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DOCCLAS WEEKLY BREEZE.
James M. Freeman & Daughter, Proprietors
J. M. Freeman, Editor.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.
OCT. 17th, _ 1903.
Official Organ of County.
NOTICE TO LEGAL ADVERTISERS.
No advertisements will be published in
this paper, after this date unless accom
panied ny the leeal fees, which the law
says must be pain in advance, at the rate
of *3.00 for less than 100 words; $6.00 for
over 100 words and under 200 words, for
30 days. We are not able to pay hands,
buy paper and material and advertise on
credit, then wait on claim cases, courts,
etc , and we do not expect to do so.
Reading matter on every page.
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Only two pieces of property were
advertised at sheriff’s sale in
Thomas county, and they were
withdrawn before the hour of sale,
last week.
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Only 125 persons of the 2,700
subject to road tax in Terrell county
have defaulted. The sum amounts
to between $7,000 and SB,OOO
annually.
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Rome Tribune: We hope that
Mr. G aston, Democratic nominee
for governor of Massachusetts, will
not prove to be a political llappy
Hooligan.
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The passenger and freight busi
ness on Ihe recently opened exten
sion of the Brunswick and Birming
ham is all that was expected by the
officials.
The Fiddler’s convention is in
session in Rome, Ga., this week.
We’ll try to off set it here by
swapping horses.
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The Times-Recorder says Ainer
icus people now live upon Caro
lina cabbage, Tennessee turnips,
Boston beans and Chicago bacon
while raising mortgages at home.
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Mrs. S. E. Ulmer, mother of
George Kempton, of Live Oak,
Fla., and J. P. Ulmer, of Arcadia,
Fla., died and was buried last week
ai Waycross. She was a Christian
woman and has many friends in
this section who will regret to hear
of her death.
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A. S. Avarett is the champion
potato grower of Brooks county.
This year he has sold over $25
worth from less than a quarter of
an acre. The only objection any
one could have to Mr. Avarett’s
potatoes is that they are too large,
says the Quitman Advertiser.
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A. F. Hodges of Sumter county
gathered from nine acres 558 bus.
of oats, and estimates that at least
five bushels are left scattered about
the field, which would make the
average yield of 62J bushels per
acre for the nine acre field.
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Three negroes were in a buggy
to which a mule was hitched last
Saturday, and as the animal didn’t
travel fast enough, one of them
reached over and twisted the
mule’s tail. Two of the negroes
were buried Sunday afternoon.
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W. G. Lamb, of Fitzgerald, was
shot and seriously wounded, last
Friday night, by Frank Wilcox,
whose son, it is said, was in
the former’s potato patch. Mr.
Lamb approached the boy for the
purpose of remonstrating with him,
because he wanted the potatoes, as
they were his own, when, the gun
was fired by some one hidden, and
Wilcox, is thought to have been
the man. He is in jail.
Waycross’ Sugar Mill.
Arthur Given of the bureau of
chemistry, department of agricul
ture. who will have charge of the
sugar experiment station of the
national government at Waycross
has arrived.
Mr. Given, who was in charge of
Captain D. G. Purse of the Board
of Trade, is of the opinion that the
work of the government at the
Way cross station will be of great
advantage to the cane growers of
a., 'oath Georgia.
The latest and most improved
sugar nakiug machinery has been
sent there and everything in
connection with the plant will be
operated on the most economically
scientific nl*u. banners in ew.rv
section of the state are invited to
visit the plant.
Attending Court this Week.
