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BANKS tOLNTV 61EZTTB,
rUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT
HOMER, - - * GEORGIA.
BY THE
Banka County Publishing Cos.
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Ob# year .... SI.OO
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Write the news. Write plainly, arid
give proper names correctly. We will
correct improper spelling, and punclU’.
ation.
Notice* of niarri&aes, deaths, acri
cultural and educational matters,
Cbnrch and Sundaysebool work are
specially requested.
J&ntered at the Postoffice atllomer,
Qa ., at tecond-class mail matter.
Homer, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Valedictory.
I take tliifi method of stating to my
friends and the public generally that
I am no longer connected with the
Banks County Gazette as editor and
business manager.
My connection with the paper and
with the public though it has been
pleasant and profitable to me. I
have lroen treated with uniform
courtesy and kindness, for which I
am profoundly grateful.
I don’t feel that I am “clean goi.e
forever,” however, as I am still a
member of the stock company and
hope to mix and mingle with tho
people of Banks county for years to
come.
In taking leave of tho editorial
chair I can Hay that I love every stock
holder and subscriber and advertiser
connected with the paper.
I havo good reason to hope that
the paper under its present manage
ment will fill a large place in the
homes and hearts of the good citizens
of Banks and surrounding counties.
Yours truly,
Toecoa, Ga., T. O. Rorik.
January Bth, 1891.
Smallpox haw appeared in many
places in Texas.
The truest end of life is to know
the life that never ends.
How much is it worth a year to
have the habit of looking on the
bright side of things?
The five Hill conspirators have
been taken to the penitentiary at
Columbus Ohio.
Thsrs at but three steps to heaven,
out of self, into Christ, into glory.—
Rowland Hill.
One of the hardest tilings man has
to contend with, is to keep from re
venging an enemy.
The most important thought I ever
had was that of my personal respon
sibility to God.—Daniel Webster.
No man ever said a truer saying
than Mr. Gladstone when he said “to
be womanly is the greatest chariu of
Wtoman.”
He who seldom thinks of heaven
is not likely to get there.' The way
to hit the mark is to keep the eye
fixed upon it.—Bishop Home.
The fulton county Alliance is go
ing to organizo a company with
♦lOO,OOO capital for the purpose of
esta dishing a canning factory.
Fight hard against a hasty temper.
Anger will como, bnt resist it strong
ly. A spark may set a house on fire.
A fit of passion may give yuou cause
to mourn all the days of your life.
The other day two revenue prison
era in Fulton county jail were given
morphine tor quinine. Both qjeu
were in a very dangerous condition
for quite a while.
The direct trade, convention will
meet in Atlauta to-day. This will l>e
a meetiug in which every farmer is
interested. The governors ot several
southern states will be there. It is
•aid that European capitalists will be
represented.
A vote on the silver bill will be
siren to day. It is earnestly hoped
hat free coinage of silver will soon
-wine a law. Tyrant Tom Heed
said he would not interfere with
ton passage of the bill in the house.
Some “Funny” Signs.
Under the above head the Atlanta
| Journal, a good old “anti” paper,
' which claims that prohibition is an
| infringement upon the rights of free
men, prints the following article:
“The frequency with which elec
; tions are occurring lately is ‘riling’ the
| barroom proprietors.
“They are becoming satirical.
“The state law compels all the bar
rooms to close on election days,
and during- the past two months
there has been an election on ati
average of nearly once a week.
“The bar room men stood it with
out complaint until last week, when
an election for bailiffs occurred
throughout the state.
“Then they hung out funny sj gnf
in front of their closed doors.
“ ‘We are closed to day cm account
of an election for that moat important
Officer—a bailiff! a bailiff!!’
“Other signs similat/ to this are
seen in front of such establishments
all over the city.
“To-day the regular county election
compelled them to again Otos-j thir
doors. And here are the
signs announcing the fact
“‘Closed on account of our regular
weekly election. N. B. We pay
license just the same.’
“A number of others have similar
signs, all emphasizing ‘on accotyrf of
our regular weekly election.’
“In front of one is the following
expressive sign:
“ ‘Election—Johnny Get Yoti'k Gun.’
“That’s all, but it's well understood.
“And another proclamation w flic a
began:
“ ‘Get your liquor to-day or weep
to-morrow. Regular election, etc.”
The bor-roonis are right in their
complaint. In the name of justice
what right has our law makers to
compel a man to pay for a thing that
he does not get ?
Wo arc in favor of all the prohibi
tion we can got, but we want it hon
estly. We are not in favor of selling
tho barkeeper tho privilege of dealing
out death and damnation to his fellow
creatures and then demand that he
close his doors the days that ho could
do tho largest business.
If it is just ibat he be allowed the
privilege of murdering his brother
and sending his wife and chi'dren to
the poor house or to beggary, then why
hamper him with prohibitory laws
and deny him the right to sell when
ho could do the most hurt?
If it is expedient that the nation
should be taxed millions of dollars
annully to support charitable institu
lions to take care of the paupers
created by the liquor traffic then let
the bar-rooms exercise tho privilege
that they pay for.
We want prohibition, but we want
it honestly. If it is not safe to sell
liquor then let us not license people
to do so. Let us be consistent.
Chief Justice Bleckley, of this state
has little sympathy with those who
do not pay their preacher. In de
ciding recently that a certain church
must be sold to pay the salary of the
preacher lie said: “If any debt ought
to be paid it is the one contracted
for the health of souls for pious min
istrations and holy services.” Tho
chief justice has very correct ideas
about the payment of debts, partic
ularly tho obligations to preachers.
