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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
VOL. X.
The Douglas Abstract Company.
Makes Abstracts of Title to all Lands in Coffee county.
Buys and Sells Real Estate on Commission, Lends
Honey, &c. Legal Blanks of all kinds for Sale.
Headquarters for anything connected with Deeds, Mortgages,
Land Titles, &c. Come to see us
L. C. MILLIARD, Manager.
- Springs
Near Douglas , Georgia .
Unequalled as a health resort. Rates of Board low.
Fishing and Hunting excellent. Gootl Recreation.
Address JOHL GASKIN, Douglas, Ga.
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA
Is the Leading Insurance Company of the United States. Its Policy
Contracts are brief, comprehensive and unsurpassed by those of any
other company.
RECORD OF 1898.
Total Assets, over ..... . $28,880,10(1,42
Income iver ... . $17,480,000,000
New Insurance written, over - - - $104,000,000,00
Paid Policy Holders, to Date Over ... $80,450,000,00
Number ol’Polfoies in Force Nearly $;>,000,000.
Some of the Advantages of The Prudential Company.
Premiums Low, Occupation not Restricted. Investment Excellent , Extended In
surance Long Periods. Security Absolute, Residence arid Truvei I'nrestrcted
Cash Loans Liberal. Cash Surrenders <(arranteed. Policieies Incon
testable after two years. Paid up Policies Large.
Policies non-forfeitable after three years.
Full particulars regarding various forms of policies adapted to your own age can
be secured by addressing the General Agents, stating Name, Address, Occupation and
Date of Birth. GOOD AGENTS can secure desirable contracts for unoccupied territory
by addressing the General Agents, HOPKINS A- HINES, Savannah, Ga.
The editor of the Breeze strongly commends the Prudential Insurance Company.
REPORT
OF THE
Union BanKina Company,
Of Douglas Ga.,
At Close of Business, June 27th, 1899.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $9,692 90
Banking house $ 7,007 83
Furniture and fixtures... . 1,677 35 8,685 18
Due from banks and bankers in the State 11,338 00
“ “ “ “ not in this State 1,539 63
CASH :
Currency $6,633 00
Gold 65 00
Silver, nickles and
pennies 682 18
Uncollected checks
and cash items.... 3,922 99 11,303 17
Current expenses 1,271 85
Taxes paid „ 70 83
Total $43,901 56
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 18,400 00
Undivided profits not
carried to surplus
Exchange $ 302 05
Interest 798 97
Rents 366 83
Profits and loss 50 , 1,468 35
Individual deposits, viz—
Subject to check.. 22,521 30
Cashier's checks.. 28 91 22,550 21
Bills payable, including time certifi
cates, representing borrowed money ... 1,483 00
Total $ 43,901 56
State ot Georgia, Gottee Gountu.
Before me came J. J. Lewis, President of the
Union Banking Company, who being duly sworn
says that the above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said Bank, as showtl by the
books of file in said bank.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this sth day
of July, 1899.
C. E. BAKER, N. P., C. C., Ga.
THE ULMEfI-WAGON
AND BUGGY WORKS,
,j, p s ulmer, m&m.
BLACKSHITH,WHEELWRIGHT and HORSESHOER
fainting f and * Crimming
/ keep the Ulmer wagon on hand at all times at $26.00 ,
guarhnteedi 1 have first-class workmen employed, therefore
1 guarantee satisfaction in all my work. Send me your old
buggy to make over.
UNDERTAKER.
I keep a first-class line of Coffins and Caskets and Funeral Supplies and
will attend funerals and look after same. •
J. P. ULMER.
POND STREET, Near Jail. TELEPHONE 12S.
Order Through Responsible Parties.
DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, JULY 8 1899.
THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
J. M. FREEMAN & DAUGHTERS, Proprietors
J. M. FREEMAN, Editor.
AGNES E. FREEMAN, Assistant Editor.
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter.
SATURDAY, JULY 8 , 1899.
Official Organ of County.
f&F~ We have no authorized agents, but
every one is asked to forward subscript ions
and money to this office, and receipts will
be returned by mail. \
Brunswick Circuit.
Appling Superior Court: —First and second
Mondays in March; Third and fourth
Mondays in September.
Camden Superior Court: —Tuesday after
the third Monday in March; Tuesday af
ter the first Monday in October.
Coffee Superior Court:—Fourth Monday
in March; Second Monday in October.
Charlton Superior Court: —Tuesday after
the lirst Monday in April; Tuesday after
the fourth Monday in October.
Clinch Superior Court: —Second Monday
in April; Third Monday in October.
