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doffr* dtftmljj Progress, Volume XI—No. 42. Increase in • Volume and Price Mark Tobacco Sales For The Week RIOT RUMORS GAIN NOTORIETY FOR CITY Two farmers coming from a county beyond Bacon arrived on the floors of a local warehouse Tuesday night be tween four and six o’clock in the morning and related a ghastly story of a riot that had occurred in Doug las in which a couple of tobacco buy ers and a few “pin-hookers” had been slaughtered in a bloody struggle. The story continued that all the ware houses had be<?n closed down in this city except one, and conditions here were very badly demoralized. The gentlemen concluded to “take the risk” and brought their tobacco on to Douglas where they were told that not an arrest had been made in or around the warehouses in this city since the opening of the market, that no more peaceable city could be locat ed in the world, that if there had been any undue excitement it was because jthere is more tobacco being sold here than on a dozen of some of the smal ler markets, that sales were orderly, prices good, and general good feel ing existed in every quarter. We could not learn who told the story of death and destruction, but telephone calls came from Blackshear and other places asking to know who had been “Killed”. If Alma does not stop such rumors, the naughty little thing should be spanked. Of c urse, every one knows uo one concocted with the market, or interested in the town would spread such stuff as tnat, because people would flock here to see what it was all about. W. & A. SITUATION REGARDED AS ACUTE Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11.—Members of the House and Senate Western & Atlantic committees believe the time has come for action in the dispute - f more than 20 years standing between the city of Chattanooga and the State of Georgia over the W. & A. proper, ties in Chattanooga. The property there is in the center of the business district of the city and is one of he most valuable tracts in the city. Chattanooga wants to extend Broad street, which heads in to the N. C. & St. L. railroad station, on through the station and the W. & A erminal property to connect up with that portion of the city which has built up beyond the terminal prop erties. For two decades, the state has resisted successfully the efforts of the city to do this. It will not be but two or three more sessions of the Tennessee legislature, it is pointed out, before the city will be granted the authority to condemn the property, which it does not now possess, and go ahead, whether or no. Members of these committees now feel that if the state is to make an advantageous trade, it must act now with decision or run the risk of losing a great deal of money. They believe they are faced with a cruisial situa tion. This is the principal reason by the resolution now being put through the asembly providnig for the creation of a commission f 12 members to treat with the city and obtain the best possible deal for the state it can. The commission would be composed of the governor, Paul Trammell, C, M. Candler, six members of the house and three members of the senate. COURSON FAMILY REUNION GASKIN SPRINGS, AUG. 18. The annual family reunion of the Courson family will be held at Gas kin Springs on August 18th. The gathering of the county’s most promi nent families has been an annual af fair for years, and the beautiful site at Gaskin Springs has boon used for some time in honoring Mr. William B. Courson, a pioneer citizen of Cof fee county, who died several years ago. The relatives and friends of the family are invited and urged to at tend. A picnic dinner of the famous sort served by this family will be served. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS NEGRO BOUND OVER ON SERIOUS CHARGE Jce Brown, a negro man was given a commitment hearing here this week on a charge of assault and attempt to murder Jule Redding, another np gro, and the trial judge, J. J. Rogers bound him over on the charge to su perior court which convenes in Oc tober. Redding was shot four times by Brown about two weeks ago while they were engaged in a difficulty. Redding was not seriously wounded and appeared as prosecutor at the trial. Solicitor J. A. Roberts ap peared for the state and the defend ant was represented by Mingledorff & Gibson. FEDERAL AGENTS TURN EFFORTS TO OTHER SECTIONS While local officers dare not be lieve that Ware county is free from moonshine operations, government agents have passed the county up during recent v/eeks. The federal agents are centralizing their efforts in other portions of the state at the present time, local officers having been transferred more than a month ago. First steps in the government’s plan to centralize prohibition enforce ment in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, at Charlotte, will be taken in Atlanta Monday when J. D. Taylor, field supervisor of the North Carolina enforcement office, arrives to prepare a schedule of all govern ment property in the office of F. D. Dismuke, federal prohibition director of Georgia. .Under, the new plan of enforcing prohibition recently announced from Washington 22 prohibition districts will be established and a prohibition director will be placed in charge of each district. These districts will take the place of state boundaries in the divisions of the work.