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The Douglas Weekly Breeze.
FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME
VOL 15, No. 48
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN' ION
Deacons Ordained, Guysie Baptist
Church Dedicated &c-
I have been thinking for some
time 1 would say some things to
the Brethren about the evangelis
tic wbYk of the Smyrna Associa
tion, i?s to how it is progressing,
etc., through the columns of your
noble, breezy paper. Of course
I would like to take ail the space
you might allow me compliment
ing the Douglas Breeze and the no-
Me citizenry of Douglas and Coffee
county and of South Georgia,
but I will not do that, I will how
ever say with such a'citizenry and
mediums of Communitation as are
found in this section there is nothing
of an enterprising character impos
sible. All that is wanted is time
and not very long at that.
As to the mission work : lam
doing the best I can considering
everything. The winter has been
very much against the kind of work
I am doipg, yet with the blessings
of Goa I have visited nearly half
the churches in the association
within the past three and one half,
months, and have made decided
progress at every point, churches
which were without, have called
and secured pastors, and there have
.been several conversions at others
have paid out of debt; Sunday
■school organized in two, appoint
ments out for the organization of
others. Igo the first Sunday in
April to Rehoboth, Wire county,
to ordain a deacon and organize a
■Sunday school The second 1 go
to New Hope to ordain two dea
cons; the first Sunday in May to
Guysie to dedicate the new Baptist
•church at that place, and hope to
hold a series of revival meetings
there at that time.
Our Sunday School Convention
meets at Union church near Nich
ols Friday before the sth Sundav
in April. We hope to have some
of the most prominent Sunday
School workers in the South with
us thore, I suppose the executive
committee will publish a program
and general notice of the meeting
an time for all to learn of the time
place of the convention. I
atn very anxious to meet the pas
tors and Sundry school workers at
•the coneventaon, and arrange with
them to render any assistance I
imay be able. Yours Truly .
G. A. Bartlett.
Last Hope Vanished.
When leading physicians sal that W.
M. Smithart, of Pekin, la., hffmpcur ble
consumption, his last hope hafmanished;
but Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him out
of his grave. He says: “This great specific
completely cured me, and s ved my life.
Since then I have used it for over 10 years,
and consider it a marve ous throat and
lung cure. “Strictly scientific cure for 1
Coughs Sore Throats or Colds; sure pre
ventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed, 50c
and SI.OO bottles at Union Pharmacy.
Trial bottle free.
The Services at the Baptist Chare h.
The series of protracted s ? \ ices
commenced at the Baptist church
last Sunday morning have ;»een
continued at 3:30 and 7 130 in
all the week. Rev. Mr. Buzem .
is an earnest worker has organized
a good choir which is a great help
in the services. All the sermons
that we have heard him preach are
soul stirers and have had an effect
that may not yet be shown but will
bear fruit in the future.
mM TERM COFFEE SUPERIOR COURT.
The March term of Coffee Super
ior court convened last Monday
morning, Judge Parker, presiding-
Court was opened, as usual with
prayer, Rev. Mr. Bozeman, of the
Baptist church officiating.
The Grand and Petit Jury’s were
sworn in, when the charge to the
Grand Jury was delivered in the
hearing of a crowded court room.
This charge covered all the usual
points embraced in the criminal
code.
.Solicitor John W. Bennett was
present in the interest of the State,
and all through the term gave val
uable information to tire Grand
Jury in the discharge of their
duties.
1 he Grand Jury organized bv
I electing Mayor Ludlum, of Willu
j coochee, as foreman, and with such
unable foreman ar.d die pick of
! the county as co-laborers it wasex
pected that the interests of the
I people and (he affairs of the county
wohld receive proper attention, and
in this there is no disappointment.
Cols. Holton, Bennett, Hitch,
Sweat, Toomer, Allen, Fuller,
Quincey, Frier and others of the
Bar from outside of town Were
present. Judge Osteen, Lankford
& Dickerson, Quincey & McDon
ald, Dart & Roan, J. J. Rogers,
Lawson Kelly and C. A. Ward
represented the local bar.
The following is » few of the
cases disposed of at this term :
Banks vs. Banks, total divorce
l nr both parties v
Wm. Farrell vs. Dtyiard and
others, suit for damages. Verdict
for plaintiff, $1,200.
R. R. Perkins vs. Ben Mobley
and Holton, with drawn.
Wadley Lumber Co., vs. Phillips
& Flowers settled.
Dornriney Price Lumber Co., vs.
S. R. Steadman, settled.
J. J. Towers vs. R. J. Merritt,
with drawn.
J. L. Wilcox vs. J. R. Tanner,
verdict for plaintiff.
Wm. Gough and others vs.
Wm. Morris, Jr., and Tom Morris,
with drawn.
