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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1898)
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. rT and Otherwise, Gathered from ah Sources Personal to Post ... our Readers and Fill Space. Lrfp»- vyour subscrip iK" ticket ticket was handed us Boffinr' [cation. Mayor for Hale. j y Conncihnen: Norton, j B (• o Turner, j y Wallis Jesse M Almand, £ S Eventt, T J ) [publication: Mayor. For Maddox. John R for Aldermen, W U Wallis, y T Street, I lillMeElvaney, f (; Turner, I ESEveritt, [ p G Tucker. Elheavy us the nation, louvers people will celebrah line. bn??y cheap at Everitt 1 : it L sale. Hale, of Madison, wa [week. R Wardlaw, of Atlanta, wai ■Tuesday. |Guffin»P ent several day: |(|)i6 week. font sale at Everitt-s. Th Ire money. R still is able to be out a [a Lie severe spell of fever. Elder, of Covingtoi k short while this week. lodwin, of Bartlesville, visi¬ ts a short time this week. kustin has been very Biel ne here for the past fev lout sale at Everitt’s. G< Id ret bargains in hors » jtention is directed to th< Summers advertisemen tier. [jReagan, of McDonough in? hands with friends hen ki¬ ll. Mr. J 0 McKnight’: p sold to a man in Illinois for $600. Bargains in lap robes, bri. p sad all articles in stocl i. is closing out sale. pill p Baptist be a baptismal church Sunday ser next. p pot Everitt tier has an this advertis page of papr’ Iclosinp- out sale. See it. P Hudson has returned tv P Atlanta. She was tin F aunt, Mrs. J P Tilley. p’McNair pMonticello has returned tv after a pleas P relatives and friends here lb McKown has returned h ptJonesboro afterspendin: P s here with the writer’s '3 friends will be pleasev; latRev. R a Fakes is irn He has been sick for sever- 1 PX P e cting a thandsgiv . HK we hope to feast upoi oast’ 1 the next day afb-i ■4T p blind e . Ve on the adver . , HE Weekly and yon f saving money when yon f tf J this. 7 athe <- TO damage cot ;ar ‘«ers, merchants, all ousiness. preachers ana Hen. lVl!1 give a premium to ; ! off er a plan bv >hake off the shackle( . j “'is is no joke. ■‘•area! hardship if thv r f."*** continues sufficient to trom gathering the eotton crop. bib ° ne of Winder’s «i>in«s’ was rci, Mr ' -Arthur CL v a short time this a Uia has ;* 8h « *ent to be v °I^ rinother pres ^t-4k Th e ’ Mrs adydied on Mr. Dabney, father of Mr. Henrv Dabney, died very suddenly at hn lome in Newton comity last Wedne: lay. Mr. Dabney was about 80 yean ;f age and a splendid citizen. Miss Fannie Jones, of Roanake, Va : s the guest ot Miss Ruth Almand Miss Jones is a schoolmate of Mis: ' hnand‘s and a graduate of Virginia college. The municipal contest will war varm from this time until some poor infortunate rellows, are seclected fo; mayor and aldermen. It’s tough nit these positions mast be filled, Mrs. Jim Dempsey, of this countr vas painfully burned last Tuesday norning. While near the fire hei ■lothing become ignited and she was tadly burned before the flames oouf »e extinguished. Chas. Nowell is apparently taking *n averdupoise daily ana his cheekt i ae as red as a red, red rose. Some /oung lady is destined to find a eon enial companion in the person o his young man. Go out and hear Rev. Mr. JarrillV ast sermon on next Snnday. His pas -orate ends then. The new pastor wil te announced by the 30th inst. Con 'erence meets at Augusta on rex; ■Vednesday the 23rd. Mr. Jno. I Dennard. jr., has turnev iis back upon the farm ana will be ome a citizen of Atlanta. He ha: mcurecJ a position with the Southern ailroad as car inspector in the Atlai a yard. He will move his family romthis county about Christmas. Mr. Idus Langley was severeb licked by a mule in Atlanta las v ednesday. He went up to bu; ome stock and while inspecting ; ot one ot the beasts kicked him fui ously. He has not returned honn et but will he able to come in a fev days. Mr. A H Brooks came in and paiv ■is sub^fcription to The Weeklv ais week. He is one farmer tha akes the situation as it is withou ery loud grumbling and one reosoi ■f his pacivlty may ne found in th< act that he has a little of everythin}, o sell. Race Track. The Rockdale Driving A ssociatioi ■ecured a portion of the old Fan .round site upon which to build thei alf mile track and everything is nov, a readiness for gradi.ig. The tract .as been surveyed and the work wii logress repidly unt i 1 finished Alien completed this will be one o, lie finest tracks in the State. DEATHS. The death of Rev. R A Bovvmai -ccurred at his home in this city Iasi Vednesday morning about 6 o’clock, le nad Deen in ill health fora consiv cable time and for the past few mon ns he was confined to his room ani dually his bed. As pastor of the Presbyterian church Rev. Mr. Bov g -nan was greatly loved. He wai aithful in the discharge of his duties o God and to his fellowmen and hit laily walk before, notonly his church >ut the outside world was such as ti cad all men who might follow in hit ootsteps, to a better life. His church md his people will miss him, but tin , idow and children alone will feei ■ -he full force of this decree of an all vise Providence. May they find that omfort in the doctrines the husbano and father, taught which will make iiein submissive to the Devine will. The funeral service was held in the Presbyterian church Thursday morn ng, directed by Rev. Dr. Holderby. jf Atlanta, after which the remains ■v'ere carried to Atlanta and interred in Westview cemetery. Mrs. Martha Baker, mother of Mrs Dr. M B Stewart, died at the home of her daughter here last Tuesday