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QLafftt (Eotroijj Progress, Volume Xl NO. 51. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION CRIMINAL DOCKET NEXT MONDAY The regular term Coffee Superior Court convened here last Monday morning with Judge Harry D. Reed presiding. Solicitor General Allen B. Spence was present for the state. The grand jury was organized with F. F. Preston as foreman, B. M. Poer, clerk and B. J. Minchew, bail iff. The body was then charged by Judge Reed, who delivered an unus ually thoughtful discourse regarding the duties of a grand jury, and touch ing upon subjects of vital interest to the entire county and section. Judge Reed, an ardent advocate of good roads and good schools, never fails to stress the necessity for the develop ment of these advantages to any sec tion. His talk along these lines were especially appealing and impressive. After the organization of the court, and the calling of the docket, the divorce mill began and verdicts as follows were granted: Mandy Anderson vs Willie Ander son, Ist verdict. Doraan Brown vs E. D. Brown, Ist verdict. Lerona Braswell vs Edward Bras well, 2nd verdict. Maggie Barnes vs Love Barnes, Ist verdict. Ernest Davis vs Mabel 2nd verdict. Alma Grantham vs Wiilis Gran tham, Ist verdict. Francis Herring vs Dewey Herring, 2nd verdict. Penny Hayes Harper vs Jas. Har per, Ist verdict. Laura Merritt vs Archie Merritt, 2nd verdict. John ilcßae vs Mattie Mcßae, 2nd verdict.' Frank Rogers vs Eva Rogers, 2nd verdict. Jesse Smith vs Alma Smith, ’Snd verdict. Effie Simmons vs T. C. Simmons, 2nd verdict. W. H. Smith vs Eliza Smith, verdict. Betty Tillman vs Claude Tillman, Ist verdict. A civil case which required con siderable time to dispose of was that of C. L. Patterson vs W. F. Sibbett. A levy had been made on business property in Douglas and a. claim was made to the property by Mrs. W. F. Sibbett, W. A. Sibbett and Mrs. Annie Sapp. The amount involved was sev eral hundred dollars, and a verdict was rendered for the claimants. After holding sessions for two days the court was recessed until Monday October 19th. The grand jur y re mained in session until Wednesday afternoon and recessed to convene again Monday. The civil docket was light and a number of settlements were effected, leaving this docket practically clear. Hezzie Billikin, a white man, was indicted for murder of E. M. Harrell and surrendered to Sheriff Tanner and was placed in jail pending tnal next week. jail on a charge of murdering his Will Manning, a negro man, is in jail on a charge of murdering his wife on the farm of L. A. Pope a few weeks ago. A shotgun was used and the dead negress was literally blown to pieces. Manning will doubt less be tried next week. A case of long standing on the criminal docket is that of Richard Bagley charged with the murder of Hurse y about eight years ago. It is likely that this case will come up for trial. A case that will most likely come up is that of John Robert Graham, a negro, charged with assault and attempt to murder. Graham is chafg ed with brutally beating his wife, breaking both arms—one in two places and the other in three places last Saturday night. There is a great deal of business before the court for next week, and it is anticipated that the entire week, and probably longer will be consumed in the trial of criminal business. Deputies working with Sheriff W. M. Tanner, are H. J. Goodwin, Eugene Merrier, D. E. Lott, and Jo*hn M. Tanner. As a result of the grand jury’s proceedings, a great many summonses are being sent out, and next week is expected to be unusual ly lively with this body. OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS DIXIE MOTORCADE TO ARRIVE FRIDAY Aportion of the giant motorcade traveling south over the Dixie High way from Michigan, Illinois and other states, are expected to pass through Douglas about mid-afternoon tomor row, (Friday). A barbecue luncheon has been prepared for them at Fitz gerald, and the party will travel from there to Dougias on their way to Florida, the ultimate terminus being Miami. THE DRAMATIC ART CLUB The Dramatic Art Club is up and .doing. All the members were pres ent at the meeting held at the home of Mary Tanner, Oct. 13. They made plans for a booth in the Hallowe’en carnival which is to be held at the High School auditorium Hallowe'en night. Their booth will be very at tractive and the attractions in-|ide are very entertaining. All of you will enjoy them. Don’t miss the Dra ing all the way through. They are cussed their plans for the coming program. They have planned all sorts of entertaining things. These enteirainmenis will k'*-p you laugh ing all the - way through. They rae very enthusiastic and are working hard to put over the very best; pro gram that has ever been put on in Douglas. The date of the program will be published soon in the papers. Be sure not to miss it. LOUELLA COFFFEE, Business Mgr. FUNERALSERViCES FOR MRS, MARTHA GRIFFIN Funeral services ere being conduc ted for Mrs. Martha Griffin, aged 83 ted for Mrs. Martha Griffin, aged 83 years, who died at th ehome of- her daughter, Mrs. Wiley Harper Wed nesday