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VOL. X.
Notes From Wisonviile.
Wilsonville, Ga., Ai^fT’2.—The
remark was made in Air. John
Davis' house near Wilsonviile a few
days ago, by a Mormon elder that
he was not opposed to a man hav
ing as. many wives as he is finan
cially able to support. Arid then
the idea ot some of our good pa
trons giving them their consent to
preach in our school house. But
they didn't preach’ at this school
house.
bnion meeting will convene at
Mt. Zion on the 2nd Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday.
This entire community is very
sad over the death of Leonard
Tanner.
The Testoyi and Wilsonville
school is still on the increase. They
nave on roll 50 pupils, the av erage
for this month will he 34 or' 35.
Mr. W. B. Teston is off to-day
tor Florida on his second trip. We
hope him success in his adventur
ous career.
Mess. Staff, and Henry Davis,
and Leon Smith will leave to-mor
row for the Okefinokee swamp
on a hunting and pleasure trip. We
liape they will bring us the hides.
Gossip.
Dots from Feronia.
Rev . W. 11. Lytle was unable to
fill ids'appointment at Broxton
Sunday night, and we learn that
quite a large congregation was dis
appointed.
The League did not have its reg
ular meeting Sunday on the ac
count of Mi". W. 11. Lytle, Presi
dent, being absent.
We tire glad to learn that Mrs. J.
A. Smith is-novv improving some.
We hope she will continue so.
Miss Claude Hill visited her sis
ter, Mrs. R. L. Fussed,' of Ever
green, last Sunday.
Miss Ella Boyd visited her sis
ter and friends in Broxton last Sun
day.
Mr. Smith, of Ocilla, has recent
ly sold several handsome organs in
the community, to the delight of
the young folks.
We learn that Mrs. L. A. Till
man is sick this week.
Feronia.
Maddox News.
Maddox. Ga., Aug. 21. —Misses
Tilden Maddox and Clyde Little
returned home Thursday from
1 la/.lehurst after spending several
days very pleasantly with Airs. G.
W. Chapman.
Messrs O. P. Afoore and T. K.
Mcßae spent Thursday here.
Messrs Walter Hinson and J. E.
Spann spent Friday and Saturday
nights here.
Air. Frank Beach; of Waycross,
was here Saturday.
(Juite a crowd from this commu
nity attended a picnic near Brooker
Saturday, and all seemed to have
a good time, the young men had a
platform built and the young peo
ple enjoyed dancing, notwithsand
ing the hot weather'.
Miss Clyde Little, of Macon,
who has been spending some time
with the Misses Maddox returned
home Monday, to the regret of her
many friends here.
Aliss Lola Maddox spent Mon
day in Hazlehurst.
Aliss Janie Curry is visiting in
Montgomery countv this week.
Air. Roland Cook visited rela
tives in .Montgomery county last
week.
Violet.
Helping the Newspaper Mai.
A prominent business man of
Douglas, who already had two ad
vertisements in the Breeze, came
in last Tuesday and gave us anoth
er advertisement, at the time say
ing “we are going to help you all
we can." Three advertisements
running at one time besides local
readers, 1 and two soubscriptions,
the latter paid up. is good help
from one firm, and they will make
money, too, by their liberality, for
they couldn't and w/mldn't spend
money if it didn't pay.
Major R. B. 1 hjkrison. of Sa
van*’. vice in Cuba
; v Vfriends are
OUR FAIRS.
Take Bettie aiiS ire baby' with
i vou to Savannah tojlay.
Rev. Air. Poston is now thinking
about -building a parsonage.
Hundreds of our subscribers were
in town last Friday, but the only
one that paid his subscription was
Wash Lott.
Bros. Dickinson and Hartley
were on the train Tuesday from
Waycross. We brought them up as
far as Nichols and dropped them.
The idea with some people seems
| to be to beat the newspaper man at
| any rate, but he wants the paper re
gularly, newsy and first-class.
Levi Osteen, solicitor city court,
is also a good lawyer, and offers his
professional service to practice in
< all other courts, in tin’s section.
