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THBHBDUGLAS BREEZE.
VOL. X.
THE NEW i
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r DRESS
GOODS, t
The New Silks,
THE NEW CLOTHING.
The New Shoes,
Are all in at Brad Watson’s Big
Donglas Store.
Line Blankets and comforts.
Tine waterproofs, flannels and outings,
FINE FURNITURE '
AND CROCKERY,
All Kinds of Hats, Trunks and Satchels, are in
At BRAD WATSON’S BIG DOUGLAS STORE.
I Still Stick to tije Loo) Priced Plat?
On which my Douglas business was started, and I
sell the best Checks, Calicoes and Yard-wide
sheetings for the old price ox only
Five Cents a Yard.
Dry Goods Du le 801 l
fit Wholesale Prices.
Brad Watson’s
Big Douglas Store.
Jjittiglas, Georgia.
DOUGLAS, GA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1899.
THE AIK LINE WILL IK) THROUGH.
Broxton and Allison’s Mill on the Route-
Surveyors Begin Work.
'l'lie Air Line Railroad will go
through to Fitzgerald in the near
future, and Broxton and Allison’s
Mill will be two of the principal
stations on the main Line, and
what is more, this is no hoax!
Supt. Bonneyman began the vork
of surveying last Tuesday morning,
with a force of hands sufficient to
push the work to completion at
at once, and he is the man of all
men to hurry matters w ith reason
able activity.
It has been thought all the’tiirie
that when the Air Line was ready
to he pushed on to Fitzgerald there
would be no curves from Douglas to
that city, but the plans have been
changed so that Broxton, our beau
tiful, plucky little neighbor, nine
miles northwest, will enjoy the
benefits of being on a trunk line,
and competitive freight rates north
and south. It was a happy change
in the plans' of the management,
(and proves what we have said all
along, that the company would do
all that was possible for Coffee
county) to take in this splendid
belt of country, and the benefits
are sure to he mutual.
The Breeze's Position.
The Breeze wants to serve the
people, and while it does so it
wants to make a living for those
who run it, and it has done so from
last January up to the present time,
but when it passed into the hands
of the present management one of
the rules laid down was that it
would not enter or allow
the use of its columns to be
used for any political controversy.
It has not done so and it does not
intend to do so. Manuscript has
been returned to writers two or
three times, not because the au
thors were not liked personally, but
because this rule would he broken
and a controversy established be
tween parties that would he ob
jectionable to the general reader and
ruinous to the financial out look
and prospects of the paper, to the
satisfaction of one or two.
The Breeze regrets that it lias to
reject any one’s manuscript, or that
it does not please every' one, hut
this is an impossibility, and if it
gives offense it cannot he helped.
The Breeze is run for the money'
there is in it, not for glory nor for
accommodation, and it does not
propose to advertise for corpora
tions without pay, or publish the
article of correspondents that will
cause a continued controversy.
The Breeze is to-day the best pa
per that was ever published in
Coffee county, comes nearer being
worth a man’s money and time
than ever before, and the improve
ments will he continued until it is
second to none in the district. This
is only said in a spirit of pride,
not hragadocia.
The editor of the Breeze knows
his business. lie does not know
how to farm, shoe a horse, build a
house, teach school, but simply'
knows how to run a newspaper
and do any kind of printing that
is generally required in this coun
try, therefore he is in a position to
serve the the people and he intends
to do it.
The merchants of Waycross and
Douglas and Savannah know a
good paper when they see it, and
their patronage of the Breeze at
tests their appreciation, We shall
serve them faithfully and to show
them how well we can serve them
propose to publish a sixteen page
paper about the 21st, with an edi
tion of 5000 copies for circulation
all over this country, and on the
train and on the grounds during
the Waycross fair next month.
We shall call upon the merchants
at once for their advertisements
and hope to find them as liberal as
ever.
Ready-Made Clothing,
Ladies’ Walking Jackets,
Cloaks, Hose etc. Compe
tition defied, low prices
knocked out. For winter
clothing, see me.
GUS L. BRACK, Agt.,
Rear of Deen’s Store.
The man that puts himself up to
run a newspaper, keep store, farm,
blacksmith, peddle or do anything
that come-, to hand shows the
spirit of a monopolist, and does
not do anything correctly.
And Still They Come.
Hardly a week lms passed since
the first day of May that we have
not put on at least half dozen new
subscribers. During the present
week we have put on some of the
oldest citizens of the county, as
well as the most influential.
Court Adjourned.
Judge Joe W. Bennett and So
licitor John VV. Bennett came up
last Monday and adjourned court
over to the 3rd Monday in Decem
ber, by which time it is hoped the
court house will be complete. This
will put big court and Christmas
close together, and John Bennett
will get the Solicitorship for an
other term in his sock.
It Must Come.
Downing, Gu., Oct. 9. —Dear
Sir:—l did not receive the Breeze
this week. Please let it Breeze on
down to me. Very truly,
Joshua Ward.
All right, brother, she left here
on time, but it is thought may have
struck a snag, or stopped to get
more wind in the sails.
A Cornett Band for Douglaa.
Nearly every place of any size
has more or less musical talent, and
Douglas has her proportion, and
we see no reason why a cornet hand
should not he organized. In our ex
perience we have known, where a
sufficient number of males could
not he obtained to supplement
with young ladies. Girls make
fine musicians, and after practice,
to harden their 1 ips, will often
hold out on a long strain better
than men. Cornets are cheap now
comparatively, and with a little
energy a good hand could he got
ten up.
Tombstones, any description,
best marble, cheap as anyone and
delivered free. This office.
Death of Ben Newbern.
