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BANKS COUNTY OBSERVER.
VOL. ONE.
THE BANKS OBSERVER.
One l>ollar I*er l'ear. 50 Cents
For w Months. S5 Cents For 8
Month*.
l. PUBLISHES WEDNESDAY.
Locals 8 Cents Per Line First Inser
tion, Each Additional 5 Cents*
Jno. Barton, - Proprietor.
County Officers-
T. f. Hill ordinary, l. n. Turk clerk
superior court, f. m. iiendeiGon sheiifif,
р. a. waters tax collector, J. C. Allan
tax receiver, a c. Forbes treasurer, s.
a. Ayers, coroner, R c. Alexander coun
ty surveyor.
Superior Court 3rd Mondays in
March and September. N. L Hutch*
ins judge. Ed. Brown solicitor gener
al.
Justices Courts,
Homer, no. 265.—w. m. Ash notary
public, court 2ml Wednesdays,
Anderson, no 465.—w. h. Newton
notary public, w. z. vaugblin justice
peace, court 2nd Thursdays.
Poplar Spring, no. 912.— j. f. Evans
notary public, J.C snielley justice peace,
court 2nd Friday.
Golden Hill, no, 448.—chas. sweet
notary pub'ic, it. A. wynn justice peace,
court Ist Saturday
Columbia, no. 471. —a. tv. smith
Horary public, court Ist Wedneslay
Washington, no. 284 — w, j. Acrce
notary * public, Jim. caudell jusJue
peace, court 3rd Saturday.
Wilmot, no. 1206.— G. w. wi’ey
notar public, l. j itagsdale justice
peace, court Sid Friday.
Berlin, No 1210 — d f. scales no
tary public, court Is Friday.
Bushville, no. 208. —w. a. watson
notary public, m. l. Mcoonald justice
peace, court 4th Saturday.
David’s no. 2074.--iv. j. nurgess
notary public, j. c. übanks justice
peace, court Thursday before the first
Sunday.
Churclies*
Presbyterian Uhurcb, services 2ud
Sunday iu each month, Rev. G. 11.
Cartledge, pastor.
Methodist Church, services Ist Sunday
iu each month, and Saturday botore,
Revs. J. D. Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen
dergras, pastors.
Baptist Church, 4 h Sunday in each
month and Saturday before, lte v . J. F.
Goode pastor.
Lodges-
Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. O. O. F.,
meets Ist Tuesday in each month, J.
W. Sumpter, noble grand, TANARUS, F. Hill,,
score tary.
Phi Delti Lodge no. 148, F. A. M„
meets Ist Friday night ia each month,
w. A. watson worshipful master, j. w.
tnmptor senior warden, p. M. Edwards
junior warden, T. v. nill secretary, w.
с. J. aarrieon treasurer, v. and. Lockhart
senior deacon, a. ;. cash junior deacon,
o. a. smith senior stuart, w. o. Threld
keld junior stuart, w. h. Meeks tyler.
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GY.., WEDNESDAY JUNE 20, R-8.
J. C Allan respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks coiuty that h
will again he a candidate for the office
of Tax Receive'. •
H. J. David respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks coanty that In*
is a candid ite Colleeor
ToCAL ITEMS,
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The mid-summer heat is here.
Again a little shower put in its
appearance Monday evening.
Farmers are much encouraged a
the present outlook of cro >s.
Mr. Sumpter is improving tha yard
fronting his dwelling with a now fence.
The rain Saturday evening was
refreshing.
Dr. Stapler and wife visited
Gainesville last week,
’Squire Ash held his term of
court last Wednesday.
Mr. P.F. M. Furr says he wished
“she would come back!”
Rev, Mr, T. M, Brock’s daughter
is very sick.
There was a social gathering at
Judge Hill's Saturday night.
There ia a good eal o sickness in
■ho county j to how
F rnaere at ih< dp
crease in the wheat crop this year.
Peaches are ripening, and black
berries are on hand in any quanti
ty.
Mr. Robert IVlmr - the Univerd
ty of T. i n.\M-ee, i* \i-t ing rriatiwM
a id friend* in and * On and Homor.
Last week f veial no buggies wen
through here eu route o Caruesvth
an i Clarksvill \
.r. . 1,,
Cherries have come and gone,
and ‘-ye editors'’ have not had a
bait, “yit!” ‘-Sich” is life.
Judge Hill is putting up abridge
iu the Washington district. Mr. R,
J. Dyar is superintending the work.
Mr. Nail aiii funny or Franklin
county, vbited their du ghter Mrs. G
C. Forbes last Suid-y
The song of the little mocking
bird is heard around the public
square every day and night.
Mr. P. A. O’Connor came up
from Atlanta, Saturday, to see his
family 5 and returned Sunday,
When you see a man Hinging dirt
at any little enterprise around
home, you may note his influence
around home is very little.
