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Banks County Journal. OFFICIAL OIIC AN OF BANKS COUNTY. WALLACE L. IIaRDEN. Editor and Pcblisiieb. Kata of Subscription. One year SI.OO cash. Six months 00 cents cash. Three months > cts. Fntercd at the Postofflce at Homer Oa. as second class matter. Contributions are solieiteil, but Correspon dents should remember that hundreds of people are expected to read their writings, therefore they should be short and to the point. The editor of this paper does not hold himself responsible for the views or expressionsof contributors. The Journal is published every Thursday morning and;all copies should be in this office not l.ater than Saturday morning to insure publics tio.i Address .all communications to Editor, HANKS COUNTY JOUi.NAL. “THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1898. FOR GOVERNOR Allen. D. C andler i OF HALL COUNTY, for secretary of state, Mark A. II ARUIN. K)R CONGRESS, 9th DIST. HOWARD THOMPSON Of IIALL. Notwithstanding the great amount of excitement over the proposed, and now almost assured exemption of mu nicipal tax upon manufacturing estab lishments law; and notwithstanding the great amount of support the plan appears to be receiving; and the very satisfactory and benefiting appearance the movement has at first glance and without serions thought. We desire tnat it be distinctly understood that we are teeth and too nail bitterly op— posed to such absolutely unnecessary and uncalled for and unlooked for step being taken, because we plainly see, and believe you will ( after very careful investigation) see that the ex emption of manufacturing establish — ments from paying taxes is the most terrible of all blows that has yet been directed toward the already downed laboring class of our people. There are numerous bad effects that will be sure to follow the enactments of such ideas into laws, and they will surely be enforced if they are passed. Such plans as are being pushed to active operation by the crowd of ban kers that apear to be fathering this movement are known to be men who do not go a 1 anything without coming out with the lion’s share of all there is good in su Ji movements. Beyond that crying of “encourage the manufacturers to come south” there is a deep laid plan that will undoubtedly cause injurious effects upon the south and gracious knows we are not in the positition that will enable our people to stand much more oppression. So look out! Friends, this move to elive the already rich and greedy set of manufacturers from helping to pay their share of/he cost of running the municipal governments; and at the Raane time crying for “Income Tax” is bo inconsistent that it is beyond the comprehension of many. There are a great many prominent members of the Populist party in this county, who, we believe know very well tnat there is no possible chance for them to find a more satisfactory person in theirown ranks to 'ead t'icm through a most trying period, than Hon. Allen D. Candler; therefore they will not only vote for and work for the “Plowboy of Pigeon Roost,” merely for the sake of returning to the old and reliable Democratic party because they relize that it has not been the fault of the party, that the condition of our country has for sev eral years been growing worse; And now, that they know that all of the responsibility for this terrible misrule must be plaeed upon those in whom we put all of our confidence, and in whom wo have been only too badly disapnointed. It therefore only remains for us all, to concentrate our strength in ono old time-true-and tried Democrat, in whom all parties have the utmost confidence, and who they know will, to the very best of his ability never fail to look after the interests of the masses, and not those of the classes. Such a man is to be found in the “One Eyed Plowboy of Pigeon Roost.’ Hon. Allen I>. Candler. He is one who w ill guard the interests of all of the people in sueh a way as it hasn’t been guarded in many years, and he will be one goternorot whom every person in Georgia may well feel a just pride. So, with such a man as Candler in heading the democratic ticket in this State you can just counton that very popular ticket coming out in the next electnon, in October, with such a majority as you never saw in your life cast for one man in Georgia. And you will see that the Populist bi etherin by the thousands will come home to the democratic party, never to desert it again; and of course will very greatly assist in runnirg Allen D. Candler’s majority away beyond the 100,000 mark. See if they don’t. ALLEN D. CANDLER ON KISSING, “Colonel, I want to intsview you.” The secretary of state held up u warn ing hand. “ politics,” he was assured, and then Colonel Candler looked more pleasant ly upon the reporter, “It’s simply a question of kissing which lias or has not become a fad in Atlanta, What do you think of the practice?” “It’s an institution of which lam very fond,” replied the colonel smilingly, “provided the party |of the second part is good looking i That’s all I know about it,” “It reminds me,” lie continued, “ol Connecticut girl’s definition of kiss ing. She asked me: • "Colonel, why is a kiss like crea tion?’ ” Colonel Candler didn’ whether he ventured a guess, but he gave the Connecticut girl’s explanation. “ ‘Because, colonel, it is made out of nothing and God knows it's good,” State treasures Speer strolled into the room about this time and he, too, ventured an opinion. “I think kissing is a good thing if tte parties can agree,” he said conserv. lively- “It won’t do to farce such mat ters. I think people ought to be very careful.”—Atlanta Journal. “When a pair of red lips are uptumd to your own, With no one to gossip about it, Do you pray for endurace to let them alone? Well, maybe you do, but I doubt it, AS TO THE LETTER “J” From the Chicago Record. The New Englad member of congress who is preparing a bill providing that the letter ,j” be eliminated from the alphabet, so far as government publi cations are concerned, is to be thanked not cnly because he hasa fforded one of the amusing features of the congress ional session but because he calls at tention to a noteworthy peculiarity of the English alphabet. The New En gland member bases Uis objection to the. letter “j” upon the ground that it is “useless, troublesome and a geneial nuisance.” This puts the case too strongly, but it is .undoubtedly a fact that “j” holds its position in the alpha merely by sufferauce. In the event the letter “j’ should be done away with what would become of all the Johns, Jims Janes Jennies and Julias? County Politics. Banks county reminds us Tory much of a steamboat boiler with its fires bauked and ready and rcaTy to only be stirred up a little in order to soon see political steam escaping from the safety valve. Politics here are almost at a “Pop ping off pressure.” '1 he power that is being confined under a veiv thin sheet which we will name “Quiet” is something that will astonish many when it becomes visible to the gen era! public of Banks c unty. So do not become alarmed when we have told you that the woods arc ]U st full of candidates for the several offices in this county. We have already learned the names of a large number of office seekers, who are at present working hard to get the advantage of any opponent that may be doing likewise. Upon inquiry you will find several wanting and working for these offices. But, of course, are working on the dead quiet. But don't care if the news does get out. T- 3 e state politics are now’ boiling over, and if you could see all that is being said in the news papers, maybe you would believe that everything is about to spoil, get burnt or turn to clubs. Since lion. Allen D. CanJler has made his announcement as a candi date for governor of Georgi i, it looks like there is going to be a club in every county in the state. Well! that is allright in one sense, but what is the use of such organizations? If you wall look the situation square ly in the fuce, you will see that Georgia will appear in November next as one great big cl.ib and will surely have for its leader Allen D. Candler. Hanks county will stand near the top of the list of Candler counties, if, indeed she does not lead the entire state in this respect. JOHNSON AND THOMPSON. Tlie.se Candidates Recommended By the Grand Jury of Hall Special to The Journal. Gaisesville, Feb. —The recent session of the grand juiy of this county recommended Colonel Howard CLAY’S CALL. STATE DEMOCRATIC EXEC UTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET. Washington, Feb. s.—Chairman A. S. Clay, of the democratic state executive committee of Georgia, an nounces that he will call a meeting of the committee to be held in Atlanta during the first week in March, this being the usual time of meeting the sessions of two and of touryenrs ago having been held at a correspon ting date. Chairman Clay will mail members of the committee the formal call for the meeting. In speaking of the meeting of the committee this evening, Senator Clay said: This will be my last official act in connection with the state eenimit tce, for I will unber no circumstances be a candidate for re-election as chairman. I would have resigned the chairmanship when I was elected to the senate had it not been for the fact that the committee practically finished with the close of the last state campaign, the work for which it was created, and there was nothing for me, as chairman, to do but to issue the call for the next meeting of the committee, at which meeting is to be done to issue the formal call for the next state convention ” This will be done at the meeting of the committee to be held in Atlan ta during the first week in March. My service as a