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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
VOL. XVI.
Division Meet 1.0. 0. F.
With Carnesville Lodge
On iast Thursday at 3:3oo’clock
Messrs. J. N. Hill, ('has. W. Oil
lespie, J. 15. G. Logan ami the
writer in Mr. Hill’s “overland”
headed for Gainesville as delegates
from Homer Lodge No. 2.30, 1.0.
O. F. to the meeting of the twenty
l*rst Division 1.0.0. F. being
held with Carnesville Lodge No.
332.
We crossed Quiilian creek two
miles east from Homer and pulled
up the long hill alright. At Jep
Hall's store Mr. .1. C. Wood in
formed us that Rev. .1. 11. 1 books
was a long way ahead ol us. This
caused Mr. Hill to open up his
machine. W e feared Mr. Brooks
might corner on alt the good things
( arnesville had in store. W e
soon icached our destination and
the tiist gentleman to be seen were
lion. Sydney .1. Nix, ex
clerk superior court of Jackson
county, of Jefferson. Ga. Mr. A.
M. Benton, of Commerce, now a
representative of the International
Harvester people, Messes, lb \V.
Neal and Hugh Means, of Ash
land, and that prince of Good I'd
loas, Mr. John Perdue, o Athens,
who travels for Talmadge Bros.,
wholesale grocers, of Athens.
Among others in attendance up
on the meeting were Messrs G.
Glnsure and L. T. Wright, ol
Banksviile, and Sterling Peyton
and John M. Caudell of Hollings
worth .
The meeting was presided over
by District. Deputy Dr Tlios. IS.
Itoutier, of Lavonia. Mr. .1. ' .
Culpepper, of Carnesville, is the
1 >i vision .Secretary.
We icached Carnesville too late
for the afternoon session, which
was roll call and hearing reports
from lodges.
At 8:30 p. m. Hon. T. 11. Rob
ertson, Grand Secretary ol Gaines
\ ill**, made an address in the court
house. A second address was
made by Hon. f. M. Iloyms, j
Grand Master, of Savannah.
On Friday morning at oa. m.j
assembled for miscellaneous luisi- ]
ness. The roll call and reports
from lodges was finished. Several
bulges made fair reports, the best
coining from Carnesville lodge.
A public meeting was scheduled
for 11:00 a. rn. At 10-40 the
morning session adjourned for the
public mee ting. The members of
the various lodges formed a line of
march on the north siele of public
square and marched east entii cly
around the* square and back into;
the court room, where an immense
crowd had assembled both in the
court room ami the gallery.
The Viola band struck “Dixie*'
and this put everybody in a tine
mood for the welcome address by
Col. Geo. L. Goode, of Carnesville*.
In a haypy manner Hon. W . A.
Adams responded.
For fifty five minntfs the; Grand
Master held the crowd spell liound
explaining the* principles ot thei
order.
At 12:45 was the watermelon
Horse’s Long F^st.
A horse recently passed fourteen
days in a cave in Oklahor. without
food or water and, although it lost
300 pounds in weight through the fast,
it quickly recovered after it was res
cued. The cave was concealed by
planks and these broke as the horse
walked across. The owner supposed
that the horse had been stolen, and
its presence in the cave was discov
ered by chance
Regretted Womanly Limitations.
She gave an envious thought to the
happier lot of men, who are always
free to plunge into the healing wa
ters of action.— Henry James.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Thursday, September 11, 1913.
cut ein nature's verdant carpet in
the* court house square At 1
o'clock a sumptuous dinner was
spread on the* long table under the
beautiful shade* trees on west side*
court house. This table iairly
groaned with good things to eat
prepared by the good laelics of
Carnesville and Franklin county.
All were led and plenty left.
At the dinnei hour the writer
had the pleasure of meeting many
nlel fricnels and acquaintances
;among whom we re* Mr. Thos. C.
Hayes, who has taught singing
schools throughout all this section,
Rev. L K. Parham, who for quite
la while served as pastor ol the*
! Baptist church at this place*, Mr.
,). W. Purcell, now of Carnesville,
formerly of Prospe*e*t, Mr. Billy
Fleming, loriiie*rly oi Bushyille*
district, this county, also Mr. Ar
thur Parham. In the early morn
ing w e* chanced to meet with Judge
\\ . R. Little, < 'ol. .1. Will Lan
drum, Mr. Charlie McKntyre, In
ele Joe .Strange and many other of
the citizens of Carnesville. At the
court house we found Sheriff
Wansley anil Clerk McDaniel very
busy getting ready for court.
