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VCL. XVII.
The Primary Election
Is Drawing Near
Only one week until the primary
will Ire held in Hanks at which
time many hearts will be made
sad a few made glad. Twenty
six candidates in the held hunt
ing and only five offices to Ire shot
and bagged—how sad. There will
be wailing and gnashing of teeth
on the night of the 24th and the
“morning after.” What a bunch
there are hunting for that dear old
treasurers office, —all over Georgia
it’s the same way. They want to
be treasurer, and handle the dear
peoples money for so much per
dollar. Why do so many want to
Ire treasurer? There’s a reason.
Its a snap, an easy job, nothing
much to do and good pay for what
you “do do.” It reminds one of
the Irishman who wanted to start
to work as the clock began striking
one and tinish as the sound died
out.
But the saddest part ofthepolit
ical side of treasurer’s office is the
fact that so many good men in
Georgia have deep seated plans to
“go hunting” for the office in the
future; they are expecting their
time to come when they can
“shoot it sitting,” and walk
proudly home with its earcas
dangling from their belts. But the
people are getting wise to the fact
that the treasurer’s office is a pice
of game that Georgia can very well
dispense with, and the legislature
will soon turn a thirteen inch gun
on the situation and knock 'em all
out at once. Why give a man five
per cent of the county’s taxes each
year for receiving and paying out
when the work can be done by the
clerk or ordinary through a bank
for one per cent.
If the people generally had be
lieved that the poor old treasurer
office was doomed, and this the last
chance at that lazy money job, we
no doubt, would now have fifty
candidates for the office instead of
twelve, and theu what about the
“morning after,” when the returns
came for consolidation. Possibly
its better they believe it’s an office
Hfcre to stay, so they can live for a
ti me at least in the sweet antici
pation of the time when it will be
their own.
A Letter From
Headquarters.
We received a letter recently
from W. A. Huff, Jr., an inmate
of the State Asylum at Milledge
ville. He has been an inmate of
that institution for the past fif
teen years and is very much dis
satisfied with his treatment and
sends us the names of a large num
her of inmates (some of them from
Banks county; whom, he says, are
choked and otherwise mistreated.
He informs us that the “John
M. Slaton committee, that in vest i
gated the asylum affairs, are as big
liars as the Joe Brown committee.”
He gives the asylum a hard
slap in every paragraph of his
letter and ends by saying that his
usual diet is bread and coffee and
that he is a sane man and wants to
go home.
No doubt there are hundreds of
inmates in that institution who
think they are sane and should go
home, but sometimes that is the
best proof that they are not sane.
Very r few people in asylums who
should not be there, but there are
thousands out who should be in.
POTATO PLANTS
Sweet potato plants in season.
150,000 for sale from the Ist of
April till July. Price 20c per
hundred.
X. C. Faulknek,
Lula, Ga.
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
Homer Locals
C. A. Meeks speut Sunday in
llomer.
Eugene Dyar of Commerce, vis
ited relatives here Sunday.
Hoy Black of Cleveland, spent
the week end with the family of
Prof. J. C. Bell.
Miss Boyce Perkins visited hei
sister, Mrs. G. C. Mason, last
week.
Pat Eberhart, the man who only
butchers “cows,” spent a few hours
in town Saturday.
Hardeman Walton of Athens,
spent Sunday in Homer the guest
of his brother O. Walton.
Mrs. Mary Bell, mother of Prof.
J.C. Bell, spent the past week in
Homer with her son and family.
Miss Zuin a Gillespie of Bush
villi*, was the guest of her cousins,
the Misses Gillespie, last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Ethel Greggs, after spend
ing several davs with her sister,
Mrs. J. J. Turk, has returned to
her home in Clarkesyille.
Rain fell in torrents in and
around Homer Monday night and
Tuesday, tilling the Hudson river
to overflowing.
Mrs. Minnie Sellers left Mon
day for Royston in response lo a
telegram stating that her husband,
Mr. John Sellers, was very ill at
that place.
Bob Crump passed througn town
Sunday going towards Gainesville.
A gentleman remarked that he was
probably on his way to attend fed
oral court, Bob ought to live in a
city where they have court all the
time.
