi tal into the state by offering the in dustrial world “tax free’ inducement to come here to invest. Mr. Grantham made an eioquent and logical address of ten minutes that was indeed appropriate. The response was by the Rev. L. C. Gray, pastor of the Ocilla Methodist church, who proved himself a scholar in the minds of Douglas Kiwanians who heard him. He is indeed a ver satile speaker, a student —and a thorough Kiwanian in word and spirit. Mr. John R. Slater, President of the Georgia Association, brought to the minds of the Kiwanians some beautiful thoughts and presented in a very emphatic manner the losses Georgians have been sustaining by not being awake to the advantages that surround them. He referred to health conditions, using Georgia as an illustration brought out the fact that Georgia stands 4th in rank among the states 1 in America in low death rate and I prevailing health conditions, and this, with less adequate laws govwrn ing disease control, keeping of vital statistics, and other features that promote health and prevent disease. Mr. Slater recited that New England Cotton mills and other manufactur ers were moving to this state because of health conditions, not only into Georgia, but the Southeast. The Ocilla Club voted to take the trophy presented them to the Tifton Club on the following Friday, August 7. This cup is to be presented to the Kiwanis Club in Georgia which is best represented in point of at tendance at the state meeting which is to be held in Albany in October. The number of members enrolled and the distance traveled will govern in presenting thi3 beautiful token, an idea conceived by one of Georgia’s foremost and beloved Kiwanians, Henry C. Heinze, of Atlanta, treas urer of the Kiwanis International. DEATH OF FORMER DOUGLAS WOMAN AT FITZGERALD Fitzgerald, Ga„ Aug. s—Mrs. B. R. Sanders whose death occurred early Monday morning was buried in Ever green cemetery late yesterday even ing, Rev. J. F. Singleton 'S? the Frst Baptist church officiating. Besides her husband she is survived by two children, Earl and Mickie Sanders, all of this city. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925. SOUTH CAROLINA MARKET OPENING Florence, S. C., Aug. s.—From re ports received here last night from a majority of the tobacco markets of the eastern section of South Caro lina upon which the opening sales of the season were held Tuesday, it is estimated that at least a million and a puaiter pounds of tobacco were marketed at prices ranging from four cents a pound to fifty cents a pound. The average price was figured by tobacco men from information re ceived from the various reporting warehouses, to lie between 18 and 19 cents a pound. Of the tobacco marketed the ware houses of the Tobacco Cooperative Marketing Association claim to have taken in first deliveries, three hun dred thousand pounds, upon which they advanced sixty-five per cent. This advance was 15 per cent higher than was expected and came as a sur prise to tobacoo circles. According to figures available Tim monsville led in the bright belt with two hundred fourteen thousand at an average of $19.76. Official Report of Tobacco Sales Week of July 28 fo Aupsf 1. According to the Georgia Cooperative Crop Reporting service, Peter V. Rice, statistican for the Georgia depart ment of agriculture, bright leaf tobacco sales at 42 ware houses in Georgia last week totaled 2,964,884 pounds, which sold at an average price of 15-85 per pound, and brought the growers $467,190.37. Following is a tabulated report of the 42 warehouses: Pound Sold Ave. Price Location and Name of Warehouse First Hand. Per lb ALBANY— Albany warehouse 18,918 14.19 ALMA— Tobacco Sales warehouse 98,364 14.23 BAINBRIDGE— Bainbridge Tobacco warehouse .... 56,464 12.34 BAXLEY— Planters’ warehouse 63,746 i 14.84 Piedmont warehouse 60,318 16.74 BLACKSHEAR— The Farmers’ warehouse 106-310 16.83 The Big “Z” warehouse 42,408 16-86 Morgan’s Brick warehouse 80,002 16.04 Planters’ warehouse 189,924 16.44 CAIRO— Planters’ warehouse 54,436 14.70 CAMILLA— Planters’ warehouse 59,314 16.19 Camilla Tobacco warehouse 35,056 16.51 DOUGLAS— The Big O. K. Tobacco warehouse... 103,324 17.79 Farmers’ New Brick warehouse .... 112,702 13.97 The Red warehouse 52,156 17.18 Growers’ warehouse 63,092 15,80 DUBLIN— Carter’s warehouse 13.302 10.05 FITZGERALD— Central warehouse 6,820 11.97 Lon Dickey Tobacco warehouse .... 