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XVIII.
W INTER SEAS u N C L E ARANCE SALE*
Our reputation for giving our customers low prices follows \ as well and we now have to announce to one
* a p that we are making some remarkably low prices on all winter goods in our store. Especially do we
call vour attention to Shoes, Underwear and Clothing, and ask that you come to us for these goods.
WE PROMISE TO SAVE YOU MON EY
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DRY GOODS CO •P I®
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i attractive
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I OF THE
ATLANTA
Semi-Weekly journal
U addition to its supcrfe news scr
,l.e, covering the world at ini-sa
tB d the southern states in p»?tic
I Instructive features, and invaluable farms. for
[ southern homes
strong news service.
irlnjrins' The sen the ,ee netv3 ot th^octat^ Pre£
„ w ;«, is supplemented by the special
SfvB service of The Journal in Georgia
tnl the southern states, and the tele
frums and letters o£ its Washington cor
respondent. Mr. James A. Holloman, who
will pay special attention to matters at
the national capital which interest the
people of the southern states.
SPECIAL FEATURES.
In addition to. the contributions of
those and hundreds of local correspon¬
dents, Tha Semi-Weekly Journal will,
from time to time, print letters from
lirmers who have distinguished them
by success in particular things,
i ftottlss how they achieved such results.
The Semi-Weekly Journal has a ’dis
tlnpilehrA list of contributors, Including
Arr, Sam Jones, Hon. John Temple
Graves, hfrii. W. H. Felton, Hon, C. H.
Jordan and others.
SAM JOZIES.
J!«v, Sam Jones, who has bean called
the St. Paul of his generation, will con¬
tinue to contribute his breezy letters,
rrltten In tbs course of his travels, from
different parts of tho country, full of wit,
wisdom anti originality and seasoned
with hard sense.
fcr.S. W. H. FELTON.
Mrs. tv. H. Felton, the George Eliot
«! the south, has taken charge of a new
(?!Wtment, to ba known as "The Coun¬
try Home.” This distinguished lady is
Isown far and wide by the power of her
p»n, and her ability was recognized dur¬
ing the world’s fair, when she was ap
r’kted to represent Georgia. She has of
late stirred, up much enthusiasm by her
l*"*rs and speeches on country life and
tilt means for making it attractive.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Contributions from Hon. John Temple
Graves will be printed from time to time.
Mr. Graves is one of the princes of the
lecture platform,a man of extensive travel
M4 experience, a gtfted and eloquent
•rutor. a fearless writer and an indepen¬
dent thinker, whose utterances have had
•such to do with shaping the policy of
Georgia's educational institutions and
k*ve iiad their effect in recent political
tsmpalgn.
RON. C. K. J ORB AX.
Th* agricultural department Is in
ikarge of Hon. C. H. Jordan, chairman
*■ the committee on agriculture in the
kturglo house of representatives. He is
* nucessful and practical farmer, born
raised on the middle Georgia planta¬
in. where he now- resides. His crusade
lor diversified, self-sustaining agriculture
•O'i his work for the establishment of
fritters'institutes have made him friends
*“ ov 'or the south and his practical talks
txiee a week in the Semi-Weekly Jour
*•! constitute one of its best features.
h-’Vrj'ILE DEPARTMENT.
juvenile department, containing
from young people all over tha
with interesting stories of Ufa
* s<! adventure, will continue to attract
tey* and girls.
£ti ■m
m
“fspepsit &.?
sts what you eat.
Sata '.! u f ia ^Y digests the food and aids
r and
recon
lam. i. ■' r 1 ® exnausted digestive
t ? e latest discovered
ftuntiv-v:' &%'dY' 3 “ es aari 111 permanently efficiency. It in*
“•digestion, T cures
Heartburn,
CONYERS, r VJ ** I SATURDAY, FEB 10, 1900.
Quakers Temperance
Lecture.
Sevrral persons, among them
a Quaken. were crossing the Al¬
leghany mountains in a stage.
A lively discussion arose on
the subject of temperance and
the liquor business, and those
engaged in it were handled
without gloves.
; One of the company remain
•'>«*• - 4fler en<,u,in * u 08
; lyirg as COllld lie Said:
Gentlemeu I want you to tin
j | dersland that I am a liquor deal
^ j feet>p a pub!ic house of
but [ wollld have JOU tO UHder
j stand that I have license, and
j a
j |j e r.p a , decent llOUSC’
j I don’t keep loafers and
JoungerS about lliy place, aild
when a man has enough he can
get no more at my bar.
