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DOUGLAS WEEKLY BREEZE.
James M. Freeman & Daughter, Proprieto
Freeman. Editor.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.
SATURDAY. JAN. 2nd, 1904.
Organ of County.
The market quotations on cotton
corn, wheat and oats were u shade
lower last Wednesday as regards
cotton.
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The neat little sum of $699.00
was paid in fines at the police
court of Atlanta by Christmas of
fenders.
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It is a difficult matter to hire
cotton pickers in Mississippi.
The good prices paid for the staple
has caused a demand for better
prices by pickers.
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Waycross had a $3000.00 fire
last Tuesday in one of the principal
brick blocks, and five stores were
put out of business, their stocks
being badly damaged by water
and smoke.
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The Willcox county bond elec
tion carried by a vote of 1645 for
bonds to 503 vote against bonds,
and Wilcox tax-payers will be re
lieved of the extraordinary tax that
has been levied.
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Dr. Broughton, of Atlanta, is
now on a crusade against the sale of
of pools on horse racing. The doc
tor lias been fighting this thing for
some time and it is probable will
whip in the long run.
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The Christinas edition of the
Savannah Press, containing forty
pages, of seasonable reading and
interesting advertisements was a
head of anything we have ever seen
and that is saying something.
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The lower half of the front page
of the Fitzgerald Enterprise, of last
Tuesday, was made up almost en
tirely with marriage notices. The
top half told these married people
where to buy clothing and supplies.
Wasn’t that convenient?
lion. I’ 1 M. Mulherin, represen
tative from Richmond and mem
ber of the legislative investing
committee, was paralyzed last
Monday in Macon while engaged
in some committee work connected
with his legislative duties.
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Some of the boys of the weekly
press are busy already with the
presidential question. This may
be all right, but we are not going
to talk much politics until the
crops are pitched for the year. The
farmers have a right to be consult
ed on these matters.
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From woman’s eyes the whole
world sees: they are the books, the
arts, the academies—a paradise of
love that marches through the
hearts of men like armies and kin
dles the fire in the breast of genius
and gives to poets their songs.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
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Frank White, a negro electrocu
ted at Sing Sing, N. Y., last Mon
day was a hard proposition. Six
shocks of the electric machine
were required to kill him when one
generally does. It is suggested,
however, that if the current had
run into his heels and not his head
first, death would have ensued
sooner.
Can it be possible that Mr. Bry
an has condescended to accept a
photograph with an autograph
written upon it from the Great
Czar, the Autocrat of All the Rus
*ias? What has the Nebraska lev
eller in public affairs, the typical
and characteristic commoner, in
common with the czar? New york
Tribune.
Of course it is a matter of news,
but the rehashing of the numerous
drunken crowds of some desperate
demon is enough to make the heart
sick. For instance, in Sergent,
Ky.. on Cowan creek, in Fletcher
county. William Shepherd enter
ed the home of Obedah Fields, his
father in law, and shot and killed
Rily Webb, aged cS. Then turn
ing upon his wife. Maty Shepherd,
the slayer fired a fatal ball into her
body. His wife was carryng her
io-months-old baby in her arms
and the infant also was fatally
wounded.
THE PREACHERS AT WORK.
Goinz to Make a Strong Pull for the
Revival of the Work in Coffee
County-
Bros. Oxford and Butler are go
ing to tighten the traces now and
pull for new life in the church. An
organization is being perfected,
(and every member, no matter who
they are is expected to help) to push
the work in every respect. A good
choir is to be organized, the prayer
meetings are to be revived, and the
general wellfare and prospects of
the church brightened. Brothers
and sisters are expected to hold to
each other, for in unity there is
strength, with division there is only
failure. Of course, these two de
voted men to the cause cannot ac
complish as much without the help
of the membership as they can with
the combined strength of the whole
church, therefore, they want all to
begin the new year with renewed
determinations to do more and bet
ter work.
It seems to us, as an individual
who has not done his full duty, but
who has done much to regret and
feel sorrowful for, that it is only
reasonable now to be thankful for
the goodness of .God in the past
year, and form a determination to
serve Ilim better in the future.
And while this is true with the
writer, there are doubtless many
who are of the same opinion.
The first bible verse that Dollie
Freeman ever memorized and re
peated at Sunday school, when she
had to be put on a chair so that she
might be high enough for the super
intendent to see her, was : “All we,
like sheep, have gone astray,” and
doesn’t this suit so many? It is a
cap that fits the writer, he sorrows
to say.
There are so many ways to “go
eslray.” Duty to man, to the pub
lic, to family, to the rising genera
tion, and last, but greatest of all,
to the Creator, are some of the
ways, but there are others.
Throwing all idleness and friv
olity aside and after seriously think
ing the matter over, it is safe to
assume that hundreds are gone
estray like sheep.
John Harris, the negro* qrderer
of policeman Drushb.ick, Pe-Atlan
ta, last October is scheduled to hang
on the 15th inst.
a number of our exchanges
came in last week on the half-shell.
Showing that the Breeze was not
the only paper on the loaf.
