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BANES COUNTY OBSERVER.
VOL. OXE.
THE BANKS OBSERVER.
One Dollar Per Year. SO t'ent*
For 6 Ulonth*). 45 Cento For 3
Months.
na. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY-
Locals 8 Cents Per Line First Inser
tion, Each Additional 6 Cents*
Entered as Second Class Matter at the
Homer, Ga., Poet Office.
Jno. Barton. - Proprietor.
County Officers*
T. r. Hill ordinary, l. N. Turk clerk
superior court, f m. Henderson sheriff,
v a. waters tax collector, J. C. Allan
tax rco#iver, a C Forbes treasurer, s.
a Ayers, coroner, B c. Alexandei coun
ty surveyor.
Saperior Court 3rd Mondays in
March and September. N. L Hutch
ins judge. Ed. Brown-solicitor geuer
al.
Justices Courts*
Homer, no. 265. —w. m. Ash notary
public, court 2nd Wednesdays.
Andeison, no 465.—W. h. Newton
notary public, w. z. vanghlin justice
peace, court 2nd Thursdays.
Poplar Spring, no. 912 —j. f. Evans
notary public, j. o smelley justice peace,
court 2nd Friday.
Golden Hill, no. 448.—ohas. sweet
notary public, r a wyLn justice peace*
court lot Saturday
Columbia, no. 471.— g. w. smith
notary public, court Ist Wedues lay
Washington, no 284 —w. j. acree
notary public, jus. caudell justice
peace, court 3rd Sa-urday
Wilmot, no. 1206.—0. w. wiley
notar> public, l. J Ragsdale justice
peace, court 3id Friday
Berlin, no 1210 —d f. scales no
tary public, court Ist Friday.
Boshville, no. 208.— w. a. watson
notary public, m. l. McDonald justice
peace, court 4tb Sa'uiday.
David’s no. 2074 --w. j. Burgess
notary public, j. c. übanks justice
peace, court Thursday before the first
Sunday.
Churches*
Presbyterian Church, servioes 2nd
Sunday in each mouth, lie*. G. H.
■J & r 11 otu i •
Methodist Church,services Ist Sunday
m each month, and Saturday before,
Revs. J. D. Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen
dergras, pastors.
Baptist Church, 4 h Sunday in each
month and Saturday before, Re*-. J. F.
Goode pastor.
Lodge*
Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. 0. O. 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 eaoh month,
w. a. watson worshipful muter, j. w.
vumpter aenior warden, r. M. adwarde
junior warden, T. t. trill aecretary, w.
o. I. Garrison treasurer, v. and. Lockhart
atrnior deacon, a. j. cash junior deacon,
o o. smith senior stoart, w. o. rhreld
held junior stnart, w. n Meeks tylor.
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA.. WEDNESDAY JULY 18, ISBS.
J C Allan respectfnllv annonuces
to the voters of Banks comity that he
will again be a candidate for the office
of Tax Receiver.
H J. David respect ! ullv announces
to the voters of Banks county mat he
is a candidate for Tax Collector.
J K Chambers respectfully an
noonc s to the voters of B ink- county
that he is a candidate for Tax-rpoeivcr.
All support gratetnlly received
LOCAL ITEMS^
Cotton is coming out fast.
Mrs. W. T. Dunoan is very sick.
Garden vegetables will soon be
numbered with the past.
Five negroes are now in jail,
for misdemeanor.
Judge Ilili has completed the woik
ou the Line Bridge.
Several visitors have passed on the ; r
way to the falls.
Sunday and Monday we e
very much like Fall.
Frmas aru abou f Uulo laying by,
and visiting among friends are no vin
order.
Mrs J. E. Stephens is visiting At
laoia this week.
The corn crop looks well—rain
is the only help needed to make a
good yield.
Mr. Milton Sanders is teaching
at Union Grove school house, and
has a fair sr-hool
The senior editor baa Oet-n abseu l
part of this and last w?ek. This will
account for the dolness of the Observe*
this we^k.
P. M, Edwards has a fine young
Horse and good milch Cow for
sale.—l2-2w.
Rev. Joe Hums, a student from
the colored seminary of Tuskaloosa,
Ala,, preached in the academy
Sunday morning.
The rain Tuesday afternoon wa
much welcomadj^and^wa^ refresh*
ing to the animal, and growing to
the vegetable kingdom.
The Academy is badly in need of
repairs. Those interes od in the health
aud educating of their children,should
see to this before cold weather sets in.
Those who subscribed for three
months ou the credit lUt, will please
oom* forward and settle. With this
week their time expires.
The ooauty jail needs anew roof
and the parties that built the new jail
ought to pay for it. The roof has beet)
defective from the start. It has leaked
so badly that the plastering is damag
ed. .
