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<T 5 Es«tv BOCKDALE OF CONTFRS. COPNTV.
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for gforgians.
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i defraud
I to be elected and
Pgrfget astry P atent.
. trial. . .
^finest lie flour made, give-it . a
at U F. Harper & Bro'a at 1.10
S, L delivered free. and Fine Nain
L inen. Jaekonet
L t Pierce & Quigg’s.
fi»!ber Fans. Laces, Collars etc. in
gj quantities. off, ha ul
... js n ot very Dr secure a
1 k for the occasion at
ce line triw
art’s.
fresh grits, 'ice, meal and whit a
,iit Stewart’s.
| nice light hoc, for the boys, a:
drank.
p?ct Patent P istry and Peek's
, 1 flour at Stewart’s.
[ A Fw on J Picture fames left at
LuG. Call early.
Lon" L it'd' 2 u «*•? c<*«t Hits
w j|! do well to call on Pierce,
L celebrated B. B. B. flour for $l,o0
sait at Stewart’s ”
1
Lies wi lling work done with a
jjljeteam should call on R, A. Alrnand.
lis » beauty. The curtain Lace, for
^per yard at Stewart s.
Parlies having pears for sale can find a
b] market for them a- this office
[partifls Lretted having houses to rent can have
and attended to by calling
Lat iir office.
fPerfecc Pastry Patent flour for sale at
fink Harper’s cheaper ihan at any oth
|place ia the city.
ffeeverybody to advise give Perfect
Ltiy P.tent a trial. It is the finest
Lriu the market. Oail on U. if H u
Iri Bro.
lirpevA B other cordiuaes to sell the
LosP.P.P flour the best and whit
Itim the u'a.ket.
Anew variety of stock powders,
klto work wonders,’’ Call for
lired t a box, at Stewart s.
An endless variety of ladies’neck'
hr at Stewart’s.
Come one, come all, tBe old and
png, the short, the tall, the rieii
pfoor, we please 'hem all. Count
pbargains a ■ il vour call at Stew*
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COUXCL, PRUCEEDiNGA
[July 2 , 1883 . Council met and
ppied muitues. Reports of street,
petery aud finance committee ad«
l«ed. Ihe reports of officers r>-ceiv
H Mr. Sam Cowan and George W.
Ifaver were appoiuied as 1 c<>mmil
pk,investigate is the street coin, and
special tax license. The matter
'ipsyuig sheet bauds more wages
hs refer ed to street committee.
*e committee rep rted favorably
terniug the street by ‘he First
tptist Church. On mot on it was
M that each fund be kept, sepas
* The marshals were ahowed
t f ,, , . bearing
11 slices 8 per
.
tDteresi af .er 30 days. Puts
■icecom, reported approved vonchs
} ri!au. $ 6 ^ 10 Marshals codec
.
Stines ~ 4,50 Fines imposed $ 21
^smer .
reports $ 20.46 on hand,
wet com, report streets in bad con
NS, Cemetery com. reported the
poetery h sliamGul condition. Ads
Nrned tilln ext regular meeting,
^Maddox C., A M Helms Mayor.
A German pro essor thinks that slates
to short sight nesss in school chil
n A saloon keeper do vn town
"ns slates similarly affect some of his
Kstoaiers
^ Birmingham Ala hand has safely
W the same tune for 137 consecutive
fete in a single locality in that town
“Ret it ia claimed that the south U
'Daw-abiding.
Jelling * f . George W. Weaver will erect a
on his Do3s place at an early
• He will 8e n his present nice home
bw figu re g.
tbe b ear continue^ to create consid
ible 6x citement in Sheffield, ft has
J seea by several patties lately, and
.Ptwo , large
J there shoats for a gentleman
on last Saturday night.
* n « T era town get* bad off
so
lir ‘gbat stimulants will keep it alive
to let it ff le .
Tha Georgia Legislature is a smart
telligent body of men.
Nice beef can be had almost always by
calling at Mr. Gus Osborn’s market.
There are tw* cows in Couye tha!
will give over 12 gallons of milk a day.
There are hundreds of empty stomachs
in this section going abvut shaded by
satin parasols.
We learn of the death of the infant of
Air. and Mrs. John F. McClelland, of
S one Mountain this week.
Mr. Asa McDonald, Crfpf. John M.
Zachry, and Miss Lou Haygcod were
baptized in Travis pond on last Saturday
morning.
