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VOL. VI. Tills of Merest j. The total attendance of the Exposi tion was 1,28(5,803. Fresh C icoanuts at A. l\lluck’s - Pearson Ga. Utah is now a state. The President signed the proclamation on the fourth. Ho! you lectionerer for high and low estate; this is the year of your jubilee. My can goods are al'* new. A. P. Hucks Pearson-Ga.' The Douglas BREERE for only $1 a year. Queen Victoria has appointed Al fred Austen poet laureate of England, an office that has been, vacant since the death of Lord Tennyson in ’92. Ex. The Young man who had the priv ilege of tying, his lady love’s Oxford slipper still sings the song “Blest be the tie that binds.”—Waycross Jour nal. >• The Coton Stateas and Internation al Expositon held in Atlanta, lost only $150,000. Atlanta would pay that for the glory of being talked about. The bar keepers of Macon are v : gor ■OUsly opposing ah advance in the liq uor license of that city. It is natural for men to kick when they see their business fading away. Dr. Hopkins has resigned the presi dency of the Technilogieal Institute, and Prof. Lyman 11..11 will assume charge of the same till July, when a president will be elected. The Fitzgera’d Enterprise is the on ly Republican paper in Georgia. If you get cold brother Enterprise sleep ing by yourself, maybe the Constitu tion wou'd bunk with you. It is’nt anything. Is there anotl er man in this coun try “besides Grover Cleveland with sufficient iron determination to decline a loan of $400,000,000? Let all doubts of his greatness vanish.—Waycross Evening Herald— A Missouri farmer figured it out one rainy day that lie had walked 300 miles to'Cultivate one acre of corn. He thereupon sold out his farm and moved to town, where he walked 600 miles to find a job.—Ex. Patronize home trade whenever possible, it is a safe rule to follow. It is a good tiling for all kinds of bus iness to keep the money at home. “Do as you would be done by” lias held good —n all ages.—Moultrie Ob . It is a pity that President Collier of the exposition could not have sus tained the reputatipn the exposition managers had won on Sabbath observ ance. Some men would deface the walls of Heaven for the emerald dust they could scrape off with a jack-knife. Bro. Mclntosh thinks that the love of gambling is born in the breast of the average negro. This native pro pensity might be predicated of a vast number of the pale faced Americans it “stock exchange” were not a misno mer. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. England, with her history written and a good memory, and in full knowledge of daily blessings she re ceives from the people of the United States, will not hurry into war. Eng land knows pretty well when to kick and whom to kick. A Colored witnes in superior court last week stated that he was unable to testify as to a certain oecurrance be cause he had a “domestic trouble” just about that time. “What was that domestic trouble?” inquired the examining attorney. “Well, to tell the truth, boss,” said the witnes, “I was in the penitentiary ior stealing a cow.” —Times Adv. THE BOBBERS BRe EMORY COLLEGE. Emory College has jus tentered up on the spring term with three hun dred or more students. For several years this institution has been first in numbers among the great schools of Georgia, and to-day it has more stu dents than it ever had in its previous existence but once. Emory is especially noted for its high standard of morals, and the sen timent among its student body is said to be the purest of any college in America. Its president. Dr. Candler is considered one of the greatest man in Georgia, and his name is fast be coming a celebracy throughout the United Stites. The faculty of the Col lege arc men of the highest character and most of them could command higher saleries than they receive, but prefer to sacrifice their talents wheie they have the greatest opportunities fof moulding the character of Geor gia’s future sons. It is safe to send a boy to Emory college ; for nineteen times out of twenty he will return home a better boy than he went away. “Leisure Hours in Florida” Is the title of anew pamphlet issued by the Plant System written by the sweet and facile pen of our own Bill Arp (Maj. Charles H. Smith.) The pamphlet contains 52 pages with the lithographic sketches of the beautiful scenery of the Land of Flowers ami lakes. Maj. Smith