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THE EXAMINER
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W.A. HARP,
Editor and Business Manager.
CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY APRL. 2C,1878
The Beeoher-Tilton scandal has again
taken a fresh start, occasioned by a con
f ess Ton by Mrs. Tilton, that the charge
against herself aud Henry \\ ard Beech er
is true. It appears that Beecher, and
one or two other gentlemen cf Plymouth
Church, had been contributing $10,000
annually, to the support of Mrs. Tilton
and her children. For some cause, this
donation has been discontinued, and
Mfs. T. comes forward with the allega.
tion that the charge of nduliry
herself and Beecher is true. Of course
Beecher denies it, which makes it all
right with the members of his
whose morals arc- in keeping with
of their pastor, on the “free love” sensa¬
tion.
We have never doubted that Beechei
was the guilty party in ibis transaction.
.
His h'gb position as pastoi o t lec inic i
of which Mrs. T. was a member, in a
community where virtue is at a discount,
and tree love not only practiced in all
grades of society, but publicly advocated,
the concessions of Mrs. T. are not so
much a matter of surprise. Beecher and
Ids friends chuckle at the idea that the
law cannot now be enforced against him.
Tilton, it stems, is willing to receive
his wife haul: to Ivs bo*om, in the very
face of her confessions of guilt with
Beecher. Pet haps satisfaction is suffi¬
ciently reitdeted in his thus being en
a bled to substantiate his charges agaimt
Beecher at least in the estimation of
public. But what does Beecher care
It is a matter of little consequence either
to him or his congregation, of which
Mis' Tii'on is still doubtless a represents
attre ‘hiembe r.
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
Says the Savannah News: The bill
reported by the Senate Judiciary Com
tniUee to repeal the bankrupt law re
peals the act of March 2, 18G7, end all
unis amendatory or supplemental thereto.
It, is provided that the repeal shall in no
manner invalidate or affect any case in
bankruptcy, instituted and pending in
any court prior to the passage ot the re
t>eal bill, The substitute bill offered by
Senator Mai thews is intended to ?st:ib“
fish a uniform law on the subject ot bank
ruptcy. It provides that any person be¬
coming insolvent who shall make an as¬
signment according to the laws of the
State or Territory in which he resides or
carries on business, of all his property tor
the equal benefit ot all his creditors, shall
thereby be declared a bankrupt, and
when his assets, upon distribution by his
assignee?, shall have paid to his credit"*
ors within two years after his assignment
fifty per cent, of the amount of their
claims,' ihe banktapt shall thereby be
discharged from all further liability, and
all. property acquired by the bankrupt
d ivirfw the two years subsequent to the
date ot the a sign men t, shall be exempt
from seizure by judicial process upon
claims existing at the date thereof. This
discharge and exemption shall not ex¬
tend to obligations contracted fraudulent¬
ly or incurred by means ot breach of
trust. The repeal bill is the more likely
to pass.
A Savannah man pursued his eloping
•laughter, ami found her in a hotel with
her new husband. She. was of age, and
thereto! e he could not farce her lo re¬
turn home ; but he was the lawful own¬
er of her clothing, and he compelled her
to go lo her room and take off every shred
ot ii. T hen he went back to Savannah
with a large bundle under his arm, and
the women in the hotel contributed
something for the bride.
The lion and bull fight inj San Anto¬
nio, Texas, last Sunday, was a vary tame
affair. Old George, the lion, had only
one eye and four teeth, and wasevi
dently not anxious for an encounter with
ihe formidable animal turned loose upou
him. No/ was the bull as brutally in
dined as the Texas mob that surround
ed the arena, and howled for blood. In¬
deed, when the bull saw the aged and
deevtpt lion eowJring t,y the side of Ins
almost equally helpless mate, he turned
aside in pity, if not disgust, thus showiug
that a Lu\j is capable of magnanimity.
Samuel Moore was disliked by his
neighbors in San Bueneventura, Cal —
lie was quarrelsome, averaeioas and dis¬
honest. In a secret meeting nine of his
neighbors voted that he ought to be
killed, and immediately set about carry¬
ing out their idea. They covered their
heads with pillow cases, cutting holes to
«ee through, and the rest of their
with burlap sacks. Thus disguised, they
went to Moore’s house in the night and
Shot him to death. One of the
confessed, and all are under arrest.