George Turk of Dallas, Ga., and
Miss Hath Turk who is attending
school in Athens, spent Easter
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Turk.
The good work started on the
streets of Homer some time ago
came to a very abrupt end. What
brought it to a sudden stop we are
unable to say—but she stopped
dead still.
Hershel Huff of Bishop, spent
several days in Homer last week.
It is thought that a pair of bright
eyes is attracting Mr. Huff up this
way, for he has only recently be
gun to visit us.
The small boys keep the road
hot between town and the Hudson
riyer. The back yards are being
dug up in search of worms, moth
ers sit at home uneasy, expecting
her offspring to be brought in on a
litter drowned —minnow time Is
here.
Don’t never be guilty of stop
ping a paper when you ow e for it.
When you want to stop be sure and
send the money you owe for back
subscription to this or any other
paper. That’s the way to beman
ly, and business like.
Mr. W. E. Allen, formerly of
this county, but now a resident of
White, is an unusual man. He is
now 83 years old and hale and
hearty. He is the father of 11*
children, has 05grandchildren and
25 great grandchildren. This one
man is worth more to the world
than ten thousand bachelors.
E. Philbrick of Baldwin, spent
Friday in Homer. He is a native
of Illinois but has lived at Bald
win for many years where he grows
apples and peaches and makes
money at it, because he stays on
the job and understands his busi
ness. Last Thursday when it
looked and felt so much like frost
he kept a watch on weather con
ditions and had everything in
readiness to burn lightwood and
prevent, if possible, the loss oi his
fruit, but the wind arose and frost
Devcted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County.
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Friday, April 17, 1914.
Dr. L. G. Hardman
Announces For Governor
Dr. It. ti. Hardman of Com
merce has announced his candidacy
for the office of Governor of this
state, lie is well qualified to
till the high position to which he
aspires. His record as a citizen
and as a legislator is irreproach
able and the people in this com
munity, where he has lived so
long, are hoping that the state at
large realize his worth as we do and
will place him in the governor’s
chair which he will fill with credit
to himself and the people of Geor
gia
Tarp Brewer's
Unexpected Return
At the home of Mr. Tarp Brew
ers, Thursday night, the Dili, great
commotion was heard. Tlu>crack
ing of horses feet, the rattling of
buggies, the arousing of neighbors,
the ring of the the
Honk, Honk of the automobiles,
all, and even more was to be heard.
Tarp could be seen walking round
all day Friday. Bat little talk had
he for anyone, alas, at last, Fri
day night approached and what
few in the neighborhood, was left
at their homes, closed their eyes in
deep wonder. At midnight (rumors
say) bare headed, bare footed,
Tarp made his escape through an
open window. Neighbors say he
was seen going southward at sun
rise screaming. lint anj wry,
Saturday moling came, Tarp re
turned. The only reply to be ex
tracted from him was. “I am so ner
vous.” When the whole truth was
learned, i! was simple: “Born lo
Mr. and Mrs. Tarp Brewer, Friday
night, a line nine pound boy.”
National Spirit Is Aroused.
The world, this country, is gradu
ally waking up to a realization of liow
Ineffably ugly our cities are, how for
lorn are the liouhph and the lives of
people outside of the cities. They are
beginning to demai and something bet
ter. No, the spirit of art is not dy
ing. it is preparing for a mighty re
vival compared to which the boasted
Renaiscence will be like a rush light
tn the full blaze of day.
Platinum Counterfeiters' Metal.
Platinum was a favorite metal with
counterfeiters some years ago, when
Its intrinsic value was about $6 an
ounce. Many spurious $lO and S2O
United States gold pieces w ere turned
out, composed chiefly of this metal.
The coins of Great Britain have also
been imitated in the same way.
was prevented. Mr. Philbrick is
a studuit of weather conditions
and is about as interesting to talk
with as the weatherman himself.
Miss Laura Shuliert and Mr.
Grover Merck were happily mai
med at the residence of Mr. Bill
Wood last Sunday April 12th, Esq.
John Wood officiating. We ex
tend to the happy couple our best
wishes.
