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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1891)
TOWN TALK. Items Picked Iiq Hete and There On Dur SreEts. jjay-BLACX-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation. Every thirag dull. Tho weather k Tho lazy days are here. The farmers are now very busy. Wo have had a few pleasant days. Miss Bessie Davis of Atlanta visited Miss Gussic Davidson last week. Newton county is wrestling this week infrourt with her criminal docket. Rev. H. M. Quillian will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday. Iry BLACK DRAUQHT tea lor Dyspepsia. Messrs. N. M. and G. A. Al mand of Lawrenceville arc visit¬ ing in I he city. Last year A. G. Williamson made 180 bales of cotton on his farm noarEastumn. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dabney of Dabney, Ga, visited relatives here last Saturday and Sunday.__ 90 per cent of tho tax payers of Washington, Ga., have petitioned tho council for electric lights. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. W. L. Peek is thought not to bo doing so well for tho last few days. WISE OF CAROUI (or lemaiedlMsaea Come to the Annual Mooting - of tho Rockdale Biblo Society next Sabbath night at the Methodist church. The C. V s. are improving these beautiful moonlignt evenings by drilling two or throe times a week out doors. Tho state convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will convene in Thomas ville April 11. Next Wednesday is April 1st “All Fools Day" and it will doubt¬ less bo observed to an alarming extent. It goneraly is. Gov. Northen has ordered an election in Twiggs comity to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of Representative Griffin. H£rWINK OF OARQUI * Tonic lor Women. Rev. T. J. Swanson of Coving¬ ton will preach at tho First Bap¬ tist church next Sabbath, the 29th at 11 o’clock. Everybody invited to attend. Barefooted now the little boy skips along the highway, and does his errands quickly because his foot and heart are both tight. So let it Jbo. Last Monday morning the in¬ fant of Mr. A. J. Oaks of this place was found dead in bed. The child was buried yesterday in Rockdale Cemetery. The Sabbath school quarterly mass meeting will be at the Pres¬ byterian church next Sunday be¬ ginning at 3:30 ojelock. A good attendance is expected. The infant of Mr. Fred Bos worth of Atlanta, who married Miss Susie Dukes of this place, died last Friday night and was buried in Rockdale cemety Sat¬ urday. M.ELREC l WINE OF CAWPUU or Weak Nerve*. The annual meeting of the Roekdale Bible Society will be at the M. E. church next Sabbath night. There will be aeveral speeches, and an interesting meetingis expected. Everybody invited to attend. WANTED.—The consent of 10,000 Smokers,—to send each, a sample lot of 150 “NICKEL’’ Ci¬ gars and a 20 year gold filled Watch, by express C. O. D. $5.25 and allow examination. Havana Ciqab Co., Winston, N. 0. Crushed to Death Last Monday between one and I two oelock Mr. R. D. George, a conductor in the East Tennessee yards at Atlanta, was so badly crushed by the collision of two switch engines that he died soon afterwards. His remains were brought to this county yesterday and buried at Smyrna church. Mr. George was well known in this county. His bereaved wife is siste-in-lcw to our county treasurer. To the beroaved we exWnd otir hearty sympathy. Locals from Almon. Farmers, in this section, are im proving every opportunity, , pie paring the soil for the reception of the various crops. It is be lieved there will be less cotton planted this soason, and more corn, oats etc. Master Joe Jackson of Alcova visited tha family of his uncle, Mr. Henry Jackson last week. Col. F. M. Holder lost a very valuable cow last Thursday. Dis easo unknown. JOS. E. JOHNSTON DEAD. the GREATEST OF ALL AND THE LAST BUT ONE. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston died suddenly at his home last Satur day night about 11 o’clock, His body has been prepared for burial, dressed in a plain black civilians suit, and laid in ; a plain coffin, The funeral will take place to day in Washington city, and his i remains will be interred in Green- 1 mond Cemetery, Baltimore. j All military display will be stu¬ diously avoided. So the greatest general of the Civil War. without exception will be buried as a civ illian. This is fitting; for his Jeath 8hould be emblematical, not G f war> but peace. While no | loved one was eyer br _. yer> n0 ono ever pea:e more. The society of the Sons of the American Revolution at Wash¬ ington. of which he was a mem j j bel . f among resolutions: others, passed the following “Whereas, death lias removed from among us Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, one of tlio honorable vice-presidents of this society and honorable vice-president general of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolu¬ tion, for thirty-six years an offi¬ cer in the army of the United States, and more recently a civil servant of the government, “Resolved, That in his loss, ripe in years, honored by his follow citizens, and beloved by all who were favored by his personal friendship, this society has been deprived of one of