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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1896)
[XX News Items D a off The Begu I Page. J Local |p p Winn filled his reg Ltment at Sunday the Presby- and fetich last able tvo excellent and iy H. Simpldn3 has a herein this has issue Dr. J. an- A. .that he •accounts in his hands L lion. d r jed apples, raisins, | apples, oranges cocoa Ctatoes, turnips, anything cabbage, I pig feet or you lest at Dukes. Ley [b Drug Co this calls your to their ad in paper, iave a fine line of holiday and are offering them to (die at very low prices. Lnia Guinn came up from pville last Monday eve i attend the bedside of her Her brother, Mr Ed Poe, snied her from Covington. w Caiu bad a severe neuralgia of the heart eight and it was fear cot live, we note that he is Lut-a and writing is considerably im- [lot If of sugar and coffee at D. M. Almand & Op's, teachers wishing a good bait year at Rockdale Bap Rich are requested to make pika IMonday to Mr. Church Gran night next, when ptioas [teacher will be considered selected. f-H. yesterday J. Adams arrived in p | and, as pastor Methodist church at this U;ll preach his first sermon p We heartily welcome pour town and wish that fjoBrn among us will be very P to him and family. posting pMrs. Minnie flavoring powders fc heartily Anderson, reeommen 1 them p superior to anything we ■ r used m the way of p extracts. They are |pth 5 ia up flavoring in jars qualities. anc i are r Ne this statement without L. C ft*' FTuesday Quillian to their and family new ap ® f * t at Marietta. They r® , Conyers * D two years, D ?tliis time they have i t en!l eQ< f earecl tiaD themselves ? irit and ari8 a H with whom ,i we (some in contact, irres "^denomination. ce that It is Unj Si nd the , best we give J tlre wishes of ‘ tar .community « oflabo, go with k a of sterling value. It positively twrex J. P hiaI Cough, Cold, Croup, Bron,. ronc Affections, m m', s and Grippe. You can always rely on it. twfJ'LL , S COUGH Price SYRUP Shun is indispensable all substitutes. to 25 cts. s ?lU6 $, The Great maM.A.C.Meyer * Co.. 6«lto«IM. Tobacco AntMote.lOc. Oealon or ' r'ss- f ^ ===g_'*\_ K m 7U// r. *. ^ < 11 > TV, A “« mSlrMiWm r ir-' 3B < Kl ’“1 1 :e = r % . « c - iii Art, d&< CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1896. Christmas trees will be had at the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches during 1 Christ mas week. The Baptist tree will be on Thursday night, Christmas ere, and the Presbyterian and Christian tree will be on Monday night. The Methodist school will decided on the time they will hare their tree next Sunday. Mr. Idus Walker and MissEllie Maddox, both of this county, will be united in marriage to-night. Mr Idus is a son of Mr. G. W. Walker, of near myrna, and is one of Rockdale's v^ry best and most prosperous young farmers. Miss Ellie is the daughter of Mr. J. D Maddox, of near Conyers, and is a most charm ngaud amia¬ ble young lady. These young p ople have hosts of friends who join the Banner n best wishes an i congratulations in advance of the marriage. On last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. McCord gave a sociable and tea at their home in honor of Miss Susie Cunyers, who ba^ been Mrs. Mc (1 ord s guest for sevens weeks past. It was one of the most pleasant affairs Con¬ yers has ever had, and to add to the pieasme of the evening, at ten o clock lokliug doors were opened to ‘lie large diningroom, where a most elegant supper of rite very choicest viands were served. Miss Cunyers returned to her heme on Friday. Th© many ftvepds she made during her stay here regret her departure. Mi. Henry P. Alinand, son of Mr. J. W. Almand, who has been so very sick for a leng time, died last Monday morning at bis home in this county and was buried at Union Grove church Tuesday. A cancer was the cause of his death Several months ago he went to Atlanta and a surgical operation was performed, but it did not stop the growth of the cancer and he gradually grew worse until last Monday, when the end came and death relieved him of his sufferings. He leaves a young wife and a little child, besides other relatives to whom we extend sympathy. Mrs. Sheunutt, of Walnut Grove well known to many of our people, 1 F was burned in her tion!© , : last Ihuisday , night. • t L TO-i ^^ en tbs house was found to be on fire Mrs. Shellnut went for a bucket of water and returning opened the door of a room and the flames burst out and wrapped around her, burning her to death. All that was taken up of fche remains were a few bones which were buried at Gorrmth last Sunday. Mrs. Shellnut was the mother of Elder E. L. Shell nut, who had an appointment church to preach at the Christian in this place last Sundry. The gSUhy ^rief stricken family have the of eveivbody. Our Correspondents. ___ The News From The Country Burgs. PLEASANT HILL. Road working is pleasant work these days. The people in this section have begun to move about. We are expecting a big time Christmas. The young people had a nice time at Mrs. Randall Owens’ Sat¬ urday night. The report that Mr J D Owens and a certain young lady was married was a mistake, The “surnaders ? J were badly disap pointed. Uncle Jack. UNION