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VOL. ONE.
THE BANKS OBSERVER.
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One Uoilai* 2*er H ear. 50 teats
l-'or Six Months.
SoSwcriplion in Advance.
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tion. Encix Additional 5 Cents*
Entered as Second Class Matter at the
Homer, Ga., Post Office.
Jtso. Burton! - Proprietor.
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A. C. MOSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOMER, GEORGIA.
made and promptly remitted
P. M. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the Courts
of the Western Circuit.
—W. I. PIKE, ,
Attorney AT LAW,
Jefferson, Georgia.
G. W. BROWN,
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Maysville, Georffifl.
gOT Will do a general practice.
Collecting a specialty.
James M. Merritt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Maysville, Georgia,
Dr. A. H. Stapler.
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to Surgery,
Obstetrics and Chronic diseases of long
standing.
Y. I). LOCKHART.
PhysiciaN,
If oxx r, Georgia.
J. W. Sumpter,
GENERAL BLACKSMITHING,
Homer, Georgia.
Buggies and Waggons made
to order. Repairing a Specialty.
Drs. HARDMAN & SHARP,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUGGISTS,
Harmony, Grove, Ga.
Churches.
Presbyterian Church, services 2nd
Sunday in each month, llev. G. H.
Cartledge, pastor.
Methodist Church, services Ist Sunday
in each month, and Saturday before,
Revs. J. D. Gunnels and Jno. I. Pen
dergras, pastors.
Baptist Churfifi, 4th Sunday in each
month and Saturday before, Rer. J. F.
Goode pastor.
Lodges.
Homer Lodge, no. 82., I. O. 0. F.,
meets Ist Tuesday in each month, J.
W. Sumpter, noble grand, T. F. Hill,,
socrst&ry,
Phi Delta Lodge no. 148, F. A. M„
meets let Friday night in each month,
w. A. watson worshipful master, j. w.
Sumpter senior warden, r. M. Edwards
junioT warden, T. r. iiill secretary, w.
Oi l. Garrison treasurer, v. and. Lockhart
senior deacon, a. j. cash junior deacon,
o. c. smith senior Btuart, w. o. Tbreld
leld junior etuart, w. n. M:eka tyler.
BANES COUNTY OBSERVER.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
J. C. Allan respectfully announces
to the vote* of Banks county that ho
will again be a candidate for the office
of Tax Receiver.
H. J. David respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks county that he
is a candidate for Tax Collector.
J. K. Chambers respectfully an
nonnees to the voters of Banks county
that ho is a candidate for Tax-receiver.
All support gratefully received.
We are authorized to announce that
B. F. Saddath 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 dis
charge the duties of said officer to the
best of my ability. A. 0. Moss.
R. P. Terrell respectfully announces
to the voters of Banks county that he
is a candidate for Tax Receiver.
Ordinary’s Court,
First Mondays ia each month, t. f.
Hill, ordinary.
Superior Court,
Third Mondays iu March and Sep
tember. m. l. Hutchins judge.
LOCAL ITEMS. ~
NOTICE!
September 5tH, 1888.
.After this month no notices of any
kind will be inserted in this paper
without the publication fees in advance
Cottou is commencing to open.
Mr, J. E. Stephens visited Athens
this week.
Mr. \Y,*O. J. Garrison went to
Atlanta last week.
The health of the county is very
good at present.
Sunday being a disagreeble cay,
there was no Sunday-schools.
Mr. W. B. paid Atlanta a
business trip last week.
IS!ext Monday superior court
opens.
Mr. Rosenberg of Athens, was in
town this week,
Campmeeting is now commenc
ed at Poplar Springs. This will
be the winding up of the season.
The daily mail leaves here now
at 7 o’clock in the morning, and
will return between 1 and 3 p, m.
Working the roads is the order
this week. The overseers should
remember fodder-pulling.
Local news is dull. Now that the
correspondents have had a rest, it is
time they were sending in items.
