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ROCKDALE B ANNER
PUBLISHED
EVERY TUESDAY
BY
O'KELLEY & MADDOX
CONYERS, GA., FEB. 12, 18 89.
Local Gatherings,
One hundred reasons can be as¬
signed why Rockdale should be
famous as a manufacturing county.
This paper for only $1 per year.
Local industries we need, Aecal
industries we want and we must
and will have them. The manu¬
facturers are the money makers.
Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia.
Rockdale is accredited with the
honor of being the pleasantest ;
place to live in in the whole coun- ■
try.
Our city schools are in a flour¬
ishing condition. The daily at¬
tendance is very large.
Covington has both barrooms
and free schools. Conyers has
neither.
Canned goods, goods of every
description, eries, fruits and confection¬
too cigars, and many other Call things
numerous to mention. on
G. L. Kennon.
.
Capt. G. W. Weaver will order
the inspection of the Conyers Vol¬
unteers about the first of March.
MgBrce'iWiKE OF CARDUI for female diseases.
Morris Shephard, col., was coll¬
ected in the justice court of this
district last week of hog stealing.
He is out on bond of $100,00 for
Us appearanc at the February
term of the superior court.
U you fail to get your paper bo
sure to inform us of the fact.
for Anyone wishing plants or seeds
garden or flower yards cannot
R end to a more reliable man than
to James Vick, seedsman, Roches¬
ter N. Y. We have bought plants
°f several times and uniform
} found tfeein what they were
recommended to be.
Mr. Tip Treadwell of Atlanta
V ' as f n tho city last week on busi¬
ness.
^*-lACr.-D55AUSHT tea cares Constipation.
The young people had a pleas
f n ;hf Thursday rt y at Mr. Jack Stansell’a
feff evening.
r "° e -J c U e an has at last
-us, sure enough, and gone to
ft ac 3 tiie \ a ' S9th something less
Ce for effort., but he is now
h a Get. We predict that
8 T 80011 return; but whether
v does
or not we wish him great
Access.
iea s " ron gcst man we have
I 0t * ls whose breath
ir ,a oae
® * whisky bottle drunk
„ hat it fe.fi BO
h*. off the he afimf bh «“ “ d l i burEt j.
tett, ‘
Snke ‘ms-Txhe $i
now. the pries.
Tlie richest pocket of gold ever
discovered in Georgia was at
Dahlonega, tke yield from it
being $72,000. The largest nug¬
get weighed seventy-two penny¬
weights and sold for $70.
Few remnants of dry goods at
cost at G. L. Kennon’s.
The prospects of trouble with
Germany about Samoa, is not as
promising as it was a day or two
ago. Secretary Bayard has re¬
ceived Bismarck's proposition for
tlie continuance of the conference
of 1887, relating to Somoan mat¬
ters, and has accepted it. The
conference will be held in Berlin.
in Fulton county last year there
were 828 marriage licenses issued
and 128 divorce suits.
Go to H. A. Parker to get your
flour, meat, sugar, coiloe, meal
and confectioneries.
The man who sends Ins money
off to other towns for goods that
he can buy at home just as cheap
is not the man to build up home
enterprises.
Found—A lady’s, breastpin.
Owner can have it by paying ioi
this advertisement.
Mr. Map Glenn has moved into
the house with Mr. Jack Stansell.
Mr. John Bagbv has moved in¬
to J. S. McLean’s house on Acad¬
emy St.
Don't forget to call on II. A.
Parker when you come to town.
Three northern millionaires were
in Conyers last Sunday, the guests
of our distinguished fellow-citizen,
Capt. prospecting G.W. Collins. with They, view were of
down anxious a to
investing. They dinner are Sunday the
invest. After provided with
capitalists turnout were from Mr. Jam: a
fine and driven the
Pierce’s stable would over
country as far as time per¬
mit so they could board tne 4:35
train at Lithonia for Atlanta, xxii
arrangement was made lor Captain several
Collins in company with
to meet tnem ^
other Kimball gentlemen house in Atlanta Mon¬ a
the take diamar together
day and all interests.
and talk over business
The meeting at the Kimball, so we
understand, was real around, pleasant and
verv satisfactory all l
capitalists are well pleased witn two
this section, and but one or
things appear to stand m their way
as a barrier to their investing and
settling among us. We feel quite
safe in saying that tne people or
Conyers and Rockdale wul gladly
welcome these gentlemen to our
midst and will render all tiae en¬
couragement necessary or desired.
