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DOUGLAS BIIEEZE. ~JXO. \V. OHKKK, Kill lor. U, S, S Jl’l’, AsHoriale Kdlor. GKKHIIA: S\l’i* IMililisheis. Official Organ of Coffee County elver! vim Hates ile-.no uhi c . sninupTios i'l a vkaii, in advanck I*' I.ISHKI) WEEKLY. Entore*l at the Posloffiee at Douglas (•!. as snc nd-class mail mailer. FillD \Y, APRIL 10, lsDf). j C'lrrrhnitl for I'resiilrnt. Yee, Cleveland ought to lie president \ again, lie is the only real man we have had since Lincoln, outside of Garfield, who had not the opportunity to prove his worth. Some people do not agree with Cleveland in his finan cial views; and because lie will not he converted unto their ideas, they de spise him slid abuse him and say all manner of evil against him for his financial conviction, and the truth is, lie has just as much right to his opiu on as any other citizen who cannot he proved insane or dishonest. To lie sure, some people believe him dishonest, and one notorious senator intimated tint ho is a madened ty rant, hut of course nobody believed it, only a few pretended to believe it, who, like the senator, were agravated because the President would not think like them and his thoughts stood for more than theirs. Hut th people do not think Cleveland mad, only a few j retold thill he is dishon st— none of tins* can prove it—md near'y every body has confidence in his wisdom, justice and moderation. The truth is. Cleveland is just e merging from a wave of unpopularity, lie lias pissed through throe distinct waves of disfavor, and every time he has come forth more popular than lie vvos previously, lie will soon ho again the most popular man in America, and it is our humble opinion that the people will want him for the next President, lie is certainly the man of the Democratic parly who can lead it most surely to victory, and we should he willing to risk our tmiporal destiny to his guidance. Our faith has never been shak en in the man since he laid down the presidency for speaking boldly oa the tariff when he almost knew it would defeat him. Bishop Hay goo I wrote boldly oa the cdumtion of the negro when ho knew it would bring liim into disfavor with his own people. But he wrote and he won the victory, and lus people called him the greatest man in his church. Clove land will win and his people will call him ihe greatest man of his time, Cleveland anti Huygood are men. Smith -Crisp Debate, It seems that the joint debates are worrying Judge Crisp in an unusual degree. The arguments of Secretary Smith so dislodged tile Ex Speaker that he was throwiijunon the "last, re sort in dohute"-ridicule and inuendo on the second meeting. It is to he deplored that Mr. Crisp could nut have dosiste 1 from this cheap f nan of argument when tii > oc casion afford n d such a splendid oppor tunity for him to convince the people of the groat merits he claimed for free silver. Id olden time in the Hast, every court had what was known as the "kings fool,” This was a man who apswered all questions in a humorous vein and turned all mutters, serious or cthenvi.se into a convolution of ridicule, Yr. Crisp should not forget that the middle ages have passed away, and that this is a serious age when serious questions are involved, and if he would make fun for the people, he must as sume his proper role on the surge, or antedate himself to the middle ages and d"u the conical cap Oh yes the masses will laugh at him. and his paitisans will jeer at Sec retary Smith and jibe the sound mon ey advocates with a wild cherry relish hut the men who are to ha convinced on this question, the great masses of working people who have not had the opportunity of for uing an opinion, area very seriously thinking people and they will give their verdict, not to the fumy man who bases his popular ity on his povivr to entertain, but to the rerious, sober facts that are presid ed with an earnestness that evinces belief and conviction. Solicitor Brantley is mentioned as a delegate to tiie national democratic convention from the EleveuthUistric*. ly all means. There is not another man in the district quite so lit. Congress will adjourn about the fir st of May. All right. Out f 10,000 bills i- trodused into ; the present congress only about forty : have been passed. Hope for the best, get ready fur the worst, and then take what God choos es to send -Mathew Henry. A citizen of Americas mls to k the i rising of the moon for a big lire and ! .