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Banks County Journal.
OFFICIAL ORGAN' OF
JbANKS COUNTY.
WALLACE L. HARDEN.
Editor and Publisher.
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Editor, BANKS COUNTY t)OUi.NAr .
Thursday, .tan. 20 isos.
85 PERCENT CANDI-ERITES.
Out of a certain number of our
citizens, we find by inquiry, that 85
percent of them are in favor of llou.
Alien D, Candler for our next gov r
nor.
Extend this ratio all ove> Georgia
and see what Candler’s m: o ity is
likely to be.
Now tins investigation took place
before the withdrawal of Hon J, M.
Terrell from the race, therefore we
can easily count on 00 or 05 per cent
of Banks county votes being heartily
in favor of Candler for governor.
The total rote of .Georgia' in 1890
was 163 061.
So, after allowing for the Populist
camdatc’s receiving a considerable
rote, what is to prevent our only Ai
leu IX Candler receiving about 100,
000 Democratic votes;
Jndging by what appears in print,
it seems like there is not many pa
pers now in favor of anyone other
tli3Q “The one eyed Plowboy of Pig
eon Roost,”or Col. Alien D. Candler
for Governor.
The man with the perpetual smile
and rotary handshake is once more tn
our midst and will rema n until vo’us
are all counted and the final result is
announced. —Ex.
Mr. Debs in his speech in Rome
said that the black slave of the south
fifty years ago was better off than
the laborers of to day.
SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
From the Pittsburg Post.
Mayor Van VVyck, of New York
made the briefest inauguinl address,
with the fewest possible pledges, on
record. In response to some rather
gushing oratortory by the retiring
Mayor Strong, Mayor Van Wyck
simply said: “received this office from
the people. I accept it from them
and to them I will answer,” That’s
a good commencement these days of
extravagance of speech in the way of
refarm pledges.,—Ex.
Eighty’ six cotton and woolen mills
were built in the South during the
past year’ —Ex.
A POPULAR PLANK.
A wcll-Known middle Geoigian,
whose figure is a familiar one at the
apitoj, came up to see Colonel Can.
dler in response to one of these letters,
and was in the office of the sereiary of
state for some time. When he came
out he joined a group in one of the
corridors and in speaking of the gub
ernatorial situation said:
•‘want to say to you in all frankness
that Colonel Candler has given the
opposition a solar plexus blow in de
claaring for rigid economy in state
govrnment and lower taxes. He
has bit the democratic party right
where it lives. Business recently
has earned me into most of the conn
tics in middle and south Georgia, and
in every one of them I have encoun
tered a strong feeling on the part of
the people against this constant ele
of the tax rate. The low price' of
cotton has hi ought no money into
their hands, and they are being com- j
pelied to mortgage their mules to pa; |
tnxes.
“You peopje here in the ony don't
appreciate it and yon never will un
til yon go off into the country and
meet those on whom the burden of
taxation falls most heavily. Free
silver is a good thing and a tariff for
revenu only is a got (1 thing, and the
great army of democratic voters
ghroughont the state want unequivo
cal declarations in tneir favor m the
state pletfonn* They want to see the
McKinley administration roasted as it
ought to be, and they want to sec
good men nominated for office, tint,
beyond and above ail this they want
fo know when they come to vote that
they are casting their ballot for a j
man who is not only pinged to keep j
the taxrate down, but whose charne j
is such as to insure b’s carrying out i
his pledge ” |
THE GOVERNOR’S POWER.
Experience shows that the governor
can do a great deal more in the mat
er of fixing the tax rate than people
generally suppose During the past
■few years the tax rate has steadily
increased sismg from 4,37 mills in
1804 to 4.. r >6 In 1890 and to 5. 21 in
1897—and the latter in spite of the
fact that the extra S>4Oo‘ooo school
appropriation was carried over for a
year, and will be collected next fail.
Comptroller General Wright, who
watches the finances of the state
closer than anybody else, says he
does not see how it will bo possible J
to keep the rate for 1898 below 6.80
mills, the maximum Irmit authorized
by the act of 1896, and but under the
sturdy economy of Governor McDan
iel in 1883 the' rate was only 2-50, j
although the million dollar copitol!
was begun in that year.
