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FOR OUR COUNT! RY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME
VOL 16, N 0.7
Programe of the Weekly Press
Convention Meeting.
Cordele Ga.. June 12.—A week
from to-<!.!\ ■ htors from all over
the state win meet in Cordele for
the nineteenth annual convention
of the Georgia Weekly Press As
sociation. i';;e session will last
through 1 . 20-21.
Presio alter S. Coleman
has prei a red the following pro
gramme for Lie meeting of the as
sociation.
Tuesda v—
-10 a. m .—Called to order in
City Ha : ,)\ President W. S. Cole
man, Cedarr iwn Standard.
Opening prayer b\ Dr. A. B.
Campbell. -tor First Baptist
Church
Addiv • o v come by Hon. J.
W. Biv of Cordele.
Response by Hon- YV N. Me-
Gehee. ' Thou .n New Era.
An nou: c: its.
Roll rad o.a or ganization.
Reading of minutes.
Applies u> -.for membership.
Paymc at of u’s.
Repot Hcers.
Aftern . -
4 o’clocl; lusiness session.
Reports unmittees.
Enrolim . f new members.
Paper—"t-ior.ie Business Sugges
tions to the 1 tlier Fellow,” by Mr.
W. A. SchackeFord, Lexington
Echo.
Paper, “Tim North Georgia
Cracker, by Mr. 11. M. Ellington,
Ellijay Courier
Paper, ‘■ Lite Foreign Adver
tiser—VY hat ■"'ball We Do With
Him'” by Mr. Thad Adams,
Moultrie O’, server.
General discussion.
Evening
-8:30 o'clock—Address by Hon.
-Sam VY. Cm all, editor Brunswick
Journal, at City Hall.
9:30 —Ban-quit at Suvvanee Ho
tel.
Wednesday—•
9a. m. Unfinished business.
New business.
Paper, 'Some of the Oppor
tunity ilism,” Hon. W.
J. Neel, Cartersyille News.
Pa i. ha IDo to Increase
My Civ. uiat2bn, I; <. n ]. E. Ivfer
•cer. Fitzgerald Enterprise.
Paper, ■ Wh.at the Other Girl
Has and is Doing is: Georgia Jour
nalism,” Miss Edna Cain, Quit
man Free Press.
Election ek ofFc-v*
Selection of plact ol next meet
ing- .
Adjournment.
1 : : ;■■ Georg■ a
Southern ;snd 1: lori id Florida
E tst Coast Railv . j i Atlantic
Beach Fia., tor v,> ■ - outing *-*>
Continental liot<i.
i Oe arrival of eati rain wiP be
greeted b> Me Co "• ■ - mass band.
■ committee <■ i 1 take tin
members in cTarg- - parting there.
1 , t
delegate- will ass: it. the Sn
■v. a-.iee liotoi. . - ~-• • r
whistle in Cordele mo.-1 of !;■
!.•' avV bells v\ ill giv issocCf'O;
a salute of welcom \ fter a bCei
band concert. the - wi 11 be
taken on a cftrruij •*round to
city, in order that '• f iv soe : ic
marvels that have :> • .ecompliM
?U in fifteen years v pluck •
there will be an in* " ti race pit - •
at the Sin.vanet- IL-s
Cosdeie will have •: ils hobda >
jittPe when the editor*. hit tosvi
Fully SSOO has bee:; -pent in the
purchase ot bunting and decora
tions by the basing" lenses. Bus
iness will be practice v suspended
while the citizens give tiie editors
the time or their lives.
The Sweet Gum.
Th » exudation you ~.:e clinging t-_
the sweet srura tree in the summer con
tains a stimulating- expectorant th;>
will i<".‘Sen tee pnlegn; in the t.iroat.
Taylor's Remedy of Sweet (Sum a:.c
Mullein cures coughs ant .roup.
\t druggists, 25c., SOc., ami 1.00 a
bottle.
THE COFFEE COUNTY FAIR.
Minutes of the Meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Associa
tion. June 13, 1905.
Meeting held in the office of J. J.
