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DOUGLAS BREEZE.!
JNO. W. GItEKK, Editor.
E.S.SAI’I’, AsHoriulc Editor.
GREEK & S.AI’I’ Puhlinhcr*.
Official Organ of Coffee County
Adverlirinx Rates Reasonable.
BI'B'IBIPTIOS $1 A YEAIt, IX ADVANCE
PLI HUSHED WEEKLY.
Entered at the I’ostoffice at Douglas
Ga. as sec tid-clana mail matter.
FRIDAY, APRIL; 3, 1890.
/‘arsimon imis l‘runentments.
The grand jury of Coffee coucty
lias scored another victory for stupid
ity and parsimony. In fact, this grand
jury has broken the record for stingi
ness and adverse progression. If there
were liberal, progressive men on this
grand jury (and we grant that there
were a few), they were hopelessly in
the minority and had their efforts so
handicapped that an intelligent, prog
ressive movement was out of the quee
tiou.
In the hist place this grand jury
will he noted on the records for doing
nothing, and in the next place, what
hey did do, out side of one or two
recommendations, was absolutely
hurtful to the county.
The first insignificant performance
recorded in this wonderful document
of presentments is their disposition of
the public roads of the county and
the implements belonging thereto.
One would conclude after reading
the r< commendations that the county
had determined to go out of the road
business, after one tremendous expen
diture of funds. Just observe: “We
recommend that the road tools of each
district belonging to the county be
sold and the money be spent on the
public roads where they have not been
worked.’’ Just think of it! the road
tools of the county to be sold anil all
the money received therefrom to be
expended on the roads in one year.
We 1 leard one overseer say that his
district had seven broken shovels and
one old plow. .Sow, suppose that the
other six dis'ricta have so much and
all thc.-o forty nine broken shovels and
seven old plows be sold and every cent
of this vast fortune be expended on
the roads in this year of our Lord 1890,
what can man imagine more elegant
than the state our roads at the end
of this notable year?
The next extravegance they are guil
ty of is that of paying the Ordinary
with his horse and buggy one dollar a
day for twenty eight days he served
the county with extra time. For a
man capable of serving a large county
like Coffee as Ordinary to be paid one
dollar a day for himself and horse and
buggy is penurious economy. And
the greater shame is for ‘lie same
grand jury who fixed this extra-Ordi
nary price, to sit hack on their irre
sponsible thrones and veto themselves
two and three dollars a day for pass
ing upon a * wo-for-a quarter set of
grand jury presentments-a service not
half so v double to the county as that
rendered by the Ordinary and his
horse and buggy.
And mnvjwo have another brilliant
stroke of economy from these Lords of
mention : "We recommend tha* the
City court of Coffee county ho abolish
ed ami that our next representative use
his inlluenco in that direction.”
We oiler a reward of two pounds of
Early Bird tobacco to each man onthat
jury outside ofsix we can name, to give
us any logical reason why he voted
for that recommendation. What in
telligent man would wish to abolish an
inistution winch savetfhis county S2OO
every day it is in session? and that is
just what the City court does. Let us
see: the f uporior court costs the county
S3OO. dollars every it is in session. The
City court including the Judge's sal
ary less than S4O. a day. Every day
the City court sits, precludes the nee- j
esity or one more day for the Super* i
ioi court. Now suppose that the City
cot it holds 18 days in a veir-ai and this
is aoout th man her-it saves the coun
ty just SI,OBO. Furthermore, it dis
poses of civil cases and important crim
inal eases that a county court or a jus
tice court could not try. It keeps tin
jail clear, which in itself is a big item.
If that man who shot that negro in
Douglas the other night were caught
and had to lie it> jail till the next Sti
pe ior court, it would cost the county
more than two mouths of City court
Tha Superior court came tc Doug
Hist week and found the jail clear.
tilings aic to be con>i.iered
■H><-sid.'s. the convenience of such
DHrt mtift not be forgotten. Cases
are brought up and disposed of in a
month, whereas in the Superior court!
they would lie over for years.
