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VOL. XVI.
Our Maysville Correspond
ent “Raps” Sterling Peyton
Maysville, Ga., June 2J, I!M3.
Mr. Editor: —
We have enjoyed from time to
time the articles written l>y Mr.
Sterling Peyton, the great wiiter
from near Hollingsworth, but when
we read the attack he made on the
‘•fool women” in The Journal of
the lffth a feeling of resentment
erept into our minds. If our
writer were not a young man and
living in a civilized part of the
world we would think he was ex
cusable.
1 >id you not know the tight
“vise” you so severely criticised
is a thing of the past t Any lady
who knows anythiug of the styles
of today can tell you the large
waist has been used for sometime.
And I would like to add that lew
are the women in our lair sunny
Southland who stop to consider
the “artistic eye of men.”
As for “high heeled shoes" they
100 arc things of the past. <>!
course the merchants who hive
them in stock are selling them to
people, who like yourself, do not
know much about the style and
do not mind to “walk on her tip
toes.”
Wo now in the future when you
care to comment on the “warped
and diseased offspring of degraded
parents” you may search for an
other fault. If as you say, dike!
begets like,” I suspect the off
spring of Mr. i’ey ton will be full
Hedged angels.
Mr. C. E. Mason Visits
Grandfather’s old Home.
Mr. E. Mason, a prominent
real estate dealer, of < 'harlotte, N .
C., and, who has been in Athens
the past two weeks, came upHatur
day and spent a few hours with
his uncle Mr. W. It. Mason.
| While here he wanted to see the
old home place of his grandfather
and he and his uncle Bill drove
down to see the old dwelling that
is one hundred and ten years old,
and built with shop made nails,
the same old weather Istarding is
still on the house and it lias been
recovered but twice. The same
old chimneys are still standing,
and the house still has the same
old shape with but slight repairs
or changes. This house is located
on the old Bushville road two and
a half miles below Homer on east
side of Hudson River. His grand
father 'ol. J. ('. Mason fame from
gouth Carolina in 1.8?/ with his
family and settled on this historic
old site.
j
Rev. T. M. Sullivan, of
Comer, Here Sunday.
Rev. T. M. Sullivan, of < omcr,
spent the week-end visiting his
mother at Mt. Pleasant. Sunday
morning he drove over to hear the
pastor Rev S. L. Hagan in the
Method Ist church. At the request
of the pastor Mr. Sullivan con
seated to preach.
Mr. Sullivan came to this county
several years ago from In ion coun
ty his father then settling near Mt.
Pleasant. Mr. Sullivan has taught
school at several places in flanks
county and preached at many ot
the churches, but it was his first
sermon in Homer. The congrega
tion were very pleasantly surprised
to hear him. His theme was watch -
fulness, and his sermon showed
that Banks county claims another
son who is developing into a great
and useful man.
Visible Evidence.
One day a teacher was having a
first-grade class in physiology. She
asked them if they knew that there
■was a burning fire" in the body all of
the time. One little girl spoke up and
said: "Yes'm, when it is a cold day
I can see the smoke.” —National
Monthly.
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County.
A PLEA FOR BANKS
From One Who Cherishes
Its Name, Traditions
and Memoirs.
Mr. Editor: —
1 hope the citizens of Banks
county have too much pride to let
it die. No doubt, a little well di
rected energy and effort could soon
pay off all indebtedness and Banks,
with her fertile soil, noble rivers
and other resources would soon be
| the banner county of Northeast
< feorgia.
I remember what an effort it was
to get the county. My father was
I senator from Franklin county;
Itobt. Allan was representative.
At that time the idea of new couu
ties was very unpopular, and when
| my father introduced the bill to
Cut oft' a coiner of Hall, Haber
sham and Franklin and make a
! new county there was great oppo
■ si tion to the bill.
Mr. Joseph Banks was senator
| from Hall county, and as he was
very much opposed to the bill they
[decided to gain his influence by
naming the county for his father,
Dr. Banks, who had been a very
prominent physician at Gainesville
However, he voted against the bill
when it was up before the senate.
When it was finally passed the
people were jubilant, and when my
father and Mr. Allen returned
home, they were given a perfect
ovation. Hundreds came to our
home to welcome them; the famous
old “McDonald band” furnished
music, and there were speeches and
toasts until a late hour. A good
old-fashioned supper was furnished
by ray father.