I sell to decent people and do
a rnspectable .business.
lie thought lie had put a
quietus on the subject and that
no answer could be given 1 Not
so. The Quaker said.
Friend that is the most dam¬
nable part of the business. li
the would sell to drunkards and
loafers tine would help to kill
oif the race and society would
bo rid of them.
But thee takes the young, the
poor the innocent and the un¬
suspecting, making drunk-aids
and loafers of them.
When their character and
money are all gone thee kicks
them out, and tains them over
to other shops to finish off, and
thee ensnares others and sends
them on Ihe same road to ruin.
—Ex.
A searchlight, isn’t necessary
to enable a man to find fault.
The grass widow is simply
made over.
When money is tight it, caus¬
es a good deal of sober thought.
Many a man’s money burns
a hole in some other man’8
pocket.
One great trouble with a liar
is that people won’t believe
him when he does tell the j
truth.
The hardest thing to forgive |
is an act of undeserved kind- j
ness.
Lucky is the invalid who;
survives the cure.
Good advice very often turns
olit to be impracticable.
A miser is one of the things
that will keep in any climate.
By taking up a collection the
minister gets the cents of the
meeting.
Veidiet of a rural jury • - We
find the man who stole the
horse not guilty. 1 1
A man wouldn’t be able to
! himself if he were
recognize
wbat * " onlan lbiDkS 1,6 iS ’
a he laborer is all r:gln iu
place, but the loafer is too lazy
to look for a place.
1/ you would firmly impress
thing on a man’s memory tell
it to his wife.
Gossip is often used by those
who want to get even becaust
of a fancied injury.
A wife is called the bett hi
half, and she never allows hei
hu-buud to forget it -
Good people attend church
but the better classes attend
, races.
Any fool man with money
shows up well on the retina ot
a woman’s eye.
But few men have self-confi¬
dence enough to argue with a
pretty woman.
The average man makes a
different kind of a tool of him¬
self each day.
Some men become poorer as
they become wiser, lnforma
ion is usually expensive.
Two of <lie hardest things to
uep in this world are a diary
riid a shatp led pencil.
i When loses ad m
a woman
reretst in fashion it is time to
announce her funeial.
Many of the things that come
to the man who waits find him
asleep and go on again.
Boil down the conversation of
some people and you have noth
mg but condensed air,
If it is true that brevity is
the soul of wit. the man who is
short ought to be a very jolly
individual.
Items of Interest.
Queensland is being gradual*
ly Converted into a largo
avd The Australian orange in
particular has a great, future, as
it ripens at a time when Spain.
Rally and California cannot
provide the fruit
Massachusetts savings banks
have gained $28 559 124.87 in
deposits during the past year
This surpasses the gain in anv
previous year, and stands as a
bi K b wa,er maik f,f illdu5Ui! * 1
Prorperity in tile Old B a.v State
Two plump infants comprise
the family of Mr. and Mrs. C L
Cartrmil of Owingsville, Ky
De lia May aged 3 years, weighs
180 pounds, and Wilbe aged 4.
weighs 210 pounds. At birth
Della weighed 8 pounds and the
other 7.
Princeton University will
soon have a monument on its
campus erected to‘Alma Ma
tor. The monument will be
the work of Thus Shields Clarke
* giad'.ate of tie university
,ii;d wii be a present from
*- lJ ^ Us ,:1 *-ia mater. [
Rub-’.a is being opened up to j
\TJUU< •ii engineering p - i
of its great nvua :
are being measured and survey
ed. and all knowledge concern
in 8 ,he “' An intri—
cate 8 >' 8te "‘ of c0 '’ uect "’* ca
uals is projected that will cob¬
web the empire.
The Minnesota Valley His¬
torical Society has decided to
build a granite shaft fifty-two
feet high to the memory of In¬
i dians who befriended white set
1 lers during the Sioux rebellion
of18C2. It will be located on
state land near the village of
Morton. Renville county.
The new military motor
cle is a, terrible engine of war,
The machine is driven by an
auto antic petroleum motor and
mounts ft twenty-seven-pound
automatic Maxim gun capable
of drecharging 600 winds ) er
minute while traveling along
at die rate of fifteen miles an
hour.
ORIEHTAL ADVERTISING.
We are apt to associate ad¬
vertising entirely with the bust*
(ling ! 1 fe of the Western world,
but Orb ntal advertise!s are not
all so sleepy as we imagine.
