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VOL. X.
Makes Abstracts of Title to ail Lands in Coffee county.
Buys and Sells Real Estate on Commission, Lends
* Honey, See. Legal Blanks of all kinds for Sale.
Headquarters for anything connected with Deeds, Mortgages,
Land Titles, &c. Come to see us
* Springs
Near Douglas, Georgia.
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Unequalled as a health resort. Rates of Board low.
Fishing and Hunting excellent. Good Recreation.
Address JOEL GASKIN, Douglas, Ga.
THE PElMiTliMllM. oFaBEMCA
Is the Leading Insurance Company of the l nited States. Its Policy
Contracts are brief, comprehensive ami unsurpassed bv those of any
other company.
RECORD OF 1898.
Total Assets, over ----- - !j>2K,X80,190,42
Income Ivor - - - $17.-1x0.000,009
New Insurance written, over - - - -$l(>4,l!U0,000,00
Paid Policy Holders, to Date Over - - !f;!0,-tr>0,000,0*
Number of l'olioios in I'ort e Nearly $.‘t,000.000
Some of the Advantages of The Prudential Company.
Premiums Low, <>ceu j >at ion not Ut>t rioted. ! nvestinent Excellent. Extended In
surance Jonjc Period.-. Security Absolute. Residence and Trawl I'lirestreted
Cash Loans Liberal. Cush Surrender.- <mrranteed. Polioieie- Inoon
teslable after two years. Paid up Policies Lai
Policies non-foiTeitable after tliree years.
Full particulars regard it; *r various forms >.-f p-iir' y adapted to your own acre can
Vie secured by add re-sine; the < leu er.it Agent -. at : ng' Name, Add re < teeupat ion and
Hate of B ; rtln GOOD AGENTS van secure desiruble o<>ntract - for nil --cupits l territory
bv addressing the General Agents, iiOI’K xs A HINES, Savannah. (la.
The editor of the Breeze * 1 rwiigly o* omrcmb the pi uikniiiil Jtistii-anie (‘(.mpaity.
City Council Proceedings.
Council ■ met in regular monthly
session June ij, *899. The follow
ing officers present: Mayor J. J.
\\ alker, Councilmen T. J. Davis,
C. A. Ward, Jr., W. F. Sibbett.
Absent, T. S. Kirkland and C. L.
Baker. T. S. Kirkland’s resigna
tion was received and accepted, C.
£. Baker's res! grid lion w atx re cei v e and
smd tabled for next meeting.
‘Case of B. 'N. Smith, street de
faulter, was disposed of, said Smith
having worked the road lie was re
lieved for the balance of quarter.
Case of Simon Lott, street de
faulter, said Lott claimed that the
town vv:y* due him something, and
Clerk was ordered to, write former
Marshal Caliihftft and see if any
thing was due said Lott, and report
at-t he next meeting.
Case of George Bryant, street
defaulter was ordered that said Geo.
Bryant make out his account and
svvure to it and turn it over to 1 fi
nance Committee and they report
at the next monthly meeting.
Case of W. 11. Pope, street de
faulter, it was the judgment of
mayor and council that W. 11.
Pope be fined SI.OO and cost or
work six days on the streets of
Douglas.
Complaint made by Mr. C. Bry
ant against men peddling beef on
the streets it was moved and car
ried that they be made to pay .iii.ou
for each day hereafter or get them
a regular stand to sell their beet
from.
Election for alderman to fill live
Vacancy of T. S. Kirkland was
held. P. Sellers was put in nomi
v ion and elected on first ballot.
e*,s moved and carried that
report be
snuNVi 1 and carried
’'Kgjoue . ommilt:•(• bfcy >i.re'
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Heirt
LSBHV* fmed until a!*.;.-.. ■
IlMm. for for*.
that
prefei
|Hhe bad bet
■Companion 1 tin Monday even
■noroiuation, ~
Bneveahas ha C IQ’ 1?5 99'
fcagelffi elin and ‘-•ailed ‘ ::
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Clerk run a notice that tax books
would now be open from June 20
to August Ist. for the purpose of
collecting'taxes.
Ordered that the Finance Com
mittee make a contract with John
Manley to look after and keep the
sanitary condition of the town in
order, and. sad! John Manlev to
, f ‘
have credited on his license for
same as committee see proper.
Ordered that W. F. Sibbett, C.
E. Baker and J. J. Walker be and
act as a committee to ouiisiflt yyith
the people of Douglas and see if
there couid he some arrangement
made to have as near a tree school
system for the town and Douglas
District as possible. Also ordered
that Airs, R, B. Davis be relieved
of cost on execution of tax of 1898.
Ordered that the 'streist L/x he
raised to SI.OO per quarter after
July ist, and the clause where it
reads 50 cts. a quarter be stricken
out and SI.OO be inserted.
