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VOL. ONE. THE BANKS OBSERVER.* PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY. One Dollar Per Year. 50 Cents* Cor Nix Months. Subscription in Advance. 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, - Proprietor. ANNOUNCEMENTS. J. C. Allan respeotfully announces to the voters of Banks county that he will again be a catdidate for the office of Tax Roceiver. H. J. David respeottally announces to the voters of Banks county that he is a candidate for Tax Collector. J. K. Chambers respectfully an nounces to the voters of Banks county that he is a candidate for Tax-receiver. All support gratefully received. We are authorized to announce that B. F. Buddath will be a cannidate be fore the people of Banks county for Representative, in the next general assembly. Through the solicitation of many friends, I announce myself a candidate for Ordinary, and if elected will diß charge the duties of said officer to the best of my ability. A. C Moss. • Ordinary’s Court, First Mondays iu each month. T. f. Hill, ordinary Superior Court, Third Mondays in March and Sep tember. M. l Hutchins judge. C2mroh.es> Presbyterian Church, servicas 2u ) Sunday in each month, G. H* Oartledge, pastor. Methodist Church,services Ist Sunday inei- h mouth, and Saturday before, Revs. J. D. Gunuels and Jno. I. Pen dergras, pastors. Baptist Church, 4 h Sunday in each month, and Saturday before, Rev, J. F. Goode pastor. lodges- Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. 0. 0. F., meets Ist Tuesday in eaoh month, J. W Sumpter, noble grand, T. F. Hill,, secretary. Phi Delta Lodge no. 148, F, A. M„ mee f s let Friday night in each month, w. A. watson worshipful master, j. w. Sumpter senior warden, p. m. Edwards junior warden, T. v. Hill secretary, w. c. J. aarrison treasurer, v. . Lockhart senior deacon, a. c. cash junior deacon, o. o. smith senior Stuart, w. o. Threld keld junior stuart, w. h. Meeks tyler. JOB PRINTING f jgtfF* Neatly done at this Office at low prices. Come and examine work. Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Post ers, Dodgers, Tags, Circulars, Mort gage note, Justice Coart Sabpoenas, Fi Fas, Summons, Title Deeds, fito. BANES COUNTY OBSERVER. LOCAL ITEMS. LL" 11 ■ The days are shortening fast. Give Col. Candler a good turn out Bth inst, The negroes are having a protract* ed meeting at Flat Creek. The Baptist church bell sounds nice to a deaf man. Judge Hill vi sited Gainesvillo last week. Mr. P. M. Edwards visited Gaines ville last week. Mrs. W, L. Telford is visifing rel atives in Hart county, Ritching-posts have been put up in rear of the court-house. Hon, J N Coggins was in town Thursday. Mr. John Hill is gradually im proving. The protracted meetings have about all closed. Since cleaning out the park well the water has an unpleasant taste. The Farmers Alliance were in session Saturday night. Mr. Jack Turk has a young lady at his house. She doesn’t wish calls. The tax digest has been return ed, The assessment will be some thing like last year’s. For several mornings last week, the cold wave caused chilly sensa tions. The drouth during the past two weeks has injured the cotton crop. Bowls that were iornrng have died. The peach crop has been abund ant around here for the past month. Candidates for representative are canvassing the county in a lively manner. The impression is Mr. Coggins will come out ahead by a good majority. Remember next Friday, Closing exercises of Homer .Academy, takes place at the court house. A young lady has arrived at Mr. P. M. Edwards. Several years will elapse before she receives company Mr. Ed Owen and Miss Nannie Bennett were married 23rd, inst., Esqr, Ash officiating. Elsewhere in this issue appears an account of the killing of Mr. Jim EL lison near Maysville last week. Several Homerites got drenched in the heavy rain of Sunday even ing—a week past. The Autumn months will soon be here. The leaves will soon begin to fall. Miss Willie Cox wa3 baptised Sunday. She has united with the Baptist church. Several of Homer’s citizens at- HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29, ISSS. tended services at Nails Creek church Sunday. About thirty were baptised. Judge Hill intends putting new guttering on the courthouse soon. The old and worn-out guttering have fallen off. The Observer is late this week; but those who owe their 3 mouths back subscription, are still later, you koow. Still they receive the paper, over and above their word. Saturday morning a sharp re port of a pistol was heard—some thing very uncommon for the quiet town ot Homer. Without it was a rat intruding upon the corn crib, or a ’possum frying to raid the hen-house, the Observer can not account for it. Master “Bunk” Presley, while on his way home from school, Fri day evening, was romping with other scholars. During the exer cise he knocked his hip out of place. Last accounts he was resting easy, The most miserable and selfish man is the one who fails to take his county paper; yet slips round and borrows his neighbor’s. This man should never go out in the moonlight—if his shadow should asked a chew of tobacco, the miser would more than likely run, The nominating convention of the 33rd Senatorial district will meet at Giilsville next Saturday. There are seven delegates elected from this county; Dr. V D Lock hart, Wm M Ash, A P Wofford, W L Telford, M L McDonald, D W Parks, E Anderson, They will vote as a unit for the nomination of Mr. McCarty, the nominee of Jack son county’s primary That egotistical “We, Us, Our!” These three words sheuld never be used in public print. To the down fall of newspaper men, they are given to these phrases. They are millionaires, seemingly—engulfed in the bounds of “We, Us, Our.” In composing an article, the writ er should stand off from self-notice. Concentrate the mind on outer events—the thoughts will run like wise. Public Speaking. Col. A. D. Candler will