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VOL. VII. LOCAL NEWS A pair in a hammock Attempted to kiss, And in less than a jiffy J,'|A [tmpap pqo Douglas lias eight lawyers. A cool wave has struck Douglas. Mr. Jim Kennedy is in the city this week. Will Brantley will speak here on Aug. 29. We have had several small storms recently. The days are getting shorter at both ends. Col. P. L. Smith visited Hazlehurst this week. Watch out for our six page paper on Sept. 4th. It is more pleasant to kiss a miss than miss a kiss. The painters are now at work on Mr. Duck’s new hotel. Mr. W. W. DeLoach returned from Savannah Wednesday. Mr. J. T. Relilmn has returned from a visit to Liberty county. In the language of Greer’s almanac, “Plant your fall garden." Air. J. 11. Davis of Colquitt county spent Monday in Douglas. Mr. J. T. Smith of Hazlehurst was in the city Monday and Tuesday. Joe Moore (col.) has opened a res taurant in the Vickers gin house. It is said that there were only two negroes at the populist rally at lied Bluff. The Willacoocliee paper announces the candidacy of J. A. Newbern for Coroner. Rev. Mr. Mattox, of UazlcliuriH, preached at the Baptist church Sun day night. Mr. Ryal Wright delivered a polit ical address in the court house during the noon hour Monday. Mrs. V. V. Comas has returned from .a visit to Baxley, accompanied by her lister, Miss Bertha Dixon. Rev. J. S. Lewis, pastor of the M. E. church, will fill his regular appoint ment at this place Sunday. Mr. Joe Lynn, of Wayercss, arrived yesterday on the north-bound, and will make Douglas his home. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Buck returned Tuesday from Ashville, the popular North Carolina summer resort. Mr. A. C. Scott, a contractor and Ladder of Savannah, came out Mon day to bid on the Douglas Academy. Wheeler; "Are you going on the club run to-morrow?” Scorcher: (pumping up pneumatic tire) “If I can raise the wind.” Jf our correspondents don’t do bel ter we will send our devil out with a Gatlin guu to look after them. We want the new* from all parts of the county. Mr. Hendrix Quincey’s school at jßoefcy Pond church closed this week. The people of that community are very much pleased with the young Floridian. We have the following excuses *ov being late with this issue of the Breeze : The editor ha? moved, our devil is on the wick list and the junior editor misplaced the editorial shears. A large box ol b*oot fell on Mr, Tom Patrick’s leg one day last week end now he is hobbling arouni on crutches. We hope to see him dis card the wooden legs soon. Messrs. W. W. McDonald, E. J. Holland and John Pace were given the first degree in Fythianism Wednesday night. Our lodge now has a membership of twenty-seven. ffiice hams 15v. nf T,4 Davis A Cos. The populists of Coffee and Clinch counties held a big rally at Red Bluff last Saturday. Capt. Ban Mjlikin, populist nominee for Congress, an, 4 Mr- Thomas H. Morton, populist noini tiee tor State senator from this district addressed the meeting. A nice liiie of jpe just re ceived at T J Davis & Cos s,. THE HOLLAS BfcEEZE. THE DOUGLAS BARBECUE. Public Speaking.—Plenty to Eat and A BIC TIME GENERALLY. Hon. William Gordon Brantley Will be The Orator oi the Day.—A Color ed Speaker Will Address the Colored People. A number of prominent democrats got together and decided to have a big barbecue here on Saturday the 29tli inst., the occasion of Hon. W. G. Brantley’s visit to Coffee. A bountiful supply of barbecued hog, cow, and sheep, together with other wholesome edibles will be on hand to keep I ho “inner man” quiet. Be sides each and every family is request ed to bring a well filled basket of chicken, turkey, cakes, pics, “red bread,” plain bread, and so forth. It will bo the biggest meeting of the kind ever held in Coffee county. The ladies are especially invited to attend and assist in making the oc casion a success. A separate table will be prepared for the colored people, and a colored speaker has offered his services for the day and will no doubt be here to address the colored people. Democrats, populists and republi cans iii-u all .cordially invited to come. Three pound cans of Possum Bak ing Powder fora quarter at T. J. Da vis & Co’s, L&pd ,)i 3 'e. and Bacon 5Cc. at TANARUS, J. Davis A Go's, Misses Lilia Lott and Cgppie Pace were at the Peterson House Wednes day night. The largest we have heard of in the way of a hail stone fell in South Dako ta last week, weighing forty pounds. Rro. .Lit iit,- ymjng will preach at New Hope church on the stli Sunday and Saturday before, in