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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1885)
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DOWNS, L had 15 years of clinical experi [iscountry ih tire treatment of diseases resumed com mop Ids and having studies and graduated in the Eclectic Medical College oilers services to the chi- i s of surrounding community nitration given to ob.deirkv, dis ami children and eiii'on k at old stand on Commerce St. MAL NOTICE, i» permanently located in Conyers, b purpose practicing Dentistry, 1 It fully solicit tho patronage of all pvho lire needing work done in my [ Lteed. Pricer reasonable. Satisfaction OffireofoverJ.il. Alniaml, ■Co.’s store. n. ii. McDonald. wm & MsesMS cal Estate Agents iters Georgia. lamia and houses, tor rent or sale, ewell advertised, and every effort o put forth to sell or rent. All ti ilibethoroughiy examined. Person¬ ation wili be given to all business fed to us. Correspondence solicited. POUTS 5 S !6£AHO CATTLE POWDERS m hKE [Kcntz’s wilt die oi Como, Bots or Lung IN rowdere are need in time. R Powders will cure and prevent JIdg c ft'H-.ur > p Powders will prevent G-apf* in Tmv. t s |»P owders wilt increase tE* qnuitity the batter miik firm & twenty per cent., and make Ptw.lers T7ia cure or prevent eln-n-t vvv.r.T isftwnraa ere' Us nice re saiaect. Brntere. siu. oivit Savistactios. SAVID 2. TOVTZ, Proprietor. EALTiraoni;, mi>. FOB SALE B7 Jr; ¥. H. LEI 3 . CENTER STREET, DR, HOLT S ®it Elixir bill cure every case of EPSIA OR INDIGESTION! steen equally successful in Liv -juint. -aq Acidity Constipation, heartburn, Jaundice, ChroD or «utery or Diarrhea, and Heart pPSIA I Cau be and cured ASTHMA - pb ‘G-pepsia perhaps no disease Indigestion, eo preva- and or “p to tiie present time, has s; d’i of the most eminent if Die symtoms are loss *do.« ^ feeling of fullness L te ’ eufieiiug spirits, with sleeuiesmess etc. any of these P T;rs dyspeptic For ELIXIR p°«- rj^LEB, Conyers, Sale by Georgia. ® AND FARM --AND - ,hID {PER SOUTH ANNUM DEW YOWL So T PhhbbbbJ iMn vte 4 1 1 «5«S |0 vm 55 fi Cl m 1 V x w $ I J u J m : *t % •W VS As- j SsAita « i&is <> Vol. TIIE FIRST MESSAGE THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD AE EESTED 0V EE IT. Cleveland Shuts the Door on the OfHceseek ers—Off to New York to Yote. Washington, Nov. 3, 18S5. Only a few weeks now remain be¬ fore the assembling of congress. Not only the United States, but the whole civilized world awaits with interest the first message from a democratic president since I860. Mr. Cleveland has not yet put pen to paper in prep scat ion of this message to congress, nor have any suggestions or memo randa been submitted to him. He will commence this work early in November, and will devote some hours to it daily until congress meets. In view of the seclusion needed for this work came the president’s edict on Wednesday, closing the white house to the ofliceseeker and his in¬ fluence from the first of November to an indefinite time. Colonel La¬ ment. thinks the rule may be relaxed a little when congress meets, so as to admit senators and represonfca lives, but the desire of the president is to withdraw from the annoyance permanently. Under the new arrangement aspi¬ rants for positions will have to reach the president through the heads departments: but he will still feel under obligation to seek information as to their fitness for office from such sources as lie may prefer, and in such ways as he may sec fit to adopt. No one at a distance from the cap¬ ital—indeed no one whose does not bring the rnattet directly his notice—can realize the demands that have been made upon the president's time, since his inau¬ guration, by petty place hunters. Those who appreciate the duties his office, and who know how Mr. Cleveland's performance of them has been impeded by these exacting im portunates will commend the new rule. In order to prepare himself for the questions of the winter, the line had to be drawn at last, not in a spirit of exclusiveness, as the ira thinking may claim, but in defense of the public interests. The growth of the country and tho modern systems of rapid transit may yet make necessary some limitation to the freedom with which the exu live is approached. This being a republic, of course the president be longs to everybody. He is a peren¬ nial circus that must be seen and shook. He is by far the most easily approached ruler in the work Any citizen can w.