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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.; J. M. FREEMAN I: DAUGHTERS, Proprietors J. M. FREEMAN. Editor. AONES F. FREEMAN, AsslsUat Editor. En to roc I as Bocond-Class Mail Matter. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1899. Official Organ of County. We have no authorized agent*, but every one i asked to forward subscriptions* ond money to this office, and receipts will ae returned by mail. Brunswick Circuit. Appling Superior Court: —First and second Mondays in March; Third and fourth Mondays in September. Camden Superior Court;—Tuesday after the third Monday in March ; Tuesday af ter the first Monday in October. Coffee Superior Court; —Fourth Monday in March; Second Monday in October. Charlton Superior Court:— Tuesday after the first Monday in April; Tuesday after the fourth Monday in October. Clinch Superior Court;—Second Monday in April; Third Monday in October. "Ware Superior Court: —Third and fourth Mondays in April; First and second Mondays in November. Pierce Superior Court: —First Monday in May; third Monday in November. Wnyne Superior Court:—Second Mon day in May ; Fourtli Monday in Novem ber. Oh nu Superior Court:—Third Monday In May, and Hirst Monday in Decern bar; to continue for such time as the business may require. Notice te Visitors to the Office. It is a rule in all printing offices to give the newspaper to the pub lic as soon as it is ready for your inspection. Your visiting the press room and reading over the paper when one side only is print ed. is not good taste, out of order, against the rules and shows that you have no respect for the pub lishers. How would you like for us, to go into your office and look over your books, your letters, bills, cost marks, etc.? You wouldn’t like it, and we don’t ; and if you ever see us do such a thing kick us out at the front door, hack door, window, chimney top or kay hole. Again, when in the office please don’t read the proof-sheets the printer is correcting for it has er rors on it, and we don’t want you to see them, if we had we should have had no proof taken and print ed the type in the paper, errors and all. Then, again, the publisher can read the proof and don’t need your services, and a man that will push himself where he is not wanted might hear things not complimen tary to himself, and we don’t want to hurt any one’s feelings, nor ap pear rude or unkind. We have no right to pry into your business alTairs; if you catch us at it spatter our nose all over our face. You have none with our ofTairs, either. 'We’ll give you the paper as toon as it is ready. Once more sometimes merchants or patrons have advertisements, locals, handbills, etc,, that they do not want any one to see before they come out in the paper or ready for distribution on the streets, and the copy is brought us, the work given us with that understanding, and if you come in and read it, go out and talk it, so it will really be no news when it comes out in the paper or in posters on the street, it will be known that we have no system of secrecy in busi ness and you no common sense. Remember these things, friend*, and don’t do them. We like you and we are glad to have you come and see us, but sit down, talk to us a little, ask us how’s our health, subscribe for the Breeze, for a dol lar cash—hand us a $5.00 bill and aav never mind about the change, and if we want you to see anything about the office we'll show it to you, but don’t go prying around, reading copy on the hooks, proofs, etc. A telegram from Salt Lake, Utah July iS, says Angus M. Cannon, president of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion, charged with polygamy, en tered a formal plea of guilty before Judge Norwell in the Third district court, and Thursday next was named as the day for sentence. Postmaster Brimbery, of Albany, is on the rack, and the authorities are investigating matters connected with his office. An old bachelor asserts that over in Brooks county is the finest Cain in the State. ; conven- Tbe Ueorpa Weekly Press Convention. We left home with our good wife in time to reach Dublin Monday evening at 6 o’clock p. m. Our route was via. the Air Line, l’lant System, Georgia and Florida and Macon and Dublin railroads. At Dublin we were met by a com mittee of citizens and escorted to the elegant new home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pittman, and the prince ly hospitality accorded us by this family will be a rich legacy in our memory for years to come, We are also indebted for many courtesies to Mr. J. 11. Withering ton and wife, relations of Mr. and Mrs. Pittman. The Press Convention, about 250 strong, was called to order at 9 o’clock, by President Coleman, in the elegant new courthouse of the historic old Lawrence. In the afternoon the ladies of the convention were escorted to the river where they boarded the steam er Gypsie, and the gentlemen boarded the steamer City of Dub lin for an excursion down Oconee river to Wells’ spring, returning at 7.30 to Find in waiting at the hotel one the most sumptuous banquets to which we have ever attuned our appetites. Among the distinguish ed orators present on this occasion were Gov. Candler, Senator Clay, and last, but not least, our Con gressman, W. G. Brantley. The Dublin people are of the highest class of citizenship, and they not only know how to enter tain but they add that unction of gratuity to every courtesy which makes everything they touch royal. It is, therefore, no wonder that they have builded one of the most beautiful and thriving little cities in the South. Wednesday morning a short session of the con vention was held, and at 11 o’clock we boarded the Wrightsville and Tcnnille train for Savannah, arriv ing at 6 o’clock, and were taken over the city, and after having en joyed ourselves for more than an hour seeing the sights we boarded the train for Tybec Island where we spent a few pleasant hours roll ing in the surf. We reached huuse safely on Friday afternoon with a full heart and full stomach anil our wife affirms we must live on sweet memories of the trip lor the rest ol the summer. All the railroads mentioned in our travels cannot be excelled for courtesies, and to them we are in debted more than we can repay. C. A. W. Jr. tl>lilii( ‘‘Hrooin Corn.” Question. I have decided to grow “brtoin corn" (or the market. Please give me all the infor mation along this line possible. Answer.