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BANKS COUNTY G.IITTE, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. BY THE 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 punctus ation. Notices of marriages, deaths, agri cultural and educational matters, Church and Sundayschool work are specially requested. arg-" ■ , . . —: Entered at the Post office at Homer, Ga., as second-class mail matter. Homer, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 5. The Carnesville Tribune comes to us robed in a neat pink dress. Within the last decade 5,245,530 foreigners have come to this country. One who finds pleasure in making others unhappy doesn’t get his inspi ration from above. Those who subscribed in the spring to pay in the fall are comming up with it in a hurry. Rev. Walker Lewis, of the T :nnes see conference will be transferred to the North Georgia conference this winte® Never believe one word you hear against a fellow man, without the proof, unless you want him to do you that way. A Negro by the of name Key is going through the south promising the darkies a trip to Africa and twen ty acres of land for SI.OO. lie cap tured SBOO. on this ticket in Atlanta the other night. Tom Woolfolk wa,’ actually hanged on the 29th of October. A great many expected that he would escape the gallows, and some of us at least have a feeling of disappointment that he did not. The murder with which he was charged was the most brutal known to the records of this country, except that being committed by every barkeeper in the land who is dealing out poison for pay, but it is by no means certain that Tom Woolfolk did that killing. Thousands of peo ple believing so don’t make it so. Suspicion pointed to Mr. Woolfolk it is true, but no human eye saw him commit the crime, and I would be hanged myself before I would vote to hang a man on circumstantial evi deuce. Had Woolfolk been put in prison we might be better prepared for revelations that may be made hereafter. As will appear in this issue of the Gazette a chartr will be asked for incorporating a railroad from the Northeast railroad to Homer. The people of Homer and Banks county are determined not to linger longer on this great enterprise and as Athens is becoming a city and will have the advantage of a great trunk line before another twelve months, the people are led to the towns on the Northeast railroad would give them and equal outlet to Athens with Gainesville and Atlanta. This road -will be built as sure as the people of Banks county continue in their present prosperous condition. And as to the place it will tap the Northeastern all will depends upon the assistance offered us from the towns along that road. It will therefore be important for any of the towns who desire this puncture to begin to look into the matter early as a rousing effort will be made by citizens, assisted by a land and manu facturing syndicate as soon as the charter is obtained. It is of little importance to the citizens here as to where the connection is made pro vided they have an outlet to the main cities. It will certainly add inmien; dy to the point where it taps the Northeastern as it will become the main town between Athens and Gainesville and will have the advan tage of the garden spot of the agriculture interest in Northeast Georgia. The people about Homer are now moving as they never moved before, as they are backed by men who have money and the ambition to carry out a grand enterprise. What Books Shall I Read ? We have been asked by several of our young friends what books they must read. We warn and one against reading novels at all in youth and not much at any stage of life. A young person reading light trashy literature acquires a taste for that kind of reading, and will come to where they can bardlv read at all any thing that is any acccount. Some plead for the novel and say that we need to read them to rest the mind from heavier reading. That’s what is the matter with us now our minds have had too much rest from reading already. The more one reads good books the stronger his mind gets and the less he needs rest. As this ar ticle is being written for the “rank and file” the common people and not for the educated, we suggest books for beginners. Among the small but immortal books wo have read are: •‘The Man of Galilee” and “Girkie’s Life of Christ.” After that lives of great men, especially great reformers as Wesley and Calvin. No literature forms character so fast as the history of the lives of great men. The his tory of religious movements, and es pecially the history of one’s own church must be studied. Books of travel as Marvin and Hendrix, a round the world. No man is educated who doesn’t know the history of his own country. To have a thorough education one must know something of all history. Now if you will select your reading matter and read, you may become educated whether