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ATTACKED MAN AND ROBBED HIM-
Two Men Placed Under Big- Bonds For
Assaulting a Waycross Gentleman
at Fitzgerald-
William Harvey, a young man
from Waycross, was dragged, as
saulted and robbed on the tracks
of the Atlantic & Birmingham
railroad about two blocks from the
fib tv hall ot Fitzgerald one night
last week.
Lucius Quinn and J. R. Ward,
alias Curley, are in prison under
si,oco bond each for assault and
battery and SSOO bond .each for
robbery to appear before.- Justice
A. A. Harvey tomorrow. A.
The better element of the com
munity is wrought up over the af
fair and by popular subscription
has employed ablo counsel to pros
ecute the cases. The trial will be
watched with much' interest.
Harvey has.not entirely, recover
ed and shows evidences of the as
sault.
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SLAPPED MAN AND DlED
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Hon. Greeh Melton Meets With Sud
■> d&n Death in Appling.
reached here of the
death of-’Hon. . Gfgen T. Melton,
one of Appling’s'" wealthiesQ.atid
vmost influential ci-tizpns, last W«ek.
t-Mr. Melton reseiitfitfjui insiilt from
a young man by striking him... with
ihi§ open hand. He then fellYand
’lf&ijortly afterwards died, without
receiving a blow tn return and
?■ without speaking a word to any
vonep.
Why Wait?
Buy Mcßae dirt and double your
' money in three years —Telfair En
terprise.
Why wait so long when you
could invest in Fitzgerald dirt and
double yotfr money m half the
time?—Fitzgerald Enterprise.
Do-not halt in a selection be
tween those places, but come to
Douglas, buy some land, build
some houses, sit down and live on
the rapid ground and lofty tumbles
of" your dollars.
Test, examine, compare—the
.keener the investigation the surer
we feel of your order.
Markey Trading Co.
Our stock or toilet goods please
the ladies. The best aids to com
fort and comeliness are to be had
here at the lowest prices. Remem
ber the name, and place: Sweat
1 & Vickers’,-new brick block.
Peoples’ Pharmacy.
The insinuation of our local con
temporary last week. that tire
Breeze' was a third class almanac
was quite flattering. An almanac
generally contains some informa
tion on important ‘subjects, which
is more than fan be said of the sheet
his office.-
•' Methodist' Parsonage Aid
will gw« a .Birthday Ry
c&jat£on Monday %veninsr Fob : *.
Oh account of protracted sen A -
'a£Ahe Bapnst .chindh the ho . '
'Opening has been set for S o cin •:
fVs ns enable you to. it* m’ *
the o.tion and tue ;
smtsla?s
COTTON AT WAR-TIME PRICES. |
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The Staple Breaks the Record in New
York City-
New York, Jan. 23. —Cotton
prices surpassed all previous records
since Civil War times again today,
when Match sold at 14.48 cents,
May at 14.54 cents and July at
14.61 cents.
The further advances were at
tended by considerable activity and
excitement, but the market soon
became quieter, and it seemed that
the trading was larger for profess
ional than for public account.
The opening wasjirm at an ad
vance of 13 to 23 points, following
cables about 16 better than expect
ed, reports of a continued spot de
mand and estimates pointing to
wards continued light receipts. The
initial advances, however, added
to the gains of the last -two days,
meant a net advance of nearly § of
a cent per pound.
Around midday the market de
veloped a reactionary tendency un
der liquidation, with March selling
down to 14.29 cents, May to 14.40
cents and July to 14.49 cents, these
being declines from the best of
about 13 to 19 points. In the late
trading for biocks of 5,000 and
10,090 bales rallied the market,
which towards the close reached
about the previous high l'ecord.
The market at the close was
steady 2 points lower on the new
crop month, to an advance of 8 to
13 points on the nearer positions.
Sales were estimated at 500.000
bales.
Land of the Blessed.
