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As Natural as Pig-Tracks. Mr. A. D. Gale, the once hand some but now terribly charged stenographer of the Brunswick Cir cuit, has been in town all the week, and the town has staggered along and endured this, with other afflic tions without a kick. It is nat ural to see him at court time, in fact, how could we get along with out him? and the Breeze and all who know him hopes to meet twice a year for a longtime to come. The Breeze office is one of the best equipped, up-to-date printing offices in Southern Georgia, the assertions of some to the contrary, not withstanding. Its presses are as large as the business of the county demand, and it has more new type, rules, borders, &c., than any other printing establishment in this section. When the demand requires it more improvements will be made, not before. Anyone who wants us to do their work can be suited with our facilities, and can find no fault of the workmanship. It's a Positive Fact That my SHOE SALES are larger than ever, and I be lieve will exceed those of any two stores in Douglas. The reason is this: My stock is all new— no old dead stock that’s been lying up on the shelf for the past five or ten years. The styles are the latest and every pair bright and clean as a silver dollar. The prices on all grades are just about third less than you’ve been paying for much commoner shoes. Try me for your next pair. PfIXSON’S Giieao store. Quite Contented. The Breeze is perfectly satisfied with the out come of the election last week, and has no kick to make against the successful ones. It is true \vc wanted Mr. Ward elected, as we did every democrat, but as that was not the w\J 1 of the balloters. we shall not try to kick up a rucus about it. The men elected to fill the offices of the county are every one good men—men identified with the interests of the people and county, and will, without a doubt, give general satisfaction in the dis charge of their duties. Some of the successful ones are not of the same political faith as the editor of the Breeze, but they have their reason for their convic tions, as he has, and are just as much entitled to their opinions as anyone. They will receive the same journalistic treatment at our hands that has characterized our course since our management of the Breeze, and credit or censure will be laid on one as quick as the other, democrat or populist. Because a man in his creed or faith differs with us does not make him a target for our critcisms, nor does his political power or personal influence or strength shield him from our shafts of stricture if we think he deserves it. Our duty is tiot a persona] choice. Our pro fession marks out the way, and allows no favoritism. We do not want any—our newly-elected coun ty officers ask none. Kirkland Kracklinsrs. Kirkland, (/a., Oct. B—ln a dif ficulty Sunday about noon at Ellis’ mill, between Joda Corbitt. Hen ry Lewis, —a Mr. Hall and John Wilson, the two former opposing the two latter, while Henry Lewis was making all efforts to use his pocket knife he was shot by Mr. John Wilson, the ball entering the lower part of his stomach from which he was not expected to live at this writing. Miss Matt ie Turner who has been on an extensive trip visiting rela tives in middle Georgia has return ed home. Two of our young men Messrs. King Story and Jesse Wiseman left for Galveston Texas last week expecting to make their home in the lone star state. On account of the healthiness of this community. Dr. S. L. McjElroy las decided to make his future hoiyc in Aiapaha. We regret to lose the doctor. I'iiost. i Among his Friends Again. Some time ago the news reached us that our old friend, Judge Hol ton, of Baxley, was very ill, and as we knew he was getting along in years we had serious tears only to be dismissed when we met him last Monday. lie is. we think, the oldest lawyer on the circuit, and we are sure there are none more popular or beloved, while his ac quaintances and friends loom up in the thousands. We hope he will be spared to come “to court” many years longer. Mr. E. Todd, who informs us that he lives near Broxton, not far from Coon Hollow, was in town last Monday. A little cross on his paper had notified him that the Breeze family was in danger of the poor house and he stopped the movement by paying a dollar on their debts. Joe Love, of Kirkland, was in town this week, and reminds us of the negroes cat-fish. ‘ ‘Hood-lawd, how he ’am swunk” since last we saw him. Thanks, Gentle Friend- We have before us an invitation to attend a picnic given at the close of “Dewey Hill School” near Mr. Jake Harper’s, on Saturday, October 13th, in this county. We regret that Miss Nellie Worth, the kind teacher and Judge Bennett selected the same weeks, and nearly the same days to have their picnics, and as the Judge has the law to back him up we may have to deny ourself the pleasure of being on hand to take a romp with the boys and girls. If the law was not be hind him Judge Bennett would not be in the way, and we’d see bliss Nellie if we had to ride an oxen to get there. This Should Be Remembered. Sometimes an order, or a mer chant comes to our office for a bill of printing, and tells us that prices in Waycross or other places aie less than ours, and insists that we should work for less than we can afford, or the work will be sent to our