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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1899)
111ECO X YERS WE EKL Y Of F1CIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY. J H. WALLIS. Entered at the posP-ffice at Confers as gfcon^i-cla^ niuij iHJit cr. Satckiuy, Feb 4,. 1899. - line . for , first . .. inner Locals 8'J 5 cents fo‘r per tlon- cents each subsequent m<h portion. Kegular adv. 50c. per foi first ”"L,. insertion: 25c for each subsequeni ,SUBSCRIPTION RATE: One year, in advance............... fi .09 Hix months, in advance.......... ,50c ...... . "V A i. ''V'MmSk m m a Fifty Years Ago. Who could imagine that this should be The place where, in eighteen ninety-three That white world-wonder ot arch and dome Should shadow the nations, polych romc... Here at the Pair was the prize conferred On Ayer’s Pills, by the world preferred. Chicago-like, they a record show, Since they started— 50 years ago. Ayer’s Cathartic Pills havo, from the time of their preparation, been a continuous success with the public. And that means that Ayer’s Pills accomplish what is promised for them; they cure where others fail. It was fitting, therefore, that the world-wide popularity of these pUlashould ■which emphaaizea the record; 50 Years of Cures. The I’lulhppiue . . insurgents are supposed tube still surging. • -4' • Always bo ready to speak a good for your town and county, is a good way to build it up. Atlanta has about arranged to the State fair this fall. She gets what she wants. Tho ThirdGa. Regiment is en¬ joying good health in Florida and the hoys are very well pleased. Congressman Livingston has gone on record as favoring tho ratification of the peace treaty. rn. l lio time , • to , do , good , to your neighbor is wlien you discover that lie stands in need of your kindly ° nke8, The country is five from tics just now but wo have no as Burance that this blessed 1 de ’ tudowill lust. Horsi-swappers everywhere are invited to attend the Swapper’s Convention here on the 8th and 9th of this month. 1 lie farmers have been coached enough for the past few months the cause them to turn entirely away from the old regime if they were inclined to heed. From all we can gather there is n strong probability that a cotton fac tory will be built at the paper mills this-spring. A strong company has been formed for this purpose and U1 work may begin on (ho building vj t any day. Wo hope this prospect may hold good and that we will sooil have the mill. NOTICE. 1 am now prepared to fill* orders for lumber on short notice. My mill is running regularly. Q\ V e me a call when yv u need lumber. A. N. Phuket. Smith near litre! years.olil. The burial w in occur to Umriow at the Daniel burying grouml. A Wife’s Duty. (rirls Uiris ■nno who marry marrv with wmi the u e ish idea that it is their husbands duty ' to support 11 them in making . ntive idleness are a mistake. It is a wife b duty work and build up a home by dence and industry m home f ’ is it is her band’s to work outside and , vide . money. It T . is . only , a person great wealth who can afford ( D b j rf . a refined person to take Iwuwkceper. , ... lazy woman can Iier place as housekeeper to an or dinary maid servant, and her i lv must suffer because of it. loss of the mother as the power the helm is one of the evils that can befall a family. energetic woman will let no cause but physical incapacity her from attending to her duties—those upon which the fort and health of her family pend —Ex. A small church was sadly need of general repairs, and a mg was held in it with a view raising funds for that The minister having said would lie required, a very (and equally stingy) member the church rose and said he give $ 1. Just as he sat down, ever, a lump of plaster fell ! the ceiling and hit him on j tlnTm* ‘. / mad. , » m.rtake-he , . »-„ukl give Hus «» too ranch for an **» prcaont ,vl.o forgetful of thing, called out fervently: Lord, T hit him again! A legislative session of 50 costs the state of Georgia Tlwtis t „ say *1,400 per passing " lat .“ rc of i^Hy'mpu’toiit tho tax act lor are money and the appropriation for spending it. The balance its time is taken up in billg thafc aro worse than In this condition of affairs sessions are unnecessary extrav; gance. The remedy is in seS gions. The legislature will never agree to this. The pie must compell it by charging on the candidates before election condition of biennial sessions. It will lie hard to get at but it can done.