The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888, July 11, 1884, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Texta PHE CONYERS WEEKLY. i conyeks. ■ficial organ city of ■FICIAL ORGAN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY ! W. SHAVER .Publisher. . fp^-Remember tribes every one who sub and and pays the cash $1.25 for he Weekly will be entitled to a draw onr fine buggy which is to be given J -av with this paper. I “ Lookout for weddings. We are for harmony and success. Atlanta is to have a calico print actory. f We will soon he in need 0 more . •rain. Mr. Sam Shaver has gone to Ral¬ eigh, N. C. Save your money by buying goods iat, Geo. W. Gleaton’s. Candidates should begin to plant heir advertisements. Messrs. Jones and Brother are ex client stage actors. It is said that Jackson’s boom has seen struck by Collins’ ram. The tax receivers have all closed ieir books in this town and county. Mad dogs, graduates and candi ates have the world by the tail. We miss the dots from “ Roxana” much when they fail to make appearance. has about Arch Orme, of Atlanta, The spring goods at G. M. Jones jjfc Co., are the prettiest ever seen in this place. Call and see them. Mrs Hancock, formerly Mrs Sparks of this county, and daughter, of Fla,, are visiting relatives near Cora. The beautiful Miss Sadie Tallia |l ferro has returned after a fetv weeks visit to Augusta. Meessrs. II. P. & D. M. Almand [have had a pavement put in front of j their s'ore on Center street. There is no use talking, the Nats have taken this county, congression ally speaking. good 11 you want something that is get the Self-Raising Buckwheat for gale at U. F. Harper &3ro Our county should have an active, vigorous executive committee. There H is much work to do having this fall. cool W e have been some nights and hot days, which is caus ing some sickness, e l When you want barter call on G. The place to sell and the place to buy. Luther wears the broadest smile of any hoy of his size in town, Luther is to be congratulated. “Little Annie” gives promise of wielding a graceful and useful pen | in the future. Wheat has not been as badly dam aged by the recent rains as was at first thought. the G. M. Jones & Co., lead van when it comes to dress goods of every kind and description. The bird is having very poor suc cess in catching the early worm since the piscatorial club organized. A mad dog has been creating con I siderable excitement in town this week. ■ Hon. W. L. Peek is having some becoming improvements made on his beautitul country place. Dr. Stewart has one of the finest pieces ot corn in the county behind the Court house. ’ We are still in the race for Coronor and we do not want our friends to v forget it. 4 I Longshore & Sharp will buy all the good oats they can get, and l| will pay the highest market price for | it. Rockdale may yet have a candi¬ date fqr congress. This is something Ithat should not be entirely forgotten lis we move along. 1 Some of the dailies have discon nued Talmage’s sermons so as to Aake room for the base ball and Walking matches. The boys of Guinn & O’Kelley’s school will prance to the front next week and astonish the natives with their eloquence. You can now get all the brick you g want right here at the depot by call jpi ing on Messrs/ H. P. & D. M. Al # mand. They are of the best grade— made at Yellow River. There are several houses in our towu owned by able parties that should be renovated and re-painted, ! Fix up your homes, gentlemen. We were glad to see our young friend, Mr. Fletch McCalla, of At¬ lanta, in the city this week. The new style a baby’s dress, is sixteen yards of dress for eight inches of baby. Bluster, loud swearing and a want of respect for ladies and old arc not qualities possessed by a gentleman. There is a room in the Whitehead House in which five attempts at sui¬ cide have been made. Two succeed ed. Funerals are getting to be so high that editors, railroad magnates and bank cashiers are now about the only classes that can afford to die. This section was visited by a con¬ siderable wind storm last Saturday night. In some places fences and trees were blown down. It is said that a burglar got into the house of a lawyer, the other night and after a terrible struggle the law¬ yer succeeded in robbing him. George W. Gleaton has a large stock of general merchandise for sale, at cost, for