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VOL. VC
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. John L. Tyson called on ' the
Breeze Monday.
A gracious rain fall in Douglas and
vicinity Monday.
Messrs. Holland & Tatum attended
the horse sale Monday.
Mr, T. B. Marshall, the clever .vine
yard man, was in town Tuesday.
The Waycross Steam Laundry pays the
express both ways on work sent tuem.
Rufe Perkins of Broxton spent
Monday in Douglas buying
him a horse.
The Breeze job work is the best
that can be had and we duplicate
Savannah prices.
Ware will be satisfied with either
of the two senatorial candidates from
Coffee. —Waycross Journal.
John Cox and Munroe Mayer two
of Brunswick’s most popular drum
mers were in town Tuesday.
Mr. D. S. Goodyear of Wilsonville
spent Wednesday in town. He says
rains haye fallen in his section.
The Wavcross Steam Laundry dont
wear or tear your clothes like other hum
dries.
Mr. Z. T. '’town's llorse ran
away Monday and threw him under
the wheels of his vehicle, hut fortu
nately lie was only slightly hurt.
B II levy Bros & Cos at Waycross
is the betn gents furnishing house in
south Georgia. If you want a suit of
clothes it is the house to buy from.
' The associate editor and foreman
of the Breeze is in bed with the meas
les and we are playing the devil this
week, vice that individual promoted.
Mr. I, L. Greenbaum of New York
was in Douglas Monday. Vr. Green
baum represents himself in the cloth
ing business. He is a clever gentle
man.
Boh Wiggins of Philip’s Mill was in
town last I'Yiday. Bob had a signifi
cant smile on his face, and it is pre
sume that there is a girl at the bottom
of it.
Judges Ward and Dart started.on a
tour through Coffee yesterday. we
suspect that one will “end up” at
Indian Springs and the other at
Alnio.
The Plant System will sell low rale
summer excursion tickets to all re
sorts commencing June Ist and con
tinuing until September, good to re
turn on or before October 31. 1896.
Rev, S. H. Edmondron requests
us to say that the district convention
of the Freewill Baptist church will
convene at Wilsonville on Friday,
May 29. The colored people will take
notice.
Mr. V. L. Stanton of Waycross was
in Douglas Tuesday talking life insur
ance, While here lie- handed Mrs.
Infinger a thousand dollar check as
an indemnity on the life of her lament
ed husband.
Joe Daughtrey’s dwelling begins to
move upward under the supervision
of those hustling contractors Paker
and Creel. It will be a neat house
and to our mind is located on the
prettiest site in tlie city
On account of a misunderstanding
about the date, there wa's iio meeting
of the II rnocratie Executive Com
mittee last Saturday. The meeting is
called at Douglas for 'next?*M.mlay.
Jund Ist. It is earnestly desired that
every member be present.
Mrs. M. J.. Pa-ikor. who Ms been
under treatment at' the insane as\ lum
at Milledgeyille, has' been reported
cured by the authorities there, and
twill reach the city tomorrow morning.
Mr. Parker is now at Ardmore, I. Td
and Mrs. Parker will go there to io’ii
3>im- —Brunswick T-—A.
Col. W. P, Ward and his estimable
f;mily arrived 'in Douglas Tuesday
from Jacksonville,.Fia. As is their cus
tom-, they have come 4o spend the
summer in Douglas and dote on the
salutary breezes ofthh delightful cli
mate. Col, Ward is an old C .f
--feenian, and his good Wife, though
reared in Florida, is nn;ci, in love
' ■ h-i|h Douglas, the city of the pine
'hills. TT/e Colonel will practice
t during here. Notice his
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THE DOCUS B&EE2E.
Cleon Baker is quite sick with fev r.
Prince at Pearson is dressing up the
public—shoes, pants and shirts at cost.
Hotel Buck is in progress of erec
tion.
T 1& Steam laundry at Waycross will
start'll ysur collars and cull's as still' as a
board.
Bud Vickers is out again and 'his
family are improving.
