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Dear Madam :— representatives of few pieces of handsomely decorated, hand painted china, now on exhibition at our store, which we intend
The above cuts are a of increasing trade
that prices goods will remain the same. This Special offer is made for the purpose our and showing
giving away free to our customers. We guarantee our on It has that soft, white velvety finish
This is rapidly taking the place of White Granite or Iron Stone China, , is of the
the people that we truly appreciate their patronage. ware of the most fastidious. It is only
quality, and without doubt the best in the world. The shapes are the very latest patterns and have been designed to meet the tastes by our
finest th. leach of Our assortment consists of Cups and Saucers, Pie
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J. FRED VfRLL1S
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM J. 13RYAN.
For Vice-President,
ADLAE E. STEVENSON.
Fur Congressman, 5th District,
LEON F LININGSTON.
She Stale Executive Com.
mitteo of I ho Georgia Cotton
Growers Protective Associa¬
tion will hold an Inter-State
Convention of Southern cut
ton growers and business men
g morally in M- ■ i • i 1 < hi , on
'Tuesday November 29th, at
]() a. in. in iltc Academy of
Music. it is requested by
Hon. Harvic .Jordan, lhvsi
dent of the Association, that
u meeting o 'the fanners and
imsii.ts- men ot Rockdtle be
held and de’egates be appoint
od to this convention.
Cur piesent Grand Jury
as corn pa red with 50
years ago with
Criticism*
lly Dn. J. J. W. Gi.enx.
Mr. Editor:
Some big State action have had
their < rigin in the little ci unty of
Rockdale—Why » <>t. this article
start a rufoim? Nothing like get¬
ting people to think.
Fifty years ago it was an honor
t<> bo a Grand Juror. Our wisest
end best men were chosen to servo,
jvgardless of p<dit ic« orciiiken *ry.
So high was tile standard that
< i.e could guess wl o the foreman
would be. 'I li. ir committees were
j.i*le and c mpu-tent. Their
eomm'-ndations \v re looked fo
with • , anxiet. . , mu , v on as the , law ,
of the land. But tow offi :ers wore
reckless enouerh to ignore ° those re
comment, , attons. .
The gran ! juries, cf 13-10 am*. t:,»
to 18C0 were a power for good in the
land. * ’
Notv the mighty has fallen. Cur
present grand juries aro of no more j
use than an extra negro on Deca
tur street in Atlanta. Noonopaysj
any attention to their reeommet -
dations.
\ veritable fungus growth con
tru lo.l Ity trickery and politic.
—.pending their time m hunting
up a few illicit whiskey makers
and sellers and prosecuting i " some I
poor negro or poor white man pre
se’.ited by malice, under cloak of
conforming \ to law by the people
Not . men who aro afraid e ■ i to , s ware
n^t a warrant before a magistrate
their tiuebills and recommmdu
lions carry the honest malice m
every line.
Much of this is not intended by
t'he average juror, He is notcum
pelent, and if ho competent, ,
was 1
he has not ( ho tim i to examine the
different oilicers’ books and make
a fair and candid recommend:!
tion for (he best interest of the
country, and hoars but one side of
a case . Why? What throo men
if our average grand jury that can
tftko a Justice of the Peace’s
docki’l and say whether it is prop
r-rlv aU y '' L. < .,t a 1 not ntn and anu attend lvl,Lblul to w
t hmr other duties of grand jurors?
To SUV nothing of t In books of the
t tdtnary, Chuk, o.i'.ii • ' su
rer and other officers K is : np ! y
impossible to say nothing f the
average grand juries. The w seat
of them don’t know whet a Justi
ce’s docket is right.
I do not write this critic*'- n to
liit any man nor set of »r*:i. x
generally tell men to th i. face
what I think,
What am 1 writing this article
for? I want to get the legislature
to abolish the grand jury from out
system. It is more than a i uis
anee. lt is a big expense to the
c tin tv.
The Grand jury cost, the little
county of Rockdale , I,CO ) a year,
litterally f< r nothing.
How would we g> t along w iih
C.t that august bod.\ ? Just the
th<> fellow does without his mofn
n g drams ; quit, it.
Lot every criminal be trieu on
t h<> warrant, issued hv a magis¬
trate before this court.
