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TOM BELL VISITS WINDER
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Congressman Tom Bell, of Gainesville, accompanied by his wife,
was a welcome visitor to Winder last Saturday. Tom, as he is famil
iarly called by the people here, is always welcome in our midst.
We are glad to learn that he will l>e a candidate to succeed himself
as congressman from the Ninth Georgia Congressional district in the
primaries next year, and it goto without saying that this section will
give him almost unanimous vote, and from the best information obtain
able, he will be returned to congress by a larger majority than ever be
fore should he have any opposition.
He spoke encouragingly regarding approprations for public build
ings in our district in the near future, and as he was successful in
procuring appropriations last vear for Toccoa and Canton, we will feel
safe in saying that his efforts will be futher rewarded, and that Jackson
and Gwinnett counties will be taken care of in these matters, as they
are next in line.
Mr Bell is a member of the committee on post ollices and post-roads
which is one of the most important in congress, and is chairman of the
sub committee on railway mail service. He is an indomitable
worker, and. is personally popular with all the members of congress,
and he has made a successful member. The truth is, he doue more for
the Ninth district than any former member of congress, and as we view
it from an impartial viewpoint, there is no good reason lor ehunge; nor
do we Irelieve the people of the district desire a change at the present
time. He is in reality a friend to the people, and is broad enough to
recognize the rights and wishes of all the people, and has the courage
to stand by his constituents who have placed confidence in him and
who have thus far honored him to the high office, which has never
charged him in the least towards the humblest of the citizens of this
country, bat he remains the same firm, sincere, unpretentious, fair
minded man he w as before entiring public life.
Mr. Bell is looking fine; in fact his health is better than it has
been for several years.—Winder News.
A Good Family
Gone From Bellton
Last week ltev. I. J. Lovcru and
family moved from Bellton to Mill
iner, Ga.
It is with much regret that our
people see this good family leave
Bellton.
Two years ago Rev. Lovern was
sent to Bellton by the North Geor
gia Conference. His ministry here
has been very successful, and he
has left a warm place in the hearts
of hts congregations. His preach
ing and exposition of the scriptures
have been full and rich to us, and
his lalrors among us have been faith
ful and efficient. In sickness and
in bereavement, he has been a
kind, sympathetic friend and
brother, and has buried many of
our loved ones. Therefore may we
by the grace of God try to meet
him where we believe they are, in
the Heaven of rest.
Friend at Bellton.
Tax Collectors Notice-
Third and Last Round.
l>ec. Bth Pendergrass’ store 0 to 10
“ “ Tom Bellamys store 11 tol2
“ “ Tom Coffee's store 2to 1
“ Oth Crump's store 8 to 10
“ “ Wilmots 12 to3
“ “ W. M. Thomas res. 4 to 5
“ 10th Wright’s mill 0 to 10
“ “ Glasure’s store 11 to 1
“ “ Davids 3 to 5
“ 11th Howard Vaughn’s 8 to 10
“ “ B. F. Bollton’sstore 12t02
“ “H. J. Blackwells gin 4t05
“12th .1. S. Hardy’s store 0 to 10
“ “ Joel Sanders store 12 to 2
“13th W. P. Harden’s 3 to 4
1 will be at Homer from the J 6th
to 20th.
P. 8. Will have Registration
books. If you want to register,
come in person.
N. Z. Chandler,'
T. C. B. C.
Stop in Atlanta
At Hotel Empire
Opposite Union Depot on Pryor
St. Renovated and refurnished
thronghout. Reservations made
on application. Hot and cold
water, private baths, electric lights
and elevator.
First class accommodations at
extremely low rates. European
plan 75 cents up.
JOHN L. EDMONDSON,
Proprietor
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County.
A Splendid Thanksgiving
Party at the Home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Ray.
Mr. M. T. C. Ray and his good
wife entertained a special of
friends at their home on Thanks
giving day.
