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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1890)
ROCKDALE BANNER. TERMS : year in advance fl, oo. Subscription one 50cts tli s ^ • •• six. mon 85 “ three " •• Legal advertising medium of Uockdale county. Vol. XIII. STRANGE GRAVES. Two Men ’.Buried in Front of Their Doors v n the Athens (Ga.) Banner. r0I road between Harmony Ob the small Grove and Arp Immediately stands. a frame house. m front of the steps is a grave . This buried _ in _ is a strange idea to be such a place that every person who enters or leaves the house is reminded of the dead. We asked Mr. Mize if there was any history connected with the grave. He said no, that it was the wish of an old gentleman who lived and died there, and his family obeyed jt. The house is unoccupied and going ° to decay. In Richmond county is a sim ilar grave, A jealous husband left in bis will that his body be buried at his front steps, as a con¬ stant raminder to the widow of the deceased. The request was complied with, but this little game 0 f bluff did not work worth a cent. His widow at once sold the place, and soon married again. All e vi¬ dences of a grave have disappear ed. is In Elbert county there ttn<Aher unusual burial. On his death bed an old man requested that his wife be buried at his feet. It seems that the couple did not agree very well in life and it is told that the reason for this re¬ quest was that the husband might kick liis relict into hades as soon as life had left her body. But we doubt the truth of this story, for the children complied with the fathers wish, and the wife lies buried at the father’s feet. The Bowie Knife. Muck has been said and writ¬ ten regarding the origin of the bowie knife. The fact is that Rezin P. Bowie, not James, con ¬ ceived the idea of the knife. The invention was the result of an ac¬ cident. Col. Rezin P. Bowie was a planter of Opelousas, La. While hunting wild cattle, he at¬ tacked a young steer, which in throwing up its head, struck his hunting knife with its horns in such a way as to knock it through his hand, making an ugly cut be¬ tween the thumb and forefinger. On returning from the hunt, he repaired to the blacksmith shop on his plantation, determined to have a knife which would be a protection against such accidents. Picking up an old file lie ordered the blacksmith to make a knife of it having a cross-piece betwixt hilt and blade so that it would be impossible to be entirely driven through a man’s hand. In this Way did the bowie knife originate, and it never was intended for other than a hunting knife; but James Bowie improved the origi¬ nal weapon, and brought his own knife so prominently into notice by the use he made of it in per¬ sonal encounters that the im¬ proved weapon became known as the bowie knife. Oh, this ringing in the ears I Oh, this humming in the head ! Hawking, blowing, snuffing, gasping, Watering eyes and throat a-rasping, Health Impaired and comfort fled, Till I would that I were dead ! IV hat folly to suffer so with ca¬ tarrhal] troubles, when the^worst cases of chronic catarrh in the bead are relieved and cured by the mild, cleansing and healing properties of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. breath, It purifies the foul by removing the cause of offence, heals the sore and in¬ flamed passages, and perfects a lasting cure. J w bat help is a comrade’s bugle blast When the perils of Alpine heights is past? What need the spurring pmen roll W hen the runner is safe beyond the goal? -*ay, if thou hast a word of cheer, Speak it while I am alive to hear. —Margaret J, Preston. -a 3* ft -A . %< (S m M m/ S I 2 l r ;3. f JL if, s ! , A f >■» fin.- t‘*i CONYERS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1890. FOR THE GIRLS. I have been requestedTo advise the girls a little more through the columns of the Walnut Grove News. I have made it a rule to do good unto all as I have op¬ portunity, so now I accept this delicate task and humbly trust that I may say something that will be worthy of acception. Once there was a bright, sweet little girl by the name of Maggie, who took great delight in fash¬ ionable society at an early age. Her parents were w r ell to do and very lenient towards her. When fifteen years of age, she took to reading sentimental novels of different grades, She cared nothing for housework in any way but thought that life is made up of talking, laughing and cutting inimitable figures in society. She slept every morning till eight o’clock and then she would get up grumbling because she had to get up so soon. She went with high flying young men and delighted in dancing and waltzing with them. In fact she was a high flyer herself and could talk a fel¬ low to Jerusalem and back three minutes. But she was so immensely fast