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4he Douglas Weekly Breeze.
EOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, PIEST AND ALL THE TIME
VOL IS, No. 16
Great Sweep Sale!
. . At The Leader Department Store . .
The great sweep sale will last for one week longer. The greatest money saving sale in our
history. An event which is welcomed by all Coffee County. To all whexcoujd not be waited on
last week we invite you to be on hand Monday and every May next week and piices
lower, and will continue until every piece of summer goods is disposed of, the prices will be low
enough to insure quick selling. These goods will be sold to the first come at the prices below.
Dress Goods Bargains.
Thousands of yards of Wash
Goods, bolts, half pieces and
remnants go on bargain counters
Monday at cost and less.
ioc yard wide percale 6J
Assorted color shambry 6$
Assorted color gingham
Yard wide bleeching, best 7i
Fine mercerised ginghams
sells 25c, this sale. 10
All assortments of mercerise 1
whi‘e goods of the latest de
signs, worth 15c 09
We cordially invite you to come and we guarantee to save you money on the great special sale that
goes on now. ■ Yours for great Bargains,
THE LEADER DEPARTMENT STORE. Douglas, Ga.
DID HIS DUTY-
A True Lesson a Girl will Never Forget
Last week the Breeze had an ar
ticle on the dangerous habjt some
young men have of handling the
names of their lady acquaintances.
This week we publish the follow
ing, the facts of which we gain
from an exchange.
“There was a social gathering at
:a house on one of the main streets
of the town, and among those pres
ent was a traveling man, fora well
known wholesale house, who was
a fine conversationalist, but rather
quiet. A young lady present de
cided that she would flirt with him.
He “caught on,” and proposed to
take a walk with the frisky young
woman.
As they rambled on he question
ed her as to the location of her
home, but when he asked her to
take him„ in she refused, sayirg
that she did not want her mother
to see her with a stranger. But the
traveling man insisted on going in
and before she could remonstrate
he had seized her arm and hurried
her up the steps to the front door.
An elderly lady responded to the
summons. The traveling man in
quired if she was the mother of the
girl at his side. Receiving an
affirmative reply the stranger gent
ly led the girl in the hall, and turn
ing to the mother, said: “Madam,
vour daughter flirted with me on
the streets this evening, and I have
brought her home .to you. She
doesn’t look like a bad girl and she
is altogether too young and pretty
Better quality white mercer
ised waistings makes up
durable and neat 15
All kind flowered Silks regu
lar 50c grade 19
Finest grade Peau de Soie Silk
usually sells for 1.00 59
Ladies 5c handkerchiefs 01
Great Cut Prices in
Millinery.
$2 $3 and $4 hats will go for 95
Little priced hats for little
people
to be on the street alone at night.
I have a daughter of my own about
her age and I would thank any
man'for doing what 1 have done
to-night and so would her mother.
Take care of your daughter and
don’t let her walk the streets at
night, and teach her the evils of
flirting.”
The South Georgia Fair.
The people of Waycross appear
to be putting in an extraordinary
effort, a lot of hard work to make
their fifth annual Fair, November
Ist, to sth, a grand success, and it
looks very mnch like they are go
ing to succeed. With the finest
crops grown in this section in a,
number of years, the agricultrial
exhibit should reach the top notch.
We are told that Air. J. S. Sharp,
the General Superintendent, has
has perfected arrangements for a
first class racing programme, as
well as other intertainments and
sources of amusement in endless
variety, and as the South Georgia
Fair at Waycross, is the only Fair
that will open its gates south of
Alacon this season, we see no rea
son why the patronage in every
respect should not be all that is de
sired.
Now a word to our own people;
we find in the premium list four
splendid cash premiflms for county
exhibits. No county in south Geor
gia can produce finer and greater
variety of field crops than Coffee,
hence we insist that some of our
leading farmers get busy and ar
range an exhibit that will take the
Douglas, Ga., August 20th, 1904.
first prize. It can be arranged
with very little trouble and as we
are so near the Fair ground, the
expense of placing a county exhibit
will amount to nothing compara
tively. But if each farmer waits
for his neighbor, nothing will be
done. Will some of our farmers
give us a line on this proposition?
A postal card suggestion will do.
Doctor Mumford Is Dead.