There are a grert many people, lib
oral in other respects, who will not
pay their preacher or for their news
prper as long as they can avoid do
ing so.—Gainesville Eagle.
The Election.
The election last Wednesday passed
off very quitly. There was less
drunkenness than we have seen at an
election in many years. We ure glad
to see that our people are on the up
grade on this line.
The vote was a surprise to many,
but all the men elected will make
good oflieel's, and those who were
defeated are among our best citizens
and would have made good officers
if they had been elected.
There was a great deal of hard
work among the voters at the Homer
precinct and :5T2 votes wore polled.
Asthediy began to wane excite
ment began to rise and all the energy
was brought forward. You could
hear more said about the race be
tween Messrs. Turk and Dyar, for
clerk and Messrs. Henderson and
Scoggins for sheriff. About four
I o clock the news began to come in
j faom the neighboring precincts and
I you could see dozens of men meeting
O’FARR ELL Furniture Dealers and Undertakers, and LEADERS OF LOW PRICES,
the couriers to obtain the vote. The
managers at Homer did not finish
counting out the vote until half-past
eight o’clock and long before this
hour many of the candidates had the
official vote of all the other precincts.
Mr. Henderson was reported to
have 22 majority over Mr. Scoggins
and Mr. Turk 51 over Mr. Dyar.
At 12 o’clock Thursday the vote of
the county was consolidated and the
following hs'ithcTCffnlL.—— m,m
VOTE
SHERI*#.
F. M. Henderson - - 570
W. A. Scoggins - - - 567
B. J. Purcell 16
CLERK.
L. N. Turk - 600
-RTT. f)yar- 7 526
collector. 'X
H. J. David - - - 102&
N. E. Wells - - - 93
RECEIVER.
J. K. Chambers - - - 335
■T. M. Segars - - - 651
Love Martin (colored) - - 127
J. 11. Breaks ... 15
TREASURER.
G. Q. Forbes - - - 412
W. H. Meeks .... 311
iTTrMttiei : —T 210
W. A. Boling - - - . 198
J. R. Eubanks - - - g 5
BUKVEYOin~~" '
li. C. Alexander - - - 426
CORONER.
O. 11. C. Smith ... 517
Joseph ParaonK - - - 126
Job Brock .... 2S
Mo’ris - IK)
"'At tins writing Mr. Scoggins is
.speaking in strong terms of con test
ing the election of Mr. Henderson.
If this you will see the “fur.
fly,” for both gentlemen will employ
the best legal talent that can be had,
iind no stone will be left unturned.
Is It Sentenced to Death?
It seems that the people of the
county have determined that there
shall never be a railroad to Ho.uer.
Why have they done so? Is it be
cause we are too poor? No, our
means are sufficient, and what we
need is will and energy. Build the
road and develop our county. No
county in Georgia has finer water,
or water power. T core are plenty
of shoals in the county with streams
large enough to run the largest of
cotton faetorios.
Oim- timber is the finest on earth,
and is in an almost inexhaustible sup
ply. This ought to be put on the
market and let the owner receive the
profits.
Our farming lands are unsurpassed.
Where is the country that has liner
bottom lands, on which to grow corn,
wheat, oats and all kinds of grasses!
Our uplands are of the finest grade,
and produce more cotton to the acre
than the lands in middle and south
Georgia. There are hundreds of
acres in tho eoun y that farmers can
make a bale of cotton to the acre, and
there would be hundreds more of
such acres if we had a railroad.
Land in the county is worth more to
day than it ever was before, and
there is not a tract of land in the
county but what would bo enhansed
iu value thirty per cent as soon as
dirt is broken for a railroad to Homer.
There is a gentleman living in Mays*
ville who owns land near Homer who
says, that if we will do our duty to
wards getting a road to Homer,
that he will take pne thousand dollars
worth of stock, for said he: “My
property iu Banks would enhance in
value mors than a thousand dollars.”
Now, why not build the railroad du
ring the year and show to the people
of the surrounding counties that we
are not going to bo left behind.
When we build a railroad to Ho
tner you will see peopla here every
day wanting lands, houses and timber.
Our town will grow and have a tine
school, and our churches will be
finished up in the manner that they
should be, and the county settled up
with men of means to develop our
lands, timber, minerals, and utilize
our magnificent water powers.
Did you know that iti the very
heart of the county there is an almost
inexhauslable supply of the very
finest magnetic iron ore. But how
can this be utilized without some
means of shipping.
If we will build the road, we will
see manufactories of every descrip
tion going up, towns springing up in
all parts of the county, property en
baneing in value aud the most pros
perous county and happiest people
in all the land.
j Clothing.
Clothing,
HATS,
GENTS' FURNISHINGS,Etc,
Largest Stock in the City.
Prices to Please All.
When here come and inspect tuv stock.
GEORGE MUSE,
33JE CLOTHIER
38 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GA,
Books and Stationery.
D. W. MGREGOR, 7
The BOOK STORE
V ATHENS, GEORGIA.
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y Pictures.
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v ; 34 Whitehall St,
ATLANTA, - GA..
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AND PLATED WARE,
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with care aud warrented to give natis*
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Op. Ihe college, Athens, Gn.
Mi meg to Joan.
“IXOTIQK!"
Money l o Loan.
Parties waii.ing to borrow money
cheap on farm lands can get it on very
short notice by coining lo see me or
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MAKES,
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Instrument they can find it at our Mus'c House,
and we will sell them at a lower price and on easier terms than any
music bouse in Georgia. Call and see us at
NORTH-EAST GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE,
112 Clayton Street, Next door to Pcst-office,
A-tlieiiM, - Georgia.
Still The Ball Rolls On!
AND THE
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AND I CONTINUE
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