Rogeis, Secretary and Treasurer,
and tile Directors present were W.
YY . McDonald. IL Peterson, F. L.
Sweat, T. B. Marshall, C. E. Ba
ker, Melvin Tanner, and J. J.
Rogers. Minutes of previous meet
big read and adopted.
Upon call of the President 'the
committee on procuring a location
and grounds made the following
report: That they had selected a
plot of land west of the town of
Douglas, situated on Ward street
and being in the form of a square
90b feet each way, and containing
something more than 18 acres, be
longing to J. E. Peterson, and that
sa e had been bought and deeds
procured thereto which have been
put upon record, making the title
complte to the Coffee County Fair
Association, and for which they
paid if 1,200 in stock of the Com
pany, J. E. Peterson agreeing to
take stcok to that amount in the
Company in payment for the land.
The report was duly received and
adopted, and the committee dis
charged.-
On motion of YY 7- . YV. McDonald,
seconded by Melvin Tanner, a com
mittee of two, to wit: W. YV. Mc-
Donald, and Melvin Trnrier was
appointed to look into the titles to
said property and report the status
thereof to the next meeting oF the
B>ard of Directors.
Whereas, by the terms ofjthe sub
scriptions to the capital stock of
the Coffee County Fair Associa
tion, 50 per cent of the amount
subscribed was to become due and
collectable on June Ist, 1905, and
said date having passed; on mo
tion of W. W. McDonald, second
ed by Melvin Tanner, the Secre
tary and Treasurer of said associa
tion is hereby instructed and direct
ed proceed with the collection of
50 per cent of each subscription as
per terms agreed upon, receipting
-a'fc subscriber therefor.
Smce the lust meeting of the
Be. iof Directors, one of its mem
jt-r- J. E. Peterson, having died,
and Lie fact being reported at this
meei ng, and there being a vacancy
red in the Board of Directors,
.lotion made and adopted,
Jo M :Lean of Douglas, Georgia,
•■v.v- only elected to fill the vacancy
d by the death of the said J.
L. Peterson.
1 mot; mof YY 7 . W. McDonald,
ded by T. B. Marshall,
h was duly adopted, the foi-
. -<g committees were appointed
e President of the Doard of
D . ector's :
mmittee on Buildings and
ads—F. L. Sweat, B Peter-
J. J. Rogers.
mmittee on Publicity and Ad
uig—T. B. Marshall, Melvin
er. P. B. Butler, J. J. Rogers,
iicio.
mmittee on Entertainment—
'\i m banner, W. W. McDonald,
Marshall.
• mmittee on Transportation—
, Sweat, John McLean, J. M.
: I .on, Dr. James Gaskin.
mmittee on Exhibits and
niurr.s— W. W - McDonald, T.
; Marshall, Melvin Tanner,
m immiiteeon Auditing—B. Pet.
n, C. E. Baker, F. L. Sweat,
Committee on Lignts and Wa
tt —C. E. Baker, B. Peterson,
Douglas, Ga., June 17th, 1905.
Capt Ben Milikin Makes a Suggestion
In a late issue of the Tesup Sen
tinal Capt. Ben Milikin, of the Jes
up Sentinel, makes the following
suggestion in regard to the Gover-
I norship :
“flow would it do to have some
one for governor that is not an as
pirant for the place? We haven’t
had such a one since they found Joe
Brown in the wheat field before the
war. Let’s see if we can’t name
a few that would do. There’s
Henry Mclntosh, of the Albany
Herald, he would be called tl e
the Great Hay Governor of Geor
gia, He’s the man that first agita
ted the subject and gave it a good
start. Then, there is PerhAm, of
the Waycross Herald, and Bill
Brantley of Brunswick. Then we
have a host of Bennetts clown this
way and some of them would make
good governors. There’s judge
Joe Bennett, of Brunswick, and
last but not least, Col. John Ben
nett, of YVaycross, and none of them
live in hollering distance of Atlana
ta. All of them are first class gen
tlemen with wiregrass and one leaf
pine straw sticking to their hair,
and most any one of them might
he persuaded to take it just for a
change of climate and custom.”
