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4.VTTEE COUNTY PROGRESS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
FREI) RICKETSON, Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Doug
las, Georgia, as Second Class Mail
Matter under the Act of Congress
Match 3rd, 1879.
OFFICIAL ORGAN:
County of Coffee and City of Nicholls
Thursday, August 6, 1925.
MRS. HEATH AGAIN
WITH THE PROGRESS
We are glad to announce th return
of Mrs. L. E. Heath as a member of
the Progress’ reporting staff. Mrs.
Heath for a time was a valued asso
ciate of the paper, and the connec
tion dates almost to the beginning of
the paper more than eleven years
ago. The management is planning
changes and improvements that we
hope will give to the people of Doug
las and Coffe County a much more
creditable paper.
LABOR AT A PREMIUM
There is an intense demand for la
bor in this section. Any kind of help
draws good pay, an dyet there are a
number of worthless negroes and
white people who find it necessary to
join in and help. Where a loafer is
found he should be forced to work or
move on.
/
We are indebted to The Savannah
Morning News for special favors in
the way of write-ups and to the
Florida Times Union for editorial
comment on our city. It is difficult
to calculate the value of such adver
tising in two of the premier South
ern Jaurnals.
False report in daily press
It is indeed fine to see such news
papers as the Tifton Gazette, the
Savannah Morning News and the
Albany Herald take definite stands
on publication of misquotations of
prices and pounds of tobacco sold on
the South Georgia market. Very
emphatic statements have appeared
editorially in those publications with
in the past week, and this is calculat
ed to bring to mind the injury that
comes with attempted “cheat.”
Douglas is the oldest Georgia to
bacco market. It was in Coffee coun
ty, in the Nicholls district that the
tobacco thought was brought to Geor
gia. Douglas, the aggressive city
that she has always been, adopted
the idea and forthwith overshadowed
the smaller city by promoting its cul
tivation. Nicholls and Douglas made
ft start and it seems that almost all
Georgia is destined to follow.
It is not by any means a new thing
in Douglas to have tobacco sales. We
have even been “through the mill” so
to speak, having seen severest re
verses, and at time, witnessed the
Bplendid profits that have come to
South G£«»rgia growers. In years
past it MSsed to be an innovation in
cify and county.
Two years ago The Coffee County
Progress began a campaign against
misrepresentathm editorially and
otherwise on misquotations from the
then new markets springing up. We
defy all Georgia to find where any
legally constituted press correspond
ent has telegraphed or written in-
correct data concerning the tobacco
crop to the daily press from Douglas,
and surely we can vouchsafe any
statement that has appeared in our
publication. Therefore it is gratify
ing to gain the assistance of such
able newspapers as those referred to.
Up to date three markets have
marketed one-third of the Georgia
crop and those markets are Dougl a s
Blackshear and Nashville. This fact
will prevail when the season is closed.
There are other markets in the state
that are substantially reliable, and
these include Tifton end Valdosta who
are not equal to the three markets
in m’unds sold, but who have had
for several years. There
in the same class, so fer
■? record straight is
local papers that
the facts, but
HINU S are cs n e( i upon.
OU J es f a l se hotfds
rritively misleading
STI
’ it is not ill-appro-
OU to relate
CTT is not wholly ab
ing tobacco. This
.?£?d, and a great many
rowers have been de
- the influx of splendid
te older tobacco belts,
•s make it a profitable
at the same time,
—ich or more diversifi
*Farm in Coffee county
->ther county in the
‘he tobacco crop be
unprofitable, it is almost conclusive
that our people would be able to rea
lize profits on their cotton, corn,
sweet potatoes, etc. Many have adop
ted tobacco almost exclusively, but a
failure of profit and yield will show
the folly of such a system.
Coffee county, we believe, is the
largest single tobacco producing coun
ty in Georgia. We believe it will con
tinue to be so, and we firmly believe
that Douglas, with it’s advantages
from a territorial standpoint, as well
as it’s geographical location will
maintain as the state’s foremost
market. Yet we do not find it neces
sary to send out false reports in or
der to get tobacco brought to the
local market from distances of over
a hundred miles almost daily.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
East Ward Street.
Sunday School at 10:15 a. m.
Preaching Service 11:30 a. m.
(No Evening Service.)
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8:30
p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us.
tf W. E. SMITH, Pastor.
BYRD NOMINATED
BY BIG MAJORITY
Richmond, Va., Aug. 5. —State Sen
ator Harry Flood Byrd, of Winches
ter, Va., newspaperman, orchardist
and brother of Lieutenant-Command
er Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., in
charge of the naval flyers with the
MacMillan North Pole expedition,
was nominated governor of Virginia
in the democratic primaries Tuesady
by the greatest majority in the his
tory of gubernational primaries in
the state.
Just how large was his majority
will not be known uptil official re
turns have been canvassed. It is ex
pected to be between 35,000 ano 40,-
000 votes, and his followers are claim
ing it will run to more than 45,000 as
the ballots in many of the mountain
precincts still unheard from are
counted.