-dk mlo his office un¬ announced, introduce himself, and be accorded a personal interview. Men call upon him because they voted for Buchanan; bridal couples call upon him as a spectacular part of the honeymoon; and politicians lrom all parts of the union insist upon making his person acquaintance. Candidates for the district offices and their friends are growing anx ious as November approaches, for it is thought that early in that month the president will begin to make the long discussed changes, The latest gossip says that Gen. Farnsworth will be the next marshal of the Dis triet of Columbia. It is known that the president has wished to have a personal friend in the office which is so close to himself, Gen. Farns worth is a eiose friend of the presi¬ dent, and was upon his staff when he was governor of New York. The president is experiencing ciil ficulty in re organizing the civil ser vice commission, Ile regards re form in the civil service one of the most important features of bis ad¬ ministration. and ue is trying to se cure men for the place whose names will guarantee a practical >ut of the duties of the office. It , ,r 1 to find such men its possess cations, an : who the B a- i.ice only $3,i0d a year. TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER. CONYERS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 7, gentlemen have already declined ap¬ pointment. Congress will probably be asked during the winter to in crease the compensation. There are quite a number of house hunting congressmen in the city who are deploring the scarcity of suita¬ ble residences. The transient win¬ ter population of Washington is so large that the supply of desirable furnished houses for rent was ex¬ hausted some weeks ago, and many of the late coiners will be compelled to put up at hotels. This mode of living is not fashionable here, how ever. It is the custom for puplic men to keep house. Congressman Fisher, of Michigan, and Bayne, of Pynnsvlvania, failing to get the kind of houses they went, made arrange¬ ments yesterday to board their fam¬ ilies during the session of congress. The latter, though a republican, re marked that the Cleveland adminis tration was a good one, and suited the people of the country. The president left last Sunday evening for Buffalo, where he cast his vote for the democrrtic state ticket Tuesday, and then returns di rect to Washington. Secretary Manning, who votes in Albany, left Saturday night, an-.l Secretary Whit ney, who votes in New York city, left on Monday. Private Secretary Lamont also left on Monday morn¬ ing, to vote in Cortland count}'. . Mr. Blaine is reported to have ouce said, in rep]}' to a remark: “In politics there is no gratitude. Politics mean ambition and success.” He may now change the to read that “in Republican there is very little of honor, and sometimes means defeat” Tn the year 1833, on Nov. 13, a grand shower of meteors or shooting stars ocetired in America for several hours before day. It caused great fear, especially among the negro pop¬ ulation of the South, who thought the world was burning up and cried out in extreme terror. This was the greatest display of meteors on rec ord, none so great having been known previous to it. There were seveial other notable meteoric show¬ ers, the most prominent of which was probably that of Nov. 14, 1806, visible in England.—Courier Journ al. Ferdinand Ward, with a tin buck¬ et on his arm containing his hash for dinner, iu Sing Sing prison, is in quite striking contrast with the brilliant financier of Wall street. The young man has plenty time for meditation now, and can ponder over the wrecks he has made. The Toccoa News gives some wholesome advice to the illicit dis¬ tillers ol that neighborhood. It tells them that the business is un lawful, the government is determin¬ ed to break it up, and that sooner or later all concerned will be arrested. The best thing for toe distillers to do is to expend the same amount of ingenuity on their farm work, and they will soon be well off. “Are you sure of securing the diadem?” asked the