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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1889)
— \T\TT?L> ckDA n Ti i »=j pfBLTsHED __ every TilFSDAY- TU£b - BY oxellby & MADDOX COWERS HA., JUNE, 4,1889. Gatherings. of r ° m>g folks 0a»O> enjoyable smging . .at , Mrs Hull's Sunday evening. bargains ins at Cain A El giy liotts. ie Smith of Atlanta Hiss Minnie Dukes in the visited the Misses city Sunday- this The P rohibition law in count' is pm excellent-, but that 7 doesn't alter the fact that liquor drinking and selling goes on all the same Some had just as soon M drunk and carouse around on Sunday as any other day. Possi¬ bly their actions are justified _ in a measure by the old saying, that better the day better the deed. Hr Henry P. Bryans of Atlanta was in the city last week. On Sabbath evening June the gtb Squire Helms and Mr. Will Everitt will conduct a singing at Ebenezer church about 4 miles'be low town, The public are cordi ally invited to be present. Hr. W. W. Sharp, who has been in Lakeland, Fla., for 4 or 5 years, h home on a visit. He intends spending the summer here. He is looking well. How would a free school suit the people of Conyers? In other words, how does the system being talked of strike your fancy? Cain cA Elliott is headquaters follow cut shoes. The wheat in this section is es¬ timated to be about three-fourths of a full crop. I Mr. Joe McCord and wife of Carrollton are visiting relatives [and friends in the city. Mr. Mc¬ Cord is a Conyers boy and w-e are all glad to welcome him and lady to our city. Quoits and checkers are the games endulged in by some of our city people. At checkers Mr. J. E. Maddox wears the city honors. Of course this distinction is dis¬ puted by some of the lesser lights. I We are pleased to see Mr. Andy -Oaks able to be put again after a [severe spell of sickness. If -you want a good county pa¬ per subscribe for the Rockdale Banker. A party of town people went down to Gee’s mill on a seining expedition last Friday. Lots of kn and frolic of course, but few fishes. Hr. Henry Broadfield of Gor (1 ' 011 comity visited Mrs. Dukes Sunday in the city. Ihs. A. P. Tomoy of Atlanta dsited Mr. A. P. Mitchell’s fam¬ ily Sunday. Best Patent flour at H. P. A D. f-Almand uarrel. A Co’s at $6.00 per jddle people learn by experience many others more thougbt are instructed by counsel. °kman says in the multitude of counsel there is safety. It looks *j r d for a poor man to be arraign ( ^ or drunkenness, and have a j edT y<|ne imposed him by upon “ Courts, when in point of fact 61 ' ljare ly able to accumulate Liough money to lay by for a fai! 'Y day. It is equally hard as °rders on the oppressive to 0,) a person of his property, tear ^ ‘d s ^ stilling i ail fixtures and it ] harder as a beast. But jjivhi 1 to society, to in •tep.nWn Hnt ^ I 1 -" 3 common and am } e d law of the land to per Winuahy wil l ful ly> openly and , t ; o violate the law and ftino ® onsta at insult to every lst an< d just. just ’ ls P enforce it. If uu g . ff > 1 *- This is not only j a li( i u °r law but any other. killed b C tw ’ kn young man who kouutuin U ? ? wn crook at Stone VroS tWo ab U ? h Ut two "-alls months ago, jail at n - S of the w '*»iApta M * y moniiae ’ r , bo A img 1 . ""“H-crano 1 ne °f hats, rib . s ^‘ aljs i vie IBi.g, etc af i Umma » Riley’s. flow Sis will i„ ** ei ‘ before buying. n ffiease and suit • ^ 1- , ^ ose l^ 1 Alinarul to settling wee\s in thT^r ‘ dis* three visit completely CfT 1 ’f"- He!sh r We are liismind to locate iu ^Lo! Conyers He is a tine bnsiness a a a^^ u,^ lliese two items are from the Litlionia, Era: Miss Rebecca Clay, of Conyers, spent several days of last week visiting- Dr. H. C. Gay’s family. Mr. George Huey, who lives near here, lost his house and en tire household furniture, etc., by lire, Saturday night. He had just laid in a large supply of provis ions, including 11 sacks of corn and 200 pounds of flour. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Huey and family were away from home at the time of the lire. M hen you want any harness, call made, common or very line on T. J. King. Mr. Charley Everitt of Coving¬ ton visited Mr. Will Everitt's fam¬ ily Sunday. Mrs. Susie Bosworth of Atlanta is visiting her mother, Mrs. Har¬ dee Dukes, in the city. She in¬ spending the summer here. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia. Some thief pilfered Mr. Tom King’s meat house last week. No one has been arrested yet, al¬ though a heavy suspicion rests on one or two persons who seem to a propensity for picking up meat or other tilings. Mr. J. S. Daniell wants his grass blade. The borrower will please return it. The public will please remember Mr. S. S. Nuckolls will keep during the summer drinks. ice and a lot oj delicious Dr. E. R. Carswell, jr., will preach his celebrated sermon on the “Second Coming of Christ” at the First Baptist church in Conyers next Sunday. Every¬ body cordially invited. JgyBLACK-DR AUGHT tea cures Constipation. Mrs. R. F. Carr of Macon is visiting friends in the city and county. Nice muslin at H. P. A D. M. A Co’s at 4 cents per yard. Mr. G. M. Jones, our county commissioner, informs us not a single negro applicant teachers license to teach school this county has stood a success¬ examination up to this time. is true, however, that the negro of the county will contin¬ as heretofore, but the schools be taught by those wdio ob¬ licenses last year, The are difficult and will a tendency to shelve incom¬ persons. The object of the is to raise the character of In doing this it may have the effect of breaking up a good many country schools. To obtain colleg-iates to teach schools in all parts of the state may after trial be found to be a matter much harder to reduce to practice than is at first supposed. But the re¬ duction in tlie number of teachers and the raising of the standard of teachersliip is not without its ad¬ vantages. If tlie teachers are few and competent their pay will be better, and the better informed the instructor the more capable he is of imparting information. Mr. John Almand of Washing¬ ton, Ga., is visiting in the city. £Sg“WINE OF CARDU! a Tonic for Women. Col. J. N. Hale and daughter of McDonough are visiting relatives and friends in the city. The Woolfolk trial began at Perry, Houston county, yesterday. Griffiin is to have a tournament on July 4. Among the suits in DeKalb county is one for boarding and training a pointer dog. Subscribe for the Rockdale Banner. An executive order creates a new militia district in Paulding county, and numbers it 1443. There is some talk of building The a cofirrm faAorv in Butler. IVscElree’s Wine of Cardui and THEDFORD S ELACK-DRAUGHT are for sale by the following merchants iu Rockdale county: & Son, Conyers, Dr. W. H. Lee M. R. Stewart, Conyers. Geo. T. Smith, Conyers. Richardson. W. M. Richardson, GENERAL MEETING. Programme for thc generaI meetiu " *o be held in the fl»t dis k^f “ the second Bap~° Geor ^ a Ba Wi P‘ ‘ h Church at ^ L'-tf's! "l ’ '"' e ’ ’if''' the The f„ll„4,g will be subjects of discussion: First—Friday afternoon the question will be, Does the Scrip¬ tures teach the free agency of man? G. \Y. Phillips to lead. Second—Saturday morning, Does the Scriptures teach that there is a definite number of the human family chosen or elected to grace and glory, if so how is that number made up? A. J. Goss to lead. Third—Saturday evening, Which is productive of the most evil, the inconsistency in the way profess¬ ors live and walk, or, the influence of infidelity? Luke Robinson to lead. Eonrth—Sunday at 11 o’clock, Does the Scriptures teach that the atonement of Christ was made for all men or for the elect only? H. H. Tucker to preach on this subject. Everybody is invited to attend the meeting and hear these sub¬ jects discussed. The discussion is open to all who desire to take part tn it. II. F. Buchanan, J. C. Stephenson, D. M. Almand, J. H. Dabney, O. Seajiams, Committee. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is for sale at Dr. W. II. Lee A Son’s. The medicine is guaranteed. Don’t fail to try it. If the crop estimates of the Ag¬ ricultural Department are worth much and the seasons continue favorable, wheat will be abundant next fall. The condition of the crop is placed at 96, against 73 last year. The difference of more than twenty noints, maintained until harvest time, will mean a gain of many million bushels. Big pile of ladies and gloves for 10 cents at Cain A El¬ liott’s. Best soda at H. P. A D. M. Almand A Co’s at 5 cents per pound. It is sad, but true, that reports come to us iu all directions from this and surrounding counties, that the crops for this year are ex¬ ceedingly poor. A gentleman told us yesterday that lie never knew the indications for a good crop to be so bad in his life. In addition to the lateness of the crops generally, in many places the cold wind on last Thursday night, and other cold nights re¬ cently, has so chilled young cot¬ ton, peas, and other tender crops that even a medium yield is al¬ most hopeless. Yet we hone for the best. Push and hard work can yet accomplish much. New lot of shoes to arrive at Ii. P. A D. M. Almand A Co’s soon. McEirae’t WINE OF cardih for female diseases. Homebody with a statistical turn of mind lias found that ot tlie $80,000,000 or so a year paid for federal pensions, Georgia pays $3,000,000 and the south more than $30,000,000. If any one thinks that the south hasn’t but deserving a right to veterans insist none shall be pensioned, ho makes a great mistake. Fruifc jars, jelly glasses and a splendid line of crockery, the finest iu town at Hudson A Sou's. The Atlanta committee visited the City of Mexico and formally invited President Diaz to visit the Piedmont Exposition next fall. Col. Diaz made no definite re spouse,, but it was learned that be had given orders fora pair of double-soled mud boots and was having lus uniurella is repaired. ready It is probable lie getting on the quiet, to come up. NOTICE. I have this day Nuckolls, bought interest out my in partner’s Mr. the business and assume all obli gat-ions. Phis is . done by mutual , May 27th 1889. 4t LOOK HERE. p I eople MiSll,n_ w : Klrrtcr any anythin Uljll 0 0 " in m the 111 Granite line will do well to call on or addles. A Co., O "U" Edwards Conyers, Ga. A GEORGIA SERMON. A Baptist Brother Gives His Opinion About the Presbyterians. (Published by request) A lady correspondent ox the Independent heard gives Georgia a sketch of a sermon she in near ly half a century ago from winch we give an extract: Die preacher was apparently about fifty years of age, large, muscular and vKfil proportioned. On eutermg the pulpit he took oft Ins coat and hung it on a nail be lnnd linn, then opened lus collar and wristbands, and wiped the perspiration from Ins face, neck and hands. He was clad in striped cotton homespun, and Ins slurt was of the same material. He had traveled several miles that morning, and seemed almost over come by heat. But the brethren sang a couple of hymns while lie was fanning and cooling oft, and when he arose he looked comfort able and good-natured. He had preached there once oi txvice before, but to most ot the audience'“her was a stranger. Hence he thought himself, it necessaiy lie did, to announce as as “Old Club Axe Davis, irom Screven county, a- halt hard and halt soil shell Baptist. “I have given myself that name, said lie, “because I believe the Lord elected me from all eternity to go ahead in the backwoods and grub out a path and blaze the way for others to follow. Attei the thickest ;ot it is cut away, a good Methodist brother will coine tilings along and little take my smoother trail and and make a a good deal wiser. And after all