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THE ■■GLAS BREEZE. VOL. IX. The Breez Directory COUNTY OFFIOERS. Ordinary.—Thomas Young. Sheriff. —WilliamTanner. > Clerk Superior Court —D. W. Gaskin. Treasurer —Richard Kirkland. Tax Collector —Thos. L. Paulk. Tax Receiver —Dennis Vickers. Surveyor—Tharp Bailey. 1 Coronor —Manning Teston, County Commissioners- C. A. Ward jr. Chairman, 11. C. Girtman, Jno. L. Tyson, John FnsSell, Joel Gi.skin. Geo. K. Briggs, Clerk. Meets first Mouthy in each Month City Court.—F. Willis Dart, Judge; J. M. Denton, Solicitor; \V. A. J. Smith, Sheriff; Geo R. Briggs Clerk. Monthly terms 3rd Mondays in each month; quarterly terms 3rd Mondays in January, April, July and October. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor, Geo. R. Briggs. Aldermen, E. A. Buck, B. Peterson, J, T. Relilian, A. G. Sweat, W. W. Mc- Donald. Treasurer, B. Peterson. Clerk, J. T. Relilian. Marshal, N. T. Creel. Church Directory. Methodist, 4tli Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Rev. J, P. Dickiuson, Pastor. Sunday school at 3 p. in. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. F>. L. SMITH, LAtBYER, Donalds, : : S •' Georgia Will practice in all the courts of Cofiea ami Appling counties, and elsewhere by special contract- All business promptly attended to F. WILLIS DART, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Douglas, Ga. OFFICE OVEII PETERSON & RIWOLPII’s STORE. C. A. WARD JR L 4 WYER, Docolas, : : : : : Ga. GEO. R. BRIGGS. —ATTORNEY AT LAW — DOUGLAS, - - GA. Strict attention given to all business A. S. Hall. E. K. Wilcox. HALL & WILCOX Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. Will practice regularly in the courts of Coffee and adjoining counties. Prompt attention given to all busiuess. xT. xT. Walker, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Douglas, Ga. Practices in all of the counties or the Brunswick and adjoining circuits. All business entrusted with me will have my prompt attention. w. F. SIBBETT, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Douglas, : : Ga. Calls promptly answered day or night. Dll TV, TV. TERRELL, Physician and Surgeon. For seven years has made a special study of diseases peculiar to women and children, both in private and hos pital practice. Douglas, Ga. 0-25-95. Geo. W. Heriot Physician and Surgeon, Douglas, - - Georgia. Office in Heriot Bros’, drug store. W. M. Carter PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dickren, : : Georgia, All calls promptly attended day oi night. ARTHUR E COCHRAN, LAWYER. Waycross Ga., . . . . P. O. Box 173. (office over postoffice.) Practices regular in Appling, Wayne, Pierce. Clinch, Colfee, Ware. Glynn, Cam den, and Charlton, cotunties, composing Brunswick circuit. W M. Toomer A TTORNET-A T-LA IP, WAYCROSS, : : : : : GEORGIA Will attend all terms of City and Superior court of Coffee county. All legal matters attended to promptly sepi THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fio Smur Cos. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Cos. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Cos. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. fi AN FI! AN CISCO, CL liOUISVIXLE, Ky. NEW YORK, N. Y. Tlie Breeze Prinlsie News Skin Diseases. For the speedy and permanent cure of tetter, salt rheunT and eczema, Cham berlain’s Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal.) It relieves the itch ing and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber’s itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic, blood purifier Mid vermifuge. Price, 25 cents. Sold by W. F. SIBBETT. Cbt_ljr<tK Is The Official Organ of The County Commissioners, Tlie Board of Education And tlie Town of Douglas. '—BARBER SHOP .-x B. PETERSON, l’ropr etors. COLUMBUS WASHINGTON, The Dandy Barber. N. F. GOODYE’K Blacfesmitli and Wiieclwright, DOUGLAS, - - - - GEORGIA I am fully prepared to do all kindc of work in my line. Such as making and repairing bug gies, wagons, road cartß, timber carts etc., etc. gS'-HOESE SHOEING a special t-y. I would be pleased to have he pat ronage of the pub'ic. Respect ully, 2-23-93-t.f N. F. GOODVFA B Prom Maker Direct to Purchaser. A. Good Matlmshek Is always Good, always Reliable* always Satisfactory, always Rubt ing. You take no chances in buy , iugit. It costs somewhat more than a , cheap, poor piano, but is much the cheapest in the end. No other Hijrh Grade Piano sold so reasonable. Factory prices to retail , buyers. Easy payments. Write ms* LUDOEH & BATES, Ssutnnuh, Ga.. at * ,<evr York tUtf. ft.AS, GA. SATURDAY JULY 30. 