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VOL. XVI.
GREAT CELEBRATION
AT HOMER 27TH, INST.
At School Auditorium.
Each school district in the eoun
ty is entitled to one candidate to
be nominated according to the
rules and may be voted for until
election closes at 2:30 o’clock p. m.
the day named for the final contest.
PROGRAM
10 o’clock—Masonic Parade and
public speaking.
11 o’clock —Dedication of School
Building.
12 o’clock—Barbecue and Tur
key Dinner.
1 o’clock p. m. —Singing and in
strumental music by the lx*st musi
cians.
2:30 o'clock —contest of the pret
tiest and most popular girls in
Banks county from each School
District.
Rules —For the prettiest and
most popular young lady in Banks
county who receives the largest
number ot votes, at #I.OO per lOOtl
votes or the fractional part thereof,
a diamond ring to cast not less
than *25.00
The one receiving the next lar
gest number of votes 15 per cent,
of the net proceeds of the contest
for a library for her school district,
and the one receiving the next high
est vote 10 per cent of the net pro
ceeds tor the same purpose. The
balance will be applied to the equip
ment of The Banks County Accred
ited High School, at Homer.
Tickets accompanied with the
money will be received at any time
by C. W. Gillespie, treasurer of
the Contest Committee, composed
of the following gentleman vis: C.
■\V. Gillespie, J. B. G. Logan, J. 8.
Jolly,Obe Walton and Walter Dur
ham.
At 3 o’clock Eastern Star degree
will lie conferred.
Oscar Brown,
J.C. Bell,
J. 8. Jolly,
Bldg. Com.
EABY TEETH Eli is a harmless
and sw*** powder and is guaran
teed by G. C. Mason to cure your
child of all kinds of Stomach and
Bowel diseases,suth as Indigestion
—Diarrhoea, Flux, etc. adv.
Money to Loan
Money to Loan on farms at 6
per cent, for any length of time
from 3to 10 years. You can get
the mouey now and make the pay
merits due during the fall.
B. T. CAMB,
Carnesville, Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN.
We are prepared to
make loans on larm
lands, payable one to
five years. No delay.
Georgia Loan a- Abstract Cos.
Bkaekleford Bldg. Athens, <la.
DROPS DEAD IN ELEVATOR.
C. W. Brown, Prominent Hotel Man,
Dies Suddenly.
C. W. Brown, Jr., receiver for the
hotel Lanier, dropped dead as he step
ped on the hotel elevator to go
to his room. Heart trouble Is said to
have been the cause.
Mr. Brown started In the hotel bus
iness ten years ago with the Kimball
house in Atlanta. He was with the
Lanier from 1905 to 1909. In 1909
he went to Jacksonville, where he
was with the Duval and Aragon, re
turning to Macon last September.
Girl Fatally Burned.
The young daughter of Thomas
Kendrick, who lives near Zebulon,
Ga., was so badly burned that she
died soon after. Her clothing caught
fire in the yard and she ran until
burned almost to death, her frantia
r’ ->rher being unable to stop her.
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
TROOPS ON GUARD
AT WAYNESBORO, GA.
Negroes Saved From Judge
Lynch’s Vengeance
MARTIAL [AW PREVAILS
Enraged Citizens Were Bent Upon
Avenging the Horrible Murder of a
Farmers’ Wife Near the Village of
Wrens, Ga.
/
Throe negroes from Jefferson coun
ty, charged with the brutal murder
of a farmer’s wife, are In jnil at
Waynesboro. (5a.. under guard of the
local military company, which was
called out by Governor Slaton when it
became apparent that unless this no
tion was taken the negroes would
meet violence at the hands of the in
furiated men who were pouring into
the town.
The negroes are Robert Paschal,
Sum Irby and a third whose name is
not known. They were brought to
Waynesboro front Louisville by the
sheriff of Jefferson county, who slip
ped away from a mob which was bent
upon lynching the three men.
The crime with which the negroes
are charged was committed above
Wrens, near the Glascock county line,
when three negroes, Robert Paschal,
Sam Irby and another whose name is
hot known, went to the house of Kelli
Irby, a white man. attacked his wife,
cut her head from her shoulders and
beat It into a Jelly.
When Irby returned home from a
visit he had made to a neighbor near
by he found his family of small chil
dren covered up In bod frightened
nearly to death, the headless body of
tils wife lying on the floor.
Sheriff Smith and Deputy Sheriff
Melton were notified and the county
dogs led them to where the three ne
groes were hiding. Tli officers’ quick
work prevented mob violence and the
negroes were landed in jail.
The town of Waynesboro is under
martial law.
$50,000 FIRE IN ROME.
Firemen Fought Blaze W hich Th-rat
ened Whole Block.
The worst fire Rome lias known in
several years caused damage to prop
erty In excess 0f560,000. and threat
ened the eutira business section of
the city before It was subdued by
firemen.
