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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
VOL. IX.
Mr. Willie Crawley went down to
Waycross Wednesday.
The county commissioners held
klieir regular monthly meeting last
Monday, and had a heavy day's work.
Bring your Watrhes, Clocks and
[jewelry to D. P. Lynch, Terrell’s drug
■tore, Douglas, for cleaning and re
pairs. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Col. Frank Hawkins, the clever,
efficient traffic manager of the Air
Line Railroad, was in town Wednes
day and will be back in time for the
.picnic with a good crowd from down
the road.
No need of sending your work away
from town. W T atches, clocks and
jewelry cleaned and repaired by D. P.
Lynch, jeweler. Terrell’s Drug Store,
Douglas, Ga. Work warrented and
.prices reasonable.
Mr. L. C. Hilliard, of Jacksonville,
arrived Wednesdday with his family,
and is stopping at Mr. O. Rudolph’s-
Mr. Hilliard comes te remain perma
nently, and will go in business here
with Mr. W. P. Ward.
Mr. D. P Lynch, jeweler ane watch
repairer, has fifteen years experience
in the business, and is recomniendad
by old Tom Lanier, of Waycross, as a
fine workman. Terrell’s Drug Store,
Douglas, Ga.
If you suffer from heat it is your
look out, for Tim Kirkland can supply
ice in any quantity.
Boss carpenter Connally is putting
up a good, substantial awning around
the Bank building?, and all the occu
pants of the first t4,y are happy.
Marshal Brack is nothing if not in
dustrious, and in time of dry weather
is preparing for rain. He is cutting a
£’/jch and throwing up a walk west
ciffe of Deen & Son’s store.
Some mighty clever lightning-rod
men are m town and if your building
is unprotected you should see them.
Mr. Win. Thorn the manager, is an
old soldier aud gives general satisfac
tion. His assistants rre clever, de
serving gentlemen.
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Wi learn that A. M. Brett, of
Waycross, will occupy the Leader
building.
Soma of our fisherman are bring
ing in nice strings uow. The creek
is just right.
Tim Kirkland has ice every day,
and sells cheap because he buys
cheap, in two ton lots.
Mr. O. Rudolph has been elect
ed clerk of council to fill out the
unexpired term of A. 0. Sweat.
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The Savannah News favors Admiral
Dewey for next president.
The soldier's home property, at At
lanta, wag sold for SB,OOO last lues
day.
Admirrl Sampson’s fleet was off
New York last Wednesday, having
returned from the West Indies.
Cyclones are playing the mischief
> lit west, sweeping away houses,
JyL-K*, and killing some people.
:p States government has
£***'' (■ f a .'ecks, $5,000,000 each, to
/ M the l’hillipine islands.
tL<)U crop is reportgjf
“ ksfyear.
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THE BREEZE AND COFFEE COUNTY.
As stated in our issue January I4th
we have engaged in journalism in
Coffee county before we bought the
Breeze, and therefore cannot be called
an entire stranger. There is not a
man in Coffee county who can truth
fully say we have ever misled any one
by preteusions, nor will there ever be.
In this connection we wish to say
that in the purchase of the Breeze we
did so because we thought this a great
country and liked the people, and
last week when we bought the Leader
we proved that we liked the country
better and loved the peopl* more. So
we own the Breeze and the Leader. W*
propose to publish the Breeze right
on, in a larger and better form. The
subscription price will remain the
same that you paid us for a four page
paper, but we propose after this issue
to give you a good, clean, eight page
paper, exactly the size of the Leader
and Breeze combined. As soon as we
can dispose of our Waycross printing
office and heme, and arrange our bus
iness there we shall move our family,—
composed of the best wife in the
world, four daughters, four cows and
calves, twenty-seven chickens and a
cat, to Douglas Coffee county Ga., and
here we expect to remain as long as
we live and we are going to live as
long as we can,
In our news paper venture we have
been selected by the former owners of
the Breeze and the Leader as the
best man to conduct a news paper
that would tend to cement the two
political, factions of the county, be
cause of our known desire to give
all men justice, and accord to every
man the privilege of thinking as they
please politically aud religiously.
This is our intention, we shall make
the Breeze a good, reliable, newsy fam
ily paper, for all classes. We shall
have no abuse, no mud slinging, no
contentions or controversies by cor
respondents. ’ In this way, brothers,
let us live and pull for each others
mutual and general good, build up
our county improve our town, serve
God, live aud die together and go
down to our graves uuited aud con
tented.
Mr. A. C. Sweat Leaves Douglas.
In the. first of the year Mr. A. C.
Sweat, who has been on the Breeze
fpr some years, was employed to con
tinue with us. He remained until
April 29th. when he jumped the ranch.