The whistle of the wheat thresh
er is now heard iu different part*
of the county. Mr. Thompson has
threshed something over 000 bush
|els in this section,
Persons coming in this office w ill
please keep away from the copy
hooks. This part of the office is
strictly private.
Th# next thirty days will, decide
the average crop—so says a Har
mony Grove merchant.
Attend the meeting of the
grange to-morrow. It will be in
teresting and instructive to com
mercial interests as well as agri
cultural. Every one should attend,
The Observer is not responsible
foropimons of correspondents. It
would much prefer good local news,
rather than long political homo
types.
In this issue appears the an
nouncement of Mr, J, K. Chambers
for tax-receiver, Mr. Chambers is
a young man, raised and living in
Banks all his life. If elected he
will make a faithful officer.
Messrs. P. A. O’Connor and
Robt, Stephens of Atlanta, came
up Saturday evening, Mr. O’Con
nor returned Monday with his fam
ily. Mr. Stephens will spend a
few days with his mother, relatives
and friends.
The stock-law districts seem to
be making trouble in Clarke. Some
body has penned the cow of the
editor of the Graphic, and he ad
vertises her thus:—“Strayed! The
bob-tailed, crop-eared, no horn,
Jersy colored cow. * *”
Homer’s two Sunday-schools will
help each other in the celebration
exercises. Mr. Ira Hill is elect
ed flag bearer; delegates from Bap
tist school, Messrs. Hill, Dyar and
Miss Mason; from Union School,
Miss Emma Martin, Judge Moss,
Messrs. L. N. Turk and TANARUS, J. Ash.
The merchants of Harmony
Grove are in good spirits over the
present outlook for a good crop,
The firms of Hood & Son, Quillian
<fc Cos., Gunnels <fc Power, Hard
man & Cos., Hardman & Sharp,
W. W. Jordan, carry heavy stocks
in their diffent line of goods, and
are having a fair trade for this sea
son oi the year.
The prisoners confined in jail made
an attempt to escape Fiiday. One of
them, a barl v negro named Henry Har
rie, secreted hituaelf in the corridor an
der some bed clothing, prepared to
ran when the door was opened, bot
the watchful eye of Sheriff Henderson
presented hie escape.
Col Jae. Hatnp Grant of Haber
sham, was in town Tuesday. He says
the political pot is boiling with anusn
al warmth in hie county, aeory West,
Sauk Sw’ft Pavia, and VVm.
Erwin, are all waurirji to r>| re ent'be
County, and each ennddate if* precedi
ng hu claims to lie dear f ocplt- *-uh
much caruemueaS. Mr Grantnaidh*
would uot bet ten cents on either can
didate, for it is extiemely uncertain
•vho will he he lucky msr.
Mrs. John Mat-key, liviug in the
upper portion of Banks, died Fri
day morning. Mrs. Mackey was
an old and respected citizen of the
county—a Christian lady, and leav
es many relatives and frieuds to
mourn her loss.
While in Harmony Grove, Fri
day, the writer called at the under
taking and Furniture house of W.
W. Jordan, and found that gentle
man fitting up a very fine casket
for Mrs. M’s. remains. Hence this
item.
It is understood that the County
Board of Education has ordered
that children, whose parents are
too poor to buy books, may use
any books they have in the public
schools of the county for this year.
This is a wrong step. Who is too
poor? Who is to decide the ques
tion? This virtually amounts to
no system. The board, it is thought,
made a contract with the publish
ers o'* Appletons’ school books, in
which they agreed to furnish the
poor of the county with a certain
nil tuber of books free. If the leg
islature don’t do something with
this vexed question of school books
what is to become of the people?
The following figures may be of
interest. They will give a geo
graphical view of the summer heat
in other countries: Bengal and the
African desert 150 Fahrenheit,
Senegal and Candaloupe 130°, Per
sia 125°, Calcutta and Central
America 120°, Afghanistan and
Arabian 110, Cape of Good Hope
and Utah 105, Greece 104, Arabia
103, Montreal 103, New York 102,
Spain, India, China and Jamaica
100, Sierra Leone 94, Franco and
Denmark, St. Petersburg, Shang
hai, Burman Empire, Buenos,
Aryes, Sandwich Islands 90, Great
Britain, Siam and Peru 85, Portu
gal, Pekin and Natal 80, Siberia
77, Australia and Scotland 75, It
aly, Venezuela and Madeira 73,
Prussia and New Zealand7o, Swit
zerland and Hungary 66, Bavaria,
Sweden, Tasmania and Moscow
65, Patagonia and the Falkland
Isles 55, Iceland 45, Nova Zembla
34. The lowest heat is confined
to the European continent.
Don’t read another line in this
column. It will sprain your eyes.
NO. 12.