that she passed everything on reeoi’d apd got so far ahead that she was an old painted maid when the world caught up with her. By this time, she wffl exceedingly anxious to marry; but she knew tl? a b R was impossible for her to win the hand of any noble, talented man, so she “set” down on a run down, woujmout, cross-eyed, good-for nothing kind of ft fellow and talked him into the agreement. She married him and they went to keeping house, not in a mansion, but in a cabin, Of course this was a new leaf to her as she had never cooked a meal in her life. When she went to make biscuit slie studied for a long while which to put in first, the lard or tho soda. Finally she decided to put ip the soda first aud went ahead and ma le wonderful biscuit, She now began to realize that Life is real, life is ssme the kitchen is its goal, But Sunday wora* 'Yh'ch oftten come Givo great vent to tho soul. However, a few years made a wonderful change in Maggie. Sho often looked back over the useless life but saw no charms, saw no good seeds sown by her bands, saw no honeyed flowers growing along the road she had traveled, saw no tendency towaid true happiness, true love aud true life. Maggie lived to be sixty years of age but, notwithstanding the great change in her manner of living she often wept bitter tears of sorrow and regret over her early life. Will tell you about another girl next week. Buddie in Walnut Grove News. Charlotte, N. C. March 26, '90. Radam’s Microbe Killer Co. Nashville, Tenn.: Gentlemen—Replying to yours of the 20th inst, in regard to sales etc., of Microbe Killer, we can conscientiously say that we have never sold any medicine that gave better satisfaction to the custo mers than Radam's Microb Killer. Yours truly, R. H. Jordan & Co. For sale by G. A. Lucas, sole agent. Caller—I supposed I would find your parents at home this time of day; both out, are they? Small *boy—Yes m; mother ain’t got back yet from the wom en’s every afternoon temperance meeting and pap’s gone to Gins¬ ling s free-lunch saloon to get his supper.” g^»WiNE OF CAROUI a foaio tot Women. THE LARGEST MAN LIVING. Jehu Hanson Craig, of Dan¬ ville, Indiana, claims to be the largest man living. At birth he weighed eleven pounds; when eleven months old his weight was seventy-seven, at the age of two he weighed 296 pounds; at five, 302; at thirteen, 405; at twenty five, 725; at twenty-seven, 750; at twenty-eight, 792; and now, at thirty-five he tips the scales at 907 pounds. His father weighs from 115 to 120 pounds, .and liis mother from 110 to 115. He is six feet, five inches tall, and measures eight feet, four inches at the hips. It takes for.y-one yards of cloth to make him a full suit of clothes, and three pounds of thread to make him a pair of stockings. His wife is a beauijful woman, weighing 130 pounds, with. whom he fell in love at first sight, and as she has never attempted to wear the trousers, he still adores her as much as when ho first married hor. Nashville, Tenn., March 25,90. Radaw’s Mi<TPb e Killer Co., Nashville, Tenn. Gentlemen—In reply to yours, inquiring of my health at the present date, will say: I am well, having h^4 bqt one spell of ill¬ ness since my last testimonial of 1889; that was bilious fever last August. I had quit taking Mi crobe Killer for about five months, having had no need for it, I broke up my fever and started -to work the first of September and have rot lost a day from illness of any kind. I now feel as though I was entirely cured, but through fear of another attack i continued the use of it through this disa¬ greeable weather. My lungs are surely in good condition ns I play first b. fiat cornet in Baxter’s First Tenn. Regimental Band, and feel no bad effect from it. Any one knows it requires power from the lungs to use this instrument. I cheerfully recommend it to all of a weak constitution like myself. I have used fifteen jugs and have experienced nothing but the best of results, and can safely say it is not injurious to the system, but on the other hand gives tone and vigor. Tery truly W. C. Hawkins. For sale by G. A. Lucas, sole agent. First New York Boy—Yes, pa lost his fortune in IV all street, and we’ve all • got to work, Pa has a place as clerk, ma's to take in sewing, and the girls are going to run type machines. Second New York Boy—What are your grandparents going, to do? “Grandpa has found a position as bell boy, and granny will dance in the ballet.” Teacher—Why, Florrie, cant you tell -what p-r-a-y-e-r spells? What's the last thing your ma says -when she retires at night? Florrie—She asks pa if he wound the clock and put tho cat out. Boy (to his friend who has fal¬ len down a hole)—I say, Tommie, if you shouldn't ever got out of there alive can I have your bull pup? First Boy (to second boy who has been fishing)—Catch any¬ thing? Second Boy—I haven't been home yet. Mudge— “Going to the races?” Yabsley “Ho, can't afford the time; I have to work. Life is too short to put it in amusement, You ought to go to work your sel f ” Mudge—“Haven t got time work. Life .. . too . short.