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Volume XI.—No. 48. MOBLEY SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION GOES OVER THE TOP 35 TO 1 23,000 ACRES INVOLVED; 48 LOTS | OF LAND. BARBECUE AND RALLY LATER AT MARY’S CHAPEL. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES New Building to Accommodate Junion High School. The people who live in the North ern part of Coffee county and in the p southern part of Jeff Davis are making progress in an educational way as was shown yesterday when they voted for consolidation of the Palmer and Mobley schools yesterday at Mobley’s school house. There was an election for the con solidation of the people, who live on 23,000 acres, involving 48 lots of land, 23 of which lie in Coffee county and 25 of which lie in Jeff Davis county, into one school district. The district will include a territory ex tending as far north as Mt. Pleas ant church, (Bird’s church) in Jeff Davis county and will reach further south than the West Green and Brox ton road lies at Wiley Mobley’s place. An election was held also for trus tees to take hold of the new situat ion. Those elected are as follows: T. J. Smith, Wiley Byrd, and Walter Wooten. On October the 15th an all-day ral ly and barbecue will be on program at Mary’s Chappel. The aim of the occasion will be to further the in terests of the new school district. The people of the district hope to develop the school into a fully ac credited junior high school. COFFEE COUNTY TOBACCO DISPLAYED SOUTHEASTERN FAIR If any of our Coffee county folks go to Atlanta during the Southeast ern Fair, October 8-17, be sure to look up the Coffee county and Doug las tobacco exhibit. This exhibit will be put on by our County Agent, A. S. Bussey, assisted, very probably by some girl who knows tobacco. We have in Coffee county, probab ly, more acres suited to tobacco than 'any other county in Georgia. We also have a lot of this good land that should be utilized but, so far, it is not, and if by advertising we can bring it to few farmers who will buy, land, we make our county that much richer. Also, the better advertised a thing is, the greater the demand, resulting in a higher price We have in Douglas the leading Georgia market, both in pounds sold and in price, and i 3 understood that it is about seventh in the United States. To keep it in that position, we must advertise it. The righer Coffee county is, the richer will be the towns; likewise, the wealthier the towns, the wealthier the county. It is all mutual, so it behooves us to ad vertise along together. This exhibit is being sponsored by the Douglas Kiwanis Club. Some of l the warehouses have contributed to ' bacco, and the expenses will be paid by the business men. If you get a chance, see it. H. H. WILLIAMS BUYS OUT MARTIN IN DOUGLAS AUTO CO. Mr. Hutch H. Williams has bought out the interest of his partner, Mr. O. G. Martin, in the Douglas Auto Company and expects to run it by himself, except for hired help that will be necessary to carry on his growing business in the mechanical part of his garage, as well as hand ling the sales from his automobile agencies. They have recently en larged and repainted their place of business, and Mr. Williams hopes to continue to improve it along all lines. Mr. Martin is off on a prospecting tour in Florida and expects to locate there as soon as he decides just what line of work he will enter. His family will remain here for the pres ident. Headline reads: Dry Well is Dug. If the present dry weather contin ues we will have plenty of dry wells without digging them. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS ICE-CREAM CHURN BEATS SEPARATOR This is the last one we have heard, and the best one we have heard in many moons. The best part about the story is that the source of it makes us believe it to be true. Mr. Claude Carelock, a prominent citizen of the New Forest com munity, says that the thing actually happened at his home last week. The cows on his farm were milked about sunset. The milking was followed by sup per, after which it was decided to make a churn of ice cream. In the making of the cream some of the milk, which was brought from the cowpen about sundown, was used. It was noticed that there was some thing pecular about the cream and upon investigation, but ter, yes, pure fresh butter was found on the dasher. That beats the separator. MAD CAT EPIDEMIC STRIKES DOUGLAS “If you have a cat or a dog pre pare to kill it now,” is getting to be the main thought minds of a number of Douglas people. J. V., the little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ivy on Ward street, was bitten by a mad cat yesterday and at an early hour this morning Belle, the negro cook, at the Hayes House wag bitten by a cat \hat mad. The little Ivey boy was bitten by a mad dog about one month ago and had just completed taking the treat ment for hydrophobia. The sentiment is growing strong against the feline tribe in Douglas and there is some talk of ordering all the cats killed or placed behind closed doors. Both cats in the above mentioned cases have been killed. SOUTH GEORGIA BEST SECTION IN AMERICA Mr. J. H. Ehlers, a banker and prominent business man of Spokane, Washington, has been all over the country. He has had an opportunity to see all sections of America