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THE DOUCacAS BREEZE.
VOL. X.
News from Broxton
Broxton, Ga., Aug. 17 —Miss
Alipli Newbern, who has been
teaching near Fitzgerald, is home
again now, “Judge not, that ye be
not judged.”
Mr. X. A. Thaggard has just re
turned from a visit to Manassas to
see his family.
Miss Nettie Deen, of Abbeville,
Ga., is visiting the family of Mr.
Russell Leggett, and other friends
in Broxton.
Broxton was visited by another
refreshing shower Monday.
What has become of that fall
school we heard so much spoken
of?
Entertainments seems to be the
latest fad, the Broxton people en
gaged in three entertainments in
three nights and one musical.
The entertainment given by our
German merchant and wife was
highly appreciated by a represen
tative of every family in Broxton.
Mr. Dan Lott spells “Willie”
out of sight, get “whistling John”
to spell for you.
Mr. M. A. Martin returned home
after an absence of three days.
That was only his trip in
two weeks.
Gaskins’ Spring is a nice Sun
day resort for the young people of
Broxton.
Mr. Freeman seem to not form a
favorable opinion of our Broxton
turn-out at St. Simons or at least
he denies being an the car with the
returning party. [He had no ex
cursion ticket, only an annual not
good on excursion trains. J
Mr. John Denton passed through
Broxton Friday and reported that
on Thursday night some one rob
bed him of S4O. He had his pocket
book under his pillow. The fellow
who did that could steal sweeten
ing out of a ginger cake and not
break the crust.
Broxton has turned out more
“busted sports” this season than
London.
Broxton.
Poor Mail Facilities.
Douglas enjoys the sorriest mail
facilities of any place in Georgia of
its size and importance. A letter
or news paper from here to Nichols,
12 miles, must go down to Way
cross this evening, 42 miles, and
come back to Nichols to-morrow,
if the mail handlers are in a good
humor. Making it necessary for
mail to travel 72 miles before it
can be delivered at a point 12 miles
from Douglas. Why is it we can’t
have a daily mail both ways?
Getting Ready for Camp meeting.
Rev. Mr. Dickinson summoned
us to be and appear at the camp
ground at Gaskins’ Spring last
Wednesday, armed with an axe,
hoe, pitch-fork or anything with
which to clean up, trim up, scrape
up and pile up trash, leaves and
fleas. Owing to a press of business
it was impossible for us to obey the
summons. We hope he did send
a good hand in our place.
Wants to Know About Camp-meeting.
People are writing from differ
ent parts of the county to know
when camp meeting at Gaskins’
Spring begins. We are publishing
a newspaper, not running a cor
respondence bureau, and if you
would take the paper you could
keep up with these matters. The
camp meeting open at 7.30, p. m.
.Sept. 12th ;if you fail to see this in
the Breeze you will be nc wiser for
we shall write no letters to you.
The West Indian hurricane pass
ed Charleston, S. C. about one
hundred miles at sea. No damage
was repo r ted. A
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s r iticiGainesuille S|in says that
never before in the history of Alach
ua county, Fla., has tlie phosphate
industry been in sucji excellent fi
nancial condition.
■
Blackshear, Ga.,?’had another
fire. Tuesday- ni<> X? which de
stroyed five loss was
about evenly and ‘between the
sufferer* and 4 * WWI icompan;U*
This is the niu -* c *tijp ce J it draw
Ist., anjrtiild houses or f’dlj* any whe
fcernik fifty miles of Waycross.
References given, fsatnnrv
OUR LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Miss Elmore is teaching school
near Nichols.
Anew town pump is the latest
gift of our city fathers.
O w
George Ricketson, of Pearson,
was in town this week.
Joe Lott killed another deer out
near Shepherd, last week.
John Rowland, who was so sick
last week, is up and about again.
Yes, mam, brother Austin will
be there on the 12th. Pen the
chickens.
Parsons Finley and Brett have
been shelling the woods near the
mormon camps.
Prejudice and hatred should
never rankle in the bosom of a
Christian. Gaskins’ Spring Sept.
12th.
Air. A. AI. Brett has moved up
near the court house where he can
see what’s going on “enduring of
big court.”
