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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
VOL. X.
Makes Abstracts of Title to a!5 Lands in Coffee county.
Buys and SelJs Real Estate on Commission, Lends
Honey, &c. Legal Blanks of all kinds for Sale.
..Headquarters for anything connected with Deeds, Mortgages,
Land 1 itles, &. Come to see us
L. C. HILLIARD, Manager.
- Springs-
Near Douglas, Georgia.
Unequalled as a health resort. Rates of Board low.
Fishing and Hunting excellent. Good Recreation.
Address JOEL GASKIN, Douglas, Ga.
THE 111 GO. OF AMERICA
Is the Leading Insurance Company of the I nited ,States. Its Policy
Contracts are brief, comprehensive and unsurpassed by those of any
other company.
RECORD OF 189S.
4'otal Assets, over ----- . $28,889,196,42
Micotne iver - - fty.iS!l,<lo(),t)oo
St vv I nsuranvf* written, over - - if lOt.OOO.iHK'.ou
niiid Policy Holder- , to Date Over - - - !?:!,450,(XX),00
Number of Polioios in Force Nearly $:J,000,000.
Soma of the Advantages of The Prudential Company.
Premiums Low, Occupation not Hestr:cted. Invc Uxeellent, . Kxteialt’d In
surance l/>nPeriods. Security Absolute, Ue.-i|jlce aial Travel Unrest reted
Cash Loans Liberal. Casli’ Surrendet* Poiicicies Incon
testable after two years. Paid i/P Policies harf?e.
afelicies non-forfeitable after three years.
Full particulars regarding various forms of policies adapted to your own age can
to secured by addressing the Genera! Agent*, stat i W Xante, Address, Occupation and
/tale of Mirth. (iO()l> AOKNTHcan secure desirable emitraels for unoccupied territory
In addressing the General Agents, HtH’KtNS cV ill MAS. Savannah, Ga. '
The editor of the Breeze strongly eon:.mends the Prudential insurance <'ompany.
Ward & Hilliard, Local Agents, Douglas, Ga-
REPORT
OF THIC
Union Banking Company,
Of Douglas (La.,
At Close of Business, June 27th, 1890.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $9,692 90
Hanking house S 7,007 83
Furniture and fixtures.... 1,677 35 8,685 18
])uo from banks and bankers in the State 11,338 00
“ “ “ “ not in this State 1,539 63
CASH :
Currency £6,633 00
(iold 65 00
Silver, nicklcs and
pennies. 682 18
Uncollected checks
and cash items.... 3,922 99 11,303 17
Current expenses 1,271 85
Taxes paid 70 83
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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 1055.... 50 1,468 35
Individual deposits, viz—
Subject to check.. 22,521 30
Cashier’s checks.. 28 91 22,550 21
Hills payable, including time certifi
• cates, representing borrowed money ... 1,483 00
Total s 43,901 56
State of Georgia, Gollee Gounty.
"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 shown 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.
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DOUGLAS, GA.SATURDAY, JULY 15,1899.
We are a Goner, Certain.
The Mormon elders have been
to see us twice, have argued the
questions of salvation, polygamy
and other questions with us, but to
save our lives we can't believe with
them. Their doctrine, from a
scriptural stand point mav be as
good as any. they come to voti
courteously, and offer their tracts
and instructions in a wav that
commends them personally, but we
can’t beleive, can’t swallow the
stuff, it sticks, it won’t down, and
if they are right we are a goner, as
sure as you’ve got that pipe in
your mouth, and we shall forward
application to His Satanic majesty
by the first fellow we see going that
wav for a cool room for Henry
Sapp and ourself near the ice
house.
And then again, without any
connection, whatever with the
above, Mr. Davis, of Texas, has
been preachjng a doctrine for a
week past in which he shows con
clusively, on his mirror, his inter
pretation, that our religion is pure
ly and simply a humbug. If we
understand him right, he preaches
salvation without works. That a
man can do nothing at all toward
saving his soul, not-with-stnnding
the fact that in tire end cliapt., 12th
verse of Phillipians appear these
words, “Work out your own sal
vation with fear and trembling,”
According to the above either
Mr, Davis is wrong or the Apostle
didn’t know what he was talking
about.