The papers record the disastrous
fury of a cyclone in Alabama, last
Saturday, in which a town of 2000
inhabitants was almost wrecked,
thirty-five or forty people killed
and many wounded. The destruc
tion of property was frightful,
houses blown down, cars blown off
the tract, the iron wheels from cars
blown off, a cotton ware house
turned over, the cotton in bales
went flying through the air, while
for miles and miles lint cotton was
left hanging to fences, houses and
trees.
In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and other northern states the dam
age done by fierce snow storms and
destructive floods have been appall
ing. Besides this, in several parts
of the state small pox, in a mild
form is paralizing business and
driving people away from their
homes.; ■ J
We- ljejir nothing of such catas
trophes in Georgia, nothing like
jt in Coffee county the “land of
the blessed.” Blessed, because of
lack of these terrors; blessed, be
cause we have the most prosperous
section of the world to live in,
without storms, floods, cyclones,
ice gorges or disease. We have no
people ragged and in distress, with
out food or shelter, dying with cold
and hunger, but sunshine in the
heart and prosperity and plenty on
every hand.
The Number Lynched Last Year-
The Chicogo Tribune has neen
“keeping tab” of the lynchings in
this country nuiing the past two
years, and its report shows that 105
lynchings occurred in this country
in 1903. as against 96 in the pre-1
vious year. The increases were in 1
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana 1
and Arkansas, which are the chief;
lynching states of the Union.
Fifty-seven lynchings of the year 1
\ occurred in the four states, leaving j
| but 47 to be assigned to 41 states!
[and four territories. Seventeen
1 whites and one China mart, were
j lynched during the year and 86
; negroes. The alleged crimes were
ias follows: Murder 47,., criminal
[.assault 11, attempted criminal* us
; - inlt jo. murderous assault 7, un
‘••’o,- - oTense- rwft nrei 'dica K. '
complicity in .murder s:' 4.
•• • »on of mtfrder- a." ■ jaeisduksyeT
identity 3, i.isirlts , t<r .vimei 2,
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Douglas, Ga., January 30th, 1904.
THE NAVAL STORES OUTLOOK.
Depicted Forests and Labor Will Pre
vent Over Supply.
Naval stores factors do not ex
pect the present high price of spirits
to encourage the cutting of too
many boxes.
The output is not expected to ex
ceed the years of 1902 or 1903, for
the reason that the pine forests are
being depleted from year to year.
In many sections of the turpen
tine belt the area is growing less
and less, owing to the fact that
forest fires and the cattle are both
making their ragages.
“What is needed most,” said a
prominent rosin and spirits man,
“is a fence law that will be strict
ly enforced everywhere. While it
is true we have a law at the pres
ent time it is more of a dead letter.
What we want is an act from the
Legislature protecting the forests,
and a law that will be enforced.
“As a general proposition the
present priefcs of turpentine would
induce most producers to make
more “boxes,” but on account of
the scarcity of labor, and the de
pleted condition of the forests, I
do not anticipate such a result.
The present price of spirits is
based on a pure, ligitimate demand
for home consumption. There is
no bull movement, but the prices
are here to stay.
“Already we can sell turpentine
during the summer months on spot
delivery at 50 cents, which is an
indication of the stability of the
market.—Valdosta Times.
EDITORIAL BOQUETS.
The Breeze a Good Paper.
“The Douglas Breeze will soon
be changed from a weekly to a
twice-a-week. The Breeze is a
good sheet, and we won’t care if it
does blow into our sanctum, two
times a week instead of one.”—
Telfair Enterprise.
Two Breezes A Week.
“Our young friend, Jim Free
man, down at Douglas, has pur
chased a large power press and
other accessories to do good and
rapid printing.and threatens to get
out two Breezes a week instead of
one, as now.”—Ocilla Dispatch.
One of tile Best.
“Editor Jim Freeman’s Douglas
Breeze grows Letter as Jim grows
older. The Breeze is-now one of
the best papers in this neck of the
woods.” —Waycross Herald.
Sharpest Pencil in Georgia.
“By reading over the editorial
pages of the Douglas Breeze one
can almost see that bustling town
and county growing. Born with
a smile on his face Editor Freeman
writes with the sharpest pencil in
Georgia, tipped with wit and
humor, truth and pathos.”—Tampa
(Fla..) Tribune.
