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Vol. 12 .
Lire It Down.
01ir bitter sorrow?
Hw )’ down.
Live it
Ibinlt about a bright to -morrow,
Live it down
Yott will find it never pays
Jufttosit, wet eyed, and gaze
On the grave of vanished days;
Live it down.
Is disgrace your galling burden?
Live it down.
You can win a brave heart’s guerdon;
Live it down.
Make your life s ) free from blame,
Xb»t the luster of your fame
Shall hide all the olden shame;
Live it down.
lias your heart a secret trouble?
Live it down.
Useless griefs will make it double,
Live it down.
Do not water it with tears—
Donotfeed it with your fears—
Do not nurse it through the years—
Li.e it down,
Have you made tome awful error?
Live it down.
Do net hide your face in terror:
Live it down.
Look the world square in the eyes;
(jo ahead as one who tries
To be honored ere he dies;
Live it down.
FROM COVINGTON.
These items are from the last is¬
sue of the Georgia Enterprise:
Work will be commenced on
the new factory at Cedar Shoals
at an early day.
Miss Ann Austin, who lived near
Austins Chappel, departed this
life on Thursday last. She was a
most excellent lady, generous,
kind and charitable.
Mr. John Travis, who has a pros¬
perous school in Bibb county, is
on a visit to relatives here. He is
a brilliant young man and deserv¬
edly popular in his new home.
Mr. Win. Boyd, one of the pro¬
gressive citizens of Stansell’s dis¬
trict, is said to have the finest
acre patch of oats in the county.
He brought an undeveloped bunch
in town the other day that meas
ured 52 inches in height.
Preparations are being made
for the centennial celebration,
June 18 of the founding of the
state uuiversity at Athens.
Monticello, Jackson, McDon¬
ough aud Conyers merchants are
soliciting trade by advertising
through their town papers.
Our city park looks much bet¬
ter since the rubbish has been re
moved and the shrubbery nicely
trimmed. In a quiet way the au
thorities are having the highways
and byways of our town put in the
best possible condition.
Esquire Harry Camp is confi¬
dent that by united effort w - e can
yet secure an extension of the
Covington & Macon railroad to
this point.
Z°7 k v, m ° n ?X’V Z 18 notthe re c °? ‘ h ly “
.^we luttrv and , T I
tkat we owe a Y o mankind
f. rom nri which 1 . . no true will shrink,
man
Joe Harris, colored, cut another
ne 8To severely ThOcutting in bodv and head
Wy. took place
W a pme thicket near town and is
said to have originated over a
Swoe °
of cards. The wounded
man was named Wash Galli°-er.
f jail third negro, Zol Hudson, is in
charged with holding Wash
Joe did the carving. Joe
took leg bail and is said to be cut
a boutthe hand amd face.
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yon will f PP ! an ^ l°ok wrecked,
even wdmeknoifT f-r 1 \l eTi }s oci ety,
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refused y- ?u n i i ler8t ood when he
aor aHn^w t« r ? wMr , Halstead '
firmed^ n lii he ‘ s
u at wanted it con
i’ ate state Prohibition of Massachusetts election
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CONYERS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 7, . 1889.
For the first three months of the
\ ? ab >e a V §; ‘1°
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r ° m *1 * 188
fin, t “™„!? OTt
* trom 1,0,435 362 to *202,465,553. „
,
le a ancc of trade is again in
oui avor aiul the indications arc
1 a 1 wi continue so far some
time.
You will have no use for spec¬
tacles if you use Dr. J. H. McLean’s
Strengthening Eye Salve; it
mores the film and scum which
accumulates on the eye balls, sub
dues inflammation, cools and
soothes the irritated nerves,
strengthens weak and failing sigh,
25c. a bottle.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was
asked by the New York Herald to
give his estimates of Washing
ton as a military
Gen. Johnston said: “It would he
inexpressibly presumptuous in
me to criticise tlie greatest man
that this continent has ever pro
duced, therefore I will not under
take it. I will remind the Her
ald’s correspondent; however, of
the opinion of Frederick the
Great, expressed in -the inscrip¬
tion on a sword presented by him
to Washington, ‘From the oldest
soldier in the world to tlie great
est. » >?
