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The Douglas Weekly Breeze.
FOR OUR COUNTRY AND ITER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL THE TIME
VOL 16, No. 9
Broxton’s Glorious Meeting-
Broxton, June 27 —Editor
Breeze : lam happy to report a
most gracious revival at the Bap
tist church in this place. It was
the greatest revival Broxton has
known. Bro. R. E. Neighbors did
the preaching and the Lord was
with him in wonderful power,
Miss Louise Henderson was also
with us and her sweet singing and
personal work added greatly to the
interest of the meeting. The ser
vices lasted eight days, beginning
on the 2nd Sunday and closing on
the 3rd Sunday night. Twenty
five joined for baptism and thirty
one by letter—fifty-six in all.
Eighty-one have joined our church
here since last November—thirty
t\Vo by baptism and forty-nine by
letter. Broxton will soon have,
by the blessing of God, one of the
strongest sections in this part of
the State.
P. B. Butler.
Pastor.
Brother Butler’s letter reminds
us of a big meeting that came off
at Broxton sixteen or eighteen
years ago, in an old iog church
which was on the hill, amid the
pines, nearly in front of the Meth
odist church at that place now.
Rev. Mr. Wilcox and Rev. Mr.
Williams, two faithful preachers of
the Methodist church and Rev. Mr.
O’Neal, of the Baptist did the
preaching and Parker’s Class put
in a full days work all over the
church and woods. It was a big
day all the week. Three services
every day, at the church, and
many at homes all around in a rad
ious of ten miles. People came
from Irwin, Appling, Telfair and
Clinch, and they covered the hills.
They couldn’t get in the house.
At the close of the meeting the
Baptist and Methodist preachers
baptised in the same little pond or
lake, and at the same time, and un
der the same singing. Some of
those that were there that week are
in glory-land to-day. Parker,
Wilcox and Williams are gone,
and there are others to follow
soon.
Eighty-Eight Pound of Melon.
We announced last week that
Mr. J. E. McDonald had brought
us a 36 1-2 pound water melon, and
so he did, but he learned afterward
that a certain man had a 45 pound
melon that would be brought to
this offiee and so Mr. McDonald
hurried home and brought up a 52
pounder, last Saturday. We
know he can do better, and in or
der that he may not get left we
will inform him that Jim McMarty
says John Roland told him that Dr.
Bryan said Frank Applebv told him
that he had seen a man who said
Sheriff Southerland heard that
there was a man at the picnic last
Saturday who gave it out that one
of his neighbors wives said her old
man saw a man from across the
creek that said he knew a man who
had a sixty pound melon for the
Breeze- Now we’ve told it
straight, and McDonald better
bring another melon.
The Sweet Gum.
The exudation you see clinging- to
the sweet gum tree in the summer con
tains a stimulating expectorant that
will loosen the phlegm in the throat.
Taylor’s Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein cures coughs and croup.
At druggists, 25c., 50c., and SI.OO a
bottle.
Patronize The Home Merchant-
Douglas has as fine a set of mer
chants as any town of its size in
this section, and the} 7 sell goods as
reasonable as they can be bought
any w'here. They are business
men, and do not believe in swap
ping dollars simply, to get a trade,
but they sell at a V_ry small mar
gin, and deserve the trade of our
home people, and tfiey should have
it.
All this non-sense about send
ing off to some other town for an
article you imagine you can’t get
here, is humbugry. Our merchants
carry as fine stocks as the trade
warrants, but if you want anything
not in stock they will get it for
you. So, this being true, spend
your money at home, with home
merchants.
The money spent with your home
merchant is money largely kept in
your own pocket. You will find
on the average that you can really
get the best results, allowing for
expense of transportation, by buy
ing goods of every sort in Douglas.
We’know of a case in Douglas
where a lady wanted a hat, and
found it, but the price was $5.00,
and she had priced the same hat,
almost a week before in Waycross
for $4.60, therefore she ordered it,
figuring this way : Hat $4.60, ex
press 25 —total $4.85, saved 15c.
But this is how it turned out :
Hat $4.60, express, 25c, stamps 10c
money order 3c —total $4.90 —sav-
ed 2c. But then, there were five
letters written, money order appli
cation, and as the hat was returned
fora change in dressing it reached
its owner with 25c additional, ex
press, making the entire cost -115.23,
and came too late for Easter.
Nichols’ Big Fourth.