but after he had been to Albany, Bain bridge, Americus, and through this section he said that South Georgia had the best outlook of any place he had seen. America covers a large territory and there are some mighty fine sec tions scattered from the Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico, and from Maine to Sanfrancisco, thepefore, we ap preciate the statement. Mr. Ehlers is prospecting and his statement about South Georgia leads one eo believe that he is going to invest a large amount of money in wiregrass Georgia. W. B. M. U. ASSOCIATION IN SESSION HERE TODAY The keynote of the W. M. U. Smyrna Association in session here today is “Expect Great Things— Attempt Great Things.” Among those present who are ad ding zeal to the program by their inspirational talks are Mrs. Bronson, Mrs. Hortense Caldwell, Miss Eugen ia Allen, Mrs. E. L. Tanner, Mrs. L. L. Denton, Miss Rhodes, state work er, Mrs. T. S. Roberts, Miss Sara Funderburke, missionary to China, Mrs. Neel, president Georgia W. M. U., Dr. C. E. Burts, director of 1925 program. Besides the special music that is being made the following songs ars adding to the spiritual atr.’.osph _ o' the ossembly: “Revive Up Again”, “Rescue The Perrishing”, “I Gave My Life for Thee” and “Arise My Soul.” All present are entering heartily into the program and the association hopes to really do great things dur ing the next year. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1925. THE FLORIDA BOOM HITS DOUGLAS, GA. Last week a land sale was carried out on College avenue, that only has the scene of action shifted this week, but it has spread like wild fire for sales took place on Ward street, Bry an street, Walker street and in oth er sections of the city during the last four days. Dr. W. F. Sibbett sold a valuable piece of property on Ward street. The Campbell home on Bryan street was purchased from Mr. J. H. Paulk by Mr. George M. Jardine. The Walker street property which sold was the E. Floyd home that J. R. Starling bought. There were also a few small lots which sold in various sections of the city. All the above property was sold and handled by the Dixie Realty Company. HELP NORTHGEORGIA FARMERS, SAYS BUSSEY (By A. S. BUSSEY, Count Agent.) Due to an unprecedented drought in Northeast Georgia, there are 31 coun ties that will make this year about 1 1-2 bales of cotton per plow and enough feed to run them until Decem ber 1. Some few communities have donated cars of corn to some of the communities there that have been hardest hit. One of our leading farmers suggested to me that we give a car of corn to some needy commun ity. I wrote to the State Marketing Agent concerning such action and he said not ship corn up there on charity, but rather sell it to them at the lowest possible price. We had set a date for loading a car to be shipped up there gratis, but since receiving contrary instructions from the State Marketing Agent, we will, of course, call this off. But, taking his suggestion, I would lrke to know the names of any farmers who will want to ship corn up there and what price they would be will ing to sell to those folks. Any corn that we ship will be sent to them sight draft bill-of-lading attached; this means that the farmers there will pay the farmers here, with no one in between getting any profits, as it will all be handled through the College of Agriculture and the conuty agent. I am not asking our farmers to make any great big cut in the price they could receive from other sour ces, but rather make a small cut. If we can get our farmers the same price for their corn that they can get eslewhere. I would like for them to sell as I suggest, for it will make the farmers in Northeast Georgia get their corn cheaper, by cutting out two or three profits in between. I have received more than one let ter from up in the drought country asking the lowest possible price that we can ship them corn. We can sell all our corn up there, without hav ing to ship it anywhere else. I think we should ship it to those folks, even if we have to do so at a small sacrifice, for they are fellow Geor gians of ours, not so well blessed in soil, climate, and varieties of crops as we have, who have had one bad year, but with some help they will come back. They have no turpentine, cross ties nor tobacco to help them out of a tight as we have. If they all should get disgusted and leave, their lands will depreciate in value; they are a part of Georgia, and all Georgia lands would depreciate in value. Our success depends to a great extent on the other fellow. I wish all farmers who will have corn and sweet potatoes to sell w r ould at least talk with me about it before selling. It may be of some small profit to them. * GAME LAW * * * * Quail, November 20 to March * * Ist; doves, October 6th to * * to January 31st; wild turkeys, * * November 20th to March Ist; * * cat squirrels, November 20th * to 2.Lrch Ist; deer, Nov. Ist to * M Dec. Cist. * Bag limit: quail, 20 in one * * day; doves, 25 in one day; cat * * squirrel, 15 in one day; wild * * trukey, 2 in one season; deer * * 2 in one season. * ****** * * * * * I SNAKE WHICH KILLED 'l4-YEAR OLD BOY IS LASSOED NEAR HERE A large rattlesnake, five and a half feet long* with 13 rattles, which bit young Louis Adams, aged 14, near his father’s Ijjome at Fales, in