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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-04-05

and no further" was the warning. A
South Georgian may eat the crumbs,
but he must not aspire to a full slice
of the cake. Not his to play the pa t
of Little Johnny Horner." That was
the lesson they learned.
A Small Portion.
A South Georgian has also recently
been permitted to occupy the office of
commissioner of labor, an arduous and
poorly compensated position. The i'll
stallation of new Office is always &C
companied by an excess of trouble. BY
the time Hal Stanley of Dublin has the
machinery we'll oiled and moving
smoothly, and the pay perhaps put to
a more reasonable basis, North Geor-
gia will discover that the job is worth
the having. Never fear.
Two or three South Georgians have
also been signally honored by bein :
permitted to hold state office of some
Importance for a few brief months, IN
ad interim term, while the North Geor-
gians were deciding who should be
chosen for it for full term. Pope
Brown, for instance, held the keys to
the treasury vault for a few moons.
Bill" Clifton, the "Old War Horse OF
Chatham" was allowed to sign his
name as secretary of state a score or
more times, until his successor was
chosen from North Georgia. And now
we have that rarest of all honors
William S. West of Valdosta gracious
ly seated in the United States senate
pending the decision as to which of the
North Georgians shall take it for the
remainder of the term. Two polite
ians from that section already holdinq
office, have announced as candidates
and there is, of course, tie strone
probability that there will be a third
/ This division of strength might mea
South Georgia's opportunity if South
Georgia had only fully learned tbs
lesson North Georgia learned so Ions
ago, of standing together.
Of course it has not been possible &c
put on the map all Of the Offices hell
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-04-05
A REWARD IS OFFERED
FOR ARREST OF MURDERER

The capture of the slayer of Arts
C. Collins, in Webster county, means Il
hundred dollars cash to the capturer.
Arts Collins was killed near Preston
on the night of March 22d, and else
where in the Recorder appears
the proclamation of Gov Slaton offer
ing $500 reward for the arrest of the
murderer with evidence to convict.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-04-05
SIs;.TsIsts sLSkQGIok
Tor the past nalI centuI
Room would not permit of that.
The Old Ratio.

government for the past half centur
Room would not permit of that.
The Old Ratio.
Out of the railroad commissioner )
! thirteen have been from that section
against eight from South Georgia, the
nearest to anything approaching a
fair division that has been seen ii
sixty years. The allotment of South
Georgia on the commission just now,
though, is but one out of five.
Presidents of the senate and speak
ers of the house have almost unvarJ-
ingly had their abode north of the line
Chief clerks and bottle washers alike,
in the way of subordinate jobs, have
poured into Atlanta from the hills anu
the mountains, the river valley and taC
plains of North Georgia. There may
be a corporals guard of South GeoI
gian's around the state capitol ..
The average North Georgian would
rather hold a political job any time
than to follow patient mule around a
ten-acre cotton patch, or even to smell
the corn juice as it turns into Moon
shine in some sheltered cove out of
sight of revenue officers. Perhaps it
may be due to the fact that the oppor-
tunities for personal advancement
have been so much greater in recent
years in South Georgia, that the fields
of agriculture, industry and commerce
ial life have been more tempting to the
boys of this section than the few priZ-
es and the many disappointments OF
politics.
While North Georgia has been turn
ing out offce-seekers and of1ice-ho!d-
ers, South Georgia has been turning
out men of Drawn and brains to sweep
away the pine forests, clear the fields,
and convert the land into a section
teeming with progress and prosperity.
But now that South Georgia has the
development, now that ii has the
wealth, now that it has the men Of
ability, of experience, of riches, why
should it not reach out it's hands ana
pluck the honors of public life as well?
The glad hand has been held out to
South Georgia in times of party dan
ger, when votes and money were
needed, for instance, to stay the tides
of populism, but even then the canui-
dates have been from the upper part
of the state and Souh Georgia has
been merely allowed to lick the plat
ter as an adequate recompense for
party loyalty that knew no wavering,
for Democratic allegiance that could
no be swept from its moolings by
clamorous appeals from Iowa AMI
other centers of historical agitation.
The Ocala platform did not find its
backbone in this section.
Is the door of hope" forever to be
shut in its face?
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For Weakness and Loss of Appetite

