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ONE THOUSAND Readers Weekly, tiuaraiiteed. FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME! VOL 14, No. 33 THEOW RELIABLE £bs9lu taiy Pare. there is m substitute NICHOLS NEWS. Nichols, Ga., Jan. xi. —Mr. and Mrs. John Nil gent, of Willacoo- Ci.co, Ga., were the guests of their moth'*'* Mrs, T, S Parker, Miss Eva Anderson, of Sumner, Ga., is t'ne accomplished guest of her brother, Mr. Dave Anderson. Uncle Seab Sellers, with a good many hands, has gone to Babcock, Ga., where they will be in the em ployee of the Babcock Lumber Co. Mr. Wallace Dyal and M. Mid dleton, of Hazlehurst, made qtr'te a trip here Saturday, returning Sunday. Mr. J. A. Cliff has moved in his new store near the city barber shop. Mr. D, W. Lott is erecting a large academy here near the B. & B. depot, which will soon be com pleted. Mr. A. Clark and R. Watson, the horse traders was here several days last week. Mr. J. C. Tucker has returned from Jacksonville, Fla., and re ports a fine time. Mrs. Jake Johnson has remrned koine, after spending some time in Baxley with her parents. Mrs. M. White has returned home from Hazie’nurst, Ga. Mr. Virgil Wat on, of Hazle hurst, and Miss Lou Sellers and Miss Missie White, was out driving Sunday, P. M. Mr. M. Tanner and family has moved to their future home in Ocilla. Nichols loss and Ocilla gain. With best wishes to Uncle Jim and Breeze. Two Sisters. Roads of County too Bad- Mr. Charles W. Parker, business it is to establish rural routes for free mail delivery was here last week to look into that matter in this county, and was taken in charge by Dr. W. W. Terrel' and shown around the county. After an investigation he found that the nblic roads were in such condition ! hat £ free rural route recommenda tion was out of the question, but he matter was left open, with the hope that f he people or the proper uthorities would show a desire for Iris service and improve the condi ion of the public roads, when he votnd take pleasure in recommend ; g the establishment of such ser v ce. Of course our County Commis r oners know more about their busi ness and the condition of the . ..ices of the county than we do, . v. ■ have no censure for them, it is a matter of regret that the ■ ■pie must os deprived of this -».,t convenience and in.orov d .•I vice on o it of bad Ifouglas Utlcchlir freeze. DAUGHTERS ENDORSE PRESIDENT- They Declare that He Has Approved Secession ir. His Recent Action- Miss Kate E. Daffan, president of the Texas Daughters of the Confederacy, has mailed to Presi dent Roosevelt a letter on the se cession and Panama issues, in which she says, among other things, after reviewing the struggle of the South for State’s rights and seces sion : “It is peculiarly gratifying to see you, in the exercise of the prerogatives of your high office, with the approval of your able Secretary of State, give to the right of secession your indorse ment. “Those whom I represent recog nize that the question of secession is practically settled forever ad versely to our contention, but it is gra ifying to us to know that even as an abstract question it has re ceived indorsement from so exalt ed a source. “We beg to tender you our as surance of esteem, and to express the desire that the great govern ment of which you are the execu tive head, may grow in greatness and glory. And in the language of Jefferson Davis, ‘on the arch of the union of indestructiblq and sovereign States there may be en graved Esto Perpetua.’ ” Second hand School Books* The Macon board of health has decided that second-handed school books should not be sold in Macon. This decision on the part of the Macon health authorities has caused wl?fe spread interest, most of those who have expressed them selves commending the action tak en by the health board. It seems to us that there is a great danger in using second-hand school books. One never knows where the book came from, who formerly owned it, or what disease they may have had. Many of the second-hand school books offered for sale may have b.*en shipped from regions infected with small pox, typhoid fever, scarlet fever or oilier contagious and infectious diseases. Of course there is little danger in tiding second-hand school books if the books had been formerly used at home. There is great dan ger in using second-hand books, however, when the books had been formerly used at home even in another section of the state. Many people who buy second hand school books do not know that they come from another state or they would be less apt to pur chase them. They think that they were used in this section by some other person, in whose cleanliness and freedom from disease they are confident. It is probable that in a few years second-hand books will be barred from the state by the health au thorities. Many people believe that the sooner this is done the better.