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THAT THEY ARE WELCOME
To the bargains W E are offering in Winter Clothing, Shoes
Dress Goods, Hats, etc.
We haven’t time to multiplay words and look for catch phrases to ensnare the people, We simply say. we have the goods in large quantities and will sell them to you right___
your judgement will show you this when you come in and see and price, THE OLD RELIABLE.
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The Senders iI5eekly,
OFFICIAL ORfiAHOFROCKDALE CODNTT.
J. H. WALLIS. Editor.
Entered at the postoffice at Cwnyers as
second-class mall matter.
Saturday, Oct. 20. 1900.
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SUBSCRIPTION BATE:
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(DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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For President,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
For Vice-President,
ADL AI E. STEVKNSON.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
STATE OF GEORGIA.
At large,
FULTON COLVILLE,
AUGUSTUS DuPONT. '
First district—W. W. Sheppard.
Second district—C. W. Full wood.
Third Gist.—W. C. Nottingham.
Fourth dist.—B. F. McLaughlin.
Fifth district—Edgar Latham.
Sixth district—J. M. Srrickland.
Seventh district—J. Jackoway.
Eight district—A. G. McCurry.
Ninth district—J. J. Kimsey.
Tenth district—T. E. Messengale.
Eleventh dist.—A. E. Cochran.
For Congressman, 5th District,
LEONIDAS E. LININGSTON.
Tli© Editors on Himil.
The visit of the Georgia editors
was cue of the features in Atlanta
yesterday.
These gentlemen were properly
honored by the Interstate Fair
management, and they wandered
up and down the long lines of ex¬
hibits with interest and words of
of commendation. They were not
unmindful of the attractions of
midway, and thus were fully pre¬
pared for all the tricks of the fakir
and blandishments of the spicier
Under the capable direction ot
Secretary Martin, they wore told
of many things which they had
not time to see, and certain con¬
veniences wore disclosed which
made it unnecessary for a thirsty
man to come Lack into the city.
The weekly editor is the man
whq stands closest to the people.
In the cities We may a
bout the joys or the woes of the
man in the country; the weekly
editor rests upon bis heart, and
can follow every beat. He gets the
first sign of impending danger or
elatement- Ho is the first to deliv¬
er the news of coming good. He
iB the connecting link between the
home and the world. The Con¬
stitution has always had full ap¬
preciation of the valued assistance
of its weekly contemporaries. The
local newspaper is the one indis¬
pensable agent of each community,
and by its appearance the charac
of its constituency may be judged.
The weekly newspapers of Georgia
do not get the full amount of sup¬
port to which they are entitled,
and the local progress of each
point cannot improve until it
places its newspaper upon a prop¬
er footing.
The editors are welcome to • Al¬
lan la. They deserve all they get
and a great deal more, and we
wish for them full purses and pros¬
perous years.—Wednesday’s Con¬
stitution.
Oflicers Elected.
The Oak Grove Farmers co-op¬
erative club met at the Oak Grove
school house last Saturday night
and completed their organization
Mr. II W Hammock was made
president, with II L White 1st
vice and MW Granade, ji\, 2nd
vice-president. B C Granade was
elected secretary and treasure and
J A Hammock assistant. The el¬
ection of officers with the appoint¬
ment of several important com.
mittees completes the organization
of the club and places it in work¬
ing order. The first subject up
for discussion was upon wheat
sowing, which was abl< y and in¬
terestingly handled by president
Hammock, W F McDaniel. Lev J
M DeFoorand others. Dili ice at
subjects will be discussed from
time to time that will no doubt
prove to bo very beneficial to the
members of tbe club. The club
now lias about, thirty members,
adding fourteen at its last meet
mg. The club will meet again
to-night.
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The presidential and congres¬
sional elections will be ou Tues¬
day. the 6 th day of November.
Paste this down and don’t for¬
get it. An effort is being made
to poll the full Republican vote,
and the Democrats should do
likewise.
Mr. Charles I Brauan will again be
a candidate for Congress against
Hon. L. F Livingston. The an¬
nouncement of his candidacy is a
bout all that our people will notice.
The votes will go to your‘Uncle’Lou,
as usual.
Harvic Jordan, president of the
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Protec¬
tive Association, has called an in¬
ter-state convention of southern
cotton growers and business mou
to meet at Macon ou Nov. 20.
It is said that several hun¬
dred tobacco salesmen in St.
Louis who lost their jobs be¬
cause of the tobacco trust are
iookiug quite anxiously for the
coming of Mask Hauna, who
says * there are no trusts.”—
Henry County Weekly.
The Mutilated Bill Swindle.
.. The antiquity of a swindle rarely
interferes with its success if it be
skillfully managed, else one confidence
game that has recently been played
here profitably would never have been
revived. It depones on the practice of
the United States government in re¬
deeming of any part of a torn bill for The the
.Value pmouat of money of It bill represents. Is exactly
a part a very
determined by means of an apparatus
which measures the fragment of the
bill with the greatest accuracy. This
mechanism prevents anybody from get¬
ting In return for part of a torn bill
any more than it Is really worth.
