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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1885)
FREE Si* FEE 1IU Lies mi Hires at Hal Pri no UUI wei ybotly incited to call and see the Jj-o-est and best prices assorted stock before of goods beard ii Conyers at never f Don’t fail to see them. ’ TUCKER & CO. LANGFORD, Leaders and Controllers Leaders and Controllers Of prices in Conyers, ) and 5 Commerce street, Conyers, Ga. f olid so uth. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF OCKDALE C0OTTY. iTYA§DWDOTY ITEMS. |5, IRWIN, Local Edito r and Manager. feiflT^DEC. 12, 1885. Middling cotton 9^ cents. r» morrow the Presbyterian Sun V school will determine whether or [they will holiday have a Christmasttree ring the s. bples, oranges and nuts of all ids at U. F. Harper <fc Bro s. £5 y,' F. Robinson preached at Methodist church last Sunday •ning end night. j r< John H. Almand moved his lily to Lawrenceville last Tliurs Bfr. [express J. S. Daniell has been appoint agent and lias moved the lee into the postofllce. Rev. John ■Stewart Koont resigued the position on of \ushealth. Mr. Stewart ■g the first express agent at this Wcc ly's aad for near 30 years was al¬ found at his post of duty. fcol. H. J. Wallis, of the Covington lar, was in the city-last Sunday. Bliss Ada Ogletreewas married to |r. Foster, ot 1 Henry county last larsday night at the residence of k bride’s father, Mr. A. J. Ogletree, r. Pierce officiating. U. F. Harper & Bro. have the pret nt lot of fancy candies ever brought pre. When you want any try them. Mr. Will Petty, of Henry county, pent a day or two in the city this ,-'v PatLyinch, of Atlanta is dead. The Smyrna Sunday school has lecided to have Christmas tree. It [ill probably be .on the night of the ith. Mr. J. A. Stewart, of Covington, bin the city this week. S.G.V, Jas. S. Boynton «. ap fated judge of Flint Friday circuit Gov. su pr Fcbamell. court last by None, The appointment is a iproval and will meet the hearty of every body. Judge pyiuon is an eminent jurist, pro m f scholar and close student of 1&W - L'.aUOamJa Fresh stick candy at U. F. Harper pound. krter Six of the best cigars in town for at U. F. Harper & Bio’s. F5‘hem. k Asa Stas visited Decatur on [the Mr W. B Carter, of Atlanta, was , Niog city lust Saturday. He is k'sTobacco in the interest of Cling; Nd remedies and has them in the hands of Dr. [•“.Lee. fMr. HecrvBrvans Yast of Atlanta ’ was l 1 * in the city ofeugarciired’bi-eakfast Sunday Fruah lot “•atD.F. Harpar 4 Bro’a. l-Wrsitiug J M. T. Harraison, friend, in of the Social city y aose n ,_ ^ Broadnax, , col., , lost of te one horses last Friday night. He p l .He he was found poisoned something by some- like Win the trough the next morn [The best tobacco pou ever bought regents L a pound at U. F. Harper . Nidavs 1De lanc v candies for '*• at Langford, Tucker * rural rakings. by Solid souths _ ,, Special , ScrapedUp the Oorrespondent. This is the time of year when the merchants become very anxious. Farmers as a general thing are hopeful of surviving the present en cumbrance brought about by short cotton crops and extreme low prices. A fashionable wedding is on tapis in one of the rural districts of New ton county. Rev. Hill, of Jonesboro, was round making up a school in the vicinity of Shadydale academy one day this week. One night last week Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Clotfelter went to Mr. Floyd Piper’s to sit up with the sick, wh£n Big Henry got Little Hen ry to go to sleep, bundled his dry goods and tapped the soil. “Big Henry” is a lad of about 14 or 16 years, who has been with Mr. Clot t'elter 12 or 14 months as alarm hand. He traveled 6 or Smiles all alone that night in order to reach his grandmother’s. When Mr. and Mrs. Clotfelter returned home and aroused their little 5-year old son he was unconscious of Big Henry’s de parture and thought he was sleeping in another bed. Our community boasts of the rar est young lady fanners in the coun ty perhaps in the state. She has with her own hands, her father do ing the plowing, cultivated, gather ed and sold a heavy bale or cotton, realizing 43 dollars tor it. She has yet a remnant to dispose ok Such enterprising young ladies prepon derates the consort of a prince. Look here lets have a political boom. Who’s going to help some body put Col. Pace into I lint circuit Cudgeship? Who shall be our next