Robert Warjlove and Miss
Draper of Neport Landing, being both
, under age, were unable to g<4 a llcens,
and on Sunday lasf, Robert hired a
and a minister, and, putting out to sea,
and was soon beyond the three mile l»m
it ever which the United States lmsiu
l isdielion, and there the knot was tied,
— [Los A r gel os Star.
, juMia i aa Bi
(Communicated.)
Mr. Eoitok — I have waited with some
anxiety, hoping to see some explanation
of the beautiful phenomena of the Moon
and Venus, some months ago, but as yet
I have seen nothing but a few remarks
on its beauty. I have been taught to
believe, and some assert, that the moon
is nearer the earth than any of the beav
enly bodies; aud T. Dick, L. L. D.,
speaks of an occullation of the plannet
Venus with the moon, on the 26th oi
March. 1841. and another on the 12th of
September, 1841,and tells at what mo¬
ment the immersion or concealment of
Venus will take place, and at what mo¬
ment she will emerge from behind the
moon. It may have been so in 1841,
but if so, they have changed positions ;
for in 1877 Venus passed between us and
the moon. I, with others, on that beau¬
tiful evening, discovered the crescent
moon and Venus approaching, and with
deliglu, watched them until they had
passed each othei ; and to as, Venus
passed the upper corner and directly
across the dark face of the moon, and
seemed, for a moment, to hang on tile
j oweJ . covner 0 f the crescent, presenting
the most beautiful view I ever beheld in
the heavens; and all the time Venus
shone with all the brilliancy she had
done before she came in contact with die
moon, and when apparently in the centre
of the dark part 0 f the moon, she shone
with the same briiliany, which proves
beyond a doubt, to my mind at least,
that at that time Venus was between us
and the moon. Will some of the astron
outers explain it to us 1
J, N, GLENN, Sr.
The’Woman’s Hotel, commenced by
the late A. T. Stewaut, has been finish
e< \ and was throw n open to the public
a pril 2d. Ten tlv usand persons were
to it. It is two hundred feet
and eight stories high, and con
tains six hundred elegantly furnished
rooms, and a library containing twenty’s
five hundred volumes. It cost four
million dollars.
SUING A MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR BOARD.
A case recently decided in New Bruns
wick is interesting to every man that has
a mother-id-law. Voor bees Brower, an
Alderman in that city, sued the adminis
trators of the estate of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Ann Susydam, who died in Novern
her, 1876, for $1,300, which ho charged
her board for the nine years that she
lived with him. There had been no
agreement that s’he was to pay her boaid,
it was proved that she had helped in
the housework. Mr. Edward Strong,
Brower’s counsel, contended that there
was an implied contract on her part to
pay, if she was able to pay, in the fact
that she accepted her board from h°r
son-in-law, who was not bound to Sup.
port her. Mr. Voovhe.es, who appeared
tor the administrators, cited an
case, in which it was held that there was
no implied contract, to pay on the part of
a mother in-law under such cirunmstam
ees. Mr, Strong i ejoined that that was
not law in New Jersey, although it
might be in Indiana, where men have
three mothers in-law apiece on an aver
age. Judge Scudder, in charging the
jnry, said that, allhough there was no
such implied contract to pay in the case
of parent and child, a man is under no
legal obligation to support his mother
in-law ; and if he supports her, the
implies a contract on her part to
nerate lum. The jury gave Mr. Rrow¬
er a verdict for the full amount.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 15.—
George Shoenberger, one of the best cit¬
izens of Huntsville, was brutally assassi¬
nated as he emerged from his gate, one
mile from town, yesterday morning
The assassins (three negroes— Ben
Evans, Ephraim Hall and Frank Kelley)
were arrested and lodged in jail. They
confessed, but said a butcher named
Mike White had hired them to do it.
White was also committed to jail.
Intense excitement prevailed during
^ ae uusucc essrnl attempt was
mn ^ e 10 b’ nc ^ assassins, ihe best
j cilizeDS made s P eech to U T 10 P at ‘ if y ‘ he
lawless eiiiz nis. iheie wasan attempt
1 made to lynch them last eight, hut the
mob was repulsed by the guard, and ev~
erylhing seemed quiet this morning at 9
o’clock, though there were still threats,
and it is expected the men will be hang
ed.