That fact Is not generally known,
and It is the Ignorance of the public
In the matter that has lately made
possible the success, of a well dressed
Ewiudler who has been operating down
town. He has with him parts of a $10
bill bearing the bill number. He ex¬
plains to waiters, barkeepers, cashiers
and similar persons that he is too busy
to go to the subtreasury and redeem
the bill for which be could secure the
full value. He offers for that reason
to dispose of the torn piece for a small
sum and has succeeded In getting from
$5 to $7 for fragments of a bill that
could never be redeemed for more than
half those sums.
The purchasers, of course, had confi¬
dence in the mistaken theory that the
full value of a bill would be paid at
the treasury for any part of it, how¬
ever small the section might be. By
dividing a $10 bill into five or six pieces
and selling them on such liberal terms
this form of swindling may be made
very profitable.—New York Sun.
A Supreme Coart Jest.
An eminent lawyer, one of the most
eminent In the United States, was in
the midst of an argument in defense of
the patent* rights of his client to a
newfangled collar button that was be¬
ing unlawfully manufactured by the
people on the other side of the case.
The distinguished counsel was describ¬
ing the patent referred to and its many
advantages when Justice Slairas inter¬
rupted him and In a most serious man¬
ner observed:
“I should like to ask the learned coun¬
sel if his client manufactures a collar
button that won’t roll under the bed.”
Of course the court was shocked.
Some young people in the seats re¬
served for spectators tittered, and the
marshal, rapping on his desk with his
gavel, roared. “Silence in this honora¬
ble court'." The eminent counsel main¬
tained bis gravity, although bis soul
must have been deeply stirred, and had
presence of mind enough to turn the
incident to his own advantage, saying
with emphasis:
“I have the honor to inform the court
that the collar button manufactured by
my client Is unique In that as well as
in other respect A, but my client would
not bo so selfish as to patent so impor¬
tant a benefit to mankind.'*—Chicago
Record.
Wreitle With Tfeia Problem.
Here is a little genealogical problem
which perhaps some of our readers can
solve. A man writes to the Liverpool
Post, saying: “I have, like the rest of
human beings, two parents. They in
turn had each two. These four grand¬
parents had each two, and so on. Now,
If we take on an average four genera¬
tions to a century 33 generations have
passed away since the time of William
the Conqueror, and by the simple proc¬
ess of multiplying two by Itself 33
times 1 find that at the date of the Nor¬
man conquest I must have had 8.5S9,
934,582 ancestors of that generation.
But this is eight or nine times the to¬
tal population of the globe at the pres¬
ent day and most be fully 30 or 40
times the total number of human be¬
ings living In the eleventh century, so
that there must be a fallacy in my cal¬
culation somewhere. Can anybody tell
me,” he asks, “wh»t the fallacy is?”
The Inter-State Fair is a
success and it will pay any one
! io see it.
Sale Notes, Accounts and
Safe.
Will be sold before the Court House
door in Conyers, Bockdale Co., on
Saturday, November 17th 1900 be¬
tween 10 and 12 o’clock a. m The
unpaid notes and accounts of the
late firm of Stewart & MeCalla: also
one large fire proof combination lock
safe, now in the stoae C B Hudson at
Conyers. Lists of notes and ac¬
counts MeCalla, can be Conyers, seen by Ga. applying to
A C
Terms of sale cash.
W E MeCalla,
Surviving partner of the late
firm of
Stewart & MeCalla.
Oct. 16th, 1900
An exchange says:
A good thing for citizens of a
town to remember is that the men
in it make the town, and it.is not
the town that makes the men.
Some men imagine if they only
lived somewhere else t-hey would
do great things. Try it where yon
are.
On the record of a 16-year-old
boy, Walton county, Ga., chal¬
lenges the world for cotton pick¬
ing. On his last birthday, a few
days ago, Warner Hale, of Good
Hope, was 16 years old. He de¬
cided to celebrate his birthday by
beating the world’s record in cot¬
ton picking. When the sun was
down numbers of citizens were
present to witness the end. The
day’s picking footed up to the
wonderful record of 782 pounds.
In the first six hours of the day
Hale picKed 407 pounds and the
last six hours 325 pounds, an av¬
erage of over sixty pounds per
hour. In four and a half days
last week young Hale picked 1,813
pounds.
Evolution of Vanderbilt.
An old friend who keeps autographs
as a fad pointed out to me recently tbs
evolution of the name of Vanderbilt as
we have it at the present time. The
original was Van der Blit. The old
commodore signed It thus: “Van Der
blit” William II. signed it “Van der
bfit,” leaving a distinct space between
the “n” and the small “d," as his fa¬
ther did between the "n" and the capi¬
tal “D.” Most of the present genera¬
tion make one word of It.—-New York
Press.
The Oldest Christtaa Hymn.
The oldest Christian hymn was com
posed not only by a pagan, tbe Roman
Emperor Adrian, but by a persecutor
of Christians os well. The hymn be¬
gins with the lino “Vital spark of
heavenly love” and was written be¬
tween the years 76 and 13S A. D-, the
dates of the emperor’s birth and death.