The fire originated from some un
known cause, probably In the studio
of J. W. Hnekett. photographer, and
burned for many minutes in the rear
of the buildings fronting on Broad
street between Second and Third
avenues, the heart of the business
•eetion, before it was discovered by
pnssersby. For a time it looked as ii
the entire block would go up in
flames.
Sufferers from the fire were Hack
ett’s studio, Dr. L. F. MeKoy’s dental
office, l aity Sign Company, Charles
11. May, sign painter, Kress Ten Cent
store, tiie Clement-Peacock Clothing
Company, the Cherokee National
Bank and the Elite Theater, a motion
picture house.
ROW IN BOARDING HOUSE.
Father and Son Are Shot at Columbus
Ga.
Doc McChristle. a hoarder at (lit
home of Mrs. J. W. Barnes, and
Barnes, husband of the woman, he
came involved in a difficulty at tilt
woman’s linrnc nt Columbus, when
the former drew ills pistol and fired
several times wounding Barnes in tin
right arm and shooting Barnes’ 4-
year old son Just above tile left eye
The wound of the child is serious.
Barnes and wife are living apart. It
is said. It Is said that Barnes, who if
alleged to have been drinking, wenf
to the home of ids wife and began u
raise a disturbance with the family
and that McChristle interfered in or
der to protect the children, shooting
with the result stated.
Barnes lias been arrested and lodg
ed in jail. M('Christie made his es
cape.
HIGH LIVING.
Dressed Meat Cost Up 73.8 Per Cent
In Ten Years.
Dressed meat increased 7’i.B pet
cent, in price from 1899 to 1909. not
withstanding that the producing kept
pace with the Increase in populattoi
during that period, according to a re
port by the Census Bureau.
The total supply of all dressed
meats for both 1909 and 1899 was
107 pounds per capita. Considering
only beef, veal, mutton and pork, tin
supply was 105 pounds per capita in
1909, compared with 100 pounds in
1899.
The figures are based on the returns
of slaughtering houses only, which in
clude only about 65 per cent, of thi
total production of dressed meat.
Tired of Coffin Talk, Elopes.
Miss Hansel Gilbretb, the daughtei
of a wealthy coffin manufacturer o!
Devoted to Giving “the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County.
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Thursday, December 18, J 9 13-
GEORGIA IN SRI2F.
Eugenics will be tin- ruin topic for
dls-ussion among the ph\ m inus of
the (seventh District when they con
vene In Home. De< < mlier '
Representative Edwards, of Geor
gia, in a lull Introduced proposed that
the government refund the cotton
taxes collected during and just after
the civil war.
Judge Richard B. Russell, presiding
Judge of the Georgia state court of
appeals, will in' a candidate to suc
ceed himself on the bench of that
court.
Rome is to have u new daily after
noon newspaper In The Home Dally
News, which will publish Its first Is
sue on the afternoon of January 1,
lbll.
The Southern Express office at
Oglethorpe was burglarized, two cases
of whisky and about SIOO worth of
clothing shipped to merchants being
stolen.
A hydrographic survey of tlie Sav
annah River, from the locks above
Augusta to Savannah, will be ordered
at once by the War Department at
Washington.
Savannah society girls will invade
the shopping district For four days
before Christmas to sell candy in the
principal stores for the benellt of the
Margaret Boltome fund to tight tuber
culosis.
Miss I.ttlti Arnall. aged -3, of lliipe
vtlle. oas all but fatally wounded
when her brother, who stood in the
doorway of their home, accidently dis
charged a shotgun, the lead entering
Miss Arnall's neck, some of the pel
lets striking against her skull.
Gilmer superior court adjourned af
ter the jury returned a verdict of
guilty of voluntary manslaughter in
the case of the state against lien
Jones, who was charged with the mur
der of Jiis father. Judge Patterson
sentenced hint to live years.
A delegation of the representatives
of Savannah will leave for Washing
ton to formally tender President Wil
son an invitation to attend the Na
tional Drainage congress in Savannah
next April.
Up to December first there were
lb.lll 1 bales of cotton ginned ill Floyd
county from the crop of 1013. From
the crop of 1012 prior to the same
date 14.502 bales were ginned. This
is the government report and it shows
an Increase of 5,01 b hales over last,
year.
An official statement of 1013 lax
ligitres, given out for Atlanta for the
first time, shows an increase of $17.-
450.400 in tax returns tills year over
1012. The increase is the largest la
the history of Atlanta, ’and exceeds
by approximately $1,500,000, the in
crease anticipated in the final revi
sion of the city budget.
The Savannah chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, lias ex
tended an invitation to the general
convention to meet in Savannah next
November. Mrs. A. B. Hull, the presi
dent of the local chapter, sent the in
vitation to Mrs. Daisy McLuurin Ste
vens, the president of the general or
ganization at Brandon, Miss. There
is said to la* no doubt of its accept -
a nee.
CLEMENTS HOLDS JOB.
Georgian Reappointed on Interstate
Commerce Commission.