Since the above was put in type, the
Constitution brings us an account ot the
hanging ot all three ot the men on the
saute tree, by a large body of ai med
men, and witnessed by at least one thou
sand citizens.
Flint is really noihiug more nor less
than sponge turned into stone. Once
the sponge grew at the bottom of the sea,
j as other sponges and grow now then ; the but that was
ages ago, since sponge,
turned to flint, has lain covered by rocks
and earth of many kinds piled thick
above *'• Seen with a microscope, flint
(shows the make of sponge in its fibres?
and sometimes yon can see, bedded in it,
shells of the tiny creatures upon
t j ie s }, e els of the tiny creaturesup- r
on which . the . sponge . e fed. , New and then,
inside a flint, M ill be found bits of sponge
not yet changed,
SMILES.
Did you ever notice an infant as it lay
peacefully sleeping in its crib—see a sm'le
come over its features like gentle riplets
moved by a' lazy wind ? Peels say it. is
then ‘whispering to the angels far away:’
but, watching the nervous twitching of
its mouth, we are led to believe that oth
er causes than this causes the titillation.
There are smiles of various degrees,
kinds aud sorts. For instance, ihe hotel
clerks have a smile, bland and inviting,
for the coining guest, cherubic for the
paying one, a heavenly one for the ladies
and one as fierce as a buzz saw for the
beat. The minister smiles sweetly when
he sees the contribution box corue back
laden wi’h contributions. He smiles
gvimley when he sees it empty. The
th'atrical manager smiles delightedly
when his house is full of paying visitors.
A lady will smile on her lover even when
he treads upon the tvail of her dress.—
The editor smiles when greenbacks pour
in, and the politician when he meets a
constituent. Then there is the smi'e that
is the smilingest smile of all the sru les—
that is when the hummer is invited to
drink. What a smile ! M. onlight on a
shovel is no comparison. It commences
at-the corner of his mouth, and as he
grasps the decanter it spreads, gets wider
and wider, and deeper, until the drought
is swallowed and then it covers the face,
and as a glow lakes possession of tin*
body, il increases until even Ihe ear wags
in joy, and the hair stands on end in ex¬
cessive delight.
I he reduction of wages of the cotton
of ~ Laiica.'hu , , t- England, i -i and i
opeianvcs e,
ihe <i| position offered ;hereto by the ops
eiatlvI S, will piobabk , i , lesuit , Ml the . most
gigantic ucknui and -trike that has ever
occurred in tha, couu.ry. This will in
volw the stoppage of :• >« »in< and
i* 0,0'JJ, iiii i ' O't 11 ,i spliidh ,i s, and i ....... , out . of c
employ muni, not les llvaa 12 0‘J woik
men.
A convention of tiie chii I ■ fitoi.Js of
Southern rail roads has Imeu he»«i in U c.'u
tnoud to coi.s'.d'-r the expediency * * t fas'
er time between New Y< rk and points
South. A committee of tlrrtecn was
appointed to piepare a tiin ■ sheet, and
they reported that it was inexpedient to
change the seedules at this time. The
report was finally adopted, and the con
vein ion adjourned to meei at Windsor
House, New York, on October 13'.h next.
A Pennsylvanian, while e: ling oysters
on the sliei), found a i iekiecent of 1858
panlv cov. red over by the heart of the
oyester There was also an indentation
in the shell produced by the cent.
MAY S. S. CELEBRATION.
According to previous announcement, the
delegates from various >unday Schools in this
county, met at the Court House Saturday,
April dth, at 10 o clock, and the following
schools represented, viz : Conyers Presbyte¬
rian, Methrdist and 1st Baptist, and Union
schools. Tiie meeting was called to order by
J. 0. Barton, President, when the following
was agreed upon as the
PROGRAMME:
schools to assemble in Conyers, the
First Saand.iv iu May, viz : the 4th proximo,
at 9i o’clock, at the Methodist Church —
Procession to form and move at 10 o'clock, for
the grounds near the Male and Female Acade
my. Dr. J. P. Rosser elected Marshal, and A,
vl - Helms Chorister. Tim Union School was
comp, i men ted by being called upon (o furnish
a speaker to deliver the Welcome A dress,
Exercises'to open with song, “Corona ion,”
by entire Association.