Miss Lula Ward is visiting rela
tives in Homer this week, She is
one of Banks county’s prettiest and
most accomplished young lady’s.
We regret to learn that Mrs, J.
R, Eubanks, who has been in fee
b’3 health for sometime, continue*
to grow worse.
A. i> iMuanti b i.n ■i' ii tlahgor
ouc'y ill. Wo are gr-a -lie. to i-,.m
however, that she is improving.
Messrs. Worth Cham her* and Paul
IP.Jan, student s of the s hool at Toe
con, aie a h ine spending their vaca
tion, to the delight of their many
friends.
When you hear people inquiring
of what has become of Mr. Ira Hill,
just mention that he io out on the
farm at work, and don’t mean any
foolishness.
'i’lie correspondent of Horner
Items” to the Banner-Watchman
of 15tli inst., lies like a hound pup
when ho sav-g “the Observer is
i
growing beautifully less every
week,'’ Jno. Barton,
Lucy Tony, an aged darkey fa
miliarly known as ‘‘Aunt Lucy,"
died in this place on last Saturday
morning, She was well-known
and highly respected among white
people as a faithful servant of ante
bellum days,
Man.y young men waste years o!
valuable time waiting for an oppor
tun/’ and j cm-pug a! I the time to
the fickle goddess of fortune to
smile oti them. Roll up your sleev
es, young man and go to work, and
the world w ill litid you out.
NsX. Saturday the tit-hastes will
iu ei to deride on tha qoeahm of a
representative. As the pe !e aie all
hti’-y i very small atteud&iu’6 is ex
|,ec (‘-I, Whoever the nominee, it the
mee; wig should ronahi uo, the Ohserv
r - ill support him; though tl •* gener
al iiuti’iiruo is, a free-for all-race will
be the terminus. This will more ful
ly sais ( y the county in general.
Dr. Lockhart has two volumes of
Aristotle’s works that are a litera
ry curiosity. Aristotle was one of
the most learned of the Grecian
philosphers. He was born at Sta
gira, Greece, about 980 years be
fore Christ, The volumes are fine
ly bound in calf, ornamented with
gold trimmings, and are in a fine
state of preservation. They were
printed in 1812, The letter S is
long like an F. The books can be
seen in this ollice.
After getting up all tlio poles,
hooks and lines and digging all ov
er Homer for worm, Messrs. W. I.
Pike of Jefferson, A. D. Wilbanks
of Banksville, and P. M, Edwards,
J. W. Sumpter, W. B. Mason and
Stig Morris of Homer, went to
Mr, J. S, Chambers’ mill fishing
last Friday, They report a jolly,
good time. The party caught
about fifty fish and drank ten gal
lons of lemonade, more or less, and
eat all the sardines and oysters
that could.be hauled in their bag
gie . Two accidents occurred
while they were gone. One horse
fell down and the twenty pound
turtle, that was fastened to Mr.
Wilbanks’ hool;, got away. All
they regret is, that they did not
save the turtle and the day had not
been twice as long.
Rev, Thud Pickett of Pickens,
independent candidate for Con
gress, preached at Nail's Creek
Church last Sunda\ . The congre
gation was large, and gave the
speaker undivided attention. He
preached for an hour, and it was
interesting all the way through.
He is no religions crank, hut preach
es, good, straight forward Baptist
doctrine, and appears to be deeply
in earnest,
lie is a handsome man—about
six feet high and well proportion
ed, black hair and moustache, eyes
dark and restless; he looks you
straight in the eye. lie seems to
be making a sort of private trip
around the district at present,
oreaeiimg as he goes, but ij’ the
fall he will come back, and if Al
len Candler wants to tackle him
on the stump lie is ready for tHo
fray. We had a pleasant talk with
the gentleman, and invited him to
come back and preach again after
the election. There is not a ghost
of a chance for his election.
“Your money or y -ur life! ” demand
ed a foot {' id of a pedestrian who at a
late hour one night was treading ■in
wav along a dark and narrow moot.
1 i‘ve more life tl an money,” re
plied the pedes*rian, end proceeded to
demonstrate his possession of the for.
mer in auoh a manner that, an hour
later, when the would be robber gath
ered himself up from the dust, he felt
of his body all over to a-enic himself
that he v.as something more than a
suit cf ea*t oil' cLthing —[Harper’s
Btzar.
First Yankee, Wtiat puts you ia
such a good humor this mornic D
Second Yankee, I’vejuit got a pat
ent for my new ink erabtr. 1 would’ut
take $50,000 for it
Did you get a patent last year for
inventing an indelible ink.
x did, and 1 arid it for S3O 000, and
now I’ve invented aa eraser that will
oveu remove writiug done with my
own indelible ink
W nat aie you goiug at next.
Pin going to indent another HJdii
ble ink that can’t with my
new at user. I tell you, tL< re is money
in this patent bna-ness it you go at
|it right. Exchange
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