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Entered at the postoffloe at Conyers, Ga.,
M second-class mail matter.
CONYERS, GA., JUNE 80, 1898.
Democratic Nominees.
Result of Democrat primary e
lection, held June, 6th, 1898, to
nominate candidates for the par
For Governor.
A. D. Candler.
For Sectretary of State.
.
Phillip Cook.
For attorney General.
Joseph M. Terrel.
For State reasurer.
Wm.J. Speer.
For Comptroller General.
W. A. Wright.
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
O. B. Stevens.
For Prison Commissoner.
J. S. Turner,
For Congressman, 5th District.
L. F. Livingston.
Result of p • ,v, ary election held
June 28rd for the nomination of
county officers:
For Representative:
C.H. TURNER,
For Sheriff :
W. H. M. AUSTIN.
For Clerk:
L, H. SIGMAN.
For Tax Collector:
W.G CLOTFELTER.
For Tax Receiver:
G. H HULL.
For Treasurer:
JAS. A. DUKES
r> For Coroner:
L.T. FARRILL.
A CLEVER TRICK.
It certainly looks like it, bnt there
is really no trick about it. Anybody
can try it who has lame back and
weak kidneys, malaria or nervous
troubles. We mean he can cure him
self right away by taking Electric
Bitters. This medicine tones up the
whole system, acts as a stimulant to
liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier
and nerve tonic. It cures constipa
tion, headache, fainting spells, sleep
lessuess and melancholy. It is purely
vegetable, a mild laxative and restores
the system to its natural vigor. Tij
Eleotnc Bitters and bo convinced
that they are a miracle worker.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50e.
a bottle. Gailey J Drug Co.
UNDERTAKER’S NOTICE.
Yve are prepared to serve the
people with undertaker’s goods
And our stock is fuU and up to
date iu styles. Oar hearses and
services are free, and v/e answer
calls day or night. Prices rea¬
sonable. Yours to command,
Johnson & Goode,
Funeral Directors.
Cnpt. S. V. Sanford, of Marietta,
who was recently appointed a captnin
cy in the Third Regiment Georgia
Volunteers TJ. S, A., has accepted, and
has tendered Seargent Edgar P.
Guinn, of the Couyeas Volunteers,
the office of First Seargent in his
oomp.ny. SeMgeot Gomo went up
to Atkot. yesterday and accepted the
poet iou and is nov getting recruits
•t this place. Captain Sanford is an
old Conyers boy and wtil appreciate
all who desire to join him from
Conyers,
Gold l^Tatcli
Gciven Away si 8 s
jt\e have curely filled closed a glass it. jar About with the pins neck and of the se
jar a ladies handsome gold watch has been
fastened. With every purchase in our store
from now until September 15th, the purchas¬
er is entitled to register a guess at the number
of pins in the jar. In the end the nearest
guesser secures the watch, the next nearest
correct guesser secures the pins, while the
third nearest will secure the handsome jar.
We have a large stock and our prices can’t
be duplicated in this section of the country.
Come in and buy and register your guess ; no
one is limited as to number of guesses.
Don’t forget the place. See the jar of
pins and watch in our window.
Our Grand
Clearance Sale
Is now on and wise buyers will take advan¬
tage of the rare opportunity to secure such
rare bargains. On July 1, we will close up to
take stock, and from now on until that time
we will sell all lines of our immense stock at
unheard of prices. lied Letter sales are “not
in it” in comparison to the low values you
get here now. Come and see for yourself
Summers’ Big Cash House
In Scotland at one time capital pun¬
ishment was by drowning.
If kept continuously running, a watch
will tick 160,144,000 times in a year.
The Swedish mountain Qelivara is
estimated to contain about 300,000,000
tons of iron.
The standard height in the British
army is greater than in the army of any
other nation.
The aggregate population of Austral¬
asia is estimated at 4,410,124, against
3,809,895 in 1891.
The costliest fur is that of the sea ot¬
ter. A single skin of this animal will
fetch as much as $ 1 , 000 .
The first permanent military force in
England was the king’s guard of yeo¬
men, established in I486.
The necessary expenses of a Japanese
student at the University of Tokyo are
estimated at from $7 to $12 a month.
Washing is done in Japan by getting
into a boat and lotting the garments to
be washed drag after the boat by a long
string,
Indian wrestlers and athletes train
on a diet consisting chiefly of milk,
with a little goat’s flesh and plenty of
farinaceous food.
