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VOL. VIII.
The Breeze Directory
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary.—Thomas Young.
Sheriff. —William Tanner
Clerk Superior CourtpJ-D- W. Gaskin.
Treasurer —Richard Kirkland.
Tax Collector —Tlios. L. Paulk.
Tax Receiver —Dennis Vickers.
Surveyor—Tharp Bailey.
Coronor —Manning Teston,
COUNT'S"COMMiSSIOKERS —J. M. Wil
cox. Chairman; M. Kirkland H. L.
Paulk, John H. Peterson, Dan Lott Jr.
Meets first Monday in each Month,
City Court.—F. Willis Dart, Judge;
J. M. Denton, Solicitor; W. A. J. Smith,
Sheriff'; JL'es J. Clerk.
Monthly terms 3rd Mondays in each
month; quarterly terms 3rd Mondays in
January, April, July and October.
CITY OFFICERS,
W. F. Sibbett, Mayor; C. A. Ward Jr.
Mayor protem; K. A. Buck. B Peterson,
.1. T. Relihan and Dan W. Gaskin, alder
men; Gus L. Brack, Clerk; K. Wood
cock, Marshal; X. F. Goodyear, Ireas
airer.
J. E. MORRIS,
Hazlehukst, : : Georgia.
Neat and durable work guaranteed.
T. S. DEEN, J. P.
748th District. O. M.
Douglas Georgia.
.REGFi.AR SESSIONS
Pirst Saturday in Each Month.
Prompt attention given to all business
•entrusted to me.
JM-’SIC BUYERS IN LUCK.
iUST 6NE HALF SAVED.
Why nay Full Price tor your Sheet Music.
We now sen nil imv.le at just Half Price.
fcOoeatpitees lor 16 cents.
10 cent pieces lor 20 cents.
60 cent pieces tor 25 cents.
roslnpe 2 cents extra. AM Sheet Music
either new or old. Everythin* at UaU Rate.
Any music not on hand will be sptwially
ordered Horn fae North. Save money by
sendiDjrue your orders.
HIDDEN & BATES, Savannah, Oa.
IHE CitCAT LOW PRICE HOUSE OF THE SOUTH.
Georgia
Brewing Asso
ciation.
GEO,' ME!EH General Mang.
SAVANNAH, GEOtUUA,
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Brewers of the famous j
TIVOLI BEER
"Brew**}’ and material we use open to
inspection every day.
We sell for cash only, but guarantee
flkebest beer brewed in he South, and
.at prices lower than the imitation article
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re
funded.
N. F. GOODYE’B
Blacksmith and Wheelwright,
DOUGLAS, - - - - uEORGIi
I am fully prepared to do all kind*
of work in my line.
Such as making and repairing bug
gies, wagons, road carta, timber carte
etc., etc.
SHOEING a specist
fry-
I would be pleased to have he pat
ronage of the pub'ic. Respect ully,
ft-sam-tr v. v. Goodyear
4 ten weeks and then stopp'd
Jk ■ TAu ~-!d reliable, Yankee Blade, 1C
j ljpages a'eekh . filled with storie' of
and thrillinsr tales of ad
rr-irture. <*-,id lOets. in stamps for
lDweekr trial to Yank** lade, Brooks. Ale.
Children Cry for Fitter’s Castoff
THE DOOCLAS BREEZE.
THROUGH GEORGIA
News Items From Coffee’s Neighboring
. Counties.
Catholics will build anew church
in Way cross soon.
A citizen of Berrien county has a
mule 38 years old.
Mr. M. J. Parker has opened a job
printing office in Brunswick.
14 children were confirmed in the
Jewish faith in Albany Sunday.
W. T. Asbury and Miss Ida Nash
were married at 10 o’clock Sunday
morning at Way cross.
A Lowndes county farmer, L. A.
Wisenbaker, will make a shipment of
5,500 water melons on the 10th inst;
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The neighborhood of Hazlehurst
was visited by a hail storm Monday,
which did some slight (famnge to the
crops.
Terrell county’s grand jury recom
mends dispensaries for that county.
Lownd=s’ has recommended anew
court he use.
