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BANKS tOLXTI MiiZTTE, PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY AT HOMER, - - - GEORGIA. HAMES Sc HILL. SUBSCRIPTION: One year .... SI.OO Six months - - - .50 Entered at the Pant office at llomer, Oa v a # eco?ul-claHB mail matter. Communications of any character, whether on business or for publication, should be addressed to GAZETTE. Homer, Ga., Wednesday, Jux.y 29. &The Carnesville Enterprise has changed hands. Brother McCsnnell retires and yields the helm to Mr. Joe Scott, who proposes to make The Enterprise an Alliance journal. The Free l*rress (Winfield, Kan.) says; Wnon you hear an opponent of the sub-treasury bill say it would bo unconstitutional to lend money to the farmers, toll him that it is held to he constitutional to lend government credit to distillers, and that to,day the amount of internal revenue on the whisky in store in the bonded ware house amounting to $00,000,000, is a loan to the distillers for three years. Then ask him why a whisky distiller is so much better than a farmer, and why whisky is better security than corn, wheat or cotton. These are pertinent questions. Jamaica ginger is frequently used by people who desire* the impression to prevail that they live sober, Christian lives, and feel that it is an insult to their good name to intimate that they would be guilty of inconsistency. Hut Jamaica ginger contains more alcohol than the strongest whisky, and aggravates its inflammatory ef fects with an additional and violent irritant. It is almost uneqmled as a cause of uncontrollable inebriety, and should be banished from the bouse and from public sale as a dangerous preparation that, for all supposed useful purposes, can be readily re placed. On one occasion a brilliant newspaper man who had been sent into the country to reform, drank himself iO death with Jamaica ginger. The" Honest, Dollar., There is one everlasting howl made bp the politicians and the party about what they call the honest dollar. Who origiuncod the cry for an hon est dollar? Was it the people? Oh, no. It was a lot. of cormorants who during the war hovered around Washington devising schemes to rob the people. Who secured the excep tion clause, the credit strengthening act and the demonetization of silver, and who engineered the various con traction schemes? Tins was a nice lot of political reformers to cry “hon est dollar,” while at tho same time the were doing all they could to make the people’s dollar a dishonest one. They depreciate the dollar and then began to mb the soldier and the sol diers’ widows and orphans, and by their bold schemes, began to rob the American people of their rewards of toil. Could the tale of woe he told that has followed in the train of cor rupt financial legislation, what a dark picture it would make for the Amer ican people, llow can the dollar be honest when it robs tho laborer of his t.*il. These cormorants have made the dollars scarce in oeder to get more ef the products of the farm and more labor with it, and tiie farmer lias to part with double the amount of produce to buy the necessaries of life with. The laborer has to give more of his labor to pay his debts. Children by the thousands who should he at school are forced into tho fac tories to help to support themselves. This “honest dollar lias vlaced nine million mortgages on the homes of tho people, and has in “5 years trans ferred mpre than half the wealth of the people into the hands of a few millionaires, and has filled the country with an army of tramps. This mix cry and want was not before we had what is now called the honest dollar, hut since we have had it. It is time that the people was waking up to the fact thatjt-his so-called honest dollar is the worst enemy to prosperity they have and what they want is a dollar that will come from the hand of the government free fertile people and in sufficient volume to do the business of the country. —free Press, Winfield, J\au. Our Northern Trip. The Weekly Pres* Association met in Atlanta on the 13th instant in the parlors of the Kimball House. The members of the press began to arrive on the 12th and were taken charge of by the committee and es corted to the Kimball where ample arrangements bad been made by the greatest of evening newspapers, The Atlanta Journal. On Monday evening The Journal gave the “press gang” a ride through the city visiting all the principal places of interest, finally landing at the Piedmont club house, where re freshments of all kinds were served in the finest style. At this banquet there were speeches made full of wit and humor. Hon. Hoke Smith made the address of welcome, and tr,e respond was made by Mr. W. S. Coleman, of the Cedartown Standard. Quite a num ber of toasts were offered, but the Atlanta Journal was the toast of the hour. After the banquet was over we were informed that the governor desired our presence at the mansion from nine to eleven o’clock. Toe Ikjjs turned out en masse to the governor’s reception which was enjoyed by all. Refreshments were served in abund ance, and from the way the boys ate proved that the feast was relished. Tuesday morning the members met in the parlors of the Kimball for business. A large amount of routine work was done, hut the most pleasant piece of work done by the associa tion whs the admission of forty new members. 