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Thursday, October 22. 1925.
Purely Personal
Edited by ROONIE DYER WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Haddock, spent
Sunday in Bleckshear.
Mrs. J. H. Milhpllin and daughter,
Hazel of Broxton iwere visitors here
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jardine and Mrs.
Wyatt Harris m ,d to Fitzgerald
for the day Tuesday.
Mr.and Mis. J. W. Sikes spent
Tuesday in Nashville.
Mr. R. N. M R hren spent Wed
nesday and Tha day in Jacksonville,
Fla.
Mr. and I;:s. Horton Christopher
aind Mr. oorn Christopher wert
called tc Columbus Monday on ac
count i . the illness of Mrs. S. H.
Chi pner, who has been visiting in
Co .bus for several%ays.
Mrs. J. S. Lott sßent Tuesday and
\ ednesday in Albany.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. John
Calhoun regret that their three litle
girls are ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams are
spending a few days in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. E. L. Tanner left Wednesday
for Reidsville where she will attend
the Polk County Association of the
Baptist church until Saturday.
Mrs. H. A. Johnson and Mrs. C. A.
Bond spent Wednesday in Valdosta.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Kerr of Tif
ton are guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Mitchell.
Mrs. Dan Newborn of Broxton is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W.
T. Cottingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benton have
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returned from their wedding trip to
points in Cuba and Florida, and are
the guests of her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. H. C. Whelchel for a few days
before going to their home in Wilson,
North Carolina.
Mrs. John R. Slater is at home af
ter a visit to her sister, Mrs. Price
Heard, in Cordele.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Mingledorff
and children, Mrs. A. M. Bagwell and
Miss Pearl Bagwell attended the me
morial services that were held for
Miss Lillie Mae Bagwell in Broxton
last Sunday.
Dr. Lewis Davis,Messrs. G. C. Weit
mhn, B. Rigell and Alton Brewton,
spent Monday in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Rena McCullie and Mrs. Harry
McCullie of Valdosta, are guests of
Mrs. T. M. Christian.
Mr. B. T. Rushing of Sarasota, Fla.,
spent the week-end with friends here.
Mr. Rushing moved from Douglas to
Sarasota several months ago and en
tered the real estate business, and
has built up a splendid business in
the Florida city.
Mr. W. J. Davis, of Atlanta was a
pleasant visitor in the city this week.
Mrs. Lewis Davis and little daugh
ter, Nell, are visiting relatives in
Blackshear.
Misses Alice and Ethel Stovall, and
Mr. Howard Boland came home from
Jacksonville with Mr. Emory Moor
man last Saturday night and spent
the week-end at the home of his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. Iv y Moorman near
Douglas.
Mrs. Rena McCullie of Valdosta is
the guest of her sister,' Mrs. T. M.
Christian.
Little Oscar and James Moorman of
Dublin, age five and three, have ar
rived to make their home with their
uncle, Dr. Ivy Moorman. They re
cently lost their mother, and their
father, Mr. J. R. Moorman brought
them to his brother’s home last Sun
day.
Miss Ruth Carelock underwent an
operation on her throat at the local
sanitarium this week.
Mrs. A. S. M. Coleman, who has
been visiting relatives in Baltimore,
for several weeks, is expected to re
turn • home early next week.
Mr. G. M. Sapp, who has been made
manager of Hart’s Furniture store
in Gainesville, Florida is expected to
spend Sunday with his family. Mr.
Sapp has taken the place of Mr. J. H.
Houze, who went from Douglas sev
eral years ago to manage the busi
ness there, and Mr. J. E. Cashwell of
Denton, has taken Mr. Sapp’s place
with the local Hart Furniture store.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jardine and
children spent Sunday with relatives
in Jasper, Florida.
Miss Luella Coffee spent the week
end with relatives in Fitzgerald.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lott and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Eston Rieketson
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Hutch Wil
liams, spent Sunday at the Richey
meeting in Hazlehurst.
Mrs. Oscar Duggan has returned
from a visit to relatives in Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Duggan, Misr
Kate Outen and Mr. Earl Parks at
tended the Richey Meeting in Hazl®
hurst.
Rev. and Mrs. S. Wilkes Dendy, of
Columbus, Ga., are at the home of Mrs
B. H. Tanner for the week. Rev. Den
dy is conducting the revival at the
Presbyterian church this week.
Mrs. Oscar Duggan returned Sat
urday from a ten days trip to Dub
lin.
