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# * ' ~w 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 • 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.