—In- , , T to is dianapolis Journal. BUDDIE S COLT. The following i? the copy of a letter written by a little boy to his older brother in which he under¬ takes to describe bis brother’s colt. We publish it for our young readers who can see for themselv¬ es that he had gotton the impor¬ tant facts concerning tho coH down about right. “Well Buddie, I will attempt to describe George, your colt. He is 4^ feet high, 6 feet long, 5 feet around, black mane, tail partly black, white spot in bis forehead, fore legs black, bind legs white and lie lias hoofs on his feet. He weighs 692 pounds and he is a red horse. His mane is on his neck, part on one sido and part on the ‘totlier.’ His tail is behind and Ins earsare’on tha top of his head. By the way he is an uncommon colt. He eats with his mouth and ‘chaws’ with his teeth, Mr. Han¬ nah says ho will become a proacli er splendid. I gu«ss this is as much as you can stand this time, so I will close, Youx brother, Enoch Shelnutt, mm ^r i zrz: -jr— Had a Frog in Her Stomach. A New Bedford dispatch to the Boston Globe says: A local sen¬ sation was develope4 at tho west by opd of the city this morning tlie announcement that a frog lmd been removed from Mrs. Abbie Taylor’s stomach, The woman when seen by a re¬ porter said that Dr. Matthew Travers had removed lhe fro,* from hor stomach to-day. She had been treated by a number of physicians for a tvpnQV wliloli slie was supposed to have on her stomach. Mrs. Taylor for the past eight ye^rs has had a ravenous appe¬ tite and at times has been very sick. Sho has been on tlie point of submitting to an operation several times, and at last oousent p4, She said she must liavG drunk the frog in tlie water over eight years ago. The frog is exhibited at the woman’s house, and many callers have been received today. The frog had the appearance of a dried up toad and was partially decayed. Management of Seed Ootton. Cotton should bo picked out within a very short time after opening and packod tightly in a close room cr house. The open rail pen admits of too much light and evaporation, which evapora¬ tion commences the day the boll opens. Cotton should remain se¬ curely packed for some time, the longer the better the oil in the seed distributes itself through the lint, thereby increasing the sam¬ ple weights and turnout of tho lint, Tlie gains and profits upon this method is sufficient if prop¬ erly managed to pay for the picking. There is more profit on the first cotton or first few bales of each crop gathered, because the picking occurs before there is so much evaporation. Cotton picked after October seldom pays any profit; it seems that after frost there is an increased amount of evaporation, and the oil which the lint contains, as well as the seed soon disappeares.—Dixie Farmer. NOTICE. I will be in Conyers the first Saturday ffiSttiTtfSTL in every month, pa A , gon - B Drug Store> i Dr. L. G. Brantley. j * ^ TOVB ACKAcnm i Or TOT arc all worn out, really good for nothing it is general debility. bmttkrs Try bro wms iron “ d SS3E"*- FROM OUR EXCHANGES Mr. II. S. Anderson dug a po¬ tato out of his patch the other day that weighed ten pounds. It was of the “nigger-killer” variety [and gees tn show what Oconee soil can produce in tho potato line, —Oconee Enterprise. The Legislature meets next Wednesday and the senatorial ex¬ citement will soon bo over. The members promise to get through within the forty days. Should they keep this promise they will be entitled to the thanks of the people.—Walton News. Dr. T. H. Andrews, of this coun¬ ty, has gathered over eleven hun¬ dred bushels of corn from a field of 26 acres. The doctor is noted as a corn grower and this certain¬ ly clinches his reputation. Can anybody beat it? It must bo re¬ membered that this was upland. —Cutlibert Liberal-Entorprise. As tlie present legislature is composed largely of farmers it is presumed they will make provis¬ ion for tlie education of farmers’ children. Our public school sys¬ tem must be improved. Longor terms, quicker and better pay must be provided for tho country schools.—Cutlibert Liberal-En¬ terprise. Mr. John J. Black for some days has been luxuriating on second crop of roasting ears. They came from ordinary corn planted July 10. Ho is also enjoying fresh, second crop of Irish potatoes which have grown since first orop was taken from same ground. North Goorgia beats the world! —Rome Alliance Herald. Sheriff Overby has a cartridge extracted from Rube Burrows ri¬ fle soon after the famous outlaw was killed in Alabama. Tho rifle belonging to tho dead outlaw was placed in tho express car of Mr. Nick Overby, who is a brother of our worthy sheriff, and while ex¬ amining the murderous weapon he extracted a cartridge from it and sent it to his brother at this place. It is indeed a dangorous looking missile and is about three inches long.