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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1889)
ROCKDALE BANNER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Per Year (in advance) $1.00. Six Months 50 cts Entered at Conyers postoffice AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAVTEIt. Advertising rates made known , ON DEMAND. Job work neatly and promptly EXECUTED. All obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., charged for at the rate of two and one-half cents per line. JOHN R. MADDOX Falitor T. D. O’KELLEY - Business Manager Cartersville will put in a bid for the training school for girls. The stockholders for the Sam Jones college make an offer of their splendid building with five acres of ground, at Cartersville. The •property is valued at $30,000. This is no time for the South to play the political toady andcring ingly talk about northern confi¬ dence. Good-will purchased by the sacrifice of principle, is not worth the price paid, and we want the north to understand that we value our self-respect more than we fear their opposition.—Madi¬ sonian. R. A. Nisbet, the efficient sec¬ retary of the Georgia Agricultur¬ al Society, is prominently men¬ tioned for the position of Com¬ missioner of Agriculture, which will hereafter be an elective office. Mr. Nisbet is well worthy the honor, and would unques¬ tionably make an efficient and zealous commissioner. The amount of phosphate rock mined in the rivers of South Car¬ olina for the year ending Sept. 1,1889, was 221,000 tons. This ■was an increase of about 25,000 tons over the previous year, and as the state receives a royalty of $1 a ton for every ton mined, $25, 000 additional was received in her treasury. The Manufactures’ Record is responsible for the statement that there is not sufficient rolling stock in the country to handle the freight which will be offered to railroads during the next s>x months. This, remarks the Bal¬ timore Herald, may be a rather rose-colored view of tnc case, but there is no concealing the fact that a much greater volume of produce must be moved from the fields, mines and factories this year than ever before in the bis¬ tory of the American nation. Somebody writes if you have a little farm and are out of debt do not fret ami work yourself and good wife into the grave for the sake of making money. You have but one life to live, and it is very brief at best. A morbid, insatiate desire to possess the earth—to grab everything in sight—is at tho foundation of moro misery than almost any one thing. Wealth alone will never keep your memory green after you are gone; a good life and kind action will. The foregoing is good and true advice, but still, the fact remains that our magni¬ ficent cities are built, railways constructed and oceans’ palaces made by those who are restless to accumulate great wealth. It does not bring that halcyon peace which we call contentment and yet they have their place and make their mark. The longing for wealth open the mines of earth, explores, discovers, invents and keeps things stirring, but lie who thinks that they will bring him happiness, if he can he hap¬ py at all, is mistaken. A meeting of dm Young Mens , Democratic League of Atlanta, called on Wednesday f nbdit ® to denounce j the .. recent affair . Fast liast Point, Point was was captured i„. bj outsiders, according to the Oou stitutiou, and resolutions were passed endorsing the Con” and severely censuring the j sfcitntinn for nlioo- Sod i inflammatory • , . f , ^ OCCUTT6UC6. Alii? Constitution v-. , editorially [ all it has ssiH i/ ~ reiterates ? ra od t hu , eject, . and i diare-ec timt 1 nackS L fi iv, meting was fl duu l lna * tlie resolutions: ft° J n c°j2S. 8eati ‘ “ < "“ s e HONOR AND SUCCESS. “I- do love working rnen and working boys. If all our people would work as they ought to what a glorious country we would have!” Thus spoke Maj. AV. Brunson in our presence one day last week. The words aro char¬ acteristic of the man. His actions are in entire accord with his words. He is entirely right in highly esteeming energy, and his esti¬ mation of the capabilities of our county and state is well founded. ‘‘‘In the sweet of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” “The idle brain is the devil’s worshop.” Energy is the foundation of success in all undertakings, and through its wise application comes also health and happiness. Energy is commendable always. Idleness is an abomination, and from it grows discontent, failure, unhappiness arid lawlessness. We do not acknowledge the need of applying this article locally, though we have been so requested. The better class of our people are not given to