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■ 'VJkIIp yY / . 1 Lnc.d. Vta.ta A nd Hn+founl Nct-s- VOL. TWO. ’.'he i Vc<v.c 'vV.’. L * -• • alcinl Srgajf o" V- Hire <J:r.r.rty ..-v -i • ywr.'- " , ,r W |,n r' r ' ’ SIM* y. 50 Cts. Per Year. f?•*.Xom in Locals ft Cfl’rs Per 7Ar<£> I'irs-l Sasorc <:iou* V scs AdAl‘;‘on:4 5 C Huterc - a.-: oi i C-Usa Matter at the Hon?ar. Os., Fori Office .?no. jfcsiT-iDSii - Proprietor. .•• • * EOWi DS* ATTORNEY AT LAW,. i i/MKR, GEORGIA. ffST Will practice in ail the Courts #f the Western Circuit. OSCAR BHOWNT" L A W Y E R. * Homer, Georgia. Will give special attention to ad ministrations, etc., and do a general practice in Banks and adjoining conn ties. Will loan MONEY at 08 per cent, per annum. “gTvOlkown, N\ v\— w. (p _ V VvY’Vw'wWj *'VU Maysvilse, Georgia. "Will do a general practice. Collect ing a specialty. J. L. BITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Jefferson, - Georgia. Will practice in Jack ton, Clarke, Hall, Banks, Franklin, Malison, and . .i ?.'■■■■ court* in th v-extern circuit. HO WEL.I- C STAiVISRIBGE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, JWaysvilie, ffieoit-gsa,. Dr. E F. AD AIK, DENTIST. HsrmCßV (’ rove, (rcOnrift. .7 ames M. Merritt, Attorn y raid Counselor at Law, A 1 - - vsvill, tieorgia, pZZZ—W. i.Tikk— \ ATTOf.fvEY AT LAW, ,) !• l-v l IX-JON, G EOKOIA. Dil. aT h, stapler, BCoaiicr (ia-oirgia, Special attention given to surgery, obsieirias aud cbrori c diseases of long s'andihg. v7D. LO : HT. PHYSI C ) A N, Isoni“r, Georgia. Ordianry’s Ccrai'ti First M. Mays - ■ each month. r. F. ILiii, ordinary. Sv.j. 3i or Cto i'ti Tid .-ioii.i: :u March and Sep tember. Cliardios. Pre-'L . : i. .. iu, services 2nd Sr h, G. H. Cartlc’. . ; Met he 1 ..un ' ices Ist Sunday lit i 1 fi ’v* beiore, Revs. J Gn.. a Jno. I. Feu dergn , * . , j-.. v , . Sunuey in earn month t ••• 1 ,jr ' ■ 1 Gore, Bov. J. F. goode } 1 Ledp _ _ „ He e, no. 82 ■ I- 0. O. F., meets ■ \ eecreu ... ~ ... , , pjji , : so. i•B.F. A. M., , w. ■ P. v>., J. ‘ f( (• ' : V'il TANARUS: :. • L.: • 6. * C; ’■' O.C ~ j iifinv ore’. ■ e. • *• c.v 1 NOTICE! *?. }. * win' > y K sit, £k '<*.*?*. After this rnoncti . o notices oi an-/ kind will 1.0 inerted in this paper without the rublieation fee in advene.', MONFY"foToAN In suras oS SBOO and upwards on bn ccfimissi-n than any mar. ia northeast ,i. P. M ’ Oiflcouf, Elr-.Dtks L'osr Sale At this Ullico Ad kinds. HcElree’o One of Cardnsi and thfdvoß’:-a ?jlacx-.>rauoht are ■nsuunasr rrr. * -&a sma&wj nan o auwum* for sale by the following merchants in Banks and adjoining counties: j e Stephens, Horner, Georgia. w, T. Duur.au jeweilsville, Georgia, oeorgs wiiey, jswedsville, Georgia. Charles sweet, Alto, ceorgia j. i.ee Ergrand, cramer, georgia. a. oi. Dellatny, walnut mil, geotgia, Ilathsoek and co,, Harmony grove, ga. power & Gunnells, Harmony"grove.ga. Baugh and r.ro., jiaysville, geoigia. 'j c si tr.a, Apple valley,' georgia. j. b. no vhortor, port tamar, georgia Notice is hereby given that applies* lion will be made to the next July ses sion of the general assembly of the state of Georgia, for the passage of au act, entitled “an act to ineorpernte the town of Homer, in the county of Banka, one-fourth ot one mile radii from the court house; to provide for the election of mayor and oouncilmen; to create power in the mayor and council to pass ordinances and enforce the same, rela tive to the punishment of offenders and for other purposes.” Georgia, Jackson County.— JtJotire is hereby given that application will be made to the general aoßc-Eubly of the state of Georgia, to arreDd Faction 5, of the charter of the town of Maysville, Qa., sitnated in the counties of Jack son and Banks and state of Georgia, said section to be amended so as to strike out ($1.00) one dollar and place in lieu thereof $5.00) five dollars; said act approved October 13, 1885. By order of commissioners: C*\ W, Brown, Town Clerk. May 6, 1579. 7 10 IVodoe 'fi’o 'l'eavbers. All teachers in the public schools of Banks comity, aro required to teach eight hours per day; and iftbeir schools exceed forty-five scholars, to employ an assistant. By order of Board. J . D. Qunnelli, O S. C., Banks Cos. This 29:h May, ISB9. 