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VOL. X. At Gaskin’s Spring *t*tf ttotl A # September $ i% | f TWELFTH.; My Big Douglas Store is now sell ing for This BIG- Campmeeting All Styles Men’s Fine Clothing, NEW FALL DRESS GOODS FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN. Fine black Bsrees goods for Fall Baits, FINE Brocaded Dress Goods For sep arate Skirts. HUNDREDS OF SHOES FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN. New Lot Ladies Fine Trimmed Hats Pretty ready made suits for Little BOY'S Fine Silks for Skirt Waist® and Skirts. MENS AND BOYS FINE CAMPMEETING SHOES. FINE TOWELS, SHEETINGS AND TABLE LINENS. YXK X1B88X&&3B8 ®K UMLim ALL THE NEW STY LES IN WOMEN’S CORSETS. TZHZK! FIiETTY TZEETJSTGrS I3ST BELT BUCKLES, NX BP FOR CAMP MEETtRO By Buying Some of My Fine Furniture ami Crockery and GLASSWARE. Ive got tlie Prettiest Things ever Brought to Douglas, and sell them less than the SEE ©TOE tE COTOVEY. The Bigger the Stock the BIGG-ER THE B A RCA I N . COME WHERE You can get what yon want WITHOUT PAYING CROSS-ROAD STORE PRICES. ( MM WATSON 1 J # JuL fe '*fayes, Clothing, Furniture and Crockery, Bank B’idg., Douglas, Ga. PLANT DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1801). GENERAL NEWS. Criminal unJ Other Items Brought to our N<v tire by Wire from all Parts of the World. Trouble expected in the Trans vaal A freight steamer burned of Fairport hist week. Kruger is still quibbling with England. The Augusta and West Florida railroad has changed hands. There are five negroes in jail at Newman, charged with arson. The State Fair will open in Oc tober at Atlanta. The Confederate Veterans’ Re union will convene in Savannah next November. A Texas editor and politician in W aco engaged in a street duel last week. Maurel and Mercier of the Drey fus courtmartial, are shown,to have told falsehoods. The National Farmers’ Congress will meet in the city of Boston, Mass., on October 3 to 6. A strike of masons, bakers, and hackmen now threatened in Havana Cuba. The Ohio Democrats met in con vention in Zanesville, last Tuesday and Wednesday. Four men killed in Mexico by an engine falling into a mountain gorge. An anti-malarial tree, called Eu calyptus, will be planted in sever al towns in Cuba. Admiral Dewey and Lieut. Brumby were at Nice, France on Aug. 24. Everything is quiet down about Darien. The war is evidently over. The last few days of hot weather has injured the cotton crop to some extent. The price of matches has ad vanced 20 per cent within the last sixty days. Delegal, the negro who killed Deputy Sheriff Townsend, at Da rien, lias been arrested. A most destructive fire occurred at the Standard Oil refinery, in Chicago, Sunday. The loss may amount to more than SIOO,OOO. The business portion of the town ol v’icw.r, Colorada, was utterly destroyed by tire last week. Los* estimated at s2,cxx>,o>o. Mrs. Emma Walsh and child, of Atlanta, were severely shocked by lightning, last week, during the thunderstorm Friday afternoon. Judge A. 1’ I’erham is on a vis it to his old friends and home in Maine. None deserves a rest more than the Judge and we hope he will have a pleasant time. A Mr. West of Athens, was cut nearly to death, by, he claims, Mr. Sherman liawks, but Mr. Hawks denies that he knew anything about the cutting affray. Hawks was fined SIO.OO. M. Labori, Dreyfus’ chief coun sel in the courtmartial case, who was shot recently, is recovered sufficiently enough to resume his duties, and scores. Gen. Mercier, Dreyfus’ chief accuser very hard. Dr. Teasley, late of Florida, but who moved to Eastman a few weeks ago, was arrested by Sheriff l’urvatt, of Osceola county, Fla., last week on the charge of prac ticing medicine without license. There was a warrant issued for the arrest of Col. W. A. Neal, ex superintendant of the state peniten tiary of South Carolina, for failure to turn over the money to his suc cessor, last week. Some of our exchanges are begin ing to shout and hurrah for candi dates this soon ill the coming elec tion. It is be-t not to cross a bridge until you come to it. I'he leaders of the colored peo pie of Darien, religious and politi cal issued a commendatory circular, advising the colored, people of Mclntosh county to b-have 1 themselves and help the whites in preserving order. News from Broxton Broxton, Gu., Aug. 29. —Broxton has been the happy recipient of several nice showers in the hist few days. Business seems to be on a boom of late day, Farmers and business men are consulting the future with favorable opinions. Miss Etta Dean, of Abbeville, Gu., is visiting in Broxton. Mr. Rodgers, of Mantissas, Ga., came to Broxton last week on a mill trade. Mr. R. R. Perkins has just re turned from west Florida, where we understand he has been pros pecting the Florida naval stores future. Our old friend M. A. Martin be gins working in double harness again Thursday. It’s said he pulls splendid for his size. Broxton has so many third grade teachers that in throwing a rock you will either hear one sing out “third” or “busted.” Gaskin’s Spring continues to be the glory of the rival, lie simply takes the other fellow’s girl and stays until after night services. Mr. R. B. Leggett has been t'*ist-i ing on this year’s “tutors” for some time. Dr. Ricketson has been kept busy vaccinating for several afternoons. Boys, that will not prevent your notes from being troubled with “no’s.” Broxton waxes worse and worse every day* Send for Bro. I’ullium and his tent again. Mrs. \\ . L. Giles and Miss Flor ence Perkins are visiting the old folks in Che raw S C Broxton. Notes From Wisonville. Wilsonvillc, Ga., Aug.,29 —Mr. Berry Tanner and son Alfred, of Wilsonville, went down to Way cross last week and traffed Mr. [ones out of one of his finest bug gies. Girls look out for Mr. Al fred, now. Mr. Wilson Williams has the finest harbor of grapes of any man in all this community. There is a car on the tram-road awaiting the completion of the bagging of “Yankee’s” Cuban watermelon seed. Surveyor Gilli., Ims just return ed from surveying land qn the ()cn?alget' river. One of our most admirable young men by doffing his hat too high accidently dropped if. Mr. K. L. Griffis says if at /test you don’t succeed, go back and try her again. The Teuton and Wilsonville school has on roll 52 pupils and they are very busy selecting recita tions and dialogues for exhibition on the last day. Mr. W. B. Teston has just re turned from his second trip to Florida. He went for the purpose of selecting a turpentine locality, lie lias found it at last and will move in a short time. Gossip. Dots from Feronia. Feronia, Ga., Aug. 30. —Mr. and Mrs. A. I*'. McLean’s children have been suffering very much with whooping cough lately, but we are glad to know that they are im proving. Our League met Sunday after noon with the president in chair, but there was not many present. Let everybody come and help to promote the good work. We had an interesting address by Mr. W r . 11. Lytle Sunday. lie spoke very emphatically in regard to the interest of our Sunday school. Miss Mamie and Emma accompanied by their brother Ash ley, visited Mrs. J. L. Wilcox last Sunday. Mr. Phillip Newbern was unable to finish his school at Rocky Creek on the account of his sickness, but we learn that Mr. R. W’ilcoxciosed it for him. NUMBERIfi The Absent One. Grandma, let me whisper to you. ’Tause 1 want to know, Ain’t 1 never luul no mamma? _ Lise where did she go? 1 1 v ver Uuoies they have mammas Always rlelit at home ; Don’t mine love her little Linnie? Neri why don’t she come? Tell mu, grandma—don’t 00 ky so; Grandpa’* kyin’, too, Ain't it funny, tauae I love 00 Awful much, t do, Rut I want to know where's mamma, Aint she coinin’ home? Don't hliolove her little Linnie? Nen why don’t she come? Little Neva’s mamma loves her, An’ at night you said She prays: '.leHiis Less dear mamma,” Neu she goes to bed. I say;" Mamma, b’esg oor baby, ’N all us folks at home,” Nen I go to bed, hut, grandma, Mamma doesn’t come. # Grandm 11, let me ask 00 somelin— Don’t let grandpa ky— Tan my mamma hear her baby Way up in the sky? Nen I’ll ask her, ’stead o’ sayin’ “ll'es all us at home, If 00 loves oor little Linnie, Please, dear mamma, come.” —Edward M. Wilson. Death of a Iriend. We are pained to chronicle the death at Brewton, Ga., of paralysis, of Mrs. Maggie A. Brett, only sis ter of our fellow townsman Mr. Gus. L. Brack. We knew her in childhood and we feel as if one of our own family was gone. She was noted for her great piety. .She united herself with the Bap tist church at Albany, Ga., when -but twelve years of age, and ever afterward led a devoted Christian life, ignoring self, seeking to do good tor others. She has gone on to meet a sainted father and mother, and receive that reward that awaits all true followers of Christ . Out of this circle of four children, only two remain, Gus. L. Brack of this city and Col. R. 'l'. Brack, of Emory, Texas, who have our heart felt sympathy in this hour of t rouble. Get Fixed For Camp-meeting. Everything for ladie’s, men and children’s wear at Brad Watson’s Big Douglas Store. An Artesian Well. The people of Douglas have been brought face to face with the urgent necessity of an artesian well recently. In the first instance there was nothing to the town’s credit on trade day two weeks ago when hundreds ol people were in town and the handle of the public pump was missing, because there was no water anl it had been re moved to prevent breakage from rough usage in the endeavor to pump up a few drops of mud to quench the thirst of some per son who had come perhaps tniies, at the city’s invitation to come, trade and have a big time. Again, still later the citizens of Douglas for some time have been pretty scarce for water themselves with few exceptions, and if a con flagration had occurcd the damage would have been complete because fifiUjvater could be had to wash and less to fight fire. None of these inconveniences have been reported from town* that have ar tesian wells, and but fe g,, if any of them, can boast of the natural advantages that surround us, clear* ly showing that there is a lack of enterprise in Douglas. Dry weather, local or distant, has no damaging effect upon an artesian well; drouth hits a tendency to make the water purer and sweeter, consequently more healthy. Special Announcement. Between the first of Septemper and the 25U1 of December the Breeze will issue two heavy edi tions, to advertise every man in the county and put the paper before the people. Advertisers can make terms for both editions. The paper will be composed of sixteen pages and over 10,000 copies will be printed. We want every mer chant, naval storesman and other business man of the county repre sented, and we shall make arrange ments at once to make these edi tions particularly interesting and attractive. We should like to have a sketch of every locality in the county. It is our intention to make these two papers cover the field, and show to people abroad what Coffee county really is. We shall send 1000 copies to ex-Gov ernor Northern for circulation through the emigration agenev, so that home-hunters can be brought this way. Space will be limited, however, and advertisers should not wait too long to contract for space.