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&/>e Douglas Weekly Breeze.
JAMES M. FREEMAN & DAUGHTER, Proprietors.
JAMES M. FREEMAN . EDITOR.
Entered at the Post-office in Douglas, Ga., as second-class mail matter.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER ist, 1904.
Official Organ of Coffee County.
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER,
Of New York.
For Vice-President,
HENRY Q. DAVIS,
Of West Virginia.
The county commissioners of
Worth county are elected by the
people. Two were nominated last
week and will be elected next week.
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President Roosevelt’s letter of
acceptance made over 15,000
words. Judge Parker’s made about
7,000.
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or four young boys of
Valdosta started out one day last
week to go to the west to scalp
Indians. They were captured at a
little station six miles from town.
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The Bond Holders of the Central
railroad object to the Railroad
commission of Georgia securing
for the people just and fair freight
rates. It might effect the value of
the bonds.
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The State Fair Buildings were
badly damaged but the manage
ment expects to be ready to open
on the iyth, of October, the origi
nal duty. That is just like Macon.
You Citn’t down her.
Mr. Roosevelt is running against
the constitution. The competition
is unfortunate for him. A presi
dent may override the constitution
while in office, but a candidate
cannot override it in a campaign,
says the St. Louis Republic.
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The Messrs Drew, of Webster
county are searching South Geor
gia towns for their pretty sister,
Susie Drew, who, they allege, ran
away with one of their neighbors,
a man of family, last week. Susie
is only lb itnd mil! to he very pretty.
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This is what Mr. Roosevelt said
of the laboring men : “They (the
cowboys) are much better fellows
than the small farmers or agricul
tural laborers nor are the’mechan
ics and workmen ot a great city to
be mentioned in the same breath.”
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In order to get the cotton out
quick, and on account of the scarci
ty of hands farmers in Richmond
countv are picking cotton by moon
light. Two sets of hands are used
—one at night .and the other in the
day time.
judge Parker says $300,000,000
in pensions every year is too much.
These pensions are for union sol
diers and their \vido>vs, but we
never knew before that there were
so many of them. If the war had
continued one year longer every
thing in the north would have been
widows and disabled soldiers.
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And now somebody has found
an old Georgia law which required
male applicants for marriage license
to tile a SSOO bond showing that
he was able to support a family,
and which was in torce as late as
1554. As there is nothing to show
that this law was ever repealed it
is concluded that we all are not
legally married. Now isn’t that
the mischief?
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A citizen of Charleston has se
cured a patent on a cotton picker,
the plan of which is novel to say
the least. It is fashioned some
what after a six-shooter. The per
son operating it has to aim at the
open boll, he pulls the triggar, and
as a repeater he shoots the staple
into a sack. The thing might be
further improved bv adding a bayo
net. so that the boll wevil can be
put out of business at the same
time.—Greenville, S. G., News.
Douglas as an Educational Center.
Foremost among the institutions
of which the city of .Douglas has
every right to be proud stands her
splendid system of schools. Realiz
ing that industrial development and
commercial supremacy must depend
almost entirely upon the push and
intelligence of her people, Douglas
has spared neither pains nor mon
ey in establishing and equipping
the best independent Normal
School in the State of Georgia.
Besides sustaining all the regular
grades in the literary department
and offering courses in the higher
branches absolutely free to all
lio \ a kidk resident students of
school age for ten months in the
year the Southern Normal Institute
is second to none in her several
sf'pe'cial departments. In Piano,
Violin, Guitar, Mandolin, Cornet;
in Voice and Elocution; in Book
keeping, Stenography, Pen Art,
and all that it takes to make a first
class, up-to-date Business college ;
and in Art. Southern Normal Insti
tute is holding her own with the
best institutions of learning in the
.State.
Wiregrass Georgia is verily the
“Garden of the Gods,” Coffee
county is the greenest spot in that
Garden, and Douglas is the fairest
(lower that blooms therein.
