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VOL. ONE. THE FaR.M£RS JOU FINAL. - X*U)isHBD WSDSKSDAT. - 50*Cts._ Per Year. I (>-)•>> s.■, < ’5. irrce, jLovhils a Cents For Z,ino First laser '.•ion. Kaoa Additional 5 Cents* Eiqereo as {Second Qiaos Matter at the Homer. Ga.. Poi Office. <Snj. Barteai - Proprietor. A. C MOSS, ATT KMEY AT LAW, IIOMGR, GEORGIA. CnlleoiJotisrna ie and promptly remitted ~ P. M. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law, HOMER, GEORGIA. Will fracue iu ail llio Courts >)t <be Western C'retm. OSCAR BROWN, LAWYER, Homer. Georgia. jg’SSP'W’ill give ppeuitl a taation to aduonitcra'iinia, eio, , and do a general j ?actice iu Hints auU&cj lining coua tick. Z—tL-Tlw. i.TTkk, , Attorney AT Law. J EFEKRiJON, GeOPGIA. G. W. BROWN, £z’*w\f w* eVwL ’w O.'V cw . and) MaytavilJe, Geoijrifl. Wi-J dv k’/- Col RCt. jng a *p*tfiity. James M. Mekxutt, Attorney and Counselor at Lav.', 35 a {jJeoeg?, i:r, Dr. A. H. Stapler. JL HOMER, GEORGIA. Special attention given to Surgery, Obstetrics and Chronic diseases of long standing. V. i). LOCKHART. PhysiciaN, Mociicr, fleorgia. J. W. Sumpter, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING; Ilotssea - , &e* rs&si. and Waggons made to order, Repairing a Specialty. Ordinary’s Courti First Mondays in each month, t. f. nill, ordinary. Superior Court, Third Mondays in March and Sep tember. m. l. Hutchins judge. Churches* Presbyterian Church, services 2nd Sunday in each month, lti) Y . G. H. Cartledge, pastor. Methodist Church,servicea Ist Sunday in each month, and Saturday befote, Revs. J. D Guuneis and Jno. I. Pen dergras, pastors. Baptist Church. 4 h Sunday in each month and Saturday before, Bo*-. J F. Goode pastor. Lodges- Homsr Lodge, no. 82., I. 0. O. F , meets Ist Tuesday in each month, ,1. W. Sumpter, woblc grand, T. F. Hill, secretary. Phi Delta Lodge no. 148, F. A. meets Ist Friday night ia each month, w. A. Watson, w. m., P. M. Edwards, 6 . w j. w. tnmptcr, J w., w. s. Long, scet’r., w. o. J. Garrison, treasurer., v.iley Treidkill, s. p., c. h. owen, j and., ikctv oreon s. s., a. j. casb,J. 0. THE FARMEBS JOURNAL. NOTICE! Ist’ptcmbir sil*. J\ f:er f.hi* month t o uotioe*i ot any kind will bn inserted iu iljh paper witboiu tbo cnbdeafiOn fees in advtnev tiuotrs s*Jstle. Gaorfiria. Banka Cos :—Agi-e-ibL t no' i'P'l'T of > lie eooit pi ordinary <*, thick* oaur.ty, will he sold at andtiou ul tie court l.i uso door of ‘■sid (!- U - tv on ti e Ist Tne>d;,y in ?il ireh ;n x will in tii legal hoars of sale tee In lowing property to wit, Onw oi• a• in the Georgia Raihoad aud Banking Company, sold as the property of Miu yard Sandors, dec’d. Sold for tho ben ei.it of the heirs of said estate. Terms cash .Jan. 3D, 18S9. T. r. niil, 39 4w ordiuary. HDM Eft HCJTEt, G C. Forbes, - - Proprietor. Having recto! the Hotel of M s. L Cox, 1 respectfully loiieit tho panm age uf ihyse who have been paimn z big tho boose iu the pear. CoEdortable rooms furnished mar eautile cieu and the traveling public, generally; gosd faro as can he t-mri* in the market.. 41 if. Officers hi County b’nrtfi re Alii nice: M L. M-Doiviid. President, 0 1J C. Smith, Yira President, W. F. ii.ll. Secretary, It J Dyar, Chaplain, A id. Means, Doo keeper. Money to iuaa on easy tonus. Ficon ore t,, live years time. 3 vnos. i\ M Fd.vAids. iv dce/ i ■.■■ ■'] • tr.ork i> k my line on tin 0 until fall at io.tr-cnhbU* rates, for all who are willing to make me su>o of tny psy. Respectfully, J. W. Sumpter. Homer, Ga. Sunday' was a pleasant day. Third Monday in next month Superior Court convenes here. Mr, I E. liili is fencing in a nice pasture above town, on the Mays- 1 ville road The trestle on the N. E. Rail- Yoad, two miles below Lula, was burned Monday night. A large congregation were in at tendance at Lie Presbyterian ser vices Sunday morning Mr, P, F, M. Furr was in town Sunday. He didn’t look like there was much spring poetry in him. Read tlie card of Mr. G. C. For bes in this issue. Mr. Forbes ex pects to run a first-class hotel. The gardener will soon be look ing around for his rusty rake and