idle ness, and we see the good results of energy on every band. How¬ ever, there are many who fail to recognize the fact that the boys watch closely the men, and ex¬ ample becomes to tliem a law by which their own conduct is gov erned. Do you think that the moments we spend in positive idleness be¬ come an injunction to the boys to go and do likewise? Men should not teach by example that idleness is commendable under any circumstances during busi ness liours. We do not mean that life should lie made up of continual manual labor—unre¬ mitting effort—for recreation is absolutely essential to health. But we do say there should be no idleness when there is work to do, within business hours. The foregoing being correct, it is doubly the duty of the older members of any community to be persistently energetic. Success in business comes only to tliose wlxo are wisely energetic, and the God of the universe has com¬ manded that all men must earn the good things of thus world that they desire. Only to effort does the earth yield the fullness thereof, and only through honest and wise work can contentment and happiness be attained. Then the tendency of tho young is to the attainment of pleasure, and it is our duty to teach them by ex¬ ample tlnit pleasure obtained through idleness is apt to be tainted with viciousness. Here¬ tofore we have entreated tho boys to be energetic, not to fear work, but to regard labor in every sphere as honorable and conducive to success in life. Here we desire to emphasize the truth that tho father is in a large measure res¬ ponsible for the idleness of the son. An idle man cannot teach a boy to be energetic. There is no need that we should work to physical exhaustion each day, but we should not allow our sons to see us idle when there is work undone that needs our attention. As the fathers are, the sons are apt to be. Let your example condemn idleness and commend work.—Houston Ga., Home Jour¬ nal. Macon was visited by a disas¬ trous conflagration W ednesday night. The total loss amounts to $80,000. It originated in the fu riture house of Payne & Willing¬ ham, who lose about $35,000. Newspapers Free. *.o*. ress ena and your those own of name 5 to 10 an c S.i your Inends or neighbors, on S3 postal c«\id,oi others and S3 ANN Art \\ LLiv address Fy free. Swill be * sent to each THE xtfTiTiTri ^ EEkLl NEWS i -Ii hd it o I s a Business and. Family Readers.. Newspaper for Country Ingest ls published . It in , tbe South— 10 large pages. and is splendidly edited. gotton up carefully If VOll Di3^Cr S6GU ll CODY Ol it 11 send 8 m ‘ for v’b° one and $ voii °, u will M u * P urn ro r notince it to , be the biggest . and best newspaper you ever read. Address THE WEEKLY NEWS, fc>a\annali, Ga. INDUSTRY AND SUCCESS. We are continully receiving letters from ambitious boys and young men inquiring how they are to succeed in life. The most of them think that a school edu¬ cation is the main thing, while a few have a vague idea that a young man can educate himself if he has the will to do so. We have replied to these in¬ quirers as fully as possible, but our remarks have not by any means covered the whole ground. Education does not always lead to success. A school, at its best, is merely a drill and training ground where the mind is pre-„ pared to receive the real educa¬ tion that comes from observation and experience. There is a quality, or an ele¬ ment, that a boy must possess be¬ fore he can be successful. With¬ out it, he will remain a cipher. Fortunately, it is a quality that can be cultivated. It is variously called energy and industry. When a number of energetic men get together in a community, the result of the efforts is called en¬ Among the first things a boy ought to learn is the necessity of work. If he has energy and am¬ bition, he will not need to be taught this lesson, but in nine cases out of ten the energy and industry of a boy are dormant until they are brought out by the example of older people. In every walk of life. successful men are those who have acquired habits of industry in their youth. A good deal of sentiment is ex¬ pended on the pinching poverty that appears hero and there; but there is nothing more wholesome for a healthy boy than a pinch or two of poverty. It is the spur that gives motion as well as mo¬ tive to the body and mind. We do not say that poverty is a des¬ irable thing, but we do say that in this free country of ours there never was a boy too poor to make a man of himself, and a successful man at that. There can be no success with¬ out industry. A boy may be able to repeat the contents of all the text-books in the land, hut if he lack energy and industry, his life will be a dismal, if not a disas¬ trous failure. A great responsibility rests with parents. Children raised in comparative idleness do not, as a general thing, grow up to bring honor on their father and mother. They necessity should be work.