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VOL. ONE. THE BANKS OBSERVER. n_ PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY. 50 Cts. Per Year. SnbMcription in Advance. Locals 8 Cents Per Eine First Inser tion. Each Additional 5 Cents* Entered as Second Class Matter at the Homer, Ga., Post Office. •Jno. Bartons - Proprietor. A. C MOSS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOMER, GEORGIA. Ayollections made and promptly remitted " P. M. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law, HOMER, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the Courts ef the Western Circuit. , ■ —-\V. I. I'IKK.— Attorney At Law, Jefffrsov, Georgia. (TW. BKOWN, maysville, Geoiffin. gOT Will do a general practice. Collecting a' specialty. James M. Merritt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Maysville. Dr. A. H. Stapler. HOMER, GEORGIA. f Special ■ • > t ven to Surgery. Obstetrics ain't Cb'oi.ic diseases of standing V. 1). LOCKHART. PhysiciaN, Homer, Georgia. J. W. Sumpter, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. Homer, CSeorgia. and Waggons made to order. Repairing a Specialty. Dks. HARDMAN & SHARP, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, Harmony, Grove, Ga. Churches" Presbyterian Church, services 2nd Sasday in each month, 11st. 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 Church, 4 h Sunday ineaoh month and Saturday before, Rer. J. F. Goode pastor. Lodges- Homer Lodge, mo. 82., I. O. 0. F., meets Ist Tuesday in each month, J. W. Sumpter, noble grand, T. F. Hill,, secretary. ~ _ _ . ... Phi Delta Lodge mo. 148, F. A. meets Ist Friday night in each month, w. A- watson worshipful master, s. w. sompter senior warden, p. m. Edwards junior warden, T. f. Hill secretary, w. a. 1. aarrison treasurer, v. and. uockhart senior deacon, a. J. caeh junior deacon, o. c. smith senior etnart, w. o. fhreld keld janior Stuart, w. n seks tyler.- BANKS COUNTY OBSERVER. ANNOUNCEMENTS. J. C. Allan respectfnllv snnonncas to the voters of Banks county that he will again be a candidate for tho office of Tax Receiver. H. J. David respeetfullv 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 recoived Through the solicitation of many friends, I announce m yself a candidate for Ordinary, and if elected will dis charge the duties of said officer to the bet of my ability. A. C Moss. .R. P. Teirell respectfully announce* to the voters of Banks county that he is a candidate for Tax Receiver. Jere E. Ritch announces to the vot ers of Banks county, that be i* a eandi date for the office of Ordinary of said county at the ensuing election and re spectfully solicits their support. R. J. Dyar announces to the voters of Banks county that he is a candidate for Circuit Clerk, and will be thankful for their support. Ordinary's Court. First Mondays in each month, t. f. Hill, ordinary. Superior Court, Third Mondays in March and Sep tember. m i, nntchins judge. NOTICE! September fith, 1888. A fier thin month no notices ot any kind v’ill be iru-<*d in -hi* pnper without the publication (ecu in advance Georgia, Banks c ini v:—Where , appraisers appoin ed b>• ore for the pur pose of appraising I i-eHrag spar out of the et-tiie <>t H- -irr Ke> er, of said county necea.-ed, t l m 12 mout > support an i bouse i j-i furui i et> which by lew s. U Kei-ler, widow of sad riei’eaec"4. nnd her x rninoi oHil dteo era entitled, hav tnahe their re pori to me, which rep. rt t- now oi fiie in my office These ,r> ihercfoie to oite and admouiah all eonesrned to show cause at tny off . on the Ist Monday in Deo. next, why said sup port, and houae hold furniture an ap praised and set apatt, e-hould not be granted to said widow and children Given under my band and official signature Not Ist 1888. 