— This plant is a variety of “eorghuiu,” and a native of the East ludlea The introduction of this plant is attributed to l)r. Franklin, who, find ing a seed on a whisk broom that had been imported, planted it, and from this originated the culture of "broom corn” in the United States. The average pro duct of brush per acre is about 600 ponudi. There has been produced from very fine soil and locality as high as 1,000 pounds per acre. As there seems to bo no substitute for broom corn brush, there is always a de mand for tt, and it is a crop that con be easily cultivated. It is a profitable one for the farmers to raise tn those sections to which It is well adapted. The seed make very good food for horses when mixed with oats. It is also fine food for poultry after the chicks are two or three woekeold, when fed with other food. When ground with our common Indian corn iu pro portion to three bushels of broom corn to one of Indian corn, it makes good food for cattle, bogs or sheep. Generally speaking, broom corn grows beat where onr native corn grows best, asd the preparation of the land is similar to that for corn. Good river or branch bottom land Is best suited to this plant; bat any good land well drained will, with barnyard manure, or a good fer tiliser, make a good yield. The better plan is to broadcast the manure, plow and harrow the same so as to pulverize the soil thoroughly. Plant in the drill or in hills. The rows may be from three to fonr feet, according to the va riety te be grown; the dwarf varieties In three feet rows and the larger varie ties in fonr feet rowa The hills may be two or three feet apart. When the seed are sound and well-ripened, two quarts will be sufficient to plant one acre. Be sure to get good seed. You can use the seed drills that will plant small seed, or if only a few acres are to be planted, you can plant with the hand. The culAvation is similar to that of corn, only you have to use mors care and skill because of the smallness of the plant. Thinning should be done when the plants are two or three inches high, leaving five or six in the hill, or if drilled, the stalks should be left three or fmurif ebe* apart. The Biggest Melons-The Red Neck-Tie. Mr. Brad Watson proved to all who do not believe in advertising their mistake last week. Some days ago he sent out, or his able manager here, Geo. F. Wooten did, thousands of circulars offering two dollars for the heaviest water melon brought to Watson’s store, besides some other little attractions, premiums, etc., and last Saturday was the day of awards. A committee of ladies awarded Dr. Terrell the red neck-tie, which j was a premium for the ugliest man in the county. It is believed, how ever, that Judge Dart, Messrs Johnson, Young, Greer, Freeman and others will contest the award, having filed notice to that effect, on the ground of bribery, as the ladies knew the doctor was the on ly man among the contestants who had a soda fountain and would un doubtedly reward them. The heaviest melons were beau ties, and were as follows : Daniel Meeks, 66 lbs. Bryant Adams, - - 49 ~ C. D. Kirkland, - - 62 ~ T. M. Fletcher, - - 5 1 * B. Peterson, - 5 2 Luke Cannon, - - ~ So, it will he seen Mr. Daniel Meeks-received the $2,00. The fine silk dress, awarded the handsomest young lady, was award ed M iss Ossie Ilarnage. The white organdy dress and white slippers, went to Miss Annie Googe, of l’roxton, a grandchild of Jessie Lott as the prettiest child. Some people came from a dis tance of twenty miles, and for the first time in their lives, perhaps, saw a merchant giving premiums as an advertisement, and while many of them did not trade then, it is safe to say Brad Watson will not be forgotten, and when any thing is needed in his line they will come to see him. Georgia’s First Colton Mill. Question.—Can you tell me where the first cotton mill was established in Georgia, also give me any information touching the early manufactories and the progress of the same in Georgia? Answer.—The first factory estab lished iu Georgia was built on the Oco nee river, 4 miles below Athens, iu the year 1827. This enterprise proved suc cessful, and was soon after followed by many others in the same county (Clarke) and in Green, Richmond and other coun ties. From small beginnings theso en terprises have in late years developed to considerable magnitude, and with a pe cuniary success that points to them as agents of a most prosperous era iu the history of our state. The splendid wa ter powers of the Savannah at Augusta, and tho Chattahoochee at Columbus, could not long fail to attract the atten tion of a people alive to their own inter est and to the general welfare. Georgia has great advantages in this respect over the New England states, which have heretofore manufactured most of the American cotton and wool fabrics, hut the dawn of a brighter day has set in, and we see from year to yejir capital coming this way to our beautiful south land. Manufacturers are now convinced that the place to manufacture cotton is on the ground floor where the cotton is grown aud produced, and sooner or later, the whir of the cotton spindle will be heard from the top of every moun tain, ns well as from every valley In our beautiful Empire state of the south. Here, we have no need of the middle man or transportation Wages are much less here than in the New England states, the cost of water aud steam power is less, building material of every kind is less, living expenses are less aud theclimate is more favorable. The wheels are seldom clogged or obstructed by ico, the consumers of onr products are at our own doors,and for these reasons alone the manufacturer of cotton must and will come southward. There is still room for greater strides along this line than Georgia has made iu the past, and yet she has done well. Just how many organized cotton mills there are now in operation, we are un able to 6ay, but more than a decade ago we had more than 50. We also have many wool factories, paper factories, iron foundries, flour mills, gold quartz mills aud stamp mills iu operation, aud railroad shops, locomotive and car fac tories, carriage aud wagon, boot and shoe factories, and sash and blind facto ries, we have iu large number. We have tanneries, potteries, liqnor and tur pentine distilleries and fertilizer facto ries Iso without number.—State Agri cultural Department. \on can't print newspapers without money, and we wouldn’t if we could. Mrs. Terrel is away from home visitirtg relatives in upper Geo*- 6u and the Doctor looks mad / JBk GREAT REDUCTION SALE OF ALL SUMMER DRESS GOODS SHOES AHD SiimfcS AT BEAU WATSON'S M DOUCUS STOKE. ALL SUMMER CLOTHING ATGREATLY REDUCED PRIOR© ! To make room for the big stock of FALL AND WINTER ULOTING that will soon be rolling in. A BIG DOT CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, AND G Household and Kitchen All STOCKS Reduced for the N| SfcM WATI