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...NKS COUNTY JOURNAL
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I )urnal Publishing Cos.
F(tIAL ORGAN OF BANKS COUNTY
•<' u Second Claea mailer April 10,
* • r< Ihe Poatofflce at Homer, Ca., under
Hu( Cendreaa of March 3, 1*79
.buription SI,OO a Year In Advance
Hi aRANTEED CIRCLI \TION 1700
Homer Locals
Echool at Homer Academy will
o| en July l.'itli. A lull attendance
id ile-ircd on the opening day.
Messrd. (I. A. and Lester Meeks
visited in Homer Wednesday.
.Messrs. .1. |{. Hardman and W.
M. Rice of Commerce, made a busi
i ess trip to Homer Tuesday.
The young men of Homer served
i e sieaiu at the public well Wed
urs lay evening. It was strictly a
stag affair.
Mi. ifamp Jolly committed sui
> i le at his home in Franklin coun
i\ last Monday. So cause is as
i.’fled for his lash act.
Joe brown lias at last opened up
lie broke that long silence by an
nmincing himself a ciindidate for
the senate, term beginning March
1 1015. Is he after the ofliee or
i'ber Hoke?
We made a short trip in the
country Monday and found about
one fourth of the cotton not thin
ned. Messrs. Marion Patterson,
Jeddy Ayers and E. King’s crops
wi re the best we saw on the loute.
Several Maysviileites came over
tN'islnesday and accompanied by a
i".v 1 lonic rite i made a dash for
the linny tribe in the Hudson riv
er. They enjoyed an old time
i liickcn dinner at 2 p. m. They
say Judge Logan Perkins had the
nesight to have the hen prepared
r file fishermen when they came
oill of the water.
Hookworms
A million dollars wore donated
hy John J>. .Rockefeller to enuli
cate hookworms that infest the hu
man system and cause many dis
cases. Now is the time to get your
nare of that money. Drs. Yerner
lud Holder are in the county for
the purpose of making examina
tions and treating you and your
( hildrou free of charge. If you are
at all skeptical as to the existence
ol hookworms, they can show you
worms at almost any of their ex
aminations. See dates of oxauiin
atiou days elsewhere in the Jour
nal.
They examined 10(> persons on
' o.'sday and W ednesday of this
v ‘ek and found 77 affected with
hoik worm, all of whom will or
tiu nld he treated.
Choir Meets
I he Hanks County Singing choir
met is with Lamar church the see
ond Sunday iu July. Everybody
scordially invited.
W'. A. St ’Ot 11 ; 1 ns, Pres.
NOTICE
I'he town ordiancos provides a
limit of ten miles for automobiles
11. nuing through the town limits.
! t realtor this law must be respect
o.!. Gordon Logan. Mayor.
Notice, Sunday
School Workers
Please remember the county eon
vontion will meet with us the 9th
and 10th. We hope to have you
present. Hebron 8. 8.
J. 11. Mize, Bupt.
Ehook Was Too Great,
r.sliceman—"Do you know thl* aic%
luieraated Hystander—"No. I
not him. He seemed a nice
frilar; he shook my hand and
' mod a while, an’ I told im I
v c : e;h Plniwood from Penusylva
-1 ..u’ that I'd come on with oua
•id In cash to see ti.;s hera
' 1 ast him If he knew of gome
Her as coald a.:, me around,
t he threw up his lia ’s an’ fell
j Puck.
Patriotism, Pure and Simple.
o
Should the people of the Ninth congressional distiiet change con
gressmen?
This is a question that every sincere voter of the Ninth district is
now asking himself.
We think so, and we think so on purely patriotic grounds.
It is well enough to review the length of time various representa
lives from the Ninth have remained in congress, beginning immediately
after the reconstruction. This is a report, as best we can gather it,
from the recollection of the older men who are still among us, a posi
tive record not being at hand:
W. P. Price from 1870-73, 2J years.
H. J*. I tell from 73 77, 1 years.
Bcnj. 11. Hill from 77-711, 2 yeais.
Judge Emory Speer, 7!i S3, 1 years.
Allen 1). Candler from 83 91, 8 years.
Thomas E. Wynne from 91 93, two years.
Carter Tate from 93 1905, 12 yeais.
Thomas M. bell from 1905 1915, JO years.
Thus it will be seen that Mr. bell has already remained in congress
longer than any other representative except Carter Tate, who remained
in congress 12 years, or two years longer than Congressman bell.