Mr. B. 11. Tanner, of Fales, was
in town theis week, and left a con
tract for nearly forty dollars worth
of job printing.
Old Brother Tyson and wife,
from near Pearson, was in town
Tuesday, talking about coming
here to educate their children.
The proper authorities should
make contract with some one to
furnish good shade trees for the
streets of Douglas, to be set out
this fall.
Dr. Nichols Peterson has sold
out his brick building to a company
of gentlemen who will push it to
completion. If Mrs. Peterson
doesn’t hurry home the Doctor will
sell the stove, ovens and frying pan.
John Greer advertised a lost rate
book about ten days ago, in the
Breeze, and within three days af
ter advertisement appeared had his
book. John says the man that says
advertising don’t pay is a good
for-nothing-no-such-of-a-thing.
Warren P. Ward complains,
now, as an excuse, that he failed
to attend church last Sunday- be
cause he could find no church di
rectory or appointments in this
paper. Warren P. Ward is get
ting to be a chronic grumbler.
MissEuola Freeman, the editor’s
little 14 year old baby-, living in
Way-cross, was prostrated with
heat last Thursday, while deliver
ing some job printing about 3 p. m.
One convulsion followed another
until late in the night, when faith
ful Dr. Rippard gave relief.
Waycross Journal : The mill at
Nicholls, and the one to be erected
by thb same company four miles
beyond that town, will have a com
bined capacity of 125 ,000 feet of
lumber daily, all of which will pass
through Way-cross over the Air
Line railroad.
Bill Johnson tells it over town
in whispers, (don’t say- anything
about this where it will get out,
please) that George Wooten
ties his new bicycle to the bedstead
every night, to keep the thing from
running off.
We are authorized to state that
Air. Joshua Dent, who has a saw
mill about one mile from the camp
ground, will furnish lumber to all
who desire it for camp meeting
purposes, at the low figure of $4.50
per thousand feet.
Air. Daley Wilson and Air.
Green Roberts of this county sold
fifty head of fine beef cattle to a
Savannah man last week. The
Savannah butcher will be back
this week for more cattle.
A rumor strikes us now and then,
that Col. Sellers, of our town in
tends to build some houses, to rent.
Col. Sellers has a level head and
will not only make a good invest
ment, but help the town.
Conductor Redick, and his faith
ful train hand. John Tavlor, the
former in Way-cross, the latter in
Douglas, are laying up for repairs
since that little wreck near Sesscms
last week.
CeHuin[-V dear slater, brother
r is very fftatj ,<>(' red-yam
Vn;t v Vou aa<L.y M ,’ et be at
plans and
re within
P'irr* t r I.itV inmiriince. e
DOUGLAS, GA.'SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1899.
Cofiec County School Teacher’s Association
Program for Saturday Aug. 26, ’99
9.30, Devotional exercises.
9.40, Business session.
10.00, How to secure prompt
and regular attendance—Philip
Newbern.
10.10., Discussion—W. L. Alc-
Alanes.
10.15, Howl teach numbers to
first and sesond reader classes—
Melvin Tanner.
10.30, Discussion—Misses Abbie
Meeks and Kathleen Elmore.
10.40, Proper and improper pun
ishment—Prof. Childs.
10.50, Discussion—D. W. Paulk
and J. A. Mewbern.
11.00, Intermission of 10 minutes.
11.10, Music-Miss Bessie Briggs.
11.15, Recitation—Aliss Mamie
Infinger.
11.20, The seat, the recitation
bench, the black-board, their rela
tive functions—J. 8. Roberts.
11.35, Discussion—Aliss Afinnie
Smith.
11.40, Geography and history in
common schools, what to teach and
how I teach it.—J. AI. Dent.
12.00, Discussion—A. J. .Alc-
Donald.
12.05, Classifying pupils, the
teacher’s obstacles and how to over
come them—ll. J. Quincey.
12.15, Discussion—Alisses Lala
Curry-, Lucile Brown and Prof.
Overman.
12430. Adjournment.
1 W. O. Brewer.
Committee. < A. A. Price.
' J. A. Alewborn.
Maddox News.
Maddox, Ga., Aug. 14. — The
picnic at Minim’s Landing Wed
nesday was well attended and all
seemed to have a good time.
