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LECAL. CRCAN OF
COFFEE, COUNTY.
FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME!
VOL. 14, No. 20
NoVEMßEim4tti, 1903
savannah
Mistrial ana fiofiGuiturai Fair,
Under Aui.pices of
Savannan Racing Association.
A School of Instructions Along Industrial and
Agricultural Lines.
$12,000 $12,000
lOnHjlDay’s *l**lo
“THE SPORT OF KINGS,” upon the best and
Mile Track in the South, by scores
of thoroughbreds from all parts of
the United States.
MMway, drcus Attractions, Amusemots, Unexcelled,
iotv <RATBS ON ALL RAILROADS.
COUNTY EXHIBITS SOLICITED.
Saviumah Befit Produce Market it, the South.
I Fo? ? remiumiJSfst, space, concessions, entrance, and particulars address
JOS. F. DOYLE, Secretary,
GOR DON 3&-USSY, Fair Headquarters, Savannah,'
—■' Manager.
Coffee Ci unty Shei Id Be Be*resettled.
5 )ur readers; are well [posted on
nearly ;isll vital {points, send will
agree .with us tikat Coffee .comaty
slueuldibe represented at itho State
Fair at iMacoa, and at the Way
cross ;Fair. Thousands <©f people
from.different seat ons of Si be coun
try attend. these fairs, sr any of
thee: to see the products fcom
oth-e" parts of the and -to
obtain iafformatiom of these.co,ar
triea. Jtiks at these fairs that raar
ufaciurets-chow their productions
in ocachinery for all purposes,
mills, .fences, and ether things too
numerousito mention, while there,
is distributed pamphlets atad boakc
descriptive of towa«, section, and
States- Coffee county wants to
attract (people from other sections,
need them as citizen."., to develop
the rich., profuctive lands, but this
cannot fee dose without a.n effort]
Where tr.o organization is effiastedj
fur getting up an exh bit, agents
are sometimes employed to adver
tise towns .and counties, and tfoi-s
would be ■&. goc*d scheme for Cof
fee -county, but as the fairs of the
State will be held in the near
future this canaot be d<wne, now,
(therefore, let us take advantage of
the World’s Fair and theemmigra-
taon plans of tfoe Atlantic and
Birmingham railroad, and tend out
through these sources books, pam
phlets, etc. Believing that the
people of Coffee county would
uphold us in this plan we are now
having photographs made of res
idences and important objects, in
different towns and sections of the
county, and intend to print 5.000
or 10,000 copies of “Coffee Illus
trated” to be circulated where
they will do the most good by
Capt. Purse, and the Atlantic and
Birmingham railroad. Farms and
Mills, Gins etc., Schools and
Churches will all be photographed
and written up and roo page pam
phlet printed, descriptive.
House and Lot for Sale, j
One lot and six room house, two stories. ;
on Magnolia, between 0. O. DuYali and
Lewis Vickers, fronting Dr. Kirkland
Will be sold cheap for cash. Call on
J. H. MOORE, !
Douglas, La.
SouQias tßtoljr
Confederate Veterans' Reuniea.
The Confederate Veterans’ Re
union of Georgia will convene at
Augusta, Ga., on November bo and,
will last through nth and 12th. 1
The railroad fare will be one cent:
per mile. Among the questions te
come up will be the question of
rearing a monument to the devoted
women <of Georgia, and ftfee com
pilation of a roster of (the old
soldiers
Augtista is already- at work mdk
ing preparations to receive and en
tertain ithe olidsoldiers. 5k his let
ter of invitation, Mr. O. £F. Agee,
of Company .F. 26‘h Ga., says :
“Yes, come, boys, to Augusta and
we will try to make yau Lave one
of the beet times you ever had an
yout life.. The hogs will'he killed
and the chickens and sheer will foe
sacrificed.and you will not have to
• forage for your grub, So-every
body come. Bring the children
j -tnd the wives anti the whole family,
j. As the woman say you must be sure
nd coine for lam goingrto lock
Bor you. Yes, come, for thejgather
u g of our soldiers will be different
bom the one we had at Fredericks
bi.rg on the 113 th day of December,
just 42 years f go. Thm rie
rai led to kilkand weedid kill. Now
we rally to have fun and a good
tame. So come over and be witk
lueiiti this reunion.
BROOKE?.
Sceoker, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1905.. —
The formers are busy gathering
their corn crops and aK report all
a hue yield.
Mr. £. D. Nash, of Hazlehurst.
spent last Sinday with Mr. J. T.
McEachtn’s family.
Mr. J. T. and Emmett McEachin
made a flying trip to Douglas last;
Monday oa business.
Mr. O. L. Mobley’s family, of;
Douglas, are visiting m their!
coinunity this week.
Mr. A. V. McEachin made a
flying trip to Graham one day last
week.
Mr. H. L. Collins killed a large
rattle snake one day last week.