Imperfect digestion and assim
ilation produce disordered condi
tions of the system which grow
and are confirmed by Strengthening neglect, Dr.
J. IT. McLean’s
Cordial and Blood Purifier, by its
tonic properties, cures indigestion
and gives tone to the stomach.
$1.00 per bottle.
A Missouri judge has decided
that it is illegal to play baseball
on Sunday in that state. Pretty
soon they will become so sancti¬
monious in Missouri as to quit
stealing horses on Good Friday.
“Have pity,” cried a beggar
in mournful accents, “on a poor
blind man—the father of ten orph¬
ans.”
Tlie satirists have had a good
deal to say against the mother
in-law - but we have not yet heard
,
of one who sought his wife in a
founding asylum.
For sick headache, female
troubles, neuralgic pains in the
head take Dr. J. II. McLean’s
Little Liver and Kitney Pillets.
25 cents a vial.
A northern exchange tells this
story. We need only add, “rats:
“A Southern paper tells the
story of a mouse which fell into a
pan of milk in a Texas dairy, and
kept up such a lively swimming
that he churned it into butter and
was enabled to leap out and re¬
in his freedom. Another ev
Fdence of industrial progress in
the south.”
Frequently accidents occur in
the household which cause burns,
^ sprains and bruises fas'- - for use
fo such cases Dr. J. H. IcLean’s
Volcanic Oil Liniment has for
many ™SU years been the constant fa
remedy.
Hon. H. II. Carlton has on his
model farm in Athens a small
natch of Bermuda grass grown
from the seed, which were
brought from the Bermuda islands.
It is the purest variety of this
grass and spreads rapidly.
eierprising \ ¥pw York bootblack of an
tun, of mind fiend*
oui i j 111 • b business J cards with
■
inscription: ‘Shoes shined >y
AT u r m0 uth at your residence
Send’formebvmaib” or other job work done,
for m_ .
BUCKLENS ARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the: world for
U ts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Teder,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns,
Skin
Bvely cures Pdes, 1“ eive
qmred. It is guaranteed f, g
perfect satisfaction, or money box. re
funded. Price 25 cents per
For sale by Dr. W. H. Lee & Son.
The late Dr. Barnard, president
p|=E!H 6 at tlie pilDter 55 ^ e ' h ew of
n 1 >emhTttd useful lives than
more
considered ' .I 10 Irad the jnst foremost claims to educator being
of the country.
I n cases of Fever and Ague the
blood is as effectually, though
the e ftluvium^of*^Tie^; 1 1 m o sphere
as it could he by the
£j Dr. J.' IT. McLean's
hill8 and Fever Cure Avill eradi
ate this poison from the system,
50 bottle,
Thomasville is running up lious
es all around. If all the struct
nres are to be filled with folk—and
that is what houses are generally
built for—Thomasville will double
her population before another
year rolls arouud.
Mrs. Kinnehan, a member of
the Westminster Presbyterian
church of Rockford, Ill., is being
tried by her church on a queer
charge, She became convinced
that the Rev. George J. Swein
forth, the leader of the Beekmani
tes in that state, was Christ at his
second coming, and so declared
at a meeting of her church mem¬
bers. The indictment against
her embraces blasphemy, heresy
and abostasy.
When you are constipated, with
loss G f apetite headache, take one
0 f D r . j. h. McLean’s Little Liver
am l Kidney Fillets. They aws
pleasant to take and will cure you.
25 cents a vial.
It seems to he the general opin¬
ion of the weekly press that the
state convicts should be put on tlxe
public roads to workout their sen¬
tences. When this is done we will
have good roads, and we are not apt
to have them before. Put them on
the roads.—Milledgeville Chron¬
icle.