LOCALS Lookout for the “sernaderv’ Thursday night. Several of Un¬ ion’s boys went sparking Sunday. Guess W B Cook and J T Swann will try their new top buggies next Sunday. The people have been crying 16 to 1 and now they have it. The commissioners say the roads must be 8 feet from the center on each side of the road. Mr Edgar Cowan and sister, Miss Ada, visited their grandfa¬ ther, Dr. Cowan, recently. Mr J II McLendon had a hog stolen from him one night recent¬ ly. He had just killed it that day Union has the best teacher and the best school in the county. The school will close next Friday till after Christmas. Everybody in¬ vited to go out. t Mrs Margarette Plunket and Mrs Mary Jackson visited rela¬ tives in Atlanta recently. Mr Thos White and Miss Lem¬ ma Sims were married last Sun¬ day afternoon. Union will have a Xmas tree this Christmas. CASTORIA. The fac¬ — II 08 simile ■ ■ Bigaatara ever/ of wrapper. ♦ * • Mrs. Minnie Anderson is sellin i flavoring powders, any flavor you can think of. at reduced piices for the next ten days to introduce **em in our town. 15c size sells at 10 ets, other sizes in propor¬ tioo. Mrs. Dr. Guinn, Mrs. Nora Almand, Mrs. Yannie Maddox and others recommend them very highly, and say they are better Lian liquid extracts. Try them. LANGLEY—PENN. . , b^ehfather, Mr. H. c p 0nn i n this place, Rev. Mr. pj nc p er officiating, Mr. Idus Langley, of Newton county, and Miss Georgia Penn were united m marriage. both worthy These are host young people and they have a of a perity. They have our warmest congratulations SPECIAL EXAMINATION. There will be an examination of teachers for special license on Saturday, Dec. 19, 1896, at the Conyers Institute, beginning at 10 o'clock. The expense of hold¬ ing said examination will be paid by applicants, which will not be more than $1.00 for each nor less than 50 cents. C. ^ 8. C. ^ T. D. O'Kelley, GE0RGIA ,p0SSUM ,ns:T - (from life.) In the “fore de war” times we boys, white and black, used to have many a joilv hunt at night. Sometimes we got badly scared Many old Southern boys lookback with lingering memory, if not re¬ gret, to their happy old times. But to mv story: After supper the torches of pine were lit and all that wanted to go gathered. This night there was but one white and two black boys, about sixteen years old. Amid a din made by blowing the horn, whooping of the boys and howling of dogs-we started for the woods. Pretty soon the lead dog gave mouth then the excitement began for we had confidence in old “King.” We hallooed to him and soon the other dogs joined in and we had a fine race. Soon we knew by their peculiar bark that they had treed and hurrying on we found the tree and shined the vermin’s eyes—this is done by holding the light behind you. One of the boys climbed up and shook him out. It was a fine ’possum. On we went, hallooing to the dogs and talking of ghosts and haunts, with an occasional catch, until we had caught five nice ’pos¬ sums. We were pretty well up in haunt and ghost tales and just here we found a muscadine vine and decided to have a bait. Bay¬ ing our game and the light down near the root of the vine, we gave a vigorous shake and down they came in abundance. We began eating, still talking of haunts and ghosts, when all of a sudden some¬ thing jumped or fell from some¬ where on the light, and out it went . We forgot ’possums and everything else but who could make it home first, which we did in tolerable good order and in pretty good time, considering that we were two miles from the dear spot, with lots of swamps, brier patches and gullies to go through and over. Too scared and tired to get a light and go for our game, we went to bed feeling pretty sore over our trials and losses. Soon next morning we went back and found our ’possums al¬ right and a track of a big coon, near where our torch was lyiug-G. (t A Bird in The hand is worth two in the hush,’ and a dollar spent at X* fis** ?r y j/ar LACKEY’S . v will go as far as two dollars spent any whom else in Conyers. Christmas Goods. Mv stock of Christinas goods consists of toys, vases, chinaware, dolls, fire works, nuts, fruits, candies, raisins, and lots of other things. I sell fresh stick eftndy at 7 tv*— c a p.iund, and all other goods in proportion. You simply throw away some money ev erv time you trade without first seeing me and getting mv prices, whether on Xmas goods or anything else. Come and see me. N. B. Lackey, Commerce (St., Conyers, Ga. NO. 50. asy to Tak© asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Hood's Pills. Small in size, tasteless, efficient-, thorough. As one man a if * said: ♦* You never know you _ a have taken a pill t il it is all S over.” 25 c. 0 . I. IIood & Co., H - Proprietors. Lowell. Mass. “ The only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. FIRE INSURANCE. I am agent for the Georgia Home, Home of New York and Hartford Fire Insurance Compa¬ nies and solicit a stiaie of your patronage. Respect, W. J. Eakes. SHINGLES. We carry shingles in large quantities, all heart and other grades, See us. for we can save you money, Tilley A Quigg. NOTICE. We will sell for cash from the 1st of October until Jan. 10th, 1807. 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