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RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts .,. S207, 1856 %
Stocks and bonds ............... 12,150 90
Due from other banks ..... 1919 II
Total =. ........,. .........,...,..$ $238, ,7S4 80
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid in ......................$ 1000 90
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes =. .....u..... 8,692 &c
Individual deposits subject
to check -, -. ..,,,,,,. 21l, 1872 sc
Reserved for interest. ......... 3,299 38
Total. .$23S, ,7S4 80
I, E. 0. Simmons, Cashier of Green
wood Savings Bank, do hereby certi-
tify that the foregoing is true, full
and exact statement OF the assets and
liabilities of said bank on the day and
date named therein, without combina.
tion with the assets and liabilities of
any other bank or branch bank.
E. 0. SIMMONS, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
a notary public in and for the county OF
Leflore, Mississippi, this the I'd day
of July, 1918.
HARRIS L. RAY,
Notary Public.
Examined and found correct, so far
as verifcation of the foregoing foot.
ings is concerned. This July 3, 1918.
D. L. THOMPSON,
Auditor of Public Accounts.
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Why pay ten cents when you
can get your shoes shined for
five cents at Words Smoke
House2
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s; /, RaInes is the headquarters for
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viii Peteet is nov prepared
to write all kinds of insurance
on Automobiles at special
rates.
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STATEMENT

SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE
GREENWOOD SAVINGS BANK
of Greenwood, Miss. June IS, 1918.
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AnnnLal tax IaAl L..
Delinquent Tax Sale, EIIsberry Drainage District

order
No
OF
the Court House the Greenwood Mississippi,
public bidder
lowing described lands the Esberry Drainage Iehe
County Mississippi delinquent for Drainage Esberry
Drainage District the 1910 being
as follows:
Des Interest Interest Interest
Owners Name of Prop r. Tax 1910 Tax 1911
A. Raft etoswa II 20 2w s5oa $500 los
Hughes 20 W So 3ei
Horace Edwards WI of WI of sw S 20 $50 1857
A. Raft w eS aS
Edmond Williams of neg "a 20 2w &ss eSs 9sS 1894
damages advertising be added to
above
Witness my hand this lOth:dsy of July 1918
W. c. TAYLOR Sheriff andT Collector
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tlV.VER-LAX, the Liver Tonic; ask
S. l.. Raines.
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Published by direction of Chapter Ill
of Mississippi Laws of 1908.
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{
Riches accumulate and men
cay, and at every point II ~
that decency is being detn'VlY
Our song, dances and sEs
dress conclusively indicate llls
The day of delightful coafl1 |
is over. The chilvalry Of
south is a memory, the DEERE
of older days in the home cns
in the office ard in public psI
of meeting exist no more Il
Ii may we'll be asked Whay
the ultimate end be? Where I
the insane desire for speed Y
age of electric swiftness leau
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Dcs 20 pr Ct Int t1 Int. tx Int. x TotA
Of Prop S. T. r apr. Tax 1910 1911 1912 Tax
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
NEGRO FARMER Of
NEAR MOUNDS IS
shot And KILLED
Reported Two Men Attempted to
Rob House Blood Hounds
Taken to Scene.

The county blood hounds We're
called out last night at II o'clock
when q report was received of a
murder on farm about two ana
one half miles west of Mounds. Ac-
cording to vague information avail
able at 2 o'clock this morning, tho
murdered man was John Virgins,
Il negro farmer. An attempt was
made, 1t is said. by two men 10 rcb
his house at o'clock last night.
Virgins was shot and killed and
was found lying in the yard in the
rear OF the house. The two men.
probably tramps, were last seen
running toward a nearby leyea
camp.
Sheriff Charles f. Wehrenberg of
Mound City. was notified Of the
murder and he proceeded to the
scene afer ealing on Sheriff Fraser
to bring the bloodhounds to the
scene. They were taken up by
Deputy Sheriff Ralph Chidrcss.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Winlock Miller in "a Years Climbs
From Railroad Clerk to Gen.
eral Freight Agent
KATY" ROAD RECOGNIZES
REAL WORTH OF LIVE WIRE
First Railroad Work Done in Cairo
on Iron Mountain-Son of
R. w. Miller.

