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Local Items. 23? QQQOQQQQGQQ(X&GfXX>QQOQQ<X& November 26th is thanksgiving day. Capt. Purse, of Savannah, was in town this week. Don’t forget that the Waycross fair commences on the 10th. Mrs. C. J. O’Farrell intends to visit friends in North Georgia next week. Mrs. P. B. Fielding, of Willa coochee, is visiting her son, Mr. C. N. Fielding, east Ward street. Any unfinished dental work of the late Dr. J. A. Montgomery will receive prompt attention by Dr. T. J. Kirkland. Nancy. Bettie and Susan are all coming to the show on November 21. Bill, Johnhenry and Joe said they’d be here., too. Miss Lorena Finley who has been working at the Breeze office for some time has been sick several days recently. Mrs. S. B. Finley, and he* - daughter, Mrs. Lucretia Hall, of Homerville. are at the residence of Mr. A. B. Finley. Mr. A. O. Kennedy, late of Nichols, is now a resident of Doug las and an employee of the Wad’ey & Mt. Vernon railroad. The Breeze is a little late to-day in reaching its thousands of readers, who will find it heavily loaded, but it is hoped it will be on time next week. ' The Douglas Breeze has only one -editor. He is responsible, and is the author of all editorials in its columns, not signed by real or fic ticious names. Hon. W. G. Brantley now in Washington, has written for the Breeze to follow him. He wants to keep up with home as well as national affairs. Judge Max Isaac, Referee in Bankruptcy, of Brunswick, was in Douglas last Thursday, and heard the facts in the case of B. Morris & Son., bankrupts. All the stores in the Sweat- Vickers building are rented and spoken for alreadyy and the build ing will not be ready for occupa- TtoJ-uin less than thirty days. Mark handler, resident agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., has paid another SIOOO.OO life insurance policy and the grateful ones wants others to know it. Ivy Stone is his name and he has taken a contract to do all the fight ing for this office. He is six feet two inches high and weighs ISO pounds. Now, you’ll be good. Brother Oxford is not by any means, idle but is continually on the alert for the prosecution of his master’s cause. Just now he is trying to finish up the parsonage here. Boss Teston, of Nichols, the geri fleman who buys sea island seed cotton, bought the home of post master Tanner, of the same place, we ham from our correspondent down there. Mr. Arrington, the owner of the merry-go-round is an*old confeder ate*veteran, a Brooks county citizen and a gentleman. We don’t know anything that we could say that would sound any better. Mr. John M. Lott, who has been confined to his room some time on account of a hurt received by his horse falling, is still- sick, unable to be up but is some better we learn as we go to press. Mr. B. H. Tannar. president of the Citizens Bank\ bought some real estate in Douglas last Monday. Were it possible to induce him to leave his beautiful country home we should like to have him come to Douglas. Steven Edwards, a colored man of Ambrose, also a lunatic, has been giving those people there a good deal of trouble recently and the Ordinary issued papers for his arrest and trial as a dangerous per son, last Wednesday. Some of our readers do not like our correspondents, claiming that they write gossip and not news. While this may be true, in a cer tain sense, still, there are, perhaps, as many who do like them and look for them, even as much so as the public looks every Sunday for social reports from the different towns. The Breeze, however desires to give somethingTo pWase, entertain and instruct all its.