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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1899)
A GREAT APPORTUNITY FOR MID-SUMMER BUYING! rW STOCK OF DRY GOODS TO SELECT FROM "IN MID-SUMMER AT PRICES THAT ACCORD WITH ECONOMY. it stock is never allowed to grow old. With constant care we g uard against this and thus we My anything out oi date to palm off customers. To those who have shopping to do we say: ii ve on our yer u [Eternal [»to r^~ ff atchfulness « 00 ' 18 make should prices be j'our and explain motto. merit—you Cash buyers should can always know what do well. you are We buying. never S Our prices will be found just and right. o''"* to u3 for clothing, dress g^ods, shoes, hat's, all notions, \ You it Ij i Genie omies i? fas ts These S 00 - 3 claim our undivided attention. We bought what we owe s a 1d please you and do you the most good, iught \ Wo pay cash for every tiring wji Imy unci scc'ivc se ll tlio<liN«onnts* for you. IgfCome to us and get new goods, good goodsfat prices that are equitable. % “STo-iars for eq.Ta.al rig'irts to all, C-B, CAL news items t Paragraphs, Personal and Otherwise, Gath¬ r ered for our Readers. L Wallace & Q u s add on |er L page of Turner this paper. is 9 n a visit P.JolmYnceof Sarah Flippen. Bss Ethel rice,!’ of Flippen, is Euest.ofMiss lfinnie i urner. ■s«Eir ,e Wallis, of Augusta, u to/pend some tune with reia- , re Lsrs l lias been entertaining the interesting delegates for [few (lays. | a dthe Conyers elsewhere Produce in Go’s, this rtisement ir. |ss FloredeTucker visit Social has return- Circle roni a to Oxford. iss Claud Treadwell is visiting lives and friends in Atlanta 'week. hue is money. Read our laments time. before you go to buy lave lour Ii attention is called to Dr. advertisement in this paper. phim a call when in town. |nc e Bob Ethridge says . he has , t been so hungry for a mess of is since he has bean a beauig. adewith merchants who adver in The Weekly and you will s'regret ir. They will treat you t, [Igin fuly Stewart says tho jourtli 1. He was had just glorious at Oak his best girl with hies MinnieandLeila Thomp- 1 of Atlanta, were guests of W T Stewarts’ family this rs ‘ Y II M Austin has gone s visit to Mr. G M Jones’ fain— ntv. at Hickory Flat, in Cherokee y fmit hag just jars received and fruit a largo jar I l ;’°t 8 His prices remarka low. . are Ls Lmma Riley jg offering lH ! ei 7 at a discount. Read advertisement in another col ii. ; ‘ 9 ^McDonald spent ^* last Iv0 Hud- Snn savsJHmvnHT dTurnerrem!Ul1 Conym ’ i. 1 ' . ; ' 5 Mirtie Moon, of Washino- Clt y> is on a visit to rela ” he r ®' S!l e is at present the t 1 ot f -'bs- C B Hudson. LAX Ifliinysra Pi 11 i. P r 9 P r i . tor of fin ’ 0 ’“rtUememT 11 ^ 111 ’. 1 ^ an k.*r. Reid 38 ' V 16re it 1 alfthat w* , i wa> the that night ™te Cbi Si Z aUd con ductor she of that isr? 'v. Uu n might . asKGus Ills, ^ inter ■. - of Mad kn r of Mis* ■’ '“5 Mis, dist{u ;,, 1 My ® a .u? ^ ,K!ie ele S >y a t e of to the the r i 5 l:- re '' " nic h is in . ees * r riY LAVnir ^ MoAtla 18 a8 move d his i ‘ ; a He has seettr- 1 * r oft ; ha r e %; withthe We ^in- hope ri. iU t ith w success in The Lithonia correspondent to the DeKtilb New Era says . Ahss Sadie Almand is att ending the La dies Missionary Society at Conyers this week, as a delegate from this eocietv.” Rev. J A Clotfelter, of Conyers, preached two interesting sermons liere Sunday morning and night to some large congregations.-Hays Georgia ton correspondent to the Enterprise. The Brazos river runs through Mr. C M Taylor’s lands in Texas for four miles. The great flood occurred along this stream and did horrible damage. The coun¬ try is now flooded. We hope that he lias escaped this disaster. Misses Minnie and Ellie Smith hava returned home after altend¬ ing the Teachers’ Convention at Warm Springs- Mrs, F 1) Mctnil lan, of Atlanta, joined them on their return home anil will spend some time at the home of their father. lion. A J Smith, near t°' An - Some of our citizens noticed a fn*o about Lithonia' last Sunday at 11 o’clock. The following item fpom t he I)eKalb Nevv Era exj.lains U; -Venable’s office at Little Mountaiu wa8 destroyed by fire Sunday. The report is Home white men had been in the office play¬ ing cards just before t he fire was