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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE. VOL. XI. Alarmed the Hotel. Jake Ulmer, Joe Bird and Claude Sheldon, a committee from the \\ aycross Rides, who come up 1 uesday to look out a camping place tor the coming encampment, stopped at the Buck Hotel with old friend Wooten. The evening was pleasant, company entertaining and the boys did not pet up-stairs to bed before ten, but being tired, soon were in the land of drea#is, killing, butchering and cutting off pigs tails, Ac. As the town clock pealed out the hour of twelve a white, ghostlike spectre shot across the hall and out on the front piaza, where mounting the banisters it shouted “Fire, fire, fire!!!” Mine Host Wooten had expected some thing ot the kind evidently, for he was near, and grabbing the phan tom, which proved to be Claude Sheldon dragged him back to his room, chuncked him under the bed, slammed the door and remarked. “These Waycross people don’t know a town clock when they hear one.” Neighbor Comas killed a rattle snake last Wednesday evening in the suburbs of town, six feet long, with ten rattles and a button. Mark Brown has retnrned to the city and is binding the seed cotton warehouse near the depot. Mr. B. F. Holzendorf is agent at the depot for both railroad and express Cos. The low, sweet, charming music on our front piazza Wednesday night by some serenaders -is highly appreciated. The last piece, “The Old Folks at Home” was affective, inasmuch as it will not be very long before those “old folks ” will be at home, jilfct over the riv#r, and the stream will flow on forever and the music will never cease. Hunter, Pearce S Battej, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. COTTON FACTORS Money Loaned to Cotton Shippers on Approved Security . Experienced and Expert Handlers of Sea Island Cotton. NaijQfactimrs of Higlj Grade Fertilizer. SAVE OTA D TIN yourO I Mn TAGS “Star” tin tags (showing small stars printed on under side of tag). “Horse Shoe,’* “J. T. f ” “Good Luck,” “Cross Bow,” and “ Drummond ” Natural Leaf Tin Tags are of equal value in secur ing presents mentioned below, and may bo assorted. Everyman, woman and child can find something on the list that they would like to have, and can have TAOS. 1 Match Box. 25 2 Knife, one blade, good steel 25 3 Sclaaora, Inches 25 4 Child's Set, Knife, Fork and Spoon 25 5 Salt and Pepper Set, one each, quad ruple plate on white metal 50 6 French Briar Wood Pipe 25 7 Razor, hollow ground, fine English steel 50 8 Batter Knife, triple plate, best quality GO 9 bugar Shell, triple plate, beat quality 60 10 Stamp Box, sterling silver 70 11 Knife, “ Keen Rutter,” two bladea 75 12 Butcher Knife, ** Keen Kutter/* 8-ln blade 75 13 Shearv' 4 Keen Kuiter,” 8-lnch 75 Ser, Cracker and 6 Picks, sliver plated 80 15 Base Ball, 44 Association/' best quality. 100 16 Alarm Clock, nickel 150 17 Six Genuine Roger*’ Teaspoons, best plated goods 150 18 Watch, nickel, stem wind and set IV Carvers, good steel, buckborn handles.2oo 20 Six Genulre Rogers’ Table Spoons, best plated goods 250 81 Six each. Knives and Forks, buckhom handles 250 THE MOVE OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30th. 1900. IN MIND that a dime’s worth of STAR PLUG TOBACCO will last looter aud afford wore pleasure than a dime’s wsrtk of auy it her brand. MAKE THE TEST! Sjfld to CONTINENTAL TOBACCO CO., St. Louis, Mo. Democratic Primary. At a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Coffee county on July 27th it was ordered that Democratic primaries be held at the court-house and in every pre cinct in said county of Coffee on Saturday, August 25th, 1900, for the purpose of electing five dele gates from each of said militia dis tricts ; said delegates to meet in a convention to be held at the county site, Douglas* at 1 p. m., on Tues day, August 28th, 1900, for the purpose of nominating candidates for Representative and the county offices. At said primary election on'Sat urday, August 25U1, all qualified democratic voters, including all who desire to allign themselves with the democratic party and who will agree to support the nominees of the said Democratic party, who were upon the legal registrtaion lists of 1898 or who have registered since that time, shall be given an opportunity, and are requested to vote for the delegates above men tioned ; each voter being entitled to vote for five male bona fide citi zens of his district, and the five receiving the greatest number of legal votes being the ones duly elect ed as delegates from said district. F. Willis Dart was re-elected chair