Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-12-28
A WHOLESOME INDICATION.

closing up the affairs of the suspended Neal bank,
marks departure in the practice of receivers.
1t is refreshing to note that this particular recev
er does not consider the assets of the insolvent
Bank legitimate spoils for the court officers and
attorneys.
Mr.. Gamblers very sensible and straight for
ward statement is as follows:
Asa G. Gambler, president of the Central
Bank and Trust corporation, which has been made
receiver for the Neal bank, makes the following
interesting and optimistic statement concerning
the outlook for the banks depositors:
81 have every reason to believe that every de-
position in the Neal bank will receive every dollar
of his money and that when the affairs of that in
stitution wound up there will be something
left for the stockholders
'T wish to urge the depositors not to sacrifice
their savings now in the Neal bank to the extent
of one single cent. My advice to them is to be
patient and they will be rewarded.
''Not only do believe that the assets of the
Neal bank are such as to insure the payment of all
obligations, but also think that the depositors
will receive portion of their money in very
short time l see reason to the contrary at
preseat. am of the opinion that dividend of 10.
per cent will be declared within 30 days after we
take charge of the institution.
GA definite plan of procedure is already
mapped out Our force will be organized Christ
mas day. Mr.. Many, the vice president of the
Neal bank, has been retained for this week. With
q competent and ample corps of assistants the
work of examining the assets and liabilities will be
rushed and as soon it can be done without loss,
the securities will be disposed of.
''The people arc going to get square deal.
The cost of administering the estate will be as low
as it consistently be made. When q state
bank falls into the hands of receiver, the public
generally gets frightened The people generally
fear that the cost of the administration will take
all the assets. This is going to be an exception to
the rule.
cit has always been thought by apart of the
people that national bank is safer than state
bank wish to show by the way in which we
handle this estate that d state bank in the hands
of the state can be administered just as safely and
economically as a national bank under the control
and supervision of the federal government
SIN order to save the stockholders every cent
possible we have agreed to administer the affairs
of the Neal bank for 2 IL per cent where the
charge allowed by the state is per cent
Tor Eiserald
The Umbrella Thief.
That the man who steals an umbrella is every
inch thief does not admit of doubt. No sane
man will dispute it any more than a honest man
will steal an umbrella.
In conversation with good lawyer and man
who has had some experience on the bench recent
ly he suggested that it might be a difficult matter
to secure a jury that would convict for umbrella
stealing. And he is probably correct.
In the west when the country was sparcey
settled and the local government imperfectly
organized, necessity forced on the owners of cat.
tie and horses the use of parasitic measures
in protecting their property. And it
common thing for the cattle thief horse thief to
to meet his fate at the end of rope The crime
was no greater out there than here, but the cours
and the civil government unequal to the task
of publishing the offenders.
Now it does seem that since 1T is apparent
that our courts are inadequate and cannot furnish
protection against the umbrella thicf that some
other remedy must be found for the protedtion of
that class of property
We have never advocated lynching and ever
witnessed one, and would not seriously ad-
vocate hanging of umbrella thieves, but it does APP
pear that some such desperate remedy must sooner
or later be adopted and we believe firmly that an
example of some umbrella &c; han cling by tie
neck from a telegraph pole in some public place
properly placarded and decorated with old umbrel.
las would have wholesome effect on the cheap |