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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1896)
lt gH GEORGIA. THEBBD from OVER 1 flB * STATE, ot Interesting Hap ^ »rs Day ll* Fro® Day to i?»dgett fnrnitnre, stoves and • .Mm? g° odB ’ at AngU8ta ’ worth of mortgages. l I-t l - jndin® outstanding ao * fi 000. The house did installment plan and 00,000 in accounts out * * * bill has been intro .u-BO that has at “fl legislature attention or created Si l f egt in the public Hob mind John ’ presented by tt Eta’of of Bibb, 50,000 asking for thees- for an § reformatory 0 f a state fcr juvenile criminals. * * * wholesale grocers of Colnmbns, S' business has been siow decreasing, owing to Ksieru freight rates enjoyed by r(I x and Birmingham, feel js: more hopefnl for relief now eretofore, although there is no jl c ]j aaS e in the situation. This feeling is accounted for princi the visit to the city during tweek of President Sam Spen fcSouthern, to whom the job ttlsined the situation. jeftion asking for been the pardon circulated of Ulill, which has .louseand senate and fAss been petition filed with is short Governor and to bb. The iat, and is signed by over thirty srs of the senate and over 100 6K of the house. The petition the governor to pardon Harry soon as possible, and states is the belief of the signers that isuffered as much as justice de si The petition states further is believed that the people of ia would approve of the pardon it a single dissenting voice being lie the government has under lio place defenses along the [tout, completed, work at some attention ports being has no paid to Brunswick’s exposed ion, nor has an effort been made p fortifications, although tho [ef Importance defeuses is apparent. be attached Too oannot ■lection in some manner for a ■gseaport of 12,000 population, millions of wealth would be and whose commerce, now 1st importance, would be laid iif perchance a foreign invasion i.iSE Turner, of Pierce county, tose hundred and one years old 1897, and his wife will Kij nine years old on April 13 th iaey were in their teens when •tra married and twelve children keresult of thermion. Nine of &ten are now living and have -Mr. and Mrs. Turner have Nchildrec, 159 great graud and one great-great-grand • tota! of 499. Mr. Turner is health and frequently visits when at Blackshear and other lJ® Atkinson has ordered jr V“ (-peer 9 8 * to * begin The paying the a e ’ checks will . a e 0U *' an< J signed by the ,, , T . e l “ y at onoe be sent ackers, who are anxiously I 5 .' eta » aD( f will take joy and k° me in the state. >w 6 8,000 teachers in the em state, and their salary now T =>“tsto something like $310, l"' Sjl0ll Qt was due about two go, and when the time for arrived it was found that not enough money in the P™ Beet their demands. EL.V L ~ as Postponed with the ' ret nrns of the col P ,0 make tax - the amount in the U l' f 6 ,, enoa m gh to pay late the R R Tk * h6rs °aey was in ! l ack °* were suffering, a their money, rr«r'>', J A tkin80n decided Nier= v, ', that fe aa waiteid long enough kLt, VL? l! one “ e found that there gssr* ? to pay them, if it Th8 ‘ r,>Mn - gn the checks, and ^at out at once. «t-k! r?ia ’ s ^ potton Crop. S er ea *ntt says the cot N.i-a of (D. K° r ^ Ia L estimates Practically all Ah j^rea/ it at 1,200, miUi ° a in r ° and ^ eor R ia * 8 increased r<4av.' ron &d numbers it is h*U«w aiUion acres against •io-^'/Bpanied i ** increase in bv a 50 per l ‘;‘ e quantity of fer- Hssd in Georgia. This year the ton¬ nage runs up to 335,000. The cost oi fertilizers at the estimated average o $20 per ton is $6,700,000 this year against $4,500,000 last. The extra cost of fertilizers is therefore $2,200,000, and this, with the increase of 400,000 acres to the area planted, gave 200,000 more bales, though this season it was exceptionally dry. This, at $35 a bale, adds $7,000,000 to the vaino of the crop, for the increased outlay of $2,200,000 in fertilizers plus tho cost of tilling and the rental valne of 400 000 ae-^s. Estimating that at $10 per acre, the extra expense of tillage is $4,000,000. This added to the extra cost of fertilizers gives a total addition of $6,200,000 to the expense of the crop, against a total increase of $7,000,000 in its valne. The increased use of fertilizers and perhaps better tillage this year have caused a gain of about $800,000 to the farmers of Geor¬ gia. This is the result in a season of exceptional drought. In an average year the return for the extra outlay would have been better. Commenting on this result, Commis¬ sioner Nesbitt says: “The liberal use of fertilizers with good tillage undoubtedly is profitable, but the chief advantage and the per¬ manent results of fertilizers are lost by the methods in vogue in the aver¬ age farm. “A rotation of crops with grass or clover following cotton or cereals, and the turning under of the vegetable matter would greatly improve the con¬ dition of the soil. What it needs in addition to commercial fertilizers is vegetable matter to retain the mois¬ ture. If this system were regularly pursued in combination with the lib¬ eral use of fertilizers we would have astonishing crops, and the • result would be less affected by drouth.” Speaking of the early maturity of this year’s crop and the effect of the fine weather upon the quality of the cotton, the Commissioner says: “The crop matured and was gather¬ ed nearly four weeks earlier than usual. Tho dry weather during the whole pe¬ riod when bolls were opening left the cotton unstained. There were practic¬ ally no stains in this crop. The staple is beautifully white and clean and the crop probably averages middling in grade and on this account the average price received is relatively high. I