There were no conftnencenient ex
ercises of Andrew Female College at
Cutlibert this year, on account of
sickness among students.
A company lias been organized to
construct and operate a telephone line
from Helena and Mcßae, through
Scotland, Towns, and Lumber City to
Jesqp,
Baker & Williams of Colipubt!-, 0 ,
have settled near Waresboro and will
engage in brick making and farming.
A number of other colonists from that
state are located near Waresboro.
Judge John Tillman, a well known
citizen of Appling county, died several
days ago at the age of 84 years. He
was the first ordinary of Appling, &
just and honorable man, well esteem
ed by all.
Mr. John Griffis, a well known and
popular young man < f Millwood, died
at his home several days ago. He
was in good health until recently,
when he was attacked witli grip. He
was well known throughout this coun
ty, where lie had many friends.
Camden county is gradually recov
ering from the effects of tho awful
storm of 1890. This storm blew down
fully half the standing timber The
county is full of cross-tie an ! timber
cutters and most of the logs are being
removed.
The best residence, uerbaps, in
Clinch county has just beep complet
ed on the old Crum plantation near
Hon-erville for H. S. Peagler, It con
tains ten rooms, all of which are 18
feet, inside measurement. It has been
elegantly furnished throughout and
cast $0,500.
The tsouth Carolinians of Telfair
will hold a reunion at Scotland Aug
ust ft. An excur-ion will be run from
the Palmetto state. A large number
of excursionists will come to prosnect.
A good many Ca olinians live iu TeF
f'aip gjul are among the best citizens
of that GOiiiify. ,
The supreme cou-t has rendered a
decision to the effect that the town
of JL'wkinsville cannot legally issue
more than worth of bonds for
water works snd elecirio I;gJ;t. As
that amount is insufficient the town
will probably do without these irn
p'Ov£;.en!s for a while.
Rev. J. B. Johnson, a Affffh.qjiit
preacner, well known in this andY/-
joining counties, died last Saturday
morning at his borne about 7 miles
from Bariev. In his young manhood
be was an itmejapf preacher and
while stationed in i,hi cagijiy jig l;ad
28 appointments, scattered ov< r ttii.
and adjoining counties. Baxley
Banner.
DOUGLAS, GA. COFFEE COUNTY. FRIDAY JUNE 11, 1897.
1(1 FORM A NEW COUNTY.
One May be Made of a I'arl of Coffee.
Appling, and Telfair.
As the limitation of making new
counties passed by the last constitu
tional convention is soon to elapse,
there is talk of establishing new ones
in several parts of Georgia. Ours is
not an exception. A petition will prob
ably be presented to the legislature
at the proper time, aiking that a coun
ty be formed out of a part of Coffee
and Appling. As yet, the precise lines
of the proposed county have not been
determined upon, but it is planned to
extend it into Coffee to about Pickren,
Appling to near Graham, and Telfair
to the Oemulgco river.
In the event of success, Hazlehursi
will likely be made its county seat. Ii
is ii flourishing town of between 000
and 1,000 population, it is larger than
any other town in the proposed coun
ty's territory, and near the center of
it, just on the Coffee and Appling line.
It is about 8 miles from the Telfair
lin ■, and enjoys the advantage of be
ing on the Southern railroad.
This will be a great convenience to
people oi that pert of Coffee and Ap
pling who now have to come to Doug
las and Baxley to transact their legal
business, some, of them traveling a
distance of 35 miles, which has to be
done by private conveyance.
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A Second Fitzgerald.
Anew colony is to be founded at
Hardaway, Dopglicty county. 40,000
acies of laud have been secured for
the purpose. The organization hav
ing the settlement in charge will be
known as the “Putney Coloniza'ion
company”, with T. C. Vance of Louis
ville, Ky , president; F. F. Putney of
Hardaway, vice president; and C, L.
Wejch of Albany, secretary. These
are all men of ability am] means. Mr.
Vance has had experience as the suc
cessful manager of the Vance Land
co. in Kentucky. Hon. F. F. Putney,
in whose honor the town will be called
Pqtney, is one of the biggest farmers
in South Georgia. He controls 90,(100
acres of land, having had a large part
of it under cultivation for a number of
years. Most of the colonists will come
from the far North. Arrangements
have been made by Ex-Gov. Northeu,
ii'ljo js fhe agent of the company, to
have several good-sized factories built
at Putney.
