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BANKS COUNTY. OBSERVER. VOL. ONE. THE BANKS OBSERVER. One Dollar Per ¥ear. 50 Cents For 0 Months. 25 Cents For 3 Months. BtS. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY^ Locals 8 Cents Per Line First Inser tion, Each Additional 5 Cents- Entered as Second Class Matter at the Homer, Ga., Post Office. Jno. Barton, L Proprietor. County Officers- T. f. Hill ordinary, l. N. Turk clerk superior court, f. m. Henderson sheriff, p a. waters tax collector, J. C. Allan tax receiver, 3 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 2nd Wednesdays. Auderson, no 465.— W. h. Newton notary public, w. Z. vaughlin justice peace, court 2nd Thursdays. Poplar Spring, NO. 912—J. f. Evans notary public, j. C smelley justice peace, court 2ad Friday. Qolden Hill, no, 448.—chas. sweet Dotary public, r. a wynn justice peace, court Ist Saturday. Columbia, no. 471.— 0. ir, smith notary public, court Ist Wednesday Washington, no. 284 —w, j. Acree notary public, Jis. candell justice peace, court 3rd Saturday. Wilraot, no. 1206. — g. w. wiley notary public, l. J. Ragsdale justice peace, court 3rd Friday. Berlin, no 1210 — and f. scales no tary public, court Ist Friday. Bushville, wo. 208*.— w. a. watson notary public, m. l. MODOnald justice peace, court 4th Saturday. David’s no. 2074- -w. j. nurgess notary public, j. c. übanks justice peace, court Thursday before the first Sunday. Churches' Presbyterian Church, services 2nd Sunday in each month, llev. Gr. H. Cartledge, pastor. Methodist Church, services Ist Sunday in each month, and Saturday betore, Revs. J. D. Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen dergras, pastors. Baptist Church, 4 h Sunday in each month and Saturday before, Rev. J. F. Goode pastor. Lodge*- Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. 0. 0. F., meets Ist Tuesday in each month, J. W. Sumpter, noble grand, T. F. Hill,, secretary. Phi Delta Lodge no. 148, F. A. M., meets Ist Friday night in each month, w. A. watson worshipful master, j. w. aumpter senior warden, p. M. Edwards junior warden, T. r. Hill secretary, w. c. J. aarrieon treasurer, v. and. Lockhart senior deacon, a. j. cash jnaior deacon, o. a. smith senior stuart, w. o. rhreld keld junior stuart, w. h. Meeks tyler. HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA.. WEDNESDAY JULY Jl, 1888. J C. Allan respectfully announces to the voters of Bulks county that he will again he a candidate for tho office of Tax Receiver, H J. David respectfully announces to the voters of Bnnks oounry that he is a candidate for Tax Collector. LOCAL ITEMS, —————. j News is scarce this week, Mr. Ira Hill will open school at Berlin next Monday. Maysville correspondent failed to show up this week. Croquet-playing was quite live ly Saturday evening. Miss Lillian Mason of South Car olina, is visiting relatives here, Mr. W. C. Haulbrook of Mays ville, was in town last week. Mr- Sumpter exhibited at this office a beet 18 inches in length and 12 inches in circumference. The singing at Dr. Lockhart’s Thursday evening was largely at tended. An account of the entertainment at Judge Hill’s Saturday evening, appears in the Drove Level Items. Saturday was as hot a day as there has been this Summer. The thermometer stood about 98° in the shade, Mr. Oharlev Briggs, a student of Mercer University, gave us a pleasant call Saturday. He is teaching at Silver Shoals this year, and reports a fine school, Mr. Thos. Mize, living two miles west of New Salem Church lost his little nine-year-old daughter. She taken sick Friday and died Sunday, The indomitable Primus Jones of Baker county, the first-bale man of Georgia, has got there again. He donates the first bale of the season to the Piedmont Chatauqua. Franklin county has only 11 announcements; Five for tax-re ceiver, two for ordinary, one for sheriff, two for representative and one lor senator. As yet, Banks has only two can didates. Her offices, it is said, pay so little, nobody wants them. Some Big Mistakes.—ln last is sue the word referring to ‘ban danas’ should have read bananas. The name of Mr. Jones should have appeared instead of Mr. Smith. However, Mr. Smith will think none the less of Mr. Jones, and Mr. Jones will not feel flatter ed. t Shiloh's Cure will immediately re lieve Croup. Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. W. B.* Mason, Homer. Just think how that young man felt who became so enamored in croquet Saturday evening, that he left his umbrella under a tree for the night, and going back Sunday morning in the hot sun-rays, found it sheltered somewhere else? The Observer has an idea what caused his forgetfulness. It was not because it was not raining! Cost, Ga., July 10, ISBB,--Far mers are beginning to ‘day by” their crops, which are very prom ising.