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BUS tOINTV GIEZTTE, PUBLISHED KVEKY WEDNESDAY AT HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. -—BY THE Banks County Publi&liing Cos. SUBSCRIPTION: One year ... - $l.OO Six months .... .50 ~ ""To Correspondents. Writ* the news. Write plainly, and give proper names correctly. We will correct improper spelling, and punclu* atfon. Net ice* of marriages, deaths, acri cnltcral ami educational mailers. Church and fciundaysehool work are specially requested. Entered at the Postoffi.ce at Homer, Ga*, as second-class mail matter. Homek, Ga., Wednesday, Fkb. 25. The prices of iron continue low, but a better inquiry is reported. Dr. J. G. Armstrong is dead. He was on© of the brightest men in Geor gia- * Wesley King and Henry Jackson, colored, were lynched near Bruns wick on las^ Saturday night. Mrs. King, wife of Rev. George T. King a former pastor of the Homer circuit, died at Hartwell, Ga. a short time ago. Itev. Dr. DeVotie, a very promi nent Baptist divine, is dead. In hits death the church looses one of her strongest supporters. John B. Gough used to say that every moderate drinker could aban don the intoxicating cap if he would, and every inebriate would if he could. The great German chemist, Baron Leibig, says that “as much flour as can lie upon the point of a table-knife contains as much nutriment as eight pints of the best beer that can be made." The following conundrum is going the rounds: “Why is a terrier in a refrigerator like a kiss?” We have notseeiyl^^|MH^^HßH| (dog on ice.) Give us a hard one next time.—Dahlonega Nuggett. Says the Albany News: You may kick and grumble and growl and grunt forever, but if you sit down and wait for the other people to work for a town and its upbuilding, you are worth about us much as a frog to your community, and the only thing a trog docs is to eroak. Tobacco Culture Again. Our Cheap corresponeent takes us *t<> task on our editorial on tobacco culture, and says that tobacco never sent a soul to hell. While we believe that it does, we would not say that the use of tobacco barN the gates of heaven against the participant. One thing we do say, however, and we defy contradiction, and that is God would rather have us not to indulge. No on® denies the fact that its use is harmful, and of course it is w'rong to the extent that it is hur .fnl. We do not insist that an equal amount of crime is committed by the cultivation 0 f tobacco as by the distil ling of liquor, but we do assert that it is harmful, and certainly wrong to that extent. Let us take into considrration the cost of the two productions. Liquor costs the United States annually about 85100,000,000, besides what is smuggled and not reported for taxa tion. Let us add $100,000,000 aud make the sum $1,000,000,000, which is awful to contemplate, true, when we take into consideration the un happy homes, the bitter tears and the paupers caused by the trade. But tobacco cost the United States an nually about $600,000,000, besides the amount not reported for taxation. Now add $100,000,000 for smuggled tobacco and millions of dollars for ruined lands, and then, oh, then add the torture of millions of vet unborn babies, the conscqences of the expensive and unnecessary habit, and the ditTcrenoo seems not so wide, so far as cost is concerned. We are not disposed to think that the Bible has no reference to tobacco when it says “Touch not, taste not, handle not,” James Morris, of Leslie, Ga., com mitted suicide at Mcßea last Wednes day by taking morphine. More and more is the weight of scientific testimony growing against the use of alcohol as a medicine. At the late annual conference of the British Temperance league, tho vete ran medical temperance pioneer of Great Britain, Dr. F. It. Lees, read a paper upon “Science and Alcohol,” in which he said: “General experience, which is the foundation of social science, continues to confirm the great truths of our movement. Life is lengthened, disease is lessened, and health is improved, by the prac tice of abstinence; and, on the other hand superstitions about drink and its value are dying out, and light is at last finding its way into high and fashionable quarters. Whether in recreations or in ordinary work, whether in cold or warm climates, whether in buttle or in peace, whether on sea or land, the folly of drinking alcehol, and the advantage to mind and body of abstinence are becoming acknowledged more widely."—Bulle tin. When a young man begins to look round and hanker after a wife he had better consider whether he can keep her up to her raising or not. If he thinks he can then he is safe to in vite her to put her clothes in bis chest, but if she is rich and he is “only tolerable, I thank you,” he had better be careful and go slow, for riches take wings ahd fly away, and if he can’t keep up the old standard it’s a reflection on his capacity. A gcod, sensible wife won’t say any thing on that line, but raesfc every woman has an idea that if she was a man she would make life a success; and so, if her husband proves a fail ure, she doesn’t strain her eves in looking up to him.