Some of the Georgia towns had
a fearful time Christmas, but the
majority had a quite time, orderly
season ot business, fun and pleas
ure.
A I’bilonoplier's Reasoning. ■
Aristippus was au earnest suitor to
Dionysius for some grant, who would
give no ear to his suit. Aristippus fell
at his feet and then Dionysius granted
it. One that stood by said afterward
to Aristippus, “You a philosopher and
be so base as to throw yourself at a
tyrant’s feet to get a suit!” Aristippus
answered, “The fault is not mine, but
the fault is in Dionysius, who carries
his ears in his feet.”
Light on Finance.
“Say, mister," began the rural citi
zen as he meandered into the village
editor’s presence, “I’d like tew git a
leetle light on that air financial ques
tion.”
“You didn’t make any mistake in
coming to me,” replied the molder of
public opinion, “for if there is any one
on earth light on finance it is yours
truly.”
Hard to Collect,
“The world owes me a living,” said
the young man.
“I suppose so.” said the old one, “but
you are not so fortunate as ty be a
preferred creditor.”—Judge.
The man who said “All men are
liars” had just met a fisherman, a
politician and a man in love.—August*
•Journal.
Starting the Troable,
Mabel—Did he stutter when he pro
posed ?
Ethel—No. I don’t think so.
■Mabel—Really ? He must have im
proved.—Fundi.
The Epicurean Bcdger.
The badger is a great epicure in eggs,
and much of the hostility of game
keepers to this animal lies undoubtedly
in the fact that it will, when it gets the
chance, devour a whole nest of par
tridge or pheasant eggs. Badgers are
said also to be fond of honey, and,
knowing the extraordinary craving of
their South African cousin, the ratel,
for this delicacy, I should say it is not
improbable that they may occasionally
partake of it. It is certain that these
animals have a particular liking for
the nest and larvae of wasps and wild
bees, digging down with strong feet
and infinite perseverance till they at
tain their object. These animals are
said by keepers to kill and devour free
ly young rabbits. That they do partake
of this fare at times is, I think, certain,
but that they destroy any very consid
erable number is more than doubtful.
Still, the badger is carnivorous in his
tastes and is not, even by his kindliest
friends, to lie absolved from devouring
at times tender rabbits and even the
young of game birds when he can get
hold of them.—Longman's.
TiikinK Pleasure SwKUj'.
Take time to be merry, to “have a
good time,” and you will double your
possibilities of health, wealth and hap
piness. Anglo-Saxons are made fun of
because they rake even their pleasures
sadly. Their American cousins, with
characteristic energy, make a business
of it. lan Maclaren’s story of the
American who was “doing” the United
Kingdom is a good illustration of
Jonathan’s method of pleasuring. A
visitor's card was brought to U>r. Wat
son (lan Maclaren) in his study, but
before ho had time to read it his vis
itor stood before him and announced
himself. “My name is Elijah K. Hig
gins,” he said breathlessly, “and I am
a busy man. You are also busy and
have no time to fool away. Four days
are all t can give to the United King
dom, and I wished to shake hands with
you. Goodby! I am off to Dmm
tochty!”—Success.
Two Famous Arc-bera.
A curious lawsuit regarding the own
ership of lands was tried recently in
Ceylon. The trouble originated at an
archery competition held by King Para
krania Bahu VI., who ruled over Cey
lon in the fifteenth century, in which
there were two champions who outdis
tanced all the rest and alike hit every
mark that was submitted to them. The
king was about to divide the prize when
from a neighboring pond a frog was
heard to croak. The king seized upon
a solution and declared that whichever
could hit the frog, aiming only by ear,
should gain the prize. One of the arch
ers transfixed the frog with the arrow.
So delighted was the monarch that, be
sides, the original prize, he gave to the
winner an estate of 50,000 acres. The
claimants in the lawsuit were the de
scendants of the archer.
A Healthful Costume.
When the Fraser highlanders landed
In North America in 1757, it was pro
posed to change the dress on account
of the cold winters and hot summers.
The officers successfully opposed this
and were ultimately justified by the
highlanders being the healthiest sol
diers in the army. In the campaign in
Holland in 1704 some regiments lost as
many as 300 from disease, but the
Black Watch, which had 300 recruits
in its ranks, had only twenty-five cas
ualties, including the killed in battle.
Tine Three Gods of the Englishman.
The Englishman is the last man
among civilized races to be an artist,
a musician or a poet, but he is the first
to be a gentleman. An Englishman
nks coldly, loves coldly and fights
but lie gets there just the same.
jßere is always a fascinating srnooth
bßss about him, and he worships three
gods—his flag, his trade and his top
liat—Sydney Bulletin.
Their Climate.
“Your climate can’t possibly be as
damp as ours.”
“Think not?”
“No, indeed. Why, our climate is so
damp we never raise anything but
umbrellas.”
“But ours is so damp we never think
of raising umbrellas. They’re always
up.”—Philadelphia Press.
Sad.
Amy—Poor Mr. Billion has been in a
railway smash and is sinking fast.
Bella—Dear me! How sad! And 1
only refused him last month!
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