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VOL. XVII. Maysville Locals (From Our Regular Correspondent.) The notes and accounts of Carr Boyd & Cos., were sold here last Saturday for three huudred and fifty dollars to Mr. Horatio,Lyle. Mrs. Lillie Jackson, of Athens, spent a few days the first of the week wi'h her sister, Mrs. I’. Boone. Mrs. Dr. McCurdy and daughter of Tallapoosa, spent the week end here as guests of Mr. and Mis. ('. W. McCurdy and Miss Kroily Me < urdy. Messrs Lon and Tom Itlaekwell with their families and Mrs. Lizzie Anderson spent Sunday at Mr. Horton Blackwell's. Mr. George Sheridan and Misses Inez Suddath. Mae Wood and Claudine Henry went to Athens Saturday to see the Georgia-Tech Ball game. This was one of the most interesting games ever wit nessed in this section and was won by the Georgia team. Among ot h ers who wont from here Messrs. W. Bacon, H. I‘. Camp, H.S. Smith, ('has. Moore, Ed Sims, Paul White, < >sear Voyles, Morgan White, C. A. Meeks, Logan Perkins, I. K. Miller and A. Smith. Mr. Henry Bacon, a poular sales man for the Athens Hardware Cos., spent Sunday with homefolks and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy White were visitors to Atlanta the first of the week. Mrs. Paul Deadwyler has return ed from a short visit to her parents at Chattanooga, Tcnn. The Thir/a David Chapter IJ. D. C. met with Miss Fannie Lee Atkins on Friday afternoon of last week. A large number of members were present. Mrs. Walter Lockhart and Mis. I. K. Mider spent a few days last week with relatives in Gainesville. Mr. Luke Simmons died in At lanta Tuesday at <> oelock after an operatian. His remains were in terred at the McDonald burying graund in this county Wednesday. The Mations Social Club gave a picnic at Bacon's pasture on Thurs day of last week in honor of Mrs. E (’.Jackson, who is moving to Tallapoosa this week. The families and a few friends of the club mem bers were present. The club pre sented to Mrs. Jackson a beautiful silver cold meat fork as a parting gift and as a token of their love. Miss Pauline ( handler, of Hull, is spending the week here with her cousins Mac Wood and Claudine Henry. Mrs. Boone Suddath had as her guests a few days recently her sis ter, Mrs. Dr. Ham, and son, of Gainesville. Mrs. Scott Hopkins and little daughter, of Atlanta, are visitors here this week. Miss Clade Reynolds, of Gaines ville, spent Sunday with homefolks here. Miss Lillian Stephens spent a few days this week in Gainesville as the guest of Miss Jannie Jones. Misses Glays and Floy Bryan of Lula,-and Miss Curtice Gardiner, j of Homer, were delightfully enter tained several days recently by j their cousin, Miss Lillie Smith. Rev. and Mrs. Sam’l. Hagan, of Homer, spent Monday in our little town as guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meeks. Mr. Allen E. Carr, of Athens, spent Sunday with homefolks here. A number of people from here went to Gainesville last Thursday to see the air ship fly, and for a wonder were not disappointed. Gainesville is a firstciass little city and is fast making for herself a business reputation. Among others from here who are attending the Shriners Conven tion in Atlanta this week are Mr. an and Mrs. H. P. Camp, little Mias Frances McCurdy, Mrs. C. T. Ba con, Mrs. W. G. Sharp and Miss Mary Deadwyler. BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County. ASKS TRANSFER OF TRIAL Banks County Farmer May Be Tried in Atlanta Be fore U S- Judge. Indicted by a federal grand jury at Columbus, Ga. last October for a violation of the Maun act, J. B. Sellars, a prominent young farmer, of Banks county, has asked for a transfer of his trial and will ac cordingly be tried iti Atlanta at the next term of court before Judge William T. Newman, United States Judge for the northern district of Georgia. Accordingto Lewis J. Baley, special agent for the department of justice, Sellars, who is a married man, is alleged to have lured l'rem her home in Georgia, Miss Susie Coker, a young girl, and carrying her to Mineral Wells, Tex., where he shortly afterwards left her, giv ing her 45 cents with which to travel over 2,200 miles. The fugitive was lost to gover ment agents for some time until he wrote the girl a letter to Mineral Wells, giving his address as a post otlice box in a distant city. An agent left on the same train with Miss Coker’s reply and arrested Sellars as be was at the box named. He was taken to Columbus, where the charge w as put before the grand j a ry—Atlanta Constitution. Fiddlers Convention. Fiddlers conventions are held in all parts of the country each year and they are a source of pleasure to the people and especially the old people, who need cheering most. There is nothing that will bring to mind the scenes of childnood and erase them to pass before your eyes like a panorama as will the tunes of long ago played on a fid die. That was the most cherished instruement in this country for generations and today the music of a violin is sweetest to the (sirs of a majority of our people. It is true that the fiddle has some enemies, in ad:; possibly because it has given so much music for dancing, when drinking and fighting would some times come in “after the ball,” but this is all wrong. It should not fall into disrepute beeause in has been in bad company. All the parts it took in “frolics” were el eyating. Homer should have a; fiddlers convention with ap propriate prizes for the best mu sicians. This summer is a good, time to start. If yon are inter | ested let us hear from you. 40 Acre Play Ground | The Board of Education of tha Homer (Ga.) school recently bought three acres of land near the school building for a play ground for the pupils. This school now has about forty acres of play ground, though there are a few residences and a court house on same. Eoyston continues to get along with a few narrow streets. Boyston Record. The editor of the Boyston Record spent the happiest hours of his life on the forty acres surrounding this school —that Ls when he pass ed through the paregoric and green apple periods of life. Of course he feels his confinment in the narrow streets of Kojstou. Stop In Atlanta At Hotel Empire Opposite Uuiou Depot on Pryor St. Renovated and refurnished throughout. Reservations made on application. Hot and cold water, private baths, electric lights and elevator. First class accommodations at extremely moderate rates. Euro pean plan 75 cents up. John L. Edmondson, i Propietor. Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Friday, May 15, 1914. Homer Locals A. J. Cash has purchased an ; Oakland ear. Lou Burns of Apple Valley, vis ited the family of L. X. Turk Sun day. Rev. Lamar Ferguson preached two sermons at the Presbyterian ; church Sunday. Mat Rylee of Hall county, and Wilkey Rylec spent Tuesday iu Homer. Early Chambers and Newton Bellamy attended the Georgia-Tech game in Athens Saturday. J. C. Wheeler and J. Jr. Mur phy, twoot the healthiest looking men we have seen in some time, vis ited us yesterday. Prof, and M is. J. C. Bell, <’laude Bell, Boy Black, J. J. Turk and Plumcr Barden attended the Hying machine exhibition at Gainesville last Thursday. W. T. Brooks of Alto, says the peach crop in that section is good and he hopes to ship two car loads from Kitchens’ side track. Clerk (’. W. Gillespie and How ard Hill went to Atlanta Tuesday and witnessed the Shriners parade. They report it wonderful. Mrs. Walter Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. (tip Chandler and Mack Chandler of Atlanta, visited the family of Sheriff Barden Sunday. Alter the .Shriners iu Atlanta Macon will have her jubilee on May 19-20 and 21st. You will have somo place to go from now until October, if you have the cash. 1 he great ditch on Grove River, ten or twelve miles long, is being surveyed this week and the work of dredging will soon begin, which will reclaim hundreds of acres of fine land. At an election held at the school house last Saturday L. N. Turk, H. 11. Wilson, H. C. Gardiner and John Whelche! were elected school trustees. We are requested to state that Rev. 1). N. Jordan will preach at Grove Creek church the 4th Sunday in May at 11 o’clock also prayer meeting on Saturday night. Every body invited. You will find the announcement of W. J. Speer in the Journal to day. Mr. Speer is State Treasurer and seeks re-election at the hands ol the people. He is an excellent officer and his friends in Banks, where he has many, will lend their aid in helping him win the nomi nation at the election in Aug ust. J. J. Hill attended the big day in (lainesyille last Thursday when Aviator Beech flew over the city. He says the people expected ti c machine to light and stick its claws iii the ground like a bird, but instead when it it struck the ground Beech jumped out and the machine ran into the crowd knock ing one old man down and cutting off the ear ol a boy. When writing anything to the Journal always send your name. We will not publish your name, but we must have a name. It is useless to send any thing tor publication unless it is accom panied by your name. We bought a goat from Baker Moss recently in order to have some place to store these unsigned letters. We have no fire in the stove now and the civic league will not allow us to throw them on the streets — hence the goat DENTAL NOTICE Dr. D. M. Snelson, of Toccoa, will be at Baldwin the first week of each month prepared to do den tal work in all its branches —office over the Bank. Tax Assessors at WorK J. B. By lee, A. J. Cash and G. G. Strange, the tax assessors for Banks,are at work on the tax books equalizing the taxes. The work has just begun and the length of time it will take isnotkuown. As this is the first year the taxation of property is to be regulated by assessors it is very probable that much more time will lie consumed than in the years to follow. When the people once know the amount that is to be expected there will be very little for the assessors to do. Tax on about eight tenths ot the land in the districts gone over has l>een raised, but in many instances not a great amount has been ad ded. All whose taxes have been raised will receive due notice of same. First-class mules have been placed at $125, second class at $1)0.00 to $lOO.OO, third class at $7O 00 to $BO.OO and plugs at $25.00. The board of assessors are com posed of men who are making every effort arrive at an equal values for the property, both real and personal. It is a very disa greeable duty they are performing and they should have the co-opera tion of every tax payer who can assist in any way to arrive at an equal value of the property in the county. Tax Receiver H. J. Blackwell is assisting in the work and Mr. L. N. Turk is acting clerk. Mr. Turk has surveyed most of the land in Banks and his advice is very val uable to the assessors. Ag in Dynamite The Dahlonega Nugget goes on record as opposing dynamite as a farming substance. It says: “When you do and teach such doctrine as the explosive system of farming it discourages the poor man who has no money to pay for dynamite and ho moves out from between the plow handles, causing less corn to be raised at home and more brought in from the West.” Post