During its its construction tlie |
highest rate reached was 4 mills, and j
that only in a single year. Georgia’s I
taxable values have also shown a!
serious shrinkage since 1892, and j
under the influnees of tire cent cotton |
there is almost certain to be a further j
falling off when the next returns are j
made. Under such circumstances it
will require a governor with Spartan
courrge to guard the state treasury,
audit is the announcement .of his
determination to do this, if elected,
which has dune more than anything
to give such a tremendous impetus to
Candler boom at its very inception.
Of course it is unfair to assume
that. Mr. Terrell or any other cani
date will not take an equally positivj
stand on this matter, but the fact
that Colonel Candler was the first
man to sec the neeessits ef "eform ami
to take advantage of it is not iikely
to be for gotten.—Ex.
Hon. Howard Thompson, of
Gaines , i le, has announced his candi
dacy for congress from the muth dis
trict and challenged Congressman
Tate to a series of joint debates. Mr.
Thompson-has been a solicitor gen.
oral ior eleven years and a good one (
and would no doubt make a good
congressman- Representative Tate
has been a useful member of Con
gress and is deservedly strong in his
district- The prospects, therefore,
for an interesting coutest in the
Ninth were never better.—Ex.
Mr. W. A. Charters, of Dahlonega.
if at the Kimball, Mr Charters is a
member of the Georgia legislature
representing Lumpkin county. He
wus chairman of the railroad commit
tee, and it was his bill which provided
for selling the Northeastern railroad,
Mr.Charters is just now now waging a
lively political war with Mr, Fletch
er M., Johnson, of Gainesville. These
two poular legislators are fighting over
the solicitorsliip of that judicial circuit.
—Ex.
Hon. Allen B Candler once taught
school in Clayton county and alter
ninny years the lasting impressions
made by his ohm-actor are shown there.
Col. James L. Doyal, a leading attor
ney and politician of Jonesboro, was
here yesterday mid in speaking of Col
onel Candler said:
j ‘‘Old Clayton wVil go solidly for birr.
We all know him and love him down
there and I expect the county conven
tion to go unanimously forhim. 'When
ho lived among us we learned enough
of him to be willing to trust him with
the greatest honor in Georgia ”. —Ex
“GREATER NEW YORK WON’T Do.
WASHINGTON ..Tan.S.—the post
office dep&rtmeni h s found it necessa
ry to issue a notice that the recent
consolidation of the cities and towns
comprising Greater New York did not
change the postal arrangements as af
fecting the several localities. This no
tice was found necessary because of
the many mistakes made Dy , persons
addressing mail matte.i to friends in
various parts of the metropolis and des
ignating Ihe city location simply as
“Greater Now Y'ork.” —Ex.
QUEER HOUSE WAGON.
Milt Dix Started For the Klondike In One
Which 51 ax ]U?en Hid Home,
Milt Dix is a queer frontier character,
with gypsy blood in his veins and a
nomad's for duess for traveling. Twenty |
years ago hi drove into North Platte, ;
Neb.—then a mere camp—in a queer, j
boxlike bouse mounted on wheels and j
drawn by three big horses, bringing 1
with him a wife and live children. Dix
left his family in North Platte while ho
journeyed about the country, always in
the same kind of a wagon. When one
wore out, lie would manage to secure
another built on the same lines.
Now be has started f’>r the Klondike
In ouo of these queer house wagons. 110
has another young wife and several lit
tle children, all of whom ho is carrying
with him. He is probably liti years of
age, though a well preserved man, an.!
olio who has a wide knowledge of tho
world, having read and traveled to
much advantage, though always in this
queer manner.
Tho top of tho queer vehicle is of tin,
painted white. The running gear differs
somewhat from the ordinary two horse
wagon, es it has six wheels—two in tho
center. In this manner Dix says he can
carry double tho load that can ho car
ried in the ordinary way and he in no
danger of breaking down. Then, too, if
cue of the wheels breaks ho can utilize
tho extra wheels and operate his vehicle
as a two horse affair until repairs car.
he made. —JPhiladulnhia
J4IG STRIKE IS IMMINENT
Fall River, Jan. 13.—A spectacle
unparalleled in the industrial world
b**gnn Monday when the reduction of
the wages of nearly a quarter of a
million men, women and children em
ployed in New England cotton fac
tories started* Each of these individ
uals will here afler receive 10 or ll
cents less on the dollar than the;
have been earning.
In addition to the quarter of a
million actual workers affected there
are concerned half a million other
persons, represented by the families
ot operatives.
