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VOL 14, No. 26
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From an examination of the advertisements in The
•Breeze to-day, it will be seen that they are all new
ones —not an old dead-head advertisement in the pa
per. It will also be seen that these advertisers have
crowded us so that four pages additional to our usual
size is necessary for their favors, and to carry our
usual amount of well arranged local and general read
ing matter.* The figures, 1,320 , tell exactly the
number of papers printed to-day—33 quires, 24 sheets
to quire, make 1,320. By January Ist. we shall give
our advertisers a circulation of 1,300,
CHAMPIQN'LIAR
Slanders the Georgia Cracker.
In the New York Witness of Wed
nesday, November 11th, we fi-»'\\the
letter publihsed below. It is a dam
nable lie from start to finish, and so
positive of the fact is the editor of the
Witness that he refuses to gave the
writer’s name or his post office ad
dress. Here is the libel:
To the editor: As you have always
taken a deep interest in the colored
people of the South I thought I would
bring to your notice one of the most
shocking and unjust things that I
have ever known or heard of.
A year ago last August the night
watchman here (a white man) who
never had a character, shot a young
l Negro as he wa_s on his way from his
quarter to the dining room, early in
the morning, to attend to his duties.
The cause for the shooting, he said,
was that the Negro put salt in the
milk which the assassin was stealing,
of which the young Negro was per
fectly innocent.
Unfortunately, it occurred when the
manager of Mrs. Carnegie’s estate
was absent, and the murderer was
taken to Fernandina, Fla., and turned
loose. As the State took no action,
the manager on his return offered five
hundred dollars reward for his cap
ture. He was finally arrested, six
months ago, during- which time he
was held in prison.
His case came up on the Bth of Oc
tober, at the court which meets at St.
Mary’s, Ga. Although he acknowl
edged shoooting the Negro, and there
was plenty of evidence to that effect,
io the g-reat surprise and disgust of
the better class, the Grand Jury
brought in a verdict of “Not Guilty,”
and he was let loose to continue his
fiendish work; as he boasted after
shooting the Negro that it was the
third one he had disposed of.
The case has been one of great in
terest, as it was considered a test
case, the decision of which would
prove the justice or injustice to the
colored race.
In speaking of the case to different
parties they would say, “He may get
a few year’s imprisonment, but they
never hang a white man for killing a
Negro down here,” which has proved
too true.
After living in the South two years
and gatheiing all the information
possible from both sides, I am satis
fied the white population are making
a great mistake in the matter of deal
ing- with the colored people.
While the better class does not ap
prove of the manner in which justice
is dealt out, they are larg-ely in the
minority, and the “Crackers” or com
mon people control, to a large extent,
and it is surprising the hatred which
exists among them for the Negro,
whom they could not live without, as
the work must be done by them or left
undone, as the “Cracker” does not
believe in working for a living. I
speak now in a general way, of
course there are exceptions.
The colored race have certainly ad
vanced very rapidly in this part of the
South numbers of them having good
educations and wonderfully refined
manners, with fine homes.
I have found by interviewing a
number of the young men that they
are determined to have an education
and are working hard for that pur
pose.
On the contrary the “Cracker” has
no ambition beyond getting enough to
eat and drink.
I do not claim perfection for the
colored race, but I have found among
them a far higher standard of morals
than among the common whites. It
is the exception to hear an oath from
them or any kind of unbecoming lan
guage. And lam a firm believer in
a brighter future for the colored
race, as their financial prospects are
( stcadily improving, despite the strong
efforts that are being made to crush
them.
I do not write this with the object
of having it published, but to inform
you of facts I have gathered since I
came South. While you are at per
fect liberty to use any part of it, if
you so choose.
] Georgia, Oct, 12, 1903. .
This writer signs his name in full,
but we fear that something might
j happen to him if it was published.
, Good men are scarce enough any
i where, and it is evident that the re-
I gion in which he lives cannot even
spare one.
In regard to the trial of the young
white man for shooting a negro, it is
| a well known fact that the ingredients
I put into the milk, which was furnish
j ed this watchman, for his breakfast,
| after being upon duty all night, was
I salt and arsenic, this fact coming out
on the glass of milk being anualyzed.
This man writing of the morals of
the white and colored race, in com
parison, proves to be a traitor be
yond the conceptions of Judas, even
to the white skins of America, and
a liar who can give the devil odds and
beat him. The morals of the men
and women in the Georgia Cracker
line will compare favorably' with those
of the large cities of the north, and
come out without any blemish, still,
we should rather have our right-arm
cut off at the shoulder than compare
the morals of the white people of the
north with those of the negro, of the
north or south.
We have good negroes, honest, cap
able negroes, but not as a race.
Among the poor class of white people
there is much ignorance, still no
where on earth can there be found
braver, truer hearts, or men and wo
men who are more virtuous, as com
pared with older, more enlightened
sections:
The editor of the Witness, although
an able and enlightened man, with
the love of God in his heart, knew
he admitted this letter into his col
umns that he was displaying a malig
nant, venemous falsehood to the
world, and when he refuses to divulge
the name of his correspondent he
shoulders the responsibility of a gross
slanderer:
But it is a waste of time and space,
to call his attention to this fact, for
the Witness has been busy for the
past forty y r eara in heaping slander
and abuse upon the South, and it will
continue in this line as long as it can
find fanatics for its readers, religion
for a cloak and the republican party
for a hobby-horse.
