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SOLID SOUTH.
JOHN- R MADDOX- Editor.
SATURDAY - APRIL 3,1886.
April is the month of showers and
Confederate annivci saries.
Washington county will vote on
prohibition on April 14.
Marriage is a lottery, in which men
stake their liberty and women their
happiucsi.
Col. E. M. Word, of Decatur, is
prominently mentioned as DoKalb s
candidate for senator lor the 34th
district.
Gen. John B. Gordon will deliver
the address at the unveiling Myrtle of the
Confederate monument at
Hill cemetery, at Rome, on May 10.
Arthur Renolds, colored, was sen¬
tenced to four months in Douglas
county chain gang for pointing n
guu at another negro.
A fashion-paper says that women
are going to wear their hair l he same
ns they did three centuries ago.
That was, if we recollect, on their
heads.
There are hundreds of entertain¬
ing writers who would ho good his¬
torians if they did not know so
many things that have never hap¬
pened.
Jarius Colins, book-keeper for
Walter Taylor, Atlanta, is slicing
S. A. Ryan, of Atlanta, for $10,000
damages for assaulting him and
breaking his nose.
The Gwinnett Ilcrald says office
of Judge in this State is regarded
by many as a sort of official spring
board, from which the occupants
expect to leap into some other of¬
fice.
Sam Jones, a southern man, is
trying to evangelize the north,
while Moody, a Massachusetts yan
kec,, is coming to evangelize the
south. Strange, is it not?
The floods have done much dam¬
age in North Alabama. The tracks
of the railroads are under water
and numerous washouts have occur
red.
The Harmony Grove Signal liafi
changed hands, Mr. Adkinson go¬
ing out and Mr. It. S. Cheney assum¬
ing editorship, with W. B. Wngnon,
business manager.
Petitions are being gotten up in
Oconee county for an election on
prohibition, which will be held the
latter part of May. It is intended to
conduct a very quick, campaign, speeches free
from excitement. Not even
will he ipade.
The election’ on prohibition wll
take place on Wednesday, May 5th,
and there is little- doubt but wlmt
the liquor traffic is doomed. The In¬
dies of Madison are heartily |n sym¬
pathy with the movement, and are
already doing some noble work.
A prominent member of the Ath
eus bar asserted on the streets
“that before prohibition bis went criminal into
effect in-Clarke county
practice alone amounted to $1,000,
and now he would take $ 150 for his l
practiced!} the criminal court
Sam Jones says wlmt the country
needs is old fashioned honesty. The
Savannah News, usually so staid,
replies facetiously: “The trouble is
it has gone wild on new-fashioned
hypocrisy.”
Belgium is in a state of upheaval,
incundiaryism and bloodshed. Thou¬
sands of striking laborers have in¬
augurated riots, burning and pillag¬
ing. Troop# have been called and
several conflicts have taken place in
which a number of strikers have
been killed and wounded.
Macon is disheartened. The Tel¬
egraph says that when a base ball
club learn that it can't play ball, the
next best thing to do is to hire a
farm and go to raising cotton.
Twelve lusty basebaliist can run an
eight mule farm and raise one hun¬
dred and twenty bales of cotton,
There is money in the suggestion.
There has been no Congress since
the way wherein ex-soldiers of Union
armies arte so numerous as the pres
ent one. There are fourteen ex-Un*
ion officers in the Senate aud seven¬
ty nine represenatives in the House.
There are nineteen ox Confederate
officers now in the Senate and forty
two in the House.
Mrs. Caroline Watson, a widow
!fldy6B years of age, living in John¬
son county, has recently cut her
third set ‘of teeth. JSbc has been
without teeth fiftoen years, and when
her gums became sore she was at'a
loss to know what caused it She
had them lanced and in a short
while had a full set of pretty white
teeth.
• Eugene Beck, the Rabun county
wife murderer who is in jail at
Gainesville for safc-keepihg, has been
^drinking hard lately; with and causing
considerable trouble bis fellow
prisoners. His case wiil be reached
in about ten days in the Supreme
Court He speaks hopefully of get¬
ting a new trial.
“Does a person have to lie familiar
with spirits who tells ghost stories,
uncle?”
“Certainly not, my little chap,
whj do yon ask such a question.”
“Well, don't you know, I thought
they did, and I came to the conclu
sion, if that was the case, you could
spin lots of yarns for ine, for mother
said the other night that yon had
too much to do with ardent spir
its.”
A few days ago two men were in
the barber-shop. One had red hair
and the other was baldheaded.
Red hair to bald bend—“You were
not around when they were giving
hair?” Bald head—“Yes, I was
there; but they only had a little red
hair left, and I would not take it.”
An honest but rather illiterate
old farmer, while addressing a
school house audience on temper¬
ance, confessed that he had been a
driniing man. “But, my success.” friends,”
he said, “I never drank to
Advertiser-—Yours is a great pa¬
per to advertise in—I never saw any¬
thing like it. Editor-—Thai's what
they all say. Advertiser—Why,
do you know I advertised last night
for a pocketbook I had lost. Editor
—Yes, yes. Advertiser—Well, I
went home and found it lying on my
bureau. And yet some people say it
doesn’t pay to advertise.
At Lawrcncevillc Saturday, while
W. II. Harvey, Postmaster, was at
dinner, Porter Wimpy, colored, broke
into ‘.ho post office and broke open
two registered letters, and took from
them the, money inclescd, which for¬
tunately for Mr. Harvey, was hut
$3. This was in one, and nothing
but some deeds for the clerk of the
court in the other.
“I should think you would need a
military guard to keep the young
men away,” said a citizen to the fa¬
ther of six marriageable daughters. soldier,”
“Oh, I’m a pretty good foot
was the cheerful reply.
“Have you heard the news, Pat?”
said a jester to an Irishman.”
“An’ phnt’s that, sor?”
“The devil is dead.”
“Take that, sor. It’s all I have
by me, or I might do betther,” said
Pat, handing him a penny. “I niv
cr siiid an orphant away impty
handed, sor.”
Said a well-known society man
a few days ago: “The Atlanta girl
talks about politics; the Savannah
girl talks about ‘my ancestors that
came over with Oglethorpe;’ the Co¬
lumbus talks about the germans at
the Rankin House; the Augusta
giri talks about thegrowth of water¬
melons on the Sand Hills, and the
Macon giri talks about her beaux.
I like the Macon girl.”
A compositor on a newspaper, by
misplacement of space, informed the
masses that Mr.-would “address
them asses on Tuesday next.”
It is rumored that John Coffee*,
the Merritt murderer, is dodging
back and forth from a barkeeper’s
residence two miles north of Harm¬
ony Grove to some groggery in Mad
isou county.
A Macon young lady speaks in
whispers during the daj T in order
that she may utter soft words when
her beau calls at. night. She be
lieves that her words should be in
harmony with his head.
How time,changes! In the good
Old Testament days it was consid¬
ered a mi rnelc for an as9 to speak,
and now nothing short of a miracle
will keep one quiet.
At a negro wedding, when the min
ister read the words, “Love, honor,
obey,” the groom interrupted him
and said: “Read datagin, sah; read
it wuncemo’, so’s dclady kin ketch
do full solemnity of de meaning. I’se
been married belo’.”
A very precise person, remarking
upon Shakspeare’s line, “The good
men do is oft interred with their
hones,” carefully observes that this
interment can generally take place
without crowding the bones.
When he was a young man ho
rushed ibto a burning building and
gallantly dragged her out by the
hair of the head. They were mar¬
ried the next winter and now she
rushes in ami drags him out by the
hair of the head whenever she feels
like it. Such is true love. •
A pretty girl turned up her nose
at her poor but deserving lover and
it froze in that position.
Nine times out of ten, the woman
who is worth her weight in gold
marries a ihan who is not worth his
weight in scrap iron.
“All the world’s a stage,” but the
fare does not suit everybody.
A boil in the kettle is wort h two
on the neck. ,
What is invisible bine?—A police¬
man w hen he is wanted.
The State Sunday school Associ¬
ation will hold its annual meeting in
Macon on the 12th, 13th and 14th of
May.
The Modern Argo publishes a
story entitled: “Social Life in
Whales.” We did not read it, but
suppose it was written originally by
Jonah during the three days and
dights w bicli he spent in their soci¬
ety.
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vegetablo tonics, quickly Inol|«tl«ii, and completely tV«k
Cure* Impure DyapeiMla, UlOod, nalarla, ChUU
nfis, and Neuralgia.
an<l Fevers, Diseases of the
It is an unfailing remedy for
Klilncy and Elver.
It is invaluable for Disease* peculiar lives. to
Women, and all who lead sedentary head ache,or
1 tdots not 1 niurc the teeth, cause Iron medicine do.
produce constipation —other »
It enriches and purifies the blood,
stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation
of food, relieves Heartburn and Belching, aud
Strengthens the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, Unitnde, equal.
Luk ot Kuergy, etc., U lias no
tv The genuine has above trode mark and
Crowed red lines on wrapper. Take no other.
BsSa «•!/ V BBOWS UIISICAL CO. BtCTIBO**, U
OUR PREMIUM.
We offer Cleveland and his Cabi
net, a beautiful picture for every
home, as a premium with the Solid
South for one year’s subscription.
The picture is lurge size and hand¬
somely finished. They can be had
at this office, Dr, W. II. Lee’s, G. Bost- W.
Weaver & Bro’s, and at the
office, where subscription will be ta¬
ken. Picture without paper 25 cents,
with Solid South $1.25.
Go to Dr. Lee’s Drug store for
fine smoking tobacco, chewing to
bacco, cigars, and snuff.
GUANO FOR COTTON.
I handle the following brands of
standard fertilizers and will sell
them for the amount of middling
cotton named:
D* M. Parker, Amoniated Bone
Guano 380 pounds.
Americus Guano 380.
> Gossypiura Guano 380.
Owl Brand 420.J
Furman High Grade 450.
Furman Buffalo Bone 400.
Capital Cotton Fertilizer 400,
Cali and see >me at my office in
the old postollico. Respectfullyy,
D. M. Parkku.
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AURANTII
Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin¬
ally canned by a disordered enndit ion of the LIVER.
For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Lifer. Biliousness, Korvous Dyspepsia. Indiges¬
tion, Irregularity of the Bowele, Constipation. Flatu¬
lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Flux, Chills and Feror, Breakbono Ferer,
Exhaustion before or after Foyers, Chronic Diar¬
rhoea. Loee of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath.
Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down
SSfcfc STADIGER S flURAWTU
is Invaluable. It to not a panaoea for all diseases,
but /Mine VUHR all < 11 ** 06 ** Of the LIVER,
will STOMACH and BOWELS.
It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy oolor. It entirely removes
low. gloomy spirits. It to one of the BEST AL¬
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THt
BLOOD, and I* A VALUABLE TONIC.
STADICER’S AURANTII
F<* sals by all Druggists. Price81.OO P«r bottla,
C. F. 8TADICER, Proprietor,
MO 80. FRONT ST.. Philadelphia, Pas
MONEY TO LOU.
-RATES GREATLY
IKIEID-CrCEID
Don’t Wait but call at once to see
J. S. DANIELL,
CONYERS, GEORGIA.
I keep a full line of spectacles and
guarantee to suit my customers both
iu quality and price.
Dr. W. H. Lee,
SHERIFF SALES.
"VCriLL * be sold before the court house
' door in the in city May, of Conyers on within the
first Tuesday of 1886, highest
the legal hours the sale, following to the described
bidder for cash, lot
property, to-wit: A certain or piece
of land containing one hundred and Six¬
ty and a half acres, more or less, in the
11th Rockdale district county, of originally being part Henry of lot now
num¬
ber 110 in said district and bounded as
follows: On the north by lands of T. F.
Maddox, east by lands of J. B. Posey,
south by lands of G. H. Hull, west by
lands of H. J. Maddox; said land levie I
on as the property of M. T. Swann to
satisfy six fl. fas. issued from the Justice
court of the 1251 district, G. M., in fa¬
vor of John II. Alrnand and one issued
from the J ustioe court of the 1251 dis¬
trict, G. M., iu favor of J. C. Barton.
Property pointed out by in M. T. Swann,
the defendant, who is possession.
Levy made made by R. F. Helms, L)‘C.
and returned to me. This April 2nd
1886. W.H. M. Austin.
Sheriff.
fi. W. CAIN.
SA.TS!
The Largest lot of Hats ever seen in
Conyers. Bought exceedingly low
for cash and will sell at wholesale
prices.
To the Ladies!
I have the largest lot of ladies etn
broideries, laces and tancy goods
ever brought to this market. Anv
thing you want. Don’t buy until
you have examined my stock and
prices.
Pmls aii Mas
For the Millions, at short profits.
LAWNS
WORTH 6ts for 4cts per yard.
My line of Ladies’ and Gents’
SHOES
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Cant be Beat.
WE STILL LEAD IN
Fine
Jewelry,
Silver
and Gold watches
THE FAMOUS
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That pleases everybody. Celluloid
Collars and Cuffs.
KING’S SPOOL COTTON
500 YARDS
FOR FIVE CENTS.
Dr. Strong’s
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THE BEST ON THE MARKET.
Hose and half
HOSE OF ALL KINDS FROM
5cts to 11.50 a Fair.
Beautiful Cottonades at 12^ cents.
Full line of Groceries always on
hand.
G. W. CAIN 5
Hotel Block, Conyeie, Georgia.
LOCAL MAKKET.
CORRECTED EVERY FRIDAY.
Cotton, middling, cts.
Bulk, clear rib sides, pci pound “ 7cts.
Hams “ u 12K “
Shoulders “ 10
Lard per pound 10 “
Corn per bushel 75 “
Meal per bushel 75 “
Sweet potatoes, per bushel 75 “
Irish potatoes per peck 40 “
Flour, best patent, per barrel 7.00
“ Choice “ 6.50
“ Extra family << 6.00
Family 5.00
Bran per hundred pounds 1.25
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried peaches per pound 2}^cts.
Dried apples per pound q a
Egg? per dozen 10 “
Butter per pound 20 "
Chickens, spring, each 20 “
Hens, each, 25 “
Beeswax, per pound, 20 “
Hides,dry, per pound, 10 “
Mixed Paints.
Dr. W. H. Lee has a large lot of
mixed paints of all colors. This
paint is ready for use and can be put
on by anyone whether he be a paint¬
er or not. Call and get a sampla
card of colors free.
Silverware.
Capt. W. T. Huson is the sole
agent for Rogers Bros, genuine sil
verplated ware—knives, forks,
spoons, and castors always on hand.
Give him a call and he will make
prices as low as can be had in the
United States.
IT WILL PAY
You ii you propose going
West or North-West, to
write me. I represent the
Short Line.
F. D. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga
McCalla & Seamans,
DENTISTS,
Conyers, - Georgia.
All kinds of dental work done in the
best style and at reasonable rates. Give
us a trial.
J. I. LANGFORD,
MANUFACTURER OF
Buggies and wagons,
CONYERS. GEORGIA.
I am well prepared to do all kinds
of buggy and wagon repairing in the
best style.
Having employed a first-clas car
raige painter I can do anything in
this line in the most satisfactory
manner.
Fine ih Buggies,
I have on.band a splendid lot also ot
fine buggies of my own make, cheap.
the western buggy—will sell
Also keep a splendid line of wagons,
which I will sell low down.
Coffins and Caskets,
I keep a splendid line of underta¬
ker’s goods, consisting of Coffins,
Caskets and Hardware, and will sell
remarkably close.
Farm Blacksmithing,
All kind of blacksmithing done at
reasonable prices.
All work is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction.
J. W. LANGFORD.
THIS PAPER E3S3
Kewspaper Advertising Bureau (10 Sprue*
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Spring prints and
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Hose half-hose. tS8
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COMMENCING L the fol lowing Passenger SUNDAY, schedule 22d inrt, wili
be 0F*Trains operated:
run by 90th mcridiu
time.
FAST LINE.
No. 27 WEST DAILY.
Lv Augusta7.40 a m||Lv Athens 7.45m
Ar Wash’An 10.40 am $ Lv Washtn 7.20a«
Lv Conyers 11.57 a m|| Ar Atlanta l.Oflps
No. 28 EAST DAILY.
LvAtlanta 2.45 p mil Ar Athens 7.40pa
Ar Wash’tn 7.35pm$Lv Wash’tn 4.20pm
ArC'onyers3.40 p m||ArAugusta8.15pin
No. 2 E. DAILY. No. 1 W. DAILY,
Lv Atlanta 8.00 amllLv Augusta 10.50 m
L v Conyers 5.20pmj|LvMilld’vle9.19»m 9.19amtlLv Macon 7.10»n
Ar Athens
“ Wash'n 2.20 p m||Lv Wash’n 11.20am
“ Mil’d’ve4.23pm||LvAthens pm|lAr Conyers O.OOsm 4.23pm
Ar Macon 6.16
ArAugusta3.35 pmflAr Atlanta 5.40pm
LvConyers 3.42 p m||LvGainsviIIc 5.55am
ArGainsv’ S.25p m»Ar Conyers 11.5o»«
COVINGTON ACCOMMODATION,
Leave Atlanta, - - 5.50 pm
Leave Arrive Conyers, Covington, - 7.35 8.10pm pm]
— - -
Leave Covington, - . 5.40 a m
Leave Conyers, - 6.12a#
Arrive at Atlanta, - 7.55 a a |
No. 4 E DAILY. No. 3 W. DAILY
LvAtlanta 8.1Bpm||LvAugusta 9.45pm
Lv Conyer»9.51 p mflLv Conyers 5.09 1 a
Ar Augusta 5.50 a mil Ar Atlanta 6.45 1 m
No connection for Gainesville on Sun¬
day.
Trains Nos. 2, 1, 4, and 3 will, if
nalcd, stop at regularly scheduled tl«{
Station. and
gt STTrain No. 27 & 28 will stop (t
ceive passengers to and from the folio*-:
ing Harlem, stations Hearing, only Grovetown, Thomson, Norwood,
Greensboro, Barnett, Crawfordville, Madison, Union Kutledge, T«,|
Social Circle, Covington, ConywM
Stone Mountain and Decatur. all dJ* “|
trains make close connection for P° in
East, and Southeast, West, SoutM ii
North andNorthwestand carry ThrouM
ton. Sleepers between Atlanta and Chariet-j
Connects at Augusta for all P 4 ' 1 ® Ir
East and Southeast. •s
JOHN W. GREEN, Passenger45 Gen. it
E. R. DORSEY. Gen.
Jok W. White, Gen. Trav. Pass^
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