It is the most sweeping reduction j
ever made in cotton manufacturing
business.
The fact that all the operatives but
l hoso employed in the high-class j
goods mills of New Bedtors and Law
rence submitted to the reduction,
although under protest, is an indica
tion of the extraordinary conditions
prevailing that cause such an extreme
reduction.
In Massachusetts, notably in Fall
River, where the cut and uvn star teclit
| is supposed to affect, seventy five mill
; treasurers who never before suffered
such a reduction. Iu New Bedford
the same cut-down in high priced
salaries occurs, and in Fall River
members of the Association of Mann
failures themselves advised the cut
down salaries as well as wages.
The action of the National Mule
Spinners’ Assoeiotion in permitting
the Lowell and New Bedford Spin
ners to strike is, by many, expected
to lead to a strike in .all the big cot
ton centres, which may turn New
England into the field of the largast
strikes the country has ever witnessed
Few mills in New England, wheth
er located in the great mill centres
or scattered in small towns over the
Sjx States, but have posted notices of
reductions. Among the centres in
which every cotton manufacturing
< mployee is affected arc these:
Hands, Fall River 27,954; Lowell 21,
162, Providence and illackstone,
Valley 32,509; Manchester,N II 13,
243 Lawrence, Mass 13,486; New
Bedford 10,635; Other point in
Maine 14,0C'0; New Hampshire towns
4,900- —Augusta Tribune -
The cotton mills declared an extra
10 per cent dividend on their profits
before making that 11 pot cent reduc
tion in the wages of 300,000 operatives.
Hanna says he owns all the State of
Ohio except Forakers, and this For
akers is harder to manage rnd gives
him more trouble than all his coal
■ mines, steam boats, railroads, banks
and the President.
BRUMBY FINED' BY GOB Ell.
Marietta, Jan. i t.—Judge Gober yes
terday tilled Brumby, who was eanidate
for mayor, ,<5OO and costs. Tins results
from the indictments foutu against
Brumby for carrying concealed weap
ons at thu pells in the recent city elec
tion. Glover Was discharged.—Ex.
P ergons who are troubled with in
digeslion will be interested in the ex
j perl oner of Wm H. Penn, chief clerks
in the railway mail mice at Dus
Moines, lowa, wlio writes: “It gives
me pleasure to testify to the incuts of
Chamberlain’s Cough, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy For two years I
have suffered from indigestion, and
am subject frequent severe attacks
of pain in the stomach and bowels.
One or two doses of ibis remedy
never fails to give perfect relief.
Price 25 and 50 cents; sold by 11. T
THOMPSON, Ilomer, Ga.
WANT SAI ETY APPLIANCES.
Washington, January 7. —Congress-
man Micks presented to the house to
day a petition representing 26,000 rail- ■
road employees of the Uniled States, j
praying for the enactment of a law to'
properly equip every freight and pass
enger car engaged in interstate com
merce with a sate automatic coupler J
—i
Lamps, Lamp Chim
neys,
-A. ,
I *ia! t a
• I
I s !iiaiw, Oils, j
Vnriiisilies*,
Brushes Sponges
I MUSICAL IXSTRUMEXT. N
And a lot of other thing too tedious to
mention can be had at HARDMAN a
BROS. Drugstore, Cheaper thar *>se
wnere,
■ 'Southern mills will cons jme about
1,500,000 bales of cotton this*year, if j
they are run on full tint’.—Tribuim,
TWO CIRCULARS. |
In the write up of the meeting of
the Board of Edjucation a few days
ago, the matter of taking census of
the school children was mentioned
briefly.
Now a bit more on the census sub
jeet:
State School Commissioner Glenn
has just sent out rigid instructions as
to the taking of the ceushs-
These instructions were in the form
ot two circulars, one to the county
commissioners of the several couuties
and one to each of the men who will
act as enumerators under control of
the county authorities.
The latter appoint the enumerators,
who receive §2 per day each out of
the county treasury, but the state di
rects their work and holds them re
sponsible for a proper performance of
the duties intrusted to them.
