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Volume XI.— NO. 47.
Douglas First In Georgia; Seventh in America
SEyEN HUNDRED
HIGH SCHOOL
HERE MONDAY
The chatter of children and the
I tramp of fourteen hundred little feet
-sounded through the halls of the
Douglas High School building last
Tuesday morning as they gathered
■ into the auditorium for the first time
(since commencement last spring.
Several speakers were on the pro
gram at the opening, and many pa
trons present.
Dr. Carl W. Minor, pastor cf the
First Baptist Church of Douglas read
the Scripture lesson, and Rev. T. M.
Christian, pastor of the First Meth
odist- Church of Douglas led the de
votional.
Prof. J. T. Henry, Superintendent
of the school invited the audience to
join in singing America.
Chairman of the Board of Educa
tion E. L. Grantham, made a stirring
address in which he said, among oth
er things: “There are three things
necessary for us to have a successful
school, organization, cooperation ar.d
lan ideal.”
“There never was a time when
there was such a demand for real
men, real women, in the world as
there is today,” declared Mayor John
R. Slater. Continuing further, the
mayor said: “There are more things
today to attract young people to im
mediate pleasure and from ambition
than ever before. We live in a coun
try where any child of normal mental
capacity can obtain an education.
Sin comes from two things, bad com
pany and selfishness. Ambition and
selfishness are two entirely different
things, as ambition'is a desire to be
somebody.”
Rev. T. M. Christian remarked that
there was one thing important for
every boy and girl to learn and that
was that it is necessary to have laws.
“A man doesn’t get too old to go
to school. He can study his books
at home after school days and that
is one way to keep in school,” af
firmed Mr. Christian.
“What you learn in school is not
so great for, a greater thing is to
r rt ake a great and good man or wo
|ian,” said Rev. R. J. Stilwell, rector
Af St. Andrews Episcopal church of
this city.
Dr. Carl W. Minor commended the
student body on having such a splen
did faculty and board of education
and extended to everyone an invita
tion to all of the Sunday Schools of
the city.
“In all thy ways acknowledge Him
and He shall direct thy pathes,” quo
ted the pastor.
Mrs. M. D. Dickerson, member of
the board of education approved what'
had been said, and expressed her ap
preciation of being present.
Mr. W. T. Cottingham, another
member of the board of education,
stressed the importance of going “Out
to the House of the Lord on the Sab
bath, and made a strong appeal for
co-operation.
“Obey your teachers, obey your par
ents, work hard, and fear God,” said
Trof. J. M. Thrash, principal of the
'Eleventh District A. & M. School.
Mr. Melvin Tanner, superintendent
of county schools, tried to impress up
on the children the importance of reg
ular attendance.
“The limitations of any community
is found in the refinement and in
overcoming selfishness, we become re
fined,” said Mr. T. A. Mitc&ell
Among others making short talks
at the opening exercises was Prof.
Herndon, new principal of the High
School.
After a brief organization school
was adjourned for the day.
Prospects are brighter for the term
than heretofore. With adequate class
rooms, a strong faculty, every el
ement seems to combine for a pros
parous year.
The attendance at the opening shows
2 marked increase over last year.
KINDERGARTEN NOTICE
All parents who wish to send their
children to kindegarten, please see
me. Tuition, $3.00 per month. Opens
September 22.
MRS. H. F. STIREWALT.
(Bo fftt (Eeiwiji tyroQtt&s.
MILLEN FARMERS
LIKE DOUGLAS MARKET
Millen, Ga., Sept. 16.—Jenkins
county has practically completed mar
keting of its tobacco crop for this
year. Some of the growers and To
bacco Demonstrator G. P. Parrish re
turned from Douglas this morning
where they found a very satisfactory
market for their last car of tobacco.
The returns from this sale far exceed
ed that of other markets and many
stated they regretted having not vis
ited the Douglas market before.