The public is invited to call at the
Baltimore Bargain store and examine
the nicest lot of jewelry ever exhibit
ed in Coffee county.
Heavy Hail at Huwkinsrilte.
JlijAykjnsyille, Jqne 9.—This.town
and neighborhood was visited lay- a
severe hail storm yesterday. It broke
in its fury at 4:45 p. in. The hail
stones at the beginning were about’
the size of mat hies and rapidly in
creased to the size of lieu eggs. The
storm lusted about 30 minutes and
was apcompaijigd by Lard wind and
rain.
A number of trees were uprooted,
broken, and otherwise damaged. The
roofs of two stores were blown off’, aud
numerous window panesknock-n out.
Three buildings at ihe fair ground
were demolished. Reports this nipt ri
lling sfioy ti fffu storm, as far as
can be learned, covered an a ea of
about 10 miles square. The crops
south and west of Ilawkinsyille are
almost entirely ruined, the corn being
broken down and rifiiligd )by tjie hail
and the cotton stripped. Those east
and north are injured, though not seri
outly. It is impossible to estimate the
damage at present. The hail s'orm
was yathpr gejigpd jq jf-j pj,a,:a slur,
greater or less damage being reported
in va ious parts of this section.
Famuel Griffin will be appointed
post master at Quitman at once.
—Eight pounds oj good coffee foe.
$1 at T. 'J. Duvif A Co>. • *
Unto All Men and All Things Give Due Consideration
STORE HOUSE BURNS.
T. J. Davis & Co.’s and the Barber
Shop Destroyed.
The store of T. J Davis & Cos., was
burned Friday night a little after 12
o’clock. The entire stock of goods
was destroyed, with the exception of
a showcase and a few bolts of cloth
which were neai the door, and a little
grain that was saved from the ashes.
The stock of goods was worth be
tween $1,400 and $2,000 aud was in
sured for $1,200 in the Hartford co.
The barbershop on the secmd floor,
owned by Fielding & j?app, was burn
ed with no insurance.
3he budding was owned by Prof.
J. It. Overman, and was not insured.
I [is losj is about $290.
The most plausible theory of the
fire’s origin is that rats started it. Fire
was li.st discovered in tiie ceiliug be
tween the first and second floors. Tin
store and shop had been closed earl j
and there had not even been smoking
in the building for several hours prioi
to the fire.
Briggs Carson of Tifton, the adjust
ing agent of the Hartford co., came
down Wednesday and settled the in
surance with Davis it Cos. They havt
not decided upon their business plans
for the future yet, but it is though
that they re-enter business in Douglas
Willacoocliec Items.
Willacocehee, Ga , June B.—During
the heavy rain Sunday evening the
bouse of Mr. King, who lives at Lelia
ton three miles east of this place, was
struck by lightning and badly dam
aged. The entire family was more or
less shocked, and Miss Rose King, who
is about 18 years old, was seriously
though not fatally hurt.
Mr. E. Nickers, of the firm of J. J.
Vickers it. Cos. of this place, will move
to Broxton aboqt the lqth of this
month, and there open up a large
mercantile business under the firm
,iar.i3 of Vickers & Peterson.
Miss Mary Peterson of this place,
who has been attending school at
Young Lfapris for ifie last eighteen
months, has retured home.
Mis. Mamie Harrison, who is at
tending the South Georgia Normal
Institute at Douglas, spent last Satur
day aud Sunday with her parents at
this place.
Sunday evening's rain is the first
fjiat has fallen on this neck of the
woods in two months.
H m. Jeff Wilcox of Willacoocliec is
making some experiments in farming
this year. He planted six weeks ago
some Egyptian cotton seed furnished
I>y the government, and today the
cotton is fully 12 inches high, perfect
ly green, and ful. of bolls Dr. Wil
cox thud's, from* the appearanea of
the cotton now, that it will come to a
full and satisfactory maturity. If so,
he will plant a full crop of it another
year.
