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THE DOUGLAS BRF.F.ZLv
VOL. XI-.
Hunter, Pearce & Battey,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
COTTON FACTORS
Money Loaned to Cotton Shippers on
Approved Security.
Experienced and Expert Handlers of
Sea Island Cotton.
Wlai)lfiacUirers of High Grade Fertilizer.
YOU MAY HEARD OF THE BOY
Who when asKed to name the smartest scholar in schooj
said he couldn’t tell, as his father told him never to brag or
show off.
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We are not quite as modest as the boy nor need we be
considering that you people have a right to be told who has
the LARGEST and LOWEST PRICED LINE of CLOTHING
DRY GOODS, HATS, NOTIONS, and MILLINERY, THIS
FALL.
When we have bargains we don’t wait until evrey
other house meets meets our underselling price, but we get
them first
We Advertise Only What We Have
We Advertise it Exactly as it is.
There’s No
GUILDING, Nothing but
The Unvarnished Truth.
We dont talk much about prices but let our prices talk
for us, what’s the use of keeping a dog if you have to do the
bar King yourself. Here’s an example how our prices run : j
Soc wool cloth cape -50 c
$2.25 fine plush cape - $1.40
1.00 gray wool cape -65 c
5.00 plush cape - - 3-75
7.00 fine plush cape - 5-75
8.00 extra fine plush cape 6.00
Skirts from 30c to - 7-5°
Mens pants from 40c to 9.00
12 balls best thread - * 5 C
Boy’s suspenders - - 5c
Any article bought from us that’s not as
represented, your money wd] be returned.
The New York Bargain Store, Doulas, Ga.,
Next Door to Dr. Sibbett’s Drug Store.
T. GOTTLIB, N. E. ORY,
Prop. Mgr.
L.arcesta N dMostCompleteßugcy[actory on Earth Write for j
Our CooosAre The Best-^
Our Price the lowest /'
Parry Mfg.(°- Indianapolis.^
Good sewing thread - - 2c
Best ladies ribbed vest - ■ 15c
3 handkerchiefs - 5c
2 best hemstitched handk’c’fs 5c
Men’s caps - • 15 to 25c
Best checked homespun - 41-8
Velvet ribbon per bunch -20 c
All colors baby ribbon yard ic
Mens shoes * - Soc to $4.00
Four ply latest style collars 10c
DOUGLAS, GA., SATURDAY, SEPT. 29th, 1900.
Husband Murdered Alleged Wife and
Killed Himself Rather Than
Face Exposure.
Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 22. —A ter
rible tragedy was reported here this
evening from Ray’s Mill, twenty
miles above here, and just over the
Berrien county line. The tragedy
occurred last'night, a white man
killing his alleged wife and a mo
ment later ending his own life.
The man’s name was Merritt,
and he lived on Mr. Marion Shaw's
place, His wife has been ill for
several days but was convalescing.
Mrs. Shaw went to see her late
yesterday evening and as she re
turned to her home Mrs. Merritt
went part of the way with her.
When only a short distance from
the house Merrilt rose up out of
the bushels on the road side and
! said to his wife :
“Oh, yes, you have been telling
lies on me,” then shot her through
the head with a winchester 1 i He,
killing her instantly.
Mrs. Shaw lied from the scene
land Merritt yelled to her to tell
| her husband to come down
I there, as he was going to kill
himself. Then she heard another
shot fired, and when Mr. Shaw
and others reached the scene a few
minutes later the}' found Merritt in
the throes of death. lie lived
about an hour after the fatal shot
was fired.
The tragedy caused intense ex
citement tnroughout that section,
and there were several theories ad
vanced. One of them was that
Merritt and his wife had been quar
reling a great deal lately, and in a
fit of anger he decided to put an
end to it. Another is that they
were not man and wife, but living
together unlawfully, and the au
thorities were after the alleged hus
band. This theory is that Merritt
ran away from Coffee county with
the wife of a citizen two years ago.
