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BANKS COUNTY OBSERVER.
VOL. ONE.
THE BANKS OBSERVER.
M>, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY.
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Locals 8 Cents Per Line First Inser
tion* Each Additional 5 Cents*
Entered as Second Claes Matter at the
Homer, Ga., Post Office.
Jno. Barton* - Proprietor.
County Officers*
T. f. Hill ordinary, l. n. Turk clerk
superior court, f. m. uendereon sheriff,
r a. waters tax collector, J. C. Allan
tax receiver, 3 c. Forbes treasurer, s.
a Ayers, coroner, R. c. Alexander conu*
ty surveyor.
Superior Court 3rd Mondays in
March and September. N. L. Hutch
ins judge. Ed. Brown solicitor gener
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Justices Courts.
Homer, no. 265.— w. m. Aah notary
foolie, court 2nd Wednesdays.
Anderson, 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 2nd Friday.
Golden Hill, no, 448.— chas. sweet
Dotary public, r.a wytn justice peace,
court Ist Saturday.
Columbia, no. 471.—0. w. smith
notary public, court Ist Wednesday
Washington, no. 284 —w, j. Acree
notary public, J'is. candell justice
peace, court 3rd Saturday.
Wilmot, no. 1206. —o. w. wiley
notar? public, l. J. Ragsdale justice
peace, oourt 3rd Friday.
Berlin, no 1210. — a- f. scales no
tary public, court Ist Friday.
Basbville, no. 208. — w. a. watson
notary public, m. l. MODOnald justice
peace, court 4th Saturday.
David’s no. 2074.— w. j. Burgess
notary public, J. o. übanks justice
peace, court Thursday before the first
Sunday.
Churches*
Presbyterian Church, services 2nd
Sunday in each month, ller. G. 11.
Cartledge, pastor.
Methodist Church,servioes Ist Sunday
in 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.
lodges-
Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. O. O. F.,
meets let 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.
■ampter senior warden, p. M. Edwards
junior warden, T. f. Hill secretary, w.
o. T. oarrison treasurer, v. and. Lockhart
senior deacon, a. j. cash junior deaoon,
o. o. smith senior stuart, w. o. Threld
keld junior stuart, w. h. Meeks tyler.
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8,18 SS.
J. 0. Allan respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks county that he
will again be a candidate for the office
of Tax Receiver.
H. J. David respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks oounty that he
is a candidate for Tax Collector.
J. K Chambers respectfully an
nonnoes to the voters of Baukt* county
that he is a candidate for Tax-receiver
All support gratefully received
We are authorized to announce that
B. F. Suddath will be a cannidate be
fore the pt ople of Bauks oounty tor
Representative, in the next geueral
assembly.
Through the solicitation of many
friends, 1 announce myself a candidate
for Ordinary, and if eleoted will d:s
charge the duties of said officer to the
best of my ability. A. C Moss.
~~ LOCAL ITEMS'
B..me iinprovemeuts are still going
on in Homer.
Mr. W. (J. J. Garrison was quite
sick the past week, butts improving.
up to Hill has issued 52
pair of marriage license for this year.
It i6 said the crops between here
and A liens are a complete failure for
want of tain.
Mr L?roy P*iks, an old resident of
this county, fell and broke his should
er blade one day last week
It will be notioed ttiai tbo cotton
is more heavily loaded with
bowls this year than last.
Mr. F. A, Waters is recovering
from several weeks sickness, much
to the feeling of his friends.
There were tweuty-six additions
to the Methodist Church at New
Salem last week.
It will be a wonder if some of
the boys don’t get drowned in the
river some of these days.
The figures on editoiial page in ref
erence to the state road, should read
$5,000,000. The 760 000 dollars is
for betterments.
Married 2ud lost., Mr. Rellar Par
sous to Miss Allioe Bowden. Both are
of this county. May they realize a
pleasant journey through life.
The services at the Baptist
Church were protracted until Fri
day. Revs. L. J, Duncan and W.
TANARUS, M, Brock assisted the pastor.
Henry Greene of Maysville, brought
Bud Mack (col.) and placed him in
jail Monday, ohargcd with “over driv
ing" a horse.
Mrs, B. Sharp of Atlanta, and
her sister, Miss Lincoln, spent sev
eral days with Mrs. Garrison last
week.
Mr. Joe Bakerfjtreated Messrs. Ba
ker, Forbes, Beard and the writer to a
nice lot of watermelons, last Sunday.
Mr. Baker will receive thanks. .