discovered. There is a certain young gen¬ tleman in Conyers who always has railroad time. Maj Almand says he knows this to be tiue because he sees him every morning set his little watch by the steam guageon the engine of the Conyers accom¬ modation. This is having such a locomoting effect upon the young man that his ‘‘Pa” better look sharp or he will loose a son or gain a daughter before he is aware of it. One of Sheriff Austin’s prison¬ ers tried to kill himself by but¬ ting his head against the bars of his cage. Dr. Guinn was calied in to examine as to the extent of the damage done and pronounced it not serious. Since this occur¬ rence the negro has been given his liberty, the charge against him being a slight one with only scant evidence to sustain it. Gardens this year have not been worth much as a general rule. The fruit crop is a total failure and black berries are so scare that ev en vigilant little pic-a-ninny can’t fincl th em in any quantity. The shortage in these three items alone will cost the ]>eople ail enormous in their effort to secure sub Mitutes for them for tho tablo. Some of us are really in hard lines for something to eat in the season when eatables should be most plen tiful and inexpensive. ’What will wo do later on? • The J C Wages family will give a musical entertainment at the courthouse , Tuesday night, July B3. This is a family of musicians from the youngest, 5 years of age, up This entertainment will be a rare treat to our people. The young people, especially those who are studying music, will be inter ested and profited by this event. All of them should attend, It is an opportunity not often met with and one that will inspire lovers higher of good music and give them ideals. Admission 15 and 25 eta - Congressman Livingston was here a short time this week. The boys think of going to Oxford to play ball next Tuesday. The joke is now-on Walter Adair but lie acquits himself gallantly. Crops in this immediate section are not suffering but a good rain would be heartily appreciated just now. After a pleasant stay ofa week with r „i a t; ves and trieiuls in Atlanta, Mr. Q t j g ^ t j a j r ^turned home yesterday, Mr. Clifford Sigman is now with Mr. A J) Summers. He will he glad to have flis friends call on him. Judge A C McCalla, Col. Jno. II Maddox and Mr. Jesse M Almand are attending court in Henry county to¬ day Mr. Anthony Norton lias enteied the Technological school in Atlanta. His brother, Mr. Clarence Norton, is in his place at the post-office. Messrs. C M Taylor, L J Almand and Otis Langley left last Monday morning for Texas. Messrs. Taylor and Langley will probably remain in that State wbtle Mr. Almand goes ns a prospector. Mr. Will Stansell informs us that Messrs. Jim McDonald and Posey expect to return rrotn Dry tugas at an early clay. Floyd ketalso thinks of returning. John Hardin and Jim McLivany will probably remain with the company until Christmas or even longer. Mr. McElvaney thinks of going to Cubit in January. This is a splendid time for those of our people who contemplate ing life insurance to learn of that which they would buy. Mr. J D Lochridge, one of the most sue cessfui agents in tlie state, and at the same time a clever gentleman in ev¬ erything the word means, is liere and will be glad to talk insurance will benefit and profit you. See him while you are not busy. Mr. Will Stansell, who has been working at Dry Tm-tugas, Fla., last April, arrived home this lie comes to prepare himself standing an examination for to West Point. Congressman, ingston appointed Mr. Huie, of ton county and that gentleman ing to pass, as did many others at same time, gives (lie alternate, Mr. Stansell an opportunit y. We wish the young gentleman sue cess in liis undertaking. Mr. Clms. McDonald, of ia, spent Sunday here. A little baby girl has arrived Mr. L F Scott’s home. Mr. Ed McDonald, of Coving¬ ton, spent Thursday in Conyers. Miss Cleo Stewart, of Coving¬ ton, is visiting in Conyers this week. Mr. Virgil Shepherd, of Atlan¬ ta, is the guest of Mr. Henry Mc¬ Calla. Mrs. Thompson, of Atlanta, is on a visit to her neiee, Mr*. L F Scott. Mr. H E Ray and family, of At¬ lanta, spent Sunday with relatives here. The prospect for a cotton mill at the river grows apace. Let it come. We need it. Miss Fannie McCalla