When Homer was decided upon
as the county sile, the town went
! up like magic. Among the fiist to
buy a lot and build a home was
Gov. Allen D. Candler. At that
time they were living in a log
house on iny father’s place. He
! built the house now occupied by
Judge Hill, for his mother. Most
iof the lumber for the town was
| hauled from my father’s old water
saw mill, six miles distant. He
Carried his hands up there and
made the brick for the new court
: house, which he contracted to
build. It was a great contrast to see
all hands busy, where a few months
1 before was only an old log church.
The new Presbyterian church was
| dedicated in 1.800. Dr. Stiles, of
Savannah, preached the dedication
sermon, and his eloquence and ex
alted sentiments still linger in the
archives of memory.
Then another thing that has
made old Banks famous is the war
record of her gallant sons. There
old traditions and sentiments will
ever cast a radiance on the name
of Banks county. How many
memories are stirred of brave and
noble deeds by the very name of
“The Banks County Guards.”
They had a national reputation.
When the call to arms came, to de
fend a principle .we believed right,
old Judge Candler was among the
tirst to respond—(2nd Ga. Reg’t).
The best element in the county fol
lowed the bad of the gallant old
captain. Robt. Allan, the Ist
Lieut, went down under the red
tide of battle. This famous old
company was ever found at the
front and never wavered in allegi
ance to the stars and bars until the
j sad end at Appomattox, when it
; was forever furled, but never dis-
honored. Then the old 24th
Reg’t. had no braver soldiers than
those who enlisted under Captain
Newton Chandler, at Homer. My
has band was Captain of Cos. A.
34th < la. Reg’t., all composed of
men from Banks county. Allen
|d. Candler went as a private
soldier in this company. They
were in the march under Bragg in
-1 to Kentucky, and in that memora
[ ble retreat when so many ol our
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Thursday, July 3, 1913.
The Sunday School Con
vention July 11th.
There will no doubt be two sur
prises at the Convention. The
tirst is, the usual printed program
may not be in evidence. This
ought not to lie so, but it looks so
now.
The second surprise will be worth
your time. Mr. D. A\. Sims, of
Atlanta, General Secretary, of the
county Sunday School Association
has been invited to be with us on
that date, in fact he wants a two
day convention the 10th and 11th.
it is a well known fact that only
about 10 to 75 people attend these
conventions. If all the superiu
tendeuts, teachers and officers ot
the Sunday schools over the county
and all ministers in the uear by
territory and all others w ho feel an
interest in Sunday school work
will come out, new life will be in
lused into this convention, if Sun
day schools have not already done
so elect your delegates and see that
they come, or else be represented
by alternates.
Mr. Sims wants this convention
to be spiritual, helpful and well
attended. With this in mind he
offers the following suggestion:
“FEW THINGS AHE DONE
irv CHANCE, least of all a good
county Sunday school Convention.
Prayer and preparation are import
ant. Fail not to consult the Hiav
enly Father, without whom we
cannot succeed —with whom we
cannot fail. Besides praying much
for wisdom “GET BUSY” and DO
something. Plan your work and
then work your plan.”
Mr. Sims insists strongly on pas
tors and Superintendents being
present at this convention.
The division of the county into
three or four districts maybedis
cussed at this convention. The
suggestion may be a good one.
It will be the desire ol the pro
gram committee to have Air. Sims
lecture on “The Bible Band.'’ If
there is time the committee will in
sist on this lecture. This lecture
is based on observations of Mr.
Sims while in Palestine and Jeru-_
salem a few years ago.
The meeting of this convention
should be a re-awakening to the
Sunday school work in Banks coun
ty-
A basket dinner on ti e ground
is a material help to the convention.
Come, bring your basket or send it
by your representatives.
Suppose3oo Sunday school work
ers conic to this convention. This
would be a great gathering. It’s
worth your while, come.
The Final “Catch.”
(National Alontby.)
Tommy went Fishing the other
day without his mother’s perrnis
sion. The next morning one of his
chums met him and asked:
“Did you catch anything yester
day, Tommy?”
“Not till I got home,” was the
response.
Called for Blood.
“Sandy looks as if he had been
fighting.” “He has been fighting; a
fellow said something In his presence
about ‘musicians and bagpipers,’ and
Sandy sailed into him.”
brave men fell from hunger and
weariness, later fought in the
trenches at Vicksburg and in the
battles with Sherman’s army.
No ! Banks county has “written
her name in letters of fame,” and
she mast not let debt cast a shallow
over her former glory. Let every
citizen, w ho has a spark of patriot
ism, stand by her in her hour of
depression, and may she yet shine
[as one of the brightest stars
| among the counties of the Empire
: State of the South.