Coffee county on last Sunday morning, Sep tember ij, the boy dying that night, was captured alive on last Wednes day within 40 yards of where he bit the boy, jby C. M. Davis and is still alive and in the possession of Mr. Davis. ‘ In capturing the snake Mr. Davis found him in coil and arranged a long string on the end of a five-foot pole with a drawing loop and slipped the loop, ovefj the snake’s head by means of the pole and then drew the string. He employed the same means in grooming the snake to have its pic aure taken in the Rogers studio in Douglas. After the snake had its picture taken it was placed back in the box and the loop was removed. The snake had double fangs on the right side and a single fang on the left side, which have been extracted by Mr. Davis, as the dentists of Doug las respectfully declined the honor of extracting them. The double range on the right side was the one that struck little Louis Adams as was clearly apparent from the wound in flicted. E. T. Tanner, a naval stores operator', was present and witnessed the capture of the reptile. A great many rattlesnakes have been killed recently in this section. It is thought the extremely dry weather has caused them to leave their former haunts and seek water near and in the towns and cities. SLAYER OF NURSE CHAINED AND LYNCHED Willie Dixon, the insane negro who murdered Miss Amy Oxford, a nurse at the State Sanitarium at Milledge ville last week, has been taken from the sanitarium by a party of white men who carried him to a spot in Wilkinson county, chained him to a tree and used a pick handle to beat him to death. The negro had used a pick handle to kill Miss Oxford. Dr. Swint, superintendent of the sanitarium said that there was a large party, something like 20 or 30 unmasked men in the party. Dr. Swint believes that it will be an easy matter to bring the members of the mob to justice because they were not masked. At a coroner’s inquest the verdict reached was that the negro met death at the hands of unknown par ties. Miss Oxford was in charge of the vocational and occupational depart ment of the sanitarium. It was while she was passing the negro buildings that Dixon emerged from among a group of negroes and struck Miss Oxford with a pick handle. He continued to strike her and had completed killing her before aid could reach the spot. Dixon came from Richmond county in January 1924. He had served two terms in the chaingang before being sent to Milledgeville, but was not con sidered dangerous. SATILLA RIVER GOES BONE DRY In a number of places the Satilla river has practically dryed up and the stream has dwendled to a small stream at the nearest point to Way cross. Fishing has almost become a thing of the past because there is not sufficient water. Several streams in Georgia are low and many of the smaller creeks have stopped flowing as a result of the dry weather. BAPTISTS OBSERVING WEEK OF PRAYER The workers of the Baptist W. M. U. are observing this' week as their week of prayer for state missions. But combining two programs into one afternoon’s session, they used only two afternoons instead of four. The four different circles handled the program. DOUGLAS TOURISTS RETURN FORM THE CAROLIN AS Judge T. N. Henson and Marshal (Bud) Ashley returned from an ex tended tour through North Georgia and the Carolinas last Sunday night. They relate some horrid stories of the conditions in the drought stricken areas, and especially of that section of Georgia which was hit by the dry weather. Judge Henson said that there were some farms on which the cotton was about one foot high and sometimes maybe there would be one boll on top of the stalk, and the prospects for other crops were no brighter. Mr. Ashley and the Judge are of the opinion that there is not much for anyone there. In speaking of North Carolina, Judge Henson seemed to be well pleas ed with the beautiful rural school buildings, which they saw along the country side. He attributes those well equipped schools to diversified farming. Speaking further he com pared the one cotton crop sections of South Carolina to the progressive section of North Carolina and said that the one crop sections do not have the good schools as they should. NEW GAME AND FISH LAW PASSED Among the several provisions of the Game and Fish Bill passed by the recent General Assembly and ap proved by the governor, is one which prohibits seining or netting in any of the fresh water streams of Geor gia for a period of five years. The section of law prohibiting seining reads a follows: “It shall be a mis demeanor for any person to take from any of the fresh water streams of this state any fish with seine, net, gig or spear or with any other device or- by any other means than with a hook and line for a period of five years; provided nothing in this act shall prohibit the taking of minnows where a seine is used for such pur pose, the same not to exceed four feet in length, and provided further, that the provisions of this section shall not prohibit the taking of shad fish in the manner and season pro vided by law.” This law, according to Commissioner Twitty, applies to even private ponds, but the owner of a private pond, his immediate family or tenants, may fish in said pond at any time and any manner they please. Under the old anti-seining law