The present legislature added §4OO
000 to the annual school appropria
tion, making the total for the y ear
SIB9B sometimes more than §I,OOO,
000. This sum is being distributed
under an old census and Commission
er Glenn has been demanding anew
for a long time. Now that a census
of the present school population has
been ordered he wants it to be a cor
rect one and the state board of ed
ucation is backing him up in his de
mands. On the resiijt depends all
future legislation and appropriation
affecting the schools of the state and
the taking of tiie census will he
wateed with interest by all tax pay
ers- Commissioner Glenn says;
“We all rejoice that we are to
have at last a correct count o! trie
school population of Georgia. Few
people know how much that means
but those interested in the cause ot
education and anxious to see the state’s
funds honestly expended realize the
importance of the work just under
taken. This department has been
operating for years under an old
census and in apportioning the funds
at our disposal we may have made
many mistakes. More than that, the
legislature has a right to know what
becomes of the §1,600.000 which it
spends for school purposes, and this
is the only way to lot it know, when
the census is is completed every dol
lar and every child in the Gate will
be accounted for”
GOLD FROM KLONDIKE.
Jan. 13—Thirty five mer.
from Dawson arrived -in Seattle on
the Alki to day’. They brought
down §IOO 000 in gold dust. The
heaviest individual owner of the pre
cious stuff is Nels Johnssn, who
brought out $40,000. Johnson is a
young Swede, who went into the
Klondike country over a year ago.
He loca ed a claim on Bonrnza creek
and shortly before leaving Dawson
City sold out for $60,000, bringing
§40,000. of this amount with him.
lie is on his way to Sweden to visit
the scenes of uis boyhood and to enjoy
his fortune.—Ex.
Boelt Keeping, Byslnsss,
fo# PHONOGRAPHY,
i Situation, TjPB-WrlfiSE
I A * ir ™ WILBUR rT^MTTH,
KY.,
i For circular cf his famous and responsible
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE OF KY, UNIVERSITY
Awarded Ssdsl al IVrW , ErpoiJlian,
beferfl to thousands of graduates in positions.
Cost of Fali Kiisinfs, f'tiarse. including Tni
j lion, Book.:- and Board iu family, about *yo.
i Shorthand.,Typo-Writing, and Telegraphy, Specialties
Kentucky University Diploma, under seal,
awarded or:,dilutes, f.i ~u. y Course free, if desired,
Sluraeatiaa. Ent-.'ruow. Graduates successful.
hi drih ■ In hurt aon - letl>ra reach as, atUlrraa or 11‘,
WiLBUR R.SMITH. LEXINGTON.KV.
It is estimated that 1,20 C tons of
ostrich feathers have been exported
I from Cape (Polony luring the pabt 30
■ years, valued at sl2, 000, 000.
That fools and their money are eas
ily parted will be proven if the spin
i ners union, having $70,000 in its treasu
ry, will order a strike which can ac
complisn notliing except deplete its
treasury,—Tribune.
NUBIAN TEA cures Dyspepsia
K Constipation and Indigestion
Regulates the Liver. Price. 25c.
Isss v* troubles of
iiij own,
li’oir g'tMxluesw
Nuke dOn’t ms^n
* tiOn yOurs.
-
But il you are troubled with
liats and Mice, Magic Rat Mover
w ili rid your premises of these]
posts, On sale by Druggists
and Grocers, 15 and 25 cents.
Not a Poison.
It- can be procured at this office
Sent to any address by mail three
dimes.
Everybody Says So.
Case&rets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pieas
aau.inid refreshing to the tasio, v gently
and positively on kidneys, liver i bow. Is,
cleansing the entire rystrm, dis|x! cr'ds
"ure headache, lover, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Picase buy and try a box
ofG.C. C. to-day; 10,25, f.O cents, field and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Chattanooga
Normal
University.
Will Sustain the Following Depart—
ments.
General; Courses.
T’nmanship, Teachers’ ( Normal
Course proper), Commercial, Short
hand and Typewritihg, Elocution
Scientific, Special Mathematics, Spe
cml Language, Spcml Science
Classic..
Special Courses,
Telegraphy, Kindergarten, Art,
Normal Kindergarten (for training of
eacherr). A Complete Conservatory
of Music. School tne entire year ex
cept the month of Angus.
FOURTEEN DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS.
EIGHTEEN DIF FERN NT
TEACHERS.
AS SPECIAT, FEATURES of our
school pupils may enter any time,
select such work as they esire, and
pursue their studies as rapidly as
their ability will permit. In any reg
ular couse we permit such substitu
tions a?will enable one to make a
speceaity of any line of work desired.
