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ooo Insured,
Represents the oest companies in the world;
SSESSrKSSTi Net 6 YS Ph0eUl1 ' The H * rthrt - H “
Prompt and penect attention and settlements.
Office at John H. Almand Bank. Conyers,
Royal ^ ABSOLUTEOr^RE Powder Raking
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
OOVAL BAKIN8 POWOtB CO., NEW VOBK.
PERSONAL
AND LOCAL
Short s^ilihs about people and
picked Up aroUud about town,
Cotton is opening very fast,
Salen Camp-meeting closed last
night.
Lackey makes a good street
overseer..
The hum of the Cotton gin will
soon be heard.
Many business changes will
cur next month.
Judge A. C. McOalla was in
lanta last Monday.
What’s the matter with
county correspondents ?
Lewis McCalla is now
the “devil” in this office.
Mr. J. Frank McCalla of
spent Sunday in the city.
Mr. R. W. Parker of Madison,
was in the city last Tuesday.
Our old friend, Luther Still of
Atlanta, was down last Sunday.
A big barbecue will be had
the paper mill next Wednesday.
Mr A. J. Almand has returned
Iron a visit to relitives m Mad¬
ison.
Miss Lola Young, who has been
the guest of friends here this
week, has returned to her home in
Atlanta.
Little Miss Floy Almand is vis¬
iting her grandmother, Mrs. J. T.
Adair.
Mayor Woodward of Atlanta
has reformed. He will not be im¬
peached.
Marshall W. B. Smith killed a
mad dog in front of onr office last
Saturday.
It is to be h< ped that Rockdale
will have an exhibit at- the State
Fair this fall •
Rev. Brindle preached an able
s rmon at the Christin church
Sunday night.
Floyd Plunket, better kuown as
“Lugger head” went up to
last Monday.
Mrs. Copeland and children
McDonough, are visiting
in the city this week.
We want bright and
correpon dents from Sheffield,
rain, and Foney Creek.
Misses Bertha Waldrop and \ ie
Liliott of Lithonia, spent
day with friends in the city.
Messrs. C. E. Reagan and C. D.
Farrill left this Morning for
"weeks stay at Indian Springs.
Out cotton buyers are
ed to make Conyers the
Market this season.
Rev. Mr. Brindle left last
n-siav for North Carolina.
wdl i-e absent about six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins of
*h° have been the guests of
a <i Mrs. M. H. Plunket,
-! Saturdav.
Mr. Mike Hudson has secured
i with Mosers
Atlanta dud
* >’k lust. Tuesday. Mike is a
t‘ -r. we besdeak himsucess.
.
ma 'e . oom
", we are “!” g T
tUlnier goods , regardless of
* » * voiir chance of the
to or A, tin bargains K •
.
J. J. Langford .v Sons.
K. OF P’S ELECT OFFICER.
Last Friday night, at their
ula weekly meeting, Mr. J. How¬
ard Turner was made
Commander for the unexeired
term, caused by the resignation
of Major Almand.
Mrs G. B. Almand after a pleas¬
ant visit to rslit.ives in our city,
has returned to her home in Ingie
side.
Rev. John S. Tilley, after a
pleasant stay of several weeks
with his parents has returned to
his charge at King’s Ferry, Fla.
Misses Husketh, Davis and Black
stick, three charming young ladies
from Atlanta, attended camp
meeting at Salem, last Sunday.
Such goods as Organdies, Dim¬
ities, Lawns, Muslins and other
summer goods must be sold in or¬
der to make room for our fall line
These goods must go regardless of
cost.
J. J. Lanffobd & Sons.
Clt ver and genial Joe Norman,
train dispatcher of the Ga. rail
road at Augusta, is at home for a
few days, taking a much needed
rest.
Miss Annie L. McCord, who has
been the guest of Mrs, H. Y. Mc¬
Cord, returned to her home in Jack
son, last Monday.
Mr. G. H. Hull, who has been
in poor health for some two weeks,
left last Monday for Indian
Springs. We hope he will
regain his good herltli.
Messers J. J. Langford and W.
J. Eakes will moove into their
handsome new residences about
September 1st.
Misses Sadie Hale and Fleta
Simpkins left last Thnrsday for a
visit to Miss Clara Swords of So¬
cial Circle.
The first new bale of cotton for
Conyers was braught in last Wed¬
nesday by UJcie Horace Smith and
sold to Tucker & Almand, for 6 cts.
It weighed 483 pounds.
We have labored under many
difficulties this week, hence, the
paper is not as good as we would
have liked to have it.
Miss Josie Hardin, a pretty and
attractive young lady of Tocoa, is
visiting in the city this week, the
guest of Miss Ludie Everit-t.
Miss. Hutchenson an attractive
young lady of Madison is the guest
of Miss Callie George this week.
