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About The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1883)
,------rSnr-p--- WEEKLY. 1 THE ^ CONYERS (Official official obAaVcitv OF CONTfKS. . org v of rockdale county. -->-- ■ - ' - - 0. AV White Publisher 'J. N. Hale Editot. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Conyers, Ga., Sept. 10 1^83 City Council met in regular session land was called to order by A. M Helms, Mayor. Present', full board of aider men. Messrs. S. < 3 r. Cowan and P. F. Christian Vrere excused for absence last meeting. The reports of th'e Street and Finance teommittefes were received and adopted. Special committee appointed to inves¬ tigate the books of the Street Overseer reported, and on motion, they were re¬ lieved from turth'er duty. Clerk had no written report to make. Mayor’s report received and adopted. Alarsbaf’s and Deputy Maishal’s re Worts received and admitted'. Treasurer’s report received and ad opted resolution On motion, A was made ex¬ pressing the wish of the body with ref¬ erence to the special license tax. It is as follow.-: “Whereas, bounty the Superior Court of Rockdale has directed that the city authorities of said city ha*e no right to collect a special tax on merchants, etc., doing business in said city; and whereas', A sufficient ad valorem tax cannot be'collected to pay two Marshals And the other necessary expenses of the government of said city; and whereas, there is a general demand by the mer chants of said city that two Marshals be kept on duty, so as to secure a night watch; “R solved, by the Mayor and City Council of paid city in session, that in 'order to carry out the objects above Mentioned, . and to retain on duty , the two Marshals and .a.se t ie fubd, to phV t you, that we respectfully ask ail those w 10 ia\e net pan their special 1 ix for this year to contribute the amount as¬ sessed against them, or such other amounts as they may feel able to con¬ tribute.” On motion, carried and agreed to, that all the negotiations about the cemetery he made bv the Mayor, who shall he re¬ quired to keep a record and map of the lots. The ordinance introduced by J S; Dhniell t*itS read, and, on motion, the by laws were suspended, when it was re tfead and adopted It is as follows: “Me it ordained and the same is hereby ordained bv the City Council of Con' yers, state 'of Georgia, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal on duty .0 ar' rest or cause to be arrested any person ttho shad be found on the public streets, alleys or back vards, or at any place within the incorporate limits of the City bf Conyers. Ga.. place of business or kbode, between the hours of 11 o clock b. m. and 4 o’clock a. m., said parties to be carried before the Mayor, and on conviction shall be punished as pre' scribed in section 50 of the by-laws of the City ofCrfhyers. Ga. Persons out on fint.Flftl Mariiial business eicented ” reported fines col eelfed .$4® Treasurer's report Amount general fund, dr ... yD 00 Amount general fund, cr . . . . O 00 Amount street fund, dr.....45 21 Amount street fund, FI-..... 45 2l Amount ha ance street funds. . 9 * f Mayor reported imposed fines . . 1 00 11. c.Otfi: report apprv’d vouchers 106 45 Street Overseer’s repor : Collected ........ . . . 149 25 Paid to Tolas, and bal. in Jiaritl . 149 25 To balance in hand . . . • ■ 234 Paid street bands .... 14 80 Cash St. Oveerser, as per vouchers 33 71 Cemetery lot, J. O. Hamilton . . 6 00 The streets and bridges, with few ex¬ ceptions, are in very good order. Confers, Ga., Sept. 12 18S3. Council met in call session. Mayor and all the Aldermen present. The ap¬ plication of R: A. and 0 . F. Jones for license to continue the sale ot whiSKy was read and, on motion, granted. On motion, the street Committee instructed to clean Oui, the public well on Commerce street. No other business, Council adjourft’ed to meet next regular meeting. A- M. B&lms, Mayor. John Maddox, ClerS. Conyers, Ga., Oct. 1. iS‘83. City Council met in regular sei sion was called to order by A. M. Mayor. Pres nt. full board 01 aldermen. Minutes of last meeting read and proved. Street committee's report