think it would average seven cents. Already about half the crop has been marketed. The statistics show that about 4,000,000 bales have come in siarht. ” FOR ARMENIAN REFUGEES. General Officers oi the W. C. T. U. Issues an Appeal for Help. An appeal just issued by the general officers of the world’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union, at Chi¬ cago, says: All Who To my Comrades and to Love and Trust Me—From the first you have helped the hunted Armenians by your prayers, your sympathy and your honest, hard work. Thousands of them are today in comfort or in safety because of the intelligence and devotion with whioh you have wrought for our Christian brothers and sisters and the little children on their bleak and dangerous hillsides and in those valleys smitten by outrage and murder. “It is the purpose of the leaders you have chosen, and they will believe that they are but carrying forward your wishes into deeds, to establish a home for refugees at some strategic point, possibly in Bulgaria, which shall belong to the world’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union,and shall testify to the loyalty and tenderness of our society toward those who most needed our help at a time when the heart of the whole world was stirred by their unutterable misery. “It is the earnest hope of your gen¬ eral officers that at every convention, annual meeting and local meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union a collection may be taken for this purpose, and that many news¬ papers may open their columns to help increase their fundes. The officers of the national, state, provincial, this county and local unions can serve cause by inducing editors to receive sub¬ scriptions and by instituting a house to bouse canvass. Mrs. Helen M. Baker is treasurer of the national Women 9 Christian Temperance Union, the Temple, Chicago, Ill. “In this prayer and hope, I am yours for deliverance of God s most loyal people. *4 Fbahcbs E. Wilbabd, “Isabbl Somerset, “Agnes Slack, “Anna Gordon, “Mary Sandbrson, “General Officers World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union.” TEXAS COWBOYS FOR CUBA. Two Hundred Dead Shots to Fight With Maceo. It is reported at San Antonio that an expedition of over 200 Texas cow¬ boys is about ready to depart from Point Isabel, on the lower gulf coast, near the Mexican line, for Cuba. The expedition was organized by an agent of the Cuban insurgents who has been in that part of the state for sev¬ eral weeks. A large quantity of arms and ammunition will b® taken by tbe party. A FISHERMAN’S STORY. Exposure Came Near Ending Btis Life. From the Press, Utica JV. Y. BIr. William Dale is a highly respected far¬ mer living in that part of the townstnp of Brookfield known as the “Waterman Dis triot,” and is well known as a thrifty and honorable man of independent moans. Three years ago Mr. Dale was disabled from rheu¬ matism in a most aggravated form, which medical skill seemed powerless to relieve, but suddenly he became to all appearance oured, was able to attend to his work, and ever since has been in looks at least the in¬ carnation of sound bodily health. The following is Mr. Dale’s own statement of his onset and what wrought the chanza. Buookfikld, New York. July 14th, 1896. “I am fifty-one years old, and by birth an Englishman. In my early iiie I followed the avocation of fisherman, in which by expo¬ sure I contracted rheumatism, from which I suffered more or less for many years. About three years ago, I arose one morning to find myself crippled, and the least exertion brought on most excruciating pains, so that I was forced to seek relief by going to bed and remaining motionless. Our family phy¬ sician was immediately summoned, and he began the usual course of remedies but in¬ stead of helping mo I became worse. My joints, flamed especially in my left arm were in¬ and hot. I suffered much from de¬ rangement of the heart, and constant sweats, which were of « sour, ill smelling nature. My appetite failed me, my tongue wrs thickly coated, and altogether I was in a bad ,vay. In addition to this, worriment of miDd be cause I could not attend to the spring work on two farms which I owned,^made my con dltion denlorable. “While in this unhappy state, my friend, Mr. Amos Jaquays, of Columbus Contra, hearing of my illness, came over and recom mended me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, which be said had oured him of kidney dis ease. He also stated that William Woodman, whom I had known to be a terrible rheu matic sufferer all his life, was through this remedy now in the best of health. “To make a long story short, I stmt over to Mr. Silas York, who keeps a store and sells groceries by wagon through the coun¬ ty, for a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and began to take them according to direc¬ tions. The results of the now treatment were astonishing, as after taking nine of the pills I was at work and ever Bince have done rnr full sit are of labor. “Pink Pills are now our physician. We always keep them in the house, and doctors bills have ceased to be a part of the family expenses. becoming well “Theso pills are pretty known in this part of the country, as all who have here used them swear by them, and do all in their power to make their virtues known. “The above is a true statement, and if necessary I will make oath to the same. "Wm. Dale " Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con¬ densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an un¬ failing specific for suoh diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tbe after effect of ia grippe, pal¬ pitation of the heart, pale and sallow com¬ plexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt &2.S0, of price, 50 cents a box. or six boxes for by addressing Dr. Williams’ Hedtoiue Com¬ pany, Schenectady, N. Y. Improving In Manners. The English club manner is gradu¬ ally being adopted by the New York, Boston and Washington young club¬ men, along with English-built clothes. The new departure in deportment is quiet, natural, frank and simple—a great improvement on the loudness which marked the demeanor of club¬ men forty years ago. Our young fel¬ lows having gone in for English ways, have not only appropriated British fashion in clothes, but have developed athletic and manly sporting tastes, while “tubbing” is more the cus¬ tom. When, then, with the bath, the ride to hounds, plenty of out¬ door exercise, hunting, shooting expeditions, and the sensible clothes of everyday wear, the race of young fellows is a decided improve¬ ment on the hard-drinking, dueling, seenrity-going grandfathers, who loathed, athletics and games of all sorts, except poker, and sought excite¬ ment in an occasional fox hunt and were not happy until they had been out on “the field of honor” several times and “bagged” their man. Already a wail begins to go up in society as to where the men are to come from who can be counted upon to insure tbe buds a good time. The very young fellows who have been facetiously dubbed “the geography class” by some club wag are not quite old enough to don the toga virilis, and yet too big to wear knickerbockers. The society of mammas, in a quandary, seriously think of making an appeal to Secretaries Herbert and Lamont to find something in the way of duty here for the dancing young army and navy men and thus relieve the press¬ ure.—Washington Post. His Hard Lines. “Poor man !” exclaimed the prison missionary, to whom the sheriff’s guest had been relating a tale of woe. “Yonr life seems to have been one un¬ broken series of misfortunes.” “Yes,” said the fallen one, “I have had many trials.”—Buffalo Courier. Don’t Tobacco Spit and Nmoke Your Life Away. easily and If you want toquit tobacco using forever, regain lost manhood, be made well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac. the wonder-worker that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten day. Over 400.000 cured. Buy Vo-To-B&c from your own druggist. .Under absolute guarantee to cure. Book and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. Have Yea Heard the New Santh •* In the Shadow of the PineeT" It is immense] L»gg Bros., of Kansas City, Mo., of have it, and they are making a cut send price for 35c. a copy. Take our advice and one. Pi so’- Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine. —Mrs. w. Pickkkt. Vsn Stolen and B ake Area., Brooklyn. S- Y., Oct- 26, .A Just try a 10c. box of Ca-carets, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. It Pays to Read Your ‘‘Proof.” “I am always very earefnl now to read the proofs of all my circulars and posters,” said the dime museum man ager. “You say you are careful now. I suppose from that you were not al¬ ways careful.” “That is it exactly. My lack of care cost me a pretty penny of losses when I first went into the business, and the error which proved so expen¬ sive was a mere transposition of two letters, too.” “Tell me about it.” “Well, there was a double-headed girl who was the most noted freak in the world at that time, and I engagod her at a very heavy salary for two weeks. Well, my posters were stuck up all over town, but very few people came. After four or five days of los¬ ing business, I went to examine into the thing, and I found that instead of “Two-Headed Girl’ the bill said ‘Tow Headed Girl.’ Of course, no one was going to pay to see a tow-headed girl.” —Harper’s Bazar. The Brute “I just bate that old Mr. Browne,” ai j th xr ®Y GSt , aj U L , “Really?” “Beally. All we girls are going in for bunting, you know, and when I * told , .... him oi bow T , had , killed . dozen . x. a birds, be only Baid, ‘Ob, that wasn’t so bad, but I’ve got a dog °. that killed thirty ... .___, rats in . thirty ,, . , minutes. - , .. Hate- . ful old fogy!”—Cincinnati Enquirer. A Mad Risk. “I’m glad,” Bhe said, with a sigh of relief, “that the suspense of the elec¬ tion is all over.” “Were you interested in the result?” “Yes, indeed, I had a wager up.” “What was' it?” “If Bryan won I was to marry Jack and if McKinley won Jack was to marry me.—Washington Star. A Lovely French Jacket. A jacket jnst sent over from Paris to a girl noted for her style is a veri¬ table dream of chic loveliness. Lined with rich Nile green satin, which con¬ trasts beautifully with the soft, putty tone of the cloth, its chief distinction is the beautifully strapped seams and the nameless finish which none but a Parisian coutouriere seems able to give. A Rich Mexican. One of the richest men in Mexico is Maximilian Datum, a German by birth, who began life in Mexico as a olork. Finally he went into business for him¬ self, and while he was visiting in Ger¬ many his manager took what was sup¬ posed to be a worthless mine for a bad debt. It is now paying him an annual income of $700,000. The object of tho manufacturers of Dobbins’ Elec¬ tric Soap has been for 28years to make this soap of such superior qualitu that it will p tve universal satisfaction, nave they succeeded? Ask your grocer or it. Tuki uu other. If the Turkish problem is neglected much longer there won’t be any problem. Bow’s 'Hits? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Wo, F. J. undersigned, CiiEMicr & Co., Props., Toledo, F. J. O. tho have known Che¬ ney for the last 15 years, and believe him r >er fectly and financially honorable able In all business transact! obliga¬ to carry out any tion made by their firm. 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