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THE CONYERS WEEKLY 0 FFICIAL ORGAN CITY OF C0NYFR8. fficial okgan of bockdale county M. W. SHAVER, Publisher. NO PAPER. Nest week being our regular holiday w« will issue only a small sheet contain¬ ing legal advertisements. Christmas trale is active. A merry Christmas and happy New Year to all. The best backing a young man can have is a good back bone of his own. Tom Meams. a colored draymen here is dead. We have had another death, another birth and another marriage th s week. Another horse race is booked for an early day. Mr. J. H. Felkerhfcs now taken charge of the Walton News, Mr. Sanders Walker retiring, Mr. Joe Stewart wears a brilliant smile this week. Its a girl and a beauti¬ ful Christmas gift. Prof. T. D. 0 Kelly has moved into the residence formerly occupied by Mr. J. S. Johnson. When you want a nice novel to read send around to Mr. T. E. Sims, and get it. He has them for sale or rent. Thk Werxly for 1884 will be the pret¬ tiest and best paper ever seen in this place. We mean business. K'v. T. J. Christian leaves for Barnes ville to-day. We wish him success wherever he may go. Miw Mattie Hardeman, of Monroe, Mrs. a. B. Osborn’s beautiful sister is here visiting her. Mr. Gus Osborn killed a pig this week that weighed 800 net. This was a good one. Miss Flora Bryans of Indian Springs is here on a visit to her cousin, Miss Della Bryans. Dr. Lee’s Drug Store is headquarters for Christmas tricks. Call and examine his stock before buying. Stewart’s A. Q. C. is meeting with a fine sale. This is a medicine we can re¬ commend, for we know it to be good. You can get your fine Christmas beef, sausage, pork. &c., at W. B. Smith's. Give friend Smith a call and he will treat you all right. Two boys, Jim and West Garrett, charged with tnisdeuieanot, were arrest ed by Sheriff Mitchell, and our Marshals this week and lodged in jail We expect to give to our subscribers next year a valuable new buggy. Every Bitbscriber will be entitled to a ticket free. Mr Jack McCulloch, of Walton was here this week selliug cotton. Mr. Mc¬ Culloch is one of the best farmers in tlie county. Miss Lena Christian, the beautfful and accomplished daughter of Rey. Coe Christian leaves for Bartlesville thL week. Joe Johnson is running the Whitehead Houseand he is running it in good style Joe is a clever fellow, keeps a good table and deserves the patronage of the peo" pie. The big race between Sharp's Pet and Jenkin’s Bullet will come off for 7 O 0 yards on to-morrow week the 29 th inst. with Bullet the favorite tiiis distance, "e look for an exciting race and a big crowd out. When you want a good smoke, call on our handsome aad enterprising young friend, Mr. T. E. Siins, Eddie will be pleased to have his friends call on him He also keeps on hand, candies, oranges, apples, raisins, oysters, crackers, onions &c., &c. Fire Insurance.— No man, especially a poor man, can afford to go without their business and Pomes insured. We call on our people especially our farmers, and mechanics to have their homes in¬ sured, it will cost but litLe and you will be safe from the ill such that comes to so many of losing all your lifes work in a few hours—leaving your wife and little ones homeless. An entertainment will be given for the benefit of the Juvinile Missionary Socie¬ ty, at Almand’s Hall on the evening of 3 ist of Deeember. 25 boys and 25 girls will take part, assisted by several young ladies- The admission fee will be i 0 cents. The little folks are out, and will be from day to day until the entertain¬ ment, selling tickets. Let everybody buy a ticket and come out, thereby en¬ couraging our Juviniles in a good work. Married. —At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. H. P. Almand on last Wednesday at i2 o'clock, the Rev. D. E Butler, of Madison officiating. Mr. Hill Moon to Miss Lula Almand, both of this county. The ceremony was short, beau¬ tiful and impressive. The bride was very prettily dressed and with the hand¬ some groom made a fine looking couple May they ever be happy and prosperous The attendants were ifr. Sidney Moon and Mi-s Vannie Almand, Mr. J, E. Chandler and Miss Cordelia Farrell of Covington. TO OUR PATTONS The old year is fast drawing to a close. In our n.