received adopted. Cemetery committee made no written report, but stated they would have it next meeting The reports of the Mayor and were received and adopted. The Maishal had no report to make. Finance committee and Treasurer ported, arid they weri received and opted. On motion, the per cent, on the ertv of ']\b ci^-v was nn f ** 16 pt fc "be gioo ^ Uverseer s report. drdth&nceof J. S. baniellrea'dand.on motion, carried over until next meeiing. Mayor reported approved license, amonnt $ioo; imposed fines to to amount of $4; total .... $104 00 Clerk reported having issued li¬ cense to amonnt of...... 100 00 Finance committee reported hav¬ ing approved vouchers to the amount of....... I 14 OO Finance committee also presented the following: “We fiud that it will beneces sary to raise about S500 by taxation for defraying the expenses of the present year, which will be about on<# and one half tenths of one per cent. or. the tax able property of the city. TYeV'i’-Arorte leport: Amount general funds, dr. . . . $110 07 Amount general funds, cr . . . . ilo 07 Amount street funds, dr. 75 °« Amount street funds, cr..... 19 23 Amount to general funds . . . . 5 07 Balance street funds on hand . . 55 78 A. M. Helms, Mayor. John Maddox, Clerk. THE QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE A bushel of wheat has about 640,000 grains. As there are 43,560 square feet to an acre, one oushel of seed per acre would give fifteen grains to the square foot, or about one to each three inches square. It is well known to every far¬ mer how much a plant is dwarf d and reduced in growth by crowding. Let us take the corn plant. We grow one plant to every nine equate feet, or three by three each wav, and we may very surely expect tw'o full-sized ears to each stalk over an acre If we grow a stalk to each square foot, that is one foot apart each way, we should certainly have nothing but stalks, and not one ear. Tt is the same with every crop. We grow the finest strawberries lor our own table in hil s th.ee feet apart each way; but for market we put them in matted rows three feeta whi^U p art , The hl „ 8 filled will prodn& b B rr fea of hA‘v& a ijnart n ; eaaure an(1 whicb> having abuiidaht f o0( j an ,j 8 iu,ligh., are finely colored aiid of high flavor It is the same with pola toes, turnips, beets and all other crops. It is the same with wheat. A good stool of wheat produces me good head four inches long and having about forty grains. That is all that ten square inches of the best soil can produce, and this amounts to about forty bushels per acre. But the average head of wheat is about two inches long and has about fif¬ teen grains; and as ten square inches of poor soil cannot support one wheat plant, the average yield varies from fifteen bushels doi, nward. Now ’ lf on 8uch land , 38 tlna , . eacU , P , lan ' had fo,lr t,mes as rauch , roo,n > 11 wou ‘ d be more than four timeses prolific On «- oJ land a vvheaL P llnl llavu ‘. g a 6q,,are ,00t ot 8od bas P- r °dured tliirty heads averaging five inches in length, and con taming m all more than 900 grains. This is equal to sixty bushels per acre, which is a commo “ cro P in El,gland ’ where wheat 18 gro "’ n WI,h ft P eck of 8, ' ed to the acre ’ and is lloed and th,nned out and weeded by hand. And an equally good crop has been grown in this conn tr T " e remember sowing a flfeld of wlieat over which a large flock of pigeons belonging to a neighbor trespassed from the tiffle of sowing u Mil the last one had been shot. The field came up levy thinly, b 't it soon tilted so lm'ch ai to covhr t"e ground lutd the soil, having beehl.med and well manured, produced unexpectedly a very large crop. And | but one bnshel P er acre had been / 0 "'. n jin all. Parts of ;he , fie.d produted ears seven inches long, and several ears nine inches long were pickel fiom parts of the field. The whole of the wheat was sold for Sfeed. having attracted the of the neighbors, arid very much regret was felt lor fhe sacrifice of the pigeons, which had done us a most \aluabL vice. Tne moial of the whole story is that we undoubtedly use too much seed, too much for the lind to support and too much to find room in the crowded for a chance to spread and do its best.