TUITION in the regular De
partments is *I.OO per week, payable
for a term in advance; in the Special
Courses it depend upon the work ta
ken. No luitionwill be refunded, but
for a continued illness of more than
two weeks.a due bill will be issued for
the time lost, good for any future
time.
DIPLOMAS. To any one
completing any of the course's above
mentioned, a dip|oma will be issued
indicating the- workd one.
HOW THE SCHOOL IS
GOVERNED-
This is not a reform school; ther
efore we have no set rules.
We desirethe attendance of ladies
and gentlemen, and we expect to treat
them as such. We are willing to ad
vertise in regard to the conduct of
students’ and the privilege of asking
'he withdrawal of any one who does
not conform to the usual deportment
of a lady or gentlemen.
EXPE.N BES. It is an object of the
school to impress practical economy in
every department. Good board can be
had fr ( m $1.50 to $2.00 per week and
room rent from 50c t.o 75c per week,
thus making the entire cost with tit
tion $3.00 per week. To meet these
low rates it is absolut ly necessary
that all bills lie paid a term in -idv.-in
ce. We will refund money paid for
board or room rent, but charge lOeper
week additional lor tlietime, if less
than our term.. Text books may be
rented from the text-book library ,-t
lO per eentof the retail, thns saving a
gre.at deal in the expenses of books.
School begins September 6, 1.897
for next school year- For father infor
ation add res DR. H. M EVANS,
Chatanooga, Tenn.
o—>
You will notice the advertisement of j
the Chattanooga Normal Universiity
above, read it very rarefully, and it
you decide to want to attend theUn
iveisity and taken thorough course,
and if you have not the necessary
monoyto pay your expenses, you can I
'go to work igiu at your own* home,
yetting subscribe-s to tiic Journal, and j
we will give to tlie person who sends j
is the largest number of cash paid tip
subsciptions to the Journal at 30 cts !
irom now until Sep. Ist and therafter
?I 00 per year to any addrsesuntil j
' ll ■)' 1898. a scholarship for 48w’k i
schooling at the Chattanooga Norma!!
I Diversity. I nisis well worth your I
attention. It is a school for both
ladies and gentlemen, and if either a
lady or gentlemen gets 11s the largest
numiierof subsci ■ ers ior the Journal
vve will give this holarship f.iee ot
charge. So think a nit it just long e
notigh to arrive at tii conclusion that
it is a chance of your i “time and that
you had better try to win tiiis §50,00
by just a little work. Cash must ac
company all orders for the HANKS
COUNTY JOURNAL
KIIEUM ATI S3I.
is promptly relieved and quickly cured
by Drummond,s Lightning Remedy.
It is pleasant to take, act immediately
is nut injurious, does not disturb dig
estion It is for rheumatism only in all
its torturing forms. Describe your
ease, send §5, and we will ship to your
xpross office two large bottles, one
month ( s treatment, with special direc
tions. Agents wanted. Drummond
Medicine Cos., S-l N issau St. New
York.
It has now been demonstrated
that nine cases out of ten of women s
disorders, painful and troublesome as
they are, do not require the attention
of a physician at all. “Local tarat
ment” or “private examincitions
have been shown to be entirely un
necessary. The simple, pure wine ol j
Cardin, taken in the privacy of the 1
home insures quick relief.
It is entirely unnecessary for anvj
woman to suffer from these almost i
universal complaints. She can get!
a bottle of McElree's Wine oi Cardiff j
at lire nearest drug store for ,SI,OO
ar.d quickly put an end to the un
pleasant pains and derangements j
T 1 ousatids of women are well to day |
< 1 hit they ditl that.
DOG PAID FOR HIS FOOD.
Kept a Robber From Walking Aw ay
With Jewelry Worth *BOO.
A young married couple living in
Denver are rejoicing that they did not
dispose of a big St. Bernard pup several
months ago when It was drinking a good
deul of milk and was proving to be more
or less trouble about the house. The pup
grew to be a full grown and useful dog,
and tho latter fact was never bettor
demonstrated tliau a few days ago,
when he saved his mistress’ jewelry.
Some plumbers were sent to the house
to fix pipes that were out of order. In
advertently while they were there tho
unsuspecting young wife made known
the fact that she kept all her jewelry iu
the house. Tho plumbers were from a
down town firm supposed to bo reliable.
It is not known whether they betrayed
the lady’s secret or not, but someone
did. A few days later a stranger called
at the house, representing himself as
coining from tho plumbing firm who
had recently fixed tho pipes, and said
ho was sent to inspect them.
