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BTTGGTES,
Just a word to Are you g°mg
m to buy BUGGY?
thoughtful men We / wwm a
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are here to sell you f i t » /\ tilii'hilt see
Buggies and at the Pi V ■ me. I can Furnish
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! ' S‘ Yvfife ; the best
same lime save you -~v / Y5 /H you on the
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money. / En. u market very cheap
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local news items,
J\i ssrs. W. E. Met alia ami ,T.
Gi'or;e, of Decatur, v.« re in (-" r,1i y t,rh
Tinii day. Julia,
Mi s AhnaG iPU. oi is on a
vis a to relative X in tic city.
Hi; n)1 ny friends w i il regret to know
th : j >,. vi T It. Sion art is confined at
h I. conn by serious illness.
Irs. G ier Dunn has la eu very sick
,
id " , r homo the past w ■-*. -i
l'h -d, -tion -passed quietly in this
j- r Letcher will go to spend some
;f Turin next
wecl Mid leave for
days - here ho ex
) * ’ C f to further equip hxmself for
tea anur- of Mr.
We are-glad to have Die name
Vv umu Whitaker, of Sanfianeisco, on
our r.bst ription list.
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l'OUS friends were greatly
TZ ■<- Mr. Cl ms. A. Argo on
Thtusday. Chits,
I)-- inline >! ut his t _
tm n hs and ill 1 i>i truij \Vc
V T lje o be out in town again. steady
h- nay cxperienct a i 1) l -
nont.
A, Gail- y who has lield
:i ; p- i, itlOll U1 ! he' ( Imriestoa Exposition
i\ ulids since early i !he year arrived
* his morning to the delight of his
‘11(1 ’ Jim is .--splendid young
il'a Hs educating himself on expo
sili 1 lie cxjiects to secure employ
meal iu i h great tit. Loui-s fair next
yo r.
James McDonald, clever Jim.
j, rh.irsday ;o vote for his friends
i—- t* v, Ui be in Mauisou several weeks
e ■t.
Tho tlefca ,1 candidates arc as clever
and wort In o anybody. May they be
BUCCO; Mu! at something else for tw r o
years. friends in Rockdale
lii r my are
in’s:J tub an? of the uouHuated victory of Hon. N.
O. * ’' r. v, ie \v:v lor repre¬
sent ativ in Newton county Thai. day.
U, n l. 1 Middleln ool^, of Coving
ton, is the nominee of the 27th district
for State Senator. Rockdale accepts
him.
Dr. T l)}| nio Mart ih-it lu>r Wednes
day for Oklahoma where he will seek a
location and practice his profession.
AW wish him success.
Mr Will McDauiell has arrived home
from Xiercei to • pci.d i anition.
,,, R »d Com* tor u.00,
at Sfietd & Hu' 8 -
Candidates’ Thanks.
Mr. A N Plunket wishes to ex
pi¬ grateful thanks to all
th \\ !' > supported him in ert he
primary v lection, While he > as
disappo it- d iii the result, y- t he
feels dc i gratitude
fr, J. A. Duke i , „ v
ti*fu) for tin . 'V .
V •1 1 his !' thanks
£. n un and i vex -
— i i.tiffh this medium
. \V 11 M Austin is ^ >
i 1 s friends althou 7Q defeat
ii, * 11 o takes t l-.othod 5 0
thankieg one and vho-suDnort
ed aim.
\V G Olotfeh. G also * rv
ill to the :
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GEORGIA- Ilocudale County.
To whom jf mav concern:—.]. King
Stewart has in due form applied forlet
fere of guardianship of the person and
property or ?. r?. Kitty T. Stewart of
said county, who has been adjudged
i ion compos mentis, and I w ill pass up¬
on the same on the first Monday in
July, 1902
Given under iny hand and official
nature, this June dud. 1902.
A. Xvl. Helms, Old.
School Woak Exhibit.
By request of the School Boerd Prof.