Another figure appears in Math
ew 8:25 “And his disciples came
to Him and awoke him, saying,
Lord, save us; we perish.” Yes,,
and the man or woman that fails
to conic f<> Jesus. imploringly,
earnestly, while the angry billows
of life roll high, will perish. He
alone can save, He alone will save,
but you must go to Him, in prayer 1
not He to you; still, He is so mer
ciful, so anxious that He will meet 1
you half way.
Salvation, without works,” with
out an effort on our part is out of
the question, (Jl)risf’s PW' n . WQf4s
not the words of Paul, Peter, or
any disciple or inspired man, but
Jesus, the light, the Savior of the
world, in His gospel, by St. Math
ew, 28th, 29th and 30th ‘verses of
1 ith chapter :
28th —COME unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy luden, and
1 will give you rest.”
29th —dTAKE my yoke upon
you, and learn of me, for ! am
meek and lowly in heart, and ye
shall find rest unto your souls,”
30th —“For my yoke is easy,
and my burden light.
Does that look like we shall be
saved if we sit: down and wait for
salvation? Can you “come to
Jesus in a road, through the air or
in any other way than by prayer?
Or can you take anything without
an effort?
Twenty years ago, in the city of
Albany, the editor of this paper
was attending a series of meetings
at the Baptist church. We were
interested, we knew we were a
sinner, had broken the command
ments, had torn up the rules of
common decency and was a poor
drunkard. Our wife hud worked
and prayed for us until she had al
most broken down, still trusting,
still believing that Jesus would for
give and pardon her wayward hus
band she had prevailed upon our
attending these services. We went
to please her at first, but we went
to the altar after awhile, and found
out how bad we needed a saviour,
then we went to please ourself.
Night after night we were there,,
something held us and we prayed,
we tried to trust but no relief
came. We were convicted, a sin
ner without hope of pardon, in a
world of darkness around our soul
that seemed ready to sweep the
light of heaven from our grasp and
shut us away from God! Oh, how
wretched, we couldn’t work, the
type all went wrong, and as they
silently clicked, clicked, into the
iron stick and formed themselves
into lines they all seemed to remind
us of death, of darkness, of ruin,
starvation and the dark world.
Through our tears and anguish of
soul and body, we could see j
the pitiful eyes of our hungry,
faithful wife, still praying, and our |
little children in rags (for a drunk-j
ard’s wife and children are always
in rags and tears) looking into her j
tearful, sad face. We quit work,
gave up our situation, told our em
ployer there was no use trying,
our thoughts could not be collect
ed, and left the office a doomed,
dispairing man. shut out from God
'and heaven, while our promise to
1 meet our mother who died years ago
was si altered. \\ y felt that we
I were suspended over the yawning
I mouth of hell, while the hissing of
{the infuriated flames filled our ears
and soul with horror. Our first
j thought was of a bar-room, there
we could beg a few drinks, and
j shut out fora time our own hideous
convictions, but something turned
jus homeward. When we came in
sight of home we saw our little girl,
(she was killed a few months af
terward) playing in tire yard, not
looking for 11s, and while the
trout door of our little cabin was
closed, we could hear trembling,
plaintiff, appealing notes of an al
ums! heart broken singer, rising,
floating through the air.
■Rock of Ages cleft forme,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
Was sh e in trouble, too? Was all
j our earthly help gone? Anil down
jon the steps we sat, to relieve our
\ self with a flood of tears, while our
face was covered from view by our
j hands and ar-as.
“Don’t cry, papa, dear. Has Mr.
j Evans turned you out of work ?”
j Asked our little darling as her
arms tried to rfiucli argund our
neck.
1
No, Name, but God has!” We
sobbed, and just then we heard the
voice in the house, (the ringing
bud ceased) say “Oh, God, have
j mercy on him and save him for
Jesus’ sake. She was praying
through Jesus; we had been trying
to reach God without Jesus. We
could see now . Hope was in our
bosom, and w hen the time came we
went to clhirch, and on account of
the distance arrived a little late,
but in time to hear the preacher
read his text ; in a deep, solemn
tone :
“Come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and 1 will give
you rest.”
That was what we wanted— rest,
sweet rest, we were so tired, our
load of sin and grief was so heavy,
we had carried it so long and then
when the people aroscand sang t
“Come humble sinner, etc,”
we wont to the altar. It was the
last night, the benediction had
been pronounced, the people were
all gone, our wife and her sister
and the preacher were the only
ones that remained as we still pray
ed, begged and wrestled for that
rest. We were in earnest, it was
the last chance, it was salvation
then, or hell forever, Oh, that aw
ful night! Ten, eleven, twelve
o’clock came and God still held the
back of His hand toward us, but
before the clock struck one a stream
of light came, joy was in our soul,
and we had found sweet rest.
