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JOHN R. M ADDOX Editor
The New York World says the
Republican ]>artv is now divided
between nepotism and bend-knee
potism.
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M,««. Pe*-pl«s awl Stephens,
the Supreme Court reporter*, ex
pect to have Georgia Reports No.
80 out by the first of July.
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One of our exchanges asks the
it is doing the farming, and
lie does it. _
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The soon-to be sweet girl , ,
tiate has an engagement with
immner, milliner uno who is is uuuei under contract
make her look too sweet for
thing when she steps ^U ,oii
stage to read her original estyiy.
If it's true that a breach betw
Mr. Harrison and Mr. Blaine
about to occur, it forebodes
good to the Republican party
the country will have nothing
regret.
Ours is a practical age.
old motto, “Trust in God and
ypur powder dry,” has been
luted by an Iowa farmer
“Boys, don't touch these
for they are green ami God
you!”
The last congress was
ic, and republican organs
nothing to saj against the
rules, which it i* alleged, give
usual power to the minority. 1
present congress is
and the republican organs are
most splitting tlmir throats
ing out for a charge in tht'
so as to prevent “minority
in tlie House.’ This shows
a precious lot of old
run the republican press.
Hon. Thomas Hardeman
promptly comes to the front in
card denying the report that
intends to run against
man Blount at the next election
in the Sixth congressional
of Georgia. Col. Hardeman
that the relations existing between
himself and Congressman
are of the most friendly character,
and that he is not, and will not be
a candidate against him for con¬
gressional honors at the next elec¬
tion.
When the conpulsory
bill comes before the Georgia leg¬
islature it may encourage its ad¬
vocates to learn that the Mexican
congress has recently passed
similar measure. Hereafter the
Mexican parents who refuse or
neglect to semi their children to
school will be punished as crim¬
inals. The republic has assumed
parental authority, and the wrech
ed Mexican fathdY is hereafter a
nonentity. His children belong
to the government, and will be ed¬
ucated and paddled by it. Some
few Georgians may like the Mex¬
ican way’but the majority are not
ready for if yet.
rni The prospect . is . that . some enter- ,
estmg bills will lie introduced at
the summer session of theGeor
gia legislature. It was announced
a few weeks ago that Mr. Atkin
son would introduce one for , the ,,
establishment of an industrial
school for girls, and now it is sta
compulsory education. Probably
Mr. McDonald was encouraged
in his purpose bv iiie recent ac
tion of the New York legislature
- • what , , intended * . to
in passing was
be a very strict law on this sub
ject. New York lias had a com
pulsory education law for.
time, but it has not seemed to
work verv well. That, however
’
* not , conclusive , .
xs evidence .. that
would not work well in
SABBATH HELPS.
Lesson for .Tune 9.
Jesus before Pilate.
Golden Text— “Pilate saith un¬
to them, ‘Take ye him, and cruci¬
fy him. ’’ John xix. 0.
'
Place —(1) The Sanhedrim, for
council) luill, near tlie temple
court; (2) the judgment hall of
probably in the tower of
Antonia, just outside the north
west corner of the temple grounds
j n Jerusalem
Rulerk—T iberius C»sar, eni
of Rome; Pontius
governor of Judea; Herod Caiaphas, Anti},as,
governor of Galilee;
lii <T ")i Driest
Parallel Accounts— Matt, xxvii
i_ 3 i- Luke x\i ; . (i(i to xxiii. 25;
John xviii. 28 to xix. 1C. The re
cord given by John is especially with tlie
instructive in connection
l-re^re. «• c ™ 0V _ Iu
w „ re to)(] , lbout
,, • , “he i Smidl :ii po chlmW ...] tr : a i G f
W in of
Caiaplias the high priest; how
j thev, after failing to get their false
j f.'^f rtoath "l£S
I i he answered in the affirmative,
We learned also how the servants
j () f Caiaphas mocked the Savior,
; spit upon him, blindfolded him,
I and struck hint with the palms i of
^ ‘ fists
p e{ er t]irice denied being
; a disciple of Jesus before tlxecock
crew twice. This informal meet
ingof the Sanhedrim adjourned about
to meet o’clock* again after sunrise,
5i and in a formal way
ratify what they had done in tlie
night unlawfully. The 1st verse
of the | iresnt lesson refers to this
trial, which is more explicitly giv
• 1
Scrifture Lesson—
f And straightw ay in the consulta- morning
the chief priests held a
tion with tlie elders and scribes
UU(l t j ie whu]e t . OU i, c ii ; bound
Jesus, and carried him uv a v, and
delivered him to Pilate. 2 And
Pilate asked him, Art thou the
King of the Jews? And lie an¬
swering said unto him, Thou say
est if. 3 And the chief priests ac¬
cused him of many things; And but lie
answered nothing. 4 Pilate
asked him again, saying, Answer
cst thou nothing? behold how
many things they witness against
thee. 5 But Jesus yet answered
nothing; so that Pilate marveled.