w. w. Miller the newly appointed
general freight agent, has been for
six years assistant general freight
agent OF the Katy" in st. Louis.
Mr., Miller entered railroad service
in August, 1883, his first work be-
ing in the local office of the Iron
Mountain Railroad at Cairo, ILL.,.
He began his service in the Mssou-
ri, Kansas and Texas Railway in
May. 1889, as clerk in the general
office a Sedalia, Mo- On March /,
1898, he was appointed commercial
agent of the road at Kansas City,
September /, 1896, he was appoint
ed general live stock agent, Fort
worth Tex. On November 1, 1900,
he removed to Chicago as assistant
general freight agent of the Katy"
at that point. February !, 1902, he
was made assistant general freight
agent at Kansas City He came to
ST. Louis as assistant general
freight agent January l. 1908. Mr.
Miller has a very extensive a"quain-
tance among manufacturers and
shippers in Northern and Eastern
territory, as well as with the job
bers. merchants and live stock deal
ers throughout Southwestern ari
Western territory. -Globe-Democrat
The above relates to the rise in
the railroad world OF a Cairo pro
duct, Winlock Miller, the son of Nj
and Mrs. Robert w. Miller, both
long since deceased Winlock was
born on Seventh street, the family
owning and living in the property,
$40 Seventh street When Winlock
had reached mans esate he married
a Miss Shields of Greenfield, Mo-,
and built for himself home, 81
Sixth street, where he resided until
leaving Cairo "a years ago to ac-
cept position in the freight Offices
of the Katy" road at Sedalia, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
FORMER CAIRO
WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs, Edwin D. Otis, Daughter of F.
S. Kent, Dies at Her Cali
fornia Home.

Mrs. Edwin d. Otis. nee Ella
Kent formerly of Cairo, died at her
home near Willows, Cal, on Decem-
ber Is, following a brief Illness. She
was about As years old.
Mrs. Otis was the daughter IF f.
S. Kent. former manager of the
Western Union Telegraph company
here.
Her brother, Fred A. Kent and
Newton NJ Kent, now of Chicago,
worked under their father, and Fred
became manager at his death.
Mrs. Otis Is survived by her hus-
band and son, Claude d. Otis
The family lived on an alfalfa
ranch about eight miles from Will
lows, where they moved from Chi
eago about two years ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

John Seat. IS, of Memphis. Tenn.
and Lowe Sans, 80, of Bardwell,
Ky.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Tax Again Raised

The lnvy of ten cents on the city
registered bonds again has been adj
ded to the tax by State Auditor
James j. Brady, and this action puts
the tax back to $3.50. This ten
cent levy was recalled by the state
auditor a few days gao. and yester-
day was resent to County Clerk
Jesse E. Miller. The auditor did not
give any explanation for his action.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

lHt TWO national OankS OIL cairo
Will take out memberships under
the new currency and banking sys-
TEN, while the third, a state institu-
ton, not compelled under tho
measure to take any action within
the prescribed sixty days, prefers 10
await decisions regarding the pro-
visions OF the bill before taking the
matter up for final consideration
The banks of the entire eoantfy
have for many years appealed to
congress for legislation that would
give to the country an elastic cur
rency, something which would at all
times insure "a currency equilib-
rum" a measure that would eifec-
mally and safely provide for sArlnR-
sge and Expaasioa e8 the nIonseF in
the country when occasion demand
ed.
1t is apparent to every one that
the bankers OF the nation are re-
sponsible for having developed a
sentiment decidedly antagonistic to
a banking system tnat has not kept
pace with the growth In population
of the country and is vast growth
in business.
This sentiment has crystallzed
and the result is the passage of the
Owens-Glass currency bill as fnodi-
fed, pruned and added to in con-
ference.
The country now possesses ar
elastic currency.
Quoting at length from the letter
of a Chicago bank to its customers,
the following is presented;
"Those who favored a Central
Bank can satisfy themselves with
the central body represented by the
Federal Reserve Board.
"rhose bankers who insisted upon
a mobilization of reserves To correct
the weakness OF the scattered Dank
reserves in this country have got
what they asked for but not in the
form. The reserves will after three
years be modified In the Federal
Reserve Banks.
"The influence of the bankers has
been made manifest in shaping leg
islation, the bill having been modi-
fed so that the banks will be rep
resented by an advisory council.
one member from each Federal Re-
serve District, to be in consultation
with tho Federal Board, but with.
out power to vote.
The regional banks are to have
nine directors, six of whom are
elected by the banks and these di-
rectors are to elect tho officers Of
the Federal Reserve Bank in each
district.
"The bill ultimately deprives the
national banks of the country of the
right to carry any part Of
their reserve with other national
banks. and the law viii operate to
turn over gradually TO the Federal
Reserve Banks such reserves as have
heretofore been carried in the re-
serve cities. The operation of this
bill does not materially change the
relations that have heretofore exist
ed between banks, except so far as
the shifting OF reserve is concerned.
The transfer of reserves to the Fed.
eral Reserve Banks is to extend
over a period OF three years. This
gradual SHIFT should have no effect
on the credit situation, except from
causes removed from banking rela.
tions and conditions.
"The success of the system de-
pends entirely upon the manage,
ment of the Federal Reserve Banks
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Montefore Svnagoc.

