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The Washington times., 1910-11-17

Loans and o.. ozZ -
{. 5. bonds 70 secure circulsIion /, GO. 90 %
Other bonds TO secure L s depOSitE fS5-5DO 0e
Premiums on u. S bonds--.-.------ 5O.too 20
Bonds, securities, ete---------------- 5ssss@0 70
Banking house. furniture, and dx-
LuF6s 4gy5yyV ~
Other real estate owned ..-..-....--- 1850 %
Due from national banks mot re-
Esrve agents. ----------------------- 1zsy01 .
Due from State and private banks
and bankers. trust companies.
and savings banks 7,414 u
Due from approved reserve AGENTS $50 IL 81
Checks and other cash iteEls..-..-- 1S.23S 81
Exchanges for clearing house. lol- SO 81
Notes Of other national banks. SGD %
ana cents ',,e. ,.......'....- ...s.:' -, s.zS -
Lawful money reserve IN bank. VIZ:
IegaI-tender notes. s,o60 %
4os.sos 90
Redemption fund with Z s. Treas
ursr go Of circulsti0u) .-s.-.-.-- $500 90
Total .............................. s,44s,5s1 08
LIABILITIES
CapdtaI stock paid din------.-------s1o5 81 $50 Ooo %
Surplus fund -----------------------.- go Geo %
Undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid Jos -lJ3 s.
National bank notes outstanding .05s so 81
Due % other national
banks .----------.- -, % 70
Due 70 State and private
banks and bankers------ g-o& .
Due to trust companies
and savings banks SsI s.
Individual deposits sub
ject 20 check ------..--- 3. es5. lS3 50
Certified checks -.--.-.--- Z4s1 -
United States deposits ---- ~ so So
Deposits of Z s disburs-
2.502, ~ a
Bonds borrowed --.-.------..-------- 1880 o
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT or THE CONDITION
Lincoln National BanL

Al Washington. In The District % Columbia
at the close Of business November %. 1910
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NstlonaI Bank OF Washington
RESOIRCES
REPORT OF THE coNDITIoN

At washington, in the District Of Columbia
at ths close or business November 10. Ifl0.
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
OF The CONDITION
Second National Bank

At Washington, in the District Of Columbia
At ths close Of business November &c, 1915.
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REPORT or THE CONDITION
O1 the
Riggs National Bank
At Washington. D c, at the close of busi-
ness November 70, 1916.
RESOURCES
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CE W6S1A-1I AO-a-
Washington, IA the District q Columbia
the close Of business. November 10. Ig10-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
WHAT THE BABY SWALLOWS.

In the run of news appears little
story Of an ighteen-monihs-old baby VIII
picked up a screw as he was crawling
about the floor, clappel it down his throat
and checked to death, says an exchange.
That was singularly unlucky infant.
Most babies would have swallowed ihe
screw successfully, have cried fer another
and have been none the worse for it by
bedtime. But every now and then a baby's
luck would desert it, and then hearts are
broken. This assimilative capacity of the
infantile mouth is SO prodigious that we
wonder why philosophers have not had
more to say about it. Some sage did de-
clare that we eat peck of dirt before we
die. But he sadly minimized the truth, for
before the average boy has been crawling
a month he has devoured at least ton.
To these tiny explorers rug is a continent,
and every speck of straw is startling dis
covery. They see with the eyes of an ant,
and they clutch with the greed Of pirate.
A pin to them is like chest of doubloons
to Captain Kid. Sometimes on a particu-
lar adventurous voyage far under the ia
bic, they will capture bug or fly. Then
their feast is indeed exultant.
The universe, thinks the baby, is some
thing to be- bitten off and swallowed. His
FIVE senses all live in his mouth. If he
likes a picture he will chew it. 1t a tune
pleases him, he will gnaw the piano leg.
He would MUNICH the moon, if he could
reach it. So it is that straws, pins, strings
and beetles find their way SO speedily to
the cherub's mouth. This is all very de-
Iightful But parents will do well to OBJ
serve these two precautions:
Don't, as rule, let the baby try to
swallow screw If you wish to be scrupu-
lousy careful, see that the floor is clean
before you let him set sail across its mys-
teries.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
The BRANDON NEWs, IHuRsDAY. MAY. 5 1910.

