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go li®. 1 S6“0,tJ^L publish**every Saturday by the 0 m MSM COMPANY. John K- Maddox. ) Proprietors. jki'tius D- I rWin i SUBSCRIPTION. 0Bey* r ' n 25. month* , a jix co fare* free. copy SHERIFFS SALTS. r Nrf -or'da, Rockdale county. L besold before the court house W door in the city of Conyers, within legal hours of sale, on the first Tues the December next, to tieig^ day i» bidder for hou8e ,'f i<,t in the to-wit: an of »Conyers, the 16th district of r ritriiially Henry how Rockdale county, kiae» i» art 01 i°tNo. _200 and bound® t follows:: Beginingiii_the middlle of w ^d r Ind 0, rumiiiig of eight N," 54 chains deg. and Sv. right way 12?,; deg. E. ciitvlinks; Si then N. one and fiftT-four links; then b. links; b7At W E. two chains and fifty three and fifty tfen 6-IS ih'g. VV. one chain oil's links; and seventy then 8.87^4 links; dog. to s "W. staxe four in chains SSffhm 'twining *or tv Ibdcl containing two and one-hundredth of*!i acre—levied and Mrs, on N. as A. the Carr, property to satis- of >Y. j. Carr superior fya mortgage fi. fa. from the iritors of the estate, of A. A Turner, (de censed), against said W J Carr and N A Gut. Property pointed out by rtiort m ti fa. and tenants in possession $8.25 ne tilled —ALSO— At the same time and place the follow¬ ing described property: A certain tract ur parcel of land in the-tli district of Rockdale county, containing twenty-five (25) acres more or less, bounded as fol¬ low.": On the east by John Day. South bv Janies Radius, oil the west by hinds of the estate of Dr. S. W. Brvunt, and on the north by lands of Kliza Hart, (dee’ll) Levied on as the property of' Sarah Kart, to satisfy an execution issued from the superior court of fail! county, in favor of S. Bennett against said Surah Hart. Tenants in possession notified. This October 27tb, 1885. A. P. Mitchell, 13.93 Deputy Sheriff. SHERIFFS SALES. TITILL be sold before the courthouse 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, and the following property: One hundred fourteen (114) acres, more or less, of land in the With district iof originally Henry then Newton now Rockdale county, being part of lots Nog. 291 anil 282, and bounded as follows: OntheNorthbyA C McCalla, East by Dr. J A Stewart,South by J II Aimaud (awl Bentley, West by A Riley and George Baker, and known as the" John T Mitchell home place, (except eighty acres sold to A C McCalla at Sheriff’s Neon fi fa from superior court of said minify in favor of W T Moon vs. John T Mitchell], as the property of said John T Mitchell, defendant. Said land lev iwloii as the property of said John'!' Mitchell to satisfy two (2) fi fas from the superior court ef said county of Rock |dale, T one in favor of W T Moon vs J ohn John Mitchell, S and the other in favor of Irene Mitchell. Shipley vs John T Mitchell and Tenants in possesion notified. This October 30th 1885. $7.37 —ALSO— At the same time and place the follow¬ live ing; , property, Hundred to wit: Five thousand and pounds of seed cotton more dark sixty bushels, more less, of corn, bay mare mule ten years old, one black marc mule about nine old and blind. Levied on as the of G P Bigman and E S Sig ^superior to satisfy one fi fa issued from the court of Rockdale countv in W K & T J Treadwell. Prop printed out bv fi fa. This < Jetober 1885. $3.25 At —AI.SC— the same time and ptaoe the follow Ntecribi-d property, to-wit: Twenty P«acres of cotton, more or less, fifteen r r f of corn, more or less, in the field, wove hundred pounds of seed cotton, tore or less, to satisfy a distress warrant nfavor of F M Clayton against John fioogers 1883,1884 for rent due for the years and 1885. Levied on by ■ r “rims L C and turned over to me ms the 20th day of October, 1885. 1,39 W. H. M. Austin, Sheriff. administrator sale. virtue of an order from the court of jjj.°®die , Ordinary of Rockdale county, will be first Tuesday in December wu'tvYm oflandiY •*'house a?m5t, h Y Ur t door 0fSai in Y said l ' t e “fli, rS°at S the tfmT’oFhis' n ind^A containing a one hundred and fit k f. ref, ®®rth > '“-ore belonging or ices; to adjoining J I Ros and belomrinetJwhi t * °" by KMi YY ; ee!4, .by andRSSUnton h ;on R S Stanton and D C to’ the ~t! f p nf C *r fi' interest*in lands belong also one half one »tSmyrna camp ground; also one i’*nr*, ^’ofUvK;h??TY Cal [’ ' Sol,i ils *he d) , property ' ,r ^amLig heim" ™rermLffJ» % the J A Pj.vi.xett, ’ IS Administrator. Jocklen’s _____ Best Arnica Salve, % Salve in the world for Cuts m-m 5 -.' s <> r es. Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fei Chapped Hands, Chil- 18 guaranteed to give perfect ’ m y , *'y refunded. Price p*. ■' ox - For sale by Dr. W. H. o- . t l r ace chains i. M. ? Almand’s. at 35 cts at J. - SS7 a33ES $ M ja Man a s © VoL 3. In the Forty ninth Congress the. Republicans have a majority of eight in the Senate and the Democrats will have a majority of 41 in the House. In the House the Democrats have one jj a )f t he number of States, and tire Republicans have 16 by decided majorities. Three States, Connecticut, Illinois and New York, are equally divided in representa t j 0 n. In the Senate the Republi cans bave 19 States and the Demo crats 15, and four, Indiana, Nevada, ; New Jersey and Ohio, are divided, i A pet doer belonging to Berry I I i It - 1 1 ton, -. or seven miles .. nor . li of ,. Me M six | Donough, strayed off Sunday In phe afternoon it appeared upon the streets 0 r r ; le town, and seemed very raneh at home until a pack of dogs sighted it and gave chase The race was an exciting one, but decid cdi\‘ in favor of the deer, which kept ; n the lead about forty ’”!•< lengths. It - tolly ««l r« until the owner called lor it. Mr. T J. Corley, jr., and Miss Le onora P. Weaver," both of Covington, were married at the residence of Sir. H. L. Brittain, in Athens, by Elder James F. Edens, on last Thursday morning, the 12th inst. The happy couple returned to Covington on the fast train, the same day, where they were welcomed by their many friends S!r. Corley is one of Covington’s most-exemplary and popular young merchants, and the bride is a most charming and accomplished young lady. A poll tax was never beared of un¬ til 1377. The troubles following the death of the Black Prince made its necessary to raise revenue rapidly, and a poll tax was accordingly levied and paid without a murmur. It was justified only on tho ground of a pressing emergency, and it never entered the heads of the statesmen of those days that such a tax would be submitted to as a regular thing. Bishop Foster took occasion the other day to sav to a meeting of clergymen and laymen in New York that the current belief of an ap proacliing millennium is false and delusive. Ilis belief is based upon ike fact that the world’s fifteen hun¬ dred millions, not one third are yet Christians With so vast a prooor tion of the ignorance of the word of God, the bishop thinks that there is work for generations yet to came be fore the arrival of the millennium. Half the actual trouble of life would be saved if people would re¬ member that silence is golden— when they are irritated, vexed or annoyed. To feel provoked or exas¬ perated at a trifle, when the nerves are exhausted, is perhaps natural to us in our imperfectly sanctified state But why put the annoyance into the shape of speech, which once uttered, is remembered, which may burn like a blistering wound, or rankle like a poisoned arrow? If a child be trying, or a friend capricious or a servant unreasonable, be careful what you say. Do not speak while you feel the impulse of anger, for you will be almost certain to say too much, to say more than your cooler judgement will approve, and to speak in a way that you will ap prove, and to speak in a way that you will regret. Be silent until the “sweet by and-by,” when you shall be calm, rested, and self-controled. D T . said .. bt- . . „ , , is in rag am . ne m every 5,000 takes aumveisiy course, in Scot ant in eieiy o. , Germany in every 213, m America in every 2,00 J i correspondent has discovered j that Governer Hill, of New York, is i a woman hater of the most pro I nounced type. His views in regard to lhe opposite all sex invitations are so extreme that be declines to re ceptions at which ladies are to be present. One of his friends says that Mr. Hill can face any number ! ot " men wilh composure, but always beats a hasty retreat before a com P an 3 oi laoie9 ‘ Xliel, the leader of the half breeds, in the late rebellion in the North west Territory, was executed at 8. 