—W. B, Caudell has at last succeeded in working his Texas ponies.—Dr. H, F. Garrison is put ting his gins in order.—J. W. Eng lish has the best cotton, as he com monly does, —The Observer is ap predated.—Home made guano is doing well. P. M. (Sudden Death. Mr. Henry Keesler, a well known citizen of Banks, died suddenly at Too ooa, ou Friday morning last. The following particulars of his death are g vcn ns by Mr. Bennett Rvlie, who attended the funeral: Mr. K->esler was attending the district, meeting at T.c coa, and had carried his wagon along intending to rend home some farni y supplies by his son. He staid all n gtit with a relative and appeared to b* in good health Friday morning Af tor rising ho acked his aunt how long it wouid be t 11 breakfast, and told her he wou'd he back in a short lime, a* he wished to go out in town ami make a few purchases to send home. A f ter buying the goods he turned to go out of the store —as his feet reached lie second steo, he fell prostrate on the ground and did not bieathe again more than two or three times He leaves a wife and twelve children and a large circle ot relatives and fiiamla to monin his loss. His body was tak eu in charge by kind triends and pie pared for burial. The funeral -was preached by his pastor, Rev. Geo. T. King, Sunday last. An Impostor—J, 11, Standridge— Cause a Big Sensation, J. h. Staudridge, a Baptist preacher, living near Berlin, in this county, left bis family and fled to parts unknown on Tnesday night last. The circum stances of bis departnre involves the reparation of one of the connty’B here tofore respectable yonng ladies It seems that Standridge came from Towns coantv last Fall, and purchas ed a portion of the naulbrook place, to which he moved his family, consisting of hie wife and mother (both estima ble ladies) and several bright chil dren. ne presented himself to the Bap tist Ohoroh here as a member of good standing, and also bearing ere dentials as a licensed prracher. lie soon organized a prayer meeting and Bnnday school at the Berlin Sehool hcase, and made up a respectable school in the neighborhood, and soon won the entire confidence of qu : te a number uf n nan* peeing people Bit it hud been policed for some time past that sn undue familiarity existed be tween himself and on* of his pupils a young lady ( whose name it iiuuneccs nary in give ) It is g-iid that rhroegh the unexpected Hit closure of some cor respondtnee between them their crim inal relations were brought to light. On Saturday before this occurred he went to Harmony Grove and pawned hi* watch for a quart of whicky, ami on Suuuay appeared at the school house in a s’ate o! disgraceful iat• Xtca tion. He left his family in destitute circumstances, and several creditors are in the lurch. Later.— Staudridge returned on Thursday last, ami said he bad come to stay, but ho has left again, and up to the time of going to press nothing definite has been heard from him We are reliably informed that he came home m a drunken condi tion, cursing the Bible, and saying religion is a fudge and a fraud, for he has tried it, and knows where of he speaks. We bopoour exchanges will pass him around. Grove Level, July 9, 1888.— Crops are growing finely—people are beginning to ‘‘lay-by.” Bot tom corn is young, but looking very well. Cotton is doing well. We had a nice little rain last week. From all appearance we think we will have more soon. We have a prosperous Sunday-school at the Line. Some times we visit Bush ville. We always find it on a boom —all who attend take a great in terest in it, and we think they are doing much good. Some of our young people visited Homer last Saturday to play croquet, and they say they never enjoyed an evening more pleasantly. After this they taken tea at different places, where they were all bountifully supplied with the choices of their wants. About 8 o’clock they repared to Judge Hill’s to a sociable; where they were welcomed by his ami able lady; and we can write from our author that the converse be tween the fair sex and some of the young men present was as sweet and pointed as the human mind could retain. The people at Hom er are kind and generous, and our boys say if you want to have a good time, go to Homer. Xou will find some of the nicest young Indies that banks afTord. Miss Flora Meadows of Maysvilie, and Misses Cyntha Thomas, Lola Ward,Theo. Chandler, and Ada Forbes, from the country, were present at the sociable. Lull. 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