Ware Superior Court:—Third and fourth
Mondays in April; First and second
Mondays in November.
Pierce Superior Court:—First Monday in
May; third Monday in November.
Wayne Superior Court:—Second Mon
day in May; Fourth Monday in Novem
ber.
Glynn Superior Court: —Third Monday in
May, and Hirst Monday in December; to
continue for such time as the business
may require.
Arrival and Departure of Mails to and From
Douglas Ga.
From Waycross and all parts of the
world.daily except Sunday, 11:30. De
parts 1:30 p. in.
From Shepherd, Garrant, Denton
Davis, Fickren, II inson, Wilcox, (.nit
BroOker. Hazlelnirst, Maddox, McDew:
and Bingham, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, 0 p. in. Departs same
day (i a. m.
From Broxton, Feron’a Fawn, Ev
ergreen, Pekin, line and Jacksonville,
daily except Sunday 6 p. m. Departs 6
a. m.
From Philips’ Mill and Holt, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday 0 p. m.
Departs (i a. ng
From Downing, daily except Sunday,
12 :10 Departs la -30 p. m.
Office hours are all hours to serve
the general public to the best of our
ability.
SUNDAY MAIL SCHEDULE.
Leaves Douglas 8 o’clock, a. in.
A: rives at Douglas 0:30 p. m
A.B. Finley.
Postmaster
Only a Legal Sheet.
It is a custom withal! weekly
papers to observe the 4th of July
as a legal holidoy. and in accord
ance with this rule we present you
only a legal sheet to-day—just a
sheet to carry out the legal adver
tising of the county. Next week,
however, you will receive the
Breeze in a full sheet of canvass,
loaded with the best in the market
and containing in condensed shape
two brief summary of this week’s
news,
Citizens Meeting Next Monday Night.
At a called coudcil with a full
hoard, the following resolutions
were adopted : We the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Doug
las earnestly recommend that the
citizens of Douglas meet at the
court house at 8 o’clock P. M. on
the 10th day of July 1899 take
such steps necessary looking to im
proving the present condition ol
the literary schools of said city
Adopted July 4th 1899.
O. Rudolph, J. J. Walker
Clerk. Mayor.
Meeting adjourned to meet at
5 o’clock p. m, Thusday July 6th
1899.
$ C. A. Ward Jr.
Aldermen i
l rCSCnt - $ P. Sellers.
/ T. J. Davis.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned
not to purchase or otherwise trade
fora certain promisory note, sign
ed by us and made payable to W.
T. Hendricks and endorsed on
back by W. T. Hendricks and J.
E. Howell note dated at l'eronia
Ga., Nov. 26th 1897 as we will
not pav the same.
C. 11. Smith,
A. I*. Smith.
Lax, Ga.
MORMORISM.
The United States of America
is a great country. Possibly we
are the Stone Kingdom of proph
ecy, Who knows? An author of
ability, and “a citizen of no mean
city” has figured it out with all the
accuracy of a mathematical demon
stration, that this kingdom, “which
was never to be destroyed,” was
born on th 4th of July A. I). 1776,
the birth day of American inde
pendence. Be it so ! Nothing of
its kind could possibly please us
better.
But what are we doing with
Mormonism in this country? We
are utilizing the best medical skill
of the nation to detect the microbes
of yellow fever, and to stamp out
the seeds of other contagious dis
eases. But the black pestilence in
Utah which is diffusing itself like
a consuming cancer through the
body social, and the body politic,
and sapping the foundations of so
ciety—what are we going to do
with that? Pooh! pooh! it out of
existence. That lias been tried for
over forty years, but the deadly
upas lias been nearly three quarters
of a century, and it is bigger now
than ever. And by a hit of sharp
practice, which an average school
boy might have easily understood
from the beginning, it has got the
grin and grip on the country
broadly and defiantly.
The Congress in 1882 got 11 p a
sort of tempest in a tea pot, and
passed the Edmund’s bill to stamp
polygamy out of Utah. The “Lat
ter day saints,” as burlesque has
dubbed them, got together and
agreed to go dead on the main is
sue for a night. The lie was incu
bated by the leading ecclesiastics
and he hatched out; the ruse took
and they waked up next morning
no longer polygamist, but full
fledged democrats and Republicans.
That was al) the big political par
ties specially cared for, and a con
vention was called, and under the
most solemn pledges, this political
and polygamous hybrid was grant
ed statehood.
But what did they care for
pledges, when all they were after
from the start was to get rid of
national authority, secure State’s
rights, and go right on in full, free,
and unmolested practice of their
adulterous and polygamous orgies.