23, Monday morning, at Regina, by han 3 in g. Julius Brown knows that if it was not for whiskey his daddy’s coal mines would soon be worked by er tisan colored convict labor - who , Man - V u ( there n / or 1 tun ate men are i to-day families, would happy be contented, at home with had it .their not 1 Preliminary steps have been taken j to test the Itquor question in Greene and Dougherty counties. Sleep-walking is supposed to be in some wav “connected with I trance migration of souls. TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER, CONYERS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 21, 1885. HARD AT WORK. ONE 3Y ONE THE RASCALS FILE BY FOR DEMOCRATS. The President Shakos Hands Daily with Hundreds of Callers, etc, etc. Washington, Nov. 17, 1SS5. As the members of the Forty ninth- congress assemble in the city, it is interesting to note upon the laces of republicans an expression of discouragement. They feel that the democrats have come to reign for a long time. They bave ceased talking about candidates for 1888. Before the elections there was so much said on the subject here that one might have thought that the country was on the eve o” another presidential election. You hear nothing more now about, a war in the senate. Republican senators are in a measure subdued, while the talk of democratic sena¬ tors is conservative and loyal. The defeat of Mahone causes the republicans to regard the senatorial contest iu Oregon with great anxie¬ ty. Their majority in the senate is getting beautifully slim. In case a tie occurs as it did a few years ago, Vice President Hendricks cannot be caught sitting on the fence some times, as was Uncle David Davis. Mr. Hendricks’ vole can always be counted in advance. The forecast of the position to be taken by members of the new eon gress on the silver question, recently published, is not regarded as likely to prove true after congress has met and received the president’s message and the report of Secretary Man ning. The president and the secre tary are not likely to occupy differ¬ ent ground from that taken by Mr. Cleveland last spring. It is thought lie will appeal reasonably to both houses of congress to support his views and try them in practice. Though you may not hear a great deal about it, changes iu the offices have been constantly going on here since the fourth of March. They go on gradually, but anyone going into the departments after an absence of nine months would find but few fa¬ miliar faces at the desks of the high¬ er officials. In the treasury, for in stance, both of the assistant secre tunes are dcmocrals. The solicitor of the treasury is a democrat, as is also the commissioned’ of internal revenue, the treasurer, and the reg¬ ister of the treasury. A democrat lias succeeded the old commissioner of customs; and the new director of the mint is a democrat. The first and second comptrollers aie demo¬ crats; all six of the auditors are democrats; a democratic appoint¬ ment clerk files away applications; a democrat signs the report of the bureau of statistics, and there are many changes lower down the line. The new appointees have been good men. possessing qualifications that suited them for their duties. There are few men in the service of the government who work harder than the head of the treasury. Ai.d as one of his subordinate officers said, “The worst of it is, he expects every body else to work.” The same officer continued: “Manning is a great liig lei low, full of blood and as strong as a horse. He can sit up all night at his desk and be as fresh as a daisy next morning, but we can’t stand it.” Mr. Manning has no res peet { for old time methods, or official K)U1 . 8 One day he asked for a eer tain report l to be made out. A chief of(15vig ion told hjm that hfc wou ld begin the work next morning, as it was then three o’clock in the after noon The secretary looked at him p nr a moment and calmly said “I ,oust have that report in the morn j rg “’ ” an d he got it. It is certain ra h n)ore activity is displayed nt , V( . (Jinn ever before in the dis c i lar g e of business at the treasury, Tt) e secretary’s energetic touch is felt in everv J branch of it, The pr (ie nt is working at his message to congress, securely shielded from the distracting annoy ances of place hunters. He finds time, however, to come down