representative and who our distiict senator? Nobody knows except my self but what 1 would like to go to the legislature. Well, I should like to go up some time and learn some thing of their modus operands though I am not disposed to take the responsibility of legislating for my county. Some scrupulous ent ic may suspect this as a prelude to my political ,,.Wtion, but hold my Dvend you are wrong. Mrs.JG. -"j W. Weaver is doing_ some fine crayon work. It issupenor the work of Prof. Miller, unc ei whom she learned. The ladies will find hats of every style and price, also gloves, band ' kerchiefs, hosiery plumes, nbbons, ’ ‘ A mulatto negro about14 ov 15 years old by the name of Will hit W ^'“"tonday^ %Z D0 ”fthe farther imformation can be had negro. n , , ” f° r a Snuntf’/ ' 8 • 0 ne 0 f the best and most aporo priate presents for a Christmas gift would be a membership in the Rock Toy pistols, punch and judy, and “.J'SkT ^‘<5? Mis”' Annie David Read the advertisement of U. . F. „ & Bro. in this issue, J® ou want anythi hg in their R tbem a call. c For the best oranges, apples and candies call on G. P. Elliott. Sheriff Austin moved to the city last Thursday. He a C V Dn H k McDonald. — “ ! For all kinds of Chrismast toys ! call on Miss Annie Davidson A < o. WORK WELL DONE. TUESDAY'S MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLDERS OF THE OIL MILL AND GUANO FACTORY. -- A Harmonious Actions—President and Di rectors Elected—Meeting of the Board of Directors—Lefe this Spirit Continue. Last Tuesday morning "at at 10 o’clock stockholders met the court bouse, as announced in last week’s g 0Liy S outh, for the purpose of effect inH . a permanant orewnizatioa. q u Col. W. L. Peek was called to the chair and M. D. Irwin e | ee ted secretary. The chair stated tJiat the meeting was now ready to transact business, On motion of Dr. J. A. Stewart a comui ittee of seven were appointed lo se ] ect officers to present to the gtockholders for election. Messrs, jj. Rosser. p. Almand, J. Staiisell, W. Hamilton, J. 1. T. A. F. H. L. Ship j ^’ Willis Irwin and T. I). O’Kelley w e appointed. The committee re tired to select the officers. ' _ Col. nded'in J. C. Barton was called for and re8po a short and impressive speec b. He advocated running it on a cash basis, and by this plan to avoid any loss on bad sales. He also said it wag necessary to have plenty G f money to start with. The want O f mone y j n the beginning he said, was the cause of so many manufac during enterprises failing. With the cae j i system, be said, and plenty of money to sustain it there would be no difficulty in the way to making a grand success, of the mill. Captain J. M, Zachry was called for and responded with a short talk, said that he had already talked a great deal on this question. He 8a j d [re was deeply interested in the 8liccesg 0 f the mill and with proper management had no doybt that it wou j ( j be a complete success. He hoped to see the stock at $150. lie aa ; t [ the people of Rockdale were Rever behind in any enterprise, and j n t jjj 8 one she would keep pace with her former record. He said it would temH „ bfiMup the town aad coon ty, and would likely be aD incentive to the establishment of other enter pri8es . - Dr. J. A. Stewart was next called for and made a very sensible talk. He advocated perfect harmony in jhe^cU> ol de r 8 an,d se ^ en be built if this one proved a success it aRtl he could see no reason why du should not. He said it was the 2 agreed with the former speakers that it should be run on a cash basis. __ CoJ. W. L. Peek was called for and said, that he looked upon the enter prise, not only as a benefit to the stockholders, but of interest to the whole community. He speke of the ™ on ,; ^out 300 or *00 pounds of availablematter in a ton. If such 21 ££ZjSZ ISJVK day pj e f ur ther said that we had the material to make oar fertilizers anc1 we should do it. This move! was in the right direction In man “ ,ac ? f . ur own fertilizers we ]d k know ow what weW cre getting, f ^ ! t at * fertilizer than could g et a better you D ° W ^ f ° F pCr t0R !