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buggtt^lk: P We believe we are better ab le tosell you a good Buggy than any other dealer in this section. Our belief is based on the fact that we carry only the good KIND., the KIND that has been tried here and everywhere and not found wanting. We would like for you to look over our line, you will be pleased with vour inspection. Every B u g g y in our store, and there are lots of them, are HANDSOME in design. BEAUTIFUL in finish, PEFECT in mechanical construc¬ tion and full of EASE and COMFORT. Call and look our line over. Our prices are right. THE 1LMAND HARDWARE COMPANY. file Rocfeaak Banner • SUBSCRIPTION *1.00 PER YEAR EDGAR P. GUINN, editor. Entered Scatter. at the poet-office as second-class Price, *1.00 per annum Advertising Rates Reasonable and made known on application Conyers, Ga., May 80th, 1900. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor, ALLEN D. CANDLER. For Secretary of State, PHILIP COOK. For Comptroller Genotal, WILLIAM A. WRIGHT. For State Treasurer, ROBERT K. PARK. For Attorney General, JOSEPH M. TERRELL. For State School Commissioner, v • G. R. GLENN, r* For Commissioner cf Agriculture, O. B. STEVENS. For iViBon Commissioner, Full Term, CLEMENT A. EVANS. For Prison Commissioner, Enexpited Term, THOMAS EASON. For ssoeiate Justice of Supreme Court. i , (Vote for Two) t WILLIAM A. LITTLE. * HENRY T. LEWIS. {For United Staton Senator, ,. A. O. BACON. For Congressman 5th Congressional District, L. F. LIVINGSTON. For Superior Court'Judge, Stone Mouu tain Circuit, JNO. S. CANDLER. For Solicitor General, W. T. KIMSKY. For Representative, O. H. TURNER. For Ordinary, A. M. HELMS. For Clerk, L. H. S1GMAN. For Sheriff W. H. M. AUSTIN. For Tax Receiver, G. H. HULL. For Tax Collector, W. G.OU1TFKLTER. For County Treasurer, j. A. DUKES. For County Surveyor, R. A. GUINN. For Coroner, L. T FARRILL. How smart! From the Tenuille News: Every thing is on the move; is on the move even the trees are leaving for the summer " T1 io Perry Home Journal puts the the Third congressional dis trio on notice that Houston coun¬ ty will l’usiiish the next congrcsi* man for the Third. Bainbvidge Democrat: The work of mad dogs all over Georgia hut emphasizes tin- need "t a general dog law in the state. Nearly every paper contain an account of si one angry canine on the war path, “Show me a country newspaper says John Wanainaker, the great Philadelphia merchant, “and I will show you who are doing the buieuess of the vicinity in which that paper is published. It. will | always be found that the progres sive merchants who have some i thing to sell and are not afraid of competition.—Cedartown Seand I ard. TWO “MISSING WORDS’’ PLATFORMS. Political platforms, in order to he of value should say what they means, and mean what they say. Our RePuqlican friends are prone to take things for granted. Thus the Philadelphia Press summarizes the Republican and Democratic platforms, up to date as follows, without due regards to the conse cj nonces: Wo endorse— We rejoice— Wo glory— We are proud— We support— Wo heartily support— We entrust— We commend— We repudiate— We mourn— We decry— We are ashamed— We condemn— We denounce— We disavow— Whereupon the Boston Herald remarks: “It is scarcely necessary to ask which is which.” Lost, however, there might be a citizen whose arduous occupation in keeping himself and family a hove abject want, should not have had time to solve the word” puzzle, the Los Angeles Ilerahl comes to rescue with the following solution: Wo indorse imperialism. We rejoice in the trusts. We glory—in Hannaism. We are proud—of Mckinley’e re lord as a (lopper. We heartily support—a banking currency. We entrust—the country to boss rule, We commend—militaryism. That is the Republican platform, We repudiate—imperialism. We mourn—the substitution of of boss rule for popular govern meut. Wo decry--the control ef our money system by the banks. We are ashamed—of the war in of Hie war in thePhilippines. We condemn imperialism. Wo denounce—Hannaism, We disavow militaryism. That, is the Demooraic platform On which do you prefer to stand? TO THE VOTERS. To the voters of Rockdale I feel very grateful to all of my friends who have been so kind to me in tlm past election and I m e this medium of thanking each ono for all kindness extended me prom is ing that at any time I can do you n foviwl will u i a „.:n • . nie ' , do Again gloat, p em-uie io so. thanking each one I am yours very j i H. A, Moon. ! ROCKDALE’S SCHOOL HOUSES. Mr. Editor:— With your kind permission, I will endeavor to write a few arti¬ cles for vour paper in regard to our county’s public schools. The excitement of politics having abated to some extent, I trust that your readers are prepared for a change of intellectual pabul um i and, while their minds are not otherwise occupied, I would like to call their attention to the COll dition of our couty’s school-hou¬ ses. This is a matter concermug which our people, generally speak¬ ing, are extremely negligent. The school-house ought to be one cf the prettiest, most commodious and best houses in the communi¬ ty ; many of the so-called school houses in this county are a reflec¬ tion upon the good judgment and intelligence of their communities; many communities provide, on an average, better barns for then stock than school-houses for their children, wherein their minds are shaped for life and eternity. The average clnkl can-not enjoy the school room where he has to sit on a straight bench with liis feet un able to reach the lloor and the cold wind whistling through t lie rough nails, or the hot sun Learning down through the roof; the very l dace naturally becomes repulsive and * 0IK ls to crush out the hoppi nesa childhood and to make school-life a dread and a drudgery, U'e school-house m my humble i °pfifi 01 b ought to he