As for ourselves we can not attora
to let the opportunity pass without
mibliclv expressing efforfe.-o appreciation bum.
of Captain Collins people.
up Conyers and her
When you want applet, turnips, oranges,
bananas,“cabbage, call J. A- or Dukes. con¬
i fectioneries, on
! The snow on last Sunday n i-ht
I was ^complete surprise to us. Wt
are barely down over the shock now. L
we ha(l it In time o» rend
era might have been treated this
week to an ode.
That Bad Cat.
Monhoe, Feb. 8.—Tlic news
has inst reached the city of the
terrible .'A deadi i ,i of nr Mr. Henry tt ‘ w„„ \ < om
ac, a respectable young j farmer,
wlio lives six miles below Mon
roe. The facts'as related are as
follows:
Last Saturday a week ago Mr.
'Womae was sitting by the fire
with one of his hands hanging liis
down, when suddenly one of
house cats began to bristle up and
growl. Before he could realize . what the •
cat meant by her peculiar actions
she sprang upon • his hand wand
fastened her teeth into one of his
fingers. her** loose and grab- .
He slung shovel killed her imme
bing the
^Heoaid no attention to what
had lmpoened, and his linger soon
*
healed. just
Last Saturday the morning, time lie
one week from made was
bitten, he gob up early, attend a
fire and went to the lot to
to the stock. act of
When his wife was hi the
getting up to dross, the other old
cat, that was sitting by iighb torn and. are
began to show signs pf under the
with bristles raised, thought ran nota
bech Mrs. Womae
ing of it until her feet struct tne
ft lloi “°s&ipcoolil”oi StetoK kt Hie raring rat
her screams, rushed to the house,
am i had to choke the cat loose,
KWisiSwt “UhtUlw kmed “
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About 12 o’clock his finger be
gan to swell and pain him, and by
niglit ho was having spasmswlnca when
continued until wild yesterday, .arid'‘ferocious
ho became so"
that his menus lum
v. erc coiapelloa to fjlen - up
Of by
drophobia, Mrs. Womac’s foot is . three t or
four times its natural’ size, find, no
doubt, she will meet the same sad
f\te as her husband in a few days,
MsElrce’s Wine of Cardul
and THEOFORD’3 BUCK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Rockdale ikdale county: county: Bon, Conyers.
Dr. W. Lee &
M. R. Stewart, Conyers.
Geo. T. Smith, ______ ; Conyers. v Richardson, ,
W. Tl. Richardson,
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■ Dr. Quigg preached Sunday two last power- at the
fell sermons church.
Presbyterian
“It sjmpsy , an informal . , , f
was
& Vhi.o ‘YA-S7Lply J infernal
', Rif. “intelligent corn
\-' J J -- another "» ' invitation ■ UO,U f,., .that tnai
o-et .
, ha3 .
The United States oi Ol
000 000 men ready to figllt their
country's battles whenever
services are needed. These ^eable men
enKfe ,, rr , i n nee
B^on. uot
latrio* But they are and
! *c, quick to in learn, the world.
fighters
_ INE CF CARDUI * Tcaic for Women.
They Will Build.
Atlanta, Fob. 8.—Tim Presby
tarifta University synod commission its last , ere
ated by ^ the at sea
sion cl(l a meeting here this
afternoon to forward the action of
that meeting. determined The university but it
has been upon,
has not yet been located. I he
commission this afternoon appoin¬ eliar
ted eommitecs on finance,
ter, etc. elected cliair
J 3 r _ Strickler was the conimis
p^o tempore of
during the absence of Dr.