—Tatnall Journal. One of the leading, hustling mer chants of the city has subscribed for one hundred copies of the Semi- Weekly Breeze to be sent to his customers that do not now take the paper. The understanding is that ; thi- merchant is not to send these 1 papers to names outside the county. ; nor to any now on our books, so it | will be seen that the subscription .I: ‘ the Breeze is jumping into Douglas, Ga., January 16th, 1904. THE BREEZE’S BIG PRESS- Mailing Machine. New Type and Other Fixtures on the Road. We have received notice that our large newspaper cylinder press was shipped from Atlanta last Tuesday, and within less than ten days from that date will probably be at the depot, in Douglas. Mr. James Elliott, the contractor, who has the building of our elegant new office, informs us that it will be ready for the press on arrival, and we shall have it put up at once. With the press comes an improved mailing machine, type and galleys, after the arrival of which the names of all our subscribers will be set up, put on a galley, a proof taken, cut in slips about two feet long, pasted together, th» string, making about ten feet, and wound on a windlass in the mailing machine. Then comes the work of mailing. The papers are put on a table, already folded, the operator.takes the mail ing machine in his left hand, turns a button with thumb and four fin ger, presses the machine down on the paper, when lo! presto, —the scissors like knife cuts off just one name and pastes it on the paoer. The machine will paste 2000 an hour. Every time you turn the button, press the machine on the paper it leaves a little slip of paper with a name printed on it pasted to the newspaper, bearing the sub scribers name and the time which he is paid up. Mrs. Agnes Mc- Carty will soon commence setting up the list—and as there are 1.200 subscribers,' 50 exchanges and a number of advertisers who get the Breeze it will be seen that the set ting up of a mailing list of that size is no easy, quick job. But after it is all up, the papers will be printed, folded, and mailed within two hours from the time the engine is started. This will be the means of saving much time, as at the present rate, with the facilities now used, one day is usually taken up to print and mail the Breeze, one time a week, and after these improvements are added no more time will be taken to mail it twice a week. Several local merchants have spoken for terms and space for ad vertisements in our twice-a-week Breeze, and some foreign adver tisers have also secured terms. The rate of advertising will not be doubled, as some of our friends thought. The subscription price will remain the same it is now— sl.oo per year. We beg pardon of the reader for refering to this matter again to day, but we have promised some charges and improvements, and this mention is made that it mav he known that we have no intention of no* keeping our promises.— never have broken a contract, writ ten or verbal, and never will. Examination of Applicants for Office County School Commissioner. 1 hereby give notice that an ex amina'ion of applicants for office lof County School Commissioner j will be held in the courthouse at Douglas on Saturday, February 6th. 19 .4. 1’ -ginning at 9«. ■l. T questions will be based on toe Common School branches, iheorv and method of teaching, an 1 •. -h.-M i 'li'.V. r 4 1 ■ ’ 1 , WHOLESALE HOUSE FOR DOUGLAS- Stock Company formed of Coffee Coun ty Citizens Will Bnild and Operate the Enterprise. After the Breeze went to press last Thursday evening the there was a big land deal in Douglas: B. H. Tanner, J. M. Ashley, C. M. Sweat, Dr. S. W. Johnson, Dr. Fales, Jno. McLean, and J. L. Sweat, bought all the land south of Ward street and the courthouse as far as the Wadley and Mt. Vernon railroad. The next day a wholesale groc ery company composed of B. Pe terson, J. L. Sweat, M. McLean, J. S. Lott, J. M. Ashley, E. L. & B. H. Tanner, R. G. and Harrison Rirkland, W. R. Flowers, and others was organized, and will build a large brick building near the railroad to be used for that purpose. We are informed that there is no doubt about Douglas having com petitive freight ratess the same as Wa) cross and other cities of this section have, and goods can be bought, as chean, if not cheaper, here than from ‘he markets that have heretofore supplied merchants of the county with goods in this line. When it is seen that a wholesale grocey and supply 'house will pay here, which is already assured, it may well be presumed that a full stock of staple dry goods will he added, which will make it unneces sary for Coffee county merchants to buy from houses