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About The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1883)
c0N YERS WEEKLY < y ' 883. 1 \ r GA, MAY 4TH, 1 ■ ■ i H as coolish m i ic nic season is fairly open. ■ SP Court beats the Superior. r Justice are not running 1I pi of our farmers of the corn has been ploughed (*! ri 'Vn Z»chry has the flnest wheat in ■i 1 I r county* ^ unusually healthy at the II flarcity ^nt time- in town ' jnirsioner Henderson was r# fliesday- farmers have iQjpt farm ° ur 1 U lately unusually Loro® 8 an d hawks are j 1 hr, H- QttSS preached is Jonesboro L L Sunday- school will Presbyterian Sabbath n Ge at Stone Mountain, to-day. BLdeome window Stewart’s. curtain lace is to /cis y ard at I gen shad we three meet again?— Lleon, Aik Wood and Crowley. ' Harper sells the best cigar for i 9 in town. ■ mosey in Geor- 35 P e °P le were killed [jiytheiecent storm. Gjffieeld has the finest wheat prospect 1 1 in the county. - district 5f, Jack Pierce spent last Sunday at _L father’s in DeKalb county. yhen there is no contest the democ ^■L | 0 f Rockdale is pretty Doc Langly, dead. of New. ife noticed clever mcounty, in our city, this week. ) - ■ « ie f r uit crop in this county of every ■ ■Ar promises to be exceedingly fine. f res h arrival, of brocade and satin par" H' Bels. Now’s the time to get one, at J. i D. Stewart’s. Termor predicted that April would B teecold and cloudy. Vennor is now prophet. ; oe Johnson is wearing an exceeding smile- What in the world can Hlftbematter, Joe? ■ i number of communications crowded ijfl lifts week.—Jonesboro week loser. News. So the is a 9 H if it is not very far off, secure a hard ^■(wart’s. ■ rse flue trunk for the occasion at ■ ladies’ collars nice at io cts, nicer 15, Hier?nice 2O and 25 and extremely nice |iff 25 to 6octs—at Stewart’s. S Judge Carr is a fine lawyer and should I It admitted to the bar. The fees he has jaid out would make a man rich. Iiyou wish to get married procure license and call, one wedding only, so lit this week—at Stewart’s. Rubber and cellu’oid roch combs, and ; a most elegant and low priced line cf ass, just in, see them by calling at Stew- 1 in’s. A Parties desiring job work of any kind fill do well to consult us before making contracts. We guarrantee the lowest prices. I iVe learn that our young friend 'Char¬ ier Hudson will soon lead to hymen’s t her Atlanta heiress. Success to you an ii boy. Chicken fighting is getting to be quite popular with our sportsmen again. Sev¬ eral dollars changed hands at the main last week. Col. Gus Hamby is the best horse doc¬ tor in this county and one of the best in (testate. When you want a horse doc¬ tored call on him. There is a professional man in our city fl siio has not bought anything on a ered it in ten years. Moral; Nobody ia fool ®ough to credit him, We had a very pleasant cal! from Mr. Geo. W. Knox, of Social Circle, this l wek. He reports the damages done bj t T the storm as very severe. Kockdale can boast of more fine cows (tan any county in the state. The stock law has been a great blessing to our peo¬ ple ia this respect, and hundreds of oth trs, cattle is scarcer now than was tV6r known in this section and it seems ts the case all over the state. It won’t fce long, we guess, before carp will take ke place of beef and hogs. 1 Messrs. G. \V. Weaver & Brother have | reen their stock of goods to Mr. John s store on Center street where m be P ,eased to see everybody fl i Wants bar S alns - 4 clever little Conyers housewife in ee P'ug her accounts for two weeks had two dollars for buttermilk. At ten I Cf Ets a gallon twenty gallons were rep |Reated. “ ttemi fik. Rich must be a bad baud on I I fY -ur lri & ° Overbay Sbortl rea is P er > for sale by Messrs. one of the most com ' e ‘ e niac hines in use- being particularly a Pted to the lands of Middle Georgia. SQre you call and see one of them be¬ fore , Purchasing. Jue jojgh negro. abridge Ji m in McKnight, this who fell aR( ^ county,two years j ' sue d the county, has succeeded ^ getting a judgment for $1,000. He ^” ot oney ’ however, yet. succeeded in getting tls F f bact 11 ? >elorclub r - ans bas been appointed by “neck inspector” and m' ne J? r he rees a girl with the least i 0n ber Ilec k be proceeds at ■®® to rake her over the coals. 