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Volume XI—No. 49.
ORGANIZE TO COMPLETE
MEMORIAL COIN SALE
“Centuries will be born to die; age
will follow age along the unending
pathway of the years; cities govern
ments and people will change and
perish—while yet our heroes, carved
in stone, will stand on guard, custod
ians of imperishable glory.” So said
Governor Trinkle of Virginia in an
address, in referring to the Stone
Mountain Memorial to the Southern
Confederacy.
200,000 coins remain unsold in
Georgia, and Governor Walker has
appointed Hon. Ernest Camp, of
Mongoe, recently elected president
of the Georgia Press Association,
director of the Harvest campaign to
complete the sale of these coins. Mr.
Camp is widely experienced in pub
licity and organization of campaigns
and will use effort to complete the
sale of Georgia’s quota of coins this
fall.
In every southern state the cam
paign is now in progress, and while
Georgia is called upon to sell the
largest number of coins, it is in this
state the monument stands.
Referring to the campaign Mr.
Camp recently said:
“I have every confidence that Geor
gia will take her full quota of Con
federate Memorial Half Dollars.
There coins authorized by unanimous
vote of the House and Senate of the
United States are a decoration of
valor in honor of every soldier w r ho
wore the Confederate uniform. They
are a sweeping vindication of the
motives which prompted our fore
fathers to resort to arms, and a trib
ute to the courage and chivalry with
which they fought. They represent
a new note of brotherhood which is
sweeping the country from Florida
to Maine and which has obliterated
the last vestige of sectionalism.
“I have seen the model for the
central group by the new Sculptor,
Mr. Augustus Lukeman, and have
made a close study of it. He has ex
ceeded the expectations of his cham
pions and silenced any question as to
his skill and fitness for this work,
and his understanding of the spirit
of our people. His design carved on'
Stone Mountain will be a worthy
monument to the great men whose
memory, and the inspiration of whose
character, is perpetuated.”
A MILLTOWN, GA.,
BECOMES A LAKELAND, GA.
Miltown, Georgia, the seat of La
nier county has undergone a change
in name recently. The people by a
vote decided to change the name to
Lakeland. The postoffice department
readily agreed to the change and
the general assembly not wishing to
be cranky about the matter passed
a bill without any disturbance allow
ing the metropolis of Lanier county
the change in name.
The good people of that portion
of Georgia are now very anxious
that the inhabitants of every nation,
of every land, and of every tribe
shall begin to use the new name and
forget the old one.
Milltown, now Lakeland, is located
near Banks pond, an artificial lake
of water that covers 16,000 acres of
South Georgia plains. This pond!
which is truly a fresh water sea and
contains many fish that draw people
from far and near.
In some places the pond is very
deep while in others it is not so deep.
It contains a large number of scat
tered tree trunks and stumps. Banks
pond was formed by a dam and is
not a natural body of water. It is
a most beautful body of water and
the peoplie of Lakeland anticipate
that some day it will be made more
beautiful and will furnish lake
fronts for many beautiful homes.
Miss Winnifred Clark HosCess.
A delightful affair among the
younger contingent was the party
given by Miss Winnifred Clark Sat-*
urday night at the home of her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Clark.
Proms and games were enjoyed.
Miss Virginia Tanner and Miss Ma
mie Sarah Sapp won the girls’ prize
in two contests and Joe Jardine and
Elmo Thrash won the prize for boys.
Miss Francis Vibbert served punch
and Miss Ethel Dickerson assisted
Mrs. Clark in serving, cream and cake.
DOUGLAS HIGH TAKES
ADDITIONAL TEACHERS
Douglas High School is going; it
is glowing, and it is growing. The
student body has so increased until
it has become necessary for the
Board of Education to ad two new
members to the faculty.
Miss, Marguerite Roberts, a very
efficient teacher, has been selected to
take charge of some of the third
grade work.
NEXT SATURDAY WORK DAY
FOR ORPHAN’S HOME
As last Sunday was Promotion Day
at the Methodist Sunday school, it
was thought best to observe next Sun
day as Orphan’s Home Day. The
envelopes w T ere given out last Sunday
for the offering next Sunday.
It is hoped friends of the institu
tion will give their next Saturday’s
income to this worthy cause. Just
one day’s earnings out of a year is
all that is asked to help to support
and educate these one hundred and
sixty children in this home.