Ordered that the proceedings of
the council be published each
month. Ordered that each pool
and billiard table be taxed SIO.OO
per year. J. J. Vvalicer,
(). Rudolph, Mayor.
Clerk.
Kind Words S3f tiji {lrt ie 7 e -
Douglus, Ga., June 22. ’99.
Editor of Bbeeze -.j
Wc notice with pleasure, the
gradual improvement ot the Breeze,
anci desire to* speak a word of en
couragement. The Breeze is now
one among the best country news
papers to he found in Georgia, and
the people of Douglas anti Coffee
county should feel proud of tlie
Breeze and give it their hearty
support. Subscriber.
The above is from pije of our
.deares l ..friends. whose opinions and
observations are worth something,
and we appreciate these little words
of kindness more than one would
immagine,
Worki.-.g on the Air Line.
A special over the Waycross Air.
| Line, on Tuesday morning brought
1 Superintendent Alex. Bormeymun,
: lion. ). L. Sweat and other high
i ditrnatfiries of that road, witli a
t ”
: photographer fo make views of
j prominent buildings and scenery
iof our ideal Southland. The clever
j management of. this road is putting
down heavy steel rails, and within
!a few days will put on two elegant
j new' pasfcerigor ■ coaches, and arc
I sparing no paihsoT expense for the
I comfort of travel, and to make
Theirs the equal in equipment and
j comfort of any road in the state.
I
l<; Committee
Kl get along
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DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, JUNE 24- IS!)!*.
Willi it Pay Back.
Since we have been going to such j
heavy expenses in fitting up the
Breeze office we. have repeatedly
been asked if we thought the outlay
would pay back? The question is
easily answered : As far as some
people are concerned it will not,
because they will walk a mile 5.’
limes a year to borrow a paper be
fore they will subscribe and pax
one dollar, and when asked to sub
scribe will say: “Don't read no
how. jest lookin’ at this to see
when ginera! Washington died.”
But these are in the minority, and
the country i- filling up with peo
ple that kn->w a good newspaper is
an index to the energy and charac
ter oi the people of the town and
section, these will pay us. A man
that wont support a good newspa
per won't support a good church,
or anything that is elevating and
up-building, and of course, they
won’t help us. The man that will
advertise liis business, build up his
trade and get new customers in
stead ot losing what few old ones
he has, can and will help us.
The people th it give us job print
ing at a fair price instead of send
ing off to cut throat establishments,
paying express and getting pool
material, will support 11s, the oth
er fellow's work is not wanted.
The man that will get; our work
and, material, ilv high and won’t
pay us, is a light gnat, and we
don’t need his help.
In short, the Breeze will pay,
for energy and determination will
make if do so, and we came here
for that purpose. The people here
deserve a good paper, a tine job
printing establishment and they
shall have it.
G j '
Coming Sometime Soon.
We are informed that negotia
tions are pending looking toward
bringing Rev. Mr. Pulliam, an
evangelist to this place for .a series
of services in a few weeks. Mr,
Pulliam did some good work in
Florida, Waycross and other
places, and we expect he will do
well here. He is a strong, forci
ble talker, understands the scrip
ture and is ably assisted by his wife.
We don’t know how soon he will
come, but shall give the date 01-
time that the people may know.
Some people object to evangelical
labor, but some people make mis
takes, and we are in favor of any
one coining that can do good for
the cause of the Lord, If any
evangelist can come and revive the
people it will be more than the lo
cal ministry has done for Douglas
this year of our Lord.
Hardware Company.
When you need anything in the
line of hardware you can get as
good a trade from this firm as any
other in Southern Georgia. Their
immense store room and ware house
ill Waycross fjr-.‘ ft|j! to overflowing
with stoves house-hold goods,
builders’ supplies, paints, oils,
glass etc. Carpenters can get
from them the finest tools made,
and at as close figures as can be had
in any place.
\¥qrk.
Mr. J. R, Davis, whose -.till v,u.,
destroyed some time ago by fire,
has anew outfit up and working.
It seems to be better proportioned,
arranged and shaped than before.
We hope the little time lost will
soon be made up, and some extra
money besides, He deserves to
succeed because of bis cleverness
and energy.
Mr. Guthrie undone or two oth
ers in town have spoken for space
for an advertisement rieM week,
The merchants of Douglas want
trade and they will ask for it
through these columns, and get it.
Rev. John Vickers came, as usu
al. when he was in town Thursday,
lie is always welcome.
Thu Negroes In Counsel.
fhe negroes of Washington, I).
C,, have met in counsel and after
whereasing and wherefores, man
ages, among other tilings to get off
the following: “We deplore, con
demn and denounce in unmeasured
terms criminal assaults upon wo
men, by whomsoever committed,,
and desire the apprehension and
legal punishment of every criminal
guilty of the crime. All we ask is
that the regular machinery of jus
tice be employed ami the accused
given a fair, impartial trial.”