'There are comparatively few old men on tho weekly press in the state. All are bright, intelligent and conservative men. There are several ladies in the state who have control of newspapers, and they, in this as in everything else, are far in the lead of men in all things they un dertake. About ten o’clock Tuesday morn ing Mayor Hemphill was introduced to the association and gave the mem bers the entire control of the city during tlic'.r stay. He said he had just returned to the city from a busi ness trip and hastened to the meeting to give us possession, but he was in formed that the Journal had antici pated him anil had already turned the city over. He expressed himself as being satisfied. From appearances nothing had gone wrong under the new administration. Just at this time Col. Clarke How ell, speaker of the House, and editor in chief of the greatest morning daily in the south The Atlanta Constitu tion,' made his appearance and said that if any of the hoys needed any money The Constitution would gladly furnish it. The association was in vited to visit the house of representa tives iu a body at 12 o’clock, and to join the speaker in a room across the hall. Both invitations were accepted, and when the hoys resumed work they all felt too rich to ask for funds. At tho appointed hour we proceed ed in a body to the house, and upon the announcement of our arrival by the door keeper the house adjourn ed for ten minutes that the members of both bodies might meet each other personally. After the visit to the house we went directly to the governor’s office where we were received pleasantly. At 5 o’clock the association was again called to order and was inform ed lv that prince of good fellows Mr. S. W. Roberts, the correspond ing secretary, that The Constitution had secured two of the largest Pull man cars the company had to convey the memhers of the association to Washington and New York, and that he had in his pocket free passes for every member that desired to make the trip. When this announcement was made three cheers were given the Atlanta Constitution and Mr. Roberts was tendered a present by tlie association for his untiring efforts in securing the excursion. A few minutes before six o’clock the boys were informed that the cars wvre ready and a better looking set of ladies and gentlemen never occupied the seats of any car. At six o’clock the cars were hitched on to the regu lar through train of the best railroad that runs on Georgia soil, the Rich mond and Danville, and at once those present were enjoying the beauties of the Piedmont region. After passing Lula all retired for the night and when wo rose the next morning we wer* nearing one of the prettiest small southern cities Charlotte, S. C. After passing this point we settled ourselves for a view of the country. The country from Charlotte to Danville, Va., resembles the country in this portion of the state. After an hour’s run from Charlotte we leave the cotton fields and the tobacco section sets in. The people w ork tobacco the same as we do cot ton, and we must say it is a very pretty sight to see a field of tobacco about waist high looking clean and rich in color. The further north the smaller the weed. We pass through many very pretty town in this section, all oi which have more or less manufacturing plants of different kinds. Among the prettiest is Thomasville, N. C. It is built on a high, white sandy ridge, and the houses all look new and neat. The towns are larger and farther apart than they are in North Georgia. At Daville, Va., we get breakfist at 11 o’clock. We would go bonds that that hotel man will never want to feed another gang of Georgia edi tors. It is needless to say that the hoys were all hearty, and got tie worth of their half dollar. Danville is a beautiful city situated on the Dan river, with ten or twelve thousand inhabitants. After leaving this place you begin to strike a poor section of country, the principle pro duct being tobucco, a growth that is ruinous to land. Very little grain is grown here. The mountain sides arc covered with cattle and the railroad track is lined with tanbark The towns are small and built on the banks of small streams. For several tni.es before reaching Charlottesville we see a great many large apple orchards, and the trees are loaded with fruit. About four o’clock we reached Charlottsville, Va., and a stop of twenty minutes enabled us to leave seventy-five cents for dinner. This is one of tho prettiest towns in North ern Virginia. It has a population of eight or nine thousand, within time miles of which is the old home of Thomas Jefferson. The si ate univer sity is located here. From this place to Washington we pass through some of the battle fields where some of the hardest fbirth occurred during the late war. Aufotig the principal ones were Orange Court - house, Culpepper and Manassas. There is yet visible signs of the war all through this section of the state. This is a fine farming country'. It iv a valley land and is very rich. They raise no tobacco in this part of the state. Tlioir crops consist of com, (eighty bushels per acre), wheat, oate, rye and grasses of all kinds. Along here are some of the finest stock farms to be found anywhere. Wheat has just been harvested, and oats just headed. The corn is about waist high and looks as black as a cloud. The people seem to he prosperous and happy, and are willing to answer any question asked. After leaving Alexandria we soon cross the Potomac river and enter the nation’s capitol, which place we reached about nine o’clock p. m. and was scheduled to leave at 11 o’clock for the metropolis. The trip from Washington to Ivew York was made in the night. 