hoe. There is to be a party in town to morrow night- Where it will take place, has not yet been settled. Mr. Yv T . A. Watson of the Bush ville neighborhood, gave the Jour nal a social and business call Mon day, •_ McELREE’S WINE Of CAROOI for Weak Nerves. Drs. Lockhart and Hayden ox agiined quite a number of appli cants for government pensions to tay. The sociable at Mr. J. J Turk’s “Onwartt /tint 3*'r.sK"r **►! v*!” I-IOMER, BANKS COHNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1889. last Thursday night, was a pleasant one. The usual attendance were present. Yes, tho goese did fly around Sunday. But the old lady got geese 1 somewhere, as she showed the ef fects of her nimble lingers Monday morning Master George Telford, son of Mr- Jo Telford, fell from the piaza at his home, Monday morning and broke his arm. Last accounts the little fellow was doing very well. 1 The Current Publishing Com pany of New York, have the thanks of the Journal for a copy of their magazine. It is choice and chaste in prose and poetry— sketched with “brie a-brac.” wit and humorous poems. To-morrow is the 4th. It is a day set apart to express your feel ing toward friend and foe. Now. if you get “one 5 ’ don’t get excited. If it is a good one it comes from your friend; if not, f:om the other “feller.” Ilev. J. H. Lixier. the presiding jeldaf of the Elberlcm dislriot, will | preach in the M. E Church in Ho m*r, Friday night, Feb. 15th, Let the peopio welcome him by a good i attendance. Wonder how those young ladies who were appointed,- are getting along with collections, toward get ting a stove for the Methodist Church? Young ladies, don’t be ashamed to work for a good cause The snow that greeted this win ter, Sunday morning, soon melted Monday. Its daparture was nor regretted It did not slay- long enough to grieve the rabbits, there fore they can rejoice, too, that the hunter got left. Never be too quick to notice lit tle things at social gatherings. Any one that’s ever been far enough to get outside of their own neighbor hood. will never do it. No lady would expect to meet anything but a gentleman at such places, and no gentleman should expect to meet anything but a lady'. Vir tue, dignity and honor forbids it. Quite Complimentary, Will Move to Homer*.--Mr. Oscar Brown, Esq., has determined to te move to Homer, Banks county, where ho will continue the practice of the law Mr. Brown was taisrti in this conn ty and educated at Dal-iouega, atsd taught echooi a year or two at Bali ville. Ho was admitted to the bar two or three years ago, and for the last year has practiced is; partnership with 001. Johan. R3 is a yoacg n;3n of fine ebatte’er. as.d well up in Lis profession, and will make a gr.occss'ul piactitinneer^ Yv T e hope be nay and h : s new home pleasant acd t.Uhiness lively aai prof itable. —[ Gwiao r. 11 Herald. Whenever a few men underfake io break down a permanent and es tablished and the counlie's organ, it will be fun to that jour-* nal and its readers to got a '■whack* at thorn follows.—[Union, (Ky.) Local, Now, who's trying to break up Bobbie Will’s paper; one of the best editors and ablest papers in southweastern Kentucky. Here’s to “ye!” Bobbie. McElree's WINE OF RARDUi foe female diseases. Mr. John Hill, sr , gave the Jour nal office a call Friday evening. The old gentleman is feeling quite feeble yet, from the fall In receiv ed from his buggy in Harmony Grove, a few weeks past; hut he will be alright as soon as pleasant weather sets in, much to t he pleas ure of his life-long friends. Mr. Hill is the father, grandfather and great-grandfather, of a large con nection in this and ether counties, who esteem and honor his silvery locks ot ripened years. Though ver ging on the line of four score, the old gentleman still has come of tho energy, and southern steel of his younger days. May he be spared many more days to the joy and comfort of his life-long companion! iVSclElree’s Wins of Cardu! and thedford’s BL&.CK-paauqht are for sale by the following merchants in batiks and adjoining couoiiai-: j e Stephens, Rimer. Georgia. w. T dlincan