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0 ONE fßeaders Weekly, '•V Guaranteed. FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME! VOL 14, No. 35 THE®IB RELIABLE f f||| ISff V \ A Absolutely Pure THERE IS NQ SUBSTITUTE 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. •> ~ . * SLAPPED MAN AND DlED ’•vj * ' 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. | 1 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, ' g threats r., ref.» d"" "tv give .. . nation 1. ' l s m 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 Li L* k’G f • . 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 • • • of* • • 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."“ I,