Mr. Lawton Moon of Atlanta is
down spending several days with
his parents this week.
GLORIOUS NEWS.
Comes from Dr. Corgile
Washita, I. T. He writes:
baffles of Electric Bitters has
ed Mrs. Brewer of scrofula,
caused her suffering .
ha<l great
years. Terrible sores would breu
ou on k er head and face, and
-
best doctors could give no
but her cure is complete and ”
: health is excellent. ibis snow
. what thousands liaqe proved,
I Electric Bitters is the best
pu^r known. It's
remedy for eczema, tetter,
rheum, ulcers, boils and
| sores. It stimulates liver,
i and bowels, expels poisons,
digestion, ® builds up the
! 0nl T °° CeDt - fe n ° ld , > . hy ^ >
' '
Your Cold Cured u. for 5c.
Get i)fi mui#* jumnUive l W4 Cara*
CLEARANCE SALE.
Our new fall line of goods will
be coming in pretty soon, and in
order to make room for these new
goods, we are going to make some
sacrifice sales of our remaining
stock of summer goods. If you
want to get some real bargains,
now the time.
J. J. Langford & Sons.
Miss Lehman Hightower, one of
McDonough’s most attractive and
accomplished young ladies, who
has been the guest of Miss Flor
een Austin for some time, returned
to her home last Tuesday. Miss
Hightower made many friends du¬
ring her stay here who will regret
very much to know of her de¬
parture.
A negro boy in Alabama shot
another Monday with a gun
loaded with pebles the size of mar¬
bles. It is thought the injured ne¬
gro will die.
Dr. Henry Quigg was down at
Hayston, Wednesday, and assisted
in installing Rev. Joseph Clotfel
ter as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at that place. — Covington
star.
Four member of the Georgia leg¬
islature have died since that body
adjourned last December.
Out at Salem last Suuday, a
horse belonging to Mr. C. Turner,
fell in an old well twenty feet
deep and was pulled out unhurt.
A FRIGHTFUL BLUNDER
Will often cause a horriblo Bum,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Buclineu’s
Salve, the best iu the world, will kill the
paiu and promptly heal it. Cures Old
Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boiles,
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
on earth. Only 25 cts • a box. Cure guar
uuteed. Sold by Gailey Drug Co.,
If anything was needed to
that an era of better times had
last struck Georgia in full
the fact that a great majority
the counties in the state show
stantial increases in tax returns
would furnish it.
Yr
sftdverhisemenbs.
Georgia Rockdals County.
To 'whom it may concern:—
Whitaker, sr., executor of Jos. H. Smith,
late of said county deceased, has in
from applied for an order to sell the real
estate of saiq deceased described in his
petition, and I will pass upon said appli¬
cation on the first Monday in Sept. nsxt.
Witness my hand and signitnre this Au¬
gust 2nd. 189t.
A. M. Helms, Ordinary.
Georgia Rockdale County.
To whom it may concen; — Mrs Sa¬
vannah S McDaniel, widow of Geo. W.
McDaniel, late of said county deceased,
having applied for a twelve months sa¬
por ( for herself and six minor children
out of the estate of said decesed, and the
appraisers appointed having filed their
return in my office, this is to give due
notice that I will pass upon the same on
the fist Monday in September next. Giv¬
en under my hand and official signitnre.
This August 2nd, 1899.
A. M ‘ Helms, Ord.
FOR DISMISSION.
Georgia Rockdale County.
To whom it may concerc. D. N. Hud¬
son . administrator of the estate of Cbas.
Hudson, deceased, has made his final re¬
turn and applied for letters of dismission
from such administration and I will pass
upon the same on the 1st Monday in No
vember {899. Witness mv hand and ofle
ial signature, this 7th o“ Aug., 1899.
A. M-Helms, Ord.
FOR DISMISSION.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
To whom it may eoucem:—Mrs Geor¬
gia A. Husou, Guardiau forJJas. Bryan
and Maggie O. Bryan, has filed her final
return in my office and made application
for letters of dismission from her trust
as such gnardian, aud I will pass on the
same on the first Monday in September
1899. Witness my hand a"d official sig
latnre, this, Aug 3, 1899.
A. M. Helms, Ordinary.
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A thousand TON
^
ph5a) Pa wheushefonud thatDr
j^^jy f 0r ooasuuiptin had
plete i y cured her hacking cough that
many years had mvde life a harden,
Curt .. l<it tbe pftiil *
cheg( . and j cau uow 3lee p soundly,
i C au scarcely remember doing
fro*- I fee, like sounding its
throughout .heanmrse.-’ So
one who tries Dr.Kmg 8 New
for any trnble of the Throat. Chest
Lungs. Price 50c. and 1100. at The
Dru ,,
BRIEF AND
NEWSY
Roberta has started a
to secure a bank.
