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CoNVEUS, Ga.. Sept. 8, 1891.
LkSolid South : — To a plain
|bo pi»y s n° tricks and suspects
really amusing when he
; is and , the ,,
ebicd the cart :ia sees
tie fling® 1 f our so
making, , anu ^
leading' B> en 1110
jiDiUSIBg that nobody pays any
[fill to them except, perhaps, a
lllie whites and ignorant ne
let in every pp.p er > m every
they air their ignorance and
insulting their betters and
g- asses - 0 f themselves,
sere flections was brought about
king men talk nd reading of
fetter partisan sheets as the Ma
[legraph, Savannah Had these News, papers and
I Journal.
id one year ago their abuse of
lliance and its leaders, they
lave come nearer accomplish
lir wish. But no, their venom
[poisonous L ground, that they and must break run it
in the
I advertising Livingston and
alliance leaders free, and in
a large body of the alliance by
jy [an saying they had no more
to go it blind wherever
>ton led.
f remind me of an occurrence
bk place at Buffalo Bayou, near
ting, in 1868, I think it was.
r, it was just before the siege
jsburg began. We had been
uch interested by Gen. Giant
js men for several days and
[until we were all worn out. In
I extremity we were ordered to
t, where we were ordered to
In uur arms. Things being
I did not take us long to forget
[vankees and everything else,
hme time we were aroused from
ind sleep by the noise of a can
M ^ar us. One of our men—
ockweli—asked what was the
“Oh! nothing,’ sad the
jn charge; “we are only feeling
p yankees.’’ Rockwell replied:
P ai 'n strange thing to me that
M let them yankees alone,
^ey Fere will be at peace you won’t
r | you are balling that
op their lines trying to breed
j disturbance.”
is w ^h the little fellows and
PpgUDs, when the big guns of
r ct are quiet and all aloDg
IL serene, they fire away, hit
| ^ to breed another dis
r ou must not break up
[Lemocratic party. It is good
dor anybody to stand If
on.
■‘■a the Democratic party up
rmut,i It will put the negros
ft'and the country will to
go
lid it ever occur to these Sol
Ley are as much to blame,
P if Fe blessed old Demo
rjris ‘7 kl busted. Democratic A larg e ma
r 0l the party are
' alliance, and too
think they are right.
J Jth ej give up their solid
nons to a captious,
J, wh 0 ar bitrarily exacting
demand the
iGov --When V k' U: to tLen try 8 his ot Poor, hand
- Now they are trying to
a , nl 1
« r“. a “ 8 Md
;- n B B Gordon, and the
■ iJo hope he and the alii
4 Lave
L, Let them
U 0lt *' ,f "ill only
r ritual The alliance-1
V ‘ rirs mid members, all talk
kurseiv it. and take
'ri and use our yard
“ riii
cr 'measures don’t suit
ilowt! “ 011 them.
tint *
63 La ve been done
we
Conyers, Georgia, Saturday, Sept. 12. 1891
don't like, other things may come
out, but we are not all rascals or fools:
we may slip back several times but we
will get there just the same, whatever
may he the opinion of President Can
dler, ’ Reynolds, ‘ ’ the Journal, * ’ or any
bod *° contrary. Let . our
y e ' se *“ e
members read for themselves, attend
^ meelil3gs iegu j ar]yi and use
horse sense, and all will be well.
always feel sorry for a poor, weak
brother who is turned about by every
adverse mind. Either quit the alii
ance or come out like a man and help
them in every just cause. Don’t lis
ten to every mailplot who wants to
insinuate or advise you. Mark me,
he has an axe to grind, and wants you
to do the turning. Onyx’.
An Episode.
Horrible, horrible?' 5 cried the
obituary editor of the Pittsburg
Chronicle, dropping into his chair.
“What’s horrible?’ 5 asked the
humorist man. “What’s the mat
tei?’*
“Mattel!' 5 shouted the obituary
editor, “matter? The S’teenth Na¬
tional Bank has just been forced to
close its doors!' 5
“theS’teenth Nat—good heavens!’
cried the humorist man. striking an
F. Opper attitude. “Great heavens!”
That means beggary forme! 55
“Oh, I hope not,’' condoned the
obituarist, in a violincello voice. “I
hopo it ain’t sr» bad as that. 55 '
“Yes, it Jst Ail my hard saved
earnings was deposited in that bank.
My wife will have to take in wash¬
ing!’ 5 and he wept several weeps.
“My children will have to go begg¬
ing and l—I will be forced to sell
“Kreutzer Sonota’ and fountain pens
on the streets!”
“Oh, it caD’t be,” said the obituary
editor, wiping his eyes on a mourn¬
ing bordered handkerchief scented
with musk. * Let us lnape for the
best!”
“It is no use, no use at all!” moan¬
ed the unfortunate funny man. “I
am ruined. But tell me—tell me
what caused the bank to suspend?
