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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. - -♦ — - 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. NO. 29