you ever see inside of a college or not. Banks County And Its Wealth. Banks county hovering, as it does, under the shadow of the Blue Ridsre, is just now coming to be known among the mighty counties of the state. The FARMING LANDS are attracting the attention of this whole section. Craps never fail here. Our lands stand a drouth, so that a very good average crop is made here the dryest kind of years. Hundreds of acres in Bauks will make a bale to cf cotton to the acre this year. In some places two bales to the acre tire being made. And then, we have an inexhausta ble quantity of TIMBER. Pine, oak and poplar is being shipped out of Banks county to vari ous parts of this and other states. New and large school houses and churches are being built in every neighborhood in the countv. We think the county is making more sat isfactory progrsss in this department than in any other. But best of all we have a good native CITIZENSHIP here as can be found on earth. The people are clever, honest and indus trious, and there is a great future for Banks county. The people are be coming more united, and understand ing each other better, and are exer cising more feelings of sympathy and charity for such other. We are jubi lant over the fact that day is break ing over here in Banks. Harmony Grove. Esquire Washington J. Burgess, of David’s district, was in the Grove Saturday before last. Capt Robt Hawk, the efficient mar shall of our town, returned home Friday afternoon, October 31st from a pleasant business and pleasure trip to Oglethorp county. Mr. Frank Rhodes, one of Athens’ most popular drummers, was in town Saturday before last. Captain A1 Bennett, of Apple Val ley, Ga., was in town week before last, circulating among bis host of friends. Captain 1 Bennett is conceded to be one of the very best politicians in Northeast Georgia Messrs John J. Pittman and Alvin C. Appleby have both withdrawn from t he race for clerk of Jaek.on Superior Court. Their withdrawal now only leaves two candidates in the field, Messrs. Geo. D. Bennett and Thos. H. Niblack. This will be one of the hottest races ever known in the his tory of our county. ’Squire S. A. Langston, of Bold Springs, Ga., was in the Grove Thurs day before last shaking hands with his many friends. Miss Clara Garrison,' the belle of Gillsville, was in the Grove week be fore last on a short visit to Her friend. Miss Ida Bohannan, of our town, Miss Garrison has a host of friends in our town who always welcome her arrival in the Grove with great pleas ure. There was a regular exodus of the average town and country darkey from this place and vicinity on last Thursday, October 28th, at which time Barnum & Bailey’s “Greatest Show on Earth” was to have exhibit ed in Athens. Several of our most promineut and pious white citizens also went. They only go, however, in orber to “let the children see the animals.” Misses Esther and Myra Gunnels, two charming young ladies of Oxford, Ala., returned home week before last after'a pleasant visit to friends and relatives in Geoigia. During their visit to our town, these young ladies made quite a of host friends bere,all of whom greatly regretted to see them depart, Editor Alexander, of the Age, spent week before last with friends in Alabama. During his absence Claude, the little eleven year old son of )Mr. ffm. G. Alexander, did all the typo graphical work on the Age, and in addition thereto set up the job and printed 12,000 election tickets. We challenge the entire state to produce Master Claude Alexander’s equal for industry and intelligence in a boy of his tender years. Now is the time to put in wheat and fail oats. Every farmer should sow oats an intervals all through the winter. In that case a part of the crop would be almost sure to hit and some years all of it. He who has several strings to his bow has a decided advantage over one who has but ore. If we had a hundred acres to put in oats we would sow some in September, some in October and some in November. And then be ginning in January, we would sow on up to the middle of March. The best oats we ever made were sown in March, and the next best in Sep tember-. Hollli 11 gs wor th. Jim Chambers is the boss cotton picker in this section He claims that himself and another hand can pick a bale in two days. Smart boy, girls. The Sunday school at Harmony church has about rained out. I guess it will freeze out if . A. R. Gailey has a fine ten pound boy at liis house. The othei night a thief entered an out-house and stole some tobacco from Mrs. Gailey. She barred and locked the house, the thief came and found he was locked out, but he was bound to have some tobacco. He went under the house and raised up the floor and got all he wanted There lias been a good deal of pilfering go ing on in this section of late. If they are not careful they will get a job at Colonel J. M. Smith’s Gathering and shucking corn