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BMS COUNTY GAZETTE, PUBLISHED BVEKY WEDNESDAY AT HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. BY TIIF Banks County Publishing Cos. T. O.*RORIE, - - - Editor SUBSCRIPTION: One year - SI.OO Six months - - - .50 To Correspondents. Write the news. Write plainly, and give proper names correctly. We will correct improper spelling, and punclus ation. Notices of marriages, deaths, agri cultural aDd educational matters. Church and Sundaysehool work are specially requested. Entered at the Pestoffice at Homer, Ga., as second-class mail matter. Homer, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 1. We met our geod friend, Hon. H. C. Tuck in the classic city last Fri day- Many a youth has ruined himself by forgetting his identity and trying to be somebody else.—Good house keeping. The fundamental facts of the gos pel must be preached over and over again—constantly iterated and reit iterated. They form the soul and substance of every gospel sermon. The Psalmist prayed, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation.” Would it not be well for ns all often to repeat this petition? A joyless religious life is without power. It is only when our souls exult in God that we can do great things for him. I say you might as well send a man out in the darkness to gather flowers on yon sunnp hill-side as te ask poe try of an age when faith and hobe and charity are rudely thrust aside by the hard, mailed hand of doubt. Yea, the blind man may gather some few flowers as the night.goes by, but he will gather weeds and thistles and poisonous plants as well. We have gathered some few sweet flowers of song py the long, long road that reaches hack to humble Bethlehem, but we have gathered -weeds; much that is worse tean weeds. —Joquin Miller. What grown people keep concealed, children often let out in their sim psii 1! )y A striking illustration of this a| sometime ago in a Sunday scnool. A teacher had been telling the class the story of the rich man and Lazarus, when he asked the question: “Now, children, which would you rather be, the rich man or Lazarus ?” A litfle boy spoke out and said: “I would rather he the rich man while I live, and Lazarus when I die.” If we ar - e not mistaken, that is about the sentiment of a large number of people. They want to roll in the luxury of the rich man while living on earth, and then be carried on angels’ wings to heaven. But the master says: ‘Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” That’s one of the moral impossipilities. “Who are the really great artists of this country?” asks an art journal. Well, it seems to us that the men who make the picture of a third-class summer hotel, built on the side of a dusty road, look like a fairyland palace set in paradise, are really en titled to that distinction. We would also like to enter in the competition the men who can make an ordinary stuffp parlor-car look like a magnif icently furnished drawing-room about 40x100 feet in dimentions. We have all gazed on such pictures when con sulting the time-tables with reference to the summer vacation. But if we had ever occupied one of these cars, we recognized the imaginative power of the artist.—Tribune. There are few accomplishments of greater value than to be able to write in good English a brief communica tion for the public prints. The num ber of people that can do it well is ex ceedingly small. Many men who talk clearly and intelligently seem to become confnsed and muddy as soon as they unaertake to put their thoughts on paper. What is the cause of this fact? Very often it is the result of negligence. The habit of dashing off what one has to say, witnont due forethought or proper care, begets an inability for concise and accurate ut terance. We warn our yocng read ers to beware of falling into this sloth ful method of composition. By an inevitable reaction it enfeebles and otherwise damages the intellectual faculties. Moss. Every thing around seems to be moving on very well at present. Peo ple are picking cotton as fast as they can, for foddering is about over. Mr. Rufus Moss will soon have his beautiful residence completed. Our Sunday school at Leatherwood is not prospering very well at present. I think they have gone into winter quarters before it gets too cild to erect their tents, If you want to be honored by hav ing your name used in public just visit the nearest church to this place and they will take your name at once, for they have men for that business. I saw that your correspondent at Hollingsworth has been tfying to shoot his great gun with his dry powder, but Limberjim says that if he is speaking of him he will say that his powder may he wet, but he always pms shot before it. I thought the census enumerator had finished his work, but I notice that your writer from Hollingsworth was keeping up with