With every element to discourage
the industry in this county this year
Jenkins county tobacco growers are
not quiters and intend planting again
next year. Tobacco ’ Demonstrator
Parrish this year had approximately
150 acres of tobacco in the county
and has driven around 23,000 miles
demonstrating tobacco. His services
have been entirely satisfactory and
Jenkins county has been fortunate in
securing him and everyone is glad
that he will be in the county another
year.
NOTE—The above press despatch
appeared in the Savannah Morning
News of Thursday, September 17th.
PROPERTY ON COLLEGE
AVENUE IS ON BOOM
As the result of a business trans
action between the Dixie Realty Com
pany and Mr. Carl Tannen, Mr. Tan
ner bought a city lot on College ave
nue, fronting the new home of Mr.
F. S. Williams, Wednesday morning.
Mr. Tanner plans to build a modern
home on the property, which will be
occupied by himself and family.
The managers of the Dixie'Realty
Company are well pleased at the in
quiries which they are daily receiv
ing about property on College ave
nue. They say that the prospects
were never better.
SHRLDUex shrdlu cmfwy cm cm h
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
Circle No. 1 met at the home of
Mrs. Porter Monday afternoon at 5
o’clock. Thirteen were present. Mrs.
Ben Gray led the Bible study. A
good collection was taken. The circle
was delighted to have Mrs. Carl
Minor. Next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Lawson Kelley.
Mrs. Whittaker and Mrs. Porter were
joint hostesses and served a delicious
salad course.|
Circle No. 2 held its regular meet
ing at Mrs. Minor Turrentine’s. Nine
members were present, including two
new members, Mrs. Knot and Mrs. E.
L. Rigsbee. Mrs. Breedlove, the re
tiring chairman, led the devotional.
We had a good collection, considering
how few were present. We were de
lighted to have as our visitor, Mrs.
Claud Poindexter. Mrs. Turrentine
was a charming hostess and served a
delicious salad course. Our next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. W. R. Wilson. All are urged to
come as this will be quite an impor
tant meeting.
Circle No. 3 met at the church. Dr.
Minor made a splendid talk on the
book of Ezekiel.
Circle No. 4 met at the home of
Mrs. A. P. Darby. Eight were pres
ent. Mrs. Bronson led the Bible |
study, which was splendid. The gen
eral collection was good. Mrs. Dar
by served a lovely salad course.
There will be a business meeting at
the church Sunday morning to com
plete plans for the reorganization of
the Sunday school.
Regular services Sunday morning
and evening. A most cordial welcome
is extended to all. Come and be thou
with us.
NICHOLLS HOST TO
WIREGRASS SINGING
CONVENTION OCTOBER 4
The 1925 session of the Wdregrass
Singing Convention will be held at
Nicholls the second Sunday in o:to
ber.
All singers and scng leaders arc
invited to atend and help make the
convention a success.
Tl*e convention will open at ten
o’clock. Come and worship with us
in song.
* S. L. VINSON.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17,1925.
STATE EDUCATOR WRITES OF WORK
OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION
Editor Constitution: I have just
noted a statement in today’s paper
regarding the work Mr. Slater,
president of the Georgia association,
is now doing in the drouth territory.
I am taking the liberty of address
ing this letter to you while I have a
few minutes between conferences on
this matter to say that he has started
the business men in this town and
surrounding country in the right di
rection.
It is fortunate that he arrived on
the scene just as there was beginning
to be a lull in the interest aroused
by our conference at Camp Wilkins
on August 26. He quietly put new
life and determination into the busi
ness men of this town and several
towns in the surrounding country.
As a result, concerted action is being
taken by the key men in this terri
tory to give such relief as is possible.