"Wait until I take some things out
of the bathroom,” said the lady, cud
she started up stairs.
But the man followed her to the
steps. This frightened her, and she at
once suspected that he was bent on mis
chief. Then it dawned upon her that
sho had by innuendo told where the jew
els were, and fearing violence if she
screamed she stepped aside and allowed
him to pass on. As soon as ho had left
the house she looked for her box and
found it missifig. There was SBOO worth
of jewels in the box. The lady became
frantic, but she did not lose her pres
ence cf mind.
Galling the St. Bernard dog, sho
hailed tho alleged plumber as he was
going out of the gate and told him of
her Iqss. Of course the man denied any
knowledge of the affair and wanted to
go on down the street, but the plucky
little woman sicked tho dog on him and
refused to let tho robber get away. She
insisted that her jewelry was in a small
box iu a room adjoining the bathroom
when ho went up stairs and threatened
to have tho dog attack him unless the
box was forthcoming.
After parleying for some time the
culprit saw he was dealing with a de
termined woman ana took the little
box from under his coat. Tho lady
would not prosecute him for the reason
shat certain amount of unpleasant
notoriety would be attendant on such a
course. However, tho police were in
formed of the matter. Now the young
couple would not pmt with tho animal.
—Denver Times.
HEADLESS WOMAN’S GHOST.
& Frlgatena l?a!iin;ore fcTid Ohio Train
men at a Railroad Biding.
Trainmen on the Baltimore and Ohio
and West V irginia Central railroads em
ployed near Cumberland, Md., were re
cently frightened by the shape of a head
less woman that makes her appearance
at Greenwada’s biding, near Twenty
first bridge, between Cumberland and
Keyser, W. Va. Freight trains are side
tracked there, and when the trainmen
ary waiting a headless woman emerges
from on old culvert or bridge and walks
up and down the track. Whenever any
of the men attempt to follow her, sho
disappears. 0110 railroad man was so
badly frightened that lie left the service
of tho road. Others say that if the head
less woman keeps up her antics they,
too, will quit.
Ouo railroad man, whoso reputation
for truth has never been questioned,
says that a few nights ago he crawled j
under the locomotive to avoid seeing j
this headless object. The men declare |
that the ghost can bo seen almost night I
ly. The other night two trainmen on the j
Baltimore and Ohio who live iu Cum-1
beriand were frightened by the specter j
and went to work tho next morning |
with great reluctance.
The Tuna He Hams.
And still young Mr. Leiter goes up
and down iu the land merrily lium
j iniug, “X fear no foe iu shining Ar
; snour. ” —Chicago Times-Herald.
1
Shoe IK*i*ler'a Advertisement.
A Quobec shoe dealer has thought v
a clever advertising idea. With ever
pair of shoes sold he gives a pair c.
overshoes, on each sole of which ia a
stamp cf his business, with tho letters
reversed as ia typo. At each step tho
wearer takes in the snow the shoe deal
er’s advertisement is visible. It is there
fore visible all over town. —New York
Tribune.
T’he S>ying Century.
Old century, tottering tc Thy rest,
Ali vainly dost tlmu beut thy breast.
Anew dawn gilds the mountain croul.
The story of thy wondrous day,
With ail us glitter and display,
In twilight shadow dies away.
Almost, the poet, iu wise rhyme
Thy n: also is sung in verse sublime,
Begins l.is luy, ‘-Oneo on a tiino. ”
Strange fancies fill thy time worn brain.
Thou dremnußt thou art young again,
With battleery on land and main.
And a dread turmoil of unrest
Embroils tho orient and the went.
Alarums sound at thy behest
E’en Israel's children, in thy throes,
Imagine o’er again their woes,
And many a hope toward Zion goes.
The world is mod—men shout and cry—
Beholding wonders in the sky,
Renewing faith in prophecy.
Old century, we love thee well,
Thy fame the chronicler will tell
fc’hon long forgot thy funeral knell.
For many a noble thought hath sped
To nobler action by thee led,
And many a high souled word was said.
New happinoas came in thy wake,
Righted was many an old mistake,
An age worn thirst thy springs did slaka.
Rest thee—new hopes begin to play.
They drive thy death Lorn fears away
And usher in the newer day.
-Rest thee, brave requiem shall bo thine,
Whose lustrous deeds will long outshino
The strange vagaries of decline.