Cod sends rain on the just and
the unjust, but if you plant and
don’t work your crop of corn and
religion it wont grow.
See advertisement of the \\ heel
er & W ilson sewing machine, said
to be one of the best manufactured,
in another column. 15. Peterson L
agent.
Those who fail to go to .Savannah
to-day, for $2.25 round trip,
tickets good for three days on any
returning train, will be in their own
light.
Cards and explanations of a per
sonal nature, and not new- to the
general public will be charged for
as advertisements. No deviations
in favor of any one.
It is high time that an ordinance
was passed by council to prevent
bicycle sprinting on the main streets
of the town. Ladies are complain
ing that they are afraid of having
the children run over.
Prayer is the key, the only one,
too, that will unlock the door of
consolation when sorrow, like a
pall of doom envelops the Chris
tian. * ,
“It is a remarkable fact," said a
prominent lawyer last week, “that
during my residence in Coffee
county, about six years, 1 have not
known of a single tax sale.” It
is remarkable, and there is either a
powerful negligence among officers,
or Coffee is the banner county of
Georgia for paying taxes.
Poured Hoi I.ead in His Ear,
A correspondent writing from
Pavo, Ga., last week says : “Henry
W. lliers, a fanner who lives near
Guest, in Colquitt cowiy came to
town yesterday to coftsit Dr. ar
ris. lie was in gre\t!gony witNi
what lie thought was a bug in his
ear, lie says that aboatjwo weeks
ago, he was awakened <sTe mo*rning
by pain in one of his eaijs and that
it was so intense that he lost con
sciousness. but on coming to his
senses again he felt as though a
bug had crawled into Jus ear and
that his wife was probing in it en
deavoring 1 to extricate it. All efforts
proved fruitless and lie went to
Moultrie for medical uKI. Two
physicians of that place made an
unsuccessful effort to relieve Air.
Fliers and then he concluded to try
Dr. Harris. The doeto: succeed
ing in locating and 1 enjoying‘the |
cause of the trouble, wnich was
found to be a lum]i of had which j
had been melted and poured into
Air. lliers’s ear while he was asleep.
Air. lliers states that he has no en
emies that he is aware of and can
see no cause for the attempt to take
his life.
Mr. lliers says that his wife was
up and had a small fire burning,
which site said had been built to
drive out the mosquitoes, but lie
says he doe- not suspect her, a*
j their domestic relations are pleas
j ant.
j The occurrence is steeped in
! mystery , but every doubt is remov
ed in regard to the attempt to mur
der. 11s tiie lead was in such a shape
as could only be made by pouring
it, while in a molten condition, in
to the cavities of the ear.—Atlan
ta Constitution.
The War department chartered
I four transports la-t>"\veak to hurry
reinforcement • to Manilla.
The Heel trust of ‘he United
S* ate- ha raised pric.-s here to ea
table them to undersell Australia in
j England.
The lowa democratic convention
last week adopted an ar ti-iinper
i ialist and anti-trust platform. Sil
j ver was not mentioned.
DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1899.
Lojking for Homos i.t Douglas.
Several parties have visited
Douglas this week looking for
homes, and we are pleased to learn
that some of our real estate owners
have promised to build houses for
them. Now, when those that are
able begin to talk that way we may
look tor a growring town.
Two Daily Passenger Trains.
The, Air Line railroad will put
on a double daily passenger ser
vice between here and Douglas
about the first of September. This
will be a very convenient arrange
ment for the traveling public, as it
w ill enable the people from both
ends of the line to make the round
trip ever) day, without depending
on the freight trains. According
to the new schedule, passenger
trains will leave Waycross at 10
a. in., and 3 p. m., daily, including
Sunday. They will leave Douglas
at 7 a. m., and 1 p. m.
Big Barbecue at Pearson.
The people of Pearson and sur
rounding country are preparing to
have a big barbecue on September
Bth, and invite all their friends to
come and share their good time
with them. They have issued in
vitations to Gov. Candler, Con
gressmen Griggs, and Brantley, al
so Col. F. Willis Dart, of Douglas,
to make public speeches. The ed
itors of the Breeza acknowledge
the receipt of an invitation to be
with the other great people who
have been Invited to attene.