-ontided tiie alarm. —Ex. And soi n America.. like Mac mi, will nerd a ! snake killer. Editor Mclntosh let out a reaf in the Albany Herald o.i the third to give room for Griggs and Walters to "charge.” Me. knows when and how to strike. A Western farm journal heads an article "Do Hogs pay“ W r e stop itr press long enough to say that we have about five hundred on our sub scription l,oi k that have ne’er paid a ! cent. —lihu kshear H ustler. Suppose we have a few copper dol lars. They could he used for dinner; plates in time of peace, breast phi c in j war and serve as an extra buggy j wheel in case of a break down. Cop per dollars arc what we need. —Way- cross Herald. It now looks as though Col John W. Bennett will he the next solicitor general of the Brunswick circuit. Col. Bennett is deservin'.; of the place and would ably and fearlessly discharge the duties incumbent upon him. — Tattnall Journal. Macon has created an unique office in electing a snake killer. The cen tral City is now thoroughly equipped for the State Democratic convention and she invites the hoys to come on and bring their bottles and mix drinks as much as they please. Judge C.A. Ward, of Douglas is a candidate for State Senator from the district composed of the counties ol Coffee, Clinch and Ware. The Hustler predicts that he will he the Democrat’s nominee. Ward is the Democrat’s tribune of the fertile old county of .Coffee. — Blackshcnr Hustler. If the scandals of to-day arc great, the scandals of a hundred years ago were infamous. Many vices of that day are now utterly unknown, and not one single vice or crime can be mon’it ned that has not been so strik ingly dei reused as to encourage the hope of its final extermination. — Ex. Col. John Bennett, of Josup, passed through Mcßae Saturday en route to Atlanta. Mr. Bennett is a candidate for solicitor general of his circuit a gainst Col. l oonier of /ayoross, and from present indications, it seems that he will win the race easily. He is a most affable gentleman, and has t vice represented his county in the legisla ture. —Telfair Enterprise. Sam Jones illustrates Sabbath break ing in this original manner: ”T have seven dollars in silver in my pocket. 1 go down the road and meet a beggar uul he says, T’lca-o give me some thing.’ I give six of the dollars and that night he comes in where I sleep md steals the other one. Ain’t ho mean? God says, I have seven days, take six, and leave the seventh, and you take six. and go hack end steal the eveuth one tom him. Ain’t you a and indy?” MrKi .ley is still sweep ng the field tor Republican nomination, lie is decidedly the hast man of the crowd We believe it he is electo ! to the presi dency that lie would treat the s >utb uiirly even more so th in the Repuuli- i can who now holds tie position j •Statesboro Star. Yes the Bible tells us i>f the man who goes so far wrong that he finally calls white black ami black white, letter sweet and sweet bitter, right wrong and wrong right. Woe be unto you, brother. The Reviews of Reviews of tins Month contains an illustrated attiele en "Our Cu ban Neighbors and Their ! struggle for Liberty ny that famous ware correspondent. Mural Halstead. | it is full of interest and gives the best I • onoepticn tmit we have yet had of! the situation on the island. Ti e I R view of Rav ews keeps fully awake to the dr mauds of a reading public and spares no pains to male its page, alive with interest to the people. We reeomme td it o our roa dors ns I ime of the best educators of Amcri ‘ can literature. THE AFRICAN. Ho Ha* a Bouse of Honor and Justice aad Is Not Cruel. No ono is inolo convinced than I am that the African races are infe rior to tlio English, French, German .and Latin races. Ido not place him below the other colored races; pos sibly' because I have never lived among nor attempted to understand tho eastern races, and possibly be cause I have lived among and at tempted to understand the Africans. Certainly the so called Hamitic races have never produced an even four teenth rate