competitors, because of the difference of a few cents. We can say, as well, that we can buy a good many -articles in Waycross and other places cheaper than here, but we don’t do it. We make our money' here and we spend it here. The addition of forty miles for extra freight more than the Way cross people have to pay is as heavy on the printer, and Has as much to do with his prices as it does for the merchant. This is only for expla nation. If a man don’t want us to do his work we don’t give a snap for him or his patronage, because we use only the best material, do as good work as any, and we ex pect to have a fair price or none. Goods bought at the City Grocery delivered anywhere in town free. E. L. Davis, mgr. Chinch Bit z Medicine. Oscar Rudolph and his friend Woodcock are up to all kind of mis chief, and failing to get along fast enough they have both turned out to be Bug Doctors —chinch bugs at that, and they are good doctors, too. No respectable bug with any feelings of refinement requires more than one whiff of their medicine before he keels oVer and dies, whether he has made his will or not. Price, 50 cts a bottle. W ar ranted to kill any bugs that may be prowling ’round your big-toe at night, or the money back. Bananas, Apples, Raisins Apri cots &c at the City Grocery. E. L. Davis, mgr. Conveniently Located to Depot and ai, d Telephone Exchange. Patron -wy age of Country People Solicited. Under New Management. GEORGE V'OOTEX, Lessee. Job Printing Neatly Executed at Tiiis Office. A-.fi OUR LOCAL AFFAIRS. Bitterness over the election should be buried. The Waycross Fair promises to be a big thing. When your time is out your pa per will be stopped. Col. Snow, of Abbeville, Dr. Snow’s father, is in the city this week. W. O. Paxson, will buy all.your seed cotton, get his prices before selling. The addition to Peterson’s grist mill gives more room to handle his growing business. Several new houses are going up. and we expect tenants are waiting their completion. J. A. Carter will build your house economically and substantially. Sec him about prices. Sheriff Southerland, it is under stood, will live in town. That’s what we elected him for. Gaskin & Davis has the nicest line of groceries in the city and the}' sell them cheap too. Col. McDonalds father and uncle are in town this week lie feels like a boy with anew pop-gun. Atlanta has elected an aristocratic, mayor, Well, lie can be an aristo crat and an honest, good man, too. I The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vickers died last, week and was buried at the Douglas ceme tery . Sweet potatoes on the market are tough specimens of the root family. Some one should bring in good ones. A man who has the growth and prosperity of his home-town at heart will not send abroad for what can be gotten -here. If we are not mistaken in our calculations next Monday, being the third Monday is the regular Monday for City Court. W. O. Paxson will buy all .your seed cotton, get his prices before selling. Arthur and Mrs. Brooks and Edith are living high now, and have rooms over the old Deen stand. Got as near the Breeze as possible. J. W. Douglas, who has b6en getting the ‘Breeze up at Briston, came swooping down on us last Monday and said he’d take his’n at Pearson. Mr. Kelley, a former student of Prof. Guilliams, is in Douglas can vassing for a book that should be in every family where there are any children. .Sheriff—Elect Southerland was on the Grand Jury this week, and the boys, made him stand square for they know it will be the last chance in the next two years. D. W. Lott, little Dan, was in town this week, and says the Breeze must still come, and he gave 11s money to buy oil enough to grease the wheel six months. Our old friend, Simmons was stricken with paralysis last Sunday and has been ill ever since. We hope he will soon recover from the effects of I lie affliction. Some of those who owe us for subscription are requested to send 11s some postage stamps. How do you expect us to write to you if you don’t send us stamps. Mrs. Jeff Wilcox, and Miss Mary Peterson, of Willacoochee, called to see us last Wednesday, and we were absent, but we made trail hot until we found them. Sheriff—elect W. W. Southerland intends to jail Mrs. Southerland and the childten as soon as the new Lii! is finished. Nothing like a man keeping close to his business. We are getting our list on the cash basis fast. Only about one hundred on the list that are not paid in advance, and we will have these off or ahead before Spring court. Parties writing for sample copies of the Breeze will not be disap pointed if they send six cents in stamps. This will pav for the pa per and postage. It costs money to print newspapers. His Honor, T. J. Hilliard, the mayor of Nichols was in town last Chusedav and paid two year's sub scription to the Breeze. That shows he is a man of taste looking ahead for the future. To Be Appointed Solicitor County Court of Echolls. | We are delighted to learn that | Mr. E. Iv. Wilcox, formerly of this ! place, but now of Statenville, was I recommended by the Grand Jury at last term of Court in Echolls county to be appointed Solicitor of the County court. Mr. Wilcox is a brilliant young lawyer, and with half a chance, as we have said be fore, will make his mark. Preaching a; baptist Church. Rev. Jas. C. Gillispie writes ns that he will preach at the Baptist