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VOL. XVII.
A Railroad For Homer
And Banks County
A meeting was held in Homer Saturday
and plans laid for the building ol a railroad
from Homer to Lula. Messrs. Zeigler and
Jones, who w 7 ere present at the meeting,
stated that the capital had been found to ti
nance the road, but the people of the county,
who will be mostly benefitted by the enter
prise, are required to show that they are in
terested, and by so doing take a small part of
the stock.
A survey will be made and the cost of the
road figured out, then the promoters will
make an investigation of the resources of the
country the road will traverse, and also of
the territory surrounding Homer that will
patronize the road, to determine whether or
not the road will pay.
There are branch roads in Georgia, simi
lar to the one proposed here, that pay much
larger diyidends than the same number of
miles on the main lines, and if this road is
built, we feel sure it will be a paying invest
ment.
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French Estimate German
Loss 190,000; Allies 32,000
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London, Aug. 31.—A Paris dispatch to the
Daily News says it is estimated there since
the outbreak of hostilities the Germans have
cost 60,000 killed and 130,000 wounded or
taken prisoners.
This, it is figured, is a loss six times great,
er than the loss of the Belgian, French and
French allies, which is placed at les£ than
32.000.--Atlanta Georgian.
80,000 TaKen Prisoner
Washington, Sept., I—A German victory at
Allenstein in which three Russian army
corps were defeated and /0.000 piisoneis,
including two Russian commanding generals
were taken, ■was reported today to the Goi
man embassy from Berlin.
The Times correspondent at Amiens re
ported that the Germans came over us like a
flood raised by a storm. During the first
month of the war more than 2,000,000 Ger
man volunteers came forward. The chief of
the German Sanitary Department officially
declares there are many proofs that the Eng
lish and French are using dumdum car
tridges.
The state of health of the German army
is good, noted hygienists accompanying the
army.— Atlanta Journal.
Felder Quits and Throws
Toga to T. W. HardwicK
Macon, Ga., Sept. 2.—Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick was
this afternoon nominated junior Fuited States senator from Georgia
to succeed the late Senator A. O. Bacon. His ejection carne on the
fourteenth ballot, immediately after the convention had reconvened at
noon, and followed the withdrawal in his favor of Hon. T. S. Felder.
Mr Felder announced his withdrawal in Hardwick s fa\or as soon
as the convention convened. There was wild enthusiasm in the con
vention hall as the ballot which named Hardwick was taken.
Mr. Felder pesoually appeared on the stage and withdrew his
name He declared that he had fought until the present time because
the race was between two representatives of progressive Democracy,
all having recognized that Governor Slaton was eliminated.
The convention had gone into a deadlock between friends, he said,
declaring that he was not willing to jeopardize the interest of progres
sive Democracy by remaining longer in the light.
The enthusiasm of Hardwick and Felder delegates at the con
elusion of Mr. Felder’s speech was frenzied.
Governor Slaton followed Mr. Felder on the stage and pleaded for
his own nomination.
Immediately after Mr. Slaton’s speech, the fourteenth ballot began.
The winning vote was: Hardwick, 235; Slaton, 133; Hutchens 4. Mr.
Hardwick received 48 votes more than the 187 required to nominate.
Mr Hardwick’s nomination then was made unanimous. Atlanta
Journal.
BANKS COUNTV JOURNAL
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Friday, September 4 1914.
rlaysviile Locals
Ktom Our Kogulat ( orn sjnmtlent.)
Miss Eula Owen, of Atlanta,
spout Sunday night at the Stephens)
house.
Mr. Herbert Williams a popular
salesman from Gainesville, spent
Sunday with his patents and
friends here.
Miss Allie Mae bang, of Athens,
was the guest of her parents for
the week end.
We learn with regret of the ill
ness of Miss New tie Hale who has
been sick of fever for several days.