Mr. Byrd put in a busy day today
at his home in Winchester reading a
deluge of telegrams, answering scores
of congratulatory telephone calls and
in receiving many neighbors in Win
chester, Frederick county and the
valley of Virginia as a whole, was
motored over to extend their good
wishes. Conspicuous amount of tele
grams were one from State Senator
G. Walter Mapp, of Accomac, his op
ponent in the primary, and one from
State Senator C. O’Connor Goolrick,
of Fredericksburg, one of Mapp’s
most ardent supporters.
FOR SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Coffee County,
will be sold at public outcry on Tues
day, September Ist, 1J125, before the
court house dqm; in said county, be
tween the legalhours of sale, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit: 40
acres in lot of land No. 340 in the
Fifth District of Coffee County, Ga ,
bounded as follows: West by original
land line. North and East by lands of
Aaron Metis, Jr-. South by other
lands of Aaron Metts, Sr. Also 60
acres of lot of land No. 339, sth Dis
trict Coffee County, Ga., bound"-! on
the North and Soutn oy Thnds of A.
Metts. Jr.. East by original land line,
West by lands formerly -owned by
Henry Metts and now owned by the
loan company. Also the following
described lands situated in Atkinson
County. Ga., 90 acres of lot of land
No 352 in the sth land district of
«aid county, bounded as follows:
North by lands of Bessie Brogden,
East by origina Hand line. South by
lends of Sallie Metts, West by lands
of Raifo r d Metts.
ELIJAH METTS. Amdr..
of estate of Aaron Metts, Sr.
' 13-20-27
Dr. I. W. Moorman presented The
Progress with a freak persimmon
this week. It is a three-in-one spe
cimen and is of the Japanese variety.
It is in shape exactly like a molar
tooth, but is too small for any pur
pose other than to look at. Dr. Moor
man is the type of farmer that pro
duces things so fast on the farm that
freaks are bound to appear. He es
tablishes the claim that he never
leaves his farm of mornings without
bringing enough produce of some kind
to pay expenses for the day.
FOR SALK —Mules in excellent con
dition, and at your own price. We
have the kind you will need. See or
call Robert Day, Douglas, Ga. ad
TAX YEVY
GEORGIA. Coffee County.
At the regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Coffee Coun
ty, Georgia, at the August term 1925,
the following resolution was passe 1
by the entire Board, to-wit: Lewis
Vickers, P. L. Moore and A. .1, Meek*,
fixing the amount of the levy of taxes
for the year 1925, for Coffee C unty,
Georgia.
It appearing to the Commissioner*
of Roads and Revenues in and for
said c.unty of Coffee, State of Geor
COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS
gia, from the Tax digest and from
the report of the Tax Receiver of
said County for the year 1925, that
the vaiue of the taxable property,
both real and personal property of
the County of Coffee, as returned and
assessed for the year 1925, is the sum
of $4,424,773.00 Dollars, and it appear
ing that the tax rate fixed by the
State of Georgia for State purposes
is five' (5) mills, or fifty (50c) cents
on each one one Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars of property:
It is therefore ordered by the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues
in and for Coffee County, Georgia,
that the County tax rate for Coffee
County, Georgia, for the year 1925 be,
and the same is hereby fixed at Six
teen (16) mills, or One and six-tenths
(1.6) cents on the dollar, making a
total of Sixteen ($16.00) Dollars on
each One Thousand $1000.00) Dollars
be and the same is hereby levied in
the following amounts and for the fcl
lowing purposes:
1. To pay legal indebtedness of
the County due. or to become du?
during the year, or that is pest due,
Three and One Fourth (3 1-4) mills.
2. To build and repair bridges, fer
ries, court-house and jail and other
improvements, according to nontract,
Twj and Four-tenths (2.4) mills.
3. To pay expenses incurred in the
support of the poor of the County as
prescribed in the Code of Georgia,
Three Fourths (3-4) of one mill.
4. To pay the expenses of work
ing roads, maintaining convicts, and
working same on said roads in and
for said county, under the provisions
of the law, Six (6) mills.
5. To pay coroners all fees that
may be due bv the County for hold
ing inquests, One-tenth (1-10) of one
mill.
6. To pay Sheriffs, bailiffs, jail
ms and other officer’s fees that may
be legally entitled to pay out of the
County, Three Fourths (3-4) of one
mill.
7. To pay the expenses of Bailiffs,
of Court, non-resident witnesses in
riminal cases, fuel, servant hire and
stationery, One Fourth (1-4) of one
nill.
8. To pay jurors per diem compen
sation for sevices in the Courts of
said County. One (1) mill.
9. To pay any other lawful
charges against said county, On® and
one-half (1 1-2) mills.
TAXES 'FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
10. In addition to the above levy,
it is hereby ordered that a tax of
Five (5) Mills be, and the same is
hereby levied upon all of the prop
erty subject to taxation in the coun
tv outside of the incorporate limits
of the cities of Douglas, Broxton and
Nicholls, for school purposes, in ac
cordance with the law by special elec
tion held, and rate fixed by the Board
of Education in and for said county.