The road leading down to the
old Quillian mill place lias been
straightened and graded so that a
slope of about lour per cent grade
carries you down that once rough
and rugged hill. The butnients
at the creek are finished and ready
for the bridge, which will rest
twenty-two feet from the water,
and the highest waters will never
reach the bottom planks. The
butrrients are massive piles ol stone
and cement and will be there long
after the youngest inan now living
has long passed over the great
divide. The convicts are now re
pairing the road beyond the,creek,
but are not grading it, for Warden
Brown believes that the road
should be graded around the hill
to the right, and later on this may
be done. But at present someoth
places in the county need immedi
ate attention and this piece of road
will have to wait for awhile.
Commencement Exercises
of Homer High School
Three days, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, exercises and religions
services marked the closing of our
school and a vacation of two
months will be enjoyed by the
teachers and pupils. The people
of the town and surrounding coun
try attended the exercises Isith
day and night and showed their
appreciation of the efforts of the
teachers in arranging the splendid
program, which was carried out in
a manner that was both interesting
and entertaining.
After the children’s exercises
Friday night, Frol'. Cipriau, a
Frenchman, who happened to be
present, talked to the audience for
an hour of his travels in foreign
lands. He said he had visited
every country on the globe but
three, and was therefore well pre
paired to tell of many things that
we knew but little about. The
professor was also a musician, as
well as a lecturer, and his perform
ance on the piano was something
out of the ordinary. He could
make the instrument roar like a
thunder storm was passing over
tin. 1 town.
On Saturday Prof. Giles, of the
University of Georgia, gave an in
terest ii (ilk on farming and
o- .using, and Sunday Rev.
1 mar Ferguson preached a sermon
to tin 1 school, which was both elo
quent and elevating.
The exercises closed Sunday
night with a talk by Prof. Tbos.
F. id van on “Little Things” which
was listened to by a large audience
all h w rapt attention. Prof. Bryan
is a very learned man, and one who
nan impart his knowledge to others,
i-e i a rapid talker and reminded
i very much of the late Chas. N.
< ii! tench n, in that ho can say about
a ranch in one hour astheaverage
man can say in two hours, and say
it, belter.
This is the Professor’s second
trip to Homer and our people ap
preciate his visits very much, for
we all leel better and know more
after listening to his wit and wis
dom.
Bellton
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Deavoursof
Atlanta, and Miss (Jostelle Carter
ol Lula, visited Mis. Sarah Wil
liams and Mrs. W. H. Quillian one
day last week.
Mrs. Leroy Bryant of Maxeys,
who has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. Alice Bryant, has returned
home.
Mr. and Mis. Robert Quillian of
Gainesville,spent last Sunday with
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Quillian.
Mrs. I. J. Lovern and children
have returned Irom Commerce
where they spent a week with Mrs.
Lovern’s mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Bryant of
Jacksonville, Fla.,have been spend
ing some time with the former’s
mother, Mrs. Alice Bryant.
' Mrs. Jack H. Salmon of Atlanta,
spent one day recently with her
aunt Mrs. Sarah Williams, and her
cousin Mrs. W. H. Quillian. She
went by home enroate to visit
friends.
Miss Love McDaniel of Lavonia,
spent one day this week in Bell
ton .
Mrs. Robt. Ledford and Miss
Mabel Ledford of Lula, visited
Mis. V\ H. Quillian one day re
cently.
Mr. ana Mrs. Herbert Black -
well of Lula, spent Monday with
Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Garner.
DENTAL NOTICE
Dr. I). M. Snelson, of Toccoa,
will be at Baldwin the first week
of each month prepared todo den
tal work in all its branches —office
over the Bank.
Grand Jury In Lump Kin
The present jury drawn to serve
at the next term of Lumpkin Su
perior court, to help find true bills
against violators of the law, as well
as to sit and handle the scales of
justice so the guilty ones can be
punished, is certainly a badly
mixed body of men. One of those
drawn to serve on the grand jury
was sentenced a few months ago
by Judge Newman to serve a term
in prison for being connected with
a distillery, whose presence will
be missed in court here in April as
his sentence does not expire by
that time. Then one summoned
on the travervsejury is ileeing from
justice charged with murder, and
one or two of the others are bound
over to court on the charge of hog
stealing. And yet wo are told
that in order to keep terms with
the Lord we must contribute mon
ey to be used in sending instructors
into foreign countries to teach the
poor heathens the direct way to
heaven. We don’t favor blocking
the progress of the heathens, for
we feel confident that many of
them are nearer the door of heav
en today than a lot of us in this
country.—Dah lonega Ntigget.
