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VOL. TWO. TUy 4'oxtvmvL C-ti'icfrl Orgar. ox Hunks County. f 1 wwr.-r.tir.vi••* •rrwir'.rrv. xm*.w4^CTir.avjmwrßnqiipwiW fis\. J?UI- i,?.SHBP THTT BSP ATT • 50 Crs. Per Year. S:J?'. - rsj>i£*>n 5-a .j. .bc. Locals S Cent a r*©j? 2(ix> First Insert 1 ion 3Jao\r Addition-.!. 5 Cents. • ifiutered as H.-eond (Basil Matter at tbe Homer. Ga., Poet Office. (fao. Bartciii - Proprietor. wa: ds, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOMER, GEORGIA.. ("Viii practice iu all the Courts o'-'tlip Western Circuit. OSCAR BROWN, L A W Y E R. Homer, Georgia. Will Rive special-attention to ad mo lustrations, etc., and do a general pfaetica in Banks and adjoining coun ties. Will loan MONEY at 06 per cert, per annum. G. W. BROWN, D'VVVG' Ma.vsvs!ie, CJeorsin. WiLl do a general practice. Collect ing a ‘ ini' inilv. j. L.. BITCH, A"j TOPi N£Y AT LA W, Jefferson, - Georgia. Will |,nc;in iti .Taekain, Clarke, Hal!, [Ut.kb, Franklin, Malison, and y\ i-i'uvt in tha western circuit. HOV- c-standribgz. A'i .ORNEY AT LAW, LL V* V 1 > • <*„ C 5 ♦*>*• gScX. ij 1 1 \ AUA JU, DENTIST. Hatniotiv Grove, Georgia. DR. A. IL STAPLER, EJonicr, <*eoifgia, Fpeei.'-l attention given to surgery, obiftenk-s and cbtoirc diseases of’long s •ftli'dr f. NOTICE! ti vGtler slf, ISSS. A i’.er : os month to notices ot any kind v ! i be inserted iu ibis paper without she lublieation ices in advance MONEY TO tOAN In fintns- of S3OO and tip-sards on less :oißmk : ’.on than any man in northeast Georg’s. P. M EoreAt'.i'S. 52 Sm. Ordinary’s Court, First Mondays in each month. T. F. Hill, ordinary. 0* W. Hood &Q!Hj HARMONY GROVE, GA. DEALERS IN \ vvvvwV'v - U*Qv, u A It-. £,-r. Line of Hardware, Tiawaie, Crockery and Glas ware, Family Groceries, Flour, Meats, Etc. a<-" • • s.-ojk if Conp': its and wo are folly prepared to satisfy our Cas_ ii, reboot to f yit ’ and Qualities. i Tfryt ■ ■ ;;; nld for pdres for I' alow any ever made in this or any other MAR.K& ’ SM NORTHEAST GFOR.GIA. Bescr# to Call and sen b t :“:e -mro.iasiug HssTac oldest Firm in this section. ID r] t f ri m,fi p -111 m pi?* i< |ii ijS|jl 1111 if 1111 (jm V. D. LOCKHART. P H Y SiCI A N, Kosimt, (iiettrttia. Officers Eleulxs Fori'alo At this (Jfticc. Ail kinds. McElree*a Wlnz of Cardui and TKEDt-CBP’fi BEftCC-PltflUCiHT are for sale by tks following merchants in iiankr ana acqoiuutg CA uuuos: .). E. Btepkens, Homer. W. T. Dnv’Hi, Jewellsvilie. George "Wiley, Jawolisyilie. Charles Surest, A. Ir>o. J. Lea Legnmd, Cramer. A N. Bellamy, Walnut Hill. Ilatebcook and Cos., Harmony Grove Power and Wiifcrd, [Turraonv Grove B-vngh and Biother. Mavsville. J. 0. Sims. Apple "*aiiev. J B. McWhorter, Fort Lamar. gojcnX Items. The Wrol Cards that have been running two miles cast of ib mer by the Haulorook Bros., have now been moved and overhauled and put in good running repair at Maysvilie. All those having wool to sard, anr] to our cos tourers, we rsspootfu!ly solicit vonr pa tronage; oar Machinery have been ov erhauled and we are prepared and guarantee to turn out as good, neat, and sh cleau work as dono in this section. 20 2w. Planty of Cotton Bagging for sale by C, W. Hood A Sob, Harmo ny Grove, Ga. 20 tf. Try BLACK- D RAUGjjT tea lor .Dyapcj^ia. Sunday ws cool and pleasant. The woods are overladen with inuskadines. Superior Court winding np Fri day made Saturday a dull day. Superior Court convenes in Carnes ville this r/eek. Dr. Lockhart has had the front of his dwelling nicely painted. Mr. J. TANARUS, Harmon is visiting his father’s family. 