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IffiML OMAN CF BOCKMH CtUnTY.
J. H. WALLIS, Ecitoh.
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I.ocn.'s ■> rent* per line for tir-t uocr
t.O’ 2 1 ivntr lor each *ubs»queui in
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«n* tictt l<cfriih<r tv'v 5<>c vt-i foi
tir o in^cr imi: 25c tor each -oh-- »t'•e. n
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SCBSCUlPnOX KA f’E:
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f.ix liiuiitlis, In iuiva-.ee
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Willi the , i’nnltppibo , T Ei«tC*.b , ,
and China on bis bands \vr> may
not he Pm-prised to find Uncle
Sam in bankrupt , , condition ... .
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a few more months.
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McKitdy is that wise 1m
doesn'fc need to confer
Congress as to the Cliinefcf
problem. ‘ He has probably i j
conferred with Teddy about war.
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Sam Iiobiuson , the negro who
assaulted Mrs. Inzer, in Cobb
county, was I ried, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged, all in 90
minutes, yesterday. The negro
has acknowledged bis guilt and
will bo hanged on September
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The North Carolina derm c ats
are now in control of affairs in
that state. In tlie ehitio i ia/t
Thursday on a constitutional
amendment regulating suffrage
a large percent of llio coloied
population was practically die—
franchised by a majority of 40,
000 .
The speech made before the
notification committee by W. J.
Bryan wois masterly from be
ginning to end. It places him
at the head of American slalos
men and if the people of this
country wish not to depart, from
tho principles of government as
laid clown by tho patriots of
long ago it will also place
him in the White House at
Washington.
The fifteen hundred Cuban
teachers who have been attend
ing a summer course at Harvard
University nnnonnte that they
have simply rehearsed what
they already knew and
they have learned absolutely
nothing new to carry back
Cuba. Now we suggest that
the Harvard faculty
Yvith all the other teachers who
will, go to Cuba and see
they cau learn.
\\ hen a Chinaman is killed,
where does Ins soul gc? That’s
a question for tho missionaries
lf he goes to Hades it looks as
if the influence of the mission
aries was sending moro (here
than to the , other , place.—AVay— .
cross Herald.
If you view it in that
Br other, we riso to ask, what
influence is responsible for
location of the souls of
who give up their lives in
of the dirty Chinamen? The
poor missinatics have enough
trouble, enough responsibility
of other kinds just now
charging him concerning the
lieieafterwof murderous Boxers.
Whatever punishment may a
wait lnm in the wo-ld to come
...rii will not be more ___ tnan , he ,
eerves.
lloosevelt is fnruishit g
gas that keeps tho Republican
baloon in the air. He is both
windy and weak.
C031PLIMENTAR V.
The following letter watt receive*!
hy ».iir clever'i>x Iteceiver Mr. G H
Hull, from the Comptroller General,
dateil
<l:oiv lnade ami figures accurate.
The hammc.irte jncrcimc (tithe amount
i of thereiiirna ami the fact that an
have v<> ccfault list tihowR that ymu
\\ o;"K ;,n Rei-c* v<-r lias heeli ffolif* well.
and that the financial people of condition y..nr conn.y anti
a o in i’ond
looking forward to still better tim*n
I r* i niauictitl your work and thank
you for yon * prompt uns* in the <lis
clot I'll dt vimr didins.
With neM winhes. I fun very Only.
Win. A Wj if/lit, Compf. Gen.
in ti Ik coniiectioii wo limy state
tint ilit re !;its heel: a handsome gain
j -In tin/ tax returns of Rockdale. this
j year. There is a gain in every dis
tried in the county. The total gain in
ihe county v. ill reach probably fifty
thousand dollars. r l ins is a very
gratifying showing ns it develops tin*
fact that there is iii reality a
! ,,f prosperity in this section; Mr.
j Hull has discharged the duties of
bis office in a splendid manner and
tle crlll p lhl „. ll t. paid him by
; Comptroller is well deserved.
WARM WEATHER.
\v« hone r o may he pardoned for
i making reference to the tvann weafl.
!i ’ - Wf re { cr f » r
)f . ( . olll p !U .|„g the present warmth
j vvilh that enitiatetl which into was the at the secrets tim* of we
were a
i cenain order, with that warmth that
i was when Uncle George Tilley fi st
| proposed to a certain Indy in the days
of long ago, and with Hr* excessive
j he.it \V T experienced 11 when by our he friend was asked Cnpt.
iison 1
“What do you mean?"
The beat of the pant few days may
also he likened unto that experienc¬
ed by a certain young man of this
cite, who ranks only as Lieutenant
in his family, when he arrived home
a little late a few nights ago, and
who could not give a good and suffi¬
cient exen-e.