A horse can live 25 days without
food, merely drinking water, 17 days
without either eating or drinking and
only 5 days when eating solid food with
out drinking.
In the Britigh lunsonm there aro
books written on bricks, oyster shells,
bones and flat stones, and manuscripts
on bark> ivory> leatber> lead, iron, cop
pg- aU( j woo d
At ,. the .. close of last „ century there
were supposed to be 1 , 000,000 aborig¬
ines in Australia. There are now les 9
than 100 , 000 , and among them are still
some cannibals.
There is perhaps no more humane na¬
tion in the world than the Japanese,
who have recently erected a monument
in memory of the horses that fell in
their war with China.
Padlocks are being manufactured
with an auxiliary chamber, which car
ries an explosive to be fired by a ham¬
mer inside the lock and give an alarm
when the lock is tampered with.
Scarpology is the art of reading char¬
acter from the shoe soles. According to
a Swiss physician a symmetrically worn
heel and sole indicate an energetic,
faithful, well balanced character.
Jerusalem now has a population of
60,000, about doable the namber of its
inhabitant* about 20 years ago; but it
hM,be *«»Perfec« »“■< mwbole
•oxne water supply of any city ou earth.
A well „„ s „ Dlbel ltl>ndi Florlda ,
which had always been pure water,
obanged to sulphur water a few weeks
** ter a wind mill had been built over it
40 n,iliw tbe water for irri e atin K P nr '
poses.
According co The Popular Science
Monthly theroare in England and Wales
20,000 children so defective in mental
power that they are incapable, if left to
their osvn resources, of fighting the bat¬
tle of life.
The Chinese emblem of the dragon
consists of a five clawed imperial drag¬
on suspended to a yellow ribbon, and
has the following inscription in Chinese
characters: "Before it the lion turns
pale and the tiger is client. 11
The Tobacco Trade Review says there
Is no doubt that cigarette smoking is on
the increase among women and that va¬
rious branches of the trade have started
to cater to women smokers. The ad¬
vanced female of the beginning of t'he
next century may be expected to take
to chewing.
Italy paid $10,000 for the large mo¬
saic recently discovered at Torre An
nnnziata at the foot of Vesuvius. 16
contains seven male figures, with an
acropolis like that at Athens in the
background, and probably represents
Plato’s academy. A splendid border of
flowers and fruit incloses it.
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AN OPEN To MOTHERS. LETTER
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WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND
“PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK.
1 ; DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts
was the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that
Jias borne and does now bear on every
the fae- simile signature ofC&t* /?
This is the original “CASTO RI A” which has been used in
the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it
the kind you have always bought J7 on the
and has the signature of s wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company , of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. 1
March 24,1898.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you)
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in¬
gredients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
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: The; Kind That Never Med You.
THE CENTAUH COMPANY, 7T MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
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A Cliance
For Bicyclists ..
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We have a large line of Bicycle Sundries on hand
—Bells, Handle Bars, Lanterns, Pedals, in fact
everything 1 pertaining to a bicycle—which The we goods are
now offering at very low values.
are really worth a great deal more than we charge
for them, but we think they will attract attention
and help to sell our line of wheeb. soil
We’ve a line of Wheels that ought to slighted
I $50 to $75. Good, reliable makes, nothing
BICYCLES ' wheels made to give thorough, honest service- ror
tbe rext few days we will let them go at $25 to $35
IREPIIRED. J They are not $100 wheels, hut no wheels sold in
ho J this country can possibly be better. “Juvenile „
C \ For the little folk—We are selling
Wheels for girls and boys of from 6 to 15 years
$16 and up. and
Our repair department is complete we are
giving thorough satisfaction. something
Come to see us. We have got
interesting to tell you.
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We have some good wheels^ which we rent
at 15c. per hour.| Langford Bros
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The Conyeks Ifg. Co.
Conyers, = Ga,
We are now prepared to do any kind of wood
work in the Cabinet Line. It is our purpose to
give repair work of all kind prompt and careful
attention.
Inside Housefurnishings.
In connection able furnish with the repair short notice work we any P and ur P°f,Y at
to be to at
kinds of inside housefurnishings*
Our Cabinet Department.
We can furnish to order any piece.of Cabinet
work desired For terms, prices, etc,, call on,
.
P, G.T6IGKER, SuFEHINTBNIIEHf