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESs chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic
} 1d sure Appetizer. For adults and children SOC
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cotton cultivation was in its infancy,
or unknown, over a vast extent Of
South Georgia territory. It's enormous
strides in the past two decades prom.
Use to be repeated in the next twenty
years. Inside of five years South
Georgia will be producing over half the
cotton crop of the state. The figures
as to other crops are equally as illum-
mating.
Can Not Remain Content.
The thought that such a section ana
such a people will be forever content
to be relegated to a secondary and III.
consequential place in state and ma.
tional public affairs is preposterous
That they have been content 50 long is
a mystery, only eXplanable b. the fact
that South Georgia has,. in a measure,
been passing through a pioneering
stage over considerable of its terri
tory, consuming the time, the energies,
the brain power of its men of ideas and
force in devising and executing plans
for its upbuilding.
1t seems needless to further elabor
ate beyond a swift summary of the
half-century of political neglect and
3. especially the past 95 years. In that
long period two South GeorgIans have
been permitted to hold the Office Of
commissioner of agriculture, Uncle
ODE Stevens and Tom Hudson. But as
soon as either of these gentlemen be-
came too intimate with the faimer vote
and displayed signs of the inordinata
ambition, as soon as they became in
fected with a fever for something high
er that threatened the domination Of
North Georgia, they speedily were
brought to a realization that wall OF
granite confronted them. Thus faT
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DOOR OF HOPE
FOREVER SHUT?

Continued from Page 81
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APRIL FROST ARE
PREDICTED FOR THE
SOUTHEAST SECTION

Washington, D. c., April April
frosts tonight in Virginia, the interior
CT North Carolina and the northern
parts of Georgia and South Carolina,
were predicted today by the weather
bureau. Severe weather conditions for
this season prevail in many section.
Rains and SHOWS persist over tie
northern districts east of the Missis
sippi.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-04-05
ELECTION NOTICE
To the Qualified Voters OF the City OF
AmerituS:

Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of April 4914, there will DC
held at the usual voting place in the
City Hall Building, in the City of AM
CIRCUS, an election for the purpose Of
determining whether or not there shall
be an issue of;
a. $4,000 of bonds for the improve
ment of the City Hospital,
e. $1,000 of bonds for the i'm,
provement of the Furlow School Build
ing.
And whether the Mayor and City
Council of Americas shall be authoriz-
&c to issue said bonds in denomina-
tons of $1,000 each. Said proposed
bonds, if issued, shall bear interest at
the rate of per enct per annum, pay
able semi-annually, the due dates Of
said interest payments being on the 1st
day of January and on the 1st day of
July each year; and said interest to
extend over and be paid until the ma
turity of said bonds, which shall be
thirty 800 years from the date of is
sue;
That no part of the principal shall
be due and payable until the expira-
ton of thirty years from the date of
issue.
To pay on and discharge the interest
semi-annually and provide for sum
sufficient to retire the said Hospital
Improvement Bonds, a tax sufficient to
raise the sum of Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars per annum shall be as
essed, levied and collected by the May
or and City Council of Americas;
To pay off and discharge the inter-
est semi-annually and to provide for
fund sufficient to retire the Furlow
School improvement Bonds within
thirty years, tax sufficient to raise
the sum of Five Hundred and Eighty
Three Dollars and Thirty-Thre cents
per annum shall be assessed, levie'
and collected by the Mayor and Cit
Council of Americas.
All the male citizens OF the City o
Americas who are qualified to vote for
members of the Legislature of thu
State of Georgia, who shall have pal,
all taxes imposed and demanded b,
the authorities Of the City, and shat
have resided six months within tn
City prior to the opening of the regis
tration lists and registered as hereii
provided for shall be qualified to yot
at sair election, according to an ordin
ance adopted by the Mayor and Cit
Council of Americas on the 25th da,
Q March, 1914.
The polls of said election shall b
opened at 8 o'clock A. M, and remain
open until four o'clock P. NJ No per
son shall be allowed to vote in sail
election for said proposed issues o
bonds, unless they have qualified an
have their names placed on the voters
lists as herein provided by five oclocl
of the last Saturday preceding sal
ELECTION.
The following is the form of ballo
to be used by the voters at said cleo
ton:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
$4,000 of City Hospital Bonds
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$1,000 of Furlow School Improvement
Bonds
(Strike one)
For Furlow School improvement
Bonds
Against Furlow School Improvement
Bonds
This notice given by order of the
Mayor and City Council of Americas
and ordinance adopted 25th day OF
March, 1914. H. W. WEAVER,
Clerk and Treasurer.
w & D
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These days a girl Will write Itch ge
bible" with her finger in the dust on
the piano before she will take cloth
and give it a rub.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
Mississippi Historical Society.

