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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.
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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.
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i Or TOT arc all worn out, really good for nothing
it is general debility. bmttkrs Try
bro wms iron “ d
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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
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