it was necessary for two grand juries to recommend its adoption before the law became effective. But the new law is state-wide in its effect and now applies to every county in the State, and no action of the grand jury is necessary. Another provision of this bill pro hibits the use of fish baskets or traps or similar devices at any and all times, and makes it the duty of game wardens, depty wardens and .others officers to destroy all traps, baskets and other devices used in violation of this act. Under these new provisions of the law only hook and line fishing will be permissible in Georgia during the next five years. The law goes still further and makes it the duty of the Board of Game and Fish to prohibit even hook and line fishing during the spawning season in any county of the state where one grand jury of that county recommends. A third provision of the bill pre scribes a penalty of from SIOO.OO to SIOOO.OO for dynamiting fish. The Department of Game and Fish announces a reward of $25.00 for the arrest and conviction of any person violating the anti-seining law or the law prohibiting the use of baskets and traps. A reward of $50.00 is of fered for the arrest and conviction of any person dynamiting fish. These rewards expire January 1, 1926, but are subject to renewal at that time. A special corps of deputies has been employed by the Department of Game and Fish to see that the new fishing laws are rigidly enforced. FIRE ALARM SOUNDED MONDAY AFTERNOON Monday afternoon about four-thir ty, a fire alarm was turned in and the quick response of the fire depart ment saved Stubb’s gin a disastrous fire, and confined the flames to a small blaze in the seed house. $1.50 Per Annum in Advance COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT MONDAY,THE 28TH Arrangements have been made for opening the county schools next Mon day, September 28th. With few ex ceptions, teachers have been assign ed and have accepted. All schools not filled will be supplied by this week end. The superintendent has called for a conference of all white teachers at his office at 10:30, A. M., Saturday. He is also asking the colored teach ers to meet at 3:30 P. M. There are thirty-five white schools in which it is estimated twenty-five hundred pupils will enroll, and twen ey colored in which about one thous and will enter. Unusual interest is being mani fested on the part of the trustees and patrons and a record attendance is anticipated. An election was held in the Mob ley School District on Wednesday of this week to vote on the question of voting a local tax to supplement the amount received through the County Board for the support of the school. This shows enterprise on the part of the patrons of the in that community which has recently con solidated with the Palmer District of Jeff Davis County. A modern build ing with up to date equipment is the goal and the prospect that this forward step will be taken immediate ly after the election is encouraging. The Board, superintendent, and trustees, co-operating with the teach ers, urge that all pupils enter on opening day next Monday that the work of organization may be com pleted and that the work of the schools may proceed without distur bance later in the term. MR. W. S. CONNER GOES TO J ACKSON VALUE, FLA. Mr. W. S. Conner, who ha 3 been such a popular employee of the A., B. & A. road here, has been granted a leave of absence from the road a few weeks, and left with his fam ily Tuesday for Jacksonville, where he is going in the Real estate busi ness with his brother. He has the privilege of returning to the road if he decides to come back at at end of that time, and his place with the road is being temporarily filled by Mr. C. Folger. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are an ex cellent couple and they will be great ly missed here in many departments of the town’s activities. He is an en thusiastic Kiwanian and is secretary of the organization here. He has al so been an active worker in the Ep worth League and Sunday School. Mrs. Conner is also active in church circles and they carry with them best wishes of many substantial friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bond are occu pying the residence on Bryan street during their absence from the city. DOUGLAS NOT SUFFERING FROM SCARCITY OF W ATER Although this has been one of the dryest years ever known here as well as in most parts of the country, Doug las has not yet had to put on any restrictions about the use of water, and Mr. Head of the Light and Water commission says so far as they can tell, they still have as much water as is needed for the city. Two light rains fell in different parts of the county last Sunday af ternoon and there is still a plendid dew on the grass every morning. PROGRESS EDITOR ATTENDS PRESS ASSOCIATION MEET Fred Ricketson, editor of The Cof fee County Progress, is spending this week in West Point, Georgia at tending the Autumn meeting of the Georgia Press Association. Mr, Ricketson left Douglas last Sunday night for W r est Point and will return next Saturday. He was accompanied by Mr. John R. Slater, mayor of Douglas. An invitation is to be giver, the Association to meet in Douglas in 1926, and Douglas already has the assurance that it will be the meeting place of Georgia newspaper men be for long.