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The Douglas Weekly Breeze.
FOB OUR-OO UN TRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL TIIE TIME
VOL IS, No. 41
SOME MISSIONARY WORK.
Hon- Pope Brown’s speech befoee the
Cotton Growers, Convention.
In his speech before the Cotton
Grower’s Convention in New Or
leans recently, Hon. Pope Brown
of Pulaski County said : “Our own
wot st enimies will be found in the
ignoramus in f ir own ranks, who
bad rather c ' 3 thirty acres in
stead of fifteen, -id. sell 12 bales of
■cotton for S3OO rather than sell 8
bales ot cotton for S4OO ; who would
rather buy corn at $1.25 per bushel
than make it for 40 cents, who
would rather buy meat at 10 cents
than raise it for 5 cents*, who had
rather buy him a mule for #2OO than
aise him for $75. This man must
e conveittd. Can we get mission
~ries enough in the field to do' the
work between now and planting
time?”
The New Orleans State thus com
ments upon Mr, Brown’s remarks';
“Nothing could be more to the
point than this. The excellence of
the past has shown that this class of
cotton planters has been tihe bane
of .the South—an enemy, not to'the
.cotton producer alone, but to the
prosperity and well-being of this
•section. Frequently before this
■time men of light am}*leading among
.cotton producers have seen (ftearly
the great benefits that would arise
from the curtailment of cotton pro
duction.
“They have endeavored to bring
•about a concert of action to the end
-that this result might be obtained.
(But the selfishness of the ‘ignoram
i's,’ as Mr. Brown characterizes
dm, has prevented curtailment
fib-hen it was needed, and has made
tur. e ive bales of cotton worth less
utk n ei S ht bales ought to bring un
,normal conditions.
Ddfrtl I will require heroic ‘mission-
Bf S 8l wor ' c to converl this kind of
Bfv with which the sane and con.
rhere®t ye cotton planter must deal
crisis. lie will probably
me °t '-~»*k ns Tiiy ag an y j n f- V or of
ror of a t ... a
r . dlient, and it l*e sees that this
policy promises generally to pre
vail, he will immediately proceed
ito double his own acreage, counting
upon gaining profit by the self-sac
rifice of his fellow planters.
“He is a detriment to the cotton
planter, and undoubtedly the most
•difficult one with which be will
have to deal in the effort to reduce
cotton production to definite and
paying system. If he can be ‘con
verted’ a great triumph will have
been achieved and prosperity will
•speedily be restored to the coun
try.”
Services at Bapt%t Church-
Rev. Mr. Bozeman held his first
service at the Baptist chuch last
Sunday mornnig and evening.
The weather was very inclement,
■cold and rainy, only a few ventur
ed out for either service. Mr.
Bozeman does not put any flour
ishes on his discources but preach
es straight, plain bible and as an
almost illiterate hearer said last
Sunday night, “preach' and ex
plains plain enough for any man to
understand.” Mr. and Mrs. Boze
man are excellent people, and are
anxious to become acquainted with
the citizenry. If you happen to
meet them and they do not appear
to recognize you tell them that
are the one they are looking for.
Coffee County Fair Meeting.
Meeting organized at 1 130 P. M.
February 6th. 1905, by electing
Judge T. C. Allen of Broxton as
Chairman, and I). G. Purse as
Secretary. Judge J. W, Q.uincey,
upon request, stated that the ob
ject of the meeting was the pur
pose of considering the organiza
tion of an association to be known
as the Coffee County Fair Associa
tion, for the annual holding of a
fair in Coffee county, for the pur
pose of developing and encourag
ing the agricultural an 1 industrial
wealth of said county.
After remarks by P. B. Butler
and Secretary Purse, on motion of
Col. C. T. Roan a committee of
five, consisting of F. L. Sweat, B.
H. Tanner, W. R. Frier, J. J.
Rodgers and N. M. Pafford was
appointed, and requested to retire
and prepare and report to the
meeting their recommendation for
the order of business.
During the absent of the Com
mittee C. E. Baker was made rer
manent chairman of the meeting,
and T. B. Marshall secretary, and
B. Peterson treaurer. Upon re
turning to the room the committee
of seven, report through their Chir
man, Col. J. J. Rodgers acting for
him, as follows :
We the Committee respectfully
recommend, —
! First:—That a permanent asso
ciation be formed by incorporation
and capitalization, for the purpose
of holding annual fairs in the coun
ty of Coffee.
Second:—That a committee of
nine be appointed, one from each
district of the county, and one from
the county at large, and that it be
made the duty of said committee
of nine, to take up and effect the
organization of said association,
procure a charter therefore inquire
into the probable cost of holding a
fair for 1905, and recommend a
suitable location therefore and the
ways and means for maintaining
the same.
