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ling out til e Old, Ring in the New!
Our great effort is to please you.
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Hie Summer Season is
Drawing to a Close,
.. ev>os
THE COMING FALL SEASON WILL BE A BUSY
)NE WITH US. WE ARE PREPARING TO MEET
T WITH A FULL STOCK WHICH V/E WILL SELL
;T "LET LIVE PRICES.”
As usual we will fee in the cotton market
m will pay the best market price. All farm
ffoducts will find a ready market with us.
Our store has been headquarters for the people for many years ar 1 we
\urite all to come to see us and feeli at home. We propose to sustain the well
established reputation of our house for honest straightforward dealing.
Yours very truiy,
1). M. ALMAJND’S SONS.
Inch opportunities for
wing- goods cheap sel
p Li comes to man or wo
in this life. Every
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lug- is on the counter
[cut prices. We are sel
[gout and this means
at goods are to be sold
p r er than anybody else
n afford to sell them.
a e are t reating all com
G’s alike — giving the
st we have that suits
le ff at an enormous re
fftion. Get in the
r eng- of happy buyers
march to the music
UUr cut price sale and
)V i ’ s shall be the glory.
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CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, AUG. 13, 1898.
Spurgeon‘s Proverbs.
One vice is one too many •
Don’t fell a tree to kill a bee.
An aimless man hits nothing.
A man in debt—a biid in net.
lie that’s at sea must sail or
sink.
Don’t make two fires to boil
one egg.
A man of means may be a
mean man’
More are cured by diet than
by lancet.
Even in a forest don’t waste
fire-wood.
He is rich enough who wants
nothing.
Better be lion-hearted than
pig-headed.
Muddle at home makes hus¬
bands roam,
He who does most is the one
to do more.
Fly from pleasure that bites
to-morrow.
The pledge-table is the best
sign-board,
The worst pig may get the
best potatoes.
Every day a thread makes a
skein in a year,
You may win your case, yet
lose your cash.
He bears sorrow best who
hides it the most.
An hour may rend what an
age can't mend.
lie who goes to law may come
back with straw.
Even a poor man may be
rich in good works.
To hope and strive is the best
way to thrive.
It’s a bad drink that makes
a man thirsty.
Eavesdroppers hear what
they’d like to forget.
Don t have a helpmeet till
you have meat to help.
A good conscience is better
than a good income.
WE ARE READY!
The Conyers > *ing Compauj T ■)
Conyers, : : © a : ; Georgia.
We are now prepared to do any kind of wood work in the Cabinet line, It is our pur
pose to give repair work of all kinds prompt and carefid attention.
INSIDE HOUSEFTIR.NISHINGS.
In Connection with the repair work we purpose to be able to furnish at short notice any
ard all kinds of Inside House Furnishing.
OUR CABINET DEPARTMENT.
We can furnish to order any piece of Cabinet work desired. For terms, prices, etc. call on
P. G. Tctcker, Sii.pt.
He can’t drink too much who
drinks not at all.
They who spare when young
can spend when old.
Thougo God steers the ship,
we must pull the ropes .
‘Tjs better to be washed
white than whitewashed.
Fretting over loss or lack
never filled an empty sack.
The Red Crrss and Its
Founder.
The battle of Solferino, fought
in 1859 between the allied
French and Sardinians and the
Austrians, was one of the most
sanguinary conllicts of modern
times. Twenty thousands Aus
mans and eighteen thousand
jf the allies were killed and
wounded:
To Henri Duuant, a Geneva
philanthropist, who witnessed
die battle, it seemed that the
wounded, not the soldiers who
met instant death, were the
real unfortunates. The mil
nary hospitals, overburdened,
proved inadequate, most of the
wounded were left in agony.
fhousauds who might have
oeeu saved by timely help died
upon the battlefield.
Monsieur Duuant and other
volunteers did all they could to
relieve the suffering, but that
was comparatively little. The
Genevan asked himself, what
can be done to matigate the
uorrors of war? He dwelt
upon the problem until lie was
^pie to suggest a plan of action;
and this he set forth iu a pam
phlet called “A Souvenir of Sol
ferino.”
He advocated an internation¬
al society composed of volun¬
teer nurses, who should hold
themselves in readiness to fol¬
low armies and aid wounded of
any nation—protected by all
nations as neutrals and non
combatants, engaged in works
of mercy.