man of the new Committee, and Melvin Tanner secretary. Builder. I am in the carpentering business for an honest living out of it, hence if you are wanting building done be sure and see me before you let it to any one else, Work guaranteed strictly honest. Estimates furnished with pleasure. JAS. A. CARTER. Two or three advertisements are crowded out to-day. The Breeze is heavily loaded. free:! _ TAGS. 22 Six each. Genuine Rogers' Knives and Forkii. best plated goods 500 23 Clock, 8-day. Calendar, Thermometer, Barometer 500 24 Gun rase, leather, no better made— 500 25 Revolver, automatic, double action 32 or 38 caliber 600 26 Tcml Set. not playthings, but real tool* 650 27 Toilet Set, decorated porcelain, very handsome B**o Remington Rifle No. 4,22 or 32 caliber 800 29 Watch, sterling sliver, full jeweled. .1000 30 Ureas Suit Case, leather, handsome and durable 1000 31 Sewing Machine, first class, with all attachments 1500 32 Revolver, Colt’s, 38-callber, blued steel 1500 S3 Rifle. Colt’s, 16-shot, 2i-ca]!ber I*oo Guitar (Washburn), rosewood. Inlaid.2ooo 35 Mandolin, very bandesome 2000 36 Winchester Repeating Shot Gun, 12 gauge. 2000 37 Remington, donble-barrel, hammer Shot Gun. 10 or 12 gauge ‘.*ooo 38 Bicycle, standard make, ladles or Rent* 25.0 29 Shot Gun. Remington, double-barrel. hammeiless 3*^o 40 Regina Music Box. 15*4 Inch Disc SUU) DOUGLAS, GA„ SATURDAY, AUG. 4th, 1900. THE WAYCROSS RIFLES The Advance Guard Makes a Move on the Breeze Of fice and the Editor Goes Under the Table. The Boys are Coming on Friday. Au gust 10th and Will be in Camps Several Days. The Waycross Rifles are coming back to Douglas, and will he en camped at Gaskin’s Spring from Friday August 10th until the fol lowing Monday, and they don’t want the people to treat them like strangers either. Go out, and see the boys. Lieut. Ulmer, Sergeant Bird and Corporal Claude Sheldon were here Tuesday evening looking over the ground, and have furnished us with all this war news. They are coming armed, too, and will have with them a brass band, tents and a full equippage for camping, bat tle and pleasure. They expect you. They will mount guard every morning at 8 o’clock, and have dress parade and fancy drilling every afternoon at 4 o’clock. You are invited to go and carry the children, your wife or sweet heart. Don’t be selfish. Saturday afternoon the Breeze wants/ very man, woman and child in the county to be there to witness something that many have never seen in a life time and will perhaps never have the chance of seeing again. Old soldiers have seen it, but those that are not old soldiers do not know anything about the great treat and the intense excite ment that these soldiers have got ten up for the benefit of the peo ple of this county, and when you have seen it once you will never forget it, and that, is a Skirmish drill and sham battle. The bu gle call, the soldiers slipping for cover, tne crack of the riiie, faster and taster until it loaches a regular roar, the falling wounded all is as excitable as anything gets to be that is not real. When the bugle sounds again. they disappear and in a tew moments you hear the quick, sharp command of officers, and see the soldiers marching to ward you like a solid wall. You must see it. The Captain said for you to he there and the Captain must be obeyed. Sunday morning there will be services by the Rev. Air. Smith, a noted evangelist, who to be heard is to be appreciated. Services again at night. Every body is in vited, and every body expected. Industrial and Fair Edition. It was the intention of this of fice to issue an industrial edition of the Breeze, ot 24 or 36 pages in September, for general distribu tion, but since our energetic neigh bors oi Valdosta have secured for this section the Stale Fair for the coining fall, we shall defer our mammoth edition until then. It is a conceded fact that the represent ative portion of our county will do all in their power to make the Fair a success, and it is but natural that the county’s paper should take a leading part. In order to do so with credit to the county we ask the people, every one interested in Coffee county to assist us, by tak ing space and have their businesses, homes, sections and families pho tographed and written up. We will make the terms as low as the work can be done to pay expenses, without any additional profit, be cause what will advance the coun ty’s interests and property means more business for us, \\ Idle we are getting up an tion of seven or eiiflit thousand copies for the State Fair at Valdos ta, we propose to get up ha't that number for the fair at Way