If you spit up phlegm, and are
troubled with a hacking cough,
use Dr. J. IT. McLean’s Tar V me
Lung Balm.
Hon. William IT. Barnum, of
Connecticut, chairman of the
National Democratic Committee,
died at Lime Rock Tuesday.
Some us fret inwardly and
some outwardly. The former is
the better plan for , our friends, , ..
but the worst for ourselves.
Croupy suffocations, night
coughs and all the common affec¬
tions of the throat and lungs
quickly relieved by Dr. J. H.
McLean’s Tar Wine Lung Balm.
When a newspaper man gets
into an* armchair with his best
girl he doesn't talk shop, you bet,
even to the extent of saying: “We
are overcrowded this evening.
Tompkins explained to a friend
that the reason that ho always
carried an umbrella was not bc
cause it was raining in Loudon
ppt because his wife was reigning
ai , j *
Old people , sutler ~ mucii , 1
m
^eXtays effects of Dr. TK J. H.
WOU(ler f ul Balm
McLean’s Liver and Kidney %!■
in banishing their troubles.
00 per bottle.
One of the executed Chicago
anar chists, Spies, has materiali
zed according to spirtualists, suf
ficiently to tell people engaged
in a seance in Findlay 0., that he
had seen the error of his ways,
and t< 11 fluwr, f Tint to
e
pose the laws of well-organized . i
fpeaking governments. If Spies had been
to a gathering of
ca <r 0 anarchists, no doubt the na
^ of bis remarks would
been wide ly different.
, of a reme dy should
, est i m ated by its curative prop- Vtaii
tMg
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best aud most economical blood
medicine licine m in the market, ’ because ,,d.
«*« ™ - 1 ^ con ce!ltrat
Brice v-t. Worth $5 a bottle.
FROM LITHONIA.
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charming sister, Miss Fannie,
spent a few days in this
n ity recenUy.
Miss Mamie Nelms, of Conyers,
is spending a few days in this
community. We wish for her a
pleasant visit.
Miss Timiie Hollingsworth, of
Smyrna, liasbeen visiting relatives
and friends near here. Come
again and stay longer next time.
We tip our hat in congratula
tions to friend J. O. MeKnight,
It is a little Queen and she first
saw the light of day on Sunday
morning last. May she live long
and become a veritable Queen
among the “Egyptians.”
There is a cotton seed trust
among South Carolina farmers.
Planters who unloaded to oil mills
are required to put up $1 a bushel
for seed now.
Washington, D. C., young la¬
dies are not satisfied with an or¬
dinary hug such as young men are
capable of performing, hut,have
pet bears to enfold them in a tight
embrace.
Brother Hanes is in favor of
having a county fair next August,
and is working manfully to have
our people unite and have a fair.
We join him in this trood work,
and will do everything in our
power to make the fair a success.
DeKalb has remained in the back
ground long enough, and it is
time for us to advertise our re¬
sources to the whole world.
A dry, hacking cough keeps the
bronchial tubes in a state of con¬
stant i ritation, which, if not spee¬
dily removed, may lead to bron¬
chitis. No prompter remedy Pec¬ can
be had than Ayer’s Cherry anodyne
toral, which is both an
and expectorant.
“Could you give a man a lift?”
asked a seedy looking man at the
door of an office building, “Cer
tainly; take the elevator at the
end of the hall.”
suggestive Mr. Loring facts gives and figures. some very He
says that in the twenty years end¬
ing in 1880 the number of Ameri¬
can farms increased from 2,044,
077 to 4,088,907, and that during of
the same period the doubled product in
the farms more than
value, rising from $1,800,000,000
in 1859 to $3,(300,000,000 in 1879.
Lost.—“I don’t know where, I
can’t tell when, I don’t see how—
something of great value to me.
and for the return of which I shall
be truly thankful, viz.: a good ap¬
petite.” —“Health and strength,
Found.
pure blood, an appetite like that
of a wolf, regular digestion, all by
taking that popular Sarsaparilla. and peculiar I
medicine, Hood's
want everybody to try it this sea
son. It is sold by all druggists. dollar.
