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Banks County Journal. VOL 1. NOTICE! 0 TO COTTON BUYERS AND PRODUCERS. o Cotton must go to Ten cents per Round. This will be seen within 60 ■or 90• days: If all persons who are in terested in s.oiag cotton sell on the southern market for lOcts per pound, enough to make n donation of any amount from 11, to any ait that you feel willing to give to the Ton Cent Cotton Company in order to enable you to sell your en tire crop of cotton for lOcts a pound, will send to the undersigned, imme diately by either l'osl Office Money Order or Registered Letter- whatever you can, the same to be used in the buying and handlding of the entire crop of our cotton, until the right and highest price is offered to our cotton raisers, for their cotton product. Our southern Cotton raisers must protect themselves against the very unjust, outrageous, powerful and vet most greedy immense combinations of wealth that we have to contend witly and one which if left alone will in the very near future absolutely re* fuse to pay to our farmers more than Sets or 4<cts pci pound for cotton. It does not require the mind of a philosopher or a Jay Gould to arrive at the conclusion that such price for our cotton means rum to our farmers, bankruptcy fjroir merchants, small incomes for our preachers, small in comes for all classes of our many hard Workia people such as Lawyers, Doc tors, Sta'e, County and City officials, Railroad officers and mant also school teachers, Editorsjnd printers- In fact every class of professional or othe occupations in the South will forever be ruined if this gigantic thieving is allowed to continue just a few more abort rears. llut, wo now propose to put a stop to such high handed robbery Arm mice it has long since been Vervclcarlv shown that we are in the minority in law making officers, and on that ac count we cannot down our gu-ates. earthly enemy, (the Trusts and Com binations of wealth) by legislative; It therefore, falls hack upon us ( the far niers and other people of the glorious and only South land) to lookout for ourselves. The Ten- Gent Cotton Cos., Is for the purpose of giving to those who by hard and constant work, produce th*- (ferry staple, and who by rights are entitled to the proffits arising from the manufacture of these goods. With the many millions of farmers and business men who ought to fe-.d deeply enough interested in this mo vement to donate something toward .his grand object: And with many millions of bales of cotton to fall bark upon, there can be nothing more nor less than success for all who contl'ib ute something toward this fund. V w let everv one who has ths in toristv or the success of our southern states at heart send by return mail a remittance of some size. Every one mat donates as mnch as One($100) dollar toward this fund is sure to receive it back when he sells nis next bale of cotton, because the ad vance-iti the price will more than pay him ba?k that dollar. As there is no rascality connected with this schce’ne, ait newspapers es pecially those of the~ Cotton belt will do their section the greatest good that is within their power; by running this notice for at least sixty days. Tney benefit themselves by helping to raise he price of cotton ton point at which the farmer will be ihlc to pay his debts and still have enough to subscribe for the Newspaper of his choice. So, let all newspapers put their levers under this, and thereby completely over turn Wall Street cotton combinations. Tin* people who produce the cotton should derive the greatest benefit of that crop; This company proposes to give th s vast sum of money to those who help to raise tne price to lOcts. This is the only way by which we enn overcome the hold that the Banker* of the East and North now have upou us. We should not delay too long- Ever, body should do all that they aro able to do toward helping this great purely hnmort Southern enterprise. rinse W i-> send contributions first, will b-< the -Ties who will receive the benefits cf advance prices first. rh.iio is : bso.cfc.lv nothing wrong cronka'l, i|le-a. or rascally about this gig-inti ? soheeine; It being started for the sole purpose of helping those Cotton raisers who hercthfore have not had as "large a number of friends ns they arc entitled to. Friends! Donol delay this grandest movement that has ever been rtarted for the amelioration of our southern Bard working ooiton raisers. Let your donations come thick and fast so that ourgood work may be felt before January Ist 1898. Addrgss all communications and make Post Oflv-e Money Orders, and Cheques payable to; and Register all etters to The Ten Cent Cotton CO HOMER., GEORGIA. Slow promises make the best time; The Ten Cent Cotton Cos is on time Opinions never change the weather; but the Ten Cent Cotton Company has cha nge! the pries of the “King” cotton. Vast But not Too Vague. WANTED. shares of the Capital Stock of the TEN CENT COTTON WMI ANY. wh ch h for its object the raising©*: the price of Cotton to lOct per ‘ . vv w j s