The commissioners are revising the
jury books, with the purpose of draw
ing the grand and petit juries for
September court. A list of the names
will appaar in next iesue.
Next Saturday, 11 a. m , Hon. Ru
fus E. Gtitharie of Forsythe, will ad
diess the citizens of Banks, at Homer,
in the interests of farming. A good
a tendance is desired.
License were issued Friday evening
to Mr. W M. Hawkins and Miss N
M Chasteine of this ooonty. The par
ties live iu the neighborhood of oills
ville.
The past two weeks have been ex
tremely warm. The excessive heat has
caused much sickness; there are sever
al oages of typhoid fever repor el in
this seotion.
The festive drummer continues
to make calls on the business men,
A more pob’te and agreeable set of
men are not to be found. Long may
they live to eujoy life and make
the brighter.
In this ist-ue appeals the announce
ment of Judge A. C Moss for Ordina
ry. The judge asks no recoiumeDda
tionr., having held the office in years
past, the v Gl erß are well acquainted
v. i h him.
The solemn and impressive cere
mory of Baptism was
ed by Rev. L. J. Duncan of Belton,
at the Chambers bridge, on Friday
morning. About fifteen converts
were baptised, A large congrega
tion was in attendance.
Mr.-B. F. Suddath is announced
this week as a candidate for repre
sentative. It would be useless to
say anything commendatory of
Mr, Suddath; he has been long ac
quainted with the people of the
county as au officer and private
citizen.
Saturday evening, the 28th inst,
as the Misses Burns were returning
.from the Sunday-school Celebra
tion, Mr. Watson’s wagon, which
was in the rear of their buggy, ran
into it —throwing the young ladies
out. and demolishing the vehicle.
The accident occurred by the
breast-yoke of Mr. Watson’s mule
team breaking. Fortunately no
one was seriously hurt.
It was the pleasure of the writer,
in company with Judge Hill, to
call on the latter’s aged and re
spected father, Mr. John Hill, Sr.,
at his home a mile from town, last
FridUy. The ojd gentleman has
been quite feeble the past month,
but his many old friends and life
long assooiates will be glad to hear
he is recovering and will soon be
restored to his usual health. Mr.
Hill was talkative and pleasant—
seemingly in good spirits. Mr. Hill,
in past life, has been a man of in
domitable energy; his whole life
has been devoted to the study of
farming; in his ripe old age he lov
es to talk about the theories and
practice of farming now.
No change, as yet, has taken
place in the excessive heat.
Homer String-band did some
fine playing Monday night. The
music rendered was a rare treat,
lion. J. N. Coggins of Belton,
the regular democratic nominee
for representative, was in town
Saturday night. The friends of
Mr, Coggins, have no fear of his
defeat. They think his election
sure.
Maysville, Aug, 6, 1888.—Capt
H, H. Hale of Athens, visited here
last Sunday.
Mr. Alex. Burch and wife of
Hiwassee, are visiting relatives
here.
Mr, Bacon of Lexington, the fa
ther of our enterprising townsman,
C. T. Bacon, paid us a short visit
last week.
J, M. Merritt is attending Jack
son Superior Court,
tp Dr. W. H. Newton and family
have returned from Chautauqua.
Appolla.
Two deal and dumb mutes were in
towu Friday. They were women. An
old lady, whose name the writer does
not call, says she met them in the road
fronting her house—not knowing they
were mutes, she spoke to them—they
did not return the salute, but looked
so strange, she felt like taking to her
heels.
The above reminds the writer of an
instance while at Lome several years
ago, in Logan county, Ivy., one dark,
dismal and rainy nigbt, about 9’olock,
the writer was standing on tho piaza,
trying to read the seemingly approach
ing storm, charged with lightning and
rolling thunder bolts, when he
espied a very large and luminous blaz
ing toroh coming through the field,
about a hundred yards off. Thinking
it was some prowling negro, the writer
stepped back, got a gun and proceed
ed to meet the enemy. Within a few
yards of the coming torch the writer
stopped and demanded a bait from the
torch, eeyeral times, bnt it kept com •
ing, and the writer was in the sot of
stepping aside until it would get to
him, when the torch fell to the ground,
as though it was thrown, at this in
stance the writer snapped his gun, the
oap bursted, bnt the gun didn’t fire;
putting his finger on the other trigger,
moving aside, expecting a return hie,
he espied Jasper West, a deaf and
dumb mate young man, stoop and pick
np the olazing toroh Who oan im
tnagiue the writer’s feelings at that
moment? The very hairs of his head
seem to raise His hat.
NO. 15.