Messrs John Clark and Kenny
Brooks, Alisses Susie Clark and
Anna Snow of Jacksonville attend
ed the picnic Wednesday.
Alessrs Tliad Mcßae, AlcQjueen,
Renean and Perry Aloore, spent
Thursday evening at Rev, W, J.
Aladdox’s,
Alisses Clyde Little and Tilden
Maddox spent Friday very pleas
antly- at Air, Henry Cook’s.
Air. Warren Hinson spent Thurs
day night and Friday in the
community-.
Alisses Tilden Aladdox and
Cly-de Little are spending a few
days in Hazlehurst as guest of Airs.
G. W. Chapman.
The farmers in this section are
busy with their cotton now.
Violet.
A False Report.
It is being talked that a citizen
of Douglas selected a scripture text
for Elder J. B. Davis to preach a
sermon from, and he refused to do
so, unless said citizen would pay
him five dollars in advance.
Said citizen did propose to give
Davis five dollars if he would preach
from a text that he (citizen) would
select, and not let the text be
known only a few minutes before
the sermon was commenced.
Now that the time had arrived
for the Text, said citizen then pro
posed to get up the text for that
night or next day. Of course the
preacher hud no announcement for
that night or next day, and believ
ing said citizen was only- trying to
baffle him, then it was that he de
manded that said citizen should
deposit the five dollars as a guar
rantee of his intention.
Jas. A. Carter,
Douglas, Ga,, Aug. 14.
m
Arrested at McDonald’s Mill.
Ephriam McLendon, deputy
sheriff of Coffee county, brought
James Buchanan to the city- and
turned him over to Sheriff AlcClel
land Tuesday afternoon. Buch
anan was wanted here for rioting,
carrying concealed weapons and
pointing a pistol at another man.
The trouble occured near Hasty
about ten days ago, Mr. McClel
lan heard that the man was in
Coffee county, and sent the neces
sary popers to deputy Sheriff Alc-
Lendon, with the result above men
tioned. Bushanun will be tried at
the September term of the city
court, —Waycross Journal.
It lias been discovered that one
or two cases of small pox are near
Quitman, Ga. No danger of it
spreading.
GENERAL NEWS.
Crimiaal and Other Items Brought to our No
tice by Wire from all Part*
0. the World
Small pox in Montgomery- coun
ty has been stamped out.
Admiral Dewey- was reported at
Leghorn, Italy, last Sunday.
The Florida Press Association
will spend the 23rd inst. in Macon.
Airs. Sarah B. Runey, wife of
chief Justice Runey, of Florida is
dead.
The first case of yellow- fever in
Havana this season was reported
officially- last week.
Amiral Schley- has been mention
ed for second place on the Bryan
presidential ticket for 1900.
Afore than 2,000 people were de
stroyed by the fearful hurricane in
the West Indies last week.
Bill Wilson, colored, w-as lynch
ed at Port Gibson, Aliss., for at
tempting to rape a farmer’s wife.
Admiral Dewy will reach New
A’ork about October ist. He is in
good health and is taking his time.
The first bale of cotton brought
to Barnesville, Ga., sold for Sets
per pound, and weighed 640 lbs.
Two cases of yellow- fever re
ported in Santiago, De Cuba,
among the sailors, last week. Not
official.
Report came from Carver Bay,
in South Carolina, that a negro
child was eaten by- wild hogs there
last week.
The democratic campaign has
been opened in Kentucky by the
nomination of governor, and iieut.
governor.
The Dreyfus trial is progressing
at Rennes, France, and public sen
timent grows more in favor of the
prisoner every day.
Air, Thomas Blackshear, of
Thomasville, Ga./aged 63, is dead,
lie leaves many friends and rela
tives all over the state.
Lewis Williams, a negro was
arrested at Jackson, Ga., for at
tempting to assault Mrs. Watkins.
He was rescued from the mob.
Ben Thomas, an 18 year Old ne
gro, was lynched at Alexandra, \*a.,
for attempting to rape Lillian Lew
is, 8 years old, lust Wednesday.
Samuel B. Chambers, 83 years
of age, and who helped drive the
the Indians from this country
in ’49, died at Rome, Ga., last
week,
For the first time in thirty years
the city of Louisville, Ky-., is now
free from its floating debt and has
but a comparatively small indebt
edness.