Much iiann in d- tie by ha. ring
only ore side of the case in the
grand jury room. Many malic
iotrs prosecutt ins would be utop
pod. Trickery and
aotis stopped . , and . the ,, county ,
iitted.
i.et a competent commit'oe
... . ,
c\eiy two , teals **y
Judge of Stqiorior Court-, at a fair
salary, to examine ail the books
and offic, s of the coutity and
au intelligent r.iul honest
of all matters to the feupeiioi
Court at its next session ; said ie
port to be published in the enmity
papers. k
'be are too progressive to op
tli s incubus tied to us any longer.
« ho will U big cnongb in our
next legislature to introduce a nil
to abolish our grand jury system
instead of fooling their time away
with ... small n attus. W \\ ho ho ever on
hies will live high m nistoiy.
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pjpj-JR ll RDRON ^ BROP '
Tin) Richardson lirothers
01 _ tlioiT , . , mgniv . ,,
gave one t **•
tortliining exhibitions at the
Court House Wednesc! "' AV
night in the presence of one
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(d the largest 1 . audiences , 1 : „ „„„ ot ,.r* pi, tne „
season The music of the
Company 10 is I'j , iri rCl , ! | 4 to a oypp excel, ,
while the comic acting °
ll t , the
e a 0 o young men
[ )roi ,g] lt f or tb peals ot laugh
ter from the audience. A 11
Present a W eve chm ,1 , • i ut d \
o 11
the performance 1 and pro
. the , best they ,
nounce ir. nave
enioved in Conyers in a ionp
f j nie<
The Brothers will again e„
tertnin our people at the
Court non c ihurschiy night
wi ll an entire change of pro¬
gram. The ladies and chil
are especially invited.
Admission 25d& 15c,
Make my store your
quarters who.i in town . M.
M. Fhmket.
Mr ami Mrs- Juo- Gray went
Covington Tuesday to Jits be present
at the funeral rial of Mrs
Gray’s mother, which cecinred
at that place Tuesday morning
VViic-n you want to
up and iook nice, cheap,
M. H. Piunket,
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A DOSE OF JUSTICE.
LADLED OUT WITH A LIBERAL HAND
BY JUDGE HOKE.
The Conrt considers the case of
* 0 »-. a s«n», General Bad Man, and
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(CMS , lsl]t Jro , „ y c B>
“This yore case,” said Judge
as he catted the court to order, “ap
peals to me not only ; as the legally
and only iostlc of the peace fur
the co , in ty cf Cold Chuck, but to every
man in these diggin’s who carries a guD
and is supposed to hev the sand to
keer of hisself. It is the case of Arizona
Sam versus Pete the Half Breed,
and Bam is the complainant. I see he’s
got a lawyer yere to gab fur him, but
tliat lawyer won’t liev no talkin to do.
“Let us begin at the beginnin. Ari
zona Sa£Q Strikes this town a year ago.
He has a yell like a fog horn and he
weighs 20O pounds. He wears two
guns and a knife, and he bites tlie
t off a bottloa (0 8ll0W
that bo was bom in a cyclone and
died in a hurricane. Ho was sized up
f „ m - a bad , . n;aI1 , and . for months ,, and ,
months he’s Liu cock of the walk. I
can’t, remember that he’s killed any-,
body, but that was bokase everybody
swallercd his bluffs and stepped around
softly. lit has defied the vigilance
committee and be has bluffed this court,
it’ll astonish ye to find out jest
what sort of a criaer he is. Yesterday
mornin he ^arts over the bills fur Tin
Cup City. Op the way he meets Pete
the H alf Breed. Most of ye know
Pet0 am! most of - ve Ilpv heard that
his cay use and Bam was hoofln it.
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“‘Git ofrn that boss!’
“ ‘What fur?’ asks Pete.
“ ‘Bekase 1 want him.’
“‘But he’s mine.’
“Then Sum calls him a string of
names 40 rods long. He abuses Pete’s
father and mother and all the rest of
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“GTT OFF X* TEAT HOSSi”
his relations. He ehanks his teeth and
rc’ls bis eyes and pulls his guns. He
wards that cayuse, and he wants him
inside of two minutes. Ye may figger
that Pete, who hadn't any gun with
him. turned pale and fell out of the
saddle with a thump, but ye’ll be mis
taken if ye do. It took him some
Ifietie time to realize the situasbun, but
he didn't sheer. When he got tilings
s+raight he slid off bis critter and lit
en to Sam. Did the bold, bad man who
iias carried the count r cf Cold Chuck
his pocket fur a year drill holes
through the half breed as he come?