Third :—That committee report
their actions and doings to a future
meeting of the cit izens of Coffee
county, to be called by the chair
man of this meeting.
Fourth :—We recommend the
following geqtlemen for the said
committee of nine: County at
large, C. E. Baker, Douglas Dis
trict Frank L. Sweat. Broxton Dis
trict P. B. Butler, Nichols Dis-.
trict David Kirkland, Willacoo*
chee District J. E.
lips Mill District Eli Vickers Sn M
Pearson District Hiram Sears Jr.,
McDonald District Joe McDonald
Pickren Distrct Col. J. M. Dento%,
Respectifully Submitted*,
F. L. Sweat Cbalman,
B. H. Titnner, -«■
W. R. Frier,
f J. J. Rodgers,
N. M. Pafford.
The report of the committee,
upon motion of Judge Levi
O’Steer, was unanamously adopt
ed, and the meeting adjourned sub
ject to the call of Chairman C. E.
Baker.
T. C. ALLEN. D. G. PURSE.
Chairman, Secretary.
Chaiman, C. E. Baker request
the committee named above to
meet him in the Board of Trade
Office, on Wednesday morning of
next week, February 15th, at 11
o’clock.
Douglas, Ga., February 11th, 1905.
Coffee County Fair Association-
The call for a meeting to take
place at the court house last Mon
day at one o’clock p. m., was well
attended. There were present rep
resentatives from every section of
the county, which may be consid*
ered a favorable sign for success.
The entire meeting was one of un
ity. There was no quibbling, but
every one present seemed fo have
but one purpose in view, and that
purpose was for the organization
of a fair association.
The full proceedings are in an
other place to day, and from it will
be seen that good men have been
selected at the iniation meeting, it
may be said. Men who are identi
fied with the interests of the coun
ty, and will fill their positions with
energy and efficiency.
The organization of this move
ment means a good deal for Coffee
county. It will show the outside
world that our people are a unit on
an invitation to those who may de
sire t@ do so, to come and investi
gate for themselves, to see t'-e
lands’ the resources and the pro
ducts, When a man looks at the
land, then the products he must be
convinced, when convinced the
country has made a friend and citi
zen.
The Chairman will call a meet
ing to be held in a short time in or
der that contributions may be made,
directors elected, committees on
bui'ding, on arrangement and on
premium lists appointed, and soon
all the plans will be arranged and
the work of pushing to completion
a movemement that will be worth
thousands to the county, will be
worked to a grand and glorious suc
cess.
Who will be the permanent Pres
ident. Secretary, Treasurer, Man
ager and other officers of the Asso
ciation the Breeze does not know.
If preliminary meetings mean any
thing the permanent organization
may be expected to cement all sec
tions of the county in this impor
tant movement. As we have said,
the permanent officers and directors
of the association will not be made
until a charter has been obtained,
on which all should be a unit.
The Breeze, as well as. all the
caunty papers, will keep the pub
lic informed on this matter.
Mrs. Katie Smith Murdered.
Cornner Merier returned from
Pearson last Wednesday evening,
where he was called last Tuesday
morning to investigate the mur
der of Mrs. Kattie Smith, an aged
lady of that plaGe, who had been
found dead'." with her throat cut
■from ear to ear, early Tuesday
morning. The only facts that
were learned was that she was
found dead on the floor of her bed
room, asaiscribed. A little grand
son was on the bed, but d : d not
wake until the next morning and
could tell nothing, when he was
awakened by another child who
came in and found the door shut
but unlocked. The coroner was
over there nearly a day and night,
and swore eighteen or twenty
people, but could gain no effective
clue, as to who the murderer was.
Mrs. Smith was probably 60 years
of age, was well connected in the
county, and had lived in Pearson
station for nea’’" ‘flierlife. She
was once ow a good
Her is
Advertising Not Legal-
Mr. J. J. Lott, acting for his
mother, Mrs, Eliza Lott, adminis
trator of the estate of her husband,
Arthur Lott, late deceased, did not
sell the property advertised for sale
in the Coffee County Gazette, last
Tuesday, for fear that legal notice
had not been made. The case stands
thus : Last November or Decem
ber Mr Lott, for his mother applied
for leave to sell certain lands, while
Judge Thomas Young was' Ordi
nary, and-the application was pub
lished in the Breeze. Well, in Jan
uary Mr. Ward having been elected
Ordinary entered upon the dis'-
charge of the duties of the offiice.*
and as he was also editor and man
ager of the Gazette decided that he
would publish the administration
sales, and published the advertise
ment of the Lott lands after the ci
tation for application for leave to
sell had been published in this pa
per. He also published other ad
ministrator’s sales which have been
made which are alike considered il
legal under the decision of the Su
preme court, 112th Ga., page 705.