Jle has lieen there a great deal longer than either Price, Hill,
Speer, or Candler, and longer than his kinsman, H. P. bell, who re
maincdonly four yeais. An alleged interview from Mr. Bell, published
in the Atlanta Journal, states that lie wishes to stay there as long as
Carter Tate, and we reckon that is about the only reason that
ho can give for staying, other than the SALARY REASON
which reason lias been increased 12,500 per year during his term ot
ofliee.
beginning with his first term, Mr. bi ll received •'*5,000 a year, but
later the salaries of congressmen were increased to £7,500. and during
these ten years Mr. Bell lias drawn a fortune out ol the public treas
ury. Hid Mr. Bell stand up in congress and raise his voice egainst
this increase?
Only recently the question of mileage was brought to the attention
of congress in a bill asking that it be reduced from 20 cents per mile
to the actual cost of transportation, which would be, using a mileage
book, about 2 cents per mile. In other words, 18 cents per mile was
sought to be eliminated.
It is understood, of course, that 20 cents per mile was allowed
congressmen in the early days of the country w hen stage coaches or
private conveyances were the means of transportation from ones dis
taut home to the capitol, and 20 cents per mile was not thought to be
at that time, excessive, but with 2 cents railroa t I are, 18 cents of this
mileage is now graft.
The people would like to know how Mr. Bell voted on this ques
lion of retaining this graft. Did he pop his w hip and sa_\. “1 am op
posed to such graft?” The further one lives from Washington the
greater the graft. A Californian, for instance.
Mr. Bell when opposing Carter Tate, appealed to the people on
the grounds that Tate had had the position long enough, that no man
should homestead on the ofliee, and pledged an early retirement il
elected, but he has departed from this doetoiine, and his pledges along
these lines have been without value.
In his bust race, Mr. Bell’s friends contended that he had not had
a fair chance in congress and no opportunity to show his ability be
cause of the fact that we had ever had a Republican president, and
that it was only fair to give Mr. Bell one term under a Democratic
Administration.
We, with numbers of others, who so expressed themselves at the
time, felt that there was some merit or justice in such a plea, and did
not. oppose Mr. Bell in the last campaign, and at a time when tw o yen
able men were his opponents.
That plea cannot be urged this term, for .Mr. Hell was returned to
congress to show his ability ata time when the nnyority of government
was in the han Is of Democrats. The record he made speaks for itself,
and precludes our further support. We think, even though lie has
now been kept in congress for the past tea years, that his record as a
Democrat, under a Democrat Administration, is such a> should de
feat him.
The people want a head and not a whip in congress from the
Ninth Congressional district.
We want a congressman from this district that will it once
taken high place iu the councils ot the party, and who will
not only be iu perfect harmony with the Democratic Administration,
but will also prove a powerful support to it and we feel, were Hon. W .
A. Charters to be elected at this time, that this Demoeiatie desire w ill
be fully realized.
It is urged that a man has to be in Congress a long number of years
before his usefulness can be rendered available. This is a fallacy pro
mugated by those who would homestead on this official position.
It is ability that now counts, and not long service.
To send a weak man to congress simply because of long service is
nothing more uor less than to pension him, and ten years is cert inly
loug enough to retain one in congress at the princely salary of £7,500
per annum, unless that man be one of unusual ability, strength and
power.
We believe that the people want a man at this time in congress who
can rank with the other great men at the eapitol in converting Demo
oratic policies into law.
W. A. Charters is .just such a man. It the good people ol this dis
triet asse.it their patriotism—sutd it is a question of patriotism on the
part of the people—and Hill Charters does not make a record oi which
his constituents will be proud, with in the limit ot lis tcim, then we
pledge ourselves to join the people of the district to make a s;>e and \
change whereby weeau send a man who will measures up to the require,
meats of Statesmanship from the Ninth district, that repiesents lh c
intelligence, culture and patiotism of this gnat Piedmont section of
state. —The Herald, Gainesville. Adv.
Impress of a Great Mart.
In the heart of Africa, among ths
great lakes. I came across black men
and women who remembered the only
white man they ever saw before —
David Livingstone; and as you cross
Ills footstep* in the dark continent,
men's face* light up as they speak
of the kind doctor who passed there
>o:rs -*s<* They couid not under
s.i.::d L.m; but ♦her let* ;he love that
beat fu lus hew. t—Hen. > l .uramoai
BANKS COUNTY JOUBNALfjHOfIEM, GA.,
Moral Indifference.
If Ignorance and passion are the
foe* of popular morality, it must ba
confessed that moral indifference Is
the malady of the cultivated classes.