Mr. Davis wrote: Il am deeply impressed
by the kindness Of the Bishop, and that of
the priests who have so nobly shown their
readiness to do their Masters work in re-
lieving the afflicted and protecting the ia
therless. They have sent thus the sweetest
solace to one in the condition of him who
went down from jerusalem to Jericho
In 1886 Mr.. Davis made trip to his
birthplace, Fairview, KY, to make deed
of gift, to the new Baptist church, of
which the Davis house had formerly
stood. During his address he said: IT
has been asked why |, who am not a
Baptist gave this lot to the Baptist church ?
am not Baptist, but my father, who
was better man than |, was Baptist.
Every year the Methodists held sea-
shore campmeeting near Beauvoir, and Mr.
Davis always attended for one day at
least, exhibiting great interest in the SER
vices. Bishop Keener, in a funeral SER
mon at the death of Davis, said in part
1T was my good fortune to know Mr..
Davis intimately; he was a sincere be-
lever in the Christian religion"
Of his daily life at Beauvoir his re-
ligious duties formed part After pri-
vate religious devotions, his custom was
to call together the family and servants
and conduct religious exercises himself.
One of his servants said of him: MIR.
Davis was perfect Christian gentle
man in his home
His favorite hymn was How Firm a
Foundation Every line of which he could
repeat from memory
Though member of the Episcopal
church, Mr. Davis cared little for denomi
national creeds. He was religious cos
mopolitan-at home in any religious as
sembly. His faith was less emotional than
intellectual and practical. Impatience and
tolerance-temperame faults-of ear
Iy life disappeared in later life. with
age / have gained wisdom and lost
hauteur,' he wrote to a friend. The
iron disciple of prison and of later mis-
fortunes strengthened and deepened his
spiritual nature. The old warrier and
statesman passed through long and
stormy life to a serene and happy ending.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05

ing populace are gazing on him with open
mouthed wonder and iron-clad astonish-
ment, and that he holds the world in the
hollow of his hand with grasp that is
perpetual.
But as days, and months, and years pass
in rapid succession, the young man finds
out that he is possibly mistaken and if
he would wander away and get lost some
one or more of all the people on earth
would not miss him. BY and by he be-
gins to realize that he is only one of the
many millions of people, and instead of
standing forth as the center of attraction,
he only fills small niche of some obscure
corner, and really attracts but little at
tention. The ignorant man who realizes
his ignorance and who does not seek to
pass himself off for more than he is
worth, is pardonable, but the self-conceited
man who tries to pass himself off at a
premium, is to be pitied. The best way is
to hold ones self-esteem down and not
rate himself too high. The man who climbs
the highest has the farthest to fall.
1t is more pleasant to be invited to
take higher seat than to be deprived
f it. 1t is more pleasant to be king
# cottage than the servant of a palace.
1t is better to be a good FIVE cent piece
than a bogus quarter; in other words, it
is better to hold ourselves at what we
are honestly worth. The world is full
Of people who never learn anything be-
cause thy think they know enough to begin
with. Thousands are teaching when they
ought to be taught; thousands believe
themselves wise when their ignorance is
lamentable; thousands believe themselves
clothed in gold when they are only thinly
plated and copper shows through in many
places. The wisest are comparatively ig-
norant and thousands of men who have
grand ideas of their own abilities will
some day wake up to the realization that
they have been laboring under large
sized delusion. Many a young mans life
is gilded by bright dreams that come in
the early stage of the game, but later on
he finds that these dreams are only empty,
and O, how little is the change when it
comes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
COUNTY SUPERINDENCE.

G. H. Afford, special agent Of the United
States Department of Agriculture, address
ed the association on the subject: "The
Work of the National Government in Ex-
tending Agricultural Education Through
the Public Schools"
The keynote of his address was sound
in the following sentence: rs it good
thing to produce a certain number of train
ed scholars and students; but the educa-
ton superintendent by the government must
seek rather to produce a hundred good
citizens than one scholar"
He spoke at length of the develope-
ment of the departments work along ed
vocational lines and of the valuable SER
vice that it is rendering as a central
agency for the promotion of agricultural
education in the public schools and of the
work that it is doing to bring the masses
of our agricultural population into sym
pathetic touch with this progressive move
ment in education and also OF the work to
secure them school system in harmony
with their environment.
He laid special stress upon the progress
made in agricultural education in the pub
lie school of the United States during
the past ten years" Ten years ago the
teaching of agricultural in the public
schools was scarcely thought of, today
the teaching of agriculture in the public
schools is required by law in thirteen
other states and territories" he declared.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