Mr. J, E. Kenworthy, general pas
senger agent of the Georgia & Flor
ida railway spent Tuesday in Doug
las.
Messrs. Sidney and Francis Stubbs
spent Monday in Macon.
Miss Julia Hall, who has been the
guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.
M. Hall since Sunday left today for
Atlanta where she makes her home.
Dr. W. F. Sibbett and Dr. S. L. Vin
son left Monday for Tampa, Fla., to
spend a few days.
Mr. Claude Stubbs is spending a
few days in Gainesville, Fla..
Mrs. 51. D.Nickerson and Miss Eth
el Dickerson spent the week-end in
Warrenton with friends.
Miss Mildred Sapp of Arlington
was the guest of Mrs. I. C. Sapp Fri
day and Saturday.
Mr. Oscar Mi-Lean of Macon was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. Frank
McLean for the week-end.
Mrs. J. C. Brewer returned Tuesday
from Lakeland, Ga., where she spent
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Pope and Mrs.
B. Peterson returned from Atlanta
Wednesday where they spent a few
days.
Mrs. Sue Baily of Tampa, Fla., ar
rived in Douglas last week and is the
guest of of her nephews, Messrs. I.
C. and Rema Sapp.
Mr. and Mrs. McCrea French of
Jacksonville, Fla., were the guests of
Mr. alnd Mrs. M. H. Purvis Friday
They were enroute to Atlanta, where
they attended the Florida-Tech foot
ball game.
Mr. and Mrs., Sam Alexander of
Thomasville were the week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Snead.
Mrs. Henry Chase of Jacksonville,
Fla., hnd Mrs. J. LI. Mann of Sander
son, Fla., arrived in Douglas Satur
day and were the gue ts of their sis
ter, Mrs. W. P. Ward fi r a few days.
Mrs. Chase a.nd Mrs. Mann will be re
membered in Douglas as Misses Ad
eline and Kitty Conova.
Miss Janie Lou Calhoun spent Sun
day with friends in Beach.
Mrs. O. T. McEachren of Hazel
hurst was the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Lewis Vickers Thursday of last
week.
Mrs. A. S. M. Coleman is expectec
home Tuesday from Baltimore, Md.,
where she has been spending several
weeks with relatives.
M,rs. Bartow Stubbs has returned
to Macon after a few weeks visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stubbs.
Mr. John Calhoun and Mr. William
Gillen motored to Daytona Beach, Lla.
for the week-end.
Mrs. Sam Tanner returned Satur
day from Atlanta where she spent a
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Snead and Mrs.
George S. Williams spent Monday in
Valdosta.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jardine spent
the week-end in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. E. A. Markett is recuperating
from a recent illness.
Misses Ethel and Mildred Dent and
James Dent spent Sunday and Mon
day with relatives in Willacoochee.
Mr. Everett Bass of Lakeland, Fla.,
was a guest at the New Douglas hotel
for a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jardine are
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Johnnie Jardine before going to
housekeeping in their new home on
Bryan street.
Mrs. Gladys Palmer expects to
spend the week-end in Augusta.
Missgs Lola Mae Paulli, Minnie Gid
dens, Naomi McCranie, Louise Smal
ley and Mrs. J. W. Gray of Willacoo
chee spent Tuesday in Douglas shop
ping.
Mrs. C. F. .’Uzzell left Tuesday to
visit friends in Waycross.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Yerby spent
the week-end in Waycross with their
parents.
Mrs. Jessie Grantham of Fitzgerald
was the guest of her parents, Judge
and Mrs. W. P. Ward Sunday ai
Monday.
Among those from Douglas atten' -
ing tjie 100th anniversary of Union
church at Lakeland, were Mr. R. H.
Wheelis ami daughter, Miss Clyde
Wheelis, Ms. John McKinnon and
daughter, Miss Agnes McKinnon, Mr.
and Mrs. Rema O’Steen, Mrs. John
Higgs and Mrs. Vida Tomlinson.
Mr. Jack Oplinger of Jacksonville,
Fla., spent Sunday here.
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Mrs. Farris Arrington of Rocky
Mount, N. C., is the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. R. N. McEachren.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bankston have
as their guests for a few days, Mr.
and .Mrs. Sam Spencer and children of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. W. P. Ward, Jr., returned Sun
day from a weeks visit to relatives
in Statesboro.