The present wft.mth, however, has
not n ached that infeiiseiisss which
marked the lient occasioned l y the
irjecting between Kloyd Plnnket and
^(.headed girl.
Hooinl Event,
Quo of the largest and most con
genial crowds of the seiismi asseni
lied a”t ihe residence of Mr and
m rs. AN l’lunket last Thursday
“veiling. The affair was given in
honor of 1 he visiting young
by Mr. Floyd l’lunket, popularly
iuimvii as '‘clnybank, i •
All those who compose the
younger and older sets of Conyers
young people were gevon the lib
ertv of 1 lint lvisjiitable home.
Everything being conducive to
the happiness of the crowd, every¬
body was in the gayest i.nmor and
thoroughly enjoyed the occasion,
Refreshments were served
throughout ihe evening Games
of all kinds, conversations, and a
cakewalk amused the crowd.
This dale happened to be the
anniversary of’ChiybankV’ birth.
He, of course, was delight ml to
hear the oft reapeatecl desire of
his guests that lie ‘might live long
I prosper, I I
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Ihe guests departed after
ing enjoyed om- if the best ap¬
pointed affairs of the season.
racteil Services.
Special revival services will be
gin at the Methodist church on
J llc j 8rd Sunday m tins month.
^ ,ls t ‘ me has been fixed ujwm with
{!u> lu ’ 1>e tlint i( u '* 1 au ' t tllfi hum
in » dnflS pf the co, u,m, » it ^ The
pastor is anxious that i the
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. of . the church avail them .,
selves of the opportunity and that
Christians of the town co-op
him inhisefl'ortstoad
vane0 the cause of the Master and
the people from sin. Let us
all rally to his support and help in
the great cause of the Master. Let
each service be well attended and
noted lor fervent interest for th#
" e ^ !ire ot s * n,,(?ls *
KOTICE.
All who nro interested are re¬
l l ll °sted to meet at tue Almand
* rave - vard next Wednesday,bring
s ing with them suitable tools for
cleaning off this noted burying
j ground.
J. 1*. At maud.
CASTOniA.
Kuril fsa Haw Always
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JOHN H. HMAND, BANKER.
( CONYERS, GEORGIA.
j Collecticns made all parts of the
exchange bougl t and sold. on
country. Accommodations extend d consistent will, sound tanking
OverirrfU will not b» honored under.any dreum
St.ic.!rLCo.S.
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Office hours from 8 a m. till 1 I* M t. J ■ • further noti e.
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A felhivv f'l. vil thus costs the
on. |d e r In bind him licit soh
iti d i (i run for office :
No. kind but <h hid* tl
life mission of the hitfcli'ig who
holds 1 lie plow handles of this
-paper is to keep the fires burn
on the alter of liberty ami
«|, ’ e beacon light ® blazing on the
j shores of time at pci , )a.3. ,
j invariably iff advance. He
| I (joes not ‘ hu0K « ror thirst after
official life. He did think once
he would like to go to iho legis
j lature 4 he lias grown m grace
since then arid purified his sys
! Fern oi that uulioly dcf-iie binci
i then he has not yearned a pin-
1 gle ^ yearn J nor hankered a single
political . . .
hank afier tiisimcuon.
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A discharged soldier recently
e?urn. d I om the Philippines,
tells a tale of a shirt winch is
too good to bo lost, »a>s Hie
i New York Tribune. His com¬
piny was returning from a long
and tiresome scouting trip, in
which most of them had lost
the greater part of their wear
ing apparel, when he saw on a
clothes-line in the grounds of a
residence adjoining a big stone
church two very go al sh rfs,
being out to dry. ,\s he bad
at the time only a half shirt to
his back he proceeded to help
himself to a whole oi ©. where
u P on a " onl in came out of the
house and ta, d to bun m
ble English, "Yon will pay for
j that on the Judgement Hay.
“ Madam ,” he replied , ‘ If you
give such long credit 1 will tal<3
bath shirts,” which lie proceed
ed to do
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Tho e 11 to • who ra ii p’easo
avery one is not fit for Ibis e’t th
is enlited to wings, J1 un,an
nature is enstituud to th*t
some like scandal, some don’t
some like to see of.mss ripped
up the back, others don tj some
like to see fakes exposed,
Others don’t," some like the
truth told about them: others
don > t; 9ome hke to take their
papersevenor eightyeavswiihout
missing tin issue and never pay
a cent, and get mad and stop
their paper if they get a state¬
ment of iheir accounts, others
don’t. It is some consolation
to know 7 that the Lord himself
failed to pleis > everybody while
on earth —Dalton Argus.