Mr. T. J. Ellis and wife attend-j
■d preaching at Elizabeth last!
Saturday. Jumbo. 1
Douglas, Ga., October, 10, J 903.
SOME SUNDAY READING.
Some Serious Thoughts for the man
or Woman Who Seeks the Truth.
‘•The wages of sin is death.”
Every sinner earns this by long
and painful service. What pains
do men take to get to hell! Ear
ly and late they toil at sin, and
would not Divine justice be in
their debt if it did not pay them
their due wages?
Sinner, you are working hard
for your own everlasting misery
and damnation. As one has said :
•“Oh the labot it costs poor
wretches to be damned ! Though
their anger be nothing but a tor
menting of themselves, and re
venge and envy consume their
spirits and keep them on a con
tinual rack ; though uncleanness
destroy their bodies, estates, and
names, yet will they do and suffer
all this, rather than suffer their
souls to he saved.”
Oh how the review of this will
feed the flames of hell! W ith
what rage will these damned
wretches curse themselves, and
say: “Is damnation worth all this
pain and cost?” If men were as
much in earnest to get their souls
saved as to prepare them for hell,
heaven would he highly peoplt d
and devils would be their own
companions.
Unsaved friend, it is hard for
you to extinguish the light that
God has given you from your in
fancy and make yourself believe
wiiat you do not believe. God has
done and is still doing all in His
power to save you. You have
worked hard these many years to
get past all that God has put in
your way to keep you from being
lost. How hard you have labored
to harden and quiet the voice of
conscience; to stifle your convic
tions and turn the. Spirit away.
You may succeed in qeenching the
Spirit’s work for a time, but it will
break out at last and witness a
gainst you at the judgement.
Precious soul, winy toil for endless
anguish, and force thy way to
realms of desp.air? “As I live,
c-aith the Lord Gcd, 1 have no 1
pleasure in the death of the wick
ed ; but that the wicked turn from
his way and live: turn ye, turn
ye from your evil ways; for -why
will ye diet” Fzc<k. 33511 —Tract
No. 8.
Printing of ft.blic Laws-
Although it is now some time
since theiLegislature adjourned, the
state printer has not yet completed
the pnblicat'on flf the new laws
passed by them. (Other publishing
houses publish there laws and have
them for-sale some time before the
vohcmeik turned «*ut by the state
printer. This matter should be
looked into, and if these gentlemen
can not get the book out earlier, let
the legislature put the contract
where itcan be done more prompt y.
This delay causes lawyers and
officers (much annoyance, as they
need these laws es soon as pub
lished.—-Baxley Banner.
Thtfce-a-Weak World-
We have made perinauEent
arrangement by which we can
furnish tire Thrice a week New
York Werld with the Douglas
Breeze for $1.25 far 12 months.
'Next year is campaign year, .tnd
[ the reader xwill be able to keep up
with Natifmil politics through <the
World, wiiich reaches * im every
Esther day.
Suae Divorces.
j Fifteen divorce cases were
(granted at the one and a half day’s
(session of Colquitt Superior Court,
iNo one doubts Judge Mitchell’s
; wisdom in adjourning court, for
had this thing gone on for two
weeks, how many families would
have been left in Colquitt?—Tif
ton Gazette.
The lawyers Waycross are all
down at Camden Superior court
this week, and there’s no one at
home to keep things straight but
John Greer and Billey Sharpe.
Union Meeting at Prospect Church-
According to a previous engage
ment we had the pleasure of at
tending the Union meeting at
Prospect church, in Irwin county
last Saturday and Sunday. There
were present on Sunday between
seven hundred ar;d one thousand
people. Itro. A. 1L Finley preach
ed some of his best sermons and
a great meeting was tiie result of
the two days service. Revs. Mar
lowe, Bishop and a number of the
cleverest, best people we ever met
were present, and when the time
came to return to our mother and
home, we regretted to tell them
good bye. That dear good brother
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis,
besides several oilier kind, friend
ly gentlemen and ladies will not be
forgotten by us. Some of them
told us that they intended to lead
better and purer lives. God help
them to do so. Some favors for
the Breeze were also given, and
promises made for more, for which
we are thankful. Bro. Finley was
called as the regular pastor of that
church, and as all of the people
seem to think so well of him it is
believed he has an opportunity for
doing much good. For all who
were so kind to us we have kind
reraemberance.
Douiii.
The Sunday Reading-
For the past month we have |
published a half column or more)
of good, choice selections, at the 1
request of a l .dy friend, and on j
inquiring among the readers of this |
paper have the following views j
from them, as to how they liked i
the Sunday reading:
No. r.—lt is a good idea of I
yours. A fellow reads something
good before he knows it.
No. 2. —Don’t read anything of
that kind. When I want any
thing like that I’ll hunt up the
bibie.
No. 3 —1 think it is a good thing.
I never fail to read it, and the
children read it.