The report that Hob. J. N. Coggins
will not support Candler, has no loua
dation, whatever.
Dr. Lockhart and Judge Hill visit
ed Atlanta last week. They report
things lively in the Gate City.
After two weeks cloudy and rainy
weather, the sun has come forth,
much to the pleasure of all.
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, ISSS.
Col. Walker of Bolton, *as iajjiowu
Saturday. He tame down to hear
Col. Candler.
The numbor of dogs arouni Homer
is not Baa.aU, but useless to somo ex
tout. They seem to conjrcga eat the
Presbyterian Church oi nights.
What about Mr, Pickett preach
ing the gospel of temperance in
Banks, and the gospel of anti-pro
hibition in Atlanta?
A visit to Maysville Monday
found the merchants receiving
their fall goods. Maysville is a
thriving little place.
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Dr. Y. D. Lockhart has ou hand a
full line of Rrseuburg’s Spectacles
and Eye-G lasses.
Eyes carefully examined and glasses
guaranteed to give satisfaction. 20tf.
Mr, TANARUS, J. Ask returned to Athens
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last week, to his former occupa
tion as cotton receiver. Mr. Ash'
is one of Homer’s highly respected
young men,
Mr. T. D. Cartledge left for Colum
bia, S. C., last Monday, whore he goes
to study the wiuietry at the Phia.
Seminary. Mr. Cartledge didn’t for
get to leave bis subscription for the
Observer;
Tho little light last Saturday ex
cited every one. It caused the
dander to rise, and a good many
seemed to think, from their actions
they Wood like to have ‘fit’ a little,
But the sheriff being on hand pre
vented all serious trouble.
In this issue appears the an
nouncement of Mr. R. P, Terrell
for tax receiver. Mr. Terrell is
known throughout the county and
needs no recommendations. If
Mr, Terrell is the choice of the peo
ple lie will be grateful and faith
ful to them.
What the Farmers Alliance will
amount to, the future can only
tell. However, it will require a
good deal of capital to make it
amount to anything. Several of
Banks solid farmers said last Sat
urday they never did get any good
out of the grange, and they didn’t
intend to have anything lo do with
the alliance.
The Observer is meeting with as
good success as was expected at
the start. Homer is the County
Cite. It is the only place in the
county a paper could represent
Banks and be the official organ.
Homer is the centre of the county.
The surrounding sections are suffi
cient to support a newspaper with
a good circulation. This is what
demands a good advertising pa
tronage from abroad.
Athens, Harmony Grove and
Maysville, commands the trade in
this county. If they want to show
the people that they appreciate
their trade, they can show it in no
better light than advertising in
their home paper.
CANDLER AND NEWMAN.
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A Grand Democratic Rally—Big
Crowd —Much Enthusiasm.
Last Saturday was (lie appoint
ed day for Col, Candler, demo-
cratic nominee of this (the 9th)
Congressional District, to address
the citizens of Banks. Early in
the day the people began to as
semble, and by ten o'clock there
was scarcely standing room in the
courthouse. About 11a, m., Mr.
Ash, chairman of the county exec
utive committee, announced that
the speaking would commence.
As Col, Candler arose, ho was
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
After paying a tribute to Banks,
thehorae of his boyhood, lie pro
ceeded to deliver his discourse,
which was conceded to be one of
the most masterly arguments ever
delivered in (lie court house on
National politics. It was listened
to with profound attention by the
vast crowd, and frequently inter-
rupted by sounds of applause.
He briefly reviewed the condi
tion of National affairs, and show
ed that the toiling millions of the
country had been taxed out ot
more thaq half tho money in the
Uniteal States, which had been
withdrawn from circulation and
piled up in the National Treasury,
thus paralizing the industries of
the country, and forcing hard
times upon the people. He show
ed that protective tariff fostered
and encouraged the gigantic trusts
and monoplies of the country, and
forced the masses to pay enormous
prices for articles ef every-day con
sumption, He showed that the
Mills bill, as passed by the House
of Representatives, would, if it be
came a law, reduce taxation and
save to the people the enormous
sum of eighty million dollars annu
ally. He briefly reviewed his
course in congress, and met every
charge that had ever been made
against him, and concluded by urg
ing his friends to go to the polls
and vote the democratic ticket.
