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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
Published Every Friday
By The Journal Publishing Company
A. J, HILTON, Editor.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BANKS COUNTY
Dlirtl ii bull Clui Balter Ayril It.
1807, allha Paatafllca al Homur. Ca., aadar
the Act of Consren of March 3,1879
Subscription SI.OO a Year in Advance
GUARANTIED CIRCULATION 1700
To Banks County People:
The Four County Fair is to Im*
held again- Hanks county should
make a fine showing. The way to
win is to prepare in advance for
the event.
Plant your new crops with the
view of entering exhibits at the
Fair. Begin to think about the
prizesoffeied in the v ariousdepart
ments and make your plans to win
some of them.
The premiums this year are more
attractive Ilian ever. The way to
win them is to go after them in
the spirit, backed by a firm deter
mination.
Banks county can win if we will
get together and go in and take
away the prizes. It takes co oper
ation to achieve success in such an
undeitaking.
The new premium booklets are
ready for distribution.
Write to me or the man.
ager at Commerce for a book
let. You will observe that prizes
are offered on most all products
that may be cuitivated or pro
duei and in Banks county
I am ready to assist you in every
way possible. Call on me il 1 may
be of any service..
Miss May McGalliard, who is to
have charge of the Woman’s de
partment, will take pleasure in
aiding the ladies of Banks county.
Respectfully,
A. W. Wood.
Kupt. For Banks County.
In Memory of Uncle
Charlie Brown
On Sunday April r*th, 1914, at
2 o’clock a. in. God saw fit to take
our dear uncle away from us. He
had boon in ill health for alxiut
two yean), he had diabetes which
was the cause of bis death, he was
26 years of age at the time of his
death, his body was laid to rest the
following day in New Baleui ceme
tery. How hard to give him up
though we know he has gone where
pain and sorrow comes no more
and where all is joy and peace.
Though we feel all these things we
cannot help but grieve to know he
is with us no more. Yes, uncle’s
gone, his lips are forever still, a
place in our homes is vacant that
can never more be filled. Thy
hands are clasped upon thy breast,
we have kissed thy lovely brow
and in our aching hearts we know
we never will see Uncle Charlie
now.
So dear father, mother, sister's
and brother’s let’s weep no more
for he’s gone to that bright eternal
shore where he is basking in the
sunlight of God's love.
A loving niece,
Leo Brown.
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WEARERS OF GRAY
WILL INVADE FLORIDA
Twenty-fourth Annual Reun
ion At Jacksonville
Date* Fixed for May 6 to 8, Inclusive,
and the Metropolis of Florida Make*
Elaborate Preparation* To Receive
Guests.
Jacksonville, Fla.—The 24th annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veteran*, Song of Confederate Vet
erans, and all allied organizations, will
be held In Jacksonville, Fla., May 6,
7 and 8. Already the progressive, pub
lic-spirited citizens of Jacksonville are
making preparations to receive and
entertain the veterans and all visitors
at the reunion. It Is Jacksonville 8
ambition to break all reunion records
In point of attendance and entertain
ment, and to thin end every energy
of this thriving, modern city will be
directed. Kvt-ry effort will be pul
forth to make them feel at home, and
to enjoy their stay In the Gateway
City of Florida. Hotels, boarding
houses and private homes will be open
to the reunion delegates and visitors
All who come will be cared for. The
best that Jacksonville can do will not
be too good for the thousand# of vis
itors who will attend this reunion.
Jacksonville will impress the vis
itors with all the force of Andrew
Jackson, for whom the city was
named. In return for valuable serv
ices rendered the state In Its Indian
troubles by Gen. Jackson, the city was
named in his honor. From ft village
of 1,500 population a year after the
close of the war, Jacksonville has
grown Into a modern city of 85,000.