—Constitution. taught early the for Things a Woman Can Do. She can come to a conclusion without the slightest trouble of reasoning on it, and no sane man can do that. Six of them can talk at once and get along first rate, and no two men can do that. She can while safely stick fifty pius in her dross he is getting one under his thumb nail. She is cool as a cucumber in a half dozen tight dresses and skirts while a man will sweat and fume and growl in one loose shirt. She can talk as sweet as peaches and cream to the women she hates while two men would be punching each other's head before they had exchanged ten words. She can throw a stone with a curve that would be a fortune to a base ball pitcher. She can say “no” in such a low voice that it means “yes.” She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. dance night She can all in a pail - of shoes two sizes two small for her and enjoy every minute of the time. She can appreciate a kiss from her husband seventy-five years the marriage ceremony is performed. " She can go to church and after wards tell VOll what cverv woman in the congregation had“on, and in some rare instances can give you some faint idea of what the text was. She cap walk half the night with ni a collickv comcicy habv o.un in m lier her arms •inns without once expressing the desire of She murdering do the infant. can more in a minute tliaii a man can do in an hour, and do it better. She can drive a man crazy in hours, and then bring Him to paradise in two seconds by qiirdIv ticlc]in cr Inm mm lllnIpT unaer flip tne chin, ; • and there , does not live that mortal son of Adam’s misery who do it. ~ can ------- Home-made brogao shoes at J. AW Jones. « Honesty the Best Policy. ‘‘Honesty is the best policy. How important that the young should learn the great honor at¬ tached to promptness in paying debts, even when of the most trifling nature. Childhood is a precious period of life for for¬ ming sterling character, The boy and girl who meet debts with promptness will be possessed of a habit when they attain man¬ hood and womanhood that will always bring them friends and gain them respect. It is pre-eminently in youth that the desire to meet obliga¬ tions may be most firmly implan¬ ted and become a permanent posession. Children are quick to catch the spirit of those they are with; they soon learn to value the same things and to strive for them. And the desire for a worthy object, continually striven for and attained, grows into a habit of tlie heart, or any oft repeated munual operations grows into a liabit of the hand. And what habit can be so inesti mable to the individual or so valuable to society as that which leads men and women to meet every obligation as it arises, gladly and speedily, with the same satisfaction that every hon¬ est man feels in paying his debts? A good tale is told on a young book keeper in tliis city wlio is said to be a good writer, but wlio is by no means a speaker. The young man was called on to pray recently, and lie thought he could write a good prayer, and why not imagine he was writing and “say it out loud.” So he com¬ menced: “Our dear father we do thank thee that we have been permitted to again assemble here to thank thee for the many bless¬ ings that thou hast so copiously heaped upon us, and for the many favors that thou hast shown us, so thanking thee for past favors and soliciting a continu¬ ance of the same, we remain very respectfully—Oh! hello, I am get¬ ting it mixed up.” And ho quietly departed.—Milledgeville Clironi cle. A prominent planter in the Third district of Dooly county has a new kind of cotton that bears in the ground and out of it. He was telling a friend a few days ago of it, and said that cot¬ ton bolls had actually matured under the ground and were now opening, and that the top of the ground is very white from these bolls, while the top of the _ stalks are white to tho harvest. The superstitious crank has come to the front with the fol¬ lowing choice morsel, which we find in the New York Sun: “Con¬ gressman Sunset Cox was a mem¬ ber of the Thirteen club, he died at IS East Twelth street, N. Y., original list of his pall bearers contained thirteen names, he was five times thirteen years of age and he was buried on Semteru ber 13.” - .