—Waycross Journal-Hrald. BAR COMMITTEE DECIDES DISTRICT The committee in Savannah of the Georgia Bar Association, which met yesterday at the Oglethorpe Club to consider a place for headquarters of the new Third district, will recom mend that the no*’ federal district to be known as the Southwestern dis trict, be created. This will include the present Ma con and Albany divisions of the South ern district, the Columbus division of the Northwestern district, and also certain counties_which will be cut off from Athens, Atlanta and Valdosta divisions. It thought Macon may be the headquarters. The chairman, Warren Grice of Ma con, is to confer with representatives of these border counties last men tioned as to changing them from the old districts to the new' district and ascertain their wishes. A subcom mittee, Mr. Grice, chairman; George S. Jones, Macon, and Judge A. B. Lovett, Savannah, was appointed to draft the bill creating the new dis trict. Another subcommittee will go to Washington to confer with the Georgia representatives in Congress and Georgia senators when the bill is introduced in December. Those present yesterday were Mr. Grice of Macon, chairman; John W. Bennett, Waycross; J. D. Pope, Al bany; George S. Jones, Macon; Dan G. Augusta; Judge A. B. Lovett, Savannah; Herman H. Swift, Columbus; John B. Gamble, Athens. CAR LOAD CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILES UNLOADED A car lead of Chevrolet automo biles have been unloaded in the city by the Broadhurst & Williams agency of Fitzgerald and will be placed on sale in Douglas. Their display rooms are on South Peterson avenue and all the latest models, with all Chevrolet improvements are included in the stock. There are some attrac tive prices and terms for prosepec tive purchasers in this lot of cars. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13,1925. SURPLUS OIL INSPECTION FEES BILL DEFEATED Atlanta, Ga., August 10.—Oppon ents of the $225,000 appropriation bill for agricultural and educational defeated the measure to day, by adopting a substitute in the committee of the whole house and then voting to make an unfavorable report of the substitute so adopted. The measure sought to appropriate $525,000 annually, from the surplus Irom oil inspection fees, which money goes into tne general treasury, to various educational and agricultural institutions in the state. The sub stitute measure would have appro priated SIOO,OOO for the $525,000 to the common schools. A test vote was taken when Rep resentative Wilhoit, of Warren, one of the authors of the substitute, of fered an amendment to the substi tute. It was adopted 93 to 62. The substitute measure was then adopt ed by a vote of 88 to 75. Representative of Dodge, an oponent of the original bill, then moved that the House, which was act ing £s a committee of the whole con sideration of the bill, report the meas ure to the House unfavorably. The vote on this motion was 92 to 57. Long and Hot Debate. The measure had betn under con sideration since last Friday, and had which reached its culmination today when Representative Barrett, of provoked lengthy and hot debate, Stephens, chairman of the appro priations committee, declared that a “conspiracy” had been formed to pass the bill. After adopting the substitute meas ure and voting, as a committee of the whole, to report the substitute un favorably, the House spent the re mainder of the morning session in debating on the question of whether or not to acquiesce in the committee report. The vote as finally taken was 100 to 82, thus killing both the origin al bill and the substitute. MRS. MAJOR BROWN’S SON MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER; ASKS FOR AID TO LOCATE HIM Mrs. Major Brown, of Douglas, Georgia, desires to enlist the aid of the press in locating her son, Cleo Roberts, who disappeared from the Public Schools in Douglas on Novem ber 7, 1924. Cleo will be fourteen years old in September, and is fair complected, and well grown to his age, with light hair and bluish grey eyes, and with a scar over left eye, and big scar in edge of hair over right eye. At the time he left home, his mother and step father were liv ing five miles from Douglas. His step father, Mr. Major Brown was employed as an automobile mechanic in a garage in Douglas, and each morning, he and his boy would come intcT town, Mr. Brown going to his work, and the boy to school. They carried their dinner and at noon, the boy would go to the garage, and he and his step father ate dinner to gether. On November 7th, 1924, the boy disappeared, and no trace of him has been found since, though his mother has made a nation-wide in quiry to locate him. Not evan any of his school mates knew anything about his going, or where he was go ing. His mother thinks that perhaps he fell in with some tourists going North or South and left in this man ner. She