0 ver > interesting f°°t race took placq, ai ^ roa 'l street Wednesday eve-' kdtt bet "‘ een a caW and two Jour.g tho F’ €ng tb ? be cad won (be race by about - beat ‘ of Tom Bryans’ foot. Bad °ur far niers are giving attention lathe more raising of horses and mules than ** have eT er noticed before. This is tght r They can raise just and and good he •e as can be raised ia Kentucky ^ at far l ess cost to them. Yellow' River is just lined with shad— ows. Several dogs have died here this week from poison. Cholera is raging among the chick¬ ens in this county. The lateness of the spring will make the watermelon crop light. Our girls do more than our boys—at least they make more bustle. When you have nothing to do and feel like work, cultivate your charity patch. Mr. Z. T. Aimand was in town this week with a load of flour of his own rais¬ ing. May opened up cold, windy, rainy and disagrees ole generally. May it not con¬ tinue so. The Henry County Weekly is a most excellent paper. We are always proud to get it. When the money now lying idle in this county is put to work we will see five times. Some of our subscribers at a distance will gr atly oblige by sending us the am out due. Mr. Henry Aimand has sold his ma¬ chine and quit brick making at the city of Jackson. In less than two yeara the Rockdale paper mills will be converted into a cot ton factory. The leaves of the forest had a hard race to get their growth by the first of May tills year. The Conyers bar has improved more than any bar in the Flint circuit during the last few years. The provision sales of our merchants are much less than even tho most u an gu J ne hoped for. The ugliest girl in town lives on a side street and wears a number 6 shoe. 0, I tell you she’s the boss. Remember, ladies, that J: J. Langford & Co. have the finest lot of hosiery ever brought to this city. Mr. H. Y. McCord is having Mr. Asa F. Sims to build some becoming addi¬ tions to his residence. Mrs. M.W. Davis, of Covington, has been spending gome time at her father’s, Rev. H. Quigg, this week. We expect to be able to give our peo¬ ple s me interesting items in regard to the cotton seed oil business. The oldest inhabitant remark ;d the other day that he had seen colder Mays than this one. Well, Maybe he has. Messrs. Robert Fowler and Luther Brittian, two handsome Covington boys, spent Sunday, last, with Conyers friends Gentlemen, don’t stand back on the cotton seed oil mill enterprise, but take hold and push it through. It will pay a handsome dividend. The time is not far distant when whis¬ ky will not be manufactured in this state- The sooner it comes the better for everybody. There is no use talking, if we were la¬ dies you can just bet we would get a new dress from G. M. Jones & Co. They have beautiful goods. We have men in our town worth thousands of dollars who do not give ten cents a month to charity. Can such as these be Christians? Rev. G- G. Smith, a Sunday school evangelist, will occupy the Methodist pulpit ox\ next Sunhay morning, and will talk to the children in the afternoon at the same place. The most handsomely dressed young manat the party was Sir, Frank McCalla of Sheffield. He wore low neck shoes aud a ring on his Isft little finger. The prize package men were in the city Sat u; day and did a rushing business. They took in about one hundred dollars, ninety-nine of which was profit. Mr. Andrew Plunket has his saw-mill now in full blast and is Ailing orders raD idly with good, well sawed lumber. If you want a bill filled out right he is the man to call on. The small .grain crop of Rockdale, while not as large area planted as last y ea ~ j s very promising, and some seem think the yield will be almost if not f u n y a s large There ia tbe greatest abundance of young peaches on the trees in Conyers, The crop promises to be very large, the predictions to the contrary notwith standing. The little son of Mr. J. F. Aimand w ho was bitten by a dog, last week, which was supposed to have b>enrabid, has about recovered from the bite, and no serious result is now apprehended. The two service trains on the lower section of the Georgia railroad collided, the other day, smashing up the engines and seriously injuring four of the train hapds. Mr. Joe McCord and Mr. Bill Robinson were the conductors of the trains The Examiner may now be considered as dead, and Solid South the best paper in the county—except the Weekly. We