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Douglas must pull for herself,
no other town will help her.
Mr. C. O. Du Vail will go over to
Homerville, during court ween.
Surety bonds, standard rates,
from Mark A. Candler, Agent.
Cashier Geo. McCranie, of the
Willacoochee Bank, was over here
last Monday.
Accident insurance, the old re
liable Travelers of Hartford, Mark
A. Candler, Agent.
Mr. J. H. Moore offers a six
room, two story house for sale,
cheap. See the advertisement.
For Peanut and Taffy candies,
Soda Water, Ginger ale, etc., go
to Vickers & Lott.
Mr. R. G. Kirkland, of Nichols,
was in town last Monday, and gets
the'news through the Breeze right
on.
Life insurance, the old reliable
Penn Mutual, from Mark A. Can
dler, Agent.
Judge C. J. Meadows, of
Pearson, and Col. B. T. Allen, of
the same place were here last
Monday.
Fire insurance, S. E. F. A.
rate, from Mark A. Candler,
Agent.
Remember, now is the time to
have your picture made. We are
making low price work for a few
-days. DuVall Studio.
“Home Raised Rust Proof Seed
Oats, for sale. Applv to E. B.
Moore. Broxton Ga.”
The Douglas Breeze is the
oldest as well as the best paper
ever published in Coffee county and
will continue to be.
Cyclone insurance socts. for
SIOO. from Mark A Candler,
Agent.
Col. W. I. Dickerson, of llo
merville, Clinch county, was danc
ing attendance on the ordinarie’s
.court this week.
Miss Bertie Dixon will be at the
DuVall Studio during Mr. DuVall’s
absence
If our people who have money
to invest would look around and
get up some manafacturing enter
prises there would be no let up to
the growth of ;he town.
Remeber the DuVall art Studio
is making Photographs to please
the people. Come in and look at
the pictures.
Now, we hope our people will
nie et Judge Joel Sweat at the
court house Monday, prepared to
make some arrangement for the
county exhibit at the fair.
The very best buggies on the
market, at the same prices that
others are sold, are at Flowers &
Whilden’s, Douglas, Ga.
Mr. J. E. Peterson, of Leliaton,
was here this week. We sorrow
to see him in so much grief because
of the recent death of his wife.
God help him in this hour of af
fliction.
'When ever it comes to good, as
well as nice job work this is the
place to get it. Shoddy stuff and
poor work don’t go in this office.
Mr. E. D. Brinson, of Homer
ville, a prominent merchant of
that ’ place, was in town Monday
•on legal business, and also came
around to secure the Beeeze for the
•Campaign year.
Tanners church meeting conven
ed yesterday and will continue
until Sunday night. Baptising
Sunday morning at 10 o clock.
Every body invited to come and
enjoy the services.
It is well known that the Way
cross lawyers look foward to the
coming of superior court in Lot
fee county, with pleasurable antic
ipations of good, square meals.
They will be here next week.
J r TVT*
Air Iv. G, Kirkland, of Nichols,
was in town last Monday and Ut
an order for SIO.OO worth Job
■printing and an order for the Breeze ,
5t this office. Kirkland has a long.
head with sense in it, and knows a
of two. thank yon.
’ A three-year-old boy was lifted
''a . he bed-ide this week to get
his drit glance at new-comer
11. . ’ oty home. Aite*- .V
> - v arrival t. r —__
1 i v . looks just like Minou
s"./ • bv ; he a ny get over it."
Porter, the painter, paints houses
and signs. See him.
H. H. Fielding of Leliaton, is
visiting his brother, C. N. Fielding
this week.
Doctor and Mrs. Montgomery’
are now domiciled at the residence
of Dr. W. W. Terrell.
Our esteemed friend, John M.
Lott, Sr., is having a new roof
placed on his house.
Remember, the Confederate
Veterans meeting at the court house
next Monday at noon.
Boss Teston, of Nichols, was
in town Monday, but was too busy
to tell us any news.
We are giving some of the
greatest bargains in pictures now
that has ever been made in
Douglas. DuVall Studio.
Misses Beulah and Missouri
Cady, of Leliaton, visited their
sister Mrs. C. N. Fielding, first
part of the week.
Keep your money in Coffee
County! Get your Fire, Cyclone,
Life and Accident insurance, and
Surety bonds, from Mark A. Can
dler, Agent.
Yon cant miss getting some
thing we will make yo-u glad you
come, be sure and call and see
what it will be at Mrs,. Turpentine’s
court week.
