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volume XI—No. 44. The Douglas Tobacco Market Prepares To Take Commanding Lead SKELETON OF MAN FOUND NEAR DEPOT AT OSIERFIELD GA. A gruesome find was made Wed nesday morning at Osierfield, a small twenty miles west of Douglas Wn Irwin county. The skeleton of a man, from appearances, had been dead from one to two years was dis covered a distance of about 200 yards the A. B. & A. station at Osierfield. Apparently no attempt had been made to cover up the body when death came, and the only means of arriving at any conclusion what ever as to age of the party was by missing teeth and some gold dental work in the mouth. It was thought by tho. a making an investigation that the party was an elderly white man, about six feet tall. No one in the community could connect any one of their acquain tance in any way with the find, and no person had been missing from that community that could be in any waj connected with the dead person. Profound mystery surrounds the finding of the skeleton, and especial ly it appears strange that the body remain within such a short distance of the habitant of so many people so long without being discov ered. The place where the bleached bones were found is a “sink” or flat pond only about 200 yards from the station of the A. B. & A. railway at Osierfield. FRED BREWER, JR., WINS IN WRESTLING MATCH Fred Brewer, Jr., a student at the naval academy, Annoplis, Md., won •out in a wrestling match in which all cadets' Of his class participated. There are several hundred young men and it is quite a distinction for young Mr. Brewer, who, in the final test, threw his oponent, several pounds heavier than he. In a letter addressed to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brewer, he stated that he would probably be able to spend the Christmas holidays with them here. JOHN BANKSTON PROMOTED BY GEORGIA & FLORIDA Notice was given this week by Gen eral Manager H. W. Purvis, of the Georgia & Florida railroad that Mr. John Bankston, who has been local agent for that company for several years and had been promoted to the rank of general agent. The promo tion carries with it broader responsi bilities, and may include work out side of Douglas for Mr, Bankston, who has been a valued employe of the road for many years. The title, general agent takes official rank. Mr. Bankston is being congratula ted by his friends here and else where, and his promotion indicates his popularity with the road as with the people of this city. EXECUTIVE MEETING OF W. B. M. U. OF SMYRNA ASSOCIATION Executive meeting of W. B. OTyU. of Smyrna Association met August 23rd at First Baptist church Douglas. Each of the five districts were represented by the chairman of same, except first district. Superin tendent of Young Peoples work was in attendance. Also several of the local officers were present. This be ing the last meeting in the associa tional year, quite a number of items claimed attention. The reports of officers showed the work through out the association advancing in a fine way, along many lines. And the an nual meeting which convenes in Doug las, late in September, points to one of the very best sessions in every way the pnion has even held. The out of town officers attending this meeting were, Mrs. R. O. Martin, of Broxton, Mrs. Bessie Clement Smith, of Pearson, M!rs. L. iL. Dne ton, of West Green, and Miss Maud of Nicholls. Mrs. Irvin Langley left yesterday for her home in Wilson, N. C. Mr. Langley will leave the last of_ the week. CITY COURT DOES MUCH6USINESS Criminal week City Court conven ed Monday morning at 10 o’clock and held until Tuesday afternoon. Dur ing the day and a half the court was in session, the criminal docket was practically cleared of all business. Judge C. A. Ward presided and So licitor J. A. Roberts represented the state. The following cases were dis posed of: Lee Thigpen entered a plea of guilty to having whiskey and was fined SSO or three months. Fine paid. Oss Morris entered a plea of guilty to the same charge and was given a similar sentence, and he paid the fine. Albert Stevens, a blind man, who has cn numerous occasions, been charged with having and selling whis key by the city authorities, was found guilty by a jury and was sen tenced by Judge Ward to serve six months at the state farm without the alternative of a fine. An appeal was filed by Stevens attorney, R. B. Chastain. Anders-on plead guilty tc carrying pistol and was fined $.5 which was paid. E. L. Youngblood, charged with criminal trespass was found not guilty. Tom Pickren, a white man, charg ed with cheating and swindling, was given a sentence cf 3 months or SSO. E. Wilson entered a plea of guilty to cheating and swindling and was given six months on the state farm. Roy Sutton, charged with simple larceny, was released -cn demand. Aaron Ellis entered a plea of guilty to violating the prohibition law and paid a fine of $l5O. Shortly before court convened, Charlie George, a Syrian, who formerly operated a cafe in the city, plead guilty to vio lating the prohibition law on several counts and was sentenced to pay a fine of SSOO or serve 21 months. He paid the fine. Bonds in the case of Raymond Weaver and W. J. Cribb were for feited at preceding terms of the court and a rule absolute rendered in each case Monday. W. R. Johnson, J .B. West, Mrs. J. F. Hill and Charlie Harper,, all charged with misdemeanors, were re leased upon payment of cost fn each case. The court is well in hand, and very little business remains on the crimi nal docket. GEO. W. LOTT DIED IN GREENSBORO, N. C. AUG. 16. Nicholls, Ga., Aug. 21. —George W. Lott, thirty four years of age, died at Greensboro, N. C., Sunday, Aug ust 16th. His remains were brought to his old home here for interment. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Lott, at eleven o’clock Thursday, August 20th and interment took place at the Lott family cemetery. Mr. Lott was a native of this coun ty, but was living at the time of his death in the North Carolina city. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geo. W. Lott, four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Jeffords, Mrs. Mary Buclieu, and Mrs. Alma Fitz all of Lakeland, Fla., and Mrs. Nancy Davis, Wilmington, N. C- A host of relatives and friends mourn his early passing to the great beyond. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. A. Cook, pastor of Nicholls Meth odist church. The following were the pall bearers: W. B. Patterson, Fisher Kirkland, Chaa. Meeks, Ira Cribb, Dr. Z. V. Hall, C. B. Gibson, Seward Lovett, and Ashley Douglas. Suddath—Pelt. The marriage of Miss Eva Suddath formerly of this city, to Mr. J. E. Pelt, was solemnized in Tampa re cently at the Hyde Park Methodist church by the pastor, Rev. John T. Myers. Only a few close friends a~nd relatives witnessed the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Suddath of Tampa, but formerly citizens of Douglas. The groom is a young business man of Quiaeey, Florida. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925. JUDGE G. A. WARD IS PAINFULLY INJURED About 9 o’clock Wednesday night, during a heavy wind storm, Judge C. A. Ward was knocked down by a Ford coupe driven by Mr. Herrin, an employe of the G. & F. railroad here. The car was driving slowly, and stopped, after knocking down Mr. Ward immediately over him. Par ties who witnessed the accident came quickly to him and dragged him from beneath the car and carried him to the Clark-Smith Sanitarium, where an examination was made by Drs. Whelchel, Clark and Smith. It was found that his left shoulder was frac tured and his hip badly bruised. Mr. Ward has been suffering much pain, and today, (Thursday) attending physicians expect to make X-Ray pictures to determine the extent of the injuries. Judge Ward explained that he saw the car, but thought he could get to the side walk before the car reached him. He stated that the driver swung close to the curbing. Mr. Herrin was somewhat blinded by t!ne wind and rain had been falling, and did not realize that he was close to any one. The accident, which occur red in front of the Union Bank, is extremely regretable, and the many friends of Judge Ward earnestly hope that his injuries are only slight and that he will not be confined to his bed many days. HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 15 * To the Patrons of the Grammar and High School of the City of Doug las: Due to not being able t-o get in readiness the addition to the High School building we are forced to put off the opening of the school until the 15th of September. V*'e want to, at this time, take ad vantage of the opportunity to remind the citizens of Douglas that with the addition the Mayor and City Coun cil of the City of Douglas are mak ing to the High School building that the City school will have one of the best Domestic Science department of any High Schodl of this section. This department has a very excellent teacher at its head. She has done special work at the University of California this simmer in better equipping herself to carry on the work of this department. This de partment will be located in the new building and will have rooms especial ly equipped for the carrying on of this work and we believe and hope that we will have a large class dur ing the coming term. We desire also to remind you that; under the compulsory attendance law] all children between the age of eight j and fourteen are required to be in school for at least six months out of each year and we beg your as sistance in helping the faculty of this school to see that every child between the age of eight and fourteen in the City of Douglas are entered and kept in school during the entire term of nine months. The co-oper ation of the parents and patrons with the faculty in looking after their children to see that they attend school and attend regularly will do wonders for the children and the school. On behalf of the faculty we urge all partons to visit the school oc casional as in this way you will en courage both the children and the teachers. In the selection of the faculty for the Douglas school, coming