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OUGLAS SUPPLY CO. {§
Successor to W. O. Paxson, fig
line Family and Farm Supplies, fig
f M oods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Etc.,
othing old and Stale, if
m i/t>Pllf hinn Bought to sell, and
bVt)l ijlllllily to sell goods the S
rices must be right. f§| $ l|
us know your wants we do the rest.
Douglas Supply Cos., §
Bank Building, North Side, m
Douglas, Ga. fig
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I DEALERS IN
HPflUf/IPP Paints, Oil, Glass, Brick,
HI UWul u,Lime, Cement, Etc.
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ments of
Ki. Call and examine our stock.
Wau-Harieu-Hoimes 60.,
Manager. DOIIQI3S\G(I.
Happy Homes, Musicial Homes,
There may be many happy homes 1
in the county, and we know there
ire, but the home where a good
singer with a splendid organ or
piano is in the family, everything
seems brighter, happier and to be
enjoying life. Nearly every house
that the singer and Whilden, the
music man, Tanner Hotel block,
has the instruments. He sells them,
too, and he sells them cheap and
consequently fast.
The funeral of Eli Jowers will
be preached at New Hope Church
on the 4th Sunday in July, by Rev.
T. P. O’Neal.
Fly Traps and Screen wire.
Watt-Harley Holmes Cos.
Have you bought a Magnetic
Comb from Miss Agnes? If not,
you should do so at once. Best
comb manufactured. Try one.
Satisfaction guaranteed . when
you bring your Laundry to F. A,
Aspin wall.
DOUGLAS, GA.. SATURDAY JULY 12th., 1902.
“When the Fields are White With
Cotton.”
Whilden, the music man is sell
ing from SI,OOO to $1,500 worth of
Organs and Pianos, Buggies and
Wagons per month, and with his
large stock of fine Organs, Kimball,
Crown and other celebrated makers
wants to supply the whole country.
Your credit is good. You can get
an instrument or vehicle, pay part
down, pay so much monthly, and
when the ‘‘fields are white with
cotton” wipe out the whole debt.
Then, when the long winter nights
come, there’ll be music in the home.
' Try Ballard’s Obelisk flour, it’s
the best. Yes, we have it, cheap
Phone No. 48. Gaskin & Davis:
Aspinwall is coming to the front
in the grocery line. Try him for
your next order.
A fine line of fancy canned goods
just received. Aspinwall.
A lot of tine shirts, collars and
Ties at reduced prices, at Aspin
wall’s.
GEORGIA’S BIGGEST COUNTY.
COFFEE THE LAnfiEST IN THE
STATE WITH AN AHEA OF 1.123
MILES.
Was Named After Gen. John E. Cof
fee, a Patriot of the Lust Century
and the Kiglit Hand Man of “Old
Hickory” iu Hlm Campaign Against
the Creek Indians.
From the Morning News, July 6.
Douglas is the county seat of Coffee
county. The name Is familiar as that
of a noble family of Scotland, many
of whom had the honor of being killed in
battle, or the misfortune of losing
their hard heads on the block. The
town was not named, however, after
those distinguished Scotchmen, but in
honor of Stephen A. Douglas, of Illi
nois, who would have been the Demo
cratic nominee for President at the
Charleston convention In 1860, and
probably President,©had it not been
for the withdrawal of the delegations
from six of the Southern states, and
a part of the Georgia delegation. It
was that split in the Democratic party
that made the election of Lincoln pos
sible, and brought on the war between
the Northern and Southern states.
Two domecratic tickets were placed
in the fit-id, Breckenridge and Lane,
and Douglas and Johnson (Hersenai
V. Johnson of Georgia). The latter
ticket received only 12 votes iu the
electoral college. “The Little Giant,”
as Douglas was called, was spared
the painful scenes tltgl followed the
election of Lincoln, and died in June,
ISfil. Fosteiity will place his name
in the temple of emst Americans.
In .my sketch ui cnakely, the county
seat of. Early county, X intended to
write something about the gallant
naval hero in whose honor the town
was named. I have read somewhere
that the first intention of the founders
of the county was to name its Court
House town Earlyton, but it seems
that they changed their minds and
called it Blakely, after Capt. Johnston
Blakely of the United States navy,
who, with his vessel and crew, dis
appeared forever in the waters of the
Atlantic.
