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TIE ATLANTA GEORSUN
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TUC GEORGIAN prints n« unclean
>r objectionable advertising. Neither
low it print whisky or any liquor ads.
ami electric light plants, as It now
owns Its waterworks. Other cities do
this and fet gas as low as •) cent*,
with « profit to the Hty. This should
i*e done at once. The Georgian he*
lleres that If street railways can be
operated succeaefnlly by European
eft fee, ae they err. there fa no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
But we do not believe
: m done now. and It may be some yeari
liefore we ore ready for eo big an un
•Urnking. Htlll Atlanta should set Id
face In that direction NOW.
The Georgian's Frank Statement
to the Public.
The Georgian la printing today a
atatemant whlth It doea not bellav*
another newapaper In Atlanta would
hare the courage and the frankness
to duplicate.
At laaat The Georgian fraukjy chat
lenges Ita two con temporaries to an
emulation ot the high .sample ot bust
ness fairness and Integrity which It
sets today.
The matter of circulation la one
upon which many newspapers hare
Mt that they had a right to deceive.
The circulation liar la one of the old'
est figures iu journalism and tpwa-
papeEe who hold and profess high etb
les In other lines have been all too
much glveu In time past to make ex
travagant and misleading statements
about their circulation and to confuse
the minds of advertisers with axtrava'
watt claims which were not found In
tho exact records ot their printing
presses and their circulation lists.
Tho Georgian In the beginning
made up Ita mind that It would do
nothing of this kind. The Georgian
has done laaa boasting about Ita circu
lation than any successful paper of
which w* have any knowledge or ac
count. We have not exploited the re
markable circulation with wblch our
first edition was given to the world.
Wo have not paraded or boasted to
our advertisers or to the public ot the
steady and stately Increase which al
most unsought has come to us since
the first Issue was given to the world.
We have not engaged In a noisy wran
gle with our contemporaries upon this
always disputed point nor do we In
tend to do so now. But we frankly
challenge the attention of the public
and the emulation of auoh of our con
temporaries as dare to follow, the
statement published upon our open
psgo today.
We have not asked and ahall not
ask the public to take our word tor
our own circulation, because the pub
lic has a good reason to distrust the
statements ot newspapers about them
selves. We have hot been able to In
duce the general public to accept our
open offer to count the newspapers re-
. m ded by the register of our great
c.nss press from day to day. Aud so,
as the only fair and honest thing left
lor an honest press to do, we have
vone to an audit company—one of the
best and most reliable-In the South—
one whose prosperity and reputation
depend upon the absolute fairness
and absolute truth of Ita impartial re
ports. We have selected from the
audit company Mr. C. B. Bldwell.as
-,ne of the ablest and moat incorruptl-
bla of Its representatives. And. with
out Interference or suggestion we have
Mm ply flung open to him all of the de
partments ot this establishment with
tin single Instruction “to wade In and
f.nd the troth and tell it.”
Do you know another newspaper iu
M.anta that would dare to do this
thing today? Mr. Bidweli's report Is
-Ivon In hla own words and under bla
- wn sworn affidavit In The Georgian
We honestly believe that tha state-
tot which Mr. Bidwell make* estab
lish** The Georgian as tha aacond pa
per In circulation in the South. We
| express this aa a belief founded upon
information that Is eminently satisfac
tory to ourselves.
We credit The Atlanta Journal with
a larger circulation than our own. al
though we frankly protest that we do
not credit The Journal by several
thousand with so large a circulation
as it claims.
If these two statements, made not
In jealousy but as simple business
propositions, should be questioned by
our two contemporaries, they can find
an easy aud honorable recourse In em
ploying the American Audit Company,
or Alonto Richardson, or any other
high class accountant, and turn them
loose with the same jnatniotlon* and
the same boundless liberty given to
Mr. Bidwell. "to wade lu agd find tbe
truth and tell it."
We frankly and courteously cbal
lenge our contemporaries to this
course.
We frankly challenge tbem to fol
low tbe example of The Georgian In
permitting strangers and advertisers
to read on unexpected days the dally
register of-tbe papers printed on their-
presses.
This we have always done and this
The Georgian will always do. This, aa
we understand It, neither of our two
contemporaries has ever done, and
neither at them w« believe will ever
do.