And yet this grand jury wants it a-;
bolished. So much tire better for the j
City court. Any thing this grand
jury did or undid would bear suspicion
and question.
The grand jury of Appling, our sister
county, only the week before., recam- j
mended an artesian well for the coun
ty site, anew jail, and an increase in
the school fund. The same grand ju
ry recommended for a City court.
They were progressive men ; but our ’-
well, we leave the subject with the
people. Their actions weary
indignation and fatigue disgust,
Southern Wreck.
The Southern road has had auother
serious wreck, and yet a very mirac
ulous one, in that no one was killed
and but few injured. The passenger
train jumped the track at Eastman
one night last week and the first-class
coach and sleeper turned bottom side
up and rolled over in the streets <f
Eastman with but little injury to the
passengers. This time the Southern
j officials claim that the wreck was
caused by the mail agent throwing a
heavy mail sack out of the car, strik
ing the switch lever and throwing
I the switch just as the train
| was half over. Of course, the
Southern never had a wreck in which
the road was criminally responsible.
There is always some extra-ordinary
excuse hatched up for its terrible dis
asters. Still this great rich corpora
tion continues to have these
i disasters. It has been so ever since
we began to know anything of the
road and it continues to be so. It is
strange that the Plant System has so
few of those wrecks when in truth it
is operated under the same Providence
and ruled over by the same Fate.
Ibis is all bosh. The Southern road
seems lott >u from Sfacon to Brunswick
and when the management is reor
ganized and some money expended
on the road bed, it will he safe for
people to ride on but not till then.
Senator John M. Palmer of Illinois
has paid our Turner a choice cotnpli
j ment by Saying that he would make
an idealjpresident. The idea caught
i like whl lire all over the county and
has been favorably commented on by
nearly all the columns of the press.
\Y by not? Turner is (lie ablest man
in either branch of congress, bis char
acter is pure and his stamina is sec
ond to that of no man in the nation,
not even to that of Grover Cleveland
himself.
A writer in one of the English, re
views relates that during a conversa
lion with George Elliot, not long be
fore her death, a vase toppled over
on tlu l mantlepieee. The gr at writer
quickly and unconsciously putoujlicr
band to stop its fall. “I hope,” said
I she, replacing it, “that the time will
come when we shall instinctively hold
up the man or woman who begins to
101 l as naturally and unoonsciouly as
we arrest a falling piece of furniture
or an ornament.”
A father wrote to an editor for
instructions how to stop his boy from
smoking cigarettes ond got the follow
ing reply ; “We suggest bribery’ pur
suasion, instruction or shutting offliis
allowance. Then, if he remains obsti
nate use rawhide on rawhide. Welt
him until he is ready to hold up his
minds and promise never to smoke
another cigarette. If that does not
work drown him. A drowned hoy is
better than one that smokes cigar
ettes.”—Ex.
An inventor named,Welch has pro
duced a clay shingle for house rooting,
which lie claims can be manufactured
at slight expense and is very durable.
It is said that the machinery for mak
ing these shingles is on hand 'and
that contracts will soon be entered in
to to supply them by the million.
The House has passed a bill abol
ishing “days of grace” on commercial
papers in the District of Columbia.
All of the states are falling into line
a this matter of commercial reft r.n.
Sam Jones has caught the spirit o'
the "Heaven-fliers.” He preached on
top tif the Eaui’able building a fw
days ago. No doubt some of his lie ir
ers were as uear Heaven as they will
ever get.
Vr. John A. B.othe of Cobb county
has formally announced that be w ill
b a candidate for messenger for the
next house of representatives, the
place by the death of
Mr. J. K. Smith of Coffee county.—Ex
MILLIONS IN THE !C£.
Antediluvian Beast* With Ivory Tacks
locked In the Frozen North.
Wealth is -waiting for the man
who shall have courage to essay a
certain hold exploit. It is not gold,
nor silver, nor yet precious gems,
but ivory—the finest ivory in tho
•world. Mines of it exist, in which
aro stored quantities of this valuablo
substance well nigh inexhaustible.