A negro was lynched at Clem,
G’a., for attempting to assault Airs.
Aloore. She screamed and her hus
band, at work near by, came to her
assistance.
Storms have killed several, de
stroyed crops and demolished a
number of towns in Kentucky,
Tennessee and Illinois during
the past week.
A dispatch from Millford, Del.,
says young cattle is being killed
there by mosquitoes. Horses have
to be kept in dark stables, and
covered with netting.
Henry- Naylor, a negro was
being pursued, with good chances
of capture, at Ly-ons, Ga., for at
tempting to assault a young lady
by name of Aliss McLeod.
Tyler Alitchell, a colored boy 12
years of age, is in jail in Montgom
ery, Ala., for attempting to assault
a girl under ten years of age. The
girls mother is the prosecutrix.
Owing to the reduction in the
tax levy- in Leon county, Fla., the
number of schools has been reduced
by discontinuing eighteen. That’s
a poor way to build up a county.
Will Chambers, negro, was
lynched at Bell Buckle, Tenn., for
assaulting tlue 14-year old daughter
of Win. Watson, lie was identi
fied by hi* victim who is not ex
pected to live. +
Dr. John C. Anderson, a prom
inent phvsician, is on trial at Chat
ham, Va., for the seduction and
subsequent murder of Aliss Alissie
Watson. The evidence is damag
ing and may break the scoundrel’s
neck.
1 Now plant more turnips.
Grand and Petit Juror*.
List of Grand and Petit Jurors
drawn to serve at the October term
1899, Coffee Superior Court :
GRAND JURY :
Joel W Brooker Jas S Royals
Henry Vickers sr Arthur Lott sr
Thos AlcGovern Allen Carver
I'lios B Alarshall B II Tanner jr
Flem B Harper Jas 1 Hatfield
M II Tanner sr W F Flanders
I red AI Tanner Hiram Davis
C E Frier H Sears
John H Pace D A Smith
J M Lott jr J II A Clyett
B Burkett T AI Fletcher
B B Gray AI Kirkland
Aloses Griffin James Deen
J AI Pafford W T Ilursey
Geo W Gray I) Paulk sr
petit jurors :
Elijah Wilcox Z W Kirkland jr
J McMillan L. M. Passmore
B W Tanner Jno Sapp jr
Gray Meeks C Frank Aleek*
B Peterson Needham Harper
Archie Young O Gatchell
R G Brooker Lucian Cow-art
Thos Paulk D E Sears
Geo W Stone John Grantham
GW Williams Thomas J A’oung
Jesse S Bostic Richard Vickers
Leonard Tanner Sherod Byrd
Win Denton Henry- Davis
J S Lott Robert Joiner
N F Goodyear Thomas Byrd
J AI Lott sr D Kirkland sf
E S Guthrie O Rudolph
J G Pace T J Peterson.
OUR LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Miss Laura Poston is on a visit
to friends at Cordele. *
Everybody in fifty miles of town
says Douglas needs an artesian well.
The Breeze will give a complete
account of trade-day doings next
week.
There is a prisoner in jail who
can make the violin talk from
away-back.
Everybody in the county is glad
to know Jesse Lott is able to be
about home again.
This year’s fodder coming in
now and then and the farmer seems
happy- and contented.
Air. Williford, of McDonald’s
mill, came over to see how fast
Douglas was growing last Monday.
Air. Tom Wilson, who taught
school at McDonald’s mill for some
time, is now with W. W. Alc-
Culley.
Seward Lott, that prince of
clever fellows, was in tow-n Afon
day, looking after the affairs of the
county.
Peddlers, medicine men, cigar
ette dealers and others must pay a j
special tax. See county commis
sioners’ notice.
Mr. W. C. AlcClure, of Port
I'ampa, Fla., a builder and con
tractor, was in town pros
pecting this w-eek.
Air. J. A. Parrish from Brooker, j
was in town Wednesday, and paid
up all dues to the Breeze. Let oth
ers follow his example.
Dan Sweat came in from the
Spring Wednesday morning look
ing for a bicycle, to practice on.
Arnica will take a slight rise.
