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VOL 14, No. 32
iiiu ROOSIc VLI7 I lLl< iuL TRUTH?
Fearful Negative Answers of Dr.
Rainsfordof Yale College.
Addressing Yale students, Rev.
Dr. Rainsford said :
“Mr. Roosevelt has earned the
thanks of this country for the good
he has done in telling the truth.
“The man who tells the truth
and sticks to it does the most last
ing good, whether he tells that
truth at the dinner table or in
public.”
Did Mr. Roosevelt tell the truth
when, in his “Life of Thomas li.
Lemon,” he agreed with political
economists that protection “is vi
cious in theory and harmful in
practice?” Then did he stick to
il when he advocated a protective
tariff wherein the duty should be
“more than” equal to the cost of
wages abroad and at homer
Did he tell the truth m his Cin
cinnati speech on September 20,
1902. when he said that the tariff
did not foster trusts, and asserted
protected by tariff duties? L>id ffe
.'Tick to it when in his message of
iLcoij.ijir, .9. ixo admitted
the tariff can produce monopoly,
and recommended the removal of
the tariff on anthracite coal?
Did he tell the truth when, in
.lea speech ac Iffoganspcu l, Xnci,, ho
1 Emitted that the tariff might need
revision, and when in his message
■ a December, 1902, he said that it
aas important that a tariff com
nission be appointed? Did he
)ick to it when he later adopted
ie “stand pat” policy and showed
>is utter contempt for the tariff
piestion by ignoring it in his lat
est message to Congress ?
Did he tell the truth when he
ejected the little gift of a silken
lag woven by the hands of a pa
riotic American girl on the ground
hat the President of the United
hates, should not receive gifts?
Did he stick to it when he accept
'd free of all cost special trains at
c hands of railroad magnates?
Did he tell the truth when in his
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail,”
e said that the “cowboys are
inch better fellows and more
ieasant companions than small j
rmersand agricultural laborers;!
>r are the mechanics and work-1
nen of the great cities to be men- j
ioned in the same breath?” Did
>e stick to it when he came to ap
peal for the votes of the small far
mers, the agricultural laborers and
Lie mechanics and workmen of the!
.seat cities? Did he tell the truth!
'hen he said he would strictly en
orce the civil service laws of the
country?- Did he stick to it when
ie made one of his own appointees
Civil Service Commissioner
ar up a report he had written
; commending the dismissal of the!
postmaster for just
ause and for flagrant violation of
:->e law, simply because he was
afraid of Matt Q.uay?
Confederate Craves on Northern soil.
Senator Foraker proposes that
congress pass a law providing for
the suitable marking of all Confed
erate graves at the expense of the
national government. This car
ies one back to the era of good,
e. ling under President McKinley
oeore his successor had blindly
and blunderingly (we prefer not
say wilfully) undone all the good
accomplished by the wise and tact
ful ch ef magistrate whose untime
ly death the. whole country mourn
ed. •
A concern up in York state adver
■lisesthatit has discoved a method
/whereby a short person of either
sex can add two to five inches “to
his or her height by going through
a course of necessary treatment.
Any of these leg pulling schemes
vill, in course of time, add to one’s
height.
•S .me womdn like to air thei r
,ranees over the shoulders of
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THE NEW COMMANDMENTS
Are Not Found In the Bible, But Are
Safe To Follow-
I. —Thou shalt not go away from
home to do thy trading, nor thy
son. nor thy daughter.
11. —Thou shalt do whatever
lieth in thy power to encourage
and promote the weltare of thine
own town and thine own people.
111. —Thou shalt spend thine
earnings at home, that they may
return from whence they came and
give nourishment to such as may
j come after thee.
j IY.—Thou shalt patronize thy
home merchant and thy home prin
j ter, for yea, verily doth not thy
| home printer spread over the land
j tidings of thy goodness and great
ness that the people shall patron
ize thee.
V. —Thou shalt not ask a prin
tey to take less than his price.
Remember, that by asking him to
retreat from his price thou inferest
that he is a robber. If he hath no
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VI. —Thou shalt not ask credit,
!ns goods cos 4 ; much money, and the
merchant’s brain is burdened with
bills. His children clamor daily
for bread, and bis wife abideth at
; home for lack of such raiment as
id. rreth L > sisLr Blessed } T ea,
thrice blessed is the man that pay’s
cash.
A 11.- Tliou shalt not suffer the
voices of pride to overcome thee
and if other town’s entice thee,
! consent not, thou mayest be de
ceived. Remember the fate of the
calf that left its mother and fol
lowed a steer away from home and
lost it« supper.
VIII. —Thou shalt not ask for
reduced prices for thine “influ
ence,” for guile is in thy heart and
the merchant readeth it like an
open book. He laugheth thee to
scorn and shouteth to his clerk,
“Ha! Ha!
IX. —Thou shalt not ask thy
printer to take two dollars for a
three-dollars job, because some
other poor printer will do it for
less money. The other printer
may steal his stock and underpay
his help. If thou trade with such
as lie, thou art an accessory to his
cri me.