impossible in the minds of jnany ; but when you have careful)' - cymi—- within the reach of such an immensely wealthy Company, which wo posed of the cotton raisers of the south, together with their menus. You will see at a glance that this vast undertaking is within reimh of t'm e Southern people who love freedom more than .! else in this , b . jj'j will read and study over the plans found below', and If they wm *J { mind that the originators and promotors of this rather hovel J ® , „ farmer plan that has yet been advocated for the purpose of lifting the T.rmer out of a bondage that is (at present) far more cruel ment of our grand, brave, chivalrous yet oppressed Southeih people “E during and for a few years immediately after the late Ciul particular this plan for the purpose of enriching even asuiff'e /'• hereto set of individuals ;ot her than the entire population (and e*l - J fore and most severely oppressed and important class , * armer . We desire to say, further that the originators of this plani have bad enough experience with the ups-and-downs of this.ruel world dm i g Lading to have past', to have taught that honesty is the best and surest road hhdmg that point called Ncccksb: though at first it seemed so fat yet tis so neat. Therefore: Friends. —You can remember that You are (when dealing with the Ten Cent Cotton Company) dealing with an honest and competent concern , We guarantee that within twelve months from to-day Cotton will be selbneon the southern markets at ten (or more) cents per pound, by the bale Doubtless you think this impossible ? But Wait just a moment, fetus tell you “oj easilyu can he accomplished. It is proposed to take tins large sun, ot money ud bmld all the cotton Factories that would te neceesary to convert our raw coUon nto th . much higher-priced cotton goals now on the markets of the entire woitu. Let us say right here that it is not the-object of ,hia company to bwy co'ton then make it up ...to cotton goods and sell it again r.t a profit; but quite the rete We propose to pay the cotton Producers whatevor the cotton goods are Worth) charge absolutely nothing < above the cost of Manufacture,n theaegoiKts. Jet at the same time absolutely controling the cotton markets of the woilu and then do so in the interests of the farmers who produce the cotton. The Factories wiii not make one cent of profits ; neither Will th ’L c j ol ' t 'mi h!u,efit interest bearing ones. The only people who would receive any financial bene would be the Cotton raisers and those laborers Who would work in, and around those factories. Of whom the Lord knowsthere isenouugh to a tract the closest attention of the world. Which jsfmost entitled to the cotton crop. The rawer or the factor'- wnev? We say the producer of-corse. Y etwe tleeply ’ regrett have to say that instead of his receiving the benefits arising from Is work and his time, he is at present actually pnyuig the cotton buyers, cotton t: till anigesf m „ bankers and .merchants to assist them in raising and soiling cottoni foi lea- thai it costs to market it. Is Loot time for such heavy-lossesof the farme, • tune nd hi* money to cease forever? Your Ans—undoubtedly is, emphatically 1 as. Then why should you doubt the ability ot tuts company to raise ton if we secure co-operatiu'i of say ten million of our opp c unto lOcts farmers who can easily afford togive large sums in odder to lun cotton up to!‘Octs per pound. Doubtless you say “Oh well it will rise an J l '" b j' h n v eh t this we snv yes it will go up up up in order to enable those who will hav e b the larger‘p“rtion of the crop to rake into their pockets millions upon millions o, dollars of profits; and to eimble the Eastern Manufacturers to prices cotton goods up to their present very high prices. Not only will L L ’tL mh for this purpose; bet in ordor to enable the. factory qV‘new to am that I mgh prices of cotton, and small margins prevents more than they are now receiving. Tins is unjust, and should be slopped. Why should v.-e wait for them to raise the price of cotton ? Whylont or ftir* niers and southern people come together and stick togathei powerful compinations of wealth both North and Last. OUll PLAN CLEARLY OUTLINED. It is the desire of TIIE TEN CENT COTTON COMPANY to sell Stock certiffi cate* 00 Urn southern people, especially our Cotton Planter*)to the amount of One Hundred Milllion ($100.000,000,00) Dollars ; Tins vttst sum to be d'wded Shares of the value of Ten ($10.00) Dollars each, these shares to also be amaea hi to' fractional partsof 1-10 of one share: These fractional parts to be• worth not less than the par value of the whole certifficates, in proportion, or SI.OO each. All of this vast amount of money is to be used in buying Cotton at a higher nri-e than is now being paid for it. This cotton to remain in tins Company s o, the cotton plus cost of manufacturing the same into cloth goods. We uronose to have Agents at cv’ry cotton buying center throughout the en tire Southern States* oifsalaries. These Agents to buy from the farmers d.rect. Thereby saving millions upon millions of dollars for the farmers that have heretofore been loosing on account of this purchaser’s profit. Again we can save millions of dollars that now goes out of the pockets of our farmers to pay railroad charges lor hauling our cotton to Northern and Eastern nulls. The selling of these goods to retailers di-iect would cause a saving to these Southern people millions of doll ars annually. Again there would be millions ot dollars that now go to the high salaried officers of big factories in the North & East saved. Yet we propos to pay those working in our factories proper even better wages than they now receive from factries in the north and east.