chairman of the com inittee has t een particularly pleasant to me, and if I have met the expec tation of the party in fulfilling the duties required of one placed in so responsible a position, I am moie than satisfied. As to the chairman skip for the next two J-ears, that is a matter for the state committee until his successor is chosen,” Thompson for congress from the Ninth district and Colonel Fletcher At. Johnson for solicitor-general of the northeastern circuit, the place now occupied by Air. Thompson. SA.UNDEKS CONFESSES. Denies, However, that lie Sent the Mysterious Package.to... the Express Cos Atlanta, Ga., Fen. 3—Although Lucius L. Saunders is in jail and has confessed he stole the $4,000 iroru the Southern Express Company, yet the return of the $3,700 to the coin pany still appears to be a profound mystery. Pleading guilty to the charge against him, the prisoner at the same time maintains with a frank ness in keeping with the honesty' of his confession that he does not know who sent it. He tells a story which is as remarkable and interesting as the man’s filching of the money and his subsequent arrest and confession. Owning that he took the four pack ages of SI,OOO each from the express car, he then states, with a candor and positiveness which makes his asser tion bear the vejy mark of truth, that he hid the money after lie took it and that when lie went back to look tor it it was gone. Somebody had taken the money from the hiding place and that person must have been the one who sent the $3,700 to the company. Saunders’ arrest was brought about in truly sensational fashion. Six months ago he was transferred to Cincmnatti, where, at his hoarding house, he met and made friends with a baking powder man To this man, whom he thought to be a fast friend, he confided his crime, and secured from him a promise to stick to him (Saunders). His friend asked per— mission to aceompang Sauneers to Georgia, paid all the expenses ot the journey, together with a guard lu the hotel. When he reads this article Saun ders will receive his first intimation that iiis friend was one of Pinkerton’s shrewdest men, who never left Saun ders’ side until he was safe in the custody of the Walton county officer. Saunders failed to give bond and is now in jail. His trial will be held, at tne February term of court, begin ning the 21st.—Atlanta Journal. .Residence Destroyed by Fire. Jefferson, Ga., February 6. The residence of W. I. Pike was de stroyed by fire at an early liour last night. Cause of fire unknown. Loss $2,000. This is the third time Mr. Pike’s home has been burned in the iast five years. Call at The Journal Office and SUBSCRIBE fOr It OH Have Your neighbor do so for you WHILE IN HOMER; ONLY >ll.OO How's This? We offer One Hundred Do!!ar<- Raward for any case of Catarrh ilia! cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F, J. Cheney & Co-. Drops,, Toledo, O. We tbo undersigned, have known F, J, Chenpy for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin ancially able-to carry out any obli gations made by their firm. Wpst&Tru.x, Wholesale ; Druggists, Toledo, O.’AVaLdixg, Kinnan&Mar vin,. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. , Hall’s Catarrh-Cure is taken inter nally, actiug directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al Druggists. Testimonials free- Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Perhaps Spain might buy np a Cuban general or two Jo torn traitor to the pa triot cause, butt what -then? The Brit ish did that- kind of thing in case of Benedict Arnold, yet it stopped not for a moment the progress of the American Revolution and piled- ignofniny upon both tho British and Arnold besides. ■ x—: Observation, by Cardinal Vaughn: “Publio men -Bhould be of tbe best; oth erwise it most come to a oataclysm. ” A REPUBLICAN-ANTITRUST BILL ALBANY, FEB.’Z;—. .Mr. Malby, Republican, introduced in the Senate to day a bill which if enacted and enforced, should, it would seem, knock out the trusts' In brief, it prohibits the officers of or.e concern from directing tne operation of an other or from transferring its stock of another coinpany, Section 40 of the Stock Corporation law, which enables corporation J and trusts to evade the intent of the law, is amended by the Malby bill to read as follows “ The stack of evrey slock corpo ration shall be, represented by certif icates prepared, by the directors and sigrie&by the president and secretary or treasurer, and sealed with the sea] of the corporation, and shall be trans ferred in t|ie manner presented in this chapter -and in the by-laws. No shares shall be transferable until all previous ehMsHberetyn shall* have been fully' paid Ju. The bill also provides that no stock corporation shall acquire the stock of any- otjjgr,.corporation except when anth ori aedi&o, to do by the law under which it is Organized; nor shall the