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VOL. VII. LOCAL NEWS Did you register? If you didn’t you can't vote. ■ We had a shower and a promise Wednesday. Both candidates for representative were in Douglas Tuesday. The town pump, near the Breeze office, has been put in good working ordt r. Mr. F. F. Hammond left last night with his wife and baby for Indian Springs. The fall term of Coffee Superior Court is near at hand, only twenty four days’off. Mr. W. E, Dicken, log contractor for Bailey & Cos., has removed from Doug las to Townsend, Ga. Mr. J. T. Relihau has bought Mr. J. J. Parker’s residence lot on Gaskin avenue, and will build at once. McDonald’s Mill again has an ex press oliice. It will be a great conven ience for the people of Douglas. Mr. W. A. 11. Davis returned from Indian Springs. He says his little son, Marvin, is improving rapidly. Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Smith tr. and airs. J. R. Davis and children are vis iting the family of Mayor Ward this week. Mr. Cromartie, candidate for Ordi. nary of Appling, was in Douglas this week electioneering for the Singer Machine Company. The democrats and populists are working hard to register all their vot ers. They are bringing in the halt, the lame and the blind. Mr. A. S. M ncliew has just closed a successful meeting at New Hope church, near Phillips Mill. There were thirteen accessions to the church. The Willacoochee Courier has sus pended. We didn’t think it would ever get over the fearful drubbing it gave the Breeze a few weeks ago. Requiescat in pace. Mrs. Pcnina Fielding, who has been visiting in West Florida, returned Sat urday, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs.M. 0. Starling of Bonifay, Fla. She will spend a few days with Mrs. Fielding and Mrs. Parker. Revs. Strozier and Williams preach ed two sermons here, Wednesday night and Thursday morning, while en route from Williams Chapel to McDonald’s Mill. They promised to hold a two week’s meeting here in January. We are requested to say that tho democratic rally which was to have been held at Willacoochee next Satur day has been postponed until Saturday the 26th inst. Brantley and Bacon will be there. Everybody is invited o attend. * The big democratic rally at Broxton last Saturday was a rousing success. Mr.. Edwin Brobston, the original and able young free coinage democrat of Brunswick, was the orator of the day. His speech was an able discussion of the issues of the campaign, and was productive of much good. if the smart young Alice who com gregate at the churches at night and scatter matches in the vestibules for rite Jadies to step on and ignite have never been taught any better they will be. taught at an expensive school- the courthouse. Boys you are spotted. A hint to the wise is suffi cient. * I)r. G. W. Julian’s store end residence and the express office, at Pearson, was burned down Monday night. Everything in the house and store, including the cloftnng of the family was consumed in the flames. The damage is partly covered by in surance. It is believed that the fire ,;vai of incendiary origin. We now have on exhibition gents clothing sample* aod fashion plates of all the latest styles from Wjtumqnakcr A Brown, the Leading Merchant Tay lors of the United State*, aod would be pleased to have your orders in this line we guarantee satisfaction and a perfectlit. W. A- McPae. THE DOUGLAS BREEZE. There will be one thing to be de voutly thankful for this year, and that will be when the elections are over— no matter who’s elected. The contract between the stock holders and the contractor, for the erection of our large two story brick school house, has been signed up, and the work of laying the foundation will start- as soon as Mr. Scott, the contract or, can get the material on the ground. A side track will be laid from the de pot to the building site in order to fa cilitate the hauling of the brick and other material. The contract says the building is to be completed by Janua ry 1, 1397. A pretty double wedding occurred Sunday evening at the elegant home of Mr. and Mrs, James McDonald, at McDonald’s Mill. The contracting parties were Mr. John Brooker to Miss Lilia McDonald, and Mr. Elijah Moore to Miss Efffe StrieklanJ. Rev. Mr. Snyder, pastor of the Methodist church performed the ceremonies. The park r was beautifully decorated with fern and flowers. Only the immediate rel atives and special friends of the young couple witnessed the ceremony. K OBITUARY. Died in Douglas on Saturday Sept. 12th 1896 at 6 oclock a. m. of Typlio malaria fever Miss May Briggs, daugh ter of Col. and Mrs. Geo. R. Briggs. May had entered into her sixteenth year. Just blooming into magnifi cent womanhood. She was beloved, aye idolized by all who knew her for her many amiable traits of character. Her buoyant, refined and gentle dis position carried sunshine into every circle she entered. All that the best medical skill, lov ing family and friends could do was done to stay the grim monster of dis ease and death, but our Heavenly Fatlier called her up to a higher and nobler sphere. May Briggs (lead, whispered on the morn ing air Stopped the machinery of mind and stilled the heart A moment friends communed with God in prayer As the word passed from lip to lip to heal the smart And till the void caused by the life passed out From this sad world of toils and strife But we can praise God with an all day shout From purity here hers now is an angel life Thy place dear May can never be lillej In family, in church or in choir And while thy pure heart on earth is stilled We rejoice thaßthou hast gone up higher A jewel too pure for all earthly ties Oil intercede with Christ our king While thou art reveling the skies And sweptange'ic anthoms sing That our lives may bo so noble and pure With naught in our character amiss That we may join you and the ransomed In tnat fair wyrld of eternal bliss, (i. L. B. Hawkiusville and Montezuma pa pers please copy. PHsjlL Mrs Fannie E. Worth, wife ol Mr. .Enoch E. Worth of Douglas died Fri day. September the lltli, of typhoid fever, after an illness of three weeks. She was nineteen years old, .eldest daughter of Mr. and Airs. Levy Sapp. Her remains were laid to rest Saturday at 3p. m in the Cato graveyard, twelve miles north of Doug las. She leaves an infant six months abj. The sympathy of the editors of tho Breeze goes out full and free to Mr. Worth. The InventiTe American. The fertility of the American mind in invention appears in the siatcipopt in the report of tho com missioner oi patents that out of a total of 1,544,419 patents issued by tho 33 leading countries of the vovUJ &02,458i or more than one-thjru, have been granted by the United States.- Undoubtedly tho case with which a patent may be obfaippd in this country is accountable in con siderable degree for this showing, but tho chief cause is tho eminently practical spirit of the American peo ple, which turns their undoubted intellectual agility into profitable Channels. In Connecticut one pat put; has been taken out for each 1,000 of popmatiop. pn.d among in dividual patentees Thomas A. Edi j £on etands/it the head of tho list j with 711 inventions in the. past 25 j years.—Boston Commonwealth. DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER IS 1898. Unto All Men and All hings Give Due Consideration. R. E. EaMance., DEALER IX Kirill statuary Moments. Etc. Mantels, Grates, Tiling, Iron Fencing and fine memorial ware. VET w rite for designs and prices. R. E. LaManoe, Brunswick, Ga. RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE By I lie Douglas Sunday school. Whereas, it has pleased an Allwise Providence to remove from our midst by death, our beloved sister and cola borer in the Master’s cause, Miss May Briggs, and, Whereas, We humbly bow in deep est grief at her loss to us. We rejoice in the thought that her exaniplary character and deep Christian nrnd for one of her age, has transferred her soul to a closer communion with the God who gave it. Be it resolved, That we the officers, teachers and members of the Douglas Sunday school do tearfully bow in humble submission to the will of Go and in ail things as well as this sad sepe ration. Resolved, That while the sweet voice of May will never again on earth mingle with ours in sweet songs of praise, that we will endeavor by the help of God to lead such lives that we may join her in the Heavenly choir in songs of eternal worship. Resolved, That our deepest, heart felt sympathy bo extended to the grief* stricken family, and that the secretary request cacli of the Douglas papers to publish these proceedings and furnish the sorrowing family with a copy and spread a copy upon ttie minutes of our Sunday school. T. J. Harrison, Supt, Gus L. Brack, Sec’y. September 13th 1896, The Same With a Difference. “Say, daddy, what is it that dis tinguialios civilization from barbar ity V” “It is very simple. Civilization consists in tho art of killing your ononiy with a cannon hall at a dis tance of 6,000 yards and bai'bArrty in slashing his head off with a sa her.”—Gaulois. Tho superintendent of large wood ongraving establishment in New York said that women never succeed at that business. Mon re gard it as a life work; women as a means of subsistence until they got husbands. Imagination i3 not thought, nei ther is fancy reflection. Though! paceth like a hoary sago, hut imag ination bath wings as an eagle.— Tupper. A patentee may grant pn exclusive right to another person to manufac i ture or sell his duvico within the | whole or any part of the United | States. The children of emperors take i precedence of kings and queens. | Tho order is—emperors, children of j emperors; kings, children of king3. The German house builders al ways contrive to leave a small flat place on the roof of oach house for 1 the storks to rest and build op. Easy to Taka asy to Operate j Are features peculiar to Hood’s Pills. Small in size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one man Hood’s ! said; “ Voi, never know you nave taken a ( ill till it is all nil over." iOc.’c. I. flood & Cos.! 111 R Proprietors, Lowell. Mass. ■ ■■ ■ The only pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla, j I Application tor Charter. Georgia.