All the old Confederate Veter
ans and the Veterans of the Blue
are invited to Nichols on the fourth,
and we hope they will be there.
They will be treated well, plenty
to eat and drink, (nothing stronger
than acquafortis) and will learn
that the “war is over.” Here is
the invite :
Nichols, June 27th —The old
Veterans will hold a re-union here
on the 4th. We especially de
sire to have all the old boys in the
county, and those elsewhere, in
reach, to attend. A basket dinner
will be prepared, with roast beef
and mutton as dessert. The Odd
Fellows will parade and celebrate
the Glorious Fourth. Also the
friends and pupils of the school will
holdup education, its advantages
and privileges. The trnth is, we
want to make it an enjoyable occa
sion. Prominent gentlemen have
been invited to address the people.
The public and his wife and child
ren are invited and expected to at
tend, in fact the largest crowd
known for a long time is sure to be
present.
The editor of the Breeze has
promised to be present on this oc
casion, and while he will not ride
Old Brindie he will tell the old vet
erans how he “fit, bled and died for
Dixie,” and saved Coffee county
from being over-run by the inva
der.
N. M. Pakford
Hot Weather is Here
also the blue Flame Wick
less Oil Stove, for sale.
Watt-Harley-Holmes Co.
Douglas, Ga., July Ist, 1905.
PROGRAM
Farmers Institute—sth Senatorial District, To be
Held at Douglas, comprising the Counties of
Coffee, Ware and Clinch.
Two Days’ Session—July 7th
and Bth*
Morning Session, Friday, July 7T11., 10 O’clock.
Called to order by Dr. J. E.‘ W. Smith, President.
Prayer.
Address of Welcome By the Mayor of Douglas.
Address of Welcome.../. By Dr. J. E. W. Smith.
Response to Address of Welcome By Director Ilarvie Jordan.
Address :‘-Agricultural Education” By Prof. J. S. Stewart, Athens Ga.
Discussion.
Address: “Organization of Farmers” By Hon. T. E. Massengale,
Norwood, Ga.
Adjournment For Dinner.
Afternoon Session, 2 O’clock, P. M.
Address-: Crop Rotation By Mr. J. F. Hunnicuft, Atlanta, Ga.
Discussion.
Address: “Cotton Plant Diseases” By Prof. R. I. Smith, State
Entomologist
Discussion.
Address : “Improvement of Country Homes” By Mrs. J. 11. L. Ger
dine, Macon, Ga.
Adjournment.
Night Session, July 7TII 8:00 P. M. Sterioptican Lecture.
Magic Lantern Views and Lecture on Practical and Scientific Agricl
ture By Prof. J. S Stewart, Athens, Ga. This Lecture will
be free to the public, and will be very entertaining.
"•Second Day.
Saturday 7 July Bth, 9 A. M.
Address: “The Driry Industry” By Prof. C. L. Willoughby, Ga. Ex
periment Station
Discussion.
Address: “Soil Improvement” By Prof. J. F. Ilunnicutt, Atlanta
Discussion
Address: “The Cotton S ation” By Director l£ar>'ie Jordan
Afternoon Session, 2
Address: “Improvement of Country Schools”
- By lion. W. B Merritt, State School Commissioner
General Discussion
Address : “Woman in Rural Life” By Mrs. J. 11. L. Gerdine Macon Ga.
Opening Question Box.
Adjournment.
Old fashioned Basket Dinners served free on the grounds each day.
Let Everybody come and bring their families.
Education is the most powerful factor in the development of our
Agricultural Conditions.
HARVIE JORDAN, Director*
Mr. W. W. Stewart, of Fla., was in
town last Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Anderson, cousin of Mrs.
N. B. Stevens, is on a visit to the city.
The Nichols people will not be down
ed, and intend to celebrate the 4th in
glorious style.
Mr. B. Peterson has had the kitchen
moved away from the main part of his
old house and is geting ready to build
a handsome new residence.
”*The Band Master’s wife arrived last
Tuesday, and we can now account for
the fine music, and excellent instruc
tions given the band that night.
Two car-loads of emigrants from
New York to Montgomery, Ala., pass
ed through Columbus last week. Why
can’t Coffee County get some?
»
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wade have moved
from where they did live, and can be
found at the little house further down
the street, where Mr. Meacham lived.
The Cordele News and about three
thirds of the members of the Weekly
Press Association are enthusiastic
over the prospeetof the New County
of Crisp.