1898. "pain Sues For Peace. negotiations now pending. Washington, July 20.—The Span ish government has sued for peace, not indirectly through the great powers of Fu.l'crpc, but by direct appeal to Pres ident McKinley. The proposition was formally submitted to the President at 3 o’clock this afternoon by the French ambassador, M. Jules Gambon who had received instructions from the foriegn office at Paris to deliver to the United States government the ten der of peace formulated by the Span ish ministry. At the conclusion of the conference between the president and the French ambassador, the following official statement was issued from the white house: “The French ambassador, op behalf of the government of Spain and by di rection of the Spanish minister of for eign affairs, presented to the president this afternoon at the white house a message from the Spanish government looking to the termination of the war and the settlement of the terms of peace.” This was the only officia 1 statement made public, but it sufficed to put at rest all conjecture and to make clear and definite that at last Spain has taken the initiative toward peace. Al though peace rumors have been cur rent almost daily heretofore since the war began not one of them had the TO OPPOSE BRANTLEY. The Republicans Threaten to Run a Can didate for Congress. Jesup, Ga., July 20.—The Republi can Executive committee of the Elev tlie congressional district met litre yesterday. The object was to consid er the advisability of putting out a candidate to oppose Hon. W. G. Brant ley, in the coming election. It was agreed that a candidate would bo put out and each county chairman was instructed to call a meeting and elect delegates to attend a convention to be held in Waycross August 10, Shipping Sheep. A number of Irwin, Coffee and Worth county farmers, headed by Hon. Tlios. B. Young, have sold 5,000 head of sheep to parties in Louisville, Ky., and have been shipping them for some time, says the Tifton Gazette. Shipments were made last week from Pearson, Willacoochee and Tif ton, and will continue until the re quired number is sent. Some idea of the undertaking may tie had from the fact that about twenty cars will be required to transport them. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, H. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally termi nated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would | meet my absent ones above. My hus | band was advised to get Dr. King’s ! New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Cold.s. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured rue, and thank God I am saved ant now a well and healthy woman.” Trial bottles free at ail Drug .Stores. Regular size 50c aud SI.OO. Gtiarnteed or price refunded. shadow of foundation, and until the French ambassador received instruc tions from I’uris late last night no overtures of any kind had been nj# oeived. The president will confer with the cabinet and repl& to the note in a few days. Miles Lands Near Porto Rico. General Miles landed at Guanica, fifteen miles west of Police, Porto Rico practically without opposition. There was a slight skirmish with the Span iards, who were surprised and four of them killed. There were no casualties on the American side. WAR NOTKS General Shatter reports nearly 3,000 cases of fever among his troops. The Second Georgia goes to Porto Rico instead of Santiago as was re ported. „ The Pope of Rome stands by the queen of Spain in her troubles with Carlists. General Wood, late colonel of the Rough Riders, has been appointed military governor of Santiago, and the work of putting the city in good sani tary condition is going forward. DROWNED IN THE OOMULCEE Young Man Drowned While Wading in the River. Ilazlehurst, Ga., July 20.