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The Douglas Weekly Breeze.
FOB OUll COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME
VOL 15, No. 47
A MATTER OF HEALTH
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POWDER
Absolutely' Pure
HAS MO SUBSTITUTE
GEORGIA GINGER CAKES FREE.
Will Be Furnished atthe Coffee County
Fair to the Hungry Multitudes.
One of the unique features of the
coming Coffee County Fail will be
the production of the famous Geor
gia Ginger Cake, made from Coffee
County Syrup, on the ground, in
full view of the multitudes that
will attend, and who will always
be ready to test the excellent quali
ties of these dainty morsels, dear to
the hearts of Georgia boys and
girls And the best part of this
arrangement is that these cakes will
be handed out free. It will be con
ducted on the line of a similar fea
ture at the St. Louis fair, and the
■suggester, Mr. B. H. Tanner,
wants Capt. D. G. Purse, of Sa
vannah, to be in control of this de
partment.
The cakes will be made and
furnished fuminishing north and
south Georgia editors free, as well
as their friends, and this is how the
expense will be shared by farmers
and merchants: Each farmer who
prides himself on his fine syrup
will furnish a barrel, and mer
chants who are willing to heip in
this scheme will donate flour in
sacks and barrels, or it may be
that some flour mill of Georgia will
aid in making the Georgia Ginger
Cakes.
As we have said, Air. B. H.
Tanner is the promoter of this in
teresting feature, and he p.omises
to donate one or two barrels of
fine syrup 'ward making Georgia
Ginger Cakes, while we are satis
fied other fanners will do as much.
Then, as far as flour is concerned
the towns of C ffee County will
furnish enough to make cakes for
all of southern Georgia, in luding
Sam Small, of Brunswick and Juo.
Greer, of Wuycross.
In this connection it may be well
to suggest to our farmers that
special premiums will be offered
for the finest barrel of syrup made
, in this county.
Presbyterian Entertainment.
At the seho ! Auditorium Sutur
'd ay evening April ist the ladies
laud friends #t the Presbyterian
church wil give * t entertainment
coDcds'ting of ■: s c recitations and
labi; ax, to wMch the public is
cordially invited. No admission
w , be charged, but the audience
will be a ked to make a free-will
offering during the evening.
Sell Fruit Trees.
Agents wanted. Easy terms.
Write at once Upson Nurseries,
Y i .esville, Ga.
PLANT SWEET POTATOES.
Coffee County Sweet Potatoes Will
Bring More Money than Cotton-
Mr. E. L. Tanner, the compe
tent and affable Cashier of the
Citizens Bank, in this place, in
forms us that he will be a member
of an organization this fall which
will purchase every bushel of sweet
potatoes made in this county, if
not in this entire section, the pota
toes to be sacked and delivered at
Douglas, if possible, if not conven
ient to the seller, to be delivered
at the nearest depot.
It is estimated that one acre of
good land, well fertilized, will pro
duce, if properly cultivated, one
hundred and fifty bushels to the
acre, at least, and as high as two
hundred bushels has been made.
Well, figure it out, at 35 cents per
bushel and if the acre produces
150 bushels we have $52.00.
Sacking and hauling 150 bushels
to the depot at 5 cents per bushel
would be $7.00; this deducted from
$52.00 would leave $45.00 net, per
acre. This is better than cotton.
It takes two acres of land to pro
duce one bale of cotton, which at
10 cents per pound, would bring
only $50.00. Cotton is more trou
blesome to cultivate and gather
than potatoes. So everything con
ceded, with a sure market at 35
cents per bushel for potatoes and
xo cents per pound for cotton, we
have :
Two acres potatoes, net $90.00.
Two acres cotton, net ...50.00.
In favor potatoes bal $40.00.
This calculation is made at 35
cents per bushel for potatoes, (good
quality, yams and nigger killers
only) but we are assured by the
gentlemen forming this potato
purchasing syndicate that 40 cents
: will be paid for the best varities
: delivered at the depot.
We have endeavored to present
1 this subject in as plain language
1 and figures as we know how, in
order tha r our farmer friends may
grasp the idea at once, at this time,
do their own figuring and plant
their crops accordingly.
Spring Millinery—Miss Killingsworth
& Co.
Douglas must congratulate her
self that in her rapid strides and
wonderful growth two firstc-lass
millinery stores are needed to sup
ply the wants of her ladies. Miss
Minnie4sillingsworfh, one of the
leading milliners of Fitzgerald, has
established a brach house at this
place, which is in immediate charge
and supervision of Mabel Sayre, a
competent and experienced milli
ner, and the ladies of Douglas and
vicinity can rest assured of secur
ing first-class goods and skillful
service. The goods are all of the
latest styles—bought purposely for
this market and shipped direct
from the manufacturers. The la
dies have requested the Breeze to
extend every lady in the county an
invitation to call and see the goods
at the opening on the 29th, 30th
and 31st. See the advertisement.