X ot a u: ill. ft as timr an awful strug
gle lastSn half an hour before victory
perched ca either banner? Not a
struggle. That half breed, who was
thought to be a worm of the dust, takes
the bold, bad bup bv the nose and
toads him around fur awhile. Then he
s’rips him of his weepips, puils his
c~-% eixool Books
pads, pencils, a nd inks.
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OF ALL KINDS AT
RIGHT PRICES.
DRUG COMPANY.
‘^ 2 !; f tmabi® , terror of
J old £ huc aw f * comity f.f coward do? , He and ™ a f, blow- lvcn
hard docs he fall over a, cliff thnt men
Does he strike out
fur a p’int 1.000 miles away, that his
uame may never be known? Not
much. He comes right hack to town
and to me, and the fust thing he says
is:
“ Hedge, 1 want jestice.’
it t What sort of jestice?’
“ ‘.Jestice fur bein held up and robbed
by Pete the Half Breed.’
“ ‘But why didn’t ye shnte?’
“ ‘He skulked up on me. Gimme jes
tice, jedge—gimme lots of it.’
“That was Arizona Sam, bold, bad
man, and ! believed his yarn and sent
out a warrant and bad Pete arrested.
I was cnlkerlatifi to gin him a mighty
dose of jestice, but liearin bis side of
the story has changed my mind. ‘Sam,
the bluffer, stand up. Are ye denyin
that what Pete says is true?'
“ ‘He lit on me mighty sudden,
Jed . , , tl
?®’ ‘But " you as clidn f e Tf t /* try to pr.r! a gun?’
tt < Mebbe not.’
a t And you didn’t fight?’
“ ‘I don’t think so.’
a . That’s’null. Ye ar’ simply a great
big blowhard and a bluffer, and ye’ve
made every good man in this town back
bater. We’ll be the iaughin stock of
Tin Cup, Pine Hill and ail the other
diggin’s. and we’ll fee! the disgrace fur
five y'ars. i can’t send ye to jail fur
bein a bluffer and a duffer, but I’m
goin to sentence ye to be booted from
this yere temple of jestice to the lied
Dog saloon, and if y, ain’t over the
hill and out of town ten minits later I
won’t answer fur consequences. As
fur Pete, he is sot at liberty, and he
kin keep yer w-epins and e the fust
man to apply the boot. The rest of us,
inelndin the court, will fall in aider
him, and as ye feel yerself lifted cl’ar
off the earth i hope ye may come to
realize H at though jestice is blind and
inoves along like a kycte with two legs
broke, she keeps .L.rlgh. reach in out her hand
til! Elts cri..„ fc.v th-,
neck.’” M. Quad.
Bear? the y? T ho r?;“d You Have Always tail
I will be glfid to show you
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^BTGUS,! my line Oj
clothing, hats & shoes M, H.
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Dismission. -
^Nvliom it rftors and
VllJ^ngo^U of the
6Stcit6 ot JijO* YV jjtM.igitn.ii 0 f
said county deceased, have ™* ,
S^tion JlSmlSn^romwch admin- the
™e on’thc and I will pass upon
first Given Monday under in my Dem¬ nana
ber next pjoo. this Aug. »th.
and official signature,
1900. Helms. Orth
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Personal.
All those indebted to Mrs.Genie
Haygood Stovall, for millinery
gocids, are requested to come toi
ward and make immediate settle¬
ment with either my-self of or can
Vv. E. Stovall, Either us
be found at old stand.
Respectfully, Stc-vaf.
Mrs. Genie Haygood
Tsix Collector’s Notice.
I will of coilectmg be at court tmx. grounds oi Jor PJJ
P°se
d{ ^f s L o 23, Nov.
Sheffield , :-bept. „ t s6 de¬ c r.
jj oney Creek Sept. 27, Oct.
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Lorraine:—Sept. -
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Toe remainder <>f at L c firos. .,-iil
be found in iny olnce
store m Conyers, l -e prompt
close Deceu^er 20. «*eet inM
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Notiocto Debfor.sk Cred
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To all whom it may concern. _
AJ: who hold claims agam-* 5 , e _
Buff, deceasep ‘‘ ^
tale of J. M. r j y ft t
quest.:.; to presetn- sa V l a jgo
tested to m9 utn. ei “bdA' Jrf patate f ‘ re
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This Sept. 19,1SC0. L.KMf, Adi* . , mr 11 i s
J. H.&R.
CASTOR IA
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