-* Gaskin & Davi<=, sells every thing in the Grocery line. Ordinary Young was in town last Saturday, for the first time in several weeks, his recent illness having kept him at home. Go to the “Leader .Store” for all kinds of Ready Made Clothing, for both ladies and gentlemen. John Alexander Dowie says he is not the son of his father, John Dowie. How sharper than a ser pent’s tooth is it to have a thankless child. Hay, Bran, Corn, Oats and all kinds of feed stuff, at Gaskin & Davis. There seems to be more fire than smoke in the Brunswick and Macon Steamboat line. We hail it with delight. Douglas and Broxton need direct communication with those places. Read advertisement of big land sale. Buy a lot in Douglas and build a residence. There are five Cotton buyers in Douglas now, prices paid last week for cotton in the seed were 5.30 and in one case 5.40. Soda sc. per. .pound at Gaskin & Davis. The Valdosta Timer , says there is a strong probability that the Wadly & MtVernon will, be fin ished to that plac in the near future. Ralston Breakfast Food, and “Pankake” flour, at Gaskin & Davis. John T. Rowland, who has been away from town some time, come direct from Mineral Bluff, Gu., to Douglas last Sunday night, and is now shaking hands with the boys in town and county. Gaskin & Davis, gives sixteen ounces to the pound. We earnestly hope Lem McElvin will not get married again soon, lie lost a half day last Saturday, and was nervous the other half. When you -want something nice and fresh in the grocery line. Phone, Gaskin & Davis. Saturday has got to be a busy day in this town sure, and not only do the people come here to trade, hut to meet old fiiends who come on Saturday. “Home Raised Rust Proof Seed Oats, for sale. Apply to E. B. Mooue, Broxton Ga.” Joshua Ward promised to bring the editor of this paper some cane last Saturday, “if nothing happen ed,” lie didn’t do it, however and we suppose something happened. All of the Children and “big folks” too, go to Gaskin &. Davis, for nice Candies, Nuts, and Cakes. Some of tlie sportsmen of Doug las are talking about getting up a “Sportman’s Club,” composed of those who will assist in the pur chase of land at or near the river, when the Wadley and Mt. Ver non reaches there, to be kept as a picnic ground, also for fishing and hunting. It is a good idea. Texar Rust Proof Seed Oats, for sale. Lott & Vickers, Douglas, Ga. All well Dressed People wear stylish Hats. If that is the kind you want you can find them at Adam’s Millinery Store at the same price you pay for the kind that are not Stylish. We regret to learn that the trouble between the A. & B. and B. & B. railroad, is not at an end, Mr. Wadlv, president of the former, says when the injunction sued out by the latter is dissolved all arrangements of track privileges to the B. & B. will be cancelled forever. The very best buggies on the market, at the same prices that others- are sold, are at Flowers & Whilden’s, Douglas, Ga. Dont fool your money away for trash, when you can buy late and stylish goods at Adams Store at the same price you pay for the out of date Styles at other places. Come and be convinced. Be sure to see Dr. Hall’s machine “The electric Transformfhjer,” that makes the “old maids into charming young girls. Please remember when in need of a new Sewing Machine that we keep the best grades, and do not [ charge excessive prices. Come and I see them. Flowers & Whilden, Douglas. Ga. Mrs, Grundy Says, JTu That some who do not claim to be old maids are Tyjk practicing to he adepts ffl w^en Bie time arrives. M M Dear old friends. St That there are many people who criticise their superiors but are unable to excell them. That’s natural, of course. that it is a poor plan for young men and girls to repeat rumors to each other that are calculated to wound the feelings, or injure the character ot an acquaintance. That’s her opinion. That she wanted to ride on tin merry-go-round, hut Grundy said children only rode on such things, and she reckons it’s so for he is there all the time. Old hypocrite! 1 hat she found a note on the street the other day, which was written by a school boy to his dulcina, a school girl, who had offended the writer, by accepting attentions from another boy, and lie said he “was a good mind to blow out liis brains, ” but she hopes he’ll not cripple himself that way. Oh dear, dearrie, dear! 1 hat it is a good idea for all families to settle their own disputes, without asking in help, because that is the way her and Grundy does, whether he likes it or not. At the World’s Fair. I'he Filipinos have begun the erection of their native villages. The construction of these villages is proving a great attraction to visitors. No nails are used in the construction. The bamboo poles, waich range in length from 40 to 90 feet, furnish the