14,674 12-44 HAHIRA— Hahira warehouse 30,592 14.74 Gold Leaf warehouse 10,736 17.02 Farmers’ Independent warehouse.. 42,264 15.08 HAZLEHURST— Planters’ warehouse 53,190 17.43 Gravely’s warehouse 81,020 16.46 LYONS— Planters’ whse. (tbs sold for dealers) 32,018 14.87 Farmers’ warehouse 11,486 15.30 METTER— Central Tobacco warehouse 68,108 13.84 MOULTRIE— The New Farmers’ warehouse 74,412 14.74 NASHVILLE— Star warehouse 42,618 15.35 Farmers’ warehouse 93,314 16.24 Planters’ warehouse 70,260 15-96 Union warehouse 99,932 17.25 PELHAM— Smith’s warehouse 1 181,760 13.87 QUITMAN— Brooks County warehouse 131,000 13.73 THOMAiSVILLE— Thomas County Tobacco warehouse. 64,776 13.66.. TIFTON— Fenner’s warehouse 18,814 17.98 New Brick warehouse 94,424 16.23 Banner warehouse 123,380 16.77 VALDOSTA— B. B. Saunders’ warehouse 156,590 13.19 Alliance Tobacco whse—fTo receipt recenived. Farmers’ Tobacco warehouse 87,974 16.04 VIDALIA— Vidalia warehouse 125.004 16-91 Ga. Tob. whse. —No receipts received. WAYCROSS— . , Waycross Tobacco i ____________ ______ Totals 2,964,884 15.85 THURSDAY BIGGEST DAY ON DOUGLAS TOBACCO MARKET QUARTER MILLION POUNDS SOLD ON THE FLOORS OF FOUR WAREHOUSES GASKIN SPRINGS NO LONGER PROPERTY OF CHURCH According to the provision made in the original will that conveyed the land at Gaskin Springs to the local Methodist church, the land has passed •hack into the hands of the heirs of the late Joel Gaskin. The Methodists were to own the property so long as it was used and kept up as a camp ground, but a meeting has n t been held there in' several years. To the older ones of Coffee County, who have experienced some wonderful spiritual feats out there and a week of quiet rest from the outside world, this loss is a source of deep regret. But like so many other things that people love and cherish, Gaskin Springs camp meeting has become only a memory. DOUGLAS FISHING CLUB RESTOCKS WITH BASS; The Douglas Fishing Club, com posed of about forty prominent citi zens of this city, received about 10,- 000 black bass from the Government Fishery at Warm Springs this week and have placed them in the Satilla river near their camp site. Congress man Lankford was instrumental in securing an allotment of 10,000 fish each year for the next five years, and these will also be placed in the Satilla. The club will not place these fish, which are ideal for this stream all n their lands, but will distribute them from their camp down the river for several miles. This club has gone on record as endorsing the bill presented to the Legislature by Senator Pickren, of the 4th district which prohibits fish ing by parties without a written per mit from April to July. This bill is designed to prevent fishing during bedding season, which has done much to deplete the supply of fish in the Satilla, one of the best fishing streams in Georgia. The Waycross Fishing Club placed a similar amount of fish in the river the same day those were placed by the Douglas club, and the local club ha 3 suggested the matter to the Ma con, Ga., Club, and it is planned to restock and conserve the supply in the Satilla. The Douglas club owns several miles along the river and has did club house, and many enjoyable trips are made during the spring and summer months, and few failures are recorded of good catches. SAPP’S PHARMACY, INSTALLS NEW REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM Sapp’s Pharmacy has this week in stalled a new refrigeration system in their popular place, in the form of an ice cream cabinet, of refrigidaire. This is the latest word in refrigera tion, and enables them to keep six different flavored creams at 20 de grees. It is sanitary and represents a great saving in cost of ice. These gentlemen invite the public to in spect this splendid acquisition to their business. LUMBER COMPANY SEEKS TO BE INCORPORATED The Pat Darby Lumber Company is the name of a new lumber com pany which will establish headquar ters in Douglas. The firm is com posed of Mr. A. P. Darby and Messrs- C. M- and F. S. Stubbs, all of thi3 city. The new company will manufacture lumber, operate a planer, handling all classes of dressed and rough lumber at wholesale and retail. A lumber yard will be maintained in Douglas. Mr. Darby, an experienced lumber man will be manager for the new plant, and a saw mill of considerable capacity will be