1 We reached Jersy City next morning at half past six o’clock and was met by- Mr. A. J. Gray of the New Nork morning Advertiser and piloted to the boat which soon landed osTacross the Hudson. After placing our feet on New York soil we were next es corted to the Metropolital Hotel where Mr. Hildreth, through The Ad vertiser, had secured us special rates during our stay iu the city. It was not long before the toys weroagoing in different directions and viewing the points of interest in the city. Me could write columns about New York, but on account of space we will mention only a few of them. Naturally every one wanted to see the great suspension bridge thaiKon uects New York and Brooklin. We will not attempt to describe it, and will say more that a description could not be given of this wonderful piece of architecture. From the bridge we get a grand view of New York and Brupklin, Hudson and East rivers, Governor’s island and the goddess of liberty. The streets are very narrow, many of them not being more than thirty feet wide. The buildings are tall and handsome. Fiftli avenue is the tine residence street of the city, and here yon see the homes of the niillionheir. Central Park, with her hundreds of acres is a perfect paradise on earth. * In the afternoon we were tendered an excursion to Coney Island. This m a great summer resort, and here the boys availed themselves of the opportunity of taking a bath in the Atlantic. While here we had the pleasure of hearing Gilmore’s famous band play, and witness a representa tion of the destruction >f Pompeii. While in tlie city we visited the Eaden Menze. Here you can see iu wax figures all the rulers of the dif ferent countries of the world, and many other scenes that are worthy of mention, but we have not the space. On Saturday w r e were invited to spend the day at Long Branch, N. J. There are thousands of visitors 8t this place for the summer. Messrs. Hil dreth and Son will make you feel happy while you are at the West End hotel. The place that interested us most iu the city of New York was Wall street. On this street is where all the exchanges are built -nd all the gamb ling is done and many other things, such as the forming of trusts and combines on the products of the coun try. The sub-treasury of tlie United States is situated here, and we were shown millions of dollars stored away in the vaults, a great deal of which is the surplus money of the national hanks. The population of New York City is mostly made up of people of a foreign birth. You can tell a south ern man almost as far as you can see him. We left New York Sunday evening and came back to Washington. The lands through Pennsylvania are very rich, and the towns are numerous. Washington City is the prettiest town in tlie world. Here we visited al! the public buildings and was very kindly shown through them all. It would take too- long to describe them and the different things we saw in the buildings. Some of these buildings have as many as fourteen hundred employees. The nation’s capitol huild’ng is a massive structure, and is alone is worth a t ip to Wash ington to see. We left Washington Monday night at eleven o'clock for home, and there was not a heart in the crowd but that beat with joy when the train pulled out for the grandest anil ltest country that God ever created. A Liberal Proposition. Who has not heard of that paragon of family papers, the enterprising and popular Weekly Detroit Free Press? For a generation its name has been a household word, and has Income a synonym for all that is ex cellent, pure and elevating in journal ism. It is delightfully entertaining without resort to cheap sentimental ism, instructive without being prosy or pedantic. Combining the literary qualities of the expensive magazine with the bright, breezy characteristics of the newspaper, it leaves nothing to be desired bv the average reader. It is looked u)>on as a welcome visitor by every family who reads it, w hile thousands regard \t as indispensable and would ou no account go withoflt it. An enormous circulation of 125,000 copies per week attests its wonderful popularity. Recognizing the fact that there are those who are unfamil iar with its surpassing merits as a home paper, the publishers offer to send The Free Press to them for the balance of this year (five months) for only 30 cents —a club of four for SI.OO or a club of ten for $2.00. All our readers should subscribe xt once. Sample copies free. Legal Advertisement*. Land fur Sale. By virtue of the power vested in us by two mortgages, exeouted by j Ambo Winn, one on the 25th day of: March, 1884, and recorded in Cletk’g office of Banks county, Georgia, in : Book I), pages 102 and 103 on tee 7th day of April, 1884; and one ext cuted on the 12th day of April, 1888, and recorded in Clerk’s office of Banks county, Georgia, in l ook A, (mort gage record) page 277, on the 24th day of April, 1888, we will, on the first Tuesday in September next with in the legal hours of sale, expose to public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash in hand, the follow in'/ de scribed land lying in Banks county, and adjoining lands of Stevia Murry, Mrs. Frankie Lawrence and William Pool; the place whereon Ambo Winn resided in the year 1888, con taining sixty-three acres, to pay the debts and interest secured by said mortgages and all costs; this land lying some six miles from the town of Ilomer with ordinary improvements on the same. Title will