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DOUGLAS BREEZEJ
JXO. \V. GKKKIt. Editor.
E. B, S Vi*!*, AhSociaW' Editor.
(lltEElt & .SAPS’ Puliliahorn.
Official Organ of Coffee County
V Ivdi’D Iii t lUtftii Reason,
grn’Kimos fl a year, i.v advance
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Entered it ilie Paul office ;i( Douglas
Gt. as see nd-class mail matter.
Kill D\ Y, M A KOI I 0, 180f>.
Ldurated Yonnu Men.
Socrates says, ‘'He flint makes lii“
non worfliy of esteem fiy giving him
a liberal education has a far hotter
title to his obedience and duty than
le Hint gives a large estate without it”
These woids are so eminently ap
propriate as an admonition to our
present generation, that they ought
not to he lost in the dust of the ages,
hut should he kept a present glaring
rebuke to our energetic avarice for the
I over attainments of life in piefercnce
to the higher.
This repioff might he promulgated
with excellent propriety to the public
In general, but we would make epe
applieation of it to the fathers < f Cof
fee county ; for in their affairs we are
especially interested and to them we
owe our iiest, energies. Yoor sons
are growing up in compnritivo igno
rance. This statement is meant in no
spirit of offense lilt in the kindest in )st
humble altitude that we know how to
in Mime. In our long association with
tlm people of 0 dice county and wS
might say, in that wo have long been
ouc of the people of the county we
have had ample opportunity to ob
served that this fact stares us in
the face as a blatant error which it is
high time we were making some ef
foit to correct.
The' i lea suggested at the head
of this article ot giving estates instead
of liDcral educations has largely prr
vailed with our people. This is a mis
take and the sooner we lenm the truth
the sooner we will correct the mistake
and the sooner that correction will re
Hoot credit and ho ior on our heads
A bo} wi h an c luostion is worth
a hundred times more than the same
boy with an estate without an educa
tion. One can realize all this only by
experience, and all the the Ty or exam
pie in the universe will not bo sufficient
to make some believe it till they have
t:ioil it for themselves. If you would
get a glimpse of that truth, ask some
proud father who has thoroughly ed
ucated his son, ami who day by day
sees that h‘>y climbing the ladder of
fame and usefulness, All the est ites
in the world would not induce him to
exchange that secret pleasure for the
rim pie satisfaction of seeing him have
a farm and a store and a home without
a cultivated mind.
In the United States only two per cent
of the population have high
educations, and yet that two per cent
occupy fifty eight oer cent of the high
jKwitions in this country. If you
would have your sons take the high
positions in t.ie county, state or mi
tional aflaira, the first places in the
church, in commerce, in the general
standing among men,-indeed, if you
would have him a first class merchant
or an eminently successful farmei
(for it requires as much judgement to
run a farm right as itdoes to govern a
.stats*) you cannot hope to realize this
do-ire unless you bestow upon him the
opportunity of a liberal education.
There arc plenty of men in this conn
tv who nr - ' amply able to send their
boys away to college, but who think
that uis better to keep them at home,
rear them in ignorance and settl
them off ou an estate when they are
grown. These boss will one day con
demn you -for this action, and just
ly so; for education is better than
wealth, and they will discover this
when it is too late for them to get it.
and then the anguish of ft lest oppor
tunity will he laid at your feet, the
fruits of ycur penury, the shame and
'dishonor of your avarice.
Jjhlueate your Ih>vs, give them a
s nance tn the world by the side
of oth ir m "c, and they' will
rown your old age with glory and re
flect honor on your name when you
are goue.
According to the showing the los
ers are nicking now, the life ot a con
vict is otic continual round of case
and pleasure, a id the lease system
should now be abolished becr.u e it
makes convict life so dosirub e tbM
poor h.utst men a., t
crime.—Tilton Gaieett. *
“Quit The lii/ghigs
That was an ill tempered little fling
by our coteniporary over the way at
the personal character of a gentleman
who left this place with the utmost re
spect and confidence of all who knew
him —possibly with exception of the
instigator of that article that appeared
in the Leader last week.
The natural inference from the
article would lead one to believe that
Vr. Parker was trying to slip away
without paying what lie roved here.
This is in no wise true. We have al
ways known Mr. Parker to he an hon
orable m m and his association with
us has not proved him otherwise. No
one in Doughi had any claim against
Mr. Parker Which lie tri and to avoid,
and the fact that his elfects were at
tached was admi'ted to have, been a
thrust at tin Breeze. Mr. Parker did
not owe the small claim for which the
attachment was issued; for it had
l.ecn assumed by the new management
and its payment had been deferred on
account of a rebuttal claim which the
Breeze held against the plaintiffs in
attachment.
The Breeze has no desire to fan
three little flames of spite and it is
urged to publish this article only to
vindicate the honor of Mr. Parker who
is not’present to vindicate himself.
