Douglas weekly breeze. (Douglas, Ga.) 190?-1905, October 17, 1903, Image 5

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|b Local Items, OGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Reading matter on every page. Good roads are what is needed in Coffee county. A lodge of Odd Fellows will be organized here next week. The man who won’t take his county paper often regrets it. Mr. C. O. DuVall will go over to Homerville, during court week. Messrs C. E. Griffis, C E. Stew art, of McDonald, and others from that section were here this week. Mr. J. J. Dußose, who has been in Jacksonville some time is at home this week. Mr Jeff Kirkland, and brother Martin Corbett, of Pearson, are in town this week. Surety bonds, standard rates, from Mark A. Candler, Agent. Hon, W. G. Brantley is not elecioneering, but the people were glad to see him this week. Accident insurance, the old re liable Travelers of Hartford, Mark A. Candler, Agent. Mr. H. C. Girtman was selected as foreman of the Grand Jury, and a better selection could not have been made. Life insurance, the old reliable Penn Mutual, from Mark A. Can dler, Agent. The New York World and the Breeze, 12 mos, $1.25. The World comes three times a week, every other day. Fire insurance, S. E. F. A. rate, from Mark A,. Candler, Agent. The first lawyer who paid his subscription this week was Judge Joel Sweat. Remember, now is the time to have your picture made. We are making low price work for a few days. DuVall Studio. Mr. E. H. Jones, repesenting the Brunswick Journal, was in town Monday. “Home Raised Rust Proof Seed Oats, for sale. Apply to E. B. Moore. Broxton Ga.’’ Our merchants have full stocks of goods and you can get anything in-j ffr line. t Cyclone insurance soc.ts. for SIOO. from Mark A Candler, Agent. Our friend Davis, of Savannah, repesenting the Morning News, was on hand bright and early Mon day morning. Miss Bertie Dixon will be at the DuVall Studio during Mr. DuVall’s absence on the 19th. Remeber the DuVall art Studio is making I J hotographs to please the people. Come in and look at the pictures. The very best buggies on the market, at the same prices that others are sold, are at Flowers & Whilden’s, Douglas, Ga. Miss Dollie Freeman was up at Prospect church neighborhood again, this week. The people up there seem to like Miss Dollie ans the Breeze. Rev. Mr. Butler, repesenting the Waycro&s Journal, was here this week, and expresses admira tion for our town and county. Judge Evans was here in 1885, when there was only one hotel and a small court house. He compli mented our people on the. decided change. Flowers & Whilden deal in small musical instruments. If you need a good banjo, mandolin, guitar or accordeon see them before purchas ing elsewhere. There will be no room for complaint in regard to the Grand Jury, this term of court. It isj composed of as good men as there is in the county. » j If you have any pictures vout want enlarged and framed, brinsg them to The DuVall Art Studic. We are doing a "high class Vforjk and will please you. Our friend, Tim 'Farmer, the Tax Receiver, say : he does r/ot want the people 01 '. a county jto wait until his ’ -t .’ vs. to ji c their t»xe . V . ?•••'-. ys he 7 close his books he e* r ; ts trt doj ‘ F- - 4/ - : - / open them. I Porter paints signs and houses. It is reported that the dispensary election in Irwin county will be con tested. The Breeze tor the next fourteen months, that is, from now until Jan 1, 1905, is a rare opportunity to secure the camdaign paper. Texas Rust Proof Seed Oats, for sale. Lott & Vickers, Douglas, Ga. Deen’s Pharmacy is headquarters for Dr. S. W. Johnson and Dr. W. W. Terrell. Dr. Terrell reports Dr. J. A. Montgomery as some what im proving. We hope to see him up soon. Mr. T. H. Davis, of Lumber City, was here Monday and planked down one dollar for the Breeze for the next fourteen months. Porter, the painter, paints houses and signs. See him. Judge Evans said last Monday, in his charge to the Jury that the Commissioners were often abused when they did* the best they could under the circumstances. Watches of all grades and prices Wedding rings, emblem goods, spectacles etc at C. N. Fieldings The Jeweler. tf Carey M. Sweat, of Waycross, was in town this week. He is an old friend of Coffee county, and is pleased with the rapid strides of advancement made by our people. Boss Teston, Munroe Tanner and D. W. Johnson, of Nichols, all paid their respects to the Breeze this week, left the dncnts, and went home rejoicing. We are giving some of the Greatest bargains in pictures now lat has ever been made in Douglas. DuVall Studio. "- There will be something doing next year in a political line. All the county officers are to be elected. The Breeze will keep you informed on these topics, and will treat both sides fair and square. Keep your money in Coffee County! Get your Fire, Cyclone, Life and Accident insurance, and Surety bonds, from Mark A. Can dler, Agent, The funeral of two children of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lord, of Brox ton, Annie and an infant son, will be preached at Reedy Branch church, by Elder Eugene Sykes, on the sth Snnday in November. 