—*Hey, the oldest sou of John V. McEachin, who lives three miles from here, was drowned in the Ocmulgee river, near his home, on Saturday of last week. He had been bailing out a boat and was leisurly wading about in the water, when be stepped into a hole and rose only once. Reaching surface, he- called out to his compan ion, John Yarbrough, Shat lie had missed bottom and to come to his rescue. He was a young man just grown, highly respected by all who knew, and his untimely death is deeply deplored here. Highway Robbery. On last Wednesday night while Irwin and Oscar Moore were driving in tlie darkness, fwo miles from Willa coochee, they were seized by two men and thrown to the ground. Irwin was robbed of twenty dollars cash and his valise. A desperate struggle began, in which Oscar Moore was stabbed in I the back with a dirk, and Irwin Moore was shot in the abdomen. Irwin drew his pistol and fired five times, and feels i sure that every shot took effect in one of the attacking party. T!s boys feel sure that one of the attacking party— the one that was shot—was a negro He WBB tracked next morning across Mr. Faulk’s field, and at a place where he lay down blood was found, and it is thought that he was seriously hurt. Both the Moore boys are doing well. A vigorous search is being made, and it is expected that when the negro is found it will develop that two well known white men instigated the at tack. (HIKES W GEORGIA. Interesting Items From Ere# Seotira oi tlie Mrs. J. E, Goethe iftcd at Ocilla on Tuesday of last week. A negro at Sylvania, G'a,,- recently stole a pair of breeches to be baptized in. Metltidist c(fiifj**tecs are being held at Cordelc, Camilla DfWfcla# this week. Hon. 11. H. Kniglitof Berrien coun ty is dead. He was a captafti in the *Qon federate war. The populists df Pierce have nomi nated H. J. Strickland for senator, and L. C. Wylley for representative. Wotk is being pushed on the "Geor gia Pine railway, is to connect Bainbridge with the Central aystpn.' niH Dunoing Dnyn. What Is It in okl fiddle tun*'* ‘at milked nt ketch my breath And ikpples up my backbone tell I'm tickled mont to dwuth. Kind o’ like ’at sweet sick feel in in thtWong sweep o' a swing, Ter first sweetheart In with ye, suilin up’urds, jrtag to wing; Ver first picnic, yer first icecream, everything "At huppuntfl 'fore yer danuln da js V/uz pver T I never understood It, uud I s’pose 1 never cun. But right In town here yiaterti’yjd heard a pore blind man Atfllfllin old "Oray Kagle;*' Jerked injr linos ana stopped my load Of hay and listened at him—yen, and watched tho wuy he "bow'd.” And back I went, plum forty year, with boys and girls I kno w ed And ihved long 'fore my dancln days wutr, over. At high noon in yer city, with yer hlamo mag netic cars A'huinmin and u-sUrcechln past and bands and O. A. U N A-mnrohln nnd*flro ingin's, oil the noise the whole street through Wuz lost on me. I only heard a whlpperwiU or two. It 'peured like, kind o' callln crust the dark* ness and the dew. Them nights afore my Onuotn days win over. T'ux Chuad’y night at Wethereli’a er Wo'n's d’y night at Jftrawn's Er Fourth o’ July night ut either Tom pa’ house er John's, With old Lew Church from Sugar Crlok and that old fiddle ho Had "sawed," clcun through the army, from Atlunty to the sea, And yit lie and fetched her hciute *ff*lti, so'u lie ecu Id play for mo Onct more afore my dancln daye wuz over. Tho woods ’ttt's-all !*>’n out awu£ seemed growin Maine as then, Tho youngsters all wuz boys i*K’in 'at’HTjow all oldish men, And ail the girls 'at then wuz girls—l saw ’em oiw and all, A* plain as then, tho middle sized, thcVshort nnd fat mid lull, And 'pearud like I danced "Tuckor" fer 'em up and down tho wall As puort a* 'foro my dauein days wuz over. Tho facts is I wuz dazed *o t clean forgot Jos’ where I rallly wuz—a block in streets und atlli a stand in therel v I hetfrd the po-leeco yolliu, but my ears wuz kind 6' blurred— My eyes, too, for tho odds o’ that—bokase 1 thought I heard My wife 'ut's dead u langhln like and J detn, word for word, Jos’ like afore her dancln days wuz over. —James Whitcomb Itiley. The Hu re !