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THE DOUGLAS BR EEs VOL. XIII. STOCK OF CLOTHING AT COST. I am offering my ENTIRE STOCK OF CLOTHING at rCOST, as lam going out of w # the Clothing business and any one wishing to jS buy clothing, may call and see what I have to of fer. I have $2,000 or $2,500 worth good val ues. Come and see me. B. PETERSON, E>ouglas,Ga. DOUGLAS SUPPLY CO. Successor to W. O. Paxson, Garry a full line Family and Farm Supplies, Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Etc., Nothing old and Stale. F l/PFIlf lllnn Bought to sell, and LVul yulllllU to goods the prices must be right. CJ| 0 Let ms know your wants we do the rest. 8 i wi/,, "V ' / o/ / ® 8 C# } & fij J DEALERS !N U2F(l\kl2Ff> Paints, Oil, Glass, Brick, liUl UWfll 0, Lime, Cement, Etc. Planet Jr., \1 Cultivators -* the best on earth. Plows and <' ffIDTS T ANARUS, farmingim- V plements of ol < every dis cription. Call and examine our stock* Watt-tiflPjey-Hoimes Go., R. E. Lee, Manager. Douoias Ga. Douglas Supply Cos., Bank Building, North Side. Douglas, Ga. DOUGLAS, GA.. SATURDAY MAY, 31st., 1902. ESTILL WAS A SOLDIER. A Campaign Lie Nailed, and the Originators Squirm Like a Worm in Hot Ashes. > Veterans of the Blue Gray Called on to Repu diate the Slander and Stand by Veteran Private Estill. Athen • May 24. —Yesterday the rumor was current here that Hon. W. \V. Osborne, of Savannah, had charged that Col. |. 11. Estill was a deserter from the Confederate army. It created a great sensation, and resulted i it numbers of old veterans going over to the Estill side. A telegram from Mr. Osborne denied the charge, but the general senti ment among the Veterans was tjitit such a campaign card was being played by some one, and that it should be repudiated. At a largely attended meeting of Cobb Deloney Camp, United j Confederate Veterans, this morning the following resolutions were j adopted with only one dissenting vote, and that vote so cast because the 1 veterans did not believe the camp could properly take action bearing in j any way in politics. “Whereas, Col. J . 11. Estill candidate for Governor of Georgia, has, for political and designinaj purposes, and in order to injure his chances for election to the highjlpHTce lie is most honorably asking at the hands of the people of his sMte, been grossly slandered in being charged with being a deserter from the Confederate army, and by reason thereof denied admission into our Confederate camps. “Therefore, He it resolved by Cobb I)c' "/lev Camp of ex-Con lederate Veterans, That we recognize in pw comrade, Col. |. 11. Estill, a brave, gallant and patriotic ex-Comederute soldier, whose record as such is unimpeachable ’and whose character as a gentleman and whose standing as an honorable citizen of Georgia, is far above and beyond that of bis would be traducers. “Resolved, That we pronopuce the chaige of his being a deserter as being absolutely false, willfully malicious and cowardly slanderous, and in refutation and resentment of the same we do hereby extend to him our cordial good wishes in .his race for the governorship of the state he so gallantly and heroiijallv represented in the trying days of the sixties. V “Resolved, That as ex-Ctwfederate soldiers, feeling that it is our duty as well as our pleasure to defend the record of our gallant fellow comrades, we do hereby call upon every ex-Conlederate soldier in Geor gia to unite with us in repudiating this base slander of our fellow com rade, Col. J. 11. Estill.” , The Veterans of the Blue,*the Soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, that love a brave mat* WW once. A oo^, before them in storms of Steel and Heath, are called upon to join us in e$ ri 7' n g the traducer of honest, fearless soldier, agd Whose body still bears the scars of wounds made b\ r their weupon% LLuvn - with the Cowardly Maligner and with your votes line up, e/™‘ 1 to shoulder, strike the slanderer lf> the ground. t '-'i/y Estlll’s Platyp in a Niitsiiell. Pensions where nceded3Hsdcserveil. Betterment of educatiorijfla4\ antagcs. Local optiori in countieijdjfAlng the, same. i ' Equal taxation for railroad! Jd combinatiori j Reduction of taxation l>v‘ Jc<Z .Tomipal’v uliniitlf Oration of the government. •' To administer the affair., <*' *"j : so ecoi pmieal that the expense w'll not he more thain I 1 le "iconic. To enforce the laws as thif-' are ,na de by the servants of the people—the legislators. ; >' (ustice to all—rich ani 1 l )oor > corporations ond citizens— without a difference. -] I Withdrawal of Mr. Dennis Vickeri 3 " Air. Dennis Vickers whoW‘ n " nounced sometime since for ,R I’ resentative of Coffee count)w nas asked us to withdraw his naß , 8 candidate for that office. Mr.Br" ers announced in the inter® harinonv and as he is lead )e lieve he has not accomplished, thing in that direction d<Mrj wish to enter a scramble A* office. lie returns his ! thanks to his many frienl ■ have promised to support, hi '■ s, New Bridge Picnic. | The picnic out at the riev nidge-1, on Seventeen, last Satutd . was' a success in every respe.Ct. '1 here were people from* ten mil (Vuud there, and provisions (yT/,,. to i feed every woman and ci if .ivthej two districts. . Stveralv.a.didates f were present,, and our • inorniant