into the East Room at a certain hour, three times a week, and shake hands witl * several hundred callers. Some a«" u °S acd characteristic inei Y nt ' 0<; ^ ur at the9e j | I^’mSS D - and wfth the eoS | , (]o f j n ” Many of j j ^ intent on exch*un»'inw*'few sake° memory's At his 1 1( that , h5m is why I W did as not a vote for you.” j i “Well, I forgive you,” His said last the presi caller dent with a smile. j was an old lady who said “It is re I freshing to see and shake the hand of a democratic president, but,” with emphasis, “you want a wife.” The president said ho knew it, and with her good advice ringing in his ears, went upstairs to work. Some one has estimated that the time thrown away in this world in courting the girl you want to marry, and who is ready to marry you, would build all the railroads and tunnels and factories and public buildings. Mr. Alex. Cowan, one of the oldest citizens of Newton county, died one day last week, at the extreme and ripe old age of 93 years. Good Hope district, in Walton county, adopted the stock law, last week, by a vole of 53 to 39. The Walton Guards gave a grand banquet last week in their armory. The companv, although comparative ly young, is in a very flourishing condition, and under the command of their efficient captain, George M. Napier, has attained a success that surprises even them selves. They will probably enter the contest in Savannah next May. When a young lady goes to church to exhibit her new sealskin, she cer¬ tainly might be called sack-religious Judge A. C. McCalla, of Conyers, is spoken of for State Senator .from this district. The Star is mighty willing.—Covington Star. General Washington went fishing at least once, And on that occa sion he caught a trout at least four inches long. While down at the cor¬ ner grocery iri the evening, after re¬ turning from his angling tour, lie was asked how much the trout weighed, when he uttered those memorable words, viz. “I cannot tell a lie. It weighed seventeen and a half pounds.” “What is the origin of motion?” asks a celebrated preacher. Well, there are many origins. A call to come up and have a drink will bring fifty men to their feet in a sec¬ ond, and a spider down a girl’s back is (he origin of some of the livliest motion the world ever saw. SOUTHERN BIVOUAC, The December number of the Southern Bivouac will have a des criplion by General C. C. Gilbert, U. S. A. of the opening of the Battle of Perryvilie, accompanied by a color¬ ed map showing accurately the posi¬ tion of the various divisions of the armies. The same number of the magazine will contain a paper by Col. W. II. Swallow, C. S. A. on the Battle of Gettysburg, which is also accompanied by an accurate Georgia, map. will Hugh N. Starnes, of have in the December number of the Southern Bivouac an interesting il lustrated article on the invention of the Cotton Gin. A few years ago a considerable number of our citizens look the “Texas fever”—sold out their prop¬ erty and left poor old Georgia to make their homes and fortunes in the West. Some of them had fami lies, while others were young men who no doubt expected to find short easy sailing and make fortunes in a time. After one or twoyears expo rience, almost every one of them re turned, and are now satisfied to spend the remainder of their days in old Elbert county. Their expe rience seemed to sat isfy many others who had a touch of the fever, but did not go, and now we rarely ever hear a man speak of going West.-Elber ton Gazette, A petition to the Ordinary for an election on the prohibition questions will soon be put in circulation in Dodge county. The lawyer for the Rose brothers, of Atlanta, after careful investiga¬ tion decided not to move for a new trial. The Rose boys were therefore sent to the Dade coal mines. Me Kenzie went too Chailey Rose goes for lo years, Ggorge for o, and McKenzie lor... Some one says “only one woman in 35 thousand can whistle.” Every C nee in a while during the heated term, and when the whole world looks dismal and dreary, some bngLt ray of hope descends to cheer the hearts of men. We know ° f ™ town that has J<:rs more JO“ . 