Flowers & Whilden deal in small
musical instruments. If you need a
good banjo, mandolin, guitar or
accordeon see them before purchas
ing elsewhere.
Sheriff Southerland has landed
the negro Adams back in jail. It
will be remembered that he escaped
when Lee Cribb made a break
some time ago.
Mr. J,no. L. Kirkland, the polite
young man that stays in ihe- Post
Office, visited his mother Mrs.
Mack Kirkland, at Kirkland, this
week.
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If you have any pictures you
want enlarged and framed, bring
them to The DuVall Art- S-fcudio.
We are doing a high class work
and will please you.
You may get it for one cent come
and see what it is, its worth $16,00,
and it is going at,
Mrs. S. O. Turrentines.
Please remember when in need
of a new Sewing Machine that we
keep the best grades, and do not
charge excessive prices. Come and
see them. Flowers & Whilden,
Dougl as, Ga.
Collector Tim Tanner is hurrying
up some additions to his handsome
residence, so that everything will
be in apple-pe order when the
Breeze’s Artita comes around.
Pianos and Organs, some of the
finest graded instruments we have
ever handled, on time or cash terms,
are at our store, rear of Citizen’s
bank, Flowers & Whilden.
The handsome photos of fifteen
Douglas residences went to the
engraver in a northen city this
week, and as many more will leave
next Monday. Still, the work
goes on. I
Work ,Jon the Wadley & Mt.
Vernon isfbeing rushed, we learn.
It may be sometime before it is j
finished tj the river but when it is
ccrrjpletejt will be a lever toward :
pulling qown freight rates.
TL’he editor of the Breeze is unde .-j
otyligatitns to Col. Jos. F. Doyle,:
S«;cretay of the Savannah Indua*-
tufii.il arl Agriculture Fair, Noverat
bjer 4 tl 14, for a complimentary
t‘ J o thiJgrand exhibition.
Mr Charles O. Beauchacap,
(Sibbailnan of the Board of Friide,
of TJrrfxton, was in town recently
and made arrangement for sending
out several thousand hand bills
' descriptive of the Country near and
|at Broxton. This is the may to
build up a place.
Col. H. C. McFadieaa, the |
popillar and efficient passenger and ;
traffic manager of the Atlantic &
Birmingham railroad was in town
Tuesday, presumably on. railroad
business. We hope oe will take
I U rTthe matter and give our county
jaild town a competitive freight
i rite.
| / W T e w’sh to notify a!’ people
‘from the country and other places
hat we are going to put some
'special bargains on foi court wee!:
ana Unit \vc vvui icK&t *•*-
nt, . ng them to you, com >
come ail - o see.
I Mr. & Mrs, S. O, Turrertine,
For the Future of Dougras.
Wh en the people of Dduglas,
as a citizenry, throw their shoul
ders-to the wheel, and all push to
gether, grand achievements- are
possible. Like a queen orv her
throne, she sits on the hills?: the
fertile lands unro l like a carpsrfc of
surpassing beauty, about her, while
the rivulets and creeks around her
mark out her domains. With ‘the
most oomplete natural drainage,
good water, salubrious clime tbfcre
is no reason why her population
should not be doubled within an
exceeding, short time. Factories,
of almost any kind, would do well
here, surrounded with these ad*, an
tages, ar.d within a short time, we
hope, the shipping facilities wHI
warrant their erection. Hard- !
wood is plentiful, why not mans'-:
facture wagons and buggies, fruit!
crates, axe handles, wheel-barrows;
etc. ? Wool and cotton can be Lvtl j
in abundance, why would not a j
factory to turn it into cloth bc-a!
money maker?- Thousands of'j
bushels of cotton) seed can be 0 b* 4, l
tained, why not manufacture fer
tilizers and oil?
Superior Court Next Week.
The Superior Conrt, October
Term for Coffee (County will be id*
session next week,, and our friends
from all over the- county will be
here. Those-in arrears are expected*:
to call on us, either at the court.:
house or at the office, and if theyv
have the money pay us, if not. set*'
down and tell us the news. If they*
want the Breeze continued all they v
havetodo- is to say so. In this
connection we desire to inform our --
patrons that we have spent all tear
money we have made since we ha .:«<>
been here in'fitting up She office co
that we could give them a first
class paper, which we have donsy.
but we inclined to the belief that
the Breeze -will be- beSfer in 1904.
than ever. As the county and
town grows it will keep up with'
the increasing demand of the p eopih
we shall make the -B'reere bette r arid
more readable. We- have al 1 car
earthly possessions here, an d 7/e
expect to die hera;.
brother GMOiTs Work.