-xt issue we enter upon tlie duties of a new year, The P r ' sent one has brought changes to all Many of them sad changes. The angel ot Death may httve entered your home and snatched from your fond and trembling embrace your fairest flower. Lite would be sad indetd it this closing season represen¬ ted the end ot it. Bui no, Hope beckons us forward with smiling lace to a new Spring time, a day of Joy¬ ous gladnei-s. How emblematic ot our own lives is the closing year. We look forward triumphantly, confident ol the goodly things in store for us in nature’s coming Spring time. Why not with the eye ot Fai h look still further, believing, that the Giver of all is able and will ng to grant us Eternal Spring. VVe desire before sending you our Christmas greeting addrtss a few words to our many pa¬ trons, into whose homes the Weekly has gone so many Sunday nights Some of you have been with us through the Summers and Winters, some oi them hard ones to us too, for more than six long years, and it is not surprising that we feel gratified of your evident appreciation of our Our matto has b en and will be in the future to do right, regardless of monied influence. If we have caused you au hour's enjoyment each week of our coining, brightened your fam¬ ily circle, revived the mossing spir¬ its of one wounded neart, then our work has not been in vain. Our paper has grown from a very small sheet, to its pre.-eut large size of 48 columns, filled with theehoieest selections of reading matter aud all the local and society news worth pub¬ lishing la addition to this, we will have for another year, a writer from every good neighborhood, and our columns will be filled with news that will be of interest to even man, woman and child in Rockdale county. Nothing is more conclusive proof of the prospetity of a community than flourishing newspapers. They bring trade. They sway the tide of emi* gration. No man cau afford to do without his county paper. We have subscribers from Augusta, Atlanta and many o her places, who never lived in our county. The Weekly is a city and county offio.al organ, is larger than any other county paper, wider c rculation, and tor next year is more fully prepared than ever before to run a strictly in¬ dependent business, and neither pains nor money will be spared In make it the brightest, wittiest and most newsy county paper in Georgia. We wish you all a merry Cnristmas and a hap¬ py New Year. Tuesday evening two horsemen, solitary and alone, could be seen 300 yards in the rear of a fleeing son of Ham, moving at a very rapid rate— Marshal Wallace on bis black charger and Deputy Marshal Bellah on a small claybank also a toieral le good charger. The negro, howe/er, seems to be the best charger of all. He charged our Mr. Arthur Shark, struck an attitude and demotalized Henry Henderson, run over and crippled Mr. Cain’s fine cow, knocked old (3out) in a ditch and finished up hi on bust half mile by upsetting a carriag at and mortatly wounding a baby. Ex¬ cited by the terrible work of destruc¬ tion going on, the horsemen grew wild, flourished their bithers, pistols, carbines and dirty handkerchiefs, put on new speed an i jnst as the dusky fugitive leaped the old College, Wal lace cast his lariat and gently settled it around his neck. He teturned with the flush of triumph upon his face while his deputy looked a little beat. He was met at the court house by a “full board” hand shaking v/as passed around aud the negrojueged He had a pistol. His name is Ned Carter, colored for whom there was a warrant for carrying conceal* ei weapons. Mr. Charlie Grenade came near being seriously hurt by a mad bull the other day. Be and Mr. Dabney’s little boy was attempting to drive him out of Mr. Dabney’s