—DeKalb New Era. •—4« Decatur lias nn ordinance which gives offenders the option of on the streets or going diately to Atlanta, Decatur is a wide-awake, up-to-date, P U8U ‘ ahead town. Tho weekly is . , newspaper an m dex of the town in which it is pub lished and any business man who is 11 ot represented in its columns is as a dead tree in the forest. A Drummer’sExpovionce A drummer lost his way in a southwest Georgia county wlu-re there was a good deal of religious at that time. So he gave his horse the rein, and made the best of it. Presenly ho was confronted by a signboard, nailed to a pine tree the forks of a road. The sign read: “Turn, sinner, Turn!” The drummer followed its ad¬ vice and turned on the road near est the sign. ‘Aon are on your way to Hell” ! That was rough, but like many another man, he kept on. Yet one more signboard faced him : “Sinner, , lost Forever?” you are “God help us!” cried the drum mer, “Between all these signs. what’s a poor lost devil to do?” ' i l Git right down on ver knees,” cr *e d « voice from the bushes, “an’ cry fer mercy, Down with you, an ’ b°U er fer gvnee! I M That was too much for him and, putting spurs to his horse, he fled like tho wind: nor did he stop til he reached a railroad, where 8 ‘* l,aled * freight traiuaud the dust of hood from his shoes,—Ex. Sliot Himself Dead. T Last net satunin} 3‘if nnhv ijifirht Uigur after aueri Iiav-I 1 h,g bid a number of his friends ^ jj r Xotlev W Maddox 1 ' * * walked into Sir. Thompson Stew- Q , ^ fitor0 and deliherately shot himgelf thro|Jgb lhehead T , it h a gmith & We 38 cu]ibre pisto] ,; . Mr ’ Maddox , recent! . - V deposed' .. i of his home here and moved his fannlv to Atlanta. He had jeen j away - tor some time and but lev. j npor l L v that he was in ‘‘ ! city. . It was supposed that he had iB i . r «l a pil«kAil,.| ! ,.iH ! a telephone company. lie settled up his business affairs here before going away and i and his friends hoped that he would do well in his new home. He returned to Conyers Friday night on the 12 o'clock train and was about town Saturday, until 9 o’clock at night when he shot “ r?n ■' ? »poke to no ou. ami deliberately Hied 113 pistol and hied The hall entered the head near the right ear and lodged in the brain. He fell to the floor and never spoke n gain. Dr. J A Guinn was sum¬ j moned at once but was unable to do anything. Mr. Maddox was carried to the courthouse where 1 he remained in an unconscious con idition 1 until about two o’clock i when he died. ^ , )od can . led tQ the honu ' of Coi ■ Jno - R Maddox where i the funeral service was conducted J atBo’elock Sunday j J ter wWch lhe bnria , . K lhe deceased . ,, leaves wife .. and I a j two small children and many rel jatives i and friends who are grieved nt hig sad ending< The yonng me „ of this country . lcllU „ ral pursmls and who find difficult to keep employed, L shou]d ta j- e themselves to Cuba nd grow w ith the country, 1 Thore ia il>ilitv of them do a poss | i ng something there. • -»• CASTOniA. Bearstho Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of L^GA Ij ADVERTISE'' MENTS. Georgia. Rockdale County. To whom it may concern: T. D. Street has in dne form applied for letters ?>f Administration ou the es¬ tate of Caroline W. Welbborn late of said conty deceased and I will pass up , on the same, on the first Mondy in Feb ; ruarv 1899. Given under my band and | I official signature this January Helms, 5th Ord. 1899. A. M. Sheriff Sale. Will be sola before the courthouse door in city ot Conyers, Rockdale a f l g a {|oi'A’hcf first following Tuesday^h! ! Feb ruary, 1899, the described and P^eecffpslengine, rubber belt about ten horse 40 feet power long. j ; Levied one upon as the property otT F Edwards to satisfy a fifa issued from county court of Newton county in fa or of J J Hearing, and against T I E ^f r Jo g 18B9 . WH M Austin, Sheriff. Your Doctor Knows Your doctor knows all about foods and medicines. The next time you see him, Just ask him what he of Scoffs Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo phosphites. We are willing to trust in his answer. For twenty-five years doc¬ tors have prescribed our Emulsion for paleness, weak ness, nervous exhaustion, and for all diseases that cause loss in flesh. Its creamy color and its pleasant taste make it es¬ pecially useful for thin and delicate children. No other preparation of cod liver oil is like it. Don’t lose time and risk your