the underbrush is cleared out, and the owjs and wolves skeered oft', a Presbyterian and white brother cravat m black broadcloth will come along and cry for de cency and order, And they’ll both do good in tlieir sphere. I don’t despise a larnt man, even if he don’t dress and think as I do. You couldn’t pay me enough to wear broadcloth, summer or winter, and you couldn’t pay a Presbyterian enough to go without it in dog days. make all alike, God don’t us my brethren; but every man lias bis own sphere. When God has a place to fill, He makes a man and puts him in it. M lien he wanted General Jackson, He made him ani^ set him to tighten’ Indi ans aud the English; when He wanted George Whitefield, He made him to blow the Gospel trumpet as no other man ever blowed it, and when He wanted old Club Axe Davis, He made him and set him to grubbin’ in the backwoods. “But my shell isn’t so hard but I can see good (tints in everybody; they and as far the Presbyterians, Bapt¬ are a long way ahead of us ists and Methodists in somethings. They raise their children better than any people on the face of the earth. Only a few days said ago a Methodist class leader to me: Brother Club Axe, I was born a Methodist, I was raised a Metho¬ dist, and by the grace of God I hope to die a Methodist; but thank God I got a Presbyterian wife to raise my children. “And I believe, my brethren, if the Lord should open tlie way for me to marry again Pd try my best to find a Presbyterian woman, and run my chances of breadin’her in into the saven’ doctrines of feet washin’ and immersion after wards.” Just at tills time ho was inter¬ rupted by two spotted bounds had been continuing running and down the pulpit stairs. One of them jumped upon the jat-Hml^was^mnething lunch. he ia q brought along for his He turned slowly and took him b t]ie oars , UH ] tail and threw hi vn of the window behind as ii y as if ifc bud been a young b ;tt ea . The other took warning . 1U( j ou t as rapidly as possible, and not without howling half kil yelping as if he had been led. He then turned to the audience an 1 said smilingly: “St. Paul ex- 1,0 ‘j. 1, vh-it he*would " ‘ ^ m this ) ”‘-i g It *uwears with like I am ;' ' j diws ’ as . s « tic Lai. sea d commenced , ^utsali^i< 1 1 'A ' V l kicking among J « ] j0 v S es that were - * Hq hijJ head ut of the win dow and said: No harm done, Wliwn UlPtiilClI* Just a creetur ivitli a sidesaddle Broke loose. Will some brother head the animal? for no sister can walk home this hot day. Quiet c being P restored, he -ii tinned: , , "itt Well, my i biethren, ai t A will now try to say what X allowed to about the Presbyterians. As I sa id before, they raise their chil dren a heap better than we do. * • I I I A bey , oeliave , , D-; ttel ,, 111 muen ll i > kee«U.e Sabbath bettor aad road the Bible, and learn the catechism better than ours do. I declare, brethren, their children are larnt tliat Wesminster catechism be fore the time they begin to talk plain. “It ain't three weeks since I was Out cattle hunt-ill’—for two m y yearlings had strayed off—and Estopped at old Brother Hardy’s on Rmnlcreek and took dinner, He is a aeacon in the Presbyterian clmrch over tliar. Well, as sure !ls j stan d here, my brethren, sis ter Hardy had her little gal a stamlin’ right before her, with her toes just even with the crack of ^j ie n ()or> ail( j i, ( > v Rands were ]j a ndown by her side, and j iel . month turned up like a chick eu w ] ien it brinks, and she was this question to her out () -that catecliism: “What are the Ponefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from adoption or sanctifi cation?” “Now, the question in itself was 01H) ugh to break the child down, But w]ien shc began to say the question all over, (for that’s the AVJ iy it was iu tlio book,land then llit ch the answer to it, and which a n p U t together made this: “The benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from