jewpMsvi’l, of’orgi ivilev, reive lsvilic, Georgia, Charles vr-ef. al’o, ceergia j. Lee L n 2rsmi, craoiar. jrerrjfi*. a. J. Be!lamv, walnut Hid. Gs.rgia. Ilathcosk and <•<>„ ii.orr.ouv move ga. power is Gunnells, tmmony giove. ga. Baugh and tiro , Maysville, Georgia j c sins. Apple valley. Georgia, j b. mo vhoner. Fort Lamar, georgia Homer’s Advantages. Ilorner is one of the nicest anu most pleasant place in northeast Georgia for a summer resort to those wishing to exclude themselv es from the tares and rusttle of city life during the heated and sultry months. The village is situated on a healthy location, surrounded by pure water, good churches and good neighborhood; only a few miles from the railroad; has a daily mail; is strictly an agricultural sec tion; affords nearly all the fruits in I this line; is in easy connection with all outward markets; lias a good hotel, and nearly all her citizens are prepaired to take some sum mer boarders. Come i;i visitors, you will be welcomed. •uautOAV -OJ ouiox v ‘if.QiJvO JO 2NI/VUG3 Fine Porkers. There is no excuse for not rais ing fine porkers in northeast Geor gia, . You have from Hie middle of October to the last of December to fatten your hogs in. Then you have from the first of January to the Ist of March to salt it down, smoko and season ; ir. If this well done, you run no .risk in losing it. dminu hot weather. But this is not :i,* only excuse. There is a greut.i r one; from close observation on lin part o the products raised riel it here in Banks, it will be seen die farmer turns 100 much of his at teution to the cotton crop, and not enough to the corn crop. To u-e the time-worn phrase; Tiie farmer “keeps his corn-crib in the West, and liis smoke-house in the East ” Try BLACK-DRAUGH r tea lor Uj*iK'i.sia. Charlestoa. Feb 10— F t zer avti C.i*s. licth coloro i, w--a arrested this raoriiin? f< r the mnr! <c of E. H. Haldenberg F-axor cm e i ed his guilt, but (Jriss a j s.*ris bin iau > cOQCe. BSTCLACK-CRAUGHT tea cures Conutipatioa. '1 clcgritpliic. Raleigh. N. 0 , fob. 10 -Tin ex citement at G rids.boro iviv .v* to rxodcs of negro !*1 orer* h~x die l oup and y< ere: .ii\ ’ i big me tit g <.? . rg'O.-a to prepare lord perm*e to- Arkansas, did not amount to much ITuv ne groes gatheied there yes*f r<by lolent-j lor Arkansas, but Ruud t o iraise to take them away. t liete v>as also a large gathering ro day, but no trouble. The negro lawyer nh wrote the :*i cendiary circular whtth was , sent to all the negroes in A r ivne conn-y lias tied, and a negro ' preach* - , wha was believed to be c *n f ;e<-nol in the mat -ter, denied it plaiul v. All foam of trouble is over. The most complete precaution w,e made to prevent any disturbance. Tte men who have been solicit Sag labor for Arkansas left this tats l-j*t night. Alt special rates for such la bonus have been withdrawn. There wire fears that all farm labor ia Wiy-e county would be taken away, and as it now is many farmers are without a single laborer. Font hundred pertocs goi out on a. traia yesterday. This will ! o the last par ty to leave nad r such arr-ang‘meats. Some negroes sold property foroaefitth its value in order to leave. Pine Bluff. Ark., Feb. 10.—This evening at 3 o'clock, as the Pine Bluff and Swan Late train was backing down Third avenue.to ieave. it r au ov er little Arthur Gould, a five year old boy, and crushed him to death. He was with bis liaise, who held Lis hand and in attempting to make their pass age i cross the tr .ck they bath fell. Bha imioeHately re.ore.ed, bat lfc Use lit >ie fellow to his fate. Watibing’on. Feb. 10.—That part of the session is now at Land when nothing is certain t > secure attention except appropriation bills. The senate will begin the wet k wit h the considera t ion qt the na rai bill and vviii probab ly dispose ftt it with little delay. In this eveut the toport of Li e committee on privileges ami elections, in leep-.-ct jof sllrgcd outrages ir. Texas at the ! November eie. turn. 18S6, will be-call ;ed up ior discussion to morrow in ac ! cordance with the icq übiicar caucus ! programme. Nu. *sl