We have been permitted to :,ee
the manuscript of a repo rt: of
Brother work ; co -;he
Baptist Index, and from it gLan
the following :
Beside, preaching-aA Doug las two-
Sundays in each rrw:»nth, he has
organ zed three churches, one
mission and three Sunday schools.,
The Wray raissiom has eighteen
members, with a Sunday tschooi of
forty attendants-. The- Tanner
church has a,fine atriendau ce anti a
good i Sunday scifrool. Brcxton
chuieh has twenty five ime mbe.w, ;t
deed 1 to a fine-161 ota which to build
money and subscraptions sufi ci’ent
almost to build a chin* h 4Cjx6o>.
Gi'jf.sie Baptist cluurch, w ith twenty
members has-been? orgaua ized, a Hot
haa been donated!, $148..0 o has-been
raked to build a; rhurchi and every
thing seenrs-prossperousi and smooth
The Fsfcllc Taad to? I loujrljs.
On acsount of the: heavy- sand
esfeds between tlbis place and %ars«n
and Wil.aeoocffaee, this s'de aoid
jfteyond 'die-ri/ter, quite a lot,-of cot
ton thab v.oubd come to thie-po.int
goes elso-wheare. With the. cotton
also goes tha trade of the,/ people
\ who sell or ship it. Tc , renaedy
this, lit. (A E. Baker, always- Pok
ing out, for the well-fare u: Doiuglas,
has circulated a paper rmorug the
people- of Douglas, and. gottum up
some- money to have this sand-,
beddo-d road changed io a* good,
bar L clay road. Of comese tibis writ
be a>. great advantage tc our hustling
towns, will bring new business to
our clever merchants .aid vve shall
sco new faces on our streets. We
1 ope the work will be done at once.
The man who compares the
, patronage of a newspaper to that
I of a grocery or general merchan
! disc house does so without a second
thought. About twenty five out
of a hundred read newspapers and
every body uses general merchan
dise.
C? ’oV6*s Tasteless
3 the tc:b 25 y sars. Avers AvrurZ C eJ~- .. c vet ' 7 Br r :' |
fenclost-d with Wti'j hsiafc is a Tea package of Crove .. Koc-h ' y
W&trts Boogfas BoniF
Mr. J.. M. liVent, Mayir Kosn
and otherst'have received’ several
applications- from northern capi
talists who arty anxious to secure
the whole output of the E ohglaa
Water V cfks- ami Electric Light!
Bonds, an i when: the bon is - * are
issued, therefore,, there be
little or no ‘'difficulty in plating
them at a fair'advantage. This- is
another pn of that Douglas has a
gilt-edge reputation in the iiAwn
cial circles, brought on by the
unanimous vote of her citizen uvfor
substantial i mprovements.
South dddrela Fair.
A meeting will be held in the
Court house at) Dbuglas, during
the noon reccis-of .‘-Hip'erior Court,
immediatel alter dminer, on Mon
day the 12th instant, to arrange
for a county and individual ex mb
its of agricultural products, live
stock, etc., from Coffee county, at'
the South Georgia Fair, to be held
at Waycross, 1 ifiv. iwtei 14, 19
to compete for premiums and ad
vertise the advent ages-off the comi
ty ts> home seekers and! investors.
Let every body attend- said meat
img. This Oct . -sth, wjesg.
All t l 4 New-
These are busy times. A imei
of business, rror thcr farmer or |
mechanic has t ine to- pass hall k<
day now in gutting' the news*
The Breeze dichtes it tap in short ;
paragraphs for ; quick readings.
The State news is in short, criap*j
paragraphs, to bte re-ad in a few!
moments, while you will find tlrfe j
local! matter in the sum® palatable; j
readable shape. Most off our reader* j
close to post ofiioiesv take the city j
papers and are posted on general •
news, but many* do mot, conse
quently we publish- some general:
news, but in a condensed . for:’**
Board of Trade for Dousrlas-
The Breeze bas-repeatedly urgyii’
the people andlmerchaints of Doug
las to organize seine means of co
operation for transacting business
which affects thte* interests of/Jne
town in any manner, but so far,,
without success. There seems to
be a lack of push,, indifference in
this matter-of organization v.
our citizens. This should not be.
As long as thisdtvsts the material
advancement CfrDouglas is at the
mercy of coroomtions, and tiiere
will not be united action for the
achievement cL a single purpose.
Let’s have a Board of Trade to 00k
after the interests of the towr and
county, for whatever affects oaie
touches the othar.
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A 1 Tx©y Trio.
