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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE. VOL. IX. I brief AND BREEZY. | - -Easter was cool enough for fires. —Winter is gone, and yet no Spring. —Dr. Jeff Wilcox of ’Cooeliee vis ited our town Monday. —Peach blooms are plentiful in Coffee. Save the cream. —Remember the Sunday School Convention in May, and get ready. —Hon. T. B. Young of Irwin was in Coffee last week buying up beef cattle. —Eugenia M. Harrell has accepted a position with B. W. Blount at Ab bott Fla. —ft is said that Joel Gaskin’s mill pound, six miles out, is a veritable trout patch. —Commissioners Court and sales day this week kept the town from re lasping entirely. —Superior Court over in Irwin county this week caused our lawyers to take some long drives. —The infant babe of Mike Thomas, the GTeek peddler, died Sunday and was buried Monday morning. . —Some of our citizens made a mis take in not -.setting out shade trees. Too late now, but attend to it in the Fall. ' —Some of our subscribers promised to “pay us next court,” if they had to bring a gobler. Now, that’s encour aging certain. —Fence in your woods pastures with wire and your cattle will be pen ned and five cannot destroy the fence. Freeman sells wire fencing and iron posts. —Editpr Boone, we are told, spent! last Saturday and Sunday in the coun-! try with friends. After trying all tfte'i week to run down delinquents he*' deserved a rest. • —Miss Lucy Twitty, of Waycross., who came up to assist Mr. 0. Rudolph* in his millinery business, has gone home, after having been sick all dur ing court week. —Lawrence Newbern quit rqlliii|r logs long enough court week to dime to town, see the new Judge agfFget up a program for the County.Sfniday School Convention. —Lhe new music teacher Mt the Institute has started off underatvora ble auspices. She has won a!rhid v the confidence of patrons and pjumle, and we predict for her a fine clasisP —Lawyer W. W. McDgrorais on one end of the pro gram and the Senior editor of the Breeze is on the other*rwo such heavy-weights may smash .the thing in two. —Our venerable friend, Sr., Bays the roots of thejfflftck-berry bushes are not dead, .to is regret. That’s good news to us. VBro. Whit ing and ourself may yet jwe to see “de juicy blackberry swinging on de bush,” —Mr. Thos. Wilson .pf McDonald’s Mill and Miss Eula Kiffcland, of Pear eon, were married la3t Sunday. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Jeff Kirk land, and an amiable young lady. We do not know Mr. Wilson, but learn that he is a worthy young man. —We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to the Water and Light Carnival to be held at Fitzgerald on April 14tli and 15th. A private letter from the Committee on Entertain ment says they are especially anxious for all the editors in this section to attend. The Big Clock In the new courthouse will be a “dandy.” It will strike ten at night just a little too soon for young folks, “that be a courtin’ ” When it next strikes/* tMt vjft are opened up and feady to sell them their “weddin’fix ins.” Everything in fine dress, goods, clothing, hats, shoes and slippers. Brad Watson’s Douglas store. A Frightful/Blunder Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’s Ar nica Salye, the best in the world, will kill the pain and prom ply heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup tions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by City Drug Store. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. ' March Term of Coffee Superior Court./ fm* portant Recommendations. / We, the Grand Jury drawn; and sworn for the March Term "189 I .P) Su perior court of Coffee county, beg leave to submit the following general pre sentments, — We have examined the books f the Justices of the Peace and Nortary Publics and ex-offic;o J. P’s. an .1 find them correctly kept, except the books of M. Spivey J. P. of the ll'JTth G. M. Dist.,pf said county who has kept his dockeUwith a lead pencil asid uas failed tpjtemize the bills of cOjsts as the law requires. We reconr mend that the dockets of the Justices .of the Peace ap'd Notaries Public be? kept with poiTand ink and that tin* costs be to law. It appears to us that the Notary Publffof thc.lo2fith G. M. Diet, of said coijnCpfnme has expired- We recomraen|i|hat I. T. Giddcns be ap- the vacancy caused in WHma that the present systems of are insufficient to keep our iu good order. Wt there fore: rtuQrumgud that the n<fw road law of 1898 anK.i 4, to amend an act entitled to approved 2fnt T 896 iLmtiling anj act to g'vejCpmmissioners o; roads ij Q d rev enues county Judge ''as the case power an-cliauthority to lay jjflyirid change or discontinue roads and to work and have roads by their new law. Owing to a vacancy on the Board of Bray cation, caused by the resignation [of 11. Ci Girtman, we’recommend ptSat Henry Cook be appointed to fill Ithe unexpired term of Mr. Girtman ip-saul office. recommend the appointment of Dennis E. Sears to fill the pnexpired Ijfegtn of H. L. Paulk, deceased, on the “board of county Commissioners of Btoads and Revenues. * We have appointed the following members of our body to examine the books of the various county officers and make a report to the next Grand Jury of said county. Leonaid Tan ner and Joshua H. Dent We recom mend that they be paid three dollars per day for their services. We fur ther request the county officers of said county to have their books in the town