We frankly believe that the bualnesa
men of Atlanta will appreciate the
signal candor which Tbe Georgian has
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER
shown In this important Dullness mat
ter. We believe that this policy of
honesty will commend us in future
to tbelr confidence and regard In any
Important statements that we may
make. And we are enjoying to tbo
full the satisfaction ot our own con
science In tbe fact that we have never
misstated In any particular-to the pub
lic which supports us either as -to the
scope of our circulation or the value
of our advertising column*. ,
Day by day we are printing the
1 sworn statements of bualnesa then to
the effect that they reap frqm no me
dium In Georgia results taore satis
factory. and few one-half so satisfac
tory aa those which coma to them
from their announcements In Thf
Georgian.
We are going to lire among this
people of Atlanta as long as health
and tbelr good win and kind assist
ance will let us live.
And we are going to live fairly and
honestly and kindly and truthfully,
telling no lies, doing llttla boasting for
ourselves, making no statements will
ingly which we are nqt able to prove.
We submit the sworn affidavits of
Mr. Bidwell to our friends and patrons
aa a pledge of the honest policy to
which we have consecrated our Jour
nalistic lives, and cnee more, not In
rivalry nor In competition, but In the
Interest of that good taitn upon which
business and coraiwtltlon rest,
challenge our two esteemed contem
poraries to a consideration of this ex
ample. ’
“HOW IT HAPPENED” IN NEW YORK.
It la easy enough when U Is all over to find an explanation for tbe
thing that has come to paia.
Perhaps the briefest and moat comprehensive explanation la to be
had In the statement that Mr. HearSt was defeated because Mr. Hughes
received the largest number of votes!
Bnt there are those of ua who find some comfort and others who find
some diversion In looking for the reasons and causes of victory and de
feat.
Hearst was defeated within the last seven days.
Croker and Roosevelt and tbe Boodle bag were the trinity that, over
came the people and their champion in New York.
Much as It waa protested.at the time, the fear of Croker fell upon
the New York Democracy on Thursday last Neither Murphy nor Nix
on nor any other chief has ever filled the seat of Croker In the wigwam
of Tammany Hall. They.are all dwarfs beside him. He was the great
boas and all the others were feeble Imitations. There has never been a
real ruler since hla time. For twenty years, since John Kelly's day, that
grim old man of great capacity sat In the door of Tammany and ruled
Ita fortunes and Ita voters with an Iron hand. There are men In New
York, middle aged men and old men who tor so many years have known
no other political law than Croker's will, that when hla voice sounded
even from acrosa the aeai, they went by sheer force ot habit to obey It.
Murphy baa never had Croker's bold upon the Wigwam, and when the
trumpet of Croker blew against tbe bugle of Murphy, the old chief three
thousand miles away blew strong enough to blow more loyal voters from
the wlgwpm polls than had gone astray In many years. With Tammany
loyal and joined to Hearst’s own strength, Manhattan Island should have
rolled up 160,000 more votes than Hughes received.
Secretary Root with the message of the president did a deadly work.
Mr. Roosevelt’s waa aa mean and dastardly a blow aa was ever struck by
president or private dtlxen. Itwns a shot with a poisoned bullet and
waa outside the ethics of war. It waa a blow below the belt and In any prise
ring of pugilistic puga would have been called ‘‘a foul." The president
knows aa well aa any man that Mr. Hearst had nothing to do with the
murder of McKinley. He knows that the agitation wblch Mr. Hearst in
voked at that time waa fully and abundantly vindicated In the disclos
ures of rottenness and tyranny brought out in the Insurance scandals, the
exposures of Depew and Platt, the meat monsftoalty and the gas grab.
He knows that without the agitation and tho light ot fearless publicity
flung by fearless newspapers the boodlcrs and grafters would be swindling
untouched today. He. knows. If he will confess It, that bis own activity
against tbe Northern Securities Company was quickened and Ihaplred
by the marshalled testimony which Mr. Hearst flung aa a challenge at
hla fact. And for the president of the United States to leave hla high
station, lower his groat estate, and come down Into the arena to levy a
charge of murder against an opponent who had simply agitated the eco
nomic wrongs wrought by a lot of aelflih and heartless trusts, la the un-
worthiest act that baa stained the escutcheon of tbe president.