«s= FREE! A POSTAL GARD GETS SiX. WRITE YOUR NAME AND THE NAMES OF 5 OF YOUR NEIGHBORS ON A POSTAL CARD AND ADDRESS IT TO THE CONSTITUTION AiLAJNiA, . „„ . „„ . GA. , And all six of you will get a free sample copy of the GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY You thus give your neighbor a weeks reading free of the best printed Arp,” “Uncle paper in America. “Bill Remus,*' “Betsy Hamilton namnioii ” write rite for ror it it. Talma<m J- aim age and SamJones preach font Dr Jones writes the “Farmer’sPage,” and Mrs. King writes the “Wo man's Kigdom.” “War Stories, " “Travel “Pictures and of Adventure Strange in Lands," issue. every fUinos: A perfect Magazine fr for of VOllF^olf good j tin VOll uu^et nee Of* i 1 vourseir and five of your neighboss by writing postal vour name and theirs on a card and sendingit to TFTF POVSTITHTTIYNT Ato6, (i.. Don t delay. Write quick. NOTICE. Teachers of public schools de¬ siring blanks to make their reports for the present year will find them at G. W. Weaver’s store. It is necessary to make them by 1st Tuesday in Oct. next. I will be in Conyers on that day for the purpose of receiving and filing same. G. M. Jones, C. S. C. Sept. 9th 1889. LEAVE TO SELL LAND. GEORGIA, Rockdale county— To all whom it may concern: Whereas J.W. Granade executor with the will annexed of Timothy Granade of said county deceased, has in due form made application to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell all the land lying’ in said county belonging to the estate of said deceased not disposed of by will said applica¬ tion will be hearo on the first Monday in Nov. 1889. This Sept. 23rd, 1889. O Seamans, Ordinary. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. GEORGIA Rockdale county— To all whom it may concern: Whereas Mrs Martha E. McKniglit has in due form rnadeap pl eation Letters to the administration Court of Ordinary for perma¬ nent of on the estate of B. N. McKnight, late of said county de¬ ceased, I will pass upon said application on (he first Monday in November next at iny of flee at 10 o’clock, a. m. This 24th of Sept, 1889. 0. Seamans, Ordinary. FOR GUARDIANSHIP. GEORGIA, Rockdale county— To all whom it may concern; Whereas Mrs Laracy Wether ford having made application to the Court of Ordinary for the Guardianship of the person and property of JL C. and M. A. \\ other! ord, minor children of F. M. Wether ford, late of said county, deceased, notice is hereby given that her application will be heard at my office on the first Monday in No¬ vember next. Given under my hand and of¬ ficial signature. This 23rd day of September, 1 §S9 - O. Seamans, Ordinary. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Agreeable to an order of the court of Ordi¬ nary of Rockdale county will be sold at public outcry at the court house door of said county, at Conyers, on the 1st Tuesday in November next within the legal honrs-of sale the follow¬ ing property, to wit: Fifty acres land part ol' lot No. 130,11th district, bounded east by John G. Mann; south by Grenade place; west by T. R. Sharp, and north by II. S. Sims. Also, one hundred acres of land more or less, bouuded east by John C. Mann; South by the Townsend place; west by John G. Maim; north by T. R. Sharp and the Ned Mcivingbt pla^e, a*d in the lith district ot said county, and part of let No. 320, Also, one hundred and one and one fourth acres of land, pa t of lot No-120 i.- the Uth district, said county, bounded east by E, M. Owens, south by C. C. Gleaton and the Bond’s mace; west by Ma.,.in Watkins, and north by the G ii ’adep aco. Also twenty one and one-fourth acres of land in the 31th district, 8? d county, and part of tot No. 105 bonnded east ny C. C. Gleaton; south by part of the land lmd oif to Mrs. Wetherford for dowxn;; wost by dower of Mrs. Laracy Wetlier ford, and north by the Townsend pace, Also, one hundred acres mo-e or 'css partly in Henry coun.y and partly ir Rockdale county, Camp creek about d'v-'ding the land, bounded east by C. C. Gleaton;south by Dr. I. L. Gun¬ ter; west by Mrs Julia A, Cook, and north by dower of Laracy Wether-fa d, No. of lot not known. Sold as the property of F. M. Weth¬ erford. late of said county, deceased. Terms: ouo-ha’" cash; the other half due 1st Novem¬ ber 1290 w' h 8 per ec u interest. This Sept. 2ith 1839. J, S. WstHEUEORD. Administrator. ROAD NOTICE. Georgia, Rockdale County:— To all whom it may concern: All persons in. terested are hereby notified that if no good cause be shown to the contrary an order will be granted by the court of Ordinary on the 18th day of Sept., 1889, establishing a new pub¬ lic road as marked out by the road commis¬ sioners appointed for that purpose commen¬ cing at or near the residence of L. Graham on the road leading from Conyers to Logans ville, and running in the direction of Irwin’s bridge and running by