(5 Now at that feast he released
unto them desired. one prisoner, And whomso¬ there
ever they named Barabbas, 7 which
was one
lay bound with them that had
made insurrection with him, who
had committed murder in the in¬
surrection. 8 And the multitude
crying aloud began to desire him
to do us he had ever done unto
them. But Pilate answered I release them,
saying, Will King yc that of the Jews? unto
you the 10
Por he knew that the for chief priests
had delivered him envy. 11
But the chief priests moved the
people, that he should rather re¬
lease Barabbas unto them. 12
And Pilate answered and said
again unto them, "What will ye
then that I shall do unto him
Jews? whom ye call And the they King cried of the
13 out
late again, said Crucify unto him. them, 14 Why, Then what Pi
evil hath he done? And they cried
out him. the more And exceedingly, Pilate, willing Crucify
15 so to
content the people, released Ba¬
rabbas unto them, and delivered
Jesus, when ho had scourged him,
to be erucitied. 1G And tlie sol¬
diers led him away into the hall,
called Pretorium; and they call
together the whole band. 17 And
they clothed him with purple, and
platted about a bis crown head, of thorns, And and began put
it 18
to salute him, Hail King of the
Jews. 19 And they smote him on
the head with a reed, and did spit
upon him. and bowing their knees
worshiped had mocked him, him, 20 And they when
they purple him, took
off the from and put
his own clothes on him, and led
him out to crucify him.
The Story Retold—I nstead of
giving as usual the lesson, an explanatory sliail
comment on we
attempt to retell in their proper
, mW rtll the events embraced in
the lesson, whether recorded by
Mark or not.
About sunrise I for this was as
*oon as they could hold a lawful
trial) the council reassembled in
the same hall, not for the purpose '
of finding out the truth, but to
give SSSHsIS a sort of legal force to what
raan ou t of the way before
friends should find it out. So at
this would-be-legal false witnesses, trial they in
trodueed no but
simply asked Jesus whether
Sim of Go d. After
them that they him were determined
j to condemn no matter what
answer , lie gave, he , told ,, them, , “ye
fiy that I They said this
j mg by t ^ him lr a just . ct ^ like the Scriptures
had foretold the Messiah should
be treated. As before they saw
plenty of blasphemy in his words,
tS r S
him to Pilate to get the consent of
this Roman officer, that their sen
tence might be executed. He was
carried to Pilate’s hall of justice,
probably m the tower of - Antonia, t ,
a fortress connected with the tem
j with the city. The Jews
carefully suppressed of blasphemy, their religious
c ^ r ? e { Ihat on
which he hadbeen condemned, but
: they united in telling Pilate that
j J esus claimed to be king - would the
This they thought
j prejudice the Roman governor
against Clmst that he would at
i once - sentence him to death.
W lien Pilate a«ked him if lie was
king of the Jews, he replied im
phaticallv that he was but that
Ins kingdom was not Then of this he world. could
J°J 1}1 xvni. 3C.
the hatred of the Jews towards
the Roman authorities, and so he
was inclined to believe their ac¬
cusation false. Jesus answer con¬
tinued him. At once he went out
.. . , A . , , n
I
1 jheni’ogaiu brought against what the aeensation man. They they
tyhl him he was a malefactor
‘ J^lm xvin. 30. 1 date then said
> ‘ Take him and judj^e lain aecor
P 1 "*!’ Y om ’ ^ v - Has they re
I fused because they could not ex¬
ecute death and nothing else but
the deuth of tins innocent man
would satisfy them. They ac
eused Jesus of many Then things, 1 ilate but
die said nothing - .
wondered, and returning to Jesus
asked him how this could be, ioi
\ Vd <} been u sed to vehement de
j ™als from prisoners . when they
Svere loudly accused. Among
: other things these Jew r s said that
i Jesus had stmed ^ up the people
11?., T a i, ee :. to
I J date , that lie might shift tlie lo¬
j sponsibihty of the decision to
Herod governor of Galilee, who
was also at tlie feast. Pilate sent
Jesus to Herod. He refused to
answer any,of Herod’s questions.
Herod then mocked his claims as
king, and put a mock robe of roy¬
alty upon him, and sent him back
to Pilate. Then Pilate calls to¬
gether the council, and tells them
that Herod agreed with him that
Jesus liad-done nothing effort deserving
of death. But this to set
Christ free and to avoid the re¬
sponsibility of a decision in his
case, faiiecl a second time. The
Jews then clamor for the accus¬
tomed release of a prisoner obtain at their the
feast. Pilate tries to
desired consent to release release Jesus; of Barabbas. but they
tho
Now Barabbas was a man who had
committed murder in his efforts
to stir up a sedition against Rome.