Mrs. Georgia Hall, Hugh Hall, Jr.,
and Miss Nannie Belle Whitaker mo
tored to Waycross Tuesday.
Miss Kate Outen, Mrsy'B. H. Tan
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Osiar Duggan and
Mr. Earl Park attended the Richey
meeting in Hazelhurst Sunday after
noon.
The many friends of Mrs. Turner t
Brewer are glad to know that she is
recovering from her recent illness.
Mrs. A. S. Bussey and little son
returned Tuesday from a two weeks !
visit to Columbus and Wrens.
Misses Mamie Lee Miller and Liz
zie Mae Read spent the week-end
with their parents in Mcßae.
Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Clark and W in- >
nifred Clark left Tuesday for Macon i
,o spend a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Critcher an
nounce the birth of a daughter Fri
day, October 16. She has been named
Anne.
Miss Blanche Thornton and Miss
Mary Holland, teachers in the public
school, are pleasantly located at the
home of Mrs. B. H. Tanner.
Mrs. J. R. Marvin, who has been
with her daughter, Mrs. O. R. Lowery
for several months expects to leave
Monday for six weeks visit to rela
tives in Charleston, S. C. and White
hall, S. C.
Mr. Jay Catledge of Valdosta spent
the week-end here, end was the guest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Moore.
Miss Dollie Freeman is able to be
out again after a critical illness.
The friends of Prof. J. T. Henry,
who has been ill at the local hospital
are pleased to learn that he is im
proving.
Mrs. Horton Christopher Hostess.
The Wednesday afternoon Bridge
Club was delightfully entertained this
week by Mrs. Horton Christopher.
The living room and dining room
were artistically decorated with Jdowls
and baskets of golden rod and az
wratum. Each guest received little
favors made either of yellow or laven
der crepe paper filled with almonds.
After the interesting game it was
found thst Mrs. Francis Stubbs had
high score, and she was presented
with a hand made bridge cover, low
score a novelty fell to Mrs. R. N.
McEachren.
The club members present were:
Mi)K. Lonnie Pope, Mrs. M. H.
Purvis, Mrs. Geo. S. Williams, Mrs.
Sidney Stubbs, Miss Mar y Whitaker,
Miss Effic Cleo Brewer.
Mrs. R. N. McEachren and Mrs.
Francis Stubbs were guests of the
club.
Mis.s Luell Wheelis rfostess.
Miss Luell Wheelis entertained the
Seniors and Juniors of the High
School Monday evening at the home
of her parents on Ward street.
The living room and hall were ad
orned with potted plpnts and fall
flowers.
Punch was served during the ev
ening, also cakes and candies.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed
by all present.
U. I). C. PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
Motto: “Loyalty to the truth of
Confederate History.”
Key Word: “Preparedness.”
Flower: The rose.
Roll call. A fact concerning Jef
ferson Davis.
Violin Solo: Southern Melody—
Charles Powers.
Paper: “Jefferson Davis Highway,”
—Mrs. A. W. Haddock.
Reading: Selected—Mrs. Bronson.
Solo: Voice—Mrs. E. L. Tanner.
EXECUTIVE BOARD WOMAN’S
CLUB DISCUSSES PLANS
The executive Board of the Woman’s
Club held a meeting Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Fred Brew
er, the president, who presided. Mat
ters of importance were discussed.
The various committees were
strengthened by adding more mem
bers, and much enthusiasm was ex
pressed in planning work for the com
ing months.
The Club is a strong organization,
one of the larges tin the Eleventh Dis
trict. and the interest and progress of
Douglas is ever before it. ’ Let this
year be the best in the history of the
Club. This can be made possible by
every member doing her best.
After the business hour, Mrs. Brew
er, assisted, by Messdemes Pryor and
Clark, served a delicious salad course.
Messrs. J. M. Dent, Ward and Tom
Dent spent yesterday and last night
in Atlanta.
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Mrs. Gibbs of North Georgia is at
the local hospi.al at the bodside of
her nephew, Mr. Horace Vibbert, who
is slight-/ improving from a serious
illness < typhoid fever.
. n Hon; r of Valdosta Visitors.
Mrs. I. H. Turrentine was hostess
Wednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Lorena McCulley and Mrs. Guy Mc-
Culley, of Valdosta.
The living room was bright with
early fall flowers. After an inter
esting game, the hostess served de
licious salad course.