will appreciate any informa tion touching his whereabouts, which may be written or wired collect to Mrs. Major Brown, Douglas, Ga. Holton —Blitch. A marrige of interest to many peo pie here was the one of Mr. Pierce Groover Blitch of Savannah to Miss Ernestine Holton of that city. The brilliant wedding took place in Epworth church, Savannah, Tuesday, the ceremony being performed by his father, Rev. W. M. Blitch of Blakely, formerly pastor of the church here. 800,000 POONDS SOLD FIRST THREE DAYS OF WEEK; TOTAL TO 2,000,000 ON DOUGLAS MARKET. PRICES ROOSTED AS GETTER GRADES APPEAR ODD BURIAL RITES FOR > AGED NEGRO MAN oaf #1 One of oddest court cases ever recorded in,'this section was that before Justice J. J. Rogers, but set which was called for trial Tuesday tied before the trial stage by attorneys £or litigants. Jerry Robinson, an eld negro man died Sunday and a local negro under taker took charge of the body, pre paring it for burial and abeut two o’clock at night carried it to the negro church where it remained until Morning. The wife of the deceased desired a maafonic burial for her de ceased husband, and learned that the parties handling the funeral and burial arrangements were not masons as they claimed to her. She con tended that the undertaker had seen her two or, three days before the death of hey husband, with a request to “handle f;he job.” On Tuesday the local masonic col-1 ored lodge proceeded to take matters in hand, purchased another coffin from the Douglas Undertaking Com pany, and had the body transferred. This was objected to strenously by the colored undertaker, and he pro ceeded to force the claim for expen ses out of the policy of the Guaran tee Life and Accident Insurance Co., a local negro society, and which had been given to him by the wi iow of the deceased negro in order to insure payment c/ burial expenses. Counsei mployed My both the widow and the undertaker, Mingle dorff & Gibson by the defendant, and E. L. Grantham by the plaintiff. A compromise was effecte before the trial, and apparently all parties departed rejoicing. A. D. KING LEASES STANDARD FILLING STATION Mr. A. D. King, for eight years connected with the Union Banking Company, and for the past few years assistant cashier, and paying teller has resigned effective September 1. Mr. King has leased the new $lO.- 000 filling station being erected by the Standard Oil Company at the in tersection of Ward street and Madi son avenue, and expects to open for business on September 5. The new station will handle only Standard Oil products, with the exception of tires accessories, etc. It will be one of the handsomest in this section, and is on a very prominent square. The resignatio nof Mr. King re moves from this institution one of it’s most valued and popular em ployes. He has many friends who will wish him utmost success in his new venture. NO PLANS FOR REST ROOM YET Although the members of the Wo man’s Club and other public spirited citizens of the city have been very much concerned over closing the rest room here, nothing definite has been done about opening up another one. Congressman Lankford has offered them the small wooden building next to his home place on Ward street and if possession of it can be obtained,' they expect to fit it up for a rest room. Mrs. W. H. King, who has made the club such an excellent matron for the past two years, has been waiting im patiently for something definite to be done about it. It is hoped that for the convenience of the large num ber of country ladies, who are in town all alone with small children, that some suitable place can be provided in the near future. Party Friday Afternoon. Mrs. Johnnie W’ilkins is entertain ing with a bridge party Friday after noon at 4 o’clock at her apartment on Gaskin Ave. GEORGIA KIWANIS GOVERNOR PAYS VISIT TO DOUGLAS Col. W. W. Mundy, District Kiwan is Governor of Georgia, was guest of honor at the weekly lunchen of the Douglas Club Thursday. The lunch eon was moved up one day in order to suit the convenience of Mr. Mundy. wh was accompanie dby Judge Harry D. Reed, of Waycross, district gover nor for the Eleventh district, and whom it is anticipated, will be the' next Kiwanis Governor for this state. John R- Slater presented Judge Reed to the Kiwanians and in turn, Mr. Mundy was introduced by Judge Reed. Brief,, but splendid talks were made by each of these gentlemen. Juge Reed, always a delightful and refreshing speaker, had many nice things to say of the Douglas Club. He told President Mnudy that the Douglas Club was the ideal one, and the best one in Georgia. In his address, Mr. Mundy touched upon the things that Kiwanians are now doing and planning to do. He was splendidly received. A more thorough account of his visit will be given later. This is his second visit to Douglas recently, he having delivered the lit erary address at the commencement exercises of the High School here last spring. PLANT FALL GARDEN IS ADVICE OF HOME DEMONSTRATION AGT Every farm home which is doing its full duty by the farm family has a garden. No plot of ground will give a bet ter yield than the plot planted in vegetables