Pearsons for February has three
good special articles. Michigan,
No. 17, in the series of “The
Story of the States,” by David
S. Barry; the third of Henry
George, Jr.’s articles on Modern
Methods of “Finance,” which
deals with the wrecking of the
Third Avenue .Street Railroad
Company of New York, arid
“Why Lhakepeare Appeals to As
tor and Audience.” It contains
also two excellent character sketch
es, o.ne of David 11. Greer, I). D.,
New York’s New. Bishop Coad
jutor, and the other, “An Ameri
can Woman Sculptor,” by Abby
G. Baker—-a sketch of Mrs. Em
ma Cadwaliader Guild, and six
bright short stories. Two poems.
“Readin’ the Rug,” by Holmau
Day, and “Homs: Non: Numero:
Nisi: Serenas,” by Howell Scrat
jon. together with the articles in
the II /me Notes department. Help
to. make the number a very in
teresting one. The Pearson Pub
lisif%g Company, 2-20 Am. or
Jflace, New * Y'ork.
, Remember C. A. Barne-, the
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. WARRANT GETS LICENSE
Two Brunswick Lovers Come to Grief
*.-■ by Haying a Marriage License
TalteirFrom Them
A possessory warrant is the lat
est document to stop a wedding
of an anxious young couple by a
very irate pair of parents.
This was the unique remedy re
sorted to by lawyers, judge and
court officers of Brunswick last
week, and as a result, two yearn
ing-hearts are now very far apart,
who without hindrance, would
have ere this been united in wed
lock.
John Green, a well-konwn
young lft-unswick man, appeared
before Ordinary Horace Dart yes
terday morning and applied for a
marriage license. Young Green
gave the of nis intended as 20
years and, thinking the young man
was telling the truth, Judge Dart
issued the license'.
Less than ten minutes later Or
dinary Dart received a note from
the parents of the girl, telling not
to issue the license, as the girl was
only 13 years of age. Judge Dart
informed the parents that Green
had 'been before him and swore
that the br'de-to-be was 20 years
of age, whereupon he granted the
license.
The father of the girl was puz
zled as to a remedy to stop (lie
wedding and immediately emyloy
ed Attorney R. E. Dart. This
young attorney could think of but
one remedy—a possessory warrant
for the license. lie quickly went
befone Justice of the Peace Lam
bright, had the warrant issued and
in a few minutes the constable re
turned with the license, but young
Green .did not at all like the .idea
of gjying it up.
A Good Father Gone
William H. Brown died at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. M. A.
Bryan, Ambrose, Ga., December
22, . i 90 2. The deceased came to
Coffee county about six years ago,
from Thomaston. Ga., where he
had lived all his life. llis wife
preceeded him to the grave fourteen
years ago. lie leaves the follow
ing children : T. H. Brown, of
Phillips’ Mill, IT. F. and J. S.
Brown, of. Ambrose, R. C. Brown,
of Wray, A. 11. Brown, of Fitz
gerald, C. Y. Brown, of Ark., Mrs.
M . I Shepherd, Ambrose, Mrs.
C. b. Boggan, Mrs. M. A. Bryan,
of Fitzgerald, Mrs. J. H. Ferguson,
Thom.t-.ton. Ga., Mrs. I). F. Bald
win, of Marshallville, Ga.
Bro. Brown was a conscientious
man in all Ids affairs, a devout mem
ber of the Baptist-church, for more
than forty years. He was seventy
nine years of age. and a veteran of
the Lost Cause. Ilis remains were
intered at New Hope church ceme
tery, Bro. J. I. Oxford, of Doug
las, officiating at thv. funeral ser
vices.
There’s a.city that looks o’er the valley of
death,
And its glories can never he told;
There the sun never -sets and the leaves
never fade.