\\ ell. now as far as that goes it
is good, if they meant it, but these
negro politicians are in the habit of
sayjtig things they do not really
mean. There is no man in the
South that condemns the crimes
spoken of more than we do, but
they are so aggravating and un
called for that it is impossible to
think of giving an outraging fiend
any other justice than a quick and
and impartial trial before judge
Lynch, and his sentence is always
death by the shortest route, with
the least expense to the county,
and \\ ith the smallest amount of ex
posure to a lustful demon’s victim.
\\ hen these stalwart northern ne
groes enjoin their brothers of the
south from committing these lynch
deserving crimes they will have
nothing to complain of, and if it
continues to increase ns it has with
in the past few weeks the brothers,
sons and fathers of the south will
sweep and scatter them like dry
leaves before an angry tornado
from the face of the earth,
The Honorable Judge Speer.
In a speech delivered recently
Judge Speer intimated in plain
language that “Georgia would be
a prosperous and happy state but
for the clouds that hang over her
on account ofthe negro outrages,”
and he was right; Yet, many of
these negro outrages have been
caused from the counsels qf tffqs.e.
who putted the negro ot( the back
during the day of “so-called recon
struction,” in order to array his
feelings and votes against; the peo
ple of the South. Carpet-baggers
and renegades were in their glory
then, the negro was wined and
dined, social equality was taught
them, and some of those renegades
still retain, as pay for their services,
offices of trust in judicial and other
fields. The seeds sown then, by
these scallawags and renegades in
the negroes’ heart are bringing
forth outrages, arson murder and
forgery. It has been a longtime
since those dark days covered our
country with glaom, still, we have
a dim recollection of having seen
Judge Speer’s name mixed up with
the names of scsillavvags that taught
the. negro that he was the equal of
Southern white man—hence he
wears a judicial gown on the bench
jof the l nited States Court for the
j Southern District of Georgia.
ItnlUln and the Weekly Press,
In putting his patrons and towns
-1 men on notice as to what and who
j they are expected to entertain next
month, the Dublin Dispatch says :
The Weekly I’ress Association,
which will convene about the Jith
lof next month, is made lip of the
1 editors and publisher** of weekly
j papers all over the state qf Georgia.
These editors are in truth the mold
ers of public opinion. While the
dailies are strong in their commu
nities, the weekly newspapers are
absolute dictators'of thought and
sentiment jn Ihe entjre state. A* ev
idence of their influence, they gen
erally elect to the state offices whom
! they want, and no man would have
the faintest hope of success without
t.heir aid. Now, these are the peo
ple whom we are to entertain.
Dublin has always shown herself
equal to itny emergency, and vve
feel quite sure that she will not fai|
on this occasion
i It matters not who preaches the
true gospel of Christ, so people are
converted and brought to repent
ance,
Sickening and DUgnstlng.
Ever now and then some little
weak-kneed, weak-eyed, weak
pocket, weak-brain and weak-stoni
ached newspaper dauber runs up in
a conspicuous place the words “all
home print,” in his paper, and then i
sets back and waits for some fool
to applaud or pat him oti the back.
Suppose it L all home print, many
times there are only about three
columns, of small pica double
loaded reading matter setup in his
office and the remainder is com
posed of stale plate matter used a
year ago. and brought to the sur
litce now to fill out his miserable
“till home print,” and impose on a
list of disgusted patrons. Part of
his type wont show up, he don’t
know and is too stingy or poor to
hire a man that does know what to
to do, hut lie keeps up his living
signal, “till home print.” lie is
too trilling la/.v to wash up his old
rollers, or get new ones, and week
after week sends out his “all home
print” in such a muddy, smutty
condition that no one can read it.
li his neighbor happens to wash up
his forms and rollers, put anew
tympan on his press back, and
print on ready print paper, full of
interesting editorials, complete sum
mary of news, sermons and other
valuable information gotten up by
the best editors in the land, the
puny little -;goker staggers out of a
bar-rqoin, street-corner or barber
shop, wl\ere ever he may he when
he discovers his rivals success and
whine**, “lie’s got a patent inside,”
and then rushes over to his old
shuck-pen and looks up the plate
matter lie used last July to be got
ten ready for his first issue in next
month. Such a man would do bet
ter service than he does now if he
would work on Gus Folks’ brick
yard.
The Of|pr 'tv gorej.