Rut It won. It was low but it was effective. With all of Theodore
Rooaevott's undimlnlsbed prestige and popularity behind a charge of mur
der—srith the wraith of the mart, red McKinley rising behind the motor
car of Hearst, there were thousands of workmen pledged to his cause who
either betrayed him or did not vote.
And for labor to betray a friend like Hearst. was the stab nr the
Brutus who should have been loyal when all else were false.
Last and greatest of the controlling causes were the money bags of
the opposition. Held In reserve until the last moment, and even sounding
the cry of poverty as a misleading ruse, the uncounted millions of the
trusts let go the purse string* after the prealdeut had spoken, and no
man will ever know the money that walked amid the masses lu tempta
tion and corruption on Saturday and Sunday and Monday nights pre
ceding the election.
Well, the battle will go on. Ilearal told four thousand common peo
ple on the Bowery and repeated It an hour later to more people In Car
negie Hall that aa long aa he had breath and brains and n dollar to
spend, he should keep up this fight In the ranks or at the front. He is
young, superbly vigorous, thoroughly dauntless and absolutely conse
crated to the iieople’a cause. It Is the love and the passion of his life
to fight for them. We are thoroughly convinced that he can know no hi|>-
pineas outside of this. He has great wealth, nine great newspapers, at
last a great organisation of his own, anil like the fabled ancient, he rises
stronger from every fall.
He has thousands of friends In every state ot the republio, and that
lie Is the real Idol and leader of the plain lieople of America 110 man who
has eyes and brains can deny, lie has no reason to lie discouraged after
the magnificent fight be has made. No mau who ever figured In our his
tory has fought such odds,
Every trust and coriioratlon In the East waa fiercely and actively
against him. The wealth, the prestige and the Influehee of hi* own party
waa opposed to him. Kvery United States seuator of his party was si
lent or antagonistic. Scarcely a half doten congressmen were with him.
Kvery newspaper In New Yorl^ except his own were moving heaven ami
earth against him. The mayor of hlJ own great city—a member of hts
owti great party—waa In the ranks of his intensely active enemlea; the
president of the United States with tbe whole enormous power of the
administration, marched into the open field to deal him an unworthy
olow, and all the money that political workerh could ask or think, waa at
tbe service of his organized and desperately esger foes.
And yet against ,sucb odds snd fighting almost alone, the world, the
fiesh and the corporation elements ot the IU publican and Democratic
parties could only heat him 4P.0O0 votes!
It wasn't much r,f a victory after all and Ita narrowness should move
the victors to humility and reform. <
MANTLE OF THE LATE J. M. HIGH
FALLS UPON ABLE LIEUTENANTS;
GREAT BUSINESS IN GOOD HANDS
GOSSIP!
W. R. M’CLELLAND.
THE J. M. HIGH COMPANY
WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS
Mr. W. R. McClelland, vice president and general manager of the J.
M. High Company, has authorised the announcement that the business of
the J. M. High Company would be continued.
Mr. McClelland said: “The J. M. High Company Is Incorporated.
Months before his death Mr. High organized the business with the pur
pose In view of providing for Its permanent management
“His plans will be carried out, and there wilt be no change In the busi
ness.”
THE IDEAL SITE FOR THE ARMORY AUDITORIUM.
The Armory-Auditorium wants a site and It la essential that it should
be ample In space and well located for tbe great purposes for which the
Armory-Auditorium la set.
Up to this time the auditorium committees have found no site which
will fulfill all thd reqiMrements.iystlng In the minds of Ita founders and of
the city. ' ■'""/? , .
In this connection, permit The Georgian to make a suggestion which
may uot.be practical now, but wblch might perhaps be made so, and whose
offering can do no possible harm and may result In some other sugges
tion out of which we may derive definite assistance In this emergency.
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of Georgia, llveB In a bouse of his own on
West Peachtree street. It Is altogether a better and more comfortable
house than the one which the state has provided for the residence of Its
chief executive during his terra of office. Governor Smith, who has a
loyal regard for the traditions of the state, and the customs of his prede
cessors, will, of course, move Into the Governor's Mansion because it
would be a discourtesy to the state not to do so.
But we feel abundantly Juatlfted In the belief that Governor Smith
would look with large favor upon the proposition to permit him to remain
In bis own ample house during his term of office, and that he might in
all probability strongly favor the use of tbe present Executive Mansion
and Ita site for the great public building which Is to mean so much for the
state.
