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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
VOL. XI.
EMBALM * AND * UNDERTAKER,
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DOUGLAS, GA., SATURDAY, AUG. nth, 1900.
OBITUARY.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Louise Davis.
“Death loves a shining mark,”
we have always been told, and
sometimes in our life we have been
lead to think the brightest marks
were selected. The world is God’s
flower garden, and as He owns it
all, the rarest, loveliest and most
beautiful are His, and He reaches
out and plucks them at 11 is will.
In vlie death of that saintly wo
man, Mrs. Margaret Louise Davis,
wife of our friend and townsman,
J. R. Davis, last Saturday, August
4th, 1900, at 2 130 p. m., we realize
what the “shining mark” really is.
Her death was expected, physicians
had fought the grim-monster inch
by inch, were offered for
her restoration, but in spite of all
the frail form was crushed and the
tired spirit found rest and ease in
the other land.
M rs. Davis was loved by all who
knew her, rich and poor, high or
low, of both races, for her genial
disposition, sympathetic heart and
Christian spirit. In sorrow and
want none appealed to her that
went away empty-handed. Her
husband supplied her purse and
larder bountifully and those that
were needy reaped the benefits.
Is there any wonder then that col
ored people wept?
In her sftffering she was resigned
to her fate, and had not a word of
murmuring, for she was a follower
of Christ, and lie suffered, there
fore, she could hear all for Him.
Tongue cannot tell what she suffer
ed in the past four years, for she
complained hut little, and trying
to pass her afflictions lightly made
others believe she was really better
off than she was, hut Catarrhal con
sumption is a pitiless phantom, so
misleading, and yet a sure destroy
er of body and life. It was this
fell disease that sapped her life
away. If money, physicians anti
tender nursing could have saved
her she would he with her loving
husband and sweet little ones to
day.
Cut down in tlie very middle of
life—born July 4, 1871, died Aug.
4, 1900, aged 29 years and one
month.—She was not half through
life’s voyage when the end came.
She was a devoted and faithful
member of the Methodist cktjfch,
foremost in good works, and willing
and ready to lend a hand in pushing
the cause of Christ. If she had an
enemy on earth we have never
heard of such an one, hut we can
find friends without numbers.
Well, she’s gone ; she has suffered
what we must all endure sooner or
later, and will we he as patient,
fully resigned and give up to Ilis
will without a murmur, us she has
done ?
From her husband’s residence
her remains were carried to the
Methodist church, at 3130 p. m.
Sunday, where her funeral was
preached by the Rev. C. D. Adams.
Afterwards the body was followed
to the cemetery by one of the largest
funeral processions we have ever
seen in any town, and we have
seen many, another attestation of
general love and respect from the
public at large, and the body given
to the keeping of mother earth-
All is over now. The suffering
is at an end, the emaciated body is
at rest, and the spirit has returned
to Him who gave it. Sleep on
sister, take your rest now; Jesus
made it possible to taste death and
live again, for lie is the resurrec
tion and life We know there are :
“Beautiful hands at the gateway to
( night,
The face is all shining with radiant
(light;
Eyes looking down from that Heavenly
(home,
Beautiful hands, they are beckoning
(“come!”
“Beckoning hands of a mother whose
(love
Sacrificed life her devotion to prove.
Hands of that mother to memory dear,
Beckoning up higher the waiting one*
(here.”
The husband whose devotion and
care were of tlie tenderest and who
did all that money, love and science
could suggest has our heartfelt
sympathy, and for the two little
children left without a mother’s
care we shall always have a tender
spot in our heart.
CARD OF THANKS.
Douglas, Ga., 8-7-1900.
Fditok Kkkkzk :—Please allow
me space in your paper to express
my gratitude to the p:-.oj 1 -of Doug
las, and the many friends through
out the county, who have so cheer
fully given us aid and sympathy in
the lonely hours of my dear cotn-
1 panion’s suffering and death.
Every expression of sympathy
and every effort to give relief to
the dear sufferer will he cherished
and hallowed in memory as the
years go by.
Everyone of you have my sincere
and heartfelt thanks, and 1 assure
you that in return, 1 stand ready to
do you any kindness in my power.
T out’s sincerely,
J. R. Davis.
Macom Writes an Interesting Letter.
Lax, Ga., Aug. 3, i9<x>.
Editor Breeze :
As we have finally succeeded in
getting a leaf of paper and an en
velope we will write you a word
or two on it to tell you that all the
■stationery you furnished us to
write you on, was washed out into
Bear creek, with all the rest of otu
earthly belongings, on our tvaj
home from Douglas “that time,’
and that we have not used it all up
in writing love-letters to our “Hon
ey-boy,” as you, no doubt, have
silently accused us of, ere this long
time.
The farms in this immediate vi
cinity have not been injured by an
over supply of rain, as have some
other districts a few miles off about.