the residence of F. M. Chandler and crossing the Hightower trail be¬ tween G. P. Smith’s and N. II. Capeheart’s and running by the i-esidence of N. A, Farmer, R. H. Farmer and Joel Marks and intersecting the road leading from Conyers to Sodom at or near wlmt is known as the Borders place, a distance of about two and a half miles. O. Seamans, Ordinary. This August the 13th 1889. AGENTS WANTED TO SELL AN Entirely New Book. The most wonderful collection of practical, bead value and everv-dav use for the peo¬ ple ever published on the globe. A marvel Of MONEY-SAVING and MONEY-EARNING for every one owning it. Thousands of beautiful, everything. helpful engravings, No showing nothing just how to do in the universe. competition; When select that like it you which is of true value, sales are sure. All sincere¬ ly desiring paving employment and looking for something thoroughly First-class at an diseription extraordinarily low price, should remarkable write for and terms on the most achievement in book-making since fthe world began. SCAMMELI. A CO., Box 5003, ST. LOUIS or PHILADELPHIA. OCTOBER SHERIFF SALE. Will be sold before the court house door in the city of Conyers during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in October, 1889, the following described property, towit: Two hundred and (250) fifty acres of land, more or less, parts of lots of lands Nos. not known and bounded as follows: On the south by S. II’ Anderson and Nelson Overbay, east by J. D Maddox and others, north by J. D. Maddox and M. Maddox, west by J. C. Hamby and John 1. Almand. ALSO Two hundred (250) and fifty acres, more or les8 ’ Nos - not known, ana bounded as follows; East by Yellow river, north by P. G- Tucker ; SJbvi^^Bumett joth afi o*t whS^“n he district or originally Henry now Rockdale county. Levied on by virtue of a Ufa issued from Rockdale superior court in favor of m. Maddox against jno.w.carr. Property Pointed out by pUuntiffs attorney, written notice given a, d .McDonald .Martin Baker. RuS8e ii Baker and Green carr, tenants in P os session. a. d.McDonald, sheriff. This August 14th’ 18S9, LE AVE TO SELL LAND. GEORGIA Rockdale county— To all whom it may concern; Whereas Eli L. McDaniel, administrator of R. J. Shipley due form make . apphea- ,. aeceasert having m t .; 0 n to the court or Ordinary for leave to sen the lands belonging to the Estate of said De ceased and said application will be heard on the first Monday on October next. O Seamans, Ordinary. This August 27th OR'W.K. LEE & Corner Center and Commerce CONYERS, Sts - . DEALERSix J Pure Dregs, Mediates, icals, Paints, Oils vl Brushes, Window class r“’ Poncy and Toilet Artiefe * Cigais s hnuii, Stationery, ' Pocket Cutlery, Confetti,,, AND’ etc etc. VIOLIN quit: STRINGS. garden seed School Book: « BIBLES and testames FINE Jewelr SPECTACLE; MIXED PAIN’i Paints ready mixed for hovu carriages, furniture etc. TERMS CASH, BEST IE IE On The Marke FOR TEKRACINi One Easily two adjusted certificates and accural J will suffice: or from m J. B. of Goodwyn, Coweta County writ! Sil veyor county, Terracil “1 have used your Level, I have and find it better us] till severel.” any used, and have W. C. Holmes, Dear Sir: i have used your Terracing Instr ment and am well pleased with i I never saw anything equal to i except about $25. a Theodolite, J. which cos H. Covin, County Surveyor, Troup, co. G Price $5. 00. Send for it W. C. Holmes 21 E. Alabama St. Atlanta, Gi DON’T FAI3J TO SEE T. J. KING t Full line of Home-made Harness and Rial of the best Quality kept always on haw Will sell cheap for cash. Wonder for Neatness Fine Boots and Shoes mode to order ami 8 guaranteed. All kinds of repairing doneneal ly and promptly. Never Ripping Work! Remember that we use the celebrated Bras Screws; will not x-ip—will not rust out you shoes. COME TO SEE US AND BEY OUR GOODS OR LEAVE Y0UF ORDERS T. J. King. Scott building, 1 door below. Pi Lee’s drug store. 18th 18 8. Conyers, Ga., Oct. NOTICE Is hereby given that at the ent session of the General bly a bill will be introduced en titled an act to establish a boart of Commissioners of Ronds mc R evenues for the county of Rock dale to define their duties and tor H. Y. McCord, Committee from the Grand Jury August term 18 August 24th 1889. Q8d? y£' MJSKE MONEY! By buying and acting atwhol^ a* sale aeentforti’ieefc**?" Hi ratable bin*® on e; arth. 0a re ceipt : c f 9S ds. one cent stamp* we w rill send as * - ^ sample one complete set of aO^e* to dollar encourage cash order agents from and our ottiers ^circular we this will set. send EvATA ZCusS* ‘ihW*, pa i<i for * , Mt l f C I. m® PRICE ^^50 CTS TH£ tPJsE ''' CHEAPEST. H. Lee & 3 For sale at Dr. ^