all new comers. There is a great many pretty girls about here and The boys look very Jiard at them. Miss Tran Massey is one of our smartest and prettiest girls at Leather wood church. We are glad to have your paper in our home, for it is splendid, and we wish it great success. M. Oakgrove. I saw in your paper of September 24th that your correspondent at Hollingsworth and his friends had been trying to find my home, but instead of finding my home he treed me up a gum stump, and I will as sure him that there is no raccoon up it. He spoke of me signing my name “Limbergim,” but I saw he was ashamed to sign his name, and I don’t blame him. The Hollingsworth writer seems to think he is a cetacevus animal. I will admit he is a staver sure enough from the way he sailes, hut I guess he has caught the influenza caugh from the way he throws out the phlegm, or else he has the morose, that makes him foam so. I noticed that he spoke of having several diseases. I expect he caught them while lying out trying to find Oakgrove. He said he could straddle the gum stump and I don’t dispute it, for I thhik he has the spraddles already. I guess he is the man that swallowed the whale as the old lady said, hut he has not vomited up any thing yet as any body knows of. He spoke about the Oakgrove writ er hearing a noise, that so if he heard any thing it was a noise, for that is about all the Hollingsworth writer ever does. As for the “duck quack ing” and the Oakgrove writer hearing it, I suppose that so for the duck that quacks so never get far away he stays near enough for nearly every body to hear him. I think he roosts down about Hollingsworth. As for getting out, yon know that there is no trouble to get out, especially when the gate is wide open. To see him in his gigantic form he' looks like a gypsy or more like a giraffe he is one of the men you read of. We are glad he has such a stock of religion on hand, but I suppose it is his first, and it is very apt to cause such, as he has not attained a sound mind after such an over gorge. I see he is good in prayer, he had better call on his near friend at Hollishgs worth. Limbergim. A rp. Miss Mary Harrison died last Thursday. Drs H. P. Quiliian and Hardman was her physician. Mr. M. S. Mize has a fine crop of peas. The Gazette is a bout the best paper that we know of. Mr. J. (J. Mize and his children pick nine hundred pounds of cotton a day. He has out eight bales. We had a fine club Saturday night and will have a finer one a month from now. We want all that can to come out and join us. Wo will have an entertainment. All Arp needs is fair weather. The cotton patches are as white as a sheep’s back. Pickett at Homer, Ga. Mr. Pickett, the fatherless and motherless candidate for representa tive of the ninth congressional dis trict, made a speech at Homer, Ga., on Tuesday, September 15th, but he failed to leave any lasting impression on the minds of our people. The most of Mr. Pickett’s speech was a general tyranical abuse of Mr. Winn, our people’s candidate. Mr. Pickett made a general monkey of himself, for he just told one little frivolous joke after another, and put himself in all manner of shapes, and disfigured his countenance by blairing his eyes, etc., which was all unbecoming for a preacher. As I called Mr. Pickett the father less and motherless candidate in the outset I shall hold it good, for this reason: We have but the two parties in this country, so, you see, Mr. Pick ett brought himself into existence as a candidate. We don’t know of such a party as the independent democrat ic party. We frequently hear of it but it does not exist. The so-called independent democrats are nothing more nor less than republicans That is the way we take them in this part of the country. Mi-. Pickett received very little en couragement in our county. While he was cheered several times during his address it was not because he was the choice of the people, but be cause the people had to laugh at his jokes and cheer him at his own ex' pense. W hen Mr. Picket got through with his speech the people yelied for Winn. I think by the time Mr. Pickett gets through with this race he will be picked so clean it will take him about three years to become full fledged, so he will not be in the next race. Mark what I tell you. John Whitfield. Pruitt, Ga., Sept. 21,1890. Cost. I will write once more as it is raining and I can’t pick cotton. V e have nothing of interest going on in our midst more thau D. H. P. Garrison has his gin house about ready for work. He is also going to start a mattress factory shortly.' Dock means business. We have some sickness in our midst. L. A. Patterson has -feve* and several others are sick with nu merous other complaints. Mr. Coker is talking of starting a sausage factory if things don’t suit him. He has the machinery. It is old but it is in good order, and is not for sale. Look