The Right Way of Managing a College of girls.
The old way of managing col
leges for girls, where all the teach
ers are from the same family, and
the school run for private gain,
must give place to the newer and
better plan where the faculty are
selected because of their scholar
ship and the school managed by a
Board of Trustees for the public
good. This is .done at Monroe
College, Forsyth, Ga. The Board
of Trustees who control the school
have-selected a faculty of eminent
scholarship and have put the rates
within the reach of all. It costs
only $125 for board and tuition for
the whole year.
The advantages in Music, Art
and Elocution are as good as can
be had anywhere.
Write for catalogue to *
Dr. A, A, Marshall,
Forsyth, Ga,
A Grievous Mistake Rectified.
Broxton, Ga., Aug, 22, —-Editors
Douglas Breeze : —I desire space in
your columns to correct a mistake
made by myself in regard to the
charges brought against Air. W. L.
ti lubberly, and for which he was
Arrested and tried, but upon trial
he proved 1 nvost conclusively to my
self and all interested that lie was
entirely innocent, f swish to say
that 1 acted too hasty aiic.l did nut
take time to investigate, as 1 slh.puld
have done. I will say that Mr
Dubberly has always conducted
himself as a true man and a perfect
gentleman at my home, and to day
I have the utmost confidence in him,
such we are all subject to error
and T admit I have erred in this in
stance and J deem it my bounden
dutv to confess it to the world.
I have made all acknowledgements
to Afr. Dubberly that is neces
sary. and he as a gentleman accent
ed them, and to day I believe and
feel that vve are stronger friends
than ever before, and 1 know that
I have a higher regard for him than
I did before, and I am not only
willing but anxious to do all in my
power to make reparation in fuli
for the harm I may have done him,
I acknowledge my mistake and i j
am sure 110 has exonerated him
self to me and all parties interested
in the matter.
I will add by request that Air.
Dubberly will continue to teach
our children just as long as he con- i
tinues to give the satisfaction he 1
has given heretofore. Regretting j
very much that such a mistake was ]
made, I am. very respectfully.
Sherod Byrd,
All papers friendly to justice copy.
You will receive sl2, 50 per
week when sick, if you are insur
ed in the Fidelity Accident and
Casuality company. Premium
$13,50 pei year.. Ward <!v Hill
iard, agent.
Alacon, Ga., expects to send two
companies />f military to be in the
parade at New York when Dewey
arrives.
GENERAL NEWS.
Criminal and Other Items Brought to our No
tice by Wire from all Parts
0. the World
It is reported that there is over
2.000 deaths from the storm in
Porto Rico, and many dying daily.
Waycross Journal: “Douglas
is a nice little town.” That’s right,
brother, and nice people live here,
too.
The Omaha Bee says the United
States fought Spain for Cuban in
dependence, and the • Cubans now
demand it.
Three men killed in Louisville,
Ky., last week, by drinking coffee
j poisoned by a copper-headed snake.
The reptile crawled into it.
The state tax assessed by the gov
ernor on the 14th is $5.36 on the
SI,OOO. Last year it was $6.21 on
the SI,OOO.
Every wooden biwlding in Ro
chelle except two were destroyed
by fire last week. A negro sen
tenced to work on the street and
escaped is suspected.
'Jim Hull, a negro charged with
outraging a ten year old child last
week, was acquitted and dismissed
with the apologies of the court
and the tears of the jury.
The negroes over in Birmingham
have held a meeting and decided
that the best place for the negro
was in Africa, But the next thing
is to get him there.
President McKinley will not at
tend the Dewey reception to be
held in New A’ork in October. He
says his presence at the ceremonies
would likely be a division of pub
lic honors, to detract from the glo
ry which belongs to the admiral.
Mr. J. R. Knight, of Wayoross,
suggests through the columns of
the Herald the name of JllO, A,
Lott, of Ware for Senator from the
vSentorial district, composed of
Ware, Clinch and Coffee counties.
