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VOL. VI. LOCAL NEWS Col. C. C. Thomas was in town Monday attending City court. Mr. C. II us ford o c Huxford, Ga. spent Monday and Tuesday in town. Apples and Mananas are constantly coming to J. W. Prince, at Pearson. Prof. S. C. Sanders of Leliaton was in Douglas Monday as a court witness. Col. Carter of Baxley attended court here Monday. Buy your onion sets of T. J. Davis & Cos., only 20c per quart. Go there for anything else you want. Col. T. S. Heriet of Willacoochce was in town Monday courting. Mr. Jessee Lott of Broxton called on Douglas Monday. Mr. Janies Overstreet is the recepient of a 12 pound boy • Florida, oranges a specialty at J. W' Prince,s, Pearson. The Breeze is doing job printing at Savanna prices. Send in your work. Justice Infinger has been quite sick this week and is confined to his room yet. T. J. Davis & Cos. has the best chew ing tokacco in town —the -‘Fine Cut.” They sell snutT regardless of the “jubilee,” The free silver hill passed the sen are but was overwhelmingly defeated by the house committee. Lock Kirkland conceded to he the best young farmer in Coffee county was among the visitors Monday. A. P. Hucks at Pearson, sells Squires lard at 9 cts. Mr. Shadraeh Inman, father of tbe great Inman family died in Atlanta Tuesday. Editor M. J. Parker of the Douglas Breeze, is in the 'city and paid the Call a pleasant visit.— Brunswick Call The Telfair Enterprise is in favor of working the convicts on the pulic roads. You are right brother. A woman in Blackshear threaded ninety two needls in twelve minutes. Boys she will do to tie to ; we’ll bet sin' can sew on a button right. Dun’s Review speaks more hopeful of the commercial and financial situ ation tliis we ;k. Corn and hay at A. P. llucks, Pearson. Ga. Every man has his day of dcubt, but an honest heart never lost its cause on tha t day. If you must live well simply to meet the expectations of your friends 1 it is belter t-o do so all you can find a higher motive. 3iL can tomatoes for 10 cts. at A. P. Hacks, Pearson, Ga. At a call session of city court Mon da}’, the caso of Mrs. C. B. Johnson vs. W. S. Skinner was decided in favor of defendant. Prof. Skinner jf Willacoochce says he has 4-1 pupils enrolled at that place with a lino prospect for a much larger school. Sqairo’s Boston bellies at 7f ct. at A. P. Plucks, Pearsou, Ga. Mr. Gus L. Brack has accepted the position made vacant by Elias Cab ins and he invites his friends to ea'l on him. The Douglas Breeze lias greaty im proved in every respect recently.— Wa yeross Herald. Now, that is very nice and kind of you, sir. Call at T. J. Davis <fc Co’s for nice pig feet, apple butter, and we might add nice cow’s butter, too. it ?s a fad now with fashionable women to have diamond set in their teeth. And next they will have rubies in tbpir toenails. Mr. Rem- m Crawford is the new press ijigont of the Plant System with headquart : at *he Tampa Bay hotel. I’ampla. Fla. 2000 Palemore Oranges at Ward <*.: Davis £-3 cents per dozen. Mr. i'-V. W. Morris, a prominent merchant of Baxley, arrived in the city yiCstciday. Mr. Morris will lo cate inj Douglas shortly. BBBCLAS BREEZE. G. D. Curry of Hazlchurst oillcd on the Breeze this week. We arc always glad to see you sir, call again. The Breeze office, under the man agement of 31. J. Parker is doing some of the finest job work ever seen in this section. Fresh Garden seed for spring plan ting at Ward & Davis. Master .Oliver Peterson is yell of the measels and Joe Daughtry is ta king his turn w th the malady at the Peterson House. A millionaire was convicted of mur der in the first degree in St. Louis on the 3rd Inst. He murdered his wife and baby. Ilis name was Duestrow. Ward & Davis are closing out their fall & winter stock at cost in order to make room for their mam moth spring stock which is arriving The negro Tom Jalinson|who killed conductor Nelson two years ago died a few days ago in the Cochran jail of wounds received while resisting arrest. Mr. Harrison has announced that he will not be acandidale for Presiden tial nomination. Ho is about to mar ry a wife and cant serve. Mr. Dennis Vickers was in town last Saturday and bo says the people of his neighborhood are making prep aration for a big crop this year. Mrs. Mary E. Girtman of Bingham Ga. was in the Breeze office this week. The ladies will be welcome in our sanctum at all times. Ward & Davis have had an exten sion glass front put on their store and Judge Ward now puls himself on ex hibition three times a day. The young people of Douglas have rrgsinizcd a literary fifth and will hold their first meeting at Dr. Terrell’s res idence Friday evening when perma nent officers will bo elected. ’Mr. M. J. Parker, formerly of Bruns wick, is now on ‘lie Douglas Breeze. As co-editor with Mr. Greer, he is do ing good work on the Breeze.