cash or on time, in the Sigman stand, 2d door below hotel. Mr. Jim Rhodes and Miss Mar celle Harris, both of Atlanta, ran away and married in Rome on last Sunday night. Sunday drinking is getting to be too common with some of our young men. We advise them as a friend to desist. v\ e believe there are only about 7 or 8 Jackson men in our town now. The boom seems to have collapsed quite suddenly. The ladies will find s; ecial attrac¬ tions in dress goods, laces, trim¬ mings pockets, satchels, hoisery, &c., at Hudson’s. The charming Miss Eunice Hud¬ son is spending some time in our city, much to the delight of Augus¬ tus. Hon. N. J. Hammond is expected to address our people congressional ly at an early day. We w ill be glad to hear him. I ask everybody to examine my stock of shoes, hats, clothinn, etc. 1 propose to sell them at cost, for cash, or on time. Geo. W. Gleaton We go to press too soon this week to give anything definite from Chic ago. The indications are that Cleve land or Bayard will be the nominee. We have heard several good men say that they would be pleased to see D. N. Hudson again sheriff of this county. Many of our ladies have had their yards cleaned and shrubbery trimmed by a traveling colored man this week, A considerable improvement is dis¬ tinguishable. Alf Doyal’s trial has been put of again and ex-Judce R. P. Trippe and ex-Governor James M. Smith added to the array of counsel, Doyal will never hang. We want our people to send us in the news. If anything happens of any interest to the county as news, send it to us, and we will gladly make a note of it. The fellow who whittles the most whitepine and cultivates the largest patch on the seat of his trowers is generally the one who makes the largest score in a walking match. Mr. Arch informs us that Tom’s field was so large that he didn’t hear a man halloa across it and that sev¬ en chickens eat all the wheat he made but about 4 or 5 bushels. The fast local mail between here and Covington is all right again and makes regular trips. Is it true that the carrier makes it his regular occu¬ pation ? Mr. Henry M. Few, of Longview, Ga., formerly of Madison, but re¬ cently with Goldsmith & Co., of At¬ lanta, was found dead on the railroad track near his home on last Monday night. Killed by a freight train. We notice by the proceedings that the cemetery committee has made no report. We think it is high time that the cemetery at Conyers, Ga., was receiving some attention. It is surely in a bad condition. Tbe musicale at Almand’s Hall, given by the “Conyers Musical Club” on last Monday night was good. A large number of our peo¬ ple were out and were highly enter¬ tained for several hours. The crop prospects m Rockdale were never better than at present. Corn is being “laid by” and cotton is growing and fruiting rapidly. A good crop this year w ould place the farmers of Rockdale on a firm finan c i a ] foundation. We do hope they will have it. Chunks of wisdom ns large as muss tsrd seeds are being thrown at the unsuspecting voter by Congressional aspirants. ’ We learn from 1 fr. W. IT. Camp that the buttm.ent of flat bridge has been moved around and that it is impassible to cross it with a horse or team of any kind. It should receive immediate attention. We bought a lot in the cemetery and had our names marked on the diagram, yet there are three graves put there by other parties. Our city administrators have been very slack, inleed. Charles and George have pur¬ chased a dog together which they hire a boy to hold near the Metho¬ dist church, and pinch his tail and make him howl until after eleven o’clock. Then the “mad dog’’ disap¬ pears and they can cro home. We are for our county first. We would oppose our iriend legitimately and earnestly for the good of our county; but where there is any doubt as to who is the most availa¬ ble for a position, put us down for those who are for us. We regret to chronicle the death of Mr. J. J. Bailey, a most estima¬ ble gentleman, of Henry county, which occurred on last Monday night at his residence, of lung dis¬ ease. He leaves a widow and chil¬ dren to mourn his death. The negroes of this county ar e working better, under better con¬ trol and are better behaved this year than at any time since freedom. We think this improvement is at¬ tributable to the abolition ot whig. *y We are sorry to learn that our young friend, Mr. C. J. Almand, of