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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. COUPON Worth 10 Cents Present this coupon with 15 cents and get 25-cent pack age NYAL’S YELLOW PILLS For Billious Liver Chandler & Jackson Pharmacy 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. ,