cross, whicli will be larger ar‘i better than ever before. We propose to put this editino into the hands of the visitors atjboth fairs, and we propose to m<4ke t.lem handsome enough to Is£ ouvenirs. They will we can get them, the wrJid photos, and names of oiyjj^^■eople. the advertise me*utir*s merchants and Vtf'hL’, section of Geor- He of great interest to mpk our midst. Get f Ml commence at once, ~ man and family Tit to be represented | Miss Tattler’s Notebook The Picnic and Other things she Says: That you ought to have seen Tommie Young tip pmg his hat and smiling at Jm the ladies at the picnic last n I • Wednesday. Airs. Young /f| must not have been there. [ hat W illiford’s hog ate a cow in front of his store last 'Tues day, for she saw the cow’s-tail hang ing out of the hog’s mouth. That Jim McCarty was up here again last Wednesday looking after soda water bottles, he said, but she thinks he was “looking after” something else. That Jim Roof, of Nichols, sent his girl up here on Tuesday and led his horse anil pulled his buggy through by land during the night and was here in time to carry her out to the picnic' Wednesday day light. That J. T. Rellihan, of Douglas and D. W. Lott, of Broxlon, waltz ed all over the pavilion and cut the pigeon wing in seven different lan guages. That Peterson’s hack driver, Needum, was down on his knees behind a pine tree withai big bottle in his hands, out at tie pavilion picnic day. ' That she has been toln confident ly, and she don’t expect;' to say any thing about it, either, etliat Frank Appleby, Hoke Davi/ and Luther Paxson have made application for membership in the* Willacoochce band. That Gilbert Meeks, from Nich ols, was at tlie picnic, sticking to a pretty girl like a sick kitten to a hot brick, and she don’t blame him, either. That friendship is often mistaken for love. That the girl with the prettiest face is not the best or wisest. That the young man who depends on sell and not others is generally successful. That a hypocrite is a hypocrite the world over. Even at picnics. That you needn’t bother yourself about lier she’ll get married when the time comes, not before—the fellow’s not ready. That virtue and purity is as be coming and essential in men as weil as woman. That Dr. Sibbett is :t good doctor and a nice man, but he always squeezes her hand beats her in the back and makes her poke out her tongue when she is sick, to see if her liver digestion and pulse are all right. That going to church, sighing with a long face, censuring other people don’t always show the Chris tian. Example and kind advice come in better. That she regrets to learn that some people of whom she has spoken have become offended, and she assures them they will have no cause for complaint in future. That the powdered and pretty faces of some women are often index of the treacherous heart and silly brains carried by their owners. Democratic Primaries in Coffee County. As the best means of finding out the wishes of the people in regard to nominations for candidates for the several offices in the iHpproach ing county election, primaries have been ordered for the presincts in the county on August 25th, to elect delegates to a convention to be held in Douglas on V e 28th instant, at which tirfie candidates will be nominated. Tlie time is short, only four weeks off, and no announcements for some jf the offices have been made, and people do not know who to vote for in these primaries. In all counties around us, save our own, announcements have been made, and in some nominations have been ! perfected. Now, in order to give all a fair chance, the Breeze will carrv an nouncements hundred words 3to •*- for $3.00. More than one 3 C S K>I all **S>rds and not over two hu * bath ! n . Cash must accompa. and , 8 . The Breeze lilting days, fson al strictures i n v, 'n at the particularly -° r Smith in New the side wa!_ i ; 011 ; • .1 lllsHfiiS Nichols Notes. Nichols, Ga., Aug. 1. —The prin ciple item ot interest during the past week, was the general meet ing held with Union Baptist church which was begun on Friday and Saturday before tlie fifth Sunday in July. The attendance on Fri day was small, but on Saturday, the audience was considerably iq creased. Having other preachers present it was announced that they would have dinner on the ground Saturday, and that the audience would remain all the afternoon and have a series of sermons. There was more than a sulliciency of din ner on the ground, but owing to the enclemenr.y of the weather, the audience was dismissed after din ner, to meet Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Sunday