(This feature of our plan alone should sti miilate thousands of labor organizations members to work for this Company). Taken as a whole, we believe that this company with the large amount of aid ths people (especially the farmers) will give, will prove to be the greatest godsend the farmer* ot the south ever had; Because it will place directly'into circulation among the people in the South .--.bout $500,000,000,00 annually. Instead of only ‘250 millions as la the case at the present price of cotton. Is this not well worth your serious consideration, and co-operation? REMEMBER.—Tins Company is not to receive even one cent of profits. All Drolits arising are to he divided among the cotton raisers in increased and cash price for cotton. These profits going to onr very woithy farmers. REMEMBER. —That any farmer or other person owning ns much as one bale of cotton may subscribe for stock in this company; and it Is desired by this company that each and every farmer take stock. Because, it is our intention to buy cotton (ns far as possible) from those who contribute to this company’s capital We also propose to to build factories with this money and shall let the separate States and Cities compete for these factories. The state offering tiie greatest inducements to this company securing the erection of a very targe factory within its borders, winch will cost mo than a million dollars at first. It "is our intention to honor each of our Sout ern States With at least cue of these city building and labor furnishing; also money distributing institutions. The city offering the greatest inducement offered by the cities in the successful state secures the factory to be located in s h Slate offering our company the greatest iu luccrtlents to build therein. This is a matter deserving the attention, of the Rail roads b< Cause al' cotton raised In each of thesstates will have to be hauled to the factory in tint state. If,my further information ts desired it will be cheeefully furnished by the ■ndersigned, upon application; or you can keep up with the progress of this '...pint In reading The BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL; to which this Company is greatly indebted for the kindness shown toward us* VVlii'e we leave it to the People and the Press as to the future prospects of Mir Company; we earnestly hope they will not do like the Atlanta Journal did: call it a “vague scheeme” and then fail to make proper quotations from our letter of the 28th ult- We trust that all newspapers that feel disposed to help the farmers, and thereby help themselves will do us the justice which is due ns. by quoting our letters verbatim- Friends; we deetre to place oue question before you, and respectfully ask for vour serious consideration as to which is wisest: To giveto Northern & Eastern capitalists and mill men Millions upon millens of dollars annually for whic h you teceivo absolutely nothing, other than arbitrary legislation? Or, to donate vonr small mile to the Ten Cent Cotton Company whatever you can in order to see that which the entire commercial world has looked for tuese ~,anv years viz: seeing Cotton sell at Ten (lOets) cents per pound; And then run absolutely no risk in the same, because tho more people there are inter es*od in this company the stronger it becomes; thereby guaranteeing its sure siiccesst Wei< r li these questions w 11, if you arc not satisfied, just let us know it perhaps we can convince you that now is the time for yoq to assist us in defending what justly is ours but which we have not receiver, the ben efits from for many years. But now can obtain by sending small amounts ot money to THE TEN CENT COTTON COMPANY., HOMER, GA. The Devil cannot be less merciful to men than they have been to eachotheiv and we venture to say, If the Devil had as little mercy us the Big trusts and the Combinations of the North organized for the sole purpose of ennehmg themsel ves at the expense of the farming class, He would become ashmed of himself and try to swap JOBS with some of them. lIOMER. GA„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2, 187. THE CYLINDRICAL, DALE. Home and Farm publishes the first full and exhaustive account 01 the new machinery for rolling cylindiicnl cotton bales. It is impossible to 'ext'jgnrale lire importance of this invention to the cotton planters of the South. 