DR.. Franklin L. Riley, secretary
of the Mississippi Historical Socie-
ty, has the thanks of the editor for
a copy of Volume XIV of the Pub
ications" of that patriotic organi-
zation.
The book is devoted principally
to a critical study of the policies
and achievements of Mississippi
leaders a decade before the War of
Secession. 1t shows how the public
men of the State, amid sharp con-
tiIcts of opinion, gradually felt
their way toward a settled policy
in dealing with the slavery issue.
1t is interesting TO note that the
first result of these conflicts was
the declaration of the State Con-
vention of 1851, that secession was
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
A RESPONSIVE CHORD IN THE BANK
CASE.

i
Judge Jones struck responsive
chord in some Of his utterances in
court last Wednesday afternoon.
he spoke of some things as being
improper" and more desira.
ble"-and said in one instance
it is a question of satisfying the
people,"
Matters in this connection, of
which the bank management has
seemed wholly unconscious from the
beginning, show the state of mind
10 that institution that has caused
the unrest since the people were
made aware on January 5th. that
something had gone wrong" at
the Bank. The proprieties'' and
consideration of the peoples opin-
ion in the matter have not been
considered and things have not
been made more desirabIe'' for
them. With the proper respect
for the peoples opinion-the peo-
pie who we're the sufferers 10 the
climax that came when the Bank
closed some of whom will never
get out from under their burden Of
less the Bank management would
have not only invited, but insisted
on a direct representative from
those who we're the helpless vic-
A = II
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not sanctioned by the Federal Con-
stitution. In spite of this triumph
of Union sentiment however, the
struggle over the compromise of
1850 had important effects upon the
development of the secession move
ment in the State. 1t is noteworthy
that among the public men of
Mississippi IN 1850 there were many
recognized leaders of Southern
thought and activity. For these rea-
sons the study is of more than local
interest,"" says Dr. Riley in the
preface
Officers of the Society are Hon.
Alfred H Stone, Dunleith. Miss.
president; Hon. W. A. Montgom-
cry, Edwards; Hon. Edward Mayes.
Jackson, vice presidents; DR..
Franklin L Riley. University, Sec
retary and treasurer.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27

s., 7ss Il So. .7ss II
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27

Mr.. Louis Cohn:-Now. your
Honor, take Mr.. Cohn ard Mr..
Brady. they have been lighting the
bank always. Even before it
failed.
Hon. H. Cassedy:-l think if the
bank attorneys can't be appointed.
! think the attorneys for the other
side ought not be appointed. If
the creditors want to sue. they can
come and get their own attorneys:
but, If it's on the ground they are
contending, Brady's 10 the matter.
and the attorneys for the assignees
are not allowed to bring those suits
they could bring, then / think
some other attorney ought to bring
the suit and their attorney stand
back and look on.
Mr.. Louis Cohn: II would snQ-
Gest Mr.. Bob Thompson or any Of
them Here's Mr. Tyler right here
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
FALSE BANK STATEMENT
Memphis Banker Arrested on Federal
Warrant Charging Mailing of
False Statement.

Memphis, Tenn June "a &C.
Hunter Raine. against whom in
dictments are pending in the State
courts, charging that while presi-
dent of the Mercantile Bank of this
city, he misappropriated 81 .091, 900,
was arrested late today on a Feder-
al warrant alleging use of mails to
defraud. He waived examination
and was released on Sic, ,000 bond
to appear at the November term of
the United States District Court
here.
The warrant, sworn to by Hubert
Fisher. United States District
Attorney, is based on the circula-
tion through the mails of a state
ment of the banks condition which
is alleged to have been fraudulent.
Washington, May 27.-SyIvester
K. Rush. special assistant to the
attorney-general of the United
States, las been assigned to con-
duct an investigation into the
affairs of the defunct Chickasaw
Bank & Trust Co., of Memphis.
Mr.. Rush has been connected with
the Department of Justice for Is
years.
1t is understood that the federal
question involved in this inyestiga-
tion of the old Chlackasaw Bank
& Trust Company relates to alleged
violations of the United States
postal laws.
That Mr.. Rush has been assigned
to investigate the federal question
involved in the failure of the
Chickasaw Bank & Trust Company,
was officially corroborated today
at the Department of Justice.
But. as stated, no information was
obtainable as to the probable date
of the arrival of Mr.. Rush in Mem
phis.
The penalty for frauduIently
using the mails is penitentiary
sentence of from one to five years
for each offense, to which the trial
judge may add a fine not exceeding
1000.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
SUBSCRIPTION 81 A YEAR.