has spared no pains in this discription of his travels through Florida, and yet, he appears not to have taken any either. His writings all seem so free and easy that one feels while reading his lines that lie is reclining in a shaded lawn oil a summer’s day listening to the tales of years long gone. In this pamphlet he has combined the classical discription with l'. mantie sketches, and through out the whole is sprinkled IPs iuevita-. hie humor with a deep but simple pathos. When Once you begiu to read it you will not put it down till you have fin ished. Th book may be had free on application to B, W. Wren, Savannah Ga. “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” says the Kansis City Journal, because a negro thief saved St. Louis from a disgraceful horror by cutting himself down and running away after he had been hanged by a mob. The old Second District, as it stood before the eleventh was made,, would afford an interesting field for the study of those who contemplate tak ing' Mr. Turners Scalp—if there arc any such, a,s reported. He is accus tomed to hard fighting, and never shows up to greater advantage, nor wine niore signal victories than when put to the test before the people, Val. Times, Mr. Editor: I see our first quarterly Conference is to be held March 7,8, at Douglas. I want us all to come together, and get down to good honest work and bring Douglas circuit to the front, and nake it the banner charge in the Wavcross Dist. We can if we will. May the Lord help us. J. S. Lewis, pastor. Jan. 6,189 G. Bring your job printing to the Breeze office. Our Mr. Parker has spent twenty-six years at the business, and can please the niost'fastidious. Notice. The Ordinary and the Sherfff have decided that the legal printing of the county shall he divide 1 between the two papers, the Leader and the Breeze the Leader to get the Sheriff’s prin ting and the Breeze to do the Ordina ry’s. By an agreement between the two papers all the legal advertisi lg will be publised in both. Sausage in abundance at Tom Davis’. PARKER & FIELDING, •J TH W IE I_i IE S • Watches, Clocks, Guns, Pistols and Sewing Machines Promptly Repaired. Picture Frames of all Kinds & Sizes■ DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY JANUARY 10. 1896. tlO Y tf &EAO DVERTISEMENTS? 00 YOU TRY TO SAVE YOUR $ s’s? FSO HERE ARE SOM INS. The largest stock of groceries ever shown in any retail store in this section. I buy in round lots fr and make prices the same way. I will me prices of any man on earth. MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING IN HEAPS AND PILES. GOOD FITS AND LATEST STYLES. shoes! shoes! Shoes!!! My stock is the best and cheapest, and largest of any retail store IN SOUTH GEORGIA. My Stock is Complt in Eoe.iy Line^ AND CHEAPER THAN IIAS EVER BEEN SOLD. Customcrscomiiig l>ougt CAN PUT THEIR HORSES IN MY LOT FREE OF CHARGE. I HAVE ON HAND LINT COTTON FOR SALE FOR MATTRESSES. tfwive me a trial and be convinced nothing to price my goods. If you s hould at any time need a Coffin or Caskelt cal. on me, I have a Coffin department in my store. Cun fix you up any price and style. ALL persons that have notes or accounts due will save money by cuing forwliug at once. 8. PETERSON, DOUGLAS GEORGIA Wisdom, Justice- and Moderation. WE HAVE GOl WHAT Clllt IST.IIA S "AgaSSi Dolls. Vases, Work kw|pf|j|£|£| Flames, I oilct Sets, Dre—ing Cases, Wine Sets anything and please the little folks. Wc have the largest and cheapest ajurtm?^obc found in Coflce county. y SANTA CLAU Is here and will make Our stOW headquarters during the hOlidavs EvervhOdv is cOrdiallv invited fO (ol? liltll lll ° nice,t aud cheapestVtwk of Goods eer * k ' seen iu Douglas. We hare oi them and they MUST BE SOLD. \ FIRE WORKS! > FIRE WORK&V Don’t talk, we have got ’em. ■* .. i OUR stock of fancy goods, notions, shO es and hats is th e cheap est in tOwn. DOn’t take Our wOrd fOr it cOme a see and we can shOW t hA|b BETTER than we can tell you in the bo' - '' J fore it id 100 late and get the pick of our Holiday Good they are going like “HOT CBKES.’’ A $5.00 Dollar Parlor Lamp To be given Every purchaser of $2 worth el goods at our store entitles you to a chance at* the lamp FREE. Wo have an extra force {>{ clerks on hand to wait on our ninny customers. •* , 0- / " A merry Chrirmas and happy New Year To all WARD & DAVIS, . * , Xj&f LEADER, IAT LOW 3PELXOB33 Douglas, - Georgia: