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rvpw ■ m "'.vT ‘ . •- $ ZJ MKJMi' NEWS a |plb (krMt Ca£V Wilcox shorn; our tliis "fcqflk, School Commissioner Jelfi'Kitkland was in town Monday. We learn with regret, as we go to press that Capt. J. W. Boyd is seri ously ill. Miss Maud Briggs caught her first lish at the pic-nic. She says he was a bachelor “water mouth’ peril. Jim Flowers, a colored boy It years old, was brought to Douglas W eduos day and put in jail, charged with rape on a colored woman near Garraiijj. Bead the circulars of the Brantley Cos. folded in this paper, it is on* of the largest houses in.southern Georgia and they are ottering some fine liar gains. Sardines 5 and lOcc. per box at J. 1. lteliliun W Co's. The friends of H. L, Baulk plage him in the race for llepiesentativcy lie is the strongest man in the coun ty v and it is earnestly hoped that he,, will accept the nomination. liars Sunny South soap for 25 cents at lteliliun A Cos. Our young friehd, Minis Gaskin, lias sold out his farm near Broxton to his mother and will enter the mercantile business near l’ickren. lie goes to Savannah this week to buy llis st:ck - Mr. W. B, Teaton announces his candidacy iTr ordinary in this issue of the Breeze, subject to the action of the populist primary. He says he is quite sure lie will sit in the chair. lielihan & Cos. soils 5 lbs, coffee sl, Dr. Sibbett has been away this week attending the annual meeting of the pharmaceutical association "Idah convened in Atlanta Tuesday. is the association’s twenty-first infect ing. Two suits oak furniture at cost at J. ’l. lie iban A Co's. Mr. Levi Osteen of this place has accepted a school at Flam church fit ai Nichols, Ga. Mr. Osteen could not cast his lot among a more generous hearted people and the people vvi 1 find in him a clever and competent teach er. Relihan & Cos. sells double thick tobac co for 25et In, Read Kirkland & Co’s big ad. They are a hustling people and they are sell ing nearly all the goods in their sec tion because they are making a spe cial effort to get and hold the trade. Men who advertise all do a good bus iness. 2Gbs rice sl, at ,T. T. Kelilvon A Co’s. Mrs. Martin Corbett, the wife of a prominent citizen of Clinch county died at her home Monday night with the measles. She was prominently connected in this county and had nu merous friends*u the southern portion who.mourn her death. Highest market prices paid for country produce at I. ltoliiian ACo s. Mose Griffin at Pearson is one of the best merchants m the county ITe keeps his stock clean and com-, plete and at all times is to be found at his post of business. Bead his new ad in this issue: he is doing a fine business and wants mere. The county commissioners met at the court-house Monday. The prin cipal business transacted was to order one or two small buildings erected <n on the poor-house site, advertise for bids for rebuilding the Humean creek bridge and audit a few accounts. A full meeting was in attendance. The Douglas Sunday school picnick ed at thejakes in the rear of Mr. Wil liam Ward’s last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ward were present and did ev erything in their power for the de light of the party. The occasion was one of much pleasure, and those who attended are indebted for the kind ness of Mr. and Mrs. Ward. It has been proved that the citizen? of Coffee county had nothing to do with the notices that were put up ai Nichols and which caused the trouble there two weeks ago. They were stuck up by the Southern Bine Lum ber Cos. employes, so we are reliably in fornjsd by a trust-worthy man of that plat*?. Let the Waycross correspon dent of the Savannah News nn lo his report nga ! nst cur people. THE 00004$ T BREEZE. . x<. *• ■ ** "v* t* 4 God lidßtaSßffaay a week ago near Me,Mows, Ga., Appling county, a queer coincidence oecured which should not be lightly pitched into the rubbish pile of Fate's decrees. At or near Meadows there lives a family of Turners, consisting of three sisters and a little girl, the daughter of one of the three. On the day above mentioned one of them was in the field looking over the farm of which they are proprietors, and for lack of rain the crop was suffering and its prospects were gloomy. This fact seemed ! ) fret the young woman -and s.ic, Sought to allay her displeasure over the situation by denouncing God in blasphemous terms f or His seem ing disfavor. She return to the house, iitte in the afternoon and abour dusk a cloud arose and there came up a thunder-storm. The three sisters and little girl had assembled cn the piaz za of the home quhtly watching what tiny thought would he to them a gra cious rain, when all at once a brilliant flash, a heavy clap broke the silence, only to settle a deeper pall over' the household; for the cursing