Prayer, by Rev. John A, Reynolds.
Welcome Song, by 1st Baptist school, Con
yers.
Welcome Address, by S. L. Hollingsworth,
Union school.
Song—Methodist school, Conyers.
Address, by J. A. McCord, jr.
Song—“Praise the Lord ’—by Presbyterian
school, conyers.
Address, by Samuel Scott.
Song—by Ebenczer schooh Address, by
one of the pupils.
Soug—“Summer Land’’—by Union school.
Address', by R. B. Vaughn.
Song - by Smyrna school, Address by one
of fha pupils,
Song--by 1st Baptist school, ccn ers.
Address, by David Butler, jr.
Sou g—“Gathering Home”—by the entire
Association.
Annual Address, by Rev. J. H. Martin, of
Atlanta. Ga.
BASKET DINNER.
Miscellaneous Business.
Song—“Sweet By-and-By”—by entire As¬
sociation.
All scbools iu this and t-adjoining counties,
are especially invited to be present, either in
body or by delegation, and co-operate' with us.
They will be given a place in the exercises.
The Conyers Cornet Band has been invited
to be preseut t» regale and lead the procession
with their sweet music.
Superintendents of schools, not placed in
Programme, will please notify the Secretary
if thev can attend, so places can be arranged
properly for them.
>V. E. McCALLA, Secretary,
Conyers, Ga. April Dth 1878,
STEWART & BRQ.’S ?
/ * CONTRACTORS for all kinds of work, tuch
> as building
Grist anfl Saw Mills, House Carnenteriiis.
* Including all kinds of
.sCUOU. WORK AND MOULDINGS
PL4NS and SPECIFICATIONS
For ^ _ Buildmgs^urmshed _ . at Short Notice
oTfu^W? 6 ” ^ doalers in ^
Conyers, Ga., April 26—ly.
All Orders
fat Lrnte Of Any
mo
SENT TO THIS OFFICE WILL BE
Promptly Attended to,
Farmers, Look to Your Interest!
1 f AM offering For Sale, Tve Different
O U A N o s,
all of the Highest urade, viz :
GEER’S AffiOIATES SURFESPHGSPHATE
I can show you a.t any time, at the warehouse.
The best practical farme 3 of Newton and
Walton, say it is Superior to any they have ev¬
er used. It pays fr<>m 75 to 150 per cent, and
improves tii • soil very fast. It also pays well
the scond year.
farm & Wallace's AmoniaM Dissolved
Bone PSospliaie.
a very High Grade Guano. Call and see me,
and I will furnis * you with certificates from
farmers of Newton and Walton. See what
they say before you buy. I also have the
jpsl. go: xt xo* £
of both the above Guanos, for Composting.—
These Acids are so strong that they very soon
destroys the sacks, so I would like io have » our
orders, before having them shipped from the
manufactory, and it onL requires a few days
to lay it down in Conyers. All who want to
Compost with First-Class Acids, will please
give me their orders. I also have on hand the
Cotton Food )
The Subtitute for Peruvian Guano—its equal
I hope the farmers of this section, will look
well to their interest, and if you use guanos,
Use the I3est. Tend less land, make more
produce per acre, and at the same time, im
prove your land. I have been using guanos
for ten years, in a small way, and have always
found that the Best was universally the Cheap
eS t. I have not been without a farm to make
my bread on, since I commencedhous keeping,
KrT
and our du'y, to impiove the soil,
Come and see me, and let us talk it over.
Respectfully. S. D. LIGHT
Conyers, Ga, Feb9 2 m Agent.
I can at tie anyth make in money g else. faster Capital at VJgVgS work not requirt for us d than ; we
b ?
girls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now
is the time. Costly outfit and terms free.—
Address Tbue & Co., Augusta Maine.
TEN FOR ONE !
DTE have bought Itutlier too
V t SUGAR for our trade, and will sell BS
No. 1 Sugar at
TEN FOUNDS FOR ONE DOLLAR.