However, just at the present, the
showers are most too frequent, for
fodder to he well saved.
The Irwin county candidates’
picnic th; t was to In vi been at the
creek bridge on the Lax and Ocilh;
road, yesterday (Sat.) was a grano
failure.” A right large crow*,
gathered there by noon, hut most
of them seemed to expect somebody
else to carry the grub, consequently
nobody hut the red-hugs hud any
thing to bite. Some of the boy
were thoughtful enough however,
to carry along something to drink,
so fearful were they that the creek
would he dried up and they wouh
he both ahungered and thirsty.
Our school here has been in
progress three weeks and the en
rollment has reached 47, with 11
splendid average attendance. The
prospects are good for a successful
school term this season.
Miss Mamie McNeil returned
Wednesday from an extended visii
to friends at Douglas and Broxton.
She reports a very pleasant time
on her trip.
Two of YY’illacoochee’s young
men called in here about eight o’-
clock last Sunday night on then
way home from somewhere. They
asked for a few mouthfuls of some
thing to eat, said they’d been off a
“Sparkin,” where they had to cui
so much quality they couldn’t eai
as much as they wanted; so tht
good lady turned them into tin
dining room here, where they ver\
eagerly devoured fifteen or twenty
pieces of beef-steak, a whole regi
ment of biscuits and just a lot ot
other things to match ; they then
departed, saying they were sure
they’d feel just as good after eating
that little snack, as they’ would if
they had eaten heartily. Now
that was Big Dan Paulk and Dr.
Moore, and they suid they had been
to “Nab’s.”
Misttr Freeman, I just wrote to
you this time to tell you 1 couldn’t
write yet, because nothing has
happened here that looks like news
to me ; and I wanted to show that
my will was good, so just as soon
as anything does happen around
here, you may hear from me again
if you v ish to. Macom.
Coffee County Sunday Schools.
The Coffee County Sunday School
Association will convene at Mc-
Donald’s Mill on Saturday Oct.,
20th, 1900, I will thank the va
rious Sunday school superintend
ants to send me a list of their of
ficers and teachers and number of
pupils.
The county Sunday School As
sociation is • interdenominational,
that is, it is composed of all de
nominations. Let all the schools
elect delegates to attend the next
convention, and send names and
address to the undetsigned.
We expect this to be the best
convention we have had for many
years, and we earnestly invite Sun
day school workers—those in active
work—to unite with us and lend a
helping hand.
J. S. Robkkts
Sec, C. S. !• g 4 t,f
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Those whee yell'-
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Nichols News Notes.
Nichols, Ga., Aug. 7. —The far
seeing house wives of this section
have been very busy canning up
fruit during the past week.
banners are beginning to get
busy saving their fodder.
As the grape season of this com
munity' is about here, the indus.
trious and economic cooks of the
farmer’s will he found busy for the
next few days preparing jellies for
future use.
Messrs. Sebron Ruis and Jas.
\\ right have failed in business and
given up possession. Messrs Bar
ney’ Dinner and Dan Cole are in
possession now, and will probably
both move to the still, to live as
as their future home. Mr. Sebrog
Ruis has moved to Alma, Applinti
county, Ga., and Mr. YY'right in
tends moving to Nichols. The
teachers ot the Elim school regret
very much, this change inasmuch
as it. fkes several students out of
school.
- YY’e are glad to state that the
chorus class ot this section is im
proving. That is right John, go
ahead with your ringing.
Miss I ennessee Meeks, who has
been visiting in Augusta, Ga., and
who also spent several days in
south Carolina has returned home
and reports that her trip was quite
a pleasant one.
Miss Gertrude Drummond, a
charming young lady of Augusta,
is visiting Miss Tennessee, and will
remain at Miss Meek’s pleasant
home tor several days yet, will she
not Dr. Dan?
Inasmuch as Sunday was an un
usually pleasant day for August
means that our young men YVeslev
Roberts and Jesse Meeks mus
tave enjoyed their ride out to Gas
kin’s Spring. For further infor
■nation ask the young ladies.
M iss Trances Moore, who hn>
been teaching school in YVarecoun
y, and who is also the daughter of
Elisha Moore, has been very sick
lor the past lew dyys-. 'The writer
■sincerely hopes that she may gain
her health and resume her school
work again.
A Friend.
And he Had Cheek.
A certain man who does not
live more than a thousand miles
away, lost a member of his family
not long ago, and wanting a tomb
stone, came to us and got our
prices. He then got prices from
others, one of which hid a few dol
lars below what we did, and In
closed, saving thereby .$3.00. YVell,
that was alright, every man lias a
right to save his money, if he does
it without being picauneish, hut
it don’t work every time, it didn’t
this time. This same man wanted
an obituary in this paper, and lie
wanted a long one—making nearly
1.000 words, and he of course, sent
us the copy. YVe counted the words
and sent him a hill for $9.00, the
amount 1 charged for obituaries,
charging one cent a word for all
over one hundred words. He wrote
is to stop his paper, which wt
have done, and never exp-ct to get
die dollar due us either.