4w. T F Hill, ordinary. aeorgia, Banks county: —t’.H.Cash has applied for exemption of personal ty and settling same, and 1 will pass upon the same at 12 o’elock m , on the 12th nov. 1888, at my office. lw. T. F. Hill, ordinary. LOCAL ITEMS, Notice! There will be a bill introduced at the preseat session of the General As sembly to prohibit the manufacture, sale or delivery of any spiritous or malt liqaors within three miles of the Baptist Chnroh in the town of Homer, Basks county, Ga. nov. 7, ’BB sw. Mr. Alisa Mize is vtsitiug relatives and friends here. Mr. Wm. Ash’s wile ef Athens, died yesterday morning. An auction conuter in Homer will bring irade any time it is started. Mr. C. A. Turk is now running Turk Sc Dyar’e gin. From the way the book sg nts took in money last week, the people of this county are not in saeh % bad eosdi* tion after all. HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, ISSB. The election is now over Now for January election. Hon. A. P. Watford was in town this week The weather is excellent and beautiful just now. Quite a number attended Ordin ary’s court Monday. —— . . - A falsehood does uot need con tradiction Mr. Geo. W Wiloy of Jewells ville, gave this office a social call Monday. The keeping of the paupers were let to Mr. A. B. Means at three dollars per month The recitations and speeches at Bushville last Saturday nighl, it is reported, were excellent, The merchants will soon com mence bringing in their Xmas goods. Mr. W. H. Meeks baa bean making some improvecuents ou bis dwelling house. Mr. Owen C hum hors' new residence looks quite Deat When completed it will bo quite handsome. Mr. Milton Sandors attended the Gainesville Fair last week He says over 5,000 people were pres ent during lhe week. Mr J A. Dyfir 'has returned i’rm Franklin. Ho will remain at home in lhe future. Mr. Dyar’s friends welcomes him back. Mr P. M. Edwards leaves for Atlanta this week, where he will remain during the session of the legisla tore. Don’t ask t ho boys what kind of trick was played on them last Sun day night They might feel a deli cacy in telling you. The merchants in Harmony Grove are doing a lively business buying cotton. The fleecy staple ranges from S-J to 9 cents. Mr. J. K Thompson’s gin and saw mill is now located in the Brew er settlement. Those passing with scary teams should be careful, Mr, W L. Telford speaks of moving to Gainesville soon His many friends will regret to lose him. He goes to practice law. Mr, J. C. Allan of Belton, was in town Saturday, mixing with the boys. Mr. Allan is quife popular in this section. Rumor says ere long Mr J. M. Garrison of this county, is to he— well, it wouldn’t do to fell on him. The Observer wishes him much success, ■ Mr. Tronton, fwrnaerly a merchant of this place, but now of Atlanta, was in town yesterday. Mr. Trouton is going to os'abl}3h|n mattress factory in Harmony Grovel Mr. W. C. J Garrison says he will give asrajiichfor notion as any market in th's section, and will pay the cash—asking no man to buy a cent’s worth ot goods, but would like to sell him such articles as he may need. It is behoved from good authori ty that Mr. Pickett is the Republi can Elector for this district. IHi name appears on the Harrison & Morton ticket. There is a good deal cotton in the patches 3 T et. Farmers should get it out as quick as possible— the season for heavy rains and dis agreeble weather is drawing nigh Mr. J. R. Rogers, traveling sales man for the seed house of the south evn branch house of Greenville, Tenn., of D M Ferry & Cos., De troit, Mich , was in town last w r eek. Rev. J. D Gunnells preached at the Methodist church Sunday. The congregation was small but interesting. This is the last ap pointment until after conference 'J'he post office is the place to find Tinware at your own price. Mr. J E. Stephens has just receiv ed the finest and cheapest ever brought to Homer Call and see for yourself. Quite a number of Banks farm ers attended the horse sale in Harmony Grove, Friday. The sales went otl slow. The stock was above the ordinary Texas po ny Highest sale was something over .st!o. The Observerver appears this week on two pages. Was it not for tho county advertisements it would not have appeared this week. The publisher, like every body else, needs recreation, and will attend the fairs part of this week. Next issue will be full size Xice-versa from what others would have it appear.