sculpture, picture, ma chine, tool, piece of cloth or pottery; neither have they over risen to tho level of picture writing, let alone a written character, and I am person ally acquainted, to tho point of exas peration, with their cryptic, compli cated ways of communicating ideas with strings of cowries and pieces of leaf and stick. Only tho other day I had to steer a course with a chart made of bits of plantain leaf of differ ent breadths, denoting the size of the villages I was to pass through, and placed at intervals that denoted the distance between the villages. I do not say I did well with that chart, hut I have done quite as bad ly with the best admiralty one. But these ingenious devices do not equal tho rock writing of the South Amer icans, tho pictures the red Indian paints on a raw elk hide, and are in finitely below those spirited sport ing sketches of mammoth hunts, eto., left us hv the envo men. In mental and moral affairs the African is by no means so striking ly inferior as ho is in handicrafts. He has both a sense of justice and honor, not much worn by daily ttso, and very easily eliminated• by a course of Christian teaching. But it is there, and if you know tho way, you can rouse it and make it work. In rhetoric lie exoels, and for good temper and pationco ho compares favorably with any sot of bum an beings. The worst of his personal sins is sloth. This chiefly arises from his not having anything to do in a definite up to time way, for ho is happy and industrious when under good white direction. No ono who lias boon on the coast can fail to have noticed tho Kroo boys singing and dancing and laughing over tlioir often heavy work. Tho cooper and tho carpenter and their fellow coun tryman from Accra, tho cook, are far happier than tho Africans in tho hush—yea, even the cook, whose conscience should ho a burden to him on account of tho manslaugh ters ho has committed with his abiding greasiness. Of eoursti you will point out their customs, hut I must say, in spite of what 1 have heard and seen, that I do not consider the west African cruel. Ono must remember that in their culture there are no prisons or hospitals or workhouses, no regular police force, eto. In tho matter of tlioir sacrificial rites, 1 think ono should try and understand tho un derlying ideas before ono thinks harshh'. Tho feeling, for example, regarding tho importance of burial rites is quite Greek in its intensity, Given a duly educated native of tho Niger delta, I am sure ho would grasp tho truo inwardness of his Al oestis far and away butter than any living European can. To provide a proper burial for a ilead relative means to thorn provid ing for that relative a happy after life, and so to do is tho Surviving negro’s greatest duty. Its only rival in his mind is tho desire to avoid having a funeral for himself, ntul aven this passion goes under in tho mind of a good negro, and ho will ! risk liis own life to carry out what ho considers his duty to tho dead, oven when ho is well aware that the killing of slaves will mean hanging for him when “them big consul” knows of it. Tho greatest horrors on the ocast arise out of tho belief in witchcraft. Toleration moans indifference with all men, I believe, and the negro and Bantu are not indifferent about their subjects.—Mary Kingsley in London Observer. . Man as an Individual. Theories are automatic machines which allow for no vagaries, but hu manity in its physical, mental and moral nature is ever a variable and uncertain quantity, and ho will have greatest success either as physician, teacher or spiritual guide who treats the human material upon which he works as individual units and not as a grand whole, whose theories ore the result of his experience, and who recognizes tho truth that man as a sum is made up of man as many units, each differing in its exponent of power.—Womankind. Prayer and Precept. “Dear God, ” prayed a little Church street maiden last evening, “make a good little girl out of me, and if at first you don’t succeed try, try again. ” —Bedford Banner Democrat. A Brutal Suggestion. It is, of course, a real mean man who asks: "Why not let women throw ballots if they want to? They'll never hit tho box.”