11. That a tax of Two and One
half (2 1-2) mills upon all of the
property in said county, both real
and personal, be and the same is
hereby levied for educational pur
poses, the same to be appropriated to
the use of the county Board of Educa
tion, and Educational work directed
by them.
12. It is further ordered that the
sum of Three (3) Mills on the Dol
lar or. Thirty cents on the Hundred
Dollars worth of. Taxable property,
be, and the same is hereby levied on
<*■ the taxable property of Coffee
County, situated in what is known as
the West Green School District, as
the local district school tax levy, for
he purpose of maintaining and sup
oorting the schools of said district
for the year 1925. Said levy to be in
addition to the County wide school
tax levies heretofore made by this
Board. It is further ordered that
said local school district tax be col
lected by the proper officers and paid
over to the Secretary and Treasurer
of said West Green School District.
13. It is further ordered that the
sum of Two (2) Mills or Twenty cents
on the Hundred Dollars worth of
taxable property, be. and the same is
itereby levied on all of the taxable
property of Coffee County, situated
in what is known as the Bethany
School District, as the local district
School tax levy, for the purpose of
maintaining and supporting the
schools of said district for the year
1925. Said levy to be in addition to
the County wide school tax levies
neretofore made by this board. It is
further ordered that said District
school tax be collected by the proper
officers and paid over to the Secre
tary and Treasurer of said Bethany
School District.
14. It is further ordered that the
sum of Four (4) Mills or Forty (40)
cents on the Hundred Dollars worth
of taxable property, be and the same
is hereby levied on all of the taxable
oroperty of Coffee County, situated
in what is known as the Lax School
District as the local district school
tax levy, for the purpose of main
taining and supporting the schools of
said District for the year 1925. Said,
levy to be in addition to the County
Wide School Tax levies heretofore
made by this Board. It is further
ordered that said local District School
Tax be collected by the proper of
ficers and paid over to the Secretary
and Treasurer of said Lax School Dis
trict.
It is further ordered that this
sum of Five (5) Mills of Fifty (50c)
on the Hundred Dollars worth of Tax
able property, be, and the same is
hereby levied on all of the taxable
property of Coffee County, situated
in what is known as the Ambrose
School District, as the local District
school Tax, lew, for the purpose of
maintaining and supposing the
schools of said district for the year
1925. Said lew to be in addition to
the County wide school Tax levies
heretofore made bv this Board. It
is further ordered that said local dis
trict school tax be collected by the
wooer officers and paid over to the
Secretary and Treasurer of said Am
brose' School District.
It is furteher ordered that thi«
lew be entered umn minutes of
this Court, and advertised as provid
ed by law.
I" ren me->ting. this the ?. 1 da'
of August 1925.
LEWIS VTPKERS. Chairman.
A. ,T. MtcTK*?. Comm’ssioner.
P. T MOOFF, Commission o’-. 0 ’ - .
A. W. HADDOCK. Clerk .0-13-20-27
WE BEGIN THIS WEEK
Our Great
Season-End
Clearance
Sale!
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF STANDARD MERCHANDISE
IS MARKED DOWN TO AND BELOW COST. THERE
CAN BE FOUND NO SUCH VALUES ELSEWHERE IN
THIS IMMEDIATE SECTION.
We are making these drastic reductions because
we need room for new goods--because we won’t let
our stocks get old on our hands, and carried over—
because lines are broken and not as complete as they
were—because early buyers have had a whole season’s
wear out of their ready-to-wear;
Vc . *
Here are some of the prices—Now SAVE!
Special Saturday
10 YARDS DRESS GINGHAMS
89c
From 9:30 to 12 A. M., August 8.
Monday Special * 89c
1 — ——
500 Pairs i
lc -Safe Shoes- lc
First Pair 99c, Second Pair for lc.
DRESS GOODS
i 50 Specials, Clearance price
Consisting of fancy
VOILES, and NORMANDY'S SUITING
Formerly priced at 80c and up
SPECIAL 39 c
BROADCLOTH DRESSES
One lot of Broadcloth Dresses formerly
sold up to $15.00, Special Clearance Sale
$1.95
MEN’S OVERALLS
Men’s Overalls 95C
Special Clearance Sale
We are going away to the markets right
away and these goods must move at once.
THE HARRIS STORE
Douglas’ Leading Store
Special Monday
Remnants and Clearance on
SILKS, TAFFETAS, MUSLINS,
SATTEENS, GEORGETTE, CREPE DE
CHINE
of all shades, 36-inch wide for only
98c
Men’s Work Shirts >jq
Special Clearance Sale ...
Men’s Dress Shirts -j OQ
Special Clearance Sale .. w 1
Men’s Dress Pants <£ j OQ
Special Clearance Sale . . .. a
Four or Five Hundred tf* -i £Q
Straw Hats, your choice v l •DI7
200 House Aprons, made up as on
House Dress, Special OJ/C
Thursday, August 6,