— N. Y. Times HOT WATER. Everybody who has _______ .. . which, uhfortiinately,in this country, is equivalent to saying everybody, have heard of a new and wonderful cure fo'r thH dismal complaint and of its bril¬ liant aciiievements. Porturiately, blessed remedy cannot be patented, it is nothing more or less than hot water. It is cheap and not nasty, and though efficacy may have been exaggerated and . the doctors may some day discover it is a dreadful insult to the stomach 1 there can be no Jonbf that its is great and rapidly increasing. A England druggist has oeen so by this fact that he is about to open hot-water fountain in his store. would be astonished,” he said the day to a reporter, “to know the of people who drink hot water the fall and winter season. They mostly invalids and used to drink and se tzer, but now hot wa'ef seims be their popnla^ d'ink, I th r.k a water f ui.tain in this town wo* h' sail P\fr »» T . j it at is about i-k> degrees. ’ A. PEN-PICTURE OF FRANK JAMES. It was a remarkable figure through¬ out. Quite slender, emaciated, in fact; with long arms and legs, a slender waist, conveying, one would say, rather the idea of a professional man; but the face was one among ten thousand, and one never to be forgotten—long, lb in' worn, not with disease, but watchfulness, long travel, suspicion and anxiety; with a rest¬ less and thinslippecl mouth that was never still; a short, sharp chiti that rose arid fell end occa¬ sionally seennd to close up and almost disappear under the thin, sickly looking yellowish monstaehe, so that moustkehte’, lips and cltig were blended in one. Gray eyes, changing shades, that betrayed vat ions feelings but never kind mss; and most remarkable of all, a long, large nose that dominated over bis face, not a Jewish, nor a Roman, nor a Greek nose, bin a nose by itself, not exactly human—a nose like a fox’s or a wolf’s. Stl'higltt back, sloping iit an angle almost as great as that of the le nose, was it foreheicl, smooth, white and broad, iVl'do.h, had it been upright, would nave been a tine fen til rip; I tit it lav down, so to sp-Mik, at er that cr ie! fashion ore sees in caU) leopards tigers, wolves and cruder sorts of carnivt rous anitna’s. Across the forehead was a lone, ll,,ead fke Scar, perceptible <>n'y on elose inspection, and said to have been made in childhood. There was, to make the f.oe more singular, deep depressions below the temples. The H . ratlu , , , , , . T hhl “«* mediately benind them, so as to give the thick neck common in the lower order of criminals; on the ether hand, the neck was Ion.-, slender and sins evtyund quite fa 1 , and displayed a turning collar, ihe f complexion was h rd to describ ; it was doubtless bleachtd horn confinement, and might become bronze from exposure in 1 he sun. The thin, fine brown hmr, and the color of the moustache indicant! a 1 londe; there were dusk l spots, as it the man had a lilac skin, dimly showing through a white one. fl,e face , was ,0 1,e . s,udle<1 .. , a " d , Studied again, and might then (ell very little. His occupation, for i nsbanc< , j could harcPy be guessed, suggested n * themselves •« tl,B , d ,- mac-aided, , , " we e ^whatever they were the idea ol dishonor, treachery and wickedness was associated with each. A con nsan . a SDC . ak RHmbler (to B crodeLe*,) wandering . . dentist, , , . a using chlorofomi to debauch his female p drons, an intermittent schoolmaster (}l ]j a ,;i e d education and villainous tendencies; a fhover of counterteit but IU)t B lna * Ker of it J , „ ( ~ There was H ° thu,g b ° lll ° r b '' aV<> ’ T open, about the 1 face; nothing of the hero/ even of the cheapest sort, about it. And yet, w hen the singu'ar ’ ^'nbrnatton . . . of . mouth, , nose, mou 8 ' l ' J ehe and chili, ol w hich we have spoken tome place, a shadow of infernal cruelty stole over the whole countenance, to the roots of the hair an( q tbg ef }g e8 c f ( be ea i S GUITEAU’S SKELETON. The skeleton of Charles J. ttu teau, 1 assassin of President Garfield, has at -last been placed on exhibition in the 1 A tiny Medic