Dr. Lee J. Levinger of Cincinnati
will conduct services for Montofiore
congregation this Afternoon at the
Synagogue Sunday school viii be
from 9 TO 3 o'clock and children's
and regular services at ais. Il
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

II. L. SnIen, ct ux, TO Thomas
Finch. warranty deed, 81, n E. Ct
N. E., S. 15 of N. f. 4 and S. f. Of
$. W., section s, township Is, ranse
2.
Thomas Finch, ct ux. to Henry
krogman, w. D.. St.5no 2. 4 of
n. L. section s, township Is, range
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Baron Chinda Demands Protection
For Japanese Subjects in
Stricken District
JAP AMBASSADOR ENTERS
PROTEST WITH UNCLE SAM
American Consul Canada in Sweep
ing Report Says Anarchy Pre-
walls Outside Tampico.

Toxic, Dec. 27-As a climax Of
a popular demonstration over Fran
cisco de la Barra, Mexico's special
envoy to Japan, resolutions were ad-
opted at a great mass meeting con-
demning the United States for dis
cr.minating' against Mexico and de-
manding that Japan refuse to par
ticipate in the anama-Pacifc Ex-
position
The demonstration followed tile
opening of the Diet today by Emper-
or Yoshihito with a speech in which
he announced that friendly relat 9ns
existed with all the powers, but EN-
phasized the strength Of the Anglo
Japanese allience.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

Monticcllo, n. Y, Dec 27.--
Herbert 0. Brance, half brother OF
Adelaide Branee, arrived here to-
d&y/ and, arter m unseccussTuI at
tempt to induce his sister to return
home with him, left in a rage, pour
ing lnyective upon the head of Mel
vim Henry Couch, the dead lawyer,
who was his sisters master for
years He gave out a long story of
the history Of his family. His sis
ter, he said, was fine, pure woman.
Cou) ii, he characterized as man
without scruples and morals. He
said that his sisters love for the
dead man still persisted, and that
all his persuasions failed to move
her. lie regretted that he, person
ally could not get revenge upon
Couch, he said.
There is punishment provided
tor such as he" said Brance.
His sister greeted him effusively.
1t was their first meeting in four
| teen years, he said and it was in
the nature of n reconciliation. Pre-
yious to Brance's arrival it becams
Known to Sheriff Kinney that his
strange charge had rejected a
theatrical offer Of $500 a week, and
another offer from a newspaper OF
500 for her story
Mel wouldn't like it," she said.
How do you know she was
asked.
He told me- ] am always in com
munication with him, even now. He
comes whenever l need advice.
Brother Tells Sisters Life.
Miss Brance and her brother talk
cd for two hours in her room in the
county jail Later the brother gave
out the following statement:
My sister was born August -
1873, at Hartwick, said Brance
| "She was educated at HartwicR
Unicn School, where she graduated
at fifteen; after that she taught in
the district schools for three terms
and then entered Oswego Norma
| school, where she studied for siy
and a half years
"A nervous breakdown induced
by her fathers suicide, almost killed
her. | took her home with me ant
there she lived for a year. Her dor
tor declared her unable to continue
indoor work and she took up boob
canyassing. She visited such New
York towns as Sidney, Liberty ant
Goshen. She lived with Mrs. Os
| from Fourteen years ago she wen
to Monticello. Since that time unit
today | have not seen her. All ms
letters / addressed to her in care o.
Chester Brance. postmaster at Soutt
Salisbury
Couch is dead. ! am willing t,
forget if can. My sister was I;
pure woman until she met him. Sh,
was not a vampire. She did not lur,
him. Because he was a hypocrite
] Concluded on Sixth Page.) =
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
- = niNc hoN,'
Chairman OF the Southern Pacifi,
Directors.
JAMES A. FARRELL.
President Of the steel Trust.
r. N. BETHEL,
of the New York Tela-
phone Company.