< ‘ ! ' iy ' ) committee presented Col. W. 1 T he W. j t U p eek for president 1^ and John I naimnuu. * . * • j M Zach ry. A. # Whiteker, George T. Smith, T. A. F. SUinsdl, II. I*. Alin raid, J. II. Maddox, G. W. Simmons, II. W. Hammock, as di lectors. On motion t he president and board of directors were elected by acclama tion. The board of directors were em¬ powered to select a secretary, treas¬ urer and business manager. On motion the stockholders rec¬ ommended Mr. J S. Daniell as busi uess manager. The board was further empowered to do whatever they conceived to be to the interest of the company. It was recommended that the com¬ pany be incorporated and that no stockholders be liable further than his stock invested. The subscription committee was selected to get up a name and re¬ ported the following which was adopted: “Conyers oil and Fertilizer Company.” The time for the officers to hold their respective offices was placed Decem¬ at 12 months from the 8th of ber. No other business the stock¬ holders adjourned. directors’ meeting. The directors met at the request of the president and was called to order, It was agreed, on motion, that Cols. Barton and MeCalla be em ployed to secure a charter for the company at the February term of the court. The charter was placed at fifty thousand dollars. On motion. Captain J. M. Zacbry, Messrs. D. M. Parker and G. W. Simmons were appointed to corves pond with dealers in regard to the necessary machinery. The follow ing select committee was apppointed to a proper site and obtain terms jU1 ,i report to the board: Messrs. II. P. Almand, G. T. Smith and J. W. Hamilton. The board adjourned to meet next Saturday at t he court house at half past one o’clock. The meeting was very harmonious in all of its proceedings and every one was well pleased with the result, The company in the hands of its present efficient officers will be manag cd in the most economic and profits ble Wft y possible. All business the officers is, ore men who know what an< * will see to it that the work is run on strictly business principles, It was gratifying to see such unity of purpose, and with a continuation of this spirit the industrial interest of tlie county will be bionght proroi nently to the front and our people will reap the benefit. This is only the germ. There are many other en terprises in which our people are in teres ted and should this one prove successful they will be built. Let this harmony continue and Rockdale wii! in a few years be the banner manufacturing county in the state, “United we stand, divided we lall.” PRESS COMMENTS. -- What the Covington Papers Say about "His- , torio Smyrna.” In the last issue of the Conyers Solid South Dr. Henry Quigg be gan a series of interesting articles on the‘History of Smyrna’church. The and Doctor is an easy, fluent writer, these articles cannot but add to his already well deserved popularity as He a man of letters anl of learning. jg well known and highly esteemed in the state and especially' in this community, and 1 hose who desire to cret full value for a little money can Uo no better than to subscribe for the Solid South at once, for it is a live, progressive paper and stands should er to shoulder with the organized Democracy in local as well as state and national elections—$1.25 per an , 1U m.—Covington Enterprise. r ,. th „ i88Ue of the Solid tory of Smyrna ebureb, in Rockdale, 0 n e of the oldest and li vest Presbyte rian churches in this country, The doctor is laconically and fascinating ly spicy in his writings, as in serm 0 ns and confab, and judging from the j n j t i a l number, this serial church bis tory will be entorUtinmg, delighting and cdlf y‘“g—'Covington Star. F ,„ cy endiea o f " l iTkl.d, for Christmas at G W. Weaver <fc Bo’s. Mjsg . Lou ReCl3> of Peachstone g , , = visitinsJ yf rSi Tom P. in be pleased to have and examine tbe.r goods two doos below old postoffice, in Dr. Travis building, on Commerce street. Just received a large lot of gener al line of merchandise, and don't in tend to be undersold. Call and ex amine my goods. G. P. Elliott. Spuci* bargain. j.an., hat., 'SVktab, d tfTtaS'd’rr° i ' wdl fl . 0 m „„ w tm „ lc r3t of January at Langford, Tocher * CVa. 1 he election for Mayor and city n ouneil passed off quietly. The r Citizens’ ticket” was elected throughout. The ticket is a good one and the people pay rest assured that their interests will be faithfully guarded in their hands. The follow ing is the ticket: Mayor A. M. StewMttnd ?V. 'Almand; second ward, G. P. Elliott and F. M. Ayers; third ward, G. M. Jones and N. W. yiaddox. FACTS AND FI N fBOM COLUMBIA SERVED IN PHAS¬ ING STYLE. American Notions of China diet Exploded In mid Air. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 10, 1885. Thanksgiving day was generally observed in Columbia. Though sad¬ dened by the death of our vice-pres ident the day was on the whole pleasantly observed, Dr. Girar deau preached t,o a packed house in Richland street chapel on the sub ject of the state’s relation to the moral governor of the universe and its consequent right and duty to ap¬ point day 8 of thanksgiving. In the beginning of his discourse be made some touching remarks concerning Hendricks’ death. Many of the leg¬ islators of the South Carolina legis¬ lature now in session were present. The doctor even with his shattered voice still stands among the lore most pulpit orators of the Presbyte¬ rian church in South Carolina. After the service R. L. Fulton and I WC nt over to the office of the News & Courier to hear from the prohibition election in Atlanta. We were ex tremely delighted to find the result so much in accord with our desires and that Georgia is still ahead and that Atlanta at last imitates Con yers. II. L. Fulton, by the way, is from Thomasville, Ga.; was once on Harp’s Enterprise; still remembers I)r. Quigg as a great orator and L. F. ‘ Scott as the lightning Union type-set Sem ter. lie came here from inary, Va., and insists that Union j s the dreariest place in this eivil j ze d ]>r Davis, our missionary to Sooc how ' China has been recentlj r spend ing a f ew days with us at the Semi nary. The Doctor has been in China nine years and will perhaps spend a twelve-month in this country and re turn to his labors. He got his col lege training at Davidson, 1 found, an d so is very close to us Davidson boys. His theological course he took at Union, Va., And subsequent ly took a special course in Hebrew under that prince of linguists Dr. Gildersleeve, now of Johns Hopkins, then of the university of Virginia, He favored me with a description of the personal appearance ot the doc tor representing him as tall, well pro portioned and with a flowing black beard—in short, one of the few men of brain who are anything like as well favored personally as mentally. I asked Dr. Davis if he did not think (he sat next to me at table) preferable that our savory beef steak is not to Chinese rats and pupies. The doctor assured me that our notion of the Chinese meat diet, though widely prevalent, is ludicrously far of the uam-k. Pork is their staple meat and lard not over a week old can be had the year round. Here I wondered how many more erroueous ideas 1 would have to rid myself college of. 1 spent at least two years in getting ready to learn. “How much rice does the average Chinese workman eat at a meal? »> “About a common 8:ze steak-dish full and a woman two thirds as much. I know many Chinese children who consume less than SOcts worth of food per month in time of famine life can be sustained on 2cts [jet day. Itn cents will get a peck ot rice inferior, however, in quality to ouis. I hey prepare it as you do hete so that each grain No greater stands, insult apart lrom be its oner- Id can ed to a Chinaman than mush rice, Here I thought that the average the ologueis very much of a Chinaman, “Any fruit doctor? “The greatest abundance and 1 he best orangcintbecrnpirecanbepmciias ed for 2cts. Persimmons grow as lar e e ,l8 Cll l ,8 \ (* coukl no , , hei ^ ^ 1 ®N'o.iiHv..tori Si 1 hey cultivated thom them force foreentu ™ f / S , . is _i r ’* D / tomatoes in our warden 'doctor , ’ A ” The J. hed h p^sbyterian church and aise( , a hand some sura forfurthering . r f a comfortable house for Rov in Chrna. Many r ' tber lte ™* in.eiesting > d f ^ t iniTnv more here ' * ,SSt w Sbtath rvt« in Walhing- Smith congregarion on pmlnbi tion It was a magnificent effort the ablest I have heard in Columbia. In fact Rev. C. Smith, if you witl al low me to speak private y o ie public, is about he only preac er in these parts wlho seems to lie in eau ^"* St ThJ discoSrsew as full SS of W gic»l connection, apt prcentatlon. ^ 2^ Has Siu^“” ^go it n”' .f. » appearances it was news to rna,.y o the congregation, especially legisla¬ tors. No one of the preachers Sidney here, however, seems to heed Smiths exhortation to gaze at Noah and be brief,” and I guess that if Sidney were here he would «^y of them as he said oF ‘Afferent as hopefully attempt to poultice the humps off of a camel’s back as to in sist on brevity. It is rare to see a drunkard on our streets, yet