To be perfectly honest, I want to
say that the farmers have been leav
ing this section rather rapidly for the
past few weeks. Work stock and all
other live stock are being sacrificed
at ridiculously low prices. Carloads
of mules have been shipped out of
the territory recently, and a good
many of our folks seem to be blind
to what is happening. Mr. Slater
came in a way to wake them up to
the situation and to show how his
people worked out of a similar condi
tion in 1922 and 1923. Everybody
has gone to work, as the inclosed
literature would indicate, following
MISS SARA FUNDERBURKE,
MISSIONARY FROM CHINA,
TO SPEAK IN DOUGLAS
Miss Sara Funderburke, who has
been a missionary to China for the
last seven years, will speak at the
First Baptist church of Douglas
next Sunday morning at the regular
preaching hour, 11:30 a. m.
Miss Funderburke is now in Ameri
ca on her furlough and while here
she is giving a series of interesting
talks on the China of today.
WALKER DEFEATS HYLAN FOR
MAYOR CF NEW YORK CITY
Tammany Hall, A 1 Smith, his fol
lowers, James J. Walker and his sup
porters prove too strong for the
present incumbent, John F. Hylan,
mayor of New York City, in the race
for mayor, on Wednesday of this
week. The election ended the hard
est fought race for the democratic
nominee for mayor that New York
has ever witnessed.
NICHOLLS HIGH SCHOOL OPENS DOORS TO
RURAL STUDENTS OF COFFEE COUNTY
(Contributed)
Since adjournment of the last ses
sion of the General Assembly, the
State Department of Education has
advised school authorities at Nicholls
that an appropriation covering a de
ficiency exisiting in the Barrett-Rog
ers fund was passed, and that State
aid for the Nicholls school would be
come available during the
term. Thus the scope of this school’s
service becomes county-wide; and
upon the payment of an entrance fee
of $4 per year, its doors are open to
any high school pupil in Coffee coun
ty, who reside outside the corporate
limits of a town. Mpre than fifty pu
pils have entered the high school de
partment already and present indica
tions are that all records for attend-1
ance in this department will be bro-j
ken. I
The money that will come to this
school from the Barrett- Rogers fund
has made possible the employment of
three teachers for the High School
department Miss Alice Hodnett, of
Atlanta has been elected to become
the* thi. I high school teacher. She
arrived last week and already has as
sumed b?r duties. Miss Hodnett has
had years of successful experience as
a teacher of high school subjects in
the public school systems of Atlanta,
Columbus and the state of Texas,
his visits to various localities.
Mr. Slater had to leave us this
afternoon,'l>ut I hope it will be possi
ble for him to come back within a
week or 3ten days to instill further
determination in our people to con
tinue untfii the end.
This is* the kind of work that an
organization similar to the Georgia
association can do most effectively.
The college of agriculture has a
world of-information on all agricul
tural problems and is broadcasting
this information in various ways
most effectively. We do not need or
ganizations supported by the business
interests or otherwise for the pur
pose of duplicating our work in dis
tributing .'information about growing
crops or handling live stick. In fact,
such organizations have sometimes
been embarrassing because they
frequently turned into boosting agen
cies or “wind jammers.” An organi
zation, however, that undertakes to
seek out .the real problems and help
solve them as Mr. Slater is doing in
this instance is of benefit instead of
detriment. Mr. Slater is a man of
of broad understanding, deep sympa
thies and George T. Betts’ enthusi
asm. I think the Georgia Associa
tion is most ortunate in finding him
and I only hope he can be kept ac
tive throughout the state in attack
in the problems that come up one
by one.
J. PHIL CAMPBELL, Director,
Athens, Ga., September 4, 1925.
WORKERS’ COUNCIL OF THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
MET TUESDAY NIGHT
A workers’ council of the First
Baptist church of Douglas was held
at the church last Tuesday night. A
renewed interest was manifested by
everyone present and it was decided
that the council would meet once. a
month. Some of the class room work
was reorganized and a real Sunday
school rally is to be held at the
church next Sunday morning, begin
ning at 10:15.