There may be a number of vis
itors in the city this week who
have not been here before in some
time, and then there may be those
present who are now on their first
visit to Douglas. The Breeze is
glad to see you, and hopes your
visit may he pleasant and profit
able, and it will be if you will
walk or ride around and see the
beautiful new stores and houses
that have been recently erected,
and talk with our clever, hospit
able people. Do not, for a mo
ment, imagine that Douglas people
will tire of answering interroga
tions as to the prices of lands, in
town or county, for they are here
for that business and are looking
for just such people as want to
know why this happens to be the
‘•garden spot of the State.” All
these brick houses and most of the
handsome wooden residences have
been built since 1898. This hand
some court house, one of the hand
somest in the State, and the jail
near by, one of the safest in the
land, have both been built since
1898, and in building, although
many remarks have been made by
visitors as to their elegant and sub
stantial construction, our Commis
sioners had the work done at a less
cost to the county than some
which will bear them no compar
ison. It might also interest our
visiting friends to know that these
buildings are paid for, the county
is out of debt and has enough
change in her pocket to jingle a
little.
Judge E. D. Evans, of Washing
ton county, judge of the Superior
Court of the Middle Georgia Circuit
is presiding this week, and while
he is comparatively a stranger, not
having been here since 1885, he is
making friends fast. Ilis charge
to the Grand Jury, as you doubtless
heard, was one of the most full and
complete, clear and logical, we have
ever heard. lie is holding the
reputation here that he has built up
at home, as a judge, fair, square
and fearless. Of course, we all like
Judge Parker, but we accept the
gentleman sent us to preside over
this term’s court, on the ground that
it was a fair exchange.
Sher : if Southerland is now serv
ing his second term, has one more
year of grace, and may be elected
again. lie is a fine specimen of
manhood and ha* made a good of
ficer. lie has worked up some
difficult cases and landed his men
when it was thought he had !e‘
them get away, and, again, he has
made some wild goose chases after
law-breakers that were not success
ful. This, however, cannot be
chargeable to him, as many times
people resemble each other and
when taken up by ofScers who do
not know t litem must be identified,
brought to Justice or turned loose
on the public. Sheriff Souther
land is a Sou h Georgia boy, has
been a resident of Coffee county
about twenty years, :w>d the fact
that he was not born' in Coffee
county is no fault of his own. He
is very accommodating., and if you
need a friend in time of troubte-he
will furnish you a nice iron bound
room, bed and boarde, at the ceun
ty’s expense.
Having put the visitor on his
guard as to these two important
functionaries of the Court, Judge
and Sheriff, something about
Douglas future, which may be
kept in sight by perusing the col
umns of the Breeze, may not be
out ot place. In fact, within the
near future we expect to have:
Eiectric lights and water works.
A direct railroad to Savannah.
A direct railroad to the Gulf.
Street railroad to Gaskin’s
Spring.
Wagon and buggy factory. Cot
ton seed oil mill and guano fac
tory.
Railroad to the Ocmulgee and a
boat line to Darien and New
York.
Wholesale dry goods and family!
grocery house.
The Douglas Daily Breeze.
Syrup and Sugar refinery, with!
many other enterprises that we
have not time to speak of just now,
and if you want to keep up with
these things there is only one wav :
Subscribe for the Brf; :• and
pay cash up as we write your
name down, cash down as the re
ceipt is handed up.
Another thing, we ire having
‘be beautiful homes of the peeph
photographed, trom which cm
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i p'-int an illustrative pamphlet tel
. eg all about this country a-.it
people, which will be circulated
all over the whole country, and
will cause a stream of people to
come this way. W<* give you this
hint in order that you may get a
home now, and avoid the rush.
It is coming.
There is an air of contentment
and prosperity in the faces of the
people you see at the court-house,
today, and the reason for this, is,
that good crops have been made
and they are all able to pay their
debts and have the necessaries of
life for another year.
Mr. D. W. Gaskin, Clerk of the
Superior court, is one of the best
men and most efficient clerks in
South Georgia. His records and
papers are the very acme of per
fection, and it will be noticed that
when a case is called the papers
are always ready, if in his posses
sion. He has been elected and re
elected until the people have ceas
ed to keep record of the number
of terms he has served, and it is
generally conceded that he is about
the strongest man in tbe county in
an election, therefore tbe office is
his as long as he wants it. Deeds
and mortgages are recorded by an
improved typewriter,, skillfully
manipulated by Mrs. M. A. Co
mas, one of the most efficient as
sistants procurable, and' the public
generally finds in her am accommo
dating encumbent when visiting
the Clerk’s office.