stockholders,'-.directors or other offi cers Q.r employees be eligible as direc tors or any corj oration whose stock may have -'heretofore . beAn lawfully acquired bY suclistsek corporation. Senator: Malby says that he will make a sincere attempt to pass his bdl. He admitted that his amend ments to the Stock Corporation law are not as radical at they might be, but he. expresses willingness to strengthendhem by absolutely prohib iting the transfer .of the stock of one company-to the control of another engaged in the same line of business, which is now permitted. To make his bill really effectiva it would be,necessary to do this. But it is not very probable that a bill so constructed will be passed. The op portunity to serve the pebole in this way is an excellent one, but the Republican programme does not eon template auy such philanthropy just now.—N. Y. World. RA^ILLS Pellets. Cure all forms of disease caused by a Sluggish Liver and Biliousness. The Pink Pill CteanSCS The Tonic .Pellet Invigorates The little “ Doctor's Book ” tells all about them, and a week’s Treatment Free, proves every word trpe. Complete Treatment, 25c. BROWN MF(S. CO., N. Y. and Greenevllle, Tenn If you need a Buggy call at The Jour nal Office Designs ’ ryvvv” Copyrights Ac. Anyone Bending a sketch and description mny quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention ts probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confldentlal. Handbook on Patents aent free. Oldest aaency for securing: patents. Patents taken through Mann & Cos. receive special notice , without charge. In the Scientific flmeifcaa. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Darrest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. a year; four months, |L Mid by all newsdealers. MUNN & 0O C 361 Broadway. New York Branch CSte, K 5 F 6t., Waifclsgton, V. C. “A few months ago, Mr. Byron Every if Woodstock,Mich., was badly afflic eo with rheumatism, his right leg was jVolert the full length, causing him great suffering, he was advised to try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. The first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second bottle affected a cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by R, T. THOMPSON, Flomkk, Ga Tho killing by Spanish soldiers of the Cuban general, Nestor Aranguren, comes strangely soon and sudden after the event that first brought him promi nently before the public eye—the execu tion of Captain Ruiz. That execution seemed harsh and terrible, yet when it is looked at from the standpoint of mil itary usagos it appears justifiable and will so be regarded in history. The pa triot cause in Cuba has lost her two most dashing and capable cavalry lead ers. Maceo is dead ; Aranguren is dead in the flower of his youth, a general at 23 years old. Yet tho cause of Cuba marches on. It was just a matter of friendship, nothing more, which gathered in the harbor at Havana the American battle ship Maine and likewise British and German war vessels about the same time. It was friendship pure friend ship, too, we are assured, which has caused Spain to send to the United States her big and swift cruiser Maria Theresa. How we all do lovo one another, diplomatically, that isl “Mr. Ward L. Smith, of Predericks town, Mo., was troubled with chronic diarrhoea for over thirty years. He had become fully satisfied that it was only a question of u short time until he would have to give up. He had been treated by some of the best physicians in Europe and America but got no per manent relief. One day he picked up a newspaper and chanced to read an ad vertisement of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, he got a bottle of it, the first dose helped him and its continued use cured him. For sale by R. T. THOMPSON, HOMER. ; Cotton Strike. The deplorable consequences of labor and capital looking on each other as mortal enemies are once more witnessed in the strike in the New England cot ton mills. The old warfare will un doubtedly go on in all the ranks of labor till the contestants mutually discover that their interests are one and the 6amo. Then some system will be devised which shall protect both. The 15,000 cotton operatives who went out at the various New England mills struck because of a threatened 10 per cent reduction in their wages, which they declared were already too. small to enable them to live comfortably. Work ers in the New Bedford mills struck against a 10 pi r cont reduction in tbo summer of 1895. The matter was com promised by their finally returning to work at a reduction of 5 per cent. But they declare they found their concession circumvented by a system of fines whereby the owners quite made up the 6 per cent which they had yielded from their original cut. The operatives rent their housos from the companies, and they declaro these houses and flats are unfit for human