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The Douglas Weekly Breeze. FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME VOL 15, No. 42 COFFEE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Successful Start And A Good Deal of Business Transacted- The committee appointed at the mass meeting at the court house last Monday week was called to gether), by the Chairman, C. E. Baker in the Grand Jury room, and was organzed for business by the election of Mr. Baker, as chairman and Mr. T. B. Marshal secretary, doing over again what the mass meeting did. It was agreed that the capital stock of the Coffee County Fair Association should be fixed at SIO,OOO, and that shares should be placed at $5-°° eac h.- Each mem ber of the committee was to be fur nished with a subscription list to be used in each district for the col lection of subscription. The sub scription to be made in two pay ments, 50 per cent jto be paid ,on June Ist, ballance September Ist. On motion and adoption' F. L. Sweat, D. Kirkland and J. J. Rogers were appointed a commit tee on rules and the government of the Association.' w On motion * and adoption B. P|ters«6, J. ’I. Denton and P. B. Butler were appointed a committee on location. * • Two letters, ftom persons hav ing had some experience in the management of county fairs, one at Waycross and one at Valdosta, were read, and hy them some in struction was obtained. The man ner of conducting a county fair was discussed, but no definite plan was agreed upon. A meeting of the committee was called for the first Monday in March, and it is expected then that permanent organization will be perfected, a charter applied for and definite conclusions made which will put the association on a wckir.g footing. firs. Grundy Says. t That a Douglas girl has admitted that the best thing she ever had around was a young man’s arm. Well did you ever? That old grundy says a taffy-pulling girl always develops into a hair pulling wife. Mean old candy eating thing! That the best way to get children in your class to attend Sunday school is to promise to meet them, and be sure-that you do. That it is a poor plan to call a person a fool and then expect them to have faith in you. Did you ever think about that? That you can always get a wo man to acknowledge the corn if you step on her foot, but the acknowl edgement may cause a pain in your head. Don’t try this. That few people are satisfied with their fortunes, but satisfied or not they must put up with their misfortune. It is best. That excuses may be used all through life with success, but they won’t work off a mortgage or delay death. Try to make as few as possible. That when everybody else loves you and you love them the millen nium will be only a few miles in the distance. Bros. Standford and Bozeman wi'l tell you how to-mor row. Seed Irish Potatoes, Eastern Grown, all varieties, at Peoples’ Pharmacy. South Georgia Truck Growers. The Breeze has received from the Secretary a booklet, giving the form of organization of the South Georgia Truck Growers’ Associa tion, also directions for quick and successful growing of early vegeta bles for market, given by experi enced truck-growers. The secre tary also writes as follows : I take the liberty to mail you herewith a copy of our Booxlet on Truck Growing. The information therein contain ed is compiled from the very best aurthority, with the personal ex perience of local truck growers who have made a success in the business. If it is not asking of you too much would be glad you would make mention in your columns of the booklet, for the benefit of those who are interested in growing truck. The dues for membership in the Association is SI.OO per annum those who desire the booklet who are not members can get same for 50 cents. The Associon was not organized for no particular local section but for all South Georgia. No doubt the growing of truck is the best tiling for us, since tne timber and by-products are gone. We have the assurance of buyers coming to purchase our truck at our shipping points, which is much better than for us to ship and take the risk of the markets, delivery, and unscrupulous Commission men. Any mention you see fit to make will be helping along the good cause. EDWARD J. BERRY, Sec. & Treas. Fire at Broxton. Last Monday night the store and contents of the Lewin Bargain House, at Broxton was destroyed by fire. The watchman over at the mill first discovered theflame, com ing from the storehouse near where the stove stood, and it is supposed this was the source of the conflagra tion. The Breeze learns that the stock and building were both in sured. Mr. J. A. Lewin com menced business in Broxton only a short while ago, and had built up a fine run of custom by his pro gressive ideas and fair prees, and it is regretted that his career has been cut short so suddenly and hoped he will soon be on deck again. Her Birthday Party. Miss Ora Thompson was nine teen years of age last Monday, and in the evening her parents gave a birthday party in her honor. A number of friends remembered her with nice presents and their pres ence, while her mother had prepared a delightful entertainment for the entire company. Theevening was pleasantly 6pent, and there was more than enough fine cakes for everybody and one for the writer, for which Miss Ora has a bundle of our assorted thanks. Fire At Bushneli. Last Monday morning we learn ed that a house at Bushneli, a few mile 6 from this place, had been de stroyed the night before by fire. The house was the property of James Smith but occupied by some other parties. Mr. Smith had diffi culty in saving his store, which was just opposite the burning building, across the rialroad track. Douglas, Ga., February 18th, 1905. SCHOOL TERMS LENGTHENED- State Board Provides for Increased Terms for the Counties. The State School Board of Educa tion, at a meeting last Friday in the office of. Governor Terrell, at Atlan ta, passed a resolution urging all county boards to extend the length of the school term in view of the fact that the school fund has been in creased. The resolution past is as follows : ‘‘Resolved, that it is the sense of the State Board of Education, in view of t-he increase in the school fund, that county boards of educa tion should, wherever practicable, increase the length of the school term in proportion to the increase in funds.” The state board did not pass a compulsory resolution, because of the fact that many counties which took state convicts for work on their public roads and which con sequently lose that portion of the school fund coming from convict hire. They will get with the in crease this year only about as much school money as they have had heretofore. The Coffee County Fair- Quite a number of our exchages, in north, middle and southern Georgia, are beginning to note the fact that Coffee county intends to get up a fair this