This is no idle tale designed to in
flame the imagination. It is cold
fact, resting upon indisputable au
thority. Let the most adventurous
spirit take advantage of the infor
mation -which is given by the fa
mous Lieutenant Schuetze, who was
sent by the United States govern
ment to bring hack to this country
the bodies of De Long and his com
panions after the Jeannette disaster.
Those ill fated men, it will be ro
membored, perished of starvation
and cold in tho Lena delta. The Lena
rises in eastern Siberia and flows
northward to tho Arctic ocean. To
the northeast of its mouth there is a
group of islands known as Now Si
beria. It is on those islands that tho
ivory mines aro to bo found.
The Lena, however, has not one
hut many mouths. Its delta covers
an area of 5,000 square miles. This
j frozen region was thoroughly ex
plored by Lieutenant Schuetze in his
search for tho bodies. Later bo vis
ited them again, bringing several
thousand dollars’ worth of gifts,
which were sent by Undo Sam.
Thus ho secured their confidence,
and they spoke to him of many
things which they never had com
municated to any other stranger.
They even told him about tho ivory
minos and showed him some tusks.
Tlioy woro mammoth tusks. The
ivory mines are deposits of the
tusks of mammoths that lived in
that region thousands of yoars ago.
All over northern Siberia tlioso huge
animals roamed in vast herds. Tho
climate at that time was compara
tively mild. Hut there came a sud
don change. Fierce xvinter swept
over the land—a winter permanent
and destined never again to resign
its sway. Tho mammoths sought
shelter in tho valleys, wlioro they
huddled together until,overwhelmed
by snowdrifts, they lay down to die
beneath floocy avalanches which
were finally transformed into solid
ice. This ice, composing glaciers,
was swept through gorges toward
tho Arctic ooean, carrying tho buried
creatures.
Thus buried in ice, tho mammoths
were likely to be preserved for an
indefinite period, Such, in fact, was
the l-osult, and to this day jt occa
sionally happens that the thawing of
a mass of ice by tho short summer’s
sun reveals tho carcass of ono of the
gigantio beasts, its meat still fresh
enough to ho fed to dogs. Such a
thing occurred in 1799. The mounted
skeleton is now in the Imperial mu
seum at St. Petersburg. The animal
was a small ono, comparatively
speaking, being only 9 feet high and
10 feet long.
'When tho Siberian natives had
conio to know Mr. Sohuotzo xvell they
told him about tho ivory deposits in
New Siberia. Tho islands of the
group, they said, were “built on
mammoth bones.” Subsequent ob
servation by tho lioutenunt con
firmed this statement.
Mammoth ivory, ho it understood,
is more highly valued than any oth
er kind. It is worth $4 a pound in
tho crude. The tusk of a big fellow
will measure 14 feet in length, and
will vreigli four times as much as the
tusk of a largo elephant. The mar
ket demand for ivory is now sup
plied to a great extent from Siberia.
The mammoth tusks are carried
enormous distances overland to
roach tho nearest railways. This
kind of ivory is known as “fossil”
ivory, though that is a misnomer.—
Now York Journal.
A limy Chair an Indian Made.
Edward Kutckam, an aged resi
dent of Amity ville, N. Y., living on
tho old family homestead at East
Amityville, has in his possession an
old armchair presented to his father
and mother, Edward and Jane Kotck
am, by an Indian named Henry Rus
sell, when they first went to house
keeping in 1787. This chair is about
tl feet high and weighs about 150
pounds. Tho back is very straight,
with slats running lengthwise. The
seat is very low, and is made of corn
husks, xxhilo the arms, legs and
back arc made of hickory. It is a
cherished legend of tho family that
when General Washington was ou
Long Island he stopped at Uncle Ed
ward's all night, and that this arm
chair was used hv him most of the
time he staid at the Keteham home
stead.—Furniture Trade Review.
Dante's Wife.
