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Volume XI—No. 52.
BILLINGSLEY CASE
GOES TO JURY
WILL MANNING NEGRO, GIVEN
LIFE SENTENCE. COURT TO
CONTINUE FULL WEEK.
Criminal week of Superior Court
convened Monday and the first case
to come up for trial was that of Will
Manning, a negro man charged with
the murder of his wife. The trial con
sumed al lof Monday and a verdict of
guilty with a recommendation to life
imprisonment was rendered by the
jury.
The case of Hezzie Billingsley, a
white man, charged with the murder
of E. M. Harrell, another white man,
was begun Tuesday with a strong ar
ray of counsel on both sides. , Quincey
& Quincey, Dickeson & Kelley and
J. H. Williams appeared for the de
fense, while Attorneys Chastain &
Henson were employed to assist So
licitor General Allen B. Spenck. The
case required all of Tuesday and Wed
nesday and until noon today (Thurs
day) when it wes given to a jury. At
the time of going to press a verdict
had not been reached.
Roosevelt Sellars, a negro youth
plead guilty to stealing a pistol and
was given a sentence of 12 months
straight time by Judge Reed.
It now appears that the court will
continue for the full week. Atkinson
county Superior Court convenes next
Monday and a number of local attor
neys will be engaged in that court.
Judge Reed has signified his inten
tion of winding up all business on the
calender here, and an adjourned term
may be held the business is not
finisTfed this'weeftr
After the conclusion of arguments
by counsel in the Billingsley case, the
case of John Robert Graham charged
with assault and attempt to murder
his wife was taken up.
SERIES OF SERVICES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The series of services which began
at the Presbyterina church last Mon
day are being splendidly attended and
the sermons by a young but talented
speaker, Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy, of
Columbus, Georgia.
The pastor, Rev. W. E. Smith is
aiding Rev. Mr. Dendy in the services
which will continue twice daily until
Sunday night.
Mr. A. Earl Parks of this city is
directing the singing, and this fea
ture is proving splendid.
CHANGE IN BAPTIST
CHURCH SCHEDULE
In the future until a different an
nouncement is made the B. Y. P. Us.
of the First Baptist church here will
meet at 6:45 P. M. and the preaching
service will be at 7:45 following the
hour for B. Y. P. U.
The morning services will be held
at the usual hours, Sunday school at
10:15 and preaching at 11:30.
Dr. Carl W. Minor, pastor of the
church, spoke on Heridity, last Sun
day night, to a large audience. Strict
attention and silence of the “pen
drop” variety prevailed as the pastor
made it plain that we inherit the good
as well as the bad from those who
have gone before us.
Next Sunday night Dr. Minor will
speak on Spiritual Antagonism.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all of the services.
NEXT WEEK METHODISTS
CHILDREN’S WEEK
Next week is to be observed as
Children’s Week by the Methodist
Sunday School, and the teachers of
the Elementary Department are to
have a meeting this afternoon with
the Superintendent, Mrs. L. E. Heath.
That “the Warld Moves Forw-ard on
the feet of Little Children” no right
thinking person doubts.
This week’s program not only in
cludes Hallow’een parties for the
different departments, but the teach
ers are to visit the children’s homes
to bring about a closer understanding
between the teacher and pupils.
Both parents and teachers are urged
to make this a week of prayer for the
Sunday School.
OFFICIAL ORGAN COFFEE COUNTY. CITY OF DOUGLAS, AND THE CITY OF NICHOLLS
JACK L. FERGUSION INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Jack L. Ferguson is in the Clark-
Smith Sanitarium with a broken leg
and severe cuts about the face as the
result of an automobile wreck, when
the car in which he was riding and a
tourist car collided on the Dixie High
way between Douglas and Ambrose.
It was reported that Mr. Ferguson
was driving a Ford touring car and
was blinded by the sun in trying to
pass the tourists car, a Buick 'Sedan.
Mr. Ferguson has several gashes
on his face which were caused from
flying glass when the windshield was
splintered, in addition to a broken leg
A Mr. McCrae and two otehr gentle
men were with him in the car, but
neither was injured.
