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LOCAL NEWS
Lost.
Large Black Morocco Pocket
Book. “T. B. Marshall, Douglas,
Ga.,” Stamped in gold on it.
Kindly return to owner and get re
ward.
We ll b moved, when we get
moved. Markey Trading Co.
Mr. \V . T. Flanders, who lives
near Pearson, was here this week.
Mr. Tim Tanner, Tax Collectej,
has been quite sick, since our last
member.
Mr. J. E. Morris, of Finlayson,
Ga,, was in town this week look
ing for a house.
Mrs. Ira Smith who has recently
been very sick with pneumonia, is
somewhat improved.
It is astonish’ng how many men
in early life had a leaning toward
a stage career.
The woman who has ability as a
singer looks the most lightly at it
as an accomplishment.
Capt. D. G. jPurse, of Savannah,
was here Monday, looking after
his interest in Douglas.
Air. N. M. Pafford, of Pearson,
was here last Monday on business
before the commissioners.
Air. C. N. Fielding, the jewel
er, can be found at the Hart Fur
niture company’s new store.
Air. D. W. Lott, of Broxton,
was in town last Monday on bus
iness with the commissioners.
Air. and Airs. AlcCormick are at
home again, after a visit of several
days to friends and relations in
Appling county.
Capt. Miller, “the railroad man”
as the darkies say, was here last
Tuesday. Must be something
doing on that line.
Our fr'end F. H. Williams is
now with the Markey Trading Co.,
where he will be pleased to wait
on his many friends.
Col. James Denton was in town
last Monday lugging a pretty baby
around in his arms just as a new
married, green horn would do.
Mr. N. N. Hayes, of Hazlehurst,
was in town last Monday and left
a silver dollar on our desk. It will
continue to blow, brother Hayes.
We don’t aim 2 try 2 drive our
competitors out of business, but
we’ll wak’em up. Watch us.
Markey Trading Co.
Mr. J. S. Lott, one of the mott
punctual in attendane of the Com
missioners, wes detained at his
home last Mondey on account of
sickness.
Mr. jo. P. AToseley is now re
joicing because Mrs. W. Fuller
Smith presented him with his first
and only grand-daughter on Jan
uary 2nd.
E. B. Morris and T. J. Douglas,
two clever gentleman and success
ful farmers of the county, who get
the pager at Bristan, were in town
last Monday. .
Mr. Henry Sapp, wife and the
children, former Douglasites, but
now of Fitzgerald, have been vis
iting relatives in Douglas and Gar
rant this week.
Rev. J. C. Williams, of Nichols,
one of our best, truest friends, was
here last Saturday and renewed his
youth and allegiance by paying for
the Breeze for another year.
The foot-mat hats worn now
days by the ladies remind us of the
two-column scare heads some of
the little* weekly papers use. The
head is the most conspicious thing
about them.
Monroe Tanner, of Ocilla, Irwin
county, was in town last Monday.
We regretted his going out of our
county, but since he comes now
and then we shall feel better
about it.
Capt. Stubbs, of Macon, a prom
inent railroad man and capitalist
was here this week. We want
more Macon people to get interest
ed down here. We want a line of
through passenger and freight
routes.
The New Drug Firm, with Dr.
Tne. M. Hall in charge is moving
into the corner store on the east
corner ■of the Sweat & Vickers’
block, (on Ward street. The new.
beautiful furniture has arrived and
is in .place/the other goods will *l
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Confederate Veterans, see notice.
The Buck Hotel is for sale. See
advertisement.
The Hart Furniture Co., has
moved into the second store east in
the new brick block.
Capt. D. G. Purse wants to sell
the Buck Hotel. It is a good piece
of property.
The Ladies Ariel Quartette is ex
pected at the Normal Hall, to night.
This is one of the treats of the sea
son.
The Eastman Timeg-Journal has
been sold to Air. C. AI. Alethin, a
practical printer of experience and
ability.
Services at Episcopal church next
Sunday, night and morning, con
ducted by Rev. J. H. Woodward.
Public invited.
Aliss Laurena Kerr, who has
been with Airs. S. P. Adams all
he season was* intending to go to
Atlanta last Thursday.
Air. C. B. Porter is doing the
painting on the Sweat & Vickers’
building, and the work compares
with any to be found in this section.
Air. Tyler of the Lott-Tyler Lum
ber Co., of Broxton was in town
last Fridiy on business. lie is a
good live man and thinks his town
is on an up grade.