In May, 1813, the sloop-of-war
Wasp, of eighteen guns, commanded
by Capt. Blakely, sailed from Ports
mouth on her first cruise. After cap
turing seven merchant vessels she en
countered on June 28 the British sloop
of-war Reindeer, of nineteen guns and
118 men. The battle lasted Uvo hours,
when the crew of the Wasp boarded
the Rein-leer, under brave Blakely's
lead, and hauled down the British
flag. The battle was severe, the
Wasp losing five killed and twenty
one wounded, while the Reindeer’s loss
was twenty-five killed (including Capt.
Manners) and forty-two wounded. The
Reindeer was so hafily battered that
the captors burned her. Several mer
chant vessels were captured by the
Wasp, and early in September she
fought and sank the British sloop-of
war, Avon, twenty guns, and was
herself somewhat damaged. On Sept.
23 she captured the British brig At
lantic and sent her to the United
States as a prize. This was the last
heard of the Wasp, o- her brave com
mander, Blakely, and his heroic men.
She may have been lost in a severe
storm, or sunk in a buttle with some
larger British war vessel, and all on
board perished, The latter supposi
tion ip l)qt jipprohable, namely, that
the \Vasp went dp n under the lire
of the guns of an enemy, as a British
frigate reported that it was attacked
at night by an unknown war vessel.
which soon aftor disappeared. Doubt
less the heavy broadsides of the frig
ate sent the little brig-of-war to the
bottom and no man was left to tell
the tale.
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Coffee county was laid off in 1554,
god is the largest in the state, baying
an area of 1,(23 ii|i|es, apd a popula-'
(ion, according to (he census of 1900,
pf whites 9,558, and colored 6,611, milk
ing a total Of 16,169, an increase in
population of nearly 85 per cent? in
ten yoarp, The local census claims
an jncreasp pf 4,000 on thpse figures,
which Wifi make tfie present population
about 20,000.
The count)’ wap named in memory
of Gen. Coffee. My information con
cerning this distinguished soldier was
limited to the fact that he was n
fighter of British and Indians in the
early years of the last century, and
that When J was a boy there was a
steatphoat named after film. ltecog
nizirig my deficiency, I called upon 11# y
friend, Maj. Sidney Herbert, of Mait
land, Fla., and he kindly furnished me
with the following interesting sketch:
Gen. John E. Coffee was born in
Virginia In 1780, but his father came to
Hancock county while John © was a
small boy.© His first appearance in
military hixtojy |s a colonel of a
regiment Of Tennessee volunteer cav
alry apd mounted riflemen raised near
Nashville, with Gen. Andrew Jack
son in 1812 going to the scope
25 Cents for Six Months.
In order that the subscription list of the Breeze
may reach the 1,500 notch by January Ist, 1903, we
will enroll all who want the Breeze from now until
that date for 25 cents. This will be one cent for each
paper—2s cents for 25 papers. Only 500 names are
wanted to give us the number, but we will take all
who come, Everybody has 25 cents.
Keep up With the Band Wagon.
If you get the Breeze you will get the news. We will give both
sides of the political fight just as it is, but shall not indulge in personal
or political abuse or discussions. The Bree/.e is supported by the
PEOPLE and expects to serve THE PEOPLE. '
A Red Hot Time Expected.
From now until after the October election a “Red Ilot Time iij Ex
pected,” in political circles, which may or may not be interesting “to
a man up a tree,” but every man in the county should keep posted,
Our friends all over the county are requested to send us clubs of five,
ten, fifteen to one hundred. ■
of the Fort Minims massacre in
Tensaw settlement of the then Mis
sissippi territory, now Alabama. His
valuable services and soldierly quali
ties soon promoted him to brigadier
general, and his first important tight
was at Tallushatehee on the Southside
of the Coosa river. From that time on
he was otto ot Jackson’s bravest and
best generals, and ©often won high
praise from "Old Hickory” for his he
roism and good generalship. He was
Jackson’s right hand man at the great
battle of Tohopeka, or Horse Shoe
Bend, March 27, 1814, which resulted in
breaking up the warlike Creeks, and
the surrender of their territory to the
United States. After the war Gen. Cof
fee moved to Telfair county, and in
1833 to ’35 was in Congress with A. S.