field, when he ran into a ditch Charley caught hold of the yoke and was going to lead him out when he jerked him into the ditch and with his jamless head mashed him in the mad and water After several efforts uharley got out look ing more like a drowned rat than the handsome boy he his. Charley in his magnanimity says he is glad it wasn’t his I a as he would have got hurt. PAPER MILL POTS Il is rumoie l tint there is to be in the near future a tuartitge in Idgh life. One of the contracting parties a physician of high standing from a neighboring village. Th CD other a res sident of this place and So lady pus— sessing all the noble qualities of mind and person that so beautifully adorn womanhoo 1 . Miss Hattie Summers we learn will not reiurn from Milledgevide until after Christmas, and Summer’s Hill will be dull indeed without her cheer¬ ful presence. The question on docaet is, wheie will Henry Granode spend the Christ¬ mas holiday s ? We trust Miss Olivia Swann will not again bring sorrow as she did last year, to so many foolishly ? liais ing lit arts by btsiowing her winning snides and san light glances on new victims in a neighboring city. ‘•Pwkens’’ why don’t you come to see us 1 We’ve got a bunch of on¬ ions hanging in front of our door, and are ready to weep on the slightest provocation. Do come and you may have the whole bunch. Monday morning last as Mr. Jim Farmer, who is a very early riser was attending to some chores around the house, he heard the rapid noise of horses teet. Being a very kind hear¬ ted man and thinking ptihap* some of his neighbors might be sick, he hastened on to the road to learn the news, but it was only the Rockdale Boy returning home, at his usuai rapid rate of locomotion. While in Atlanta last week we svw our old friend andfleighbor, Mr. Zeal Bailey He is buying cotton oh Broad street and looks to be well and happy. Miss Pet Hendrick, sister of Mrs. J. D Hay, is teaching a flourishing music class near Panthersvil e. Miss Pet is a good teacher, a most worthy young lady and deserves the patronage of the public. You may say what you please, but Livy Quigg is one of the nicest and most handsome young men in this or any other town. , We return thanks to many of ®ur friends for their cordially expressed praise of our la»t week s paper. In a letter received by the publisher of this paper from Polk county, Florida, comes the account of ripe tomatoes, young watermelons aid fast growing corn. The above information was ren dered doubly interesting by arriving when the thermoinetor stood at 22 de¬ grees on our back pioreh. Mr- Johnnie Cook of Newton county, was here on a visit to his relatives this week. In the horse race this week betwee* Mr. Arthur Sharp’s Pet and Mr. Joe Sparks Claybank for $5o, mile heat. Pet won easily—coming out about 100 feet ahead. Read the adveitisement of Mr. W. T. Wilson, No. S3 Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. This is a good house and when you wan; anything in his line call on him. The Star, of Covington come out in doable form this week. Uncle James is a good newspaper man and don’t you forget it. Parties wanting to subscribe for any newspaper Will find it to their interest to call at this office. We can get you any book or paphr you want at low pri¬ ces. Mr. George Hale has returned from Gainesville where be has been at work on the fine court house being built there. The Methodist Church will contain on Christmas eve night a beautiful Christ¬ mas tree laden with handsome presents. Everybody shouidoe out. We make this request so as to insure a fotll house. Mr E. W. Jeter has painted up Mr. Joel Gay's house in nice style. Sir. Jeter is a good one and knows how to do his work, A large number of our people went to Atlanta this week to buy their Christ mas goods ' We shouI<i always buy everything here at ‘ home possible. Patronize home fiist, always. Mr. W. H. McCord and family left this week tor their new home in xla bama. We are sorry to lose so good a citizen and cheerlully