Dr. W. W. Terrell has been
away from town some days attend
ing a sick sistar-in-law in Mont
gomery- county, lie returned Tues
day night.
Airs. White, of AlcDonald’s mill,
died of consumption last week on
Thursday night, and her brother
Dink Dyal, (lied on Friday night,
of typhoid fever, at ferry.
Dr. Nichols Peterson intends
to leave Douglas for a permanent
residence inTifton next week. We
don’t like that much, but then,
we’ll get John Herring to look af
ter him.
The heaviest water-melon brought
to the office this year was from
Daniel Aleeks, Nicholls, Ga., 75L
Next heaviest was Elisha Jowers.
66. We send the Breeze to these
gentlemen.
Ward & Hilliard are now fire,
life and accident insurance agents.
You can take in all of ’em and coine
out ahead. Insure your life and
kill yourself, insure your house and
burn it, or take out an accident
policy, break your neck and get
vour money back. Tombstones
for sale at this office. 1
NUMBER 14
Make a Sall-Caie.
Got. Candler and others in the
State have had a goed deal to aay
about people who promptly lynch
the fiends that commit assault* and
rape upon the women of their
neighborhood, and while they con
demn in unmeasured terms these
avengers of innocent women, these
parties, (the Governor included)
doe* not point out any remedy.
Gov. Candler has even gone so far
as to say that the man who lynches
a rape fiend is as guilty as the cul
prit !
1* the governor a crazy man?
\\ ould he consider himself a
criminal to lynch a black or white
brate tor despoiling a member of
hi* household? We hope no such
humiliation may ever occur, still,
it it should, and the governor fail
ed to avenge those who looked to
him tor protection, our estimation
ot his manhood would take still
another tumble. People who are
entirely out ot the reach of danger
olten make just such mistakes, but
when a “self case is made,” when
iiis “ox is gored” the case assumes
a different shape.
Royal Arch Masons
There will be a convocation of
Royal Arch Alason at Willacoo
chee, this county, on the 23rd of
August. The Grand High Priest
ot the State will be present and all
Royal Arch Masons are requested
to be present. Master Masons
who desire further advancement can
be accommodated. Before closing
a special lodge will convene to con
fer suitable degrees upon all ladv
applicants. A full attendance is
desired.
B. B. Gray, 11. P.
Orta ns and Pianos.
We have one hundred
church organs and fifty pianos for
sale, cheap. They are all brand
new, now in the factory, and will
tie sold tor cash or on installment
(to responsible parties) plan.
Come to our office and see cat
alogue or write us about them.
Pianos best grades. Competition
defied. All latest styles, most im
proved, mouse proof, silver-toned,
first-class in every respect. One
hundred and fifty (150) of these
new instruments, Alason & Hamlin
ami Sterling Organs and Pianos
ready to ship, because we have just
been appointed agent, and the
managers want every man, woman
and child in the county to be bang
ing away knocking daylight out and
music into every dark corner of the
land. Write or see us at once.
J. M. Freeman & Daughters.
Waycross and Douglas.
Burnluf the Wm4s tM Much.
Farmers near the railroad are
complaining about the incessant
firing of the woods by sparks from
passing engines. The woods are
dry and easy to fire and the farmer
is forced nearly every day to quit
his pressing work and fight fire to
tav* bis fences. We hope Supt.
Bonneyman and Chief Machinist
Jones will arrange some spark ar
resters to the smoke-stacks of the
locomotives.
Aa Episcopal Charch fur Du|las.
Rev. J. W. Turner, of Fitzger
ald, aa Episcopal missionary, was
in town last Alonday, for the pur
pose of organizing an Episcopal
church, and we are pleased to learu
that he succeeded. A sufficient
number of our citizens have an
nounced their readiness to join that
church to warrant an organization.
Air. Turner w-ill return here on
September 1 ith, and on that even
ing will perfect a membership.
Air. A. A. Seago, was found
dead in his store at Augusta, Ga.,
last Saturday. He had been rob
bed and then murdered. Alack
Taylor was suspected, has been ar
rested, and confessed.
Some New A'orker# telegraphed
Gov. Candler their congratulations
on his stand against lynching, last
Saturday, but they didn’t say a
word about the crimes scoundrel*
commit that leads to lynching.