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VOL. TWO.
The iMlcc'lUp Mcmu.iu.
C’f.f.icial Organ aif BtrnJts Con -tty
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p. M- EE WARDS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lIOMEK, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the Courts
of the Western Circuit.
OSCAR BROWN.
L A W Y E 11.
Homer. Georgia.
Will jr’ve special attention to ad
ministration*, etc., and do a general
practice in Banks and pujoiriintr 1 oun
ties. Will loan MONEY at C 6 per
rent, p r oiiDiin),
G. W. BROVVN,
C vU .-GYYAJ.. 0* y
MH.vevi3ie, (*eorsri.
Wiii ee a general practice. Collect
ing a specialty.
V. U. LOCKUA.KT.
PHYSICIA N,
<fp*:r*s:i** •
J. I. BITCH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Jefrer.-i i', - Georgia.
Will practice in Jackiion, Clarte,
Jiall, Banks, Franklin, Madison, ami
ail the court* in the western cirenit.
~ L. J. 8 HAUL,
PHYSICIAN & DRUGGIST,
Harmony Grove, Ga.
Dk. -E F. ADAlli,
DENTIST.
Harmony (Hove, Georgia.
j >IL A. B, STAPLER,
IBoMiev, ttcorgia,
Special attention given 10 surgery,
cbstetiies and chton’c diseases of long
landing.
Ox-dirtarj’s Court,
First MoccUvo iu each mmuh.
T. F. Ilill, ordinary.
Snpairiov Cani't,
Third liouiiayb iu iUaich and Sep
ten; her.
Churches*
Presbyterian Unuien, services 2ad
undoy iu eaci.r luouth, . b. it.
Cartledge, 'pastor.
Methodist Chmcb,services Ist Sunday
io each month, and Saturday betore,
lie vs. J. D Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen
(!'.-r &. s , [/a Btorn.8torn.
Baptist Crmreh, 4th Sunday in each
tnoutb and Saturday before, Re* - . J.L.
1; uncaD pastor.
X.cdr”es-
Homer Lodge, ay. 82.. I. O. O. F.,
meets Ist Tuesday in each mouth. W.
C, Pool, noble grand, It. J. JJyar,
tec if ary.
Pbi Luba Lodge no. 148, F. A. >?.,
loco's Ist Friday r.igbt in each rumb,
x,. a. van on, w. h.,p. ,;j. Edwards,
f ; . w... J. w, bUis.p'er, J w , w. s. uong,
t- o’tv,, w. c. j. Gsrrisou, treasurer.,
v. ,|f.y Tretchili, s. i> . c. ii- uwet., J n.,
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R empnper jLriwri*
Ist. subsoiLer* who do net give ex
p,!ens notire to the con:r try are coot-id
eted as wishing lo eoctmue their sub
set ip: ion. Hod, if subscribers order
the and iscon tinuarice ol their periodicals,
the publisher may continue to seed
them until ail arrearages is paid. 3’d,
if subnetiht-.ri! neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the office to
which they Imre been dj'etved, they
aie held tespoi,sidle tail they have a 1 :,
tied their toils end or.ieied their paper
diocciitinueo. 4:h. it ‘•ubscribetH move
to o'Per places without informing '.he
puidii-tu r, and Hie pap/ra are sent to
t.e loaner dtieciieu, they ate be id re
sponsible, 5 u, the courts ot the u. s.
and foreign, have decided, that teins
Agio take periodi.-ajs Jiom the of! we.
or muoyitig and ieuv.ng them uucali
ed fa, In pr.tua laci;* v-vidvliCnOt inn H
tioual (ran t, aiidecbj -o' to pionecuttou
CBleers Blanks for Safe
At trill- v.nlne A i kiooh
HVicElree’3 Wins of Card'd
arid THSDP-aup’s BLftCK-PRaucMT arc
for sale by the following merchants in
Baiiivn iiu asjotuiug Ooumicn:
.1, E Stephens, Horner.
W. T. Dotiuati, Jeneiir-ville.
Geo:ge Wilev, .igwidisytlie.
Oh sides Sweet, Alto.
J. Lee Legrand, Cramer.
A. hi. Beiiarov, Walnut Ilill. *
Hatchcoek ard Cos., Harmony Grove
power ard Wit ford, Hatru<uiy Grove
B-.ugh and Biot her. Maysvillo.
.1 0 Sims. Aj pl A ality.
J. B McWhofer, F-.tt Lamar.
Qcorgia, Banks Conuty. —William
Holland has applied tor *X"mpUo>> to
personalty and setting apart and valu
ation ol homestead, and 1 will pass np
on the samo a: 1:2 o’clock tu. on the
11th day of Nov* tuber 188‘J, at my
office. Oct. 23, 1889.
25 2v T. F. Hrnr., Ordinary.
aarvrr: amwarmigc *rcg.T3^
Rev, Mr. Gunnells was in luwn
Tuesday.
Judgo liiii went over to the
Gainesville fair Wednesday.
Col, JeiXer&ou lloed and wife
were iu town Tuesday,
Mr. M. L. Chandler was in town
Tuesday, mixing with his triends.
