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The Rockdale fanner
T. D. O’KELLEY,
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CONYERS, GA., SEPT. 2, 1897
A DeKalb county man has
sued his wife for divorce be¬
cause she would not patch
his pants. Probably she
was right. They may have
been a country editor’s pants
i—beyond patching.—Dal¬
ton Argus._
A Mr. Mann will make up
a party to start to Alaska
this winter. Some of them
may return rich to tell some
thrilling tales ; but the most
thrilling tales of all will he
of the poor fellows who will
never return.
Georgia is shut ol “Lord
Beresford” at last. He has
gone to the Klondyke to try
his hand, and if there was a
cable from here to Alaska,
about the first message that
would pass over it after the
^Lord” got there would be
that he had swindled some¬
body.
Editor Lewis of the Sparta
Ishmaelite is making a hard
fight for prohibition in Han
cock county. The Banner
would bid him God-speed.
Rockdale has blotted out the
curse forever and she is
to-day one of the most pros¬
perous counties in the state,
and morally no town can
beat Conyers, where once
there were more barrooms
than stores.
While the papers are not
saying anything about it, if
reports be correct, there are
quite a number of cases of
smallpox in Atlanta. A la¬
dy who lives on Whitehall
street was visiting in Conyers
fast week and she was writ
ten by her husband to stay in
Conyers, that there were a
a number of cases on White¬
hall. If Atlanta has got
smallpox, she ought to let
the outside world know it.
Some editors are gifted
with wonderful versatility.
I know of one who not only
edits his paper, but is post¬
master, is a preacher, hav¬
ing charge of four country
churches, is mayor of the
town, a temperance orator
of the most terrible sort and
is contemplating a race for
the legislature to utilize bis
spare time. He is also a
farmer and agent for the
latest edition of a patent
churn. He has his paper in
such close touch with the
population of 600 of the
town where lie lives that it
just about edits its itself,
his principal labors being to
see that the patent medicine
ads are properly placed top
of-column-n e x t-to-reading
matter. To give them all
prominent sixteen places he gets
out a page paper,
4x6.— M. M. F. in Atlanta
Journal.
The Outlook in Rockdale
Abundant Corn, Wheat and Oat
Crop-Farmers are Satisfied.
Under the above head, in
the Atlanta Journal of last
Saturday, appeared the fol¬
lowing article from Col. Jno.
R. Maddox:
l t Within the last few days
I have conferred with a num¬
ber of our most successful
farmers, and the united o
pinion is that the crop out¬
look in Rockdale, upon the
whole, was never more prom¬
ising. By far the largest
acreage in wheat and oats was
harvested this summer. The
results were gratifying. farmers
i i Uniformly our land
have followed the grain
in peas. As a rule, our farm¬
ers are paying special atten¬ This
tion to corn culture.
crop is considerably above
the average, both in acreage
and prospects. The cotton
crop is fair. The early plant¬
ed crops are now much bet¬
ter than the late planting. It
is noticable and often com¬
mented upon,that bought less corn here
and meat are
than formerly. The expres¬
sion, “full cribs make full
larders finds verification
here.
i l Farmers, as a rule, are
complaining less, working
more and doing better than
in any of the past years.
With a fair price for the cot¬
ton crop our farmers will be
practically out of debt and he
prepared to smile blandly
when the golden wings of
prosperity hovers over the
country. general improvements
“The
in all material respects is
manifestly noticeable, The
homes of the people are be¬
ing rendered more comforta¬
ble, attractive and substan¬
tial. Special regard is di
rected to good stock, fruits
of all kinds, and every con¬
venience that will contribute
to cheerfulness of home and
its surroundings. evidenced
i i All this is by
the increased valuation of
farming lands.”
John R. Maddox.
CA.STOXt.ZA..
7l» fit* —• is 65
simile wry
t! £
The Dalton Argus asks
this question : Atkin¬ 4 /
“While Governor
son is talking so much, why
not explain his Hank warm Rucker, en¬
dorsement of
a negro republican, of Georgia? for rev¬
enue collector
It is reliably stated that he
did so, and it has neither
been denied nor explained.” that
A man can’t deny
which he has done nor ex¬
plain that which he does not
knowhow. Gov. Atkinson’s
endorsement of Rucker is
not as bad, though, as some
other things he has done.
INTELLIGENT WOMEN
No longer doubt the value of
Bellamy’s Gossypium. They
openly acknowledge that it does
nositively cure the multitude of
painful ailments peculiar to wo¬
men.
Mrs. J. W. Spinks, Jackson,
Miss., writes: “I have used Bel
lamy's Gossypiun in my family
for female weakness and men
strual disorders with best results
when all other failed,“ Price $1.00
prepaid anywhere. Sold by
Druggists or by Bellamy Mfg.