night at 11 o’clock after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Baker was a member of the Primitive Baptist church and a gvtod and pious lady. The remains were interred in Bockdale cemetery on Thursday The bereaved relatives and friends have the sympathy of the people. Just as we go to press we learn, of the death of little Elton, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A Goode. The bright little fellow was the pride and light of the hosehold anu the joy of its parents. It goes goes to a brighter home while the fond parents are left in sorrow. The sympathy of the community goes out to the bereav¬ ed ones in their sad affliction. Tax IVol ic»o. The tax books, for the jollection of city tax ’or the year 1898, are tow open. See me and pay /our city tax. E. A. Harper, C. T. C. Posted Notice is hereby given to all parties that may land is legally posted and I forbid hunting or otherwise tresspassing upon the same. This Nov. 17, 1898. S E Broadnax. Notice to Debtors. All parties indebted to R E Ev iritt are notified to call and settle it once, The business will be dosed out by Dec. 25th, and these iccounts must be settled. R E Everitt, Branch House. Elsewhere in this paper will be found a call for a mass meeting the citizens of Conyers to be held it the Courthouse next Monday light for the purpose of liomina ing a ticket for Mayor and Coun¬ cil men. The oil mill is putting in full time night and day and seems tc )e running withoc.G a bobble. If lie enterprise doesn’t make mon :y this season we will be disap¬ pointed. Superintendent Johnson s looking after it closely and ■visely. A young man of Hamilton, vho went mining to seek his vrote back to his father that he ione well and added this F. S.: vill be home W ednesday vleet me at dark just out of town and ■ring a blanket ora whole pair rousers with you. I have a hat.” ITor Mayor. Mr, W. V. Almand vis candidacy for Mayor as lows: “At the solicitation of friends I announce myself a candidate vlayor. My platform is md means the best interest Jonyers every way. “I am opposed to the hog pen law as enforced by the j>resent officiah. ’ Respectfully, W. V. Almand. Pay your Subscription. CLOTHING, 0 o Our Clothing will com mend itself to those who examine it. We are going to sell this Clothing on its merits and the low price at which we offer it ' It fits well. It looks well. It wears well. It sells well. It’s made well. We can and will save you money on CLOTHING. •^o DRESS GOODS. Our Dress Goods will be sold just as will our CLOTHING. We lead in these two lines. WE iWITL OFFER SPECIAL BARGAINS N THESE LINES FOR A TIME. The Blue Front. LAST WARN I1\G, All notes and accounts due the old firm of Johnson & Goode will be put in the hands of an offi¬ cer if not paid in the next few days, J. A. Goode, M. H. I 3 liiiilcet. Go to Plunket's for dates, cit¬ ron, raisius, chocolate etc. A lot of fine candies just re¬ ceived at Plunket's Cuba molasses and sorghum at Plunket.s Boston Baked Beans, Soupe Mustard, Tripe, Beef, Vienna Sausage etc, at Pluuket’s. A nice set of glassware, four pieces, for ‘Joe at Plunket's. I am headquarters for crock¬ ery. See me before you buy as I will save you money. Plunket At Dukes’. You can buy all necessary in¬ gredients for making fruit cakes at Dukes’. Everything is fresh and the prices are right. Don’t forget this. Dukes. cX® to'ria . Bearithe The Kind You Hava Always Bought Signature of POSTED. This is to give notice that our lands are legally posted and we forbid hun¬ ting day or night on the same. This Oct. 31,1898. E C Granade, W F Hardin Thomas Rice IVotiee. Mrs. Dr. Glenn is still making fine dresses, coats and pants McDonald at prices & Hay- to suit. Room over good's Millinary store. OASTOniA. Tin fit- li ea ilalla tverj dguttui e( Slieriff’H Sale. Will be sold before the courthouse door in Conyers, Ga., 'on the first Tuesday in December 1898, within the legal hours of sale, for cash, one re¬ turn tubular boiler, 54 inches in di¬ ameter, 16 feet long, with 50 3)^ inch tubes 16 feet long, with half front make, extension smoke stack and usual fixtures and fillings, Levied on as the property of the Stewart pa¬ per Co, a firm composed of WM and G W Stewart, to satisfy an attach¬ ment execution issued from the Su¬ perior court of Rockdale county in favor of Jos. S. Cook & Co. against said Stewart Paper Co. (Claim filed by the Union Paper Mill Co, and property found subject. 'inis Nov. 11, 18««. W H M Austin, Sheriff. 0 We have much to be thankful for and we will close our store next Thur sday-Thanksgiving- day. Come to our store and get thebest onthe market for less money than yon can buy elsewhere. Summers Dry Goods Co, "A fo % V. ► r 4. ‘A m m The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has hcen in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of — and lias been made under his per ''&cc£>4'Z£ sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes aro but Ex¬ periments that triile with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR!A Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of _ <r * <? The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THCCINTAUR COMPANY. TT MUWWAY BTWCCT, NtW YOWIi CITY. FALL ADDS IN THE WEEKLY WILL PAY WELL i FOR window glass Paints, Oils, Varnishes, KeadY Mixed Paints, Col¬ ors etc, We are headquar¬ ters SCBOOL BOOpg. We will exchange new books lor old ones of like grade, we will save you money on school supplies, Pads, Slates, Paper etc. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE. THE DAILEY 1UG EU-