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IUSHED EVERY WEDN ESD AY.
S'YERS, DA., March, 18 ,1891 .
I ;Y PRESENTMENTS
1 : ockdale Superior Court, March
Term, 1891.
e, the Grand Jury, selected
sworn to serve for the March
i of Rockdale Superior Court,
[ ask leave of his Honor
? Gamble, Jr., to make
ge R. L.
^following general present
its:—
f e find that the roads have
i reasonably well worked, but
ugto the heavy rains during the
few days the roads have been
bed into holes in many places,
we recommend that the Road
imissioners look after the mat'
md have the roads put iu law
•ondition as soon as praeti
e.
r e find that Pine Log bridge
asafe, owing to the decay of
cords on span over the water,
wing said span to sink down,
find that said cords were made
Id timber when the bridge
[built. \Ye recommend that
i bridge be repaired and made
at an early day, and said re¬
ts be let to the lowest bidder.
e find all the books in the
Ik's office nicely, neatly and
fectly kept, properly indexed,
all in good order.
Ve recommend that the Clerk’s
be in the Court House up
rs be removed to the jury box
the west side of the Court
,se.
IT find the Sheriff’s books cor
lly le kept and properly indexed,
find the Tax Collecters
Iks neatly and correctly kept.
me find the buildings on the
|>r Farm safe and comfortable,
Kept lerwise one that needs ceiling,
everything is in good
ler. There are ten inmates (6)
Ites, two males and four fe¬
tes, (4) blacks, two males and
I females.
lYe find the dockets of the Jusr
Is of Peace all correct and
Itly kept.
pe find the Treasurer’s books
Iperly and correctly kept.
jYe lasurer find in the hands of the
I on jury funds, $1.45;
pauper funds, $573.57; fines
I public roads, $1.66. Total
jount find on hand, the Ordinary’s $576.68. books
re
[redly and neatly kept,
pe Rotary recommend W. W* Swann
Public in Honey Creek
tnct to fill vacancy caused by
r resignation of David F. Clot
;er.
" e recommend S. A. Helms as
'tary Public in Lorraine dis
“t, at expiration of W. A. Mitch-
8 term, ending in May.
Ye recommend the assessment
Rie followiug taxes for 1891:
Fundi Connty purposes 33£ cts. on
ed dollars,
or Jury purposes 18 cts. on
Fuudred dollars.
01 Daup:r funds .04 cts on the
Fired dollars.
^ M the jail well kept,
aQ 5 an( ^ the prisoners well
-
'ed for.
iVe recommend that two bunks
S r lU?V ail - ^ recommend JaiUOekS that “ r9
:e an tl 1 secu re locks be put
i . ’ doors on
' D 2 at the very earliest
^ e - ^
also recommend, and
it, that the jail be inclosed
11 m foot planking, safe and
ua S, 16 or 20 feet fro m the jail
r I lle round. Court House
leaks.
70 1 ^ ^ be
lre( . l at ea s re
once.
"e also i( _-ommend that . the
Mive missing
■fids e 1 -dupand the lights
be put in the needed places.
We also recommend that com¬
fortable seats be put on each side
of the cross hallway, facing east
and west.
We recommend that our present
Representative, the Hon. W. F.
McDaniel!, have passed at the
summer session of the present
Legislature a bill providing for a
Board of County Commissioners
for Rockdale county; said Board
to consist of five members, two
from the Town district and one
each from the other three districts
to be elected by the Grand Jury
of said county at the first term of
the Superior court held therein
after the passage of the bill, who
shall hold their office until the
next regular election for Ordinary
of said county, when their suc¬
cessors shall be elected by the
qualified voters of said county at
the same time, and hold their of¬
fice for the same teim as the Or
dinary, and that said commis¬
si cners be paid each $24.00 per
annum for their services, and the
Board to have power to elect a
clerk at the same salary as them
selves, said Board to have charge
of all county matters, to meet at
least once a month, and audit all
claims against the county.
We recommend that these pre¬
sentments be respected by the
Ordinary, and if they are not by
the next term of court, the Solic¬
itor-General take such steps as
are necessary in that direction.
We find the book of the County
School Commissioner kept in a
business like manner, and in ac¬
cord with the report submitted.
We find the total white children
in school attendance during 1890
to be 1072; blacks, 872. Total
school attendance 1944. Total
amonnt of school funds received
for year 1890, to be $3519.77.