BOY DIES FROM SNAKE BITE
A 16-year-old son of Mr. Riley
Adams, who lives on the B. H. Tan-|
ner farm, known as Fales, was bitten
by a rattlesnake last Saturday and
died Sunday about 3 o’clock.
It is reported that the snake was
in a path which the boy was travel
ing at the time he was bitten. It was 1
evident that the young man suffered j
much pain before the end came.
and she brings with her every recom
mendation that could be expected of
a desirable teacher. Miss Hodnett
will have charge of the department
of Latin and History.
Prospects for a successful school
term were never so bright as they are
today. Every possible provision is
being made for the safety and com
for t of the faculty and student body.
Patrons and friends of the school
seem to be full of that spirit which
says: “Here I am, use me.” No one
seems to refrain from speaking any
word that will enlarge the school’s
service or from doing any deed that
will promote its progress.
This is the character of the school
that has thrown open its doors to the
country boys and girls of Coffee coun
ty who desire a high school education
and who have been denied the privil
ege of acquiring it.
The future progress of our county!
and the future happiness of her peo-!
pie will be measured largely by that
degree in which the educational ad- :
vantages of today are made to reach
into every home. Because this truth
is known to all our people who think,
such invitations coming from the
splendid high schools of Coffee county
should not fail to find a response on
the part of parents and pupils alike.
GEORGIA NORMAL HAS
FLOURISHING OPENING:
The Georgia Normal College and
Business Institute opened its doors
last Tuesday morning to the largest
enrollment that has ever been pres
ent in the business department on
opening day.
Pupils are there from all over
South Georgia and then some from
other sections. Prof. Kuhl has a
number of applications for those who
are yet to arrive, and he anticipates
the most prosperous year in the his
tory of the institution.
The school has played a large part
in the development of Coffee county
and South Georgia.
All classes are busy at work and
show that they have come to work
hard and make good.
THOS. W. HARDWICK STARTS
WEEKLY “FREE LANCE.”
Dublin, Ga., Sept. 16—“ The Geor
gia Free Lance,” owned and edited by
Thos.. W. Hardwick, former U. S. sen
ator, came out for the first time to
day from the presses of a local print
ing plant. It will be issued weekly.
In a front page editorial, Editor
Hardwick states emphatically the pa
per wall be independent. ““Indepen
dent in thought and speech. It has
no axe to grind. It has no grudge to
gratify. It will neither be Democrat
ic nor anti-Democratic. It believes
profoundly in the democracy of our
fathers. From a hybrid democracy
this paper would call the people back
to democracy and to the Amaricanism
of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson.”
It’s first issue is filled with some
very Teadable comm#hts on state pol
itics, and like matters, both for and
against. Those interested in state
affairs will find it rather spicy read
ing. Mr. Hardwick is thoroughly ca
pable of making the paper fill a big
place in Georgia affairs, and if he
keeps it up to the standard of the
first issue he will get plenty of no
tice and readers. He has been plan
ning to start this paper for the past
year or two, but not until a few weeks
ago did he get arrangements started
for actual publication.
LITTLE FLORIS TANNER
IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
BY YOUNGER SISTER
r [
Floris Tanner, the eleven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Make Tan
ner, who reside three miles from
Douglas, was accidentally shot by her
little sister, ten years of age, yester
day afternoon about 4:30 p. m. Im
mediately after the shooting Floris
was rushed to the Clark-Smith Sani
tarium, where she died within the
next thirty minutes.
The gun had been carried to the
front porch of the home for the pur
pose of shooting hogs. Mr. Tanner,
not knowing the gun was loaded, let
it remain on the front, and later when
a small boy took the weapon in hand
his sister took it from him, and while
trying to unload it the discharge took
place.
The Douglas Undertaking Com
pany has the burial arrangements in
charge and the little girl is to be
buried at the Douglas cemetery this
morning.
THREE DROWN NEAR ADEL
At McConnell bridge, several miles
west of Adel, J. R. Daughtrey and his
two sons, ages 12 and 14, were drown
ed in Little river last Sunday.