—A citizen of this county says B, F. Suddafh’s triends did use whiskey in the last election, and if necessary he can prove it. The Observer didn't go around to hunt this up, but it did make some investigations, as it re serves the right in all matters con cerning the public. Up to going to plena this morning, full returns of the election had not been received: llotner district gave Candler 184, Pickett 130, Bushville, Candler 57. Pickett 31, Wilmots, Candler 45, Pickett 24, Anderson, Candler 80, Pickett 55. Candler’s majority will bo something over 200. The Pickett men rallitd to the polls to a man. Homer was their strongest voting point. They gathered from all over the cousty. The P.ckett men worked hard. The Candler men done nothing. The election passed off quietly. Who was He?—Our efficient postmaster, Maj. R. E. McMillan, received a letter on Monday from Mr J. M. Cannon of Ophir, Chero koo county, stating that on the 20th of October there came a stranger to his house, who gave his name as Fred Kean, saying he was from Habersham county and had two brolhers living in the county. Dur ing the night the man was attack ed suddenly with strangulation and died in a few hours. Mr. Can non says he sent for a physician who did all lie could for him, but to no effect. The stranger was de cently buried the next day at Hightower church, Cherokee co., by Mr. Cannon and his neighbors. He had no money, but left avalise, some clothing and letters at M:. Cannon’s He was 57 years old and weighed 175 or SO pounds. If the dead man has any relatives in this county, Mr Cannon would be glad to hear from lhern.—[Clarks ville Advertiser. ’X <-le|ti'Mphic ( Conyers, Ga., Nov. 3—ln the pi raaryto day for c-nuty otfVers the to! lowing candidates wer nominated: A. P. McDonald, sheriff, O Seam tin, oidinary, B- F. Carr, cleik, \V, Clot falter, t essnrer, Daniel Murdo.k, col lector, Entail Hudson, receiver, G. V\ . Oriks, coroner, T. D. O. Kelly, su yeyor. Augusta, Ga , Nov. 3 —Allday to day and late int® the niglst the decora tors have been at work on the stotrs and officios on the principal thorough fares, draping bunting and sprouting innumerable s-reanj'r* to the wind. The C>.rumeroul r.lub is i by numeious Chiu lanterns an.' ng de cora'ione. Thu cy citing day \ ’! be a holiday thiougbont iheoty. Hon. J. C. C. Black will make the opening ad dress. Cap pa’a band retches here Wednesday. Athens, Ga., Nor 3. The North east Georgia Fair opens here next Tuesday, and premises to b* a grand Bucocßi Many new and attractive j teatnres bavo been added and tho ' t bow will be worth seeing. Cobb’s Legion, one of the noblest band of sol diers in the confederate army, will hold are nuiou daring the fair. Rac ing will Ce bad every day and base ball and other sports aie to be enjoy ed. The most attractive part of the programme, however, is (he day set apart as Atlanta day, Thia will be Wednesday, and on this day Hob. Hoke Smith of Atlanta, is expected to diiver an address on tbio tariff as it illosts .ho South. The citizens of Athens are anxious that a large crowd attend from Atlanta and feel confident tint they will not be disappointed. Albany, Ga., K(,r. 3 [Jp freight no. 5 on ibe Brunswick and Western railroad, Conductor Pearson, was de railed near the junction thia morning. Two cais were thrown off, one turned over. No one injured. All travel stopped for the day. This is the same train that was ditched at Acree a few days ago, and the aatne coudnctor. From latest telegrams of yesterday, it is believed Indiana and xew York' baye gone democratic. This insures democratic viatory Gems and Precious Stones. The most valuable oi precioas stones is the diamond—pure erystalized car bon—the most highly retractive and the hardest of gems, ?.ad the only one that is combustible. This latter prop erty waa dhoovered in 1691 by Cos m j 111, ot Tuscany, who ignited the diamond with a burning-glass; aad Ist er it was found that when burned in a crucible this gem converts iron into steel. The diamond generally occurs as an octahedron, an I surpasses all other genes in the property of dividing light into colored lays, causing that peculiar flash of priNmatie hues celled its fire. NO. 28.