CRIME WAVE STILL BROKEN.
*
Chief Barrineau says that the crime
wave in this part of the world is still
broken.
The chief continued by saying that
the order on circus day, last Monday,
was the very best. A very few ar
rests were made end not all of them
were for drunkenness but some were
for petty crimes.
EAGLE CAFE
CHANGES HANDS
The Eagle Cafe, which has been
operated for the past two years by
Nick Economou, was bought Wednes
day morning by Gus Burosos, who has
been with the cafe for some time.
The former proprietor has made
many friends during his stay here.
He goes to Winter Haven, Fla., where
he will enter a like business. The
new proprietor expects to keep the
cafe up to the high standard which it
has ben run.
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
Commends the efforts by the var
ious church Sunday schools of the
city to increase attendance. It was
organized in the hope that it might
stimulate interest in Sunday school
work and Bible study. No credit is
claimed for the recently renewed ac
tivities along these lines, , but the
membership of the class do feel a
deep sense of satisfaction in the work
that is being done.
The class meets at 10:30 A. M. and
is dismissed sufficiently early that
those attending may attend the morn
ing services of the church of their
choice.
All men who do not regularly at
tend one of the church Sunday schools
of the city, and visitors are cordially
invited to meet with us.
Court House, Sunday morning at
10:20.
JOHN ECONOMOU DIED
LAST SUNDAY MORNING
Last Sunday morning at 2 o’clock
John Economou, father of Nick
Economou proprietor of the Eagle
Cafe, died of pneumonia and tubercu
losis at the home of his son here in
Douglas.
Economou was born in Greece 65
years ago. He lived there until 20
years ago when he with his family
moved to A merica. Since then he
has spent most of his time in Fort
Valley, where he was shipped for
burial by the Douglas undertaking
Company.
He had been in feeble health for
quite a while but was not confined
to his bed until about two weeks ago.
Economou is survived by three chil
dren, two sons and one daughter.
WALKER-MATHEWS.
Frineds of Miss Alden Walker ar.cl
Mr. H. C. Mathews will be inte iz '
to learn of their marriage, which
took place Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember 23, Ordinary W. P. Ward per
forming the ceremony.
The bride is a popular trained nurse
of this section and the groom is the
bookkeeper for the Pat Darby Lum
ber Company.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1925 *
SUPERIOR COURT JURY
TO SERVEOCT. TERM
J. H. Roddenberry, Wiley Mobley,
Petit Juries drawn to serve at the Oc
tober term Superior Court:
GRAND JURORS
J. H. Roddenberry, Willie Mobley,
W. O. Wingate, S. M. Murray, W. M. |
Thompson, J. A. Daughtrey, W. C.
Paterson, J. L. Shelton, S. J. Stubbs,
Jr., N. H. Hursey, B. M. Poer, T. R.
Burkett, C. F. Chambliss.
B. D. Davis, Marshall Tanner, G.
N. Thompson, Malcolm Davis, E. R.
Cross, T. J. Courson, M. J. Farguson,
E. S. Sapp, W. M. Newbern, F. F.
Preston, W. G. Meeks. R. H. Sapp,
P. L. Streat, L. D. Gillis, J. L. Bry
ant, A. R. Lewis, Geo. W. Gillis.
Petit Jury Firsft Week
Frank Gillen, L. J. Fussell, S. A.
Lott, J. B. Lindsey, R. H. Tyner, H.
M. Love, W. R. Wilson, W. T. Solo
omans, J. N. Todd, J. C. Day, Timmie
Y'oung, J. M. Lord, R. L. Brown, T.
L. Adams, Philip Kirkland, J. C. Rel
ihan, J. S. Dickerson, T. L. Burkett,
C. V. Willard, Joe Peterson, Jr.
T. J. Holland, Noah Burkett, R. F.
Dorminy, E. R. iLochridge, W. M. Gei
ger, T. 11. Brown, M. Kight, L. C.
Crow, J. E. Perkins, W. M. Harden,
Jeff Lewis, 11. V. Allen, W. A Fair
cloth, W. M. Jowers, W. J. Thomas,
E. R. McClelland, C. B. Porter, Allen
Harper, Arthur Vickers, Dan Worth.