He left with $25,00 or $30,00 more
of our money than he was entitled to,
that we have heard from, and it is
hard te guess how much more he has
collected. There, are several other
parties around town that he was in
debted to, besides, as treasurer of the
Methodist Suuday school he was a de
faulter, leaving it to pay last year’s
literature bill, after the money had
been collected and turned over to him
for that purpose. He hue never, that
we haveJieard of, been associated
with any oue that he has not swin
dled. We are lead then, to conclude
that he is a good printer, nrst-rate
news paper man and thieving scoun
drel. We understand he has headed for
Denison, Texas, and in order that he
he properly introduced to
•Uiose people out''the.-ft. we shall send
every printing office in that city, or
any other city within a radius of one
hundred miles a marked copy of this
payer.
will rob as poor a man
swindled
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DOIUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, MAY (!• 1899.
SALUTATORY.
It is | already being whispered
around tjhat myself and sisters are
assuming to take places that men
should 41l, —that girls should
learn to -t sew, teach music and
t
school butt that the rostrum and
press sholuld bo managed by the
sterner seic. In certain fields this
is true, huf when our father’s form
is bending: under the weight of
years, his 1 eyes growing dimmer
day by dayl his dear old faoo be
coming furirowed with the care
marks of tiilne, it is our duty, our
pleasure to fcive him all the aid
and ccmfortUhat it is in our pow
er to render. j The hissing, seething,
waters of theißatilla river snatch
ed from him aur brother—our only
brother —all <i]ur fathers help, nine
years ago whejp he was drowned,
and since that time we have w-alk
ed by his side, held up his feeble
growing arms, Kjissed away his tears
and prayed tlifit God would give
us strength to help him. God has
heard that pray er and gave us a
printing office nu Waveross, then
the people, the giood, kind people
of Coffee, let us have the Breeze,
and then later, the Leader, and as
they unfold their arms and give us
support and comfbrt we feel that
God has directed uj* right, and our
way is clear and bright. Noble
people, generous people, grand old
county with its beautiful towns,
You will find us over ready to
serve you. No scratch of our pen
shall tear your heart, no w ord of
ours shall wound your feelings, un
less the truth does it], and we hope
to deserve your sympathy. As lo
cal editor we ask yefur co-opera
tion and we will giyo you a fine
paper, Wifti tips, opr name j run
up at the head of the paper as one
of its editors.
Agnes F. Freeman.
Gaskin*’ Spring. May Ist.
foolish Sport,
Last Tuesday morning when
some of our business men went
down town it was found that some
sports had been playing the mis
chief tu night before. Carts were
turned over, signs had been moved,
the town pump molested, a barber
shop sign put up at No. 10., and
the otlur pranks gone into gener
ally. It was done so quietly that
no me knew who to blame. Somo
ut the sufferers could not *ee the
point, and vengeance is declared
when the guilty ones are found out.
We waut to give those lellows a
word of advice, and that is that we
heard a man say ho was going to
load his shot gun for ’em. The
nice part about it is that the mis
chief makers can’t laugh uor brag
about such doings, and other peo
ple know how naughty they have
been.
Sunday At Haskins' Springs.
Gaskin’s Springs is getting to be a
favorite resort for people from Doug
las and other adjacent places every
Sunday afternoon. Hardly a Sunday
passes when there are not represen
tatives out there from several places.
Last Sunday, out there we noticed
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she caa ntteud to without
up the news, Miss Agnes <Je
Brea newsy correspondents from all
Karts of the county. Send them along,
Imale or female correspondents, and
I she will put them in shape.
TEN YARDS OP CALICO FOR THIRTY-FIVE CENTS.
THE RUSH OF NEW GOODS *
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❖ the Rush of New Customers
STILL CONTINUE AT
BRAO WATSONS
Douglas Store.
Mz don’t fltotend to be Setter than ©tber flfcople.
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BUT ANY FAIR-MINDED HAN OR WOHAN WILL TELL YOU THAT WE
DO SELL A LITTLE BIT FINER DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS THAN
HAVE BEEN KEPT IN DOUGLAS HERETOFORE.
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Fine Silks, Fine Organdies and White
Goods.
Are the King Bees of our Dry Oootla Hive, and you are Invited to Loo
at them.
Our Riverside Checks. I
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.
Going to get Married?
If so come to us for your Wedding Outfit. Everything for “him” and “her.”
Fine Silks for the Ladies, and Fine Ready-made Clothing for Men folk and Boys.
Ladies’ * TrimnYed ♦ Hats'
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In many Shapes and Colors, and the Finest Line of Ladies’ and Childrens’ Slippers to
be seen Anywhere.
< Strictly 4 Headquarters
FOR MENS’ FINE SHIRTS, NECK-TIES, SHOES and ALL KINDS OF GEN
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TLEMENS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
4- One Price to all-and that,the Lowest Every Time. 4-
BRAD WATSON,
Dcmgl as, Gfeorgia,.
Xiu 4 (*-£’<* V -l/' / " r ,- ' U- '
TE.N YARDS OF OALIOO FOR 38 CENTS.
NUMBER 4fi