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i'NKS COUNTY JOURNAL VOL. XVII. Maysville Locals (From Our Regular Conrwpomleiit,) Messrs. Charlie Baugh, ami (Juy Wetherly, of Athens, visited the fair sex here Hatur lay afternoon. Miss Lucile Matthews, who has been the guest of Miss Ruby Porter for several days, returned to her home at Commerce Monday. Mrs. Marsh Donehue has return ed from a short visit to Mrs. Bob Smith at Athens. Mr. John Henderson, of Tampa, Fla. is visiting rtelativesand friends here. Mr. and Mrs. \V. P. Cooley had as their guests on last Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McConnell, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roper, of Gainesville. Mrs. Rurxelle Paiks Hogsed, ol Helen, is spending some time with relatives here. Messis. Frank Boyd and Tom David left the first of the week lor Milieu, Ga. where they will buy cotton, provided. Mrs. Allan Chandler Inis re turned from a short visit to her daughter, Mrs. Essie Wood, at Athens. Miss Gladys Cox is at home again after a lew days stay in Ath ens. The buy a-bale of-cotton move ment was begun here a lew days ago w hen Mr. H. P. 1 amp, bought a bale paying ten cents per pound for it. Mr. Camp is one of our most progressive townsmen, whole souled and big hearted, alwaysone among the lirst to aid in time ol need. Mr. anti Mrs. W. P. Cooley were visitors to relativ es at Mossy (’reek the first of the week. Rev. ami Mrs. Warn Hagan, Mi’s. Guss Mason and Mrs. Alonzo Thompson, of Homer, were reeent guests of Mr. and Mis. A. Meeks. Miss Mary Deadwyler has re turned from Athens, where she h is spent several days. Mrs. Woods Chandler and Miss Bessie Wilbanks, who have spent the past two months with relatives here, and at Commerce, will return to their home at Sanford, Fla., the last of the week. Mr. Henry Venable and children from near Jefferson, spent the week end here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lude Bates. We learn with regret the se rious llness of Mr. John Rylee w ho lives near Grove Level. Mr. Rylee is one of Banks county’s most influential citizens and has scores of friends here who are anx ious for his recovery. Messrs. A. P. Deadwyler, John G. Deadwyler, W. E. Reynolds, and Bud Adams attended city court at Jefferson Monday. Miss Sara Moore, of this place who is teaching at Milledgeville happened to a serious accident on last Saturday evening when a large automobile in which she, with a party of friends, were riding was overturned pinning the occupants beneath. Miss Moore was the on 1 y one who sustained serious injury. She was bruised on the body and head, and one ear almost severed. i Her parents, Mr. and Mis. < E. Moore, and Dr. M. P. Deadwyler, weut to Milledgeville Sunday, in a car. Dr. Deadwyler returned Mon day and stated that Miss Moore’s injuries were indeed serious, but that her physician and nurses were hopeful of her recovery. Morris-West A romance, which sounds more like a fairy tale, was brought to an end on last Bunday evening at 6o’clock, when Mrs. Margie Mor ris, formerly of Homer, was mar ried to Johnathan West, of South ern Fla. at the home of the bride’s daughter, Miss Willie Morris, in Demoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County. Ownership of BanKs County Homes The United States ( ensus 1 >epai t ment at Washington has just is siusl a bulletin dealing with the ownership of Banks county homes. The important facts contained in the bulletin relative to this county are as follows: There are 21H0 homes in Banks County. Farm Hom is. Of this number 193a are farm homes. 119 ol the farm homes are owned by their occupants an t are free of mortgaged incumbrance. The mortgaged farm homes number 129. Renters occupy 1353 farm homes in this county. Urban Homes Out of a total of 21.‘ 0 homes in the county 215 are urban homes. There are 81 urban home owners in the county. Of this number i are mortgaged. 