Iq Philadelphia the other day a *
mo!* w anted to lynch a man who
had frightened two little girls. The
Philadelphia Times, in reporting
the occurrence says: “A deter
mined man had secured a stout
rope, and followed by a score of
others equally enraged, started in
pursuit. The fugitive was caught,
und In less time than it takes to tell,
dragged up the high bank and on a
large vacant lot. lie begged for
mercy, hilt the crowd paid no at
tention to his eric* and struggles,
as they pulled and jinked him over
tho ground toward a lamp post,
over the cross-piece of which
dangled a rope with a prepared
noose.” The police came up at
that time, and after a struggles suc
ceeded in rescuing tl, o man, amid
frits of "Lynch him!” from men
and women.
And yet a negro only two years
younger than the late Sam Hose
entered this same community a few
weeks ago and succeeded in get.
Ung himself petted and pampered
because he claimed to he the son of
the Georgia murderer and ranist.—
Macon Telegraph.
A Home Aiaiic Wagon.
Our village blacksmith and
wheelwright. Mr. N’.F, Goodyear,
has just completed and turned over
to Got, G, A. W ard, as handsome
and substantial a one-horse wagon
as anyone wants. Goodyear is a
workman from away hack yonder,
and these wagons will last twice as
long as a factory made wagon.
Mr. 11. G. W ilson sent fudge
Dart a fine Cuban watermelon, and
a bananna muskmelon, three feet
long Thursday morning. This was
only a sample of what Mr. Wilson
lias grown this year.
Mr, Hiram Davis, of W ilsonville
brought us some nice melons Thurs
day. Helms fine crops, stays at
borne and reads the Breeze, conse
quently he is a happy man.
Mr. l li. F. Watson, a highly es
teemed young man of Hawkinsville
died Monday after an illness ot two
weeks,
NUMBER 2
THE NEWS IN BROXTON
Mr. A. Schuleman will soon be
moved into his new store which
will be the nicest one in town.
The light rain which fell Satur
dav is gone already and things as
sume their dusty appearance.
Mr. B. R, Leggett will be busy
next week grading teacher’s license.
Can you write “third” plain, Mr,
Leggett ?
Mr. Robt. Lott started out drum
ming last Tuesday morning. Rob
ert wtll not mess with tram roads
tiny more.
Our tram train seems to be “try
weekly’ that is, go to the river one
week and -try to make it back to
Broxton the next.
Prot. Mewbern announces his
intention to open the fall term
Sept. Ist. Prof. Mewbern is a
fine teacher and the man Broxton
needs.
A considerable sum of money
has already been promised for the
building of an academy at Bioxton.
All tile action wants is some good
citizen to push and the ball will
roll. •
L hursday is teacher's examina
tion, and several Broxton boys and
girls speak of attending just to try
their luck. We need more school
teachers, hut have a plenty “thank
you” of the present caliber.
Messrs, |. S, Ward and A. M.
Bagwell left Broxton Tuesday for
Lumber City, where they will tare
| down Mr. lletulerson’s mill prepar
atory lor having it shipped to some
Bluff near Capt. Boyd’s estate.
Wit it much reluctance we no
ticed in last weeks issue of your
paper where our home county
(Coffee) had been visited by one
ot die v ile fiends who attempted to
enter the room of two of our inno
cent girls, with no other motive
than to satisfy his brutish passion,
and commit an outrage too horrible
to li imitated by the Madagas
car Islanders, In all our histories we
lail to find where at any period the
ladies ot a country were in danger
ot their virtue, peace and happiness,
until it the enlightened age of 1865
to 1899. Will speedy punishment
have a tendency to avert such atro
cities ?
Bboxton.
The Union Banking Company.
This institution has become one
of the corner-stones of the business
ot this part of the world. In fact
its business connections extends far
beyond the most sanguine expecta
tions ot its promoters.. In handling
exchange it is every day proving a
blessing to merchants, turpentine
operators, lumber men, etc. At
some future time when we have
time and space vve shall give the
public some idea of the immense
amount of business transacted by
this institution, and will also show
how successfully and satisfactorily
Cashier Baker and President Lew
is are discharging their duties.
Both these gentlemen have already
shown to the business men of the
country that they are skilled and
reliable.
Struck by Llghtnlag.
On last Saturday afternoon dur
ing a thunder storm, that passed
over this city, the dwelling house
of our city marshal Gus. L.
Brack, was struck by lightning,
wrecking the entire roof, damag
ing two walls, and firing a bedstead
and bedding. The house and con
tents would have been entirely de
stroyed by fire, but for the prompt
and heroic work of Prof. Overman,
and other neighbors.
Marshal Brack was down town
on duty, and most fortunate
ly Mrs. Brack was across the street
at a neighbors, or she would have
been killed. Damage, about s2s*
Prudential Life Insurance Company.
The Prudential Life Insurance
Cos., of America, with agents in
Savannah and here, too, as its name
implies i* one of the best doing
business in Georgia. Read adver
tisement.