Col. Newman, Elector on the
presidential ticket for this district,
followed in a very able and hum
orous speech. lie carried the crowd
all the way with him, and captivat
ed his hearers by his eloquence
and wit. He says a great crisis is
upon the country and it is the im
perative duty of every democrat to
go to the polls and vote with the
party.
mA. J. Gill, residing near Dade City,
Fla., is the owner of an orange tree
53 years old, which is two and a half
feet iu diameter and 35 feet high.
This tree has yielded 10,000 oranges
in a single season, and it is believed
if no mishap supervenes the product
will reach 12,000 this year. It isono
of a group ot eighteen, each but little
inierior in size.
Tdcgraptiie,
Birmingham, Ala., Bep. 10.—Con
ductor R. N. West of the Georgia Pa
cific railroad, was shot and fatally
wounded this afternoon by Cond&cror
W. D. Moore of the fame r ad. The
shooting oocnrred at Sirtlia, a r-uiall
station about seventy miles usst of
this city. Meore was in charge oftho
west bound freight train nud West ia
charge of an east hound freight. They
met at Sardis, got iuto a quarrel about
whose train should take the siding.
Both men drew their pistols about the
same timo and fired several shots.
Moore escaped unhurt. Two shots
took effect in West’s Indy and he can
not live. Moore telegraphed the sher
iff that he did the shooting in self de
fense and would give himself u;>.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 10
The electrical worka of Dorsey, Pay no
and Cos., were totally drstioyed by lira
at 4 o’clock this afternoon, besides
Lawhorn’s boarding house. Dorsey,
Payne amt Cos., had just received the
entire outfit to put in a messenger sys
tem, which was destroyed. The loss
will reach $5,000, which is hall insur
ed. The fire was caused by an explo-
sion.
Stone Mountain, Gi, S,’pt. 10.—
Friday afternoon, about 3 o’clock,
Louis Seay, a yonng man eighteen
years old, and the youngest son of
Mr. John A. Sray, wh ) lives two miles
north of this {dace, in company with
his brotktr-in-law, Mr Newman Cald
well, started out rquirrel hunting. On
their way they fount a uniscadino
vine. Laying their guns down uuclsr
the vine, they climbed up into the-noe
and wore eating the miscadiues whan
young Seay beard bis dog bay a aquir
rel, and hurryiog down he picked np
bin gun by the muzzle. The hammer
beeomming entangled in the vines, IB
tired, sending the wbsld load into bis
stomach.
Dr. M. M. McGehe* was summoned
immediately and everything was dono
for biin that medical aid could do. Ha
lingered in great Bgony until 11 p. m.
that night when fce died.
Eaton, Ga., 10th inat.—This even
ing, on the plantation of J. C. Reid,
four miles from Eaton, Jeff Thomas
shot and morta'ly wounded Oscar
Scott, both colored. They engaged in
a quarrel this morning, and this evon
ing renewed the quarrel, which terrni
nated in a fight, with tbo above result.
He was shot with a musket at close
raDge, the load entering his light side,
making a mortal wouud. At last ac
counts ho was thought to bo drine.
Macon, Ga., lOib, inst.—Last night
several young gentlemen went out to
Vineville on a soeial visit. In return
ing to the city about half pas 11
o’clock, they were startled by a pi&tol
report near the V ineville branch, sed
on investigation found that two color
ed men wore engaged in a fight, .bet
what their names was ths reporter.did
not learn.
The larger of the two negroes, wbo
was drank, draw his pitol~and
once at a smaller negro, but mhi*
him. The smaller man then jam ra
on the larger one, took his pistol 1
him, beat him considerably, and throw
iug him heavily to the ground, blow
bis arm. )
NO. 20.