The“piseatorial club went fisning on
last Wednesday, armed wish 95 «ts’
worth of snake bite and a niakle's
worth of bread. They had a spirited
time
We have yet to 3 e the man or wo¬
.
man who came to Conyers poor or sick
and did not get well and fat. It is all on
account of our water—the purest in
Georgia.
Dr. Rosser, the lit' le folks say, and
they are generally the best judges
is the hansomest gentleman in our eoun
ty.
What in the thunder does Georgia
want with a lieutenant Governor? She
Ins no more use for one than she has for
an agricultural bureau.
Messrs. Lb F. Harper & Bro. are hav¬
ing some improvements made on th-ir
store, preparatory to receiving their fall
good 1 . They will sell goods cheaper
than ever wis known before.
There is a man in McDonough so
stoop Shouldered tha he can look
below his legs and „e<; how his coat
tail hangs at ail times.
There is no ..->•»> y in the Stale 'bat
hasenjt e l rhe glorious benefits of the
:,i.oc.v 1 ' tu.au this ->na R >uk l-ile was
the first one to a iopi it an ! she has nev¬
er regretted it.
Hon W. L. Peek, as chairman of the
committee on agriculture, i- the right
man in the correct place. If anyone
can be of interest to the fanners of the
State ho caa.
It wo ild have been such a tremendous
blessing had some of the tattlers of our
town been burn without tongues. Maav
innocent persons carry sore and bleed¬
ing hearts all on account of “too much
tongue.”
At last work is being done on onr
streets and sidewalks. Bob is a good
man to ha <e* work done when he gets
things straightened out.
S r Ben Watkins, of Sheffield, made an
attempt to bo -e out o; the calaboose the
■thes night, bn w.s detected and borne
to the jail. He succeeded in raising a
rock in the bottom of tha jail, and w void
soon have oeeu oat but for the watch'
fulness of onr sheriff.
Me noticed the other evening aiou.
twenty dttle niggers catching toad frogs
mid putting them in boxes. We asked
what they were going to do with thorn
and theysaid they were going to 8,nd
them to an Atlanta resta’irani of the col
ored persuasion. W at do the AtUafv
colored restaurants do with them ?
Mr. James T. Aim urd’s mine, in this
00,1111,1 . uao.-aiLre, . , 0,1* lw>». . .„ « .
.com,,«m«a ,,, J«.l*oW
,„e»»o mat there ,ho other ,U,.0,0
very iucred dous f ,r sometime, ami Sat
an the hank of the branch* a doubting
rhomas, the panning out of a quart of
dirt which contained aboit 14 Urge par
rides, brought him sliding down, as Un
cle Tom says, like a mud turtle into the
branch, where be began pa ining him-elf
They only remained a short while witn
a small pan and got out between 2 and 3
dollars, vtr. Alinand will begin opera
tions soon on a large scale.
The citizens of Newton county will
vote on the fence or no fence question at
their leisure on the 25th inst.
We lear i that there was a difficulty
at Social Circle on last Sand ty evening,
in which a negro mined Dan Pollard
skilled It seems that there was
some trouble between Mr Henry O n ■
ner< a citizen e f S mial Circle, aud the
negro p 0 u ard Pollard was passing by
Connor’s house, Sunday evening,
in company with two or three other
negroes. Pollard cursed Mr. Dm nor,
and dared bi n to cotne out in the road.
Mr. Connor went in the house an l pro
cared a. sties, and his hot gun. He came
out with th 1 s ick in his right hand and
the gun in the left. When he came out
in the yard, the negro rushed upon him,
but Mr. Connor knocked him back. As
he did so, Pollard caught the gun and
attempted to wrench it from his hands;
but, in doiug so, caused the gun to fire,
the load taking effect just above bis
(Peiiard s) eye, and blowing off the
top of his head. He died in about one
hour ‘ The shooting was, therefore acc
1 Cental The foregoing ar the facts as we
have learned them.
Dr. R. A. Jones is visiting Conyers
this week. The Dr. has ouilt np a good
1 practice in our town and county. He is
a boss “Tooth Carpenter,” but we
y lat he is a little inclined to stray off oc
casionally to the grass regions. B<it
j can s there be help your is? heart “Where is vonr tre
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County News.
A. McDonough girl has a half
corn on her smallest toe. Only the
•>f a McDonough belle coala stand up
der so.much.
W e are pleased to learn that Judge
Martin J. Crawfrod is improving,
Several dea-hs among the colored peo
pie have occurred during the last week
orUo
-Irs. Han-. 'ligvuUiat of K& Iy, S C..