evening. The remains wdll be placed in the Oscar Paulk cemetery, the family burial plot. Mrs. Griffi was the widow of Mr. Jack Griffin, Civil war veteran, who died yar sago, and the mother of Mr. Moses and Mr. Thos. Griffin promin ent business men of Douglas, and Dr. Archie Griffin of Valdosta, and Mrs. Wiley Harper, Mrs. Need Harper, Mrs Sarah Carver and Mrs. Tom Purvis. Mrs. Griffin had visited her sons here many times. A large number of friends and relatives of Douglas and vicinity are attending the funeral ser vices. Full details of the funeral rites were not available at the time of going to press. FARM AND CITY HOMES CHANGING HADS RAPIDLY Not a day passes without a sale of a farm, a home, or a lot is the latest information from Messrs. Lonnie A. Pope and W. 0. Harris of the Dixie Realty Co. The W. A. Walker home on East Ward street was recently sold to Mr. Hardy Courson, of Douglas. Mr. John S. Gibson sold the Over man home on Ward street to Dr. Warren L. Hall, of NPholls, and Mr. Lonnie Pope of this ity. A home on Peachtree street Mc- Donald st., was purchased by Mr. Cecil Bogan, Jr., from Mr. G. C. Weit man. Mr. Bogan and his family will move into the home at an early date. The beautiful H. A. Johnson home on Gaskin avenue was sold to an out of town party. The Johnson ‘home is considered one of the most beau tiful homes in town. Mr. J. A. Raulerson has bought a 100 acre farm on the Dixie Highway between here and Nicholls from Mr. J. A. Flourney, of Macon. Several building lots in various sections of the city were sold to pros pective builders. CONGRESSMAN LANKFORD RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON Congressman W. C. Lankford re turned to Douglas Wednesday from Washington, D. C., where he had spent some time attending to depart mental matters and is spending a few days in this city before \ oining his family at Brunswick, where Mrs. Lankford and their son are staying at present. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925. SMYRNA BAPTIST TO MEET AT BROXTON OCTOBER 223 Baptist of the Smyrna Association will assemble at Broxton for the Six ty Third annual session Thursday morning, October 22 at 10 o’clock for a two days session. Meetings will be held at the Brox ton Baptist church, and all of the thir ty or more churches are expected to be represented. Much business is to come before the approaching conven tion, and every feature will be of vi tal interest to the Association. Official program: 10:00 Call to Order. 10:10: Devotional —R. O. Martin. 10:25: Organization. 10:35: Collect Letters. 10:45: Recognition of Visitors. 10:50: Call for Petitionary Letters. 11:00: Adopt Order of Business. 11:15: Introductory Sermon —S. G. Taylor. 12:15: Adjournment. 2:00: Thursday Evening Session. GROUP 1. 2:00: Devotional. 2:15: Appointment of Committees. 2:25: Report of Executive Commit tee. 2:40: Report of Publications. 2:50: Report on Education. 3:10: Report on Womans’ Work. 3:25: General Discussion. 5:00: Miscellaneous. Adjournment. FRIDAY MORNING SERVICES GROUP 2. 9:00 Devotional Exercises. 9:15: Report on Temperance. 9:40: Report on Orphan’s Home. 9:25: Report on Law Enforcement. 10:00: Report on Missions,, State,. lome, Foreign. 10:30: Address by Dr. Cree. 11:30: Missionery Sermon—R. O. Martin. 12:30: Adjournment. Friday. -Evenin'# S -- GROUP 3. 2:00: Devotional Exercise. 2:15: Report on B. Y. P. U. 2:25: Report on Georgia Baptist Hospital. 2:35: Report on Destitution. 2:45: Report of Nominating Com mittees. 3:25: Report on Resolutions. 3:35: General Discussion. 4:30: Memorial Service. 4:50: Miscellaneous. 5:00: Adjournment. PROF. THRASH WINS PRIZE. Sometime ago the Tifton Gazette offered a prize for a name of the football team at the South Georgia A. &M. College at Tifton. Many names were sent to the com mittee on names and among them was Wire Grassers. That name was sent in by Prof. J. M. Thrash, prin cipal of the Eleventh District A. & M. school here. Prof. Thrash was connected with the school at Tifton for several years. Will be in Douglas next Tuesday for the purpose of buying chickens. Market price paid. J.J.DuVALL, Green Tree Inn, opposite Ford place. PRESBYTERIANS TO BEGIN REVIVAL SERVICES SUNDAY: OTHERS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Revival services will begin at the local Presbyterian church Sunday ev ening of the 18th at 8:30 o’clock. The first service will be preached by the pastor, on Monday night following Rev. Wilkes Den dy, of Columbus, will begin preaching services. From then on there will be two services daily, running through Sunday, October 25th. The hour of the day service will be announced la ter. Mr. Dendy is a small man in stat ure but large in his messages. He has been among the noted speakers at large conventions over the country. He occupied a place of prominerce among the speakers at the National Christian Endeavor Convention hald ai Boston, Mass., in 1921. At present he is in charge of :he young people’s work with the First Presbyterian church at Columbus, la. It has been a general commint among the scholars that there are speakers who can grip the older jeo ple, but were failures in speaking