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VOL. IV.
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DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY, * * *
* * * Clothing and Underwear.
Hats, Shoes, Domestics, * * *
* * * * * AND HARDWARE
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HARMON/ GROVE, C.A.,
ANYTHING-EVERYTHING
A GENERAL MIXTURE OF
LOCAL ITEMS.
Soni that Are News ami Some
that Are Not News. Sug
gcstionsand Gossip
How the days grow shorter!
Prof. R. A. Smith was here Mon
day.
Taters and ’posuins will soon he
ripe.
There arc several cases of fever
through the country.
Teachers are here almost every day
arranging their books.
Several teachers were here Satur.
day to meet the board.
Au addition is being made to the
kitchen at the jail building.
Mr. Forbes is out almost every
day pushing sales for his churn.
Nice weather for farm work and
farmers are making good use of it.
Have you seen any frost jet?
Judge Moss predicted frost for about
the 10th inst-
Tax Collector Ragsdale is on the
road now. Look out for him—he’ll
be after you.
The citizens of Homer and com
munity should bestir themselves on
the school question.
Messrs. Erastus M. Forbes and
James A. Dyar visited the Free
State of Madison last week.
If gome good subsbriber will bring
us some new sorghum on subscrip
tion we will be much obliged.
There wig preaching at the Pres
byterian church Sunday morning and
at the Methodist church in the after
noon.
Chickens and eggs arc becoming
scarce and prices are ranging higher.
There is money in the poultry busi
ness for somebody.
At almost every country home
along the road now a pen full of por
kers may be seen. High-priced
Western meat will not be “in it” next
year.
Only a few words in that new ad.
of I.- A- Madden's, but it is full of
meaning. Take “A Handful of Dol
lars” and go see him about it You’ll
never regret it.
Right now is the very best time—if
you will jnst excuse the rhyme—to
lay in wood for the winter, and pay
what you owe the printer
A preacher who has had many
years of-successful work in the minis
try, says that young preachers ought
never to preach longer than forty
minutes.
itipans Tabulci prolong life.
Banks County Gazette.
HENRY BREWSTER,
Editor and Proprietor.
Looks like some of the people in
the large cities who are crying out
for work should get out into the
country. Labor seems to be in de
mand with the farmers.
The season for sociables is ap
proaching and the young people
I arc prepared to enjoy it thoroughly.
Remember that you can get the
Banks County Gazette and the Atlan
at Weekly Constitution one year for
One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents.
Present subscribers may take advant
age of this offer by paying up all ar
rearages. Better take advantage
of this offer now while you may.
There is a great deal of difference
in telling joke on a fellow in a crowd
of a dozen or two and printing it in a
newspaper to bo read by several
thousand people.
There seems to be lull in political
discussions atnong"our home people,
for which we should all be thankful.
It’s a good sign. A happy and con
tented people will not likely take time
to discuss polities. There are other
things more pleasant and profitable
to talk alsiut.
Rev. W. R. Brflhham will preach
here the fifth Sunday in this month
and Saturday before. On the night
of the fifth Sunday he will preach on
the subject of Temperance.
The Gazette was a day late last
week, and came out a little crippled
up this week, but we hope to be
straightened out next. The delay
was not occasioned by the editor’s
getting on a big drunk, for he doesn’t
get drunk, nor by the devil’s staying
out late at night 'posum hunting, for
that functionary long since contract
ed cold while tracing the wily lover
of persimmons and spring chickens in
the dense and marshy bottoms of the
turbid Hudson, discovered the error
of his way, Tepented thereof, and re
solved to ’possum hunt no more. But
the delay;—it was caused by a rush
of legal and other advertisiug mat
ters.
A stock company has been organ
ized to take charge of the Harmony
Grovo Echo. The paper will be en
larged, and an experienced and com
petent manager will be placed in
charge of the business and mechani
cal departments. The present effi
cient editorial staff will be retained,
which is a sufficient guarantee that
that part of the paper will be well
looked after. The Banks County
Gazette wishes The Harmony Grove
Echo abundant success.
fr. V. D. Lockhart thinks of going
to the World’s Fair.
We hear of several weddings re
cently but can’t get particulars.