5 7 9 9£ocal %tcms. Rains are quite numerous. The present few days brings the extensive heat. From all parts comes the report “crops are good.” The recent rains have caused sev eral farmers to lose their oats. Air. Gaines, representing Me- Learfs patent medicines, whs in town last week. He is fine looking. The wife oi Andrew Wilson (col.) died Saturday and was buried Sail day in Homer. Mr. R. W. Haul brook and fami ly of Maysville, visited his wife's father, "Squire Ash, last Sunday. WIsELREe’S V/iNF Of CARPC; iV.'cak Nerves. Some sickness throughout the county just now. generally oi a bil i jus nature. cyrCLACK DnAUOKT tea cares Constipation. WJn '• i* v AVf H i’o • is a;: not in a pleasant evi diion, - r . J. Rags late has the ; hanks ol tai so/ ice lor a nee lof e jilt . , Hu? ■ iu i■: > u last w ■- . .o'. r;-o ff >nsrcl!y on their way i„ ville and it he| places of ; ‘r d>. Mr. Clayton Gha moors’ child died Saturday and was buried in Steven Furr cemetery. Hon. A. i". W afford attended ordinary’s court Monday and Tues day The Review lesson of the Union Sunday-school last Sabbath, was very good, so thought the Supt. Rev. T. 0. Rorie and family are visiting relatives and friends in Wilkes county the past few days. Mr. Olen King was in town Sat urday. He expects to teach school near Elberton, -namoAi jo; otnox v ‘ip.aaVO JO 3NIM-en a certain young man says lie has u a two-handed game to work against” with his best girl Won der what she thinks about if. Miss Minnie Mcßorton, just out ol the Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, is visiting her sister Mrs Oscar Brown, at the hotel. The County Sunday-school Con vention meets at New Salem 4th Friday before the 4th Sunday in this month. The ladies ot Homer met at the Baptist church Saturday to organ ize for the purpose of gel ting up a subscription to build anew church. The Bushville Literary Club gives an exhibition to-night. Sever al 4tli of July orations will be de livered. a good attendance booked, The Crump land case, after con suming Monday and Tuesday, was compromised. Several of the local bar made speeches, displaying some strong legal points. Mr. J. E. Each and wife of S Iver Shoals, expects to visit Col. H. H Da vidson ot Clay county, N. C., next week. Col. Davidson is Mr. Ritck’e tatber-iu-law. He is quite sick and was not expected to live when last heard from. Mr. J. E. Stephens brought to this olliee last Friday, the finest cotton bloom of the season. Mr. Stephens says he has had blooms since the 25ih inst. This speaks well for a young farmer. The Womans' Aid Society will give a candy-pulling at the resi dence of Mrs. J. E, Stephens’ Fri day night in the interest of the Ho mer Baptist Church, Admittance 10 cents, children £ cents. All are invited. Ti ts need ot merit tor promoting par 80ual comeliness, is due to J. O. Ay er and Cos , whore Hair vigor is & uni versal beantifier of tbe hair. Harm less, effective, and agreeable, it ranks among the indispensable toilet articles. Married Ik:!) in-Mr, i . L 1 ‘iiambsrs and MksZ I Chatham, ’•Squire L 4 Ragsdale otliciating. ill!’. Chambers one ol I farms pfomising young men, white Miss C.hafham is hi- equal. 'The Jour nal extends good wishes. For chronic catariD, laciucaJ by a scrofulous taint, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla the bent remedy. It stops catarrhal discharges, removea the sjiketiing <al or, and never luiis to thvrnagfcly craii; cate every tracs of the disease trotn the blood. Soi l by all dealers in medi oine. Messrs. Edwards and Chambers deserves praise in the nice shape they are puffing theta* digest; the collector will also be pleased with the accuracy of the enrollments. Later Mr. Chambers wilt inform the Journal how much Banks’ wealth has increased from that of last year. The county Farmers Alliance meets at Silver Shoals to-day The boys, no doubt, vriil celebrate the predicted down-fall of bagging and guano trusts, eat a big dinner, and maybe drink to the health of their independence to live on their own dirt, board and lodge m the same. For the past two e< e- cotton and corn bars been booming’ This will l.e a good crop year. So lar the farmer has no room to ntter a word of com plaint. Keep oat the grans; don’t growl over it. There are no kuekle- burs to contend with; ih?y