Here are a few samples of tho
ingenious phrasing with which
they t aldi (he public eve;
Goods dispatched expedic
iously as a cannon-ball.
Parcels done up with such
care as a loving wife bestows u
pon her husband.
We sell paper tough as ele*
pliant’s hide.
The print of oui hooK is clear
as crystal the matter chaiming
as a singing girl.
Customers are treated as po¬
litely as by v iviil steamship com
panics.
Our silks and satins are
smooth as a lady’s cheek, and
I colored like the rainbow.—Ex.
SMYRNA NEWS.
Mrs. Nannie Mitchell is on an
extended visit to relatives in At
larita.
Mr. John Clark i of Panola,
was in our community Sunday.
Tiie folks enjoyed a i
young
nice singing at Mr. J O B jhan
an’s on last Saturday night.
Mr. Walter Granade, of Rock
dale, w»s in oui community
Sunday afternoon calling on tiie
fair six.
The many friends of Mr. Ben
Hill will be pleased to hear that
he has, about recovered after a
severe illness.
Guess what young man cail
^ !o see Ins best girl Sunday
1,yr thalr8 !
U'as it Charlie Plunket?
.
Mr. J W Houseworih and;
.
, i iy , K spent Sa'-ur-j
sfight stud Sunday with rel
ii • ve; 'e-re.
Mr. John Sims, of Henry.
c untv r I nfc baiurday night
\\i h ’Mi. Leonard Walker,
Melton’s Livery Mss;
When you want a good, safe turnout ono that you can
drive with
PLEASURE AND SATIsFaCTION
One that looks well and goes well, call on me.
Good drivers furnished if desired
Terms very reasonable.
M, H, MELTON
Mr. Wesley Williams
to see Ins best girl Sunday.
Mr. Tom Bowen, of Atlanta,
visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday,
I. C. U.
o^fE*’2C'0>xiT;^a..
Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bough;
Signature
of
JTot* Uviit.
The -Toe S Johnson place on Ros¬
ser street. Good house, 2 acres
land and pasture.
J P Tilley.
Barred Piyinoth Rock
Eggs.
My hens are direct fron
Dorsey’s prize wii n -rs anr
my cock was Taylor’s show
cockerel. Mr Dorsey wrote
me: ‘•You have as firm h
yard of Barred Kelts as any
body find should raise fionn
fine show birds next season.
Eggs, 15 for $125.
I G. Walker,
Conyers, Ga.
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HcELVANEY & BRODNAX
AGENTS,
We represent some 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.
McELVA KEY & BRODN \X-
Elacksmith and. Hspair Shpo.
-•—I' • ► •
T atn at rny old stand aud will be glad to do your Black
smithing --nd repairing promptly and satisfactorily.
>fy work is-» lir»t-c*la«s in every
suici priee« as low »« the low
.
TI,,.o! fug m 11 for psst patronage a.;d asking a share for the
futll!
I AM VERY TRULY,
% mum BP V 0m, S> Pirkle.
NO. 6.'
I 0AS r l?O 3£S. X .
Bearo tho Tfio Kind You tiara Always Bought
Signature
«f
CITY BARBER SHOP
HENRY REAGAN
PROPRIETOR.
M y shop is comfortable.
. My towels are clean.
My tools are always keen.
My attention is respectful.
My aim—to please all.
Give me a call when you need
dressing up.
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DAHLONEC-A, GA.
A collejp 3 education in tho reach of all. A.It.,
H.S., Normal and Uuaincss Mail’s courses.
Good laboratories: discipline; healthful, rood invigorating moral and cli¬
mate; military Cheapest board in tho
rollgious Influences.
State; abutidanco of coiinlry produce;expenses
from $75 to $150 a year; board in dormitories
or private families. Special license course for
teachers; full faculty of nine; all under the
control of the University. A college The prepar- insti¬
itorv class. Co-edncation of sexes.
tution founded socially for students of limited
means, bond for catalogue to the Presideut.
’ H. S. Stbwart, A.M.
DROPSY CUItZIi with vogatabl*
Kcmwlios. Have cured
many then Sand o»-te»
called hopeieea. In tea
iv.t at. leant tv,-o-thirds o' all “jmptome remov
,1 Tv.riinuniala and TZH DATS treatment free.
3K. a. a. litustwa 3035. Box K, Atlanta, Ga.