minister of the dying man. And when tire man said that lie “didn’t want to di adem bit,” the minister and doctor flew, and as a natural consequence the man got better. The good Bishop Thompson once wrote that “there is. no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose so lovely as her smile, no path so as that imprinted with Her foot¬ steps.” Perhaps he was spread upon her lap for demerit, and imprinted with her slipper. The Atlanta Journal says “Senator Joseph E. Brown, of ta, is about the only Southern j who has given any considerable I of money to education. He tv and $50,000 to the Baptist logical Seminary at Louisville, „ FEUITS OF VI0T03Y. No better proof of the disappoint¬ ment experienced by the southern | people in the result of the democrat¬ ic victory last year can be afforded than a mere statement of the chan ges that have been made in offices held by negroes. The editor of the Freeman, himself a negro, finds “that of 2,000 colored men in the subordinate federal positions throughout the country not 2 per cent, have been removed, and of the 1,000 colored clerks and employes in the Washington departments not 1 per cent, have been turned out. The substitution of Rosecrans for Bruce is the only case where a colored man in an important office has been su¬ perceded, the other four still remain¬ ing unchanged; and of the three holding diplomatic and consular po¬ sitions two have been succeeded by colored men, and the other holds his old place.” The southern people are not place hunters. Public office is less sought after by people of this section, than those of any other, if wc may credit tho testimony of all department of¬ ficers in Washington. The disap¬ pointment does not lie in thier fail¬ ure to receive an office at the hands of this administration, but in its failure to remove from public posi tions the tools of the infamous Re publican rings that have oppressed them. W T e state it without fear contradiction, that to the people the victory of last meant chiefly freedom from the noxious agents of an unfrendly ty. It was this that illumined cities with bond fires and awoke orator’s eloquence. It was not an unreasonable struction. The reform in the platform of the party was never intended to stab friends and shield its enemies. er in the history of any political party has reform been attempted with the tools that made reform a necessity. How many Southern votes would have been cast for Mr. Cleveland in the nominating conven tion, had it been stated in advance, that a year after hi3 election the Republican party would still frown upon the Southern people from the vast majority of the public offices in theii midst? What Southern dele gate would have cast his vote in that direction if he had been assured that in November, 1885, ninety eight out of every hundred negro Republican office holders in this section would hold their positions? We venture to say that not a Southern vote could have been secured upon these con¬ ditions. Not two per cent, of the negroes who are in office could escape even the puerile “offensive partisan” rule if it was enforced. It is notorious that the negro keeps his office through partisanship of the most offensive stripe. In the South the negro officeholder is the surviving remnant of the Republican party. He has made himself obnoxious upon every occasion that presented itself and will to-morrow turn out, work for and vote the Republican ticket if be can do it without endang¬ ering his office. These are truths that may not be palatable, but they are truths nevertheless. They are po¬ litical facts as grave as any the peo¬ ple of this section have confronted since 1876; facts that will be mar¬ shaled when Congress meets, and will shake the party to its founda¬ tions if the representatives of this people are bold enough to speak the people’s mind. The South does not demand the spoils of battle, but security from insult and freedom from oppression. If these are not guaranteed, where are tiie fruits of her victory?