—Oconee Enterprise. Last Sunday Mark Gresham, colored, who was speaking of buying a horse from Mr. Mat Nunnally, asked to bo allowed to drive the horse. He hitched tho horse to his or/n buggy, and hit him*a hard cut with the whip which caused him to run into a fence, tearing up thenegroe’s bug gy- This so enraged him that he took a stick and with it and heavy kicks in the stomach, actually beat the horse to death. Mr. Nunnally had him arrested, but dismissed tho warrant when the negro paid him for the horse. Is this sufficient punishment for such barbarous treatment of a dumb brute?—Walton News. Miss Lillie Baker of this coun¬ ty read an advertisement signed by Miss Mary Moss, asking in¬ formation in regard to some par¬ ticular flower. Although an en¬ tire stranger to Miss Moss, Miss Baker replied to the advertise¬ ment, from which a correspond - ence sprung, After the eorres pondence had continued for some¬ time, Miss Moss introduced Miss Baker to S. W. Breedlove bv let¬ ter, Mr. Breedlove being a special friend to Miss Moss. Their cor¬ respondence, though neither had ever seen the other, resulted in an engagement, and a few days ago Mr. Breedlove came to Geor¬ gia and was married. Mr. Breed¬ love is d successful tobacco grow¬ er of Kentucky, while Miss Ba¬ ker comes from a good family, and is all the groom could ask. —Madison Madisonian. MeELRErg WINE OF CARDUt (orWaUtMerva. WORDS TO FRIENDS: Job work solicited and satis tao tion gvaranteed. Reliable attention given advertise ing. TERMS REASON A BUI. No. 37. temperancecoltjmn [This column is under control oftho W. C. T. U. of Conyers.] The wine glass is never right side up until it is upside down. A Catholic temperance section is one of the features of tho World’s Fair. * Tho great Turgeuieff character¬ ized alcohol as the “bitter cup after the drinking of which there is no redemption and no resur¬ rection.” Fatten your horses instead of the saloon keeper, and you will be so much better off at the end of a year you will bo able to have two horses.—Advance Thought., One hundred and one prohibi¬ tion counties of Georgia average ono convict to every 1,329 inhabi¬ tants. Thirty-six counties of our old stato, where liquor is sold,, avorago one criminal for every 690 peoplo. Tho average number of arrests daily in Atlanta is forty, except on election day, when they footed up eight. Roason: The saloons were closed. How would it do to close them up every day, and thus save 224 people from being arrested in one week.. Bough on Toddy-Drinkers. Tho man who likes his toddy is destined to have a hard time in this world, if the signs of the times are worth anything. In Missouri he must stand up to» drink, while in Massachuseets ho must sit down. In Kansas ho must swear that ho is afflicted with glanders or pinkeye, and in Iowa he must commit perjury and endanger his soul, while in Nebraska it is a pontitentiary of¬ fence to treat one's neighbor.— Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chroniclo (Rep.). 14,000 Drunkards on Sunday. A Parliamentary return* issued on Friday, on tho motion of Mr. Cavendish-Bentinck, show s that the total number of convictions involving drunkenno-s in England during last year was 151,425, of which 13,912 were for drunken¬ ness on Buudays between half past twelve p. m. and midnight. In London the total was 20,365, of which 1,470 were between tho hours named. Liverpool comes next with 15,491 and 797 rsspect tively; Manchester with 15,182 and 299; Newcastle, with 3,144 and 189, and Birmingham, with 2.430 and 148. The total for Wales was 8,817 and 1,181 re¬ spectively, Cardiff contributing 701 and 26.-—Canada Northwest Banner. Whisky Sold At a Prayer-Meeting The New York World tells how twelve members of the Woman’s Temperance Christian Union, of Lawrence, Kan., went to the original package house opened the other day by Henry Fritzel, and remained there the entire day * and until 8 o’clock at night. They said that their purpose was to as¬ certain the class of people who patronize the place. They were treated very courteously and give en a lunch in the afternoon. The place was crowded all day and the proprietor did a rousing business. Two policemen were ordered dur¬ ing the a.ternoon to keep the place clear, All the afternoon the women sat in uncomfortable silence, but about nightfall start¬ ed a religious song, and a prayer meeting was held, during wb^h the sale of packages were -Brisk. The women were among most prominent in Lawrence T —Subscribe for ^Banner.