’When you get married tell some of
your friends to write it up, and send
it in along with a years .subscription,
and a piece of the cake for the “devil”
to be eating while setting it up.
Mr. R. L. Seabolt and Miss D. I.
Dalton were married in the Ordi
nary's office Tuesday afternoon. Rev.
A. H. Stapler officiating, it being his
first couple. A long life of happiness
is wished for the young couple.
Col. Oscar Brown lias regained
his strength sufficiently to be Out
again.
Mr. John N. Ayers, who was taken
sick with fever several days ago, is
still coufined to his room, where the
disease is slowly taking its course.
We hope he will soon get well.
The many friends of Mrs. L. N-
Turk will regret to learn that she is
down with fever. Her health' has
not been good all summer. It is
hoped that the fever will deal ligh ly
with her.
Several young men from Homer
attended a sociable at Mrl'M.'A. Wil
bnnk’s Thursday evening. 'They re
port a nice time.
Dr. Daniel was just 22 Tuesday,
He is the youngest doctor that ever
registered in this or Madison county.
He is one of the youngest doctors in
the state, though he is one of the
best and has a bright future before
him. May Dr. Sam’s birthdays all be
pleasant ones and his troubles little
ones.
We are requested to announce that
Rev. Dudly Crymes will preach nt
Hopewell school house next Sunday
afternoon at half past three o’clock.
Let those who ean do so attend.’
Mr. W. TANARUS, Massey returned home
Monday from Atlauta, where he had
been to see his wife, who is under
treatment for cancer. Their many
friends will be glad to learn that she i g
improving.
Messrs. John I. Pittmau and Ar
thur Wood will start to to the
World’s Fair to-night. The Gazette
hopes they will have a pleasant trip.
Mr. R. I). Stephens returned home
yesterday, from Jug Tavern, after a
stay of several weeks.
Mr. W. L. Furr is rejoicing over
the advent of a fine boy at his home.
There has been a great deal of
hay saved this fall. This will sup
plement the fodder lost by the rainy
weather and help farmers along won
derfully in caring for their stock.
May He who does all things well
look in tender mercy upon the mis
tress of Homer’s hotel, as there are
now boarding with her a Devil, a Doc
tor and a Lawyer.
What does Homer need more than
a school? Echo replies nothing, then
why don’t the people become enthused
unite and do all they can and in less
than six months she will be over
flowing with eloquence from her
young men and women whose intel
lectual capacities are now lying dor
mant.
HOMER, BASKS COIA'TV, GEORGIA: OCT. 12, 1893.
NEWS AND COMMENT.
CULLED AND CONDENSED
FROM EXCHANGES.
Items of Interest; to tlie People
of Northeast Georgia.-The
News of thlsgection.
Gainesville, OctQwr B.—There is
a family of champion cotton pickers
at Pond Fork, in Jackson county —
near the line of Had. The result of
one day’s picking!* is as follows :
Charles E. Smith, 403 pounds; J. O
Smith, 370; B. A. Smith, 307; Russell
Smith, age eleven years, 254; Maud
Smith, nge fifteen yv*rs, 247 pounds,
making a total of 1 341 pounds. B.
A. Smith weighed C E. Smith’s cot
ton together with picking his own.
The bicyclists of our town have re
signed their wheels in disgust and
embarrassment, caused b y the ap
pearance of Perry Anderson (col.)
upon his uni-cycle. Perry has just
passed our office on his single wheel
machine. The nevelly of the thing
is increased by Perry being the in
ventor and manufacturer of the affair.
—Dahlonega Nugget.
The cotton crop in Toxas is re
po r tod to be very short. This may
mean better prices for the staple.
It is positively stated that Dr. H.
H. Carlton will be a candidate for
the next Congress frdm the Eighth
District, and that the dbetor has an
nounced the fact that he is squarely
in the race.—Hartwell Sun.
The yellow fever is beyond all con
trol in Brunswick, ami new cases are
reported every day. The droad dis
ease has mnde its nppa:ance at Jekyl
aud St. Simmon’s Islands. —Hartwell
Sun.
Monday morning, after being idle
a month, the spindles of Porter Mills
began to turn and the pi oe took on
its accustomed busy appearance.