X. shalt not bear false
witness against the town wherein
thou dwellest, but speak well of it
to men, that thy home town and
its home peeple may be proud of
thee. —Ex.
PROSPERITY OF GEORGIA NEGROES
Some Interesting infotmation Gath
ered from the state Recods-
Negroes in Georgia are more
prosperous this year than before,
according to the figures shown by
the tax books of the state, the
value of the negro property in the
state having increased this year
$1,526,265.
The decrease is in the number
of negroes who pay poll tax, the
total number of polls returned for
this year being 116,736. Accor
ding to the tax books, there are
eight negro lawyers, 65 doctors,
6 dentist. Throughout the state
are 10.-23 negroes defaulters.
The aggregate value of all the
nt .ro property in the state for
iy 3is 16,714,265. Last year it
amounted to $25,188,069. The to
tal value of the city property for
1903 is $4,668,620. Last year the
city property amounted to $4,389,
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Hon. B. F. Sirmans.
lion. B. F. Sirmans, of Clinch,
the next Senator from this Senator
ial district, was 'n town last Tues
day, on railroad—not political—
business. We have said he will be
our next Senator, because he has
no opposition, Mr. Johnson, who
was spoken of as opponent, hav
ing declined to continue in the race.
Mr. Sirmans will have no trouble
in getting his nomination, and
Coffee and Ware will be glad to
honor their sister’s son.
Douglas, Ga., January 9th, 1904.
D. W. GASKIN ATTEMPTS TO
KILV- HIMSELF.
The Clerk of Superior Court of
the County, Cuts his Throat.
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Clerk D. W. Gaskin, Clerk of
the Superior Court of Coffee Coun
ty, attempted Suicide last Thurs
day at 12 o’c'ock a. m., by cutting
his throat. Mr. Gaskin gave way
to drink sometime ago, and as the
vile demon had fastened itself so
firmly upon him that he could not
cut loose from the grasp, he went
to the Keely Institute, at Birming
ham, to find relief some five weeks
ago, as he had done several times
before. He was expected to reach
home last Tuesday, we learn but he
did not come, and some uneasiness
was felt about, until last Thursday
morning he come in on the train
from Waycross. He had come
around by the way of Atlanta and
Waycross', and was not in a sober
condition when he arrived and was
carried to his home. About 12
o’clock he was sitting in a room, in
conversation with ais wffe, when
he snatched a jfocket knife either
from his pocket or some place near
by, and sticking it in tiie right side
of his throat pushed it out on the
leftside, cutting the wind-pipe and
veins asunder, and making a gash
that would seem to have a'lowed
bleeding to death within a few
minutes, but as we write, at 2.30
o’clock he is still aiive. One of
the physicians who went to see the
sufferer after he had cut himself
says it is impossible for him to live.
DECLARATION.
To the Smyrna Association.
By the authority invested in me,
by the church of Prospect, at Ash
ton, Ga., Irwin County, write 1
unto you : That whereas, the
Smyrna Association, as an organi
zation, has hindered the cause of
Christ in our midst by their untime
ly actions, and whereas, it is known
by all true Baptists, that all regular
organiz d Baptist churches make
their own by-laws and are govern
ed thereby, and whereas, the
Smyrna Association, as a body, has
and does continue to upset us in our
work, thereby causing disturbance
in our midst, and the Association
has not complied with article nth
of their by-laws, viz : the Associa
tion shall have no power to lord it
over Gods heritage, nor to interfere
with the internal rights of the
churches, therefore we as a body of
believers in the Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, do declare unto you
that we are no more of that body,
the Smyrna Association. Done by
order of conference while in session
thi Dec. sth, 1903.
A. B. FINLEY. Mod.
W. R. WALKER, Church Clerk.
- u gin 1 and a State-- on a 1 in _
above trie Carolina - experience
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AN EDITOR S DAUGHTER DFAD
AS the Old Year Passes Away The Spir
it Of a Mother Found Rest-
On the morning of December
29th at 4.45 a. m., Mrs. E. R.
Cross, formerly Miss Effie Hanlon
daughter of editor Hanlon, of the
Ocilla Dispatch, after a short ill
ness, found relief from affliction
in a death that seemed like gentle
slumber. She was 21 years of age:
Impressive funeral services were
held in the Methodist church and
were conductd by Rev. W. J. Bar
ton, pasator of the Ociila Baptist
church, in the presance of a large
concourse of relatives and friends
of the deceased, including the teach
ers and pupils of the Ocilla Public
school.
The interment was in the Ocilla
cemetery, where a short service was
held.
The broken hearted father says :
the liittle family circle, so happi
ly formed one year ago, is broken
forever ; the sweet little babe, the
pledge of affection of a dying wife
tc n. tcndcY'lloviiv husbmcL will
never icci the kiss oi a iuiiti uiv. l?i
--er’s lips; but in the midst of the
sorrow and gloom the Christian’s
faith in God’s promices, like a
bright meteor sparkling through a
rift in the dark storm cloud,brings
the isoohthing thoughts that all is
well with her.