—Bill Arp. One of the speediest and most effectual methods of raising up votes for the prohibition amendment is through the means of gospel temper ance meetings. A genuine old-fash ioned gospel temperance revival, rightly conducted, would add thou- If men’s hearts are "Set right they, as a rule, vote right. Win a man over to Christ, and you need have no fear of what he will do on election day. Upon the true Christian the stratagems and cunning wiles of the liqvor power have no effect, lie cannot be coaxed or bribed or bullied or deceived into supporting what he believes in his heart to be utterly and wholly bad.— Christian at Work. A distinguished Englishman return ing to his own country, aftea a careful study of American institutions, on be ing asked what he had seen that was most uidike England, answered “The wineless dinner-tables of the great middle class.” Must Carry a Gun. An exchange says that some very strange laws are in existence in Geor gia which, although obsolete, have never been repealed. Looking through an old code yesterday, the following unique statute was found written in the old English text. It reads that no male person shall go to church on Christmas or Easter day, or other days-of public worship, without carrying a gun or brace of pistols, with six rounds of powder and ball, under a penalty of teu shillings. The law also says that the church waiden or wardens must search all persons who come hither that have no arms displayed and see whether or not they are about their person. A failure on the part of the war dens to do this within fifteen minutes from the first appearance of the per son or persons at the church shall make them liable to a tine of fifteen shillings. This law first passed the; General Assembly of the State in 1777 to l>e enforced for the term of three years or until the next meeting of the As bly. The revolutionary war then came on and, after the close, it was made a law in perpetuity under a general act passed, which enforced all statutes then iu existence forever, unless re pealed. This law therefore made during the time of the early settlers, when all such gatherings were in daugcr of being attacked by the Indian, still exists, and our peaceful citizens who go to their places of worship each Sunday unwittingly violate the law of the state and make themselves liable to a fine for same. -t The wardens also "have for years been acting in direct violation of the statute by not searching each ajid every one of the male members of the congregation, and the people <of the state must be careful not to go jto their churches after this without a weapon to defend themselves.—Ath ens Banner. Good Advice to Farmers.. ? The address of Agricultural Com missioner Nesbitt before the State Agricultural society contained a, good many suggestions which ate, wfcll wortn the careful consideration of farmers. The suggestion as to small farms is an excellent one. *l*kere is no doubt that a great many Geor gia farmers cultivate altogether tpo much land. They do too muefr woik for the returns they get. They could farm a much smilier amount of land and get ahead in the world much faster. They would have to adopt the intense system of fanning, how ever—that is, they would have to make the land rich and cultivate it thoroughly. The successful small farmers act upon the theory that if you feed the land it will feed you. And too many farmers give more attention to cotton than they-ought to. Because cotton is what is called a money crop they give up almost all of their land to it. They believe that’ it pays them to raise cotton and buy corn and meat. But if they should tty diversified farming—that is, raise their own supplies—they would never go back to the all cotton system. They don’t succeed well in trying to raise their own supplies because they don’t give the care to the rais ing of stock and grains and yegeta-, hies they ought. They don’t emich their land and make it produce all that it is capable of producing. Mr. Nesbitt calls attention to the farms and funnel's of Dooly county. Are there any more prosperous,farm ers iu the world than those of that county? And they are small farmers.’ They are out of debt and have. Lank accounts. 