Hundreds of idle employi-es resumed
their labors with much enthusiasm.
The Porter Mills is ui enterprise
which liaß done ’ tnord’A wnbstlfncial
good for the county than any other
in it, and it has proved a most satis
factory investment in every respect. —
Clarksville Advertiser.
A petition with about five hundred
signatures has been filed with Judge
Rudolph, the Ordinary, requesting
that he call an election on tbo “local
option liquor law” for an early day
There is a diversity of opinion as to
the legality of it, on account of an
amendment to the law passed by the
General Assembly at its last session.
The consensus of opinion, however,
is that, the election will not he held;
but the final decision lias not been
made. —Gainesville Eagle.
Many men think that the news
paper men are persistent dunners.
By way of comparison let us suppose
that a fanner raises 1,000 bushels of
wheat a year and sells this to 1,000
persons in all parts of the country, a
groat portion of them saying, “I will
send you a dollar in a short time,”
The fanner does not want to be small,
and sa\ s al! right; so the 1,000 bushels
are gone but he has nothing to show
for it and he realizes lie has fooled
away his whole crop, and its value is
duo him in a thousand little driblets.
Consequently he is seriously embar
rassed in his business because his
debtors each owing him one dollar,
treat it as a small matter and think it
would not help much. Continue this
business year in and year out and
how long would he stand it? A mo
ments thought will convince anyone
that a publisher has cause for per
sistent dunning.—Ex.
From Harmony Grove Echo.
Ihe scuppernong will soon pass
away for this season.
Mrs. P. 0. Pittman has been quite
sick for several days,
What has become of all the silver
change? The lack of it for the past
week lias almost demoralized our peo
ple.
Some of our conlracters are figur
ing on some big buildings to go up in
our town. We are not near ready to
stop building yet.
The smoke stack at the cotton fac
tory will be about completed this
week. It is away up yonder in the
air, and is a nice piece of work.
Judge Stark returned Monday eve
ning from his trip to Chicago, and is
loud in his praise of that magnificent
aggregation of wonders-The World’s
Fair.
J.E. MURPHY COMES ™ FRONT
With a Falf and Winter Stock of Dry Goods, with CHEAPER
prices than were ever before knowrf in this city. Below w©
give a few of them. Read Them and
THEN COME AND EXAMINE.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. shades, at prices to please. fast colors, at 2Jc, worth Bc.
34 huh Henriettas at 2°c, cheap at 25 CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Handsome line of Plain and Ein
-36 inch HenrietUs cheap at 60 Black Cheviot Cloak at $5.90, cheap hroidered Handkerchiefs, ran
-42 inch all wool Flannels at49c, cheap cloak> fur trimmod> * in from 6c ’ t 0 75 °’ rth at
40 inch imported all shades Henrict- H| •* 9J ° nc third raore than marke<3 ’
tas at 87c, cheap at $1.25. atk nmmeil > CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
40 inch imported all shades Henriet- ... * t .* l *,' 6 > 14*13.50. 10
tas at 98c, cheap at $1.35. lan t leaks from $1 SO up to *12.50. # 2Q ; t all woal imported, cheap
40 inch French Sorgo at 98c, cheap 1 goods were bought at half price y F
at $1.35. a,l( * are Be^in g about 11 1 0 same $26.50.
BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPT. wa L sl9 suit, all wool, imported, cheap
36 inch Henriettas at 25c, cheap at 35 CHECK DOMESTIC DEPT. t $14.00.
88 tiZ p "
1 u
40 inch all wool imph, Henriettas at Checks at 7c, cheap at BJc. pants also carried in stock.
87c, cheap at $1.25. SHIRT DEPARTMENT. The celebrated “Mother’s Friend”
40 inch all wool mip’fc Henriettas at „ , , . , , . _ r-. , ttt • j: oe *
98c, cheap at $1.50 Gents white unlaundr. and Dress Shirt, Boys Waists from 35c. to *1.20.
40 in'cli Silk Warp' at $1.25, cheap 39c, sold every whereat 5° tooo. , Overcoats at S3 25 cheao
11t 51.85. 1 Gents’ white unlaundried Dress Shirts Uents u vercoats s ' 3 - a ’ CRM P
SILK DEPARTMENT. . 50c, sold everywhere (JO to 75c. at $5.00.