Now, it is often this way. Peo
ple want to save their money, and
they want their dead friends to
tave respectful burial and eulogies,
h it they want it done at the news
paper man’s expense, still, they
want the credit of having done
wonderful things. They wont do
it with us.
The Breeze does not charge for
ordinary obituaries, hut when lie
diov ed his craven, coniving dis
position in the matter of the tomb
stone and then sent us an obituary
making ten pages of letter paper,
md expected us to work all day
to set up and push out other mat
ter, it didn’t seem fair. He showed
no disposition to let live. Thank
God, lie dod’t live in Coffee county.
Thousands of republicans, out in
the northwest, are supporting
Bryan.
Since the murder of the king of
Italy all the crowned heads of Eu
rope are uneasy.
Col. J. A. Alexander, of Berrien
county was nominated as senator
from the district composed of the
counties of Lowndes, Berrien and
last week.
s—''Atlanta comes out ahead again,
, lul, and has a young lady who
■/'-.lvitation to the wedding
P* T\ Vt;V She attend
—* * Wjng .and still retains
MISS TATTLER SAYS:
t lhat it is a good idea
to think twice, before you
speak once.
That she is neither dem
ocrat, populist, republican
or heathen Chinee, but a
free-horn hash-eater, all
wool, a yard high and can sputter
a saucy dude’s nose all over his face
when he needs it.
1 hat YY'. YV . Southerland is the
biggest man running for sheriff and
it will take the biggest number of
votes to elect him.
That she will vote for Calvin
NY urd to go to the legislature be
cause she can get to ride his black
horse while he’s gone.
That Mark Brown, of Douglas,
has invented a successful car-c.up
ler that catches and holds anything
it rubs up against, if it's the right
kind of a thing, but no one has
ever invented a matrimonial coupler
that will do as much, if they have
it never rubbed her none.
That college-bred people have
tile most education, hut they don’t
lave the most sense every time.
That one of her school-mates
went crazy about a hoy and her
parents sent her off to Saratoga,
where she made a fool, and finally
died in the asylum. She went
crazy about a hoy just to try to get
to Saratoga and her mother boxed
ier ears, sent her to picking beans
and she finally got well all at once.
She’s well now.
1 hat she likes the soldiers mighty
.veil, and would marry the whole
oattalion, hut she’s afraid they'd
40 off to the war and all get killed
and she’d have trouble collecting
so much life insurance.
Mark Brown’s Car-Coupler.
YVe have received information
mm Louis Bagger & Cos., Patent
■ Korneys, Washington, I). C., to
lie effect that on Tuesday of list
week Mark A. Brown, of this
dace, obtained a valuable patent
lor improvements in car-coupling.
Everyone who knows Mark is
pleased to hear this piece of news,
and to congratulate him on his
success. Mr. YV. (). Paxson, who
is halt-interest in this patent will
leave tor New York, YVashington,
tnd perhaps Canada next week in
die interest of this invention.
Messrs. Brown A Paxson have al
ready been offered big money for
the patent, not only for America,
hut lor England, France, Spain,
Persia, Germany and all the old
countries. The gentlemen named
do not intend to manufacture the
couplers, but rather to dispose of
the patents for tlie different coun
tries, (lie best method to pursue, as
manufacturers are equipped and
they are not, for putting tlie in
vention on the market.
The North Carolina election last
week knocked out the props under
■'Oine of the republican calculations.
When the leaves begin to fall hap
penstances of a like character will
follow iii rapid succession.
I he colored brother didn’t vote
much in North Carolina last week,
and the republicans were beaten.
Let the colored brother in the oth
er states act as wisely.
The queen of anarchists in New
Jersey was asked the other day i l '
an attempt would he made to kill
McKinley. She replied that she
“thought not, McKinley was not
the head of the government.” She’s
a wise woman.
The New York World believes
the increase in the census just taker,
but not reported, will he doctoieJ
until they will not he reliable, and
will he used by the republican
party to show the “wonderful
prosperity of the country due to
McKinley’s administration.”
Gov. Candler has been report -d
ill for the past ten days, and to rc
cupera e has been spending some
time at Fate Spring in Tennessee.
Now that’s where he missed it. If
he had come down here and gone
into camp with the Rifles, at Gas
kin’s Spring for a few days, h s
health would have been benefitted.
Janies L. Maker, of Fulton coun
ty who killed his wife some months
ago, lias been sentenced to hang
on August 22. His defense and
plea was that lie shot to kill Pitt
man, who was hugging his wile,
hut the jury would not believe him,
because he didn’t kill Pittman to<.
Moral, shoot to kill the man fir-t,
cir both at once.
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