phone Company,
Threa captains of the largest Of
Americas industries have been re-
warded ny the American Museum Of
Safety for care in safeguarding the
lives 3f their wol kingmen. Each
was given a medal for his company
Julius KrUttschnitt, chairman of the
board Of directors Of the Southern
Pacific railroad, was given the F..
n. Hartman Memorial Medal for
the American railroad which has
been most successful in protecting
the lives and health of its employees
and the public"
James A. Farrell. president of the
United States Steel Corporation,
was given the Louis Livingston Sea-
man Medal for progress and ach-
icvemcnt in the promotion of hy-
siene and the mitigation Of occupa-
tional diseases.
L. n. Bethel, president of the
New York Telephone Company was
awarded another medal for the
American employer who has ach-
ieved greatness in protecting the
lives and limbs of workmen
The American Museum of Safety
has undertaken propaganda
among employers to get them to in
stall all kinds Of safety devices for
their workingmen. and has been
very successful in the work
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Alexander County National Bank

James If. Galligan, Cashier
THE Alexander County National
Bank will join the new system and
subscribe for its pro rata share OF
stock N the new Federal Reserve
Bank.
After carefully considering the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

tconcluded on sixth rskAr
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
Miss Branee, Locked for Years in
Secret Room, Insists She
Was Willing Slave.
UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO
INDUCE HER TO GO HOME
Brother Relates Family History
She Says She Would Do Same
All Over Again.
THE LOVER HERMIT


o HER LAWYER MASTER.
o MELVIN H. COUCH, born
o in l84S; graduated from
o Michigan University in 1878;
o married Miss Janette Potts,
o daughter of Judge Alpheus
0 Potts iii 1879; took up resi-
0 derce in Monticello, N. T.;
o elected district attorney three
0 three times; elected county
o judge; considered the most
o powerful man in Sullivan
0 county, when he died.
Q Xxx Xxx
9 ADELAIDE BRANCE,
0 member Of a respected family
o CT Goshen, N. Y; graduated
0 from 0swego Normal school
0 Of New York; quit teaching
o to Sc books fifteen years ago;
0 met Couch while canvassing;
0 ert'rel the tiny cell, adjoin-
0 ing Couch's office three years
. ago.
o o 0 o o o o o o o o
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

Concluded on sixth Page.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28
TWO NATIONAL BANKS OF
CAIRO TO BECOME MEMBERS
First Bank and Trust Company to Await
Constructions Placed on Law by Or
ganization Board Before Taking Ac-
ton Regarding Membership

as has always been the case with
individual banks. and when we say
that the banks entering the system
have control OF the operating ma
chinery and the technical workings
of the Regional Reserve Bank
through its directors, and that each
federal reserve district is represent.
ed upon the advisory board. it means
that we believe the operating sys-
tenn viii be directed by able and ex-.
perieneed men. upon which it's sue
cess will ultimately depend, while
over the whole will be the regulat-
/ ing control of the Federal Reserve
Board to be composed OF the most
capable men obtainahle.
while the Bankers or the eoun-
try have been fnsistent upon many
OF the notifications that have been
incorporated in the bill, II has been
, their constant aim to cooperate in
constructive way for the benefit
of all the people, and in saying this.
ii is only to say that the interests
of the people are so interlinked with
the banks of the country that they
cannot be disassociated, and any
thing that affects one affects the
other"
A representative. of The Bnlletia
yesterday afternoon called upon rep
rcsentative3 of the three local finan-
cial institutions with the purpose
of obtaining opinions relative to the
new measure and what action they
intended to take in regard to apply
ing for memberships. All cheerfuliy
consented to be interviewed and
gave out the following:
Cairo National Bank.
Ellis Il. Cox, Cashier .--"Thers
has been no meeting of our board
OF directors since the passage of tie
new banking and currency las.
However, we have discussed pretty
thoroughly the different features of
the measure as proposed. and be-
fore its passage, and | feel safe, in
saying that the Cairo National Bank
will signify its acceptance immedi-
lately upon receipt of the regula-
tions prescribed by the organiza-
ton Committee.
! "ln my opinion the National
Banking laws have been so greatly
strengthened by this legislation that
it is impossible for any such COLI
ditions as existed In 1907 to ever
occur again in the future.
"It certainly Must be conceded
by the Masters of Finance. regard
less Of their politics, that our elias
tic currency has been fully provided
for, which it seems from past ex-
periences, has been the weak point
in our financial system heretofore.
I 1.-The president of these United
States with his able assistants. the
trainers of the bill, are certainly to
be commended on this master stroke
of legislation and such are the feel
ings Of our entire board OF direc-
tors
/ at may be charged that we are
all Democrats, but be that as it may.
We will at least plead guilty to be-
ing optimists with big 20"
Alexander County National Bank.
/ James If. Galligan, Cashier
7 .s.r, ,,...anr .rn,trtw Nafinra al
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-28