Letcher lias placed on exhibition at the
Gailey Drug store, some of the work
done by the pupils of the various grades
of tlii' public school the past term. This
request was made after the Board had
examined the work. It is excellent in
deed aud the public is requested to ■ all
at the Drug store and see it. It will
give a splendid idea of the work being
done : ijl the school and of tho general
vancement the pupils are making.
Wallace-Carter.
The marriage of Miss .Hattie Wallace
aud Mr. John J. Carter at the
church in tlri- city ia-t Sunday evening
wassurprise to ilieir many friends
throughout, the city. The ceremony
,.,l„nn.,l , - .be , oi
m » xov
friends by liev. B. J. W. Graham.
nM ,l,o ondr :. Mto il'oughter . , , of e Jlr. and ,
'; 1 •-* • t ■ N allace. By ber many ad
mi mole traits of character she has won
many true friends who admire her for
her I cue worth. The groom is a young
man of genuine worth and character
aud has bright prospects before him.
Ho holds a position as telegraph oper¬
ator with the Georgia railroad.
The Weekly-Banner heartily joins
their host of friends iu wishing for them
a long, happy and prosperous life.
Nogro Shot.
Robt. Upshaw shot Ed Miller
last Sunday night at Ellis McCol¬
lum’s home a few miles below
tovai The ball penetrated Mii
ler’s abdomen and he has since
lwi . u a ci . iticalcondition . Up .
shaw escaped and is still at large.
It seems that Upshaw was jealous
of Miller,s attentions to a certain
dusky damsel and decided to put
o ut hie light--lie all but succeed
ed AH negroes
Salary Raised.
Chi account- of the volume of bus
mess done through i ii the , _ |<
here, the salary going with
office has been raised an hundred
oilars. At the present rate of
increase, provided it keeps up. the
IV,.' > will command a $1,200 sal
arv jefore } end of the year.
This growth is complimentary
both to the postmistress and the
town and r gratifies us to give it
PUBLIC ROADS.
Cost of Bad Highways and Effects ol
Good Ones.
The public highways have a very im
portant bearing on the judgment form*
oJ by strainers in regard to the thrift
and enterprise of any county. One
who is looking about for a good local¬
ity is which to settle will be apt, all
tlJnr- else being equal, to decide
on a county in- which good roads give
him r-sj access to a market at all
Reasons of tin- year.
It has bo; n estimated by those who
hav>‘ given the matter careful atten
tion, that in a section of country hav¬
ing first-class mads the transportation
o; his -produce to' market will cost the
tanner just a bout one-fourth the ex
ponse involved in the me traffic over
our ordinary G< m-gb: roads.
Professor S. W vfct'allie, assistant
state Geologist, in his excellent treat
case on • • rp he Roads and Road-Building
Matotiais of Georgia,’ says: “It h
a weM : > o.-f) Mil t :.ba■ in the winter
tu r v pring months, the majority
of our common dirt roads become well
nigh impassable for heavy traffic. Dur
* n S season of rhe year, the teams,
which might be profitably engaged in
l! auhng the farm products to mar
ket - rema » l idle - at a considerable ex
P^e to their owners in the matter ol
attention, reed, etc.
Oo5t of Ead Rcods .
“Professor , „ „ J. , A. , „ Holmes, State Ge
ologis , Q( North ^ ln (liscllssing
thia item of expense chargeable to bad
roa{ j s< places the loss due to this cause
in 56 middle and western counties of
that state at $1,600,000 per annum, an
amount sufficient to build more than
75 miles of first-class macadamized
road.
“Now. if the above figures are cor¬
rect, and they are undoubtedly plausi*
ble, it would be no exaggeration to
say that the farmers of Georgia annu¬
ally sustain a loss of more than $2,000,
000 from this cause alone. In other
words, this large sum of money woul’d
be an annual net gaiu to the farmers
of the state, if the roads were so im¬
proved, that teams could be used at alJ
seasons of the year.