The guests invited for thispleas
i ant occasion were: Mr. and Mrs.
W. P Cooley and family with Mrs.
Sal lio Waters, of Maysville; Mr.
Dooly Short and family, of Com
meree.
The day was fine, and each mem
her of the party were made to enjoy
themselves with all the good things
provided for the occasion, together
with friendly and social good cheer.
And such a dinner! No one can
ever know the wonderful beauty of
good cooking and good living until
i they have tried it for one day at
| the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray.
And it is horrib-raised, too, and as
! fine as this earth can produce.
Mr. Ray has plenty of corn, fod
der, fine cows and other stock. He
is oue of Banks eonntys most sue
cessful farmers. His land never
wears out, but improves all the
time under skillful fertilization and
rotation of crops.
The party of gentleman enjoyed
the day with hunting and other
sports and came home in the even
ing refreshed and wonderfully
pleased by thedays entertainment.
Mr. P. F. M. Furr was expected
as one of the partj but was unfor
tunately prevented from beiDg on
i hand. He can hardly ever know
how much he missed by his absence
on this occasion.
A Card of Thanks.
We wish to extend our heartfelt,
thanks to those who so kindly as
sisted us during the sickness and
death of our dear mother and wife.
May God’s richest blessings rest
I upon you all, is our prayer.
W. B. Thompson and family.
WalKer Hat Cos.
GANESVILLE, GA.
Old Hats Made Like New
Stock Work a Specialty.
Prices on Application.
58 N. Broad Bt.
| Send old hats through GEORGE
| REYNOLDS, local agent, Mays-
I ville, Ga.
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Thursday, December 4, 19 f 3.
To School Patrons
It is said that we now have the
best building in the county and
after Xmas, we will have room for
250 pupils. We will have nine
grades and a Music Glass. We ex
pect the spring term to put us on
the accredited High School list.
We will do work here in Homei
second to none in this section. A
lady moving here will open a board
ing house for students. Rooms
can l>e secured elsewhere. Rooms
with the teacher and wife can be
secured for a few girls. Students
boarding with other families wil
be under care of Principal when
the patron so requests. You can
now got in Homer that which you
w ill pay a higher price for else
where. Our teaching will be in
dividual as well as class instuction,
that is, our classes will not be so
large but what we can giveindivid
ual special attention when she re
quires it. It will bo money saved
to you to send your child to Ho
mer to get the advantage of higher
grades. A special invitation is
extended your children to enter
school here.
Sincerely,
John C. Bell, Principal.
Bush ville-
Miss Ossie Gober, accompanied
by Mr. Horace Edwards, attended
the party given by Miss Adelia
Cnandler at Chandler.
Mr. Chas. Gillespie, of Homer,
visited relatives at this place a few
days last week.
The people in this vicinity en
joyed an old-time corn shucking at
Mr. J. M. Pruitts, one night last
week.
Mias Maude Rumsey, of near
Commerce, visited Miss Lillie Can
trell last week.
We are glad to say that Miss
Drue McCoy, who was badly bitten
by a dog, is improving rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill, of
near Commerce, are visiting the
latter’s father, Mr. Jasper Small
wood, at this place.
Misses Bertha and Lilly McGal
iard visited Misses Ossie Golrer
and Zuma Gillespie hist Saturday
and Sunday. \
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jolly were
in Commerce last Friday.
Miss Willie Gillespie spent last
Saturday and Sunday with her
cousin, Mrs. Jesse Lewallen.
Miss Eunice Bolton visited Miss
Ossie Gober last Saturday night.
Mias Lula Cantrell spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Neal
Cantrell, near Commerce.
Mrs. S. E. Owen and son Fred,
of Atlanta, were rectot visitors
here.
Miss Olline Massey, of Com
meerce, spent a few days in this
vicinity recently.