We cannot understand why the editor
of the Leader should have desired to
do him this injustice.
Pols onin / Wrong.
Recently there has been a great
leal of poison throwit-rn the woods for
the purpose of.kifling dog c itch
sh uq> In nearly every instii..|, I
method of ridding the county of si.._,_
kitting dogs misses ita aim and kills
dog that never troubles
sheep.
This thing is all wrongs and we have
heard a great deal of just 'Cjwyplaint
!>v the goo 1 people of the county. Xol
only it is killing innocent dogs, but no
longer than this week men reported to
us that their hogs had been killed by
poison picked up in the woods. Now if
people would carry the thought a little
further and remember that these hogs
may he killed for food before the pois
on take effect on them it will he read
ily’ seen how some of y’our best neigh
bors may be poisioned by this process.
Quit putting out poison to kill
dogs or for any other purpose. You
liable to do damage you cannot recti
fy. If dogs are killing your sheep,
take your gun and shoot them, hut do
not destroy property and jeopardize
human life even at the cost of a few
sheep.
Editor Mclntosh thinks that "bridg
ing the bloody chasm” “wiping out
see ional feeling" anti “burying the
hatchet’’ is all a farce, and ought to
to be stopped by Southern people,
tie is right: rudi manifestation arc
ill farces and mean, no more
than the comic plays enacted
nightly on the theatrical stage
I'inte and kindly nature are the only
remedies for sectional hate, and men
may even hinder these by spasmodic
impulses of false seuiiiiueut which are
effervescent and disappointing, allow
ing tiro true nature of men to drop
to its original self blit leaving the
soul sparkling with a fresh baptism of
renewed memories that are chafing
t.) the wounds indicted long ago.
From reading our exchanges in
the Brunswick circuit and the terms
they use, il seems that the
race for the solicitorehip between Hon.
John I\ . Bonnet and Mr. Toonrer, is
going to narrow down to a race be
tween those who wear starched shirts
and those who don’t; those who keep
their faces and hands clean and those
who don’t, between those who wear
good clothes and those who don’t, and
tmtween the crackers and the dudes
If it does come down to this the Lord
knows we crackers are in the mujor
ty.—Jcsup Scntiual.
Brantley's magnanimous move draws
upon him quite as much prominence
and more kindly feeling than would
have been his had he pushed his*Con !
gressionsl expectations to a final real
ization. Practically the field is now
open to Mr. Turner.—Albany Herald.
W. G. Brantley has won a h'gh place
in the.demoeratic party. Ho pu'- j
aside persoual ambition for harmony's 1
'.-’.ke. Good for Brantley .-Savannah.
Press. lan's run Brantley for the '
Senate. In ability and patriotism he
is second to none in the race
The editorial rag-' of the Sylva.iv.->
Telephone is ts sparkling as the sun- j
beam in a dewdrop. •
TURKEY’S TREASURY.
,
A Peep Into the Rooms Filled With Pre
cious Jewels and Gold.
Tho poverty of Turkey is notori
ous. Tbo debt of tho country runs
high into the hundreds of millions.
All things are taxed. The customs
duties nevor get into tho hands of
tho sultan, however. They are paid
to tho foreign bondholders, and tho
tribute of Egypt goes almost direct
ly to England. His majesty is sup
posed to be poor, but his private ex
penditures have amounted always to
many millions a year, and there is
a vast amount of money tied up in
the jewels of his treasury. It was
through tho private secretary of the
sultan that I got access to this treas
ury.
Guarded by Turkish soldiers, and
accompanied by officers whose
swords clanked over the marble
floors, I wandered about room after
room filled with jewels and precious
stonos. I feasted my eyes on cases
loaded with enough gold plate to
have broken the hacks of half a doz
en government mules, and I broke
tho tenth commandment many
times as I examined tho jewels,
which, by the way, are kept behind
glass. There is at least a peck of big
diamonds in this treasury. Thero
are quarts of pearls of all shapes and
sizes, from the little soed as big as
the head of a pin to tho great iri
descent beauties tho size of a hickory
nut.
There is one famous emerald
which is as big as your fist, and
thero aro enough watches which
aro set with pearls and diamonds
to fill a two bushel basket. Thore is
a golden cradle, covered with pre
! cious stones, in which tho children
j of seven different sultans aro said
| to have slopt, and I counted a dozen
| hand mirrors, with frames of gold
?d setting of emeralds, rubies and
j diamonds.
Thero is an armchair of solid gold,
sot with precious stones, upholster
ed with a satin cushion embroidered
with pearls. This obair is kept un
der a glass oaso, and it has a little
gold footstool in front cf it. There
is a toilot table tho top of which is
made'f lapis lazuli, and the feet of
which ard'elaw shaped, tho claws
I being made of cfMUponds, emeralds,
i rubies and carbuncles! Sig diamonds
| hang down from the top ofvtho ta
ble, and along tho edge of it tifspc
is a deep fringe of diamonds.