has return ed home after a pleasant visit to Atlanta and Acworth. Mr. Idas Langley has moved his family into the house with Mrs Harper on Decatur street. Mr. J M La Fontain, after a pleasant visit of two weeks to his uncle and family Dr. W H Lee, has returned to his home in Atlan ta- Misses Eva Stephenson ami Sa¬ die McDonald, of Couington,, are gue3ts of Miss Keltic Stephenson. Mr. Henry L Smith and family of Atlanta, were guests of Mrs. Smiths’ father, Col. W L Peek, this week. Country melons are coining in slowly. The crop is not much good up to date. The late crop may do better. Read W L Adair’s advertise¬ ment in this paper. He 1ms inau¬ gurated a sale that will save his customers money. Air. ,T T Wallis, of Lindale, nr rived here Thursday evening and will spend several weeks with rela¬ tives and friends. The picnic at Gee’s mill joyed last by Wednesday was greatly en the younger set. Miss Mamie El¬ der chaperoned the party Your attention is respectfully called to Mr. CBHudson’s adver¬ tisement. What he says may be relied upon and you will do well to exn mine his goods. Rev. Mr. Brindlo, who lias been assisting Rev. Mr. Harmon in his meet i, lg here, left last, Wednesday f() oommeneo a similar series me etings at Conyers. Rev. nog t Mobley went with him and w j j j a *@ist in the services.—Wnl ton News. Mr. W K Rosser, a former cit i zon of our place but now Foreman of thoL& N Shops in ham, Ala., came over Tuesday for a visit <0 relatives and friends ], pre Friend Dock is as jolly ns eV er and does not seem 10 grow any older. We learn from (ho Lawronceville News-Hfcrald that the line between Gwinnett and Rockdale will be es¬ tablished in tho near future. Dr. T B Bush has been engaged this tornn line the line. It is said that will have to he established before the line can he run bet ween Wal¬ ton and Gwinnett.—Walton News. Mr Ed L Almand has with¬ drawn from the firm of (he Al¬ mand Hardware Co. and willmovfe to Social Circle where he will en¬ ter the same line of business. He proposes to do a general hardware business on up-to-date lines at the Circle and thinks the prospect there is good. We regret to lose Mr. and Mrs. Almand, but com¬ mend 1 hem to the people of their new home, and wish for them pros perity. They will make the move at an early day. The meeting at the Christian church is being attended by good congregations and great interest is being manifested in each service. The Bible study from 10 L> J 1 o'¬ clock a m., conducted by Rev. Brindlo is proving very insf rnct ive and profitable. Bro. Brindlo is doing some very fine preaching at night; doing all in his power to make the services enjoyable afford and beneficial. You can’t to miss hearing him through bis able discourses. Miss Latham, who recently moved to our town who is an estimable young lady, has been identified with the church and it is hoped there will he many more before the meeting closes. Preaching at: nignt from 8 to 9 o'¬ clock. All are cordially invited to attend both day and night. Meeting will continue through Sunday night. rbrotrnoteil Hervico. Protracted services will begin at the Baptist church in this place next Wednesday night. The meetings will b« conducted by the pastor, Rev I G Walko r - A cordie’ ation is extended to all to attend meet ings. Cflpni uUiiulOl I H lUnti . We will devote then ex t fe w m onths to collections and t hose indebted to us r e q nested to come and make set tlement at once. Our office will be the same as hereto¬ fore. Tk iiiking the pulflic for past patronage, wo a r? ery t r I). M. Alniand’s Sons. T 3 " 5 , 11 ! ■ GO’S. AmiotstuM* OUR SODA FOUNTAIN Is now running on full time and we are turning out some splendid Ice Cold drinks. You can get So da Water, Hhcsphates, Coca Cola, Ice Cream eto , every day. Come in and be refrebhed. sta r i' 10 :s scii \ . We have a handsome line of Stationery of all kinds. Our liox Stationery leads. Get your Tub lets, Inks. Fens also all kinds of choice Toilet ar tide and Toilet Borps from us. SPOUTirVG GOODS Sporting Goods of all kinds may be bought of ua cheaper than elsewhere. Get your Base Balls, Bite. Hammocks, Fishing Tackle, Marbles, etc., from Voars <i*iily, Gailey Drug Co. ‘fj „ jv ^ ; „ j TIT r BEST .JOB WORK AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