Given away a linos —shirts at Prince's,
rearson.
A now post office lias been estab
lished six miles east of Douglas called
Nabb. Mr. G. W. Nabb is post master.
Send your linen to the Waycross steam
laundry. It will cost you but little, and
makes you look neater.
Messrs. Pound & Bell sold very
few horses here Monday. Their stock
was good, but the people are not in
need of stock.
Prince, at Pearson wall sell you a pair
of pants for nearly nothing.
Dr. J. C. Wilson is located at Jew
els, in Hancock county, where he is
associated with Dr. George Iltriot in
the practice of medicine. They are
both Coffee county boys.—Tifton Ga
zette, ■ -
Abraham Farmer is dead. He pass
ed away at bis home in Willacoochce
last Thursday. He was au old color
ed citizen of Coffee county and was
respected wherever he was known.
He was upright and true before
God and man and a model for his
race to follow.
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Send your washing to -the Waycross Steam
Laundry. They guarantee all tlieir work.
Our young friend Jno. A. Minchew
who is attending school at Cochran
wrote us a nice letter this week, but
for want of space we were unable to
publish it. in writing of that good
town, John says “We can’t do jus
tice to Cochran when we say that it
has the best school and the best
people of any little town in South
Georgia, an I our lot has never been
cast among a lovelier people.” The
reason that John loves the Cochran
people so is because the Cochran peo
ple no doubt love John, lie is a wor
thy boy and we grant that he h in a
worthy town. Our Coffee county boys
all stand high wherever they go.
Prince at Pearson is making a run
on shoes and you can get a pair cheaper
than any where else in the county
Mr. H. Gigniliat a citizen of Glynn
county was in Douglas Tuesday and
Wednesday prospecting for a home,
lie is much pleased with Douglas and
it is very likely that he will locate in
our midst, lie bought some proper
ty while here and will return in a few
weeks with his family to spend a
longer season. If his wife is pleased
with the loodity lie will make further
inves'metrts and build him a home
We have known Mr. Gigniliat for
some years and there is no worthier
gentleman among our acquaintances.
We shall delight to welcome him as a
citizen. It lie decide to come to Doug
las, several of his neighbors will also
settle here, and thus we shall be in
further good luck.
if you buy 50c worth of-goods at
Pince's store at Pearson he gives you
a chance atlfisr line 07. ifoilar Regina
music ho>: •-
In this issue we publish the an
nouncement of 11. H. Dielferson for
sheriff. It gives us pleasure to make
special mention of this gentleman, in
that lie is so well qua!Hied for tbp of
fice and he comes to the front as a
solid Democrat and a worthy man.
If it were left to us to pick out a man
to serve the county in this capacity,
Mr. Dickerson would have been the
man, regardless of favoritism or prej
udice. 11c i3 young, active and well
experienced,he having .served fur a
'lcing time as deputy sheriff both of
tli and of Clinch. Mr. Dick
m.ton is an honest man and a perfect j
gen'leman and besides being personal- !
iy popular, lie has a large Connection i
in the county which will , inatii’e his i
election,
Frigpdship may lire, ties ma effoc
tioruKfuudely broken, but is al
j ways one friend kind amii-Arue, and
j that is He wh r sacrificed Iljs life for
| you. He las been with Atn from
j tire first, and He will be wiffi you at
the end, whether we have strayed
away from Him or not. Keilv.
DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY MAY M. 1896.
Unto All Men and All Things Give Due Consideration.
SB. I’k LaMnncc.
DEALER !\
lari Slaluary
loiMis. Etc.
Mantels, Grates, Tiling,
Iron Fencing and line
memorial ware.
WnteUor designs and
prices. 11. E. LaMance, -
Brunswick. Ga.
Waycross store
The Largest Stock of K&feSns.
In any One Store in South Georgia—and PRICES LOWER than small
houses can afford. Wc are Headquarters for everything in a
FIRST CLASS
S CLOTHING STORE
B. 11. LEVY BROS. & CO.
WATOBOSS, OA. -
Church Dedicated.