EASY TEETHER is a harmless
and sweet powder and is guaran
teed by G. C. Mason to .cure your
child of all kinds of Stomach and
Bowel diseases,such as Indigestion
—Diarrhrea, Flux, etc. adv.
Empire Laundry.
We are agents for the Empire
Laundry of Athens. Our basket
leaves every week. Leave your
laundry at our store.
HILL & BROWN.
HART COUNTY is the home of
Easy Teether Here 18 firms sell
it and 837 of her citizens certify it
has cured their children of all
kinds of stomach and bowel troa
bles. G. C. Mason will give your
money back if it fails to cure your
child. adv.
EXPOSE OF SMITH
SHOCK TO MACON
Was Leagues Candidate For
Police Chief
TO QUIT RACE FOR PAY
Reported That Candidate Offered to
Retire From Race After Election
Was Assured If Paid SIO,OOO b.v
Saloon ists.
Macon people, especially the mem
bers of the Macon Law Enforcement
league and those aldermen who had
pledged tlielr votes to A. J. Smith for
chief of police, have scarcely recover
ad from the shock of the exposure f
Smith, who it is alleged, offered to
retire trow the race after his election
wus assured if the whisky interests
would pay him SIO,OOO.
Friends and foes alike are congrat
ulating Alderman R. C. Ilazlchurst on
his (“xiiosc of Smith. Supposedly a
pious, Christian gentleman, who never
went out oil his engine without kneel
ing down to say his prayers, and who
has always been u leader In the cause
ot prohibition and other reform move
ments, his own admission that he of
fered to retire from Hie race for chief
on payment of SIO,OOO has complete
ly surprised the community.
It is reported that the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, of which
Smith is a member, will take some ac
toln In the matter at the next meet
ing. „
The story of why Smith withdrew
from the race for chief of police ill
the eleventh hour, after Ills election
hud been assured by a vote of eight
to four, has been disclosed by a sign
ed statement given out by a commit
tee of aldermen and friends of Mr.
Smith who Investigated the circum
stances. The meat of the whole
thing Is that Smith agreed to with
draw from the race If the whisky In
terests would pay him SIO,OOO for do
ing so.
The announcement has been star
tling In Its effect. Smith, who is oue
of the best known railroad engineers
In the state, running between Valdosta
and Macon on the <l. S. & F., way
backed for the office of chief of police
by the Macon Lav, Enforcement
league and had declared that when lie
became chief there would not be a
drop of whisky sold nor a house for
lewd women operated in Macon.
LIVED 108 YEARS.
Mr*. Long, Oldest Woman In Lloyd
County, Dies.
Mrs. N. A. Long, aged 108, the old
est woman In Floyd county and prob
ably In Georgia, is dead. Up to the
lust she retained possession of all her
faculties, and although the doctors
declared her desperately ill two weeks
before her death she repeatedly stated
that she suffered no pain whatever.
Before she died Mrs. Long loft a re
cipe for longevity which Is as fol
lows :
“Eat how, when and where you
want to and what you want to. Drink
plenty of water, and stay In the sun
shine as much as possible.”
Mrs. Long was a resident of Floyd
county a half century. Hke was an
aunt of former Representative Nat
Harris.
JUMPED FROM BRIDGE.
Would-Be Suicide Rescued by Passer
by.
A white-haired, well-dressed old
man, thought to be Samuel Thomas,
a wealthy farmer, attempted suicide
at Rome, Ga'., by jumping from the
Hast Rome bridge witb a stout cord
tied to his neck. Persons passing
over the bridge saw liim as he Jumped
and with difficulty rescued him.
He was carried to a hospital in an un
conscious condition and it is thought
he can not live.
The man was suspended about 30
feet above the water of the Etowah
River.
OGLETHORPE FUND.
That the old Oglethorpe University
Will again be a Georgia Institution lo
cated, as in antl-bellum times at
Atlanta, is a foregone conclusion. The
committees appointed In Atlanta to
raise the necessary 1290,000 for the
re-establishment of the university are
meeting with surprising success. A
total new fund of fIB,OOO has already
been subscribed and the work has on
ly been started In, the last few days.