Col. E. W. Ryman, a prominent
attorney and citizen of Fitzgerald,
was in the city last Saturday on
some legal business. We are al
ways delighted to ccc Cel. Hyman.
Mr. S. O. Turrentine, his esti
mable lady, daughter and son, are
domiciled on Gaskin avenue, our
next door neighbors and where Mr.
W. M. (Yad) Kirkland lived.
O. F. Deen is not a very large
man, bodily, but he is a good, num
ber one fellow and one of our neigh
bors, and it does him good to be al
lowed to sing by-o-baby-bcy.
Messrs. Carroll and Cleveland
Rellehan, who have been away, in
Florida for some time are at home
again, and their many friends in
Douglas are delighted to see them
The first number of the Banner,
a new paper published at Nashville,
Berrien county, by I. W. Purdom,
proprietor and A. C. Sweat editor
is before us. It is well gotten up
and very readable.
Mr. R. O. Douglas, late of At
lanta, is in the city, and will make
his future headquarters here, as a
district agent of the New England
Life Insurance Co., one of the old
est, strongest and most liberal in
existence.
The Breeze hopes its correspon
dents arc ever their Christmas and
New Year Jubilees and will now
send in their favors. We want a
correspondent in every town and
hamlet and district. Write the
news we will correct errors.
The best line of Shoes (Browns)
on earth, and can fit anybody.
Markey Trading Co.
Carry your shoes to H. C. Barnes
for repairs. He does good work
cheap, and can be found at the
barber shop on Ward street.
You cannot always speculate on
what a man will do when be comes
to a danger point.
If u want 2 save money watch
our advertisement. Alarkey Trad
ing Co.
We have one of the most com
plete lines of Hawke’s Ey'e Glasses
that has ever been shown in Doug
las, and we guarantee a fit. Come
and see us.
Union Pharmacy,
The n>gm of business is disposed
to regard literary work as a divine
gift.
Air. Youngy Vickers, of Am
brose, one of our most successful
farmers and a long-line subscriber
was the first subscriber we found
on New Year. He has paved the
way to happiness and prosperity.
Loans negotiated on farm lands,
Call on me at the court house.
.Melvin Tanner.
Phone us any time, day or night
for drugs. We deliver prompt
ly, phone 45 anc; 54.
Union Pharm\oy.
When a woman realizes that age
tells in her face she shows the sor
row cf it.
Men generally s.hqiv a dslike for
discussing styles in-Nothing.
Standard quality & rock bottom
prices r 2 objects we keep constant
ly b 4 us. Markey Trading Co.
It is difficult to estimate how far
a woman will go to carry her point.
Phone Union Pnarmacy for your
Drugs. Phone 45 and 54.
The only ecomical woman is
she who has a fair sum from which
to draw’.
Paints and. Oils, at J. W. Willi
fords.
Try our Elysian complexion
soap.
Union Pharmacy.
Woman will argue questions
without much information on the
subject.
A’ou can always have nice, clean
fresh meats when you order from
Bailey, at the new market.
To some men rest from work
means worry and discontent.
Saddles and Harness, in all
styles and at low prices, at Willi
fords.
A man’s promise i= not always
based on sound principles.
Phone Bailey’s new City Alarket
for. frersh beef and pork every day.
Women in their social life exhibit
more skill in management than do
men.
Fresh meats at the new City
Alarket, every day.
The average woman posseses
wonderful tact in striking another
woman.
We have every kind of Tablets,
Pencils, etc., used in the schools
here, and we solicit the patronage
of the puplic.
Union Pharmacy.
To a woman there is a fascina
tion about brihgt colors she can’t ex
plain.
We defy competition & have the
amunition 2 back it up. Try us.
Markey Trading Co.
Most men believe they , have
solved the problem of how to suc
ceed and are only waiting the
chance to apply it.
Try a package .of our Interna
tional Stock Food, for Horse arm
Cattle. We sell every package
under a positive guarntee. •
Unions .Pharmacy.
Many men appear positive who
are merely sparrirtg for placdV
llow many women arc there
who know they belong to
little brigade.
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Some Real Estate Sales-
Quite a number of' lots
estate have been sold at privat j sale,4
and at auction, the former by pri-'
vate parties at private sales and ihe
latter by administrators at public
outcry.
