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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1900)
A — 1 %•! ' m m i Ell & 1/ 1 ‘ • wr-m > \ m J.M n 1 J BA. fl_ , J M m V A 0 xvin. vs®*zaas&Ji r. I s§*at ns# §§ ■Hto cT S l ■F v § II % 4: S' A«n 4 CM lo trade where you prefer but ii ev.r tice 3 to your pocket-boo! v \ ou oua step in , examine my goods and note r prices. I am helping all who buy me and can help others if they en isee me. I have what you want. ill goods delivered to city trade. Jno. C. Stephenson. slttcs Livery Stalks; When you want a good, safe turnout one that you Can drive with IASURE AND SATIsFaCTION Inc that looks well and goes well, call on me. ood drivers furnished if desired [Terms very reasonable. M H, MELTON Sly trine & Hartle Compw- 39 • 41 TERRY St,, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, — R. H- POTTER. Manager practical Assignors and Sculptors Denier In GEORGIA, teni and Foreign Granite and given personal attention. Catechise. Inobody ? Nnent woman’s hus l? Gossip? h gas that is often Ndship. p Divorce? Mi carved upon love's he Undertaker? | Fusion, ln "ho follows the r Patrimony? F tr ust for the protec¬ ts industry. Insomnia? f^Uat keeps a wife I husband comes ■Taci? - Corning. »‘ s al)iIit y to maxe f lau ghiug at men’s B'Spinstei? "ho wouldn’t ■could and couldn’t A. ** * w detraction enlargement ; CONYERS, G.\, SATURDAY. MAY 12. 1900. What is faith? The thing that makes a. bald headed man invest in a bottle of hair restorer i What is a Bigamist? A foolish man w'ho thinks he can manage more than one woman at a time. What is Marriage? The fatal termination of the disease called love. The County That. 1 The county that has manu¬ factories is the county that shows every year the in tax values. 2. The county that is an ricultural slave for other coun ties is the one that falls 3. The county that wears its own socks is tbe county that has socks to wear and socks for other counties to wear. 4 The county that makes OWn CaliCO is the one that lias a the old . be new uew frock Hunt when wild vta one rome threadbare. . 5. The county that makes its ««» county home8 that P“ has n is anew “** apron “‘J occasionally. 6. The county that cans its own peaches is the one that can sit down Sunday to a good dinner. 7. The count\ which has its own banka is the one in which money is easier. 8. The county that, raises it» own etn< k is the one whose people cp.n invest in stocks and bonds. 9. rhe county that makes its own beds is the one that can <deep at case. 10. The county that makes in? own chairs is one that ioesnt hnve to sit on the floor 11. The county that makes tsown buggl© 1 is the one that can r i ( ] e . The county that makes its own baby carriages is the one that doesn’t have to roll the infants in soap boxes. Old Time Postal Rates. The first law of Congress fix¬ ing rates on postage was passed Feb, 20th, 1792, and went into effect June 1, 1792 The charge established for transmitting let¬ ters was as follows: Not exceeding 30 miles, 6 cts. Over 30 miles and not exceed¬ ing GO miles. Scents. Over 60 miles and not exceed¬ ing 100 miles, 10 c nt.s. Over 100 miles and notexceed ing 150 miles 121 cents. Over 150 miles and not ex ceeding 250 miles 17 cents. Over 250 miles and not ceeding 350 miles, 20 cents. Over 350 miles and not ex¬ ceeding 450 miles 22 cents. Over 450 miles 25 cents The infant industry never grows old* i ABOVE 224o Ft- /£a h Georgia 5EA. Wffl Agricultural College I, _£3 Main BuiiDinG. n it Tuition .-~C vr-l V.Vi/V Ui m sM S-W. +'=■ A .AML. > 1 • V; dahlonega, ga. Aeolleg-ecdncatiooiiitliereachfifaH. A.B., IS S Notmal and Business Man s courses. u'ood laboratories; healthful, (rood itivigoratiugcli- aud m „ te; military discipline; moral . l ,., 14 . ^ s^SlSKfSXlSat i ’ * s. ah. t. sa Farmers. We will thank all parties to whom we have sold fertilizers, to step in our office and give us your note. There \ n T saving us much travel in driving over the country. Thanking you a gain in advance for the favors we re main—most respectfully. McEiVANY & BRODNAX. m F1BE 1BSIIM1E. HcELVANEY &BRODNAX AGENTS, Wp represent some of the p es t ]?i,e Insnrance Companies in existence and ask the public generally to see us before plac¬ ing their risks. Office in Banner office under hotel. MeKLVA NEY A BRODNaX CASTOJaiA. Bean the The Kind You Hava Always Bench Signature of Undertaking and Malm i My undertaking establish¬ ment is well fitted up and my stock of undertaking goods is complete. Attention prompt and ca pable. Hearses free of Charge. W. A . ^Vmsviid, Ui*<ler£nlter «%c Emlminer OASTORIA. Be*Kth« The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of “O ■■I & X ■ UR RIEND i a I feel that it is my duty to occasion ally call the attention of my friends to the faet that I am keeping my stock UP and prices DOWN, I am buying close and selling close. This is a help to all Who trade with me. When you need anything co ne in and get my prices and save moneY. M. H. PLCNKET. , Spe iking of modern ehfjrt t0 obtain iuoieased railroad speed in passenger service tbe loco¬ motive builders are discussing machines that will cover from 100 to 150 miles an hour. This moves an old engineer to re¬ mark that when this is done that engineers of iron and steel must also be manufactured to run them. The [ires* nt speed of fifty and sixty miles an hour is all that human nerve can stand at the throttle, and that is filling the sanitariums with incurable nervous wrecks' a speed of 100 milos an hour would leave the engineer a •• raving madman before the trip »''as completed. Instances of found dead at their post are occasionally reported. Perhaps it is by shock that these men die. Its the rapid of the present age that is crowding our assylmns—Ex. Laughing cheerfulness casts sunshine on all the paths of life. If a man has a true sense of humor he knows when not to get funny. Ladies who make there own dresses should have some knowl¬ edge of figures. “Tears, idle tears,” says the NO. 19 Yet ail men know that t*ars work in m iny ways, A bald hea led n an appreci¬ ates the gift of a pocket comb so much the lie can’t be induced to part with it. Any actress can paint, but only a few can draw. An actor says he avoids the coast towns ion account of the light house. W * - ' When every thing else fails a beautiful bonnet will turn a woman’s head. A soldiers first engagement is of little ■consequence: it is the battle after marriage that counts. Some men would rather eat at a restaurant than at home— because there orders are not sunpressed. A man’s poetry may win a woman, but he is an exception if he is able to maintain her on it. An ignorant man should al¬ ways remain silent, but if he knows enough to do so he isn’t ignorant. The oldest Mason in the world u Adi,a Adams Treat, of Den¬ ver, Colorado, who is 102 years old, aud is still in vigorous health.
