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LEGAL ORGAN OF COFFEE COUNTY. FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME! VOL. 14, No. 19 UNCLE WASH- He Talks About Good Roads and the Vagrant Law. Mr. Editor : —lt has been said that the condition ot tht public roads is an index to the peop’e. I believe such to be true. Stran gers judge the people almost en tirely by the roads. If a stranger drives into a section and finds poor roads he soon forms a poor opinion of such section, and it would be impossible to interest him in pur chasing for permanent settle ment. Coffee county can have every public road good. There are a few sandy places, it is true, but clay is within less than one or two miles to any of them, and clay, properly put on and mixed with the sand in right proportions, will make a first class and permanent road. Notice those that have been clayed, and note the differ ance. We understand that every effort is being put fortli by cur County Commissioners to build good roads, but we should have concerted action by the people generally to supplement their work. A farm ten or twelve miles from town or market, with good roado would soon be very nearly as valuable as one nearrer town. \V ith good roads every farm, and every piece of property is materially en hanced in value. It will not be many years before Coffee County 7 will be one in the forefront in an agricultural way. Let us put the ball in more rapid motion to that end, by attaching more interests in the building of our roads. The Calvin vagrant law is one of the most wholesome measures on our statue books, and it is to be sincerely hoped that our Su preme Court will sustain it, and I beleive it will. Every- im portant measure should go before the Supreme Court to test its le gality, or constitutionality, and if tnis measure stands as it is hoped it will, if will do our state an im mense good. Then let it be rigidly enforced. The greatest law of the universe has said that man shall “eat bread by 7 the sweat of his face.” It does not give man a right to live in tins world with out producing his own sustenance. The law of our land should not, and it will not. Coffee county is freer of vagrants than most any section. Everyman in this coun ty can procure good, steady w'ork, at a fair wage and there is abso lutely no excuse for vagrancy in our good county of Coffee, and we will have none of it. * * There has only been one accusation up to now, and the party is help ing Henry Davis put our roads in to better fix. If a man will not work voluntaryily, make him work. If he will not work at home put him on the roads, where his work will not only do him good, but will help every citizen in Coffee County 7 . Let it be hop ed that the proper authorities will see that this law is enforced to the letter. You need have no fear of the man who works in the day time, and when night comes is ready 7 to lie down and take his well earned rest, but the man who lounges around during the day loafs from place to place, and at is not tired or weary, is the man our law has to try to protect us from, and that it fails to do this is too often told in our papers. It is rare that an honest, hard work ing man commits a crime’. When vou make a man earn his daily bread, if he has a tendency to be dishonest, it will gradually disap pear and you make a good citi zen of him. Let us all get to gether now fur a long pull.—a strong pull, and all pull for the betterment, and advancement of all the interes s . our county. Uncle Wash. The good looking, polite young gentleman at the Union Banking Co., is Mr. Parker. Judge Parkers son. The increasing clerical work makes his ser\ ice* necessary. THE COTTON CROP- Georgia First and Texas Comes Second- A census report of the quantity of cotton ginned in the United States from the growth of 1903 up to and including August 31st gives the following figures : Total commercial bales including 16,991 square bales ; 509 round bales of upland crop.and 26 bales of sea island crop. The total gins in operation number 2,176. These statistics were collected through a canvas of the 32,635 ginneries of the cotton states by 631 local special agents. Only 3,176 ginneries had begun opera tions up to Sept. 1 and these had ginned but 17,587 commercial bales. This report will be followed by 7 four others for this season show ing the quantity ginned respective ly to October iS : November 13, and a final report which will give the quantity ginned from the growth of 1903. The number of baler in each Stata follows: Alabama, ginneries in operation, 243; total commercial bales 1,314. Arkansas, 12 ginneries; total commercial bales 17. Florida, 60 ginneries; total com -1 bales 582. Georgia, 460 ginneries; total commercial bales 6,283. Indian Territory 7, 3 ginneries; total commercial bales 4. Louisiana, 117 ginneries; total commercial bales 448. Mississippi, 141 ginneries; total commercial bales 384. North Carolina. 35 ginneries: total commercial bales Ix 2. South Carolina, 254 ginneries; total commercial bales 1,684. Tennessee, 1 ginnery'; total com mercial bales 1. Texas, 850 ginneries: total com mercial bales 6,761. Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Virginia, no gin neries reported in operation. Capt. D. G Purse- Capt. D. G. Purse, an esteemed citizen of Douglas and Savannah, is one of Mie most earnest and un tiring workers for Georgia and the South known to the public. In the investigation of the Syrup & Sugar industries of the .South he has done more than any other liv ing man, and in pursuing his studies and experiments he has learned enough to put the world on notice that while cotton is King, it is not the only King. The Sugar cane of the South will soon share the honors. In a re cent speech made before a large assembly of farmers at Niagara Falls, on this subject Capt. Purse said : Napoleon saw the advantage that England had in the great wealth that came from the sugar of her West Indes possesssions, Captain Purse said ,in his address and it was his idea to encourage the cultivation of beet sugar with the idea of breaking down Eng land's supremacy in the ri/gur world. “Your speaker stands today,” said Captain Purse, “almost cen tral to tiie section of our own country that is profiting most by the foresight of Napoleon and contributing more largely each year to our disenthralment from dependence upon foreign sources for the great bulk of our annual consumptive sugar supply; that is, bringing new value to lands found suited for best cultivation j and establishing an industry that affords profitable and healthful em ployment to many thousands of our population. Your speaker has also the honor to come from the section of our country where, for a hundred years, sugar cane \ flourished in tropical luxuriance jand where only now it is deing Douglas, Ga., October, 3, 1903. realized that, with more scientific study devoted to its cultivation and manufacture, Georgia. Florida, Alabama,and Mississippi, led by 7 Louisiana and Texas, will soon be able to join hands with the North and West in producing our entire consumptive supply of sugar with out the importation of a pound from even our island possessions of Cuba. 1 Son Offers Whole Life For Father- The most- remarkal le instance in the annals of criminology in Georgia has been brought to light by the receipt of a letter bv Gov ernor Terrell from Dr. W. P. Rushin, of Albany, Ga., who pe titions the governor to allow him to enter the prison walls of the state and serve the remainder of the life sentence imposed upon his father for the murder of J. F. Lil ley, which crime was committed in Thomas county in 1595. The petition states that the cider Rushin killed Lilley while both were attending a Sunday school convention. The petitioner states that his fa ther is growing old and the eight years cf toil and confinement are rapidly showing their ill effects upon him and that he wants his fa ther to spend his last vears at his home with hi? family 7 and allow him to die in freedom. Dr. Rushin asks only to be per mitted to serve nistead of his fa ther, stating that he is willing to enter the state’s service as an un .convicted convict and serve until the natural death of his father pays the legal debt imposed. The letter is the first of its kind ever received at the capitol and is the most wonderful act of.filial ob ligation ever brought to the public knowledge. It is not within the power of the chief executive to grant the re quest, and the faithful son has been informed of this status of affairs. The Wadley & Mt. Vernon Railroad- Mr. Jno. McLean informs us that the ties are on the road, piling is being driven and the iron has been ordered to complete this road to the river, and he thinks the work vvil' be pushed to completion. Our peo ple will be delighted to hear this. It is good news and it means some thing. It means that we will not have to pay $2.56 on a drum of gasoline to Waycross and $2.16 from Waycross to Douglas, many more times. This is excessive. It may be right but it looks juat like running your hand in a man’s pocket and taking all he has, which was the .case, for the writer is the fellow. As matters now st rnd we see no way to remedy it, for both ouroxen have been killed and eaten to help us through the summer, and vve are unable to cart our gasoline througii the country, thus boycot ting both roads. But $2.56 over the Coast Line, 96 miles from Savannah to Way cross. and $2.16 from Waycross to Douglas, 42 miles, is a heavy rale, not only applied to us, but to all patrons of the only route we now have. We bear a good of com plaint. and there is talk of organiz ing some means of relief, which can and must be done. We cannot, to save our life, see the justice in pay ing $2.16 on a drum of gasoline over a roid of only 42 miles when we pay only $3.56 for the same over a road of 96 miles, more than twice the former distance. We desire to encourage and assist the Atlantic & Birmingham all we can, but at this rate the road will grow and prosper while the people are robbed' and impoverished. Let us have the route to the river at once, and let us have other con nections by rail, or secure and m lin t in a line of steam boats to the -ea. Miss Eula Newbern was called to tier home near Broxton, Tuesday, mi account of tile serious illness of Miss Winni-. her ; %tstrtf. SOME SUNDAY READING. Some Serious Thoughts for the man or Woman Who Seeks the Truth. This is a solemn and important question. If a friend should ask you where you expected to spend the winter or summer season, you would give him a candid and sensi ble reply. But when asked the question of all questions, the one altogether important to yourself, you laugh or smile and hang your head as though ashamed of the per son who would ask y 7 ou such a question. Dear friend, God asks you this quesrion, and what is your reply? You treat with perfect indifference and contempt the things that concern your eternal welfare. When you ase offered salvation and eternat life through Jesus Christ, you mock and scorn and treat it with lightness and con tempt, but when offered a faun, or a house, or money, your face lights up and yuor countenance shows eagerness and earnestneses. God bless you, friend; you can talk sensibly about your farm or horses, or money, tilings that must perish and decay, but when asked about your never dying soul, you blush and give foolish answers and excuses. None of you dare call the Lord Jesus Christ a liar or hypocrite ; hear what He says : “How 7 can ye escope the dam nation of hell?”