She was accompanied by her five
children, and had been living with
Merritt since then, alleging that
they were married. They had kept
their secret until recently, but the
skeleton in the closet was about to
be revealed and Merritt preferred
to draw the curtain of death over
the scene.
A coroner’s jury rendered a ver
dict in accordance with the facts
stated above, so far as they relate
to the tragedy, and both bodies
were buried this morning at Bea
ver Dam Burial Ground.
The Breeze 3 months, for 25GS
The Breeze 6 months, for 4ccts.
The Breeze 12 months, for 75cts.
A Missing Word.
The Atlanta Constitution has
announced anew “missing word”
contest.
A sentence from a standard pub
lication has been selected, the book
has been carefully staled up, and
the published in full,
except th#, word dropped there
from, which the subscriber is to
supply. Answers are sent by con
testant*'as they send in their sub
scriptions and renewals, both the
answer and the subscriptions must
reach The Constitution in the same
envelope.
Ten per cent of the contestant
subscriptions make up the prize.
This is the sentence for Septem
ber and October, 1900:
“Then? are a number of our men
here, among the residents and hid
den in the cloisters ; but for fear of
the “ ” they do not let them
selves be seen.”
The period covered by this con
test, September and October, 1900,
shows over 12,000 expirations for
The Weekly Constitution. Of
course all these will renew and en
ter the contest, which would mean
oyer. .$1,200,00 for the missing
word fund, Every additional con
testant will swell the amount: by
10 per cent of hie subscription,
The book containing the serf A
tence has been placed with Mr. W,
A. Hemphill, President and Bus
iness Manager of The Constitution,
who will hold it safely until No
vember 1, 1900.
Tjen per cent of the Guessers’
subscriptions goes to the fund to
be clivided. In other words, if 1
this Fund amounts to
s2o,<Vxj in the tY,-<,ykionths. the
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WHAT IMPERIALISM MEANS.
An Opinion That Should be Read by
Every Man and Woman in the
South.
First and foremost it means an
abandonment of republican prin
ciples in the United States of
America.
As well explained by lion. Rich
ard Olney, ex-member of President
Cleveland’s cabinet, it means for
this government, “a policy of greed
and usurpation of tpowers of
our national legislature.
If one president cun carry on a
war in China and the Philippines,
without the authority of Congress
another president may go still fur
ther and unite the executive power
to the judicial as well as the legis
lative, becoming a monarch in
name as in fact.
Congress is the only legal au
thority in this country which can
“declare war.”
This encroachment on the au
thority of Congress should receive
a prompt and emphatic rebuke at
the ballot -box. As President Wash
ington said in hisfarewelll address,
“Why quit our own (advantages)
to stand on foreign ground? Why,
by interweaving our destiny with
any part of Europe, entangling our
peace and prosperity in the toils of
European ambition, rivalsliip, in
terestest, humor or caprice?
There can be no greater error
than to expect or calculate upon
real favors fromf nation to nation.
Four years more of McKinley
isin means untold years of Euro
pean ambition, rivalsliip, interest,
humor and caprice.
L there no power able to check
this rush to final destruction of re
publican principles? Where is our
patriotism—love of country? It
should be a season of prayer and
constant entreaty to Almighty God,
to save this country from the mad
ness of its politicians.
Hear president Washington again,
“Against the insidious wiles of for
eign influence, I conjure you to be
lieve me, follow citizens, the jeal
ousy of a free people ought to be
constantly awake, since history
and experience prove that foreign
influence is one of the most baneful
foes of republican government.”
What has England ever done for
the United States outside of her
own selfish and pecuniary interest?
What will she not do to he able to
annex this country to Canada and
again float the British flag from
ocean to ocean ? •
Oh, ambitious and deluded citi
zens, why do you not remember
the sacrifices made by our forefath
ers to protect this country from
British greed and British gold!