Alkk. L. A. D.,
Koyston, Ga.
31 Bales of Cotton
Burns at Bellton.
On Sunday evening Air. I. I\.
Carter, of Bellton, lost 31 bales of
cotton and storage room, loss esti
mated at #2,000.
The origin of the lire is thought
to be from a bolt of lightning on
Saturday night the bolt striking a
large oak standing alxmt ten feet
from the house, the tree being torn
to splinters.
The building in which the cotton
was stored was known sis the M.
Buice old wine house, the entire
basement being built of rock to a
height of eight or ten feet, and in
this basement the cotton was
storisl.
The lire was not discovered until
about 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
A crowd soon gathered but too late
to save any cotton or okock the
fire.
From Cornelia Enterprise
Rev. I. J. Kimscy has resigned
His charge of the Baptist church on
account of his health, and at the
regular prayer service Wednesday
night Rev. Wade Parks was called
to lill the vacancy.
M. W. Bates,of Jacksonville,ac
companied by his father-in-law R.
Martin, of lat la, was in Cornelia
Monday. Air. Bates contempates
purchasing a lot and erecting a
handsome home.
We have been informed the stove
peddlers are doing a land office
business in the adjacent territory,
having sold in the neighborhood of
200 ranges, amounting approxi
matlvely to #IO,OOO. This is going
some.
One thing certain, if Banks dies,
Cornelia is coining in for her part
of the estate, and that with her
rightful possessions in the southern
part of Habersham, form anew
county, with Cornelia as the coun
ty seal.
Public Days in Homer-
FRIDAY JULY 1 Itli, the
Banks Oounty Sunday School
< bn veil lion;
THURSDAY JULY 17th, the
old Soldiers Re union.
MONDAY, JULY 21st, (third
Monday), Mass meeting to consider
the advisability of grading roads
of county by convict labor, and
calling an election for bonds to pay
indebtedness and defray expenses
of county.
SATURDAY JULY 2Gth, The
Banks Oounty Sunday School Gel
ebration.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15th, An
Old Fashion Spelling Match, under
direction of Banks Oounty Educa
tional Association.
Flies in a Song.
Ten little Hies
All in a line!
One got a swat!
Then there w ere x x x x x x x x x
Nine little Hies
Grimly sedate,
Licking their chops—
Swat! There werexxxxxxxx
Eight little Hies
Raising some more—
Swat! Swat! Swat! Swat!
Then there were x x x x
Four little Hies
( olored green blue;
Swat! (Ain’t it easy!)
Then there were x x
Two little Hies
Dodged the civilian —
Early next day
There were a million!
Gymnastic Stunt.
Barbour —“You seem warm; have
you been exercising?” Waterman —■
“Yes, indeed; I went to the mutes’
dance and swung dumb belles around
all evening.”—Michigan Gargoyle.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE!
Stop, Look Read, Listen
and Live.
Facts are stubborn things. Far
too stubborn for anything but a
square look and a strong grip.
Face the following facts and get a
good grip on them:
Alan’s tirst duty is to seek God.
Get his heart right with God and
man. His life should be clean be
fore God and man. Every stain
and blot should be erased. His
robe of life should be whiter than
the snow. We are commanded to
be perfect, even as our Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
God saves man t hrough human
instrumentality. Christ told his
disciples, ye are the salt of the
earth. But if the salt has lost its
savor, wherewith shall it be salted.
It is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out and trodden un
der foot of men. In other words,
men are saved through the Chris
tian influence of professors of re
ligion. If they loose their piety,
though they may still remain in
the church in full fellowship, and
hold the title of a .Christian, but
yet they bear watching. Ye are
like a city set on a hill. Alan is
in a conspicuous place; like a city,
he should be shown and is shown
to the world.
LX AMPLE IH BETTER THAN PRECEPT
Christ came to set us an example,
that we should follow his steps.
W e are setting others examples.
On every corner of life, the public
is looking for an example. Alen
are inclined to pattern after their
examples. In ether words, do like
somebody else. Our sons and
daughters need the best influences
thrown around them that can pos
sibly be had. Men in their sinful
natures are like sheep, gone astray.
They need someone to tame them;
bring them back and plant their
feet on the solid rock, Christ
Jesus. How is this done? How
can it be done ? By the good in
fluenec of the Christian people of
the various churches of their im
mediate com in unities. Every son
and daughter of the prophets are
examples.