church, nothing preventing next Wednesday night. Rev. Mr. Gil lispie is the preacher with whom we have been corresponding for some time, audit is hoped as many as possible will go to church and meet him. All official members should be present. Local Legislation. The Country papers will now teem with notices of bills to be in troduced at next session of the Georgia Legislature. The legal rate of advertising governs the price. Money must come with the copy. October Term Coffee County Superior Court- Judge Jos. Y\ . Bennett called court to order last Monday morn ing at to o’clock, organized juries, swore in bailiffs ane charged the Grand Jury and adjourned for din ner. Attorneys Toomer, McDon ald, Bennett, Hitch and Cochrane from W aycross, Holton from Bax ley, Allen from Pearson, W ilcox from Statenville, Smith from ITazle -1 mrst:, the local bar stenographer Gale, of Brunswick and Solicitor General Bennett were present. Judge Bennett’s charge to the Grand Jury was a master piece of oratorical judicial instruction, and every man in the community should have heard it. He gave the Grand Jury some points on the law on gambling, and defined the practice not to cards and dice alone, but to betting, or any games of chance in which tiny value was at stake. Selling whiskey in this county was another unlawful practice which should be broken up, and if bills were found, and the juries would convict he would do his part to that end. Carrying concealed weapons was another infraction of tin: law to which attention was called. If a man’s defense requirtjJ it he could carry a winchester, a shot gun or pistol or all three of them if he de sired, “so it was done in an open matter, fully exposed to view.” From Ibis explanation of (he law us given by His Honor, and as we have seen tried in court, years ago, •the carrying of pistols in the hip pocket, it is not “in an open man ner, lully exposed to view,” and those doing so are l iable to prosecu tion and will be convicted. The pistol should be “fully” exposed, that is should be shown from handle to muzzle, or carried in a holster in front of the body or on the side, showing the handle and muzzle, not in the straps of the pantaloons at the back, but in a manner that as you approach a man he may see that you are a walking arsenal, a "dangerous man, and that in a dif ficulty he is liable to be seriously hurt. Disturbing public worship was another crime on which His Honor particularly charged, “it makes no difference if only one man on the back seat in a church sees you with a bottle of whiskey in your pocket you are lidble to prosecution. It is not necessary that you disturb the entire congregation, whether the preacher secs you or not, for you to be liable to prosecution. Public worship must not be dis turbed, and the law makers of Geor gia have long since concluded that religion and whiskey cannot to gether.” In proof of this llis Honor cited a case whdre a man “carried a bottle of whiskey to the church ground in his buggy for his wife for medicinal purposes, when he was prosecuted and convicted. He appealed to a higher court, and the Supreme court decided that he must leave his wife and whiskey at home when he went to church or provide another remedy, and thus the find ing of the court below was sustain ed.” The entire charge was one of the grandest we have ever listened to from any Judge, <jnd we have lis tened to Lumpkin.' Vason, Spence, Crisp, Mcrshon, Sweat, Mitchell and others during tiie past thirty two years. , House Keepers. Can supply their needs in Furniture in our un-stairs Furniture Department. Nice assortment Chairs and Rock-r ers. ' Paxson’s Cheap Store. Ludden- & Bates’ Music Man. Mr. Henry Lonsberg, represent ing the old reliable Southern Music House of Ludden & Bates, Savan nah, is in the city and county, look ing up business. He wants to put the best pianos and organs on the market into the hands and homes of our people. Be sure to see Mr. Lonsberg, and have your pianoes and organs tuned, if you do not need anew one. Paxson’s Big New Yon; Stock is new, and you are cor dially invited to call and look at the Fine Dress Goods, Clothing, Hats and Shoes. Paxson’s Cheap Store. The Breeze for 6 months, .|octs. The Breeze for 12 months, / tets. The Breeze for 3 months, j^cls. The low rate subscription will continue until November Ist only. None taken afterward, and this re duction is made to push our sub scription to the 2000 mark before Nov. 3rd. Gaskin & Davis sells everything in the grocery line at lowest mar ket prices. The Latest Election News. Is that 1 have been elected to sell the finest Wedding Dresses and Bridal out tits. Paxson’s Cheap Store Make Home Beautiful. By buying your Bed-Steads, Chairs and Pretty Rugs from my Furniture Department. Paxson’s Cheap Store. Hunted Buyers for Their Votes. The Abbeville Chronicle is red hot over the election last week, and among other salty reading, has this to say : * 1 At the Abbeville.precinct alone, a body of negro laborers, who were' duly registered, and went to the polls to vote,' declined to do so unless a certain sum of money was paid to each of them. I hey were not accommodated and did not vote at all. Mr. McLeod announced when entering the race that he would purchase no man,s vote. That money was freely used by his opponent, to purchase votes at various precincts, is a notorious fact. At the Abbeville