1 hey pay cash fojjpwhat they buy, and, hence, do. not fuuw to pay two prices. They.ipaiT mpney. They have no occasion to bomhv it and pay exorbitant rates of tmeiifst. Cotton, of course, brings lijOnoy. There is always a market for it. But what does it profit a farmer to raise a crop that brings him cash if thevcost of raising it is equal to what it brings? And many farmers concern them selves more about planting a large number of acres in cotton than about the yield per acre. Is it not better to bring one acre of land to a high state of fertility and cultivation, so that it will produse a bale and n half of cotton, than to farm two acrkio£ poor land that will produce only about half % bale to the acre ? The big plantation should be cut into small farms, and each farm should be made highly productive by the best known methods. In propor tion as the number of small and care fully cultivated farms increases the prosperity of the farmers will in crease.—Savannah News. The Good Work Done. If there is any doubt as# to the good the Alliance is doing, read the following from the Elberton Star. The Alliance of Hart county is not troubling itself abobt local or Rational politics, but has gone to '(Fork in earnest and in a business wayj. to ben efit its membership. Last year nearly every sub-Alliance in the courrty bor rowed money enough to run its mem bership for cash, basing the estimate on an economical administration of each man's family government. As a consequence there were no. unpaid bills to the merchant when the crop was made, except perhaps in cases where the cash did not hoM out. The money was obtained in this wav: Five or six of the best men in each sub-Allianee would make a note for enough money for all. The cash was then distributed to-each member ac cording to his estimated needs. When the crop was gathered the money was brought in by each man in accordance with the trlents he had received, and turned over to the makers of the bank note, who in turn paid off the note in bank. In this way men who were entirely unable to get money from the bank, got money and paid the. merchant cash for his meat and corn. This arrangement instead of damaging helps the local merchant. He gets a fair profit and gets the money as he sells his goods, and can afford to sell for shorter profits because he can use his cash several times in the same season. The most of the guano was bonght on joint note in the same way and at very short profiits to the dealer. The greaest troub’e last year was getting a warehouse in which to store and from which to distribute the guano. The Alliance was compelled to rent a warehouse at considerable cost. To obviate this difficulty this season, they have bonght a choice lot and let out contract for the balding of a coun ty warehouse at Hartwell, which i to be completed by the 20th of. Feb ruary. The money is already in hand for its completion. Just what influence the Alliance has’had on the condition of things is fiarcl t<> toll, but certain it is, that the farmers of Hart county owe less and are in better condition than at any time since the war. Whatever the influence may be let it go oil, for as the farmer prospers so prosper we all.—Gainesville Eagle. A Norfil Wger. There was a good deal of laughing In Rockland the other day over the at terifpt of Mr. Gilman Ulmer to win a bet of $5 that he could take Mr. Or ville Wood'yhog, weiglting 105 pounds, from the pen and carry it on his siioul- Sor to his own home, a quarter of a mile distant. By the terms of the bet, the hog was to be placed upon his shoul ders at the start, but if ho put the ani mal down or lost it oil he must get it back alone. He Started off in good style, but the hog Struggled and squealed and squirmed, and when lie lmd made about, half the distance Hr. Ulmer top pled and fell, hog and 911. lie tried in vain to get the animated pork back on his shoulders, and after witnessing a circus worth much more than the price of admission the bet wus modified, and the animal again.placed on the gritty Ulmer’s shoulders. Again he started off bravely, but he was somewhat ex hausted, and the hog escaped again. This discouraged him and he paid the bet.—Rockland (Ale.) Opinion. He TOTio Laughs Laxt Laughs Best. *: One* of the young Women employed Ip tiie government printing office who resides on Cipitol Hill was near the Baltimore *id Ohio railroad recently ,oa her way-to work when the wind got beneath her umbrella and carried it put of sight In her efforts to capture it her hat followed. There was a man near her, and he just laughed until his sides ached, and then walked along in front of her to the otliee, not once offer ing her shelter beneath his umbrella, lie laughed until he had almost readied the office, and then a blast of wind Wrenched his Umbrella out of Ids hand and ids lmt followed it “And then I laughed," said the young woman in telling the story.—Wasldngton Star. Poison In Mncht-rel. Of all food that rapidly begins to de compose mackerel is perhaps one of the most common. Being cheap and usu ally plentiful whim in fceason, it is large ly consumed. Putrefaction sets ih very rapidly, especially about the gills of this Ash, sometimes almost as soon ns it is taken out Of the water. The poison ous principle that lins been extracted from mackerel is called hydrocollidine, a very violent poison, so powerful that the seven-thousandth part of a grain will cause death in a bird.