sister lay on the floor a corpse, the other two sister shocked to senselessness, tire little girl critically injured When the two sistrrs were suffici" eiontly recovered they summoned Dr. S. I)edge to the little girl, but, her recovery is very doubtful. Dr- Dadge says tlic woman killed had ev er;: hone in her body crushed and her shoes were torn into shreds, But ti e cursed for came. Resolutions. Douglas Lodge No. 38(5 F. & A. M. Douglas Ga., April 10th 1890 : Whereat. it. has pleased the Su prem. Aic.hitcct of the Universe to call lrom labor to refreshment our be loved eioilier and worshipful master Chits; W. Infinger. Resolved Ist: That khilc we deplore our loss and | mingle our tears with those of the he- j and iV.mit, submissively how u> I the mandate that must sooner or later conic to all. Be solv'd 2nd : That in the death of our late wor shipful master the Lodge lias lost a:. | able officer,-tin: craft a faiiliVal work-j man, the fraternity a brother whose! sympathies were ever generous and j the community a. man whose place cannot be supplied. Ilesolved 3rd: That we tender to the bereaved and and stricken family of our deceased brother out*heartfelt sympathy in this hour of their greatest trial. Resolved 4th : That in testis. my of our apprecia tion of the worth of our late brother and respect for lbs memory that the Lodge Le draped in mourning, and that the usual badge ho worn by the members thirty dtys. Resolved sth : That a blank j. age be left in our minutes and it be inscribed with the name of our hrbthev, Ilesolved Otii : That a cep / of these resolutions be j furnished the family and that copies 1 of same he fumislud our pipers for publication. Geo. B. Briggs,;i O. lluitolphA Committee. Jiles .1. l.ott, S ikpligioaa. Williams’ Chapel—a two days meet ing—Bro. C. C. Hines of Mcßae has promised to be with us. The Time is j May 1(5-17- third Sunday and Satur- j day before- J ■ .>5. ’ This will not interfere with the ser vice at Midway and Bethel on Sun day. no service at Midway on Satur day. ' ’ We are glad to hear of the Sunday school at Bethel, may it live tong and prosper. - Pastor. The “fishery” at Gaskin’s Pond last Friday and Saturday was not very largely attended. The editor went out on Friday and mingled with the good people in that neighborhood and we are indebted to them for many j courtesies. Especially arc we under j obligation to Mrs. Tharpe Ba ly anti j Mis. Joseph Peterson for the, sump-; tuous dinner we were invited to par- ’ I take of, These excellent women cer-1 jtainly understand the way to the good ! I graces of the editor. I COFFEE COUNTY, vi u MAY 8. 1896/ Unto All Men and • Consideration. * /kv -, m It. Ei. LaMance. jjjT DEALER IX Marl Statuary M lomeits. Etc. JJij ShMjm Mantels, Grates, Tiling, Iron Fencing ami fine memorial wave. gjT Write 'Jor designs and 1 A. prices. B. K. LaMance, --analE Brunswick, Gu. . vW. 1 ifl *■ ytv. 3&EWTO W aycross store The Largest Stock of gSftfjjfe In any One Store in South Georgia—and BRICES LOWER than small houses can afford. We arc Headquarters for everything in a FIRST CLASS S CLOTHING STORE B. 11. LEVY BROS. & CO. WAYCROSS, GJ-AA. Mr. Philips Dead. Mr. Iloan Philips of this place died-; near Mount Vernon, Montgomery 1 county, last Saturday. lie had gone I over therein company with his daugh ter Mrs. Leo to look after some property. Friday evening he was taken suddenly ill with heart trouble ancl on Saturday lie past away. .Vir. Philips was 73 years old ancl has been in feeble health many years. He with his family moved to Douglas j from Baxley about three mouths ago j since when he has not left his home very often. Mr. Philips leaves a wife and live daughters who were great- j ly devoted to him and who lia ’e done j all in their power lo comfort him in his old age 'and ill health. His daughter Mrs. Lee, accompanied his remains through the country to lla_ zlehurst where they were met by olh. er members of the family and intered Monday. Dr. Jim Kirkland has been m town several days this week. Ileuty B. Plant’s Life is now being written by Dr. G. 11. Smyth, classmate of President Patton, of Princeton, and personal friend of Mr. Plant’s many devoted friends in the states where lie has given forty years of the best of his life to their progress and prosper ity, to have in permanent form the record of such a noble life, spent and spending for tne developments ami advancement of the beautiful Funny South, which he loves. Mr. Plant writes Dr. Smyth, “I will he gratified, [as I am sure my friends wiil he, to | give you any and all information ob tainable that you may desire, ia or j or that you may have it completed i at as early a day as possible”—that is j his. biography. Anv information sent to the writer of this most interesting life will be, I ,i u )y appreciated