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VOL. VII.
LOCAL SEWS
Nice hams 14c. Ib at T J Davis <fe Cos.
Mr. Elias Lott visited Willacoochee
Monday.
Mr. Tom Patrick is visiting relatives
at Enigma.
Maggie, the little daughter of the
editor, is very ill.
Judge F. Willis Dart visited friends
at. Alamo Sunday.
Mr. Jeff Googe of Abbeville was in
the city yesterday.
Mr. P. L. Smith will'introduce Hon.
W. G. Brantley Saturday.
A nice line of new groceries just re
ceived at T J Davis & Go’s.
Mr. W. W. DeLoach, Mrs. W. W.
McDonald, and seyeral children are on
the sick list this week.
The candidates are scatting aboj.it
over the county like Jack rabbits
through a briar patch.
Mr. W. J. Hartley of Broxton deliv
ered a short talk at the Methodist Sun
day school last Sunday.
H. J. Quincey left for his home a!
Bronson, Fla., Monday, after spending
several months ineDouglas.
The Douglas school will close Fri
day evening September 4th. A nice
program is being prepared.
Three members of Col. George R.
Briggs’ family, Misses Maud, May and
Ifortense, are sick this week.
The Brunswick Call says a number
of Brunswick democrats will accompa
ny Mr. Brantley to Douglas Saturday.
Several church folk met yesterday
morning and cleaned up the church
yard nicely. It adds much to the ap
pearance of the property.
Annual meeting at Arnie church
was well attended Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. The congregation on
Sunday was especially large.
Mr. E. Simmons of Fitzgerald was
in town Wednesday. He is anxious
for Coffee county to have a nice ex
hibit at the Corn and Cotton Palace.
Union meeting convenes at Rocky
Pond church to-day, and will last till
Sunday night. Revs. IT. Meek, H. M.
Meek, A. B. Finley and others will as
sist in the services.
Mr. Humphreys, of Quitman, who
had promised to attend our rally and
make a few remarks of cheer to our
democrats, writes us at the last hour
that he cannot get here.
The Misses Douglas have just re
ceived a pretty line of fall and winter
millinery. The ladies of Douglas and
vicinity are invited to visit their store
and examine their new hats.
Prof. Floyd Snelson, of Way cross,
will a:1 dress the colored voters here
Saturday. Snelson is a smart man
and a good speaker, and our colored
people will do well to give him a bear
's ng.
Hully gee! The pops say there won’t
be one hundred voters at the barbecue
Saturday. The same crowd said the
Douglas district would not poll over
fifty votes iii the recent democratic
primary.
Rev. Henry Dent a former citizen
of Coffee, but now of Lowndes county,
is on a visit to relatives in this vicinity.
He will preach at Sand Hill church
Sunday, and will preach here before
lie returns home.
Marshal Kennedy is improving t le
appearance of the business part of
town by having the weeds cut down
'ind the shade trees trimmed. Mayor
Waid deserves a share of praise, too,
as lie was seen pulling up weeds very
industriously yesterday, right out iu
the sunshine.
We learn that the Douglas and Mc-
Donald railroad will run a special
train to Douglas Saturday for the ac
commodation of all who desire to at
tend our democratic rally and barbe
cue. The train will leave McDonald
at 7 o’clock and arrive at Dougla* .t
8 :30, and return in time to make the
regular run. The regular train will
be held here until late in the after
noon. The Breeze in behalf of the
citizens of Douglas thanas the man
agement of this road for this kindness.
THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
THE DOUGLAS
BARBECUE.
Public Speaking.—Plenty to
Eal and
A Bit TIME GENERALLY.
Hon. William Gordon Brantley Will be
The Orator of the Day.—A Color
ed Speaker Will Address the
Colored People.
A number of prominent democrats
got together Monday and decided to
have a big barbecue here on Saturday
the M9tli 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 the “inner man” quiet. Be
sides each and every family is request
ed to bring a well filled basket of
chicken, turkey, cakes, pies, “red
bread,” plain bread, and so forth.
It will be the biggest meeting of the
kind ever held in Coffee county.
The ladic3 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 lias offered bis services for
the day and will no doubt be here to
address the colored people.
Democrats, pojnilists and republi
cans are all cordially invited to come.
Three pound cans of Possum Bak
ing Powder for a quarter at T. J. Da
vis & Co’s,
Lard 517 c. and Bacon 5!-gC. at TANARUS, J.
Davis & Co’s.
l)icil
On last Wednesday afternoon at 5
o’clock, Arlo, the one-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Owens, after a
few week’s suffering with cholera in
fantum. His remains were laid to rest
yesterday at 3 p. m. in the Douglas
cemetery. The bereaved parents have
our deepest sympathy.
The public will please lemember
that all communications of a personal
nature will be charged for at the rate
of 5o per line.
W e are glad to know that a few of
our citizens are interesting, themselves
and trying to get up an exhibit for the
Fitzgerald Corn and Cotton Palace,
which opens at Fitzgerald on the Btli
day of September. No doubt a good
exhibit there would be a good thing
for our county. Large excursion par
ties of well-to-do farmers from the north
west will be there and Coffee ought to
be represented by all means. The
railroad companies will carry our ex
hibits free and ajl that is necessary is
for our people to come together, select
a committee to collect the different ar
ticles for .the exhibit and send some
good man or any number of men to
talk up and show our exhibit. The
Breeze is willing to do anything in its
power to help the cause.
RELIGIOUS.
Lent m eting will begin at Williams’
Chapel September 5, and will last ten
days. Try to attend.
Preaching at Broxton Ist Sabbath
in September at J 1 a. m., also 2nd
Sabbath at 11 a ni. by Bro. Googe, of
Appling county.
Preaching At Lone Hill on Ist Sab
bath at 3p. m. The Sunday School
convention meets at 2 p. m. at the
church.
Pastor.
M-. W. J. Royal is making the
woods ring around Ready Branch
church with a vocal music class. He
lias about fifty students enlisted.
DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY AUGUST 28 1896.
IS. E. LaMance.
DEALER IN
Marl statuary
Mommis. Etc.
Mantels, Grates, Tiling,
Iron Fencing and fine
memorial ware,
fjgrw rite for designs and
prices. R. E. LaMance,
Brunswick, Ga.
CAMPAIGN IN THE ELEVENTH.
Col, Brantley Meets Dr. Johnson in
Joint Debate.
Waycross, Ga. Aug. 23.-W. G. Brant
ley, democratic nominee for congress
from the eleventh district, arrived in
W aycross about 10 o’clock last night
from Higdon’s Bridge, in Appling
county, where lie divided time yester
day in a joint discussion with Dr. S. W.
Johnson, who was the populist candi
date for congress in 1894, and was
snowed under by Capt. H. G. Turner.
A crowd, estimated at 1,500, was pres
ent. Col. Brantley was there by invi
tation to a picnic, and he had also ac
cepted an invitation from Dr. Johnson
for a joint debate. He opened the
discussion with a speebh of an hour,
and Dr. Johnson followed with a thirty
minutes’ talk. A good majority of
the people were democrats, though
several hundred populists were there.
Col. Brantley made a strong and el
oquent speech. Dr. Johnson attempt
ed to show that Col. Brantley was not
in fayor of prohibition, and also that
a certain abominable railroad bill was
supported in the Senate by Col. Brant
ley about twelve years ago. When lie
had finished Col. Brantley replied.
He had no trouble with showing that
Dr. Johnson was wrong. He made some
telling sallies of wit that kept the au
dience laughing at the expense of Dr.
Johnson. A number of populists were
reclaimed for democracy, and the gen
eral effectof Col. Brantley’s speech will
likely benefit tlie cause of democracy
in Appling county. Col. Brantley
says that lie expects to be elected by
a majority of 5,000 over Ben Milikin,
the populist nominee.
Notice to Contractors.
Bids will be received by me until
Sept. 1, 1890 for building Douglas acad
emy', said building to be of brick two
stories, with 2 towers, building to be
75x50 ft, base, contractor to furnish ma
terial. Plans may be seen at mv office
at Douglas, Ga. Rights reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
B. Peterson.
Chairman Building Committee
Mrs. Henry'Anderson, of Downing,
visited Mrs. Jorman this week.
Pastor Lewis conducted regular ser
vices at the Methodist church Satur
day and Sunday. The sermons wen
edifying and the congregations large
The following committee on arrange
ments has been appointed for Satur
day’s barbecue : F. Willis Dart, P. L
Smith, T. S. Kenedy-, Melvin Tanner
Gus L. Brack, Dr. Terrell, N. T. Creel,
and J. A. Manning.
If the amount of goods being re
ceived by our merchants is any crite
rion Douglas is going to haye a very
large trade this fall and winter, By a
liberal though judicious use of print
ers ink our merchants ought tc be
able to keep the trade of this county
from going to other towns.
We now have on exhibition gents
clothing samples and fashion plates of
all the latest styles from Wanuamaker
<k Brown, the Leading Merchant Tay
! tors of the l nited States, and would
be pleased to have your orders in this
line, we guarantee satisfaction and a
perfect fit. W. A. Mcßae.
Unto All Men and All hings Give Due Consideration
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SOLICITOR TOOMER.
The Waycross Man Appointed lor the
Short term.