It was reported that the Daughtrey
family were spending the day at the
river and that the wife and mother
witnessed the drowning.
THE WORLD’S GROWING BETTER
Yes! Chief Barrineau did indi
cate that the world is growing better
when he said Wednesday afternoon
that he had not made an arrest in a
week or two except two or three cases
of drunkenness.
The Chief did not say that any
of the force had been laid off because
the crime wave had ceased to be per
manent, but he suggested that there
was some likelihood of the whole
force having to hunt other means of
making bread.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advance
9,032,423 BRINGS
GROWERS $1,331,801
LOCAL MARKET TAKES
RANK WITH LEADING
MARKETS OF COUNTRY.
The close of the 1925 tobacco sea
son in Georgia came Wednesday
When the local market ended. 9,-
038,422 pounds were sold here since
the opening, July 27, at an average
price of $14.73, which is slightly
above the average for the State,
which is given at $14.09 by the State.
This market paid to the farmers sl,-
331,801.33. The pounds sold is virtu
ally one-fifth of the tobacco grown in
Georgia with 23 markets operating,
and is more than one-fifth of the
total of approximately $7,000,000 paid
for the crop in Georgia this season.
All other Georgia markets closed last
Friday, September 11, and a consider
able quantity of inferior gra ies to
gether with some good grades found
its way on the market he-e. The av
erage on the market here was re
duced in the late days by the quality
on sale.
According to figures furnished by
men who have been on •‘ho Carolina
and Virginia bright leaf markets,
Douglas becomes the seventh largest
market in the country, counting past
seasons. Few markets in those states
have sold fifteen million pounds.
The public generally are satisfied
that the prices tobacco brought this
year are in keeping with the grades
market wavered but slightly from
the opeping of the season, when good
prices were paid for tobacco of qual
ity, and this continued until the last
day, when tobacco sold at handsome
prices for some good grades that
were handled.
The average price is far below that
of last year, yet there is apparent no
condemnation on the part of the grow
ers of the companies, all of whom
maintained strong buyers here until
the close of the season.
Favorable comment is heard from
every source for the men representing
the American, Imperial, Export, Lig
gett & Myers, R. J. Reynolds, China
American, and the independent com
panies. There is a feeling that the
Statistics are not available on the
various warehouses in Douglas, and
the other markets and it is impossible
to give the number of pouh<js sold and
the average on each warehouse.
It is fitting that the maTket here
should lead, inasmuch as it was here
that tobacco culture had its beginning
The increase has been phenominal
since 1923 when only a. million and a
half pounds were sold. The increase
over 1924 in round number is 3,500,-
000 pounds, and indications are that
there will be an increase next year.
THOMAS SUMMERLIN OF
KIRKLAND DIES
Mr. Thomas Summerlin, a life-long
resident of the Kirkland section died
Wednesday from a stroke of paraly
sis. He was at his country home
when death came.
He was the father of a large fam
ily, one of whom is Mrs. Hiram Sears,
of Pearson, and a widow.
Mr. Summerlin was widely known
and prominent throughout the section.
BILLIE MEEKS OF AXSON
SECTION DIED WEDNESDAY
Mr. Billie Meeks, aged about 75
years, prominent farmer and business
man of the Axson community died
Wednesday evening about 9 o’clock.
Heart trouble was assigned as the
immediate cause of death. Mr. Meeks
had been in falling health for several
years, but only about a year ago was
he forced to suspend business activi
ties.
He had been prominent in his sec
tion for many years and died in the
community of his birth.
He was the father of Mrs. Jesse J.
Lott of this city and Mr. Elisha Meeks
of Pearson, both of whom survive,
He is also survived by a widow', and
a brother Mr. Daniel Meeks, of this
city.
The funeral and interment kook
place at Sweetwater church and cem
etery in Atkinson county.