are choice as to wbeie they sliail grow Monday J E. evening as Messrs. Stephens and G. C. Forbes were re turning from Harmony Grove, just, after a considerable rain, they stopped at Mr. Brewer's. While Mr, Forbes was in the house a flash of lightning exploded; the shock was so acute i! knocked him down, and for several minutes he was pros trate. It. also gave Mr. Stephens' horse a considerable fright. .Jens Holland is tlie tad who role Mr. Turk’s horse last week. He is a fourteen year old negro of unsound miad. He was captured between here and Carnesville the following morn inlt aud now boards wiiii Sheriff t? * Scoggins. Such subjects as this is what gives place for the little judges of some of the superior courts to dis play “his ‘konab’ ” iu reading the charge to the jury from his “Geo’gia fo’m” book. "Will somebody explain this: — A certain young man was in town not long since; the girls didn t get to see him because he never called, lie vent away unknown. A cer tain young lady may go away un known to Homer society because her ladies have never called. Is this etiquetle-is it the rules, of Ho mer society? Bitty tiro leaders it this goes to prove their culture and refinement. M ••Fires’* WINE OF CAFDUI for female diseases. , rj||T .~ , i>hiaf ,. mn—ms Ednoi iliAcrtenltiral And V. ■.m' Nows- Mr. W. (j. it -okei lode quite a J -k ? ot one of Maye'-illek pmtmnent tu-r thautp; lie sat? a t-w il km a;-; > t<-s wiie sent him to t'.*v;n *i'h mme ohu-ir Car —among t* cm was art old iri/.&'o hen. The tnerci ant coac’ndal to keep the hen, an-l s' e was taltn. hnto-.i - raise from, b. the o:-j in/.,:.a .1; : et:-.y where theie were none ot r kind, and the mes' kint is ■’ .?) .•-)* :• find her. He s-t_\s be v. ill pi , a ward for los oh; 'ri/zio. Mr. R. J. Dyar, with t-... L-h-u- Mr. Pilgrim. !....- just ;::ti e J t tine jriece of work for th, Jouni.d. It displays the study and ger.u-fy of a mechanic in all tire Leri, : . ot the arl. This noiiee is no v-u to surprise those ac.quaitred wil: Mr. Dyar’s work—only .uii.’d;- raenfarv on our part. His patron know his work too well io want -i recommendation; and further, know there is no intlf-way bu>ine.->s about Mr. Dyar in anything. u Xed Dunn”of Atlanta, who re presents the Toccoa News and M lanta American, is now in linn or. He is writing up the advanta- Inis section of tiie state, and is al so canvassing for Gaskell’s Litera ry Club. This club has member all over the Uni led States; a fin - thing for those wishing to maD* pureh ses in.ihe line of books and stationery, furniture and other good >. Mr. John Bell who has 10, _ been a sufferer from decayed bom* ot. the foot, rendering him unable to walk, came up to town last Sat urday and had a surgical operation performed for its removal, b ; Lockhart removed one of his toes and a portion of the bones of one loot The operation was quickly done and the surgical work skillful, lie is doing well and will soon be restored lo liealih. Hie decayed ioe is said to have derived from frost bile. What looks more, smells more tinn laziness than the trilling checker-hoard? The man that iu vented il—doubtless, ere this the dugs have refused his carcass and the buzzards sailed in another di rection. Just think of two indi viduals witli kneei joined, humped over the* trilling board that, neither displays learning nor taste, inhal ing the animal heat and impure breath of each other, suck leather as this? Don’t you want to vomit:' Bring him the slop-tub. The snljeci ot tl.e i ext nook system is creating n > lil.de in• er'*-t in a num ber of the Counties, hoiks might, be classed iu. Tn* cjoe-ti • now with the in-a sues i: : wl.je were the ccie’ conitjfiii-itioß'o'K d-.iujj. tti-y <si i nut s • into th** cl*** ot bo As he-, t sniffi.i t > ;be a(iTarcem*ut of it c Bom >ou scho<*lrt They <e.*l no i'oulr, it an impo.-ivicii r,o the part of tie* sru i- i>, toaoher . and people to chnige them thus, sad iho J nraoi has no Saves*i gatiun in the tustuir, ami li-.s no coo.- ment tc m r >ke Bat the teachers hi tut ibe lauii finders, ft is (he pire.iß and students. Same itiv e s:ioHi;o:.s oim imiv-diaic- corrections aml <** • O es in some of the studies, at least, will find airaopioval. Try Ai-f S.MA'.'i.'.gpb b r lett -vr I'yspej.sia. NO. .