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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1896)
tr* * L Snip Says The --- Ire Prosperous in }iis i Goiill - * Tlieir PlSSBIlt: KL Ijjjuks is Road 11 Sustsffl _ mums T8 MOST BF IT Le L just made a trip through ortion of Jasper and Mor¬ talities, beyond and must say to I find was onislied measure farmers in such a prosperous Edition. They have about fin [*i [e gathering and of their abun- crops been far short an at yield; but economy ia fast .oming the watchword of many Biers and they are beginning to L a lesson of wisdom and pro ! by their past experience, al ongh it has cost them dearly, spent a night with a farmer in sper who with himself and sons me have run a four horse farm is year, and will gather from it rty bales of cotton and a good jm crop. With other farmers I mad full cribs of corn, a fine lot i' hogs for next year’s meat and Lies of cotton about the houses, jne, Liug fat, sleek stock and looked every around the farm well per and cared for. In travelling preen miles through Morgan I loauted one hundred bales of cot ion piled around the houses of Liners, and thousands of dollars live been spent in building and Improving farms since laying by pie. Corn, wheat and oat stub pie is being turned already for an¬ other year’s crop. Each county m two railroads passing through it, and business of every kind is out-growing a mud hole in wet Wither. I I large portion of the success of leach county is attributive to their ■present road system. Morgan’s Ipresent road system has been in ■operation three or four years and Ihsper one year. A person must I w acquainted with the counties b:°re and after the changes in the 1 '*<1 law to understand the great benefit they are. Jasper has run My one road machine and six auue3 this year and will next year rin machines and ten heavy mtdes - An ordinary pair of mules P 11 ^ four bales of cotton with ;l radius of fifteen miles of Mad Hon or Monticello easier now than U*y could have pulled two bales three years ago. Where it was ° !l '" a burden to stock and a dread to their owners to eitber . , place S° t0 i u is . already a pleasure. As as they have time to work 0v,r the whole county we may ex changes. SAM Snip. SMffiSIN The will positively Rheumatism, modern Pain Annihilator, ur * Neuralgia, Sprains, Bruises, c Earache, Backache and all other ** ores » sches. SALVATION OIL is sold everywhere for jj^e Gnse-s nts. PLUGS,The Only the genuine will do the * C«., work. Ba«o.,«ld. Great Tebacw AntMote.lOc. Dealer* er »ail,AC.IIeyer P v ■R fcgksj m I m (1 > -Ci 4, < c. r * CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1896. LITTLE ELLA McXIGHT. Gone, but not dead. She still ljyeth—a star in glory, a sunbeam on earth. Short as was the life of this ble9sed child > lon s win live the hallowed influence she left be bdld ber - As beautiful as the crown that now bedocks her cher¬ ubic head was the life she lived, adorned by the Christian graces shining through innocent purity. Are actions stronger than ^words? Then the life of this sweet little girl has brought to bear upon the children of Conyers an influence for good. Eternity alone can tell. “Papa,” said my little boy wak¬ ing at midnight, “Little Ella was the best friend I had. She never did wrong; her mother never whipped her. I shall not do wrong any more. I cried when I looked at her sweet and white face. She is in heaven now.” And so all the children talk about her and dwell on her goodness and her knowledge of the Bible; how she loved to read it at Sunday school and at home; her sweet disposi¬ tion, gentle, loving, earnest, un erring ways. She went about like a sunbeam, shedding light; like a May day she lived, bringing flow¬ ers and fragrance and gladness, and then she disappeared. Her little sun set behind the horizon, but its radiant glow still lingers over the children of Conyers, and they look up and say, “I know she is in heaven and I will meet her there.” Parents, mingle joy with your grief for little Ella is in the bos¬ om of Jesus, and her pure life is bringing others to him. We have one there about the same age. Heaven is richer by it. Let us go to our children. H. V. H. GETTING MATRIMONIALLY PLANTED. “A large percentage cf what is ordinarily called love is about as safe a guide in the choice of a companion as a firefly would be trustworthy illumination in the intricacies of a deep forest on a dark night,” writes the Rev. Charles H. Parkhursfc, D. D., in the November Ladies’ Home Journal. “I am well aware that it is much easier to reason abont these things in the abstract than it is to keep one’s head cool and one’s temperature regulated in a season of severe exposure; b t so much of the success or failure of a young man’s after life depends on the way in which he gets matrimonially planted ihat seems well worth while to preempt the ground with as much rational consideration as possible. If a man has accustomed himself to canvass the ground with some seriousness before the susceptible moment arrives there will be more likelihood of his