and judiciously used I in this labor of love by Dr. George H. | Smyth, East Orange, N. J. Oh .npest and best line of shoes in town ; ;.i J. T. Heliban A- (Vs. ! ' : Teacher —Now, Tommy, parse the sentence, "Alary, milk the cow.' Tommy (at the last word >-oow is a pronoun, feminine gender, third per son singular, and stands for Alary. Teacher —Stands fur Alary? Tommy —Yes, ma'am ; for if she didn't Low could Alary milk he: ? I-’or Representative. Ti e friends of H. L. Paulk take the liberty of announcing his name for Representative of Coffee county, sub ject to the action of the democratic primary. Bacon 7'ii'ct at K> lihan A t Vs, Notice. This is to notify all concerned that all articles left with me for repairs with charges utipaid will bo sold to the highest bidder for cash on Satur day, Alay 1(5. 189(5. 1 also have a good lot of jewelry on hand such as Lace pins, Breast pins, Scarf pins, Ear | drops, Finger rings, La lies and Gents I chains Ac. which I will sell at cost from now until then. I will also be pleased to do any repairing in my line until 1 can sell out—object of tins is to change location. Yours Truly. M. M. Knight. Pearson, Ga. J. T. Tfelihan A Cos. liii? a nice line of Trunks and Valises Hi-ap. A NEWSPAPER HELPS, 4 he effort of any newspaper to build up a town is practically. nullified un ess it is backed up by the business men. A stranger turns from the news cohims of a piper to its advertising pages, and if he fails to find there the business cards of the merchants and profess onal firms, he comes to the conclusion that the publisher is not app-cciated, in which case it is a good place for him to keep clea” of. No town e-er grew without the active as sistance of its newspaper. Nor can papers grow nn 1 build up their locali ties without the assistance of a town. : Business moil should realize this and lemetnber in giving support to the newspapers they are | not only builduig up their own busi ! ness, but helping to support that which is stealily working for the I growth of the whole town, —Franklin ; Transcript, New Home, Domestic and Singer sew ing machines at J, T. Hcltimn A (Vs. In Georgia, Douglas is the county : seat of (toffee county, a/itl in Kauai*. ! Goffel viPe is scat of Doug cov nty.^B^^B l.rs J Spring and Summer ip* We have the prettiest line of Spring and WfULSSI* Summer Goods ever shown in this Ejection •vV' * >■ i We have theiTatest novelties in LADIES DRESS GOODS. Our line of Prints Parcalos, Ducks, Lawns, orepons, xunsveiling, Batiste, Dotted swissy India Mull, silk, Velvets Ac. is j us*. Beautiful. Notions \ WE CARRY EVERYTHING IN THE NOTION LINE. WE .HAVEA.' \ We have the largest stock of STRAW HATS in Coffee county And they arc pretty and Cheap. n hit it * lWllCißtiliE-SBl;, ml lit isatct. Make iq> our Stock ol Shoes ami Slippers. We can save you r.Ov. on tho sl. in shoes. Don't Monkey With High Prises or Dynamite. They will “Bust” You. AYE HAVE OUT PRICES IN HALVES. Calico (5, oh< et. yd. Checks .i, (i, cts. yd. sheeting 5, (i, (> 1 .. ots yd. Pants cloth 12'.,. 15, 20 cts- yd. Corseets .’to, 00, 75ct. Lace let. yd. and up. Embroidery lot. yd. and tip. Ladies silk belts 35cts. Gents leal,her,belts 40cts, Window shades 25cts. i.aee curtains loots. Straw matting 20cts yd. Hemp carpet, loot,, yd. 24 envelopes 3ot. 24 sheets paper scts. 100 fish hooks lOcts. SHOES: Oxford Ties for Ladies 75cts. and |I,OO, a good congress shoe $1,25, Oil (train plain shoe worth *1,50 our price SI,OO. Ladies Dongol.i Button shoe only SI,OO. CLOT HI JAN iV ' AVE HAVE THE PR EH LEST LINE A ' L CLOTHING IN TOWN, L&A ** A At wholesale prices. I Suits S4,CO $5,00 SO,OO $7,00 SB,OO SO,OO. y|f jfcy U Pants: 7Acts., up to $4,00. We can ll *■ We Lead - You sec V\ ** What Follows. 4) rlb. W e can save you money in this line, l-’lonr $1,75 111,1. Of,cts. sack, meat 1 ! |i‘t. It,, Lard Sets. It,, 2016 rice sl, 1816 sugar sl, 016 coffee sl, snuff 10c. 1 (jhacco 25c. II , 4 tcot Flora Leo Tobacco 25cts. Gaudy lOcts. S mri VERY DAY IS BARG-AIN DAY., .f*j WARD & DAVIS. H.RI A.XjE Ei I (ST LOW PRIOB3 lloujrlai, - CVeorgja: THE CHEAPEST GROCERY STORE IN TOWN. T. J. DAVIS & GO. Wo clo notscll goocl for tf ur*i,l jut it for the Least Monjotj. H YOU GAN ALWAYS FIND BARGAINS WITH US. Onr liae of Bacon, Itico, Sugar, Flour, Cofloe, (hits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Camliea, Cukes, Jellies, Butter, Lard and all kinds of VcgtablesAre always frea’i. Call and ask 11s prices before buyimj elsewhere, and always -remember headqiiarl.es for western beciJf and salt and fresh fish, at lowest, pric.es. We have Shaved oil clean ourselves and in Shaving we cut so close WE CUT OUR PRICEI We are always glad to Show you our good M BECAUSE WE KNOW WE f \N SELL YOU AND SAVE YOU MONK® t. st ccl K--l*3 frai Douglas, ■ NUMBER 18