74 of the urban owned homes are free of incum brance. There an 150 rented urban homes in the County. The census enumerators were un able to secure data pertaining to the ownership of a small percent age on both the rural and urban homes in this county. Honor Roll For primary and itcrraediate Dept’s. of Horner High School. Second Grade Lola Mason, Louise Shubert. Fourth Grade Hattie May Hardy, Rose Mason, Mary Lou Whelchel. Fifth grade Bernice Hill, Clyde Mason. Revival at Lula A revival meeting will begin at the First Baptist church, Lula, Sept. l.Slh. Services will be con ducted by Rev. A. C. Schuler of Atlanta, assisted by Rev. B. F. Faulkner, pastor. Bro. Schuler is known as a very able minister and with these two consecrated men a great meeting is expected. It. J. Jones. A Card of Thanks. We take this method of think ing our friends for gracious service rendered, and many acts ot kind ness shown us during the sickness and death of our husband and father, M. T. C. Kay. We would like to mention each one but can not, but we do thank each one who took part ii any way for he loving and tender manner in which they have served us. Wife and Family. Decatur. Mis. Morris, nee Miss Margie Stephens, was the school girl sweetheart of Mr. West, who also lived at Homer. How dear to the heart are the dreams of childhood ! Altho gli he was in his early teens when he with his parents moved away to a far west ern state, Mr. West never forgot his youthful sweetheart, but be fore he reached manhood he learn ed another had won the hand of the girl he had hoped to make his bride, and losing sight ot her had traveled from place to place, final ly settling in Fla. About two years ago Mr. West accidentally learned from a friend in a town where Mrs. Morris was visiting that she was a widow. The old time friendship was at onee re newed and when the nuj)tial knot was tied one more childhood" dream came true. Homer, Banks County, Georgia, Friday, September 18 1914. Woman Suffrage A Decent Moral Force Woman sull'rage as a decent, ! moral lorce was patently illustra ted during the August registra ition. Chicago, since it gave the ballot to women has the largest registration of any city of the ; world. New York steps back to a secondary place on the recoid. About 750,000 voters registered in Chicigo. Husbands escorted their wives to the polls, and sons accompanied their mothers. The river wards had the quietest time in their existence. Instead of the rear of a basement pool hall in the First district, the As sembly room of the city Hall was used. In the Second district, in place of the accustomed barber shop, the polling place was trans formed to the Art Institute. All told the registration conditions are summed up as a great civic reform due to the presence of women vot ers. Singing Convention The Banks County Singing Con volition will be held at Webbs Creek church the fourth Satuulay and Sunday in Sept. All Sunday Schools and singing societies will please send delegates and letters on Saturday. Several prominent singers have promised to attend and we are e.vpec ing one of the best conventions tiiat we have ever held. All delegates ate re quested to be on hand at ten o’clock fast time. .1. M. Garrison, Bros. Homer Route 1 [Last week’s letter] Mr. Wyn Caudell and Mr. Fletcher Darham left Monday for Koine, where they w ill attend school this year. Mr. Lafayette Poole, accompa nied by his sister, Miss Lila, and Miss Thelma Lewallen spent the night with the Misses Durhams. Miss Kuth Wiley spent Sunday with Miss Belle Strange. Miss Neuba Scgurs of near Koys ton, is spending a f-w weeks with her mother, Mrs. A. M. Caudell. Mr. Lester White has been (piite sick at this writing. Little Bessie Crump tell from the porch of her home and broke her arm. Drs. Harden and Poole were immediately summoned and the wound was dressed. We hope it will soon be well again. Miss Thelma Edwards is visiting Miss Elsie Crump this week. Miss Neubia Segars and Miss Mary Caudell visited Miss Emma Durham Sunday evening. Rev. Samuel Norton preached an interesting sermon at Mt. Olivet Sunday evening. Miss Delia Acrey has returned to her home in Tocc a after visiting friends and relatives in this see tion. Miss Sudie Poole is visiting her sister, Mrs. Tom Aeiey, of Toecoa. We are glad to know that Mr. W. L. Durham is able to be out again. The last seen of Mr. Wyne Can dell he was going up the road sing ing Grace is enough for me. Mr. Lafayette Poole says some people tells things for a joke but he means every thing he says. We are sorry to note the death of Mrs. Sallie Hix, who died at her home Tuesday night. Her re mains were laid to rest at Damascus cemetery. We would say to the grief stricken relatives, weep not for she is at rest with her God whom she served. Two School Girls, iii it Ai ii t Apt Comparison. She—ln a way, fretting married la like using the telephone. He —Mow ■o?~ She — One doesn't always get the ■arty on* wants.