Mrs. J. C. Brewer, winner of high
score received a wall vase. Mrs. Guy
McCulley made low score and was
given two dainty linen handkerchiefs.
The honoi 03 were presented with
handsome linen towels.
Invited to meet the guests of - hoa-.
or were: Mrs. Lewis Vickers, Mrs. R.
N. McEachren, Mrs. J. W. Quincey,
Mrs. J. W. Moon 1 , Mis. J. C. Brewer
end Mrs. M. D. Dickerson.
Theatre Party Friday Afternoon.
Miss Agnes .Christian entertained
a few friends last Friday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. George McCulley
and Mrs. Lorena McCulley of Valdosta
The guests enjoyed the picture at
the Rivoli, and after teh show they
went to the Christian home for re
freshments, a dainty course being
served.
Those invited included the honor
ees, Mrs. Guy McCulley and Mrs. Lo
rena McCulley, Mrs. M. H. Turren
tine, Mrs. T. M. Chrstian, Mrs. W. H.
Dyer, Mrs. Claude Stubbs and Mrs.
T. A. Mitchell.
M. E. WOMAN’S MISSIONERY
SOCIETY HOLDS BUSINESS
MEETING AT CHURCH
A business meeting meeting of the
Missionery Society of the Methodist
church was held at the church Mon
day aftrnoon. The session was pre
sided over by Mrs. A. E. Markett, pres
ident.
The monthly reports were good, but
there has been some falling off in at
tendance, end the president urged the
members to not fail in this impor
tant point.
A letter of thanks was read from
the. superintendent of the Vineville
orphanage, thanking the auxiliary for
the nice box of clothes sent one of the
boys there. It wqs voted to send a
pair of wool blankets to the home, as
the superintendent wrote that the or
phanage was short of cover.
The president announced that the
committees had not found much en
couragement about putting heat in
the church, as prices submitted had
bean too high for them to consider,
but they are still hopeful of’ of in
stalling it this winter.
It was voted to hold two days pro
gram during the Week of Prayer, giv
ing Wednesday over to the Juniors for
their part of the program.
Mrs. A. C. Winn will have charge
of the programs and will make her
announcement later.
It was also announced that Miss
Bessie Oliver, returned Missionery
from Korea would visit the Auxiliary
at an early date.
P. T. A.
The monthly meeting of the local
Parent-Teacher’s Association met at
the school auditorium last Friday af
ternoon with Mrs. J. M. Thrash, ac
ting president.
Roll call was responded to by a
large number of members, who seem
ed interested in the advancement of
the school and several new members
were added to the roll, including the
new teachers.
America was sung as an opening
song, followed by the Lord’s Prayer.
A beautiful violin solo was played by
Miss Nora Huss, then her section of
the second grade gave two pretty lit
tle drills, accompanied by music frdm
the piano. These children had learn
ed these from the Victrola, and Miss
Huss and all the teachers of the pri
mary grades are anxious to have a
large Victrola for their physical ex
ercises. The T. P. A. has promised
to assist them in raising funds for
this and rummage sales are soon to
be held by the different grades. A
committee appointed from the asso
ciation to help in this purchase is
Mrs. Martha Baird, Mrs. J. D. Adams
Mrs. O. F. Deen, Miss Ruby Grubbs,
Miss Nora Huss.
Committees for the year were read,
and the different grade mothers an
nounced. Grade Mothers have never
been used here before, but Mrs.
Thrash explained that their A-ork was
to visit their particular grade, see
that their needs are supplied, and
cooperate with teachers in every
way to make the children comfor
table. Several grade mothers are al
ready at work.
The work of a nutrition class was
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again discussed and it is very much
hoped that the services of Mrs. Bus
sey can be secured for this work.
Mrs. Clark stressed the importance
of every grade’s having an emergency
kit, as children so often get hurt in
their games and serious consequences
sometimes develop from a neglected
cut or bruise.
Miss Burton of the expression de
partment called attention to the or
ganization of a dramatic club, whose
object was to put on plays, while
learning expression, and in that way
finish paying for some of the scenery
already in use by the school, then to
furnish the art studio attractively.
She urged the association to patronize
their entertainments when announc
ed.
Fire drills for the school were dis
cussed and it was decided to ask the
health committee to take this matter
up and have the grades/go through
with these drills all along, as a
panic would surely take place if a fire
were to break out in the school.