precinct alone from one hundred to one hun dred and fifty ballots could have been added to McLeod’s vote by purchasing them. A Slight Mir.take. All the big dalies in the State in giving election returns say Calvin Ward was elected Representative from Coffee county. This is wrong. Mr. Arthur Lott, a populist, and a good man, was e'eeled. Of course, we wish the big papers were cor rect, but as tLey are not, we are thankful we have as good a man as we have. This Way. For Fine Dress Goods, Clothing, Shoes Fiats and Furniture. Faxson’s Cheap Store. The Breeze 3 months, for 25GS. The Breeze 6/months, for aocts. The Breeze 12 months, for'/scts. Rates ’till Nov. 1. H. Solomon &Son. Nat. 11. Solomon, representing the wholesale arid retail liquor house of Savannah, is in town this week, shaking hands with friends. He represents one of the best liquor houses in the South, and they do a big jug trade business. Nuff sed. The Largest Stock. 01 Fine Dress Goods ever seen in Coffee county, at Paxson’s Cheap Store. Braselton & McDonald for fine milk-cows. Selling out like light ning. Cad Mails Again. The complaint of non-delivery of mails on the B & W R R are piling up at this office. If things don’t get better over that way these com plaints will be forwarded to Wash ington. We pay our postage and we don’t intend to have the care lessness of postmasters and rout agents annoying our scbscribers. Wc don’t want to make trouble for anyone but in a rnatier of business of this 'kind patience ceases to be a virtue, and if these people can’t de liver the mails entrusted to them there are others that can. Postmaster Finley, has been lick all the week, and is still under the weather. Rod Davis says W. A. J. Smith wants to ’ organize a socialistic bachelors society. J ,’See Carter about that house you want built. He does good work and is reasonable in Charges. We will get the list of cases tried this week for our next issue. Crowded this week. Letter from Pearson came too late for this edition. She is punc tual in writing to the other fellow, we learn however. Drs. Montgomery, Snow and others at the school house entertain ment last Saturday night tried to corner on the girls in the prom enade, but Professor told them to promenade or march ffiorne. They promenaded. Milk Cows for Sale. \\ e have a carload of fine Milk Cows at Douglas, for sale, and those who wish to buy had better call early. If you want a cow we can suit you. BRAS ELTON & McDONALD. Biame Yourself Only. Court is over now, and some of those who promised to pay up, has not done so. We cant print papers for nothing, so they will get to day’s, but will get none nect week. The amount: due will be marked on the hook, and we will hunt a col lector. The Breeze for 3 months,' sgets. The Breeze for t> months, ■■jocts. The Breeze for 12 months 73cts. No reduction in subscription af ter November Ist. A Missing Word. The Atlanta Constitution lias announced anew “missing word” contest. , A sentence from a standard pub lication has been selected, the book has been carefully, sealed up, arid the sentence is published in full, except the one word dropped there from, which the subscriber -is to supply. Answers are.sent by con testants as they send in their sub scriptions and renewals, both the answer and the subscriptions must reach The Constitution in the same envelope. len per cent of the contestant subscriptions make up the prize. 1 his is the sentence for Septem ber and October, 1900: “ 1 here 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 life Weekly Constitution. Of course all tlie.se will renew and en ter (lie contest, which would mean over $1,200,00 for the missing word fund. Every additional con testant will swell the amount by 10 per cent of his subscription. The book containing the sen tence has been placed with Mr. W. A. Hemphill, I'resident and Bus iness Manager of The Constitution, who will hold it safely until No vember 1, 1900. Ten per cent of the Guessers’ subscriptions goes to the fund to be divided. In other words, if this Subscription fund amounts to $20,000 in the two. months, the Fund to go to the successful guess ers would be $2,000. In making your answer you need not write the sentence out in full, just slate simply the Missing Word for November 1 is “ ” Address all orders to THE CONSTITUTION. Atlanta, Ga. TOMBSTONES Made of Italian, Vermont or Georgia marble, as good and and as cheap as any one. Apply to THIS OFFICE. The number of City Courts in Georgia will be reduced by recom mendation of the Governor, to the legislature. Notice. Notice is hereby given that at the next session of the General Assembly of Georgia an Act will be introduced to repeal an Act approved 16th day of December 1895 creating a Board of Commissioners of I toads and Revenues for the county of Coffee, and for abol ishing the said Board of Commis sioners of Roads and Revenues for said county of Coffee. This 11th day of October i POO. ARTHUR LOTT, Representative Coffee Cos. Notice. Notice is hereby given that at the next session of the general assembly of the state of Georgia an act will be introduced to repeal an act approTed bth day of December 1897 to establish the city court of Douglas in the city of Douglas in Coffee county and for the purpose of abolishing the said City Court of Douglas in Coffee county. This Oct. 11 1900. ARTHUR LOTT, Representative Coffee County.