Clayton, G. R. Gilmer, J. M. Wayne
R. H. Wilde, Wm. Boh ley and Sea
born Jones, and in 1*35 to ’37 with Sea
ton Grantland, Geo. tW. Owens and
Geo. Washington Townf which shows
that he was tanked wxtly the great men
of his day. Asa soldignumd patriot he
had no superior for ffititude, endur
ance and bravery uiidoV the most try
ing circumstances. The hardships,
perils and discouragements of the
Creek campaign with Gen. Jackson
were such as seldom, if ever, come to
an army.
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Coffee county is almost a dead level
but is well watered by the Satilla rivet/
and its confluents, 17-mile creek Big
and Little Hurricane creeks, and the
Octnulgee river. The soil is fertile and
produces cotton, sugar cane, tobacco,
corn, oats, potatoes, and all kinds of
vegetables. Not 11140(1 lias vet f,,. n
done in fruit culture/ but in a Yew
years this county will rank as one-' of
the best in, that respect in the state.
The county offers extraordinary in
ducements for those seeking new
homes. One-half or more of the land is’
still covered by forests, that,
when cleared off, will yield 1,000
pounds of sea island cotton to the ncre,
400 gallons of syrup, 250 bushels of
■sweet potatoes, and everything that
can be grown in Wiregrass Georgia in
like proportion.
The turpentine and lumber men are
rapidly clearing the kind for the far
mers who are to come. There are six
large and a dozen small saw- mills, and
36 turpentine stills in operation.
The ranges for cattle, sheep, bogs
and horses are daily increasing, the
native grasses affording luxu
riant pastorage for nearly the
entire twelve months. Consid
erable attention is being given to
pure breeds of stoek. The census of
1900 shows: 19,489 head of cattle, of
which 509 were work oxen and 4,622
milch cows; 31,212 sheep, 52,327 do
mestic fow-ls, 24,357 swine, 645 horses,
and 878 mules. The same census
shows alnong farm products, 158,508
gallons of milk, 10,674 pounds of but
ter, 54,029 dozen of eggs, and 13,5b8
pounds of honey.
The principal railway In Coffee !
county is the Atlantic and Birming
ham, formerly the Wayeross Air Line, I
which extends from Wayeross to Oor
dele. This enterprise is controlled by I
that well known railroad family, the '
Wadleys, and Mr. jjeorge Dole Wadley !
is vice president and general mana- I
ger. Under his management there can
be no question that Birmingham will j
soon have another outlet to sea. Mr. !
H. C. McFadden formerly of Savap- :
nah, is the general pussepjjp)' agent
of the A. and B. raHl>eaq.
The BrttfiyvYicitj and Western Rail- ’
)yay erqssjes the lower part of the 1
(fiU’pty, apt! th® Brunswick and Bjr.
nrfingh'tm is being btfiß into
it. ’(‘he Offerman and Western Rail
road extends to Nichols. The VVad
tey and Mount R’vnion Railroad, it Is
expected, will poon be extended to
Douglas. However, this Is a county in
which there is j ample rqom for rail
roads. In addition to its 100 miles of I
railroads, the Oj mulgee river, which tit i
its northern ixamdary, affords good I
water transponjatiftp iui that section
of Coffee ppUHiil
There are thipe large towns in the !
county, namely, Douglas, Willacoo
chee and Pearstm, and also tho follow
ing: Ambrose,. Blgwh.eel, Bingham,
Bridgetown, Rt (itan, Rrooker, Broxton,
Chaßei ten, Ijutvts, Downing, Falms,
Fawn, Garrant, Hinson, Huxford,
frirkland, Lax, Leighton, Lofiaton. Mc
jlew, McDonald, Maddux, Nicholls,
Beacock. Philips Mil), Plckren, Pine
fcloum, aaglnaw, Shepherd, Upton, Wil
cox and Wilsonville.