j tells us that Calvin Warqmade j stem-winding speech, tcillL about the improvements and advjcament of the courrty generally. Je made many new friends, and hi raid Chios gave him much encouragJienL The Savannah man wfW has bus ied himself in circulatingAisehoods in regard to Estill s.war Vcord lias injured liiinself, helpcdj'r.still and established his record. Two thirds of of Southern Gergia wilL|*t up for Estill next Thursday. Mr Wall f*or Receiver. Mr. I). S. Wall announces today for Tax Receiver. He is well known to the peiple of the county, and if" elected wj[l make a good <jf. fieur. Ilj; com4' late but claims •he 11 tli hour promise. Now vjatch Coffee county wheel into line next Thursday. Estill t loes not" 1 promise any little offices, t a ’ ho dHposed of in each courify bv the riUg politicians and lawyers, therefor those gentlemen him. \'ety natural. The fArmers tftnst never again complain ' of unjus*,taxation if they vote wit b the rinfg politicians and election ■ (•fixers.’* 1 These, of course, have ax: to gri|d, and grinding axes co-i js money! 1 the money must come fn >m fa'xnU|m, the farmers must sweat <"br|u while the oily j tongue wear fine linen j and fart s stimpij&usly every day. Estill injakes nofjVromises and is not supported byq&e grinders. Of), no, AJatulUlear; the report is false. Dougta^f does not get all .the sch<>)l money- of the county. The peoile of DtAfgias 'pay the ex pense '/Ithe N'orntal Institute, ex- Icept tin pro rang allowed for all ! scholars, just the (time proportion that you school inlthecountry has. j 1 he cailiilates who say the county suppot , the N'ormaf Institute j j know letter and ciught not to try j , to dup the people*,ivith falsehood. . * —viigrJit, Given iau Sceebloth- Saturdly nighties, for a stai^ev- 1 \o Promises Tc&pd “1 am a plain f ,> B ; man, not a politicly ’ crat, who has beei party and his peo‘ OI , 1 I of reconstruction; ,J Mr. Cleveland a J have followed the yk cracy. I know n corralling the vote* a my interest. 1 haven * except the promise tl/ < Ibe elected, 1 would bt ,,, fl J' ! of all the people and for the pea I “1 do not wish to deal in ge.-.c, alities. I have urged for e- ' ’ ‘ jof years biennial j Legislature. This change I save $50,000 a year or mofy How to Reduce Taxes “I do not believe that you \\\ the tax rate raised. There isV reason why it should be raised if w\ administer the government econoui ically, enforce the laws strictly, and introduce a few reforms. Equalization of Taxation. “There is inequality in taxation. If the tax laws were reformed so as to put assessments on an equal basis throughout the state the revenue would be greatly increased, and, that too, without making the tax burden of Ihe farmers heavier, j "I take this Opportunity of stat ing that I. favor making railroads ami other corporations hear their | full share ot the expenses of the government, and also ever)- indi ; vidua!. If tlie laws regarding taxes are not enforced, 1 shall if elected i Governor, do my part towards en forcing them. “hi my opinion, what is needed is a reduction in expenses and ( tj’ j equalization of taxes. By j means the burden of tnxat’ | he lessened. His Vri;ws ()\ Promi hi . “The prohibition quest i .brought into, tilth campaign i‘ Democratic candidate standing, a prohibition platform. I am, a you'ure well aware, opposed tostate prohibition, for the reason that it ; lias not proven a success in any state in which it has been tried. It there were any evijdenjf; drawn from experience or otherwise, thuti prohibition prohibited, 1 1 be against it. £* j PraciiwC,% u t * 1 mistake* t • , I i prohibition law. Pt ' 1 l 'l he only sure way i.V . t I to the liquor traffic is to e,'\ I people against it, and t g,. ’ I I better way to educate the.** . I lit than by means of local"' I j agitation". .j 1 rod, ■ SllCß* I On the Extrem r ’,,‘ r y“ | 1 lie Breeze has jfl was hacked by co,nl—: f political cliques, Lnlwrative V attacked hi* privii^ ivo ’ ar,ti * I j reputation, nor has 1 Guerry. It. will ndlpMrgj#,. J either of those lyltfelyuiso ■ nominated it will ruppoi',. ■ hut will never cr/ive or ask for iTiei* favor or patronage. Even in speal™ ot ,\1 r. J errell anti Air. tiuerry lias used only public comment, A a political way, and has never tempted to besmirch character | pull down reputations made H years ot toil and energy. has Mr. Estill done so, and he advised that Lis friends follow example. We think the Breeze ItS tor it cannot afford to dam. I i Estill’s high-toned | indulging in extreme But Mr, I errell’s friends h, J gone exactly contrary to the laid down above. They haveA tacked character and past rep,/! tion. They have affimed that EPH was a lite hater ot laboring n'w when he is one himself and ir .1 his money by labor, not by speci | tion and political trickery. TI B say his war record is bad.’ whenA is honored by his home people Military organizations in a in, I to brand such rumors as false. \ I say lie was opposed to a fr4i I South (ieorgia candidate, I a right to expect them to treat wfl the same wav, when the electicJß 1902 is the only time withiiyß years that South fieorgia was ceded the privilege of furnishix|B gubernatorial candidate. ' I 1 his is true, their arguine®M the contrary, notwithstundiiJP I