address the people here Saturday, Sept. Bth. A good crowd is desired. The Colonel will tell you something about inde pendontism and mugwurapism. He will show the difference between a rack-coon aad a 'possum, if one has stripes. He will tell you what a demo crat is; what he should be. Other speakers are likely to be pres ent and address the people on public issues concerning their interests. Mr. Parks of Franklin, and of the Carnesvjlle bar, is in town to day. Mr, Parks says there is some dissatisfaction in his county of the nomination for sheriff; notwith standing, a fair primary was held, and over ISOO votes cast. The above dissatisfaction is only a fac-simile of th® few disgruntled “mugwumps” in this county, over the recent nomination for Repre sentative. Poor indeed, is the democratic principles of any man who can’t stick to his party’s nom inees and organization. What a blessed thing it is to havo a climate free from all epidemics. Yon can easily afford to eat corn bread and drink branch water, when yon feel assured of good health every day. No quarantine stations are here to impede the traveler in his progress through the country; no health offioer to feel your pulse and look at your tongue, or order you to be confined, for fear of yellow fever. Here you may have to scratch for a living, but that is nothing compared to the mor tal fear of being stricken down with some dread disease. What is a Rainbow? Tbe rainbow is a semicircular band or arc, composed of the different col ors, generally exhibited on the olouds during the occurrence of rain in sun shine. It is produced by the refraction pnd reflection of ihe sun’s rays in the drops of falling rain. It can only be seen while it rains in that point of the Heav "pposite the son N- wo persons (*,• ho same bow, •* > • y observer s<vs a bow for hun ; . • W II *ome of the y m g people ox i ! ;r *hv this is? A‘>*wer through t >e columns of the Observer *** TELEGRAPHIC Raleigh, N. C , August, 27 News h> bt-eu received of the burning of the Gay manufacturing company at Besley Gates eounty. These were the largest eaw mills in this state and gave em ployment to some two hundred people. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 27.—At a meeting of cootton planters of west Tennessee and northern Mississippi held here today, it was resolved to de cline to use jute bagging at the present prices, and to adopt any substitute for the same that could be found. The national alliance, which meets at Me ridian, Miss., in Ootober, will also take cognizance of the sorner in bag ging which has been effected. Charleston, S. C., August 27. There is promise of a war among the rice mills here. The battle was begun by the Chisholm mUI, which announced a reduction of tolla for milling to 6 cents per bushel. Gumming, Ga.. Aug. 27.— Wiliam Gunter and Henry Martin, (white) and Lee Nnckoile, (colored) who were confined in our county jail, overpow ered acting Jailer Harris to-day while he was giving them dinner and dis armed him of his pistol and knife, and made good their esoape. Parties went in pursuit and oaptured the negro man three miles trom town. Our superior court conveys to-day, and these men escaped in good time, aa they would have been lined and convicted at this court. Columbus, Ind , Aug 27.—Frank and Elam Hall, Irothers, quarreled ovor politios on the evening of the 2Gth with Jacob Peavy, aged 65, of Nash ville, Brown county, Ind. A bloody fight was the result, in which Peavy nsec>au axe. Frank’s skull was fract ured, and he died at midnight. Elam, the other brother, received fatal injuries frem which he died to-day. I’ea'y escaped. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 27.—At 10:15 o’olook tonight John Williams, a olerk in his father’* drag store on Twentieth street, eliot three times and instantly killed Simon Isaacks, a keeper of a eoda water stand in tbe same store. The origin of the dificulty is un known, but the shooting seems to be tho deliberate act of premeditation. Williams was in liquor and had a previous quarrel with Isaacks. Ha is a fast young man aud was a friend of the late deceased Tom Ellie, editor of the Hornet, who was killed by Detective Sullivan. Isaacks was a man of family, about 53 years of ago and very inoffensive in his depoitment. W'lliams made no effort to esoape aud was jailed. Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 27.--Just one month since the first yellow fever ea-e; one hundred and seveuteeu cases, wi'h 17 deaths, are be result to date. Gainesville is to be lighted by elec tricity aud watered by water works. Cbatanooga, Tenn., Aug. 27.—A little over a year ago, a mao named Dartingo murdered one Caruevan whom he took to be an officer named Janet, at Brussels, Belgium, oa ac count of a difficulty which he had with the off cr. The murderer laid in wait for hie man, but killed the wrong par ty and never knew of his mistake un til he bad fled to America. Dartinge has been living in New Or leans for a year and confessed his orime only a few days ago, and was immediately arrested. He passed through this city to day for now York in charge of two detectives who will take him to Brussels. Staunton, v a., Ang. 27.—The re poblican meetings to appoint delegates to the district convention to nominate a candidate for congress from Augus ta county and Staunton, held on tbe 25tb instant, sent solid delegations, with one exception, for the nomination of Hon. Jacob Yost, the present repre sentative. Dublin, Aug. 27.--The police of Wexford to day arrested Jobs Red mond, member of parliament for Wex ford, bis brother, william Redmond, member of parliament for Tarmanagh. and Edward Walsh, editor of the Wex foid People. They are charged with offenses under the crimes aet. A constant and disagreeable sweet taste has been reported in one oase as a result ol the substitution of saccharin for sugar. The loud laughter on th still air now kills the dulness of the town. NO. IS.