001. Enites and wit* ot Qainestifle, spent several das in ! owo last week. Alaoh local matter aua communica tioas are crowded ont this Week. Col. Oscar Brown now wears a fatherly smile ou his face. s Tis a girl. v Profs. Walker ot Harmony Grove Academy, gava the Jouraal a bus iness and social call last week. The eqinoetial rains ot Monday night, succeeded in damaging sev eral bridges in this county. “BUevoled (to aS;o Bw*roi of Jjprvts: iloixmcy.*’ HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 2. 1889. It U predicted by come of tat old landmarks, “a heavy persim nifeti crop moans a severe winter, and that so in any fogc in August moans so many snows.” The Old Reliable hiaj. Pruitt 0 1 the Athens Banner, wus in town in the interest of his paper. While here ho gave the Journal his usual pleasant call. LT. Stapier performed a surgic al operalioa on a mule belonging 10 Mr. Horfon Blackwell, Saturday morning. A large wind, was taken from tine of its lags. Prof. Briggs’ school at Silver Shoals, closed Friday night with an exhibition. Several from this place attended and report the exercises “moderately fair.” The congregation at tko Baptist church Sunday morning, was large. Rev. L. J. Duncan tilled the pul pit and delivered an interesting sermon. Malarial p. Rons can r>3 entirely re moved Iroui ihe system by the use of Ayer’s Ague Cur.-. Tots remedy con tains a specific, ia the loan ot u vege table prodnol, used in no other Ague p epaiation. Warrsri ed. Capt. Napier of ihe Waltoa News, Monroe, was in town last week. It was our pleasure to make his acquaintance. Mr. Napier is a gentleman of pleasant address aud refined qualifies. A bale of cotton wrapped in cot ton bagging, was sold in town Fri day, by Mr. W. T. Cochran for 10 l-sth cents, Mr. Garrison was the purchaser. 31 r. Cochran says lie lias 24 more of the same sor . Several ol the grand jury com plained to tiie ifdinary aad pub lisher after their adjournment, that they wanted the “Presentments’’ published. They appear on 3rd. page ®f this issue. Col W. L- Telford of Gainesville, attended court last week. While calling on his friends he did not for get the Journal ollice. Mr. Telford tells the publisher ho has a line boy added to his family since his re moval to Gainesville. BsyaU.CK-DRAUGS-S'ir tea cures CongtipaUpn. (•Oioinin, iu tun tiiuyu, corrupts aud v, nominates every tissue and fibre in the whom body; bat whether appear i ,g in the form of swellings, eryspalas or running sores, tha ma.ignaat pois ons of this disease are copktely eradi cated by the nas of Aver’s sarsapaiiila. ttarWINE OFCASDUI, a Tonic lor Women. Col. R. B. Russell gave the Odd Fellows of this place and the visiting members, a nice talk at their hall Thursday night. Mr. Russell is Grand Master Odd Fei low of this state; having succeeded Col, Brant, deceased. The Singing Uutiveuuon at Mt. Pleasant was well attended on Sunday. The house was packed with nice orderly people and the music was ali good. That rendered by Profs. Camp, Vaughan and Pen nington, was exceptionally line. McEIreaUWNE JpF CARDUi for female diseases. The grand jury* recommends that the ordinary assess a tax of 50 els. on the hundred dollars for county purposes. This, added to the state tax, will amount to 00 cents on the hundred. Truly the work of itie tax-gatherer becomes greater and the people mourn. McEI.REE’3 wThE OF