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.
