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TOM BELL VISITS WINDER [Advertisement] o 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. NO. 35