] will be at the following named places
on the day and date mentioned for the
purpose of registering tie voters Of Ran
kin county, who are not already registered.
Thursday, the 9Th day of May, Pela-
hatchie
Friday, the 9th day of May, Shiloh.
Monday, the 9th day of May, Antioch.
Tuesday, the 10th day of May, Clear
Creek.
Wednesday, the nth day of May, Cato.
Thursday, the 12th day Of May, Dobson.
Friday, the I3th day Of May, Dry Creek.
Monday, the roth day of May, Star.
Tuesday, the 18th day of May, King.
Wednesday,the 18th day of May, Whites
Thursday, the 10Th day Of May, Cleary.
Friday, the goth day of May. Plain.
Monday, the 23rd day of May, Florence.
Tuesday, the 24th day Of May, Pearson.
Wednesday, the 18TH day of May, IIol-
brook.
Thursday, the 10th day of May, Lang
ford
Friday, the a7th day of May, Fannin
Saturday, the 18th day Of May, Pisgah-
R. F. BROWN, Registrar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE.

Whereas, E. &. Baldwin executed his
certain deed Of trust, on the 9th day OF
January, 1909, to Mellon Brothers, Sc
curing an Indebtedness in the sum OF
Ssos.I3 evidenced by his promissory note
Of said date, due on the 18th day OF
November, 1909, conveying in said deed
of trust the lands hereinafter described
and,
Whereas, default was made by the.
said grantor in the payment of the IN
debtedness secured thereby, and,
Whereas, the undersigned substituted
Trustee was duly appointed in writing
a substituted Trustee in said deed of trust
by the said Mellon Brothers, which written
appointment as substituted Trustee is OF
record in the record of deeds in the office
of the Chancery clerk, of Rankin county,
Mississippi, at Brandcn, in Deed Book
II, on page $40 thereof, and,
Whereas, the undersigned substituted
Trustee in said deed of trust has been
requested by the said Mellon Brothers to
execute the said deed of trust.
Now, therefore, /, the undersigned sub
stituted Trustee do hereby give notice
that on Saturday, May 2Ist, 1910, within
legal hours, in front of the court house
of Rankin county, in Brandon, Mississippi,
| will proceed to sell to the highest bid
der for cash to satisfy said Indebtedness,
the following described property conveyed
in said deed Of trust, to-wit:
An undivided one half interest in and
to.-the following described lands, to-wit-
The west half of the north east quarter
and the north west quarter and the east
half of the south west quarter, all IN sec
ton IL, township 6, range ? east, in Ran
kin county, state of Mississippi.
Witness my signature, this 18th day OF,
April, A. d. 1870
w. CALVIN WELLS, JR-
Substituted Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, /, A. P. Miller, substituted trus-
tee in certain deed of trust executed by
w. P. Stevens on the roth day of January
1905, to secure certain Indebtedness due
Mrs c. S. Harris, said deed of trust
being of record in the Office of the Chan
Gerry Clerk of Rankin county, Mississippi,
in Brandon, Mississippi, in land trust
deeds book, number 50, and on page g.
did on the 24th day of November, 1909,
after having given not of time and
place of sale as requ q by the pro-
visions Of said deed CT rust, offer for
sale the property herein ifter described,
when T. H. Stevens wa lie highest bid
der and whereas said t. Stevens failed
to comply with the pro- ms of the sale
in his failure to pay in !sh the amount
of his bid, and whereas : said indebted
ness is still unpaid, Mre. c. S. Harris
having requested me to do so | will on
Saturday, the 9TH day of May, 1910, at the
front door of the court house, in Brandon,
Rankin county, Mississippi, between the
hours Of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. offer to
sell and will sell to the highest bidder
for cash the following described land, to-
wit:
South east quarter of south west quarter
Is e Ia W I-4) and west half OF south
west quarter of south east quarter Wv IL
w IA I-4) and south half Of north
west quarter of south east quarter Is IL
nw1-4 seI-4) and south half of north
east quarter of south west quarter Is IL
ne1-4 swI-4), all in section one (I),
township three 81, range three I'D east
in Rankin county, Mississippi. Said land
will be sold to satisfy said Indebtedness
and all costs and title TO same is believed
to be good. l will only convey such title
as is vested in nee as substituted trustee.
Witness my signature this the 18th day
of April, 1910.
A. P. MILLER,
Substituted trustee
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
THAT HIGH TRIBUNAL AGREES
WITH MISSISSIPPI COURTS IN
ANTITRUST CASE.