Another wonderful thing is the
collection of bed quilts, which aro
embroidered with pearls. Take tho
quilt of awido bod and cover it with
pearls of all sizes, from those as big
as a pin’s head to some ns large as
tho fattest chestnut; string thou
sands of such pearls into all shapes,
so that they cover tho quilt with
embroidery, and you have some idea
of the kind of bedclothes undor
which the most famous of the sul
tans of the past have slept.
And then tho collection of armor!
Upon one sword hilt I counted 15
diamonds, each of them as big as
the top of a man’s thumb, and there
woro other swords set with all kinds
of jewels. There wore saddles em
broidered with pearls, with stirrups
of silver. There wore pipos sot with
diamonds. One case contained tho
costumes of tho sultans of tho past,
each of which blazed with precious
stones. Of tho gold plate thero were
dishes of solid gold big enough for
a baby’s bathtub, and there wero
plates, cups and saucers, tureens
and pitchers, massive and heavy,
made of this same precious motnl.—
Now York Journal.
A Soldier’s Self Sacrifice.
In Sir Evelyn Wood’s “Reminis
cences” a touching instnnoo of cour
age and self sacrifice is given. One
June day in 1855 a detachment of
English marines was crossing the
Woronzow road under lire from tho
Russian batteries. All of the men
reached shelter in tho trenches ex
cept a seaman, John Blewitt. As he
was running a terrifio roar was
hetvd. His mates knew the voioo of
a hugo cannon, tho terror of the
army, and yelled: “Lock out! It is
Whistling Dick!” But at the mo
ment Blewitt was struck by tho
enormous mass of iron on tho knees,
and thrown to tho ground. He call
ed to his especial elium, “Oh, Welch,
save mo!” Thefusowas hissing, but
Stephen Welch ran out of the
trenches, and seizing tho great shell
tried to roll it off his comrade. It
exploded with such terrific force
that not an atom of the bodies of
Blewitt- or Welch was found. Even
in that time, when each hour had its
excitement, this deed of heroism
stirred tho whole English army. One
of tho officers searched out Welch's
old mother in her poor homo, and
undertook her support while she
lived, and the story of his death
helped his comrades to nobler con
ceptions of a soldier’s duty.
Tro.tful Nfitnre.
To know that there are some souls,
hearts and minds, here and there,
who trust and whom we trust, some
who know us and whom we know,
some on whom we can always rely
and who will always rely on us,
makes a paradise of this great world.
This makes our life really Ufa—
Jamas Freeman Clarks.
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AGENIV^
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer in BEER, WINES, LIQUORS,
Cigars and Tobacco.
JUG TRADE A Specialty.
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Wholesale || GROCER,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, AND LIQUORS.
Also Flour, Meal, Grils, Grain, Hay and Bran.
214 BAT STBEET.
BRUNSWICK, OrJX-
We keep constantly on hand a full
and Assorted Line of Stationery
AND ARE PREPARED TO PRINT
BILLHEADS, LETTER HEADS,
' - OPES, ETC.,
, F.i
My son, den! with men who adven
tisc. You will never lose by it.—Benj-
Franklin.
PARKER i FIELDING,
JIEWIEILIEieS.
Watches, Clocks, Guns, Pistols and
Sewing Machines Promptly
Repaired.
Picture Frames of all Kinds <fc Sizes.
ss®riL
Order of
ifm. 3.L Vixiro-a
CAUTION
If yon want to keep your good
don’t advertise them in tba
POPULAR
|1 PBIOBS
for 1896
ip] 00 per day—Single meals. 25c.
il arnett Ho use,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
Why nof¥eyoiir
own Middle-man?
Pay but one profit between maker and
user and that a small just one.
Our Big 700 Page Catalogue and Bayers
Guide proves that it’s possible. Weighs
2‘i pounds, SJ.OO& 11 jpstrutions, describes
and tells the one-profit pricuof Over 40,600
articles, everything you use. We send 4
for 15cents; that’s not for the book, but
to pay part of the postage or expressage,
and keep off idlers. You can’t get it tog
quick.
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.,
The Store of All the People
in-116 Michigan Ave., Chicago.
jy r <yf > -<> s .yg%<v
'I !. ! : ‘
1.
loans money to its im-itTW^
cheap rate oi interest, and on eaPI
terms. It is now ready for doing
business in Douglas. For further
particulars apply to J. A. Daught
ry. local secretary and ireasurer, or
C. \V. InTinger, local agent.
Massey’s
1 CH/ IN cr
Pgj Business
Colleges
Columbus, da.,
Montgomery, Ala.,
Jacksonville, Fta.