—East man Times Journal. Mr. Plant met tire engineers at \\ ay cross lafi Sunday and a t ottle mont of their grievance was consuma ted iu a pleasant and agreeable man ner to all. At (lie reside nee of Dr. and W. W Terrel Tuesday night a small party of young people gathered and enjoyed the hospitalities of that home till a late hour. Mr. T. J. Harrison while killing hogs Monday morning had his. hand seriously injured. He was catching at i hog and the animal jammed it against a sharp post splitting it open. Dr. Sibbett sewed it up. Mi- 11. C. Thurman and son, Atlanta have moved to Douglas to establish a brick yard. Mr. Thurman says as soon as he can get a house to live in he will move his family hero. Our young friend Elias Gaskins who has been clerking for Messrs. Vickers and sou since September has moved out on his place beyond Broxton, We wish you plenty of hog, hay and hominy, Lias. Mr. J. T. lielihan, of the firm of J. T. Relihan & Cos., arrived in the city yesterday, and will open up a slock of goods in the store recently vacated by J. B. Gordon. On Tuesday at Denton a difficulty occured between a young man named Ivy and Owen Merritt, Ivy drew a pistol and shot Merritt in the thigh. The wound is not fatal. We call attention to the change of B. Peterson’s ad in this issue of the Breeze Ilis stock of general mer chandise is now complete, and he pro poses to make prices for cash custo mers. Notice the new ad ol Ludden and Bates K. M. IL Mr. J. 1!. Knight the manager of their Wayeross branch bouse is among our people every week and he is working up a line trade in pianos and organs. Mr. J. C. tb Timbcrlake, the new manager of the Southern Hotel at Wayeross, has thoroughly renovated the house in ail its apartments. It is now a most delightful place to step and the traveling public will appre ciate his efforts. DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7. 1896. A large part of the eleventh district is showing a disposition to force Col. Brantley into the Congressional race, —Brunswick Times Advertiser. Gray Roberts an old citizen of Coffee came in to get bis pension Monday. The increase in pensions brought many of the old soldiers and the widows of soldiers to see the Ordinary. Mr. J. B. Quarierman, ef Wayeross, is now conductor on the McDonald and Douglas railroad in place of our e'.ever friend Sweat, who lias been fill ing the place temporarily since Mr. Hilliard left. On the Abbeville and Wayeross rail road immediately adjoining the Fitz gerald colony, a colony for negroes in which no white people are allowed, is being established for the benefit of negroes who are denied admission into Fitzgerald.—Telegraph Attention is directed to the ad of R. E, LaManee, of Brunswick. Mr. Lamance is one of the finest workmen in his line in the south. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work. 'Write to him for designs and prices. Young Master Hitcliinson who lives on Mr. Henry Vickers’ place while out shooting Monday, had the gun to ex plode and a piece of the barrel buried itself in bis face just under the eye. lie came to town and Dr. Sibbett extracted the missil and the little fellow never flinched. Douglas, the new town in Coffee county, is said to he increasing almost as fast as Fitzgerald.—Wayeross Her ald. You are right brother Perliain, and we arc not on a boom either: our growth is nearly if not quite as stable as that splendid town of Wayeross. The Times has known Col. Brantley long enough to know that he is too intelligent, and too old politically to be made a tool of, and we have no Idea that Mr. Brantley will be candi date if Mr. Turner runs.—Blackshear Tines. Prof. Jno. U. Overman who has been in the government service in Nebraska for the past year lias returned to Coffee county and has been in Douglas this week shaking hands with the people. His many friends will be pleased to know that he will likely rimain in Coffee, Mr. A. S. Minehew who was in Douglas Monday says that the two negroes burned at liis still were named Royal Shaw and Major williams both from North Carolina. The fire caught from the hearth the straw on which they slept and they were only hoard to cry out once or twice. On last Thursday at Davis a village about fifteen miles east of Douglas, two negro men employed atMinchew’s still were burned up in a shanty. It seems that they had gone to sleep, leaving a fire burning in the fireplace and the flames caught the chimney slicks, resulting in the conflagration. Last week a young white man named Elks employed at Bailey <fc Cos. mill at McDonald’s Mill, Ga., was about to jump off a moving freight train on the B. & W. railroad when he lost his balance and fell, his foot caught under the car wheel and was crushed so that it had to Lie taken off. Dan Yeoman says a piece of cam phor gum as large as a bean pushed down a hogs throat "”'ll cure the chol era nine times rue o. ten. It doesn’t cost but a nickle and a little trouble : try it. And John Blow, traveling salesman for Tediman Brothers says a a teaspoonful of commercial carbolic acid is almost a certain cure, while a little in slop once a week will prevent cholera in hogs. Anew discovery in photography has been made which has promises over any other scientific accomplish ment of recent years. Occult objects may now he photographed as well as those seen with the eye. A physician may locate a bail in the flesh, lie may take the picture of diseased organs within the body or watch operations of the brain while in action. Science is our friend. NOTICE. I hereby yive notice to the public that hereafter no trespassing of any kind will be allowed on my lands will out permission from me. B. Pettaaox. Unto All Men and All Things Give Due Consideration. Gone Buck to Coffee. lion. Wm. Gaskins, who Ims been a citizen of Lownds county for six or seven years lias moved back to bis old home in Cofl'ec county, where he has a host of friends and relatives. Mr. Gaskins once rpreseated Coffee county in the Legislature and he wears a gold medal given to him by admiring friends for services in the lower House. He leaves many friends in Lounds who regret his moving from among ns.