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THE DOUGLAS BREEZE.
J. M. FREF.MAN & DAUGHTERS, Proprietors
JAMES M. FREEMAN, AGNES F. FREEMAN
Editors and Publishers.
CALVIN A. WARD. JR., Associate.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Ma •r-
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1900
Official Organ of County.
Authorized Aeent for the Breeze.'
Mr. James McCarty is author
ized to solicit and make contracts
for advertising, job printing and
subscriptions, at Nichols or else
where, for the Breeze.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
Australian bushmen are being offer
ed farms free of cost lu Rhodesia.
The coast lino of the Chinese einplro
exceeds 2,000 miles and the land fron
tier 4,400 miles.
No naturalist has ever found the time
In which to discover how the frog
rmikes Its living.
Thirty thousand copies of tie Ix>gla
have already been print**! by the r
tlnn exploration fund, and the ucmuml
Is still continuing.
Several communities In lower Italy
hnve recently petitioned the king for
the abolition of compulsory education
because of Its cost.
Tho jsjstal system of China Is under
, the supervision of the minister of war.
Post cars and runners are used in tho
transmission of the mails.
The national government lias In
structed the forest supervisor lu New
Mexico to protect the cliff dwellings In
that territory from vandalism.
In Egypt the telephone operators are
all men, and they are required to be
export linguists, speaking English,
French, Italian, modern Greek and
Arabic.
Klickitat, Kittitas, Snohomish, Sno
ipunlmle, Puyallup, Toppenish and
Shookutn are some of the Indian
names of towns lu Washington and
Oregon.
St. Joseph, Mo., raises u municipal
banana crop each year. In the park
conservatory grows a banana tree that
faithfully produces an annual bunch
of bananas.
There are 20 large oyster packing es
tablishments In Norfolk, and It is es
timated that they handle 2,500,000
bushels aiunially, representing a value
of $2,000,^#).
The KioWlan ling Is tho youngest.
It was adopted In 1881), when the em
pire was overthrown. Next comes tho
ling of the Kongo Free Stute, dating
from about 1885.
L. A. Allen, live stock commission
man, Is firmly of the opinion that tho
Angora goat craze will reach the pro
portions of the Belgian Imre craze be
fore many mouths.
Twenty-Jive thousand acres of tho
Mourtie mountain*-, in County Down,
Ireland, have been scheduled as an
area for military maneuvers for troops
In the Belfast district.
After a recent tornado In Australia
thousands of water snakes were found
mi tilt l bench In one place, while In an
other the beach was entirely washed
away, leaving nothlug but bare rocks.
The Rank of England destroys about
350.000 of Its notes every week to re
place them with freshly printed ones.
One evening In each week Is set apart
for the making of this expensive bon
fire.
Considerable mystery has existed for
set oral years ns to the Identity of the
man In Denver who voted for Palmer
and Bucluicr in 1800. They received
one vote In that state out of a total of
nearly 100, 000.
Determination of the navy depart
ment to establish u large coaling depot
In Guam will result lu making the ves
sels of the Asiatic station practically
Independent of coal markets in that
part of the world.
‘‘Powell, hairdresser. Easy shaving,
Id. Support the namesake of the llero
of Mafeklug,” Is a notice In the north
bf London, and a baker in Manchester
has ruined a rival by changing Ids
name to Kitchener.
The fecundity of microbes Is prodi
gious, so much so that If 15 drops of
water polluted with bacteria are allow
ed to fall Into a cup of broth the germ
population will have increased in 24
hours to 80,000,000.
'J in' dome of the courthouse in Chip
pewa Falls, Wis., Ims been struck
three times by lightning, and the peo
ple of the town are discouraged in their
belief In the old assertion that light
ning never strikes even twice in the
same place.
The majority of motor cars are now
driven by petroleum, but a French en
gineer recommends the use of alcohol
Instead of it. and motors are being al
tered so as to consume it. There Is uj
fear of explosion with alcohol, and it is
said to be less costly than petroleum.
More and more each year, says tlm
New York Herald, are the houses of
New York becoming covered with
creeping Ivy. These coats of green arc
attractive, affording a relief from the
somber colors of the buildlugs and
adding to the beauty and attractive
ness of the city.
An odd monument waf desired by an
elderly maiden lady died a few
weeks ago In Athlone, Weland. She left
a fortune of £27,(W0 to be spent In the
erection of a church, provided that her
body should be converted Into ashes
and used in making the mortar tot
building the edifice.