Mr. R. J. JDyar visited Athens on
Wednesday, on business.
The season is still splendid for
picking cotton.
Weather cool and pleasant, with
slight indications of rain.
Several corn sliuckings look
placQ in the county last week.
The mosl gl lomiest ©fall homes
ii when death enfers the door.
At present the health ofthisj sec
tion is exceedingly good.
fiUJ-WSNE OF CAROUI, a Tonic for Women.
Only a short while era the liolli
days and Christmas.
Now that tiie busy season is ov
er, why can’t the enterprising send
in the news of 1 heir neighborhoods?
Hr. 0. 0. Forbes, while attend
ing the funeral services Tuesday,
had qui,e a severe nervous spall.
Dr, McNortou and wife are on a
short visit to their home in Oconee
counly,
k *l>ev lo iitv Inicresi of KSaitlc* d'otjairj-.”
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, NOV. 7, ISB9.
Thu wheat crop, as yet, has not
been sown down, but many farm
erff are making prt paralious for the
grain. This may prove a yield.
It is thought by iho-e who are
well posted, that ihe corn crop will
bring abont 50 cents per bushel
next summer.
As yet no arrangements are bo
ing made to open school in the
academy hero next year. Some
preparations should be made.
McElrec’s W!MX OF CARDU! for female diseases.
Now that the court house is be
ing repaired, it would help the
looks of things lo straighten up the
public park.
Mr. W. T. Harbor of Harmony
Grove, was in town last Tuesday
looking after som® land that was
advertised for sale.
Several tracks of land were sold
at a ilministrators’ sale Tuesday.
Some of it brought very good prices
and others not so gfnd.
Mrs. J. J. Stricki.uni of Athens,
visited Iter parents. I.)r. and Mrs.
■file Norton and her sister, Mrs. Os
car Brown, last week.
Trade is rewviug m Homer. If
someone tvill come here and do a
furnishing business, he will see that
there can be lots G goods sold in
Homer,
WcELREFS WINS OF.CABDUjI_tor Weak Nerves.
Quite a number will go to the
Athens fair next Thursday to wit
ness the Banks county alliance
mprriage. Mr. Daniel and Miss
Dai lain are t hecontracting parlies.
Seveml bids were made on the
pauper’s home Tuesday. W. J.
Pritchett made the lowest—t? 2 00
per head per month. Mr. Pritchett
should remember there are no
‘•gophers” in Banks.
In making out (ho taxable prop
erty of Banks for the present year,
a mistake was made in the figures.
In adding up He total $l2O too
much was given in and the books
were corrected by the stale auditor
in Atlanta.
Messrs. McDonald and Williams
of Maysviile, have commenced
work on the covering of the court
house, and ere long the new roof
will be oh and new guttering put
up. This will add much to the
looks of the temple of justice.
The remains of Mr. (Brad.) Mor
ris from Campbell, lex., arrived
Monday evening and were interred
Tuesday morning. Rev. Mr. Ko
rie preached the funeral sermon.
Quite a large gathering were pres
ent. Mr. Morris belong to Banks.
Ko, The Journal is not a ‘-bed
ijuiiF' in size, but it furnishes mors
solid, good reading matter, for the
pries than any other paper in the
state. i'vvo-thirds of the papers
twice its size at $1 per ye Mg do not
contain the amount of reading mat
ter ot Ihe Journal.
"srBLACK-DEAUGHT tea cures Constipation.
Several droves ©f cable hav
passed through here 1 his fall for
the Macon markets. This is a god
section of country to raise *atfle,
sheep, hogs, stock, elc. Ills a won
der farmers donf take more inter
est in this than they do; It pays
better than Hie no-fence cotton
crop. This is one of the principal
developments of a country.
Sufferers from the effects of qui
nine, use-d as a remedy for chills
anil fever, should try Ayer’s Ague
Cure. This preparation is a power
ful tonic, wholly vegetable, and
without a particle ot any noxious
drug. War-anted a sine cure.
That railrofd speaking, as yet,
has not :ome oil’. The parlies from
Belton & Lula and Carnesville, in
terested in this move, will find that
they are sleeping river their lights,
when they think Banks county is
notable to go her share in stock in
this enterprising move.
There is a power of wealth and
rich section of country in Banks
and Franklin counties.
Try C LACDKAL* G HT tea let Dyspepsia*
\V till due respect to Horner, the
writer lias witnessed more burials
within her bounds than any other
towns ten times her size, (hat In
was over in. What a sad speefre to
Homer, that might otherwise be
pleasant! Then, isit a wonder ilia;
she looks Iroopy, deso'ate and for
lorn? Her borders present a city of
the dead! Other towns have their
cemeteries a mile or two out*. It is
not pleasant to he always looking
on the dead—it is not due respect
to them to rest in the pubiic gaze
ef strangers and everybody else.
“I have taken, within the past
year, several hot ties of Ayer’s Sar
saparilla, and find it. admirably
adapted to the needs of an impov
erished system. I am convinced
that this preparation, as a blood
purifier, is unequaled.’’—[o. G.