The site on which the Governor's Mansion Is located Is perhaps better
suited to the Armory-Auditorium than any other lot now In sight aud
under dlscusalon and negotiation by the committees working upon that
enterprise. ,
Ita distance from the center ot town-ls Ideal.
Its front upon Peachtree street la admirable and majestic. Ita length
stretches back such a stately distance as to permit the erection of the
largest and most comprehensive public building in the 8outh or In the
country, and. which, as the city grows, could he added to from time to
time In the aplendld opportunities which its great area would permit.
The State Guard Is an applicant fhr accommodation and a co-worker and
co-beneflciary of the Armory-Auditorium. The State Guard la a part of
the scheme. The State Guard la as deeply Interested In the enterprise as
any part of the city or the state. Tfic State Guard has contributed as lib
erally out ot Its private funds to the subscription for the bonds by which
tbe Armory-Auditorium Is to be built.
Take one other fact.
The present executive mansion Is not up to the standard of the great
and prosperous Georgia of today. Neither in architecture, design nor
internal comforts is It worthy to be tbe home of the chief executive ot
the Empire State of the South. It Is Inadequate In size and equipment and
totally Inadequate in architectural design and plana to be the home ot the
first citizen of Georgia, prepared for him by the great and prosperous state
over which he presides. It has been for many year* the subject ot discus
sion among thoughtful and public-spirited citizens that there should be a
new mansion.
Now, then, suppose these conditions might be reconciled to this emer
gency.
1-et us suppose, for Instance, that the state with tbe concurrence of
Its present and future governor, could be Induced to donate or even sell
the site of the executive mansion to the State Guard In this capital city of
Georgia. Let us sunpnae. then, that with this generous recognition of the
State Guard on the part'of the commonwealth, that this great site, the
must admirable In location, the most admirable In site and In conditions
to be found In the city-, might be turned over for the greatest public build
ing in Georgia next to the capltol. A building jointly dedicated to the usq*
of the state In the persons of Its military, and to the city in the entertain
ment of the great and distinguished people who come to visit both the
city and the state. Then the great question of a site would be admirably
and finally settled In a better and happier way than any of ua have eith
er ho|iod or conceived It might be aettled.
Where, then, you ask. would the Governor of Georgia live? Why we
have already expressed the desire or thoughtful and patriotic people
throughout the state to see the first citizen of our commonwealth boused In
a better and a ztatelter home. There are a dozen homez on Peachtree that
could lie bought within reasonable lines that would be worthy of Georgia
and u lietter house for its chief executive. There are stately mansions on
that thoroughfare which the state might purchaae. We know one which
la nealer in is-rliaps than Its proprietor would desire, but exactly near
enough for this civic purpose, that might be bought. And this home would
make for Georgia the best and moat appropriate house for Its chosen head
than any other gubernatorial mansion in the South, and almost better
than any other In the country.
Even If the state should deem It best to sell the site of the present
executive mansion and to devote the profits of this' sale in |iart to tbe pur
chase of this nobler and statelier residence for Its governor, the situation
might still l>e met and as a result all parties, the city, the military, the
state and the governor would all h»> benefited and this great, rich and
prosperous commonwealth could well afford to stand the comparatively In
significant strain ti|ion Its resources for a purpose so clear and desirable.
At any rate this Is an interesting matter for dlscusalon. We submit
these reflections to those who have the matter mare nearly lu charge,
and it nothing ran be done upon the lines of our suggestion, then at least
uo harm baa been done In their frank and free consideration.
W. R. McClelland, Vice
President, Treasurer and
General Manager, and W.
H. Brittain, Secretary aud
Assistant General Mana
ger, Take Charge of Big
Retail House aud Will
Continue Business as Us
ual.
New
lassie*
York. Nov. 7.—The lads and
of .Meadow-brook—even the
youngest—arc riding to the hounds thin
season. Children of the members of
that fashionable club made their flrti
bow to the hunting field by taking part
In the fox bunt over the north coun-
try at Nassau county. They were all
mounted on horses that could Jump and
fearlessly put tlielr mounts at tha dlf.
ferent fences. The youngsters stuck
to me line snd several times they came
croppers, but they quickly remounted
and soon caught up with the pack.
