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Homer Locals Mr. Frank Bell, brother of Hon. Thomas M. Bell, spent Tuesday night with I>r. VV\ I', Hardei and Wed new lay in Horner. Mr. T. M. Patton has purchased an automobile and is now carrying the mail with much ease, lie is also carrying passengers at so much per. Sr- ■ his ad elsewhere. Mr. J.K. Pepper, died at h s home near Hillsville last Friday. He was one time? a resident of near Homer and war well known to the people here who regret to learn of his death. A mule stepped on Mr. Js'oaji English’* hand last Saturday and bruised it up considerably. He wrrs plowing and in attempting to get the line from under the mule received the injury. Mr. Will Blackwell raised about $200.00 by subscription in Mays, ville to be applied to the building of the (juillian mill bridge. The work on the bri Ige, which will cost abou' $fi()l.00, will commence at once. A Miss Mason and two Miss Hopkins ftom Thomasville, came into limner in a Ford ear during the heavy thunder storm Tuesday evening and spent the night at the Alexander Hotel. They were on their way to Philadelphia and ex pectcd to make the entire trip in the car. A negro was carried along to repair the eai when it needed attention, but the laities were driving the machine them selves. Mr. .1. T. Pritchett, of Htates boro, sends n* a cotton bloom from the land of Bulloch, which appear ed June 7th. Mr. bon Willis also sends one from Cordele which he plucked last Saturday. He says he has 50 acres that has- begun to bloom. Mr. 11. J. Kilpatrick, of Bulloch, sent a line bloom which he plucked Sunday. Most of the cotton here is very small owing to the dry weather, and, in fact, some it is not up. STRAW HATS LOST I lost two straw hats at drove church May .'(lst. They may have been placed in the wrong buggy. Finder will please leave them at my place of business in Maysville. Wai.t Him.. The greatest advance in PURE GOODNESS ever made in smoking ||>jg^ | Stag isn’t just a little better. It’s a revela- [; j You can’t smoke half a pipeful without realiz- Tin, tho Full-Size 10-Cent Tin, the Ponnd and Half-Pound Tin Humidors , 5 TAG E|B DEAFNESS ( ANOT BE CUBED by local applications, us they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is on ly one way to cure deafness, and that is by con stitutional remedies. Deafness is erased by on iutlaincd condition oi the mucous liningof the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or iui perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can Ik: taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hear! ng will Ik* destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condition ol the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars foranycaseof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot Ik: cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. Address: F. ,J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Hold by all Druggists, 75e. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. if is f o your advantage to buy a South Bond Watch on our club plan. Easy Payments It enables you to buy n watch without a bis outlay of money. You pay a small amount each week, so small you will never notice it and in a (ew weeks the watch is entirely paid for. Cash Price Our club plan moke* it possible for you to buv the watch on easy payment terms at the cosh rock bottom price, this means a saving to you ol from }g..)o to $5.00. Wear the watch while you pay You got the watch upon making your fust payment. Any kind of a case you desire You select any kind of n finish for tho enso you desire. W have a f# iu- fiful assortment of artistic designs in engraved cases as well as in Roman finish and engine turned. Quality of the South Bend Watch Tho quality of the South Bend Watch is beyond auestion. It is built to give accurate and durable service. It is sold under an Iron dad guarantee by the manufacturers to give absolute satisfaction. Our guarantee We agree to adjust the South Bend Watch to your person and guarantee it to keep accurate time as long as it is not abused in any way. It it fails to do this we agree to give you anew watch in esclrange. We can afford to make this astonishing waUh offer for a f*w days only don't let this remarkable opportunity for buying a high-grade waUh slip by—drop in and get tne full information Uus evening. H. W. MEADERS. Maysville, G-a. BANES COUNTY JOURNAL HOMES, GA.. Mr. J. J. Sheppard of Commerce ’ spent Wednesday in Homer. He has purchased a farm near Sparta and will probalby move down in that county soon. s Messrs. Benson Danison uni Fieeman Pool sent samples oftheir oats to Homer this week to show the boys that they had the goods. F’reeman beat Ben son a few inches and the heads were large!. But when it comes to work or play a lean man can always get ahead of a fat man. But if Benson raised his oats with his own labor he do serves more credit than Freeman, | for fat men generally cares but I little for work, infact they are very ! much averse to >t. However if they have many acres like the sam j pies sent, their horses and mules' will be glad. Wind Was Busy. A child’s way of reading is to lurn the leaves and say ho la reading. Little Hruee, four years old, was one day watching a cataiotige as the wind was gently turning the leaves He said In a meditative way “The wind ! Is reading” MILLINERY All The New Styles We Extend to You a Cordial Invitation to Visit Our Store It is with genuine pleasure that we welcome you to see the NEW STYLES in SPRING MILLINERY. For many months past we have been selecting.buy ing and preparing our stock of goods in this department, and we now have for your inspection ALL THE NEW AND POPULAR SHAPES IN HATS AND TRIMMINGS. Beautiful new goods in every department—a big ger selection to choose from and better values than you have seen for many seasons combine to make this a dis play that will prove especially interesting and decidedly profitable to you. REMEMBER We Delight in Showing the NEW GOODS MRS. J. T. SMITH MAYNVILLK, - - GEORGIA Why not relieve that eye Strain? See me tor free examination at my new office next to the Jewelry store. Dr. J. P. PARKS. Optician. Banks County Bank INSURE^EPOSIT^ Pays Interest on Time Deposits and Extends to its depositing and bor rowing customers all the banking ac commodations and facilities that any well regulated banking institu tion affords. Call upon us when you need to borrow and remember us when you have surplus money. Banks County Bank HOMER, G-A. L. N. TURK, Pres. E. T. THOMPSON, V. P. O. WALTON, Cashier. Acknowledge receipt of all deposits sent by mail, piomptly Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and Time Deposits 100 PER CENT. SAFETY. SPLENDID SCHEDULE TO TATE SPRINGS and BACK GOING RETURNING Lv. Atlanta _.. 6:20 a m Lv. Tate Springs 11:30 a m Ar. Oolt*wall 10:20 a m Ar. Morristown 12.-00 noon Ar. Knoxville 2:00 p m Ar. Knoxville ■ :45 p m Ar. Morristown _ 3: 25 p m Ar. Ooltewah . 5:15 pin Ar. Tate Springs 4:1 Ipm Ar. Atlanta ... 10:45 p m All Meals on Dining Car Going and Returning. Parlor Car Accomodations in Both Directions. Low Round Trip Summer Tourist Fares. For full information and tickets call on ticket agent or address J. C. BEAM, A.G.P.A. R. L. BAYLOR, D.P.A. SOUTHERN RAILWAY ATLANTA, CA. New Light on Socrates. The misunderstanding of words fr* fluently causes strange answers. A child who had been taught that Soc rates had a wife who was unpleasant to him. and that the great philosopher drank hemlock, when asked the cause of his death, replied: “Socrates died bvm an overdose of v.ed'ocA.” Quiet Enough, but— When an Irishman was fined for be ing drunk at Tallaght, County Dublin, the chairman asked if the man was quiet at the time of the offense. A Constable—“ Yes, your worship. He had ume of his clothes off and was laying hiß prayers on the roadside. He thought he was going to bed.”