, . Twenty hundred linen bosom unlaun- ~ ~ . . „. ,
22 inch China Silk, all shades at 50c, dried Shirts at 75c, cheap atsl.oo G<>nU overcoats ftt 3i ’ 90 ’ chea P
24 all shades at 75c, HANDKERCHIEF DEP’T. al S7 ' oo ’
cheap at SI.OO. 50 dozen Children's Hemstitched Gcnte ’ Overcoats at $9.95, cheap
Handsome tine Silks, ail kinds and Handkerchiefs, with borders in at $13.50. *
In my Grocery Department, 1 have many bargains to offer. FLOUR, MEAT and other heavy Groceries, a r e
purchased iu car load lots at cash prices, and in as much as I believe in Quick Sales and Small Profits tho purchas
ers always gets the benefit: I still continue to buy produce and pay cash. SAME OLD STAND,
WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, GAINESVILLE, GA.
Invitation to All.
There will be an all day singing at
Berlin the third Sunday Inst at two
o’clock, will be led by Prof. John
Garrison. Everybody come and bring
your books. N. H. Aykrs.
Proceedings of the Ranks County
Singing Convention.
The Banks County singing con
vention met at Broad kiver Church
September 2“!d, 1893. At ten o’clock
a m. introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. A. J. Cobb, Dan
iel the 2nd chapter 44th verse and
adjourned untill 9 o ( doek Saturday
morning. Second days session met.
according to adjournment and was
called to order by VV. A. Scoggins,
and on motion to read letters and
enroll names of delegates, ‘ Corinth
names of males; G. P. Norton, C. C.
Ward, .J. YV r . Sellers, and Mrs. F. L.
Aery, M. A. Brown, M. it. Sellers;
from Leather wood church John
Preclv, P F Ward, O J Vaughan,
Misses Mary Ward P 0 Vaughn,
11 A Smith; from Harmony church,
malts W E Sisk, J O Logins, C R
Crain, W T Brewer, Misses M M
Sisk, Lorena Scoggins, Ella Goode
Julia Hooper; from Broad River
church, males J B Hooper, E J Coffee
IV T Maxwell, Misses S E Cash,
S E Payne, L C Wilkenson. After
letters were read VV A Scoggins was
reelected president, W T Maxwell
vice president, John Presly secretary
Arranging committee E J Coffee,
VV E Sisk, J F Ward chairman, fi
nance Committee C C Ward, J H
Coffee chairman, committee on nom
ination C C Ward, W E Sisk, Chair
man. Music by l’rof. W T Jones
fifteen minutes, David Thompson
fifteen minutes, recess fifteen minutes
reassembled, music by I P Tabor
fifteen minutes, suspended the reg
ular order of business and called
visiting deligatcs from different so
cieties, Brother Thomas Ghastly,
Prof. I. P. Tabor and others from
Habersham county convention re
sponded, music by (4 VV Sellers fifteen
minutes, C C Ward fifteen minutes,
recess an hour ami fifteen minutes,
reassembled and called for corves
pondcnce from the different commu
nities, heard report of committee on
nomination, We the committee, beg
leave to nuke the following report,
that the Rev. A G Cobb preach the
next introductory sermon of this con.
venticn W E Sisk Chairman. Vol
unteers to the Habersham convention
W E Sisk, G F Ward, VV T Brewer,
P F Ward, C C Ward, E G Coffee,
W A Scoggins, G B Hooper, Miss
Mary Sisk. Called for visitors from
other societies, received none, moved
and carried that this ceuvention be
held at Harmony church uext time of
meeting, music by Mrs. Roper one
piece “Lay me where my mother
sleeps” Robt. Cast ley twenty min
Charley Crain fifteen inin. W T Max
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Of Banks Comity.
wed fiftoen inin. recess ten minutes.
Reassembled, music by G W Coffee
fifteen min. Prof. Tabor fifteen min.
an address was given by Bro. Gastley
music by Mr*. Roper and Robert
Gbastley, received the benediction
by W T Brewer and adjourned
until Sunday morning 9 o’clock.