And in the wonderful industrial
and commercial development now
taking place in Southern Georgia,
Southern Normal Institute is play
ing a most important part.
Her accomplished faculty of
twelve teachers, her ample school
buildings and equipment, her term
of ten months absolutely free to
resident pupils of school age, her
loyal and enthusiastic graduates in
the various walks of life, make
Southern Normal Institute the
pride of Douglas and Douglas the
most up-to-date educational center
in Southern Georgia,
State Election of October sth.
The state election will be held
on October sth. The ticket ,vill
be longer perhaps than other state
tickets as there are seventy-fire
people to be voted for. In addi
tion to the candidates for state of
ficers, the following constitutional
amendments will be voted on :
Amendments to article 7, section
1, (limiting ad valorem tax to 5
mills).
Amendments to articleS, section
1, paragraph 1. (local taxation for
public schools).
Amendments to paragraph 1,
section 5, article 5 (limiting the
number of representatives to 153.)
Amendments to paragraph 2,
section 1, article 11 (to make the
number of counties in this state
145;)
These amendments are to deter
mine whether the tax rate shall
forever be fixed at no higher than
5 mills, whether or not the state
shall have 145 counties instead of
137, whether the state shall have
IS3 members of the house instead
of 175, and whether the people of
the different school districts can
vote for a local taxation for school
purposes.
Vaay Mothers of a Like Opinion.
Mrs. Pilmer, of Cordova, lowa, says,
'•(hie of my children was subject to
croup of a severe type, and the giving
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
promptly, always brought relief.
Many mothers in this heightiorhootl
■think the same as I do about this rem
edy and want no other kind for their
children. For sale by Union Phar
macy.
The Phenominal Growth of Douglas.
The Waycross Air Line railroad,
now the A. & 8., was completed
to Douglas in November 1898. Up
to that time Douglas bad connec
tions with the outside world only
by a tram road from McDonald’s
mill. The mail came across the
country three times a week from
Pearson, Ga., on the B. W. rail
road. There were only a few
houses in Douglas at that time, for
no one seemed to see the bright
future that was hanging over the
town. At the time November 1898
there were about 200 people living
!n and near Douglas, now thqre
are over 2,000 living inside the
corporate limits, and these people
are actual residents, not the em
ployees of mill and turpentine
farms. Most of them have homes,
good, substantial residences, and
find employment here where they
<*in educate their children, sur
rounded by the security of good
government, good schools, church
es of nearly every denomination
with flourishing Sunday Schools
at all of them.
The people of Douglas and Cof
fee county most cordially invite all
home-seekers to locate in our midst.
There are inducements here for
all kind of manufacturers as well
as the profitable investment of cap
ital, and before a location is select
ed the superior advantages of this
section should be considered.
YY ith the Atlantic & Birming
ham railroad we have easy access
to deep water at Brunswick, by the
same road quick passenger an<J
freight facilities to the north and
and west, while over the YVadley
& Mt. Vernon we have the advan
tage of freight traffic from Darien
and Brunswick via the Ocmulgee
river. This road has now in prog
ress of construction an extension
that will put Douglas on a line
that punctures the lower counties
of the state with some point on the
gulf of Mexico as an outlet, in the
near future.
With these favorable surround
ings there can be no surprise be
cause of the wonderful develop
ment of the county, and doubling
of the population of Douglas four
times within as many years.
Cause of Lockjaw.
Lockjaw, or tetanus, is caused by a
bacillus or germ which exists plenti
fully in street dirt. It is inactive so
long as exposed to the air, hut when
carried beneath the skin, as in the
wounds caused by percussion caps or
by rusty nails, and when the air is
excluded the germ is roused to activi
ty and produces the most virulent
poison known. These germs may be
destroyed and all danger of lockjaw
avoided by applying Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm freely as soon as the injury
is received. Pain Balm is an antisep
tic and causes such injuries to heal
without maturation and in one third
the time required by the usual treat
ment. It is for sale by Union Phar
macy.