the noble men whose bravery, honesty of pur¬ pose, integrity of character, and many virtues are in the highest degree worthy of emulation’. The son of a gallent rovolutionnry sol¬ dier and an officer in Lee’:* Le¬ gion, thanked" at the head of the army for the'services at the storm iug "of Fort Washington, Gen. Johnston was himself one of the bravest of American soldiers. His name is prominent in the annals of the Seminote war of I83G, where in one engagement his un¬ iform was pierced by thirty bul¬ lets, and of the war with Mexico, at Cerre Gordo, Contreras, Cher ubusco and the City of Mexico, as well as at JChepultepec, where his hand was first to place the flag uoon the enemy’s ramparts. Distinguished also in civil life, he represented his native state in congress, and when 80 years old was still a public servant, Not withstanding the physical infirm¬ ity consequent on liis advanced ago and battle wounds. Gen* Johnston, within a few weeks of i his death, as a pall bearer, paid the kgt tribute to the i ate admi ral of the United States navy, D. Miss Carrie Berry had the mis¬ fortune to fall while playing at school Thursday noon, and tin feared fractured her collar bone. She continues at school, however, and comes up to her usual almost perfect rocitations iu all her studies. The singing at tho “Baptist church" at this place Sunday af toinoon, we understand, was in¬ teresting and enjoyable. Gaboon. • # . A Lexington, Ky., dispatch says: In tho old arm chair, in the cosi¬ est corner by the fire, at the home of his youngest son, in the village cf Buena Vista, in Garrand coun¬ ty, Ky., sits the venerable Jacob Smith, who likes just three years and nino months of being 100 years old, having been 96 on the third day of last January, and who is also tho oldest Methodist and the oldest Mason in tho state of Kentucky. Time lias dealt kindly with him and ho has dealt justly with him¬ self, and to-day finds him in good health. His motto from boyhood has been, “Be temperate in all things,” and lie frequently advises his grandchildren “not to dig their graves with tlioir teeth nor make a god of their stomachs.’’ Nothing grows much faster than troubles that are nursed. There is nothing a man is so> proud of as a child that is sound asleep iu bed.—Atchison Glebe. While 150 Italians wore liold ing a meeting last Saturday night in Troy, N. Y., to protest against the mobs action at New Orleans tho meeting was broken lip by a mob outside throwing stones and firing pistols. No one was in jured . The point which this advertise¬ ment is intended to illustrate by its shape is that tho best place to buy trimmings for bonnets, hats, etc., is at the millinery department of Miss Emma Riley. Why this is so is because at this store is car¬ ried the largest stock in the city ; and prices are more moderate than elsewhere. A complete assortment of all shades in ribbons and laces, notions, stamped linens in tidies, shams A scarfs. Hosiery corsets, Ac. Call be¬ fore buy¬ ing. e LOST.—A pocket book c-on taining a five doilar bill, one sil ver doliar, and other small change. The finder will be liberally re ■v^arded by returning it to the Ban office - , tess trip to Atlanta Monday. g. w. Weaver is iu a piekie, and that is the place to get your pickles. j We have reduced the price °f! pe“boWe oya Termrstrictiy 21°! a Mo., says: Recently B. F. Whit ener, a farmer residing near We was engaged repairing his fence, and while digging post holes dis covered a vessel containing S2,00a Some of the coin?, were of very ancient date. The treasure is thought to have been buried d ! u ring the troublous times of the late civil war. r^rZLl heard by a creditor, makes him hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, lio sends for his money the next day. The Griffin Canning Company of- Griffin, lias fust received a bronze medal and diploma, which was awarded to them at the world’s fair in 1889, for the finest canned goods onjjexhibition from the south. A stern father in Key a Paha county, Kansas, with a large fam¬ ily of girls, has passed the cold edset that each beau who fre¬ quents his domicile through the winter must sontribmte a load of sawed stove wood. When Baby wu sick, we gaw'Aer Castoria, When Ae waa a Chiia, she cried for Castoria, When As became Miss, she "lunc to Castoria, Whennibe had Children, she gase them Castoria. E. Ti Speer, a well known journ¬ alist of: Georgia* has been ap¬ pointed managing editor of the Washington (Dl C.jJ Evening Critic.. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Dest salve in the world cuts, Bruises, sores, ulcers, rheum,. Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no gi pay required. It is guranteed to re perfect satisfaction, or money re¬ funded; Price 25 cents per b<j£. For sale by Hr. W, H. Lee & Son. Buttons are now being made*-of chemically hardened potatoes- If they are as tough as the hold-over baked potato of the restaurant, they will outwear bone. D. Porter, and quitted friend to the journey grave 0 £ b j s 0 ] d s;t ilor i mme diately to a city where, as t>ne D f j- be e liiof mourners, he stood by the bier of Sherman, one of the greatest leaders of armies. A life long friend to the admiral of the navy and the general of the army, though for years an hon¬ orable and relentless foe upon the field of battle, he paid the last tributes at the tombs of Portor and Sherman as he had done be¬ fore at those of Grant and Lee, all good soldiers, and descend¬ ants of the patriots of the revo¬ lution. M. A. Handsford of this county is what one might call a model farmer. He has forty-three bales of cotton lying at his home, whieh is a surplus. He makes all his meat and corn at home, and says that he does not owe a cent to any one* He has money besides his cotton and has as good credit as any one would want,—Craw¬ ford Herald. ObOX*© Oi p A 7 - & Langford if you WUllt tO S©8 OUe 0 f the largest and. , Oebb , assorted StOClCS Of ^6H6rdI merchandise ever offered in the City OOH^T©! 3, H-LL Ol vv v theV are SGIIIH^ clS lOW SIS Wl8 lAlinacf lOWUhl, tHLIier C£t3lX 01* OH uJLIIIv?* < . 7> -a-w TTTlIl Will 'U'Dl PAT’ - t airil y pay yOU tO caHon them when yX)IX IXSGCl 01* "WStilt} buy anything fo the WBjJ Of 1X161* CHaii.O.luj0. HPllATr X lit? Jr foiiy for BpOt CaSll. ^bAlvl j crcA- flio blit? HatIA Wt/llt? flt Of &11 CliSCQUXltS Arvili.L/Xi t/XXt/jr r their customers.. Legal Notices. State of Georgia,") Rockdale County, j The Stewart Paper Manufact¬ uring Company, their hgents and’ attorneys, are hereby notified to be and appear at the next term of ' the Superior Court of said county, to be held on- the seeond’Monday in March next, to answerthe com¬ plaint of the Bibb Manufacturing’ Company in a suit on aeeount, re- turnable to said court. This-Tan. Gth, 1890. W. T. Hfrs an, Clerk S: G' Rockdale County. Application for Dismission. irf ROTA, Rockdale County. Whereas, G. P.‘ Elliott, administrator of John* Morgan, renresemts to the court, in his peti¬ tion duely filed and entered on record, that hfe has fully adminin-tered John Morgan’s estatetv. this is therefore eo cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show tcause, 1f any they can, whv said administrator should not: be discharged frtmi his admirrfstration, and’ receive Letters of Dismission on the first Mondav in May IB!tt. ThWjan 23riuj 1891. O. Seamans. Ordinary; Letters of Dismission GEORGIA, UnOKT>.Ar,E County. W'tferea«. James Hollings.vcrth, admirtis* tratrn- of Mrs. Letta Parker, represents to the court in his petition, dulv filed and entered on record, that lie- has fully administered Mrs. I.etta Parker's estate, this is cn’erefore to cite all oer«ons concerned, kindred and creditors, tosftOw cause, if any they can, whv pattF ad¬ ministrator stjYni 13 not he diSeharsred from hi* ad ministration, and recei ve- Letters ot ’ Dis¬ mission on ih'e first Monday* in Mav. 1891. ’Ahis, Jan. Jftti, 1891. O. Seaman*, Ordinary- - ——ii - Tourists; Whether on pleasure bent or bus¬ iness, should take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most kidneys, pleasantly and effectually ou¬ tlie liver and bowels, preventing other forms fevers, of sickness. headaches and IFbr safe in 30c and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists. Fine Stallion. Thos. E. Brodnax and W. N. McKnight having bought the cel ebrated stallion, “Leonard,” will . keep . him . at Pierce , stable in . S Conyers the present season. Par ties desiring colts will do well to call on them. Mar IB tf. - Equal to Any. There were several kinds of guano used in my neighborhood, Patapsco, Eddystone and others I think Rockdale Standard equa to any. I expect to use it nex year, J. C. Cowan, Covington, G. Dismission; GEORGTA. Rockpa le County. Whereas. John H. Aim and, administrator of of the o-*ta-te of wr F: C. SmitrV; rep¬ resents to-the-eon rt in iris-petition, do civ fifed and entojndion record, t.ltat he has fcHly ad¬ ministered w. F. C Smith’s estate, this- is fheret’ons -to-cite all persona concerned', kin¬ dred amf creditors, to show cause, if any they can. why said administrator should not be dis from his adtoi strati on and'receive Letters of Dismission, on ©fio first Monday in March Saw, O. Shamans. Ordinary. GEO RGTA. RocKDAty. County. To swt’whom it may concern: Whereas .T. J. and P. If. Langford have in due- form ap¬ plied letters.<) to the court of Ordinary for permanent, .i.lW administration on the estate of . Langfmtl. late of said county deceased, this is to eite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause if any they ean, why Getters of administration should:not be grant¬ ed to J. J. and P, H. Langford on the estate vt J. W. Langford on t the first Monday in April 1891. Seamans,. 9$ Ordinary. For Over Fifty Tears Mrs. Winslow’s Soothinq Strup has been u»ed for over fifty years by millions o£ moth * n for their children while teething, with per fectsuoeess. It soothes the child, soften* the gums, allays all pain, cures wind o»Dc, and M the beet medicine for Diarrhoea. It will H Here the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggists in ovary part of the world. Twenty-flro cents a bottle. Be sure and aak for “Mrs. Winslow’a Soothing 8yrup,” and take no other kind. Money. We hare some genuine bargain! in teedwaete and hull ashes. W« also have about five acres of land for rent. Call on us. J, P. 4 Till*t, Genrl Mng’r Conyers Oil 4 F. Co