Mrs. M. I*. Deadwyler has re
turned from a two months visit to
her mother, Mrs. Gorham, at
Crawlbrdville.
Little Miss Mildred Underwood,
accompanied by her grandfather,
Or. I'. (i. Underwood, went to At
la'nta and had some adenoids re
moved from her nostrils Monday.
She stood the operation nicely and
returned Monday.
Mr. and Mis. l!ob Stephens vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. ('rawford Mas
sey at Commerce Sunday.
.Air. and Mrs. F. Marion (lender
son, ol Gillsville, spent a few hours
here Monday.
Mr. Will Wood and family now
occupy the Willbanks house on
Homer SI .
Mr. and Mrs. H. r. \dams, of
Commerce, spent Sunday with the
formers parents here.
Mr Howe Chandler, of Hull, is
aiuomg the boarding pupils who
have entered school here, Mr.
Chandler was here last term and
by his quiet gentlemanly way won
the admiration of many who arc
glad to know he has returned.
Mr. Paul Bryan, Miss Belle Car
i rison and Miss Nell Bryan, of
! Gillsvillc were guests of Miss 1 i 1
lie Smith Sunday afternoon.
A large number of Maysvilleites
attended the meeting of the .Jack
son County Choir at Oconee church
on last Sunday and a big crowd
and good singing were reported.
The next meeting will be held at
j Jefferson on the tifth Sun lay in
November.
Mr. Henry Puri', with his wife
and littledaughter, left last Sunday
for Oklahoma where they expect
to make their future home. They
went by Camming to spend a short
while with Mrs. Furr’s parents be
fore leaving. Mr. and Mrs. Furr
have made our town their home j
this year, and have made many
warm fiiends who sincerely regret
their going away.
Mr. C. A. Meeks left Sunday
afternoon for Macon to attend the
Democratic Convention which was
held there Tuesday. Messrs. H.
P. Camp, O. It. Reynolds, J. W.
Bacon and John Deadwyler left
Monday in a ear, and anticipate
the time ol their lives at the con
vention and on the road.
Dr. and Mrs. W. \V\ Whetsell
have returned from a short visit in
South Carolina.
Mrs. Carolyn Mcltee is on an ex
tended visit to her daughters, Mrs.
A. G. Boyd, at Gainesville, and
Mrs. Arthur Pittman, at Jeffer
son.
We are sorry indeed to know of
the illness of Mrs. Jtal h Parks,
who the physicians fear has typhoid
fever. Mrs. Parks has helped to
nurse her husband through several
weeks sickness from typhoid, aud
we are glad to know he is recover
ing rapidly.
Among others from a distance
who attended the funeral of Mrs.
J. T. White Monday afternoon
were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bryan, of
Gillsville. Mr. Poss B rase I ton, of
Jefferson, Mrs. Ware, and Mrs.
Michael, of Athens.
A number of people from here
attended the funeral of Mr. Hill
Randolph at Holly Springs Springs
| Sunday afternoon, Mr. Randolph
i was a man of middle age, and a
I prominent citizen who died sud-
New Thirty-third Sena
torial Committee
i
,1. M. Garrison, Gillsville, Ga. —
OH AIRM AN.
Charles Gillespie, Homer, Ga.
Banks County.—SECRETARY.
Hr. W. P. Harden, Homer, Ga.
Banks (,'ounty.
.1, M. Nix— Commerce, Ga. .lack
son County.
•I. P. Melley, Jetlerson, Ga.
.F.O. Braselton, Braselton, Ga.
Dan Mathis, Center, Ga.
J. 10. Bedwine, Ir., Gainesville,
Ga.
M. O. Gilmer, Gillsville, Ga.
C. J. Meadors, Gillsville, Ga.
Hr. J. A. Bryan, Gillsville, Ga.
H. N. Gowder, Lula, Ga.
The above is a list of the new
committee as appointed at a regu
lar called meeting of the Committee
held in Gainesville August 29th,
HH I.