Dame, pastor Congregational Chap
el, Andover, Me.
'fvlegrst gtliic*.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 3. —A
Key West special to the Times-
Fnien says,* Del Pino Brothers’
immense cigar factory, containing
over 1,000,000 cigvrs, besides a
large quantity of tobacco, was con
sumed by tire at I o’clock, this morn
ing. Loss not estimated.
Albany, Ora Nov. 2. —Sheriff Cox
of Worm county, brought ia to-day
several prisoners for safe keeping in
the. Albaty jail, convicted in tins
week’* superior court in that eo-nn'y.
Amour them is John Groms, the runr
■ieier of Bailiff Hatubrt, senicncoc io be
hanged at Isabella, < u the 20tn inei.
Onion* was hiding under a bed. Ham
lin eaten and tfca room, looked tinder tt e
bed, when Croons shot him in the
head, killing him iouandy. Croons
esc-pad, but was afierwaids cap tired,
alter a rnneing fight, in which. he
wcundtd his captor.
Denver, Col.. Nflv. 4. —Oaa of the
results of the tumble blizzards
dint have swept over w-is ru Color
ado and northern New Mx:-. a, Vi
<!y aat Friday of inut week. r-,.i
heie to-day from F <iSom. N M co.
Thinsdav nil;tit, Hdt.ry Milter, imge
foreman for C >l. R, (■}. Head, with ref
-r->l con Lovs, c-nnped r.cr S.e-ifd
Grande with 1 BJU htof cat tic, tpn.cii
they were holdius; for the pnrpofc of
loadii:>f isj -huevra. At 4 o’clock that
tuoiiiiig y Mizzatd from tie i.ortfc
v.eNt 6tiuck tl.a herd, driving the cat
tle toward the panhandle, Texas, .r.o
cowboys Icing ucable o huidthetn.
i. be snow was ..o bliDflinsr that it made
it impossible to see fbty fret ahead.
Miller failed his nice uvether andthev
yattril to follow tne in-riJ, ami nr ado
tin atteDifrt to keen them bunched su
far as possible. The uier. became sep
arated on Friday night: One ol them
wanueied iato Head home rsjach,
half dead with c.-j’d and hunger. ID
told Ins etory, arid the rescuing party
was immediately aeutent, tad at norm
■be frozen lorliea of H-rroy Miller,
Joe Martin and Charlie Jolly. Were
found lying on tne optm plains not far
from Folsom. The other men hoc
ceedod in finding their way to camp
bGore being overectne with coid.
Ga., Nov. 4 —Three abi
ance weddings at the lair grounds at
the cowing lair wiil uoino off, auJ will
oe witnessed bv an immense crowd.
The directors of the fair hav# been un
ceasing in ihtor efforts to get np a good
lair, and they wiii no doubt be thor
oughly tewanted. The fair opens next
l uesdey, and ten thousand feepte v.*iit
be here to see the opening exercises 0:1
aiitancs day, which is Thursday. Three
marriages will take place on the
grounds. Two ecu pies ate front Banks
county, arid were in the cit y to- lay re
euring their costumes. The givoms
were taken in hand by Messrs. Luca*
A: M. Dcftie, the popular tailors, aud
I be brides were attended to at Jatiua
Cohen’s. These costumes will ha
men elegant. The nher conpla came
u;m Oglethorpe county. The lair
will be a success in every respect.
Lowell, Mijh., nov. 4 —A. terrible
tragedy occurred this morning io ver
gtnnes township, Kent couniy. nag*
cal Westbtook, a tariuer, took a bam
mer and fractured his wife’s skull and
then went to a room where his three
small girle wero asleep and treated
'1 uni auout in the same manner, no
then went to another room and at
tempted to do the same, but his sou
took me hammer from him, and then
VV estbrook ran down stairs, procured
nte razor arid cut his owu throat.
\V estbrook i.s dead, and it is supposed
rhe gills cun not recover, bnt slight
hope is entertained for ferns. Wes brook
Another report, says that the girls
were instantly k lied snd that Mrs.
Y\ estbrook is mortally wounded.
Westbrook was in financial difficulty
and had become insane.
Lebanon, Pa., n- y 4 l >y fne break
i"R cut of molteu irou m the etack of
Colebrook .urnae;No, 1, this afternoon
five men were killed and three severe
ly burned.
Dr Benjamin U. Richardson, who
a little mote than twenty years ago io
trodueed ether spray as a means of pro
(hieing local anaesthesia, now crakes a
novel suggestion, v !Z ., to use a jet of
highly compressed air as a cautery.
He points.out its advantages oy-r tho
cautery, heated wire or knife, in that
it is less aiaiming, and for the moment
pain’e-s, a* cold as an auaesthgtie. ua
mentions chlorine as a suitable gas for
the purpose, but prefers carbonic aahy
dtioe as most manageable, cheap, al
most inodorous, not unwholesome and
no? infiamable, so that it ean be used
with artificial light.—[New York Tel
gtam.
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