Mr. C. A. Ward, administrator
on his fathers estate sold 400 acres
of lot of land No. 222, almost in
town, divided up in small tracts,
from ten to thirty-two acres, which
brought prices ranging from ten to
twenty dollars per acre.
Some belonging to the Hin
son estate, which was sold by the
administrator—lot No. 24, in first
district, brought a good price.
Administrator Leonard A irkland
sold 122 J acres of lot No. 517, in
tht; 6th district, a? we learn, at a
good price.
Administrator David Kirkland
also sold property advert is :d during
the past month, as the property of
the estate of R. G. Kirklind.
Air. Alike Thomas sold 1 is lot and
chimney, from which the 1 ouse was
burned'last vvec.r, tu .< .. .a 1 j Gra
ham at a good price.
All these transactions lyre highly
ll
that Coffee county land.wire V
1 ble
Many Thanks, Dear Friends.
We had a number of compli
ments paid us on the contents and
appearance of the last number of
the Breeze, which we cannot pass
with out notice. Many people
who did not know any better
thought it had been printed on
new type and press, as we ex pect
ed arid had promised some changes
still such was not the case, but
will be later. V e are still at our
old homo, and will go into our
new office when it is complete,
when our friends will all be invited
to come and see us, in fact, our
Sanctum, just in front of our
printing office, across a ninefoot
hall will be head qua ters for our
friends when in town.
Arrested Last Monday-
AI. C. Jowers, who lives near
town. ,vas arrested last Monday
on a warrant charging him with
pointing a pistol at another, and
will have to appear before next
term of City Court to answer.
John Streater, charged with for
gery, in having forged an endorse
ment on a note of a well known
citizen of the county, was arrested
last Monday by consable McCoftnick
and will have a justice court trial
on the lath.
Hart Furniture Co-
The numerous readers of the
Breeze most of whom are also our
patrons, are informed that we have
moved our stock of Furnitue, Ma
chines and general furnishings for
boueskeepers next the -corner store
easl in the Sweat & Vickers build
ing where we will be pleased to
see our old patrons, and form the
acquaintance of others. We prom- i
i-se you your monies worth in deal-!
ing with us.
IIaUTFuRNI’TTJK e StO I! E .
The list of death in the great Chi
cago theatre disaster has reached
over 600.
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B jjt! he offered before the court house door in Douglus.
Mesday, February 2t ,
vfHEAJrtween the usual hours.for sales: That mudernly .»j , d
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an and Ethel Streets.
The Building Was For merly Kaavtt as
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It is admirably adopted for a private result npeor a large ~ 1 e.
It is very convenient to the High School.
Terms : One third cash, one third six me e
third nine months, deferred payments to bear c t
per annum. Purchaser preferring to pay all ca I
be allowed two percent discount oft amour.: I
payments.
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Union Banking Company*
At a meeting of the officers of
this Banking Co., last Wednesday,
the old Bo:\rd of Directors and Of
ficers were re-elected, and a divi
dend of 25J per cent, declared,
I $5000.00 of which was passed to
1 surplus as part earnings of last six
months. It is doubtful if a better
showing can be made by banks in
larger cities.
Election of Officers Citizens Batik.
At a meeting last Wednesday,
i the old Board of Directors were re
elected for T 904, as follows : B,
11. Tanner, \V. W. AlcDonald, E.
L. Vickers, F. L. Sweat, Ri. G.
Kirkland, W. F. Sibbett and -E'. L.
Tanner. A dividend of 23V per
cent wa- declared, 8 pel* cent paid
and passed ballance to surplus.
Tffis is a good showing it seems-to
us, and all concerned are satisfied.
Attention. Veterans- .
Camp Spivey, No. 1539, Con
federate Veterans will meet at the
courthouse in Douglas, on Tuesday,
Jan. 19th, 10 o’clock a. m., to cele
brate the birthday of Robert E.
Lee, the heroie leader of the Lost
Cause. The public, especially the
ladies, are invited to attend.
T. C. ALLEN,
Commander.
A DOUGLAS LODGE
't&.GW NO. 3fs6,
F. & A.
Meets- every third %aday evening
6 o’clock. Visiting 1 brethren cordially
nvited to meet with us.
W, C. LANKFORD, W. M,
W. O. B/RfIAN, Secretary.
EUSENE MERRSER,
Coroner of Coffee County,!
Douglas, Ga.
(JUITAI AN HOLTON,
Physician Air Surgeon
Broxton, Georgia.