be made and executed as specified in said mort gages to the purchaser. Sai<l land will be sold for the bene fit of W. A. Quillian & Cos., beneficia ries in said mortgages, this 29th July, 1891. W. A. Quir.LiAN & Cos. (157.29) THE INGENUITY OF ROGUES. A New Wrinkle in Shoplifting Told bjr R Old Detective. “Tlie ingenuity expended by crim inals in their efforts to get other peo ple’s property, and also to regain their liberty when they are captured, is a constant source of interest to me,” said an old detective the other day “The escape of Shanalmn. the thief who was going up to Sing Sing, is an appropri ate example of this. He unlocked the handcuff that bound him and bolted off to a cab that was in waiting for him. Now, where did he get the key to unlock the bracelet? He was thor oughly searched before he was led out of tlie city prison, and the theory is that a relative who kissed him goodby as lie was about to step into the prison van slipped the key from her mouth into his as their lips met A pretty trick, wasn't it? “Here is another one that came un der niy observation tlie other day : A woman went into a jewelry store and lat down on a stool before the counter to look at some diamonds. She was eating an apple at tlie time. Pr&seiitly tlie clerk missed a fine stone from the trayful she was examining, and as he was accustomed to the ways of shop lifters, lie accused her of the theft. “She protested vehemently at this insult, but a policeman was called in and she was searched. The stone was not found and then the woman began to threaten a suit for damages. In order to avoid an unpleasant scandal, the proprietor was about to offer her fifty dollars, when the police officer prevented him. “lie had been questioning the clerk about tlie woman's actions in the shop and had learned that she had been eat ing an apple when she entered. That aroused his suspicion. Where was that apple? The woman had made a face over it aud had thrown it out on the sidewalk. Then the eierk remembered. ‘Lot her go,’ said tlie policeman, ‘st*e will not bring any suit.’ So the woman went away without any money and vowing vengeance. The poiiccumn sent the eierk to follow her. She was soon joined by another woman, and before long they got into a quiet corner and the second woman produced tlie linif-eaton apple from her pocket and gave it to its original owner. The continued to follow them, and lie told tlie first policennn lie met what lie had seen. This officer arrested tlie woman and tlie apple was taken from tier. Pressed farinto it vfah found the diamond that luid been missed from the tray.” New York Tribune. All Krj l.pisotlo. The young woman who writes liei value and address on the eggs beforr she sends them to market has receiver a proposei. It .came from a man win proposed that hereafter she send strict ly fresh eggs instead of the stale one' she had been* in the habit of selling She no longer counts her chickens 1h fore they are hatched.—Detroit Fns Press. A Month Without n Full Moon. The month of February, IStiO, wa the most remarkable month in tin world's history. January bad two ful moons, and so had March, but Febru ary hud none. This had not occurred since the creation of the world, nnc according to some astronomers the sami thing may not occur again for u porioc of 2,500,000 years.—Loudon Tit-Hits. Morn Powerful Thau Quinine. A medicament more powerful than quinine in counteracting fevers is said to have been discovered in Mexico. It is a plant called the pompoiano, the root of which contains a substance analogous to quinine.—Current Liter* ture. Fnmirure! Do You Need Furniture? —if so— W. W. JORDAN, of Harmony Grove, Ca. f has a SPLENDID LINE of all kinds of FURNITURE, and will sell you its cheap as the cheapest. He has a large stock of Sewing Machines at living prices, and on good-terms. Trunks at cost to close cut that branch of business. Also large stock of Baskets, Satchels, Valises, etc., cheap. Remember he carries a large stock of Coffins and Caskets; also Robes, Shoes, Glotes and Hoes for burial purposes. Hearse free with any coffin worth $25 or more to any place within ten miles of Harmony Grove, and reasonable charges for longer distances of cheaper coffins. TELEGRAPHY Lockhart’s Drug Store MILL FURNISH YOU ALMOST ANY KIND OF PATENT MEDICINE. Blood Purifiers, Tonics, Pills—all Kinds, FURNITURE POLISH, CLEANSING FLUIDS, ~, V ■ • PILE OINTMENTS, 1 lastcrs. and Fine Soaps, Ginger, Pepper and Spice. SALTS AND SULPHUR, Horse and Cattle P(>WI>EHS. 0 SPECTACLES, and Family Medicines of all kinds. Hooks. Character Sketches THE GREATEST BOOK •OF THE TIMES. The Fastest Seller: AND The Best Endorsed. WHAT THEY SAY! Rev J M Ilubbert, D. D„ LL.D., pas tor of the First Cumberland Pres byterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., says: In “Character Sketches” the pic tures make us think of Bunvan’s alle gories, rEsop's fables, and Nast’s cari catures. The took will please its thousands. J. R. Brooks, I). I)., Presiding Elder of the Shelby District, of the West ern N. C. Conference, writes: I have read w ith great interest a number of the sketches in the origi nal and striking volume of Rev. G. A. Lofton, and heartily recommend it to the reading public. Rev Mr Bonner, pastor of the Metho dist Church, Hickory, N C, writes: “I would give one dollar to read ‘Character Sketches’ just one day.” The Knoxville Sentinel, Knoxville, says: “Character Sketches” is a remarka ble book. 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