The seekers of examples are peo
pie who want examples indeed and
in truth, in its truest sense. Men
are tired of talked of talked re
ligion; put on, only from the lips
out, never reaches the heart. Al
ways professing and never possess
ing; always claiming and never
owning ; always resolving and nev
er doing; always worshiping God
and serving Baal at home, in our
private, social and every day life.
What we want and need most are
men lilled with the spirit of God,
in the truest sense of the word;
men that are men indeed and in
truth ; men that will stand by the
church and Sunday school, and
help support their institutions;
men that will live every day alike;
men that are good today, tomor
row, next day and all the time ;
not good oil Sunday and bad on
Monday; we need men that are
consistent, their every day walk
alike.
Then there will be changes made
on every hand. Our churches
would not rot down and their roofs
cave in on account of the want of
attention. Instead of reading our
daily news on God’s holy day, men
would support the church and
Sunday school by giving their
presence. Every congregation ori
Sunday morning and Sunday night
would be largely attended. The
Sunday schools would lx: on a
boom. We wouldn’t hear so much
talk- about the Sunday schools
dragging. Barents would not al
low their children to loaf thestreets
and run the woods on Sunday.
On the other hand parents would
dress their children and carry
them to church and Sunday school.
Our boys and girls would not grow
up in ignorance of church and Sun
day school work, and their train
ing. They wouldn’t know so much
about blockading, drinking whis
key, using revolvers, going to
dances, theatres, shows, baseball
games, card parties, pool rooms,
throwing dice, collecting on corn
ers of streets telling yarns, meet
ing Sunday mails, meeting Sunday
trains, taking long frolicking Sun
day buggy rides, going to soda
fountain Stands drinking Coca
cola and other stuff of the kind.
After awhile, with all the unnec
essary exposure they get, they
break down in health. The doe
tors say it is tuberculosis, rheu
matic trouble or something else.
W hen it could have been avoided,
if all parties concerned bad lived a
life. This is not all that is said in
the word of God.
YK AKK Til K I.KiUT OKTHKWORI.D
But, reader, if our light is gone
out and our life i? darkened, how
great is that darkness. At the
rate we are living who will fill the
places that are being filled by the
older people of today. Sometimes
some of us come short of our duty.
Look at men on election day. Some
of them will sell out very cheap.
Some men can be bought for most
anything from a drink of whiskey
up. Is that somebody you or me J
Look who they will elect! Men
who will drink whiskey, get drunk,
curse and swear. This type of
men are put in office as mayor
councilman, anil other offices of
town, coifnty, state and nation.
Meg who are guilty of crime them
selves are set up to judge and pun
ish criminals. Many of our prin
cipal officers will be bought, and
bought cheap. They will work
for party, money and friends re
gardless of truth and righteousness.
I am glad that not all of our of
heel’s and citizens are of this type.
Many of them will work for truth
and justice regardless of party,
money, relatiyes or friendship.
For an illustration we will use for
instance Sheriff Spencer, sheriff of
Hall county, Ga. I have never in
all my life seen a man that worked
so faithful to get the rightcriminal,
regardless of party or whose kin
people. He goes at it meek, mild
and calm, determined to get the
right offender. This was demon
strated only a short time ago. The
public remembers how faithful he
worked to get to the bottom of the
murder that was committed at our
own doors, the doors of Bellton,
Ga., Hall county. He tried to
find the true murderer, the guilty
person. How kind and sympa
thetic he was. He didn’t want to
accuse the wrong person; so he
worked faithfully to get the guilty
one, while others weie trying to
convict the innocent. We are
glad to say there were others help
ing him, who were of the same
spirit, doing all they could to find
the guilty and not allow the inno
cent to suffer instead. We are also
glad to state that many other offi
cers are of the same type as Sheriff
Spencer, and only mention this
circumstance because it came un
der our observation.
We were referring to these two
sided people; these all-sorts of
people, that will work anyway,
tell anything and do anything re
gardless of truth, justice or right
eousness. Many of them are mem
bers of the various churches of the
United .States. They all claim to
be civilized, in a civilized country.
But really, can any man truthfully
claim the title of civilization un
less he will tell the truth, swear
the truth when he is put on the
stand, act honest with all men,and
stand up for justice and right re
gardless of party, money, friend
ship or kindred. Two sided peo
pie are hypocrites, whether in the
church, in politics or in the world.
Csntinud n Latl Pad*.
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