In the household we have the
sew j ng machine, the washing . nia
c pj nfi nnd wringer,, the egg-beat-
1 tlie
eJ . t [)e m ,t me g grater, meat
j grinder, the potato shredder and
1 countless other implements, all
’ the result, of the patent system
In fact ono cainK)t touch a thing
in the factory, on the farm, in the
office or household that does not
(bear the impress of pat ended in
i vent ion. Without the patent sys¬
tem these inventions would prob¬
ably not have existed.—Ex*
Foi* ^ale.
A new Gasolene stoY’e for sale
cheap for cash. Call on me at
Post Office.
C. W. Nortou.
CASTORIA
Por Infants and Children. *
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the S/1T /7-1L—A z.
Signature of TJ-euSUAi 4
A frieiiil in nettl i> a friend
j indeed. When you find bin:
he id made of pure gold from
top to bottom. He is worthy
to walk in a heavenly place and
rest under the tree of Eden —
Ex.
China’s total imports from
other countries foots up £179,-
499.74:3 a year. Of this En
gland supplies from lur posses
sions $137,000 ,000 and the Uni¬
ted States furnisnes $17,000,000
—Ex.
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The caust3 of starvation in
India is attributed to excessive
population, indolence, iiregu
ianty of rainfall and the habit
of living from hand to mouth.
The greatest work of philantro
uhy i» to export them to new
territory under the influence of
Christianity.— Ex.
An exchange says. ‘‘Near
Bingliampton, N. Y, farmers
are digging baked potatoes from
their fields. Abul that is note
hot weather yarn. The fann¬
ers in question j iiti a peat bog
and the peat nitre back under
tlie land. £ix weeks ago the
bog took fire from some source,
and has been burning ever since
In places the, fire has worked
back under the potato© patches
and the potatoes have been
nicely roasted in the ground. o
The first Georgia bale of cot¬
ton for the present year was
sold in Albany a few days ago
liy Deal Jackson, colored, for
eleven cents —Ex ,
According (o .an exchange ,
there . farmers in North
are two
Carolina n named respectively, ,
Day J and Sunday, J who are
neighbors. Mr. Day is the fath¬
er of ceven girls, while Mr. Sun
day has an equal number of
sons. Four of the sons have
married days, and another is
engaged, so it now appears that
t ( every Day will be Sunday , bye
and bye. ; >
According to Government re¬
ports this year’s corn crop in
tho United States will be the
greatest ever harvested. The
estimate places the yield at 2,-
400,000,000 bushels. Allowing
the world’ ’, population to be 1,
500,000,000, this would allow
one one auu and unci three mu fifths bushels uu u to
every man .{woman and cniid on
the globe, enough to furnish
them in b,aad a whole moth.
Ex.
Pianos and Or¬
gans for sale by
J P. Tilley.
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| SKIN A=FIRE?
A That’s what it feels lik-. bet It i
| A Eczema that all thit burning,
causes
•j. Y itching, you red, to Fimply, be scratching scaly sk n, all that the
want
X , f . titne, and ids only V
i Watts’ Eczema x
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!| ^ Ointment V ' *
I -rt 1 «, ^ ,. f
wholesale only 4
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Tavlor ia\ior & cc Peek KeeK ,,
% X DfUff S Co. V 1 !
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Pianos and Or¬
gans for sale by
J. .P Tilley.
l>i.N mission.
To whom it may concern : — Jno. H.
Ahnand, administrator of I>r. J. A.
Stewi.r , late of said county dtseaaed
has made his final return and applied
for letters of dismission as such ad¬
ministrator and I wilt pass upon -the
same on the first Monday in October,
IC(0. (iiven under my hand and of¬
ficial signature, this July 3rd, 1900.
A. M. Holms, Orel.
Gkohgia, RookoajjK ooit.vTV,
Will he sold before the cotir1hou.se
door in the city of Conyers, said
; county, within first the legal in hours September of sale
,,n the Tuesday described
next, the following He “five prop¬
erty to-wii 5 veil tv nel'es of
land, more ortesS, oituftted, lyiliff ft-U 1
| -e : ug in the 4;!i Rockdale district of originally the
j Walton, now county,
S ., U1( , ; , e i IlA ]} .„ t or lot of land No.
three hundred ami thirteen and ly
mg on toe s -ut h side ot stud lot and
bounded as follows: On the North
by lands of G W Simoiiton estate oi
G W Simoiiton place, on ttie East b.v
lands formerly owned by T C Mitch¬
ell, now owned by tt O Mitchell, and
clle Bady place, on tiie South by tin
Nicholis place, .1 L McCalla and 1! A
Blake, on the West by F At Chandler
and the B B Bradford P Sigrnan place, home and
known ns tho G
place. Said property levied on as
the property of G P Sigrnan and E S
Sigmairto satisfy an execution issued
from the Superior court of said coun¬
ty in favor of \V E & T J Treadwell,
surviving pnvniers of .1 & W E Tread¬
well & Co., against G P and E S Sig
man. Said property being in posses
sitm of said G P Rigmau.