Mr. W. RFlowers has nadeJ
'application to-us for terms fotd
instructions 0:11 the Cornet. . d-soiS
arrived last wask and has a strong
pair of lungs. Tm
Robert 1. tts, wears nev/ IfjH
pants, shoes "tuf socks. TT. >v.
boy and hi::, wiother are ,-R! ■
Dr. W. L. Bryan w:|SHH
know if we t-.t .1 an enginetjHHj
pressman. LEe tliinks !iv
will fill the bilk '9
Cheap Pricer Uiit «ot Cheap ffhtare ™
Look at ’be low prices <:n Itioto
graphs from-'Oct. joth to 'f<ov. Ist.
! One half Cal tet Bize, (i pictui'-e for SI.OO.
One half Cat. ifcerSj/.e, 12 i»ieu: t* ■ r sl. />.
I Lar(re Cabii .‘m.S&K, 0 pictura* i - $1.50.
I Large
We are.-alossng out o r summer
gtock of materials ai d cards in
order to :ivaKe room i ,f our new
winter 1 ae of materials that will be
here November ist.
Remember these ann-fch at greatest
bargains- in Photographs that lias
ever beau offered in Douglas.
Come now and ha va your
made. Yours.to Please,
Tan DuVau. Krt Studio,
Douglas,
to a Know What gt*a Are Taking.
When you take Grove’s Tasut ■-„s
! Chixl. Tonic, because the form.-.da is
plavjiy printed oa every bottle, snow
ing that it is sin»y>,y Iron and g sin hr.
in a tasteless forsc. No Cure., No Pay
Mccure of Smyrna A-s&MiatiH .
The -ext session of. •Srnyrn.i^fc.’jfe
sociatiea* will convene at Li^BrJ
church, one mile from .Nichols,
Friday before the qtf.L Sundayffß
October next. It is- hoped' mRj
churches-will be represented,'iinßj
that the- public generally will
attend. Some fine sermons are exß
pected from distinguished brethren®
that will lie present.
Doth o f Mrs Me "tier.
Mrs. Miriam Merrier,!
whose sickness commenced * last!
Sunday night week, di-ftdi last Fri-i
slay night about midnight;. October!
oaad. She’ was stricken with’
paralysis, September aMh,. and in
sopite of all medical attention, never
rallied, until death relieved her
suffering. She was buried at the
V ineyard ©mattery near Mi?. T. B.
Marshal’s list Saturday? evening,
beside the gr-a w of lies? husband
wlio died ‘ JHirteten years ago. She
had been :oar-ri«d twice,: her first,
husband having died during the
late war. She leaves Buree sons
and; two daughters to mourn her
death, MLfr-Tim.taa Merrier, Mrs.
:B names, Heasry and Eugene Merrier,
of Douglas*. an.J Joe W’ilkerson,
the-son of her- float husbead, Mrs.
Manner was a. patient, . Christian
lady, loved.by :«U who knew her,
and will be-gfcutly missed, by her
chiMren, for- whom she. has been
a loving mother and faithful ad-
Goofi fatal tor 'sale. A
Ii JaaTC a goc it farm for sale cont-iiinmflß
157 acres, 11101 <t.or lens, with 125 acres in a”
biA. state of oil 'ration, ler vim; re acres
of i-Jxml lanit altioli wbieli cim ta-nleared
ami 'used, e.v cut, a. small bra 011., Terms,
sl.;iyO—!fS(>o cavlo l-a.llanee one tyul two ,
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leserintioa *fti.iiK\'iii ace . *iii'r e ’ with
feck’s wtivvi v fiijaid city. Tpe alipve tie*
sm-ibed prn'-Vty *\,-ins; a yort. »{original
lilt r,f Jiiml So. '.92* in the -idth '(fjtii) dis
;.rie! OI'.VA. teMr. <■ buying
, ell com 1 -*e.l bv cti-ed 1 coro- -c. A. ar
Jr . to f'lr.ilope DetilW,. in Noveuweii
iv.n. The sale v/iil e-mSihiue from day to
day, if ms •••-ary, bet* -»o the same house
- until all u'.d uroperty a- sold. Term.-, <-ne
}: If •\. I l'u u? - cpfoved M«-\' *ity
till Jar -• ry J - 1 , V>n >»\e made 14 pay
debts oft. . Ol'-.aU-of Itrnelope 1 "ii ion,' and
pii- <li r: '-a ar.-'fig the heirs. This
Oc'.ob ■ sth, 1903.
J. M.-DKNTON,
Penelope tfenc-on.