Notice.
There will be u fishing at the
Old Moore Mill i’ond, 7 miles
south of Pearson, Ga., on Novem
ber t and 2, 1904" It has been five
years since the water of this pond
was turned off and it is known as
the best fishing place in the state.
One dollar admittance for two
days fishing.
F. M. Guest, Pro.
Pearson, Ga.
To the Farmers.
Ship your cotton to T. S. Hev
\vard & Co.. 120 Bay street, Savan
nah, Ga. Cotton Factors, Expert
Handlers of Sea Island and Upland
cotton, dealers in High Grade
Fertilizers. Highest market prices
I paid for cotton, and quick returns
i made. Liberal advances made
ion consignment. CorresoonJence
solicited. qt.
Capt. D. G. Purse wants to lo
cate- a factory of some kind in
Douglas, and he is prepared to
give’one a satisfactory deal.
Letter from a Colored Man.
McDew, Ga., Sept 27, 1904. —
Editor Douglas Breeze :—Please
allow me space in the columns of
your paper to say a word about the
recent Broxton tragedy, published
a few days ago. A. McDew was
down through here since then and
gave us to understand that the best
white people of Broxton, had taken
steps to stop tlie circulation of such
reports. We wish to say to the
people of other Districts in the
county that we doubt the sincerity
of the matter, and believe the origin
to be malicious, and came from the
source of darkness. The States
boro affair should not be allowed
to enter our country in no wise.
Every good negro citizen of this
district detests any such actions,
and if I was permited to speak of
the good white citizens of our
county I would repeat what I have
just said of my own race.
To express our feelings against
any and everything except good
citizenship and good government.
We ask that this be put in our
county paper.
I. J. McDew,
J. M. McDew, P. M,
J. F. Newton, and others
in Pickren Distiict.
The Breeze takes pleasure in giv
ing the above space in its columns.
We know nothing of the affair,
except what we published last
week, but we are pleased to learn
that the best element of our colored
people are not in sympathy with
those of their race that are seeking
to stir up strife and discord. We
do not believe that the McDew
boys have anything but a desire to
get along with their white friends
in their heads, and we believe, too,
that they have many friends among
the white people of the county,
who know this to be true.
Notice-
Broxton, Ga., Sept. 17 1904.
To John W. Bennett, Sol. Gen.,
Brunswick Circuit, You are hereby
notified that under section 23 of the
act creating a charter for the city of
Broxton, which act was approved by
the Governor on July 27, 1904, and
in accordance with the resolution by
the mayor and aldermen of the said
city of Broxton, duly passed, under
and by virtue of said act, an election
was held in the city of Broxton,, on
September 2, 1904, to decide ths ques
tion as to whether or not the mayor
and alderman of the said city of Brox
ton, should have authority to issue
and sell bonds in the snm of Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to be
known as the school building bonds
at said election, the requisite number
of two-thirds of the qualified voters
of the said city of Broxton, voted
in favor of the issuance and .sale of
said bonds, and that on Sept. 3, 1904,
the mayor and aldermen of the said
c*ty of Baoxton, met in called session
and declared the result of said elec
tion. to be in favor of the issuance
and sale of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) school building bonds. All
this notice is given you as Solicitor
General of the Brunswick circuit, in
which Judicial circuit the city of
Broxton is located, that you may
proceed to validate said bones in ac
cordance with the act of 1897 pages
82 to 85, and this notice is given as
required by section one of said act.
E. H. Moore, Mayor,
J. M. Wilcox,
J. J. DORMIXY,
Jesse LOtv/Sk,
M. E. Vickers,
ThOmas MCGOvern,
C. O. Beauchamp, alder
men.
GEORGIA—Coffee County.
Dae and legal service of the above
and foregoing notice is hereby ac
knowledged and all other andTuither
service of the same is hereby waived.
This the 20th, day of September 1904.
