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BANKS COUNTY OBSERVER. VOL. ONE. THE BANKS OBSERVER. M>, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY. One l>o!liir Per Year. 50 Cent.* For Six: Month*. Subscription in Advance. 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 -1 Ale 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.