The hymn was paraphrased by Alex¬
ander Pope in the early part of tbe
eighteenth century.
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The best thing for the few
populists Georgia ~ .
remaimug in
fdtriofrom (judging trom the tne roront recent pIgo- eiec
tion returns) to do, is to follow
the example set them by a large
majority of their patty, and re¬
turn to the democratic fold.
We will be glad to welcome
them back home. — Dalton Ar
gus.
JOHN H. ALMAND, BANKLR.
CONYERS, GEORGIA.
exchange bought and sold. Collections made on all parts of the
country. Accommodations extended consistent with soundbankin CTQ
Overdrafts will not be honored under any circum¬
stances.
Office hours from 8 a.m. till 4 p. M.till further notice,
Administrator's Sale.
Georgia, Bockdale County:
By virtue of an order of the court
of Ordinary in and for said county,
will be sold before the courthouse
door in the town of Conyers, Ga.,
between lawful sale hours on the 1st
real Tuesdap in November, 1900, all the
J. M.Huff, estate belonging deceased, to the estate of
as follows:
The old home place containing 130
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Sixty-six (66) acres, more or less,
bounded by J. W. Almand and others
Fifty (50) acres, more or less,
bounded by J. F. Harris and others
Seventy (70) acres, more or 1 as
bounded by Thomas Turner and
others.
bounded Seventy (70) acres, more or less,
Also by J. H. Huff and others.
one house and lot on Academy
street, in Conyers, Ga., bounded by
Mrs. J.A. Goode and others.
Also about 3 acres pasture or va¬
cant lot with an alley to Academy
street, bounded by J. F. Wallis and
otners in the city of Conyers, Ga.
These are valuable lands and the
administrators will take pleasure in
showing the above purchase.' property to any
one cash. wishing This to Terms
Oct. 4, 1900.
J. H. & B. L. Fluff,
Admr’s. J. M. Huff.
IVotlceto Debtorsi& Cred¬
itors..
To all whom it may concern:
All who hold claims against the es¬
tate of J. M. Huff, deceased, are re¬
quested to present same, properly at¬
tested to the undersigned, also all
who are indebted to said estate are
reque(ed to come forward and make
settlement.
This Sept. 19,1900.
J. H. & Ii. L. Huff, Admr’s
Admiuistrator s Sal©.
Georgia Bockdale comity:
By virtue of an order of the court
sold ol Ordinary between of said county, will be
lawful sale hours be¬
fore the courthouse door in Conyers,
Ga., on the 1st Tuesday in November
1900. all the real estate belonging to
the estate of Henry J. Maddox, late
of said countv deceased, being five
hundred acres, more or less, upon
which deceased resided at the time
of his death. Said land will be sold
in six different parcels to wit: The
home place containing 137)4 acres,
or less. 99>4 acres now occu¬
pied by less, Augustus Tuggle; 71 acres,
more or known as part if the
old home place. 157 acres, more or
le‘s, knowh.as part of the old home
piacO and the Treadwell or
place; 3K acres, a. strip next to B.
F. Farmer’s; 50 acres, more or less,
known as the Gilburt place, and 1
acre know r n as the Still place.
This is a good farm and specially further
suited for a stock farm. For
information call on J. E. Maddox.
Terms will be made known on day
of sale Thib 0ct 2 1909
W. J. & J. E. Maddox, Admr’s.
Georgia has two negroes in the
lower house of Representatives—
one from McIntosh and one from
Liberty. 7
F • T. Hopkins.
DENTIST.
CONYERS, - - * - GEORGIA
Office in Night building.
Work guaranteed.
F. T. Hopkins, D.D. 8
To the Contractors.
Will let to lowest and best bid¬
der on Saturday, Oct. 27th. 1900,
at 10 o’clock a. m., at the bridge,
the tearing away the oldandrebnild
ing a new bridge across the Big
Haynes Creek, near Costley’s Mills
known as the Costley bridge, ac¬
cording to certain plans aud spec¬
ifications of file in my office, and
which can be seen by calling on
the Ordinary.
A. M. Helms, Ord,
COTTON SEED.
We are in the cotton seed mar¬
ket. When you bring cotton seed
to town see us before you sell for
we are paying the highest market
price for them.
Williams & Plunket.
p ianos and Or
gans for sale by
J. P. Tilley.
Dismission.
To whom it may concern: —J J a: ;c *
P HLangford, administrators of tne 1
estate of J no. W Langford, late (a
said county deceased, have maue
their final return and applied for let¬
ters of dismission from such admin¬
istration. and I will pass, upon ti e
same on the first Monday in Decem¬
ber next, 1900. Given under my hand
and official signature, this Aug. fetn<
1900. Ord.
A M Helms.
Disun ism on.
To whom it may concern:—B A Al¬
mand, Administrator of S D Almand,
late of said county, deceased h«£
made his final return and applied admin' for
letters of dismission as such
istrator. and I will pass upon tkeasme
am Mood
Given under my
signature,
Another small crop of cotton
means 10 or 12 cents per pound.
Will the southern farmers beat
*bis in mind? It ivoa;d p»7
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