Mr.- George Ward, thepolite and
accomplished son of Cos, W. P.
Ward, is Mr. Gaskin’s assistant
up-stairs during Court week.
The Breeze has been undter obliga
tions to him for many fauorsin the
past, but has some for him this
week.
That old veteran, scholar, gen
tleman and lawyer. Judge Briggs,
is in the Clerk’s office, down stairs.
He is a good man any where you
put him.
If you are not a subscriber to the
Breeze you should be one. Much
of your unhappiness may be on ac
count of neglect in this direction.
Remember, the Breeze will be
sent from date to January 1, 1905,
for one dollar.
CLAIMS REWARD FOFT3OM.
Tom Caruthers Sentenced to Hang,
Given Up by Parents
Rochelle, Ga.. Oct. 13.— The ffcther of
Tom Caruthers, who is under sentence
to hang for the murder of Henry Byrd,
has made application for (Stas' reward
offered for the captue of the youth.
The- negro was sentenced' to hatng
on Oct. 16. He escaped. But was af
terwards arrested at HawßiireviTEe*.. A
reward of $l5O had been offere'd. tor
him Irr the meantime. Now the- negTwOs
father 13 applying for the reward:
The sheriff of Pulaski county thfinlte
the father Is entitled to ft, as the eld'
man gave the officers the information'
that led to the arrest of the youth.
The idea the old negro had 1 was that
the boy was a fugitive ftom justice,
and was about to starve to death, and
it would B® better for him to be put to
trial even if he had to hang. The
old negro thought hanging could nafc.be'
as bad as starving.
WAWT U. S. TO CO-OPERATE..
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Sends Delegate.
New York, Oct. 13. —Another dele
gate, sent by the Macedonian revolu
tionary committee in aid.of that coun
try in its struggle with Turkey, hajs
arrived here. He is Constantine Ste
phanove and is a Yale graduate, hav
ing been & member of the class of
18SS.
“We want this government to co
op ate with the other powers,” he
said, “and we want all the powers to
demand the appointment of a Chris
tian governor, who shall be responsi
ble ro the powers and not to Turkey.
“The Russo-Aus mi an reforms are not
sufficient and will not correct the
ptc-ant terrible conditions.”
TRIAL OF TILLMAN.
Arguments In Celebrated :Case Are
Continued.
Lexington, S. €.. Get. 13.—E. S. As
bill. of counsel for the prosecution,
who began his argument before the
jury in the trial of J. H. Tillman.
J just teferev court adjourned > estwday,
j resumed today. Replying :o counsel
for the detente he contended hat Mr.
1 '*r/ ties’ mind was clear when lie.
auuie his last statements.
to Nelson, one of *"ic attorneys
: t *.6 <]*c v cHustnlo liOW’iju. txt ju’bfc
spoke i ' ;be law in the < *u.- '.adin-g.
'.he requests for insmietiors re do By
: Ui ?;en?e. places on what venstl
ui •: sei'.-defsnse.
-.0 '..'i.i i\as ashed t :• r.vet the
i" ,s o■ IV; '. y .»> suy
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iwc i h ;vo acied as M. r. ;fi, jj man, _d id
BLOCK SIGNIA-L- SYSTEM' BAILED.
Accident Occurred Wear the Foot of
Lookout Mountain- —Neerty AH on
Board the Two Care Were Mere- or
Less Seriously Injured,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 13.—At 1
o’clock this morning two oars on the
Chattanooga Rapid Transit, St. Elmo
line, ran together owing to the failure
of the block signal system to woric.
Six persons were seriously and some
perhaps fatally injured, while the two
cars were wrecked.
The accident occurred oa a trestle
near the foot of Lookout mountain.
The following wore injured:'. j
Motorman Green, arm broken and in
jured internally.
Conductor Hatfield, badly bruised.
Motorman Williams, injured inter
nally.