CARDU! for WesUt Ncrvea. ■■£rfi?MMaaka9BManMamraaßaaMaa _ A good deal of cotton will be picked this and next week. Some of the pickers complain thfil the price—do cis. per 100 lbs., is 100 iow. Last waek's quotations were 10, 10 I-SO, 10 1-S and 10 3-Sth These quotations are the premium, and if would be well with lhe far mers to get their cation on the mar ket as early as possible. For repairing the Baptist Chinch in the town of Homer, will bo receiyed from this time until the sth ot October. Plans and specifications can be scan at nry office. The contract will be let to the lowest bidder. The work to be completed by the “2nd of November Committee reserve tr.e right to reject any and all fids. V. D. Lockhart. Tha Oiueiui oi Jn-ij. F. Willis took place last Thursday evening. The gathering was large. Tha sorrowing, weeping relatives and friends present cd I*. heart-rending scene. Sonia were so sure aflect’-u as to fahit and sum noon medical aid. Mr. Wells deliver ad a short eulogy over iho body, after which the coffin was opened and a last look given at the psdid face ot a young man wrapped in death; then the lid was tightly closed and the remains interred at the P.esbyteriau Ceuieiery. The congregation was no! as large at the M- E. Church, Sun day night as it would have been, was it known lhe pasfor would bo present to preach the sermon ko did, but nothing more than a meeting for prayer was expected. Those present were deeply interest ed and gave the sermon strict ai tendon. The evening was cool and pleasant. Rend the large advertisement of Harmony Grove Academy on 3rd. page of this issue. Profs. Walker have tliis school in charge/ they have employed an aid® corps of ioachers in all the branches taught in high grade schoels, anil are de termined to make the academy one of the ablest institute's ol learn icg in this sekion. Banks should remember when sending off to school, she has a neighboring insti tute worthy her patronage. The Profs. Walker are graduates. Several new names to the Jour nal lust week. Among one of them a subscriber said, “you have dime something nobody lias ever done—inn a papei in Homer, How do voa set the Bfws? The Jouraal is che j p and contains so much good reading. It is well printed.” Wo told hint we had access to the daily Cens'.iintioa, and the two Athens’ dailies anil all the weeklies of this section, and were mak mg arrangements for the Savanah Morning News, and expected to wind up with the Atlanta Evening Journal ami the Augusta Morning Chronicle, arid perhaps tbe Louisville (Ivy J Cou rier Journal. The Union Sunday-school was not largely attended Sunday morn ing. This was due te the baptizing of nine converts to the Baptist church af this place. They were emorsed in the Hudson. Prof. Al exander's Bible class was the only one present. AfewofThe mam bers were absent, but the losson was recited extremely well. The Ki liDg or Becj. P. Willis. The particulars of theki : liag of flea F. Willis, wfc'A] tvsb noticfd in last ism#,' are briefly as fcllovrw, Roht Morris, John Morris, Bac Willis, Jas Willis, John Gronshaw, and Charley Wilson, were together at Homer oa the afternoon of Tuesday, ar.d being neigh hors and friends, they started home to getler after dark. They had not pro- ceeded moro than a mile or u Llu u Bohr. Morris and Ben Wild* Re hi on engaged in a dispute of a trilling na ture and of no imports nee, but non. of them being somewhat under the inilti slice ot liquor, it to a ‘ui- t an i skull *’ fight. They were separated 1 y friends, ami it was thought to bn sst tled. But (about ten minutes after the fight was over, Morris again approach ed Willis and fired a No bS Calibre tdaioi at him, the ball taking eif'oct j.i the left side, passing through tu heart and entirely through the body ami lodging under the ninih lio uu me right side. The shot produced almost instant death. T no body was reraov ed by Mr. Raymond EmumU no to his house, wheie an inquest wan hel l tbs next day by Coroner Soiiih and a ja < y of six men. Alter a full iavs t q.ni. a of all the facts aird circumstances con neated with tbo cause, the jury .eitim ed a verdict ji “murder in Urn first de gree ’ Willis was a young man of about 25 years ei uge. Morris i, about 'J.i. The wri er was not acquainted wuh either and has no comineula more than it is the duty of the law to have its course and he protected in having Mor ris brought to justice at cave if possi bly it can be done with safety to ail law-abiding people of a civdM-d, mor al, peaceiul and religions cah manky. Hie following among others were the eases dirp-iaed during the pnsjat term ot the superior court or ijanitt Court Proceedings.—W J. L and vs. T. M. Daniel—attachment; verdict for p!ft. M. N. Mitchell vs. Saliie Mitch ell-—libel for divorce, verdict for pi if. H. 11. na’e, agt. for iiomr-iond, hc!) i Go., vs h J. Hatnpiia, L U. n*ibrock, garnishee, complaint on act., verdict for plff. Comer and Carr vs 3. C . ■-> >or, foreclosure ol' mortgage, uo dates re The siate vs Wait McKie, burglary, plea cf guilty to itiro&uy irom the heu : it. J. Blackwell vg J. N. Gnu sins and k. L. Boyd, foreclosing mortgage, n., defenso. Green uayden vs Harriet, nr den, libel for diyorco. stricken out. T.F. Hill, ordinary, etc., vs Jas W. Rucker and others, debt etc,, verdict, lor p!ff. R. IL Harden ys iircry Bor ders, appeal withdrawn. W. i. Pika vs. VV. G. Hill, complaint, plea with drawn. W. 1. l’ike, W. L Tailors, and W. C. Mariei vs W. C. liiti, no defense. W.L. Lord vs T. M. Dan iel, complaint, verdict for plif. Rachael n. Perkins vs Wdiirtn S. ilarda, emu pl.eiat, no defense The state vs Wane Bush (c01.,j assault with iutent to kill, nol piossed. W. S. Massey vs Mas sey, bill lor cancellation, retraxit. The stats vs Floyd Byron, verdict not guii ty. The state vs Robf. W. Harris, Jack Bennett and Root. Bennett, riot, fettled. The state vs Heison Little (c 01.,) assault and battery, verdict ot guilty. The state ys aeorge Gibson, disturbing public worship, verdict nut guilty. The state vs Sam' M ze, mis demeanor, p’ea of guilty. The state vs. Lafayette Meeks, misdemeanor, plea of guilty. Ttu state vs A L Put man, miademesnor, plea ol guilty. Ths Ameiiean Freehold Land Mortgage Cos. ve F. M. Jordan, .John F. Mosr, claimant, retraxit. JP. F. M. Furr vs. Win. Holland, appeal, verdict (or plft. M. L. Armour va YVliliaaa Armour, libel for divorce, verdict for pllf. Mar tha M. Pool vs Flora E. Terrell, at tachmeut, verdict for plff. g. A. Slow vs. George Aau Siow, iibsi tor divorce and verdict for plf’f. The state v r.es Isy bouse, horsa stealing, plea ty. guil ty, seateueod one year to cnam gtug. state va. Maj. hill (c>.l ,) iaicatiy from the house, so bill. Toe state v„ tijt, at Moss and Chastain Garrett, assault with inteut to murder, settled. The stats vs Baker Moae, assault with la tent to murder, settled. a.orge Devon vs Lena Devon, libel lor divorce, ver d.ct for plff. A ' > 'I