W. E. Mumford, founder of the
Industrial Home in Macon, where
homeless orphan children were
cared for, is dead. And He who
said “Suffer little children to come
unto Me,” has ere this, assembled
Heaven’s Choir and welcomed him
with music from golden harps with
Angel fingers touched. He sacri
ficed all he had for the “litttle
ones” that they might be fed and
clothed. And now the bright rai
ment has been put upon him and
riches untold is his reward. He
heard the cry of the forsaken waif
and gave it home and shelter and
was homeless himself. He has a
mansion now and the gates are
pearls and the walls are of jasper
and the diadem, that all the jewels
of earth cannot equal, is upon his
head.
On earth his ears heard only the
pitiful wail of the forsaken, says
the Chronicle, but now his hearing
is attuned to Heaven’s sweetest
strains and the melody comes from
the thousand, myriad throated
Choir hymned in praise and an
themed in rejoicing.
The feet that were weary witn
75c child hat for 35
35c child hat for 19
Baby Caps 14
50c Boys Caps 25
Ready made skirts will go at
half the usual price
Hen’s Clothing.
Fine 10.00 all wool suits 4-47
~ 7-5° a A wool suits 3-45
Big line single coats worth
3.00 and 4.00, this sale 1.95
Big line pants, worth $2.00
$3.00, to clean ’em up 1.25
the marches through strenuous
noons, on this glorious Sabbath
morn, press gladly the golden
streets and the brow that was cloud
ed with care in looking after the
“little ones” is garlanded with
leaves from the tree of life.
The Valdosta Buggy Company.
The Valdosta Buggy Company,
manufacturer of High Grade Ve
hicles, sold under a guarantee, is
shipping buggies to Douglas by the
car load, and they have men in the
country who will sell them. They
have contracted with the Breeze
for a half page advertisement, in
which to advertise these celebrated
buggies, but express company fail
ed to deliver the elecros in time for
use in this paper, therefore, the ad
vertisement will appear next week.
We are directed, however, to ask
the people of Coffee county to wait
until they see the Valdosta Buggy
Co., before bu) ing.
Judge Osteen and lady returned
from St. Simons refreshed late last
Sunday night.
We are glad to learn that Joel
Gaskin, who has been iil for some
time, is reported to be improoved.
Savannah will print 25,000
pamphlets descriptive of that city’s
resources and advantages. The
city pays $750.00 toward the work.
Private individuals pay the balance.
That’s the way to advertise.
We learn from Air. J. R. Over
man that Bro. Oxford preached to
very large congregations over at
Antioch church last Sunday, and
that the interest in the meeting
necessitated a series of protracted
services.
SI.OO per Annum
Boys’ suits are cut to half
price.
SUSPENDERS worth 25 at 15
Best 20c suspenders now at.. 09
Shoes, Shoes.
For men, women and chil
dren, all styles low quarter
will and must go.
$1.50 and I.go shoes 93
$3 and $4 men’s shoes for 2.75
Brogan shoes worth 1.23 65
Men’s Hats.
Fine men’s hats goat half price.
WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY-
In the future no judge of Supe
rior or supreme courts can ride up
on free passes. The general assem
bly has raised the salaries or the
superior court judges from .$2,000
to $3,000, and the supreme court
judges from $3,000 to $4,000 each.
The increase in salaries is condi
tioned on the non-acceptance of
any judge of a free pass on any rail
road in the state either for them
selves or for the members of their
families. If any of the judges
should accept from any of the tele
phone, telegraph or express com
painies a frank or shall allow any
member of their Anilies to do so,
they will forfeit the increased pay
and will lay themselves liable to
impeachment.
It is believed that the provision
of the act denying free passes to the
judiciary of the state will meet
with the hearty approval of the
people.—Dublin Courier.
Southern Normal Institute-
The Southern Normal Institute
will commence the fall term on
August 30th, with a fu'l and effi
cient faculty. The attendance
promises to be large, and it is hoped
arrangements will be made to have
pupils entered on first day. Forty
or fifty students can find accommo
dations with the principal, at the
old Buck Hotel. Citizens who will
be able to take students as boarders
will please notify Prof. Hendricks
at once.
Clerk J. AI. Dent and Airs. Dent
returned from St. Louis last Alon
day morning.