A Mr. White and a Mr. Woodall, of
Tennessee occupied the Buick sedan,
one of which received minor injuries.
Both cars are in a local garage re
ceiving badly needed repairs.
THE SOUTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE NOV. 25
The annual session of the South
Georgia Conference will convene in
Macon, Ga., November 25th, Bishop
W. N. Answorth, presiding.
The preliminary work of the con
ference will be done by boards, com
mittees, etc., assembling in Macon,
November 23 and 24. Bishop Ains
worth will call the conference to or
der Wednesday A. M. the sessions be
ing in Mulberry street church. The
conference will be constituted of all
the preachers in full connection hold
ing districts stations and circuits of
whom there are about 300. Addition
.ad to . these there, are around 25 su
pernnuhted minilterv those wtfo are
no longer able physically to take
work, and 80 laymen, eight of each
of the ten districts in the conference.
There are always a goodly number of
connectional ministers, who represent
the interest of the church at large.
This will be the fourth and last year
of Bishop Ainsworth’s presidency of
the conference. Next year another
Bishop will be in charge, for the fol
lowing four years.
The churches within the bounds of
the South Georgia Conference have
made splendid growth during Bishop
Ainsworth presidency.
Our Methodist pastor here in
Douglas, the Rev. T. M. Christian will
carry to Macon a splendid report of
which the church is justly proud.
This conference year is rapidly
di awing to a close, hardly one month
till the meeting at Macon, and just
one week till Rev. Williams will hold
the last quarterly conference for this
church. The pastor announced Sun
day that he was exceedingly anxious
that all the years work be reported
in fuil at this conference. Ministerial
support, conference benevolences;
moneys raised by all societies, Sunday
School, Epworth Leagues, etc.
During the year there have been ad
ded to the church to date 123 new
members, over sixty on profession of
faith.
J. H. FLOYD BUYS CITY HOME
Mr. J. H. Floyd, a long time resi
dent of this city, who has been car
rying the mail for several years has
bought a home. The home is located
on the corner of Madison avenue and
Gordon streeti Mr. Floyd bought
the home from Messrs. Tom Price
and L. C. Alderman.
MR. JAMES R. WOOTEN PASSES
Mr. James R. Wooten, a pioneer
citizen of Coffee county, whose home
was near Pridgen in the northern part
of the county, died last Monday morn
ing about 6 o’clock.
Mr. Wooten’s death came as a re
sult of heart trouble. He had been
in very poor health for the last four
months but his death was not expect
ed at this time.
He was 76 years old, a useful citi
zen in his community, a successful
farmer and business man. Mr.
Wooten.was a member of Oak <7 r n*
Methodist church where the burial
took place last Tuesday.
He is survived by five children
Mesdames Anderson McClain, John
Brundage, Mattie Wooten, Miss Annie
Wooten and Mr. Johnnie Wooten, all
of whom live in this county. 1
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1925.
FLORIDIAN INVESTS
IN DOUGLAS REALTY
BRICK BUILDING INVOLVED.
OTHER REAL ESTATE TRANS
ACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.
According to the Dixie Realty Co.,
of this city, one of the largest trans
actions that has taken place for the
past few weeks was the sale of the
Bakery building at the corner of
South Peterson avenue and Bryan
street, this week to Mr. John Dent, of
Winter Haven, Fla. The Bakery
building is a two-story structure and
was sold by Mr. J. W. Faulk, of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Dent made the purchase
as an invesment.
A nice home on north Madison av
enue was bought from Mr. J. A. Da
vis, of Jacksonville, Fla., by Mr. John
Wooten this week.
Mr. W. R. Frier purchased from
Mr. G. C. Weitman, the dwelling at
410 Peachtree street.
City lots are moving rapidly, ac
cording to the Realty Company.
DEATH COMES TO
MR. J. E. IVEY
A shock came to the citizens of
Douglas and Coffee county in the an
nouncement of the death of Mr. J. E.