Tb Great Sshasls ot the South.
f henp* sf an il* st En \>r-Pfl Ly Ex
>’pcak-r ‘ j;*,,, ii'ii* rn*r. Mu.* s’ j* r
imeiuklits of Eiucn iou. I>< r<l- of
I ra*e. hm! t Misnii l> of fo nier stu*
<1 -iiiMYho art* homing in ra ive vima
tlons. >ui tents' ra lroad faro 5 aid arti
credit aivf-n for Imlf of tuiiiuli until
hey a e vd in sita tot s. ito od
i Ixvtp llt- \i ey (.vrotres receive
in >re a Is troiu LuMiit-as t'niis fo ihcir
graduates ihan any <io/cn whon’s In
in South, lf'il s intents jdami in situ
ations in six uionih. Send at 01.ee
f rc.r,.u!a;s. Address no res seiioot.
U. W. MASSEY,
I'resiJcnt.
c’P srn.roeoa.
W liave hundred, oi Irttcrs like the
f ii i- g:
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Jiffioil
f Montgomery, Au„ July 5. lAtj.
V R. IE 11 s.<-/, President:
9 I>far - in—l ivA yenF r?o I was work -
w a fa in. geit nn t’.uO,<Ju ie:ye r.
I I t**k a < <SU s in T*-:- i.r. phy t your
m College u barrow.*ti rjnty. Immetii-
J an ly upon g:adi:. • ~g. \% u sfcure-i for
m me a situation as te e-raj*ber a? and sta
I i*ui eg it on the Ala. tirt. S.R. R.
\ Fr.im i!t day to this tr y eue> -s- has
9 ben outtsrd and npwari. Today I
§ am <iis;atchcr at a aiary’t f
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
GEO. R. BRIGGsT"
—ATTORNEY AT LAW—
DOUGLAS, - - GA.
Strict attention given to all business
J Lee Crawley
Attorney-at-Law
•VAYCItOSS, :::::::: GEORGIA
Will attend the mouthly ana quar
terly term of tiie City Court of
Coffee
R. G. DICKERSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
Homerville , : : Georgia,
Will attend Superior Court in Cof
fee county.
x 7. iT. TIUPUPUST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Hazlehurst, : : : : : : : Ga
Will attend terms of City and
Superior Courts of Coffee county All
Legal matters attended to promptly.
IV M. Toomr
A T TOIiNL I-A I-LA il’,
WAYCIiOSS, :: : ; GEORGIA.
•
Will attend all terms of County and
Superior court of Coffee county. All
legal matters attended to promptly.
0. A. WARD Jn. F. W. DART
WARD & DART.
L 1 HILLS,
Douglas, : : Ga.
Will practice together in all the court
ot Coffee county, except City court,
and elsewhere by special contract.
Prompt attention given to all legal
matters.
1) HU, IV. TEIiIIELL,
Physician and Surgeon.
For seven \ ears has made a- pedal
study of distases peculiar to women
and children, both in private ard hos
pital practice. Douglas, Ga. 0-25-95.
w. E. SIBBETT,,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
DOUGLAS,
Vails prom ytt g
or hi (f l:;*.-'/£ 'i
Dr. m
vi
12th to 18th.
lacoochee, 24th to UOtir
JNO. M. IIALL^^
—Physician and Surgeon—
\v 11. cox, - - - Georgia.
All calls promptly answered night
or day. Charges reasonable.
nT^gxkJdye^
Blacksmith and Wheelwright,
DOUGLAS, - - - - GEORGIA
><~ > <
I am fully prepared to do all kinds
of work in my line.
Such as making and repairing bug*
giea, wagons, road carts, timber cartr,
etc., etc.
fctSf* HORSE SHOEING a special*
ty-
I would be pleased to have the pat*
ronage of the pub’ic. Respectfully,
2-23-93-tr NT. F. GOOD YEA P,
C. C. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
W ayeross. - - Georgia.
Special attention given to practice V
the City and Superior Court! of *
Coffee County. 4
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GTS L. BRACK, ' >
City Auctioneer. Douglas, Ga.
Consignments Solicited. k
k nil prompt remittances guaranteed.
atr Br mg your job printing to the
Breeze office. Our Mr. Parker ha
spent twenty-six years at the business
and can please the most fastidious.
chidals on Douglas & McDonald R,R.
Leave McDonalds 11:30
“ Sweats Still 11:45.
“ Lowthers 12:05.
“ Moores 12:2S
“ Downing 1:05,
Ariive Douglas 1:25,
RE rUR.VING;
Leave Douglas 2:20.
“ Downing 2.40,
“ Moores 3:17,
“ Lowthers 3:35.
“ 'wcats Still 3:55.
Arrive McDonalds 4:15.