And that is what is going on now.
And they can laugh the powers
that be to scorn, snap their tinges
in the face of general govern met
while they are wallowing in filth,
and drinking down sin as an ox
drinketh water.
It is like peeling sacred monu
ments, or desecrating the sanctities
of heaven to call such an institution
a church. And Joe Smith and Sid
Rigden were playing the role of
sly, snakey, Jesuitical schemers
and scandal-monger 1o perfection,
when they conceived the idea of
lugging Clod into their lewd and
lecherous creed, and linking with
this moral pest-house the name
which Christ and Ids apostles have
sanctified and glorified,
, But let 11s see what is the latest
news from tills so-called church.
It comes to us by the way of t lie
New York World. A distinguish
ed Presbyterian divine, living in
Utah, confirms the correctness of
the World’s statement that the
Mormon saints (?) are living their
religion in all parts of the state.
The meaning is, that the highest
officials of the so-called church, as
well as the lowest of the outlying
classes and communities, are noto
rious polygamist, living in open
and shameless adultry.
Teasdale, an apostle of flic faith
seventy years old, with four wives,
not a great while ago, led his fifth—
a girl bride, to the altar of sacrifice
John W. Taylor, also an apostle ot
the faith, recently introduced his
his third, fourth, or fifth wife to
Utah society—she having just be
come a mother. He was known
to have several other wive: in Salt
Lake City. And Angus Cannon,
the most consequential ecclesiastic
in the tribe, recently decided to
shelve some of his cast-off maidens,
and to take Dr. Mattie Hughes,
the State Senator of the Common
wealth to wife, in the face of I*l d
mund's Saw, when it is well known
that she “could only claim a sixth
interest” in the muchly married
man. But as “she is the youngest
and most attractive of his spouses.”
she gets the lion s share ol his at
tention, as a matter of course.
These are some of the facts which
come to us, by living witnesses
Rom the very centers of Utah intel
ligence, and that too in the face of
the well known fact that their ly
ing missionaries are telling it every
where, that polygamy is dead and
therefore, no longer a part of the
creed or practice of tlie saints (?)
in Utah.
Cannon served a term in the pen
itentiary for his first violation of
the law, and his three young wives
disappeared for a time to screen
him, no doubt, and to give birth to
their adulterous progeny.
But what of law, and courts,
and penitentiaries now? We don’t
hear of them. The Mormon church
has got her hands on the establish
ment. One man is at the head of
it. lie has two lieutenants, and an
army of subordinates, bound by a
solemn oath, and the penalty of
eternal damnation to obey his
word. And claiming to be God.
or a part of God, lie hectors it, at
will, over the sonscicnces of the
ignorant and has everything pretty
much his own way.
As soon as the United States
gave them statehood, they elected
a Mormon legislature, a Mormon
governor, secretary of state*, treas
urer, auditor,and superintendant of
public instruction.
And at the last election, though
in the minority, they elected all
but two of the city officers ill Salt
Lake City, out of more than twen
ty offices to be filled.
And they now have the mayor,
council, treasurer, auditor, recorder
and three county commissioners,
two senators in congress, one rep
resentative in the Lower House,
with Roberts Haunting Itis lecher
ous record, and the banner of his
polygamous and polluted state in
the face of Washington society,
and demanding admittance into our
great national Legislature, while
Edmund, who figured most con
spicuously at the political aceouch
ment, where this statal brat was
horn, seems to have weakened and
retired from the arena, and Con
gress halts and hesitates, and so far
has turned a deal ear to the thun
derous protests and petitions of
millions of the pure, good women
of the land, and the best citizens of
the country, when they ought to
say No! to the demands of this
polygamous aspirant, with an em
phasis, that would shake the dome
of the capitol.
The audacity of the priest lias no
parallel except it he in the credul
ity of his victim. Absurdity lias
reached its climax, when you tell
an intelligent man, that Christ was
the natural son of Adam and Mary,
when Adam was dead thousands of
years before Mary was horn.
And to affirm, that the Lord Je
sus Christ was himself a plygamist,
married to Mary and Martha, and
another women, who followed him
to the cross, that every male po
lygamist is a god, and that men be
come gods by becoming polygamist,
marrying many wives, and raising
up a numerous progeny of illegiti
mates to call him lord, is simply
monstrous. It almost battles belief
that such depravity could find a
lodgment in a human heart. But
sir, it comes to us straight, that be
sides having almost unlimited pow
er in Utah, this heresy has the bal
lance of power in Idaho, and Wy
oming, and is now busily at work
on a colonizing scheme in Arizona.