me like suits ought to be brought.
Hon. H. CASSIDY :-On this thing.
| want to keep myself clear. l
made motion to set aside the or
ders allowing the compensation to
the commissioners and in view of
the acts of the Court in appointing
them. | fully expected it to be
over-ruled, but my whole purpose
in making that was purely and
simply to protect Mr.. Baggett
and Mr.. Cohn from any personal
liability.
LIMITATION ON ASSIGNEES.
Judge Jones:-I was thinking Of
putting limitation on the COM
pensation of the receivers the same
as was put on the lawyers and let
the salary proposition extend over a
period of two years. | do not
know, if they can wind it up in
that time or not. They have col
lected over 25 per cent in about six
months If they continue at the
same progress. they can wind it up.
Mr.. Louis Cohn:-I think it
would be bad idea to push the
assignees. We expect to wind it
up as soon as possible, but we do
not wish to push the real estate
matters.
Judge Jones:-Well, / will leave
that matter open for a while.
Mr. Louis Cobn:-We can tell
by the first of January how we will
get along.
Judge Jones:-lt might be by
the first of January that one re.
ceiver could handle this PROPOSE
tion.
Mr.. Louis Cohn:-Our uuder-
standing was when we first went
into the bank that we would keep
Mr.. Becker and Mrs. Witbeck and
after we got on to the thing and
caught up. Mr.. Becker would be
the first to 60 and then Mrs. Wit
beck. Mr.. Tull was to do the
writing and we would just have
three in there. We are now col
lecting about four or five hundred
dollars rent every month and Mr..
Baggett goes out after that while
| stay in the bank and attend to
the books. In two or three months
we will have more real estate on
hand and one man could hardly
handle it.
Judge Jones We'll, you could
get cheap man to collect rent.
Mr.. Louis Cohn:-Well, there's
between rs aud 80 thousand dollars
worth of real estate. Instead of
having extra help. we thought we
would do that work ourselves.
Hon. H. Cassedy:-There are
things there coming up every day.
If Mr.. Baggett wasn't there.
they would have to send for him.
They have to get Becker there, too.
sometimes to ask him questions.
If Mr. Baggett would get out and
get position away from here, We
would have hard time.
Mr. Louis Cohn:-It's a question
of two men. We need two men
here.
Mr.. Brady represent the
Miss. Central Railroad Co., and
they have some claim against the
bank and | am not of record. but |
am assisting a New Orleans firm in
u proceeding against Mr.. Becker.
say that SO if you think this
sufficient cause to disqualify me
and wish to withdraw the tender
of this service to me, you may"
Judge Jones:-I don't see any
Inconsistency there.
Hon. 7. Brady: Il want to be In
the clear and submit it to the
court.
Judge nes;-You are SUNG
Mr.. Becker?
Hon. 7 Brady:-Yes, sir; a
New Orleans firm has asuit against
him.
Hon. II. Cassedy:-You repre-
sent the East Union Mills, too,
don't you?
Hon. I. Bra1y:-l can't say
do. | went before the Referee in
adjusting matter for Mr. Nalty
which | suppose has been finally
Coutinued on Fourth Page.
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After calling the assignees and
their attorneys into court as well
as the depositors' committee ap-
pointed to represent the latter in
the affairs of the defunct CONNER
cial Bank & Trust Co. on Wednes-
day afternoon Chancellor P. 2
Jones, during the proceedings ap-
pointed 7. Brady, Jr., and A. A.
Cohn to recover money for the in
stitution by suits, fixing their COM
pensation jointly at 81, 900 and 25
per cent. of all the money recover
ed through such suits. A demur-
rer to the order of the Judge to
pay the special commissioners,
was also overruled by Judge Jones
and yesterday the assignees honor
ed his order for $4OO. $3.50 of this
amount was for Allen Thompson,
attorney of Jackson. and $3.50 for
W. P. Wildberger, the accountant.
who has been at work in the bank
here.
OPENING OF PROCEEDINGS.
In his preliminary remarks Judge
Jones said among other things, in
the case of the receivers at the
Commercial Bank, referring to the
Commissioners report:
1t is reported that they have
handled this affair from the time
they took hold Of it in a capable
way and in an economical manner.
1t is suggested that the service of
one of them may be dispensed with; /;
but this occurs to me that, if that
is done, the compensation Of the
other receiver would have to be in
creased or, if put on a commission
basis, the commission would be
practically as much or more as
their salary now, provided the lin
itation is put on the amount of sal
ary they may receive. think, if
the two receivers are to continue,
there should be some Limitation
put on the salary that is to be paid
to them, in other words. it should
not exceed certain sum-"
The complaints made, as rule,
pertain not to the management of
the receivers. but to the bank man.
agement and they report these
things and these liabilities which
they think the creditors of this in.
stitution have ? right to recover,
and do not see any reason why 1t
cannot be arranged whereby these
things of the past may be handled
by the depositors whs may sue for
the benefit of all the creditors of
the bank and by an attorney ap-
pointed by me as Chancellor to rep
resent them in that suit and let the
present management go on with
the collection of the accounts of
the institution which are now in
their hands -
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
CASSIDY REPLIES

