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LOCAL NEWS.
■ Mr/IS. IL Niinchew was in town
|i>t \Vedneaity.
The ukctioi\ passed off. all over
>-|the County quietly,
John HaliTmml Nichols, was
the first matron the court ground
last Mona tyj^L
Wanted, aqci the highest price
will be paid for country pioduce
at tfee Soufeern Bargain House.
MMM .J*. Paulk and others who
in and helped
us otityhfTT tfllfcash.
Gallon C. N. Fielding, for all
order emblems, in pins and
buWfns.
jisDr. Spence will represent Ware
if the negroes did vote
£OWI for his opponent.
For stenographic work see
iss Daisy Sharpe, fudge Levi
Steen’s office.
If good newspaper work will
build up a county Irwin has a
bright future.
A cordial welcome awaits you at
the Southern Bargain House, Airs.
S. M. Oxford proprietress.
The Douglas Art Studio will
make photos next week at reduced
praoes.
For low prices call at Southern
Bargain House, center store in
Quncy & McDonald’s block-
The public schools at Brunswick
are overflowing with pupils and
more teachers and rooms must be
-secured.
The election was very quiet last
Wednesday, only 286 votes being
polled in Douglas. The vote was
.light all over the county.
Wh“'i people from northern sec
tions visit Southern Georgia it
will then be seen that we have the
Eldorado of the world.
Rev. Carl Minor, of Fitzgerald,
preached the first sermon in the
Presbyterian church last Tuesday
night. It was a fine one, to.
Cut out your advertisement to
save a few cents and starve the
printer and you cut off your nose
and stop trade.
Mr. C. W. Weaver, of Green
ville, Ohio, has written Gus E.
Brack that he would be in this sec
tion sometime this fall on an in
spection tour.
Since our last edition some of
our North'Georgia exchanges have
arisen in their seats and exclaimed,
“Coffee county has just completed
a beautiful brick court house.”
Oliver Jones, who shot and kill
ed a sleeping convict sometime ago
as the evidence at the coroners jury
seem to declare, will be tried in the
Superior court next week. ✓
The North Georgia edition of the
Breeze is taking well with the press
of the State. We have ordered
seven dozen bundles of our assorted
thanks distributed among our con
temporaries for their kind words.
Rev. Mr. Haygood, of Fitzgerld
is assisting in the series of meetings
at the presbyterian church. He
preached his first serman Wednes
day night, continuing until this ;
afternoon.
There were no independents in
Coffee county last Wednesday.
Everybody voted for the primary
nominees. Candidates defeated in
the primary were in good humor
and voted for the other man.
The Waycross Herald remarks
that Robinson’s circus has given
that city the go-by. Well, you
can come to Douglas with your
people and see the show. Your
toawn’s too small for a big thing
like Robinson’s circus. See?
The entire vote of the county
polled last Wednesday was 469.
The amendments and John Bennett
were adopted. Gov. Terrell fell
behind the ticket about one hun
dred votes and Southerland was
unamously elected.
Mrs. S. M. Oxford the proprie
tress of the Southern Bargain Store
between Mrs. Turrentine and Mr.
Thompson’s stores, Quincy & Mc-
Donald block, has a nice little stock
of family groceries, and as she is
so plesant to trade with the Breeze
would like to see her prosper.
Bishop Bayfield, colored, will
commence a camp-meeting at Bush
nell next Tuesday. There will be
quite a number of colored devines
present and good order will prevail.
He will also conduct a meeting of
the same kind at Willacoochee be
ginning October iSth. His white
friends are invited.
Coffee County Superior Court.
Superior Court for the October
term convened last Monday, Judge
T. A. Parker presiding. ‘Juries
were quickly formed.
Mr. D. E. Gaskin of Willacoo
chee, was chosen as foreman of the
Grand Jury, with Eugene Merrier,
bailiff. Both good officers.
Judge Parker-’s charge to the
grand jury was. as usual, full and
elaborate, covering completely the
points generally given in charge.
Stenographer Memory and Soli
citor Bennett were on hand, so
were Cols. Hitch, Allen, Fuller and
others, but the most important
oases were carried over on account
of the absence of leading attorneys.
Court adjourned Tuesday to be
reconvened next Mora da}' when the
criminal docket will be taken up.
The case of Elisha Lott charged
with the murder of his sorf-in-law,
Randall Metts is set for next Mon
day.
Henry Cook, will also be tried
next week for the murder of his
son-in-law.