"’ as 011 a vi «it lo relations and f.ien is in
cit v 'his vveek -
-
Mrs Simmons, of the C'lt-ofl district,
raothe '’ of Mr. George Simmons. died on
^ Sunday night, falter n lingering ill
;less '
Mr Morthner Ewing, who has been
quite sick with fever for the past two
weeks is, we are glad to learn, recover
ing.
The annual celebration of the Henry
County fSnndav School Association, is
announced will be held at Snapping
Snoals on ti>e second of August.
Mr. George Jones and Miss Minnie
Rovers, of this place, were married at 'he
Butler House on last Tuesday morning,
Rev. J. L. Stewart officiating- We hope
the young co iple may live happily to
gether.
'A lien we have a lio'ter dav ' riian
hast Monday the little ones had better
l.u it their holes.
Mad dogs have ceased to appear of
’ale. What caa bs the cause of such
dullness in this line ?
The fruit crop is turning out very
(poor, indeed. We have not had a good
bait this season.
While we are in favor of young men
of , ability , holding office ... .
we are more in
favor of old men with ability. We be
lievo that those who have worked for a
“ and done it service are first etui
t,wl 10 the honor8 ’
P. C. Langford. • f Logausvihe, . an
companied by his family was in the
,‘i v this week iritimr rela'ives. He re¬
ports eveiything ad booming over in
his section.
To see eight or fen men standing at a
bar counter drinking don't look much
like prohibition does it?
If there is a man in this county who
does not own land that has suffer, d
from the enactment of the stock law
know his mul .
we want to name in
what manner he has suffered. Is there
a cropper that has been refused a pasture
by the laud owner?
If the stock law has raised the price
KSXI "Z ZZ
can get a high price for said cows when
they wish to sed them.
We have nothing to say against . the ,
^Toni’s, but^we
do have something to say about the ,pr
Z&XZtZZZTZ
tbs man for tlie position.
Covington has two of the cleverest,
editors in the Stale.
It does look now like our streets
s j 10u jj receive some, attention. We do
not believe the oldest inhabitant ever
^ them in a conditioa sa deplorable
J , arn that *. re j.
'
has been quite sick
... .
lor sometime is improving.
Oats aro selling Ur 4 ° or 50 cents
, L,Utehel 1111 lla u ““‘‘ ct -
The man who stands upon the str.et
»„ d
hdlra> „ U,e .iirlieM ..,,1 mo.1 Jo
ol0wl .ere.t,,™.
Mr G. M Jones is having bis dwelling
fix d up in elegant style The^ spirit■ oi
impr Yemeni is a spir t ,o >e a. mire .
The severe hot weather has caused a
great deal of sseknese and »our doctors
are busy.
Mr gj_ p. Night is having his corner
gjore room fitted up. We guess it will
be occupied.
Mr< w g Cowan makes nice ice
cream every day and sells it rut of Us
f ,i ace Q f business on Commerce Street
rpj 16 melancholic days are here now
in full blast. Small boys, the cramps,
and paregoric are having a high old
time.
5 at T 5 at arrived when the
lizzards can 30m ? from their resting
places without having their caudal ap.
pendages frozen off. It is surely a great
time for lizzards.
^ slr -p om Marsh, of Newton County,
, agt wee ic. Up to this writing he
j guccee(ie( i i n evading the officers,
Every one of the Walton
who were up in our county last week in
vestignting the workings of the stock
law went away well satisfied, and will
support it in their own county.
A minister in this county has done
mU ch to relieve the sufferings of the in
habitants of hades by dropping very
arge lumps of ice into that region. If
tb e minister wants to place the a<bre-
8aid inhabitants under renewed oblige*
tion8 be should establish a regular let
factory down there.
A | A P j VJ A j ^
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|J DT ~ ' ’*U/ Toia
'53 being Magic one-ninth is Scale, the its
/ actual size. I: i t not a med
s / of inches,
or chart, but a scale
ith it a lady can cut from any fashion
^ LOM. Gen. igent, Conner., G.
PERFECTION!!!