With this pamphlet the Red
Cross society practically began.
Monsieur Dunant’s project was
warmly approved by his own
Swiss government: and when
lie went to Paris, seeking to
ganize a convention of the pow¬
ers, he found that there also the
“Souvenir” was known.
On the day after its publica
tion, Madame de Stael, sister to
the Ducde Broglie, caused the
Red Cross badges to be placed
in her drawing room. To
tors who asked their meaning
the lady made such convincing
answer that both Paris society
and the French government
were soon committed to tho Red
Cross principle.
The international conference
which organized the society was
held at Geneva in October, 18(13.
By the end of the following year
thirteen governments h a d
officially approved the society’s
purpose. To day every civiliz¬
ed nation sustains it. The good
it has done in thirty years gag¬
ed by the single fact that dur¬
ing the Franco-Prussian war
the German society alone ex
pended thirteen million dollars.
But the story does not end
here. After Monsieur Duuant
had won his victory for the
world, he had his own battle
fight, his own tragedy to meet.
Unfortunate business ventures
cost him his fortune, and he
learned what destitution meant.
Happily his misfortunes came
to an end. The Dowager Em¬
press at Russiajand the Federal
Council of Switzerland granted
him pensions. These were sup¬
plemented by a sum of money
contributed by citizens of Stutt ¬
gart, Germany.
Now in his peaceful old age
the philanthropist knows that
these ttibutes from three na¬
tions express the feeling of all
toward the man who reminded
them that the claims of human¬
ity are ever wholly to be disre
garded-even iu war.—Youth’s
Companion.
Klondike Locals.
We have had plenty of rain
and the cotton crop is fairly
good.
Quite a number of our people
attended camp-meeting at
na last week.
Miss Annie Jones, daughter
of Judge Hal Jones, of Decatur,
is assisting Prof. Robertson in
the school at this place.
You spoke of Tom Pyle being
in your sanatorium recently
with “Klondike yarns. r 7 Now,
Torn is alright, he is a little lean
u * providence is directing that
See W, J. Terry and
G. W. Powell for ‘‘Klondike
yarns,”
We notice that you
the Klondike expert
players to play Conyers. Well
now we are not afraid to
you,
FIRE
INSURANCE.
TILLCY & McELVANY-
NO. 32/
Misses Addie Stewart and Ber
sie White, of Atlanta are visit¬
ing relatives in our community
this week,
Ask Mr. Ed Houseworth a
boufc his girl. If you are an ex¬
pert reader of countenances, we
will insure your double pay for
your trouble.
On last Wednesday, Sam
Bryant, a negro who was driv¬
ing amule to a wagon, came
very near drowning at Albert
Shoals. While about midway
(he bridge his mule became
frightened and ran back off the
bridge into about ten fetd of
water, negro mule wagon and
all. The negro barely saved
his life. The mule was drown¬
ed, and part of tho wagon was
recovered. We hope this will
be the means of having a new
bridge built at this place.
A mad dog came through our
midst last Sunday, biting sever¬
al dogs on the way Dog kill¬
ing is now in order.
KNGB LOCALS,
Crops ate looking fine.
Mr. Ed Keen, who has been
visiting his father for the past
week returned to his home in
Atlanta Sunday.
Rev. J. F, Almand preached
an interesting sermon to a large
audience Sunday.
Mr. Tom Stanley and wife,of
Atlanta were down visiting rel¬
atives in our community this
week.
Mr. Thomas B. Malcom and
father were over attending the
meeting at Flat Shoals Sunday.
Mr. Fred Almand and sister
Miss Gertrude, were in our
midst Sunday.
Miss Mary Paries and Mr. Os
car Hollis, of Newton county,
were the guest of Miss Leila
Ragsdale Saturday and Sunday,
The croquet party at Mr. J B
Ragsdale Saturday afternoon
was largely attended and all
seemed to enjoy themselves.
Mr. Bob Crumby and sisterj
of Whitehouse, were the guest
of Miss Nora Moesley Sunday,
We are sorry to note the ill¬
ness of Mrs. Eli Stanley. We
hope she may soon recover.
Mr. Floyd Richardson, of Un
ion was sporting his best girl
Sunday afternoon.
Jack