never fail to give every deserving euter pirse»all the credit it will bear. There is a young lady on Mill Street who was three years old at the com mencementof the late unpleasantness, and she to,d her Sunday School teacher last Sunday that she tvould soon be 18. Here s material fora repetition of the Ananias or Saphira tragedy. There is no doubt about the fact of our people 1 giving in their property at a ure {3r below its actual value. This not as it should be. Give in your erty at i s real worth and your tt»xes will be much less, and your county stand So much money has to be raised, a pci- cent, sufficient will be 'er ed on the property given in to do it, G. W. WEAVER & BRO have moved their stock of goods to the store room of Mr. John Green on Center Street recently occupied by John W. Aimand. You are INVITED TO CALL- It is said that earth has no joy like a woman in a new spring bonnet. Meal has been reduced in price of late. We are glad to note the fact. The Masquereade party has been postponed until next Tuesday evening. Mrs. E. B. Rosser, of Atlanta, is on a visit to friends and relatives in our city. The Sunday schools have mounted and are triumphantly riding the picnic boom. Mr. James Kirkpatrick, m excellent citizen of this county, died last Monday night. Several candidates for admission into the Christian Church were baptised here this week. Gov. McDaniel cannot talk much, but he is one of the best bass singers in the whole country. Senator Boynton was married on last Monday evening to Miss Sue Harris, of Walton county. Dr. John Riley and Col. Sinilh, of Lawrenceviile, spent several days in our city, this wees. When McDaniel is inaugurated, Geor¬ gia will have had four Governors in the past six months. We are sorrov to see Mr. Jim Win burn suffering with a very large felon on his left hand. Misses Mariam Price, Sue McCalla and Lulu Killebrew are spending the week with Mrs J. L. McCalla. If one may judge from som mysterious whisperings, the fragranc; of orange blossoms wi'l soon b irden the air. The infant of Mr. Jasper Hamby died on last Monday evening. We extend our sympathies to the bereaved farther. The demand for jugs and bottles in Rockdale county ought to be met by a Rockdale jag and bottle manufactory. As an inventor of pure fiction and true fabrication, there is a man in Conyers who cannot be equal'ed this side of—oh well. With good and competent tearhers at the head of a free school in Conyers, in six months you could not rent a house in five miles of the place. Tw0 negroes escaped from Covington jail on last Sunday night, by poshing out of the wall a large stone and them crawling through the breach. The question of afree school is being rr»rJlJa 0 T:;,G»»S;rf',;l: school. Let us have it by all means Eleven hundred head of cattle were shipped from Georgia to Texas last week. Stock raising is bound to become one of our most important industries. Mr, Owens, oi t.'ih county, has Yin adjudged insane and sent to theasyluni. Mrs. Owens is a most estimable lady, and we trust she wilt soon be restored to reason and friends. Miss Da Meaner, a very loquacious and sprightly dam sel, of Atlanta, li.napart ments at the calaboose. It will be cold dav when the Covin^Hm Star gets ahead of us in the mater of “ society news.” Work is progressing rapidly at Ko.o nedy’sfactory and in a few more weeks the factory will be in operation. The Messrs White and Brand are full of vitn and energy and push speedi'y to pletion every enterpise they take hold of. Charles George is wanted in Rockdale county for an assault with intent to nvir der. He now occupies a cell in the cala boose and is awaiting the arrival of a Rockdale official, who will carry him back to the scene of his misdeeds. He was captured in Atlanta by office! McWilliams yesterday.