At tlie* Advance office* we found
the Advance force working with a
rush to get the* pape*r off aheael ol
time. Miss b’etha Purcell is the*
editor in chief, Miss Lucy Purcell
is the chief typo and Mr. F. B.
Purcell is the* business manage*!’.
The* < 'arne*HV ille Advance* is the of
lieial organ of Franklin county
and is a newsy (1 column 3-page
pa per
l'll is was our first visit to Carnes
\ ille; since: the* erection of the* new
court house in 1000. Franklin
county has an elegant court house;,
at a exist of about 370,000 all
told. The officers seem to have
well arranged offices, and are
pleased with the downstairs ar
rangement, but upstairs the court
room and the; jury rooms are not
so well arranged as “might have
been.”
Carnesville has about one* dozen
store’s and business houses, and
many nice dwellings, beautiful
ehurche*s, one hotel, and the school
building of the Tugalo Institute.
The; school is the pride of the town.
Prof. J. Calvin Hall is superintend
e*nt, Prof. .1. H. Hynes, this year
from Hebron, is principal, and
Mrs. Byrne anil see real other
teachers for the* lower grades. The*
music department is also a feature
of this nigh school.
Harue*sville has recently extend
e*il its incorporate limits to three
fourths of a mile from the court
house and this will give them a
population of about 400.
Observing the crops along*the
rente direct to Carnesville and
back over the national highway to
New Salem an on to Homer we
found them spotted—in some sec
tions the crops have l>een cut oif
on account of dry w eather.
We all enjoyed our tiip and
reached home Friday evening just
before a good rain.
Use Bellows to Skin Goats.
Great quantities of Mocha goatskins
are imported from Aden, on the Guli
of Aden, into this country, many skins
coming from Africa. The Abyssinians
and Somalis are considered the most
expert in skinning goats. The former
rarely permits hi:; knife to touch the
animal after killing and during the
skinning process, and by the means of
a bellows removes the skin in an ex
cellent condition. Somali women ara
ajso very adept in this art and exer
else great care throughout.
Mrs. Wood B. Highbrow In Paris.
“Imagine! My husband writes me
that he is bringing me a nice little
Murillo from Italy! That’s why lam
buying a cage.”—Le Sourire, Paris.
A Brief of the New Tax Act-
We have not seen a copy of the
new tax law, but a copy h is reach
ed the Athens Banner which has
made the following condensation of
the act:
Return the property you owned
on January Ist for taxation as here
tofore, between February Ist and
May Ist. The tax received by May
10th will present all taxes to the
county assessors. The latter net
May 10th. Omissions by tax
payers will be corrected by the
board, and fair valuation exacted.
This board must “find" all taxable
property and must sis' to it that
valuations as between individuals
are tairly and justly equalized. If
the tax payer is dissatisfied in ten
day* he can go to arbitration. The al
lot ration board fives tin*assessment.
The arbitrator award is final ex
cept where the state tax commis
sioner equalizes taxes between
counties. Arbitrators must be
property ow ners. I'he county as
sessors have full authority to sub
poena and to summon books, rec
ords. etc. They must complete
their work by July Ist.
The county board of tax assessors
consists of three members appointed
by tlie county commissioners for a
term of six years; the first appoint *
meats are one member for two
y ears, and one for four years and
one for six years, except in cases of
appointment-to lilt a vacancy.
If the state tax commissioner
finds that in many counties the tax
valuations are not reasonably uni
form w ith the values fixed upon the
same classes of property in another
county the commissioner must in
vestigate, and after such investi
gat inn, has authority to issue and
equalize the same either by liaviug
a per centum to the county valua
tion, or any class of property in
any county. If he finds the county
valuation was too low , or by de
ducting a pt*r centum from the
county valuation was too high, lie
then must notify by mail, the
county board of tax assessors of the
county affected, that the county’s
valuations upon the classes of prop
erty specified in the notice must be
raised or lowered (as the case may
be) by the per centum fixed by
him. The county tax digest is at
the same time returned to such
county for such correction accord*
igly-
Wheu so notified, the chairman
of the county board of tax asses
sors, must call immediately a meet
ing of his board, must correct the
valuations in conformity with the
order of the state tax commission
er.
But if the board of tax assessors
is dissatisfied with the order of the
state tax commissioner the chair
man of the county board may with
in ten days notify the state tax
commissioner that arbitration is
demanded on behalf of that county
at the same time the name and
postoffice address of an arbitrator
chosen by the county board. The
state tax eammissioner must within
three days from the receipt of such
demand name an arbitrator to act
for the state. The state arbitrator
thus named must select a third
within ten days. II the second ar
bitrator fails to agree upon a third
within ten days the third arbitrator
must I • ip pointed by the comptroll
er general. An award by a majority
within twenty days from date of
the appointment of the third arbi
trator is final.