habitation. This, too, Is one of the grievances cf the cotton workers. Mill owners on their part affirm that the prico of cotton goods is so low in the market that they cannot get enough for their product to pay former prices. This state of things they attribute to overproduction of cotton weaves, par ticularly owing to the establishment of mills in the south, where labor and all the raw material needed are so cheap that New England manufacturers can no longer compete at the old price to their operatives. Some who have studied the situation carefully assert that markets could be found throughout the world for all the cotton goods made in New England if the mill owners would bestir themselves and find thesf markets abroad. Amer ican cotton goods are coming to be of beautiful quality. If this is true, then the mill owners ought to uso all dili gence to find this wider market. It would be a satisfactory settlement all round. They could then pay their faith ful operatives living wages and make a profit themselves. Valuable to Women. Especially valuable to women is Browns* Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache disappears, strength takes the place of weakness, and the glow of health readily comes to the pallid cheek when this won derful remedy is tak'm. For sickly children or overworked men it has no equal. No home should he without this famous remedy. Browns’iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. SILVER THE ISSUE IN 1900. Money the Pricing Instrument. Civilization and Progress Hare Kept Step With Money Supply In All Ages. The Money Question discussed in the light of experience and history. TheSilverKnight-WatciißaD. The Leading Bimetallic Paper of America. U. S. Senator W. M. STEWART, Editor. < ' A correct account of the doings of ( I Congress given each week. ) A family paper for the home and fire- . ) side. All the important happenings of . I the week, condensed, in news col umns. A large circulation in every State and ' Territory. < I Subscription Price, 81 Per Year. , I Stud for sample; agents wanted. . Published weekly by the I Silver Knight Publishing Cos., ] I WASHINGTON, D. C. '.utter, Rult-Rheum ami Eczein." . The intense itching and smarting, inci dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain’s Eve and Skin Ointment. Many very bm. cases have been permanently cured by Iv. It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box. I)r. Cady’s Condition Powders, are just what a horse needs" when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier c,nd vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 85 cents per pad age. Chattanooga Normal University. Will Sustain the Following Depart— ments. General Courses. Pnmanship, Teachers’ (Normal Course proper), Commercial, Short hand and Typewritihg, Elocution Scientific, Special Mathematics, Spe cull Language, Spend Science Ulassie-- Kpecial Courses, Telegraph}', Kindergarten, Art, Normal Kindergarten (for training of eachers), A Complete Conservatory of Music. School the entire year ex cept the month of Angus. FOURTEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. EIGHTEEN DIFFERENT TEACHERS. AS SPECIAL FEATURES of our school pupils may enter any time, select such work as they esire, and pursue their studies us rapidly as their ability will permit. In any reg ular couse we permit such substitu tions aswill enable one to make a specealty 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 tbe work ta ken. No tuitionwill be refunded, but for a continued illness ot 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 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 efore we have no set rules. We desirethe attendance of ladies and gentlemen, and we expectlo treat them as such. We are willing to ad vertise in regard to the conduct of students’ and the privilege of asking ilie withdrawel of any one who does not conform to the usual deportment of a lady or gentlemen. EXPENSES. It is an object of the school to impress practical economy in every department. Good board can be had fri m $1.50 to $2.00 per week and room rent from 50c to 75c per week, thus making the entire cost with tn tion $3.00 per week. To meet these low rates it is absolutely necessary that all bills be paid a term in idvan ce. We will refund money paid for board or room rent, but charge lOcper week additional tor thetiiiie, if less than onr term. Text-books may be rented from the text-book library at 10 per c-entof the retail, thns saving a great deal in the expenses of books. School begins September G, 18&7 for next school year- Pkir futher infor ation addres DR. H. ME VANS, Chatanooga, Tenn. You will notice the advertisement of the Chattanooga Normal Universiitv above, read it very rarefully, and it you decide to want to attend theUn iversity and take a thorough course, and if you have not the necessary raoneyto 