to young people. This is true—tha. DAWES WILL MEET GEORGIA EDITORS FRIDAY AT FAIR TO DELIVER PUBLIC ADDRESS AT AUDITORIUM THURSDAY NIGHT. A feature of the visit to Atlanta Thursday and Friday of this week of Vice President Charles G. Dawes will be an informal meeting with mem bers oft the Georgia Press association in the lecture tent at the Southeast ern fair. Friday is Georgia Press day at the fair, and President Ernest Camp,| ~of the editor’s organization, calledia special meeting of the asso ciation at 10:30 o’clock in the morning at which the vice president will meet members in an informal manner. There will be no address by the vice president at the fair grounds, al though he is scheduled to visit the fair during Thursday morning. On Thursday night at the city auditorium Vice President Dawes will deliver an address to the public, his only address on his .jgisit to the city. FIFTEEN TON TRUCK CRASHES THRU BRIDGE At the bridge across Seventeen Mile creek between Douglas and Nicholls on the Dixie Highway was the scene of blocked traffic for two hours last Sunday afternoon. While a fifteen ton truck enroute from Florida to Ohio was crossing the bridge,, the rear wheels ran off the stringers and one of them caused the flooring of the bridge to give way. It fool: two hours to prize the wheel out of the aperture made. A large qumber of automoblies had parked 5 on the highway before the huge tihgik Could be be moved. Trfcl is very heavy on the Central jifetfc’' t fi*4rway, and the bridge yas markVd by the Highway D'-ph rt'merr as unfit for any vehicle of such ton nage. A new bridge is being erected across this stream a short distance away and the bridge which gave way has only been kept in passing repair for ordinary vehicles. DICKERSON & SIMS FURNISH WORLD SERIES NEWS Messrs. David Dickerson and Char lie Siins, local dealers in Radios, and Radio supplies have, without cost, to the public, furnished the recent world series baseball games pla y by play over their machine, which has proven admirable during the series to date. Large crowds throng their place, and interest in the games between Washington and Pittsburg have arous ed interest almost to fever heat among baseball fans here, and the splendid system of receiving the games has been largely instrumental in causing fans to chose favorites, and pull for them. There are a number of receiving stations that have been broadcasting the games play by play, and during the afternoon games, Douglas puts on an appearance, almost as though the whole town was in the grand stands at Washington or Pittsburg. when the young become interested— the adults are also. I feel that our church is fortunate in securing Mr. Dendy, and that all who will come will hear inspiring messages from the Gospel, and of a very high order. We not only welcome, but appre ciate the attendance of all other de nominations to these services. Hav ing a small membership in our church we need the co-operation of all the Christian people in town to carry our meeting to a success. We need your prayers, we need your presence, and will appreciate your help in the sing ing. We are planning to have a young people’s service one evening during the week. We issue an invitation to the schools of the town to attend. The date will be announced early in the week. We ask the heads of the schools to bring it to the attention of the student bodies, and would like that all pastors announce it to their congre gation, and themselevs enter into the meeting with us. V,'. E. SMITH, Pastor. A..8.&A. RY. OFFERS PLAN TO AID LAND OWNERS REACH SETTLERS PROGRESS ADS SELLS PROPERTY! The Coffee County Progress, Douglas, Georgia, October 12, 1925, Gentlmen: Y’ou may discontinue copy of our quarter page which appeared in your issue of last week, as the property advertised therein was sold a short while after the appearance of the pa per on the streets. We are attaching copy for new ad, which we wish run in your next issue. Thanking you, we are, Yours very truly, DIXIE REALTY CO., By Lonnie A. Pope. FORMER COFFEE COUNTY MAN HEADS BOY SCOUTS Dr. B. Harvey Minchew, eye, eat, and nose specialist was elected chairman of the Boy Scouts commit tee from the Citizens’ meeting held in Waycross last Thursday night. The name of the proposed organi zation will be Okefenokee Council. Waycross first, and then the work will be extended as rapidly as pos sible to surrounding counties. The work of the scout council will be di rected by a joint committee, the mem bers of which will be appointed by all the civic clubs in Waycross. The members of the orginal com mittee are Dr. B. H. Minchew, Paul Harley, M. M. Monroe, L. L. Harvard, and Judge Harry D. Reed. Dr. Minchew was reared in Coffee county about four miles north of West Green. His father, Rev. A. S. Minchew a widely known preacher in this section of the state is now a resident of Kingsland, Georgia. -e«IA CITIZEN KILLEDJN FLORIDA Autmr.obile Accident at Williston, Fla. Fatal to Ambrose Man —Compan- ion Is Slightly Injured. Judson Grimes, of Ambrose, Ga., was instantly killed and his com panion, Terry McGovern, also of Am brose, was slightly injured near Anniston late Sunday afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding turned turtle. A blow out of a front tire just before Grimes, who was driving, attempted to pass an other automobile was the cause of the accident), investigators said. Terry McGovern lived at Broxton and Judson Grimes was a brother of Mr. Clark Grimes in the Gully Branch settlement near Broxton. THE GILLIS REUNION SEEN BY A VISITOR (By H. M. MEEKS) The annual Gillis Reunion was held at the home of Cicero Gillis on Wed nesday the 14th of this month. This is an annual gathering of the Gillis family and their friends and is always largely attended. There were several good speakers invited. The following w-ere present: Prof. J. M. Thrash, Col. J. S. Gib son, of Douglas, and Judge Harry D. Reed of Waycross, all of which made appropriate addresses. Also Earl Parks of Douglas was present and rendered helpful services in song es pecially a solo which he rendered most efficiently to the delight of the people present. The exercises was opened by some appropriate songs and prayer by Rev. Walton Tyson. These exercises closed about 1:30 p. .m when a sump tous dinner was spread on the table especially prepared for the occasion, which was in keeping with this past record, which is not easy to describe, but to which remained fragments to be taken back. Should the reader want a more thorough description, Brother Thrash who lingered long and patiently at the table making repeated comments on the same, will be able to furnish them. Then fer further information you may inquire of Earl Parks, who greatly enjoyed the spread. He too, lingered long and patiently at the table endeavoring to sample all., and $1.50 Per Annum in Advance The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan tic Railway, through its Agricultural Department, proposes a clear-cut, de finite plan to secure new farm set tlers along its lines in Alabama and Georgia. We are making the follow ing offer to all land owners and com mittees on the road: We will endeavor to find a desirable purchaser to take up every farm which the owner will put in accep table shape, that is, to meet the con ditions required by progressive farm ers from other sections. These conditions are: 1. Area approximately one hun dred acres. 2. At least seventy-five per cent of the land offered shall be cleared of stumps and fenced. 3. A modern farmhouse and barn be provided. 4. Located convenient to a good school. 5. Also pasture ground and a deep well. We will have no difficulty in find ing this fall and winter the right sort of new settlers to buy a large number or such farms on reasonable terms. There are golden opportunities in the agricultural territory all along our railway. These opportunities are be coming better and better known. It is not so difficult now to find good farmers who can be persuaded to move to our section of the country, but the difficulty is to find farma which are acceptable to them to move to. They are not attracted to cut-over lands and worn hill-sides as sites for new homes. Neither will they buy farms without good comfortable ac commodations for themselves and their annrrals-jirthene days and ji-mea, We are convinced that the time has come to make a strong effort to bring in desirable immigration from other parts of the United States. Our ex perience and observation lead us to believe confidently that the homeseek ers can be secured at this time if at tractive farms are provided for them, otherwise it will be a difficult matter to make much headway in locating them. Hence we have decided to make this standing offer of definite cooperation, We hope for definite results in every county traversed by our railway. Very truly yours, B. L. BUGG, Receiver. PROGRAM AT HUFFER CHURCH SATURDAY EVENING OCT. 24 An entertaining program will be rendered at Shepherd church, near Huffer, Saturday evening, October 24th at 8 o’clock. Special music, readings, recitations etc., will be the special features of the program. Refreshments, varied and plentiful, will be at the disposal of those who attend, and the public is invited. The proceeds of the sale of the lunches will be used to help pay for a piano which has already been installed JOHN YV. WEEKS RESIGNS POST AS SECRETARY OF WAR Washington).—The resignation of John W. Weeks as Secretary of War has been placed in President Cool idge’s hands and formal announce ment to this effect will be made fol lowing Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, it was learned here late Monday af ternoon. At the same time the President an nounces the vacancy he also is expec ted to announce a successor. It is believed that Dwight F. Davis, now Acting Secretary, will be given the appointment. finally when leaving was heard to remark that as the young man after writing several pages to his sweet heart finally said, “I close for lack of space”, so did our friend Park. It was a most enjoyable occasion. After the dinner hour the Gillis band gathered and rendered excellent string band music, to the dlight of those present. This was the honor paid to Uncle Cicero on the occasion of his 76th birthday. May we see many more.