Was it an unexpected run? 5 ’
“Wso said the bank had suspend
ed? 5 asked the maker of angels’
wings, “who said anything—”
“ W hy. you did * You said the bank
bad been forced to close its doors,
didn’syou!”
“Yes, but—"
“But whai?”
“The doors were closed to keep
out the cold air. Terrible draught
around the corner you know!”
And the funny man, stifling his
tears, sat down and wrote a 50 cent
joke on the subject, while the obit¬
uary editor returned to his den and
proceeded to call old Skinflint, who
bad just died because he was too
miserly to buy himself medicine, a
“model of charity and benevolence.”
Manufacturing moisture does not
appear to work well in all latitudes.
Juggler’Melhourne’s machine work¬
ed very smoothly and softly in f*hio
but it seems to have tucked out in
Wyoming and won’t go. So the
moisture hangs fiae as it were.
The latest popular ballad is enti¬
tled “He Never Came Back.” This
is probably due to the face that
he uid not have a round trip tic¬
ket. Louisville Commercial.
John Mc-Kibben, who lives about
eight miles from JaehsoD, Henry
county, lost his barn and some other
outhouses by fire on Saturday night.
OA/T 0/?0 FA.
Cotton picking is the order of
day in this community.
There was an enjoyable singing at
Mr. T. J. Alwand's Sunday night.
Miss Serbia Hay good, after a pleas
«»t visit of several weeks with
tives > nd Fiends in Oconee county,
^turned home last Saturday.
Messrs. John and Walter Plunkett,
two of Oak Grov e’s most energetic
young men, spent last week with re
latives and friends in Atlanta,
Miss Myra Haygood has been quite
sick for the past week, but we are
glad to learn she is improving. .
Mr. Mat Nunnaly, of Lithonia, paid
us a flying visit last Sunday evening.
Miss Janie Bailey, a charming
young lady from Rock Chapel, De
Kalb county, speht a few days in this
community last week.
Mr. Joe Marks, of Sherfield, at¬
tended Sunday-school here Sunday. ;
Oak Grove will be well represented
at the public speaking at Smyrna Sat¬
urday night.
Mrs. Joe Plunkett is quite sick.
Messrs. Paul and John Allen at¬
tended the marriage of Mr. Sam
Aiken and Miss Mary Marston at
Snapping Shoals last week.
Miss Leila McDaniell is visiting in
Rutledge this week.
Col. and Mrs. J. D. Goddard, of
Jones county, visited Hon. W. F.
MeDaniell’s family last week.
Miss Lou Haygood is able to be
up again.
*
Mr. Tom Ivey has had one bale of
cotton ginned. Mr. Ivey is one of
our best apd most prosperous farmers.
The grim monster—Death—has
saddened the hearts of many by
claiming for its victim Mr. W. T.
Mann, the eldest son of Mr. J. A
Mann. He was twenty-two years
old at the time of his death. His
sufferings were beyond expression,
yet he bore them with Christian fort¬
itude until the Angel of Death bent
over his suffering form and marcifully
freed the frail body of its mortal an«
guish and bore the chastened spirit to
the God who gave it and the loved
ones in their heavenly home beyond
the misty clouds. The old adage
that death loves u shining mark is
fully diversified in the early depart¬
ure of Tom in the prime of life. He
will be greatly missed in the com¬
munity, but far more missed in his
family where he was the light of the
household.
I’ve been sitting by a dying friend,
Whose life has now come to its end;
He has left this world here below,
Now to his heavenly home hes gone.
Tomie, where art thou, to-day ?
Lying under the cold, cold clay,
Where the weary ones sleep,
And our loved ones stand and weep.
You have left a vacant chair,
And no others, Tomie, is then;
You have left a vacaut bed,
And now you are cold and dead.
How often have we been together
In the lain and stormy weather.
But now you are dead and gone,
While we are here to weep and mourn.
Oh! if we could call you back,
We would call you, call you quick;
But, oh ! no: now you have gone
And left us here all alone.
Oh! sad our hearts will be,
While we are absent, Tumie, from
thee;
While our hearts are aching with pain,
Aad we only can hear your name.
While your name is all that's left,
^ fhink Tnd thenmuember
That you left , us in September.
Tomie, your father is weeping for thee
While your mother in heaven is calling
thee;
And your brother and sisters are cry
ing for you,
But tin y must remember that they
must die, too.
The following lines were found on
our table this morning, and by the
nature of their make-up they were
evidently written by one of the many
elopers of this city who is struck with
a poetic inspu'ation since his return to
his mother in law’s mansion .
As I sit by this table feeling a deep
sense of woe,
I cannot refrain from the truth I
know,
For my heart should be fiilled with
glee instead of wee.
For now joy, happiness and harmony
reigns once more,
As it did in the days of yore.
You see a great privilege has been
grauted the heart that was so
sore—
He can now rap and tap gently upon
his mother in-law's door.
V.
