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ONE THOUSAND Renders Weekly, Guaranteed. FOii OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME! VOL 14, No. 26 TulelYe Passes To»Joay. 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 ...0f... 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. ‘ . . jLij.I.Y Of Tlllt X*A.UfctrV •