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VOL. X.
DRESS 1
The New Silks,
m NEW CLOTHING. .
The New Shoes,
Are all in at Brad Watson’s Big
Douglas Store.
Fine Billets and comforts.
Fine waterproofs, flannels and outinos.
FINE FURNITURE
AND CROCKERY,
All Kinds of Hats, Tranks and Satcliels, are in
At BRAD WATSON’S BIG DOUGLAS STORE.
I Still Stick to the Loaf Priced iPlatj
On which my Douglas business was started, and I
sell the best Checks, Calicoes and Yard-wide
sheetings for the old price of only
Five Cents a Yard.
Dry Goods u the Bolt
Rt Wholesale Prices.
Brad Watson’s
Big Douglas Store.
dUDjDpijgias, Georgia.
THHBFOUGLAS BREEZE.
DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1899.
Broxton.
Rroxton, Oct. s—The5 —The gins are
in operation, and doing good work.
But have to haul water from wells
in the yards to keep busy.
Mr. Joel Harper is building on
the Waresboro road near the
church, and it is rumored that he
has gone to bring in its Mistress.
Mr. Bud Jowers had a tree to
fall on him last week, and the doc
tor says he will not recover, as his
skull is crushed in upon his brain.
The dry weather has opened
most all the cotton, and it will
soon be picked out.
Mr. John McLean, of Wilcox,
was in town last week.
The river is so low that our mer
chants can’t get their freight very
promptly.
A large congregation assembled
at Reedy Branch last Sunday at
tending the General meeting.
\\ e must correct an error of our
last letter. Mr. J. Lott’s daughters,
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Googe didn’t
accompany him home from the
north, but are to come later, and
pay a visit to their parents.
Our school is small, owing to
push with work, prospects are
good for a good attendance very
soon.
The Epworth League meetings
are growing more and more inter
esting, though not so well attend
ed by the masses.
Sunday school each Sunday
afternoon, is well attended.
“A wedding in Broxton,” so
they say.
Mrs. Tom Jones accompanied
Miss Lalla Curry to her home in
Hancock county, last week.
Broxton has a jeweler’s shop at
present.
Dr. Kirkland, of Kirkland, Ga.,
is spending a few days in Broxton.
Mr. J. A. Jones has a position
as clerk in Florida, and lias gone
to work.
Mr. Dan Lott, of Lott Bros., is
confined to his bed. We hope to
see him return to business soon.
Broxton.
Willacoochee.
Willacoochee, Oct. s—Col.5 —Col. Price
recently of Sylvester, Ga., is now
a citizen of our town. He comes
as a young lawyer of ability and
culture and hopes to share the legal
business of the county, and to this
end is fitting up a neat office on
the corner formerly occupied by
Mr. Shaw.
Drs. Wilcox and Gaskin per
formed a difficult surgical opera
tion on Mr. Cross last week. The
patient was placed under the influ
ence of an anesthesia and the op
eration soon completed. He is
resting well and will soon recover.
The protracted meeting at the
Roberts church three miles south
of town, is well attended, and
promises much good to the com
munity. The good people out
there always do things right.
Fall gardens are about ruined,
for lack of rain. We have plenty
of water in wells but the surface is
very dry and dusty.
Burglars attempted to enter the
dwelling of Mr. Bostic on the night
of the 39th. They were discovered
by Mrs. Corbett who was sleeping
in an adjoining room, in trying to
awake Mr. Bostic she made some
noise and the intruder ran off.
Ten more new pupils joined the
High school this week and Prof.
Overman is about to realize his ex
pectation as to numbers. Quite a
number of these pupils come in
from the country on buggies and
on horse-back.
The auction sale of Vickers &
Gaskin is drawing quite a crowd
from the country, their sales have
been large, and the other merchants
have made big sales. A trades-day
is the next thing for our town.
We gladly endorse and heartily
commend your timely suggestion
of the name of Col. F. Willis Dart
for the position of solicitor general
of our circuit court. Too much
cannot be said in laudation
of Col. Dart as a citizen and of his
ability as a lawyer. That he is
eminently qualified for the office
no one can question who has
known him as intimately as this
writer. Asa man of sturdy up
right, moral manhood he is equally
unquestionable. For honor, patri
otism and devotion to principle he
certainly has few equals—no supe
riors. No man in the district
could possibly reflect a brighter ha
lo of purity about the office or dig
nify it with a nobler manhood.
His sincerity of purpose impresses
you, Ins atiability wins you. his de
votion to duty gives you confidence.
He is not a politician and hence
does not seek the office. In our
judgement he is the very man the
olfice should seek and have.
X.
Only One Remedy.
Lditor \\ illmtns, of the Green
ville (S. C.) News, than whom (as
a rule) there is no brighter, abler
editor on the southern press, in an
editorial on lynching says :
“There is hut one urguement
against allowing the law to have a
chance in judging the guilt of the
assaulter and that is bringing the
modest, timid victim into court to
tell her terrible story of suffering
and sorrow. This can be obviated
to a great extent in one or two
ways; when her evidence is given,
the court can be cleared of all but
those connected with the trial, or
she can he brought to court to
identify the accused and then her
deposition can betaken at her home
by officers appointed by the court,
in presence of the attorney for the
prisoner.”
Now, that is terrible rot to come
from such a smart man, and we
really believe Brother Williams
must be off on his vacation. South
ern men are not going to submit to
such ordeals even as the News sug
gests for their wives and daughters.
There is only one way to stop the
I vnehings, and that is to stop (lie
outrages. There is only one way
to give the brutal fiends a legal
trial, and that is to legalize lynch-,
ings in such cases.