The State vs. W. S. Edenfield,
nol prossed upon payment of cost.
I'be State vs. W. H. King, ver
dict guilty. Sentence, 12 months
on gang.
The State vs. Perry Faison, plea
guilty. Sentence, fine S4O or three
months on garg.
The State vs. E. M. Hatcher,
bigamy Verdict guilty. Three
years in gang.
Claud Harris, assault with intent
to murder, plea guilty, and on rec
commendation was sentenced for
misdemeanor, seo. and cost.
Claud Arnold, assault, stabbing
a man, plea gulity, sentenced 12
months or SIOO and costs.
State vs. William Williams,
burglary, verdict guilty. Gang.
Friday morning, the case of the
-tale vs. Elec Smith, charged with
murder of Kate Smith was called,
nd is we go to press a jury is be-
Jug secured.
I he case of Elisha Lott, charged
ith murder was continued.
Court and the Grand Jury is still
in session as we go to press 10 a. m.
Friday morning.
Capt. L. Johnson, of Waycross,
was up here this week. He has
many friends here who will vote
for him governor railroad commis
sioner or anything else that he may
want.
Douglas, Ga., April Ist, 1905.
THE COFFEE COUNTY FAIR.
All Sections Should Unite in This En
prise-
“The Coffee Ccuntv Fair to be
held in Douglas next Fall ought to
be made, and we trust will be made,
one fully representative of every
section of Coffee county and all the
many resources thereof.”—Willa
coochee Sun.
Our contemporary has expressed
the sentiment of four-fifths of the
people of the county in the above
extract, A friendly rivalry in
competition between districts or
sections would only lend interest
to the work, and would do good
instead of harm, but any attempt
or disposition of any section of the
county to work against a united
effort to get up an exhibition that
would bring success to the entire
county at large would be extremely
bad taste.
A county fair is not for the bene
fit of the county-site as some are
disposed to argue, njr is it for tire
purpose of advertising one section
more than another. Douglas and
her citizens, w’ith the aid and en
couragement of good citizens of
the entire county, has conceived
the idea of a county fair for 1905
that will bring the county into
notice. But not with an eye of
injuring, or at the cost of any
other part of the county. This is
enough on this line; people who
have the wellfare of the county at
heart will bfelieve us, those of con
trary ideas will not be conceived,
but, if thbre be any such will sulk
and throw cold weather on any
enterprise in which they cannot
lead or work to their own indi
vidual interest and glory.
Hon- W. C- Brantley in Town-
We met Hon. .W. G. Brantley,
who is interested in some legal af
fairs up here, last Monday morn
ing and our first interpgation was
if he received and read the Breeze
regularly while fit Washington.
His answer was in the affirmative,
and then we knew at once why he
had been so successful as a congress
man.
We asked him then if he had
noticed the stand the Breeze made
in regard to himself, politically.
“Yes, I have,” he answered,
“and I have seen that when I have
been spoken of in connection with
gubernatorial aspiration’s that the
Breeze has always filed an objec
on the ground that I could render
better services in congress. I en
tertain the same opinion. Nothing
could induce me to enter a scram
ble to become governor of Georgia,
unless the whole people of the
State would agree that South Geor
gia should furnish a man for gover
nor. Then in that case, solely for
the purpose of representing my
section and uniting the people of
the State, I would consent to enter
the race. But, as matters stand, I
like the office the people have given
me and have no desire to become
governor. When a man is elected
governor and fills out his term his
work is done, but in Congress there
is an opportunity to do more for
the State and section in continual
service and some possibilities of
advancement. lam content with
the position the people have given
me.”
The above is in exact accord
with the expressed views of the
Breeze, and bears us out in the con
tention that Mr. Brantley’s place
is in Congress, and the Breeze ex
pects to keep him there.
After the Tax Dodger.
The Grand Jury of Worth coun
ty, under the charge of the Judge
of the Superior court, has found
that the Tax Dodger has been get
ting in his work, and the value of
the property given in for less than
its value has been raised $1,450,
971. The committee appointed by'
the grand jury to investigate the
tax returns of reported that
they had gone over the tax digest
and appraised the property given
in at its real worth, and had mark
* t
ed the increase over that given in
by the owner in red ink. The
grand jury adopted this repaid, and
has authorized the tax receiver to
accept property for 1905 for taxu
tion only at these figures. The
committee also found that a great
d&al oj lands in Worth county has
nst been returned for taxation at
all, and recomends that the Ordi
nary furnish to the tax receiver
a correct land map of the county,
and. that the receiver use all care
and diligence to see that all lands
are returned for 1905 and (hat. tax
payers in making returns specify
the number of lots as well at num
ber of acres.