t! Museum'. I' is dis pDyed in a new ca»e in the north end the Museum hall, which contains, in aclditi m, the skeletons of a boy, a negrd girl and an lndi°n chief, 'fhe I d 6 ' fofiner are labeled, but the sk>-l elon of iho assassin bears no mink, except the small letter *‘D” on each distinctive section ot the frame. The skin of Guiieau’s head is stuffed and pn served in a large jar of alcohol in the curator’s office, and is in an exs j 8tatg ( ,f preservation, f the fa cial being . perfect. x One ,, express,on Ot the principals ot t be Museum stated ihrit the flesh was not thrown into a s ew er, as has been stated, but wis cremited in the itiusiSu ,1 boiler at nbon - f November 3 * 0 1882 There D , . 1 . P 1 " ” 0 ree ’*• skeleton snecets t 1 i S! n -/ V 3 - © UCJKI Stewart’s Specific For The Blood. Yurtfiy A cgetalile. Prepare i P torn Vegetables that Grow in Georgia ami Used for Years by Dr. J. A. Stewart ami is beyond any doubt The Best Blood Purifier That Is Now Used. Cures all skin aff etidns bv curing the blood, and beautifies the skin, giving to it new life and a smoothness no other medicine will that I have ever used. as a sp: H : :r:c H for syp TT iijikJ tP J \W w-ill guarantee a cure in every case, if directions are followed. It improves the blood; hence all diseases that have their origin ih the blood are improved and cured. The best remedy for scaostra* os jcikcfs kyxx., wkxxe ULCERS CHRONIC RHEUMATISM Old Sores Eczema Mercurial Diseases A great many of the above named diseases have been cured by the use of this Blood Purifier. &S" Manufactured it Conyers, Ga., by STEWART & CO. f superintended by Dr. J A. STEWaRT, who has devoted thirty years o. his life to the practice of medicine at this place, S md y >ur orders to DR. M. R. STEWART, V v . 4 • Secretary Stewart <ft Co., Coltybrs, Ga, Put up in two Biles—-24 Ounce Bottles, li.fiO; 12 <i unoe Bot.lies, A(j Cedis, Liberal deductions will be made to wholesale dealers. Send in your orders at on»e. fr HER “PET SNAKE” A few days ago, a lady residing on Chapel street, in New Haven, saw, on going into the garden behind her house, a &nake about four feet long coming to¬ ward her. She screamed and ran, thus attracting the attention of a gentlelrian passing, w ho killed the reptile. It was a beautiful creature, and a person who saw it said that it was of a rare variety. While they were wondering how the ser¬ pent could have readied so thickly a settled part of the city and be found so far from the tvoods and fields, the wife of a German physician, who lives around the corner from the lady’s house, came up and inquired in font's of the greatest solicitude if any one had seen her “pet snake.” and when she discovered its dead body she was loud in her manifest¬ ations tif grief find anger, sfie, however, became mote resigned, and cafefullv gathering the remains in her arms, she walked away, lamenting and talking to the dear one, now dekd, in a cooing manner, arid calling it loving names. NOTICE. By virtue cif an order issued from the. Court of Ordinary of It ickdale county, will be sold before the court house door in the fown of Conyers On the first Tuesday in November next. | wirhin the legal hours of sale, the following tract or parcel of land be longing to the estate of James G. PilzpatrUdf, deceased,’ known as the Proeimit! place, lying in the JTenth district of ofigiha'lly Henry, now Rockdale codnty, and being a part of lot No, (145) one hundred and forty five, and bound on the cast by J. J. Cowen, north by Ansel Willingham, oil the west by Donie Sparks and on the south by W. II Brisendine, cons taming fifty Acres, mo e or less. The rfbovs named la'hd w ill lie sold for the purpose of paying debts a,.d distribution among the heirs aud creditors. Terms of sale w.ll be cash. §c|fieifib't'r 2.S; 1883 J. T. ADAIR, Adrft'r. • • •- 1 J 3 TTERS of ADMINISTRATION Georgia. Rockdale (Jouniy. To all whom it may concern. Whereas Jacobus Petty has in due form applied to me for pel mas unit letters ot administration on the estate cl M. C. Petty late of said county deceased, and I will pas< tip on said application on the first .Mon¬ day in November 188 3. Given under ! 