“I am going to list it thoroughly]'
said the doctor, “haying fertilised the
land heavily, j v ud hope the experiment
will prove successful. 1 see no reason
why our lands in South Georgia, well
manured, will not produce the Egypt
ian cotton as well as our Sea Island.”
In addition to his cotton, Dr. Wil
cox is making some experiments in
racing German millet and othey
tjpngs. His millett, fie jays, is the
finest he ever saw, and is growing lux
uriantly. His cotton, he thinks, is
the finest in the state He expects
blnciiu in ten day.:. \yc shall expect
to hear af II reprrt from tlie docloi
as lo his succiss in growing Egyptian
cotton.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
•
GUARD RUT OVER BULLARD.
lit will be Taken to Waycross as Soon
as He Can be Moved.
Waycross, Ga.. J unc 7.—On Satur
day Sheriff Davis of Pirrce county aud
Sheriff McClelland and Deputy Sheriff
Cason of Ware county went to Allen
T. Beach’s turpentine still, in Coffee
o unty, and put three guards, Newton
McClelland, Ed Knox and William
Chauncey over Alex Bullard. The
officers returned this morning. Bul
lard’s condition is still bad, though it
is hoped by the officers that he will bt
tit foi removal to the Ware county
jail by next Saturday or Sunday. He
is under the care of a physician, whose
duty it will be to say when the prison
er is able to stand the trip to this city.
Bullard will be tried in Ware county
for forging a warrant and serving it
on Willie Kite. He is wanted in
Fierce county for killing a negro, and
in Coffee county for retailing hquoi
without a license. Bullard was wound
ed a week ago last Saturday night
with Deputy Sheriff Cason’s revolver.
He says Cason did the shooting, but
Ske.iff McClelland and Deputy Cason
■>av Bullard shot himself.
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New Oi-illuam*-s.
Section 10. Be it enacted, that
from and alter the publication ol this
ordinance, All persons occupying
tores, dwellings, offices, newspapei
offices, and shops of every description
or nature whatsoever, shall pile uml
burn all waste paper, barrels, boxes,
or trash of any nature whatever at
once, and Utep lbeir respective prem
isos and fronts thoroughly cleansed.
Any violation, upon conviction befort
the mayor, shall he punished by a fine
of not less than $1 and all costs or two
two days’ hard labor upon the streets,
nor more than $3 anil all costs or live
days’ hard labor uno.n the streets ol
Dougins. This June 1, 1807,
Approved. VV. F. Sibbett, mayor.
Gus L. Brack, clerk.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoko Your Lite Away.
If you want to quit tobacco ygh'tf easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full Of new fife ‘iu vigor, take No-To-litic,
(be wouuer-worlter, that makes weak meig
strong. Many gain ten pourris in tenitays. >
Over 400,1KK) cured. Huy No-To-Bae of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, 50c or
{I.OO. Booklet and sample mailed free. A,;',.
Sterling Remedy Go., Chicago or Nqy.; York.
Tliq I ’in it q for. it Ml'ctime,
The Piano of (lie South,
Tin- Piano Sohl Mb's! lleanoirible.
Thai's the popular M itiivsiuck, su'd for
a Quarter of it Century juist hy Hie old rr
liable l.uilden it Bates Southern Music
House id savannah, (fa.
Its a great Piano <■ very w.iv, and mi.- nil
the many reasons for its popularity is tin i
I'.-ivt, conceded by all. that il is more I
specially adapted f irour Southern ('lunate
than any other Piano made.
Lndden A Hates are now interested in i
the M.t hi'siiki' Eaetuf.y and have largely
ITUUf'lul ib ices on their bates: Styles. See
their new ailve- tisement in this issue, and
write them.
Fresh Collatil Seed l t:
bulk, at 0. ,\. Ward, Jr.’s store.
—The celebrated Star Brea.l Leuv
en and Rose Le if I ren 1 Powders at
Baltimoie Bargain store.
•chedule on Doaglis & McDonald R.R.
Leave .McDonald 12:00
“ RweiUa Si.il 12:15
>i howtbers 12 ;35.
“ Moores 12:32.
“ Downing 1 :2(',
Arrive Dougins 1:40,
ItETUIiXING-;
Leave Douglas 3 :20
“ Downing 3,40.