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liiMu , TUTn
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A fall line of Cki!cvi and Alapaca
COATS AND VESTS
in all sizes from Imys up (o 8 breast also J
EXTRA
long sacks. Also a small lot of
QQUQDPT) P/\ CACOATS
& Sl 50t0j S3 co, Fnr.rr micis S3 5 ° to
§ 5 ,co. Just receiv'd a full lot of
(1 OUR OWN”
pftrf;J .,. fil! = ng (]re , 8 shirts, fn laundrh d
and uriiunndried, at the same popular
i ovv prices
p!eftse give a ra1i . y erv raspectfallv,
A A- 8. EOSENFEL !),
(Sate City store, 2 ■l.Whlirftirt
Street, Atiaiits, tin.
it P. TRIPOD,
13 Broad Street ........ ATLANTA, GA.
; Atists ami Painter's Material,
French and American Window Glass etc.
—Agents For —
Averill Mixed Paint Company.
Als • Agents For
THE SILICATE PAINT COMPANY
Petrify Liquid, a sure remedy for damp
walls, recommended bv the Internation
ai A ealth Congress and Sanitary lueti
rule of Great Brittain,
HE U)QUARTELS FOR
COMMERCIAL MEN .
OWENS HOTEL FormerlyCrme House,
J M OWENS, PROPRITR VI
Newly fitted up. Table-supplied with
the best the market affords. Free Hacks
i meet all trains. A trial is all I ask.
COVINGTON....................GEORGIA.
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1 ATTEND THE//*/• j w/
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o? KontwohyUaivewfty.lEMsisTOB. k».
, tim« coun.ietc tb« run Diploma numns cours« iiout
1 to
Uat year. 5.000 saccek»ful uraduitts.
StudcTits cad beicin at any time; vn vacaflian. Fall session
be^ihs September I0tb. For full particulars, address
wilbus a, srdTHi Uslngtsn. sty .
fs«La II? if
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Iron Lercrs- Steel Bearings, Brnso TARE SEAW, || A
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! SOUTH'RN SANITARIUM
I | THIS INSTITUTION, formely
; C|i0 . vn as tile 4t lu n;a H altb Institute
“Wliter Oure,’’ is universally a< know U
j j edged to be the most and compleie scmiiLlio and
thoroughly rational - s
j tablishmcnt Mr the t ealmei.t oi c. ic
j sick in ihe soutbeMi slates. The f.U
i lowing area few of the man'
Ugencies u«ual employed auiiroved in remedies: sodmoi I lie to
| the
C chAra:ed Alclo^Timrmo EU ertic
Improved Turkish,Fus 1 Heclrie
: ILissi " lituiisn, EmU io V njior, and
I some \« *-».t v diff‘ j n nt ki' ds of
Jil.ECTIUC ko WaTEII BATHS.
AL S.veli.k Jlovom „t b, il a
Ulnoer, .,,<1 imuiua }.(*ratiun
t-mued in.impul.i o.s, M r* u (ais
immt etc., ho. ^
*' fo
; (a Ml( ., 1 |( ,,i t ,,v Diseases' perciiliar to
. { a!s0 Dyfpi'psin, Neus
j i r{J j ; Eheumaiism. Diseases of rile
Kulnevs Liverand Bowels, Eye,
Nose, Throat and Lungs Chorine
diseases arc 1 adily and permanently
cufsd at 1 his i n~i i tut ion. At dress
U O HOBERTbON. M.D.
134 McDonough street, Adnata.
FOR SALE.
y 0U wan t the best bargain ever of
’ centrally located.
femi in a brick store,
j n , h i s place, call at this office. I have
; property in which there is big money
for some one. Call early at this office.
J N. Hale.
; GATE,
j FARM
now being made and sold by IV. Alrnand
of this place- It is durable, easy to work
and cheap. Every farmer should
and have the gate. Farm rights to
ga ' e (jail and see. \V. A. Alrnand.
4 times,
-COIN’ A First-class
Busi ness Sc hool
COi.lESE equal to ary North or South.
a. Send for Circulars, free,
■j -- VI r. — M McKAY, Prin cipa
ACON, GA. W. -
'IHE QUEEN
CITY BARBR -SHOP,
FRANK LYH0H
“ousorol 3ntist in CipfOY
; .it enuing in the neatest and
,t style, Shaving, Shan poonieg
>veing executed with neaituss
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~ ZC Findlay Ira Work® TB ZC
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CO CO co
IH.cm, GoojgU*,
mnwsmw ‘eoupf.’ snwsw co SC
FiNSUY'S F^iDlAV'S POWER IMPROVED PRESS- WROUGHT WATE
SUMS MILLS h SYRUP KETTLES,
GEAR. STEAM ENGINES- B 9 SL 5 SS SAW AND GRIST MILL
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS OF ALL Ki?JDS TO ORDER
IRON F’ i 1 NtIG (Wrought and cast,)
gST'Send for circular* and pvicesfor all the above. Address,
C D. FINDLAY, Agen.