The modern sepaiation of enllght-
Snment and virtue, of thought and
eonsciece. of the Intellectual aris
tocracy from the honest and vulgar
crowd. Is the greatest danger that can
threaten liberty. Henri Frederio
A ml ah
Honesty in Advertising
We have alwals striven to win and hold the confi
dence of this community. Its belief in us, its entire trust,
is a prize, that above all others, we aim to keep.
By our deeds and our words we seek to establish this
bond of confidence between the public and ourselves.
To this end we have endeavored in the past to make our
announcements in a simple language impossible to mis
construe, and the same policy will be carried out in the
future.
Truth is the very soul of advertising. We wish our
advertisements to be taken literally. In them we say
only w T hat we mean, and we promise only what we can
literally fulfill.
Advertising is one of the principal contact points
with the public, and upon the quality of it, to a great
extent depends our success. Therefore our announce
ments by their candor, truthfulness, and straightfor
wardness but reflect the salient features of our policy--
If you want Dress Goods, Shoes,
Millinery, or Notions, of the best
quality at the lowest price high
class goods can be sold, call on us.
We Delight in Showing
GOOD GOODS
IY*RB. J. T. SMITH
MAYSVILLIC, - - <;EOIKiI/V
THE ROAD TO RUIN.
“They tell me the Wise (Juv failed
in the hosiery business and is down
and out,” said the Boob. “What
caused it?”
“Ifc guaranteed boys’ stockings
to wear for a month,” replied the
Grouch.
PAW KNOWS EVERYTHING.
Willie—Paw, what is a model hus
band?
Paw —A model husband, my son,
is a man who knows he can’t have
his own way and pretends the other
way is his.
THE DEFINITION.
"What do they mean by a super
man. anyhow ?”
“One of the extra fellows they
hire on the stage, of course.”
WOULD SEEM SO.
“Do you believe that the world
likes to be humbugged??”
“Well, every fortune teller I can
call to mind is fat.”
| New Home |lj|l
The New Home Sewing Machine Company,
, ORANGE. MASS.
Program BanKs County Sunday School
Association, at Hebron Church
July 9-10, 1914.
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FIRST DAY—FIRST SESSION.
10:00 A. .M. Song and Prayer Service. Hy C. C. Neal.
10:15 The Advantage of Sunday Schools Keeping Open All
the Year. By Fletcher Durham.
10:35 President’s Report and Message. By G. G. Strange,
President Banks County Sunday School Asso.
10:50 Ropoit of Secretary Trearurer. Hy Miss Minnie Turk,
Secretary-Treasurer of Banks County Sunday School
Association.
REPORTS OF DIVISION PRESIDENTS:
11:10 Division No. 1, J. M. Maxwell President.
11:15 Division No. 2, \V. A. Scoggins, President.
11:20 Division No. 3, G. C. Glasure, President.
11:25 Division No. 4, A. \V. Henderson, President.
11:30 Division No. 5, President.
11:36 Song.
I H:4O Training Workers. By Mr. I). W. Sims, General Sec
retary ot the Georgia Sunday School Association.
12:10 Enrollment of Delegates. Adjourn.
FIRST DAY—SECOND SESSION.
1:45 p.m. Song aud Prayer Service. LeibyC. C. Neal.
2:00 Practical Ways for Making the Sunday School Attrac
tive. By E. L. Hill.
2:20 Practical Plans for Building up the Sunday School.
By J. H. Ayers.
2:40 The Graded Sunday School. By Mr. D. W. Sims.
3:10 Discussion aud Questions Answered.
3:45 Adjourn.
SECOND DAY—FIRST SESSION.
10:00 A. M. Song and Prayer Service. By C. C. Neal.
10;15 The Essentials md Advantages of Keeping Sunday
School Records. By W. B. Smith.
10:45 The Home Department—What, Why and How.
By S. L. Haeran.
11:15 Discussion.
11:30 World-Wide View of Sunday School Work. By Mr.
D. W. Sims.
12:00 Free-will Offering for the Support of the Work.
Adjourn.
SECOND DAY—SECOND SESSION.
1:45 P. M. Song and Prayer Service. Led by C. C. Neal.
2:00 An Illustrated Story for Children. By D. W. Sims.
2:15 Some Qualifications of an Efficient Teacher.
By J. F. Shannon.
2:45 The Efficient Sunday School. By Mr. D. W. Sims.
3:15 (juestiens Answered on Sunday School Problems, such
as Organized Class, Teacher Training, Elementary
Work, etc.
3:45 Reports of Committees and Election aud Installation of
Officers.
4:00 Next Place of Meeting.
Adjourn.
G. G. Strango, Miss Minnie TurK,
County President. County Secretary.