A young woman in Loudon has for
some years carried on the business of
index making. Faring tout period she
res palmd in her office -ki women in
dex :; sal;<. ,'S, and she has indexed such
works as Nausea s “i arthest North,”
“Science cl iutetnational l.aw,” 45.7
volumes of history and numerous pa
pars and periodical*.
Get Ready for the Election
The State and county elections
come off together, on the first Wed
nesday iq October, which falls on
October 3rd. This being true we
have only about three weeks in
which to get ready, therefore the
chairman and candidates had bet
ter begin to make arrangements
for holding these elections. Man
agers composed of good, honest
square free-holders should be de
cided upon, and their willingness
ajid ability to serve, be ascertained
at once, in case there should he ob
stacles in the way of those selected,
others might be obtained. Then,
again, tickets for all the candidi
dates must he printed, and some
times this is left off until almost
too late. You can’t hold an elec
tion without tickets, and you can’t
get tickets without money, let this
important fact be remembered, for
it will he adhered to at the Breeze
office, no deviation being made in
favor * I any one, as well as at. all
jiin'.ing offices in the state. The
democratic, populist and republi
can party sometimes send out
thousands of tickets, but they are
all paid for before they leave the
printing offices, from a campaign
fund.
The ticket this year is the long
est election ticket we have ever
seen, embracing as is docs guber
natorial, state house and county
officers, with solicitor general, rep
resentative and senatorial candi
dates, making it about as long as
your arm. When a candidate
starts around over the county to
distribute tickets at each presinct
he will have to carry along his
his tickets in a dump-cart.
The Populist Nomination.
The populist party was called to
order last .Saturday, September Ist,
at the court house, and nominated
the following licket for county
offices:
Representative, Thus. L. Paulk.
Ordinary, Tlios. Young.
Clerk sup. court Dan W. Gaskin.
Sheriff, David Ricketson.
Tax Receiver, D. P. Lott.
Treasurer, Hamilton Sears.
Surveyor, Berry Tanner.
Coroner, ’l’. G. Harper.
It will be noticed that no nomi
nation was made for Tax Collector,
in opposition to Mr. Daniel the
democratic nominee, but it will al
so be noticed that they put out a
nominee for Ordinary, while the
democrats did not. Consequently
Mr. Daniel and Ordinary Young
tire sure of election.
Since the above ticket was put
out Tlios. L. Paulk, now tax col
lector, has declined to make the
race for representative, (see his
card) while be holds' his present
office, leaving only the democratic
nominee, as a party representative,
before the people.
As we sail! of tlie democratic
nominees we can say of tin's one,
and tluit is that all of Them are
good men, no better in tlu' county,
and we wish it was so all of them, on
both tickets, could be elected, but
it can l be and some of the boys
must strike the ceiling.
A Deserving Young Man.
Mr. Frank Douglas, in attend
ance as a student at the Institute
is a deserving young man. striving
for an education, and paying as he j
goes, lie is agent for the Key
stone Stereoscopies and also the
Keystone views, which are very
fine. It he calls to see you, for
he is canvassing the city, give him
an order and you will not regtet it.
You may have a boy pulling for
an education some dav.
St. Johns Baptist Association.
The Freeze is pleased to note I
the presence of delegates from sev
eral counties adjacent, to this As-j
sociation, now in session in our lit-|
tie city. We are glad to see our.
colored friends, some of whom we I
have known a long time, and hope!
their meeting will be of interest, i
Rev. W. C. Johnson, of Wavcross,
is moderator, and his experience j
renders him a capable ollicer.
Chrisrmas Dinner in Fitzgerald.
■ Traffic manager llawkins, of
the W’avcross Air Line railroad,
was in town last Tuesday, looking
after the business of the road, and
dropped in to see the Breeze. lie
informed us that work on the road
was being pushed with all the force
obtainable and that Mercer, of the
Enterprise would have to furnish
a turkey for our dinner at Fitzger
ald on Christmas day, that he in
tended to see that we were carried 1
there over the Air Line on that i
day.
\V. I. Bryan has been talking to
••Maryland, inv Maryland’' this
week, and has made favorable im
pressions.
In Vermont the republicans
elected a full state ticket this week
To the Populists of Coffee County.
Dm glas, Ga., Sept. 3, 1900 —'
Having been infoimed of my nom
ination for reoresentative by the
populist party on Saturday, Sept. 1,
I must decline to make the race,
on the ground that I cannot legally
do so, while holding another office,
still, I am not unmindful of the
honor conferred upon me itl the
nomination, and am thankful for
the same.
TIIOS. L. PAULK.
Calamitous Death of Ernest Gaskin.
