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VOL. XXVi I in i nr fi—— ■ 1 wmmrn ,1 7 1 1 i m —j_tf 5 u 9 A:*. 3PL mm ________________________ I have moved my headquarters into the room formerly occupied by Mr. W N Everitt. At this place I have arranged to carry a more FULL line of the very best and freshest Family and Fancy Groceries that can ce found anywhere. And I only ask a trial. ch 0 -ri !..& T^q__ IXO” jn I wish the past, to thank and the people them generally that continuance for the generous of the support v/ill they be appreciated have given me by 'GSsr assure a same me, as I will be better prepared to serve them in the future. YOURS FOR BUSINESS, bee b. McDonald. Conyers, Ga. THE GEORGIA ItAiLROA For informal ion ns to Boults 5 Schedules and rates, loth Passenger and Freight, write % \ either of the undersigned . \ou will receive prompt reply and reliable information 0. 0. McMillii’, A. G. Juckecn T. P. A. G. I’. A. auausta, ga S. E. Magi!!. G. I). Cox GttiS i Agt; Gen”. Agt. ATL \.NTA, ATHENS W. W. Hardwick, \Y • C McMillm V. V.v 1 v'm'i i>sACG>.. , r J.v.C JxN. i' T })\. R. Hudsop, \\\ W. McGovern. T. F. & P. A. G.m’l AT I. AN i A, AI Gl.S 1 A. \‘ _ VM'GjQV^O \ C3 ^ DENTIST. CONVERT • GEO KOI A. Work " gnat an teed, Prices reasonable. Teeth extracted with cut yam or bad affects, by use of j itrous ox do gas. (Laughing gas) Over 00,000 administrations witlx » 1 ■ t, a single dangero\is symtom. Office over post otfice. . F. T. Hopkixs, J). i). S. esad iaslaaloiiRg. 1 am prepared to give prompt satisfactory attention to all who need my services Supply of Undertaking goods complete. i ’ curses furnished without ex¬ tra charge. w tv. T V 7 . ALMAND. { Vice Aim and Hardware Co s ■v liMiMf&C, ekpeMnce ri ® FAs ,:A- «.vw’L am its Trade fiflftRKS Designs Copyrights &c. A--r>ne genrltmr a pXel-ti and description mr.? q-.i: uncertain our opinion free whet tier »n i tvr-i-jmn is tMTohaWy patentable. Cumniiinic.-i e ... nrictly confidential. Ilnndbookon ratents « nt fris. Oldest i.i-cury for eecuring patents. V:.-<"!is taken thromtH Mann & Co. receive fro-”-. --oUee, without charge, in the •cK '■ 5 Jiifific Jfisiericati. A h USftlS: J.j'.rroi't dr Tern.^ » a IMA : F’ur montbs, CG. $L Sold by all New no7r»d^jiet*5. York & 3S1Broad * ay Jiratieh Offlee. G35 F 8U Washington, D. C. hi! e s not do to trust to a ;.Qt uudi»nta{tdU>g. THE WEEKLY BANNER. WE ADVISE YOUNGER SET. Call has been issued for a con¬ vention of the ante-bellum ne groes to meet in Macon on te tuber 25th for the purpose tonmng an fFSocj.iticn with object to take some action that will uplift the young r of the lace and put a check to crimes that are causing and producing race d It, is expected that Booker V, nshingtcli v ill preside over convention. An old time sail today! “All of the trouble is caused these voting negroes who gr> wn up since the war. We sluves regret the crimes ted by young members of our as natch as the white folks do, and toalizo tint l tin on,) t.y\ the lynching is to stop t»ie c ime. You never hear of an old slavery negro getting lynched, but wc all pave to srlTer us a face, as are also condemned, and this tlio thing we want to stop, don’t mix with this 1< W class negroe . I don’t mea that ail the young negroes me bad, the bad ones all < otne from younger generation,” It is thong t that the tion will be largely at Vicuua Ihogress. Pointed Paragraphs. (/hicago Dady News. Hope is tho froth on a imagination. The man who has no aim in is still a child. According to a small boy, coincidence is twins. A lie is always in a hurry the truth is willing to wait. Dreams anr 1 weather predictions usually go by contraries. What a witness has been depends 14)011 the cross-examiner. Mock-turtle—Kissing in com¬ pany and fighting at home. If buss means to kiss, rebus evi¬ dently means to k ss again. The ague gives a man the shake, but it has to repeat the dose. Some people may be fast asleep but they are slo.v when awake. The remarks of a crusty old bachelor are apt to be very tart, The greater difficulty the more glory there ism surmounting it. 0 J Brandy brands the nnse of a man who is unable to contiol h-s appetite. Sometimes tho more a man knows about women tlw CONYERS. GA SEP. 12. l'JOt 1 The man l-.ewr 1 ved wlm was able to appreciate the abort end of ajoke. Were it not for the extra os pen *33 some men ttould i i acquire mote had habits. A . society gin isu t necessarily , I a |, t .| j 0 because in r father l | ; ler flugmv. i A man who imagines he has j j will of iron may disci ver j i marriage that it is led. i Only ulmn a man s propel ty j fully insured can be bear the iof it phi!o up! ic lly. i Some women is sure to make j fo >1 of some ma:—'in less saves her the trouble, i A married woman s-ys the right ' in the right | is j f p ace a baml afc Jl( , mo uf (U1 evening. After a voting ^ man * leaves col i , .. I ^ miiy foi a "hue ! I ' « ^ 8 ive the worId a cimilCe to cat li up. A wise oi l physician says a voting one should always try to got. for iiis iirrt patient a woman who is troubled with an ingrowing im agination, __ fl]1 Was Not Forgiven. In the Quitman county depart intent of tho Cuthbert Ij ador the j following is related : “A young man on short acquain¬ tance with tho da lghter of an ar¬ istocratic farmer, stole her and ran away. A few weeks later the old man stfnt him the following: “All is forgiven; come home.” To this the young man replied: “All wen’t be forgiven until 1 have kicked you good for allowing me to run away with your daughter. You had better not bo at home when I come.” A man may carry his mind with him as he carries his watch; but ! like the watch to keep it going he i he must keep it wound "p. ! people could afford to If many fall in love there would not lie so much fool poetry written about it. Fellow-devil Sam P. Jones says: “Old adages are li n s. They say all conies to him who waits. Well, j only know of one thing that collies to the waiter, and that's gray hairs. When you wanted to get-married did 3011 wait ^r the woman to come along and ask you? Maybe you \v : sh now you had. “ JnKe tilt man w n , ‘ u , l uV cd wile at first, so Ii 6 wanted cat her up; but now heM lost appetite, though he wished lie luut eaten * : her when lie felt like it.” Sam's ua 11 evidently J a man of wide JS A UiNlQUE STATE. Tex«» ii».n r«i.i Aitesnmce to tin KlnK» of Sit Aulioiiii. I Scarcely another state in’the union has as remarkable and interesting a history as Texas. In one respect at - t occupies a unique position in the history of American states. Since i its discovery six different governments ! U(m , nt (im - evcut times ciatiueU its nl i leginuce. and as many different flags j have waved over Independent it, those of Texas, franco, the j Spain. Mexico. Confederate United States and the states. The foundations of Texas statehood were not laid as a British colony, nor under the grant or control of the Brit¬ ish crown, as were those of the original thirteen states, Its first settlement dates back more than 200 years, and its first American colonists went there under terms and conditions Imposed by a foreign state, to whose language, laws and institutions tliey were total strangers. There never was, there never could he. any sympathy between these first American colonists and the Mexican government under the old regime. Bepa rated by vast Wilder Pesscs from the people of the United 1 Stines, and unaided save by ihc III j dividual «*fTorts of syniiKtthistittg broth* Heroin these colonists declared their independence, established it with the sword, ntid for nine years main tnitu d n stable republic. Texas was neither purchased nor conquered for tin* union. Annexation lo the United States was accomplished through a treaty made b,v Texas irpre sentntives - and ratified hy the free suffrage of the citizens, No other state in tin. Union has had stu b varied experience or sailed through such stormy seas into the haven of peace and prosperity.—St. Louis titobe-Demo¬ crat. Tlie Pi-r>f<*»Mnr\<« Prophecy United. While n student nt Harvard uni ver sity Phillips Brooks was walking in the yard one day with a profes.-or. who asktnl Idm wliat lie intended making of himself. ‘‘I am thinking of the ministry,” an¬ swered the youth. "Then Imnish such thoughts.” said the professor earnestly. "Your man¬ ner of speech would forever liar you from (wing successful in that calling." Many years later, when Phillips Brooks was one of the world's great pulpit orators, the most expert stenog raplier in England took down one of Ills sermons and said: ‘‘Any stenographer who thinks lie has conquered first talkers should try Phillips Brooks.”—Ladies' Home Jour¬ nal. He Wn* Freult. ‘‘Have you any nice fresh esgs fo day'/" asked the woman with business¬ like ways. ‘‘Madam.” answered the man, who has just started in the fpoeery busi¬ ness. “permit tin- to remind you that nice are necessarily fresh ami fresh eg^ s are always nice. Moreover, if I have any. I have them today. My possession of etfgs yesterday or tomor¬ row does not in the slightest degree affect ihe situation. Therefore, time being precious to a business man. 1 will simply content myself with reply¬ ing that I have nice eggs.”—Washing¬ ton Star. In the date of admission Oregon is one of the oldest states beyond the Mississippi, entering the Union in lST.b. It was the first new state to have the political honor -of naming tlie vice . I,resi,hm ' :al ran(H,,a,e (-loseph Lane. for out* of tlie* groat parties In the first of its statehood. Ignorance Is everywhere. In Boston there are persons who don't know a rymphony from a sona;a and in Chi engo persons wiio don t know a prime a NO O O i f . TO MY PATRONS. 1 wish to c.Vcmi my llitiiihs to < pc rid al > tor the gun ei’ous patronage given me in the ] ast ) HIM) lo jlSSlH l! all that when in need of a liist-chi.-s turn-out ti.e q.ipo nan bo 1 )uiul at my Stables. If you wish t> buy trudo hot or '503 or mules, see me. Respectfully, • j) Tl JU uae&.\- , i ; i WaBmmg2ES3S3B2mmM WANTS HIS FRIKJUS AND CUSTOM KBS TO BEAR IN MINI), THAT JJHKKjT-SOONSTAi STLYON HAM) t A i/»i;r lJ 1'L F uIU(yJV C , riinl r UT /.»i run>, luK FO LL(} \\j N(x I GOODS OF m IxiE VMIY BE^T OUAI ITV <- 1 9 AM) WILL MAKE IT 10 THEIIl INTEREST TO TRADE WITH IILM. Pure Drugs and Medicines Paints, Oils ^nd Varnishes. Window Glass and Putty Larnps and Lamp Oiis. Machinery and Harness Oils, Fancy and Toilet Articles Choice Perfumes. Toilet and Laundry Soaps, H Envelopes, large stock of Writing Paper, Inks, Pens dud PenciL Works nf 5 tiGiinrupn Etical works stc 9 v fnks anri pencil SPECTACLES nf 2 H klflliS. Garden and Flnwer sends. Fine TnfaacEn and Elgars. M}’ Soda I’ouiitaiu will bo run both Summer and Winter Hr. W. B. 2.JEB