Sundry was a great day at Me Don
ald s MiK -.The people were there in
! great crowds and the hospitable folk
of that burg acted a generous part by j
the yisitors.
The beautiful little Methodist
cluirch which lias just been com
pleted and which stands as a glowing
tribute to the earnest devotion of the
inhabitants of McDonald was appro
priately dedicated. Rev. Mr. Waller,
the evangelist, preached the dedicato
ry sermon and his discourse was wor
thy of the occasion.
In tlio erection of the church, much
is due to the untiring efforts of Supt.
Walter Lott whose devotion to the
enterprise is worthy of his consecrat
ed life. Nevertheless, the peopde of
McDonald have manifested hardly
less enthusiasm in its erection, and
and groat credit is due a place of its
size for so handsome an edifice.
Denton.
Miss Nancy Sapp ofßroxton spent
last week with Mrs. A. W. Miller.
She returned home Sunday.
Mr. M. C. Sapp, book-keeper for
Denton <fc Tetter, left Friday in search
of inii-a-tyay negro.
I’ev C. Tayloj, ,/l preaclied a short, but
earnest sermon Sunday. His text
was from Daniel-“ Thou art weighed
in the balance and art found wanting.”
Crops are looking well. Gardens,
blacli berries and hogs need a rain.
Mr, Martin lias one of the best crops
in the neighborhood.
Card To The Dublin.
To tny friends in Coffee county:
I am in Douglas, and shall remain
here for the summer. If you need a
lawyer 1 shall be glad to serve vou.
W. I'. Ward.
S’or Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for sherilf of Coffee county, sub
ject to tiie Democratic primary, and
j respectfully ask the support of the
people. It. H. Dickerson.
| (jigorgia Coflee county:
By virtue of sale contained in a mort
| gage made by.G. VV. Pickren to I). Peter
j son on JulyiiJ'.t 1595 recorded in book **D"
i folio Vt'i&iWr/wt sold before the courthouse
j door at HBUkW on tl..- first Tuesday in
I fulv next fiir <-ash die- following property :
! y undivided interests in lots of land No.
| 201 r.iid.s3) acres on N #282 and 240 acres
lon jo: No £OO all in the first district of
foilc-e'county. Hold in satisfaction of the
I aityvs described mortgage May 20i.ii
: ipUc.
I). Peter on*artiy in fa. •.
I m, <?. ML i'iekree
I tit ijfcey i ifcDonald.
• Aity. for D. Peterson.
eg' U'y
Words are the sharpest stilettos ev
er wielded by the hmdof a friend.
Some of the most readable editori
als of the. weekly press we find in the
Douglas Breeze. Greer is a good one.
—Waycross Journal.
“Yes, sir; brains always come in
ahead.” “Of course they do. Where
would you expect brains bit in a
head?”—Bosttm Courier.
The prize of SSO in gold offered by
The Journal for the best guess at the
mystery in “Sons and Fathers,” lia3
been won by Mrs. J. B. Knox of Troy
Aia.
Congressman Howard of Alabama,
a populist, endeavored to impeach
Cleveland a-fow days ago, but the sea
son was rather early to “enfruit” the
big president, and tints the young
congressman had to content himself
with wormy plums for lunch.
The Zeigler boys are at last in jail.
They surrendered late Monday after
noon to the sheriff, William Patrick.
They drove into Sylvania Monday
night about 1) o’clock, escorted by
about a dozen of their relatives and
friends, all of whom were well armed.
Wiregrass Georgia is the eden of
the South, and its fame is rapidly
spreading to every nook and corner of
the United States. The Georgia
peaches, tnelous, and grapes are trump
cards in securing first-class settlers;
and, then, the climate is just the same
as if it bad been made to order. Come
to see us, ye shivering denizens of the
frigid Nortlq plant some vines and
fig trees, stretch out under them and
eat, drink and be merry.—Tifton Ga
zette. .