health by taking something unknown and untried. Keep in mind that SCOTT’S EMULSION has stood the test for a quarter . of a century. SCOTT _____y*. Sc BOW.NE, »*<s $».oo«. Chemist^ *Vi druggists. New York. Dissolution Notice. Tho firm of fli.d Lifs6^ Ijhb „ dissolved by a K reemembetween the parties . AH parties indebted to the old firm will please call at the office in Dr. Lee’s Drug store and ke settlement at once and save cost, as these claims must be LA Lffsey! This Feb. 1st. 1869. A. J. Smith will continue to do a cotton and fertilizer business at the old stand, Dr. Lee s Drug Store, where be would be -glad to see las fiieiuis *ir<i anti c^umners c„b,uuis. Pay for ___1_ your paper, ‘ DEjXTIS T^Y RESIDENT DENTIST. Every and all branches ^ b SS*S rk w.*h.rlSS: office up stairs over LONNIE MARTIN. Legal Notice, As referee in bankruptcy I desig¬ nate The Coxyeks Weekly as my official organ for Rockdale county. A. D. Meadou. CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought * J312ICK- 1 A M Id. I have on hand brick and lime which I offer to the public at reason¬ able prices. See me when in need of W. U. Wallis. LOST. j Between the Ordinary’s office and Mr. Carter’s shoe shop, last Satur i day ev ciuug, rd £ a ten its dollar bill. c ’ a11 Lib- at rew ® or recover y* Weekly office f Carl Philips. WANTED. 500 bushels of sound peas—whip ponvill and Unknown. Will pay cash for same. J. A. Goode. TO BEJVT. The store house now occupied by Mr. A B Osborn. Apply to Mrs. A M ’I'ravis. Swoppcr’s Convention. Bock dales first regular horse swop persconvention will be held at Con¬ yers Also ou Wednesday Feb. 8th 1899. at same time,' there will very likely bo an exhibition of speed giv¬ en the by some of the fastest trotters of state, on the new track that is a bout completed. i L A Sharp, Committee. ‘ J O McKniglit, Id us Langley. FIRE DAM HcELVANEY &BRODNAX AGENTS, We represent som8 of the best Fire Insurance Companies in existence and ask the public generally to see us before plac¬ ing their risks. Office in Banner office under hotel. McEL\ r ANEY & BRODNAX. • • ABOVE 224orr/ M Georgia SEA. H mw Agricultural College (5a Main Bim.oiN3. s&fREt Tuition. JEL m [juf fifggiot TIT "»• aw < . A college DAHLONEGA, education in Ilia reach GA. c f all. A-B !, B.S., Normal and Business Man’s courses. Good laboratories; heaiUtful, invigorating cli mite; relipioas military influences. discipline: Cheapest crood board moral in and the State; abundfir.ee of country produce ^expenses from §75 ;o $150 a year; board i:t dormitories or private families. full faculty Special license course for teacliers; of nine; all under the control of the Umve’rsUy. A colleg'c prepar¬ atory class. Co-education of sexes. Tee insti¬ tution founded specially for students of limited I means, bend for catalosrus to the President. Jofe S. SlB^ART, A.M, t igli <a£TJZt> CEP ■ ■I 111 flit ! We are in the f fertilizer ! with a splendid line c mu goods. We have o l—I High gr the Keiesaw Bigli Ms, Kssaesai t Hlfili Grade. Kemesaw Blood 5 leal, bn And Mug -A.T>K > OX COTTON HIGH GRADE, OXfii WlTH AMM0NIA AND potash, PHOSPHATES AND ' COTTON * d " MEAL. MFAT These goods will give splendid suits and genuine satisfaction, We ask the fanners to get prices and examine our goods. McEIvany & Broadm JUST A MINUTE. We want your attention for just a Ur « and we will tell you of some great bard we have. For thirty days, for cash only, is| to 1 set of nice tumblers 15. Glass pitcher worth 25 at 18 Bracket Lamp worth $ l 25 at 90 Bracket Lamp worth 85 at i k ( t for kitchen 35 Hand lamps from 10 up Japaned water sets, any coloi\ worth $125 at 98 % tin 2c or 3 for 5 e have just marked a large lot of new crocj ery and Hotel goblets. Our stock of tinware is never low. Our minute is about up, but we don"t ia| to fail to come and examine our line of good! kinds of furniture, carpets, matting, etj still have enough stoves left to supply sev families, and c.an get more if you fa| get one out of this lot. watch this space and come to see us. h saved. JOSEPH A. GOODE School Bool 58“ School SuppJie NEW BOOKS EXCHANGED FOR OLD ONES. A full stock of all school supF - at reasonable prices, Give vs when you need anythin? books or Stationery. A full line of Drugs, Paints, • very cheap. DRUG ™ THE GAILEY I 3c or 2 for5 ’ 2 “ “ ‘ old price 10 now 5 4 8 and 12 qt milk cans cheap Roller towel racks 7 Sausage mills at cost Heavy coppered coffeemi All granate and enamel at low