Busy as Bees-
The force in the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court's office is busy indexing
and duplex indexing the dockets and
records of deeds and transfers. Di
rect and duplex indexing is made of
all the records, as well as an almost
complete abstract o f the same.
When this is complete a man can
find any record of any deed, mort
gage or conveyance that he may
liesire.
You Know What You Arc Taking.
When you take Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic, because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle, show
ing that it is simp.y Iron and Quinine
in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay
Douglas, Ga., November 2!, 1903.
The Complaint from Douglas-
It seems to us that the bill of in
junction filed by the people of the'
city of Douglas against the B. & B.
and the A. A B. railroads in this city
yesterday, carries with >t a very rea
sonable amount of justice.
Under the present contract between
the two lines whereby the B. A B. has
trackage rights over the A. & B. from
Bushnell to Nicholls, it is specifically
stipulated that the trains of the B. &
B. shall not stop at Douglas and that
no freight or passengers shall be
received or delivered at that point.
To this contract the people of that
city except and have asked the court
to annul the agreement on the
ground of illegality.
So far as we can see the bill is on
the right line. It now seems that the
two lines, for a reasonable consider
ation, have decided to bottle up the
metropolis of Coffee, so far as the B.
& B. is concerned, thus depriving the
city and the community of another
transpotation line.
This contract also works a severe
hardship on the people of this city
for the simple fact that under its op
eration thousands and thousands of
pounds of freight and hundreds and
hundreds of passengers that would
come here are diverted to other points
due to the exclusive fact that the
“bottling up” agreement exists at
Douglas.
The matter is an important one and
we cannot see what course the court
can pursue other than the cancella
tion of the contract.—Brunswick News.
The Union Pharmacy-
The firms of Sapp & Dent and the
Deen Drug Co., druggists, have
formed a combination, to be known
as the Union Pharmacy. and will
occupy the same places they have all
the time. The store formerly used
by Sapp & Dent will carry perfumes,
fixtures, soda water, etc., while the
other will be a regular drug store
and medical laboratory, containing
all the patent medicines, prescription
department, etc. The three young
men who compose the Union Phar
macy are deserving, energetic, honest
and square, and are well known to
our people. Oliver Deen and Bill
Dent have belonged to us for a long
time and we like them both, while
Dr. Sapp is one of those clever young
business men that you like when you
meet him the first time. The new
combination have our best wishes,
and if they advertise in the Breeze
their success is assured.
The New Jury Law.
Following is the text of the new
law, in regard to grand and petit
jurors, found on page 83, of the
Georgia laws for 1902, recently
issued.
“An act to prescribe the qualifi
cations of jurors in the superior
courts, county courts and city
courts of the state of Georgia, to
regulate the drawing of jurors in
said courts, and for other purposes.
“Section 1. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State
of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passage of this
act that any juror who has served
as grand or traverse juror at. any
session of the superior courts, coun
ty or city courts, in this state shall
be ineligible for duty as a juror at
the next succeeding term of said
superior court, county court or city
court, in which he lias previously
served, provided, nothing herein
contained shall prevent any tra
verse juror from serving as a grand
juror at the next term of the super
ior court of his county.
“Section 2. Be it further en
ac:ed by the authority aforesaid,
That when any name of such juror
is disqualified by section i,4>f this
act, is drawn, the same shall not be
recorded as a juror but shall be
returned to the box from which it
was drawn, and the drawing con
tinued until the jury is secured.”
The third section repeals all
conflicting laws.— Ex.
J. A. Davis and Dr. Meeks,
both of Nichols, were here on legal
business this week.
NICHOLS NEWS.
Nichols, Ga., Nov. 18, 1903. —
The farmers in and around this
community are ve-y busy digging
potatoes and grinding cane.
Mr, llenry Daly and family have
returned from a visit to relatives in
South Carolina.
Mrs. j. M. Jardine, of Douglas,
spent last Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. S. A\ . Sellers. We areal
ways glaci to welcome Aunt Kate
back in our midst, but was sorry
some one had poisoned her dog,
Boss.
There was quite a crowd attend
ed the Waycross Fair from here.
Amongst those who attended was
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis, Mrs.
Dave Anderson, Mrs. .Sid Lee, and
Master Allen Tanner.
Mr. Clifton Parker and Badger
Anderson, was visitors in Way
cross last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Sellers made
quite a trip to the country hist Sun
day. Uncle Seab, you must be
feeling better.
VVe are sorry to announce at this
writing that the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 1). W. Lott, is
seriously ill. we wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Barney Bowers and Mrs.
Eppie Sellers were visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lott,
last Saturday.
Uncle Seab, Jim Roof and Dan
Meeks was amongst those who at
tended court in Douglas this week.
Mr. McLauchin, our rackett store
man, has moved to Ocilla. We
wish him much success.