1 bat its relation to cotton planting may be fullv shown, we give li detail a state ment of the effect it will have on the plantations and in the markets, fol lowing it with a letter from Mr. Ed ward Atkinson. It is evident, we think, speaking from the mechanical standpoint, that this new invention is second only to the invention of the cotton gin itself- Ii is a direct blow to the protected trusts that have been making cotton ties, and to the various leaches that have fastened themselves npon the cotton business. It will saTO to the planters thousands of dollars that are now wasted in samples or destroyed in transit. , All of this will be plain to ihc cot planters, but there is one thing that is hoi plain, And that is whether this saving is to be “hogged’' by the in venters, who control this machine, or whether tt is to accrue to the plan ter himself. Bearing Upon this point we pub. lish a letter from a lriend in North Carolina, There has been among the (armors’ organizations throughout the South well grounded apprehension that the syndicate controlling this machinery propose not orb- to mo nopolize the benefits that colhe from this invention, but through it to se cure for some great syndicate the con trol of the great Southern crop. This is a teature that at this time deserves the Utmost attention from the cuttoii planters. It set-ms that the control of this machinery is in the hands of a small syndicate; it will not be difficult for the capitalists back of it to organize for the control of a large part of the cotton crop. How this can best be prevented is 11 matter of first concern to the South - ern people at thfs time. The cylin drical bale appears to have come to stay. It is without doubt a great economy if it wcieopen to purcharers, as in all other cotton machinery. The value of it cannot be questioned, but if it is to be controlled, as now appears by a syndicate, with tbo pur pose and the power to establish a raw j cotton trust, toe c.otton planters of] the South should lnTdeistand it ; - once, and devise some moans of de stroying the power of any such com bination.—Home and Farm, rioaiel of th Slond and VtrT J. No one need suffer with neuralgia. Ti.is disease is quickly and permanently cured !>y Browns* Iron Bitters. Every disease <■’ the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic or otherwise, Succumbs to Brown. Iron Bitters, Known and used for nearly a quarter of ft century, it stands to-day fore most among our most valued remedies. Browns’lron Bitters is sold by aii dealers. W here Do You buy your Soap and soCorth? We do tot soil solortliy but we now have in stoek tlie liandsoiuesl line of Toilet Jsioiip on the market, “Sweet Maiden” Soap is tlie twliekehit thing' out for five ets a caki L.C. Hardman & Bro HARMONY GROVE, GA. LARGEST STORE —TX NORTH ' GEORGIA lIiI'iIULIIMS, AtlicuA, C3a. WHOLESILE DRY ROODS NOTIONS SHOES HITS. Merchants will do well to get our prices before buying MICHAEL IUIOS- Af.hcn;, Cs. jCbattanooga Normal University. Will Sustain the Following Depart ments. General, 11 Conrsos. Pnmansliip, Teachers' ( Normal Course proper), Commercial, Short hand and Typewritihg, Elocution. Scientific, Special Mathematics, Spe cial Language, Spclai Science Classic. Special Courses, Telegraphy, - Kindergarten, Art, Normal Kindergarten (for training of eachers), A Complete Conservatory of Music. School tiie entire year ex, cept the month of Angus. FOl HTEEN T DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. EIGHTEEN DIFFERNNT TEACHERS. AS SPECIAL FEATURES of our school pupils may enter any lime, select such work as they esiris, ana pursue their studies aj rapidly as their ability will permit. In any reg ular couse we permit such substitu tions aswill enable one to make a spcccaity of any line of work desired. TUITION in the regular De partments is Sl.oo per week, payable for a term in advance’; in the Special, Courses it depend upon the Work ta ken. No tuition will be refunded, but for a continued illness ol more than two weeks.a due bill will be issued for the time lest, good for any future time. DIPLOMAS. . To any one completing any of the courses above mentioned, a dip|oma will be issued indicating the workd one. HOW THE SCHOOL IS GOVERNED- This is not a reform school; ther eforn we have no set rules. We desirethe attendance of ladies and gentlemen, and we expect to treat them as Mich. YVe are willing to ad vertise in regard to the conduct of students’ and the privilege of asking •he withdrawel of any one who does not conform to the usual deportment of a lady orgentlemen. EXPENSES. It is an object of the school to impress practical economy in every department. Good board can be had frun $1.50 to $2.00 per week and room rent from 50c to 75c per week, thus making the entire cost with tu tion SB.OO per week. To meet these low rates it is -bsolubdv n cm,-saury that-ill bills lie paid a term mad van ce. /e will refund money paid for. board r room rent, but charge lOcper wee:. , ditional lor thetiine, if less than out term. Text-books may be rented from the