—Boston j Transcript. Buff wheat. For bread and pastry. Ask for it and ac ept no flour that has not ; brand. iglehkart bros., XL V. 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State Super imendeiits of Education, Boards of Trade, and thousands of former stu dents who are holding luera ive situa tions. Students’ railroad fare paid ami credit given for half of tuition, until ihey arc placed in situations, itouid t’heap. The Massey Co!ie--us receive more calls from bu>iuess firms for their graduates than any dozen schools in the South. 101 s- indents placed in situ ations iu six months. Send id oce for circulars. Address nearest school. R. W. MASSEY, President. CAPITAL. $30.T00 00. We have hundreds of letters like the following: Lpy v ■ ? ■>> v • p . -N ;\ - •• * / Jv V i iff J* f Montgomery, Ala., July 5, IS9i. \ R. W. &•<?, President: \ I pr.vu ?m—l ive v< :'.Ts firm I was work- w m ingon alarm, geitng titMH) per year, if I I took a corns * m Telegraphy your U S atciy^\PO < n l griulu;uii.g, ymi Mvnrevi for 1 m me a situation telegrapher and sia- g l tion agent ou the Ala. tiit. So. B. R. % 1 \ From that day to this my sue.** ss has | f been onward and upward. T. day I J f sin train dispatcher at a fa,ary of B l 5i.00.00 pe-r year. J. E- Cole. 4 PRO FE S SION AL C A EDS. ■' EO. Ju. BRIGGS. —XTTOKXEY AT LAW — DOUGLAS, - - - - GA. Strict attention given to all business J Lee Crau ley Attorney-ut-Law AYCUOSS, :::::::: GEORGIA Win attend the monthly ana quar terly term of the City Court of Coffee TTG. DICKERSON, ’' Attorney-at-Law, llomerrille, : : Georgia . Ax' ill attend Superior Court in Cof fee county. In. Jr . Tipple " ATTORNEY AT La W Hazleiiurst, : : : : ; : : Ga V> il ! attencl forms of City and Superior Courts of Coffee county AIL Legal matters attended to promptly. TP if. Toomer A TTAUXLY-AJ'-LA if, \VA ACROSS, : : ; ; ; GEORGIA. U ill attend all terms of County and Superior court of Coffee county. All F--V mat.< ,attended to uromntly. C. A. V IRi) J .. F. W. DART M AUD & DART. L A h Jl IAJIS) Douglas, : : :::::::: Ga. W ill practice together in. ail tho court °t Coffee county, except City court, fy iU Ouse where by special contract.- 1 V(; atsentioa given to all legalj 2>W. Jr, IV. TERRELL^ ?I 1 'iiy&i: i an and Sif ri/eon. U r s-vy.n years Ims mafic a special study of dis,-a:-es peculiar to wombiMi and children, both in private ard hos3| pltal practice. Douglas, Ga. 0-25-93. w. ■ n:■ ioian fu w u rue on . DOUGLAS, - - Calls j i'omjitly aitsweveil day / or right. W. A. Moore * VHVSIGiAN AND SURGEON, VVi IJ.Ai.'OOCHRK, : : : GEORGIA All calls attended to, day or niglit. IF. M. Carter 1 V TSiCIAN AND SURGEON, : : : Georgia, 'll cad promptly attended day aal.,. night. lfl| Jh\ J. A. Pugh Dentist. Headquarters Pearson, Ga. Bran®" offices, Douglas and Willacoochee. Pqjy , sons wishing work at other points write, \ me. 1 am fully prepared to do aSHf kind of work pertaining to the Grown and Bridge work a specialty. i will be at the following places on the following dates: Douglas, Ist to (j|h Broxton, Oth to 12th, McDonald’s Mil, 13th to 18th, Pearson, 18th to 21th, VVii lacoochee, 24th to 30th. JNO. M. HALF, ~ Physician and Sin-geo Wilcox, - - - Geokgi All calls promptly answered nig,, or day. Charges reasonable. N. F. G OODYE’K BkclsmiUi and Wheelwright, DOUGLAS, - - - - GEORGIA > <~ > < i I am fully prepared to do all kinds j of work m my line. Such ..k making and repairing hug-1 guv, -vs . ns, road carts, timber cartf, * . etc., etc. yiM'HORSE SHOEING a special* t' 7 . . v ’jld pv • to’ha re the pat rr.;. <i G ■ pub’ie. E-.vpectfully, . ' V. fM.hPYBAE, V. 0. THOMAS, ATTORNEY -A I- LAW, V/;?yc! ofs. - - Georgia. ' dp■■■ H! .-jtonlion given to practice in ! the Cl.y and Superior Courts of ■ Coffee County. Gl T 8 L. BRACK, (. iiy An •tioneer. Dougins, Ga. Consignments Solicited. | Full A prompt remittances guaranteed. a It I;i!o on Douglas a McDonald R.R, L ive M:; Donald 11:30 iUi 11:45. 12:05. ‘ Mo-rev 12:23 “ i* Ar.iv • i v.cdiS 1:25. HE TURNING ; Lcav Douglas 2:20. “ Downing 2 40. M 10- 1 3:17. ■ I. >wthors 3 :35 “ • ats Still 3:55 Arrive MeD on.aid 4:15. <30013 aw, 3”0 oq? si it lir.f} -y,)suoi}o.n;d;..ul .wipo n uoqA ‘sa.ni a ~jt .iq poAo.nl ntclfe .ibao oj \ pu u JOAO ssq riiLrediKJCS SiQOOsl 1