New Mexico, and Nevada, prepar
ing the way for six more senators
as soon as the territories shall be
come (States. And by the highest
civil authority known in such cases,
one of their elders is now a chap
lain in tlie United States Army,
and Judge King, their representa
tive in Congress is known to have
left his seat in Washington,
that he might join the lecherous
propagandists in Brooklyn, and
tell the public, that Mormonism has
come to make the whole world one
nation, one people, one faith ”
And what are they after? Seek
ing to christianize the nations?
How? Trying to make happy
homes and good citizens? No!
They are trying to convert the peo
ple to Mormonism. They are
struggling for the ballot-box to es!
tablisli and perpetuate MormonismJ
Like the Mohammedans, they are
looking wholly and solely to a sen
sual paradise. And with the lewd
and low, tnis can only he realized
by the indiscriminate commerce of
the sexes. So that, to sum it all
up in few words, Mormonism,
means polygamy, and polygamy
mean. - , licentiousness, and animal
ism, self indulgence and free-love
is what the so called Mormon
‘church stands for yesterday, and
NUMBER i
to day, and forever.
And yet, while we are standing
still, and doing nothing, this Lat
ter Day heresy has an army of mis
sionaries, radiating and ramifying
the highways and byways, each
with a Bible in his hands, as a
mask to cover up the swindle, they
are practicing upon the innocent
and the unsuspecting. They are
knocking at your doors, or they
will be sponging upon your hos
pitality, claiming to be humble
missionaries of the cross, sent out
without scrip or staff, like the first
disciples of our Lord.
And they come at night to save
hotel hills, and get the best oppor
tunity to gain your ear, then they
teed you. ()u the bread of life.
Nav, but upon the poison of death.
On the sincere milk of God’s pure
word? Nay, but on tlie sincere (te
nsion of a clever, captivating
heresy to disarm your prejudice,
gain your confidence, and , make
you triends and converts of Mor
monisnv.
And the Sunday School, the
private school, the public school,
the press, the pulpit whenever and
wherever they can get the use of it
—all are utilized with the mission
ary, and vigorously plied and
pressed into service to make it go—
My brethren beware! Gfcye
mons no quarter. Raise
Hag on the main
•hr-o lewd and 1\ ing
\er\ wide l.n I li.
"Be. lli in
lion e - neilli, I iijl DM. v jf'jj
lot lie l\.l hid.J^L
I- 1 1 a I 1,1 ke 1 111 - I? fiy.
Ur I \ .11, (f ' . J I-.*
In a ’*■
I 9 11 m. i 1 til' :m
--has had a great
with, and in consequence is some
what torn up, from a religious
standpoint. Mr. Davis, of Texas,
in the first place, has been ham
mering away, scripturally, and let
us all down in deep water, where
we can’t even touch bottom with
our toes. Secondly, Mr. Pulliam,
in his tent on the hill, has been
smashing things around lively and
declares that Christ will save a
man, if the mail believes, trusts,
and wants Salvation, Then, again,
two mormon elders, skilled in
scripture, courteous and gentleman
ly have been busy distributing
tracts, discussing scriptural points,
and urging the belief of the latter
day saints. And still more, Judge
C. A. Ward, Jr. and his able as
sistants, up at the court house,
were talking about justice, wisdom
and pay the county out of debt.
Over in another room, the Ordi
nary, (bashful Tom Young) was
looking ofter tlie support for the
widows and children. Down on
the street Sheriff Tanner Was flying
around arresting every fellow he
could level on, while Sheriff Smith
was offering his services to a young
lady friend to interview the Ordi
nary about the license whenever a
certain young fellow got in the no
tion, leap year or no leap year.
John Greer was up stairs at the
Peterson House learning a fourth
of July oration and reciting, as he
stood in front of a big mirror, ges
turing wildly as his eyes stood out
like heads on the side of his head,
his hair standing like “quills on the
hack of a fretful porcupine,” as he
shouted: Gentlemen and ladies:
This is the ga-lorious foutli of July,
the day on which George Wash
ington met Lord Cornwallis at the
battle of Waterloo and shelled ev
ery grain off’ll has cob, Jhd the
great American eagle flopped her
wings, lit on the Rocky mountains,
screamed, and like an arrow sped
across the big mill pond and
snatched a handful of hair out’ll
the British lion’s hack.” About
this time the editor of the Breeze
decided that “he who listens and
runs away, will live to listen some
other day,” skipped to Waycross.
WARD & CRAWLEY,
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW,
Douglas, Ga.
Prompt Attention Given to all Buslnesa
Placed la our Care. Ofikt Overllaka Bank,