Capt. Ben’s suggestion strikes 1
us very forcibly, and after mature j
deliberation and due consideration j
we are convinced that “I am the
man.”
Music by the Band.
The Fitzgerald Millitaryband, no
known as the Empire state Band of the ;
South, will personolly conduct the big
excursion to Brunswick, St. Simons
and Cumberland Islands, on Tuesday
June, 20th. 1905, via Atlantic & Birm
ingham Railway. This excursion
will be first-class in every particular
and will be the largest one ever oper
ated over the line of the Atlantic &
Birmingham Railway.
Limit of tickets will be Friday the
23rd, which will allow three days at
the Seashore. The Empire State
Band will furnish music en-routs, and
otherwise will • make it pleasent for
those who participate in this excur
sion.
The hotels and boarding houses at
St. Simons and Cumberland Islands
have greatly reduced- their rates for
this occasion, and a person can stay
at the hotels at moderate cost.
Take a few days off and enjoy your
self at the Seashore.
See large flyers for leaving time of
train, and other information.
For full particulars, inquire of any
Agent of the Atlantic & Birmingham
Railway.
It is rumored that there is some talk
of peace across the water. We guess
this is a mistake, as Russia has a few
more oldtubs that need sinking.
A Card of Thanks.
Through this medium I desire to
return my heartfelt thanks to those
dear friends who so kindly admin
istered to my dear wife in her recent
affliction and death, and who like
Samaritans, sympathized with me
in my sorrows and bereavement.
Ma" heaven bless and repay them
for their kindness. I cannot.
T. S. Hart.
John McLean.
Committee on Concessions—J. J.
Rogers. B. Peterson, F. L. Sweat.
There being no furtfier busit es 6,
the meetirg was on motion ad
journed.
J. J. Rogers,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Every woman has u in her to
| make a hero oi some man, no ma ter
how commonptace he may be.
Resolutions of Thanks,
Whereas, we, the teachers of
Coffee county, in Annual Teachers
Institute assembled, having been
greatly benefited by the exercises
and discussions listened to and par
ticipated in during the past week,
reconizing as we do that nothing
has such a potent tendency toward
proper professional pride and love
for the calling of teacher than these
periodical meetings where new
thoughts may he disseminated and
ideas may he exchanged, thus in
culcating into our minds a broader
vision of our great cause and also
giving 11s higher conceptions of our
duties as teachers, therefore be it:
Resolved, that we appreciate the
entertainment and hospitality of
the good people of Douglas so lav
ishly accorded us during the week.
We have enjoyed very greatly the
pleasure of meeting and co-ming-
ling among them as their guests.
Resolved. That we thank the
Honorable Board of Education of
Coffee county for the privilege of
again having had the opportunity
to be the participants in an Annual
Teachers Institute and thus having
been bermilted to bo the beneficia
ries thereof.
Resolved : That we tender our
instructor, Prof. J - Walter Hen
dricks, our highest regard of him
as a man and an educator, also our
fullest appreciation of his earnest
efforts in our behalf, for he has
earnestly and ardently and success
fully striven to make this Institute
a success.
Resolved. That to Prof. Tan
ner our county Commissioner, we
extend our thanks not only for the
able dheussing and advice given
us by him, but we also wish to
place ourselves upon record as
most sincerly appreciating the de
votion to the cause of education
that he is proving constantly by
his w-ell directed and unremittent
toil in behalf of the great prin
ciples for which we all strive. lie
has not only proved himself to be
The true friend of teachers, the pa-
trons, the children and the schools,
but has in overy way continually
labored with gratifying success in
the eyes of his fellow citizens for
the higher developing of the entire
cause, and in this way through his
untiring efforts he is daily adding
to the good repute and the fair
fame of Coffee county and her
worthy Institutions. We there
fore take pleasure in this manne
to pledge him our fullest co-opera
tion to-wards that more perfect at
tainment of the educational interest
of Coffee county for which lie is so
well directing his life work.
Special Resolution.
