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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 »rim m 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,