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VOL. ONE. THE BANKS OBSERVER. _3i.ww wa. PTIBLISHET* WEDNESDAY- One Uoilai* 2*er H ear. 50 teats l-'or Six Months. SoSwcriplion in Advance. -t.ooß.Xs S Cents Per tine First Insert tion. Encix Additional 5 Cents* Entered as Second Class Matter at the Homer, Ga., Post Office. Jtso. Burton! - Proprietor. wpiKfJwt - wnurnm a> imwyp—P— <p—m 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, OK 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. • ——————————————— 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 ► 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. + 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.