Total expenditures, $3418.07
Amt. on hand to date, $101.70.
We recommend that these pre¬
sentments be published in both
county papers, and that they
each receive for same $5.00.
In taking leave of his Honor,
Judge R. L. Gamble, Jr., we beg
to thank him for his special kind¬
ness and courtesy to our body,
and to Solicitor-General Womack
for so ably assisting us in the
discharge of our duties.
D. N. Hudson, foreman, T. A.
F. Stansell, W. D. Brodnax, J ohn
W. Williams, John T. A. McCol¬
lum, Robt. Hollingsworth, T. T.
Thrasher, A. J. Ogletree, J ohn R.
Maddox, J. L. Pate, E. C. Gran
ade, W. P. Plunkett, J. G. Mann,
J. J. Cowan, J. C. Browning, S.
M. Still, Z. T. Almand, A. A.
Born, J. N. Stowers, C. A. Blake,
J. T. Stansell, G. W. Walker, P.
G. Tucker.
I hereby certify that the fore¬
going is a true copy of the Gen¬
eral Presentments of the Grand
Jury for March Term, 1891, of
Rockdale Superior Court.
W. T. Huson,
Clerk S. C. Rockdale county.
THE FI RST SYMPTOMS OF
DEATH.
Tired feeling, dull headache,
pains in various parts of the body,
sinking loss at the pit of the stomach,
of appetite, feverishness, pim¬
ples or sores, are all positive evi
dence of poisoned blood. No
D r . Acker's English Blood Elixir
! has never failed to remove scrofu
^ ^ ous or syphilitic poisons. Sold
j ! under R. Stewart, positive Druggist. guarantee. Dr.
McElree’s Wine of Carduf
and THEDrORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
j for sale by the following merchants iu
r
Rockdale county:
i Con °er COnyerS -
YV. M. Richardson, 5 Richardson, 3
Geo. T. Smith (near) Conyers,
H. P. <fc D. M. Almand & Co.,
1 Conyers.
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
This Column Is Under The Control of
the W. C- T. U., of Conyers.
The W. C. T. U. meets every
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the residence of the president,
Mrs. Kate Hardwick.
It costs more to furnish the peo¬
ple with intoxicating liquor than
with their bread.
Prohibition will prohibit when
officers will have to depend on
the votes of Prohibitionists for
their election and not before,
It is not economic to license an
army of men to sell intoxicating
liquors, and then pay another ar¬
my of salaried officials to help
keep the drunken men in order.
A HOOD THING IN ITS PLACE
An exchange interested in the
liquor traffic quoted Riv. Dr.
Guthrie as believing, with most
Scotchmen, that whiskey is a good
thing in its place. A correspond¬
ent questions the item: “Can it
be possible,” says he, “that Dr.
Guthrie, enthusiastic temperaece
worker that he was, said such a
thing?” Yes, he said just that,
and more, which it evidently did
not suit the liquor advocate to
quote. We canrot quote it ex
actly, but it was something like
this: “Whiskey is a good tiling in
its place—its place for preserving
things that are dead. If you want
to presere a dead monkey put
him in whiskey, but if you want
to kill a live man, put whiskey in¬
to him.”
THE DRINKERS 1 SHARE.
The products of one bushel of
corn made into whisky is four gal¬
lons, worth $16, out of which—
The Government gets $4.00
The farmer gets - - .40
The railroad gets - 1.00
The manufacturer gets - - 4.00
The vendor gets 7.00
The drinker’s share is delirium
tremens. But there still remains
much more. The drinker’s family
has a share—misery, poverty, suf¬
fering. The community has a
share—it loses honorable and use¬
ful citizens and gets in thefir place
sots and vagrants. Total results
—loss of manhood, health, hap¬
piness, comfort, sustenance, la¬
bor, money, peaee, order.. Who
gains when all lose so heavily.
A POOR SLAVE.
A man who drinks is not free;
he is a slave and drunkness is his
master. His hands do not work
for bread, but for rum, and he of¬
ten loses the control of his hands
and the proper use of his feet.