Governor Atkinson, on Saturday,
appointed William M. Toomer, of
Waycross, solicitor of the Brunswick
circuit, to fill the unexpired term of
W. G. Brantley, resigned.
Mr. Toomer’s term will include one
session of coutt in each county. He
has on many occasions acted in the
capacity of solicitor, in Col. Brantley’s
stead, and shown himself capable.
The race for the long term, which
will begin January 1, will be between
Messrs. Bennett, of Jesup, and Ma
bry of Brunswick.
A Picnic At Gaskin Springs.
Bright and early Saturday morning
a party of Douglas young folk, chap
eroned by Mrs. Sibbett, took possession
of a few wagons, and, taking along a
few baskets well filled with the good
things of life went to Gaskin Springs,
for a picnic.
The day was lovely, and was indeed
one of pleasure, every one with minds
free from business and their daily
occupations were possessed with light
hearts.
When the crowd had assembled it was
the beautiful picturesque of summer;
all comfortably seated around the lit
tie fountain far away in the cool dense
swamp, through which the occasional
frowsy note of a bird echoed ; and the
green leaves of the oak, hickory, bay,
dog-wood, poplar and maple rippled
with fragrant breezes ; with the cool
stream gently flowing near by; and
merry maidens crowned, with flowers,
smiling from every side.
The crowd was not immensely large
and we will no longer believe the old
proverb: “The more the merrier.”
The Same With a Difference.
“Say, daddy, wliat is it that dis
tinguishes civilization from barbar
ity?”
“It is very simple. Civilization
consists in the art of killing your
enomy with a cannon hall at a dis
tance of 0,000 yards and barbarity
in slashing his head off with a sa
bor. ” —Ganlois,
The superintendent of a large
wood engraving establishment in
New York said that women never
succeed at that business. Mon re
gard it as a life work; women as a
meaii3 of subsistence until they got
husbands.
Imagination is not thought, nei
ther is fancy reflection. Thought
paceth like a hoary sago, but imag
ination nath wings as an eagle.—
Tupper.
A patentee may grant an exclusive
right to another person to manufac
ture or soli his device within the
wholo or any part of the United
States.
Tho children of emperors take
precedence of kings and queenk.
Tho order is—emperors, children of
1 emperors; kings, children of kings.
The German house builders al
ways contrive to leave a small flat
place on the roof of each house for
i the storks to rest and build on.
Gro Anywhere in
4 THE DNITED STATES. [*
AND YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER PLACE TO TRADE
THAN AT
WARD & DAVIS’!
Go to Africa if you like;
Go to Asia if you wish ; +
Go to Japan if you please ;
Go to Russia if you care to; *
IfjEL 0 any " ' lero you want t() ; 1)111 "’ill he impossible for you to get away
lrom arOUQd the fact that right here in Douglas is where you get
the Lowest Brices. b
VmE claim the best assortment suited to the needs of our customers,
ww the very best quality, the latest style, and tin LOWEST PRICES
evry thing considered, to lie found any where, our stock and prices at all times
will verify this assertion. We now oiler a complete line of
Dry GrocLs, Clothing
NOTIONS
HALTS, SHOES
And Furnishing Goods, Et.
We 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 be yours.
Sprint, and Summer goods at Xew York cost, they must goto
mahe room for our mammoth FALL STOCK which is rrrivtng.
W’e are selling colico @ 4.V, 5 and 54 cents per yard.
. 000 yds. sheeting and checks ® 44, 5,5. J cts. per yard.
0.00 pairs shoes cheap, we can give you good value for a little money
Paper needles I cent, 21 Envelopes 2 c<s. 1 do/.. Lead pencils, 3 cents,
1 pair sox 4 cts„ pair stockings 5 cts., Coflee I<H cts. lb., meat 5.4 cts lb
Candy 10 c ts., * ’’
Call ia to sec us and we wilt treat
you right, and sell you goods so
cheap it will make you “grin.”
With best wishes we remain,
yours for trade,
WARD & DAVIS.
LEADE R IJST LOW PRIOEB
Douglas, . Georgia:
THE CHEAPEST GROCERY STORE IN TOWN.
T. J. DAVIS & CO.
We dont sell goods for fun lout
II fo r tli e Lao at Mon ot J It
YOU GAN ALWAYS FIND BARGAINS WITH US.
Our line of Haem. Rice, Sugar, Flour, Coffee, Grits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff,
Camlies, Cakes, Jellies, Gutter, Lard and all kinds of VegtablesAre always fresh.
Call and a sic u pri< is before lnnji nq < ilse whore and
always remember lioadquarkos lor' wesFern bqel
and sail, aiid lresh Fish, at lowest, pr ices.
We have Shaved oil clean ourselves and in
Shaving we cut so dose
WE CUT OUR PRICES.
We are always glad to Show you our good
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN SELL YOU AND SAVE YOU MONEY.
T. J. DAVIS St CO.
Douglas, Georgia*
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