TO THE LADIES,
We cordially invite you to at
tend our Fall Millinery opening
October ioth „and 12th. Com
mencing at ten o’clock Monday
morning. Your presence is es
pecially requested Monday p. m.
from 3.30 to 6.30 o’clock, as those
will be our reception hours and we
will entertain you to the best of
•our ability. We have the ‘pretiest
line of pattern hats, ready-to-wears,
children hats and bonnets we have
ever brought on before,-and we can
save you money too. If you are
not already a customer of ours, we
will be glad to welcome you. “It
cost nothing to look, it cost less to
buy here than at other places.”
Waycross Bav.aar
Milinery and notions, Johnson
Block, Pendleton, st., Waycross
Ga.
Bainbridge Wants our Preacher.
A dispatch from Thomasville to
the Atlanta Journal, last Tuesday
says : “Rev. S. R. C. Adams, who
is in the employ of the Baptist
state board as a missionary, has
been in South Georgia in the per
formance of his duty. He preached
at Bainbridge Baptist church iast
Sunday week and the following
Monday night.
The church which is now with
out a pastor later called a confer
ence and extended him a .unanimous
call to the pastorate before he could
leave town.
Mr. Adams is a strong preacher,
having served as pastor in the
churches in Carrollton, Marietta,
Newnan and the Central, of At
lanta.”
Mr. Adams has been preaching
at Douglas, occasionally, did so last
Sunday, and while we regret to
give him up, congratulate Bain
bridge in making such a fine selec
tion for a regular pastor.
Proper Care of Provislone.
Through carelessness and igno
rance the loss is often great if the
good things you provide for your
larder are not properly taken care
of after they are delivered. Salads
and fresh greens should not be left
to ■wilt in a hot kitchen.
Meat should be put immediately
in a cool place and taken off the pa
per it is wrapped in. Butter and
milk must be very carefully treated
and always kept by themselves, as
they get very quickly tainted with
the taste of anything they are near.
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Some interest
It.-hed .1' to the • '•■ ,-*1 -'P
unhappy ex- Em;uy>®
widow of the f'V
ian of Moxieo. The BflM
spomlent of the Nowcast
cle states that the ex-emprt.
pears at last to have reached the
of the acute stage of her long ma"
tyrdom. It has lasted forty years
in almost, one continuous series of
scenes of nervous excitement and
passionate emotion of the most pain
ful kind. All these years of cruel
mental torture have been spent at
the Belgian royal country house of
Bonchout, which the present king
of the Belgians, the ex-empress’
brother, allotted for her residence
on her reason giving wav. For three
years now she has lived in a state
of almost rational calm. Her health
is good, and hopes are entertained
that the lifelong storm is past. —
London Globe.
The Value of a Side Remark.
A. S. L. Shields, Philadelphia’s
well known criminal lawyer, once
turned a case in his favor by the
happy inspiration of a side remark.
George S. Graham, then district
attorney of the Quaker City, was
making his plea to the jury. Sud
denly pointing to the prisoner, he
shouted, “He has been in politics
too long to be honest!”
He paused for a moment to let
the full significance of the words
sink home, when in a opiiet but pen
etrating voice Mr. Shields, leaning
toward the speaker, said:
“You’ve been in politics some lit
tle time yourself, haven’t you,
George ?”
The jury shook with laughter,
Mr. Graham sat down discomfited,
and a few minutes later the twelve
.good men and true brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
Enormous Trout.
There is a famous pool at Broad
lands, England, on the river Test,
which has produced some very large
trout, two of which, caught within
the past five years, have weighed
respectively thirteen and one-half
and thirteen and one-quarter
pounds; but it fell to the lot of a
hoy of ten, Master Harry Ashley,
the youngest son of the Bight Hon.
Evelyn Ashley, on April 14, to
•catch the record fish of this part of
the river. The weight was sixteen
pounds. This giant of the Test
fell to the allurements of a baited
hook. The fish fought steadily and
doggedly for about twenty minutes,
and the young fisherman managed
to check its rushes and at last
bring it to the landing net without
any assistance.
The Stadium at Athens.
The restoration of the famous
Stadium of Athens, begun in 1895
with funds given by a Greek mer
chant, has progressed until they are
now placing the last s of the 52,000
marble seats which {he great am
phitheater contains. The seats, rail
ings, etc., are all of the creamy
white Penteiikon marble. It is the
intention of the committee having
the restoration in charge to build a
marble propylaea, or entrance, re
sembling the ancient one. Some
.urge the finishing of the outer walls
of the Stadium by surmounting
them with a marble colonnade.
When the propylaea will be com
menced is not known.
The Storks’ Nest.
A real estate inan in Alton, 111.,
has just completed a big flat build
ing which he named the Storks’
Nesi. Tenants with children are
given preference. The owner an
nounced that the new apartments
were exclusively for married people
and that the presence of children
would be a recommendation instead
of a bar to acceptance as tenants.
He has decided io set an example
to other landlords by providing a
place so that couples may live with
out being in fear of eviction or in
crease in rent if there is an increase
in the size of their families.