Resolved. That the press of
Coffee county be and is hereby re
quested and urged to make more
efforts editorially towards develop
ing greater general interest among
the peopie in line of better school
buildings, more proper furniture,
appropriate supply of maps, charts
and other school helps, higher s‘an
dard of teachers, and more liberal
support by the tax-payers for the
support ot our public schools.
T B. llaktig, Chm.
W. W. Griffin
C. W. White. /
Ethei. Wii.liams
Eui.a Newbukn. Committee.
Accident to B f. Johnson.
A private letter from Cordele.
written last Sunday informs us that
B. F. Johnson well known here,
came near having his neck broken
on Saturday before. He was sit
ting near the old Sea Board Rail
road warehouse, which is being
torn down, when a large rafter fell
and struck him, bruising him about
the bead and face and cutting one
of his ears nearly off. The ear has
been sewed back, but the cuts and
bruises are giving him some trouble.
He has never quit work, however.
It pleises a man to be told that he
bears a resemblance to some one
who is iooking upt n as handsome.
SI.OO per Annu
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA : By J. M. Terrell,-
Governor of said State. YY here
offiicial information lias been re-f
ceived at this Department that
YYillis Jones did recently, in the
County of Coffee, kill and murder
Henry Johnson, and escaped andf*
is now fugitive from justice. 1
have thought proper, therefore
to issue this my Proclamatio
hereby offering a reward of O
Hundred Dollars for the Japp*""
hension and delivery of said, V
lis Jones with evidence suffici
to convict, to the Sheriff of s
County and State.
And I do, moreover, charge a
require all Officers in this Sta’"
Civil and Military, to be vigila
in endeavoring to apprehend t:
said Y\ illis Jones in order that
may he brought to trial for tUv'k.
fense with which lie yfands charge
ed. Given under v'ny hand and
Seal of the State, t,4ns the 7th day
of June, 1905.
J., M. Terrell.
Governor
By the governor.
Philip Cook.
Secretary of State.
Where was Hoke?
1 he Savannli Press, of last Mon
day, say : Joe Hall calls on Hoke
Smith to know where he was in
1902 when Hall and DuPont Guer
ry fought, bled and died for the
reforms which Smith is now clamor
ing about?
That reminds us of one of the
campaign anecdotes told during
the Populist fight by Mr. J. E. I).
Shipp of Ceattahoochee. lie said,
that there was a man who had a pet
parrot. The parrot was very pro
fane, and in order to give him- a*,
good lesson the owner took the
irreverent bird and soused his cage
into a tub of water. He was al
lowed to strangle there a few min
utes, when lie was brought ‘back
and hung in his place in the sun.
Perceiving his companion, the
monkey, perched on the shelf, the
bedraggled bird culledout to him,
“Where in the hell were you when
the cyclone came?
The Calvin Vaerancy Law.
The Jeffersor County B. mer re
ports that effort will be made at
the approaching session of the
Legislature to amend the Calvin
Vagrancy Law. After an inter
view with the Soliictor, it says:
The feature of the Calvin law
which make it difficult Lj
Capt. Gilbert says, the clause
providing that if a /vagrant shows
that he has mack; a bonafide effort
to get employ merit be is not guilty
of vagrancy. In the average case
the defeyfdent, after the evidence is
in, makes a plausible statement to
thsf effect that he applied to a cer
tain person for work. Usually that
person is miles away and it is im
practicable to suspend the trial un
til he can be found.
Capt. Gilbert thinks that after
the state shows the defendant is an
idler, the burden of proof shifted
to the defendant. At present the
state has to show that he does not
work, has no property, etc. With
the burden of proof shifted from
the state to the defense, as in a
murder case after the state shows
that a homicide has been commit
ted, Capt. Gilbert thinks it will be
much easier to secure convictions.
Only a Supposition.
Waycross Herald:—“Suppose
the Good Lord should give the poor
people of Waycross all they pray
for, where would we be at in about
two hours?”
It is hard to ,say. Judge bnt you
know Morgan & Davis, at Brun
swick, has cool melons and lager
all the time. You have a pa**/-''