— Valdosta Tunes. We rejoice to welcome Mr. Gaskins hack to Coffee and ho really seems glad to be back. Elias Gaskin Hart. On Monday last while Elias Gaskin was cutting trees on his farm near Broxton, he was struck by a falling tree and nearly killed. It seems that he had cut the tree half down and,was resting by a stump while his compau. ion was completing it. When the the tree fell it struck another tree and switched around, striking him iu the breast. He was knocked senseless and did not recover consciousness for two days. His injuries are serious but net fatal. Another Kail Road, Mr. 8.8. Gray , who a short while ago bought the Empire. Lumber Cos- tram will extend the road on to Fitzgerald and oonnect withthe B & W at Pine Bloom - This will make the filth rail road for coffee County. Verily we are marching on with pi ogress, and people who wanthomeswhere land is plentiful and productive and people are prospe rous will do well to come to Coffee. It is the best all round county in the state The senior editor went to Bruns wick this week. The business bouses down there sent him back with his pockets full of ads. The lateness of his return prevents them from coining out in this issue, but look out for their appearance in the next. NOTICE. The Republicans of Coffee county are requested to meet at Douglas Sat urday February 22, 1896, to elect del egates to the District and State Con ventions, and to transact such other business as may come before the con vention. C. T. Powell, Sec’y, 2-7 B. Coffee, Chairman. Sotice. A scholarship in Massey’s business college at Columbus, Ga., Montgom ery, Ala., or Jacksonville, Fla., for fifty new cash subscribers to the Breeze or $23.00 in cash. Georgia, Coffee County: Will be sold be fore the court house in the town of Doug las, said county, on the first Tuesday 111 March next within the legal hours of sale to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to-wit: One hundred and fifty (l.>0) acres of land loca ted in south east corner of lot of land No. 15, in tho 4th district of said county. Said property leviod on under and virtue of a ti fa issued from the city court of Cof fee county against W .1 Faulkner and C L Faulkner in favor of the Read Fertilizer Cos. Property levied on and to he sold as the property of \V .1 Faulkner and ( L Faulkner in satisfaction of above described II fa. Levy made and returul to me by W A J Smith, Sheriff of city court of Coffee county, This Februafy sth. lSy'j. W M TiN.viat, Sheriff. Georgia, Coffee county; Will he sold on the first Tuesday in March next at the courthouse in said county within the legal hours of sale to tho highest bidder for cash the following describe! property to wit ; 20 acres of lot of land number 137 in the tltli district of said county, said M acres being hounded an follows; on the soutn and west hv lands of Ben Morris, on the north by lands of Jim McKiuon and on the east by lands known as the Jim Stephens' place. Said property levied on and to he .sold as the property of M. R jyal by virtue of an attachment li. fu. issued from the Justice’s court of the 748 district G. M., said county in favor of Nancy Cox, for the use of B. l’etcrsou against said M. Royal. This Fob. sth RKKi. Wm. Tanner, Sheriff CC Georgia, Coffee County: Will be sold be fore the courthouse door m the town of Douglas mid county on the first Tuesday in Mareli next within the legal hours of -ale to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property fQ. wit: Four hundred and ninety uereS of lot of land No. 113 iu the sixth district of Coffee county. Said prone ty levied, on un der awl virtue of a ji ( jssued from the city court of Coffee county, in favor of <) A Oupptit against Fred Tticketson. Said property levied on and to he sold as the property of Fred ltieketson in satisfaction of above described li fa. Levy made and returned to me by W A J fcndth, sheriff city court of Coffee county. This Februar sth, W A1 Tanner, Sheriff. C. C. THOMAS, ATTORNEY - A! - LAW, Wayeross, - - Georgia. Special attention given to practice in the City and Superior Courts of Coffee County. 1896 NEW YEAR 1896 GREETINGS! Our Business DURING THE PA3T yeau -*-*►**-*> *m**mim* DOUBLED TIIK PRECEED ING YEAR. WHAT DID IT? Low Prices, of Course. £ hfIVC lUil openeii the New Year with Pride* cut 'SAiWSWd. lhe oore ’ and R our ui, to give our Customer* more Bargains and Better Bargains than ever. We want your trade! We must have it! Wishing our Friends anti C’usto mors a Happy and Prosperous Now Year, A Promising to give them the MOST (BIODM FOR THE LE4T YOUHS TO PLEASE WARD & DAYIS, IAEA. 13 33 EL IAT LOW PE/1083 Douglas, • Heorgia: NUMBER 6