“ Moores 4:15.
“ Lowtbera 4:30
Sweats Hull 4:45,
Ar. McDonald 5:00.
NUMBER 2
Heavy Duties on Linen.
Tho following are some of tho com
ments of a mun well acquainted with
linens nnd the linen industry upon the
senate doctored Dingley bill:
Tho proposed duties on linen goods
under tho amended Dinlgcy bill are
heavier than ever, ultlxiugh it lias beon
claimed that tho senate bad reduced
rates. These goods paid for many years
35 per cent and yielded a steady rev -
nue to the government. The rates now
proposed vary from 50 to 109 percent,
and the burden falls heaviest on low
and medium goods, which are chiefly
used in tho homes of tho poorer yeoplo.
A cheap tablecloth now selling at r*>-
tail at 26 cents per yard will have to be
sold at 87, I cents to 40 cents if the
quality be kept up.
Medium linen lor children's summer
blouses will bo assessed 99!] per cent,
and the retail price will have to go up
accordingly.
Linen forms tho raw material for
niuny American industries, as linings
for clothing and other purposes wheie
strength and durability are required.
Such goods will bo advanced 20 to 30
per cent.
It is claimed that this advance is nec
essary for revenue, but the effect will bo
that tho people will in many cases substi
tute something cheaper, and thus bo de
prived of this useful fabric, and the rove
nue will be correspondingly diminished.
It is said that linen goods can be made
hero, but this Ims been tried again aud
again, and except in tho ease of a few
low crashes lias been a failure, owing to
tho climate and other difficulties, but
even if they could bo made here tho
rates are unnecessarily oppressive. The
entire cost of weaving linen goods in
Europe is about i>4 to JO per cent the
selling price of tho article here, and in
Ameriuu the cost should not be at the
very outside more than double this per
centage, so that, oven if Republican
theories be true, a protection of 85 per
cent should ho ample to allow for high
er wages and extra profit a for our man
ufacturers.
It is possible speculators may start
mills on llie strength of these excessive
rates, sell the stock, and then step out,
leaving the unfortunate laborer aud
manufacturer to face tho difficulties ol
the situation us best they oun. Tho la
bour probably, having been brought
here from Europe (for labor is on the
free list), with unreasonable expecta
tions, will bo left to join tho army ol
disappointment and discontent. Why
should these exorbitantly high rates be
assessed on an article more or less in
use in every household in the land, and
tho cost of living so much increased in
these days of keen competition aud
SUiull profits? NVliy should the plain peo
ple ho taxed to put more money in the
pockets of the rich? If the wealthy
manufacturers want to iriako experi
ments, Jet them do so at their own cost,
nqt tax the poor for t hut purpose.
IVttigrcw’* Amendment.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced an
amendment to the Dingley bill which
provides for the admission free of duty
of articles controlled by trusts. Should
it become law aud bo curried out hon
estly, how muck revenue would the bill
yield? There are trusts in sugar, coal.
Window and plate glass, lumber, pot
tery, wall paper, rubber, eutlery and in
nearly all kinds of hardware. There ir
no trust in tea, but that is probably be
cause there him been no duty to encour
age it. There are also trusts in the
woolen and cotton industries. Revenue
will be scarce if such a law should be
enforced. But will those elected by
trust funds destroy tho system which
fosters trusts? They may pass some such
law, as they did the t-herman antitrust
ltt\v in 1390, hut it will bo only anoth
er dummy.
llow Protection Help* the Farmer.
Trout “Cuts* Mord ier**
“Forty-one leather firms in Chicago
portest against the doty on hides. But
the Ilee( trnst cots more ice,” suys the
Boston Transcript (Ind. Hop.).
No Gripe
When you take Hood’s Pills. The big, old-fash
ioned, sugar-coated pill*, which .tear you all to
pieces, are not in it with y<>#ds. Kasy to take
Hood’s
arid easy to operate, is true
Of Hood's Pills, which are I B •
tip'odab- every respect. I I
Safe, certain and sure. All ■ BB B
druggists. Csc. C. I. Hood Si Cos„ Howell. Mass.
The only Pills to take with H<jo<J's Sarsaparilla*