One hundred doses one
A sharp Yankee has proposed to
a syndicate 01 New York capitalists
the idea of purchasing all the bat
tic holds of tbo late war. Ho sug
gests that if fenced beautiful parks
cou ld be made of them and in a cen
tur y or two, they would draw un
thousands of visitors,
The company could coin money
charging 25 cents admission and
$1 an hour for hacks to convey
visitors about the grounds, apd by
leasing refrefihment stands.
McEir«« - i wine qf caboui for female diseases,
rsA LRY qpptvu SIRING, "
s kw ne of the best housewives
in England, “We feel the
necessity of taking a good medi
we
keeps the children free from liu
mors, my husband says it gives
him a good appetite, and for my
self I am sure I could never do all
«,v work if it. w» not for this
splendid medicine, it makes e
feel strong and eheeiftd, and I am
eV e r trouUed with headache or
that tired feeling, as I used to be.”
THAT PALE WOMAN.
number of churches and ministers
and they have tried to do
something for these men in their
way; hut, finding they could not,
they have given it up. The
church said: “We have rung our
bell, engaged our quartette choir,
and if you do not come we cannot
help it.”
There is no command for the
people to go and get the Gospel,
the command is to carry the Gos
pel to the people—“Go ye into all
the world"—that means every
where.
Miss Phelps was given up to
die, but her physicians said: “If
you go to such a village on our
coast perhaps the air may prolong
your life; but it is an awfully
wicked place.” That pale woman
arrived there and took a room,
She slept but little the first night,
and toward morning was sleeping
quietly, with her windows open to
the sea air, when she was awaken
ed by the rough swearing of men
under her window. She could
not bear it, and, hastily dressing,
went to the door and said:
“0, men, lam a poor, sick dy
ing woman. I have come from
the hills to prolong my life, hut
you are going to drive me away.”
One wicked man said:
“Who is going to drive you
away, you pale woman?”
“You are; you have been swear¬
ing about my Saviour?”
The man trembled, and said:
“I will knock down the man
that swears. Nobody shall swear
while you are here.”
A . along . .
man came swearing,
and he said:
“You stop that; there is an an¬
gel here.”
In a few days she took a little
cabinet organ, hired a hall, open¬
ed the doors and windows, and
thorough men gathered around.
She touched the keys and began
to sing, “What a friend we have
in Jesus.” Before she had finish¬
ed tears were in eyes unaccustom¬
ed to weep. In a little while she
had a church, and had need for a
minister, and they are doing great
things there that would never
have been done hut for that pale
woman.—Dr. Bates, in Service for
Jesus.
• • •
SAVED OF CONSUMPTION.
Several physicians Druggist, predicted
that Mr. Asa B. Rowley,
of Chicago, would soon have con¬
sumption caused Catarrh. by an Customers aggravat¬
ed case of
finally induced him to try Clarke's
Extract of Flax (Papilon) Catarrh
Cure. He says: “The result was
unprecedented. I commenced to
get well after the first application weeks,
and am now, after a few
entirely cured.” It will do the
same for you. Price $1.00. Try
Clarke’s Flax Soap for the Skin
and you will use no other. 25
cents. All of Clarke’s Elax reme¬
dies are for sale by all Druggists.
B asked what is the remedy for
the deeper sorrows of the J ‘ mnan
heart—what a man slionid chiefly
j ook to m his progress through
■ e as t ie pov\ < 1 1 1 a is 0 sus am
him under trials and enable him
manfully to conn ont ins afflictions
I must po,n h,m ^ somethmg
wmen m a wui Known nymn ^
called, “The old, old story, told
of in ‘ an old ’ old book ’ and taught X?
™ old > old teaching, which t
is the greatest and best gift ever
given to mankind—W. E. Glad
st
Humors ran not in the blood at
this season. Hoods Sarsaparilla
expels every^impurity and vi «* :
and enriches tlie blood.