Ivey, long time citizen of this section,
last Friday.
Mr. Ivey was ill of pneumonia for
about 30 days before the end came
last Friday morning at 9:17. He
was a law abiding citizen and mem
ber of the First Baptist church here.
With his family he to this
county from Marion county, South
Carolina, about 35 years ago. Mr.
Ivey was 78 years of age and had
been in ill health for sometime past.
. The. .funeral services were held Sun
day morning at the Baptist
church, where a host of friends and
relatives had gathered to pay their
last respect to the deceased. The
lid of the casket was well nigh cov
ered with beautiful floral offerings
given by the friends of Mr. Ivey. The
interment took place at the Douglas
cemetery.
The pall bearers were Messrs. W.
T. Cottingham, G. R. Moore, E. S.
Talley, F. F. Preston, L. C. Barnes,
and G. H. Bridges.
Mr. Ivey leaves the following chil
dren to mourn his death: Messrs. J.
G. Ivey, Douglas, R. L. Ivey, Jack
sonville, Fla., Mrs. Sallie Gaskins,
Douglas and Mrs Annie Golden, Green
wood, South Carolina.
The Douglas Undertaking Com
pnay had charge of the funeral and
burial arrangements.
QUART OF CORN COSTS
GROCER FINE OF $750
Atlanta, Ga.—One quart of corn
whiskey found in the possession df
W. W. Darnell, an Atlanta grocer,
cost Darnell a fine of $750 and a sen
tence of one year on the chaingang in
the Atlanta criminal court. The
heavy penalty was imposed by Judge
Jesse Wood, former assistant city
attorney, who was appointed to the
judg-eship by Governor Walker re
cently.
It is said that the quart of liquor
found in the possession of Darnell
w T as the most expensive on record in
the Atlanta courts. There are four
other cases pending against Darnell,
that have been continued.
BURN COTTON STALKS;
THEY’RE WEEVIL FOOD
Unless the farmers burn the cotton
stalks now in the field they will pro
vide food all winter for a crop of
boll weevils next spring, according
to officials of the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture. It is said that
plowing under the cotton stalks will
answer as well as burning insofar as
food for the weevil is concerned, but
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th eoflficials do not advise taking the
least chance in not destroying the
stalk.
“Prepare now- against the influx of
the weevil next year by pulling up and
burning every stalk in the fields?”
says a statement of the agricultural
department officials.
FOR SAT E—The.best bargain in the
county. 150 acres land, 85 cleared,
25 stumped, 7 room house large barn,
close to school and church, $15.00 per
acre. Terms. Dixie Realty Com
pany. 22d
NEW JERSEY COMPANY PURCHASES 2000
ACRE TRACT FARM LANDS IN COFFEE COUNTY
ALTON 0 STEEN WINS
RECOGNITION AS
MUSICIAN
(Ffrom the Atlanta Journal)
“One of the younger and talented
members of the musical contingency
of this city is Alton O’Steen, the
youngest choir director in Atlanta.
From the time when his legs were
too short to reach the pedals he
has been playing the piano in his na
tive town of Douglas, Ga., where he
was .called upon to come to the rescue
with his talent of many a situation
long before he was out of the gram
mar grades in school. Coming to At
lanta a few years ago he entered
Emory University where, by the ex
ercise of his prodigious talent for
reading, he became a valuable acqui
sition of the Emory University Or
cehstra and Glee club under the di
rection of Dr. Malcolm Dewey as ac
companist.
The success of this organization is
not limited to local circles, but suc
cessful concerts have been given all
over the Southern states and as far
nort has Washington and Baltimore,
and as far south as Cuba. This year
the Emory group will tour Europe
with Marie Tiffany as their solo ar
ist. Only two years ago young Mr.
O’Steen received his A. B. degree
from Emory and since that time has
had considerable and varied expe
rience both as professional accom
panist in ensemble work and as or
aw4. djr,fetfrff .pi choirs. At the
present time he is cnonTfraM«fr-at"the
First Christian church on Pryor street
and has assembled in his choir an in
teresting group of young singers.