Nothing could be more expressive
of the insincerity of the Jews in
their charges against the Savior
than their clamor for the release
of Barabbas.
Then Pilate asked what they wanted done
with the ona they called “king ol the Jews,”
They answered, "Crucify false him.” This was
CcueitUkiu another instance of loyalty to Rome, tho
Was a Roman .punishment;
Jews "Why, stoned what people evil to death hath he Then don#?” said They Pi
lute,
cried tho more "Crucify him.” Pilate wishing
scurged to please the people, and delivered released him Barabbas; bo cruci- then
to
fled. The soldiers led Christ in the Pretorium
(governor's hall,) ami called "the whole land’’
that .hey might see tue sport. They mocked
swTSywsKWr&Sf his claims of royalty by putting: on him a robe
nunisliineiit w|th its S|ii!Hi 3 . Then they cruel
ly smote thorns in in on into tlio his head, flesh, perhaps spit driving him, went the
sharu on
Read, Read!
tffc. V»SS We respectfully call the attention of
our friends, customers and the
PUBLIC GENERALLY
To the FACT that we now have in STORF one of the Largest and
well assorted Stock of
General Merchandise
To be found anywhere: embracing in endless variety and qualities
kinds
OF DRY GOODS
Notions, Mens’ and Ladies’ Shoes, Hats and Clothing, Staple and
FANCY GROCERIES
Harness, Bridles, Saddles, Ac. Ac.' Also full line of
, ■ • f
^ ^nmy “"I ’ x * ouxs, ? C3
All of which we bought for SPOT CASH, getting the benefit of all
which enables us to Sell as low as the Lowest
FOR CASH OE ON TIME
Which we are determined to do,
WE EARNESTLY ASK ALL NVHO WANT ANYTHING IN
LINE TO CALL AND SEE US BEFORE BUYING AS WE
DO OUR BEST FOR YOU. Respectfully,
Almand &
h i*forc' ,
P Hght the
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t
commenta¬
ry oh human depravity that has ever engaged
the attention of man.
If you fail to get your paper be
sure to inform ns of the fact.
Ir
W. L. DOUGLAS
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$1.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE.
$3.50 POLICE AND FARMER’S SHOE.
$2.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE.
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ly and promptly.
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0RDERS
T. J. King.
Scott building. 1 door below.
Lee’s drug store.
Conyers, Ga., Oct. 18th 18 8
ROCK DALE SHERIFFS SALE.
I will sell at the court house in Conyers
said county on the th-st Tuesday in July next
the following lands to-wit, four hundred
more or less, upon which is situated a gx’st
and flouring mill, being lots of land Nos. ‘.U7
!U8, 327, and 328 in the sixteenth district of
county: Said land is bound as follows, on
south by lands formally owned by Win,
Brantley, on the west by lands formerly of \V
U. Almand, and tho Rockdale paper mill
pany, said lands being on and near
River. Said lands being in possession ol
Smith, and J. M. Preston and levied on as
property ot nl - A. > ii. « /.acinj, y. 1P i n . v under unaci an an nitacn
mentfi. fa. issued from Rockdale
c our t hi favor rf L. S. Jlcllah versus
Zachiy. , May .-'tn 1RR q a t>
Sheriff Rockdale
I have used and RIB Still
TT MollllGS . , (jCntOG . l0V6l i * tiFG ,i A up iiiCiipSB.
?
nothing better. G. VV. Pir.wAra WEAVER,
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D-A- HUDSON & SOS
Conyers, Ga. '
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complete in every res
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are invited to examin
them.
Are of all sizes, all prices, any QUALITY
11*0111 market. til© CllCapeSt We fool almost tO tllO BEST challengil Oil f.lj |
like
tlie world on PRICES and QUALITY, h,
this department we are able to supply tlin
wants of the trading public.
Listen at This!
Thirty-six inch wide fino cashmeres for
only 25 cts a yard. Titis is an offer that
only has to he known to secure a rush for
the goods. BAHRAIN'S.! BARGAINS!
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CLOTHING FOE ALL
For Boys and Men, Suits to lit and
quality guaranteed. Our Spring Stock
is almost perfect. Nothing is wanting
from tlie BEST down to the COMMONEST.
Prices and goods to suit ail.
GROCERIES I
Embrace everything marketable.
Our pride is to make it meet every
demand cf the public. When you
want goods come to see us.
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This department is superb and
endless. Our stock is the Rockdale. prettiest
ever offered for sale in
Anything wanted can be had.
OH! FOE SPRING GOODS
To please the eye and suit the
pocket-book spread out in extrava¬
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mo'st attractive ever offered for
sale on this market. Styles the
best and the designs the prettiest.
hats: HATS! hats:
Ranee from the plainest to >h
nobbiest Long have we haci tae
, ^ unexcelled
poH RllO we have an
stock. Come a nd see.
Salines the Loveliest
On the market. Dress g oods lin '
matched in beauty.