No. 4. —As to your Sunday I
Resding 1 do not endorse or ob
ject to it, as I never read it, but
my wife does.
No. 5. —“The harvest is past.,
the summer ended, and ye are not
saved,” where the young man miss
it, has bothered me. I know its
b: ble.
John Greer,of the Journal, fears
tuat in ruminating around and
Hiking re (respective glances at the,
<,ld files of this paper printed when
'he was editor, we will bring to
?g!it some of his ineaness that lie
rad hoped was forgotten. We
.promise him, however, to deal fair
end use a good amount of charity.
But, seriously, we expect these
*■ tales of yore” will be interesting
rot only to John, but quite a
number o r our readers of to-day,
who were not here when the
panorama was unrolling.
Matrons N. and B. Club, was
entertained at Mrs. A. F. Mc-
Ijfcans, Tuesday afternoon, some
artistic needle work have been
accomplished since our club was
organized later, we will prove
ourselves, to show the good we
have accomplished in many ways,
I and at the conclusion we were
invited to the dining room where a
i de'ighlful course of Ices and cake
I was served.
! Are you constipated? Read what
ij. L. Pleasant. o r Bobbin. Mont
gomery Co.. Texas, says about you :
“I don’t see how people who are i
constipated live without Ramon’s
Tonic Regulator. There is nothing
that subdues headaches, indigestion
and other effects of constipation
liketh’s pleasant vegetable powder.
Large tin box 25c.
Mr. 11.I 1 . Walter Barber, of
Blackshear, was in town last
Monday, on legal business.
Dustin’s October Peach, is the
Leader, adapted to this soil and
climate. Sec A. W. Tharrin.
ALL KINDS OF
JOB PRINTING.^-
SI.OO per Annum
UNCLE WASH-
Talks About Schools and Roads, the
Country and the People.
Mr. Editor : —The good people
of this county have been making
the mistake, our genial friend,
Benajah Peterson made in writing
Tom Wilcox to order hay, when
he should have said hay-wire.
Instead of ordering wire to wire
the hay that abundantly grows on
our lands, they have been ordering
hay. But vvc are glad to note the
turning of the tide. There has been
more and finer hay made in this
county this year than ever before.
The people are awakening to the
fact that it is one of the most pro
fitable crop's, and are turning their
attention to the making hay. There
is an immense amount* of labor
spent, and money wasted in trying
to destroy one of the most profitable
crops that can be grown on our
lands.
We are pained to note the con
flict between our roads and schools.
It would be very much regretted
if we shou’d have to lose any of the
school fund, but next in importance
is our roads. We would be glad
if there was enough money to give
a ten months compulsory school,
and clayed roads throughout the
county. But this we have not, and
will have to make the best of it.
Our County Commissioners are
successful businessmen, ard have
1 the entire confidence ot the people.
J We can rest assured that they will
| not do anything, only with the
j hope that it will be for the best,
i We do not want to grow one-sided.
' Everything will have to go along
togetner —each sharing the advan-
'cages, and disadvantages alike.
We would not have our schools
suffer injustly on account ol our
roads. And we do not want the
roads to suffer too severely on ac
count of our schools. As water
seeks its levels, so will ail thinga
adjust themselves in due time. We
I have only to do our whole duty as
I best we can, exercising <)lir . cs
judgement, and never faltering.
We all make mist akes. 1 hey have
been made throughout the ages.
Profane nor Biblical history records
the acts of a man, that c’ul not at
some time make mistakes An
all the years to ccme have locked
in them mistakes tor us all. -
j man can live unto himself, and
! no ,-nan can live so perfect as to
make.’ 10 mistakes. Let m i come
„ C ect unity, and put tortn
he off . hat is within combined
the effort 1. M our schools,
strength to b. , ioUS I an d moral in-
to build up relig every thing
iluences, to build vn everythin*
good, and tear do\ uf Jives, an
bud. Let us broaden o ’eager sue
by so doing acheive gi -ajfe thi
cesses, and beautify and n. Tht
old mundane sphere better. * pt
original interests and purpose > v
aH people are good, but we some
times allow our selves to drift off
i i r om our former moorings. First,
“l)e sure we are right,” and then
forge unrelentingly ahead. V e
have the best pcop.e ir< the world,
and we know it. We have the best
country in the world and vve know
it. Let us do all in our power to
make it prosperious and happy.
Very Truly Yours,
Uncle Wash.
Bought Lots in Douglas. •
I W e have been told that quite a
J number of parties have bought lots
jin Douglas and will build hordes,
j since the election went for water-
J works and electric lights. The lots
! are in the Purse division, purchased
from first buyers, but no trade could
be made before the election. Straws
indicate the direction of the wind.
The Thrice-a-Week New York
World and the Douglas Breeze, 12
nos. for $1.25. The World will
reach you within eight days from
date of subscription, and will con
tinue every other day.
Porter paints signs and houses.