Gemma Donati, Dante’s wife, was
a dame of portentous physiognomy
and a deep, tragic voice. She hen
pecked him severely, a fact which
perhaps explains tho absence of her
name from his writings.
Reward of Modesty.
Everybody commends the modest
man and rushes ahead and takes the
seats away from him when there is
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flm ' r th£t
f \ makes the whitest
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from the choicest winter wheat
I! j | that grows. It is IGLEHEAR r’s
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ll cause it produces the best food and the most.
Ask your grocer for it, and notice the brand
wr when you buy
/ IGLEHEART EROS., EVANSVILLE, IND.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
GEO. K." BRIGGS.'
—ATTORNEY AT LAW —
DOUGLAS,
Strict attention given to all business
J Lee Crawley
Attorney-at-Law
VAYCItOSS, :::::::: GEORGIA
Will attend the monthly ana quar
terly term of the City Court of
Coffee.
li. G. DICKERSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
llomevville, : : Georgia.
Will attend Superior Court in Cof
fee county.
Xj. J\ tippin
ATTORN E Y AT LAW
Hazlehukst, : : : : ; : : Ga
Will attend terms of City and
Superior Courts of Coffee county AH
Legal matters attended to piomptly.
W M. Toomer
A T'TOIIXEY-A T-LA IT,
WAYCROSS, : : : : ; GEORGIA.
Will attend all terms of County and
Superior court of Coffee countyi All
legal matters attended to nromntly.
C. A. WARD Ja. F. W. DART
WARD & DART.
L J STYEJiS,
Douglas, : : Ga.
Will practice together in all the court
of Coffee county, except. City court,
and elsewhere by special contract.
Prompt attention given to all legal
matters.
JJR. W, IV. Tl£ lilt ELL,
Physician and Surgeon.
For seven years has made a special
study of diseases peculiar to women
and children, both in private ard hos
pital practice. Douglas, Ga. 0-25-95.
W. F. SIBBETT.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
DOUGLAS,
Calls promptly answered day
or night.
Dr. IV. A. Moore
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
WILLACOOCHEE, : : : GEORGIA
All calls attended to, day or night.
W. M. Carter
P YSItTAN AND SURGEON.
Pickren, : : : Georgia,
. All calls promptly aßeutTeci. diy" dr
night.
Dr. J. A. Pugh
lien lint.
Headquarters Pearson, Ga. Branch
offices, Douglas and Willacooehee. Per
sons wishing work at other points write
me. I am fully prepared to do any
kind of work pertaining to the art.
Crown and Bridge work a specialty.
1 will be at the following places on the
following dates: Douglas, Ist to (ith
Broxton, Oth to 12th, McDonald’s Mill,
12th to 18th, Pearson, 18th to 21th, Wil
lacoochee, 24th to 30th.
.IXO. M. IIAIX,
—JL'ftijsicimi and Stnujeon —
Wilcox, - - - Gkoruja.
All calls promptly answered night
or daj'. Charges reasonable.
NTf. GOODYE’E
Blacksmith and Wheelwright,
DOUGLAS, - - - - GEORGIA
> <~ > <
I am fully prepared to do all kinds
of work m my line.
Such as making and repairing btif •
gies, wagons, road carts, timber carts,
etc., etc.
SHOEING a special"
ty>
I would be pleased to have the pal*
ronage of the pub’ic. Respectfully,
2-23-93-t.f IST. F. GOODYEAR,
C. C. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW.
Waycross, - - Georgia.
Special attention given to practice in
the City and Superior Courts of
Coffee County.
GUS L. BRACK,
City Auctioneer. Douglas, Ga.
Consignments Solicited.
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c Mule on Douglas & McDonald R.R.
Leave McDonald 11:30
“ Sweats Still 11:4a.
“ Lowthers 12:05.
“ Moores 12 :23
“ Downing 1 :05.
Arrive Douglas 1
RETURNING;
Leave Douglas 2:20.
“ Downing 2 40,
“ Moores 3:17.
“ Lowthers 3:35
“ Sweats Still 3:5a.
Arrive McDonald 4:lo.
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