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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. IfilfTßT’i p FLOUR . MV I^thisTrand 0 R V. DOUGLAS, AGENIV^ ml mm nmmw sm 00. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in BEER, WINES, LIQUORS, Cigars and Tobacco. JUG TRADE A Specialty. j. j. l o t t , 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: * '-A / “ M# j &Y 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 I fl.fXXJOper y.uT. J. L. CV’i E. 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 ’" 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.