text-book library at 10 per centof the .utail, thus saving a great deal in the expenses of books. School begins September G, 1897 for next school year- For father infor Htioh addles DR H. M EVANS, Chatanooga, Temi. You Will notice the advertisement of the Chattanooga Normal Universiit above, rend it very rarefully, and it yum decide to want to attend MieUn lveraity and take a thorough course, and if you have not the necessary moneyto pay your expenses, you can go to work ight at your own home, getting subscribers to the Journal, and we will give to the person who sends us the largest number of cash paid up subsciptions to the Journal at 50 str from now until Sep. Ist and theraftec 81.00 per year to any addrsesuntil July lstlß9B, a scholarship for low’ks schooling at the Chattanooga Normal University. Tlitsis Well worth vour attention. It is a school for both ladies and gentlemen, and if either a lady or gentlemen gets ns the largest numberof subset u ers for the Journal we will give this holarship free of charge. So think a >ut it just long e nough to arrive at tin conclusion that it is a chance of your l etime and that you had better try to v\ ill this $50,00 by just a little work. Cash must ac company all orders for the BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL YELLOW FEVER PItKVENTED BY TAKING “Our Native Herbs” the G BLOOD PURIFIER AND LIVER RE6UUTOR. 200 DAYS* Treatment Ift 1.00 Containing a Registered Guarantee. 32 page Book and Testimonials, FREE Sent by mail, postage paid. Sold orlly by Agents for THE ALONZO 0. BLISS CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. C. M. Dixon, a well known mer chant of Pleas: hi Ridge, Fulton Cos., Pa., has a little girl who is frequently threatened with croup, but when th> first symptoms appear, his wife gives her Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, which always affords prompt relief. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by R. TANARUS, Thompson, merchant, Ilomer. Ga. Tlcsf'e mention this Journal, Keating Bicycles. STRlwa rorara Durable Roller Chain. Less Friction, Greater ! Speed, Light] Weights, Great Strength And Durability More Modern Practical Improvements Than can be found on 1 ahvLother wheel #*#*#** **#*#*# DEALERS WANTED. KEATING WHEEL COM FAN Y. MIDDLETOWN.. CONN. PKKTi. *“* ifearittg. \ SAW RfPAIRING k SPtCtAItV. , - . UROf CATALOGUE TREE. DeLOACH MILL MFG. COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga., U. S. A. < L 165 Washington St., New York City. 11l S. lit It St., St. I miis. Mo. ,r& Thoil ihtArestod in Machinery ,e:\n see the handsome ISM 7 Catalogue oT the Dubcach ilanufacturin Cos,, a! this office. One of Floui^ is sufficient to make pastry for one pieX = HH The pastry will look better, taste lietterX I JffS be better, when the flour is Igleheart’sX I jm ■ Swans Down. Every' kind of food made\ ./jBM of flour —pastry, cake, bread—will be lighter,\ r Jjgmk whiter, more nutritious, if made of \ IGLEHEART’S SWANS DOWN\ jjpg Flour. The king <if patent flours, made from choicest winter wheat ; prepared with the greatest NByji' Care by the best milling process known to man. Bee tiutt the brant! on the flour you buy ta " Iglebeart Bros. Swans Down.” IGLEHEART BROS., Evansville, Indiana. A. R.ROBERTSON Monuments and Tombstone Works. ATHENS. GA.. I Have always on hand and for sale a large stock of MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES —At ROC lv HOT TO M P RICE S.— MONUM ENT S , TOM B, II E AI) and Y OOTS TON E S And CR A D 1. K TO M I! S> You should always go and see R O 15 E II T S 0 .V Sand get his price. Reincmbor ROBERTSON Pays all the Freight to your nearest depot. A. li. ROBERTSON., 115 Thomas St., Athens, Ga. ~ - ■■■■ __ , • 1 1 " 1 - - "T He is extremely fortunate that has no trouble : therefore we do'not expect to have the - smoothest sailing among that Sea of financiers who are harbored in the Wall atid Lombard streets Immense and now death stricken Cotton Combiitalinn. Everybody says “Go wp higher” to tlie nan that is getting there. Then you can redily understand why exorybody is. say ing ‘the Ten Cent Cotton coupanj is right ; let's shove it to the very flip round of tlie ladder leaning on the temple of Success; and let us all shout loud enough for f&ttjgdio to be heard to the very borders of that territory not yet reached tn .tlie Echo saying with a Legion ot stronger instruments and voices than tfre’|Toho itself “May the God over us all Bless Tlie Ten Cent Cotton Company oCUomer, Banks County Ga.” But is it true that there are poor and needy people in this land of plenty in which so many arc heaping together such fablou. wealth? Is it not bis or I her own fault if any healthy man or woman cannot get along eotnfoi Jab t? | Would it not tend to cultivate pauperism and dependence if tbs “tYCII-t do'’ should undertake to paddle the canoes of the poorer classoii? It is now estimated that the wealth of the United States is uow increasing at the enormous rate of forty million dollars per week, or two billion dollarj er y ear. NO. 35.