You cannot see the chains which
entangle him, so that he stumbles
and falls, because they are not
outside—they are liquid chains
and he has poured them down
his throat. But you see he is
not free; his feet are bound in
fetters so that he cannot walk;
his hands are hampered with
gives, so that he cannot use them
to advantage; evsn his brains and
his tongue feel the effects of this
degrading slavery. He does not
think like a free man, he does noc
talk like a free man, he does not
walk like a free man; he is a poor
slave, the slave of a tyrant who
takes away his money and refuses
to give him any food or clothing
or shelter in retain.
THEY ALL BRIN&,
that at certain, ,
It is well known
central agencies a record is kept
of the name, position, ana stand-,
; ; no . c f near ]y every business man
in the country. Careful men are
«on!°a„ e d -t tcMes iuforma -1
amount d of U property ody w the 1 j
.
parties are worth, but aiso their,
standing as regards puntuality,
promptness, integrity, temperance
morals, etc. A number of years
ago, it is stated, a firm of four
men in Boston were rated as “A
1. They were rich, prosperous,
young and prompt. One of them
had the curiosity to see how they
were rated, and saw these facts
on the book and were satisfied; but
at the end of it was written: ‘“But
they all drink.” He thought it
was a good joke at the time; but
to-day two are dead, another is a
drunkard, and the fourth is poor
and living partly on charity.
NOW TRY THIS.
It will cost you nothing and
will surely do you good, if you
have a cough, cold, or any troub¬
le with throat, chest or lungs. Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con¬
sumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed will be to give relief, or mon¬
from ey LaGrippe paid back. Sufferers
found it just the
thing and under its use had a
speedy and perfect recovery. Try
and a sample bottle at our expense
learn for yourself just how
good a thing it is. Trial bottles
free at Dr. W. II. Lee & Son’s
drugstore. Large size 50c and $1.
—» •
POETRY.
Foreclosure of the Mortgage.
It is hard to be drove from the dear old home,
That has sheltered us all of these years:
I’ve been thinking- it over and over to-da.v,
Till my poor eyes have shed all their tears.
Yet the debt must be settled--we mortgaged
the farm,
’T'»as the foolishest thing we could do;
But our children were just gettin’ started in
in school,
And we done it to carry them through.
That was long, long ago; our children to-day
Live in well furnished rooms of their own,
An’ they seem to forgit their old father an’
me,
In our poverty strugglin' alone.
It is seldom we enter their houses so fine,
An’ they never get time to come here;
How foolish our hope of a happy old age.
With ourchildreu to comfort and cheer.
We tried to be faithful in bringin’ them up,
To perform everv duty made known;
Wo were strivin’ to raise up such worn-n an’
men
As we’d not be ashamed to own.
And somehow the thought to us never occur¬
red,
Durin’ all those dear, happy days.
That we'd eversee them when ashamed to own
us
With our ignorant, old fashioned ways.
We might have foreseen how the matter
would turn,
If we hadn’t been foolish and blind
We were puehin' them on to the front every
day.
While we were a failin’ behind.
We gave up our papers—we’d no time to read,
With so many a needin’ our aid—
An' we soon lost all track of th • world’s on¬
ward march.
An’ the changes new fashions had made.
But *tis too late to worry; our day is almost
Bpent;
We shall need little more here below;
If the summons to leave finds us homeless an’
will poor.
It find us more willin' to go.
And we cling to the hope in our feeble old
age—
More precious than silvor or golo—
That soon the kind father will give us a home
That can never be mortgaged an’ sold.
Thfi Overflow.
It’s a raining and a raining.
And the farmer i* complaining,
About the overflow.
His fields are very boggy.
And It's getting mighty soggy,
Around the stable door.
The creeks are a rushing.
And the springs are a gushing,
Bo' Bight unde- bis feet:
Keeps corn him nor cotton planting,
a ranting.
About his debts to meet.
He has bought his fertilizer,
And it’s not an appetizer,
A lying in the binn.
The wav he will nip and tuck.
To keep out of the cunnin-.- suck,
Will really be a sin.
Buthe is a brave hearted fellow.
And though his fields arc very mellow,
With tons and tons of water.
He will hold his head quite level,
Fearing neither man nor devil.
Nor ever ask for quarter.
He will whistle a merry tune,
In the leafy month of June.
When he grapples General Green,
He will burv them in the furrow,
With scarcely a demurrer.
And no more he will be seen.
In October and November,
I want you toremember.
If what I shv comes true.
His pocket full of money.
And h jug of peach and honey,
He will treat me and you.