—Tuesday s Con¬ stitution. If our people will work harmoniously together for its advancement, there is nothing to prevent Conyers frori becom ing the most flourishing town in Middie Georgia. he first stop in this d jrec tion should be the establishment of a free school- Let us have a mass meet¬ ing at the court house in die near fumre to consides this question. Covington has several prominent citi¬ zens who are opposed to that place hav¬ ing railroad connection with South-west and North-east Georgia. Tiie slate has provided a home at Miliedgeville for all such unfortunates, and those citizens of Covington who are interested in her progress and prosperity should see that they ?.re sent there. There should be some law enacted to prevent the incessant seining that is done in our streams. Three or four seines in small creek, where the thousands of little fish are pulled out on the sar.d bars and left to die, can almost clean it ol fish in a few hours, There is al to¬ gether too much seining, and it is gen¬ erally done by careless, ignorant hands who have no thought or care for the hereafter or protection to theyoar.g fish. it should be sque’ehed. The city of Jonesboro finds its-lf in debt; the amount to be raised to run it the next year $1,900 and an income of only $1,15°. We ad.ise them to do away altogether with a city attorney; pay councelmen no salaries, and the Mayor a small one; make their clerx do the tax collecting and let him be a yer; let the marshal be tax receiver and put a special tax on every business ac cording to character and size and (here will be no trouble about finances to run the city of Jonesboro with out the taxes formerly raised from rum shops. Tn Conyers a man can walk into a dry goods house and buy a cooking stove into a beef market and get a liver .pad or a bottle of pat-nt medicine, and in to a drugstore and buy silks and satins, In a few more years we- exspecc to see our blacksmiths running prouision depart ments in connection with their iron bus in ess and our millinery establishments carrying v heavy and elegant stock of harness, and our clothing dealers making wagons and bngg es a speciality. This is not according to the eternal fLness of things. DT H RCE & QUIGG I NCJIBEKS 3 . 5 . AX 3 7 . HOTEL BLOCK - - CONYERS. GA. THEY MOST COMPLETE (■oO STOCK IX THE CITY. CARRY THE THEY SELL THE MOST GOODS FOR THE LEAST MONEY i (:o:) THEY PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. (i°0 /// A vorfa / a (:o:)-- „ selections firstsclass in In this line their s'oek _ is very large and their ev ery particular, and embraces prints of the latest and noblest styles, the cheapest and best linens of all kinds; fine damask ladle cloths, towels, lian kerehiefs, napkins &e in end'e«s variety, at law figures; all kinds of hosery from the cheapest to the first grade in mens, moinen’s, children—the greats est bargains in this line of goods ever offered to the people all ot kinds this if place. la¬ Trimings and Embroiderie’s of evry disetiption and style; dies wear, fine chalks, brushes, pins, ties, and the PAR. EXOELENCE Carsat mad. Window shades fine and cheap, fine oil cloths, carpetings, and tickings, sheeting-, shirtings, cambrics, ghinghams, checks, bleockings ask in fact everything in this line that is ever wanted or called for and we ihe ’adies especially to call when tney want any kind of beautiful new dress goods notions or other Dry Goods. No trouble to show goods and we want to give you our prices for we know that they will please you. (_L(J /-t ArnTTixtr 1 nli\Lr, tt nA « TC 1 D, 75 C 11 i lULS au c B n We have a heavy stock ot all grades and styles that we are selling lower than was ever known before, Jents clothing, Hats and Shoes and ladies fine shoes we have many beautiful goods of the very latest “notion” and we especially invite all to come and examine ours before buying. We mean exactly what we advertise and when you cail on us you will find it true. We ke»p the very fullest kind of a stock of both. HeavY and FancY Groceries. When you want them dot) fc foiget to cal] on up lor we can supply you End will not be undersold in any ot these goocK Sugars, coffees, syrups, can good?, rice, grits, potatoes &o. all sold low dow. We have /\LL \ T T r' 1 IX 1\ f) H/fpn’O ivl 1G 0 C [ T D D T L T I C DO. C 1 \ 1\ flour, OUl L and oth From 11 nickl’s worth cf soda up. Corn, meat, oats, syrup r provisions, hardware, woodware,'glassware, tinware, plows, hoes, plowstocks, otters carpenters tools anci everything else in ihi“ line they need. We are ing special inducements aud ask you to call and see us. We are agents for I that Elegant Sewing Machine. The New No, 4 Victor, which is without a superio , for a’l the fine quali j-q ^ood work. We sell ihern low down* Ooroe ftod see also tbe Famous Well Elevators, The best arrangement that was ever placed in a well. Come and exam jne this and we know you will buy. We can give tbe