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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, i ! 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; ■ T* - - 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. <* I < 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. * 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*