Aug. Mr. T. G. Hilliard, superintendent for the Southern Pine Lumber Cos. at Nichols attended City court Monday. He writ read flip **reejte hereafter. The City Court. The August term of the Cofl'ie City court convened Monday at 10 o’clock. Judg;: I)grt presiding. The following criminal cabc- wpre tried : State vs. Joe Taylor, (col.) —la-ceny from the house, not guilty. State vs. Fair Crawford (col.) —lar aauy U'QYfi the house, not guilty. Stats vs. Arthur Dapis-rrmaljcjops mischief, not guilty. State vs. Son Arnold—malicious mischief, dismissed payment of tfje cost. State , >v >. /.j'thiq P,iyD and Jjyrrison Drtvis, accusation nol-prossed. Following is a list of the civil cases tried : I. L. Hedge vs. Timothy Tanner, et )>1, —damages, judgement for plaintiff'. i.ippupin firor \i. H C, Wilson, claim, judgement for defendant. The visiting lawyers were: E. D. Graham of Mcßae, G. J. Holton, T. A. Parker, E P. Padgett of -Baxley, and I-. V. Nrdsqn of \ icliojs. Tom Watson will have to quit lair ing about plutocrats, bankers, etc., unless he w.shes to step on the toes ol £G;n t e qf lijs pwq company. According to the Macon N).ws Mr. f?paf>orn Wright lives jn one of the handsomest rfi.'idpr.pes jn jhc suburbs of Rome, and is surrounded |>y every luxury. According to a well known democrat wlio knows him, Mr. Wright is a stockholder in a national hank in At lanta, and is therefore a capitalist. DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY AUGUST 21 1896. 18. E. LaMtincc. DEALER IN Marble stainary lomiits. Etc, ——— Mhntels, Grates, Tiling, Iron Fencing and fine memorial ware, ffisrw rite for designs and prices. 11. E. LaMance, Brunswick, Ga. Jt~\ The Best Shoes for -JES f S Sitllßlfll fi *i Nfn* w - L BONUS 'I g~\Wt3 SHOET.7 p£- # \ S|uc.’ikl**.s, Bottom Waterproof. Rest Shoe sold at the price* telKd ¥3 s*> $4 and $3.60 Press Shoe, c.■ Police Shoe, 3 Sole*. , Ey lL .* t \\ itlkiiy*’ Shoe ever*made. pli: $2.60, and $a Shrss, r? 1 ' J- \ (A-k Uuci'jalU.i tit the pri.e. sm yl. VlfL Boys $2 & 51.75 School Shoes -T/f ” Arc the hot lor Service. II m r % si.so 1 I IHIS V. te ;> / ' ‘. • -Ik aud |TbvstwMp! da j ii DEALERS who push the sale of \V. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full Hue of goods. They -u afford to ho!1 at a lows profit, and wo believe you can nave :nouy by buying ttfj youg Cool wear of the dealer advertised beio w. Catalogue free upon aupUcatlbcl WHAT DR. CANDLER SAYS, The Eminent Minister Says He Will Not Work For Seal) Wright. Dr. W. A. Candler is in the city to day to meet a committee of !l’,e hoard of trustees of Emory college, His attention was drawn to a clipping from the Augusta’ Chronicle in which it was intimated that he would ap pear in the gubernatorial campaign on behalf of Hon. Seaborn Wright. To the question jf such was the case, he replied: “Emphatically no, lam a prohibi tionist and have been all my life. I believe in and practice total absti nonce. But as I see it, a minister ol the gospel cannot wltu propriety lak< part in party politics. I have studi ously avoided all such participatioi in party politics since I began preach ing, and 1 was a preacher three yean before 1 was old enough to vote. “i was never more annoyed that when, pending the Evans-Atkinson campaign, a private remark elicited by a question of my friend, Mr. Thom as Cobb, was taken up by a reporter standing by,and printed with enlarge merits, ' ~.ie.ss it was when a note sent in correction next day denied publica tion. “When prohibition is presented ;g au issue separately. continued tin do: tor, ;‘wnen it is non-partisan pro bibition disisiociation from persrirr and parties—l see no impropriety in a preacher urging its adaption; hut when entangled with party issues and mixed with questions ;;.s ;j;e rela tive illness of persons for office, he can not with propriety have anything to do with the matter. “J have a ministry to men of all parties and that i,onivt*y is more to me than anything else 1 can do in this world, i will not place between myself and its accomplishment any barrier. The minister of Gqd is like (lie churcl, of God, lie must seek to save men of all parties in all places. Mr. Wesley said,‘The wor’d is my paiish,' and the world include* men of all parlies. - “Moreover, as a prohibitionist, 1 feel that the cause is fxist promoted by non portisau methods,” he contiu | ued, “By such methods it is ply,cod Unto All Men and All hings G-iva Due Consideration. siMo *T- . 