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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, *BMgs£—gfai. jU" -UUgJi. l .!BHJ.™l l i-L".”" —* *3HS 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 NO. 8..