There Is no more progressive city In
the South. It is thoroughly abreast
of the times, a throbbing and thriving
center of trade and commerce. By
reason of Its location, its railway facili
ties, Its resources and it* enterprise,
Jacksonville looms big as the Gateway
of Florida and commands the trade of
a vast and constantly expanding ter
ritory. Thousands of tourists from the
northern sections of the country pass
through Jacksonville every fall to seek
warmth and pleasure along the famed
East Coast. All of them stop at Jack
sonvllle spending a part of their vaca
tion time enjoying the many attrac
tlons that the city aud community af
fords. This constant stream of travel
has made Jacksonville better and
more favorably kno*n than any city
on the Atlantic coast. Recognizing
the opportunities for profitable busi
ness and Investments, new citizens are
acquired every year—active, program
sivo young men, with brain aud cap
ital, who Join In the work of making
Jacksonville a worthy product of th<
20th century.
Jacksonville la anew city, and yet
tt la old. If one reads the Antiquities
of Florida, he finds that the territory
now covered by this marvelous city
was fought over nearly four hundred
years ago by the sturdy adventurers
of the 16th century. The early settle
ments of tho Florida peninsula had
their genesis and origin in the rellg
ious troubles experienced by the
Huguenots under Charles IX, king of
France. Jean Rlbault headed the first
expedition to the new world In 1562
for the purpose of founding a colony
on what is now the Fast (.'oast of
Florida These adventurers first land
ed at the mouth of tho St. Johns river,
twenty-five miles below the present
city of Jacksonville Here they erect
ed a monument, but afterwards sailed
up the coast and established a settle
ment at I’ort Royal, South Carolina.
This settlement was abandoned after
a stormy year with tbo Indians. An
other expedition came to the East
Coast front France In 1564. This ad
venture was headed by Laudonuere.
His first landing was at the present
site of St. Augustine, but in a short
time he sailed up the coast and enter
ed the St. Johns river. About half
way between the mouth of the St..
Johns and the present city of Jack
sonville the expedition erected a fort
and named it Fort Caroline. King
Philip 11., of Spain, through hatred of
the religious faith of the Huguenots,
sent an expedition to Florida to drive
out the French. Fort Caroline fell be
fore an attack by this expedition. The
site of this old fort is but a few miles
below Jacksonville. History Is full
of evidences that both the French and
Spanish brought their warships as far
up St. Johns river as Jacksonville.
They were the first white men to set
foot on East Florida.
During the Confederate reunion
steamboat excursions will carry vet
erans and visitors to these points of
historic Interest on the beautiful St
Johns river, which bounds the city of
Jacksonville on the south. A boat
ride on this river is worth coming
miles to enjoy. In many respects it is
the most wonderful body of water in
America. It is a river of seusations,
fed by never-tailing springs. At points
above Jacksonville it reaches a width
of five or six miles, and It is doubtful
If at any point between Jacksonville
and Palatka it is less than a mile wide
The Indians called it Welaka, mean
ing. in their tongue, "chain of lakes."
The St. Johns is navigable for about
200 miles, and palatial steamers make
regular trips from Jacksonville to the
head of navigation. The largest ocean
going vessels come to Jacksonville
with passengers and freight from ail
parts of the world. The traffic that
this rivqg brings to Jacksonville is an
important factcr in its business, and
the river itself is a vrenferfui and de
lightful revelaticu to the tourist
SANK* COUNTY JOURNAL JIOHKM, GA„
PARK TRAMMELL
INVITES THE REUNION
I
Florida’s Chief Executive Bids
Veterans Welcome
•
Tht Proudest Act of His Administra
tion to Welcome the Gray Army
To Florida in May.
Jacksonville, Fla—Oov Park Tram
mell, Florida'* popular and accom
plished chief executive, has given out
a letter for publication in the news
papers of the South, on the approach
ing reunion In this city, May 6. 7,8, of
the United Confederate Veterans' As
sociation. He assures the Confed
erate veterans and their friends that
they will be given a generous welcome
In Jacksonville and at other points In
the state which they may visit during
their stay in Florida. The governor's
letter is as follows:
The Governor's Welcome.
"It Is simple truth to affirm that the
hearts of the people of Florida are
overflowing with gratification and
pride over the fact that the revered
heroes composing the United Confed
erate Veterans will hold their annual
reunion this year In our state's
metropolis.
“The grand old heroes of the Gray
will meet a magnificent, whole-souled
reception In Jacksonville and at any
other Florida points they may visit.