—Felix N. GerE>oa iu Denver New*.
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I by, applying Chamberlain’s Eye ana
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I Lave been permanently cured by ii. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 20 cts. per box.
]>r. Cady’s Condition Powders, are
just- what a horse needs w hen in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier mid
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price Sj
cents per ige.
lION. HOWARD
THOMPSON
ANNOUNCES FOR CONGRESS.
Places Himself Before Tlie
People of Tlie Ninth
District, as A
FULL FLEDGED CANDIDATE
“To the Democrats of the Ninth
Congressional District-
At the solicitation of friends through
out tlie district, and to gratify an hon
orable ambition, 1 announce myself a
candidate for your nomination to the
fifty-sixth Congress of the united
States.
Having been honored by you as one
of your delegates to the late national
convention vvhieh assembled at Chicago,
and which promulgated your principles
nne nominated your candidate, Ho, W.
J, Bryan, and having taken part in the
deliberations of that body, I deem it
useless to further express my views in
this announcement. Time has dem
onstrated the wisdom of that platform,
and I stand now, as J did then, on every
plank thereof; and should I receive t'ao
nomination, and the same should be
ratified at the ballot box, i will do all in
my power to enact into law the declara
tion of principles therein enunciated ;
bc-lieving that, tlie only hope for genera'
prosperity and the happiness of our
poop le
lies in the triumph of the democracy,
am the successful promulgation of its
principles into such enactments as that
the masses may t e able to earn, with
industry, an honorable competency for
themselves and families, Good gov
ernment can never come to our homes
and our firesides through any ether
source.
Hoping that my candidacy may meet
with such consideration at your hands
as that of a co-worker in your ranks de
serves. I remain, with great rerpiet,
Your obedien t servant,
Howxkd Thompson
Gainesville, Ga., Jan, Bth 1898.”
HAS CHALENGED MR. TATE.
For joint debates anywuere in this
district. Mr, Thompson’s letter to
Mr. Tate is as follows:
“Gaiuesville, Ga., Jan. 8, 1698.
Hon, F. 0, Tate, Washington, D. C,
My Dear .Sir :
I have this day formally announced
my candidacy for the Democratic nom
ination for Congress in this district.
I shall proceed at once to make ar.
active canvass of the district, and will
address the peopic in behalf of my cen
didacy.
1 respectfully ask that you join me
in a series of debates at such times and
places as may be mutually agreed upon
by respective friends selected for that
purpose.
I herewith enclose you a copy of my
announcement.
Your early response will greatly ob
lige, Very respectfully,
Howard Thompson.
Where
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i Soa{ siml KoCort h V
Wo <3 o .-to t sell
.solort ? 1> u.t we
| now iifa-vo is* slock
the handsomest
11*5*'; of
Toilel Hop oai
the market,
“Sweet Maidetv*
is ilie
slickest thing 1 out
lor five erts* a cake
L*C. Hardman & Or®
HARMONY GROVE. GA.
SUBS ORI R E 1? 0 R TII E
B A NKB COUNTY
J 0 U E N A L.
OXBY.fI Dollar PER ANNUM GASH.
THE WEATHER CALENDAR
The Banks County Journal has re
ceived the Cardui Weather Cnart and
Calendar sor 1898 from the Chattan
ooga Medicine Cos, manufacturers of
McEh'ee’s Wine of Cariini and Tiled
ford's Black-Draught. This is one of
the best ca'endars published. Ii con.
sists of twelve sheets of paper, 13x20
inches in size, all fastened togeather
with a gait tin strip and a brass loop
liam'er. Each sheet contains the cal
endar for one month in large figures
that can be read across an y room.
Under the figures patent weather
signals indicating Prof. DcVoe’s
Weather Forecasts for every day in
tiie year appear. The moon’s changes
and lenal holidays arCvalso shown.
The calendar is valuable in nt.y
nome. We understand a few copies
of it can be secured by sending ten
one cent postage stamps to tli : Chat
tanooga Medicine Cos„ Chattanooga
Tennessee,
W. It. SMITII’SBUSINESS
C O E I, E G E
Is where hundred of clerks, farmer boys
and others have, invested S6O to S9O for
tuition and board for a Busines Educa
tion, and are now getting $ 1.000.00 and
over a year. Keep this notice for ref
’rer.ee. -Address only W. R. SMITH,
Lexin-otc.v, Kentucky,