of Douglas on the fir t, Monday in May 1899 for the purpose of having them examined by said Committee. We have been requested to recom mend to the County Commissioners of our county a suitable place on the public lot to locate our now court house. We recommend it to be built in the middle of said lot, as near the place occupied by the old Courthouse as possible, fronting the same street as the old one did. We have examined our pauper farm and find it needing some re pairs. The well needs curbing and the yard fence needs finishing. We recommend that the county commis sioners have Mr McLeod; to make these repairs. If he cannbt do so to discharge him and hire someone that cas do so, as we think one, man is suf ficient to do all work apd ipake all re pairs needed. We also recommend that a.l stock kept on tlie farm be owned by the county, also the poultry. We have examined our jail and find Tk ' City Drug Store. ♦ Our Mammoth Soda Fountain * Is in fuli blast, cooling the thirsty with the best SodaJWater ever dispensed within the city. W. W. TERRELL, M. D., Proprietor. DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, APRIL S. 180^ it neatly kept and in good condition, except one water pipe, which is brok en and should be repaired by the pro per authorities. We also recommend that the jail be painted to protect the brick. We recommend the general present ments be published in the Douglas Breeze and Douglas Leader and that they be paid the sum of five dollars each for publishing them. We furth er recommend that they be published in the next issue of said papers. We recommend that the pay of the Jurors of this court be two dollars per day and that the foreman and clerk of the Grand Jury be paid three dollars per day. We thank the Solicitor General, John W. Bennett, for kindness shown this body during the preseut term of court. Iu taking leave of li-is Hop or Jos eph W. Bennett, Judge of said court, we thank him for the able and impar tial manner in which lie has discharg ed his duties as Judge of this term of court. Signed W. D. Little foreman Thos. 11. Dent, Rufus R. Perkins, Daniel Newbern, Willie Vickers, John Trowell, Jas. R. Woolen, Joshua H. Dent, A. F. Thomas, Cicero Gillis, Robert Lott, W. B. Courson, Thomas Byrd, Berry 11. Tanner, W. W. South erlancf/Sherod Byrd, ChaS. N. Field ing, .jGeo. W. Williams, Wylly Byrd Jr. Leonard Tanner, Thomas J. Young, Wm. M. Carter, Geo. W. Taylor, clerk. Do You Read This Paper? If so, bring this notice to us and we will sell you eight yards of yard wide white Cambric, seconds of Lonsdale at six cents a yard, and throw ip a spool of Coats thread. Wo db this, merely to see how pi any ladies read the Breeze. Brad Watson, Douglas, Store. Miss Tattler Says That, winter lingers in the lap of Spring, That some people would wear a light dress on Easter if they had to carry an oil stove in their pocket. That he lias piped for Boone to dance and she wont dance nor pipe back. That she wants to see a street rail road from Douglas to Gaskin’s Spring for her own convenience. That the marshal of Douglas was caught dancing a clog-dance on the street last Saturday. That she trades at Watson’s so she can have Geo. Wooten to wait on her. He is so perlite to ladies. ' That the black horse- is snorting 'round over in Irwin county this week. That she reckons Ordinary Tom Young hasn’t got any marriage license to sell or some of the boys hasn’t, any money to buy with, for they keep putting her off, —Four hundred dollars worth of fresh medicines, drugs, ets., just re ceived. Will sell to suit the times. W. F. S.bbett. City Tax Notice. Notice is hereby given that the tax books for the City of Douglas will be opened at the Breeze office Monday, March ffth. Blanks for the return of all property, both real and personal, will be furnished by the undersigned upon application. Books win close April 1 losu. A. C. Sweat City Clerk and Tax Collector. Is the place to buy your DRUGS, SODA WATER, CIGARS •ad all SUNDRIES usually carried by an up-to-date Druggist. ALL STANDARD PATENT MEDICINES, STA TIONERY, PENS, PENCILS, INKS, ETC. The Prices will Make you Smile Everything Neat as a F*in. R)R TmRTV=F,VE cents! THE RUSH If NEW GOODS . * 4 the Rush of New Customers STILL CONTINI IF. A'! ’ Ifr “ ‘dCk don’t ©retond to k letter than ©tjber tkopU. wm mmm mm m BUT ANY FAIR-MINDED HAN OR WOHAN WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DO SELL A LITTLE BIT FINER DRESS GGODS AND TRIMMINGS THAN HAVE BEEN KEPT IN DOUGLAS HERETOFORI^JLjIL> ? V ■" : w W%m m 4 . ■■***■ ■ * T ==-- —" <■■■ = ... Fine Bilks, Fine. Orgax*diss and White Goods Are the King Bees of our Dry Goods Hive, and you are Invited to Look at them. Our Mverside Checks. Lead the Grand? March of Staple, every-day Dry Goods, and they are joined by hund reds of yards and hundreds of pairs Cottonade, Jeans and Working Shoes at Lowest Prices Possible. . , S> . Going to get Married? '"4' If so come to us%r your Wedding Outfit. Everything for “him” and “her.” Fine Silks for the Ladies, and Fine Ready-made Clothing fop Men folk and Boys. lAoLciies’ tlTrimmeci CHats In many Shapes and Colors, arid the Finest Line of Ladies’ and Childrens’ Slippers to be seen Anywhere. ■4 Strictly # Headquarte^^ FOR MENS’ FINE SHIRTS, NECK-TIES, SHOES and ALL TLEMENS’ FURNISHING GOODS. , * One Price to all—and that the Lowest Every Time. BRAD WATSOtfe .*■ . ’■ * f •*-- Citain Nh Douglas, Greorgia. V •’* f "f EN YARDS OF GAUICO FOKlis,GlZTKppg^ UMBER 41