S I EWART & McCALLA.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
MORT&AGE SHERIFF SALE, for May.
I TILL be sold before the Court House door,
II in the town of Conyers, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in May,
1878, the following property, to wit:
One portable sr.am engine, five horse pow¬
er, manufactured by B .> Payne & Son, Troy,
N Y, Levied on as the property of T. J. Nelms,
by virtue of a mortgage ii fa issued from Rock¬
dale Superior Couit in favor of Stewait & Me
Calla, vs, T J Nelms. Property pointed out by
fi fa. Levy made j unitary 11th, LS78.
J. li. TAYLOR, Sl.ff.
ALSO, at the same time and place, will be
sold the following property, to wit:
One sorrel mare mule, named “Nell,” nine
years old ; one black mare mule, named “Dol¬
ly,” about four years oh!, Levied on as the
property of T. .T. Nelms by vir ue of a mort¬
gage fi fa jssuedZfrom Rockdale Supermv Court
in favor of .Stewart & McCalla, vs. T J Nelms.
Property pointed out by fi fa. Levy made
january 12th,188,
feb'23 tds J. H. TAYLOR, Sh’ff.
Mice to Delta and Creators,
A Y LL persons indebted to th« estate of Dr.
x S. W. Bryan, late of Rockdale county,
deceased, are requested to make immediate
payment, And all persons having claims against
said estate, are notified to pres, nt them to the
undersigned, duly authenticated, iu terms of
the law ELIZABETH S. BRYAN,
march2d 6 w Executrix.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
YUHEREAS, VV application having been made
to the Court of Ordinary cf said county
for the appointing of 1he clerk of uhe Supe¬
rior Court, or some other fit and proper person,
guardian of the peis >n and property of W. H.
Summers, a minor,, under the age of twenty -
one years, and reddeiit of said county.
Thif- is, therefore, to notify all persons con
corned, that if there is no good cause shown to
the contrary, on the six to day of May next, in
the Court of Ordinary, an oi-der wiil pass ap¬
pointing the clerk of the Superior Court, or
some other fit and proper person, guardian of
the said W. H, hummers’ person and property,
as applied for.
Given under my hand and official signature,
March6th, 1878. 0. SEAMANS,
ap6 30d Ot dm ary.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
WHEREAS, VV Martha F. Nelms, wife of T J.
Nelms, having made application to me for
the Exemption of Personally and Setting
Apart and Valuation of a Homestead, and I
will pass upon the same on the 8tl» day of
April. 1878, at IQ o’clock, a. in., at my office.
This, March 27th, 1878.
inr30 2t O. bEAMANS, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County,
VN7HEREAS J. B. Brown and W. J. Smith,
VV Administrators of Josiah Brown, deceased,
having made application to Court of Ordinary
of said county, for Letters of Dismission from
theii administration of the estate of said de¬
ceased,
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concern¬
ed to show cause, by filing objections in my
office, why the said J. B. Brown and W„ J.
Smith should net be dismissed from the ad
ministrationship of the estate of Josiah Brown
and receive the usual Lettei s of Dismission.
Given under my hand and official signature
Mach 5th, 1878 O. SEAMANS,
nir.9 3 in Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County.
WHEREAS, H H Peek, Guardian of Mary
V V A J Thompson, deceased, having made ap¬
plication to the Court of Ordinary, of said
county, for a discharge from the Guardianship
of the proper y of the said Mary A J Thomp¬
son.
This is, therefore, to cite and admonish all
persons concerned, to show cause by filing
their objections in my office, within the time
prescribed by law, why the said H H Peek
should not be dismissed from his Guardianship
of the property of the said Mary A J Thomp¬
son, and receive the usual letters of dismission
Given under my hand and official signature,
Jan. 23, 1878. O. SEA3IANS, Ord’y.
F< M. Ayers,
AIMS & Co,
Masonic Block, CONYERS, Georgia,
DEALERS IK
Hr? won 9 a?
BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS
HEADY MADE CtOTfflXj
HARDWARE, QUEENS WARE, GLASS WARE
Pi cM 9
WINDOW GLASS, PETTY, SCHOOL BOO.KS AND stationer
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Prescriptions Carelully Prepared by an Experienced B ru &giif,
ALSO AGENTS FOR
Stono Acid Phosphate. Stono Guako, SeaF o
-®rr a. iu «c» .