•I. 15. Bed wine, Sec.
Fell From Train
Near New Holland
.1.0. White who lives in this
county, near Gailey, fell from a
train hut Saturday between New
Holland and Gainesville and was
terribly bruised about the face.
White ays the train did not stop
lint lie was picked up by someone
and taken to a hospital in Gaines
ville where he remained until Mon
day. His injuries are not seiions
and lie will soon be well.
First Bale of Cotton
Sold at Naysville
The first bale of cotton of the
season rolled into Maysville Tues
day and was bought by Blackwell
Pros., for 10 1-2 cents. It was
raised by Mr. J. O. Voyles,
LOST
On Saturday the 15th, one
pocket book. $21.00 in money—4
bills $5.00 ea-h, one $2.00 bill, 2
ones and paper. $5.00 reward if
returned to this office.
J. W. McClure.
Disclosing Pig’s Identity.
A small girl learned that her pet
had escaped from its lnclosure. She
ran down the street looking for ft
and seeing a neighbor said: “Oh, Mr
Brown, have you seen a little pig
what’s name 's Minnie?’’
denly at his home near here in
Jackson county Saturday after
noon.
Our town and community was
made sad by the death of Mrs.
John Taylor White which occurcd
at J o’clock Sunday afternoon at
her home near town. Mrs. White
had been sick from cholera morbus
for a week, but was not thought to
be dangerously ill until the day
before she died. Mrs. White is
the mother of nine children namely:
Bob and Dorgan vVhite, Mrs. Lon
Pounds. Mrs. Oscar Miller, Mrs.
Otis Castellaw, Paul and John
White who live here, Mrs. Ches’er
Castellaw, ofLocist Grove, and
Mrs. Wade Parks. ofTignall. Be
fore her marriage Mrs. White was
Miss Elizabeth Savilie, she was 66
years of age, lias twenty seven
grandchildren, numbers of distant
relatives, and unnumbered friends.
The funeral was conducted from
the Baptist church by her pastor,
Rev. L. A. Henderson. The floral
offerings were beautiful and pro
fuse. Mrs. White will be greatly
missed at church, in the commun
ity and amorg the large circle of
intimate fiieuus who knew her
best, but none can miss her as her
devoted husband and two unmar
ried sons who live at the home
where she has presided with such
queenly dignity for forty nine
jears, to these especially do we ex
teud our deepest sympathy.
LooK Farmers
The following letter has been
sent to bankers throughout the
country and explains itself:
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 22, 1914.
Hear Cashier:
If you haye any influence with
your farmers, if your board has
any influence with your farmers,
it your newspaper has any in
tlueuoe with your farmers, preach
to them, urge them, beg them for
the sake of their families and the
country at large to
PLANT WHEAT
PLANT F<>ODSTUFFS
PLANT ANYTHING THAT
WILL FEED MAN (>U BEAST
HO IT NOW, KEEP IT UP
ALL THIS WINTER.
We wrote you aud your board
last January suggest that you do
not lend money to farmers who
will not raise sufficient corn to do
them. What do you think now?
Please do not lay this letter
down until you have called your
board together and talked it over
and see your editor. If I were
the cashier of your bank, I would
call a meeting of the citizens, mer
chants, bankers and farmers. I
would then organize committees
and hold meetings in every district
in your county. It is the business
of the. cashier and president of the
bank, more than that of any other
man in the community to take the
lead. You have no right to sit
down and leave this job to some
body else. What the farmer plants
concerns you, concerns himself,
concerns every man, woman and
child in your community. Get the
farmer to buy his seed right now
for it is going higher.
Yours very truly,
Ban kicks Trust Company.
No More Forever
In the name of reason, in the
interest of all that is best, for the
lake of peace, and for the good of
flic people, let’s forever forget that
and self seeking man or any set of
politicians ever attempted to array
the country against the city in
good old Georgia. It was ignoble
and base, and, calculated to do
great harm.
We are the same people, the
purest strain of American nlood.
Our interests are identical, the
town needs the country, as the
country needs the town. The city
man is as good as the country man,
and the country man as good as
the city man. There is no differ
ence in Georgia, and damned is he
who suggests a difference. —Em-
pire State.
NOTICE FOR NEW BRIDGE
GK< mu iA —Banks (*ou nty.
Banks Court of Ordinary sitting
for county purposes, it became
necessary to build a lattice bridge
across the Webb Greek attheQuii
lian Mill site i t said county 95 ft.
in length for the traveling public
costing more than can be built, by
private parties or the convicts: It
is therefore ordered by the court
that the sam be bl to the lowest
bidder with good nod solvent bond.
All bids shall be scale ! and filed
in the ordinary’s office by 12 o’clock
m. on the first Tuesday in October
1914. The right is reserved to
reject any and all bids if advisable
for the county’s interest. Specifi
cations to be seen in the oidinary’s
office. This 2nd day of September
1914.
T. F. Hill,
Ordinary.
Stop In Atlanta
At Hotel Empire
Opposite TJuion Depot on Pryor
St. Kenovated and refurnished
throughout. Reservations made
on application. Hot and cold
water, private baths, electric lights
and elevator.
First class accommodations at
extremely moderate rat', s. Euro
pean plan 75 cents up.
JohnL. Edmondkov,
Propietor,
Grand and Traverse Jurors
September Term 1914
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Grand Jurors
P. F. M. Furr
E. M. Pendergrass
A. M. Acrey
A. M. Wells
Jno F Moss
David R Parks
J 8 Ballanger
J J Duncan
N E Watts
W T Maxwell
D H Griffin
J .T Kirasey
•Tas W Mitchell
Grover C Glnsure
T N Wright
S N G Brewer
M T C Ray
W S Meeks
]) N Jordan
L B Jones
J M Garrison (Wilmots)
Robert Henson
J N Cash
R T Thompson
It J Dunson
MO Scoggins
It N Wright
W G J Garrison
W Harnp Carlan
Jno S Bellamy.
Traverse Jurors
(J W Oarltou
Guy Sewell
A F Parker
Jno II Scoggins
I) W Murray
II J McElroy
L I) McKlroy
L J Ragsdale
M S Patton
Floyd G Jordan
A B Morris
I) A Carlan
L W Vaughn
Fred L Langford
F M Henderson
J C Denton
Walter H Purcell
Frank Pool
Henry L Sisk
J F McDuffy
Wilkie Rylee
T J Scales
Thos M Armour
Floyd Lewalieu
Albert L Ayers
Jas M Wood
J L Tucker
W R McElroy
S B Galley
A A White
J L Ledbetter
Thomas Chambers
W M Westbrooks
T M Pool
C A Turk
Arch McCoy.
Banks County Young
Man Confesses to Forgery
Oscar Owens a young white man
23 years old who lives ou Marion
.’atterson’s place near J N May i and
WT Bellamy, was arrested and
brought here Tuesday morning by
Scott Jackson charged with forgeiy
or ielony under an asumed name
that of W H Hoopei he is alleged
to have passed several worthless
checks on business firms of this
place one $lO cheek to H B Ander
son and one $2.50 check each on
B It Vaughn,Emory Wood and Lev
in Brothers. Mr. Anderson lo
cated Owens, swore out a warrant,
and when Owens came face to face
with Mr. B. R. Vaughn, and was
recognized by the parties to whom
he had given the checks, he broke
down and made a clean confess
ion. J. W. Sailers, Esqr., bound
him over to the Febuary term of
Jackson superior court under a
$500.00 bond. In adition to the
above checks, it is futher alleged
that Owens tried to get a ten dollar
check cashed at the First National
bank of this city.
Ou failure to give the required
bond, he was sent to Jefferson fail f
—Commerce News,
NO. 23