DUN S REVIEW OF TRAD E-
Numerous Expressions of Confidence
Have Been Noted
New York, Jan. i. —R. G. Dun
& Co’s. Weekly review of 1 trade
to morrow will say:
Violent fluctuations in cotton
and uncertainty regarding the sit
uation in the far East were the on
ly significant factors in the business
situation during the holiday week.
Numerous expressions of confi
dence are heard regarding the fu
ture, however, especially and the
West and South.
Manufacturing plants have taken
a longer vacation than last year,
but many announce resumption
ot work on Monday.
Textile mills are confronted with
a lack of proportion between
prices of raw material and finished
products, and it is evident that
costs of production must be held
down in some way oi much machin
ery will become idle.
Transportation lines are well en
gaged in handling grain, live stock
fusil and lumber, while earnings
thus far reported for December
exceed the previous year an aver
age of 5.6 percent.
As to the textiles, the week has
lias only augerated 1 unsettled con
ditions, especially as to cotton
goods.
In response to Ihis rise in raw
material, sellers advanced prices,
but. buyers exhibited their customa
ry reserve regarding new business
and the week’s trading remained
within a natow limit.
The proposed undertaking will,
not be a small one. No less than
27.774 Confederates are said
to have died in Northern prisons
in the hands of the Federals, their
bodies lie at 108 different spots and
the graves of 19.920 are known to
the n tional authorities. The
greats number of deaths occured 1
at Camp Douglas, 111., the record
showing 3,759, the graves of 2.317 ,
of these being-known. At Camp j
L/hase, Ohio, 2,108 men died, and j
of their graves 1.900 are known, j
The number of deaths at Elmira
N. Y., was 2,980, and the graves
of all but 52 of the men who died
there ate known. For Delaware,
Del., is the burial place of 2,502
men, of whose graves 1,685 havn
been indentified. The rest were
e smaller numbers in 104 lifTeren'
acctr .-—Macon Telegraph. A
Legal Organ
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Coffee County.
SI.OO per Annum
WE NEED FACTORIES.
The Naval Stores and Lumber Busi
nesses Will Soon Play Out in This
County-
The suspension of the business
of the Southern Pine Co., at Nich
ols, on Christmas eve, reminds us
that the naval store and lumber bus
inesses of Coffee county has a limit,
and that the end of these monied,
industries are not far off. The cap
italists of (lie towns and county
will soon have to seek other chan
nel' of investment for their surplus
cash, not only to employ what is
now idle, but to find a profitable
means of turning over the dollars
in the future. Within the past few
years many thousand dollars have
been invested in Douglas, Broxton,
Willacoochee and Nichols, because
the business enjoyed at present and
in the past seemed to .varrant the
expenditure, but now that the lum
ber and naval stores businesses are
failing it is as plain as clay that un
less something is done to work up
new industries these houses will
be useless as business houses, and
the many dwelling houses built for
rent will be tenant less. The build
ing boom still continues, but it will
not be many months perhaps before
the climax will, have been reached,
and il there: ere no means of em
ployment for labor and capital the
booms will sulfide and a damaging
reaction set in.
Already the Breeze has publish
ed columns upon columns on this
subject, these calamities are not
coming upon our people without
many warning notes having been
sounded; and if procrastination
brings disaster the Breeze is satis
fied that it has done its duty.
It is often said that, we should
“let well enough alone,” but in
this case “well enough” will not
remain as it is unless some chocks
are put under the wheel to keep it
from moving backwards. 111 other
sections of Georgia, whgft* natural
advantages have failed, factories
tlfld tniit iUi.d Lack farms make
up the lack of revenue and give
employment to labor, is being left
high and dry by receding waves of
prosperity and employment. With
in a short time we will have com
petitive freight rates, and shipping
facilities wilt be as good as any
section, and there are no reasons
why we should have the County full
of truck farms and factories.
Murder Near Offerman-
Meager news has reached this
city of the death of Mrs. John
Manning near Offerman on the B.
& I>. Her d< alii was of a peculiar
nalrue and 1 ie authorities thought
it best to hold an inquest.
A post mortem examination was
held and th • fact was revealed that
her neck had been broken. Sus
picion rested upon her husband
who has made good his escape.
Much indignat ion is felt in the
community and should the man be
caught it is feared that he will be
dealt with veryseverly by the mob.
Brunswick, Jurnal.
Will Build A town in Appling County.
Baxley, (A . Dec. 30. —Baxley
is soon to have many improvements.
Judge Torn kin-, of St. Louis, rep
resenting a sv >; : icate, has bought
65.000 acres < f 1 and in Appling
county for the purpose of building
a railroad across the county, a dis
tance of 15 miles. Anew town to
be known ■ Port Alexander will
also be bu: Work on the bridges
and road >egin kbeuf January
15. A clr rter as alf :ady been up
turned tor the road.
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School Teachers to Have Better Pay
The State appropriation to t
school fund of Coffee coif*u*-'
1904 is 11,051.00, an incptiJ v
last year of $2,500;’
will allow nearly ifitfee’, 1
the county to revt *e«,•
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