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 cts from now until Sep. Ist and tberafter SI.OO per year to any addrsesuntil July Ist 1898, a scholarship for 48w’ks schooling at the Chattanooga Normal University. Thisis well worth y>ur attention. It is a school for both ladies and gentlemen, and if either a lady or gentlemen gets ns the largest numberof subseri ers for the Journal wo will give this holarship Lee of charge. So think a 'lit it just long e nough to arrive at til conclusion that it is a chance of your l “time and that you had better try to w n this £50,00 by just a little work. Cash must ac company all orders for the BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL It has now been demonstrated that nine cases out of ten of women’s disorders, painful anci troublesome as they are, do not require the attention of a physician at all. “Local taeat ment” or “private examinotions have been shown to be entirely un necessary. The simple, pure wine ot Cardui, taken in the privacy of the home insures quick relief. It is entirely unnecessary for any woman to suffer from these almost universal complaints. She can pet a bottle of McElree’s Wine ol Cardui at the nearest drug store for SI,OO and quickly pul an end to the un pleasant pains and derangements Thousands of women arc well to day cause they did that. IION. HOWARD THOMPSON ANNOUNCES FOB CONGRESS. Places Himself Before The People of The Ninth District, as A FULL FLEDGED CANDIDATE* “To the Democrats of the Ninth Congressional District- At the solicitation of friends through* out the district, and to gratify an hon orable ambition, I announce myself a candidate for your nomination to th e fifty-sixth Congress of the United States. Having boon honored by you as one of your delegates to the late national convention whieh assembled at Chicago, and which promulgated your principle* ane 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 viewa in this announcement. Time has dem onstrated the wisdom of that platform, and I stand now, as I did then, on every plank thereof; and should I receive the 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; believing ti.at the only hope for general prosperity und the happiness of our people lies in the triumph of tbe democracy, aiu tho successful promulgation of its principles into such enactments as that the masses may be 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 other 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 respect, Your obedient servant, Howard Tiiompsok Gainesville. Ga.,Jan, Bth 1898.” IIAS CHALENGED MR. TATE- For joint debates any wqerc in this district. Mr. Thompson’s letter to Mr. Tate is as follows: “Guiuesville, Ga., .Tan. 8,1898. Hon. F. C, Tate, Washington, D. O, My Dear Sir: — I have this day formally announced my candidacy for the Democratic nom ination for Congress in this district. 1 shall proceed at once to make an active canvass of the district, and will address the people in behalf of my ccn didaey. 1 respect!’ ully ask that you join me in a series of debnteg at such times and places as nitty 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. A NUB, * N TE * cures Dyspepsia, flpiVy' Constipation and Indigestion. Jr' Regulates the Liver. Price, Mo. Where I>o You buy your Noap and so forth? We do not sell solortJi but we now have in stock the lmiulsfoincHt line of Yoilet Soup on the market, “Sweet Maiden” Soap is the slickest thing out for five cts a cake L.C. Hardman & Bro HARMONY GROVE. GA. A STEP BACKWARD, “The Loud bill to regulate second class mail matter, which ts now un der consideration by Congress, is distinct step backward, and it is t® be hoped that no self respecting legis lator will give his vote for a measure which is bound to work detriment to the educatioeal interests of the peo pie Mr. Loud proposes to make the Postal Departmeet self sustaining by raising the rates of postage for alt orms of complete books which now pass through the mails at one cent per pound and to abolish the privilege which publishers now have of sending sample copies at the same rate, The result of this will be an increase in th price of books, which are so cheap nowadaos that the poorest working man may secure a nice little library of his favorite works, A bill that raises the price of books, pats a premium oil illiteracy, and should nos be passed. Th°i\; are better ways of lurking the Postal Department, self-sustaining. For instance, why not make the rail roads carry the mails as eherply as they carry the shipments of the exprefs companies? It has been estimated that' ibis alone would accomplish the object, we give in another column an article upon this subject which will repay careful reading. Our readers will do much to defeat the bill by a posts card protest, us suggested.” SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BANKS COUNTY .1 O U K N A L 1 ONLY f 1 Dollar PER ANNUM CASH.