The grand jury adopted the re
port of the committee, and made
it their recommendation. It also
recommended that in view of the
condition of the public roads of the
county, each road commissioner be
fined SSO uniess the roads were put
in proper condition by the October
term of court.
Now in this day and time when
the county needs every dollar that
it can collect by just taxation of
property which is rapidly advanc
ing in value could not the work of
the Worth county grand jury be
followed with wisdom.
Some tax-payers acknowledge
that they do not give in their prop
erty at its true worth, but that
they see from the returns of other
parties that no attention is paid to
under valuation so they give in
their property on the same propor
tion. In other words one does
wrong and the other follows his
lead. It is not right to tax any
man more than his property is
worth, but it is just and honest for
every man to pay equitable taxation
wm his property, and the grand
jury will investigate this matter.
Board of Trade
A full meeting of all members of
the Douglas Board of Trade is call
ed to meet in the Grand Jury room
next Tuesday evening April 4th.
at 7-30 o’clock. Important busi
ness to transact and reports of in
terest to be made.
T. B. Marshall, Sec.
Frightful Suffering Relieved.
Suffering frightfully from the virulent
poisons of undigested food, C. G. Grayson,
of hula, Miss., took Dr. King’s New Life
Pills, “with the result,” he writes, “that
I was cured.” All stomach and bowel dis
orders give way to their tonic, laxative
properties, 25c at. Union Pharmacy.
You should have water put in
your house, and C. B. Porter will
do the work cheap. He will guaran
tee his work to be as good and
cheap as others can do.
Barney Nugent, who was report
ed dead, by some paper a month or
so ago, was in town this week, de
nied the report and paid his sub
scription, to|the Breeze to be sent to
him, dead or alive, wherever he
may go. We promised to send or
carry it. Mr. Nugent remembers
in 1855, when there were only
three houses in Douglas. There
appears to have been some changes
since then.
SI.OO per Annum
THE LATEST VICTIM.
How Cupid Keeps up the Lick and Robs
the Breeze of its Girls-
I
The readers of
the Breeze re-
H member wi t h
; ' pleasure the racy
|C, and newsy let
% ters that our cor
i'esp o n d ants
I , m \u
Briston, liable
<Sjj&gs hurst and Willa-
once
wrptp us, and
they have seen them disappear, too
one lit 4 time. J. M. Dent, Geo.
McUnUlie. J. w. Morris and oth-
| ers whose names we have not on
jtlie point of our pencil have all
picked off, one at a time, the bright
pointed pens that once flashed on
these pages. The last one to fall
a victual to the wiles of cupid was
“Lilly,” formerly Miss Georgia
Horton. Her photo is shown above.
She was also an agent for the
Breeze, and she sent in one time,
the name of Mr. Davis, of Empire,
Ga., and in subsequent letters it
was noticed that Mr. Davis, of
Empire, Ga., was in the neighbor
hood. She was warned, then that
we “smelled danger in the air.”
and I lie answer came back—“Do
not be afraid, Uncle Jim, I shall
not desert you.” Last Sunday we
received a letter from this same
Miss Georgia Horton, saying that
the only change made was in her
name and address which was now
Mrs. Georgia Davis, Empire, Ga.
But she still loves the Breeze.
It seems that Cupid has a grudge
against the Breeze and has paid us
off in son-in-laws and dudes that
took a liking to girls that had a
hand in making the Breeze.
Well, it is all right. We wish
for all of them a life of happiness,
and may their husbands always be
kind, courteous, prosperous and
happy.
Program for Entertainment Saturday
Evening April !•
1 Music by Chorus Class.
2 Recitation, “Jams’ Daugh
ter,” Lucy Hall.
3Fantasie, by “Lay Back,” Miss
Conova.
4 Tableau.
5 Vocal Solo, “Fun with the
Boys,” W. S. Harden.
6 “Courtship under Difficulties,”
Miss Kate Harden, I)r. Turrentine,
W. S. Harden.
7 Instumental Solo, Lucy Hall.
8 Recitation, “Jack in the Well,”
Ruth Davis.
9 Vocal Trio, “The Milling
Song,” by three little girls.
The communication of Mr. L.
L. Sutton, of Kirkland, will appear
next week. We were crowded
when it was received. ♦
The court stenographer is an
expert and fills his book with
thousands of little pot-hook look
ing characters that he calls evi
dence.
Our thanks are due and are here
by extended to Sheriff .Southerland
and Clerk D. W. Gaskin for special
favors shown us this week in get
ting up the court proceedings.
Judge Gale, of Brunswick, was
up heie this week. He had no
business, but come to show his
friend Davenport, of the same
place the hustlingest town in Geor
gia. Those Brunswick people al
ways say, when they board a train
“put me off at Douglas. Freeman’s
town.”