Petit Jury Second Week.
Jnuie Baker, Fred DuVall, Charlie
Harper, Eddie Cliett, Raymond Car
ver, Walter Jowers, Tom Butts, Hen
ry Harper, Geo. Paulk, J. A. Bowman,
C. H. Mills, W. R. Gates, E. F. Cox
well, J. B. Harper, A. J. Miller, Jr.,
Jesse M. White, S. T. McCrae, J. A.
B. Faircloth, If. W. Stanton.
J. B. Exum, B. F. Ellis, Walter
Merritt > Henry Cliett, W. B. Mills, L.
M. Hayes, W. H. Gamble, Talmadge
Evans, J. H. Milhollin, J. M. Hursey,
G. N. Ruper, L. D. Blount, J. L. Wol
drop, B. T. Burkett, R. W. Miller, H.
L. Vickers, H. V. Vickers, Elam Brook
er, Joe Roberts, E. C. Beecher, L. F.
Kirkland, Eston Ricketson, Hnry Sapp
R. R. Woodard.
C. D. Boggan, J. R. Parker, Rex
ford Peterson, J. M. Burkett, Geo.
Crowder, Sammie Batten, James Har
rell, D. Kirkland, Willie Harper, Wil
lis Peterson, Arthur Pridgen, D. K.
Deberry, Tim Young, J. E. Chappell,
I. O. Wilson, C. H. Pierson, W. L. Rog
ers
Mr. Monroe Mitchell, spent last
week in Atlanta.
MAKE FARMS AND HOMES ATTRACTIVE
AND PROFITABLE ALONG HIGHWAYS
(A. D. DANIEL, P. T. M., A., B. flc A. Railway)
Editor The Progress:
I would like to call your particu
lar attention to the campaign now
being put on by the Georgia State
College of Agriculture through its
county agents located in counties
along the National Highways for the
purpose of making the farms and
homes along these highways more
attractive, with a view to drawing the
attention of the thousand- of tourists
now passing through the state. Un
doubtedly, this winter will see the
biggest automobile tourist movement
ever experienced in the southeast and
on account of the crowded condition
in Florida and consequent high prices
a %uch greater per cent than in any
previous year will stop in Georgia.
In my opinion, now is our oppor-
tunity and I cannot imagine any
thing calculated to help n this move
ment that will have a greater effect
than making our roadsides attrac
tive, and it has the double advan
tage of increasing o ur soil fertility
and lessening boll weevil damage next
year. This matter is of so much im
portance that I am quoting here a
part of Mr. Campbell’s letter to the
county agents touching on this sub
ject.
“We are constantly hearing from
various state, county aid city officials
a: well as public sp dted citizens
Lout Georgia's opportunity for at
tracting the attentior of Florida !
tourists. Many suggestions have j
been made for advertising. In my l
opinion these county agents along the |
national highways ha e the greatest j
opportunity to serve n this capacity
MISS MARGUERITE ROBERTS
JOINS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Owing to the crowded condition in
the city school, Miss Marguerite Rob
erts has been elected teacher of one
of the divisions of the third grade to
succeed Miss Lucy Hall, who has been
placed in the High School department
as teacher of Latin and English.
Miss Hall has been teaching Latin
in the afternoons, while carrying on
her third grade work in the mornings,
but she was needed for full time in
the High School.
Miss Roberts is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Roberts, who live
near Douglas. She is a graduate of
\\ esleyan College and has been teach
ing in South Carolina since her grad
uation. The school board feels that
they have secured a very strong
teacher in her selection.
Mrs. Hutch Williams, another teacn
er of experience, has been elected su
er of experience has been elected for
supply.
ANOTHER HOME BOUGHT
IN DOUGLAS THIS WEEK
Mr. Edward L. Bagwell bought a
home at the corner of Madison aven
ue and Schley street here Tuesday
from Mr. T. S. Price. Several build
ing lot sales were also recorded here'
this week.
The Bagwell-Price transaction was
handled by the Dixie Realty Company
who report increasing activity in both
city and rural property. Mr. Pope,
the manager, states that inquiries are
coming from many section now, some
as far away as California. These re
quests are mainly for farm lands.
Mr. Bagwell was formerly a res
ident of Douglas and has made his
ijome in Broxton in recent years.