S;l#vt)ef dnse Hia Plea.
John ITumphrgyst, .who. was charged
with murder for the killing of James
White at Austell, Ga., some two
months ago, had his trial at Marietta.
Judge H. L. Patterson was on the
bench and Solicitor E. H. Clay ap
peared for the state. The defendant
was represented by Colonel Charles
Griffin. The defendant entered a plea
at self-defense. Two day* were tak-
GEORG'A NEWS BRIEFS.
Rev. Jonathan Davis, one of the
most widely known Baptist minis!ers
of the state, died at his home in Ne\v
nan.
The Robinson HumphreyAVardlnw
company, of Atlanta, were the suc
cessful bidders at the sale of $250,000
of city of Augusta l 1-2 per cent,
bonds. -The city received an excellent
price.
Mrs. S. Anderson Roddenbery, wid
ow of the late congressman front the
second Georgia district, has been rec
ommended by Representative Frank
Park for appointment as postmistress
at Thomasville.
Miss Helen Meikleham, an aunt: of
Captain Harry P. Meikleham, of the
Massachusetts mills at Liudale, was
dangerously injured when a team be
hind which she was driving, ran nway
and threw her from the carriage. She
was taken to Captain Meikleham’s
home and will recover.
William Kelley was struck In the
head with a brick by an unknown
party at Bainbridge, and found twen
ty minutes later, was unconscious,
having bled profusely. He died at
his residence. He was 05 years old,
and a resident of Decatur county tor
a number of years. Three negroes
have been arrested as suspects.
J. A. Mims, machinist for the
Wijghlsville and Tennllle railway,
dropped dead at Tennllle while til
work. Mr. Mims came from Eleo, S.
C., and his body was taken there for
burial. He was a highly respected
citizen and Ills death is regretted by
the community.
J. W. Qulneey, of Douglas, has been
selected to succeed Judge T. A. Par
ker on the superior court bench*of the
Wnyeross circuit. The appointment
was announced by Governor Slaton.
The new judge will go upon the bench
on January 1, at which time the resig
nation of Judge Parker becomes ef
f active.
With a yield of (II bushels of corn
on an acre, Donald McKay, a 14-yen r
ohl youth, was awarded the first prize
In the Boys’ Corn club contest, of
Crisp county. He received S2O front
the county hoard of education, S2O
from the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida railway, and sl7 lit other prizes.
The Hancock county colored fair
has opened with a large attendance
not only from the negroes of the sur
rounding counties, but from many of
the white citizens attracted by the ex
hibits and by the desire to encourage
the Industry which the fair seeks to
promote.
Tliree hundred Royal Arch Masons
Attended a special gathering of the
Rome chapter, at which Grand High
Priest J. I’. liowdolu, of Adairsvlllo,
and Grand Lecturer Mclliim, of Atlan
ta, were guests of honor. A liamiuet
was served and a number of addresses
made. A class of fifteen candidates
was initiated.
Announcement lots been made of
the executivo—Com trill tcc which will
administer the Oglethorpe University
$250,000 fund campaign in Atlanta.
The members are Captain J. W. Eng
lish, Ivan E. All* n, Clark Howell,
Foster Coates, Jam 's K. Gray, Frank
Inman and Dr. Thorn well Jacobs.
Will Lee and Jack Tollard, two
white convicts, have a Thanksgiving
dinner to thank for their escape from
the county dining i ng. Sent out, to
kill a chicken which was to be part
of a feast served to their fellow con
victs, the two men kept going, and,
up to the present, have eluded pur
suit, although hounds followed them
as far as Gloster, 7 miles from Law
roncevllle.
MEETING MINE HOSTS.
Georgia Hotelkeepers to Gather De
cember 12.