Chinese minister at Wash-.
j n ^. ou bas a ^reat admiration for
American . women HesairS rr -li they _
are the most beautiful in the world, i
WORDS TO FRIENDS:
Job work solicited 'and satisfac¬
tion guaranteed.
Reliable attention given advertis¬
ing.
TERMS llEA SONABL E.
No. 11.
SHEPHERD BOYS PRAYER.
tlie people were going over the
%lds, when the little fellow began
to think that he, too, would like to
W to God. But what could he
say? for ho hail never learned any
prayer. So he knelt down and
commenced the alphabet—A, B,
an< J 80 011 to Z. A gentleman
happened to be passing on the
other side of the hedge, heard the
lad s voice, and, looking through
the hushes, saw the little fellow
kneeling with folded hands and
closed eyes, saying, “A, B, C.”
“What are you doing, my little
man?”
The lad looked up. “Please sir,
I was praying.”
“Rut what were you saying
your letters for?
“Why, I didn’t know any prayer,
only I felt that I wanted God to
take cure of me, and help me tako
care of the sheep. So I thought
if I said all I knew, he would put
it together and spell all I want.”
“Bless your heart, my little
man! He will, ho will, lie will!
When the heart speaks right, the
bps can’t say wrong.”—-The Sun
day Hour,
RUBY’S LETTER.
A‘letter from Mr. J. W. Ruby,
Union City, Ind., says: I havo
used your Clarke’s Extract of Flax
(pupil complete Ion) Cough Cure and seated find
it 11 cure 1 )
cold. It lias don< 11111 "two
of our children most skillful physicians. Whooping
My Cough and had the aid
with the of your
compared Cough Cure, with they neighbors’children had it very light
w,1 .° d ! d n wt J akt! ifc : 1 Relieve it
to j be the . best cough the
cure in
market.” &o it is. A large bot¬
tle Clarke’s only $1.00. Flax Soap fertile Skin.
It leads them all. Price 25 cents.
Cough Cure and Soap for sale by
all leading druggists.
We caught, by accident, the
following from a letter written to
one of MilledgevilleV, young men,
which contains a ton of truth:
Drinking whisky is the plank road
to want. It is a macadamized
road to the house of proverty.
It is the turnpike to the gates of
despair. It is the airline to hell.”
—Milledgeville Chronicle.
DON’T FAIL
TO SEE
T. J. KING'S
Full lino of Home-made Harness and Shoes
of the best Quality kept always ou hand
Will bull cheap for cash.
Wonder for Neatness!
Fine Hoots and Shoes made to order and St
guaranteed. Ail kinds of repairing done neat¬
ly and promptly.
Never Ripping Work!
Ueuieuiber that we use the uelebAted Brass
Screws; will not rip—will not rust out your
shoes.
COME TO SEE US AND BUY
OU It GOODS Oil LEAVE YOUR
ORDEBS
T. J. King.
Scott build ing. 1 door below. Dr.
Lee’s drug store.
Conyers, Ga., Oct. 18th 18 8.
for LETTERS ADMINTSTR1TION.
QB0KGIAt BocWalc mmty _
Toa „ whoin it con**™-, whereas o.p.
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theebtatuof Johll Monra:l . 1-te «r *aid coun
ty deceased, this is to cite all ami singular,
kin<1,e ‘ l creditors, ofjoim Morgan to be
and sppear at my office within the time •now
b , , ttW and -use if any «h^«a
MorJJUU •, cstute . O. Shamans.
Ordinary
April HO, U83.
,n, KDALE SHERIFF BALE),
Wi n be «»m before thecourthm.se door, m
Hoodie e« ; «nty. o„ the IimTue^y May
and j.k. Kogserhy virtue ofoue a.fa. asrainst
them iu fuvor or curdneit a Co., issued from
thegupcriorcourtof UockdaleC oun«y. This
Apni 5. is». a. d. mpdonald, sheriff.