the siding Eider told ns that last year Columbia spent$250,OCCfor whiskey and less than $25,000 for ail church purposes! I have been to Washington street church 3 times in the last six weeks and every time they have ‘’lifted the collection” for the regular assesment of $400, be¬ ginning with $10 propositions, then five, tiien passing round two kinds of cards and ending with the hat. El¬ der Smith remarked that every lime he preached there lately they had to take up a collection and that lie greatly regretted the necessity on this occasion. I thought myself that the relation of the propriety and impropriety was not unlike that of the dog and wolf. “See, here, my friend, have you seen anything of my dog chasing a wolf along here?” “Yaas, Sar; I seed ’em.” “How were they making it?” “Waal Sar it peared like it was nip and tuck but I don't know if de dog want a leetle ahead.” s. s. FBOM SMYRNA. The prayer meeting at Smyna last Sunday night was conducted by Mr. Johnnie Hollingsworth. The at¬ tendance was good and the meeting very interesting. All the young men take special interest in the meeting Mr. John P. McCollum leads the next meeting. G. Prof. T. Williamson has pro¬ cured the services of Miss Dealic Weaver as assistant teacher. She will commence the first of January. She is an accomplished lady and line teacher, and the community is to he congratulated on having ob¬ tained two such able and experienc¬ ed teachers. The prospect is fine for a large school, the best for many Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hollings¬ worth left this community last Tuesday on a visit to their dangh ers. Friday. They will probably return next The young folks met and had a nice and enjoyable sociable at Mr. Warren Tucker’s last Saturday night. I wonder what Mr. Charlie Clotfelter was over on this side of the creek Saturday night for. Miss Ella Tucker is spending the week with Miss Della Hollingsworth. Mrs. Rutbio Hollingsworth is not. improving very much. The young people had a singing at Mr, David Clotfelter’s last Sat¬ urday night. Mr. George W. Warren Saturday. returned home from Atlanta last Mrs. Lou Tucker is still very sick. Mr. Thomas J. Hollingsworth is having some necessary work done on his house, w'hicb will add much to its appearance. * Mrs. Jane Taylor, tfio mother of our e,x sheriff, John II. Taylor, is not as well as she has been. Dr. Quigg tilled his regular ap pointment last Sunday. He preach¬ ed a most excellent sermon to a large congregation. NEWS FBOM EBENEZER. The members of Ebenezer Sabbath school, last Sunday, decided to have a Christmas tro,e, which will be held on ebristmas evening, the 25th inst., beginning at 5:30 o’clock. The committee of general arrange¬ ment was appointed as follows: Bar¬ tow Goode, Miss Ol-lie Cowan, Char¬ ley Reagin, Miss Mollie Almand, John Huff, Mrs. Bettie Swann, Jim Coleman, Miss Fannie Thrasher, W. B. Reagin and Miss Coonie Taylor. Alter the presents are placed, the following programme will be carried out: Music; prayer; music. Speech by Col. W. L. Peek. A general distribution of presents. Everybody invited to attend. J, A. Sec. Mr. J. II. Dabney killed two pigs last Thursday that weighed 640 pounds, net. He lias killed four this season that made him 1,100 pounds ofpork. CHRISTMAS TRICKS. Dr. Lee's Drug store is this year as it has been several years past, headquarters for Santa Claus — Christmas goods, that will please old aud y'oiing. Call early and make a selection before Christmas. Call ear ly and you will have a better oppor¬ tunity to make a selection that will suit you. For 10 [rounds of good coffee for $1 call on G. P, Elliott. FOR RENT. A 6 room house, with good well of water, 1 acre ground, fruit trees, grape vine, good stables. Apply to U. F. Haki'Ek. All persons indebted to Guinn Sc Q’ R( .j] cy are hereby requested to COIJje f ul W ard at once and settle t beir accounts. It is expected that 0,,r P atron8 wiU bftve P* i(1 , or “ a, l« that our patrons willshoar gratitude P“* i» dl ‘l s cncc b, ansarcring l’onyeks Ga, Dec. 3rd, 1885. 0HRISTMAS WILL SOON BE HEBE Parties indebted to the under signed by either notes or accounts are respeclully requested to come forward at once and make settle¬ ments. We must close up our ac¬ counts and notes before Christmas. Please come one and all and help us and we will help you again next year. e lv tud M’ II. P. dr D. M. Almakd . & Co.
