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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1897)
/ ---—— — The Rockdale fanner T. D. O’KELLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR i Chas. A. Argo, Assistant Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 1 year $ 1.00 X " .50 X " .25 When paid in advance for any iength of time we will send the Banner, to any address «t the following rates: One year. $ .80 1-3 »» .40 1-4 .20 NOW ISTHETIMETO SUBSCRIBE. OBITUARY NOTICES. 200 words, one time, free; all over 200 words leent aline. Where obituaries run over 200 words we must have some pay lor setting the type. 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. * ♦ Mothers ♦ Read This. ♦ ♦ « N ♦ I For Flatulent JBJ T N ♦ Colic,Diarrhoea, D7ieotery,wM| N I ♦ JO I r ► Nausea,Coughs, N Cholera Infantxan,Teeth-v ► lug Children, Cholera < } Morbus, Unnatural Drains k from the Bowels, Pains, !i! H ^ Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, N y and all Diseases of the Stomach and ► Bowels, 1 £ Pitt’s Carminative N » h is the standard. It carries children over i > 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 tSQde t A and “PITCHER’S CASTORIA” AS our m arv l the DR. originator SAMUEL of PITCHER, “PITCHER’S of Hyannis, CASTORIA," MassacL was the that has borne and does now si bear the facsimile signature of 41- on ____ Wr 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. Do not endanger the life of your child by accept 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 4 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. 1HC CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. •NOixvdusK'OD aano DLLHVHJLVD AQNVD W I •XHOA. 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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. "W* M. Repine, ®dito IU., “Clue siy ^ * oD • , jj B g discovery. J ^ „‘ c dv can take its P* home ‘ a8 i n it we have ^ It is idle to experiment wltb remedies, even if they are ^ on you as just as go ^ King's New Discovery- tl not good, becatts are record °! « re * remedy has a e „ r besides is b* fails to satisfy. T gtore-i . at Dr. Wm. H. LeesDru^ ope? The DominionC^DeP^--—— for Children Cry » Pitcher's Castoria-