recommend him and hia excellent lady and family to the people among whom he has gone. Just received tte lat»st and most fash.. ionabie designs in C a.s at B.ewart s prices from $2 to $15 °o. • If you want to begin the New Year light, go to J. A. & T. D, Stewart’s and buy you a good clock, so that you can begin on time. Remember you can save money by getting your clothing at Stewart’s, fetewart’a is the place to buy a hand¬ some Christmas or New Years present A splended selection of nice books just received. Dolls, Dolls, for th# little girls at Stewart’s A TALK Willi SPEER. C •i.i’mbia- S. C , r>ec. 13 , 1SS3 This atterni on, jnst bef >re his depar part' re fur Ataita, I had a short talk with K norv Spe r. He says he is very well ati-tied with tlie genera’ resu’t lie did net relish the vituperative a*s tubs of j the N-ws and Courier, and oth* r papers nor appreciate the hostile and haughty healing of thejawyerson the other side, out tiiis was dor.ht e s pirtof the pro¬ gramme, aud they acted their part well. As soon »s the eases were over the law vers changed iheir manner toward him and became cordial and friendly. He claims to have done only his plain duty in aiding t lief prosecution, in obedience to the instruction of the government. Should he be called upon itf the future to render like services he Would not shirk the responsibility nor evade the duty- “1 am not ashamed of anything I have done, ’ said lie, as he bade me good bye. Nothing noteworthy in the legislature to day save a long debate on railway bills. Found ! That we have too much cloth ingand will exchange them for ilie cash cheaper than anybody at J. A. & T. D. Stewart. Did you ever ! No I never, saw such tremendous bargains in Over coats as of¬ fered at J. A. & T. 1 ) Stewar’s. Life does not count by years. Some 8,lder !1 hie time in a day, and so grow old between the rising ami set Hng cf the sun. Il is impossible that an il'-natured man can have a public spirit; tor how should he love ten thousand men who never loved one. A man or woman in high health, with good spirits and full of energy is an immediate source of happiness to those with whom he or she associates. The bh ssing of a house is gootl ness. The honor ot a house is ht>s pitality. The ornament of a house is cleanliness. The happiness ot a house is contentment. Sorrow ia the porchway to joy, the pathway to maturity and peace. No one has ever become good or great w ho has not met and mastured sors tow. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The angel ef life winds them up once lor all, then closes the case an l gives the key into the hand of the angel of the rtsurrecuen. God’s livery is a vsry plain one ; but its wearers have good leasons to content. If’it has not so much gold Isce aboot it as Sitau’s, it keep out foul weather better, and is be¬ sides a great deal cheaper. THE MYSTIC’S CHRISTMAS. “All hail!” the bells of Christmas rang. “Alt hail!” the monk* at Christmas sang, 'Ihe merry monks who kept with cheer The gladdest day of all their year. But still apart, unmoved thereat, A pious elder brother sat Silent, in his accustomed placB, With God's sweet peace upon liis face. “Why sitt’st thou thus?” his brethren cried, “It is the blessed Christmas tide ; The Christmas lights are all aglow, The sacred lillies bud and b ow “Above our heads the joy-bells ring, Without the happy children sing, And all God’s creatures hail the morn On which the holy Christ was born ! ‘■Rejoice with us , no more rebuke Our gladness with thy quiet look.” The gray monte answered : “Keepj I pray, Even as ye list, the Lord’s birthday. Let heathen Yule fires flicker red Where thronged refectory feasts are spread : Whli mystery p ! av and mask and mine And wait-song speed the holy time ! “The blindest faith may haply save ; The Lord accepts the th’ngs we have ; And reverenc**, howsoe’r it strays, May find at last the shining ways, "They needs must grope who cannot | see, The blade before the ear must be ; As ye ate feeling I have