Last Saturday evening about 4
o’clock, a dark, threatening cloud
overhung the city like a curtain of
destruction, rain fell in torrents,
the thunder shook the earth, while
the zig-zag tongues of lightning
flashed across the face of the dark,
cloudy background like ribbons of
fire .
Being Saturday evening as stated,
the hands were all gone out of the
office, leaving the writer alone.
When the storm was at its highest
fury and just before a deafening
peal of thunder followed by a blind
ing sheet of electricity, we heard
metalic ringing so usual in print
ing offices when lightning is glanc
ing from press to press, flashing
through the dark corners and
scampering over the steel knife of
the paper cutter, and we knew
then a strike had been made not
far away. Going to the door of
the office a iady informed us Dan
nieGaskin’s house had been struck.
Alas, it was too true, and the
joy of that home was overwhelmed
with grief.
During the storm a friend of the
family, Mr. James McKinnon had
stopped there out of the rain, and
while the children were huddled
around him, at the time we have
described, lightning struck • the
chimney, glanced to a tin roof val
ley, tearing up a few shingles and
glided like a serpent through the
roof and down a post near which
the party were sitting on the veran
da, knocking the children uncon
cious and severely shocking Mr.
McKinnon and other inmates. Af
ter careful, earnest work, the
youngest one of the children was
revived but the oldest one, Ernest
about 8 years of age, was beyond
till human aid. He was a bright
boy, with a mild gentle disposition.
His remains were interred at the
Douglas cemetery Sunday after
noon.
It would be wrong and unreason
able for us to ask the fond parents
of this dear little boy, not to grieve
over his sudden taking away, still
such will not help them, nor the
child, and turning to heaven in
the hour of bereavement is the best
surest way for consolation.
Brother D. W, Gaskin and his
amiable wife are widely known,
and hundreds of friends and rela
tives over the county sympathise
with them in their sad bereavement.
Reduction of State Tax.
The increase of $20,000,000 for
the state of Georgia since 1899, is
no small matter, and it is not an
assured fact that any State in the
union can reach tiiese figures.
Since Gov. Candler has been in
office the state rate Inis been lower-
ed sl.lO upon the thousand.
The state tax this year will be
divided up as follows :
For general purpose's 2.95 mills
or $2.95 on every SI,OOO.
For school purposes, 2 mills, or
$2 on every SI,OOO.
For the sinking fund, of a mill,
making in all a total of 5.20 or
$5.20 on every $1 ,oix>.
The tax rate for the year has
been predicated on a total proper
ty value in Georgia of $435,000.
000 including railroads and every
form of property. This value,
compared with that of last year,
indicates a gain for 1900 of prac
tically $19,000,000, which is the
largest from one war to another in
the history of the state.
It Was a Rat.
Bailiff Graham brought us a
nicely scaled letter last Monday,
which he handled very carefully,
saying it was handed him by a
friend to give to the Breeze. Of
course, we imagined it contained
money as we never receive any,
but always looking for some, when
10, and behold! the shining eyes of
a mouse about a week old looked
up at us out of envelope, as if ap
pealing for life. We gave it to
Calvin Ward, who is a candidate
and wants to get up a reputation
tor posessing a heart full of human
ity, but if one of the girls had been
in the office when that letter was
received, and that rat had taken
after her, brother Spivey would
have had a damage suit 01 hand.
Berry H. Tanner Declines.
As we go to press we learn that
Mr. Berry H. Tanner, nominated
by the populists for surveyor, has
declined to make the race. Mr.
Tainicj to fill or
anv oeop l
The Annual Camp-meetin?.
The annual camp-meeting com
menced at the tabernacle last Fri
day night, and from the very be
ginning has been well attended
and apparently a success. Owing
to sickness among our office force
it has been impossible for us to at
tend any services except those of
last Sunday, therefore, connot give
a minute report.
Among the workers we noticed
Rev. and Mrs. Austin, of Wares
boro, Revs. W hiting and Glenn,
of Waycross, Bolen, of Broxton,
Adams, of Douglas, and Christian,
of Waycross. Several laymen
workers have also been in attend
ance, rendering valuable aid.
An immense crowd was at the
Spring Sunday, and while all did
not go there to attend services, still
there must have been quite a. thous
and at the 11 o’clock service, under
the tabernacle. The crowds have
not been as large since that time,
but we are told each service held
afterward has been particularly in
teresting.
Will Not fee There.
The appointment for services at
Reedy Branch for September 7th
and Bth will not be filled, owing to
the fact that some objections exist.
The disappointment, if any, that
some may have, is regretted, but
we never go where we are not
wanted. Sorry the objections
were not known before appoint
ment was made.
Bound to Make His Mark.
Lewis Vickers, executor of bis
father’s estate, the late Rev. Jno.