Barnett in Europe. Scott of Atlanta
Mr. Win. comraia- was
fleeted a member of the
^ion iu place of Rev. Wm. Adams
^ Augusta, who has removed
from the State.
. , Mr. John Kirkpatrick of Atlanta
wiXi , elected treasurer.
: The resignation of It. IL Jack
rion as president of the Georgia
Farmers’Alliance, is a matter of
congratulation. Mr. Jackson has
been a disturber in the Alliance foi
adong time, and his methods bad
proven so tyrannical and dictate
rial as to cause serious hindraue to
the work of ,.the order.—Alliance
Herald.
“Mrs. Bush’s medicine is worth
i|; ., weio . ]lt iu g . 0 U.« D. M.
Almand
.
liou. j«mng J - *• J ' .
to Emory Oolfe^e presidtsit^of as apornanont the
rcsi.iooco of t'ao
college xho pneo paid and it for Um cA
property was 81,000, is w
s; “
six
acres of land attached to it.
r j.’h e in la.rgesfe.gohl Georgia is mining located cora- in
panv Dahlonega, operating nine stamp
m illaancl employing 600 hands.
The Gordon county f alliance has
reg6lyed to raise tUe r home sup
£ eott ™ »
C °L The republican , ac
- bitterly organs since
Bounce Gov. Hill
he went to Washington. This is
what the governor gets for being a
presidential possibility.
Tramps are not treated with any
of partiality in Macon,
When one of them is brought $25, be
the mayor, lie is fined or
compelled to work on tho streets
days. Tramps will be likely By the to
give Macon the go-by. dealt ^ with
way, are colored tramps
as sternly as white tramps m Ma
eoJ1 y
Mrs. Bush's Specific Cure for
sale by II. P. & D. M. Almand &
Co _
Emmet Womack was tories tailing shout some the
of Lis ™m P «i-n K
Kimball last stories night. will If Emmet ks»I bin. ist't
Ids
inxt» into congress cm 0 Xt..S. No fate is “ too 1
teXTIOIe lor a campaign RarriCllst.
of yesterday.
j ^ ELREE 1 # w,xz OF CARDUI for Weak Nerves.
Congressman Barnes of Geor
. gia is *>5 yesfrs of age and has never
i tasted tobacco m anv form, no
ksnova even had a cigurbetweeu played
Ups, of nor has hg las ever Lie he a
ganle cams in a
j major says he would not kno a a
, jack from a king.
Grand and Petit Jurors.
The following is the list of grand
and traverse jurors drawn for the
February term of Rockdale Supe
or court:
OP.AND JURORS.
John E King, G P Elliott, Le¬
roy Oglesby, W Bates Reagan,
W F McDaniel, C V Sanford, J C
Browning, B J Marbut, G W Sim¬
mons, W E MeCalla, A J Smith,
John A Mann. A J Ogletroo, M
Maddox, F M Ayers, W J Turner,
Jas T Stansell, John J Cowan, A
Whitaker, W S Veal, Joel A Ow
ons W II Camp, J Hollingsworth,
J P McDaniell, J W Hollings¬
worth, J M Zacliry, E F Cook, C
Humphries, IV J Williams, W L
Peek.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
PM Born, R II Farmer, John
y/ McDaniel, John H 'Blake, J O
jr ardill j na A Parker, W Z
’
sterling _ ML 0 o x , Tnsin.li G
Ray, John It Rosser 1 J.v lace,
j 0 ] m <3 Thompson, Leno Parr, T
j Hi n g, Thos II Sharp, W H Guf
fin j H McLean, M F MeCalla,
( , T F J S Granade, T C
MeCalla, TJ Hollingsworth, Sn.
ney Rodgers, Frank L Bryant, E
W IX Jeter, J A Stowers, John W
kuXrew 0 »k M . J C Wil
liams, Thos L Peek, G L Kt’-nnon
Roily George, Wm A Scott, Wm
^ McKnight, A II Dozier, John J
Hamby.