Mrs. W. W. Cason happened to
a painful accident last week by
sticking a nail in her foot.
Miss Amie Roof is very sick at
her home this week.
The infant of Mr. and Tvlrs. \.
A. Olifl, is very sick at this writ
ing.
The funeral of Ermnitt White
will be preached at the Nicholls
Baptist church the first Sunday in
December. It will be remembered
that on that day one year ago lie
was killed by Lee Cribb. We hope
Uncle Jim, that you and Mrs,
Grundy will come that day.
Guess the two young ladies who
chewed five cane a piece last Friday
evening, but cant say how many
they will chew this evening.
Guess the young lady that had
ordered a broom and it failed to
come and that same afternoon, she
was seen in Uncle Seabs field ring
ing broom straw. Oh my! Poor
thing.
Marie, Uncle Seab saw Jumbo
last Sunday and reports that his
nose wasn’t broke, nor bis neck, he
will come again.
Uncle Jim, I have just fouml this i
out : Marie and Jumbo are sweet
hearts, but don’t say anything about j
it to them, but watch out or the j
nasty thing will have her and gone \
Two Sistkks. j
Yes, we have noticed that she
didn’t write to the Breeze last week.
We are not surprised. All the
boys love our girls, and we are
powerful jealous.
Up-To-Date Millinery-
Ladies can save money and get
the very latest styles in Millinery
at the Leader Store. Mrs. Kink,
a lady of fifteen years experience
is in oharge of the Millinery De
partment there, with the latest
shapes to select from and an abund
ance of ribbons, flowers violets,
to dress a hat just as is desired.
The Supreme Court has decided
that Wilcox county must pay the
high rate of taxes. The citizens re
fuse to vote for bond-, to build a
court fcouse and now they mus*
pay for it by taxation. The rate is
$37.36 on the thousand dollars
worth of property. —Black '
Times.
Legal Organ
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Coffee County.
SI.OO per Annum
ALTAMAHA NEWS.
Altamaha, Ga., Nov. 16, 1903. —
Mr. J. G. Horton has just finished
grinding his cane, he made a fine
lot of syrup.
Air. and Mrs. R.-L. Googe were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Horton, last Saturday night and
Sunday.
Sberifl 1 . B. Crapps was in our
midst last Tuesday on business.
We gladly welcome him in our
commuritv.
Airs. J. G. Horton is on the sick,
list this week.
Air. W. I). Horton has just re
turned from a trip in Flo.rida this
week, and reports a very nice time,
says that while he was in Florida
he saw u cow that weighed 1,600
or 1,81.0 lbs. So we know that
they don't suffer there for meat
Mr. and Mrs. James Googe visit
ed in this community Saturda
night.
Messers. Jimmie Wil'iams ant
Lonnie Swain visited the cani
grinding at Mr. J. G. Horton’s
Friday night.
Air. Mel drum Moselev, of Mont
gomery Co., was tile gu st of Air.
J. G. Horton Friday. Look out
girls!
We guess the wedding bells will
soon ring again as Air. Leonard
McDaniel is a frequent visitor to
this community if he Lis as good
luck as YY iliie did, guess he will.
Mr. J. R. Horton and* family
visited Mr. YV. D. Horton Satur
day night.
f
Airs. Luvmia Horton is on the
sick list this week.
Mr. R. L. Googe happened to
bad luck the other day in losing
his horse while grinding cane. YVu
extend much sympathy for him.
Air. D. YV. Dyall and son, Clar
ence, are busy hauling timber for
Air. Lonnie Swain this week.
Messrs. Jim Morris, George
Griffin and Evan Yawn, visited
Mr. Rosco Horton Sunday.
Air. \\. I). Horton and Mr.
James Yawn made a business trip
to Hazel hurst Monday.
Air. James Googe has seven head
of cows .for sale. Call over and
see him You can get them at a
reasonable [nice. They are fine
cows for milk.
Mr. Outlet" passed through this
community Monday, p. in.
Mr. J. N. Y awn was the guest
of Mr. YV. I). Horton Sunday.
Messrs. J. G. Horton and R. L.
Googe visited in Montgomery
county Sunday and Monday.
Mr. J. A. Yawn and his neice
Mr. Kick Yawn, passed through
this section Saturday.
Mr. Isaac Varn is seriously ill
at this writing we hope him a
speedy recovery.
Mr. Jimmie WiUiams passed
through this vicinity Monday.
The candy pulling at Mr. John
Sellers was largely attended and
enjoyed Saturday.
Miss Lu Sellers is quite sick t
this writing and s-ys that Unci
Jim will have to excuse her fc
awhile.
Mr. Fed Johnson has been but
hauling turpentine for the past
week.
Mr. Conwell Yawn is a frequent
visitor to this vicinity.
Mr. J. F. Hall made a business
trip to Graham Tuesday morning.
Miss Edna Horton, was the guest
of Miss Georgia Horton Tuesday
morning.
Those flowe-s at Mr. J. G. Hor
tons are very charming But the
girls are more charming tnhay albof
\he flowers. ' •A. ‘
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