The investigation of white cap
atrocities near Columbia, S. C., re
vealed the fact that three white
men visited an old negroe’s home,
raped his wife and beat him un
mercifully. Such scoundrels need
judge lynch’s attention bad,
East week, ays an exchange, a
delinquent subscriber said lie would
pay it he lived, lie died. Another
said, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
He’s blind. Still another said:
“I’ll pay you this week or go to the
devil.” lie’s gone.
There is a life insurance com
pany formed in New York that
will issue policies only to negroes.
It is probable those fellows intend
jto send a lot of carpet-baggers
down here to stir up strife again,
and get the negroes all lynched,
The good people of Dooly conn
.'"nave •c'.ru'aniised a campmeeting
association with tAv? following of
ficers : E. G. Greene, of Vienna,
president ; J. C. Tracy, of Cordele,
vice-president; O. P. Swearingen,
of Pleasant Valley, treasurer; E. S.
Lasseter, Vienna, secretary.
The Grand Jury of Early county
failed to indict “Kid Jim” and
Albert Wright, two negroes con
nected with the outraging of Mrs.
Ogletree, And-that would be the
case with all the scoundrels if left
to legal quibblings and technicali
ties. Let judge lynch make a note
of this case.
A merciless nurse beats the rec
ord of criminals by roasting an in
fant who was intrusted to her care
to death on its mother’s hearth
stone, while she sat on the door
step and listened to its screams as
the) 1 gradually became groans, in
Tallahassee, Fla. No legal steps
have been taken to have her pun
ished,
An exchange prints the follow
ing marriage ceremony, which was
conducted by a Tennessee squire a
short time ago: “Wilt thou take
her for thou pard, for better or
worse; to have, to hold, to fondly
guard, until hauled off in a hearse?
Wilt thou let her have her way,
j consult her many wishes; make the
| lire every day and help her wash
; the dishes? Wilt thou comfort and
support her mother and father.
Aunt Jemima and l ucle John,
three sisters and a brother?” And
I his face grew pale and blank ; it
I was too late to jilt; as through the
floor he said; “I wilt,”
Trade Day in Douglas.
The merchants of Douglas cannot
help but admit that advertising
pays. Just a few handbills and a
little advertising in the Breeze and
some talk from one to another
brought Douglas a crowd last
Friday that was estimated from 3<x>
to 1,500. We give the first number
just to show the differences in
opinion among our citizens. We
have seen a good many crowds,
trade days, etc., and we have seen
regiments after regiments march
on the field of battle and wheel in
to line, and our estimate of crowds
has always been tolerable satisfac
tory, therefore, without fear of
successful contradiction, we are
safe in sizing up our visitors at
about 1,200.
The people did not come for fun
alone either, for the stores, as well
as the streets, werej'ull of people,
and they were trading, too. All
the merchants made low prices on
their goods for the day, and took
in more cash than is generally got
ten together fora week’s sales.
Some people who had been read
ing of low prices for trade day sup
posed that goods would be sold “on
time,” at these special prices, and
therefore were disappointed when
they found themselves mistaken,
still, no reasonable person can ex
pect goods to be sold at rock bottom
prices on time. Trade day trans
actions are generally cash if lower
prices are expected.
We went around to all the mer
chants on Saturday morning, got
an estimate of each one’s cash
sales for the day, and found on
footing tlieiu up that they reached
in the aggregate, near SBOO.OO,
This does not include credit sales,
which if included would push the
amount up about three hundred
more. Some of our mere! ants re
fused to give us an estimate of their
sales, thinking, we suppose, it was
none of our business, wIIUU, in fact,
we only desired the Information for
the formation of this article, not
for an exposure of their business.
Air. John W, Greer was manager
of the. races, beauty shows, pole
climbing, horse-racing, etc., and
refused to have pay for devoting
the entire day to the discharge of
bis duties, notwithstanding the
fact that an appropriation had been
made for that purpose.
There was considerable interest
among contestants for prizes, which
were awarded as follows :
Silk dress, prettiest woman, Aliss
Florence Bailey.
Trimmed hat, prettiest baby,
Edith McDonald.