The B. F. Carr farm, four miles
from Conyers, is for rent, It is
in the hands'of Mr. John II. Al¬
mand. For terms, etc., address or
apply to him.
Dr. Carswell filled bSFSSI his regular
th
were line.
Thursday next will bo V alentine
day.
The road congress, to meot in
Atlanta, will be a very important Geor
gathering. Every county in
gia ought to be officially represen- ■
ted, if possible. i
Mr. S. L. Dennard visited rela- 1
tives and friends in 3*''“ UOVingCOn
Sunday.
Col. J. N. Hale ol McDonough week, TT j '
Times was in the city lively lie Ilia '
reports everything oven
way.
The youftgmen had a fine oys- j
ter supper at Turner’s restaurant •
Saturday night. |
CoLR . W . M iner of Lithonia ,
' was in town yesterday. He is a
blight attorney and has a promis
».»g future befo re lnm.
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Win i ll-egl-T j Jkri:
Sit ihem. w will seed rroe IQ o°«
PM I
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WlTq-'.T,Ja
. jxSfa sf«r ginger SSkSaTS
u,, p**«><*.
I
,
tklu * c«.. uo* T*o, M«i«.
Col. A. C. Perry has moved in¬
to the house'with Mrs. Clemmons.
Mrs. Penn, editress of the Jas¬
per County New*, was in Conyers
last Sunday on a visit to relatives.
This family is somewhat remarka¬
ble. The children, girls and
boys, sot up the type for two pa¬
pers, while father and mother at¬
tend to the editorial and business
management. Miss Maud so well
known in newspaper circles, now
has charge of a telegraph office
on the M. & C. road.
Hon. W. L. Peck, of Rockdale,
is the member of the state com¬
mittee on the experimental farm,
from this district.
Carrollton is putting forth a de¬
termined effort to build a cotton
factory.
LOOK HERE.
People wishing anything in tho
Granite line will do well to call on
or address
0. W. Edwards & Co.,
Conyers, Ga.
Notice.
From and after this date the
legal advertisements of both the
ordinary and sheriff will appear
in both tho Solid South and the
Rockdale Banner.
O. Seamans,
McDonald, Ordinary.
A. D.
Sheriff.
NOTICE.
I will be in Csnyers the firet Sat¬
urday in every month, patients
wishing to see me will find me at
the hotel or at Dr. Leo’s drug store*
Du. L. G. Brantley
home and farm,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Vh« Leading Agriculture! loarnal «f lha Svuth end Wett.
Mado by Farmers for Farmer*.
Price, 50 Cents a Year.
Though the tuwription pGce of Ho*« a*i>
f.- M
It vii»uuciiv«ty lh«
FARMERS* PAPER,
A rtcord of their daily experience, preened io *
lonn and language which make it plain to all.
ITS UST Of CONTRIBUTORS
1. unequaied. containing the names of the mort
luccc**._. ,f u l and yrogrc**ive farmers of the West.
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These writers treat nol of a theory, but of inc actual
conditions of life on the farm. Among them are
found (he names of IS. K. Johnson. Waldo F JSrowo.
Bill Arp. Henry Stewart. A, P. Ford, Hugh Static Brooks,
It' eff welborn, Foxtiatt. John C. others. Edgar, %
ayou, '^XZTTn T. IS. DaWwin and a host of
n the children
A e une lcd for fu n nes , , od variety. Faith
^"Swe' ndo,h
“^ l ^!iS" ‘"
health at iiomb,
^
«-• “ BOWERS' FARM ”
i sa „ interesting and inspiring story or the ?a ccm
In short »o portion of the farm is neglected. la
its Editorial D*Ft«T«aNT are presented the
claimsofihe farmer for fair treatment in the halls
^dlrical 6 r i. g i^»on ^ «
journal, agnxnlture. its time, space andenergyarede
-edto every uat* to.u
"
- fair TRADE AND FUMES* RIGHTS."
E v«r y subscriber to Ht>*. a«x> n entitled
to a guess at our coffee jar, the successful
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