felt, And where ye dwell I too have dwealt. “But, now, beyond the things of sense, Beyond occasions anil events, I know through God’s excaeding grace, Release from form and time and place. “I listen, from no mortal tongne, To hear the song the angels sung ; And wait within myself to Know The Christmas lillies bud and blow. "The outward symbols disappear From him whose inward sight is clear ; And small must be the cht ice of days To Him who fills them all with praise ! “Keep while you need it, brothers mine, With honest toil your Christmas sign, But judge not Hiai who every morn Feels in his heart the Lord Christ born!” Your boys Irora 3 years to 30, can be suited at J. A. & T. I). Sb-wan's. Arthur Sharp claims to have the the fastest hone in the State a looo yards for $000, 188 _|.. 1884.. I THE CONYERS W EKLY JOB OSf ICB IS NOW Prepared to do any kind of Job Printing, such as Let er Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, » Statements, Invitations, Wedding Catde, Posters, Cards Dodgers, Tags, Envelopes, Blanks, &o. All orders will be piomptly filled. 12 YEARS. W T WILSON, No. 53 Rrotd St., s Atlanta, Ga ...... Wholesale Jobber of...... Sewing Machine sit pubes, adjusting tools, oils, needles, patt-and attachments for all makes of Maehiaes. Steam fit tings, hand attachments, water motors. FINE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. ,h?K^ Leader. Hartford r and i c " 5 Imported L 2 Singer, Dec. 2 i-tf. -1* A Hetry Gtatiaas AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. - ! Kind Friend* and the Public Gbx erally! der the Whitehead House, next door to G. H. Weaver and J will keep a neat stock of goods, such as Fine Papers, Envelopes, Pencils, Inks, Books ot' all kinds for sole or rent, papers of all grades literary and political, confec tioneries such as candies, fancy and plain, nuts, apples, oranges, cigars, ciga reties and fine tobacco, and many oilier things- Call and see me. T. E. SIMS. ^Frauk Harper has the best fLutr ever sold in Conyers C ali and get some. A new variety of stock powders, “said tc work wonders,’’ Call fur the red tin box, at Stewart s. W'heu you want se ect cream cheese, sausage, dried beef, apples cocoanut cabbage, onions, Ac call on Fiank Harper A Bro. , A fresh arrival of shifts and collar* at Stewart’s. The nicest stylps of dark fall and winter prints, none like them else¬ where, just arrived, at Stewart’s The Celebrated Cleveland all wool filled Jeans from 7 to 9"Z for hoys and mens winter wear, at Stewart’s. The cigar “Town Talk,’’ for sale by Stewart, is a tip-top one. So fir Savannah is nrxt to New Or¬ leans in the amount of cotton receipts. READ AND CONSIDER There are yet a large number of my old customers who have not paid up;there blacksmith account Now I have waited ong and patiently foryoii to make settle ments but have waited in vain you have my *ahor and material and refuse or neg¬ lect to pay for them. I cannot wait al ways and give warning to all to come for ward at once and m*ke settlement and save trouble and further delay. I need money and must have iLUYour friend; W. V. Almand. When you want nice family gro ceries of any kind, such as nice meats, canned goods, cabbages, cheese, crack era, pickles—in fuel anything in this lin“, call on Harper & Bro. special notice. This is to give notice to the public generily that i have opened in connec¬ tion with rav blacksmith thop a wood shop department where I am prepared to do all kinds of buggy, wrgonAca? rage work and all general reparing i_at price as low as anyone and in good style. T soiieit the patronage^fu my friends and the public generally. Respectfully, W. V. Almand When you want a good cigar- the best in the city. Call on Ed. Sima and get a Duke of Durham. Parties owning Cemetery Iota should clean them off. Any one having old books Lr sale will do well to call on T. E. ffims. He will pay the cash for them. li ▼ i -AT— H WEAVER’S. [ have i 11 a nice slock of Chfislnias Goods such as toys of every kind, beautiful