—Macon Telegraph. A New EegUed oclitor **«, that the woman who knows how to cook a beefsteak and boil a potato is j more to be admired than the best 1 1 ‘gn^ei” that ever flapped a wing. No. 42 . RESOLUTIONS ON A WEDDING DAY. When the celebrated Theodore Parker married Miss Cabot, he un¬ tered in his journal, on his wedding day, the subjoined resolutions, the keeping of which made his married life a happy one: 1. Never, except* for the best of reasons, to oppose my wife’s will. 2. To discharge all duties for her sak e freely. 3. Never to scold. 4. Never to look cross at her. 5. Never to weary her with com mands. 6. To promote her piety. 7. To bear her burdens. 8. To overlook her follies. 9. To save, cherish and forever de fend her. 10. To remember her always most affectionately in my prayers. Thus, God willing, we shall be happy. Matrimonial Item.—“I and very sorry teat I did not get acquainted with you until 1 had become a wid¬ ower,” said Col. Percy Yerger to his second wife, with whom he does not live very happily. “What do you moan by that?” asked the partner of his joys. ‘Nothing,except that I would much rather that you had been my first wife,” replied tho fond husband, carelessly. “Why do you wish that I had been your first wife?” “Because some other woman would he my present wife, darling.” B, M. Hollis, of Covington, has large white oak tree standing at front gale, from which he has ered eight bushels of acorns, and pects to gather at least eight more the present fall. A good man sorrows over the discretions of liis fellows. A vile, licentious individual gloats over them, and uses his strongest efforts to pull them to his own depraved level.—Madison Madisonian. A great many hogs are from cholera in Elbert county. oral gentlemen have lost,nearly eve ry hog they had. A large of dogs have died from eating and it is said to bo certain to every dog that eats of a hog dies of cholera. There arc some grounds for lieving that sensationalism in alism—at least among journals which make any claim to respecta¬ bility—lias had its day. To magni¬ fy and gloat over the frail;ies of poor human nature; to cast a slain upon the highest names; to paint the unguarded actions of the thought lessinllie darkest colors of vice; to attribute unworthy motives to the most disinterested acts—this is the province of the vulgar scandal¬ monger, but not of a public journal. The aim of the latter should be to elevate, not to degrade, public mor¬ als create higher standards and no¬ bler purposes, not to pander to the vitiated appetites of the vulgar.— Hartwell Sun. A down-cast fire company, in a resolution on a deceased member, says; “He has responded to his last alarm.” It is a wonder they didn’t add that lie “has gone to his last fire. The Covington Enterprise learns that an Oxford man is suoing a Georgia c daily newspaper for $30,000 u , am ages. Sian lei c^b(, Atlanta has as a resident a 7 year old lad who is a born thief. lie is in jail for the twelth time. Thirty five dollars in cash is the biggest haul on his record. “Are your domestic relations agreeable? the question . put to ' was » “Oh, domestic relations "D”" inanity. my are all right, was toe reply; “it’s my relations that arc causing the trouble. e i mtawsi wii GBvM)^ -s§10F ALL KIND-DON E^St NEATLY AND PEOMPTLY. ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND Pay for advertisements is always due after the first insertion, unless otherwise contracted for. Guaranteed positions 20 per cent extra. Entered postoffice as second-class Wi*ll matter. SHERIFFS SALES. Rockdale county. YT7ILL VV be sold before The court house door in the city of Conyers, within legal hours of sale, on the first Tues¬ in December next, to the highest for cash, the following property, to-wit: A certain house and lot in lb# town originally of ^Conyers, Henry the ICtl. district of now Rockdale county, i a part of lot Nft. 900 and bouncle as North follows: Begining right in' the middle of street on of w ay of Georgia railroad and running N, 54 deg. W. along sixty links; said right of N way *12? eight chains and then 4 deg. E. one chain (leg. and fifty-tour chains links; then S. 87*£ E. two and fifty three links; then S. Iff deg. TV. one chain and fifty one links; then S. 87^ deg. YV. four chains the middle and seventy links; to a stake in of tliwstreet four chains and seventy four links t« the begining cor¬ of ner; containing two and one-hundredth an acre—levied on as tiie property of TV. .1. Carr and Mrs. N. A. Carr, to satis¬ fy a mortgage