Carrollton, is at his father’s in this county quite side. We hope soon to chronicle his complete restoration to health. A dead-beat, professing to be a jeweler, and swindling the people un¬ der the name of Woolsey, stopped at the Butler House a few days this week, am^ under the pretense ot put¬ ting up a shop here, gol several days board. He left here Wednes¬ day evening for Atlanta, leaving his board bill unpaid. The Solid South has contended from its foundation tbat no mat should be raised to any position of trust whose moral character is not above reproach. If the Solid South will take the trouble to examine the criminal record of Fulton county something may be found that will cause it to change its favorable atti¬ tude toward a certain candidate or its ideas of morality. You are in a predicament, brother, from which you should extricate yourself. We planted a wheat crop last fall a nd yesterday got it safely housed. We have enough wheat farming. It costs too much. We rented one and a half acres of land, and paid $1.50 to have it broke up; $4.50 for fertil¬ izers; $2 for seed wheat; $1.50 for ploughing in; $1.00 for harvesting; 50 cts. for threshing and $1.50 for rent. We now have in our posses* sion five bushels of wheat which in its wet state is worth about $3.50. Recapitulat’n. Expenses $12.50 Yield . . . 3.50 Loss . . . $9.00 There has been mouey made by our wheat farming, no doubt, but we want it distinctly understood that we didn’t make it, and that we sow no more wheat. The Rockdale Piscatorial Club has been permanently organized with the following officers: G. P. Tilley, President. C. W. White, Vice-President. J. A. Guinn, Secretary. T. E. Sims, Treasurer. The past experience as well as the fast increasing business of the Club, has demonstrated the fact that a gen eral business manager is necessary and they have secured for that re¬ sponsible position the Hon. I. M. Annistead. Parties having bills against the Club wiU present same properly audited to the Treasurer at the Club Rooms, corner Decatur and veneer, utrepts otit. Anv j e> erentlemen de • sirous oirona of Oi heoominor ueoumu a member of this & pi,.}, piuu u-ill wm be ^ subletted j one day - 8 trial on Yellow River m company of ,lut not ' Ipsh than two regular of the Club , , „ Wanted -Seventeen bushels OI for „ fishing . earth worms to use pur ^ noses. None but first quality wan ‘ted. G- ^ P- ... I ILLEY, a resided J. S. Johnson and Frank Smith having duly made applies’ion to be¬ come members of the Rockdale Pis* catorial Chib, were recent!v subjec¬ ted to the necessary test., but were unanimously declared unfit for duty. The Gainesville Soutbron says : •‘Mrs. Smith laid on our table, yes¬ terday. the largest egg that we have ever seen ” Mrs. Smith must be a very remarkable woman; or proba¬ bly Uncle Pete was just recovering from a severe ‘case of hen-peck.’ If you cannot forgive a person who you fancy lias injured you how can you expect the one who, every day of your life, you have wronged and sinned against to forgive you? By refusing to forgive, you are simply knocking down the bridge over which you yourself must pass. We regret to chronicle the death of Annie May, the little infant of Mrs. M. J. Hollingsworth. Only a short while ago her husband died and this is the last of their three children. We deeply sympathise with the bereaved lady. The baby was six months old, died on Monday night and buried in Rockdale ceme¬ tery on the 8th inst. Ayer's Hair Vigor is safe, agreeable and beneficial. It is the most elegant, and its effects are very lasting, making it the most economical of toilet prepara¬ tions. hair By its use ladies can keep their abundant and natural in color, lus¬ tre, and texture. The public exercises of Conyers Male and Female Academy will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, i 6 th, 17 th, 18 th inst, which time will be taken up about as follows : Wednesday, be¬ ginning at 8 0 clock, a. in., will be devo ted to the examination of primary and common school classes. Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 o’clock, to pub¬ lic meeting of the L- A. Society ; Thurs¬ day morning to the examination of the more advanced classes ; Thursday even¬ ing, beginning at 8 o’efock, to annual entertainment ; Friday morning, to reci¬ tations and declamation by the larger pupils, and concluding with a literary address by Prof. S. C. Caldwell, of Home Female College. Everybody most cor ¬ dially invited to attend all the exercises. R. A. GUINN, \ T. D. O’KELLEY, / Principals. Death of Mr. John Mitchell. We stated in our last issue that Mr. John Mitchell, son of Capt. Thomas Mitchell, of Walton county, who died at the Whitehead House in this place on last Friday night, took morphine. While this is the opin¬ ion of the physicians there is no pos¬ itive proof, and many are inclined to the belief that bis death was natural. We learn also that the story in the Constitution about iiis betraying the confidence of a young lady, is also untrue. He was a young man of brilliant mind and many noble qual ties, and his death is a heavy blow 10 his family and friends. Capt. Mitchell arrived Saturday morning and when he looked upon the dead body of his boy his grief was great. We extend to him and his family our sympathies. On The Wing. More rain and less dust. Cievtr Ed Ragsdale spent several days in town this week. Another crank skipped the town this week. The Conyers Musical Club was a grand success, and every tody was .highly pleased. “Dixie” is mistaken whoa he said A. 1). lost his hat when he went to Atlanta. Louis Bellah is the best Marshal Conyers has ever had. We regret to announce that Mr. * J. W. Johnson is vtry ill. We hope he will soon recover. Dr. J. H. Seamens, our popular dentis , has been quite sick this week, but is able to be out again. The lovely Miss Eva Carr return ed home this week fiorn Covington. Louis Bellah will challenge Mr. D. & Butler for a «ne hour walking match. Arthur Sharp is ODe ot the best lit¬ tle fellows in (own, and we know somebody else will agree with us. A. D. Not a Single Gray Hair, I | hair ^notonly. quite , t sain—made in New York, I think—did won |dcrsforme. really does what Try I it say, if you and have restores occasion, the color it also.” Not a dye, not greasy, highly per fumed. Only reliable50c. dressing. cheer _— Up , Hg1d is at ... Hand. | “I’m afraid I shall have to betaken to ! pital or to the poor house. I ve been s.ck so : ! l° u 2 t!iat my husband, good and patient as he ; I is, can’t stand the worry and expense much i i longer.” No, you won’t dear wife and moth- j i er. See what Parker’s Tonic will do for you. 1 i plenty of women as badly off as you art,.have stomach, ^"bmidyon^p'^curing'i^amnln^of liver and kidneys, and is simple, 1 "the | ; pleasant and safe. ; Council Proceedings. Conyers, Ga., July 7th, 1884. City Council met and was called to order by A. lit. Helms, Mayor, Aldermen present: Willis IrwiD, A. J. Pierce, J. J. Langford, S. D. Night and G. M. Jones. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Street committee was ' given until next meeting in which to report. Cemetery committee made no re port. Finance committee report received and adopted. Mayor's report received and adop ted. Clerk’s report received and adop ted. Marshal’s report received and adopted. Treasurer’s report received and adopted. Street overseer’s report received and adopted. On mot on, Ci’y Council adjourned to meet the 1st Monday in August, at 4 o’clock, p. m. A. M, Helms, Mayor. M D. Irwin, Clerk. Wayside Gathering’s. All of our wheat came nigh being ruined. The neighbors bottom corn was damaged u great deal by the late washing rains. Miss Julia Ivey, one of Conyers lovely young ladies spent several days in this neighborhood visiting friends, the guest of (Milly.) We hope Miss Julia will come again soon A certain young lady of Conyers says she is learning how to tuck on the machine. She said when she learned, she wa3 going to be a-a-a •‘Tucker.” The Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church, is doing a good work. We hope to see more of t l >e members take hold of the good work than is. The storm on last Saturday night did considerable damage to the fruit trees in this neighborhood, as they were heavy laden with their delicious fruit. The cotton in this neighborhood is looking fine since it has been worked over after the rain. Milly. Liberty Chapel Dots. The mos^of our farmers are done laying by corn. The Weekly comes out in a neat new dross, clean type and good enough for any man, so, hurah for the W KKKLY. The prospect for a good corn crop was never better in this immediate vicinity. Mr. J. M. McDonald is 011 c of the happiest men in the county—it’s a girl We had cotton