in other cities, unlest- it be done to have it said that the goods are from New York or Savnnah. The Breeze is not surprised at the formation of the enterpiise, for our files will show that we made mention in October that such a movement was on foot, and would he consumated as soon as freight rates could be secured, and the completion of the Wadley & Mt. Vernon railroad to the river goes* a long way in this direction. Prospects for Douglas- Following are some of the con templated organizations and enter prises for Douglas in 1904: A Military Company. A Fine Base Ball Nine. Some Hose Reels and Company. A Brand New Grist Mill. Water works and Electric Lights. Wholesale and Retail Drug House. Brand New Presbyterian Church. Dr. Bryan’s Brick Residence. Douglas Breeze Publishing Co. The Twice-a-Week Breeze. Twenty-three New Residences. More later. These are all as sured. At the preliminary trial last Wed nesday, Reese Barnes charged with the murder of Elijah Paulk, colored, some weeks ago, was discharged. Mr. M. W. Martin who had con trol! of the Irwin County Citizen last vear has gone off leaving the Of..- Tor.; of the paper in the lurch, 1 ■ r.ri-i: unpaid a* . ;ne .• 1 01 :v (<f the office run in the ground. He h * 1 fine education hut like others ■ t i ilk w ith fine •' - an ! at have a , a , * ; “' e * Legal Organ & ... 0f... Coffee County. SI.OO per Annum BRO MEEKS EXPLAINS. Why the Minutes Have not Been Print ed, and Tells How the Matter Stands* Nichols, Ga.. Jan. 7th, 1904. Editor Breeze—Thanks for the sample copy of the Breeze sent me of the issue of Jan. 2nd. Must say I was most favorably impressed with your article headed “The Preachers at Work,” this is as it should be—also would say that comment on the same was fine. How often do we at the beginning of the new year form renewed de terminations to do more and better work. I here and now make ap plications for membership in this club. Also in another item I sec you make some inquiry about the minutes of the last session of the Smyrna Association. I am not sur prised that inquiry is being made and will take advantage of this op portunity to make some explanation as clerk of the Association of the last session. This manuscript wa® prepared and handed in to the Edi tor of the Coffee County Gazette on Thursday after the Association, and a written contract was made as follows: “I, Warren P. Ward, Manager of the Douglas Printing Co., hereby agree with Rev. 11. M. Meeks, to print the minutes of the Smyrna Baptist Association for 1903, at the rate of SI.OO per page, and to complete the same in a neat, good style and deliver the same by the 15th of Nov. 1903. Signed. W. P. WARD.” I insert this agreement that it may be seen that the delay is not charga bie to the clerk—neither is it the fault of the Editor of the Gazette, but rather a little drunkenness on the part of his printer. Brother Ward seeing he could not fill his contract sent the manuscript to the Waycross Journal, asking the Journal to publish immediately. The Journal seeing it not a..mall job spent sometime trying to get J some other house to do the work, I failing in this they wrote me that j they could not do the ssork unless II would give them more time. I then went to the Journal office in Waycross, Nov. 25th, and con tracted for same, the Editor saving lie could get them out in less than two weeks. Now, Brother Freeman, publish tnis note of explanation that it may be known that this delay is not my fault. 11. M. MEEKS. Clerk Smyrna Association. Brother Meeks' explanation i® very timely, will doubtless give en tire satisfaction, and perhaps places the cause of the delay at the proper place, but at the same time we arc pretty well satisfied that the prices on per page ior the minutes was another cause, as it was too small for any person to do good work and come out even. In fact our esteemed contemporary began slash ing prices on work as soon as h® entered the field, which, ul course, will injure him more than us, as, at those prices, nothing can be made,-while time, stationary and machinery have been used, and he gels back in pay only the money expended, and we are out nothing. in conclusion we h ive to say to Clerk Meeks, tor whom we have the highest regard, and look upon as a man who wants to do right, that the article he ulluties lo in our edition of January 2nd, was not written t'- “punch him up,’’ or give him unnecessary-trouble, hut only in answer to some lnquirie- made to us ir. regard lo the minuU-s. It 1 will be seen, however, that the work 1. s gone out cl the county, A). . n.ot; y to be pui i ‘or :he printing of the minutes, if they ire ■ ■ ver finished, furnished by Bap tists, will riot be usi d to I. Ip pay -J 1 : - ' • ~ t . ttv* Dr ij iij G (.*“*' COUIiL . • j ■ L