Three years afterward we were
again a drunkard and continued
i that way, until 1885. Down in a
. ilitcli at Brunswick, after a night
of drunkness Jcsfi.s knocked the
shackles from our limbs, when we
remembered his precious invitation,
and begged forgiveness, and we
still cling to our Savior, for we need
t him every day, every hour.
Ail the preaching a thousand
men can do will not shake our
faith . and our Christ is a genuine
( Christ, able to save, will save, and
says “Come unto me all ye ends of
the eartL and be saved, tor lam
Christ, and there is none other.”
That takes us in. but does away
with fail'll or salvation without
works.
"File Chinese are offering sicxxi
for the heads of niissiouurries in
: that country. And yet there are
fools in this country still willing to
go there.—Douglas Breeze Bro.
Freeman has evidently lost his mis
sionary spirit, or else he has struck
cold-trail.—Blackshear Times. Ed
itor Freeman has done nothing of
the sort, in either case, but he does
not believe in sending missionaries
to a land that has been kicking as
hard against Christianity as China
has. The book says “If they will
not receive you in my name shake
the dust off thy feet as a witness
against them.” What does our
wrother say to that.
Ociila Dispatch: “Miss Agnes
F. freeman is now .associate editor
of the Douglas Breeze and the
Breezeds greatly benefited thereby,
which is ,saying a great deal.” And
our kind brtjther knows so well
how to flatter; but lias it: taken him
nix weef to discover our finger
prints?
Some More About Mormons.
Some issues ago we stated that
one of the mormon elders in our
midst had three wives. Since that
time they have called at this office
and informed,,us that we were mis
informed, and upon their state
ment we withdraw the assertion an
we do not know for a certainty
about it, and it is not our inten
tion to slattder any one, as we told
them, but since the aforesaid inter
view we have published an article
taken from the Weslevan Christian
Advocate, and it ,seems to have
given offense as they called upon
11s this week, with an argument
against its publication, trying to
convince us that it was all wrong.
The editors of of the Advocate are
better informed on ibis subject
than we are, therefore, for the ben
efit of our mormon friends and the
people generally we publish the
article again to-day. etnd will give
it a wider circulation than it re
ceived last week, thus giving the
people some idea of the work being
accomplished by these people.
These elders informed us last Mon
day that some in the county were
receiving their doctrine, and men
tioned the Ryals church and others.
The bible speaks of wolves in
sheep’s clothing, and the people
around those churches are warned
against the misleading doctrines
and tracts ot these mormons.
Waycross Herald; “Don’t for
get to be prepared for burgulars.
They are here and are liable to en
ter your house any night. Sho 111*1
you discover one in your room
shoot to kill, and investigate af
terwards.” That’s right but if you
don’t liill, leave the investigation
off until you consult judge lynch.
Dawsoq niupatcl; If some of
the black-logged, black-hearted
and idiotic Yankees who keep up a
howl about the Georgia lynchings
should bring their wives and daugh
ters down here and let them submit
to the treatment some of our wo
men get, perhaps then the pes
tle-headed idiots would shut up.
Eastman Times: “The people
of Dodge county are. too busy for
(he present to talk politics, but
when the. time comes this neck o’
the woods will he heard from.”
The time is nearly a year off yet,
brother. There is no excuse for
tearing up the country in a politi
cal muddle this soon.
The coroner’s jury which inves
tigated the death of Daniel Patrick,
, who was lynched at Scranton,
Miss,, for assault on Miss Bessie
Ireland, rendered the following
verdict : “We, the jury, find that
deceased came to his death by
climbing a tree, venturing too far
out on a limb, and broke his neck.”
The Picnic at Wilsonville.
The pic-nic at the. bridge near
Wilsonville .on the 4th drew quite
a crowd and I he speaking and din
ner was grand.
Cols. Crawley, Hall, and Prof.
Overman were the orators of the
day, and they each did justice to
our nation’s birth day. The speak
ers went hack to the days of ’76
and up to the present time.
Col. Hall was a stranger to most
of the people but he is no stranger
now, his kind and winning ways
won him many friends.