JOhn W. Bennett,
Solcitor General Brunswick, Judicial
Circuit.
Kon. YV. G Brantley.
lion. W. G. Brantley, member
of Congress, will address the peo
ple of this section on the political
issues cf the day during the noon
recess at the court house next Wed
nesday.
Miss Turrentine has just return
ed from her usual trip to northern
markets where she purchased one
of the finest lines of Millinery that
has ever been shown in Douglas,
and will have a display of pattern
hats next Tuesday, Wednesdav and
Thursday. Come and see them
before they are picked ove.
Mrs. Turrentine.
The Douglas Art -Studio will
make photos next week at reduced
prices.
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“hard hit"’ again in
:of the main building on the faiS
grounds by the storm of Wednes
day night, says the Albany Her
ald. This building, destroyed by
fire a few months ago, had just
been rebuilt, and its’destruction
now leaves the enterprising people
of the Central City but little timed
in which to repair the damage.
But it is plain from the report
brought in this morning’s Macon
j Telegraph that Macon is not going
ito let this misfortune materially
| interfere with the .approaching;
! fair. They have gone to work
and do not propose to lose any
time in bewailing the misfortune.
Such pluck deserves its reward,,
and we believe that the people off
the state generaly will show their
appreciation and stand all the
more loyally by Macon on account
of it.
We quote the following from
this morning’s Telegraph
“The State Fair will be held-in
Macon, notwithstanding the de
struction wrought at Central City,
park last night,’ said YGce-Presi
dent George A. Smith yesterday.
•There will be ample and satis
factory shelter for the exhibitors.
Only one important building was
torn away, and there are many of
the grand old trees still left in the
park. The directors of the Mar
con Fair Association met at noon
today and a committee was ap
pointed to confer with the city
council. Thit body referred the
question of reconstructing to a*
special committee, and pending
report on action there is nothing
for the Macon Fair Association.to
do except to proceed, as it is do
ing, with its work. The people
of Georgia will find that when
October 19, the opening day, shall:
come round, everything will be in
order, and every exhibitor will be
provided for. 1 desire, in the ab
sence of President Cabaniss, to
state officially, that there will be
no interruption in the work of
preparation. We are to give this
year the most entertaining fair
ever held in the city, not only in
the matter of agricultural exhibits,
but also as to mechanical and in
dustrial display. It will be noted
that the stables, the poultrv house,
Cabaniss hall, the woman’s build
ing and all the cattages were not
affected by the storm. Only the
new buildings and one, a small
structure, smashed by a falling
tree, were struck.’ ”
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
No one who is acquainted with its
good qualities can be surprised at the
great popularity of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. It not only cures
colds and grip effectually and perma
nently, but prevents these diseases
from resulting in pneumonia. It is
also a certain cure for croup. Whoop
ing cou jh is not dangerous when this
remedy is given. It contains no opium,
or other harmful substance and rnay
be given as confidently to a baby as
to an adult - It is also pleasant to take.
When all these facts are taken into
consideration it is not surprising that
people in foreign lands, as well as at
home, esteem this remedy very highly
and very - few are willing to take any
other after having once used it. For
sale by - LTiion Pharmacy.
Leaders Store will be tlye place
for bargains during court week.
The proceeds of the ice cream
and cake festival at the Hart Furni
ture Co’s store Mast Monday night,
for benefit Presbyterian church,
amounted to .f‘25.00.
The people of Pridgen and Bar
rows Bluff will have a big fish fry
and plenty of corn bread at the
Bluff to-day (Saturday), and want
their friends from Douglas- and
Broxton to spend the day with
them.
The Douglas Breeze takes a trip
to the homes of over a thousand
readers in North Georgia, Carolina
and Tennessee to-day, and will do
so for ten weeks, in four page form.
The usual size of the Breeze is eight
pages, but it is only necessary to
send these four pages as they con
tain the reading matter and all the
advertisements of interest to readers
away from home.