best referenses on this and show you many ill use. j When you want goods ot any kind remember that you can get them; and j get tin* b st goods and at prices that no other house can under reach by | |,, v <■ rr y a large stock of clocks and elegant fine jewelry. Fancy and H.,,ivv Groceries, A complete stock of Hardware and Dry Goods, Notions, H it- 11 rots and Shoes for the million. They defy Competition, and tell tor the cash so low t hat their prices can’t be beat. Call at this stove when you Goods at Bottom Figures. PIE RCE d- Q UIG G. HOTEL I BLOCK COWERS GA , When you want a real nice cooling drink of soad water or lemonade call at John W. Ilaygood. Athens factory yarns, Peidmont sbeet ings, shriting?, drills and cotton checks— fresh arrival at Stewart. Tne difference between aspring chick en and a spring poet, the latter is hatch ed out of a soft shell, When you want the finest meal ever aeon in the market buy that ground by Carr & Overbay. It is nice and don’t von furgetit. You can get this paper from now until tSS.y for the small sum of 65 cts cash. Now is your time to get the best weekly paper in Georgia. Mr. John H. Aimand has built three elorant dwellings in our town. We wish W e had several more such men—our town would build up more rapidly. Mr. James P. Harrison has purchased the interest of Rev. C- A. Nunnally in tiie Christ tin Index, and the paper is now owned by Mess. Harrison & Whor ton. We notice that several of our citiz ens are having their residences painted and otherw ise fixed up. This is right, noth¬ ing is so valuable to a house as a coat of good paint. We notice that somebody is making inquiry through the Solid South as to the wherabouts oi the old library &c. We gie.ss the jrarty can be accommodated by calling on Dr. C. II. Turner, Mr II. S, McNair is renovating the residence and premises of Airs Smith on i McDonough street. This is a ve.-y pretty place and when completed will present an elegant appearance. Owing to the continued cold weather our gardens are far behind, W a will state for the benefit of tiie public, while on this subject, that our garden is e < ceediugly poor and all vegetables left on our steps will receive special attention, Its about time for Prof. Co\vh< rn to giTe notice of another leciure here, We are almost tempted to pronoenee j t j. e p ro f ^ double acting failure, Now would be a fine time for Prof. O’Kelly to have his college put j n to a residence, The weather is jus t right. We put in a small local for a hou e in this town and they sold on its ac¬ count 3 dresses and a quantity of other gotds,amounting to about 2o or 30 dollars. And yet some seem to think that judicious advertising docs not pay. It will cost Hc-r.ry county two thousand or twenty-five hundred dol¬ lars to veplace the pubi c bridges that wer* swept away by the freshet. It is not unhkelydbat an extra tax will j be leviid for this purpose. We notice an advertisement go¬ ing around headed “Hail Stones big as Pumpisins.” That beats us. We learn that a movement is foot to establish a guano here, We advise our faimers to right hold of it. It will save j thousands ot dollars and make you neat income from your money. A young man from Ja-per county was # arrested here the other day. w is searched for weapon but nothing but a horse man pistol, three bowie knives, a six shooter and three t les of whisky were discovei ed. being of a quiet disposition, having only sho t two niggers and put a few balls into the court hou?e door, he was released on his own recogni¬ zance. D. N. Hudson has just received the finest stock of shoes ever brought to Conyers—custom made and of the la test styles. RECEIVERS SALE GEORGIA Rock lale County— By virtue of an order issued by the Hon. John D. Stewart judge of tiie Superior Court of said county, will be sold at pub¬ lic out. cry (unless sold at private sale be¬ fore that time) in tbe city of Conyers, Ga., on the 19th day of May I883 the en¬ tire stock of goods belonging to John W. Aimand, consisting of drygoods,notions hats, boots, shoes, &c , hardware, family groceries &c., show cases, scales, &c., including the entire stock o f goods of er ery description, and all of the store fix¬ tures belonging to the store of the said John VV . Aimand- The said stock ef goods are now in the Night building 011 the corner of Centre and Railroad streets, and will be sold and delivered in said building. Terms sale cash. A. P. Mitchell, This May 2 nd 1883. Receiver. 