1 iny hand and official siphiluie. This 1 st Gay of Olober, 1883. O. SEAM * NS, oci5 Ordinary. — — ■, j NOTICE, H DUE' , > - d. H l'v- olti i (1 sta Conyers Ga. October i t, 1883. GEORGE KENNON 7 Dealer in Genera i Merchandise. ’ (Mrs. G. Cowan's old stand.) Commerce Street, Conyers, Ga., Keeps always on hand nice candies, canned goods, cabbage cider, emonade, etc. A good line at bottom prices. Call and see him. LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION Whereas Thorites H Harden hav iiig- in proper form applied to me lor letters of administration on the estate of John F. Harden, late of said comity, deceased, this is therefore id cite and admonisti all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John P. Harden, deceased, to lie and appear at my office on or before the first Monday in November next at 10 o'clock a. m., then and there to show cause, if nnV they ban, why perma¬ nent letters ot administration should not be. granted t o Thomas II. Harden oil tite estate of John F. Harden, de¬ ceased . October 2d,' 1883. Witness thy hand and official sigs na'ure. O. SEAMANS, sept 3 4 t Ordinary. CITATION. State of Georgia Rockdale count*. Whe-eas John O. BohAnan °x* ctt er of Mary L. Ozhmn represents filed to tin court iu Us petitions dttely Mia. he has ftil'y administered Mary C. Osdttrn estate, i his is therefore to cite all j, ersons concerned heirs and creditors to show cause if any they can why said exe.clitor should nm be discharged froth his executor-, ship.and receive letters of dismission re lb? ‘Eti N n If’ ti November ?, Seamans , i Ordinary. GcLEBRAYS m 3 1 m m - 'rtr-. 1 m y m ---- *2r \ ' .........; mmm V u Fitters tn rhronlc flyspepsla knrt liver complaint, amt in chronic constipation anil other ob stinate diseases, Hostetter’s Stomach Bit ters remedy is beyond be all taken. comparison the best that can As a means of restoring the strength sinking and under vital the energy debili- ol persons who are Standard taring effects vegetable of painful invigorant disorders, is confess this edty For pnequaled. sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. ■ i' ■ I t Mm. M. Jordan | Fred B. Pope, Formerly Sibly &.J. Washington. Ga. Q JORDAN & POPE Cotton Factors AND Com Merchants Augusta .........! ... GeorgiSi etaTfkpeciKl altfention yiveh *o weights! Quick sates: prompt returns. We refer by permission to Mr. Z. McCord, Presi¬ dent the National bank, Mr. T- W. Cos cry (Resident Planters Loan and Sav^ bank, AugnstA, Oa. Messrs. John M. C’arks’ Suits. 1 n i 1, u ,1 J BiJOTS, Shoes, & LI ARN ESS; CONYFRS, GA.’ 6£2i"'I prepared do all kind of shoo y am to work. Making, sewed or pegged, mend¬ ing. I filial orders, anil do all work neatly, promptly, durably qnd cheaply, finq work a specialty. saiisf'VCtio,m Give me your work and I insure I keep also a fine line of hand anti machine made harness, bridles, hits’, patches, col¬ lars.buckles etc., infact, everything con¬ nected with harness. My work is the. b.Ofjt, my prices the bottom. Call 2I and see me- sep. 31110s. . 6 . Ladies! g iU •r This i ^ is the Ms^ic Scale, being onc<ninth ite ectual eize. It i 1 not a mod or chart, but a scale of inches. ,r plate, With makine it a lady oerfe^t can cut fit from nrfhnnt any fashion alten^ a RDMMEVj Dons. Agents wanted. , MUR. R.II. Cen. Agent. Goujer* It is not a Chart or Model but a square of inches. By it vqp qaq ,cut any gar-, incut, for L-idies, Gentlemen and all kind of Children syits. Strjct attention givep, to letters of inquiry. Local E. and Summers, traveling aarents wgjit- <L Mrs. S. (ien. Agent, Conyers, Ga. A CARD. I lake this method of informing my eustom-rs and the public general¬ ly that 1 have moved my stock 01 good-* to Clemmons & Pettys former sland on Ccuier street, where I shall keep a good stock of J b y Goods and Family Supplies. IMy terms are ; cash or barter and I promise to sell low- ill htld „ . house : I as as any, you " w my (he , hcadquai , , lei’s lOi the . . highest . , price ' raid . tor , cotton . Seed . and , , ■ \ pTO- in ■ - : COUllit'y ,, -- , . • , luCC gtlietahy. Yoll are kindly IU vited to i all ai d see tne. 4: G. 11 . l\V f:V