Co., P. O. Box 199, Atlanta,
Ga.
SAM SNIP ENJOYS
His Vacation With. His
Boys—He Wants to See
More Honest Men.
I never knew how much I loved
my wife and children until I have
had an opportunity to become ac¬
quainted with them. I have had
but little time to be with them
for several months, as my whole
time has been spent in the field
and the little fellows were in
school. I have been with them
now for a month, resting up from
my labors and enjoying myself as
I do not think I ever did before.
We have four boys and no girls.
I have begged every mother of a
girl for ten years for a little girl,
but I can not find one with one to
spare. If we just had a three
year old girl, and she would never
grow larger nor older, I think I
would be the happiest felloiv in
the world. I have spent a month
in real amusement with our little
boys, who never leave me any
more than my shadow.
A good friend down in Morgan
county sent me a fine young set¬
ter dog the other day and he adds
much to my pleasure as I watch
his child-like capers with the lit¬
tle boys. He is a very compan¬
ionable fellow and seems to think
he must have equal rights w'ith
the children.
If I can always have this pleas¬
ure with my children, I will find
something to live for through life.
As they become men of their own
—should I live to see it—I expect
to let them choose their own pro¬
fessions and follow their talents.
I am going to try to raise them to
be honest, and if I succeed in this
I will feel that I have reached the
good of my ambition.
The simple word “honest” cov¬
ers more ground than any other
word in the English language.
Honest men make an honest coun¬
try, an honest country makes life
a pleasure. If the heads of our
government had always been fill¬
ed with honest men, what wars
and bloodshed would have been
avoided? We may work and toil,
but this country, with all our la¬
bor, will never prosper as long as
rascals hold the fort, “Get all
you can for as little as you can”
is now' the motto and the watch
w'ord of the millions. Honest men
is what we need, and may the
good Lord send us a few, just a
few to start with. Sam Snip.
GOOD HOME FOB, SALE.
My house and lot, containing
one acre, more or less, on Deca¬
tur street, is for sale, either for
cash or on lime, It is in one of
the best localitys in town, has an
excellent well of water on it and
the dwelling is comparitively new
having been finished but a short
time* There is not a more bealth
y locality in Conyers. Will sell
cheap for cash or on time to good
party. See or write to me at
once. G. A. Willingham,
Conyers, Ga.
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> the critical period of teething, and is .rec¬
ommended by pbysiciaDs as the friend
^ of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is
^ pleasant to the taste, and never fails to
give satisfaction. A few doses will demon¬
strate its superlative virtues. Price, 25cts.
per Untie. For sale by druggists.
AN OPEN LETTE
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT to
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ C ASTQT? ° THE
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This is the original “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for overt}
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that
the kind you have always bought * oni
and has the signature of * Iff
per. No one has authority from me to use my name
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fleteh
President.
March 8 , 1897.
Do Not Be Deceived.
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a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the
gredients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
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The Kind That Never Failed You.
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THE BIBLE, THE CALVINIST
IC AND OTHER DOCTRINES,
Mr. Editor: —The Bible is a
wonderful book. It is “the strong
foundation stone” of all saving
truth, but has been wrested into
“the strong foundation stone” of
all the dangerous religious dogmas
and organizations to be found in
this Christian country.
The writer has before him a
clipping from the New York In¬
dependent which show's that in
1895 the Roman Catholics num¬
bered in the U. S. in communi
cants and baptized children 7,742-
774; the Methodists numbered in
terians ^members ’l,W j
Disciples of Christ (sometimes}
called Christians) 928,003; Epis
copalians 626,290, and that there
were 34 other churches or religious
organizations, one having as few'
as 384 members, and another, the
Lutherans, as many as 1,390,775
members.
The remarkable fact in connec¬
tion with all these churches, de¬
nominations, sects and societies,
is that every one of them, Univer
salists, Unitarians, Spiritualists,
Christian Scientists, Mormons,
Adventists, including the Catho¬
lics and Church Triumphant,with
its 384 members, claim to have a
scriptural, a Bible foundation for
all that is true and for all that is
false in doctrine set forth, defend¬
ed and propagated by them.
I could array garbled or deta
ed passages of scripture used I
some of them to defend the d|
trine of purgatory, prayer for I
dead, priestly restoration absolution and salvatil fromsj
the final I
of the wicked, the annihilation
the wicked as taught by the -M
ventists, etc., Perhaps etc. But an what unseenj goj
can result ?
discussion and contention. n j
language of Gen. Graji* “Let l
HAVE PEACE.” * INSIDE
the TRUE REMEDY.
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