There are 112 dry counties
Georgia, and 25 wet.
Misses Annie and Claire
ford of Atlanta, are visiting Miss
Sara Sue Langford.
Prof, John A. Saye,
school emmissioner of
county died at Rutledge last Thurs
day night.
Only5$ cents per pound is be¬
ing paid for the first bales of cot¬
ton in many of the South
towns.
Prof.J. B. McLendon, of Birm¬
ingham, Ala., who was recently
elected principal of our school
in the city.
E, O. Morgan the great cattle
j king of South Florida, has recent
j ly sold 28,000 head of cattle to
Cuba buyers at $18 per head.
! According to the figures given
I out by Secretary of State Phillip
Cook, there are 3,806,000 acres of
I land in Georgia.
I All the prisoners in the Fay
I etteville jail, twelve in number
and including one murderer es
oaped last Sunday night.
-
Capt. Sigsbee has confirmed the
report that his daughter recently
| j married a yomng artist in New
v ’ orlt . 0lt Y where ehe herself was
studying art.
At Thompson last Thursday,
Mrs. Fannie C. Roberts, a widow
72 years of age, was united in
marriage to Mr. S. R. Weathers, a
widower 76.
Miss Myrt Ozborn, the young
woman whom the coroner’s jury
accused of the murder of the in¬
fant found in an old well at Chaun
cy, was given a preliminary trial
at that place, and for lack of ev¬
idence the warrant against her
was dismissed.
Dr. G. W. Dawdy of Jessup, has
some corn so high it takes two
men and a boy to see to the top of
it. He measured one stalk which
was 7 feet 8 inches to the ear, the
full length of the stalk was 18 feet
4f inches.
Dr. Len G. Bronghton, the fa¬
mous Atlanta divine upou whom
severe attacks were made on ac¬
count of his denunciation of Sam
Hose lynching, rather startled a
Brooklyn congregation on Sunday
by declaring that the ballot should
be taken away from the negro in
the south until he is educated to a
point where heis competent to vote
The latest suggestion looking
towards the negro problem, comes
E. J. Young, secretary of a color¬
ed relief association of North Caro¬
lina who proposes that the neg¬
roes be colonized upon unoccupied
tracts of land remote from railoads
“where they may thrive by hohest
toil-”
The track of the new railroad to
Porterdale was completed on Satur¬
day, August 12, 1899, and the first
shipment of freight was made on
that day. machinery for
Four car loads of
the new factory were hauled out
Saturday afternoon.—Covington
Star.
The grant of land included in
the estate of “Dungeness. 1 J (ill
Greater Comber Island was finally
made to Miss Lucy Coleman
negin Thursday morn inn by
t, ary 0 f State Cook. Aside
natuar] interest felt in the
on Cumberland which.hasbeen
the possession of Mrs. Carnegie,
-ather of her people, for nearly
years, the grant by the state
^ es terdav is unique for the
^ . ( ^ f[Jvt ()f (he kfnd to
™de ^ the fftccia . . act of t ,
loy.-hitu r.* firovernimt the control
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND
••TITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK.
/. DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of ffyannis, Massachusetts,
nas the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that
kas borne and does now bear on every
the fac- simile signature of wrapper.
Thu: is the original “CASTORIA” which has been used in
the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
L.OOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the hind you have always bough t on the
and has the signature of wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President
March 24,1S9S.
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
&
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THC «SMT«un OOMPHNV, >f MUMMr ITIlilT, NKWVOHK OITV.
GALLEY DRUG
COMPANY.
Center street fronting Commercial, Conyers, Ga.
The most RELIABLE
GOODS, and the Most
REASONABLE Prices.
It matters not what you want in the Drug line,
call and see them.
Summer Drugs now ready.
Watch for their special weekly offerings.
GAILEY DRUG CO.
Conyers, Georgia.
J. LANilnli «yii SONS.
EnmmercE Si, CnnijErs Ca.
Sell for Cash or on Time. Furnish Supplies to Farm
ers, Buying Cotton, etc,
stocK is alwas in good shape, thev handle the best
goods and have a reputation for fair, honest
Healings surpassed by no house.
When You Want Dither
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
Clothincr, etc., for cash, go and see
8z Sons.
The Cure that Cures
Coughs,
GftMs,
Grippe,
Whooping Cough, Asthma,
BrortohlUo and incipient
Consumption, is
olios
The cJURar; REMEDY*
CtRMAN
CuTwWm’t wad Vuuu
umdcxjaSirag
and
1 am prepared to give prompt
satisfactory attention to all
v u need my services I
Supply complete. of Undertaking Jo ods
Hearses furni hed without ex¬
tra char:- e.
oM v r > i ■«?»»»■• urn
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Office ai Umand Hdw Co.,
i CONYERS, GA.