justifica tion, are peace of conscience, joy the Holy Ghost, increase of grace and perseverance therein to the CU(1! ” I thought the child was greatest wonder I had ever seelJ in my life. She tuck it right too, without balkin’ or m issin'the first word. And she S | )() p e so sweet, and looked so ]ike a little angel, that before 1 it, the tears was ruunin’ down my cheeks as big as buck I’ve seen the day when I (JUokl lulV0 nmu led and split a rails quicker H I could a arn t that thing and said it off like S ] J0 ( ]j ( ]_ “Now, my brethren, that child didn’t understand or know one word o’ that. It put me to all 1 knew to take it in myself. But let that Presl.yfcorian youug’un up, and every word o’ that catechism will come back to her, and her character will striti’en up under it, and she’ll have the back¬ bone of the matter in her for life. “No, I can’t put things into my children in that way. Nothin' don't stay, somehow. It’s like drivin’ a nail into a rotten log.” This last remark I never forgot. For would thirty years afterwards, blackboard, as 1 stand by tins trying to fix rules and principles in the mind of a dull pupil, this remark would come back to me with its tell peculiar pertinacity. brethren,” he “I you my continued, “if our children had a little more catechism and the Presbyterians a little less, it would be better for both. “Then, we don’t pray in our families like they d( I know prayers are mighty creation; long,, and they pray over all but after all its the right little. way. “Now, better than mother prayin' and too father my and raised good Baptists, children to be honest and but I never heard of them pray in my life, and J most a grown man before i a prayer myself, and it was this wise: “There was a big meetin’ over Elbert county, and J knowod a gal. Ho I borrowed a little which was a stylish in them days, and went over her home and stayed all meetin' night, engaged her to ride to day, which was had Sunday. glorious “We wont and a and 1 might say right here, she was afterwards my wife, a coinin’ home I met with a accident that I’ve never over to this day. As hill, I was a down a steep some of the gearin’ give way, and me and the wagin on my cree heels; and bein’ young and and not much used to she riggled and tore from side to the other, until I was headforemost as much as foot into a deep gully anil it’s miracle of mercy that my neck broke on the spot. “Expectin’ to be killed every I thought I ought to ask Lord for mercy. But as I had of tfiefirst thing to ^uy but blessin’my father used to say datin' when he had compu find which was this: “Lord, us thankful for what we arc to receive.’ “Now niv brethren do you P os<! ai «y Presbyterian raised boy ever put to such a strait as for prayer? No. He would prayed for himself and gone after the Jews anil heathens, I was a liuntm up and get . • i on /v* tout il i i olessiu. i ) )} A DM I SGI RATION LETTEIG. Rockdale county.— Toall whom it may concern- Whcras |A. M. having m iueform m:tie appiiotitioii i, fcc0 i lr t oronlinary forpennanent letters ministration on the estate of V'. If. Owens Of Mill eountv, deceased, this is to cite ad an»* h ®> c “ v granted letters of administration on the . of v. II. Owens deceased on the first „„t. o. ordinary. xhuMay3i.im Mr. Wat Carr of Macon is visi ting in the city, Col. J. C. Barton returned yes teiday from a protracted and en- _ joy able visit to friends and rela¬ tives in Watkinsville, Oconee county. The colonel uniformly goes on an animal visit to his old home and feasts, so to speak, on the incidents and memories of his sportive boyhood. California hams, Dove hams, and Dried beef at H. P. A D. M. Almand A Co’s. The mayor's report for May shows that he imposed fines to the amount of $140. 