If they fail to make an award
within that time the action of state
tax commissioner stands affirmed.
If the decision of the arbitrators is
made within the time and differs
from that previously rendered by
the state tax commissioner the
county valuation must be immedi
ately revised in accordance there
with otherwise they must be revised
in accordance with the decision of
the state commissioner,
Fourth Class Postmaster Ex
a initiation-
Saturday October 11, 1913
The United States Civil Service
( 'om mission announces that on the
date named above an examination
will be held at Homer, Ga., as a
result of which it is expected to
make certification to till a contem
plated vacancy in the position of
fourth class postmaster at Horner,
Ga., ami other vacancies as they
may occur at that office, unless it
shall be decided in the interests of
the service to till the vacancy by
reinstatement. The compensation
of the postmaster at this office was
3537.00 for the last fiscal year.
Age limit, 21 years and over on
the date of the examination, with
the exception that in a state where
women arc declared by statute to
l*c of full age for all purposes at
18 years, women 18 years of age
on the date of the examination
will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within
the territory supplied by the post
office for which the examination is
announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United Ktates who
can comply with the requirements.
Application forms and lull in
formation concerning the require
ineiihs of the examination can be
secured from the postmaster at
Homer or from the U. 8. Givil
Bervitc Com mission, Washington,
I).
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the com
mission at Washington at least 7
days before the date of the exami
nation, otherwise it may be im
impracticable to examine the ap
plicants
l . S. Civil. H Kit vine Commission
Nails Creek.
Cotton is opening fast. Autumn
is here.
Mr. 11. C. Garrison and family
visited .Mr. and Mrs. John Garri
son last Sunday.
Miss Bessie Airail left Sunday
for Clarkesville to spend a few
days with MissesAlyrtle and Grace
English.
Miss Ruth Oliver was the guest
of the Misses Wiley Monday.
Misses Vera Bellamy and Belle
Strange spent Sunday with Miss
(Tara Dailey.
Misses Delia and Cora Neal were
in our community Monday.
Mis. S. M. Strange visited her
daughter, Mrs. Josie McDuffie,
recently.
Misses Ophelia aud Mila Patter
son spent Sunday afternoon with
the family of Mr. Newt Mays.
Miss Fannie Garrison was the
guest of Miss Ada Murray last
week.
School closed at Carnot Friday
with an entertainment following
Friday night.
In Memory of Mrs. J- J- Rogs
dale-
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. J. J. Ragsdale Thursday
evening lit 5 o’clock and carried
the darling mother to rest. Be
fore her marriage she was Miss
Genie Crump, daughter of James
and Frances Crump, of Franklin
county. She joined the church
when young and lived an upright
Christian life. She was the moth
er of ten children, eight girls and
two boys. Two girls are dead.
Six girls aud two boys at home.
She left a mother, four brothers,
tw o sisters, a husband and eight
children to mourn her loss.
She was loved by many and all
were welcomed at her home. I
always enjoyed being in her com
pany, for she was so lively and
could tell so many interesting in
cidents of the past.
One Who Loved Her.
No, Ho Hasn t Been an Editor
A preacher in Savannah Sunday
preached on “Hell—Where is ill”
and he took the position that the
popular idea about the “lake of
lire and brimstone” is wrong.
Editors who have many delinquent
subscribers will regret to hear this.
—Valdosta Times.
That preacher had never had a
paper returned marked “refused,”
when the fellow owed for a year
or more.—Commerce News.
Neither has he had a subscrib
er come in, who owed for about
live years, and says he “never
subscribed for it.” —Gainesville
Herald.
Nor has he had to contend with
the “head of the house” who took
the paper four years and refused
to pay alleging for a reason that
he never subscribed, nor did the
family receive the paper regularly,
and he then “refused” Whereup
on the good mistress of the house
hold sends in a dollar in her own
right and the paper now goes into
the same home addressed to Mrs.
Now* wouldn’t it be a lot of
trouble for that fellow when he
reaches the “pearly gates” and
admittance is refused because he
did not pay that subscription, lor
him to come back to this old
world to settle that four dollars.
New Salem
All you you can hear from the
boys now a days is: Base ball !
Base ball ! ! But the poor tired
mothers are exclaiming: Stove
wood! Stove wood ! ! Stove
wood !!! These gallant young
men can jump a ten rail fence and
knock a ball through the side of
a house and hollow so loud that
you think a thunderstorm is com
ing. But when the wood pile
comes in sight, they whine around
with, “myknec hurts,” “my arm
hurts,” “I’m tired.” The poor
old mother grabs the axe and cuts
the wood. Baseball ! Take it
away ! Take it away ! !