A prospective patron writes to
us from a neighboring village that
he “sells coffin’s and caskets,’wants
an advertisement »n the Breeze,
and hopes the editor will need
something in that line before long.”
Confoundhim ; we hope we never
will need any of his boxes.
Douglas, Ga., March 25th, 1905.
Bad for the Town-
Sometime ago a dispatch was
sent out from Fitzgerald, of which
the following paragraph is an ex
tract :
“Because of the division of the
social element into Northern and
Southern factions, the business
harmony of this place is seriously
menaced. It is alleged that the
Southern element has organized
with the intention of ostracising
the Northern element, or at least
compelling them to move in a sep
erate circle.”
The above has been copied and
commented upon by a number of
news papers both in and out of the
State, and its author may know
more about the state of affairs there
than we do, but if be cares any
thing about the wellfare of the city
in which he lives he has shown bad
judgement in publishing the mat
ter, even if true, which we hope is
not.
The editor of the Breeze has
made several visits to Fitzgerald,
claims that he has some friends
there, but in none of his trips has
he ever seen a spirit of discord or
ostracism among the people. The
northern and southern people .all
seem to know that the war is
over, and we found them vieitig
with one another in acts of hospi
tality. In social and business mat
tery tve did not know one from an
other, as far as sectionalism was
concerned. All treated us well
and we found ourself at home with
the northern and southern citizen.
Such paragraphs as the above
may not seem, on its face, to mean
much, but circulated away from
home is damaging to the wellfare
of the entire section. Society puts
a ban on all disreputable persons,
in all sections, but we are in doubt
as to the existence of a desire among 1
the people of Fitzgerald to do so
because of sectional prejudices.
In Coffee county a man or wo
man is respected if they desire to
be.
ft LOOISVILLE CHEHHSV
Dlscovors a Kaw Product which is
proving far moro usaful than
Vaseline, V3l*eh HazoO
and Arnica.
This new product i 9 known as Pare
campb, first Aid to the Injured. The
need of a safe, reliable, relieving and heal
ing agent is realized by every housekeep
er. Paracamph is a combination of rare,
soothing, cooling, healing, antiseptic oils
that quickly relieves all forms of Swell
ing and inflammations, by its peculiar ac
tion on the pores of the skin. When ap
plied it penetrates through the pores to
the interior cells, removes any conges
tion, soreness, fever or inflammation by
inducing prespiration. Paracamph is an
absolute preventative of Blood Poison,
it heals Cuts or Burns without leaving
cars. Certain and rapid in action.
Paracamph is sold in 25c, 60c andsl.oG
xottles by all good druggists, or sent di
rect upon receipt of price. Manufactured
only by The Paracamph Company, Louis
ville, Ky., U. S. A.
UNION PHARMACY, Special
Agents.
I. J. Williams, Chatterton Ga.
D. H, Meeks, Nichols Ga.
One of the greatest blessings a mod
est man can wish for is a good, relia
set of bowels. If you are not the hap
py possessor of such an outfit you can
greatly improve the efficiency of
those you have by the judicious use
of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are pleasant to take
and agreeable in effect. For sale by
Jnion Pharmacy.
Bill had a billboard. Bill also
had a board bill. The board bill
bOred Bill, so Bill sold the billboard
to pay his board bill. So after
Bill sold his billboard to pay bis
board bill, the board bill no longer
bored Bill.
GREATEST ENTERPRISE.
In the Interest of the Sunday Schools
of Georgia Ever Projected.
The State Sunday School Asso
ciation lias divided tlie State into
fifteen Sunday School Districts
and there will be a Convention of
two or three days duration held in
each of these districts.
The Third District
Comprises the counties of Ap
pling, Wayne, Pierce, Glynn,
Ware, Camden, Charlton, Coffee,
and Clinch.
The time fixed for this conven
tion is Saturday and Sunday, April
Sth. and 9th. and the meeting will
be held in Douglas, Coffee
C6uNTY.
A very strong program will be
presented and active Sunday
School workers and experts will
discuss topics of vital interest to
teachers.
Besides speakers from our own
State, Mrs. 11. S. Barnes, Inter
national Primary and Junior Sec
retary will attend the convention
and will deliver four or five of her
most helpful talks.
Every teacher in this county
should attend the Third District
Convention.
Remember the place and dates
above named and write to Mr. W.
S. Booth, Manor. Ga., and tell
him you will be there.
Leader is selling out his stock at
cost rather than move it to Florida.