TAX COLLECTORS FIRST ROUND.
I will be at teh following places at
tae following times for the purpose
c ' collecting State and County taxes
for'the year 1925.
Thomas Daniel’s Wednesday Octo
ber 7th, 1925 from 9 to 10 o’clock a.
m.
Ambrose from 11 o’clock a. m. to 1
o’clock p. m. same day.
Broxton from 2 to 4 p. m. same day.
West Green Thursday October Bth
1925 from 9 to 11 o’clock a. m.
Nicholls from 12 to 4 o’clock p. m.
same day.
Yours truly,
G. L. SIMS, Tax Collector,
Coffee County, Georgia
by getting their farmers to plant the
roadsides fields in winter cover crops.
Aside from the value of these crops to
the live stock and to the soil, the
winter green will have an effect upon
the tourist travel that no amount of
publicity or periodicals will give. The
bare hillsides in north Georgia and the
sandy lands of south Georgia will
counteract any amount of favorable
publicity from civic organizations.
Cover them in winter green and they
will enlarge the effect of literature
and booster talk. Now that have
on a drive for heavy acreages of oats,
wheat, rye, vetch and crimson clover,
I would urge the agents along the
national highways to give special at
tention to the fields in sight of the
road.
I would also urge that home ground
improvements along the highway re
ceive special .. attention. Tourist
travel may diminish as the years go
by, but it will never stop. lam look
ing forward to the day when fields
will largely be covered with winter
green, much of it to be turned under
in the spring for soil improvement
in addition to winter grazing and
spring hay, but let’s make a double
effort along highways at present.’’
I have not had an opportunity to
read the papers carefully for the past
several weeks and it is, of course,
possible that you have already print
ed something on this subject. How
ever, the proposition is big enough
and the possible good that publicity
along this line will do is so
that I am sure you would be glad to
do your part to push it along.
ANGRY CAT TACKLES
WHOLE FAMILY
There were too many cats in the
home of John Higgs, whose home i
in this city, so Mr. Higgs went rid
ing with his family last Sunday and
carried one of the cats with him to
see if a new home could be provided
or found for it. It is reported that
while the party was riding the cat
began fighting. The small son, and
both Mr. and Mrs. Higgs were attack
ed by the animal. Mr. Higgs killed
it and its head was sent to Atlanta
for examination. A report was re
ceived and the examination did not
reveal rabies.
RALLY DAY FOB PALMER
MOBLEY CONSOLIDATED
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Contributed.)
Three cheers for the Mobley-Pal
mer school consolidation which went
over in grand style last week. The
people of the two communities are
to be congratulated on the cooper
ative spirit which they showed by
putting the consolidation overy by a
vote of 35 to 1 for a better school.
The people who live in the Northern
part of Coffee and in the Southern
part of Jeff Davis counties have a
vision. Our hats off to them.
So good, so far for them. Now
may they keep the good work going
on until their money is in hand, their
building is completed, and until they
have teachers who are doing fully
accredited junior high school work.
Coffee county has some schools of
which she should be proud. At pres
ent there are six schools in the coun
ty covering work thru the first nine
grades. They are Ambrose, Brox
ton, Eleventh District A. & M., Doug
las High, West Green and Nicholls.
. Some of them carry thru the eleven
th grade, but the schools that we are
interested in are those small two or
three teacher schools which should
be developed into ninth grade schools,
doing fully accredited junior high
school work.
Let’s give those boys and girls a
chance even tho we have to have
some more local taxation. Give every
boy and girl the opportunity to stay
at home until he completes the ninth
grade. Then if his parents are not
able to send him more, if he has the
making in him he can complete not
only his high school education but
he can go to college as well.
We are hoping that every patron
of the Polmer-Mobley district will at
tend the all day rally and barbecue
to be held at Mary’s Chapel October
15th and have a really good time.
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HIGH SCHOOL SHOWER
A SPLENDID SUCCESS
In response to the invitation to a
kitchen shower for the purpose of
equipping the domestic science de
partment of the Douglas High school
about thirty ladies were in attendance
at the school last Friday afternoon.
All the ladies brought one or more
articles to help equip the department.
As soon as they entered the build
ing they registered and were shown
through the new rooms by the do
mestic science girls. Then each of
the ladies took the Irish potatoes
which she had brought and made
some cooking utensils. Mrs. W. T.