The Breeze is pained to learn of
the death of Mr. Ben Newbern,
which occurred last Saturday night,
after a serious illness from fever,
of some two weeks or more. Dr.
Corbitt, of Pearson, had the case
in hand, and at one time had the
patient convalescent, when unad
visedly lie went to his business at
Pearson, after which a relapse oc
cured, with the result as above.
Mr. Newbern was one of the most
promising young men of our ac
quaintance, and his death fills us
with surprise and regret. Ilis
friends are numerous, while his sad
death leaves a host of friends and
kindred ties to sorrow for his tak
ing away in the prime of life.
Tombstones, any description,
bes t marble, cheap as anyone and
delivered free. This office.
Genuine Marl.
Mr. J. T. Smith, Sr., who lives
near Hazlchurst, this county, has
brought to this office samples of
genuine marl, the first we ever saw.
lie has it on eighteen acres of land
averaging about seven feet in
depth. The deposit is immense
and the value unknown. lie has
it used as manure and soap and it
has given satisfaction. There are
three species, black, blue and yel
low. Mr. Smith has known of
this marl for eighteen years, and
has used it, as stated satisfactorily
as a fertilizer on every thing except
potatoes and sugar cane. Mr.
Smith has a fortune if he can inter
est some capitalists in the develop
ment of this marl field.
Tombstones, any description,
best marble, cheap as anyone and
delivered free. This office.
It is not decided yet whether
Calvin Ward, Jr., will be sent to
the Phillepines or to South Africa.
The longtail coat he had on Wed
nesday qualifies him for either place.
The Hreeze has been run fair and
square, to all parties, and it has no
fear of failure. It is directed by
principle, not malice or fear.
Chairman Jones, of the National
Democratic Executive Committee
says Bryan will be nominated cer
tain, for president.
Family Supplies, canned goods,
candies, apples, pipes tobacco, irish
potat >es, see Thompson, opposite
Sibbett.
NUMBER 22
Taken for Subscription.
The Breeze people are here4r
been here one month, lock, stoc*
and barrel, chief cook and dis 1 *
washer, the lady that patches on.
I sorrow s anil darns our joys anC
all the children, cows, chickend
and the biggest cat in the county!
I'licy all came hungry,
sockless and hollow-eyed. Stran
gers in a strange land and with
out a single ginger-cake in the
locker, but a kind neighbor sent
a peck of meal and a bucket of wa
ter and the whole business has
thrived and done well up to this
writing. Now we must have help
or up goes the sponge, the hounds
w ill he called oil the chase (of de
linquents) and the race declared oft’.
1 In- cows have licked the old pot
we boiled meal soup in until it is as
dean outside as it is inside and
may swallow the thing before we
can get help, the cats have managed
to find a piece of meat skin in the
loft, one chews it a while and then
the other takes a turn, and things
look squally—we must have help—
we need, shucks, corn, potatoes,
peas, punkins, and pop-guns.
We’ll take meat, bacon, beef, fish,
mutton, lard, butter, sugar and
shoe-strings. Send 11s meal, flour,
hominy, grits, molasses, syrup, and
green backs.
Very Pretty.
The Douglas Breeze, in thank
ing one of its good friends for his
unlimited kindness on a certain oc
casion, winds ti]t the article with
the following:
As soon as we can make arrange
ments we are going to give him a
house and lot in Douglas, buy him
a railroad of his own, build him a
summer residence at Gaskin’s
Spring, where birds dressed in
green, red an canary feathers, will
flit about in trees, fountains w ill
spurt water in the air and sweet
music from mandolins and lutes
hid amid the shrubbery in his gor
geous flower yard, will tickle his
ear and lull him to sleep in the
moonlight shadows.”
It Bro. Freeman wrote that we
are uneasy about him in his old
age, hut if the facile pen of his
splendid associate carelessly drop
ped the gem, we have no further
comment.—Eastman Times Jour
nal.
Our esteemed contemporary need
not fear for ‘‘Bro. Freeman,” and
by the words of his own inoul& lie
can have nothing more to say.
To Restrict The Uullot.
lion. T. W. Hardwick, who
represents Washington county in
the general assembly of Georgia,
lias prepared a bill calculated to
have a telling effect in politics.
It is to restrict the electoral fran
chise so as to eliminate the ignorant
and purchasable vote. Mr. Hard
wick says it is a combination of the
North Carolina and Mississippi
plans with some changef in each.
In drafting his bill Mr. Hardwick
says he had in mind a larger per
centage of the younger negroes,
who, though able to read and write,
have no idea of the moral obli
gation involved in casting a ballot.
He feels confident that his bill will
stand all attacks that might be
made in the courts, and if it can be
carried through the legislature he
thinks it will result in great good
for the state.
Georgia has long felt the need of
such a law, and we trust that this
one, if as stated it fills all require
ments, will be made permanent
upon the statute books of the state.
The ignorant venal vote is a ter
rible menace to good government,
and every honest citizen should aid
in its abolishment.
Talking out in Meetlog.
The Rocky Mountain Bugle,
(republican) published in the Blue
grass region of Kentucky, says:
“The blunders of the present ad
ministration in the Philippine war
will bring disaster and defeat upon
the republican party if the present
inc uin ben t s are re-nominated.
Thousands ot lives have been sac
rificed and millions of dollars
wrung from the grasp of the jteo
ple to carry on a hopeless contest
to subjugate a people that are ask
ing for and will die for liberty,
The fall of Manilla and the evacu
ation of Cuba should have brought
satisfaction to the administration,
while the tramp of victorious sol
diers returning home would have
brought joy to many mothers’
heart, anti sunshine to the lives of
waiting wives.”