and Brown Post is dead and Joe Brown has taken his place as the arch enemy of labor unions to which belong to the highest elass of American workingmen. His letter in last Sunday’s Atlanta Journal should be read by every workingman in the country. His feeble attempts to injure union labor I lielieve will strenghten the cause. His letters show the financial conditions < fthe unions to be in excellent shape which proves that the men who compose these unions force a living wage from the employers, which is alKiut the only way to get it now a (lays. If our farmers would all join their union,and stick, they would soon be getting a much higher price for their products, buy at a better price and get lower freight rates. Brown can injure labor unions by his card writing just alwut like a barnacle damages a battle ship. As some misunderstand the special act concerning killing squir rels in Lumpkin county, we copy it from the Acts of 1913 on page 416 as follows: ‘lThat from and after the passage of this Act all citizens of White’ Union, Haber sham and Lumpkin counties shall have the right to kill all gray or fox squrrels when they are destroying crops or property at any season ot the year.” So you can’t kill them now as there is nothing for them to destroy.—Dahlonega Nugget. All Day Singing We are ri quested to advertise an all day ringing at Silver Shoal church the sth Sunday in May. Everybody aud especially good singers are invited. OUR HEROES OF PEACE o Let me picture to you the footsore Confederate soldier as, button ing up in his faded gray jacket the parole which was to bear testimony to his children of his iidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1805. What does he find, let me ask you—what does he find when, hav ing followed the buttle stained cross against overwhelming odds, dreading death not half so much as surrender, he reaches the home he left so prosperous and beautiful? He finds his house in ruins, his farm devasterl, his slaves free, his stock killed, his barns empty, his trade destroyed, his money worth less, his social system, feudal in its magnificence, swept away; his peo ple without law or legal stains, his comrades slain and the burden ol others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by defeat, his very traditions are gone; without money, credit, employment, material or training, and, besides all this, con fronted with the gravest problem that ever met human intelligence—the establishing of a status for the vast body of his liberated slaves. What does he do, this hero in gray with a heart of gold! Does he sit down in sullenness and despair! Not for a day. Surely God, who had stripped him of his prosperity, inspired him of his adversity. As ruin was never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldier stepped from the trenches into the furrow, horses that had charged Federal guns marched before the plow, and fields that ran red with human blood in April were green with the harvest in .1 une. The new south is enamored of her new work. Her soul is stirred with the breath of anew life. The light of a grander day is falling fair on her face. She is thrilling with the consciousness of growing power and prosperity. As she stands erect, full statured and equal among the people of the earth, breathing the keen air and looking out upon the horizon she understands that her emancipation came because, through the in scrutable wisdom of God, her honest purpose was crossed and her brave armies were beaten. —Henry W. Grady. LET THE LAMP BE WHITE o The late Cy Warmau, who found poetry in the singing wheels of his speeding engine,wrote these beautiful verses not long before he “crossed over.” “Oft, when I feel my engine swerve, As o’er strange rails we fare, 1 strain my eyes around the curve, For what awaits me there. When swift and free she carries me Thought yards p"kno\vn at uight, I look along the line to s* That all the lamps are white. “The blue light marks the crippled ear, The green liirhl signals slow; The red light is a danger light, The white light: Let her go, Again the open lields we roam, And when the night is fair I look up in the starry dome And wonder what is there. For who can speak of those who dwell Behind the curving sky! No man has ever lived to tell Just what it means to die, Hwift toward life’s terminal 1 trend, The run seems short tonight; God only knows what’s at the end— f hope the lamps are white.” —Atlanta Constitution GEORGIA o Written by Lucian Lamar Knight while an exile in California due to illness. Ear, far to the Mouth lies a beautiful land, By the tides of the tireless sea; O land of my heart, on thy surf-beaten sand, My spirit is dreaming of thee! Yes, dreaniii.g of thee and the billows That die on the wave-washed shore, And the musical songs of the sirens That call to the ships evermore. Where the volets wander in wanton perfume To the velvet edge of the sky, And the willows bend and the roses bloom O’er the beds where the loved ones lie. Give me the hills of old Georgia And lay my cold ashes to rest Neath the shade oi the soft-sighing cedars, Iu the land I love the best. Notice To Tax Payers. By order of the Board of Tax Assessors of Banks county, all parties who have not given in their taxes for the year 1614 are required to do so on or before May 21st. I will be at Homer from Monday until the 21st. H. J. Blackwell. Wanted A woman, (white or colored) to help do house work and cooking, for a family of four-all grown. Boom furnished in house with family. Good wages and a perma nant home for the right person. G. P- Boone, Maysville, Ga, NO. 6