Hot Water and Negro Music
On bust Sunday night at about
10 o’clock loud screams and yells
were heard in town. People arose
and went to their doors’. Some
on this side of town thought it
was some new convert down at the
Tanyard Paralyzer who had got
ten what they call the “power,”
and the whole congregation was
rejoicing. But they soon learned
different. Gene Underwood, col.,
was having a fight with some of
the women and Henry, his father,
in order to stop the row, threw a
cup of hot water at Gene and when
it struck his side, the negro
thought he had been stabbed and
began giving the “eagle squall” in
earnest: causiug his mother and
every one in the house except
Henry to begin screaming at the
top of their voices.—Dahlonega
Nugget.
Judge Charles H. Brand
May Enter Race For
Governor.
Judge Chas. H. Brand may be
come a candidate for the office of
governor of this state. From
many sections of Georgia the Judge
has received letters urging him to
makr the race.
While Judge Braud has not in
dicated one way or another what
he will do, still he is considering
the matter and his determination
will be made known within a short
time.
J udge Brand is a candidate for
re-election to the judgeship of the
Western circuit, and it is not ex
pected that he will have opposition
for that office.
However, should l.e decide to
become a candidate 1 r the office of
governor he will make hi* an
nouncement shortly and com
mence an active campaign.
He has many friends through
out the state who will actively
support him and bis entrance in
the race would create much inter
est. —Athens Banner.
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NO. 2
The Ticket
Following is the ticket to be
voted at the primary to be held in
Banks April 24. There are twenty
six candidates in the field and only
five can be elected. Therefore the
“blues” will be in order on the
night of the 24th of April, 1914,
A. D. in Homer, Ga., Banks conn
ty, U. S. A.
OFFICIAL BALLOT
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY OF
BANKS COUNTY APRIL
24TH, 1914.
For Clerk Superior Court
<W. Gillespie.
For Sheriff.
W. E. Reynolds
< leorge M. Barden
J. C. Wood.
For Tax Collector.
J. W. Cochran
R. G. Wafsiee
J. M. Mintz
Fred Rucker
Geo. W. Wiley
L. J. Ragsdale.
For Tax Receiver-
M. W. Gillespie
J. Ed Vaughn
Claud .1. Smelloy
Carroll Chambers
For County Treasurer
11. C. McDonald
J. K. Chambers
S. M. Sti'ange
W. L. Acrey
T. B Burns
J. S. Bellamy
J. A. Mize
Joseph M. Jones
M. Scoggins
W. A. Wilson
J. A. Hill
11. F. Miller
A Card From Mr. Scoggins.
To the voters of Banks county:
Owing to the condition of my
health and my late entrance in
the race for County Treasurer, it
will be impossible for me to get
over the County and see all the
people before the primary. lam
in the race at the solicitation of
friends from all parts of the coun
ty, and wish I could see and talk
with all the voters, but am unable
to do so. Many have visited me
at my home and I shall make an
effort to set: all I can, but if f fail
to visit you, I hope you will not
feel slighted, but will understand
how Jam situated. I appeal to iny
friends everywhere to stand by me
in this race and I promise you, if
elected, I will do all in my power
to make a capable and efficient of
ficer. Your support aud in
fluence will certainly be appre
ciated.
Respectfully,
M.O. Scoggins.
Card of Than Ks.
Mr. aud Mrs. F. M. Henderson
wish to thank the people of Mays
ville and the surrounding com
munity for the great kindness and
close attention paid during the
illness of their son, Hiram.
All the other members of the
family exteud their manv thanks.
His Creed a Selfl3h Ona.
The philosophy of the man In th*
* trust is to get through life with a
minimum of self-sacrifice and a mtxi
: mum of self-indulgence. ,