There was rejoicing yesterday at the
office of the Attorney General of the
state of Mississippi, and at the Office of
Hon. J. B. Stirling and that of Hon.
r. V. Fletcher, both former attorneys
general, over the news from Washington,
which was to the effect that the supreme
court of the United States had affirmed
the case of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association VS. the state.
This suit was instituted two or three
years ago by the then attorney general
Fletcher, and prosecuted before the SUI
pren1e court of the United States by
Attorney General Stirling, several of the
foremost lawyers in the land being pitted
against him.
The state of Mississippi prosecuted the
Retail Lumber Dealers ON the score of be-
ing a trust and combine in restraint of
trade, contrary to the laws of the state,
and won out in all the courts. Several
of the firms that belong to the Retail
Lumber Dealers Association admitted their
guilt and paid into the state treasury the
sum of $500 each, which was compro-
mise of the big sum that might have
been demanded of them all. There were
other firms that resisted the compromise
and took an open appeal from the state
courts to the supreme court at Wash
ington, where they have now lost their
prcp-that high tribunal agreeing with
the Mississippi courts that the Retail
Lumber Dealers were trust and combine.
In view of the fact that this is the
first antitrust case ever carried to the
supreme count of the United States
from this state, and which declares the
state antitrust laws good and sufficient
for all practical purposes, the officers
who prosecuted the suit are in very high
feather.
In the meantime there is another branch
of the litigation now pending in the state
supreme court Attorney General Stirling
began proceedings in the Holmes county
court few months since to compel the
firms interested to pay the penalties for
violating the law. The attorneys for the
Lumber Dealers Association fled de-
murrers, which were overruled by the
court there, and the case was then APP
pealed to the supreme court, where it is
now pending.
Practically, the decision of the SUI
prerne court at Washington settles the con-
trovcrsy, and the state has won, great
victory-CIarion-Le
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
WHAT WE ARE ARE NOT.


The longer we live, the more we learn,
and the more we learn, the less we think
we know. Such is the inconsistency of
mans ideas. The less one knows the
greater his opinion of his ability and
wisdom. In the morning Of life a con-
ceited man prides himself on his great
ness, and wonders to what grand channel
he will con6ne his talents He locks upon
his school district as the world at large,
and himself as the great genius in whose
keeping the worlds nature rests He
imagines thar when he speaks, nations
trernble, mountains totter and the sea be-
comes silent.
Hc imagincs that d gaping and wonder
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE,

We, the Mississippi Bank & Trust Com
pany, trustees, under the provision Of and
by virtue of authority conferred upon us
in deed of trust made by Walter Wealth
lersby to the Lamar Life Insurance Com
pany on the second day Of April, 1909, to
secure a Certain Indebtedness to the La
mar Life Insurance Company and which
said deed Of trust is recorded in Book T.
page ARG, in the Chancery Clerks Office
of Rankin county, Mississippi. We will
on the 9th day Of June, 1910. offer for
sale and will sell at public auction for cash
to the highest and best bidder, at the Court
House door in Brandon, in Rankin county,.
during legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Rankin county, to-
wit:
lie north east quar,es inc 1-4) Of the
south west quarter (swr-4) and the south
west quarter (sw1-4l Of the sonth east
quarter (se ri Of section "A, townships
8, range 4 east.
MISSISSIPPI BANK AND TRUST CO.
Per D. H. HOLDER, Cashier,
Trustee
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
SUNDAY IL YEARS AGO.

This Sunday twelve years ago shot
was fired that was heard the world around
On Sunday morning, May I, 1898, a
fleet of American vessels, under the COM
mand of Commodore Dewey, sailed into
the harbor at Manila, and in few hours
shot the ships of Spain away from the
bosom of the western seas forever.
That moment the center of world in
terest was transferred to the Orient.
Later our troops swept the heights of
San Juan Hill, and on a Sunday morning
in July our Atlantic fleet, under Schley,
made scrap iron of the Spanish ships near
Santiago.
In spite Of the world-thrilling events
which took place on the islands and on
the waters Of the Atlantic, the imagination
of the American people remaining sill
under the thrali of Dewey's exploit in the
gorgeous east. Great armies went to the
Tennessee soldiers went there,
and they gave good account Of them
selves
Thez followed splendid civic admins
ration Tennessee again contributed the
services Of one Of her sons, and what
Wright did is part Of the imperishabIe his
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
A GREAT CONTEST.