Mr. Lott came to town last Tues
morning in time for the sale, but
not being satisfied in his own mind
in regard to the advertising sought
legal advice, with the result that
the administrators sales published
in the Gazette for Last Tuesday,
have been posponed until first Tues
day in March, while the advertise
ments are being published again,
this month, in the Breeze.
In this connection it may not be
amiss, as will save annoyance and
useless expence for administrators
to see that their sales are publshed
according to law. As wasexpress
ed by several last Tuesday, “all
property not legally advertised will
be sold under clouded titles. Peo
ple will not bid on such advertised
property, as.the question of illegal
advertising would undoubtedly
make titles faulty and cause litiga
tion.” Now, this is a plain, truth
ful statement of the case, uoheld by
the decision of Supreme court refer
red tojabove. It will also be learn
ed by the decision above that there
is only one paper in a county in
which any legal advertising may be
done.
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh— Medicine
Sent Free.
These two diseases are the result of
an awful poisoned condition of the
blood - If you have aching joints and
back, shoulder blade, bones paine,
cripple hands, legs, or feet, swollen
muscles, shifting, sharp biting paina,
and that tired, discourage feeling of
rheumatism, or the hawking,spitting,
blurred eyesight, deafness, sick stom
ach, headach, noise in the head,
mucous throat discharge, decaying
teeth, bad breath, belcliing, gas of
catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm B.)
B.) B.). It -kills the poisou in the
blood which causes these awful symp
toms, giving a pure, healthy blood
supply to the joints and mucous mem
branes, and makes a > perfect cure of
the worst rheumatism or foulest ca
trarh. Cure where all «lse fails.
Blood Balm )B. B. B.) is composed of
pure Bon*- good for
digestion,
mk I
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sl.oC)per Annum
| UNCLE SAMT FIRST PRAYER.
I
It Was Made in Congress in Decem
ber 0f.1777.
Oh Lord, our heavenly Father,
high and miglity King of kings
and Lord of lords, who dost from
Thy throne behold gll the dwellers
of the earth, and reignest with
power- supreme and uncontrolled
over the kingdoms, empires and
goverments, look down in mercy,
we beseech Thee,, on these United .
States, who have 1 lied to‘•thee from/
the rod of oppression and thrown
on Thy graVfious protec
tion/ desiring to be henceforth
on Thee • to ThXe K~ ‘
they ifppealed.-for
their cause; to Thee do the*
look for countenanca of sup)t
which Thou alone can nave T,
them therefore heavenly Fatih,
under Thy nurturing care; gt
them wisdom and valor in the fie n
Defeat the malicious designs If tjr§T
adversaries ; convince them pj'-tl ; -
unrighteousness of their uvtts&j V 4
if they still persist in their sa. 1
guinary purpose, oh! let the. voire
of Thy uneering justice sounding
in their hearts, constrain them to
drop the weapons of battle. Be
Thou present, oh God of wisdom,
and direct the councils of this hon
orable assembly; enable them to
settle things on the best and surest
foundation, that the scene of blood
may be closed ; that order, harmony
and-peace may be restored, and
truth and just, religion and piety
prevail and flourish among the peo
ple. Preserve the health of their
bodies and vigor of their minds;
shower down on them and the mil
ions they here represent such tem
poral blessings, as Thou seest expe
dient for thern in this world, and
crown them with everlasting glory
in the world ticome. All this we
ask in the naiH£ ,yid through the
merits of Thy Son
our Saviour. |pAmen.— Chicago
Time-ITarald. r
Talking up fof his Section.
Since KTashville has been put on
a direct line of jailroad connect
ing it with Douglas, the editor of
the Nashville Herald grows en
thusiastic, and rightly remarks: . *
If Capt. Ben Gray extends the
O. P. & V. Railway from Nash
ville to Adel during the present
year, as he -#po.nteuiplates jloinjjd
Nashville will ibe strictly “in
It will give the old town a jfllgf
forward that'wili make it «
the best towtiß ip this sec**
the state. Within two $
Nashville will rank right up
Tifton, Douglas, Moultrif..
Fitzgerald. We have thejj
and most prosperous ccJl
South Georgia. Tiio:
Lowndes have fiH>re m\
population than Berriet<
; s because of the lnrg<L.
small cities as you ar<; u
call thsm, which they * *1
The Herald is anxi?’ *1
other great trunk
come through Berr
lieve Capt. Gray is pbj
for one. Let it eom Bt
To Repeal BankruMi
Washington, Feb. 6.-H
Committee on theJudW
ordered a favorable rejß
to repeal the
discussion the statem|B|
that there was no
for the act. The
1898,