Vickers, was in town last Monday
on legal business, and received
from Ordinary Young his commis
sion as executor, gave the bond
about SI3OOO, and now enters on
the discharge of his duties. Lewis
is a steady, sober, industrious
young man, and is bound to make
his mark in the world. If the
county had more of such men the
future prospects would be brighter
Akron, Ohio, and the city of
New York, to the negro “Git offen
th’ yeartli!”
Germany has asked the Ameri
can army in Pekin, China, to get
off their ground, she wants it her
self. Germany expects to make
China pay for the murder of her
people, and Germany is right.
She wants more room for the ad
ditional forces that are expected.
Waycross Steam Laundry.
Parties in town or county can
have Laundry sent off every Mon
day and returned by Friday night,
by bringing same to L. O. Paxson.
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A N N C) U NCEMENT S.
(For Clerk.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for office of (tlerk ot Superior Court Coffee I
county, and Respectfully ask the support I
of the people.'.
\ JNO. I). FRIER.
For T\ax Assessor.
1 hereby annlounce myself a candidate :
for the office tlf Tax Receiver of Coffee!
county, subject ko the action of my friends !
I 11. ELLIS, C.arrant.Ga- !
Fo r Sheriff.
The many frie ml- of L. S. Guthrie here
by announce hit 11 as a candidate for f her iff
of Coffee county , and ask the support of
the yeomanry o : tlie county.
Fo|r Sheriff.
Gentlemen, i/ain a free and independent
candidate for Sfheriff of Coffee county, and
ask the citizenfc of this county to vote for
me. If eiecte.ft I will be your devoted ser
vant. /
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Send this office for any
Job Printing.
T. GOTTLIEB’S
4NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE
Keeps customers moving onward and goods
moving outward by moving prices downward.
This is our first summer in Douglas, Ga. We
are here to stay and compete for trade. When you
examine our FALL and WINTER DRY GOODS,
DRESS GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, DOMES
TICS, HATS, CAPS and NOTIONS at such astonish
ing low prices, you will he less inclined to believe
vour own eyes.
Our Mr- Gottlieb buys direct from the firs
hands for spot cash. There is
NO MIDDLE MAN OR DRUMMER
expenses to put on our goods. The customer receives the
benefit.
We are closing out our SUMMER DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING, SHOES and DRESS GOODS at
25 PER GENT LESS
To maKe room for our Fall and Winter stocK
daily coming in.
You can return every article purchased at this
store that fails to be as represented and your money
refunded.
It is useless to quote prices. Come and ex
amine for yourself.
Yours to Serve,
N. E. ORY, Mgr. T. GOTTLIEB, Pro.
Sheriff’s--Tax Sale.
GEORGIA —Coffee County.
Will be sold before the court house
in Douglas, Coffee county, Georgia,
between the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in October next, three
acres in the southeast portion *f Pear
son, bounded on the north by street on
the east and south by lands of Jeff
Kirkland, and west by lands of Jeff
Kirkland and Mrs. Martha McLendon,
being a part of lot of land No. 32 in
the 7th District, to satisfy a tax exe
cution issued by T. L. Paulk, tax-col
lector of said county. To be sold for
taxes due thereon for the year 1899,
together with interest and costs, pro
vided the said taxes, interest and costs
cannot be made by renting or hiring
the said property. This July 2d, 1900.
W. M. Tanner,
Sheriff C. C
“PERFECTS
/MAN-TAILORED \
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i Stilts ■ Skirts ■ Waists : Mammoth Hitch Grade Stock of
\ Wrappers I Fashionable aud Correct
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FOR "
Men, Women, Girls, jjijcSren.
There is no collection of finely designed
Jl and constructed Clothing in Georgia
equal to ours. We excel, as always, in
£™Bf jfatt?,
Underwear. Negligee Goods and Furnishings.
I flfliOQ Wm\ monf Unriva!Bd South. Belts, Girdles,
LUllluu UtPUI liiblll Buckles, Neckwear, Underwear, Etc.
MAIL ORDERS a ii?r“uh
privilege ot examining before paying. MEN’S \
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SAVANNAH, GA.
CITATION.
GEORGIA —Coffee County.
Elijah Tanner, Sr., administrator
of Henry Hargraves, colored, having
made application to me in due form to
be discharged from said administra
tion, notice is given that said applica
tion will be heard at my office on the
first Monday in November, 1900. This
6th day of August 1900
THUS. YOUNG, Ordinary.
TOMBSTONES
Made of Italian, Vermont
or Georgia marble, as good
and and as cheap as any
one. Apply to
THIS OFFICE.