Effect of Good Roads.
If time aud space allowed, we should
be glad to quote more from Prof. Mc
Callie; but we will do this at another
time and show how good roads dimin¬
ish the wear and tear on vehicles,
harness and horses, and how they in¬
crease the value of real estate. On
the moderate estimate that good roads
will increase the value of lands con
tiguous to them by $2 per acre, Prof.
McCallie ihinks that this apparently
insignificant amofint would aggregate
more than $10,000,000, a sum equal to
about one-half of the present assessed
valuation of all the farming s lands of
the gtate _
Some Good Roads in Georgia.
While urging our people to progress
on this line, we are glad that w'e are
r.ot couipelled to go beyond our own
State for examples of good roads. Sev
era! hundred miles of first-class ma
cadamized roads have been built in
se' ■ i . ■ iti s under the system pro
' tews for the improvement
and namt mace of public highways.
The Maach« *»er and Peachtree roads
near Atlauiq in Fulton county, are
thuoroughfaicB eauil to tho Jest ideal
15 Minutes
sufficient to give you most
delicious tea biscuit using
Royal Baking Powder as di¬
rected. A pure, true leavener.
More ihan 76 miles of splendid ma
cadamized roads in Floyd county give
to the citizens easy access to the thriv¬
ing city of Rome. The Washington
Pike and the Savannah Valley roads,
of Richmond county, make travel and
transportation easy to Augusta. Roads
of similar merit radiate from Macon
in Bibb county, from Savannah in
Chatham county, and from Brunswick
near “the marshes of Glynn.”
0 A. UEP'T. OF AGRICULTURE,
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Governor Terrell.
Hon. Joe Terrell w T ns nominated
for Governor in the state primary
yesterday over Estill and Guerry,
th* two other candidates. Mr.
Terrell xviii go to the convention
with 20 or more votes to spare.
The surprise in this section came
with the announcement that Mr.
Estill had carried more counties
than Guerry.
Bockdale went into the Guerry
column but no people in Georgia
are . prouder of Mr. Terrell’s
nomination than the 850 who
cast their votes for him in this
county.
RESIGNED.
Our people will learn with re¬
gret, that Misses Worrill and Hut¬
cheson, two of the valued teach¬
ers n the public school here, have
handed in their resignation to the
School Board. They are both
splendid teachers and will be miss¬
ed. Miss Hutcheson has returned
to her home in Morgan county and
Miss Worrill ha3 gone to visit
friends in Atlanta
Negro Drowned.
Buddy Scott, eoL, while giving
an exhibition of his expertness at
swimming went down the third
f 11110 111 Y' river, at Milstead’s
f ac t irv last Saturday. Several
’ -gto-. - were close at hand
j is. I I-. hem wonld venture to
• nd ‘-e was drowned.
SCHOOL BOARD.
The City School Board met last
Monday night i his was nr im¬
portant meeting foi several rca
sons. It marked the close of the
Spring term of School and theclos
mg up of all matters connected
with the same. It was very grat
ifying to the Board to note from
the Treasurer’s report that it \va J
out of debt, This is the first tone
in several years that the Boam has
been able to report out of debt. |
Prof. Letcher, the valued prin¬
cipal of the schools, made an ex¬
haustive report that was greatly
appreciated by the Board and lib
erally complimented.
After disposing of all reports
and general routine work the
Board went into the election of
teachers. unanimously
Prof. Letcher was aid
re -elected £uperintendaut
principal. re-elected
Mrs. Anderson was
assistant principal. Lee were
Mrs. Martin aud Miss
re-elected teachers.
Owing to the lateness of tM k' ,ur
the Board adjourned without -ur
ther elections.
It is but justice to sav in ill tins
connection that the conduct
past term has been veil
tory and the Board, working- ^■ 1ell, »
touch with all the public
institution feel that the
Schools of Conyers are equal to
any in the state.
meeting of the Pi
The next night JUD«
will be held Monday ,
9th,
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