This Aug. 3, 1800.
NV. H. M. Austin. Sheriff.
. qjjoRGIA Rockdale county,
'p 0 whom it may concern:—J. C.
I Stanley, administrator of the estate
j’ riin ' e - v ’ deceased, has
: tiled ins final return as such adminis
! tratorand made application for let
j tors of dismission fromMiissaid trust,
en under my hand and official sig=
I nature, this June Stli 1900.
A M Helms, Old,
GEORGIA Rockdale county.
| To whom it may concern:—A. A,
Born, administrator of the estate of
Mrs,. N C Almand, deceased, has fll*
( ed his final return as such adininis-
1 trator and made application for let*
tors of dismission from his said trust.
| first And I Monday will pass in upon September the same on 1900. the
| Given under my hand and official
I 1 «**»«*■ U " s JU T A M TiiS: Helms, Ord urcl.
A FRICANA will cure Rheumatism and
Scrofula to Stay Cured.
tjcave to Sell.
! Geokoia. Rock dale couxtv.
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\ nn<I« ap^rie»tit*n for nn Older to s«).
af)1( , th( , !st i„>sop. u : o
Given under my hand »ud olllvia'
eir.iatme. this Auk- 2 -WM 900 .
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vsesaa*
iuo ixmtl "2*0 »a Iiave Always Bought, anti vvlncli has heca
in use for over GO years, has borne the signature of
anti has been niatle untler his per¬
sonal supervision since its infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations Allow and no one to deceive you in this!
“ Just-as-good” are but
Experiments that trifle with anti endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute foi- Castor Oil, Pare¬
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is 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
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENVAUB COMPANY. 7t MOBBAY OTBCET. N8W VOBK CITY
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FORCLERK.
I hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for Clerk of Superior Court ef
Rock tl ale county subject to the Dem¬
ocratic primary. I thank the people
for past support and will appreciate
their votes in the coming election,
Very Respectfully.
L HS/guian.
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby County announce my candidacy
for Treasurer, subject to the
Democratic Primary. In this con¬
nection I wish to speak my lasting
gratitude to the poepie who'liave sup
ported me in the past and ask them
to give me their support in the com¬
I ing election. I will appreciate re*
election more than the people can'ua*
; agitie. Very James Respectfully, Dukes,
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FOR SHERIFF,
I announce my candidacy Sheriff for re- of
election to the office of
Rockdale county subject to the Deni*
• icratic primary. 1 will ttud appreciate
die support of the people prom*
ise ft fftitliful disclmrge of the duties
of the office if elected. I thank the
people for tiielr support official ill die past
and* hope that my record lias
proved satisfactory to them.
Very W Respectfully, H M Austin.
FOR TAX' COLLECTOR.
I Min a candidate for re-election to
the office of Tax Collector subject the to
the Democratic primary. 1 ask need
support of the people because I
it aim am in a position to appreciate all will
it very much. 1 hope that and
give my candidacy a thought consistently
vote for mo if they can
do so. Very Clotfeltef. Respt.
YV G
FOB, legislature.
Complying with the request of many
citizens, 1 hereby announce my
svif a candidate for re-election as
representative, from Rockdale conn*
tv, subject to the Democratic prima¬ past
ry. Thanking my friends for
favors, I am respectfully C H Turner.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of Tax Re:
ce j ver 0 f Rockdale county, subject ''Visit
to the Democratic primary. I
t = accord me the same once more,
After this round I shall retire.
I don’t wish to ask too much of the
people hut earnestly desire their sugj
port this time. Very itcsj>t,___ Hud*
G H
FOR QRDIXARY. I
To the voters of Rockdftte ooiinty.
a candidate for re-election toi m«
am iocraffc^Hmarv'.
t J ,e D ? IlSreiie On
State !’ ni hm vv jail, t«
taxation building the re-build new all
‘A.p mactk-allvto besides ya
&*»» m-id-es o,S in 'I'mprovemel... the county, .nd » »
fo Cunten j with an old « eD ‘
against tho county- my t® r h J lias
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merited tlieir cootim^ed ‘ Helms.
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F. T. llopLias.
DENTlaiT*
CONYERS, - .... GEORGIA
Office in Night building
Work guaranteed. .pkiw. D.p- *•
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