'HhERIEF SALE FOR JUNE Win be sold before the court house door in the city of Conyers, between lawful hours of sale, on the first in June, next, the following described property, to wit, one vacant 'ot of land supposed to contain three-quarters of an acre, more or less, in the iGth district of originally Henry now Rockdale, it being iu the city of Conj ees and bounded as follows : On the east by the First Bap¬ tist church, on tbe south by Rufus Christian and R. A. Aimand, on the west by Airs. R. A. Jones and on the north by Decatur street. Levied on as the property of James A. Kennedy to satisfy a fifa issued from Rockdale bu pe.iior Court in favor of Geo. W. Kncx vs. J- a. Kennedy. Property pointed out by plaintiff. A. P. Mitchell, This May the 2nd 1883. Sheriff. H (:o:) S©”I take this method of informing my former customers, all my friends and the public generally, that 1 have opened a store at S. J Cowan & Son's old stand near the Court House, Conyers, Ga., under the firm name of J. J. LANGFORD & CO. Where I will keep a well assorted stock ot goods such S J as are usually kept in any first-class house having bought the stock oi Cowan & Son at a tremendous reduction, I will he able to sell a great many goods very low. I expect to replenish my stock immediately with HUNDREDS OF ELEGANT NEW GOODS. Having been so long employed with the wellknown house of ,T II Aimand &. Son, I feel that I ain well posted ’as to the wants of the people. Don’t forget the place, and to give me a call. Yours Respectfully, gSy-The old notes and accounts of S J Cowan & Son are all in the hands of W 3 Cowan. I have nothing to do with their collection here. 1 hope my old customers will give me their patronage as befor. Respectfully, S J Cowan, with J J Langfcrd & Co. J H.& N. M. ALMAND j CONYERS, GEORGIA. Have just received their new spring goods. Call and examine goods and learn prices Keep constantly on hand a lull line of Dry Goods, Notions Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, and everything usually kept in a firsNclass j dry goods house, e&$v8rarat, A large lot which we are now offering at. cost for the cash. Como and see. 82© 9 C. R. Sides, Sugar Cured II tins, Lard, Chffee, Sugar, ^ kice, Hackers Syrup, belfraisiug Molases Fine Hours, Perfect Pastry Patent, Carters s Tv aucy, flour and many other brands. The celebrated Snowy Ash and Ran Tucker oigars and a lull fine of chewing and smoking tobaccos. Hardware ot all kinds. Plows, hoes, plowstocks, rates, hoehandles, shovels, cradles ect. STOVES, STOVES. S-OVES. Just received, a lull line ot cooking stoves and stove fixtures, which they will sell low for cash or to p'ompl paying customers on time, »wairs»iras A complete line ot furniture always on hand. Fine Waluut and Poplar Suits, Dressing Cases, Dressers, Bureaus, W ishstands, Marble Top Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Setts, Picture Cord’s etc. Their slock is complete in ev¬ ery respect. Call and sec them. ALMAND. 1TT ^ J II & N M JOHN NEAL AND COMPANY, -WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN IP iff. 2i n 1 T %f B B $ NOS. 7 and 9 SOUTH BROAD STREET ATLANTA, GA. to: Special inducements offered to DEALERS and others in all grades of Fur-. niture. A share of tho patronage ot Rockdale and adjoining counties earnest, solicited. Be sure and give us a trial before making your purchases. J i The Spot Cash Bry M mime -Of ATLANTA. GA., Has the finest line of ifpste'g ail DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, IN TIIE STATE. Sell For CASH Exclusively. Saves all expenses of collecting, loss on bad debts and otherwise, and gives his customers the benefit of the Lowest (.ash Prices iu the South. ---Give him a trial and you will always trade with him, OnePrice To All! 39 and 41 Peachtree .street. * Atlanta, Georgia, In case where money does not. accompany the ordor, ? Y! SFi 883° 1 ^ every free. ar 0 . D. Samples sent u \1 , —DEALERS IN— Dry Goods, Notions, Cm roceries, —AND— n - S Eft S tt m f* m l \ id j :o: GUANOS & ACID PHOSPHITES. —AYE SELL— j and } COLES ili’spli , te 8 L»>a it id »sAcid j S tlictly S tanCiard rTiT^ g© FeltIHZerS ELTG - CxOOGS, yjpjy THEM FOR CASH AND DEFY COMPETTTION. *“ and (’all A, a .. acu see us STEWART J. A. & T. D.