Mr. Bryan may not be your cho
sen leader in finance, but he does
represent the opposition to this en
tangling alliance with Great Brit
ain. lie does represent the pro
test against Mr. Hanna’s foreign
policy. You may not agree with
him in other points of political
doctrine, but he is the only availa
ble way of escape from four years
more of McKinleyism,
Mr. McKinley has yielded him
self and all his methods into the
hands of those who control him,
and whom it now appears elected
him to carryout schemes of nation
al legislation and foreign aggress
ion to aid their selfish and pecuni
ary interests.
If we mest have Ilannaism, let
us take it straight, not by proxy.
Ilannaism is forcibly expelling
the Filippino nation from home
and native land, buying this unin
terrupted privilege from Spain for
$20,000,000.
What’s to hinder constant efforts
on this line in all directions against
all weak nations? Congress author
ized war with Cuba, but not with
the Philippines or China. Having
“given an inch how easy to take
an ell!”
The continued success of Mr.
Hanna means “boss” rule every
where, even greater in the execu
tive chair than elsewhere.
Mr. Hanna a, the de jure presi
dent, would be less objectionable
than as de facto president. It is
also dangerous precedent when an
other man can pay private debts
and obligations, and then obtain
control of the republic interest-,
! by reason of his private generosity
jdHttMMMKMji&ytial candidate. Mr.
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There is but one way to check these
men who are plunging this nation
into deep trouble—to vote them
out of office. The future of this
country is trembling in the balance.
M ay God save us and our children !
—Mrs. Felton in Atlanta Journal.
MISS TATTLER SAYS.
yTijL* That she will go straight
the polls, vote straight
F \ for Tom \Oung, go straight
t 1,; 1 back home and straighten
ly..i lup her things for ironing.
4 Sce s Ge don’t.
That there is a matrimonial
whirl pool down at Nichols, and
all the hoys and girls seem to be
drawn into it Jiere lately. It sho’
does.
That when the smoke of next
Wednesday’s battle is cleared
away the maimed and wounded
will be found to be numerous. That’s
the gospel truth.
I hat shelias tried “independent
ism” long enough, has found it bad
policy, and she is in favor of form
ing an alliance. She sho’ docs.
That whan you hear a long shrill
blast from a hunter’s horn and the
bark of bounds, over about Lax,
you may know her and Macotn are
running some possum or other var
ment to his lair. ‘Dudes must keep
off’n the ground, for they don't
want the dog to learn to track such
sorry game.
That the woods is full of good
natured candidates, scattering tick
ets all ovyr the ground now, but
next Thursday about half of ’em
will be hunting a good, strong
kicking machine.
Populist and Democrat Should Vote
Straight.
The democrats didn’t put: up a
candidate for Ordinary for good
reasons, and will vole for Thomas
Young, then, he is the populist can
didate, as stated, but will lie en
dorsed by the democrats. On the
other side, the democrats pul up
Mr. Thomas Daniels for Tax Col
lector, and the populists did not
put up a collector, consequently
Mr. Daniels is the democratic can
didate, and it is expected that he
shall be voted for and endorsed by
the populists. We know of no
agreement to this effect, between
the two parties, but the adoption
of each other’s candidate in the
way mentioned would be courteous
and fair. In view of this fact both
parties should be loyal to their ties,
stand by principle and the example
set by the two conventions and put
in no tickets that have not the
names ol Young for Ordinary and
Daniels tor Collector. If you vote
against these you are not in line
with your party.
A Card to the Public.
r. C. RAWLINS, f
Ci.EHK Sup. Court, [
Dodge County. )
Eastman, Ga., September 19th.
To whom this may come :
I. ]. C. Ruwlins, clerk of the
superior court, in and for said coun
ty, do certify that I have known
W. W. Southerland ever since he
was born. He was born in Pulaski
county, Ga., and lived in said
county of Pulaski until Dodge
county was organized, and then
lived in Dodge county until some
15 or 20 years ago, when be moved
to Coffee county, Ga., where be
has resided since, I have seen
him several times since he moved
from this county, and while he
lived in Coffee county. I know
he is a Georgian and a democrat,
and has always been a democrat,
never departing from the faith.