They will he amongst their own. They
will be In an atmosphere thoroughly
Southern, splendidly hospitable and
highly apreclatlve of the honor of hav
ing been selected as the Reunion City
and State.
"Florida Is rich In romance and tra
dition, and In the loyalty of her people
to high Ideals and patriotic endeavors.
In proportion to population and re
sources, Florida contributed as gen
erously and as cheerfully In men and
in means to the support of the Con
federate cause as did any of the other
great commonwealths which so nobly
championed that righteous struggle.
Florida gave many great names to the
mighty galaxy of the South’s match-
‘v ’ f . - fiSEr jjr jfi --
Park Trammell, Governor of Florida,
Who Assures the Confederate Veter
ans and Their Friends a Welcome.
less heroes, and she gave a host of
brave men of the ranks who on count
less fields rendered valorous aocount
of their courage and patriotism. The
creditable part which the people of
tirs state took in support of Southern
defense Is a source of pride to the sur
vivors of the great conflict and of
veneration to the younger generation.
"in every community from the Po
tomac to the Gulf the Confederate vet
eran Is always an honored and a wel
come visitor guest. No greater
tribute could be paid to the enduring
justice of the principles for which they
contended and for the magnificent
manner in which they sustained their
convictions through the four sternest
years of American history, than the
unanimous and enduring verdict of
commendation and appreciation which
has for half a century accorded the
glorious patriotism and chivalry of
the Confederate soldiers throughout
the length and breadth of the South
land they so heroically defended. In
Florida the veterans will find the same
cordial respect and unbounded hospi
tality which awaits them at all points
in the Southland.
"The formality of assuring a wel
come to the veterans who will attend
the Jacksonville Reunion is quite un
necessary; but it may be permitted
me to say that 1 shall always consider
it one of the most pleasing and grati
fying events occurring during my term
of office as governor that I shall be
privileged to bid veterans of the Con
federacy from all sections welcome as
the guests of the warm-hearted people
of this great state.
"PARK TRAMMELL.
"Governor of Florida."
Jacksonville has one of the most
magnificent deep water harbors in the
world. It has more than seven miles
of deep water front, lined with great
docks and terminals and many large
warehouses. The products of Florida
and other Southern states are scatter
ed from the Jacksonville port over
most of the inhabitable globe. Five
great railway systems, from four
points of the compass, controlling
more than 16,000 miles of track, hand
ling millions of tons of freight to and
from the city annually, center at Jack
sonville.
THE DIFFERENCE
Let
Me
Examine
Your
Eyes
It’s
Free.
We fit each eye with the proper lense and at
the proper price
H. W. MEADERS,
The Optician at Home
Maysville, Georgia.
Reduced Fares To Atlanta
ACCOUNT
Music Festival---Grand Opera
April 27th=May 2nd
ROUND TRiP FARE FROM LULA $2 20
CONVENIENT SCHEDULES
For further informotion call on nearest
Southern Railway ticket agent or address
J. C. BEAM, A. G. I’. A. K. L. LOB,
Ailanta, Georgia.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. O. N. HARDEN,
Office at Residence
Five Miles North-cast of homer.
(’alls Answered Promptly.
Telephone Connection.
DR. J. S. JOLLY
Homer, Ga.
Will answer calls Day or Night
Residence call at Hill Hotel.
Office Fast side Public Square.
S. R. JOLLY
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW
Homer, fia.
Office in Court Houhr
J. S. Chambers, m. and.
Office in old Poktoffice Build
INO.
HOMER. GA.
FREE TO BOYS ANO GIRLS
350 shot air ride, watch, roller
skates, large doll, for selling 25
packages of ink powder at 10 cents
each. When >old send *2 50 and
I will send your choice of above.
GEORGE OTIS,
* B 701, Stratford, Conn.
NOTICE
Our country patrons can take
advantage of the low rates of the
parcel post. It costs altout lOtts
to send and receive your suits back
in perfect condition.
We are operating a dyeing fea
ture in connection with our press
ing club. Work gut ran teed to
give satisfaction.
W. B. LOCKHART,
Maysville, Ga.
Yes. Yes.
Divorce suits are generally home
•pun. —Lipptncott’s.