Drawing from his colleagues, he
has chosen young Mr, Sjiippe as
tenor and George Baker, who attrac
ted favorable attention by his work
with the Civic Opera company this
summer, as baritone. Mrs. Sam A.
Johnson as soprano, and Miss Mary
Anderson, contralto, round out this
quartet, whose present work gives
promise of fine development. The en
semble of this choir, the blending of
the voices and the intelligence and
taste of the director, exemplified by
the choice and performance of the
programs, proved his musical talent
and ability. The energy, courage, and
force of this young director are in
spiring both to older and younger
followers of music.”
PUBLIC BEWARE, $1,000,000,000
LOST EVERY YEAR
One million Americans lose one bil
lion dollars every year to fake com
panies who use Uncle Sam’s mails to
get in touch with the people they
fleece.
This is the estimate' of Horace J.
Donnelly, postal department solicitor,
who has launched a clean- up drive
against the swindlers.
Fake Oil Stock Leads
Largest part of this money goes
for worthless oil stock, says Donnelly.
But many of the schemes ape of the
catch-penny kind.
For instance a firm advertised
through the mails offering 10 yards
of silk for 10 cents. Thousands of
women sent in their dimes, and re
ceived 10 yards of silk thread.
A negro voodoo doctor of DeSota,
Miss., advertised that if one would
spit on a handkerchief and send it
to him he would diagnose any ailment
the person might have.
Also for a cash consideration the
doctor said he would effect a cure,
would make the person lucky, keep
him from going broke and enable
him to borrow money.
Money Pours In.
Regardless of how foolish the propo
sition sounded, the fake doctor was
receiving about 10 letters a day.
' Another man advertised that for
$lB he would send a case of pure
Canadian rye by parcel' post.
His customers all received thcT rye,
all right—the kind that grows in the
fields.
Donnelly has issued fraud orders
against 1000 firms and individuals.
He says he is going to run them out
of business.
To Begin Immense Development of Truck Farm
Property at Once. Deal Involves Large
Expenditure.
OLD NEGRO PARSON
EXPLAINS DROUGHT
Chipley, Ga.—An old negro preach
ing at Ebenezer Baptist church here
last night told his congregation that
“the wimmin” has indirectly caused
the continued drought which has pre
vailed in this section of Troup county
for several months.
“The white wimmin cut off they
hair and the colored wimmin cut off
theirs,” said the aged preacher. “The
white wimmin cut off they skirts and
the colored wimmin did too. Now,
God done gone and cut 6ff de rain,
and what’s you all gwine ter do.”
NORTHWEST DAIRYMEN
WANT GEORGIA FARMS
Twenty-seven bona fide dairymen
from different sections of the north
west have expressed a desire to come j
to Georgia to locate permanently, ac
cording to V. L. Collier, agricultural
agent of the A. B. & A. railroad, who
has returned here from the national
dairy show in Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr. Collier describes a very inter-;
esting exhibit' there of the Georgia
association and states that with the
assistance of Eugvne Black, president
Atlanta «'Brust company, and C. H.
Bishop, of Ashburn, Ga., he secured
a booth in the Perdue building, where
the show was held, for'the purpose
of demonstrating to the dairy world
tht t the people of Georgia can grow
cheap dairy food.
Besides the exhibit in the booth,
containing a variety of home grown
products showing the progress of
dairying in the state, a small plot of
ground in close proximity was se
cured, which was properly prepared,
sodded and planted to grains, hays,
etc., to show the system of crop ro
tation and the method of producing
successfully two crops a year.
Mr. Collier estimated that at least
75,000 people visited the booth during
the period of a week and further |
stated that the railroads are cooper-j
ating with a land development com-j
pany in an effort to boost Georgia
and in his opinion this exhibit at the
national show is far reaching in its
advertising objective.
G. M. SAPP BECOMES
MANAGER OF HART FURNITURE
CO., GAINESVILLE, FLA.