—Coffee county. Notice is hereby given by the under signed, that they will apply to the Su perior court of said county, on the 2nd Monday in Oct. next, the same being the] 12tli day of Oct. 1896, lor a charter for the incorporation of the town of Douglas, the proposed boundaries of such town to he as follows’ to-wit: Be ginning at the northeast corner of original lot of land No. 192 in the 6th district of said county, following origi nal line of said lot, running due south to the branch south of what is now known as the “negro quarters” ol Buck & Downing, then following said branch in a westerly direction to its head, then running a line due west till it intersects with the line forming the western boundary of said town, liie northern boundary of said town shall begin at the northeast corner of said lot No. 192 following the northern line of said lot to its northwest corner continuing a due west course 800 yards from said northwest corner. The wes tern boundary shall begin at the term* ination of said northern boundary lino and run a due south course till it in tersects the southern boundary line, as above described. Notice is also hereby given by the undersigned that on the 10th day of October, 1896, all the qualified voters residing in the proposed boundaries of such town, as above described will meet the court house in said boun daries to vote on the question of said incorporation. This notich given in conformity to Section 775 of the Code of Georgia, of 1882, and the amendments thereto . This 10th day of September, 1890. Signed! J B Simmons, X T Creel, D W Gaskin J J Lott, T J Davis, W A II Davis, E S Sapp, F W Dart, \V A J Smith, B Peterson, Jno. Mcßae, W a Mcßae, D Morrison, G L Brack, E Woodcock, K M Galliban, V,' P Ward, E At Harrell, 0 A Ward, T b iknody, a B Finley, 0 E Baker, E A Buck, T F Jormen, G W Yentejs, A C Tweat, G R Briggs, II Sapp, W W McDonald, It Vickers, IV M Tanner, E E Worth, D Lott, J W Quineey, O Rudolph, W W I tel-oacV, J A Daughtrey, Joe S’rrpnons, W 15 Owens, T J Harrison, S T Thompson, X F Gooddyear, I S Bowen, W T Pat rick, F Cady, Z T Brown Sr., Z f Brown Jr., T M Brown, J JVI Denton. V V Comas, J T Relhan, W M McCoy, p F Hammond, J J Parker, 15 Carter, W F Sibbstt, T S Been, P ilß.ikcr. S Morgan S Pridgeon, K Roberts, 1> Junes. .J Moore, S Bell, U ]p.-s, II Willjums, C Washington, W Sharpe, llJPorcher, ii Bailey, F Foraic, M J Mo. iv, E Moore I McDonald, E Boys, Win Hosier, Da e Cutno, C. T. Powell. Henry Davis, Jerry Roberson, Robert Williams, Jesse •aimer, R Rieliurjs, Ulias. < ..peiin, (’has. .Moore. Nice hams 14c. ll> at Y J Davis & Cos. Scholarship. Ihe Breeze hold! a scholarship to Massey’s great business colleges at Columbus, Ga., Montgomery, Ala. and Jacksonville, Fla. This scholarship is valued at SJ4O. Will give it to any hoy or girl who will send us forty cash subscribers to the Breeze, or for $25 CU h. I’l HUSHEftS. kklili >i s, Tho tiiird quarterly conference is at Oak Grove Kept. 23rd and 21th. J. B. Lews, Pastor, 'three pound cans of Possum Bak ing Powder for a quarter at T. J. pa vis & Go’s, Gro Anywhere in *| THE UNITED 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 ; “W* Go to Russia if you care to; ° 11 n ? " aeri - want to ; but it will be impossible for you to get away IsSEffiom oi amund the fact that right here in Douglas is where you get the Lowest Prices. claim the best assortment suited to the needs of our customers, the very best quality, the latest style, and tin LOWEST PRICES evrylhing considered, to be found any where,our stock and prices atall times will verify this assertion. Wo now oiler a complete line of Dry Groods, Clothing NOTIONS HATS, 35EXXOX3SSB And Furnishing Goods, Et. We respectfully invite you to investigate our claim, see for yourselfjif the quality is right, see if the assortment is right, see if the style is right, see if the price is right. We know ii is and the same knowledge will be yours. Sprintl and Summer poods at Ne\r York cost, they must yo to make room for our mammoth FALL STOCK which is rrriviuy. W e are selling colico (<i) 4A, 5 and 5A cents per yard. 5000 yds. sheeting and checks © 4A, 5, 5.4 eta. per yard. 000 pairs shoes cheap, we can give you good value for a little money. Paper needles 1 cent, 24 Envelopes 2 cts. 1 doz. Lead pencils, 3 cents, I pair sox 4 cts„ pair stockings 5 cts, Coffee 16| cts. lb., meat 5A cts lb * Camly 10 cts., “ ‘ ’* Call in to sec us and we will treat you right, and sell you goods so cheap it will make you “grin,” With best wishes we remain, yours tor trade, WARD & DAVIS. 3LE.A.X3R] R, IN LOW PRICES Douglas, * Georgia: y tv. i' DOUGLAS SH©E G ST y JnL- && V Stjueakless.BoUoxn Waterproof. Best Shoe sold at the prics. p-K '\vAss, $4 and $3.60 Dreas Shu*. cj|. M , \ms3.6o Poiioe Shoe, 3 Boloa. £i|p VjpL $2.60, and $2 Sheas, !%& 81.75 School Shoe* RjHIS IS Tii DEALERS who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can nflurd to k.-M at a le*a profit, anu we bolieve too can same money by baj4nf aQ pna (butwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. NUMBER 37