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. Harris Nickel Plate Show will visit Douglas this winter, probably in December. They were here last Spring, and anything that has ever been here once will come again if possible. Please remember when in need of a new Sewing Machine that we keep tie best grades, and do not charge excessive prices. Come and see them. Flowers & Whilden, Douglas, Ga. Jidge Evans, now presiding over Coffee county Superior Court, will be a candidate for Justice of Supreme Court, to succeed Judge Fish, whose term expires, next year. Let’s all vote for him, b’gosh. Judge Evans interested the Grand Jury, the Petit Jury, the lawyers and every body else in the court house last Monday in his I charge to the former. lie gave a j complete history of the organization 'of the system of trial by Juries. Judge Evans is an able man and we should like to trade Washington county something for him perman ently. / The Breeze has some good com jbinations and the people are taking [on to them. As for a county ! paper every one knows the Breeze lis not surpassed by any, but they want State news—the news of the I world The Savannah News and : the Breeze, $1.50, the Atlanta Journal and the Breeze, $1.50, and the Tfirice-a-week New York World, that is every other day and The Breeze for $1.25, or six months for seventy five cent a big [drive. ISnucp a nr! In, \< 1 j»UUc»O Uiiil L'JU ie- OF G. Douglas i „ u D ia, 'J v u * The second story of the Sweat- Vickers’ building is well under way, and will be completed before many weeks. It is hoped Solicitor John Bennett and Stenographer Gale will pay their subscription this week. It is their duty to pay up every time court meets. We never keep books on ’em nor give credit, they simp ly know that a dollar is due the Breeze every time they come to town. No, thank you, we do not send our paper to people whose names we may get hold of, just to get up a big list. The people are sticking to us, and don’t you forget it, besides a free, gratis, for nothing circulation don’t count. It is not bona fide and is of no value as an advertising medium. Mr. Davis, of the Savannah News, was here this week, and booked a number of subscribers to his paper and the Breeze, and we turned over to him a good list our self, having written 115 receipts up to Wednesday morning, including several who insisted on having the two papers together and some who taken the Breeze alone. Excursion Rates via. Atlantic & Birm ingham, at Macon, Ga- Georgia State Fair. Round trip rate from Douglas, Ga., $4.20. Tickets to be sold October 20th to 30th, inclusive, with exception of Sunday, October 25th, with limit November 2nd, 1903. B. F. Holzendork, Agent. Douglas, Ga. Coffee County Sunday School Conven tion. The Coffee County Sunday School Convention will convene at Willacoo chee, Ga., 011 the first Sunday in No vember, 1903., and Saturday before. Programs and report blanks will be mailed to Superintendents as soon as they can be printed. A. W. Haddock, J. R. Overman, Secretary. President. Lyceum! Lyceum. • Good people of Douglas, do you want a Lyceum course this season? If so, help talk up for it. A course can not be put on unless we can get about seventy-five subscribers. Think the matter over and be ready to sign the list when present ed. My time is so thoroughly taken up that I can not argue the matter out with each one. Let us get togather and have a splendid course this season. Very Respectfully, J. Walter Hendricks. Will Hang November 10th. Last Monday, just before the afternoon business of court was resumed. Lee Cribb, who was convicted of murder at last term of court, was sentenced to hang on Tuesday, November 10th. His attorneys, the best that could be procured, have done all that it was possible to accomplish, to save him, but the strong arm of the law overturned all obstacles. He was returned to Savannah Jail to await the arrival of the day of execution. Ilis friends and relatives have been faithful in his defense, leaving no stone unturned. Ordinary Thomas Young, who has been ill for some time is reported j belter, to-day. The Thrice-a-Week New Yqfrk World and the Douglas Breeze, 12 mos. for $1.2-,. The World will reach you within eight days from date of subscription, and will fcon tinue every other day. • Bicycles Repaired. lam prepared to repair jyour bicycle, mend the punctured tire and put your wheel in first plass order, All kind of material on hand. .Shop south of Tanner Hotel. Lee Hughes, 9-26-1. m. Douglas Ga. Grove’s Tasteless CMU Tome : ms stoexi me test 25 years* Average AM• u 1 Sales ever Og 1 *3 Half Million ’ Mottles. _ Does iftis reca’d of meufc appeal to you ? rfc> Co. 3, ffo ?ay. SC" EncUko6im»l&fevr-rv u, o 'Tv-. i giau"*-it;.