The fox after running for eight miles
turned and doubled. Soon the park
was within sight of their quarry and
closing from alt quarters,’ he waa
holed In safety.
Mrs.' I.. 55. Letter sailed today from
England on the Baltic for this country
She Is accompanied by Lord Curaon
and the Earl and Countess Marguerite
of Suffolk. They trill go to Washing
ton Immediately upon landing and will
spend several days at Mrs. Letter,.
Dupont circle home. Later Mrs. Letter
and Iter family will go to Chicago.
In Washington today Mrs. Roosevelt
Is giving the weekly reception to tie
cabinet ladies at the White House. The
meeting Is In the nature of a farewell
us tomorrow- she will leave the cltv
with the president on their way la
Panama.
The theaters reaped a big election
harvest. Irrespective of party. Mati
nees were everywhere given and every -
where crowded, while In the evening,
especially at the musical comedies, the
crowds were almost unprecedented
Standing room was sold. In dtfltme
of all the rules of the fire department.
W. H. BRITTAIN.
That the works that men do live after
them la most emphatically shown by
the career of J. M. High, who died last
Friday
Mr. High's work was that of build
Ing a great retail business, but In do
ing so he built commercial character
Into men who will make his business
live for many years to come.
John Wannamaker once said that If
his stores were burned and his cus
tomers taken from him he would get
up again, but said he, "leave me my
stores and my customers and take my
organisation away from me and I am
ruined.” What does taking away hla
"organisation” mean? It means you
take away men who have been growing
with him for' a quarter of a century,
who started as rash boys 10 years old,
but who now are hie managers.
In a smaller way, but In the same
way. Mr. High has left to his family,
his employees and to Ills patrons, men
who have been with him through yearn,
and who for some time past have had
to carry on the business almost en
tlrely.
The manager of the business for
some time hat been Mr. W. It. McClel
land, Ita vice president and treasurer.
“Mr. Me.” as he Is most familiarly
known, went .with Mr. High In the 10's
and for several years, during Mr
Hlgh's*ailing health, he has had prac
tically all the responsibility of guid
ing the enterprise. Mr. McClelland la
one of those quiet, loyal men who Is
reaping the reward of his loyalty.
Newapaper stories are sometimes over
complimentary, but hardly too much
can be said of McClelland's ability.
Few business enterprises In this city
are In better condition than the High
Company. Their October business was
the largest month they have ever had,
amounting to nearly one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars. They
own their own building—the business
Is worth from 1400,004 to $500,000
and Is today one of tho best adver
tised houses In all the South.
The advertising of the company has
been In the hands of Mr. W. II. Brlttlan
for many yean. Brlttlan has been sec
retary of the company for a number
of years, and now la second In coin
mand as secretary and assistant man
afer. He came here from Covington,
Newton county, years ago, and haa
been with the High Company since
I$99. Now. at the age of St years, he
finds himself next to the head of one
of the largest and best houses In the
South. He deserves It, though, for he
Is one of the clean, trustworthy kind
who lias a home happy with little ones,
and la a man whose heart Is In touch
with the world and Its caree.
Possibly careers like those of Mr.
High, Mr. McClelland and Mr. Brlttlan
often pass on without the knowledge
of the world at large, but we cannot
help but atop and think and renew our
belief In .the eternal beneficence of
things when we see the mantle of hard-
earned success shifted to the shoulders
of quiet, hard-working men, who have
gone through the winding path with
their leader and, by their loyalty end
true worth, have been entrusted with
the fortunes and the all of the widow
and children, and that at almost the
dying request of Mr. High himself.
Bit steady, boys, and may you ever
succeed!
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY J. M. HIOII EMPLOYEES
The following resolutions were
adopted by a committee appointed by a
meeting of the officers and employees of
the J. M. High Company to take suita
ble action on the death of J. M. High:
The undersigned committee, selected
by the ofiluers and employees of the J.
At. High Company to draw up resolti-
tlons with reference to the death of Mr.
J. Al. High, submit the following:
Whereas. An all-wise Providence has
seen fit to remove from earth Joseph Al.
High, philanthropist, merchant, public-
spirited citizen and most beloved of
employers, and
Whereas. We realize that tils death
was in accord with the will of an un
erring Providence, we. Ills eniployi
desire to express our sorrow In the loss
we have sustained. Therefore, be It
Resolved, first. That the city, the
whole merchant class, and most of sll.
his employees, have suffered a severe
blow- In the death of Joseph Atadlson
High.