Conductor Sutton, head and body cut
and bruised..
Emil Andre, 14 years old, head cut,
leg broken, back wrenched and.lnjured
Internally.
Prank P. Slwlck, passenger, several
rib§ broken and cheat crushed.
‘Several unknown ladles sustained
broken bones and severe bruise*.
SPEAKS OF MOB LAW.
Address Made: by Justice Bischoff, of
New York.
New York, Get. 13. —In an address
before the Phi Delta Phi fraternity In
this city Justice Blschoff, of the New
York supreme court, has pointed. out
the fact that tile spirit which under
lies mob law confronted the patri
archs of old in the Mosaic law, and: la
to be found underlying the develop
ment of the entire system of crimi
nal jurisprudence, representing the; re
bellion of passion against an aocuaod
person. The causes of lynching* and
other outbursts, he said, may be epit
omized in the words "The law's delay,”
“It is true,” he- continued, “that there
is more or lees delay in the admin
istration of the liw which appears to
procrastinate, so*that the time elaps
ing between a crime and Its punish
ment seems at times needlessly pro*
togged, but this is not the fault of the
law or its administration, so rauoh as
it is the result of condition* which sur
round the gradual evolution of cm l
great judicial system.
“The demand® upon the courts are
too groat for a system planned ♦ sac
commodate scarcely half the business
now presented and making no elastic
provision for enlarged requirements.
“But it does net follow, because of
this defect, the delay of Justice that
the system is wrong or that mob rr 4e
had better supplant it or that there
la justification at any time tor as
sassination in the- name of punishment
of crime It te bu: a voice that should
be heeded by our legislature in pro
viding an elastic, flexible system for
the Administration of law which wiH
meet every emergency, the measure
of speedy, exact and; unerring justice
In every case.”
Justice BischofT'dererlbed the ccae
dftion of the negroes at the close of
the cfvil war. their lfscfr o? knowledge
of nineteenth civilization, their beimgv
loft on an impoverished land wihQirfc
government aad or support ana their
struggles against the-antipathies of the
white race. The north, he sard,
undertook to sdUcate- the colored pa t o--
pfe of whose conditions and limitations
they were ignorant, with the result
of bitterness.
‘•And today;” he mfeied. “it is beifcg
realized that tire best friend of the ne
gro is the sons!), wii® can best, too,
solve the great' question involved, in
; this discussion.”
TALE OF RAIN AND FLOOD.
England Has. Unprecedented Down
pour—Rivers Break Banka.
New York, Oct. T3;—England's talfe of
rain and flood, although trifling in
comparison with- reports that come
from New York, show the outlook be
coming hourly more serious, ?avs a
Herald dispatch from London. There
was some abatement in the dr -.-npour
in lonian Monday, but the tctcl rain
fall is rapidly approaching a.- point
equal to the highest noted since the
meteorological office was established
in 1366.
Rivoi’s are high everywhere and ! in
many places have broken their bounds.
Railway traffic has been iiterfered
■with and gp.-at inconvenience has been
cause. in several towns by inunda.-
tiorrs. Acres of grain are under'
wat- : in Yorkshire, and '•eports of gen-,
ersl fie'ds are coming from the north.
e»* England. ,
Cormriselrner Vadfe Judge.
Montgomery, AS., Oct. 13. —R. R.
Poole, commissioner of agriculture of
i Si a: a t exetion of Commissioners
1 er -.’ici; f't ’ . has 'seen selected us ci'.e
j ‘ ?t>- of the state fair to be
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| Son 1 W iter, Ginger ale, etc., go
bllfi OF BROKEN HEART.
Man rail* Dead at Ble* of His Dead
Brother.
NewTbrk, Oct. 13.—Johnson Chase
Hull, the 1 oldest letter carrier in New
York, and possibly in the country, has
fsgen dead while standing beside the
coffin containing the body of his broth
er William) a* the latter’s home in
Brooklyn. The* doctors say he died
from a broken- heart.