fall for her own benefit, by her people, to advertise her wonderful resources, and to at tract the admiration of the county. That Coffee county is prepared for this is shown by the united action of the people. But in undertaking the organiza-. tion of this association, every one who has a hand in the affair should take hold with a determination to succeed. We have lived in coun ties where fair associations were organized before this one, and we never knew one to bring satisfac tory result at the outset. General ly the first is a big success as an exhibition of a country’s possibili ties, but a failure from a financial standpoint, and so is the beginning of any other enterprise, because many expenses and obstacles must be met and overcome in the begin ning that will not occur in the con tinuance of the business. Fair as sociations, however, always pay in the long run, that is they pay back the money invested in solid worth and pay the interest on the same by the enhanched value of proper ties, and the advertisement of the sections in which held. They Come Every Day One mail brought in the follow ing this week. Pearson. 2 15. —Please find money order for $2.00 to pay subscription up to August. I like your paper very much. It is a good fair pa per Thos. Sears' Dawson, Ga—2-11—Enclosed find money order for the lPeeze. Send the good news on. R. S. Nelson. Ontario. Col.—Change the label on my paper, by giving credit for SI.OO. Feb., 6th. J.W. Hartley. Letters like these encourage a man to do his best, and we shall continue to try to make the peop, believe they must have the Breez^ Try J. F. Overstreet & Bro. v the Cash. They lead while otb, follow. Breeze the Legal Organ. The Sheriff cannot have two le gal organs in one county, but in or der to end an unpleasant controver sy about the legal advertising of the county Sheriff Southerland is publishing a card in the Breeze and also in the Gazette which says : “All legal advertising in Coffee county will still remain in the Douglas Breeze, and will also appear in the Coffee County Gazette, which will make “all notices from the Or dinary’s office legal.” This means that all citations bear ing the Ordinary’s signature will be published in both papers, and the fees will be payable to the Gazette. All Sheriff’s sales, tax sales, mortgage sales* executors sales, ad ministrator’s sales, bank statements petition for incorporation, in fact all legal notices that do not bear the name of the Ordinary are to be published and .paid for in the Breeze. The publication of a legal notice of any kind in the Breeze makes it legal, but no notice is legal in the Gazette if not published also by the Breeze, still, the Breeze will never fail to publish “all notices from the Ordinary’s office.” The Gazette, by this agreement, must publish all legal notices appearing in the Breeze. This arrangement does not light en the work of the Breeze, but it is hoped it will meet with favor from all sources. 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 pains, 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, belching, gas of catarrh, take" Botanic Blood Balm B.) B.) B.). It -kills the poison 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 else fails. Blood Balm )B. B. B.) is composed of pure Bontonic ingredients, good for weak kidney. Improves the digestion, cures dyspepsia. A perfect tonic for old folks by giving them new, riches, pure blood. Throughly tested for thirty years. Druggists, SI per large bottle, with complete directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga., Describe trouble and special free medical advice sent in sealed letter.— For sale by Union Pharmacy, Doug las, Ga., At The Baptist Church. Services at the Baptist church to-morrow, will be conducted as usual by the pastor, Rev. J. B. Bozeman. The morning theme will be: ‘•The Danger Signal.” At the close of the sermon Mrs. E. L. Tanner will sing “Will There be any Stars in my Crown.?” Evening theme.—“ Drama of Lify’-wM /A . f oner will sing at t’ n with gOGu , f g m y \\r an . " WE PAY /A . > attend DEb SI.OO per Annum DEATH S DOINGS The Relentless Reaper Makes Many People Noun- Mrs. Martha Peterson —Mrs. Martha Peterson mother of Messrs Benajah Peterson, Joseph E. Peterson, Mrs. Fisher Gaskin and another daugh terliving out of the State, died last Saturday morning, at the ripe age of 77 years. Her affliction is said to have been heart trouble. As stated she was well advanced in years and she was, by the laws of nature, not for this world many years, still, her death was a shock. All her children are grown and have families of their own, and. wh i 1 ejhh ere was universal regret it is well that no little ones are left without a mother’s care. Mrs. Peterson was a pioneer, having been among the early citizens of the county, and she and her hus band, who has been dead some twenty years, could tell something of the hardships and ill-conven iences of etiling-a county without railroads or other methods of con nection or news from the outside world. Her remains were interred at the Douglos cemetery. Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Lott —died last Sun day in the early morning in her 45th year, after a short illness of lagrippe. She leaves several chil dren, all boys, save one little daughter, ten or twelve years old. Her husband, David Lott, was kill ed in this place six or seven years ago. Mrs. Lott was a daughter of Wyley Bird, and lias a number of relatives ill the county. She was a clever, hospitable lady, and sixteen or eighteen years ago her and husband were active in enter taining Barkers Class, then con ducting the first meeting of a series of yearly services at Broxton. They then lived in the country and writer was her guest. Her remains were interred at the city cemetery. Mrs. W. B. Carter— a lady not very well known to US, living in the northern part of the city, died last Saturday night, after a short ill ness. She was a.daughter of Dan Roberts, was about 25 yettrs of age and had been married only about one y.ear. Her remains were interred at Carver church. Mr. Carter desires the Breeze to return his thanks to the persons who came to his relief in this afflic tion. Sr. Gsorge Lewis— Well know Douglas and surrounding h try died one day last week, • ,1 the country. lie was C l years of age joined the 1 here, and appeared to live upright life. Fortune 1 favored him and his wife, a. T were in destitute cirej lie has said that “life but in his condition, be a relief.” We iutKBBCB where his remains w Rabinowitz’s Cl&kiwell, x We are publisei Cashier, o telling about the < g of Mr. Wm. Rabii{) O ols. He is buildin, O store and it will he © to move into in a © he does not Want to Q now in store, therefcS, © ing to sell them out«iX“ y a fine opportunity tCfj£ © and you may be ab’ y if you have to piy* * ’ g some distance. -1 n/t r— vertisement and © gains. ©