That the president has practically
determined to re-appoint Juiison 0.
Clements, of ileorgia, to the Interstate
Commerce Commission became known
at the White House.
Despite his advanced age, Commis
sioner Clements still is vigorous and is
one of the leading railroad experts of
the national. Former Governor Glenn
of North Carolina, was a candidate
for the place, but President Wilson
has decided to appoint him to the In
ternational Boundary Commission.
TWO SUICIDES.
Georgia Voung Girl and Youth Take
Their Lives.
Miss Jessie Rogers, a young woman
about 18 or 19 years old, committed
suicide at the home of her father,
who lives about 3 miles from Zebulon,
While her mother was preparing
breakfast she retired to a room, took
carbolic acid and was dead in a few
minutes.
No cause is known for the rash
deed.
A Butler, Ga. dispatch says: Heath
Foy. son of Sam Foy, in the fippei
part of this county, committed suicid*
by shooting himself with a shotgun.
The young man was 23 years old
and a member of a prominent family.
Despondency over financial troubles
is supposed to be the cause.
Cleveland, Tenn., became tired, she
says, of hearing her father discuss
his trade and the lugubuous subjects
apertaining to it and eloped to Home
with Carl Hunter, a one-lepped boy,
thereby causing bis arrest as a kid
napper and making him liable to an
accusation of white slavery. Iluntei
and the girl, who is 18 and a beauty,
registered at a local hotel where they
were arrested. Both were taken back
Mi Cleveland* the boy under arrest
USEFUL HOLIDAY
GIFTS
We are Ready in Every Detail
For the Host of Xmas Shoppers
Ready with the most brilliant
gathering of Merchandise ever
brought to this city.
CHRISTMAS 1913 is going clown in history as a trib
ute to the long-headiness of American Men and Women.
Gifts this year, as never before, will be mostly of the
practical sort.
This store suggests at every turn, what folks want
most —Things they would buy for themselves.
If you want your gifts to be genuinely appreciated
come to this store and learn what delightfully appro
priate things we have.
MRS. J. T. SMITH
MAYS\ IIzMO, - - GEORGIA
Headquarters for Apples, <-an
dies, Oranges, Raisins, Nuts, Cur
rants, Cranberries, Celery, Fire
woiks ete.
M. Jj. Voyi.es,
It Maysville, Ga.
Miss Stella Forbes Dead
Miss Stella Forbes, twenty-six
years old, died at her home, 204
Plum street, Friday night about 8
o’clock. Kite is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. <Forties,
and her brother, Robert A. Forbes.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Moore Memorial church
cuaday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
and interment will be in West
i
View cemetery.—The Atlanta;
Journal.
A Bargain
If you want a bargain in a house
and lot in Maysville. Bee me at
once
• J. Thomas White,
Maysville, Ga.
Notice
We will sell to the highest
bidder for cash on Dee. 30tb, inst.
at the Bank of Maysville eight
shares of Maysville Oil Mill stock
and seven shams Farmers Ware
house stock. Said stock sold as
collateral attached to note of A. B.
Smith.
Bank of Maysville.
Look out for my sign over the
door. Come in and get Oranges,
Apples, Raisins, Currants, Cran
j berries, Celery, ete. Big line of
| Fireworks at M. L. Voylee, Mays
| ville, Ga. It
The Dividing Line
The bank account is often the di
viding line between success and fail
ure.
G-reat things often come from
small beginnings. Start the saving
habit. Open an account at our bank,
no matter how small. Systematic
saving will firmly fix the habit that
will lead you from poverty to inde
nendence and a home of your own.
We will be glad to help you in any
way we can.
The Bank of Gills ville
G-illsville, G-a.
GilO VTtS L. GRIFFIN, Cashier.
Jouannef’f Frost Proof Cabbage Plants
. Are known as the best to bo hnd anywhere by thousands
°* experienced buyers, and are offered to you at prices
'.TbL'lgK' 1 LOWER tl an you pay for common, inferior plants. Wild,
x HAVE AI , VARIETIES. Plant3 tied in bunches of 25.
i ( PRICES: 75 cents for 500 lots; SI.OO per 1000; 5000 an.
"" over 05 cents per 1000.
JOUV.M.rS EAkLY GIANT argenteuil asparagus
; -■ ‘jfyttm .J ROOTS, h. ■ year and two year old, $4 per 1000, SI per 100.
'A -nLjjkStr*?''' , COUNT AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
_ - Cowrfil by Southern Express Cos. Cash with order, please.
* -' I*or a profitable crop send your orders early to
L*rr mt ckariMtosWakcfuidcabbar* ALFRED jOUANNET* Box 156, MT. PLEASANT* S. C
For Rent !
One-horse or two-horse crop.
Tenant to furnish stock.
W. Baxter Bmith.
Go to M. L. Voyles, Maysville
Ga., for Christmas Fireworks, also
Cranberries, Currants, Raisins,
Apples, Oranges, and Candy. it
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