TEE FAITHFUL PR A YER
Two families lived in one house
and each had a little boy about the
same age. These boys slept together
one of them said a prayer every night
and repeated some good verses which
his mother had taught him; the other
little boy had never beeu taught to
pray; now the little boy who prayed
wag tempted not to but to jump into
the bed without first kneeling down
just as his little playmate did, but
he was a noble boy and did not yield
to the temptation. He prayed aloud
every night and said his verses.
Now come* the best part of the sto
«T
Thelittleboy who had nfever been
taught to pray learned his little
companion’s prayer and the verses
by bearing him repeat them and be
never forgot them He grew up to
be one of the best men and lived to
be old. The boy who prayed grew
up and become a noted man in
Washington. When the other one
lay od his dying bed Le went to see
him and the dying old man told him
that it was his little prayer, so faith¬
fully said every night, which led
him to Ghrist.
He repeated the prayer and the
verses word for word and with hi«
• lying lips thanked his friend that he
had been the means of saving him —
Exchauge,
GEORGIA AND HER VET¬
ERANS. -
A veteran, who resents the wrong
impression that has been given cur¬
rency that Georgia is neglectful of
her old soldiers and indifferent as to
their welfare, has taken the 'trouble
to examine the records in the pen¬
sion bureau of the executive depart
ment, and in an article contributed
to the Atlanta Journal reports tbe
result. He finds that up to date tbe
State lias paid to disabled veterans
$750,905. Iheaunual pension list
for men now requires an annual ap¬
propriation of $185,006, which is
likely to be increased by tbe piesent
Leg is Lata rv. Coder the act provid¬
ing tor widows’ pensions, in effect
for the first time this year, there
must be an additional appropriation
of, it is estimated, about $400,000'
This, without futher increase gives
au auuuai pension list of about $600
There is no .State in the South
so liberal to her old veterans a
Georgia, and as they grow older
and-’iLo i; needy the pension appro¬
priations will be increased as their
necessities demand.—Columbus En
quier Sud.
per Ycmy^LOO
THEY ARE MADE ONE.
MU. CART. C WEBER AND MISS MATTIE
DUKES HAPPILY MARRIED.
Last Thursday evening at 4 o’clock
Mr. Carl C. Weber, of Atlanta, was
married to Miss Mattie Dukes of this
city at the home of the bride's mother,
Rev. Henry Quigg officia'ing The
ceremony was performed in a happy
style in the presence of many friends
of the contracting parties.
The attndants were: Mr S. Prim
and Miss Eva Bosworth, Mr. L Dan-,
iels and Miss Nannie Dukes.
The happy couple were the recip¬
ients of many handsome and costly
presents.
The party left on the evening train
for his home in Atlanta where they
were tended a reception by his moth¬
er. Last night the Zouaves of which
company he is Second Lieutenant gave
the bride and groom a grand recep
tiou.
Miss Mattie has many friends here
who will join us iu wishing her a long
and happy life in her new relation.
The Philadelphia Ledger has been
making Jsome curious calculations of
this country for which there are no
substaution returns. It is estimated
that during the year ending June 3(^
1890, 132, 254 steerage passenger,
carrying an average of $100 apiece,
and 84,662 tourists, taking an average
of $1,000, exported a total of $97,
987,400. From this sum is to be de¬
ducted the money brought into this
dountry 21,123 tourists from foreign
parts, who may may be supposed to
have brought $1.00 each, and 455,302
immigrants, to whom the Ledger al
lows the extravagant sum of $50
apiece, who would have imported a
total of $43,8880,000, leaving a net
balance of loss against the United
States of $54,099,400 That was for
the past year. During the present
year the foreign travel has been heav¬
ier, and the influx of wealthy visitors
has not been correspondin'y large,
and the net outgro from the United
States will full below $60,000,000.
The Chicago Tribune thinks the
amount is badly underestimated, and
adding, besides, the vast sums sent
by immigrants to their needy rela¬
tives on t-the other side, or canied
away to be invested at home, estima¬
tes the grand total as little short of
which vast sum is America's free
contribution to Europe during the
past year.
On Thursday last a biii was intro¬
duced in the legislature by Hon H.
L. Graves authorixeiug commission¬
ers of roads aud reveneus in the coun
ty of New ton to establish a dispensary
where pure liquors can be obtained
for medical, scientific, mechanical
and other purposes, and rofered to
the committee on temperance. This
bill, if passed can nevea become oper
ative until the county has adopted
prohibition under the local option law.
— Georgia Enteipuise
A lot of jeans at the Fanners Co¬
operative Co. at less than co«t
The Democratic league democrats
seem to lie fighters, but they fight
among themselves.
The court marshal trial of Capt. G.
W. Weaver occurred at Madison last
Tuesday. Two of the court were
competent, but the other three were
inferior officers and for this reason
were incomptent to set ihe case
We understand that tl; . 'ilitarv laws
requires that the couri jy 1 he coru
posed q' equals or .sup-ii< rs in rank.
For this reason the trial will not
amount to anything.