fi. fa. from the superior court of said county in favor of TV. J, Turner and IT. A. I). Turner, adminis tratora of the estate of A A 'Turner, (de¬ ceased), against said TV J Carr and N A Carr. •Property tenants pointed out by mort¬ gage. fi fa. and in possession no¬ tified ;---- $9.19 —also— At the same time and place the follow¬ ing described property: A certain tract or parcel of land in the-th district of Rockdale county, containing twcuty-fite (25) acres more or less, bounded as fol¬ lows: On tile cast by John Day. .South by James Radius, on the west by lands of the estate of Dr. 8. TV. Bryant, and on the north by lands of Eliza Hart, (dee’ll) Levied on as the property of Sarah Hart, to satisfy an execution issued from the superior court against of faid county, in favor i'!‘ N. Bennett said Sarah Iiart. 'I • umtii in possession notified. This October 27th, 1885. A. V. Mitchiii.t., $4.35 Deputy Sheriff. SHERIFFS SALES. WILL be sold before Hie court home * » door in the city of Conyers on the first Tuesday in December next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid¬ der for cash, the following property: One hundred and fourteen (114) a*re#, more or less, of land in the Kith district of originally Henry then Newton now Rockdale county, lifting part of lots Nos. 201 and 202, and bounded as fellows: On tiie North by A 0 MeCnlla, East by Dr. J A Stewart, South byJ If AJinaiiil and Bentley, West known by A Riley and T George Mitchell Baker, home and place, as Ibe John sold to A C Met'alia (except Sheriff's eighty acres at sale on ii fa froth ruperioi court of said county in favor of TV 'J' Moon vs. Joint T Mitchell), as the property of said Joint T Mitchell, defendant. Said land lev¬ ied on as the property of suid John T Mitchell to satisfy two (2) fi fas from the superior dale, court in favor of of said VV comity of Rock* one T Moon vs John T Mitchell, and the other in favor of John S Shipley vs John T Mitchell sod Irene Mitchell. Tenants in possesion notified. This October 30th 1885. $8.25 — ALSO— At the same time and place the follow¬ ing property,to wit: Five thousand and five hundred pounds of seed cotton more or less, sixty bushels, more less, of corn, one dark Day mare mule ten years old, and one black mare mule about nine years o 1/1 and blind. Levied on as the property of G I’ Higman and JC 8 Slr man superior to satisfy one Ji fa issued from the court of Kockdale county in favor Of WE A, T J Treadwell. Prop¬ erty 13th, pointed out by Ji fa. This October 1885. $3.64 —ALSO— At the same time and place tho follow¬ ing five described of property, to-wit: Twenty acres cotton, more or less, fifteen acres of corn, more or less, in the field, twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton, wore or less, to sari- fy » distri re warrant in favor of F M Clayton against John T Rodgers for rent due for the years 1882, 1883, 1884 and 1885. Levied on by K F Helms L (J and turned over to me This tiie 20tb day of October, 1385. Vt .11. ii. Austin, $3,04 Sheriff. ADMINISTRATOR SALE. D 3 > Y virtue of an order from the court of Ordinary of Ho'-kdale county, w ill bo sold on tho first Tuesday in December 1885, at the the court house door in said county within the iegai hours of sale, the tract of bind in raid county whereon Rob¬ ert Plunkett resided at the time of his death, containing one hundred and fif¬ ty one acres, more or iess: adjoining lands on 11 • north belonging to J I Ros¬ ser lands and belonging J A Plunkett; the on tiie east by to heirs of Thomas Fee, (deceased), and K S Stanton; on the south by it S Stanton and D (J Got ■; and on the we t. by lands belong inir to the estate of J H Turner, (de >. eased); also one half interest in one tent at Smyrna camp ground; also ono cow'and calf, Sold as the property of Robert Plunkett, (decea'cd), for the pure pose of paying debts and making dixtri !iu-i.n among the heirs, Terms of sale, ( J A Pi.i.NKf rr, Administrator, - Bneklen’s Arnica Salve, The Best Salve in the, world for Cuts, Bruises, Seres, Dicers. Salt Rheum, Fe¬ ver blams, Sores, Coras, 'J i tter, and Chapped all Hands, Chil Skin Eruptions, anf j positive!v cures Files, or no pay re "m? 25 cets per box. For rale by Dr. W. II. Lee. Good trace chains at 35 cts at J, II. & N. M. Alrnand’s.