Never, perhaps, in the history of spell
ing contests in this or any other state has
such magnificent showing been made by
the contestants. 1t looked like it would
never end. The contest began at p. m.
and continued until o'clock last night
The team contests finally narrowed down
to Meridian and Harrisburg and second
trial resulted in Hattiesburg winning first
place.
There were thirty-four teams in the con-
test, composed of FIVE spoilers each, max
ing a total of 10 picked spoilers from
different parts of the state.
Out of total of $50 words, the most
difficult that could be selected from the
dictionary Hattiesburg missed one and Me-
ridian two.
The three team prizes, which are en-
crossed certificates from the State Teach
ers' association, were won as follows Hat
tiesburg first, Meridian second, Laurel
third.
In the individual spelling contest, in
which three medals were awarded, all
sorts Of words were used and actually the
contest was never finished, the spoilers
keepine on until the enunciators and judges
were worn out and called the contest off.
The result was: First medal, Van Har-
=
ris of Natchez; second, Bruce Clay OF
Meridian; the third was between Clar-
ence Gibson cf Meridian and Mabel Nixon
of HattiesEurg. They never succeeded IN
defeating each other, SO the judges de-
cided it tie and awarded medal to
each.
The enunciator was Professor d. e.
Hull of the A. and M. college, assisted
by Professor H. T. Todd of Natchez. The
Judges were composed of forty teachers
from different sections of the state.
The contest except in length, was some
what similar to the one in Natchez last
wear. so far as Meridian and Hatties-
burg are concerned. Last year Hatties-
burg won first place, Meridian second
Meridian also won an individual prize
at Natchez.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
HATTIESBURG WON FIRST PLACE,
MERIDIAN SECOND AND LAUREL
TH1RD-vAN HARRIS FIRST;
RUTH CLAY, SECOND; THEN A
TIE.
Opera House Filled Last Night TO Hear
Resrlf, and Listen to TzYo Great Id
ercsses, One From Dir. Mitchell and the
0ttsr From Sabt PoSvers-SessiOr Win
Close BY Noon To-day.

Last night the opera house was crowded
with visitors and citizens who listened to
Two splendid addresses and enjoyed the oc-
casion in a most enthusiastic way.
Tie addresses were delivered by DR..
s. c. Mitchell, president of the Uni
ve7s;ty of South Carolina, Columbia, 5.
c., and Hon. j n Powers, superintendent
of education of the state of Mississippi.
The address of DR.. Mitchell was pro-
nounccd literary gem by all present. He
is learned man, a good speaker, and
his address was delightfully."- received by
the large audience that completely filed
the opera house.
The speech of Superintendent Powers
was also a most interesting one, dealing
largely with legislative affairs in connec-
ton with school work.
BY far the most interesting subject be-
fore last nights session was the awarding
of the spelling contest medals and the an
nouncements made relative thereto.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05

Meridian, Miss, April so.-Many ad-
ditional visitors arrived yesterday morn
inc to attend the State Teachers Associa-
lion and Secretary E. L. Bailey stated
that there were. no less than 1900 in at
tendance. The lobby of the Great South
erin Hotel was the meeting point and
it was filled to overlooking at an early
hour.
The morning was given over TO de-
partrnental work, including the following
departments, all meeting at 9 a. m.
I. High Schools and Colleges at
High Schol This was one of the most
largely attended meeting Of the morning,
in which such topics as Teaching, Home
Making, Commercial Phase, etc, were dis
cussed.
Z. City School Supcrintendents, at Elks'
Hall in which prominent teachers discussed
matters of general interest in this depart
ment
3. County Superintendents, Elk's Hall.
4. Department of Science, w. o. w.
Hall.
s. Department Of Rural Schools, City
Hall.
:. Department Of Elementary Schools,
at the Opera House.
10 give al the themes discussed and
a synopsis of all is impossible in this issue,
bot The Dispatch learns that all the de-
partrnental work was Of a highly pleasing
and interesting character, and among the
interesting talks were the follows:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

r. P. Wormack and wife to Green
Bay Lumber Co., certain lands
in section SO, 8, s.. SIS &c
Mrs. E. M. Babb to H. A. Busick,
so acres, section I, S, s.. $50 %
w. I'll Watkins to trustee deed to
lam Mitchell, go acres, section
80, s, 500 90
H. v. Watkins to A. +. Hawkins,
1880 acres, sections rs and 26 and
3I. Io,S7s.4o
George Taylor and wife to- Eliza
beth Johnson, certain lands in sec.
20, . 49,. S. I1o 90