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VOL. XVI.
Maysville Locals
(Ftoih Our Regular Corresi>omWnt.)
The many friends ol Mr. Mont
Hill are glad to know that he is re
covering from a severe attack of
pneumonia.
Maysville is proving to lie an ex
cellent place to market cotton.
Hundreds of bales were sold here
last Saturday, and although the
price has been on the decrease, it
has been coming in steadily this
week.
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy met at Mrs. T. A. Henry’s
Tuesday afternoon and quilted a
nice quilt to be sent to the Old Sol
diers Home together with a nice
box of toothsome delicacies.
Miss Frances Cherry and Master
Willie and little Miss Ludle Cher
ry, were called to Oornclia Tuesday
to attend tho burial of Charles, the
three year old brother of Willie
and Lucile. Miss Gladys Cox has
charge of Mias Cherry’s pupils dur
ing her absence.
Mr. Hiram Catlett, a well known :
barber, of Athens, committed sui !
cide by drinking carbolic acid at |
his shop early Tuesday morning.
After drinking the acid he walked j
into the street and fell, help hur-j
ried to his relief, but he expired j
before he reached his home. Mr.!
Catlett was a former resident of;
this plate, having moved from here
to Athens some three years ago.;
He leaves a wife, who is the (faugh !
ter of M. M. Yarbrough, and has!
many relatives near here who with
their many friends deeply regret 1
his rash act.
SELL YOUR COTTON
AT TOCCOA
THE TOWN THAT IS PAYING THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
Then come to our store for your merchandise. We have the goods com
prising all the newest things in Ladies and Misses Coat Suits and Long Coats,
Underwear, Dress Goods, Etc. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, Hats, Caps, Etc.
Below we give you an idea of the great value we have to offer which will appeal to the most critical buyer:
Ladies’ Coat Suits worth $5.00 to go at $4.00
“ “ “ “ 7.50 to go at 5.00
“ “ “ “ 10.00 to go at ' 8.00
“ “ ,k 12.50 to go at 10-00
“ “ •• 15.00 to go at 12.00
“ “ “ “ 20.00 to go at 15.00
IMCIEIfcT’S BOYS’ WEAR
$12.50 Suits for $6.98. Assortment of Men’s SIO.OO Suits for SB.OO. $15.00 and $17.00 Suits for SB.OO.
Odd Coats from $1.75 to $2.75 Boys’ Suits from sl-25 to $6.00
? SHOES!! SHOES!!! The Best Brands on Earth. Crossetts for men, Queen Quality for Ladies, and Lenox tor children
When you have shopped over town, and want to meet your friends come to our store and you will find them, as all the peoole
know the store that gives the best values for your money. Many are asking the question, * How can W. C. Edwards & Son sell goods so
cheap ?” Well, the answer is, we always go to the factories when they have a lot of goods to close out and we buy them at a sacrifice.
Come to us for your winter needs, we are prepared to save you money
Toccoa 7 Ga- W. C. Edwards ft Son Toccoa, da.
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
Annual Singing at Lula-
The annual singing at the Bap
tist church will be held uext Sun
day Oct. 26th. Many good singers
from the snrronudiug counties are
expected, and all are invited to at
tend. Come early and spend the
day.
NOTICE.
A. M. Spivey has applied for
exemption of personality and set
ting apart and valuation of home
.stead and I will pass upon the
same at 12 o’clock m. on the 15th,
day of lxoventber 1913 at my of
fice.
T. F. Hill
(irdinary,
Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo; county, city In saruo
county, and river in Michigan. Ac
cording to one authority the name is
derived from the Indian word “negi
kanamazo." meaning "otter tail.”
"Beautiful water," "boiling water” and
"stones like otters" are other transla
tions.—United States Geological Sur
vey.
Mrs. Margaret Thompson, from
near Homer, is spending the week
with relatives 1 ere.
Rev. Simpson, of Toccoa, preach
ed excellent sermons at the I’res by- 1
tori an church last .Sunday morning
and evening.
We are glad to know Misses!
Clara and Eloise Stephens are
rapidly recovering from a long spell
of typhoid fever. We are sorry to
know their small brother, Bernice,
continues quite sick.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
Homer, Ranks County, Georgia, Thursday, October 23, 1913.
Bushville
Mr. Clarence, I’ruitt leftWednes
bay to guard convicts for Banks
county this fall.
"Miss May MoGalliard was in
Com merce recently.
Mr. llarve Brown, the warden
for Banks county made a business
trip here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willbanks
have returned from Decatur. They
will make their future home here.
Mi's. L. L. Hill is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. M. A. Willbanks made a
trip to Commerce last week.
/
Misses Eunice and Susie Bolton,
of Mt. Bethel, spent Saturday night 1
with Miss Ossie Gober.
Mr. and Mi-s. Jesse Lewallen, of
Beaverdam, spent Saturday night
with relatives here.
Mr. Horace Edwards, of Ridge
way, was a visitor here Sunday.
Folly of Haste-
To be in haste is to be in anxiety
and distress of mind, it Is to mistrust
Providence, and to doubt that the is
sue of all events is in wiser hands
than our own. It is to disturb the
course of nature, and put overmuch
confidence in the importance of our
own endeavors.—Henry Van Dyke,
“The Ruling Passion.”
Deadly Insult.
It was an English ship with an Eng
lish crew and an American passenger
list. Two stewards were having a
heated altercation and pouring forth
anathemas upon each other’s head,
when as a crowning intuit one said
to the other, “Aw, you eats just like
a passenger."—San Francisco Argo
naut.