blooms by the 30th ult. The protracted meeting will com¬ mence at the F. M. P. Church, Sat¬ urday before the 4th Sunday. Mr. J. N. Veal, of Longview, Ga., is visiting relatives and friends in our neighborhood. Capt. A. D. had to go and tell on me; now boys when you see A. D. board the train you may know for a certainty that he has gone to At¬ lanta to see his doney. Look out next time and don’t loose your hat Major. Elder G. A. Hill, preached in the Chapel last Sunday morning to an attentive audience. We failed to go the pic-nic at Oak Hill on the 4th. We were busily engaged in kiln drying our oats. I guess the philosopher, (Rockdale Boy), will give a history of the day and tell us something about the ban¬ quet; brother Rockdale Boy, you must remember that the pic-nic and camp meetings are coming on at an early day, and you ought to inform Mr. Paddie about it, before he con sumes all the chickens in Egypt. Now, brother, you, must remember that a goodly number of the Egyp tains are fortune-tellers, and I would like for some one to tell me if my doney is a Rockdalean or an Egyp¬ tian. Dixie. A walking Skeleton. Mr. E. Springer, of Mechftniesburg, Fa., writes: “I was afflicted with lung fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced to a walking Skeleton. Got a free trial bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, which did me so much g< od that 1 bought a dollar bottle. wjth a hearty rpnetite, and again in fiesh of ^ •> call at Dr. W. H. Lee's Drug Store an(J ^ et a bottle of this certain cure for a jj i, UDg Diseases, Large bottles $1.00. -__ -- I lie Georgia „ T?., r i:bmer is one < i the best agricultural journals in the State. Items From Flippen. Mk. Editor: —As we have been absent for some time, we have not gathered the news around our little town. Owing to the wet weather the wheat and oats of this section is sprouting, and is almost ruined. There is more grass in this portion of Henry county than has been for several years, and if the rain Contin¬ ues one week, cropA already will he a total failure; there has been en¬ tirely too much rain for cotton. Moss brothers have gathered six hundred dozen bundles of oats, from 13 acres, and one hundred and fif¬ teen bushels of wheat from 9 acres. Mr. John Jones, a man who lost one leg in the late war, says he will walk a race with any one Ieged man in Georgia. Dr. Ira Richardson, has opened a school of 50 scholars, at Stockbridge. Success to you old friend. Mr. Sam Rowan killed a crane l^st week, that was 5 feet and 6 inches high and 6 feet and 3 inches from tip to tip. Mrs. Glass, wife of Judge Janies Glass, returned home Thursday from Moran, where she has been for sever¬ al months, for her health. She is very much improved. Messrs. Ben Brennon and Wm. A. Rose are gone to Fayett county as delegates from Salem church to a general meeting. On the evening of the 26th ult., at the residence of Mr. Alex. Crumbly, Capt. John F. Moss was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Laura Bryans. Rev. John Jackson officiating. Capt. Moss is tax collec¬ tor of Henry county and one of the most prosperous young farmers of the county, w r hile the bride is one of Henry’s fairest daughters. May your lives be one of peace and happiness. John, has your heart abated ? The annual celebration of the Hen¬ ry County Sabbath School Associa¬ tion will be held at Mt. Bethel church cn the first of August. Mr. Allen Crumbley will teach a singing school at Zoar during the summer. Rev. Albert Gray preached an able and impressive sermon at Zoar the other Sabbath. Nick. Thousands Say So. Mr. T. w. Atkins, Girard, Kan., writes: “T never hitters hesitate to recommend your Electric to my customers, they (five entire sat¬ isfaction and are rapid sellers.” Electric Ritters are the purest and best medicine known and will positively euro Kidney and Liver complaints. Purify the blood and regu¬ late the bowels. No family can afford to be without them. They will save hundreds of dollars in doctor’s bills every year. Sold at fifty cents abottle by Dr. w. H. Lee. MONEY TO LOAN I am prepared to negotiate Loans on improved farm lands in Rockdale county. C. McCalla, A. Conyers, Ga* AYER’S Hair Vigor restores, with tlie gloss and freshness of youth, faded or gray liair to a natural, rich brown color, or deep blaek, as may be desired. 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