Between living well and
living poorly is very
small if you buy right.
The fellow who knows it
all is satisfied, but
the people who are
seeking new ideas are
willing to learn. We
invite you to call on
us and let us show you
how to buy Spectacles.
There's only one glass
that will fit your eye
properly and if you
don't get that one
glass, your eye is li
able to be injured.
NOTICE
All parti,*s indebted to the es
tate of W. S. lid wards late of the
county'of Banks are hereby uoti
tied to make prompt settlement of
the same, and all parties holding
claims against said estate are re
quested to render in their de
mands,
This April 7th., i914.
J. H. Edwards
and
S. N Edwards,
Administrators of W. S. Ed
wards, deceased.
Commerce, Ga.
DOES DANGER
THREATEN YOU?
Are You in the Coils
of Disease?
Maybe the serpent
fffim " Tf M -of sickness iscrush
t ' n £ you to death?
\ Ay Your back is heavy,
eyes dull, a never end
ing ■weariness holds you.
''HiiWßr Too many women well
. know the meaning of
hopeless dragging days
#yjf>Ljpp-- ■ and endless nights. >
Functional and or
■ ganic derangements grow
I \ steadily when neglected—
-1 \jßf they become deadly in
M time. Don’t suffer longer.
B'lrll Sfefla- Vitae will relieve
tj)% > This wonderful remedy
is the guaranteed wo
man ’# tonic of the world. It is the fin
ished work of a lifetime of a distin
guished physician who gave the best
vears of fife study to its perfection.
Stella- Vitae is a life giving tonic guar
anteed by every dealer who sells it.
Whenever a bottle fails to benefit you,
the dealer cheerfully refunds every
penny it cost you. It is perfectly harm
less—healing and health in every drop.
Thousands of well women all over the
South testify to its wonderful proper
ties. Shake off the serpent. Get welL
Begin today. Get a bottle of Stella-
Vitae, the guaranteed-to- benefit rem
edy. Your dealer sells it in $1 bottles.
Thacber Medicine Cos., Chattanooga,
4 Americans Killed .
200 Mexicans Wiped Out
That long-talked of war between
the United States and Mcxito l>e
gan in earnest Tuesday when ma
rines were landed at \ era Cruz
and took possession ol the custom
house. Americans are leaving
Mexico and diplomatic relations
between the two countries are
severed.
President Greatly Moved By
Loss of Life at Vera Cruz
Washington, (la.. April 22.
“I’m sorry, terribly sorry’” de
clared President VY ilson today
when news of the lighting at Y era
Cruz reached him. He had hoped
that the city might pe occupied by
American marines without loss of
life.
As the president came to his
office his head was bowed and his
face was a study in deep feeling.
He has determined, however, there
shall be no backward step. He is
trying to avert war and prevent
further bloodshed, but he realizes
that the American people want to
see the dignity of theii Hag up
held. For the present the United
States will content itselt by hold
ing the customs house at Vera
< ruz, collecting duties and pro
venting shipments of arms from
reaching Huerta. Tampico is tl e
It has not yet been decided wheth
er a blockade alone will la* main
tainedthere, or the customs house
seized.
Secretary Bryan was the presi
dent’s lirst visitor early today.
: His eyes were sleepless, his face
pale. He denied a report that
I Charge O’Shaughnessy had been
{ given his passports, or was about
to be recalled, or that Charge
Algara was to be given his pass
ports. No disturbances in Mexico
City or a demonstration against
Americans, lie .said, had been re
ported when a dispatch from
Charge O’tshaughnessy was liled
probably late yesterday afternoon.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Regretted Womanly Limitations.
She gave an envious thought to the
happier lot of men, who are always
free to plunge into the hauling wa.
tars of action —Henrv lames
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invention i probably patentable. Communion
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**ut free. OMeet Bfonof for securing patent*.
Patent* t alt ami through Munn ft Cos. receive
•p- i.ii notice, without chares. In the
Scientific American.
A h*n<l*nni#!T tllnMrstM weeklr. I cir
culation of nny scientific Journal, 'icr $3 *
rear: four motiLUe, $L Sold Uynll new mica lers.
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