operated in Douglas, and smaller mills will be operated elsewhere. MRS. PAUL FULWOOD OF TIFTON SPEAKS HERE Monday afternoon the women of the Methodist church had a rare treat in the address of Mrs. Paul Fulwood of Tifton. She talked on Steward ship, which began with a splendid explanation of tithing. Mrs. Fulwood became interested in tithing as a young woman and be ing anxious to know it from the Bible’s standpoint, she “searched the scriptures” earnestly until she be came satisfied. In her study she re ceived an inspiration that she had been passing on to others for years. She is frequently before congre gations and her messages have bless ed thousands. She has often been referred to as “Ruth of the Cabbage Patch.” She is well known here as she is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vickers of Tifton, and has often visited her relatives here. $1.50 Per Annum in Advance The first four days of this week there has been sold on the Douglas tobacco market 560,950 pounds. This brings the season’s total up to ap proximately 725,000 pounds. Indications are that Friday’s sales will be large, and little less than a Million peunds will be sold for the first two weeks. Those in best posi tion to know state that between ten and fifteen per cent of the crop only has been disposed of to date. The growers Warehouse sold this week as follows: Monday, 14,218, price average 17.03; Tuesday 21,392, price average 19.03; Wednesday, 24,- 712, price average 18.52; Thursday, 76,798, price average 17.03. Total pounds sold 137,120. Farmers Warehouse sold as fol lows: Monday, 15,202, price average 19.03; Tuesday, 27,052, price average 16.24; Wednesday, 24,554, price av erage 17.08; Thursday, 32,486, price average 14.07. Total pounds 99,294. The Big O. K. Warehouse sold; Monday, 27,416, price average 19.00; Tuesday, 67,822, price average 18.31; Wednesday, 63,850, price average 18.- 90; Thursday, 64,110, price average 15.55. The Red Warehouse sold: Monday, 6,836, price average 19.28; Tuesday, 21,176, price average 17.34; Wednes day, 22,428, price average 15.29; Thursday, 64,110, price average 19.- 19. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day Douglas led the state in sales and published price average. An er ror in a dispatch gave the total pounds sold Thursday less by four thousand pounds than it should have been. Some of the Georgia markets, while giving out the figures as to pounds sold, have ceased to publish the prices daily, letting the figures appear in the official report of the Department -of Agriculture report is rued weekly on Tuesdays. Some splendid averages have shown up this week on the market, one lot of tobacco weighing 1,916 pounds bringing an average of 28.50; an other of 530 pounds bringing 27.90; another nice lot averaging 2L40. An exceptional sale of 704 pounds brought an average of 37.05. Other lots including all grades brought 25, 29 and 30 at one house. Some dissatisfaction is noted among the farmers, just as is the case each year. Prices are little lower than last year, and no prediction can be made as to how the average will run after the better grades are placed on the market. Double sales continue daily, and next week will doubtless find much of the stalk tobacco on sale, and the mid-season will be near at hand by the latter part of next week. 43 SPECIAL TRAINS FOR KU KLUX KLAN Washington, Gug. s.—ln view of evidence greatly increasing the pros pective magnitude of the Ku Klux Klan demonstration here next Satur day, police officials are taking unus ual precautions. All policemen have been ordered bo duty and those not regularly as signed will be held in reserve at their respective precinct headquarters. The order will insure an extraor dinary police strength at instant call from 8 a. m. Saturday to 8 a. m. Sun day. “We do not expect trouble” said Acting Police Superintendent Evans today, “but we expect to be pre pared.” Although Klan officials have said the demonstration would be purely local in character the railroads con verging at the capital, have been ask ed to prepare to bring in upward of 50,000 visitors. Forty-three special trains have been placed on the schedule for Sat urday and more applications are ar riving daily. The specials already chartered will come from points as far west as Columbus, Ohio, as far far north as Duffalo, N. Y., and far south as Jacksonville.