William Hull was 82 years old- and
» retired merchant. His brother John
son was two years younger and the
Swo had been inseparable during, their
tbag span of lie-. The death of his
brother was a herd blow and he griev
ed! deeply over hit loss. At the close 1
of the funeral services he arose from
his chair beside the coffin, and speak
ing: in a low bade farewell" Ms
hl« brother.
“You were the first to go,” he said,
“my-summons cannot come too soon.”
TSe old man’s voice broke, he threw
bis hands up and sank to the floor,.
deadL
TELEGRAPHERS’ TOURNAMENT .
Lightning Stingers To Have Contest
of Skill at Philadelphia.
New York, Oct. 13. —Plans have been
perfected for a tournament between
telegraphers at ’Philadelphia on the af
ternoon and evenings of Oct. 30 and
SI.
Last May telegrapher* of Philadel
phia OjWI New York, comprising thq
American Telegraphers- Tournament
association, elected committees, whioh
have worked unceasiniy tc bring to
gether the greatest possible array of
talent far the competition. Entries
have been received from Dallas, Win
nipeg, Louis; Atlanta, 'Memphis,
New Organs, Boston, Birmingham,
Philadelphia, and many: other cities.
The caah prizes aggregate $3,000,
while tha medals to be offered in the
various clauses will be quite valuable.
The object of chief interest will be
the Andrew Carnegie gold medal,
which carries with it a cash award of
S3OO for the most skillful sender and
receiver j( Morse.
RIOTS IN BUENOST AYRE&.
Demonstration Over Politic* In South
American City
"’New fork, Oct. 13. —A targe dem
onotratloa against the convention has
been me*, eaye a Herald dispatch,
from Buowja Ayres, for the nomination
of for president and vice
which will meet Tuesday
(today). The convention, is compos
ed of Dotftftte men of tba-republic and
As opponents are of the general
Mobs (ii; the street iadiuiged in at
tacks on- the government and £enor
Quintana/. the official 'candidate. Hie
protests wBI oontinue while the con
vention assembled, although it is
possible tti«t public feeling may be
heeded and' the convention abandoned*.
The agitation is increasing: daily, and
there are indications oft more violent
Opposition against Quintana. Ih a
collision between the mobs and the po
lice, sevewal persons were' injured.
Excursion Rates via- Atlantic and
Binniagtiam to Atlanta. Ga-
Southern Inter State Fair.
Round trip rate from Douglas
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Tickets-S© be sold QfcfcO'ber 6th to
23rd, inclusive, witiii exception no
tickets-will be sold: for trains
arriving: in Atlanta' on Sundays,
with final limit October26th, 1903.
B. F. liOtZENDORF.
Agenfo. Douglas, Ga. s
G%sfcThe Best FsrTfee Asking.
When you order a sack of patent;?
flour from your grocer, do not telii
him to. send you “a sack of goocL
flour’% but tell him to send you a*
sack, of “C-lfton”,
“Clifton” is the best patent. Every
sac’s is sold with this guarantee,,
and if it does not prove as repre
sented, your money will be refund
ed.. “Chiffon;” is an all-round
flour, and is for cake asad
pastry as light* rolls and biscuit.
Market Trading Co*
Good Farm Tor Sale.
I have a goo-f farm for sale, containing
15? acres. 111013 or less, with 125 acres in a
high state of cultivation, leaving ?2 acres
or’ good land . all of which can be jleared
and used, eaeept a small branch. Terms,
*1.500 —*800 aasn. baltance one and two
years time * ith S per cent interest. Ad
dress. B. F. SIT M M T.dRLI N,
WiLlaeoovhee, G a
la Cure A Coki in One Day .
j Take Laxative Bromo Ouinin Tah
! lets. \!1 druggists refund the money
if 1:. .ins to cu: c ~ft . vj-i ove s si^na.—
ture is ou each box. ?. r c.
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Speclaimt,
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1 Also Chronic Diseases in either sex.
Hoprs, 7 to to a. m. 7 to S p. m.