—Herald of Health. A Curious Fence. Freaks in fenoe building are not un common in New England. Not many miles frypi New Bedford, for instance. Is a, solid fence with u curiously curved upper line, and here and there a num ber painted upon it in white. On ex amination it proyes to be built of the pew doors from a dismantled church.— Garden and Forest. . ** *3 y 4'* * • '• —■ *■ 1 * .X A MosjlileJ llxprcuNiim. Mrs. Wedinhayste (vehemently)- Mr.’W:,' did you say to Mr. Gossyppe tliftt I wfts a Tartar? • Mr. W. (deprecatingly)—l may have done so, my dear, but 1 added that you were the very cream of tartars. —Pitts burg Bulletin. Jiist itiUMi fur ludigntion. Tlie christening or name giving cere mony is always an interesting one,- and many curious stories come to us from the baptismal font. One good clergy man who had been called in to christen a child, the youngest of a large family, stood book in hand before the parents. “Let me see, ” he said blandly, “this is tlie thirteenth, is it not?” “ ’Deed, sir, it isn’t,” said the sur prised father; “it is only the tenth.” It is needless to say the clergyman was trying to recall the day of the •Month. —Detroit Free Press. The Fatten Multiples Telegraph. The multiplex telegraph devised by Lieut. Patten is now working sixteen circuits on a wire running between New York and Philadelphia, a distance of about ninety miles, at twenty-five words a minute.—New York Commer cial Advertiser. Swift’s Specific. s. s. s. To Smokers. Mr. L. M. Geuella, of Vicksburg, Mis*., says that his system was pois oned with nicotine from the excessive use of to bacco in smoking cigar ettes. He could not sleep, his appetite was gone, and he was in a bad fix generally. He took 8. 8. 8., which drove out the poison and made a new man ont of him. Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease* mailed Free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca. SfilS This Space Still Belongs §■?; 1. And if any of the good people of Banks wan* 3 to buy a PIANO or ORGAN or any other Musical Instrument they can find it at our Music House, and we will sell them at a lower price and on easier terms than any music house in Georgia. Call and see us at NORTH-EAST GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE, 112 Clayton Street, Next door to Pcst-office, V lliiMix, - <leorsfi. Boy ¥011: HARDWARE at the lowest prices. We are headquarters for FARM IMPLEMENTS, BLACKSMITH TOOLS, WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAL, Cook aiiitl lloatiug TINWARE, WOODWARE, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Also Agents for EUREKA COTTON PLANTER, Best in the WORLD 1 Call nnd Sec Otir Goods. HARDMAN HARDWARE COMPANY Harmony Grove, Georgia. + M ARB LE ;WO RKB.+ Atlietis, Georgia. MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS, CRADLE TOMBS, BOX TOMBS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES OF ALL SIZES. A LARGE STOCK OF FINISHED WORK IN MY YARD READY FOR LETTERING, ALL OF WHICH I AM SELLING VERY CHEAP. :SGSS A. K. ROBERTSON’S purchase a Monument or 1 "mb Stone. It will pay you to go to the Alhorfa Marble Yard. Correspondence solicited. Hooka and Stationery. RICHARDS & CO. T. S. CAMPBELL, Manage!:. Book Sellers and STATIONERS, AND DEALERS IN Music, Musical Instruments, "and Fancy Goods. Keep on hand a lull liue BOOKS and STATIONERY usually found in a First Class Book Suite. West bide Public Square. 7-21 GAINESVILLE, GA Paints and Painting. Uho E<•o it o I*l y AND PROTECT YOUR HOUSE BY PAINTING, And it will not rot down on you, and the best paint is sold by JOHN L. ARNOLD, No 250 Broad Street, ATHENS, GEORGIA. He keeps always on hand a large stock of the best paints in the city. Also contracts for House and Sign Painting. 11-5-91 If cigar ette smok ing has impair ed your health, Take s, s, s. be come well again. 7 Bottles of S. S. S. Cancer cured. For thirty-five years I was afflicted with cancer ous sores on my face which prominent physi cians failed to core. Sev en bottles of 8. 8 S’ cured me permanently. Am now sixty years old and in perfect health. Hibam Swbat, Orion, Ala. Shoemaking. W. F. HILL, Boot and Slio© MAKES, HOMER, .... GEORGIA. Repairing of all kinds neatly done. ■ ■ ii mmm " ——■— l ————————% Jewelry. A. 8. MANDEVILLE. DEALER IX CLOCKS, JEWELERY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Repairing and Engraving done with care and warrented to give sati6>* faction. Op. the college, Alliens, Ga. Money to Loan. J> T OTICJE ! Money to J I>oan. Parlies wattling to borrow money cheat> on farm lands can pet it on very short notice by coming to see me or writing to me at Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga. J. W. HILL. s.s. s. has cured thou sands of such cases after good physi cians had failed.