—Aztec in Marietta Journal.
The Boys We Need.
Hr.Rr’R to the boy who’s not afraid
To do his share of work;
Who never is by toil dismayed,
And never tries to shirk.
The boy whose heart's brave to meet
All lion’s in the way:
Who’s not discouraged by defeat,
But tries another day.
The boy who always mean to do
The very best lie can ;
Who always keeps the right in view,
And aims to be a man.
The future of our land; and we
>,!tt tv ,lk 11 UIth ” n< ‘ e *
AH honor to the boy who is
A tnan at heart, i «av:
Whose legend on his shield is this,
‘’itighi always wins the day.”
—Golden Days.
jf roc** r.Arw Acrrrs
o r 70 a are »ui worn out, n-abycood for nothing
a i* general odd, rt y. try
ji tin u s’s lito.v r, tTTuns.
It will cure you. and give a gotxl atipeiite. Sold
by all dealers iu medicine.
DON’T BLUSH
When the Naked Truth is brought
forcibly to your notice, that you
can save your time and stretch
your money by buyin gyour
FAMILY GROCERIES
AT
ALMAND & LANGFORD’S.
TO HIT THE
NAIL
ON THE HEAD,
BUY YOUR
HAMMER,
Farm Tools and Staple Hardware
AT
ALMAND & LANGFORD’S.
RICH AND POOR
Receive the same careful and
respectful treatment at the store of
ALMAND A LANGFORD.
SPEER & KING’S BARBER SHOP.
Jake Speer and Duncan King 1
want their friends to come to see
them when in Atlanta. No, 6 ^
Wall St.
H. P. A D. M. Almand have on
hand, viz:
Rockdale Standard Guano.
John Patapsco Merry man u
((
Eutaw Acid.
At bottom prices.
MOTHERS PORTFOLIO.
Exquisit Lithograph Double
Cover.
Music, Games. STORIES,
AMUSEMENT and
INSTRUCTION combined.
Alice B. Stockham A Co.,
No. 116 La Salle St., Chicago.
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work for up, l»v Anna I'af*, Tailed AttHin,
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a day. A 11 **•*. W• show you how
and mart you. Cun work Ut *F*r« time
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y«vur spare iti*»in*viM, or all your time to the work. 'This Is an
entirely new brings *r«n4W<il aurces# to every worker.
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* THE MUTUAL
Life Iosorance Co. of New York
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
Statement for the 7 CS .7 ending December 31 , 1 C 90
Assets, $J47,ir> 4,961 SO
IicBcrvc on Politics at 4Vo, - SXCf5.Gfi8.3fiS rtG
Liabilities other than Kcserve, 505.5.* 9 rti
Sarfius, ----- 0,981,283 SS>
Receipts from ali sources, - 31.018,1*8 69’
Payments to Pollcy-H* i-iers, - Ifi,978,200 Off
Risks assumed, 43,188 policies, 1 CO.985.985 oH
Risks iu force, 206,055 policies, C33.22fi.SC5 2 i
TK2 ASSETS ARE iJsVESTED AS FDLLSV/S:
j V.iu' beans, T 'into nnd Boiid A Mortgage $76,529,£81 T2
----
United Stater. Bonds and oi:i*r' 51,511.631
Securities, - 5 +
j Iannis (.a CoIlRter.-.l Securities. 03
] t ush in Hanks aasl Trust Com5mides r,556,iil 83
at iiitere.si, -
interest aecrned, Premiums fJefcr- 7.X83.256 33
icd, etc., -.
Sif7.15J.iiC2 23
T br.ve carefully examined t!:C U ir.r statement
Sind i.r.d the sa.n:e to be correct. utlltor.
A. N. V atkkhouee,
I roil; the Sisrplr- above stated r divuieuJ be
apportioned as usual.
Tito Xiusitjcss Per 1390 shows INCE1.ASI over .list
of I-SSS, as follows:
Iu Assets, ?:a,753,685 r *
Xu Reserve *.:i i’clirir.) "s<» i r— m*s. 10,551.08’ Pi
In HereI;iO, - 3,839,753 67
la Payuieiits i J PoSiry-iloWern, 1,772,331 C 7
Risks AsscmbU, 4,6‘ 1 polit ies, 9,383.302 21
*it Risks la Carre, 23,715 policies, 72,270.931 32