morning came, and at the usual hour, t lie church was well filled, which seemed to listen with intense interest to the bible truths as propounded by Rev. Poston, of Douglas. Very heavy rains have been vis iting this section, and the farmers seem to be getting uneasy, for fear that they will not be able to save what fodder they have made - ’. Aliss Mattie Kirkland is still very, very low, of typhoid-fever, and will not or cannot live but a short time unless there is a change for the better. The little history people of Efim Litery Society, discussed with much interest, the greatness of tlie two men George Washington and Christopher Columbus, on last Fri day afternoon, Geo. Meeks carry ing off the honors. The teachers of Efim literary school have increased their little library for the past week, along the line of supplementary reading for the 2nd and 3rd grades—such as Jhannati’s series of histones or stories, and if any teacher wishes to ask whether or not it pays, they will frankly answer, yes. Some of the stores are being fill ed up with crisp, new goods, as if their owners expected a good trade in tlie near future. We hope their anticipations may he realized. Meeks &. Thompson are flooding the country with handbills, invit ing the people to come and trade with them. People generally go where they are invited, and will be very certain to see those gentlemen. Several young men and ladies went from here to the picnic at Gaskin’s Spring last week, and re port that they had a most enjoyable day of pleasure, among the most hospitable people they ever met. Organizing for State Fair. Douglas, Ga., July 2X, 1900 —Mr. Editor, if you will kindly allow me space in your paper J would suggest the advisability of our county being represented at State Fair to be held in Valdosta next fall. I claim no credit in point of originality for this suggestion, as all citizens must have realized al ready the importance, and the ben efits to be derived therefrom, of a first class exhibit from this county at the State Fair, but as a citizen of the county I simply desire to suggest that we do not delay in this matter until it is too late, but begin now to make preparations for a creditable display. For the first time the State Fair is to be held in wire-grass Georgia (1 believe it has heretofore always been held either in Macon or Atlanta) and this section of the State will be on “dress parade,” as it were, before the throng of peo ple from north and middle Georgia, as well as those from the counties of our pine belt, many of whom may be seeking new homes. Jt oc curs to me, therefore, that a special effort should be put forth to send such an exhibit to Valdosta as will, in part at least, show the wonder ful resources and natural advan tages of this the largest county, and one of the best in the state. Let us give an evidence of what our fields, orchards, vineyards, saw mills, turpentine distilleries, etc., are daily producing. To this end j I take the liberty of suggesting j that the citizens of the county, or a„ many as can possibly come, meet here at the court house on the first Monday in August for the purpose of/discussing this subject and for tl*: appointing of the necessary from different parts of je county to take the matter in Very Truly Yours, | )•'. Willis Dart. Campaign! Buttons. The Breeze acknowledges the re-* ceipt of samples of Campaign But tons, bearing the pictures of Bryan A Stevenson, nominees for Presi dent and vice-President. They are very neat and pretty, and are manu factured and for sale by the St. Louis Button Cos., 620 Broadway St Louis, Alo. Our girls are wear ing those sent to this office for they are both Bryan & Stevenson men. Price for buttons, patent pin backs, 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70c per dozen, from |to inches diamter. The trusts of the country that are pinching consumers are for McKinley. The people who are being squeezed and starved by the trusts are for Bryan. Gov. Roosvelt has been telling the westerners bow he charged up Sanjuan’s hill. Dewey, Lawton, Wheeler and Schley were not in it, poor fellows. J. A. Carter has done as good carpenter’s work in Douglas as can be done. Try him for honest work. Petition for Charter. Li ICOIUiI A—Coffee ( uunty. To the superior eourt of said county: The petition of If. Peterson, Charles 1). Adams, W. O. Paxson, T. Tanner C. Jfi. linker, Daniel (inskiii, Hr. T. It. Marshall, Johu McLean John M. Lott, Hr. W. F. Sib bott, J. M. Ashley, William Vickers, Hr. .Ifs c Lot', J. S. Loll, Elias Lott, It. M. ■Smith, and others, all of this state and county shows: Ist. That they