There is now in circulation a report
that Americans who visit China will
in the future have to pay $5 each for the
privilege of entering the country. Is
it going to be neeessary to keep a
weight against the open door?
It is reported on what is termed
good anthority that the Ocilla & Val
dosta Railroad will not be conpleted
to Hazlehurst before the first of Aug
ust. This will be just too late for the
“Lonely Girl” to visit Douglas on the
4th.
Col. W. N. Smith, General Passen
ger agent of the D. A. & G. railway,
was in town Monday and left an order
for hand bills announcing that his
road would begin to operate trains be.
tween Broxton and Hazlehust on the
3rd of July
Next Week’s Programme.
The Odd Fellows Picnic on the
4th, at Gaskin,s Springs.
The Confederate Veterans have
annual re-union, at Nichols, on the
4th.
Farmers’ Institute vviil commence
in Douglas on the 7th, and contin
ue in session two days.
Farmers’lnstitute and the people
generally will have a Barbecue on
the Bth.
Big Land Sale at Broxton ou the
3rd and 4th. Go and buy yourself
a home.
Only Fourth Of uly Paper-
Printers and editors are a distant
connection of the human family,
and tire down with work now and
then, in the course of events, and
as the 4th of July is on the Calen
dar for next week, we beg some
indulgence. The Breeze will be
on time as usual, but may not be
as heavy ladened with reading mat
ter as usual. We all need rest,
and then we want to make some
repairs and improvements in the
office, put new tympan on press,
fasten pulley.
Fitzgerald has been excited this
week over the imding of the dead
body of a white woman, but inves
tigation disclosed the fact that it
was the live body of a live negress.
who was playing dead, in order to
escape arrest for some crime.
SI.OO per Annum
The Silver Cornet Band.
The Band you have heard so
much about has been organized and
is now in working order. It is
composed fust ot members of the
best moral element of the town,
with twenty-one ins
which will soon be to
twenty-five, as follows :
Cornets—X. S, Ternest, E.
Pierce, J. M. Freeman, RJR J.
\\ . Lilly, E. L. Tanner and lT n
nie Canovtt.
Alios- E. 11. Tanner, Andrew
\\ ood and Carroll Relihan.
Clarinets—W. C. Bryan and J.
A. Ilersey.
Slide Trombones—ll. V. Ayers,
and J. C McCarty.
Valve Trombones—Rev. W. S.
Harden and G. M. Iv empton.
Baritone—L. L. Dent.
Bass—W. 11. White and Oliver
Peterson.
Snare Drum—J. M. .Swindle.
Bass Drum and Symbals—W.
L. Lott.
Band Organist—Miss Ethel Mc-
Cormick.
The Band has engaged Mr. Ter
nest, a musician of considerable
note, and lie. will soon have his
family here. lie will be at the
auditorium from nine to twelve
each day and eight to ten each
night, except Sunday. He will be
pleased to give lessons to any of
the members of the band, without
extra charge during these hours.
He will also take classes on other
instruments aside from the rcgula
band instruments if one so d_
bTf&? ' L. •
With hard work the Silver Cor
net Band expects to be able to give
a musical consert within the next
thirty days that will surprise you
as much as raising the money and
equipping the Band surprised you.
Listen for the music and keep your
purses open. We will make a suc
cess, but will have tohaveaid from
the progressive businessmen of the
town, which we are sure we will
get. Meet our full band at the
Coffee County Fair if you do not
see us before. The Band will be
held on the highest moral plane,
and it is a credit to any young man
to become a member of the organi
zation. Mothers, fathers, take
your boys off the streets and make
musicians of them, instead of al
lowing them to become loafers.
When they are with the Band be
assured that they are in good com
pany and will be cared for.
There is no way of estimating _
the time and trouble it has taken
to get the Band organized, and
ready for business, but .what ever
it has cost me has been cheerfully
given. I desire, especially, to
thank the liberal hearted citizens
for their unstinted contributio e
We trust, and do not believe tl ’’•
will ever regret having n~ oses
them, or ashamed of the S
Cornet Band. Regular me -
nights, Tuesday and Fr :
Our members must attend r . ,lJeinent
We will not be able to give cli
oven’s finest symphonies, nd m nec "
we tr ,r to make Sonnssa’s^ as
ashamed, but with or.e of th«* e en '
school ochestras and our Band' r ,n
will be able to treat to some
music soon. “Music by the Band’-
is the watchword, if you do not n<* #
see us, listen :
Yours truly
VV. C. Bryan.