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THBHBDUGLAS BREEZE. VOL. X. THE NEW i rvnrcc 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.”