Daily -Thought.
That load becomes light which la
cheerfully borne,—Ovid.
TRIAL OF WILBURN
FOR KILLING KING
Principal Defendant In Jones
County Tragedy
MFS. KING ALSO IMPLICATED
Wilburn Is Charged With Killing
King That He Might Marry Lat
ter’s Wife—Most Brutal Crime In
History of County.
Wednesday Is the date set for tlie
beginning of the trial of Nick Wil
burn, In the Jones county court, on
the charge of murdering James King,
a Jones county planter, that lie
might marry Mrs. King. Mrs. King,
who is charged with being an acces
sory before (lie fact, will not lie tried
until after Wilburn’s ease Is disposed
of.
There Is a possibility that life trial
may be delayed a short time because
Attorney John It. t’ooper, who r< pre
sents Wilburn, lias an uppealed ease
Bet for a bearing before I lie supreme
court, as has also Attorney W. I>.
McNeil, who represents Mrs. King.
The killing of King goes down in
the criminal annals of Jones count]
as one of tlit* most brutal and uncall
ed for murders In the history of Hit
county. For months previous to the
killing Wilburn, a young farm blind,
and Mrs. King had been intimate,
according to their own confessions,
and that they might marry it was
decided Wilburn should kill King.
(irows Potatoes Above Ground.
IV. J. Sneillngs. farming between
Athens, Gs. and Hlberton, lias devel
oped anew variety of Irish po’ato.
Tills sort glows the potato on the
vine at tho joints of the plant instead
of on the root under ground ns a
tuber. Tito fruit Is not ns large an
some potatoes, but Is large enough t<;
handle well ami is at llrsl of green
color on the outside.* The new kind
Is a decided novelty to farmerr and
gurlbyn is in that part of the country.
Ladies’ Coats worth $5.00 and $6.00 for $ 4.00
“ “ “ 7.50 and 8.00 for 5.00
“ k * “ 10 00 for . * 7-00
“ “ “ 12.50 for 10.00
“ “ " 15.00 for 12.00
BY HER OWN HAND.
Suicide Verdict In Death of Girl at
Thomasville. 4
Wluit appeared at Hunt to be a mys
tifying murder without any apparent
motive has dwindled into a suicide,
according to the verdict from a cor
oner's jury at Thomasville, Gu. Th*
Jury Investigating the death of Miss
Dorothy Hang came to that conclu
sion, after hearing a short statement
from Detective Pence, who lias had
charge of the ease.
Mr. Pence established Hie fact in
Balnbridgc that Miss Hang had pur
chased llie gun from a dealer in that
city and had threatened then to com
mit suicide, causing her roommate tc
leave the house where she was board
ing because of her repeated references
to tills sorl of death, and her deter
mination to end it all that way. lit
found, that the bullet found in tin
head was a thirty-two special, tin
same ns that which was missing from
the girl’s gun. She brought the gut
to Tlioinasville with her the day be
fore the tragic morning.
This report and the statement that
tlu> opinion of the detective, after in
vestigating various phases of tin
case, was suicide brought an immedi
ate verdict from the jury to that ef
fect.
Probe of Judge Speer Begins Nov. 1
Investigation of charges of oltieia
misconduct against Federal Judgi
Emory Speer, of Macon, Ga., will be
gin November 1, il was announced
A subcommittee of the house judi
ciary committee will go to Macon ot
November 3 0 for an investigafloi
there. Representatives Webb, Floyi
and Volstead were appointed mem
bers of the subcommittee by Chair
man Clayton, of the judiciary com
mittee. Recent, reports on Judgi
Speer’s health have assured the com
mittee that he will be able to be pres
cut when the actual Investigation be
gins late this fall.
Senatorial Saying.
"Let me go on the junkets of a coun
try,’’ says Senator Wombat, “and I
care not who makes the laws.’’
Horses and Mules Burned.
Twenty head of mules and liorsei
were cremated and a loss of $50,001
entailed when th(> livery and sale sta
bles of Pleas & Williams, located In
tile immediate business section ol
Cordeie, (la., was destroyed by tire
I'ive thousand dollar damage was sus
tained to the building and eontenti
of G. L. llekle and Brother, under
takers and farm supplies, adjoining
the Pless & Williams building, and
$O,OOO damage was done to adjacent
residence property.
Hermit Widow Slain and Robbed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, a widow
■boat (15 years old, who lived a her
mit's life in a lonely cabin ten miles
west of Kllijay, (la., was found dead
In her garden, having been shot in
the right temple with two loads front
a double-barrel shotgun. A coroner’s
inquest threw no light on (he murdei
further than that she was killed foi
her money. A rifled money pouch
was fwtnd near the body..
Tablet to Stephens.
With beautiful and impressive
ceremonies the Old Guard of the (late
City Guard, of Atlanta, unveiled theii
marble tablet, over the grave of Al
exander H millton Stephens, at hij
old home, “Liberty Hall,” in ('raw
ford ville.
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NOTICE.
Owing to the loss of my house
and two barns cow feed tools, etc,
by fire. I must insist that all per
sons indebted to me by notes ac
count or otherwise call and settle
at once. I need the money.
W. V. CHANDLKH.
NOTIGE TO LADIES.
See me for Ilats, Coats, Suits,
Skirts, Hosiery, in fact everything
ladies’ need.
Miks Julia Littlefield,
10-16 4-w. ■ Cornelia, Ga.
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