Mr. Wayne Gailey passe through
Sunday after spending a short
time with his girl.
Mr. Thales Pendergrass has
taken his part of goods that fall
eth to him and journeyed into
South Georgia. We have plenty
of Prodigal sons but few fatted
calves.
Mr. J. W. Carroll and charm
ing lady visited near Homer Sun
day.
1 know from the way they wiite
that some of my brother corres
pondents are good bible students
and I want them to tell me through
the Journal where Christ spent
the eighteen years, from the time
he was twelve until he was thirty.
Mr. Tom Quillian has begun
moving to his home in Commerce.
We regret to lose Tom but wish
him much success in his new
home.
Mr. Jule Pruitt and wife visited
Mr. Charley Murray Sunday.
-*♦* —
Athens Presbytery
The Athens Presbytery will
meet ‘with the Thyatira church,
September J 6, at 8 p. m..
Representatives are requested to
notify Mr. Egbert Burns or Mr.
Clifton Barnett, Jefferson, Ga., ol
the time and place to meet them,
Jefferson or Commerce, Jefferson
preferable.
A full representation is desired,
as many matters of importance are
to be decided.
J. J>. McPhail.
Passing.
“God love the world,” he breathed,
and the flesh sank from him. Death—
It was but the breaking of a rußty
scabbard to loose a flashing blade*—
Will Levlngton Comfort.
Grady School Closes
The school at Gradys Academy
closed Friday, Aug. 28th, and
there was quite a large crowd pres
ent. The following is the pro
gram:
Song—School is Out. By school.
Prayer—Rev. Freeman Rice.
Song.
Welcome Address by E. M.
I )alton.
Response by W. A. Scoggins.
Recitation—Johnny Jump Ups.
Ora Brown. -
Dec.—McKinley. By R üby
Martin.
Rcc.—Two Little Orphans. By
Swannie Cochran.
Rett.—Heaps of Things. By Gcr
trade McDuffie. •
Rec.—Mollie. By Miss Flor
ence Pool.
Song—Grady Girls. By seven
teen girls.
Rcc.—A Dying Soldier. By
Miss Emma Durham.
Rcc.—Somebody’s Mother. By
Miss Nannoy Pool.
Rec. —Papa aud the Boy. Miss
Savilla Ward.
Song—A Jolly Student. By sev
enteen girls.
Rec. —The Ride of Jennie Me
Neil. Miss Laura Durham.
Rec.—Kate Shelly. By Mies
Alina Pool.
Rec.—An Incident of the V ;.r.
By Miss Sudie Pool.
itec. —By “An < Mil Lady.”
Col. Oscar Brown, of Homer,
addressed the people on the sub
ject of “Education and Library
Work.”
The good people of Grady and
friends brought well-filled baskets
and melons, aud had quite a least
at the noon hour. After a very
social ltour at noon the people
were called to order and addressed
in an interesting manner on the
line of education, by Rev. J. T.
Wise, Rev. Freeman Rice, Hon. J.
W. Peyton and Hon. G. G.
Strange.
The by-laws and constitution of
the library, also the officers, were
read by Miss Nettie Payne.
The officers of the library areas
follows:
President, Miss Alma Pool.
Treasurer, Miss Gertrude An
derson.
Librarian, Miss Vera Cochran;
assistant Miss Bertie McDuffie.
Finance committee, Mrs. W. A.
Scoggins, Mrs. Chas. Sewell, Mrs
J. W. Cochran.
Committee on Entertainment,
Mr. Ellington Caudeil, Miss Hat
tie Brown, Miss Florence Pool.
Committee on Selection of New
Books, Miss Laura Durham, Miss
Sudie Pool, Miss Voncie Cochran.
Another committee has been ait
pointed to eo- operate with the
Banks County Educational Asso
ciation for the advancement of
library work.
After the exercises were over
Mr. Arthur Boling made several
pictures and the people were en
tertained the remainder ol the day
by a game of baseball.
Paint Now
if your property needs it; don’t
wait.
There are two parts of a job: the
paint and the work; the work is
more than the paint; and it
oever eomes-down.
The cost of paint is about two
fifths; the work three-fifths, won’t
come down in a hurry; too many
jobs put-off.
Men are waiting for 32 or 33;
they don’t know it; they think
they are waiting for 320 or 325.
Why don’t men use their beads?
DEVOE
sells it.
For Sale by Chandler & Jackson
Pharmacy, Maysville, Ga.
One Is Enough.
Every now and then you meet a guy
who makes you fee! glad that he isn’t
twins. —Cincinnati Inquirer
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