timbers. These are tied together with hejuco, the fibre ol rattan. Nipa forms the roof. Nipa is produced from the leaves of a palm peculiar to the Philippine Islands. The floors are bambee, split into small sec tions, and so tied to the cross sections that they form a smooth surtace. Work has begun on the Moro, \ isayan, Luzon and Igor tote villages. The Moro village will be built on the western shores of Laguma do Bay and many of the buildings will he over the vyaters ot the lake on wooden up rights and be accessible only by boats. Coffee County Sunday School Conven tion. Being unable to get over'to Wil lacoochee last Sunday, we missed being with our friends in this con vention last Sunday. President Overman, however, informs us that the meeting was a success, the attendance was g >od, and the peo ple of that place kept up their reputation, as is usual. Sol. Jno. W. Bennett, of Waycross, we are told, made the speech of his life, ar.d, in fact, all that were on the rostrum, delivered splendid ad dresses. The next convention will be held at Nichols next spring. Fires Pears and Peanuts. Tifton Gazette : A dozen Xeiffer pears, from the orchard of Briggs Carson, measure over a peck. Mr. Carson is shipping his pear crop to Fitzgerald, where he finds ready sale for it at - $1 per bushel. Irwin County Courier: J. Walker brought us a hunch- of peanuts which measured nine feet across the top, and so- many pinders on it we would not take time to count them. Joe Webb of Syca more sent us a sweet potato that weighed seven and a half pounds. It was raised on his 300- acre farm. The Tax Collectors Found. I will be at the following places on the dates named : Wilsonvilie, Nov. 16, 9 a. m. Nichols .... ~ 16, 2 p. in. Wilcox ~ 17, 9 a. m. Gulf ~ 17, 2 p. rn. Pickren, .. ~ 1 9p, m. C. C. Smith’s.. ~ 18, -3 p. m. Broxton. ~ 19, 9 a. m. Please meet me promptly, pre pared to pay vour taxes. TJAI TANNER. T. C. Going to Nichols- DuVall, the Photographer, of Douglas, Ga., will be in Nichols, Ga., on Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th, with a tent, prepared to make pictures. Good work and reasonable prices. Go and have your pictures made. C. O. DuVall. Going to the Bushes- Mr. F. L. Sweat has quit loafing around town with the boys, since the Supreme court decided that the vagrant law was constitutional, and has gone to railroading. lie says he will have the Wadley & Mt. Vernon railroad extended from Broxton to the Bushes, about one mile this side of the river by the 35th of this month. It is understood tfiat Frank L. is a railroader, and his assertion is not doubted. Fine Sea Island Cotton- Mr. Henry Vickers, one of the leading farmers of this county, had some cotton, as it cmae from the gin, in town Monday, and exhibit ed one single tlake of the fleecy staple which was over: six feet long, and was as white as cotton gets to be. He claims that proper ginning is necessary to -save the lint in cotton. ; Married Last Saturday Lem Me Kelvin. of this office, and LuVicey Bailey, both of this place, were married. Juotice Rellchan officiating. You see how it was. As long as we had girhs tlie hoys were after.them, and now the girls are after the boys. We wish them joy however. The Big Show is Coming. The agents of Howe’s London Shows have been in our city ar ranging for the coming of that ever welcome amusement, aggregation, and the small hoy will -be corres pondingly happy, and everybody and his best girl will be at Douglas on Show Day, November 21st. Wanted- Agents wanted in every countv in Georgia to handle a. good "pay ing necessity. Good money for, agents. Write quick—territory] being rapidly taken up. Address! E. C. Tupper Brunswick, Ga., J Lost—One S2O hill somewheM in Douglas, on Saturday Octobß| 3 1 si. Finder will he rewarded wS| $5.00 by returning same to Brcifljji office. C. C. Bowjfli All of the Breeze force ,lias bl out of sorts this week.;- Oml the printers wenWCiJ and, A malice aforethought Jomml matrimony. one _ rough and tumble fi gift of fever, and the editor A •ume all round go," ig M with Mr. Bill.-'iiS V^k ill we' (•■mi V with the news. Be sine. ■" jft* • A • - A A Jiflfl 1 JB M A V>/l M mg A J 2 m ever are bank! > ■frfefTV I Con -; U , I ;icc'Hn^nn^nH| ng