G. M. Sapp, who has been with the
Hart Furniture Co., of this city, for
several years left Sunday night for
Gainesville, Florida to become man
ager for the same company there
succeeding Mr. J. H. Houze, who also
left that company here to manage the
Gainesville store. This a decided
raise for Mr. Sapp and his friends
congratulate him on his promotion.
His family will remain here for the
present, and his plac» at the local
store will be filled by Mr. J. E. Cash
well of Denton.
MRS. H. H. FIELDING
DIES AT LELIATON
Mrs. H. H. Fielding died at her
home at Leliaton last Friday after
noon and was buried at Antioch
church Saturday evening. Before her
marriage she was Miss Mary Cady.
She is a sister of Mrs. C. N. Fielding,
formerly of this city and married a
brother of Mr. Fielding. She had been
ill for a long time.
MISS SHELTON EXPRESSES
APPRECIATION TO FRIENDS
I wish to extend my hearty thanks
jto the merchants of the .city who af
forded me the opportunity of making
the wonderful trip through Florida
and Cuba, and to my many friends,
who so loyally aided me in winning
one of the places.
Very Sincerely,
MARGARET SHELTON.
$1.50 Per Annum in Advanct
The largest transaction in real
estate that has taken place m
Coffee county reihaps in his .-'ry
was concluded this week when
the Georgia Farms lincorporated
a New Jersey Company pur
chased approximately 2 090
acres of farm lands in the vicin
ity of Ambrose. The property
involved is that of the Jack Fer
guson farm, the Atlanta Trust
Company property and the Hen
ry Luke farm. More than SIOO,
000 was paid for the property
and it is planned by the compan
ny to expend approximately this
amount in preparation for the
growing of 1,000 acres in to
matoes next spring. The toma
toes will be planted for market
under the New Jersy spotting
system; that is the plants will
be grown under glass and then
transplanted as soon as the cold
weather is sufficiently passed
to guard against late frosts:
These gentlemen have been
operating along similar lines in
othr sections in the South, and
have had four years experience
on this plan of growing tomatoes
The location in Coffee county
i was selected after looking over
the .ikmtfeL Favorable sod-an 4
! climate combined f(f Make* -the
production nearest perfection,
stated a representative of the
company.
Th company will begin con
struction at once of hot beds,
which requires thousands of
glass sashes covering the beds
and large packing houses will
be constructed in due course*.
They propose to operate about
eighty plows, and during ship
ping season will require hun
dreds of laborers to gather and
pack for market the tomatoes.
This company considers this
section a most favorable point
for their operation on account
of labor conditions and reason
able wage scale.
The manager and his assist
ants are alVeady on the ground
making their plans for begin
ning their project.
TOURISTS AUTO SKIDS;
FOUR INJURED, ON HIGHWAif
A serious automobile accident oc
curred on the Dixie Highway Wed
nesday morning about * .verity m.ies
west of the city near Ocilla whe 1 (he
car car driven by Joseph GrovemAeia
skidded and turned over. Groven
stein was slightily injured, as was hij
brother and his three-year-old child.
His wife was most seriously injured.
The party all are from Maryland.
The injured were picked up by a
passing car which brought them to
the Clark-Smith Sanitarium here,
where they are receiving treatment.
Mrs. Gravenstein is suffering from
an injured back and several other
bruises. The baby which she held in
her lap was uninjured.
The car was damaged considerably
the windshield being shattered and a
wheel crushed, together with several
other parts will have to be replaced.
Gravenstein is a postal employe
and the family were on their way to
Florida where he was going to spend
his vacation.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
MISS LILLIE MAE BAGWELL
The Epworth League will hold a
memorial service for Miss Lillie Mae
Bagwell at their service at the church
next Sunday evening at six thirty
o’clock.
Miss Clyde Wheelis will have charge
of the program and talks will be
made by Mrs. G. H. Minglodorff and
Mrs. B. M. Poer, of Broxton.
A quartet and a duet will be sung.
The public is invited to the services.