Final preparations practically have
been completed and the full program
arranged for the seventh annual con
vention of the Georgia Hotel Men’s
association to he held in Atlanta, De
cember 12 and 13 folly wing the Ohio
state convention : \d preceding- the
Mississippi state r :C ion by three
days.
This gathering v. made nota
ble by the presei o< some of the
most prominent, ho, I men In the Un
ited States representing file north,
east and west,. A special invitation
has been tendered managers In Den
ver, Chicago. Philm'-dplita. New York
City, Baltimore, Washington, Dallas,
St. Louis, Kansas < by and other cit
ies. and already nearly a score hav
signified tlnir inten iou of coming.
Take Their Payment That Way.
Some men want so much prai.io for
an unselfish act that it amounts to lib
eral compensation.
en in the trial. The Jury, after be
ing out some two hours, returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Homerville Postmaster Ends Life.
Despondent because of ill health
and business reverses, Postmaster D.
E. Kirkland, who was also a promi
nent merchant at Ilomerville, Ga.,
committed suicide by shooting him
•elf.
Maysville Locals
(From Our Regular ( o rresiiomlcnt.)
Mr. Ralph Meeks, editor of Hie
Carrollton Free Press, ti newsy and
well gotten up paper printed at
Carrollton, Ga., spent last Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Meeks. Sunday was his birth
day, but ;is he seents so unconcerned
about getting married perhaps we
better not tell his age. Many hap
py returns, not only ot your birth
day, but of visits to our town.
Mrs. Walter C. Lockhart and
children, spent a few days recently
with relatives at Gainesville.
Miss Frances < Jherry, one of the
primary teachers in our school
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with homefolks at Cornelia.
Miss Lillian Stephens has re
turned from Gainesville where she
has been visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan Perkins at
tended the burial of their nephew
John Scoggins who was accidently
shot by his brother, Arthur, while
playing with a shot gun at their
home near Commerce last Thurs
day.
Mr. F. M. Henderson will in the
near future move his family from
here to his farm near Gillsville.
These are excellent people and we
genuinely regret their going away.
DEDICATION SERVICES
At New School Auditorium.
There will be dedication services
at the Mi*' School Auditorium tit
Homer, Dee. 27th, instant, St
John’s day, in Masonic parlance
Also a contest for the prettiest"and
most popular girl in Banks county
to win a most valuable prize, as
well as other prizes, for those re
ceiving a less number of votes in
the contest, it is suggested that
the Eastern Star and Rebecca de
grees be confered an those entitled
an all day singing, basket dinner
and a general good time be pulled
off', on the same day. Of course
everybody will be here.
Oscar Brown,
Ohrnt’n. Building < lorn.
1 wrote to Moore & Sons of At
lanta, to send us a good reliable
optician to Commerce. They write
that Dr. J. P. Parks, of Garters
ville, is one of the best opticians,
honest reliable, a gentleman. No
grafter. He is at my office for a
while and may locate. See him if
your sight is not right,
adv. DR. L. J. SHARP.
A GOOD FARM FOR SALE
I have a splendid 215 acre farm
l'or sale. Close to line school, in
good community. Good houses
and well watered. Part cash and
balance on easy terms.
G. G. Strange,
Homer, Ga.
LAND FOR SALE
For Sale: On easy terms one
plantation located in Hanks Coun
ty two miles from Maysville, Ga.,
containing three hundred eighty
nine acres, known as “The Seville
Place’'
For further information apply
to.
HARDEMAN A PHINIZY
4t. Athens, Ga.
Money to Loan
Money to Loan on farms at (>
per cent, for any length of time
from 3to 10 years. You can get
the now and make the pay
merits due during the fall.
R. T. CAMP,
Carnesville, Ga.
* Raphael's Madonnas.
What are Raphael’s Madonnas but
the shadow of a mother’s love fixed
In a permanent outline forever?—
T. W. Higgiusoa.
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