is the order up in this vicinity, G. W. Dooly,—yes, it is a fine boy and G. W. has a pleasant smile on his face. Will Motes had the misfortune to get his house and contents burned up about two weeks ago. The loss falls heavy on Mr. Motes as he had just started in the world, but the good people of this vicinity are helping him very liberally to restore his loss. Mr. Dave Scales’ team ran away with him last Saturday, demolishing his wagon. No other serious damage. Your correspondent visited Mount Airy last Saturday and spent the night very pleasantly with Mr. John T. Payton. He knows how to treat a friend to make him feel pleasant. Your correspondent was in the vicinity of Ilotner a few days ago, and met several of the readers of the Gazette, and they said that they were getting very tired of so much slang as “us fellows” have been writ ing from this place and Oakgrove. More anon. Greenwood. Things around this place are getting along well, though people are badly behind with their work in this section. People are gathering their cotton rapidly, hauling it off to market and paying their debts. The editor with his family spent Thursday night with Bro. J. M. Har mon. Bro. 11. is a good man and an industrious farmer, and his children i eat no idle bread. His daughters are ' splendid dress-makers, and can get 1 as nice a meals victuals as anybody. 100,000 100,000 DID YOU EVER SEE A STOCK OF Dry goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats Shoes? Trunks? Valises, and Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Underwear, THAT COST l||f| : • If not, visit our large three story building, packed from cellar to garret, and be convinced. Our Prices on Dry Goods and Notions Lead the “LEADERS OF LOW PRICES.” Our stock of Clothing, in quality, style, fit and prices “BEATS THE JEW” WAY fONDER. We make ONE THOUSAND pairs Shoes daily, for Men, Women and Children, TO PRIOE THEM IS TO BUY THEM. J. G. Hynds’ Manufacturing Cos., 12-31 GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. New Store! New Furniture! W. W. -S ORI >A TV OF HARMONY "GROVE, GEORGIA, Wishes to announce to the public that he has moved into his new iron store and has a very large stock of' FURNITURE of all kinds, consisting of SUITS, BUREAUS. BEDSTEADS, SAFES, MAT HESSES, LOUNGES, CIIAIRS, ETC., ETC. Do you need a trunk? If so you ought to see W. W. Jordan’s Mam of h Stock of them. I also carry a good stock of Sewing Machines, Machine Oil, Needlca and parts for all machines. I also carry a line Stock of Coffins, Caskets, Burial Robes, Gloves, Shoes and Hoes for Burial purposes. Call and see my goods and see how cheap I can sell you. Remember the Iron Store. W.. W. .JORDAN. Do You Want to Make Money? Important to Farmers FOl'B VRUBLE m HIGHLY USEFUL RECEIPTS Almost, Given Away. ONLY ONE DOLLAR EACH. 1. Certain and Speedy Cure for Bone Spavin; a SIOO.OO Recent for SI.OO 2. To increase the Flow of Milk in Cows, not at all detrimental to the cow or milk ; a $75.00 Receipt for SI.OO. 3. The Great Secrets for Trapping Foxes and otlie game; a $75.,00 Receipt for SI.OO. 4. Much Butter from Little Milk—how to obtain; a $50.00 receipt for SI.OO Address and remit to 12-31 E. SCHULER, Athens, Ga. YOU C VINTVOT MAKE A Mistake if You wish to in i ® iif Minis ns i -at, IF YOU CALL ON US, AS WE KEEP THE LARGEST AND Most Fashionable Goods IN TIIE STATE. J. J. C. ATRIA HA IV & CO.. 1-15-91 117 Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia. WE SEIiL Open and Top Buggies, DOORS, SASH ™ BLINDS. T. FLEMMING & SON ATHENS, GEORGIA. CHM. STERN & CO. 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 SHIRTS. Our Prices the Lowest, Quality of Goods and Workmanship Considered. Broad Street, Athens, Ga. Clothing. Clothing? H ATS? GENTS’FURNISHINGS, Etc. Largest Stock in the City. Prices to Please All. When here come and inspect my stock. Geo Muse, THE CLOTHIER, 38 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA., Pictures. CWJotes ARTISTIC. Photographer 34 Whitehall St. ATLANTA, - GA. Lawyers. PM. EDWARDS Attorney sit Law HOMER, GEORGIA. Money to loan on three per cent, commission, and payments made by installments. "j. W. HILL, Attorney at Law JEFFERSON. GEORGIA. K. L. .1. SMITH; ATTORNEY AT LAW, Harmony Grove, Georgia., Will practice in Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Madison, and adjacent coun ties, and also in the Supreme and Fed eral courts of the State, Will give special attention to collections and make prompt returns. 0. R. FAULKNER, Attorney at Law BELLTON, GEORGIA. COLLECTING A SPECIALTY. A C M OSS , At torn ey at La w HOMER, GEORGIA. Doctors. V.B.LOCKHART, PHYSICIAN, HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. Dr. A. H. Stapler, HOMER GEORGIA. Special attention given to Surgery Obstetrics and Chronic diseases of long standing. Druggist. Dr. L. J. SHARP, WHOLESALE h R TAIL D R UGGIS TANARUS, HARMONY GROVE, GA.