DEMONSTRATION AT
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR
A. S. Bussey, County Agent.)
Coffee county has been fortunate
in .having an exhibit at the first to
bacco show ever held in the state of
Georgia. This show was held at the
Southeastern Fair wdiich has just
closed in Atlanta, and it is impossible
to estimate the advertising value that
the county will obtain from it. Be
sides the exhibit from Coffee, therb
were three others, one from Lowndes,
one from Thomas, and one by the At
lantic Coast Line Railway.
The three exhibits, other than the
Coffee county exhibit were more or
less similar in appearance, having a
large table in the center with tobacco
displayed on it, a narrow table in
front with tobacco and literature on
R and pictures together with tobacco
on the sidewalls and back.
We tried to make ours different.
We had on the back wall a large map
of Georgia with the tobacco belt out
lined, with tobacco leaves and Cof
fee county conspicuously outlined in
place, definitely showing Coffee coun
ty’s place in the center of the tobaci 0
belt. To the right of the map were
the words: “COFFEE COUNTY, THE
HEART OF THE TOBACCO BELT.”
And to the left were displayed the
words: “DOUGLAS LEADS GEOR
GIA IN TOBACCO SALES,” and un
der the map were the figures for the
1925 market, giving figures .for the
state and for Douglas. All the word
ing was in large letters that a per
son could read at a good distance
away, and not so many words that
? person could not read them all with
out stopping if he so desired. On th e
left side wall were hands of tobacco
arranged in sun-bursts and fans'; on
the right side wall was a large Coffee
pot, representing Coffee county, fity
. iches high. The pot was arranged
in a v pouring position with tobacco
leaves coming from the spout ajnl
working into a dollar mark.* Hands
of tobacco were nailed around the top,
edges and corners. In front of the ex
habit were four tobacco plants about
ten inches high in boxes and a box
of small plants about five weeks old.
This exhibit, being so different from
the others, attracted quite a bit of
attention and we had literature des
cribing the Douglas marketing facil
ities and Coffee county’s growing op
portunities to hand out to those in
terested. I feel that the county got
a whole lot of desirable advertising
from this exhibit, especially since the
Atlanta Jouranl photographer thou
ght enough of it to take a picture and
run it in the Sunday Journal.
Whoever happened to be at the ex
hibit was called upon to answer every
question imaginable concerning to
bacco production and two or three
times I had to listen to lectures from
good ladies on the unmitigated evils
of tobacco and how we were contrib
uting to the downfall of the downfall
ol the human race by producing to
bacco.
SOMK SNAKE BITES ABE FATAL
More than 800 people have died
in the United States during the- last
three years as a result of snake bites,
according, to an estimate by Raymond
L. Ditmars, curator of reptiles at the
New York zoological park in the
Bronx. The greatest number of
these have been bitten in our southern
states, as most snakes are found in
tropical climates.
GEORGIA, COFFEE COUNTY:
Will be sold on the first Tuesday
in November, next at public outcry
at the court house at Douglas, Ga ,
in said County, within the legal hours’
ot sale to the highest bidder for cash
certain proprety of which the follow
ing is a full and complete descrip
tion:
One hundred and eighteen (118)
acres more or less of lot of land
number two hundred and fifty eight
(258) and number two hundred and
fifty nine (259) in the fifth (sth) dis
trict of Coffee County, Georgia, des
cribed as follows: Beginning at the
Northeast corner of said lot number
two hundred and fifty nine (259) and
running East along the North origi
nal line of said lot number two hun
dred and fifty eight (258) a distance
of two hundred and fifty feet (250)
to Spring Branch thence along said
branch South Fourteen Hundred and
forty (1440) feet, thence due West
forty one hundred and fifty (4159)
feet to Little Creek, thence along
said Little Creek North thirty one
(81) degrees East seventeen hundred
(1700) feet to the North original line
of lot number two hundred and fifty
nine (259) thence East along said
North original line twenty nine hun
dred and eighty (2980) feet to the
point of beginning.
Said property levied on as the prop
erty of Elisha McDonald, to satisfy
an execution issued from the Ctiy
Court of Dougla- of said County in
favor of the Prudential Insurance
Company of America against said
Elisha McDonald, said property bs'ng
in the possession of Elisha McDonald.
This 6th dav of October. 1925.
W. M. TANNER, Sheriff,
8-15-22-29 Coffee County, Ga.
It came to pass in the last days
that an editor possesed a safe, a
money safe. How he secured it we
do not profess to know and what he
kept in it we could never guess.