as comforfca j ns meeting house, for it is j used much more and the work is | I equally as important. The school building and everything in and about it teaches and makes its im¬ press upon the plastic child mind and finds expression in his thoughts and acts. It is utterly impossible, it makes no odds how able and capable the teacher may be, to enoble, polish and culture a mind (o its fullest possibilities in an average school house of Rock¬ dale county. i It is far economical for more our country people to build good school houses and employ compe tent teachers than it is for them ! to turn over their plantations to j negligent renters and move to town to educate their children, as many a farmer who has made the experiment can attest. If on the farm is not a good place to grow suddenly rich, it is the very best place to raise good healthy, industrious, independent men and women. Our towns would soon degenerate if they were not constantly invigorated with good stock from the county, A large majority of our most successful citv peop’e were raised in the country. It. pays in dollars and cents for a community to have good schools. To persuo any vocation successful !v, in these days of sharp conipeti tion,requires considerable intedi- 1 £ onee , , * isth* inte 1 * w iero e £e 9 - ligence to bo acquired if not in tim school room? £ how mo a comuni ty that has sorry schools, and I will show you a community that has sorry homes and sorry farms and sorry people and sorry every¬ thing else. Good homes and farms are the materilizatiou of good thoughts’ and people can not build beautifully, nor do any thing else intelligently, unles their minds are cultivated. In some sections of our county, the 1 ands which are naturally ster¬ ile are in demand and have advance wonderfully in value, principally because they are located near good schools, while in some of the more fertile sections the land are not so eagerly sough, principally because their owners manifest but little in¬ terest in their schools. It is a sin to raiseup achild in thisday of enlight¬ enment without the advantages ©f a common school education, at least. As most everyone who has given the subject any thought will ad¬ mit, summer schools are almost a failure. children It is confined a p unishmentg to kesp m a hot, stuffy school room when theirphvs ical systems are so relaxed and most every one else around them is at leisure and is having a good time. Study, which taxes and fatigues the body more than any other kind of employment, can be far more easily and profitably per sused in winter than in the warm summer months. But having such sorry school houses, summer school are well nigh unavoidable, We hope that the day is not far dis¬ tant when summer schools in Rockdale county will be a thing of the past. We the people of the Empire state of the South of proud lineage are wofully behind in education. On¬ ly about three states in the union are lower in the scales of intelli¬ gence than Georgia, whiledO states in the Union out rank us. Never will Georgia be the state for which our an lestors fought, died anfi prayed for as long as 40 per cent of the masses of the people, from ten years and upward, can not real and write. If we would put less mon¬ ey in our Court houses and jails and more in our schools and col¬ leges no doubt we would be a wiser, happier far and better people. It is better to prevent crime than it is to reform the criminal, and as Victor Hugo well said “He who o pens the door of a school 1 ouse, closes the door of a jail.” A. D. Hammock. Magnet, Georgia., May 28, 1900 Dr. Nelson, Sweeden Oceulist. Dear Sir:— It is with great pleasure that I can testify to your most wonderful and skilled treatment of the eye with your glasses. Three months ago I was almost totally blind. Now by the use of your glasses I am rapidly recover¬ ing my eyesight. I can most cheer¬ fully recommend your treatment to all suffering and trouble of the eyes to (he public. Iconsider Dr. Nelson a most skillful occulist. Yours very greatfully, Gordon G. Veal. DO YOU TUMBLE? A goose which had faithfully stuck to buisness during the sum¬ mer and laid several dozen of fawn colored eggs, complained that she was nst appreciated. "See that hen over there 1 said . the goose, The hasn’t, laid as many eggs as 1 nor as big, but she has books writen about her and verses composed in her honor, while no boby is saying a word about me.” “The trouble with you is,” said a wise rooster who was standing near,“thatyoudon’ttelIthepub- he what have done. you You lay an an wadd,e on with out say¬ Ulg aw f d - but ^ sister of mine never lavs one without letting avaiy neighborhood know it. If you want to cut. anv ice in the ' you must advertise.” Are you a goose? Or, Do you cackle? I®« GOIiD PMlMg fj Wlqen you want a Cool, Healthful, Refreshing Invigorating Soda-Water, Lerrjonade, Mil^-SiiaKe, etc., goto Dr. Lee’s Fountain, he uses the purest apd best rgaterial; consequently his drinks are healthful and delicious. ss, m . a. ms. CAPITAL MONUMENT CO. DAVIES & NERI, MANAGERS . 614 TEMPLE COURT. BELL ’PHONE 3339. ATLANTA, GA. MONUMENTS. Granite and Marble Work of Every Description. Mail orders given prompt attention, REFRESH YOURSELF. When you feel dull and stupid, nothing will do you rnore good than a visit to our Soda Fountain Call and let Roy Elliott, who has charge of our Ice-crearr} parlor, ipake you a refreshing drir,K, or disri you out a delicious plate of cream. t |s tifeilsfr % © WHY WE LEAD IS EASILY EXPLAINED: ©ias Get the latest, the choicest, the best. ©fis JSf Are exclusive. ©te Mats Is made up of the finest imported goods. if Is in the hands of an artist who has no equal in this section of the country. ssihli Is? Hats that are elegant, and graceful. f It ffastlilsaa Recognize these facts and are placing their order* Mrs. §euia Jjaygood, Milliner. /