Resolved, second. That we. the officers
and employees, who were In dalty con
tact with him, as an appreciation of the
great affection and. respect In which
we ever held him. take this form of ex
pressing the great loss we feel now
In his death, and.
Resolved, further. That a copy of this
resolution he sent to the bereaved fam
ily, upon which the hlo-jv of his death
Artists learned from London todav
that two fine portraits by Frans Hals,
exhibited at the Agnsw gallery, will
come here to the Metropolitan Museum
Ht the end of the year. .T. P. Morgan
owns them. They sre portraits of Heer
and Vrouw Bodolpx, painted In 184.7.
and were the best pair In the French
collection. They are only rivaled bv
"The Laughing Cavalier,” In the Wal
lace collection, and will be a Splendid
addition to the Aletropolltan. Between
them at the Agnew show hangs a bril
liant Gainsborough, which la also go
ing to America after Christmas.
Attorney General Moody, who hat
occupied a house In K street. Wash
ington. for eeveral years, with General
Crosier and Representative Gillette, of
Massachusetts, has taken apartment at
Champlain for the winter.
A Yankee Is getting busy down st
Kingston. Jamaica, and there will soon
be a beautiful $$00,000 hotel at this
resort. He Is E. R. Grabow. of the
Swamp Scott house. Maine, and he has
the Litchfield, Port Antonia hotel. He
purchased from the city of Kingston
six acres of land, made a site for a
mammoth hotel, which It Is proposed tn
erect on the outskirts of the city. The
price paid was $12,600. The hotel Is to
cost $300,000.
The small bpy 4ml. bis . bon-fire
caused the fire and police depart Fnent-
no end of trouble yesterday. Up to II
p. in. $4 fire alarms had bean, turned
times the average of an ordinary
The fact that the streets were<.alqio*t
depleted by policemen gave the young
sters evrey opportunity to 'make trou
ble and they were not slow to take ad
vantage of It.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Nov. 7.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—H. H. Adams. W. II
Barker, L. Hudson, F. Newman. A. M
Small, B. Smith. Mrs. W. L. Taylor.
SAVANNAH—O. Famine. J. Al.
Goodman.
MACON—R. F. Chick, Mre. L. L.
Dempsey. •
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER 7.
]iM—Timothy lickerlng. of Alaessrbusette.
liecsme poslmssii-r-geiiernl of United
States.
1514—General Jst-kson. with 2.000 Tennessee
ml I It Is. drove the British from Penss-
cnls.
1827—Utot nt Alton. Ills. K. P. Lovejoy
killed.
■Ml-Federal naval and military forces, un-
entrance.
1571—Apn,-he Indians attaeked stage near
Wlekeuliurg. Aria., nnd killed six tna-
aengers. siuoug them P. W. lorlng.
the author.
157$—Captain and erew of the Vlrgluius ei-
eeuted nt San Ms go de Cabs.
1574—Charlotte Cushman made her last ap
pears m-e on tbe slags.
UN—Turkish Ir,nips In Creta forcibly re
moved by Russian admiral.
I9M-Csnadlan parliamentary slectlons car
ried by n I Alters I majority.
1501—1.1 Itniic Chang. Chinese statesman.
Mrs. Mary H. Mills.
The body of Mrs. Mary H. Mills was
sent to Gloater, Ga., Tuesday morning
for burial. ,
Bank Officials Elected.
Special to The Georgian. * ,
Moultrie, Ga., Nov. 7.—At a special
meeting of the director* of the Aloultrie
Banking Company, held to fill the va
cancy In the office of president of the
bank caused by the recent death of
W. W. Ashburn. W. C. Vereen. who
has been vice president of tie enter
prise since It was organised ten years
ago. waa elected to the presidency and
Hon. J. R. Moran. of Norman Park,
was elected vice president.
fell most heavily, and to the city press,
so that through Its medium we may
Impress upon the public our sincere
feeling of sorrow for the death of him,
who for so many years was our coun
sellor and our friend.
(Signed.)
W. It. BRITTAIN,
Chairman;
J. E. COLLIER.
J. f. CHILES.
AIRS. NORA I). POWKLI,
AIIKS MYRTLE BROWN.