vases, mugs, fancy china ware, candies in all foims and desigui nii'Sj raisins, apples, oranges etc, be* sides a good stock of all other kinds of goods. The highest price paid for nl 1 pr bin e and goods sold at bottom prices. I pay cash for fcnnon seed. G. II. WEA VER. /| \ BY B. 3 f WOOLEY.M D. IHM / Atlanta Ga. 1 j HABIT . j Reliable evidence given CUKE f and reference to cured p«ti< nts physicians; Office 65 Whi'etlHlI, st. Send for my book on the Habit atld ts Cure. "Will he sold before the coltl't hotise door in the town ot CobynTs Within the legal hours of sale, on the first l’nesday in .Jamlafy 1884 at publiek cry, the following described properly to wit; one piece land lying and being in the 4th distret of arigiually Walton now Rockda'e county, and said to contain (48j) forty eight and one half acers, in re or less and bounded as follows, on the north i »» d ” m » 8 ■> « the south by a part of the Lee Long place, on“the east by Thomas White, ltd on 'lie west by the Lee Long and Mr E It Camp, the iand w hereon J S G ahatn now resides, levied on as the property of J Simon ton to satisfy issued from the Justice court of the 476> b Gist gm of Rockdale comity in favor ot Thos D. Stewatt & C<>„ v s .1 N Simonton. Property point* '"Ubvj,f.,„dau,, r.ni„i„ aegaion fiotifled. Levy rilado by S H Wood, L O and return-d to me, this the‘26 day of , Nov. 1S8>. ^ . n w- Altlcneil, . n e Shui , * * Will 1 e sold before the corn l Hons door - >" ■ '” . e u,e . to . * n or 01 f ton - -' e,H on oil the fiist Tuesday in January 138 * at public out cry within the legal hours of sale tne following described property to wit. One tract, of land said Jto contain (100 me hundred acres more or less it being the place where defe.idan', George a ch'ifel'er now Lies b- irg in the 16th disuict of originally Henrv n n w Ilockdale conn'y Ga ( and bounded as follows, on the north by J H Hollingsworth, on the south by Mat Tucker on the east by tne lands of John McNJir and aud on the we*t by tlie lands of Mrs Letiwich, known as lot number 203 twa hundred and three, and levied on as the propet'ty of George a c’ot felter t>> sHttsty a fi ta issued from the oiil st dis rict G M, in favor of Giuldn"& c utis v - G a lotfelter, property point'd out by defendant and lit" parti*s in possession notified as the law directs. Levy made by J W Sorrow* L c and relumed to me This Nov- 28ih 1883- a P Mitchell Sltff LETTERS OF DISCHARGE. State of Georgia, Rockdale County: WheteasJ. M.Overton reton, guardian of Fannie M. Denard, having made applica¬ tion to the Court of Ordinary for a dis • charge from his guardianship of Fannie M. Denard, this is, therefore, to cite all net sons concerned to show cause why the said J. M. Overton should not he dis from h ' 8 Rnardianship of Fannie M. Denard and receive the usual letters of dismission 4m the first Monday in January. 1884. Given under'my handjand official sig¬ nature, October 2d, 1883. oct5 3m t). SEAMANS, Oruin'y ESTRAY SALE. Wil 1 be sold on the Freehold of J. W. Hamolton on Monday the I9 of Novem¬ ber next at 10 Oelock A. M. oh K*.l Cow with horns. Medium size about nine or ten years old marked with a crop ami slit in each year gold as a stray this Oct 3 o 1SS3. A. P. Mitcbel Shflf OPIUM HABIT AND DRlIJlH-ENNKS. Poalt lvel ^'^eeilUy^ perm iovt"te» anently luvesiig&tion* cured by form of Opium Truth Reference* beetin he State. For term*, pamph¬ let* and proof*, address, with three cent stamp, w. C. BKLUHT, H. ©.. 7 1*3 Broad St,, Atlantju Ga. C*=TOlHtS m4 tog expericscd iu curing di*ea*es of lbs iJ-iod, Sltla Boat*.—Jiervou* lability, etyphilltle au-I new, Mcreirlal Orgmo Weakoew, GunorrhcpB, Affections ftpecinlly treated 00 •cieniibc principle* with uft aud Bure remedies. Call or write List of Ques Ques Mens to be answered by these desiring trer’nirut by addre*s\ maU. »om*« fieri ng from Rupture thou Id I ee* *1 their m Vend Warn toaaeltffBf U their advaaUgt It. 'UwtalnHt.| Addre»* DB- BCTTft, »» *. 8* *w. ISI ABUMP OVJtR THIRTY YI*S«