*a Gripp C/ure. There is no use Buffering from tliin drewFiil malady, if you will only gel the right remedy. You are having pain all though your body, your liver, in out of order, bavenojippetitl.no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely lined up. Electric Bittern is the only remedy that will give you prompt and nury relief. They uct dirictly on your I%*cr, Stomach ahd lidneys, ton up the whole system and make you feel like anew being. They are guarranteed to cure to cure or price refunded. For sale aMriiy Drug store, only 50 cla per bottle. OASTQHI A. Bear, the Y° u M**! s BWgtt “T" __ It’s Trying to the patience to keep on taking medicine that does not cure. But it is trying that leads to success. If you are suffering from eczema, boils, eruptions, etc., you will begin your cure the day you begin trying 8 Ayer’s arsapariua. NUMBER 9 Those DieadW Sores They Continued to Spread In Spite of Treatment but Now They aro —A Wonderful Work. “For runny yearn I have bocn n great sufferer with varicose veins on one of my limbs. My foot and limb becamo dread fully swollen. \VOu I stood up I could feel the blood rushing doom th Veins of this ltmb. One dav l accidentally hit my foot against some object and a sere broke oat which continued to apfepd and was exceedingly painful. concluded I needed a blood purifier aim I hegqji Hood’s Sarsaparilla. In a short ti#Hi those dreadful which had caused me so much suffering, began to heal. I kept on faithfully with Hood’s Sarsapa rilla, and in a abort timo my limb was Completely healed and the Bortyj gave me JQ more pain. I eWnot befyoo thankful Vor tho wonderful work Hood’s Sarsapa rilla, has done for me.” “Mrs. A. E. Gilson, liartland, Vermont. . Hood’S Manila Is the best— ln fact the One Tnia Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills liver Ills, as rents. MORTGAGE SAJ.E. Georgia.—Coffee County. - Will be sold at public outcry before the court house door of Coffee county, Gu, dur ing *lie legal hours of sale, oii the first Tuesday in .%gust 1899. to the highest and •best, bidder for mhli, the following proper ty to wit: Seven Ty-live acres oT land lying in the south west cyncr of lot of land No' 399 in the first district of said county ; said 75 acres boundod as follows: on tho iifttli in- lands of I, W James ami Washington Mellew and James Timmsn ; on the south by binds of Henry Mitchell; ea.sl by lands •of Islands Burkett, and wist runs ton point ; more familiarly known as 1 lie Mis souri Wriglft place- c?aid sale to b? made for the purpose of paying an indebtedness fl fSO jirincipai, Is-sides interest on the same from the first day of January IFJ7 at 8 per cent per annum •find 10 per cent attor *ney fees, en a proinissnry in>re made by L It Timmons and F C Timmons in favor of Ive 1, Girtman of said mangy , said indebt, ednuss end noto secyired by a mortgage On the above dcscrihui property and tflesame dicing recorded iiTbook ' D” folio*lio of the records of mortgages of Coffee conn y Ga nn February 4th 1890 referonce thereto lin ing had and said quirtguge continuing a power of sale Ive L Girtman Att'y in fact for L It Tim limns and F C Timmons. B.V Yard & Smith his att'ys at Law. GEORGIA, COFFEE COUNTY. ’l'liis is to notify all parties concerned that I forbid all parties trading for two certain notes, one given iiy me to David Hickel ion for sls J) dated May' 20, 1998: the other dated May loth. 1898, amount $2(>.25 and made to me by S I) Parsons. May 21, 1808 T I Denton Douglas & McDonald Railway SCHEDULE A. M. ~ A l.v. McDonald Douglas 3:00 Sweat 12:15, Downing 3:25 Lowt.lier 12:40 N‘w lluveu3:3o Lost Ml, 12:45 Dark Entry3:4s Dark Entl'y 12:55 Lost Ml 3:55 N’w Haven 1:10 Lowtlior 4:00 Downing 1:15 Sweat. 4:15 Ar. Douglas 1:40 Ar. Me Donald 4:40 J. S. Haii.ey & Go. Dan Lott, Oonduetor. *IKE Of CARPUI ►THE NEW WAY; - PYT7OMEN usod Y to think '■ fe rn n lo dlr.ca.se3 ” could only b treated after -'lo cal examina tions” by physi cians. Dread of such treatment kept thousands of modest women silent about their suffering. The In troduction of Wine of Cardul has now demon strated that nine-tenths of all tha cases of menstrual disorders do not'requlre a physician’s attention at alb Tho simple, pure Wineiudni taken In the privacy of a woman’s own home Insures quick relief and speedy cure. Woman need not hesitate now. Wine of Cardul re quires no humiliating examina tions for it* adoption. It cures any disease that comes under-the head of “female troubles"—disordered menses, falling of the womb, •’whites,” change of life. It makes women beautiful by making them well. It keeps them young by keeping them healthy. SI.OO at the drug store. For advice In cases requlrlnf special dircctlnns. address, srlvme symptoms, tho " Ladles' Advisory Department,'' The Chattanoofs Medicine Cos,. Chatta nooga, Tcon. W. I. AD3IEOH, M.D., Cary, Min., uyi: ”1 use Wine of Cardul extensively In my nraoiii'e and find it a most excellent preuaretior. ter female troubles.” wiNie or carpus