Twelve dollar suits of Clothes,
good make and material, at Leader
store, now selling for SB.OO.
Our winter goods must not be
carried over, we will sell them at
cost, first, Leader store.
Billy Osborne was out in the
Sunday papers again last Sunday.
Billie would do well to quit now.
The State offer this year $22,000
in The largest since its
organization.
The Douglas Breeze has no se
lection of candidate in the guber
natorial contest, at present. The
target is too far off to allow us to
take aim.
There is no side-talk about it any
longer. Clark Howell is a candi
date for governor. Not a word
can be said against him that we
know anything about.
Applications are already pouring
in on the railroads asking for ex
cursion trains to the seashore. The
A. & B. will be in position to han
dle the crowds as usual, and will
carry them to the most populai re
sort in Georgia—Baunswick and
her islands.
“Brethren,” said a man in the
meeting, “so many sinners are ly
ing every day that I have come to
the conclusion that hell is full.”
He sat down when an old deacon,
in the amen corner raised the hymn
“There’s a place reserved for you.
An exchang says it does not pro
pose to load its columns with a
recital of the crimes and casualities
of the section. Then it does not
expect to publish the news, but,
then, there is a great deal of such
news that could be ommitted with
profit.
The Brunswick Daily News says
the handsome and powerful new
“red” engine, which has recently
been built for the Atlantic and
Birmingham railrod, arrived in
Brunswick yesterday, and will
hereafter be used regularly on the
run to and from this city. The en
gine is one of the handsomest ever
seen in Brunswick or in the state.
The powerful monster will be used
on the passenger trains.
SI.OO per Annum
BE CAREFUL BOYS-
I
This Boy Struck His Companion With
a Base Ball Bat.
A correspondent writing from
] Americus this week says : Grady
larver, the 14-year-old lad who
struck a schoolboy companion, Gus
Oliver, with a baseball bat, from
which blow death resulted subse
quently, was admitted to jail this
afternoon at the commitment trial
in the sum of SI,OOO.
Several witnesses testified rela
tive to the schoolboy ball game and
subsequently tragedy. It appears
to be a case of manslaughter at the
uttermost. Judge Charles Crisp
presided at the preliminary ex
amination.
City Court Proceedins.
City court was convened last
Monday morning with His Honor
Levi Osteen on the Bench, Sol
Dickerson was looking after the
interest of the State, and the local
and county Bar was represented by
Frier and Fuller, of Uroxton, Al
len, of Pearson, Pafford, of Nichols,
Ward, Quincey and Lankford, of
Douglas. The following cases
were disposed of.
State vs Xach Tovvnsley, color
ed, charged with cheating and
swindling. Plea guilty, sentence
8 months or S4O. Fine paid.
Jim Trice and Clarence Gibson,
both of a colored way of cheating
and swindling, made same plea
received same sentence and paid up
like men.
Henry Morgan was charged
with cursing in the presence of fe
males and as he acknowledged the
corn with a plea of guilty the
Judge let him off with a fine of
S4O, which was paid.
Sam Jones plead guilty to the
charge of assault and battery, was
fined SSO, and paid up promptly.
John C. Fox denied that he sold
the croo he made without the land
lord’s consent, but the Jury said
he did, and the Judge said he must
pay $75.00 and cost or go to the
gang. John said he’d see about it
later and moved for a new trial.
Solicitor Dickerson said be didn’t
believe Peruna drops was pizen
any how, and if it was lie didn’t
believe it would make drunk come
if you didn’t drink too much of the
stuff, so him and the Judge agreed
to knock the nol props from under
the cases against some of the boys,
and they did.
Tuesday morning the Judge saw
that the grist in the hopper was
running low, so he told the Sheriff,
to plow down to the end and take
out, and hang the gear on the fence
and let the jury go home as Judge
Parker would hitch up a new team
of jurors with 130 extra ones to se
lect from next Monday morning.
Unclaimed Letters-
The following mail matter of the
“first” class uci.laimed and remaining
as dead matter in the Post office, at
Douglas, Ga., advertised Mar., 20 1905,
and if not called for in two weeks will
be sent to Dead Letter Office Washing
ton, D. C.
Barksdale H. H. 3 McDonald, B. G.
Hart, J. O. Monger, J. M.
Johnson, J. W. Parris, Eddie,
Johnson, Mrs. T. A. Smith Andrew.
Lott, Mrs. Alma, Talbert, H. A.
Lynch, Mrs. j. C. Tanner, Ellen,
Mclntyre, Mrs. Hester Wite’ Emma.
Persons calling for any of above letters
will ['lease “say advertised,"
** ** Wm. Touciiton,
\ . Post Master.