Cottingham won the prize.
After the contest three readings
were given by three little girls as
follows: Misses Sara Wilcox, Fran
ces Vibbert and Elizabeth Lott.
Punch and wafers were served re
peatedly during the program.
Miss Grubbs the domestic science
teacher, wishes to express her ap
preciation for every article brought.
AN INHERITANCE
FOR YOUR CHILDREN
Every farmer owning forty acres
of cut over land in this section can
assure his children a nice inheritance.
If it has a start of young pine it
should produce one hundred to two
hundred feet per acre each year.
Two hundred feet of growth yearly
on each means in twnety years four
thousand feet to the acre, or one hun
dred and sixty thousand feet in all.
Its the best bank account any
Southern farmer can start for his
baby.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advance
AGGIES WIN FIRST
FROM FITZGERALD
(By Gerald Lott)
The Douglas Aggies ushered in the
1925 football season here Friday af
ternoon with a win over the heavy
Fitzegerald shop eleven. The score
was 6 to 0.
The game was well played and it
was very interesting and exciting.
Griffin, star halfback, for the Aggies
broke through the line and made a
beautiful 60-yard run for a touchdown
Parker missed his tr y for the extra
point. This touchdown was made in
the first period.
The Aggies are showing up fine
under the coaching of Prof. Thrash,
and they have good prospects of a
winning team. They have a number
of new men this year playing on the
Varsity squad, and these are showing
up exceptionally well.
Some of the new men from which
great things are expected are; Free
man, an end, who played with States
boro Normal last year and who was
seen in action here against the Ag
gies. Bosworth, a tackle, who played
with Tifton A. & M. last year, and
was see in action here.
Brewton Parker Institute comes
here for a game Monday and the Ag
gies expect to give the Mt. Vernon
lads a hard fight. A large crowd is
expected to attend the game, for it
will furnish plenty of thrills.
The Varsity team as it stacks up
now is as follows:
Freeman and Kelly, fends.
Bosworth, Cross and McDermick,
tackles.
Sammons, Roberson and Simmons
guards.
Youngblood, center.
Adams, Parker and Davis, half
backs.
Griffin, quarter back. *»
Vickers, full back.
Following is the schedule for the
season:
Monday, October 5, Brewton-Par
ker in Douglas.
Friday, October 9th, Cochran A. &
M. in Cochran.
Friday,' October 16th, lynanuel
County Institute in Graymont.
Friday, October 23rd, South Geor
gia College in Mcßae.
Friday, October 30th, Richmond
Academy in Augusta.
Monday, November 2nd, Brewton*
Parker in Mt. Vernon.
Thursday, November 12, Georgia
Military College in Douglas.
Friday, October 20th, Cochran A,
& M. in Douglas. * f * * !
“JANICE MEREDITH”
Picture of Romance and History
Coming to the Rivoli.
Next Monday and Tuesday the Ri
voli theatre will present that famous
picture containing so much history,
romance and glory that even a hard
ened reviewer will be overcome by
its sheer magnificence. In the Revo
lutionary War background of this pic
ture is a multi-colored and heart stir
ring love affair between the most
beautiful girl in the world and a man
she did not think the homeliest of his
kind. None can afford to miss seeing
“JANICE MEREDITH” and Marion
Davies, the astonishingly beautiful
star of the play.
Historical events are faithfully
and lavishly done. There’s the Bos
ton Tea Party, the ride of Paul Re
vere, the battle of iLexington, the
battle of Trenton, Washington cross
ing the Delaware, Franklin at the
Court of Versailles, and spectacular
scene after spectacular scene until
w# wonder if all the wonderful events
hadn’t been roped and tied and put
in this ore film. It’s the making of
history before one’s eyes, and the
best possible visible visual instructor
to the youth or our land of the found
ing and establishment of our great
nation.
Clean, pure, wholesome, entertain
ing and educational, American to the
core, the Rivoli has no hesitation in
endorsing it as one of the best pic
tures ever shown to our people. It
is the soul of America and every
American ought to see it. adv.
Mr. Gaston W. Christian, who has
been with the Georgia Leaf Tobacco
Company here for the past several
weeks left the city early Monday
morning for his home in Mt, Airy, N,
C.