The lion. Judge Deen was here
shaking hands with his many
friends. And a good many others
from the Magic city of Douglas.
Prof. Overman is the children’s!
friend, lie has a kind word for all
and they all love him.
Col. Crawley enjoyed himself to
the full extent of the law and made I
others around him do the same. I
lie has many friends at Wilson
ville.
Mr, Weathers of McDonald’s
Mill is here to see her sister Mrs. |
A. Davis who is very sick at her
father’s, Postmaster Wilson.
Some Waycross gents took in
the pic-nic at the bridge
We understand that Mr. S. Fales
has leased the Electric Springs
near this place and will re-open
them at once. , I
NUMBER 9
Remember the Time And Place, Gaskin*'
Spring, July 21st ’99.
Big meeting at Gaskins’ famous
Spring begins Friday night, July
21st 1899.
We will treat from time to time
some of the most important sub
jects in sacred writ : Hell with it’s
horrors, and how to escape them,
Heaven with it’s joy and felicity,
and how to obtain it, Jacob and
Esau, the Ten Virgins, Solomon’s
temple and the spiritual order of
free masonry, etc. Music at inter
vals. All are invited.
A. B. Finley
liroxion, Ga.. July 7th, 1889.
Mr. A. B. Finley, dear sir— 1 notice from
the last Breeze 11 meeting announced by
yourself to beheld at (lamp Ctround, begin*
ing July 21st. Bv the authority vested in
me, ive hereby object to such an arrange
ment. Please govern yourself accordingly.
And oblige yours respectfully.
.1. P." Dickinson.
In reply to the above card we are
forced to exclaim “Oh Christianity
where art thou!” Surely thou art
not located in the heart of the above
preacher. Remember the time and
place, Gaskins’ Spring, July 21st,
’99, 7 :3<> o’clock p. m.
’ A. B. Finley,
And others.
Hie Jcsup Sentinel advertises
a big land sale for (lie first Tuesday
in August. Now, there’s your
chance.
Waycross Journal : “If Jim Free
man don’t get rich, it’s ‘ his own
lault. In the case of Dan Sweat
where does the fault lie.
Representative McDonald, of
W are, wants the worthless curs of
the state taxed, and the Journal ex
claims “kill the dogs and,suve the
sheep. That’s right.
C. E. Payne, of Savannah, is on
the chain-gang for three months for
attempting to assault a colored wo
man. Where is judge lynch?
Miss Mattie Huff'had charge of
the Dalton Argus while Editor
Shaver was scooting around over
the country this week with the
press convention.
The Ashburn Advance lias taken
11s to task for saying it had sus
pended publication. We should
have said swapped or changed ed
itors. '['he error was not intention
al, we assure brother Butler.
William J. Bryan was in Geor
gia last week making speeches and
eating 4th of July dinners. Wil
liam J. Bryan seems to be the big
gest man in the cane-brake.
Dublin Dispatch: “The Doug
las Breeze is coming out in good
shape these days.” That’s short,
to the point, and coming from
such high authority is much appre
ciated.
Newman, Ga., had a little sen
sation of her own last week. One
negro raped another, and now the
colored people are trying to get up
an entertainment in which judge
lynch will preside when they catch
the raper.
Bea man or quit.—Waycross
Journal. If lie doesn’t the woman
in the case ought to—quit—him.—
Quitman Free Press. The last ad
vice is from a lady who lives in
Quit —man. Next,
Wilsonville correspondent Way
cross Journal says : “There is a la
dy at this place who has been mar
ried five times. She’s a widow
now and still looks young.”
This is published for tile benefit
of John Greer.
Wilsonville correspondent Way
cross Journal : “There is some talk
of Bunk Tanner and Yankee Wil
son leasing the Electric Springs
and opening shem up for northern
visitors this full. These springs are
| famous in Coffee county.”
Lawyer John T. Strictland, of
Athens, in a paper before the
[Georgia Bar Association. “Claims
that the clamor for special sessions
lof courts to try criminals was im
proper,” That’s so! those special
criminals are improper and judge
lynch will continue to correct them.
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson says
“It is far better that lynch law
should prevail than that criminals
should be hurried to trial without
time to shape their defense.” They
have no right for time to prepare a
defense—the victims had none. It
is better that judge lynch try the
case without argument. .