50. The destruction of both life and property especially to Jhonstown, Pa., and the Couemaugh Valley by the overflow Saturday was terrible in its details, Thou sands of lives were lost and ac¬ counts furnished through the daily papers describes Johnstown as about a total mass of ruins. Mr. G. P. Elliott is off this week on a business trip to Decatur county, this state. Mrs. T. A. Elliott and Miss Mamie. A\ inburn are visiting Dr. S. P. Downs' family in Monticello. Now’ is the time to get your fruic jars at II. P. A D. M. Almand A Co. When you are in a party telling fish stories always let the other fellows begin. You can thereby get the bulge on them, also the reputation of being the biggest liar. The Sparta Ishmaelite thinks that Hons. W. J. Northern, L. F. Livingston and E. -G. duBignon will be the lauding- candidates for governor democratic of Georgia before’the next convention. It favors Col. Northern for the office. This is quit;) natural, as Col. Northern is a Hancock county man. Splendid time for fishing and some of our sporting friends are making good use of it. Col. Bob Irwin and Mr. Torn Broadnax caught a (5-pound carp out of Yellow River last Friday, besides many smaller fish. A The Chief Kranaii fur till) gl'Clit fillf’ cess of IIooil’s SaixiiiKUill:i !•; found In tlio article Itself, ll Is merit tliat wins,.mil tlie fact tl'at Hood's Sarsaparilla aiinally ac¬ complishes what Is claimed for It, Is what lias tilven to this medir.no a popularity and sale greater than that of any other sarsapa¬ Merit Wins rilla or hlooil port¬ lier before the public. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula, Ra.t Kin-inn and all Humors, Dyspepsia, Rn k Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That fired tcchua, creates an Appetite. stieniiU/ ms the- Nerves, builds up llie Whole System. EI»o<r» Mu rail pul-ilia Is Sold by all drug jlstS. ft. six for £ 5 . Prepared by C. 1 Loo* L Co.. Apothecaries, Towel!, Mass. iSfi /Llm it MME m .g, MONEY! f ’ By buying*! whcl<» ' lalo aiui *i«irig a* ngc id f«n ilu-ehvjty* < Ht rrihiblt) hum 9 cm var.h. On re¬ ceipt of O'i cts. :» one cent we will vend it complete net of family healns, together with our cata¬ of Watche*, Ikmks, Guut and uuiueroua household articb,* on which we offer great inducements to Ai;eiiU and other*. T'.m aro accurately fitted and adjusted and aio warranted every re*|Mict, ami are only otture t at tins price for the present eoe<nirage agent* ami other* to J andle our good*. On r. ttn c**l» order from our mammoth circular wo v. ill rend oam* of scale* froe, or allow you the price paid for this set. A* 1 . AVAXd k CO., I 'i uud 14 -Tiale m., UUCACg, IA tfsr; Soil.! 101 Coi<i UMti* vouh.-rri lately, ^ old tor * f O. watrli in the world. Pcwed timekeeper. W n Heavy Solid _ Ooid ^ranted. ^tliuutinff Cuks*. Bo ill Iftiiie** and and gents' ti/es. vf equal with work* value. fas*** mm One repho»t in each !o caJtjy tail 5 «-vure one ff•*<?*. 'As tcgeU.' r with our larf« end val ■=^-:- i:J 3 r utb:? line of bm&xXSF'J Kuir.ple«. 1 h^se samples, send &• 'Ill’llfZi w-il jpre as the watch, wo s «*, and after r >u have kept Ihair. in joxvr home for SS tnontha and »nown thriu to those v. io iu *y have called, they become your own prcpertjr. J f.rme via who write at once ran be fure ci receiving the cad Somplea. W« i <y til **- w » btiUj'JU iL Co., liox Cl-~. 1’urUauJ, Miuu c. T<> SELL LAND GEORGIA. RockBii'e conr.ty— To all wliuin it uia. ronceri; V h»w*“ as ii (■• 'tin, iitiminiMtaior r>t Airs, Ciiarlotm A, Moon ilri t-axul, having m pro >«t form lmnle application io llm i-onrf < f oi-.finary for -nave lo M II D-« lands la-longing lo llm t-slnle of said <!•— •eas» 1 said application will Be heard <>u :l ; e Bo-t MoikIhv in Jnlx iS. v 9 . T s .fono 3. 188 q. O. ot-aniHii o ] 00 vxtt. oniinary rOR LEAVE TOsKLL LAND'* GEOli • 1 R‘‘< kdale county eeu-e-L having i» j H a *t-i-i«-.vin appm-o io ti.«> of ordiimty for leav- m st-ii the lamJs iK j long1"i- to the estate of said deceased, re--I XSXgffjig gVrnSXZ o. Ordinary. Itf'wlt,