0 ;’• V ’ ‘ fV ~-r" over Maine, and so it has been placed over nearly all of Georgia. By such methods we will one (jay see all of Georgia under prohibition, i believe we are in sight of that now. Since the registration law went into effect | every local option election held in I Georgia has resulted in a victory for j the dry side, if J remember correctly. The anti-barroom bill has good prom ise of adoption. “I dare say a majority of the white people of Georgia are for prohibition, whether Democrats, Populists or Re publicans, and I think it would bo unfortunate for the cgqsc of p.oh.bi. to be identified with the fortunes of any party, nor do I believe it can be so identified by any action of any party. “The members of the national Pro hibition party jn Georgia can be fused .vitli this party or that,” said the doc tor, “but the griat majority of prohibi tionists in Georgia arc scattered, through all the parties and I suppose >vill continue so to by. At any rate nobody, i. anUiorizod to represent them in matters of fusion. The Na tionals, 1 think, voted only about 1,000 votes in Georgia at the last pres idential election, and their leaders, 4 suppose can fuse them, 'ln wh;;t I aay to you, however, f would not be construed as rellecting m anybody or any party. I am not m politics, and never expect to be. I am trying to preach acijtcqch. 1 have 'riend- i-1 q’l pm As. f want to do all 'be good f can to all the people I can jju tas long as 1 can, an 1 I believe I I an do that best by proclaiming tW I gospel. “I rest on l.lm of my Master who iu'ittjyr iavured nor fought the llcrolians of his time nor the anti j Uerolians, but who declared ‘My kingdom is not of this world ” liaptist s. S. Convention. The Smyrna Baptist Sunday school convention convened at Sand Hill church last V'riday. ft was largely ; attended and a great deal of interest . was manifested in the meeting, nice little sum was collected to pay the expenses of priming minutes and oth jyT literature. Rev. A. S. Mine hew was re-elected president for the ensu ing year. The next oonvention will he held in Douglas on the sth Sunday n October 1&97. Gro Anywhere in. to. THE UNITED STATES, £ AND YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER PLACE TO TRffUfcl THAN AT f WARD & DAVIS’! Go in Africa if you like ; Go to Asia if you wish; * et awa Go to Japan if you please ; you ge Go to Russia if you care to; f2L° a,, y'v.iere you want to; but it will he impossible for you to gel away NMrt’rom or around the fact that right here in Douglas is where yoff t g@l cr the Lowkst Plums. RICES ill time WjmE claim the best assortment suited to the needs of our customers, W the very best quality, the latest style, and tin LOWEST PRICES evrylhing considered, to he found any where, our stock and prices at all jK&fr will verify this assertion. We now offer a complete line of Dry Gods, Clothing NOTIONS „ HATS, SHOES lit. And Furnishing floods, Et urs. Wc respectfully Invite you to investigate our claim, see for yourself if the quality is right, see if the assortment is right, see if the style is right, see if the price is right. We know it is and the same knowledge will he yours. st, go *ng. Spring and Sinn liter goods at Xew York cost, theg mast go to make room for oar mam moth MALI, STOCK irhich is rr riving. ——— —— - mono; We are selling colico (<>> 44, 5 and 5.1 cents per yard. 4 cei 5000 yds. sheeting and checks (a) 44, 5, 5.} cts. per yard. ; cts> <>oo pairs shoes cheap, we can give you good value for a little money. Paper needles 1 cent, ill Envelopes 2 c's. 1 doz. Lead pencils, 3 cents, 1 pair sox 4 eta,, pair stockings 5 cts., Coffee lfijj cts. lb., meat 51 cts. lb., Candy 10 eta., rn i aii in to see us and we will trc|j|| you right, and sell you. goods so elteap it will make you “grin.” With best wishes we remain, * yours lor trade, WARD & DAVIS. 3 LEADE EU IJST LOW PRICES Douglas, - CVeorgia: THE CHEAPEST GROCERY STORE IN TOWN. T. J. DAVIS & CO. J? 1 Wg dont sell goods for fun I)tit It for the Leat Moneg II YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND BARGAINS WITH US. jro a Our line of Bacon. Bice, Sugar, Flour, Cofloe, Grits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snufi, j Candies, C&UeH, Jellies, Butter, Lard and all kinds of VegtablesAro always frosli. Call and a>lc us prices be.lore butjinp elsewhere and alwai) - rcimomlxii - lieadqiiaxT.es- for western bodL: and sail, and l'rosli fish, at. lowest prices. ([IK We have Shaved off clean ourselves and in Shaving we cut so close WE CUT OUR PRICED We are always glad to Show you our good , BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN SELL YOU AND SAVE YOU MONEYS* 4 T. J. DAVIS St CO. Douglas, C* eorgia. NUMBER 33