—Matt. 23: 33. This is what He says to those who reject Him and neglect to become converted. ‘•These shall go away into ever lasting punishment.”—Matt. 25: 46. “If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out; it is better for thee 1 to inter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : j Where this worm dieth not and ] the fire is not quenched.”—Mark 9 : 47-48. Unsaved friend, this is where you will spend eternity, except you get to God speedily, because God cannot lie. and lie says that ••The wicked shall he turned into bell, and all the nations that forget God.”—Psalms 9: 17. Poor soul, turn from God’s eter nal wrath while mercey’s door is open, soon the door will be clos ed and you will be cast into outer daskness, where “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” —Matt. 25 : 30. What is thy hope for the fu ture? You are looking for and expecting pleasure, but none of them reach beyond the grave. Get Christ in your heart and you can stand and rejoice when this world is wrapped in flames. —Se- lected.—Tract. The South Georgia Fair. We have before us the premium list of the South Geor/ia Fair, to be held at Waycross, November 10 to 14, next. This Fair Association has been very liberal in its pre miums, and as Coffee county is included in its territory our people should take some interest in its suc cess, which we are sure they will. Committees of Citizens of \v are, Clinch, Coffee, Appling, Wayne, Glynn, Camden, Charlton and Pierce have been appointed, with a view to secure from each county a good attendance and an exhibit if possible.- The Coffee County committee is as follows: B. 11 Tanner, Chairman; B. Peterson, Jesse Lott, Richard Kirkland, 11. Vickers, W. W. McDonald, Frank jL. Sweat, J. M- Ashley, C. A. (Ward, James M. Freeman, Mes j dames j’. M. Dent, J. W. Quincey, : F. W. Dart, B. Peterson and B. F. ; Holzeudorf. We have not heard j from Mr. B. 11. Tanner, Chairman, \ but would suggest that be call a i meeting of ibis committee at once, | organize and make some decided 1 movement toward securing an ex hibit, fro i' the county, if not, then .some of tlie farmers should ha’.e some field crops entered for pre miums. Write to Lee L. Sweat. Secretary, secure t premium list arm get ready to be v; ;y busy. OF $ JOS PRINTING.**^ SI.OO per Annum City Court Hroceedings- In order that our readers in the country may keep up with what goes on in court circles, we give, with the assistance of Clerk J. M. Dent, the proceedings of city court, last week : .State vs Genera! Green, assault and battery, plea, guilty, 8 mos. or SSO, to include cost. State vs John Maddox, malicious mischief, guilt} 7 , S mos. or SSO to include cost. State sv \Y. J. and John Mad dox, malicious mischief no! prossed. State vs Ella Brown, selling whis key without license, not guilty. State vs Ilarnp Bingham, same as above. State vs Martha Lyle, assault and battery, nol prossed on pay ment of cost. State vs. Bettie Moore, vagrancy, not guilty. State vs Martha and Manda Tay lor, larceny, nol prossed. State vs Jack Leavens, fornica tion and adultery, settled on con tract of marriage. CIVIL CASES. E. E. Fletcher vs Bostwick & Star, attachment. Settled. Brunswick Grocery Co., vs M. Clemens, suit on account, judge ment for plaintiff $38.60 and cost. Quincey A McDonald vs T, Byrd, suit on note, judgement for plain tiff, $148.00 and cost. \V. J. Parker Co., vs L. Byrd, suit on account, judgement for plaintiff, $43.85 and cost. Wyley Byrd, Jr., vs Wm. Woot en and Daniel Kirkland suit on note. Settled and cost paid. BlackshearMfg., Co., vs L. Byrd, suit on note, judgement for plain tiff, $139 00 and cost. Rice Weil & Co., vs J. E. Gas kin, suit on account, judgemet for plaintiff, $90,00 and cost. Bank of Waycross vs 11. L. Vick ers and E. 11. Crawley, suit on note, verdict for plaintiff, $6.82 and cost. Joel Gaskin vs Mattie and Willie Courson, judgement for plaintiff, J. A. Justice vs C. A. Taylor, suiCori contract, judgement for plaintiff, $55.00 and cost. D. E. Gaskin vs M. Sheppard, suit on account, judgement lor pluinsiff $163.00 and cost. [. M. Cox Co., vs Corbett Bros., dismissed, plaintiff paying cost. 11. F. Penniman vsC. E. Stewart, judgement for defendant, $17.51. | H. P. Chandlee, Sons A Co., vs Stewart Mercantile Co., suit on account, judgement, $154.00 and cost. C. T. Caraker vs J. L. Brown, suit on note, verdict directed for plaintiff, $38.00 and cost. Taking everything in considera tion, three Judges being necessary to run this court, Judges Reynolds, of Waycross, Henderson, of Vienna and O’Steen, of Douglas, a good lot of business was done. Mrs Vnlpoe Day has been quilfl sick for several days. Mrs Jerome McCormic has been quite sick recently, we are sorry to learn. And, of course, you wi 1 be present at *he horse-swappers, convention, court week. Several parties will go to Prospect church next Sunday for services. The services began on Friday night before, and the congregations are expected to be large. Tax Receiver Wails and Chair man J. W. Roberts, are going over the tax digests of 1902 and 1903, to assertain if rhere aie slill some delinquent tax dodgers that can be found. It is quite a job, hut these are the gentlemen to tactile it. Mrs S. M. Merrier, mo*her of Eugene and Hen. .. ■•■-as stricken with paralvsis las -sunday night, and since that time- has not spoken or moved, lying like one dead. Dr. :W. F. Sibbelt mg all that medical science < *ug ge*t and we hope she v. ■ , he better.