Sunday morning Sept, 24th, met ac
cording to adjournment, singing a
piece “Over the River” and prayer
by Rev. A J Cobb, music by G M W
Tabor, W VV Biair fifteen min. each,
Robt. Smith fifteen min. D F Thom
ason fifteen min.J II Coffee fifteen
min. recess ten minutes, reassembled
music by Robt Gbastley twenty min.
I P Tabor twenty min. James Thom
ason fifteen min. James A Blair fif
teen min. recess one hour. Reassem
bled, we your committee on fi
nance make the following report $1
for minutes, Harmony GO cents Cor
rinth 25e, Broad River 15c., moved
and carried that this convention
change its time of meeting to Faiday
before the second Sunday in August
instead of Friday before nhe fourth
Sunday in Sapt. music by J A Bor
ders, fifteen tnin. G VV Coffee fifteen
min.J M VV Tabor fifteen miu. Robt.
Glmstley time not limited, T J Ghas
tley gave a very interesting talk about
music and the Glory of Heaven.
We, the representatives from Hab
convention tender our thanks to the
Banks county convention for the cor
dial welcome which ivc have received
in attendance in your convention
T J Ghastly, J A Blair, J M W Ta
bor, T V Gbastley, and others, mu
sic by Robert Gbastley and Mrs.
Roper piece, Shall yon? Shall I?
remarks by T J Gbastley and one
piece of music “My beautiful land"
Prayer by T 3 Glmstley, adjourned
until time stated.
W. A. Scoggins pres.
W. T. Maxwell vice ”
John Presly, sec.
John Coffee, ass’t sec.
The Proposed Compromise.
We print for information the fol
lowing statement of the proposed
compromise of the silver question.
The New York Herald says it has
been signed by bodies of both sides
of the question, but has not had the
assent of all factions and may never
have it. This is the proposition:
Amend the Sherman law by pro
viding for the purchase of 1,5000,000
ounces of silver per month, with a
proviso that when the total amount
of silver in tho couutry should aggre
gate $800,000,000 such purchase
should cease.
Coin the silver bullion in the treas
ury and placo the seignorage so de
rived to the credit of the treasury.
Coin the silver purchased monthly
and pay for those purchased in silver
dollars. Withdraw from circulation
the notes issued under the Sherman
law. Authorize the secretary of the
treasury to issue bonds for *hie pur
pose of buying gold and increasing
gold holdings in the treasury to
*2,000,000.
The full assent to this compromise
of both factions has not yet been
obtained and may never be, as the
administration is bitterly opposed to
such a proceeding.
“Why is He So Irritable?”
This question is often heari ami
nearly as often unanswered.
It is not always remempered, as
it should be, that the occasion of ill
temper and irritability is often to be
found in the physical condition of
tho persons affected. What is the
use of trying to “harmonize” a man
whose liver has gone back on him?
If a man is tortured with rheumatism,
how can he he expedted to be affable
and agreeable? Can a confirmed dys
peptic bo expected to be cheerful and
always ready to toll a funny story?
The only way to remove the dificnlty
is to get at the cause. Dyspepsia
rheumatism, impure blood and liver
troubles yield to Hood’s Sarsaparilla;
this is why it is an effective tran
quilizer, a peaceful messinger, and a
preventative of domestic quarrels.
London, October 7.— Through
War.v ckshirc and Worcestershire the
effects of the coal famine grow more
acute every day. Factories are clos
ing daily because there is not suffici
ent coal to keep the fires going and
thousands are thrown out of work in
tl.is v. ay. The supplies of the gas
companies can last only a few days
longer. Even the farmers are suf
fering and many are compelled to stop
their threshing.
A BATTLE FOR BLOOD.
Is what Hood's Sarsaparilla vigor**
ously fights, and is always victoriou
in expelling all the foul taints and
giving the vital fluid the quality and
qnantity of perfect health. It cures
scrofula, salt rheum, boils and all
other troublse caused by impurej blood
HOOD'S PILLS cure all liver ills
25c. Sent bv mail on receipt of price
by C. I. Hood & Cos., Apothecaries,
Lowell, Mass.
" .. Jliudg
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