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JKsT-DR. C. II. TURNER, will be found at this House, when not
ally engaged.
Conyers, Ga. fehl6tf AYERS & co
jbezehl w je: go :nsrm cb m
iAU'lFAiTM.D at 1LAS1
The White Shuttle Sewing Machine
THE BEST . L» THE SIMPLEST
EASIEST SELLING Lighter R L’NNINO
Most Durable 4^ ^ IARGEST CAPAcrtT
RAPID ST 1 CHER Reasonable in p r j
Warranted 3 Years A COMPARATIVEIT
HANDSOMELY m i noisleh
ORNAMENTED Superior in
'
Wearing Parts II orkmanship
Adjust vbi.e no cog gears
STEEL FEED MW £o!id Steel Simula
K Aur.Ti.K.ss J MATCHLESS
PERFECT. 'T UNEXCELLED.
Its workmanship and facilities for taking tip wear excels that ofanyol\\«
Machine, regardlesss oi price, and its construction and material is
such that ils durability is unquestioned,
ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND SOLD IN ITS FIRST YEAR.
Call and examine and test this Machine—we will sell ii to you on easy terms.jJJ
Any style of the YV HI! K MACHINE may be had by calling or
mnr. 0—2m H. V. &, P M. ALV'ANT) & 0% Conykhs, G*.
!£ 9 3 ®l§IHIli <& ,-cj *0) °9
Pryor Street, Atlanta Ga.
DEALERS I N
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Looking-Glasses, Buckets, Brooms, Tub*,
Brass Lamps, Sifters, Coffee INI iils. Stamped Tinware, Water Dippers,
Or Spoons, Forks, Castors and Knives.
any article in our line, give ns a chance to price it to you. We have no assorted crate*
made up to work off hard stock, with a few sets of Teas under cost. W T e only offer to Merchant*
such goods as. they can sell and make a good profit on ! If you want to buy evwj
article squarely on its own merits, and at Ihe lowest possible, cash pr.ee, do not but
drummers, (we can beat any bouse that pavs the expenses of traveling salesmen,) but sendui
a list of the artiles you want, and we will SAVE YOU MONEY ! We will convince yon thn
we MEAN BUSINESS if you want to buy FOR CASH,and will let, us price goods to J*
before you buy. Very Respectfully, McBRlDE h CO.
tSrWe are the only manufacturers of SHOW CASES in this city, and sell them at bottom
P rices * iur2 3m
WARM FEKTIIAZEB
^SL JXbl MJB
ACID PHOSPHATE.
WILL BE DELIVERED AT CONYERS, GEORGIA, INCLUDING FREIGH'i
AT TIIE FOLLOWING RATES, VIZ:
WANDO FERTILIZER, 467 Pounds of Middling Cotton. Per ton.
ACID PHOSPHATE, 350 pounds of Middling Cotton, Per ton.
To be Delivered by First of November.
'rHE ABOVE FERTILIZERS have been THOROUGHLY TESTED, and ’Eit e ^' Tt *
L Used, throughout the Cotton States, with the
aitHATEST STJCOES,
and thousands of Certificates have been given of their VALUABLE QUALITIES Ft-r ^
in the production of Cottou, Corn and AY heat, but we deem it only necessary
to the following
Certificates from Successful Farmers of Rockdale
who are well known in this section, and whose statements can be relied upon :
Rockdale county, Ga. fan. 21, 1878. Conyers, Ga., Jan
This is to certify, that I used the WaDdo Messrs. Thompson & R AT ’ gentlem^"
Acid Phosphate last year, and consider it the bought of y ofl '
best and cheapest Fertilizer I ever used. I do TheWando Acid Phosphate, ^ ^
not expect to use any other, so long as it is and tested according directions r ?r
kept to the present standard. I used it ^ eV
up rieultural Department, was equa pgjjv,
both as a Compost and as a Fertilizer, and in used, ^
both instances it did well. W. B. REAGAN.
THOMPSON & RAY, Agents.
Conyers, Ga, jan26 3m