In that beautiful city of Gold. •
There the King, our Redeemer, the Lord
whom we Jove,
All the faithful with rapture behold ; ,
There the righteous fore\er shall shine as
the ala. s,
Jn that beautiful city of Gold.^
Nichols Trading Company Bankruprs-
Brunswick Journal: The peti
tion in bankruptcy of J. L. Dedge
of Nichols, Ga., was filed in the
bankruptcy court this morning.
The petition is in the firm name of
Nichols Trading C 0.,, of Coffee
county. Assets amount to $5948.
91 and liabilities only $4495.00,
but three fourths of the assets are
accounts due the firm and are hence
only nominal. Leon Wihon of
Waycross represent- the per nmner.
No definite date has been act ior
the hearing of the case.
Honesty '.doubleJly the best
policy,- brd ;■ gm> 1 man'' people*
fail to ki.p U- ir y Turns paid
up. jPt.y '•'••'t i.’ii ■ ...5 Ah;*' and
Legal Organ
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Coffee County.
$l.OO per Annum
FIFTEEN CENTS COTTON.
How the Fait, Honest Prices are Hurt
ing the Factories.
The northern and English papers
are bitterly complaining that the
high price of cotton is ruining the
factories there, and probably it is
effecting them seriously, is well as
the cotton manufacturing interests
in this country. But they must re
member that for years the cotton
farmers of the south have been
growing cot ton at starvation prices,
and it was useless for them to kick.
Now the boot is on the other foot,
and the farmers are happy. They
have waited a long time for their
innings and deserve to have soipe
of the prosperity which has been
skipping them so long. The En
glish are charging it all on the spec
ulators, while the fact is that no
combination of speculators could
have run cotlon up to its present
price but for the shortness of the
crop, and the prospect is that the
crop will not be seriously increased
for some years to come. Thousands
of laborers formerly worked in the
fields have been attracted by high
er wages to the mills, towns and
naval store industries, and there
can not be sufficient confidence
put in the labor in sight to warrant
the planting of a large crop of cot
ton for the present year.
The Breeze has no disposition to
dictate to farmers and planters in
regard to the planting and cultiva
tion of their crops, for they know
! their business and circumstances
; better than it does, but it has an
I interest in the welfare of the peo
! pie whom it delights to serve, and
does not believe they will feel of
fended if it makes a suggestion that
the short crops will keep the price
of cotton where it is now, and if it
is planted and cultivated as a side
crop the industrious farmer will
realize more money, for tlie prices
will go still higher.
Our esteemed friend, of Broxton,
Mr. Jesse Lott, is right when he
says “the people are paying too *
much for guano,” and besides they
use too much guano, because they
have been planting too much cot
ton.
Editor Mclntosh, of Albany,
right in Ihe the midst of the Cotton
belt of Georgia, ad.fises the people
to plant sufficient**corn and food
crops to feed the horses, hogs, cows,
family and laborers with a few
acres too much to account and make
up for disasters, besides big. crops
of chufas, cane and potatoes, and
then if there is time and land to
spare put in some cotton.
Of course this will Hood the farm
with all the necessities of living,
and practiced by farmers generally
will bring about short crops of cot
ton every year, while the prices of
the fleecy staple can be counted
upon as a surety.
Plant Irish Potatoes.
February is the month for plant
ing the Irish potato. Four-fifths
of the planting of the first crop is
made in this month. Where ’the
potatoes are cut for planting it is
better to wait until February, even
in this section, as there is little to
be gained by risking the planting
earlier. Where home-raised
seed is. used and small whole po
tatoes are planted they can be put
in the ground in January, but very
few provide such seed from last
year’s second crop. St. Valentine’s
day is conceded by many to be the
best day, 14th day of February, and
again some say plant in theJulL
moon, but our advice is to get ev
erything ready, soft ground, fer
tilizer, potatoes, etc., and plant in
the ground.
I Ion; Geo. IT. Bell, member of*
the ieg4sd.itute and formerly editor
of the Swainsboro Wiregrass Blade,
has gone on the stage, with' the
Crump Fa!k C 0.., niid recenLy*ap
peared at Dublin in the drama, “A
Woman . Tear .” - Mrs Beil w*i
formerly ML. Rosa Folks, of V <v."“
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