SCHOFI ELD’S IflOFWORKSJ
j. S SCHOFIELD &, SONS. Proprietors, Mam**', Georgia.
Manufacturers and Dealers in ever* Variety of Agrieidtural Machinery.
Schofield:s Pat. Cotton Presses, Boilers, EngineS
SAW, GRIST and FLOUR MILLS, SORGHO MILLS and KETTLES,,
Castings of Every Kind, Shaftings, Pulleys and Hangers.
—Agents Non!vU For— Ami Marmoii Mils.
Jndson’s Standard Governor.
And the Celebrated FA LG [IT DEE RING HOUSE POWER.
—Keep constantly in stock a Fnh Line of—
ENGINE FITTINGS. BRASS GOODS, BELTING. PIPING, COMBI¬
NATION MONKEY WRENCHES &U & 0 ,
■ 3 is; “TO II E )
— DKAI.r.llS tx —
\ GA I 1'
H H i H
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DECATUR STREET, CONYERS. GA.
Keep ai wavs on liauel a lull and complete assortment <f the very best
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES,
&OT89^S, 57 HATS, HARDWARE, 7 CROCKERY, MEAT, FLOUR ETC •i
3USAH, COFFEE, C 0 MFEGTI 0 MERIE 8 , SPICES, CANNED 000 BS
SUCH AS TOMATOES, MACKEREL, CONDENSED M3LK,tSAK
BisSES, &C, SAUCES, PiOKLIS, MUSTARDS
And in fact everything kept in This Market and ether
WE BUY FOR THE CASH
Ami are able and prepared to seM goods us cheap as nmboly and we
iguarantee to give satisfaction. W r e want a i 10 call ami give us a ui.tl.
We pay the highest prices for all country produce We nake
We k.ep the best giades of Tobaccos, Jigam and Cigareil *- *-1 a
specialty of the 7AICY JUNTOX Toltaco.
| All O p"O0ClS J delivered ff6e 111 # tliQ City,
,
V!FSUFl TFni ' I ‘ Y ’
. U. F. HARPER & BRO
I
i a 1 a ; i §,
r r
VVJli nnver^ DlAeRS N DS 0 F
j IN all K f
I , j if goods & lotions
;
J Clo'hinsr, Hats, Caps, Boots & Shoes also Groceries such as Sugar,
Coffee, Tea, Syrup. Kice, Grim Meal, Oat .Meal, tobacco, Snuff etc.
Wecall especial attention to our line of
i .mi
IFAKCYGROCER’ES &CONFECTIONERI’S
Such as canned tcnn.loCB, peaches, pineapples, oysters, saliit' n, Mack
ere mu dines, ondens d mi k, jolly, pickles, candy hot), fane}'and
*iick nuts, raisins, citron, macaroni, one spoon baking powders, Hors
ford’s bread preparation, eta, etc. Our pe) p-r and spices boll) ground
and grain are the very best in the market.
UillfS tSBSS JL y&X&Jb.
IV also keep a coed variety of Fresh Crackers, both plain and sweet,
0 and Stove Polish. A good line of
A'so the celebrated, Lustre Shoe
Tablr and Pocket cutlery, Crockery, Glass and Wood ware, etc,
fi«aTWE MAKE FINE CIGARS A SPECIALTY,"©a
, ca ''£........ st “‘ p * oflte and Tt.wFA riTl'mlo.
in i
MORE POPULAR THAH EVER.
The Recent Improvements Made in The
j WHITE SEWI’G MACHINE
j
j ADD MUCH TO THb
1
TvT ANY EXCELLENT QUA L -
; TIES of this
Superior Machine. Sfe kiT
It is an E*peial Favorite of Ladies,
Taif s aud Others, ate __Jif
Who ns-e them for tbe many advantag' S£’F'l*r.
they P over other S wing Machines. •:>. L Mmr\
| EVERY W HITE MAC 14 IKE
Warren ted f<u 5 -*ars. 1 km B ■ >
j i> a- r. r smith. i m l'r\ v ' -i'
| Whole-ale a j ' 1 ;:ii D I'i' f*, ■ kid -E-?
j 50 Btoaff S .v. aata G> oroia.
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