“The meanest man” is dead. He
committed suicide in New York the
j other day. -Me was the husband of
hard-working wife. She had been
frugal, and [during the course of a
number of years had accumulate a
baiiK account of $3,500. The mean
man went to the bank the other day
and drew all of this money out. Tak
ing a SIOO. bill, ho placed it in a let
ter giving ’directions for his funeral
arrangements, and saying the bill was
to pay the funeral expenses. Then he
piled the rest of the money in a stove
and stuck a lighted" match toil. His
widow was left a pauper. But sho is
ri<l of a mean husband,—Savannah
Newt. ■
DONT YOU DO IT
DON T Dispute with a woman when she says our goods arc the. ones to
buy, because she knows what she is talking about.
DoN 1 Argue with her when she says our prices arc money-savers. She
talks like a sensible woman who knows what’t what.
I>(sn T Try to excuse yourself for going to someother store instead of
ours. You know that you can offer no sufficient reason for passing the store
where the Best and Cheapest Goods together.
DON’T Expect wife to meet you with a smile if you’ve gone to
son 1 other store tun oirs, when she expressly told you to go no
where else. Don do these things if you expect to live long and do well.
e " !, nt all people to drop iu and see our Now Stock of Dry floods,
Notions, Fancy uood, clothing, Hats, shoes etc.
We Cam, Your Attention To The Following Prices.
lO.OOOCows-Cata-Gflats ui Kills
Make up our Stock of Shoes and Slippers. W< can save yousoc, on theft, in shoes.
Don't Monkey With High Prices or Dynamite. They will “Bast” You.
AYE HAVE CUT PRICES INT HALVES. Calico'H,„ *. a, Gtfctr.yd,
Checks 5, <), cts. yd. Sheeting 5,6, 6 1 J cts yd. Pants cloth 12G, 15, 20 yd.
Gorseets .15, 50, “net. I.ace let. yd. and up. Embroidery -lot. yd. and up
Ladies silk belts Sects. Gents leather belts 40cts, Window shades 25cfs. i,ac.
curtains loots. Straw matting 20cts. yd. Hemp carpet loot. yd. jft envelopes
Hot. 24 sheets paper Sots. 100 fish hooks lOcts. SHOES: Oxford Ties for
Ladies/Sets, and SI,OO, a good congress shoe $ 1,25, Oil Grain pjajiqslioe worth
sljso our price SI,OO. Ladies Dongola Button
g&ogrukis. "
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We can save you money in this lino. i< lour $4,75 Bbl. (Wets. sack, nlei
7 :l ,ct. tb, Lard Sets, lb, 30lb rice sl, 181 bsi ar sl, lltb coffee sl, loz. snuff/ ■
lobacco 2,ic. tf , 4 feet Flora Loo Tobacco 35 is. Candy 10cts. lb. Whj
It is Hie event of tlie seasons :?<--/ I
We have got the strongest line we have ever offered in this icetion and all
at extra low prices.
OUR BAIT' IS
BARGAINSI
tdTI VERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY.^fJ
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WARD & DAVI
LE \DE El X fST T_iO
Douglas, - \prioe3
Georgia:
THE CHEAPEST GROCERY S'. ~
M IN TOWN.
T\ J. DAVIS &<G
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Wo do notsQll goodf r
II for tlxo Mbxf urlf
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YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND BARMINS wif’'
.1 US.
Our line of Bacon, Rice, Sugar, Flour, Coffee, Grits, Tebaafe
Candies, Cakes, Jellies, Butter, Lard and all kinds of Vegtahlf
Cg.trs, SnuT,
(Mill and ask its prices before buying always fresh.
always remember hoadcpiart.es for -
and sail, and fresh lisli, at. lowest priobewhero, and
western bool
We have Shaved oil clean C \
Shaving we cut so close . JINt us <lll(i 111
WECIfIV
, , eh PRICES.
We are always glad to Show #ou on
BECAUSE WE KNOW W*j> CAN SELL YOU AND S/p good
/save you money.
T. U. D AVI/
Douirlas, Georgia* & CO*
NUMBER 21