A1 lother sort of talk is bosh.—
Dalton Argus.
Will Not Forskae Her Barents.
“It happens often that the East-
Side girl of New York is the sole
support of the family,” writes
Charles T. Brodhead in the Sep
tember Ladies’ Home Journal.
“She works harder and just as
cheerfully as ever, and turns every
cent into the house as fast as she
makes it. She assists with the
household duties before she leaves
in the morning and when she re
turns at night. The few articles
of clothing she manages to get are
made over and over again, patched,
darned, and cleaned many times.
In the winter she suffers from lack
of proper clothing. She walks
to her work every morning—it
costs too much to ride—through
sunshine and storm, and back
again at night. So she trudges on,
month in and month out; and
when the quiet young truck-driver
who lives around the corner asks
her to marry him she regards him
seriously and says :
“Honest Mike, I’d like to marry
yer, because yer know I like yer,
and ye’re on the level, but me ole
man and me ole woman ain’t in it
anny more for workin’, and if I
left ’em they’d be in the soup. No,
I don’t stand for no game like
that.”
“So lie goes away, and she
grieves; but her conscience is
cleur—she is doing her duty.”
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Geoboia—Coffee (lounty.
All persons indebted to the estate ofH.
L. t’au llt late of said county deceased are
requested to come forward and settle al
once. Those having claims aitainst said
estate are requested to prorent same, duly
made out, in terms of the law, for settle
ment. October 2nd, 18tJ9.
Jno. Paulk,
Adm’r. H. h. i’uulk.
Shot Himself While hunting.
The Breeze is pained to learn
that while hunling one day last
week, Master near
Sumner, Ga., in some way fell
from a fence, his gun fired, wound
ing him so severely that his right
hand had to be cut off. It is also
said he was hurt in one foot, it is
supposed in falling from the fence.
Mrs. W. W. McDonald and
children have returned home from
a pleasant visit to relatives in
North Georgia.
NUMBER 21
Items From Octlla Dispatch. 4m
Messrs. Jack, Henry and
jali \ ickcrs, of Coffee comity,
ited their brother, Mr. Elijah vA J
era last week. ■
Miss Minnie Culbreth, a beuoß
till and accomplished young lad?S
of Ilahira, who has been teaching
school in this vicinity, returned
home Monday, to the regret of hen
many friends.
Mrs. Lillu Alexander, wife of
Col. Alexander, of Nashville, di*d
at her home Sunday at 6p. m.
She leaves a husband and three
small children to mourn her death.
Mr. Elijah Vickers, who has
been suffering with a sore leg,
which he thinks was caused from
being poisoned, in the war, some
37 years ago, had his leg amputa
ted last Wednesday by Dr. Hen
dricks, of Lenox, and Dr. Askew,
of Nashville.
Mr. John J. Faulk has tested his
little cob and big cob corn, and the
little cob is on top. As stated iu
the Dispatch some weeks since,
Mr. Faulk determined to see which
kind ol corn was the most profita
ble. The big cob corn looks like
it would make the most, and not a
tew believed it would. Five or
six rows ol the big cob were plant
ed side by side with the little cob
and given the same fertilizing and
cultivation. The rows were one
hundred and seventy-three yards
long and Mr. Faulk pulled a row
of each kind and shelled and
weighed it. Result: Little cob,
no pounds; big cob, 94.
Proceedings County Uoaiuiissioucro.
Court of County Commissioners
convened Monday Oct. 2nd, 1899,
vith a full board.
Flans and specifications of the
bridge at Raccoon ford over Seven
teen Mile Creek were read and
adopted. The bridge was sub
mitted for bids the lowest hid be
ing !js 1.20 per running foot. The
commissioners refused to accept it.
Repairs were reported to he
made <m the bridge over Satilla on
the Fearson road.
J. W. Roberts was appointed to
meet commissioners from Berrien
county to inspect bridge over Alap
aha Wednesday.
Bridge at Bridgetown was re
ported in a bad condition.
Bridge was asked for over Sev
enteen Mile Creek in the eastern
part of the county. No actionjwaa
taken.
Accounts were examined ami or
ders given on the treasurer for
White Primaries.
Inless there be ti material change
in sentiment among the people,
white primaries will he the mode
in Georgia next year of selecting
candidates for office. The object is
not so much to eliminate the negro
from participation in our political
affairs as to do away with tie ex
pensive, demoralizing campaigns
that precede every election in
which the negroes have a right to
vote. In this connection the Tel
fair Enterprise says:
“White primaries is a consum
mation devoutly to be hoped for,
and the people at large would like
to see the matter take definite
shape. A candidate who is afraid
to risk his chances of nomination
in a white primary is to be consid
erable trepidation. Let us elimi
nate the purchasable negro vote
from politics and our legislators
will be more representative men.’’
—Ocilla Dispatch.
Forest fires on Sunday and Mon
day, burned a long trestle on the
Way-cross Air Line railroad be
tween Douglas and Ashley’s, a lot
of turpentine box-es for J. M. Ash
ley, and fencing of the neighboring
farmers. The prolonged drouth
has parched all vegetation to the
extent that it is almost impossible
to check the fires, especially in the
swamps which burn to a depth of
eighteen inches, when all the sur
face is apparently quenched, the
dry grass underneath is burning
and formed by the winds soon
catches out again. It is claimed
that the fires originate from sparks
from the engines on the railroad.
Mrs. Samuel Quincey and little
grand child of Levyville, Fla., is
visiting her son CoL j. W. Quin
cey and family.