term, we school for the coming school term we have done our best to obtain the ser vices of experienced and well recom mended teachers and we believe we have a faculty that will put forth their best efforts for our school and we beg you to give them every pos sible assistance. We are aware of the fact that sev eral of the grades last year were handicapped on account of being 10-i cated in class rooms that were very] undesirable and unsuited for class j rooms, hut with the completion of the! new building every grade and every MANY MARKETS TO CLOSE FRIDAY; AND SALES FORCE TO BE REDUCED ON ALL MARKETS WHERE DOUBLE SETS BUYERS ARE USED, SAYS REPORT POLICE CAPTURE STOLEN FLORIDA AUTOMOBILE Chief of Police Ben M. aßrrineau received ateiegram Tuesday from Ft. Pierce, Farida, officers to look cut for a newfc Willis-Knight Sedan auto mobile, whjch had been stolen from that city. ■; Just as he had finished reading tht> message and handed it to Officer qShaw, a car of similar make camqiaround the monument on Ward strew ’The driver went around the block And parked alongside the hospital biffllding. The two officers made an Investigation* ‘and found that the atflen car was in the hands; of James Henley, who had made his | home in Ft| Pierce for about a year. I He was caving, and with him was his wife and six children, the young est, an infsnt -of ten days. The offjcbrs at Ft. Pierce were notified, Hehly placed in jail, and his wife and children taken to a board ing house,pHenley denied that the car was Mplen, and stated that he owned the par. Thursday, (today) Sheriff Merritt, •of Ft. Pierdf! arrived as did the owner of the cgr,*, which was identified and claimed, and Henley, with his family is '* ing taken back to Florida. Sher iff Merritt stated that in addition to caking the car, the prisioner had cashed bad checks to the amount of hundred dollars. There was a rewacd £i SSO for the recovery of the stolefrcar. A. B. & A. IMPROVES PULLMAN SERVICE Announcement is made by A. D. Daniel, passenger traffic manager of the A. B. & A. railway that addi tional pullman service will be in augurated to Douglas and Waycross on that road. The first run of the additional pullman will be to Way cross on train No. 4, Thursday morn ing, August 27, arriving at Douglas at 7:10, and the lolllowing night, August 28, train No. 3 will carry the pullman to Atlanta. An effort has been made for some time to secure better service, but the railroad company has not felt that business would warrant it. The people of this city are very glad that the service is being established tem porarily, and will make every effort to maintain it regularly. The following circular was issued from Atlanta August 19: Effective with first car southbound August 27th and first car north bound, August 28th, twelve-fcection drawing room Pullman sleeping car service will be established between Atlanta and Waycross on trains Nos. 3 and 4, as follows: Connection is made at Atlanta, northbound, with all morning trains of connecting lines. At Manchester connection is made with trains 23 and 24 to and from Birmingham. At Nicholls connection is made with trains 13 and 14 to and from Bruns wick. Connection is made at Waycross, southbound, with A. C. L. train No. 33 for Jacksonville, and No. 43 for Florida west coast points. This service is in addition to At lanta-Thomasville sleeping car line which will continue operation as at present. Dr. B. O. Quillian and sons of Willacooehee, were guests of his sis ter, Mr 3. J. B. Thrasher, Wednss class will have ample room and equip ment to do good work. We want and hope to make the coming year a banner year for our school and to do this it will take the assistance of all concerned to-wit: Patrons, teachers and pupils—let’s every body pull for our school. BORAD OF EDUCATION of the City of Douglas. FAIRFAX HARRISON AND JOHN SLATER Athens, Ga., Aug. 26.—Addresses by Fairfax Harrison, president of the •Southern railway system; R. J. H. Deloach, of Armour & Co., and John R. Slater, of Douglas, were among the features at Tuesday’s session of the marketing conference under way at the State College of Agriculture. Mr. Harrison stated that Georgia and the south have gene through much trouble in the past and now that_the section is entering its right ful prosperity it is a source of much gratification to him. He declared that the south offers all the opp r tunities for success anyone could wish. J. H. Wood, poultry husbandman at the college discussed the progress made in that direction in Georgia in recent years. He said that this state is admirably located to raise poultry and has splendid markets in Cuba, New York and Florida. Mr. Deloach spoke on experiments made in controlling the boll weevil and raising cotton under boll weevil conditions. Mr. Slater, president of the Geor gia association, stated that tobacco as a cash crop, has come to stay in Georgia. He said that the tobacco and peach crop in Georgia are worth more than Florida’s entire citrus crop. Handling the large volume of fruits and vegetables which are rushed- on the market