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Douglas is 140 miles from yUtvannah,
and had a population, according to the
census pf laeo, In the district, 2,367, in |
tne town 617. Since then, however, the
(own has grown greatly, and its popu
lation can be safely placet! at 1,500. It j
is situated in rapidly developing ;
farming country, and Is the center of/
liaUe lor farmers and lumber arid tur-/;
pentine manufacturers*. 1 1
In this connection it will riot be ouJt
of place t< give the census of Coffde
county in P 00; it Is as follows; PlckrtJn
district, 2,084; Douglas district, Inclu/i
--ing Douglas town, 2,367; Willacoochlee
district, including Wlllacoochee town, 1
2,(54; Wooten district, 1,914; Pearson
djstrh i, including Pearson town, 2;- I
307; Tanner district. 2,206; McDonald ,
district, 1,306; Phillips Mill district,
1,231; total, 16,169.
The 1900 census gives Wlllacoochee
471, and Pearson 336 population. The
census of IS9O gives these places no
population. This indicates how Coffee
county is growing.
The Coffee county court house and
jail are handsome buildings, and the
stores, hotels and residences of Doug
las arc of the most modern construc
tion. There is every indication that
its citizens have confidence in Doug
las, and are ready to invest their last
dollar on their judgment as to it
future prosperity and progress.
One Of the liveliest of the live en
terprises in the town and county, is
it's newspaper, very appropriately
named the "Breeze.” It is a breeze
that blows good to Douglas. It was*
started in 1899. and is an up-to-date
establishment, and has in addition to
its newspaper outfit, a well,
equipped job department. Its
messes are run by a gaso
i line engine. The name of the firm isr
j is unique as tlint of the paper, nutne
|Jy .1. M. Freeman ,8- Daughters. The
i senior is a printer of 33 years exper
ience, but the other members of the
firm may have quite a large exper-
Inenoe, but are young ladies of 16 anil
13. 1 had the pleasure of dining with
Mr. Freeman and liLs partners, aril
U|e rest of the family.
1 was told in Douglas that some
bad said that “Jim" Freeman was
the only Estlll matt in Coffee county;
if that was the fact, but it wasn’t,
the primary showed that he and the
Breeze made 548 conversions after my
visit; the vote in the late primary
for Governor being Estill 549, Terrell
250, Guerry 176.
I wish the Breeze, and the happy
family that is identified with its for
tunes,all the blessings of this life,among
which 1 would particularly mention
that the paper shall continue to be
the only one in Douglas for many
years to come. I would also sug
gest a change in the syle of the firm,
i. e. to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman and
Daughter#.’’ The good lady of the 1
house is entitled tft an Interest in.
and the honors attending the proprie
torship of a good newspaper.
Douglas has a Baptist Church, of
which Rev. ,T. I. Oxford Is
pastor; a Methodist Church, Rev.
.1. S. Funderburk, pastor, and ari
Episcopal Church, Rev. J. W. Turner,
rector.
The fraternal orders are represented
by Douglas Lodge, No. 386, F. * A.
M.. and Douglas Lodge No. 91, Knights
of Pythias.
There are two banks, the Union
Banking Company, capital -1180,000, J. M.
Ashley, president; J. L. Lott, vice pres
ident, C. ,H. Baker, cashier, and tie*
Citizens’ Rank, capital $75,000, H. H.
Tanner, pftestdent; c. H. Lowther, vice
1 president, And W. W. Stewart, cashier,
i Ttnqe arlLi number of manufactories/
lln DougY?®kmong them the Douglas
Manufaetußßg Company, makers of alt
kinds of and bank fixtures and 1 .!
other fine üßod work, and the Douy'aei
Bottling \V<lrks,
There arejtwo excellent hotels in the
town, the }lntel Tanner, J. F. Pierce,
lessee and nl|Anager, and the John Lott:
House, Mr. land Mrs. John Lott pro
prietors.' fl
The Southern Normal Institute has a
band-some bM-ik school building; built!
two years sißm at a cost of $6,000, tw
which was nl led last year an equally
large woode* annex. In the county?
there are schools with an aver
age attendant-* ot 1,274, and 26 colored!
with an average attendance of 911.
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Among the gentlemen I met in Doug-i
las, and on my way thither, besldesq
those already /mentioned were Messrs. 1
Thomas Youiql;, A. B. Finley, 1,. O.j
Paxstm, B. Wlf Finley, W. A. H. Da- t
"vis, C. S. Hurley. J. R. Page of Sa
vannah. C. G. Kjdfel'or Atlanta, J.
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