NdSI4 n2ton, Dec. -t.---'thIillI
stories Of Americans starving. cor
veyed in official dispatches today,
and the entry of Japan formarally
rs a protestant against the intoI
erable conditions in Mexico, marked
the course of the Mexican troubles
at the State Department.
Baron Chinda called the attention
Of the United States to the unpro-
teeted conditions of Japans citizens.
He directed special attention to the
Japanese at Juarez and Chihuahua
Baron Chinda, after his call at
the State Department. admitted that
he had placed the cause Of his coun-
trymen before the department. and
he said. also, cynicalIy. that Japan.
being so far away from the coast,
had been depending or the United
States for the protection Of her citi-
zens.
At present there are six foreign
warshiDs looking after foreign citi-
2ens and keeping them from stlrya-
tion and outrage in Mexico. There
are the British SHIPS Suffolk and
Berwick, the German cruisers Bre-
vesselmen and Herta on the east
coast, and the Nuremberg, on the
west coast, and the Spanish war
vessel Charles V on the cast coast.
Fresh stories OF anarchy and
starvation of Americans and others
came up today from Mexico.
Consul Canada made a sweeping
report in which he said that the
farms IN the whole province Of
Tamauiipas are being stripped bare
and that anarchy" prevailed out
side OF Tampico.
Threatened by Starvation.
The department is informed that
in "Crox,' Sinaloa. Americans are
suffering from starvation The of
fieials admitted they do not know
the number
Other dispatches show that there
are about thirty Americans at Tolo-
bampo who are in distress.
There is no report as yet as to the
fifty Americans who were stated Of
ficially to have been left in Torreon.
The State Department says it has
an agent in Sinaloa looking up cases
OF distress and that the Red Cross
is OF assistance on the border. So
far as con be ascertained from Off
cials, however, nothing has been
done in these but the mere formula
Of inquiry
J. p. Benjamin and w. n. Wind
ham of Los Angeles, Cal, who have
been held for ransom nv rebels near
Mazatlan, Mex, have been released,
according to State Department dis
patches today.
Another report at the State De-
partment today contained the infor
nation that General Gandido Agu-
liar, with several hundred men, had
forced the Tampico Navigation
Company, an American concern. to
pay him $4,000 in addition to feel.
ing his men and horses.
Charge Nelson O'Shaughnessy at
Mexico City has been directed to
examine into this claim
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-01
TROOPS NEAR CLASH
Strikers Disarmed Following Attack
on Mines and Burning of Post
office at Aguilar.

Trinidad, Colo, Oct. 30.-An armed
clash between state troops under Ma
jor Hamrock of Denver and defiant
strikers at Aguilar may come at any
moment The troops were dispatched
to Aguilar from Walsenburg to restore
quiet following the receipt Of the re-
port that band of strikers, outnum-
bering the guards twenty to one, had
driven the defenders from the South
western mine at Aguilar, captured and
burned the mine office in which the
federal postoffice was also located,
and captured the Empire mine.
The militia, after arriving at
Aguilar, disarmed three guards and
number of strikers who appeared
about the Southwestern mine. Major
IIamrock was later informed Of trou-
BILE at the Empire mine, closely ad-
Joining the Southwestern, and the en-
tire detachment hastened there. The
camp has been aroused since the COM
ing of the troops and an uprising is
expected. Major Hamrock has orders
not to go into the strikers colony to
disarm the men unless the strikers be-
gin to fire from the camp.
A demonstration was held by the
strikers in the streets of Aguilar,
more than 200 strikers, led by brass
band of fifteen pieces, parading the
streets until late hour, singing union
and patriotic songs, and stopping now
and then to listen to speeches de-
nouncing the troops.
At Walsenburg fifteen mine guards
were disarmed and placed under ar
rest by order of Major Hamrock prior
to his departure for Aguilar.
The Delagua mine of the Victor
American Fuel Company, which since
Saturday afternoon has been the scene
of almost continuous fighting, is again
under fire from strikers entrenched
on the side of the canon. The result
of the shooting is not known, but tho
strikers attack is said to have been
made in force.
A span of a bridge of the Colorado
& Wyoming railroad between Segundo
and Primorc. camps of the Colorado
Fuel &c Iron Company has been de-
struyec by fire, severing connections
between the properties, while at the
company's camp at Sopris the explo
sion OF a bomb at Jerryville, a small
plaza just outside of the camp limits,
created temporary reign of terror.