within a very short period of time, is the greatest problem in marketing perishable farm products declared Arthur R. Rule, general manager of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers of New York. In 1924 a large peach crop was produced in Georgia, all of which was placed on the market within a period of three weeks, and a s a con sequence the market was badly de moralized, said Mr. Rule, and as a result very low prices were received. In 1925,, under more favorable sea sonable condition, the Georgia peach crop was placed on the market over | a period of about six weeks, and as a result the crop was handled in a very orderly manner and good prices ob tained, he said. The Southeast Georgia Water melon Growers’ association. which produces and sells the famous “So wega” melon, was warmly praised by Mr. Rule for its efforts towards the standardization of a product which is highly perishable and which must be handled quickly and care ful, in order to get it on the mar- ; ket in first-class condition. DART HOME PURCHASED BY FRANCIS STUBBSi The beautiful Gaskin avenue resi dence of Judge F. Willis Dart was today purcheased by Francis Stubbs. The price paid was not given out, but it was a handsome figure. The Dart home is one of the most beau tiful in the city, and will be occupied by Mr. Stubbs and family after Judge and Mrs. Dart have taken up their residence permanently in Tampa. Judge Dart made his decision to move to the Florida city some time ago, and will continue in the practice of his profession in Tampa, where he has formed excellent connections already. He expects to leave Doug las in about ten days, but Mrs. Dart will remain here for an indefinite period, a 3 yet. Theatre P a rty Last Thursday. Mr. Johnnie Bernard, popular sales mite opening and social, warehouse entertained about forty of his friends last Thursday night at a theatre party. The guests assembled at the New Douglas hotel and at tended Jack King’s show. After the show refreshing drinks were enjoyed at the Union Pharmacy. Si.so Per Annum in Advance This has been a week of rec ord-breaking sales on the Doug las tobacco market. Not since the market was established here has there been seen near the amount of tobacco that has been on the local market this week. It was only possible to estimate the amount here Monday, as the two groups of buyers were only able to sell about half way through the immense number of baskets, which were placed as closely together as they could be and hundreds of baskets heaped upon each other, neces sating a crew to spread them out in regular order as the buyers sold row after row through the houses. Total sales for Monday were 416,437. Sales increased Tues ! day to approximately 450,000, and for the first three days of the week sales amounted to 1,- 332,588. Thursday morning every house was full to over flowing, and 900,000 pounds of tobacco will in all probability be sold Thursday and Friday, bring ing the grand total up to two and a quarter million pounds, The price average has been above that of last week, which was $16.10. There has been great quantities of inferior to bacco on sale, but a lot of me dium grades have shown up, and the average for the week may be sl7 and above. One lot of 18,000 pounds sold for an average of 27 cents per pound, and smaller lots have averaged as high as 35 cents per pound. The total sales for the season in Douglas, counting the figures above, will be approximately 7,000,000 pounds. Many Markets to Close It is stated that all Georgia markets except Douglas, Black shear, Nashville, Valdosta, Ha hira and Tifton will close with the end of sales Friday, and in addition one group of buyers will be taken off the three mar kets which have had double sales this season. It is thought that at least three or four markets will re main open until September 15th, and possibly later. This report is not absolutely authetic, but comes from reliable source. Every indication points to an eight million crop at Douglas, and should this figure be reach ed this market will doubtless lead the state in pounds sold. This will be a remarkable show ing, as only a million and a half pounds were sold here in 1923. Total sales for 1924 were five and a half million. ERROR IN LAST WEEK’S PAPER. In a story published in last week’s Progress concerning the, capture of a whiskey still, it was erroneously stated that the still was located with in sight of Arnie church. A number of good people of that community have informed us that we were in er ror and we gladly make the correction The still, in reality, was several miles west of Arnie church and school and was not in the Arnie community at all, and the people of that community state that there are no still being operated in their section. The party informing us of the capture did so in good faith, but w r as also misin formed. MULE LOST OR STOLEN Strayed or taken from my place near Ambrose Thursday night Aug ust 20th, one black mare mule, weight about 900 pounds, four years old. Notify L. B. Knott, Ambrose or Doug las and receive suitable reward. Ad