desire, themselves, their associates mid successors, to be iiiijoritO tuleil for a period of twenty years, with 1 he privilege of renewal at the eml of that little, under tlie name and style of "The Merchants and Farmers Warehouse Com pany.” 2ml. The place of residence of sit id cor poration shall he in the county of Cotter and slate aforesaid, and its chief oftice and place of business in tlie city 01 Doug las In said county and state aforesaid. ;i The business said corporat ion purposes cat ryiug on is that of a generul wureriouse business, anil more especially tlie engaging in tlie business of receiving, storing and safely keeping cotton, wool and other like articles and things and to conduct such a business and in such a way as is usually carried on by warehouse com panies. 4th Petitioners desire tlie privilege building, renting or leasing, such ware house buildings, or other buildings of any kind, shelters, yur s or such other liko places as may lie deemed necessary or dv siruble by said corporation tor tlie proper storing, 1 are unit protection of the ooltiin or other articles, goods or tilings intrusted to said corporation, or as may he deemed nest lor the successful transaction of the business for which sai l company is to be incorporated; and said corporation de sires 1 tie right generally to lease, purclisse and hold any real and personal property, and to sell, exchange, encumber orother wisodisp He of the same whenever in the judgment of the lam rd of directors it muv he to the advantage of the company So to do. rah. The main object of tin* corporation will he to promote amt protect the intere.tH of Ihe tanners mi 1 citizens generally by ottering anil ultoriling them salt; and adc ipiate warehouse privileges for their cotton, wool and other products or articles, and in this way aid them in getting better prices for their said cotton and oilier products; with tile further object of securing for the members of the corporation reasonable returns from their mvcsiment. Oth. The capital stock of said company shall la- fifteen hundred dollars, divided intoone hundred and fifty shares of ten dollars each ; wi ll the privilege 01 increas ing the same by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders at a duly called convention, to an amount not exceeding twenty-live thousand dollars. 7th. Petitioner.- desire to have and use a common seal; the right to sue and he sued; to plead and he impleaded, and to have all the privileges, powers, duties and immunities which the lawso. tieorgiagive, grant anti guaranty to ail business cor porations. Xth. Petitioners desire that ttie manage ment and control of said corporation shall he vested in a hoard of not less than seven directors (said hoard may he increased to not more ttiu.ii lift* n inemliers st any reg nlar annual meeting of stockholders hefora die election of the hoard for the ensuing year) from which a president, vice-presi dent a secretary and treasurer shull ho elected by sai I Isiard. The same director may till, at the same time, the offices of secretary and treasurer. Tlie term of otliee of said directors shall t e for one year anil until their successors are elected and qualified Ulh. T he bourd of directors may appoint n general manager, or such other officer or utticers or employeeys as may lie deemed necessary for properly conduction said business. .Such otli ;e sor employees to he provided for, they are deemed necessary, by 1 tie by-laws rules or regulations of the company, and die r powers and duties therein defined mid also their terms of oilier and salary or remuneration. 10th Petitioners desire the right to adopt an. anil all by-laws, rules and regulation* 1 that may l>e deemed necessary for the guidance and goveriime t of said cor poration. and of its officers, agents and employees. llth. Petitioners allege that all of saiil capital stock will he bona tide s bscrilud for 10 percent thereof paid in before said corporation shall commence business. 1 1-tli. Your petiti ners wi’l tile this pe tition and publish the same accojdilie to the statutes in sue e.-se made and pro vided, anti a'ter having complied with 1 lie low, they p lay for an order of incorpora tion as herein set out nnd petitioned for. And petitioners wiU ever pray. V. WILLIS DART. Ptitioners’ Attorney. Filed in oilice .iuly 24, loon, I. KIN, Clerk superior Court < *' <; B(i R(11A —Codec ( I, 1). \V. Cuskin, clerk court of said county, d< tlistthe foregoing 1* a original application for Mercliants and Farmer’ \ . pan' ,” as appears of til; Witness my otticial signHß Is.aid court tins July 24iii,^H^B cUM NO I 2