Climbing greasy pole, Elias Lott,
42.50.
Boy sack race, Elias Lott, 50c.
Boy foot race, colored boy 50c. j
Wheel-barrow race, colored man,
50c.
Man foot race, $2.50,
Horse-race, Ebb Chaney, $5.00.
Catching of greasy pig, colored
boy, $2.5G._
The day passed off nicely and
everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves.
Waifs from Willacoochee.
Rev. Pulliam and wife are here
conducting quite an interesting
tent meeting. The services are
well attended.
I’rofs. Overman and AlcAlillan
will open the Willacoochee High
•School on Monday the 28th. They
will doubtless have a good attend
ance.
Roberts church school three miles
south of this place, began its fall
term last Monday with an attend
ance of twenty-nine. Several new
pupils will be enrolled the second
week.
We are reliably Informed that
the entire stock of cattle, nearly five
hundred head belonging to the
estate of the late Thus. Corbitt of
Clinch Cos., was sold to two of the
heirs last Thursday.
CoociiEK.
I ■—s Ilf)
NUMBER fi>"
If You Want to Build Your Tow, J >
Don’t buy goods in another tow nit.
Don’t criticize the mayor uirix
justly.
Don’t insure your life, or proper*;
ty with agents in another town.
Don’t have your printing done'
in another town.
Don’t “cry down”
just pull tor Douglas. /'%
Don’t send your children to an- 1
other town to a hoarding school.
Don’t be a croaker, above all--
things. Talk for your town aad
its enterprises.
Don’t think you can keep order
better than the marshal, but hold
your tongue.
Don’t be a stumbling block in
the way of improvements that are
spoken of for your town. Let “on
ward. upward, ever onward” be
your watch-word.
Organs and Pianos.
We have one hundred parlor and
church organs and fifty pianos for
sale, cheap. They are all brand
new, now in the factory, and will
he sold for casli 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, Mason & Hamlin
and 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.
Deserted Wife aad Children.
It seems to us that we have seen
this man Bowen, spoken of in the
following card from his wife 4o<Ue
Ocilla Dispatch, and as he may W"
in the range of our guns, we
lish it, in order that the public
be put on notice;
Editor Dispatch;—Will '
please publish this little card,
am a poor helpless woman, rgf
tliter little children}, all unde|oii£j-,
age of six years, antf both o
parents are afflicted. M)^l^
Wiley Lee Itowen, left/
fair county, on August the matter
w ithout cause or any notice v • ■
ever, and 1 am tramping' ttjth m 11
babies to my father’s niJe ™le • £
yond Waycross. All women , w j t
please take notice and bew6Nj|| irc i,.,
him as he seeks your
doubtless will try to marry again, A
and 1 am his lawful wife ; our Oeense,
was bought in AJontgouiery,
and J. Hamilton married us LHris
a missionary baptist pflUchdr. ~
Nettie
TheJ)eiJuls.of Ocilla assisted.
Bowen and clvildren to wlM**.
wisMr .die arrived
and we know, without infor
mation whatever, if sh*7needed
more assistance it was given.
- -"•* - ••**. gSfc i
Coming tv Camp Mecthf.
While in Waycross last MortdayjW
Rev. W. 11. Si-ruggs,
Baptist church, called"VHhgjßMicfw
before he left Said he wqpnHHgt
the camp meeting nej&'/inompat
Gaskins’ Springs, if nothing'49*% '7
veiled to prevent it. / j
will be there, for he isMMfc &LA 2 J
.time-' prcactiuluMv/ .
part of Georgia to-day, liaHlEfft '
logical, pleasing and entlfftsiaßL u.
therefore we are mAre than jpwS'.efu'
that he shall comfc,
want our friends to
want to hear him ourseffffflML— ——
The Philadelphia
“with a few governortjUiyfwJ pMI
dler, of Georgia, who
of bed at night to stop a
bee, lynching would
That galoot don’t know thg
ern people ; if the ra Pf|tfi Jt
persists in his Jg
some one must be mr
and the governor
Let the governor keep "W
way. ” , J