if well cultivated. The yield in dollars and cents is surpris ing. The benefit to health cannot be estimated. Our Georgia climate can’t oe beat when considered for vegetable grow ing. With frequent cultivation the water proposition can be controlled sufficiently to produce a good yield. With these facts in mind and a determination to have a garden the following list of vegetables adapted to fall planting in Georgia may be helpful: Beans, snap to August 15th; beets, cabbage, carrots, collards, cucumbers, endive, kale, kohl-rabi, lettuce, mus tard, onions, parsley, parsnips, Eng lish peas, potatoes, radish, rape, ruta baga, spinach, Swiss chard, tomatoes and turnips. ROGERS STORE TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1. Douglas will be added to the chain of famous Rogers’ Stores on Septem ber first. Mr. Bryan, branch man ageer of Macon, was in Douglas Wed nesday completing plans for the open ing of the new store in the Over street building on Peterson avenue in the 100 block. This company ha 3 stores in all the principal cities in this and other states, and when one of their stoies are located in a town the size of Douglas it is a mark that business i 3 good in that locality. No announce ment has been made as to who will have charge of the store. KING’S COMEDIANS HERE ALL NEXT WEEK Jack King’s comedians, traveling with tent and a good show, will ar rive in'the city Monday, and will give the first performance on Monday night, and will show each night for the entire week. This company has made Douglas on many occasions and Mr. King and his entir troup are pop ular in Douglas. The tent will be pitched on the cor ner of Peterson avenue and Bryan street. The opening play will be: “The Slacker,” anda change of pro gram is made daily. $1.50 Per Annum in Advance With prices ranging from 17 to 18 cents the Douglas tobacco market approaches the height of the season, which will come next week, when better grades of stalk tobacco will find it’s place Qn sale. So big an increase in acreage this season has found the sales up to date largely composed of nothing but in ferior grades. The crop here is being marketed very much as it is in tha •old belt, and a disposition is noted to hold it off sales. This probably comes from the fact that there is am ple floor space this season, and the price situation, which is not up to that of last year. It is readily agreed by the growers as well as the buyers that tobacco is not of as high grade generally as it was in 1924. Another difficulty is that one very large export company has not been heavy buyers this season due to in ternational complications. However, the week’s showing on average price is above 17 cents and the market opened strong Monday. The bidding was spirited iand the sale was the most active of the year up to that date. Subsequent sales have shown an upward tendency and little objection is heard from those selling and “turned” tobacco is no more than ig normally seen. A few take advantage of the opportunity to place their tobacco on another floor the following day. The sales were marked here this tfrPhk by of 17 Car loads of tobacco from other sections. The bulk of foreign tobacco placed on sale here, however, is brought by truck. Local growers are biding their time and in no hurry to sell. While most curings have been completed, there are hundreds of barns yet run ning throughout the county, and it will require timeTo gTTthis late crop ready for market. Douglas is running a very close second to the leading market and is far in the lead of the closest third. Not in years has so many visitors ap peared .on the Douglas market. Estimates are that 20 per cent of the crop has been sold to date, and the fi 'ors on Thursday, were above the average sales for the week. Fri day will perhaps be the best sale of the week here. Many large growers have sold but lightly, and some have not yet mark eted a pound. Weather conditions have made the crop perhaps the most complicated that has ever appeared here. Plants were set from early in March to as late as May, consequently there is not the uniformity that has been noted here in past years in grades. At one time it appeared as though this season would be earliest in history, and the reverse has proven true and it will be the latest. TELEPHONE COMPANY ADDS IMPROVED SERVICE The Douglas Telephone Company is this week installing a new switch that will be of material assistance to users of party lines. The Harmonic four and eight party ringing machine is being added at a cost of about SSOO, This machine is so arranged that only one telephone will ring on a party line regardless of the number of the phones on the line. It is an im provement over the old method of ringing by numbers, and each tele phone on the line ringing at the same time. Mr. Minor Carmon is in the city making the installation for the Kel log Electric Company, from whom the equipment was purchased. Y. W. A. MEETING All members of the local Y. W. A. are especially requested to be pres ent at the meeting to be held Mon day evening, August 17th at the church in the Berean class room. LUCY POSTON, Reporter.