being able to ride the storm when it breaks without the loss of ship, cargo and chew. Our Correspondents. The News From The Country Burgs. SHEFFIELD HAPPENINGS. We had a fine rain last week. Mrs. J. Malcolm and son and Miss Ada Whitaker and her broth¬ er attended preaching at Mt. Zion last Sunday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marks in the after¬ noon. Messrs. Willie and Joe Marks and their families visited their pa¬ rent* last Sunday. The sale of the goods and chat¬ tels of Mr. Marvin Wesley, deceas¬ ed, occurred yesterday. Mr. T. S. Almand contemplates leaving Sheffield in the near fu¬ ture. He will be missed in this community. OASTOniA, fit tw¬ ii n it all* •T*rjr diutui at Jurors Drawn For Fall Term Rockdale Superior court: GRAND JURORS. J W Persall, P G Tucker, J S Johnson, G W Walker, W U Wal¬ lace, C G Turner, M A Waldrop, W T Stanton, J W Alnaand, R W Tucker, B E McDonald, F L Bryant, Leroy Oglesby, M F Mc¬ Calls, W B Reagan, sr., John H Almaed, A H Swann, J B Norton A J Pierce, Joel A Owens, T D O’Kelley, J R O’Neal, J A Ham¬ ilton, L H Sijnnan, Z T Almand, H Y McCord, J M B Goode, C B Hudson, G H Hull, W L Peek. traverse jurors— 1st week. Robt L Oglesbv, S J Taylor, B C Granade, J K P Lester, Lem D Parker, T T Thrasher, B F Tucker, L M Camp, H H Allen, L T Longshore, J O Bohanan, A L Yeal, J R Treadwell, J F Christian, F M Ayers, J I Al¬ mand, Jesse M Almand, W K Downs, J W Hollingsworth, J M Morgan, jr., J D Maddox, jr., J M Day, E L Turner, Walter Wood, J W Cowan, jr., L T Far rill, Geo S F Mil'er, 8 H Wood, J H Peek, T A Elliott, E S Ever itt, J S Weatherford, M VV Gran ade, sr*., J B Goddard, James T StanseU, Geo T Smith. There was no jurors drawn for the second week. THE FAMOUS L. B. LENT'S CIRCUS AND MANAGERIE. L. B. Lent's Ciicus and Mana gerie arrived at an early hour this morning on its own train of specially constructed cars. The fine stock is particularly notice¬ able. Forman draft horses, Arab¬ ian ring horses. The show has 150 employes and the most per¬ fect discipline is maintained in the several distinct departments. Our exchanges have fairly teemed with its praises for the past few week, and while it makes no pretentions to being the big¬ gest show on earth," yet all who have seen it attest to the superior character of its program and gen eral make-up. Among its male and female achieved performers arenic are fame many and who the show going are wall known te public. Coming so well indorsed and reccommended, we do not hesitate to receommend the show to our readers.—Binghamton, (N. Y.) Herald. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES Commissioner Nesbitt’s Ques¬ tion Box For the Month. Sowing Wheat. Question. —How deep should wheat be covered to produce the best crop? Some of my neighbors ar^ue in favor of shallow and some of deep covering. Which is considered the best, a bearded or a beardless wheat? Answer. — Many experiments have been made to find out the proper depth to plant wheat, and it has been demon¬ strated that from 3 to 3 ^ inches is the depth to insure the largest yield. Some prefer the beardless and others prefer the bearded wheat. I think the bearded varieties suit our soil and climate best, but are not the most popular iu this state.—State Agricultural Department. To Prevent a Cow From Sucking Herself. Question.— Do you know any way to prevent a cow from sucking herself? Answer. —Many plans have been sug¬ gested to put a stop to this bad habit that some cows have. The best plan I have heard of is this, viz: put a pair of straight hames on the cow’s neck, just iu front of the shoulders, and another pair just back of her horns. Nail to these two pairs of hames, two stout strips of wood on each side of her neck. This will effectually prevent her from sucking liersolf, and will not prevent her grazing. An animal addictod to this habit had better be fattened and butchered for beef, for in all probability whenever you remove the side bars you will find the habit as strong as over.— State Agricultural Department, Planting Cabbagcn. Question. —I am preparing to plant several acres of land in winter cabbages for northern markets. The land is fair, sandy loam, with good, red clay subsoil. Now tell me what is the best commer¬ cial fertilizer I can use, how much ought I to use per acre, where oau I get it and what will it cost mo cash? Answer. —Cabbages are veiy gross feeders and need a fertilizer rich in all the elements of plant food. Well rotted stable manure is the best fertilizer for cabbages, as indeed it is for almost all plants. Iu the absence, however, of stable manure, commercial fertilizers are used very successfully, You want a mixture carrying 7 to 8 per cent of nitrogen, 0 to 7 per cent of potash and f to 8 per cent of available phosphoric acid. You should use 1,500 to 2,000 pounds to the acre, broadcasted, and from 400 to 500 pounds iu the drill. You can get such a fertilizer put up by any of tbe guano factories, and it will cost you in the neighborhood of $40 a ton. 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