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THE ^ CONYERS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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\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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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j NOTICE,
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DUE' ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BiJOTS, Shoes,
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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.
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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
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raid . tor , cotton . Seed . and , , ■ \ pTO- in ■ -
: COUllit'y
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, luCC gtlietahy. Yoll are kindly IU
vited to i all ai d see tne.
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