1 be rna Solid |j 8t,c t ^ South < " nt t ' bj an Go... r °, - ‘ 1 Maddox ® nd I' win—is the best got- 3 i * ' The name of Bond post eh: ce ;n Henry «*»»ty has 1ieen chimged to ( Rllcnwood, which is the name . ' railroad station. No. 44. A NOBLE HEART. The glory of man is that lie mas¬ ters circumstances—his sliame is that he allows circumstnces to mas¬ ter him. The late Alexander II. Stephns, of Georgia, began active life environed by painful limitations and weighted with physical disabili¬ ties. Small in body, feeble in strength, and the victim of chronic disease, be seemed better fitted for an invalid’s retreat than for the lead¬ ership of men. Yet be leaped over his limitations, mastered his disabil¬ ities, and vividly illustrated the power of mind over matter. IBs life was crowded by the interruptions of ill health; yet ho was an lintir ing worker, There were weeks in which he was obliged to live a re¬ cluse; nevertheless, he was a leader of men. Some of his most effective speeches were made when, his legs being par alyzed, and his body chilled, he was swathed in flannel, and wheeled on an invalid’s chair into tlie broad aisle of the House of Representa¬ tives. At his death eminent men eulo¬ gized him and lifted up their hands in astonishment, at the work lie had wrought. The secret rested in the fact that he had a mind to work and a will to execute his mind’s purpose. Mr. Stephens was intensely lm man. IBs slaves loved him and clung to their old home even when made freedmen. The dogs rushed to greet him and fought for a place by his side. The parish of our civilization is the tramp. Men fling a crust to him as they do to nobody’s dog. But at “Liberty Hall,” tho name of Mr. Stephens’ plantation, a room was fitted up for the accommodation of these modern gypsies. found Someone himself referring to the fact silenced by the simple reply: “Yes, I try to make everybody as happy as I can.” At his death,a friend spoke of him as one who “gathered sheaves of hearts,” “the deeper his sufferings the more sensitive his charity.” Others eulogized the dead states¬ man in eloquent words, but the most expressive tribute came from the choking utterance of a former slave: “Mars Alec was kinder to dogs than most people are to folks!” The secret of his unselfishness was this: he was an humble Christian, loving God and trying to do good to m en.—A11 1 ens Cb ronicle. One thousand pecan trees wore shipped from the Hartwell Nurseries to one man in Nebraska last Thurs¬ day. The mau who bought these trees is an ex-Governor of his state. —Hartwell Sun. The size of a man has nothing tell. to do with the size of a lie he can The Macon prohibitionists are quietly working favorable sentiments among the people of that city. Capt. Evan P. Ilowell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, lias been elected chairman of the Anti-Prolii bitionists on public documents. Lo¬ cally the Constitution leans to the Prohibition side, while the two afternoon papers, the Capitol squarely and the Journal, have come out for the Prohibitionists. An old undertaker says the rich men die in winter and poor men in summer. In the summer the rich take life easily. They keep in the shade and spend their time at sum¬ mer resorts where they get plenty of fresh air. The poor remain at home. They work in the min, live in hot rooms, and enervate them¬ selves until they loose their health and <1 ic. Then poor people have more children than the rich, and the mortality among children is greater during the summer titan at any oth¬ er season of the year. During the winter the rich crowd into over beated and badly ventilated theaters. Wh(m the atten(3 ), ai i s an d wine par)jes an<1 ] 00se sleep. They are more exposed in cold weather than the poor In every city the under¬ takers have their best paying custom in the winter. General Toombs rejoices over the j nnd vict<) ,. ifc8 the in *, bIoody !W York sLirt and Las Virginia, carried | 8ay9 J its last campaign. w A p ledgei . who worked and j spoke against whiskey in Athens, j g now gp^ing a nd working for , wlli skey in Atlanta. lilt 1 riches?’ asked the Sunday school I superintendent. And the new boy j sa j f j “Not to hare any.” ' | 1 The maa who keeps hi is mouth shut never has to eat a y crow. -- — eloB-mioRif «•>>:<) F ALL KIND DONE§g£ NEATLY AND PROMPTLY. , i p .