The Difference.
Philip Hale, the Boston musical
critic and annotator of the Sym
phony programme books, was talk
ing not long ago with a woman who
is strenuously pursuing musical cul
ture.
“Mr. Hale,” she asked him, “what
is the difference between the first
and second violins in an orchestra ?”
“About $lO a concert, madam,”
replied the critic. —Harper’s Week
ly.
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the water ai^
else in the , llW 'lg room ; tlilHH|y .
out the water, till with cleaiJ|jH
ter and wash, rinsing each
clear boiling water. They uiH|g|
placed in a dish drainer
dry, ready to put away, in a fra
moments, without wiping, which B
far more cleanly and saves muc*
time. Knives and forks are the
only things wiped. It also saves
dish towels, as there is little or no
wear and tear upon them in this
way. The few minutes they lie
soaking in the water make the
washing simple and they shine “like
diamonds” when dry..
Shine the Tinware.
Most housekeepers find that pol
ishing the tinware is the rock upon
which kitchen harmony often foun
ders. Unless one can capture a
native Scandinavian or Teuton to
whom this work is part of her ac
customed routine an excellent plan
is to have a dishpan full of hot soda
suds on the back of the range and
drop in each utensil after using.
By the time the meal has been
served and the other dishes washed
these pieces will be found to “have
shined themselves,” as it were. They
will require nothing but a thorough
rinsing with hot water and a vigor
ous rubbing with a coarse crash
towel to keep them brilliant indefi
nitely.
Currant Shrub.
This is one of the most cooling
and refreshing of summer drinks
and is said to be specially beneficial
in cases of liver trouble. Stem red
currants, wash thoroughly and
place in a stone jar set in a kettle
of hot water. Cook until the juice
is well extracted, then put in a
flannel bag to drain. For each pint
of the clear juice allow a pound of
granulated sugar, and boil together
ten minutes. Bottle while hot.
Many prefer to add a gill of the best
brandy to each pint of the liquid
before bottling. To prepare it as a
beverage allow two tablespoonfuls
of the shrub to each glass of cold
water.
Laundering Linens.
An experienced embroiderer gives
this piece of advice about launder
ing embroidered linens: Always
wash a piece for the first lime be
fore cutting it out. After washing,
stretch on a smooth board, which
has been covered first with a piece of
plain linen, tacking the embroidery
quite securely and smoothly. Leave
overnight, laying the board fiat, lest
the color runs.
To Clean Paint.
Squeeze a clean cloth out of hot
water, dip it in whiting and with
this rub the paint till dirt is remov
ed. Rinse well with clean water,
dry with a soft cloth, and polish
with a chamois leather. Paint clean
ed in this wav looks like new, and
the whiting will not injure even the
most delicate colors.
Sotxtl) Georgia Fartr)
For Sale.
245 acres, 70 acres cleared,
fairly good houses, good neigh
borhood, two miles from rail
road station, seven miles from
Douglas, the county-site of Coffee
county. Address,
W. P. WARD,
DOUGLAS, - • - GEORGIA.
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tensely hungry and ate freely.
process was repeated several times,
and as a result he found himself
cured of chronic, indigestion, from
which he had suffered for years.
Ironad Shoes.
Shoes of nearly every description
are ironed with a hot or Avarm iron.
A short time ago it would have
been thought peculiar to iron men’s
shoes with a warm iron instead of
treeing them, but it is being done
with the best results in some fac
tories. This docs not include wax
or other greasy calf stock, but it
does include box calf. Of course
the warm iron process is much
cheaper than the old method of
treeing and dressing. Therefore its
general adoption is not unlikely. It
is not unusual now to iron patent
finished leather, but it is usually
preceded with a light dressing of oil.
•—Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Odd Business Transaction.
A London firm recently received
from a gold miner in Alaska the fol
lowing curious letter: “Gentlemen,
inclosed you will find an envelope
which you will tear up in small
pieces and place in a glass of wa
ter; let soak for an hour or so, then
stir and drain off slowly; add more
water and drain, and you will find
.thirty grains of gold, for which you
will send me a stvlographic pen
wrapped up in a late newspaper.”
’These instructions were duly car
ried out, and the gold, value 5
shillings, obtained, in exchange for
which the ingenious ‘miner was sent
a styiographic pen and two newspa
pers.—-London Tit-Bits.
The Anticosti' Enterprise.
The Anticosti enterprise has been
given up by Menier, the Paris
“chocolate king.” He bought the
island athwart the mouth of the St.
Lawrence some years ago, intending
to muke lobster fishing, the only in
dustry ever carried on there, profit
able and to fill its forests with
game. But after spending a mil
lion and a half dollars he got tired
o£ it.