—Boaton Transcript -lAitD AL; ~U i. In Memory of a Dear Friend At abouto’clock Sunday after noon Aug. HO, 15)1-1, death claimed the life of Mis. IClizelieth Saville White, wife of John Taylor White, one of Hanks county’s most promi nent (iti/eus. For li) years this family has been blessed of God for it seemed that no happier home could have been. She was full of energy and battled bravely to ac complish success. To help to provide for . her family and keep them in comfortable circumstances of life seemed to be oneof hei main objects. She was highly esteemed in the commui ity in which she lived; al ways cheerful and loyal to her friends. Her guests were always made to feel at home. She was one of my best friends and 1 can truthfully say under all circum stances that she was good, true, gentle, generous and above all a sweet Christian woman. The inlluence ol her life will linger and abide with us as long as life shall last. Her cheerful, helpful life her de votion to family and kindness to friends and strangers will long linger as a pleasant memory in the home which her lile once bright ened. The young as well as the old loved her and many hearts are sad to day because they miss the wel come to her home. Never will the children and grand children gather in her room to listen to her voice. Her place in the home is now va cant. How she loved her children and grandchildren an 1 how anxious she was that they lead a Christian and uprignt life. How she labored and planned for them. My heart is deeplp touched for the daughters who watched,soothed and prayed for their mother during her short but intense sufferings. They never seemed to tire so an x ions to give her comfort and relief for they well knew how lonely and desolate life is without a mother. But broken now the link, thequeen of the home is gone. We ito not know why God per mits such great sorrow and heait sufferings to come into our lives. God < nly understands. She leaves a husband,five daugh ters, four sons, one sister, two brothers and a number of grand children, all the children except Mrs. Wade Parks, of Tignal, Ga. were at her bedside when death came. She having reached there two hours late. Sweeter than the fragrance of llowers will she live in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. The funeral took place at the Maysville Baptist church where she had been a con secrated member lor many years. Her pastor Rev. L. A. Henderson paying an appropriate tribute to the deceased. The haudsoine floral* offerings ol friends was a token of* their love for her. May He who doeth all things well keep gjdltuy watch and direct the heart broken husband and child ten. Abdil. iianKs County Ci art Will Convtae Monday • i .. Court will convene here, next Monday, Sept. 21st.. In the ab sence of Judge Brand Judge Jones will preside. There is consiilfqa ble business to transacts You will find -the'court calendar else where in the> Journal. ’< m > . \ e j'\ j T.TiVi i r. m. J Dr. Gr," *H. DUNLAP' 1 : 33 J DZiWIST II / •>/ . r.llUr. i ii/, OOMMEKCK. - - . GIOROLL. fj ; 'nil .<i . . m n j ! Iffere his J^ervicd , t!d' the.people.qf Commerce arid sur- ( rounding territory. Wprk dong by 9f nigh,t,. i, ,if ’PhoutlZlE. Homer Locals Mr. Bob Gowder is suffering with a carbuncle on his neck. Mr. John liylee has been very ill the past week with malaria but he is now improving. Clerk C. W. Gillespie says he is in favor of a twelve monthsscho.il. Miss Ruth Turk left Monday for Athens where she will attend the State Normal School. Mr. Walter Durham spent a few days this week with lrieinls in Homer. Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Meeks spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. M ason. Miss Myrtle Cook has gone to her horpe at College Park where she will spend the next thirty days. She will teach music again this winter at Homer High School. Mr. Al Borders has been busily engaged the last few weeks buying beef cattle. He now lias about fifty head which he will ship either to \tianta or Anderson, S. C. Miss Joe Nash left Monday for her home at Norwood where she will spend a month returning the fust of October to take up her work in Homer High School. “Buy a bale of cotton” is the slogan in the south, and the peo ple are rallying to the call. They are buying, not from the man who is able to hold, but from the men who are forced to sell. Ten cents is the minimum price. Mr. Garnett Strange showed us a sample of the syrup he was mak ing last week and it was the best sorghum we have ever tasted that was made in this county. He has seyenteen acres planted in cane where his mill pond used to be and expects to make 3,000 gallons of syrup. Many wells in Banks have gone dry and water is so low at Rags dale mil pond that only about three bushels a day can be ground It has been almost six weeks since rain in any quantity lias fallen here. Mr. Vannie Hill came over Tuesday and had 50 acres of land surveyed that he sold to Mr. Field Smith. The land is located a mile and a half south west of town. Vannie says he traded the 50acres for twenty bales ol cotton, but he made the trade last spring when cotton was selling at 14 1-2 cents notFce All persons are hereby notified not to divert the course of the water falling on their lands along the Public Roads of Banks County so as to run the water from its ,11 natural How into the Public Roads of said county, and the Road Over seers of said county are hereby di rected to notify the land owners glong the Public Roads to stop up or change alll ditches that en ry water into the Public Roads con . i.iUj. trary to the i.aturui .'low and con trary to the law of G< or*ia,b- cause the practice pi diverting the natur al flow of the’ waler washes away the Roads atid“ it is' ! foily to tax the people to make Roads 'anil al low them to bo .washed ,in any such manner. Given upder my hand and official signature this SeprU'thl'WM: ■ ' “ , .ij.i-.--i * T. F. HiLL, Ordinary. Stop In Atlanta At Hotel Empire >. Opposite TJuion Depot on PFybr Renovated—and refm-niwheif throughout. Reservations on application. Hot anil cqlu VaterjiriVatebath's,'electric lights m'ei^tor: FiHit' Class' accommodations at 'ektrerfiel’y mbiteVate 1 , rafjts,, suro ■p&h pVan ,5 cenfeipp.' •;, John L. Edmondson, !l ' Ji ■" Propietor. Judge Brand’s Letter To Judge Jones Hon. J. B. Jones, Gainesville, Ga. Dear Judge: Thelirat informa tion 1 had received in reference to a postponement of Banks court was from you over the phone last light. As I then told you. I am opposed to putting off this court. I am informed that Judge Hill has made arrangements to get money to pay the expenses of the Septem ber Term of Banks Superior Court. Whether this is true or not, a tax was assessed, levied and collected last fall to defray the expenses of this court. As you know, it is the duty of the judges of the Su perior Courts of this state under the law and constitution to hold at least two terms each year. As 1 see it times will be no bet ter and the situation no more propitious later on this fall than now. Conditions may get werae. It is absolutely necessary that this court be held. The dockets are full of cases and they should be disposed of. Most of the counties in Georgia are borrowing money to run their fall courts. Gwinnett county, where lam now holding court, is doing so. Under the circumstances above brelly set forth, I earnestly but re spectfully request and urge you to go on to Homer and hold this court. If, when you arrive there, you should ascertain that a ma jority of the people, the lawyers, their clients, witnesses, traverse and grand jurors demand a post ponement of the court, you may give it this direction so far as 1 am concerned. With regards and best wishes, Very respectfully yours, C. H. BRAND. Backwoods Dots 1 live in the backwoods but glad glad to get our good old county paper and hear the news. Mr. D. A. Carlan’s granddaugh ter of Atlanta, visited Mrs. Tom Armour this week. Henry Brock visited somewhere. Mr. Ike Gaaway passed through Purge Saturday. Mr. Lon Wilson if very sick at this writing. Nvr gin whistle blows very dull this time. Mrs. W. S. McKee and sou It. b ert yisited her daughter, Mrs. William Parker. Mr. Tom Armous is going to take some stock in the new mil road from Homer to Lula. lie climbs a tree every meriting an l listens for the whistle. Mrs. Hughes of Madison coun ty, visited ..er sister, Mrs. Annie Kitchen, last Sunday. Mi j Ella Peudergrass has lieen spi t iling awhile with her sister, Mrs. Talkington, near Flint Hill. Mr. Coopper and family from Commerce, visited Mr. Ilairse on his upper place near Mr. James Wards, Sunday. Mrs. S. E. Owens visited Mr \ Bill Ayers Sunday. Mr. ltobt. Mckey was seen in Bushville last Sunday with his hat in his hand looking at both ends of the road. Wonder what that means? Mr. Bnnyan Kelley has been visiting his father in the moun tains. AJI igOod people but me went to the singing at Ebenezer Sunday. i Pilot. A keen student ol .human nature 'hatJk' baVW written tie 'following: youm’inan Bailing down a street' ehttttff WiflfAfdnlght with his collar crmpyHeg; 1 ‘yon can maJre uj'''j>or • mtd'Vtkt u there'a * young gM crawling upstairs not far distant, with her shoes under her arm and an extinguished lamp in hC hand.” NO. 25