out. Cotton looks like it won’t do any thing at present. It wouldn’t matter, it farmers were out of debt, if cotton was a failure. O’Possums are seeing hard times, the boys and negroes don’t let them get a persimmon without hearing a horn or a dog. We are about to stalled in the Sun day school at Mount Olivet. Every one thinks he has done the most for it and lost all the time going. The chil dren don’t wan’t to go on an uncer tainty. It is a pitty. There is a fine opening for a fine school at this place. We have not had a school in this burg the present year, and there is no hope of one. We are like everbody else, if we can’t have a school we can do without. OBITUARY. Rev. S. G. McNcrton was born in White county, Tenn., June 28th 1818, and died at his home at Nicholson, August 20th, 1890. He professed religion July 4th, 1832, and joined the Baptist church soon after in Morgan county, Ala., his [parents having moved there dur ing his childhood when a boy of seventeen or eighteen he came to Georgia where he resided until his death. He was educated at Penfield, Ga. Was fond of study and often burned the midnight lamp in his acquisition of knowledge. After leaving school he devoted several years of his life to teaching, and as long as he lived it was a favorite occupation with him. He was ordained to the work of the Christian ministry on the 26th of May, 1848, and labored faithfully for the cause he loved until failing health forced him to desist. His last sermon was preached at Cabin Creek church, near Nicholson in Jackson county a few months previous to his death. He was twice married, first to Miss Matilda Smith, May 13th, 1847, who died September 11th, 1851, leaving one child, a boy, who still survives him. In 1853 he was again married to Miss Matilda Hayes. Three daugh ters were left by this marriage, Mrs. Oscar Brown, of Homer, Mrs. John J. Strictland, of Athens, and Miss Minnie with his devoted wife to mourn the loss of a kind, devoted hus band, and loving and affectionate father. Thus death has again entered the happv home circle and left a va cant chair, bleeding and desolate Hearts. On life’s battle field he has acted his part well, ever gathering sheaves for the Master, and now on the shin ing shore he waits to greet the loved ones from whom he has been for a short time severed. A few days pre vious to his death he expressed him self as being willing to die, the only regret he had was leaving his family. We know that his life was one spent in the Master’s service and that is far better than any dying testimony. While our hearts go out in sympa thy for the bereaved ones, yet we know that while two sweet ties of love that bound them here have been so rudely severed by death’s frozen hand, there is one more link in the precious chain that hinds them to the better world. May they meet their dear one, by and by, somewhere among the happy throng whose robe have been made white in the blood of the lamb. “A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home, Which neyer can be filled. God in his wisdom has recalled The boon his love has given, And though the body moulders hero The soul is safe in heaven.” Books and Staiiorery. D. W. M'GItEGOR, The BOOK STOEE Athens Ga., Everything on hand in the Line of Books and Stationery. Merchants and Teachers Supplied at Lowest Whole sale Pricee. Invite Your Inspection of Their Elegant Line of Fall and Winter Clothing For Men, Youths, Boys and Children, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Etc. Agents for PEARL SIHRTS. Our Prices the Lowest, Quality of Goods and Workmanship Considered. Broad Street, Athens, Ga. Groceries. W. B. MASON, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS AND Mill!!, - Homer, - Georgia. Druggist. Dr. L. J. SHARP, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGGIST, HARMONY GROVE, GA. XcTmossT Attorney at Law HOMER, GEORGIA. Athens Foundry AND Machine Works. Aiy \A Sy N % S' X* A. F. & M. W. V \ yf ATHENS, - - GEORGIA. FOR CALL OX Clayton Street and College Avenue, Athens, Georgia. THEY SELL ONLY THEY SELL ONLY THE THEY BUY FROM TIIE M a rv u fa c t U HE II s. They Warrant ETERY PAIR. THEY HAVE ONLY v ONE PRICE. 9-10 DEALERS IN General Merchandise, Dry Goods, Fancy Goods uni n nun. Hats, Caps } Hoots aiul Shoes. Ladies % Gents’ Underware Ladies’ Wraps ALSO A FULL LINE OF HARDWARE, TINWARE Farm Implements, Etc. CJall and See XJs AVhen in r 2' , o'Wii. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. C. w. JLIOOJ> Ac SON, Harmony Grove, GTeo. Baggier , Carriages , Wagons, Farm Implements and Fertilizers. IF THE GOUD PEOPLE OF BANKS WANT TO BUY GUANOES OR VEHICLES of any character they would do well to call on CARITHKRS Ac BETTS j DEALERS IN BOGIES, CARRIAGES, QLDBICKORI WAGONS, ROAD CARTS, FARM IMPLEMENTS AND STANDARD FERTILIZERS, Baggies From Upwards. 610 11 Clayton and— Broad Streets, Athens Georgia.