Hon. Ell. Cassidy, speaking for
the receivers, who were present, in
connection with the matter of the
bringing suits said:
As / understand the law, the
receivers in the bringing of suit
must act first. If they refuse to
act, if they are requested hy the
creditors to act, and fail to do so,
then the creditor can act for him
self. And the creditor in the liti-
cation ought to be responsible for
the expenses. Now, a suit against
the directors of the bank would or.
dinarily come at the end of the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the
bank. if the creditors were not
paId. That's on the creditors q
part. Then. on the part of the
stockholders. it would come at the
end of the administration Of the
estate when he was able to de.
termine his loss, ordinarily, but
if suit is to be filed now, by some
creditor, then that creditor would
have charge of his own suit and the
Court that had jurisdiction could
allow out Of the proceeds of that
suit money fur the expenses to be
paid out of what was recovered in
that suit but not out of the general
estate. If we would just cume and
sue and sue and sue. why the ex-
penses of this thing would eat up
the estate A lawyer expects his
pay whether he wins or not unless
he takes the case on a contingency
basis. he represents his client to
the best of his ability and, il he
loses, he feels that he can not help
it; he has done his best. It has
been suggested that the Arlington
Foundry & Machine Company be
sued but it is apparent that no suit
would lie. They would plead the
final decree of the court If ap-
peaIed. they would plead d settle
ment. II looks like we made q
mistake en- that settlement. i
Mr. Thompson thought the
Court decided that wrong
Whether ] thought 30 or not. /
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-06-27
T. BRADY AND A. A. COIN APPOINTEDBY
COURT TO RECOVER MONEY FOR CONNER
CIAL BANK & TRUST co. WHERE JUSTIFIED
Assignees Attitude in Refusing to Pay Commissions
ers for Their Services OverruIed by
Judge P. z. Jones.

Strong Objection Made Attorney Brady by Assignee Conn., Who Don't
Want Brady in This Thin" Judge Said He Understood
Personal Feeling and it Was All the More Rea-
Why Brady Should Bring the Suits
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Continued on Fourth Page.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-05
Bring Them In Today

Bring Your shoes IN for repair be-
fore they are all out of shape. Shoes
will not hold their shape long when
the heels are worn down or when tho
soles become thin. Wearing them in
this condition too long will place them
beyond repair, then they can only be
replaced with new ores. Our modern
machine way of repairing shoes will
save you money if you will do your
part.
i SELL THE WEAR-U-WELL SHOES
COME IN FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR
]. c. KARLE IL II s. :.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-05
PERSONALS.

Joe R. Frailey of Fort Madison was
in the city today transacting legal
business. MIR. Frailey has recently
announced his candidacy for state sen
ator on the republican ticket.