* oti Grove’s LL a 'wx. Liver A Southern Normal Institute- Miss Eula Newbern, Reporter. It was necessary for Prof. J. W. Hendricks, the Principal to be away from school last Saturday, but of course the school work continued. Miss Sallie Carter, from Wilson ville, Ga., entered school this week. As our school mcreases, so does our library, as twenty-four new volumns have recently been donat ed. Mr. L. M. Bennett, of Baxley, Georgia, and Mr. Mitchell Vickers of this place entered school this week. Our chapel exercises last Satur day morning were conducted by Prof. Manley, and was enjoyed by all. The debate for Saturday is Re solved that “The press has greater educative influence than does the school.” Everybody is invited to attend. We are glad that Prof. J. W. Hendricks has organized a Bible class, for the benefit of the advanced pupils, which will convene every Sunday morning at nine o’clock in the library. We are sure that it will be a success, and trust that much gcod will be derived from it. Several of the advanced lads and lasses of S. N. 1., with their chaperone enjoyed a moonlight ride last Saturday evening. South Georgia Fair. Judge J. L. Sweat, President of the Waycross Faie .Association, states that the material has been purchased and contracts made for improving the buildings and put ting the fair grounds in good con dition for the South Georgia Fair to be heltV there, November 10th to 14th inclusive; and also that ex hibits are being entered and at tractions booked, insuring success. He says that following the At lanta and Macon fairs, with a week intervening, the time for the fair here had been fixed by the direc tors at a meeting held early in the year, and when the Savannah Racing- Association began the movement for their fair they were urged not to conflict with the dates fixed here, but have disregarded, the requests made to the extent ufl providing for a second week <w theirs to be held during the of ours. mm I Therefore, as the South Geo* | Fair is for the especial South Georgia and particularly* counties composing the ! Irniifln Judicial Circuit, tjie insists that they *Koul<d*Sn;jJ ' { 3 county ami individual here, not so much for*||||l||| 1u i unis oliei ed as 1.1 I'onclits to this inn in • mir li a .II o * ‘v, .>J to induce, parties*from nWBUjj and West and Ihe ,-Nort hen P onr state, to visit tSe fair here MSal a view of investing and incur se:t.ion; and. \. y! the people from this the Savannah Fair -t "all, thoß should do so during the first wrll so as to be able to attend their own fair here the following week.— Waycross Herald. Cheap Prices but not Cheap PicturcSv, Look at the low prices on Photo graphs from Oct. 10th to Nov. Ist. One half Cabinet Size, 6 pictures for $1 (X). One half Cabinet Size, 12 pictures for $1.75. Large Cabinet Size, 8 pictures for si.so. Large Cabinet Size, 12 pictures for $2.75. I We are closing out our summer stock of materials and cards in order to make room for our new winter line of materials that will be here November Ist. Remember these are the greatest bargains in Photographs that has ever been offered in Douglas. Come now and have your pictures made. Yours to Please, The DuVall Art Studio, Douglas, Ga, Full proceedings of court and the Grand Jury Presentments will he found in next week’s paper. Moit" cases, ■•I - 1 M 9 pni •ii IV ' BttbasiSH h| p re s °ur ■ cue 1 county, ~ grapin" _ -.1 cm! V ti.r law VNK^ilfe^ Sweat. 9 Hitch. c 1 - iss ; i. '-■ is. is le\ ; A a H \ li a Gil . - 1 ’• 1 *llgi e ! i 1 9'A^-A^-Al Mi- I’ickn-n. Rule mortgage rule ahsohflßHH 1 >r<>a.. i! mm iY l>m., ( 2 Henry I Rvliill damages, Belle Grain ami Lewis Y r W§l| land. Vet I )or 1 1 -eggetWS complaint lor didt. m Quite a numl settled, of which] port, as the partij satisfied. J Several divorcJ trd all g r anVi^J| • e< •'<■) n d pk\H '* f. hB mm m cal year. ThernasCTsWf the reliable and up to date' 1 -Harvard” Kiiund Clothing have been put to their Utmost capacity to li 11 orders from me retailer. 1 The ‘Tlar vakd” Brand ClotH i4 made byj.Meinhurd, Sc haul & (jo., and thfc “Breeze” congratu lates them ' on their magnificent success. It seems that The,“llali vJ un” brand lias become a sign of go id clothing and reasonable pr ces. 2very citizen should pat onize. his home merchant who by carryi ng a stock of goods helps to pay ou•tax. I You Knew What You Arc Taking. When you take Grove’s Tasteless Cnill Tonic, because the formal; is plainly printed on every bottle. show ing that it is sin.p.y Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay