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■ this or that had or bad not
cquiring a craze for recount
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a harm to future health and
ian many things connected
t8 l calamity. Occupation and
nrs uits are the best prevent
r memtal shock and bereave
B> anticipates age. Hate keeps
Heart always at tension. It
Kse Bases, to oppression of the the whole brain
It confuses
■ It robs the stomach of ner
Bower, Bed, and, failure digestion of life begins being
the
■e. Those, therefore, who are
■with this passion—and a good
■ Hear, are— should give it up.
■ousy anticipates age. The
■ expression of jealousy is old
E 1st. however young a face it may
Jealousy preys upon and
■the Ely heart. So, jealous men are
unhappy, but broken heart
|n<l live short lives. I have
■ known a man of jealous nature
anything like a long life or a
i I life. The prevention of jeal
is diversion of mind toward
II and unselfish work.
■chastity anticipates age. Ev
ling lore that interferes deterioration, with ebasti while
vital
[rosserdepartures specific and from hereditary chastity
mg to
[sc, [egeneration are certain and causes of organ- old
premature
[ Thus chastity is preventive
pile temperance decay. anticipates
age.
more the social causes of men
Ind physical organic diseases
Investigated, i the more closely
it come out that intemperance,
i lelf not suspected by the person
who is implicated in it, so
de is its influence, is at the root
I evil.
pen old age has really com¬
bed, ls its march toward final de¬
best delayed by attention to
b rules of conservation by' which
Is sustained with the least fric
and the least waste,
lie prime rules for this purpose
P subsist on light but nutritious
I with milk as the standard food,
[varied according to season,
b take food, in moderate quanti
nur tirnes in the day, including
|ht meal before going to bed.
t> clothe warmly but lightly, so
Rat the body may, in f 11 seasons,
utain Us equal temperature,
e the keep the body in fair exercise,
mind active and cheerful.
D maintain an interest in what
. in
oing on the world, and to take
in reasonable labors and pleas
lent. ■ as though old age were not
o take plenty of sleep during
: .
■ping hours. To spend nine
us in tj ec j t(j e least, and,
ake care during cold weather
1 lbe temperature of the bedroom
Jaintajned 0 a '°'d at 60 degrees Fah.
passion, excitement, lux
hetuhe iladelphia TimeS says:
people elect demagogues
. “ sold painting at auction of Thomas Jeflfer
fects among the per¬
of the late ex-Congress
o Hiester Clymer, at Reading,
1 Jeffers Wh^' was b,0 “ 8ht the great “O'
occasion? on democratic party on
7dS a 7 of Dooi -V county has
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Yol. 4.
The gubernatorial but the people contest ought may be
very lively, their Snap to
be allowed to have way.
conventions are out of order. Let
the people speak and the people will
rule.
The Philadelphia Times has been
made very tired by the Evangelists.
It says all kinds of scoundrels have
full license to preach whatever they
please in this country.
Eastman will be a dry town after
the 17th of May, when the last and
only saloon now open will close.
Diffident lover: "I know that I
ama perfect bear in my manners.”
She: “Sheep, you mean; bears
hug people—you do nothing but
bleat.”
Hudson, the Clay county murder¬
er, having failed to secure relief
from the supreme court, will be sen¬
tenced to death at the next term of
court.
“I beg pardon, but aren’t you mis
taken,” courteously said a gentleman
to a pretty shop girl with whom he
was dealing. “I am a miss, but not
yet taken, sir,” she replied with a
bright blush and drooping eyes,
“What do they always put D. C.
after Washington for?” asked Mrs.
Quilp of Mr. Quilp. “Why, my dear,
don’t you know that Washington was
the daddy of his country?”
Jenkins playfully remarked to his
wife that in her he possessed five
fulls, “Name them, my love.” “You
are beautiful, dutiful, youthful, faith¬
ful and an arm full.” “You have
the advantage of me, my' dear.”
“How so, my precious?” “I have
but one fool.” Jenkins made no
further inquiry.
A man cannot have an idea of per¬
fection in another which he was nev¬
er sensible of in himself.
Imitate the dove in innocence and
the serpent in wisdom.
In your home study refinement
and comfort, but study economy al
so.
The yoke a man creates for him¬
self by wrong-doing will breed hate
in the kindest nature.
How did you begin life? the young
man asked the great man. I didn’t
begin it, truthfully replied the great
man. It was here when I got
here.
“Now, Johnnie,” said the teacher,
“if your father borrows $100 and
promises to pay $10 a week, how
much will be owe in seven weeks?”
“One hundred dollars,” said John¬
nie.** “I’m afraid you don’t know
your lesson very well,” remarked the
teacher. “I may not know my lesson
very well,” Johnnie frankly admit¬
ted, “but I know my father.”
A correspondent writes to a con
temporary stating that the credit
system is a bad sy'stem. It is in
deed. It keeps the creditor constant¬
ly on the alert looking out lor the
debtor, and the debtor forever on the
jump keeping out of the way of the
creditor.
“Doing anything busy now, all Bill?” the time.” “Oh,
yes; I’m kept it. What
“Ah! Glad to hear are
you doing?” “Looking for a job.”
An Irishman wrote home to his
friends over the briny that in this
blessed land everybody is so honest,
a reward has to be offered for thieves.
Marietta will invest $4,000 in a
high school for girls.
Montgomery, Ala., is the only place
in the South where street cars are
run by electricity.
Mr. Gladstone dresses in a quaint
and rather peculiar manner. He
wears a black frockcoat, a vest open
ed low and displaying a broad shirt
front, a high standing collar, with a
black cravat carelessly knotted, and
dark, baggy trousers.
An ex-congressman who claims to
have the best sources of information,
thinks Chester A. Arthnr has a
chance to recover, so as to be a tolera¬
bly vigorous invalid, but say's his
constitution is permanently impair
ed.
The servants at the white house
say the president’s appetite is fall¬
ing off to some extent—a sure sign
of love. Today be only took about
ten minuts to eat his lunch, and he
usually spends half an hour or more
over it.
The wheat crop along the Georgia
road is almost a total failure. What
little there is, is seriously damaged
with the fly.
The red bug now goeth about like
a roaring lion, seeking whom he
may devour.
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TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER.
CONYERS, GEORGIA, MAY 15, 1886.
FROM HENRY COUNTY.
These items are from the last is¬
sue of the Henry County Weekly:
Miss Nannie Graham, a charming
young lady of Rockdale, is visiting
Misses Leola and Allie Brown.
Rev. Sam Scott preached an able
sermon to a large, attentive congre¬
gation at Timberridge on Sunday
last. Sam Scott is neither a Sam
Jones, a Sam Small nor a small
Sam.
Hon. Jas. E. Brown, former editor
of this paper, left with his family
for Newnan last Monday morning,
where they will reside in future.
Mr. Brown has engaged in the mer
cautile business.
Mr. Sam Harris, of Love’s dis
trict, furnishes the following reme¬
dy for killing sweetgum trees on
swamp land, and claims it to be in¬
fallible: Take an inch auger, bore a
hole to the center of the tree, fill it
with buttermilk, stop up with com¬
mon pine wood, and it takes but a
few days to complete its work. late
Mrs. Bryans, widow of the
John Bryans of this county, died in
Atlanta last Sunday. Her remains
were brought down to the family
burial ground for interment
Attorney General Garland con
fesses that he is not a success at po
ker. Henry Clay' was more fortunate.
He used to have card parties at the
Ashland homestead, and'it is noton
record that the speculation was a
bad one. One day ayoung lady visitor
from the north, to whom the sight of
the poker tables was rather an alarm¬
ing one, said to the wife of the states
man:
“Mrs. Clay, doesn't it shock you
see your husband playing cards so
much in his own house?”
“Oh, no,” replied the benevolent
old lady innocently; “he most always
wins.”
There is a grape vine in Haralson
county that yields annually from
300 to 500 bushels of grapes. It is
a spontaneous growth and the grapes
are the wild variety', but are some¬
what larger and more luscious than
those ordinarily found in the woods.
Mrs. Hendricks, widow of Vice
President Hendricks, has returned
to Indianapolis after a six weeks’
visit to the Pacific coast.
Senator Wade Hampton’s bill for¬
bidding members of congress from
recommending anybody for office is
probably a good one, but if inem
bers had the courage to recommend
only good men, there would be no
necessity lor the bill.
Henry county will have an elec¬
tion for ordinary on the 20 inst. to
fill the vacancy caused by' the death
of Judge A. A. Lemon.
“Was y'our visit to Chicago a suc¬
cess?” asked a friend of Rev. Sam
Jones, upon the latter’s return to
the south. “Oh, yes; a grand suc¬
cess,” he replied proudly. “I left
the city with $3,000 as my share of
the receipts.”
The fashion of wearing bustles
will make it very difficult for the
girls to climb fences during the pic
nic season.
Mr. Mark Googer, sheriff of Tal
iaferro county, died last week and
was buried with Masonic honors in
Crawfordville.
Many horses are dying in Banks,
Madison and Jackson counties from
pink-eye.
The new Randolph county It court is
house has been completed. build¬
one of the handsomest public
ings in the state, being built of
brick, resting on granite founda¬
tions. With slate roof, brick walls,
stone and brick porch and terra cot¬
ta ornaments, it is nearly fireproof.
“Yes, my wife is a good poker
player,” says a Long Island farmer;
andthenhe adds: “She is also just
as handy with the tongs.”
What is the difference between
the North and South pole? All the
difference in the world.
The south ten or fifteen years ago
checked anarchy in its borders with
the shot gun. Let the West try the
same remedy.
A grand prohibition rally was
held in Watkinsville Saturday.
“Why will girls marry their infe¬
riors?” asks Dr. Mary Walker.
Bless your dear, lovely, tough heart,
Mary, because they can’t find their
equals. It’s marry men or nothing,
you know.
“And she jilted you, did she?” in
of Adolphus, ‘ - Ujjg
quired Rufus
deah boy,” replied Adolphus hasti
ly, “never use that dweadful word
again. Call it a boycott, me deah
boy—call it a boycott.”
!■
A petition asking the ordinary to
order an election in Spalding
coUfaty on the question of prohibi¬
tion was filed last Saturday after¬
noon. It had a large number of
the best citizens of the county. The
committee appointed by the prohi¬
bitionist, who had the matter in
charge, held a meeting Friday and
decided to file the petition according
to law. The election will have to be
held within the next forty days.
The announcement of General
Gordon will make the gubernatorial
race exceedingly interesting. The
general proposes to talk to the peo¬
ple.—Constitution.
Men generally' cross their legs
when there is the least pressure on
their minds. You will never find a
man actually engaged in business
with his legs crossed. The limbs
at those times are straighter than at
an other, because the mind and body
work together. A man engaged in
auditing accounts will never cross
his legs, neither will a man who is
writing an article, or is employed in
any' manner where his brain is act
ively engaged. When at work in a
sitting posture the limbs extend to
the floor in a perfectly straight line. -
Chicago Telegram.
Mamma—Why don’t you move
out of the sun, Kitty, if it troubles
you so?
Kitty—’Cause I got here first.
With General Gordon and his re¬
cord the people are thoroughly fa¬
miliar. In military and civil life he
has been prominent more than a
quarter of a century, He was the
people’s choice for governor when
Bullock was counted in, and subse
quently occupied a seat in the Uni¬
ted States senate. He is popular
with the people, but whether he is
as popular as his friends claim is a
question that will be determined by
the contest which he has entered,
His announcement of his candidacy
and his letter to Major Bacon indi
cate that he is ready' to abide by the
decision of the people and that he is
confident thgt a fair expression of
their wishes will give him the nomi¬
nation.
In Texas a horse thief is excluded
from good society', hut he is permitt¬
ed to go to the legislature.
Oconee votes on prohibition May 20.
Jim Webster being once more be¬
fore the court, his Honor asked:
“Haven’t you been in jail for steal¬
ing chickens once before?” “No,
sah; no, indeed I liain’t. Praise de
Lawd foah His infernit goodness
and mussy, nobody liain’t cotehcd
me yit. Hit seems as ef I was pro¬
tected by de higher powers.”
A North Carolinan has declined to
fight a duel because he is a church
member, a state officer, and a poor
man with a family. He also declines
because “the custom has become ob¬
solete, and is generally regarded well as
ridiculous and farcical, as as
unlawful.”
Said an auctioneer, “Come now,
ladies and gentlemen, those goods
are for sale. Will some body give
me a bid? Anything, ladies and
gentlemen. All I want is an offer.”
I “Alas!” murmured an elderly wo
man in the crowd, ‘that’s what I
have been sighing for all my life.”
For sick headache, female ^roubles,
neuralgic pains in the head take Dr.
J. H. McLean’s Liver rnd Kidney'
Pillets 25 cents a vial. Sold by'
Drs. Stewart and Lee.
Mother—Whom do you think ba
by resembles?
Uncle—It has its father's nose.
Mother—And my mouth.
Uncle—Yes, fact; and I also no¬
tice that with papa’s nose and mam
ma’s mouth it leaves precious little
room for forehead.
An election will be held in Cobb
county, on the “fence or no fence”
question, on May 15.
Adam was the first Jew to demand
pork. He got a spare rib. And the
apple sauce he got afterward proved
a very unhealthy diet.
Mr. Davis is seventy-eight years
old. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Davis
were both born in Kentucky. Mr.
Davis came south, Mr. Lincoln went
north, and their political culmina¬ courses
diverged accordingly until
tion as opposing chieftians of great
armies and governments in the irre¬
pressible conflict. Mr. Davis was a
year older than the fiery Toombs,
four years older than the ‘‘Little Gi
ant”~Douglas, five years fonr older older than
William L. Yancy, years
than Judah P. Benjamin, and
twelve years older than John C.
Breckinridge.
No. IT.
"DAUGHTER OF THE CONFEDERACY,”
Georgia parts with Miss Winnie
Davis, also, with regret, The week
she has spent in the Empire state
has endeared her to the people. Few
women in this section of the repub¬
lic have been so tested as she during
the last two weeks. A3 "Daughter
of the Confederacy” she has been
the cynosure of all eyes, and men
have sought to reach her presence
with an enthusiasm as great as that
inspired by her iliustious father.
Her reception of them, the grace and
dignity and graciousness of her de
meanor, with charms of her person,
have conquered Georgia anew. The
little life that temporarily found
shelter here from the storms of war
has developed into magnificence and
become the type of southern wo¬
manhood. Surely, Providence has
blessed Mr. Davis at last. In his
hour of victory Jeptha’s daughter
was wrung from him, a sacrifice.
What was that victory to him? In
the hour of his defeat God sent un
to our fallen chief a child, who now,
in his old age, surrounds him with
filial affection and the devotion of
an exalted woman. Could victory
have brought him more?—Macon
Telegraph.
A Richmond, Ky., special says:
“Mrs. Abner Wiseman has just died
at her home in Estill county, about
twenty miles east of this place. She
had been sick lor some time and a
few days ago relapsed into suspended. a trance.
Animation was entirely
There was not the sliglitest (1) sign of
life discernible. After laying iu
this condition for several days she
suddenly broke forth in song, sing¬
ing, “The Old Ship of Zion.” Hav¬
ing finished she related her adven
tures. Sho declared that she had
been to the spirit world and had
seen and conversed with her father,
mother, daughter and other rela
tives, who have long been dead.
Then she prayed that she might
soon rejoin her relatives and friends
in the spirit world and her prayer
was answered,
A very sick man begged for some
fried shad. The doctor forbid it.
The sick man insisted, and his
friends, afraid to give the desired
morsel, attempted a deception.
‘Ah,” said the emaciated victim, as
he crushed his teeth clown on a fine
comb fried in butter, “I know this is
shad; I can feel the bones.”
“Pa, I’m not going to learn any
more geography lessons.” Why?
Have you been excused from geog¬
raphy lessons?” “No, but-”
“I presume your. teacher has got
tired of such a stupid pupil.”
“Teacher nothin’. I’m the feller
that’s got tired. I road in a paper
that the geography over half the
globe would be changed by future
explorations, and 1 am going to
wait. I want to get it straight be¬
fore I put in so much hard work.”
Imperfect digestion and assimila¬
tion produce disordered condition of
the system which grow and are con¬
firmed by neglect. Dr. J. H. McLean’s
Strengthening Cordial and Blood
Purifier, by its tonic properties, cures
indigestion and gives tone to the
stomache, $1.00 per bottle. For sale
by Dis. Lee and Stewart.
At Griffin the white and colored
public schools are near each other,
and at the tap of the bell at the in
stitute both schools are dismissed.
On Wednesday, as both schools
turned out together a row occurred.
For some time past the negro boys
going to the school near the insti¬
tute have been in the habit of insult¬
ing the white girls who attended the
public schools after the schools are
dismissed, and on Wednesday complain¬ sever¬
al of the insulted children
ed to the boys of the institute, and
asked for their protection. Accord¬
ingly the boys armed themselves
with sticks and prepared to resent
any insult that was tendered the
girls at the hands of the negroes.
As the schools turned out, several
of the negro boys offered insults to
the little girls, when the matter was
taken up by the boys, and for some
time the air was full of negro yells
and oaths. Police prevented further
trouble.
The Washington Critic asks what
is the difference between an offi¬
cial under investigation and a butch
er, and it gives as an answer that
one meet the charges and the other
charges the meat.
“Now wield the girls the mallet sticks
With strange infatuation, tricks
And meanwhile play fantastic
With loudest caehination; win,
Their mallets swing their same to
Regardless of the friction,
Till suddenly one strikes a shin, grin.
And though she struggles hard to
She shrieks her malkt-dietion,”
JOB EUOf®
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WHO IS THE MAH?
A prominent merchant of Conyers
is authority for saying if the ques¬
tion of local option could be submit¬
ted to the white people of Rockdale
county ed tomorrow, out,) prohibition (leaving would the color¬ be
vote
defeated by a handsome majoiity.
He is a church member, a promi¬
nent and influencia! merchant, a
good citizen, and did as much as
any man in Rockdale to carry pro
bibition in that county when it was
voted on by the people some would years
ago. He further says he have
given one hundred dollars to lihvd
carried prohibition in Newton couu
ty, at our late election, if It could
not have been carried without it.
This is the business view he takes
of the matter, and says he expects
now to get back the trade he had.
lost, and which Covington has been
getting for some years past.—Cov¬
ington Star.
Who is this "church member’’
anyway? The temperance senti¬
ment is stronger in Rockdale today
than any time in her past history.
Is not this the case?
“Mr. Coldcash, I have-come to ask
for the hand daughter?” of your daughter.”
“My' her.”
“Yes; I can't live without
“Well, sir, finish your sentence.”
“Finish niy sentence?”
“Yes, you were about to say you
could not live without her income.
Let us be frank, my dear sir.”
Mr, Jeptlia Littleton, aged 82
y r ears, and Mrs. Rutliy Ann Thomp¬
son, aged 75 years, both of Clayton
county 7 , eloped and were married at
the hour of midnight, last Friday
night. They' eloped from their
children, wilicli is a very rare and
unusual thing.
The Walton Guards, with Copt.
Napier commanding, were among
the military attractions at Savan¬
nah centennial.
A scheme is well under way in
Hartwell to build a railroad from
that place to Anderson, S. C., to be
called the Hartwell and Central rail
road. The Sun says that $20,000 in
subscription is already in sight, and
that the road will certainly' be built.
The Baptists of Gartersvjlle are
having a slight controversy on the
ordinance or custom of “foot wash¬
ing,” which is still maintained by
many of this denomination. The
pastor, Mr. Burgess, and some of the
members are against observing it as
a church ordinance. Last Sunday
was their communion day, and also
the day for the “foot washing,” but
Mr. Burgess being opposed to it, and
having been requested to preach on
the subject, discussed it at lenght
and tried to carry the question for
the negative side, but after be was
through some of the brethren pro¬
ceeded to wash one another’s feet all
the same.
Deputy Collector Fite, of Bar¬
tow, was in Atlanta Saturday, and
exhibited a silver half dollar, which
he claims is one of the four issued
by the confederate states. The coin
is somewhat lighter, apparently,
than the United Stats coin of the
same denomination, ad is very faint¬
ly milled. Otherwise it does not
differ very materially' from it, save
that it has on one side, on the tipper
rim, “Confederate States of Ameri
ca,” and below “Half Dollar,” and
on the bottom of the obverse side
the date “1861.” Mr. Fite pur¬
chased the-coin some years »go for
$25, and has since refused $250 for
it. He is not certain of the genuine¬
ness of the coin, hut believes it to
be one of the original four issued.
Andrew Kennedy', who lives on
Walnut street, Macon, has a wonder
ful cat. Sometime ago the family
house cat died, leaving her kittens
All but one of the kittens died, and
this kitty took up with a Cochin
China ben. The two were insepara
ble. They roamed the yard to¬
gether, and at night the kitten
could be seen perched alongside the
hen in the chicken house. Finally
the hen went to setting, and both
hen and cat shared the same nest.
Some time after a big dog killed the
hen and the kitten covered the eggs,
hatching three of them. The chick
ens are now living, and the kitten
takes the part of a hen for them,
scratching the ground and then
jumping away to watch the bidies
gulp the resurrected bug.
Mr. Gladstone is one of the few
men in the world who have supreme
confidence in their ability to do the
right thing at the right time. He
issued his recent manifesto, which
created such a stir in England, with¬
out consulting any one of his col¬
leagues about it