^—nJX-Vl--^ — ■ ^ L V~-i —ii* , - ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND Paj r for advertisements is always due after the first insertion, unless otherwise contracted for. Guaranteed positions 20 per cent extra. Entered postofflee as second-class mail matter. THE WHY AND THE WHEREFORE. The Boston Herald has been ask¬ ing a number of southerh public men why the south is solid. Some give one reason and some another, but their replies, summed up, amount to the same thing. This is the third or fourth time during t he past ten years that prominent south¬ ern men have been asked to explain the existence of the solid south, but still it remains a mystery to those organs of northern public opinion that profess to know all about south¬ ern polities, all about the negro questions and all about the situa¬ tion at the south. To our mind, the most mysterious thing about the solid south is the real or affected ignorance of northern people that ought to know all about it. The solid south is its own ex¬ cuse and explanation. It has a dell nite and pressing reason for exist¬ ence, or it would not exist. It is soliil for honest government, both local and federal, and its solidity is due to circumstances over which the people of the south have no control. The south is solid only in demora¬ its op¬ positions to the corrupt and lizing purposes of the republican party. The republican party may be a very honest and very decent party at the north, and its leaders and representatives are no doubt entitled to the conlidenco and respect of the voters who believe in them; but this species of republican¬ ism is unknown at the south. The people have no acquaintance with it, and know of it only by heresay. The republicanism with which our peo pie are most thoroughly acquainted is the next tiling to incendiarism. It played havoc with the best inter¬ ests of the, south just after the war, having an opportunity then that it will never have again. It inflamed the negroes against the whites and played a scheme of red-handed ven¬ geance without parallel. It is re sponsible for" the murder of thous¬ ands of unfortunates; it is responsi¬ ble for the race issue; it is responsi¬ ble for all the fear and confusion and cruelty that marked the recon¬ struction periods; it is responsible for what lias boon aptly termed thu rape of the southern states, and it is responsible for the wholesale robbery of those states. The sum and substance of the whole matter is that the south is solid in behalf of honest government, in behalf of their property and in behalf of their social organization. It may ho said that there is no long¬ er any danger, but there is a. perpet¬ ual danger where it is possible for ignorant suffrage to be led by irre¬ sponsible men. The solidity of the south is a necessity of the situation, and that is a sufficient explanation. —Constitution. Thursday the standing committee of the diocese of Georgia served Rev. James G. Armstrong, of Atlan¬ ta, with a copy of the charges against him, and under which lie is to ho tried on Jan. 13. “How shall vve obtain our heat in the future?” asks an exchange. The writer must be a student of the re¬ vised edition. The Governor lias issued his proc lamation appointing Thursday, the 2GLh inst.. as Thanksgiving day. If the gods ever interpose in be half of suffering humanity, it seems a little remarkable that a bald head¬ ed man should be overlooked in fly time. Every drayman in Griffin followed a dead mule to its last resting place Friday. The animal was aged, had been very faithful, and much abused. The novel funeral procession was a tribute to the merits of the dead. A concerted effort is now being made to make base hall playing odious—and it looks as if it might succed. Certain newspapers have, commenced to publish “syndicate” portraits of the members of tho pro¬ fessional base ball clubs. It is the worst blow the national game has sustained. Evangelist Moody has severely denounced the Pennsylvania custom of the girls selling kisses at fairs for the benefit of the churches. It is said that the price of first class kiss¬ es in that State is rarely over 25c. per dozen. C. A. Niles and E. P. Speer, two | I chased veteran newspaper the Rome men, Courier, have pur- well a j established and leading daily and weekly paper of this State. Col. Niles has for several years past been the manager and correspondent of \ the Atlanta bureau of the Macon Tel i egraph.