J. C. Rawlins,
Clerk Sup. Ct. Dodge Cos. Ga.
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Mr Brantley Speaks Monday.
According to previous announce
ment, Mr. \V. G. Brantley, pres
ent member of Congress and who
will be his successor if he lives,
will speak at the court house. It
is well known that Mr. Brantley
is a democrat, but he is as popular
with one political parly in this
country as lie is with another.
To judge from the speeches we
have heard from him in the past
he will interest everybody who
conies to bear him next Monday,
and all will be amply repaid for
the time and trouble in getting
' here.
KIRKLAND KRACKLINGS.
Our Corrcstondent Sends in a Ten Inch
Bundle of Newsy Items
Kirkland, Ga., Sept. 25. —Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Simians were the
happy recipients of a bouncing
baby girl Friday.
Mr, \\ . L. Kirkland’s ginnery
is being kept busy.
Hr. \\ . J, Ellis has moved his
charming family to Waycross.
Morris Bros. & Son, are cutting
a large quantity of ties at Briston.
Mr. John Eussell was taken ill
yesterday and is confined at his
home.
Ihe Methodist services at the
Roberts church Sunday was large
ly attended.
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Mr. W . T. Rodgers and family
sold out his crop and has located
near Ailey, Ga.
Mr. Judd J. Kirkland is said to
he the owner of the oldest violin
made in this country.
Mr. and MYr. T. J. Becton, of
I lea it esc, are visiting the latter’s
relatives at this place.
Mr. Bill Stone marketed the first
bale of of cotton here this season
obtaining ten cents per pouund
for it.
Seven tanners in this vicinity
have had the misfortune recently
to lose horses and mules front blind
staggers.
Mr. (ieo. A. Brinson has moved
his family from his still to Willa
coochee, to enable his children to
attend school.
Mr. W. C. Lowther and
of Liberty City, arrived Saturday,
expecting to make their future
home at “Hand.”
Mi', and Mrs. W. M. Kirkland
spent several (lays in Douglas la*-t
week and says many improvements
are going on there.
1 be l'arine,s in this vicinity are
preparing to plant a large acreage
ol oats as their corn crop was al
most a complete failure.
Sarah Walker an old and highly
respected colored woman, died
here last week, and was followed
bv a large gathering to the C ross
Roads cemetery.
Mr. S. Van Jeffords, a promi
nent member of the Missionary
Baptist church, of Waycross, at
tended Lnion Services at Harmony
Grove Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Bryant W. Douglas who
so faithfully served the people of
this county for several terms as
Tax Collector is canvassing among
his numerous friends for their suf
frage again.
Mr. J. J. Kirkland, contractor
for the A. P. Brantley Cos., of this
place, has just finished building
the platform wagon scales which
was greatly needed and will be ol
great service to cotton sellers at
this place.
Several parties attending some
of the recent religious gatherings
in the county from this place state
that they counted from 20 to 30
candidates. It they are contrib
uting to the ministry as freely as
some ol their would be foliowcs
there will be no kick.
Ten mormon elders have been
holding their meetings in this
vicinity lor several weeks past mak
ing only two converts so far in the
immediate vicinity. There seems
to be every reason for their success
on account: of the royal reception
extended them by a great number
of our county citizens.
Master Dennis Douglas, 14 years
old, was out coon hunting Friday
morning, and after climbing some
bamboo vines to satisfy himself
that be had two treed, he’ put
enough powder in an old muzzle
loader to kill them both at one shot,
and the gun bursted—the barrel
doubling back and catching his
three fingers which had to be
straightened before be could extri
cate his hand, being some distance
in the roundabout suffered intense
ly before be could get lose, finally
svas brought here where Dr. McFl
roy extricated one of the broken
fingers.
Miss Crandle of Waynesviile, is
visiting her brother’s family, Mr.
and Mrs. Crandle. Frost.
The Breeze 3 months, for 2jets.
The Breeze 6 months, for 40CIS.
The Breeze 12 months, forgets.
Rates ’till Nov. 1.
NO 20.