Friday
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Official Organ Ben Hill County,
It will be interesting to our stockholders and friends to know
that since our opening on July 19th; our business has been most
gratifying. The fact that our deposits are on the increase is
conclusive evidence of the perfect confidence. of the people,
4 %We feel very grateful for the confidence shown and appreciate
y the number of accounts which are being opened up with us
daily. -
The Government is thoroughly familiar with every item in
this bank and it was under the Comptroller’s direction that the
bank was organized--therefore insuring a clean up-to-date insti-
Aution, and under the management of the class of men who com
pose our Board of Directors, the people may be assured of a
safe place in which to deposit their money. '
! We invite you to call around to see us and open an account
* and feel perfectly at ease to call on us when we can be of ser
:"}Ce to you.
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E. N. DAVIS, Pres. T. F. HEMMINGER, Cashier.
Southern States Agents
At Atlan:ic Beach
Atlanta, July:?)l-M!mbers of the
Anniversary club of the Southern
SyAQGS Life Insurance company,
wiio have been in session for two
days at Atlactic Beach, Florida,
report prosperous conditions in
their various fields of the four
states of Florida, Georgia, Ala.
bama and South Carolina,
They agree that the coming fall
season holds out the greatest pro
mise of many years and that the‘
people are going to be in better
shape than they have been in
seasons past, They have plenty of i
food and feed stuffs and have only
gone lightly into debt. There were}
never so many hogs raised in a‘
Previous session, it was stated,
The Southern States made a‘
change from the usual plan tbis‘
year by going to the seashore for}
their sessions., Always heretofore
the meetings have been held 1n
Atlanta. It was thought however
that the members would enjoy a
bit of salt water, as well as sea air‘
so they were deflected to the south
so to speak.
'The $lOO,OOO club, called the
Anniversary club, is made up
this year as follows: ;
Thomas Peters, Jr., Georgia,
President; Fred Hines, South
Carolina, Vice President; G. J.
M:Dowell, vice president for
FREE TICKETS TO GRAND--Every $3 worth of cash purchases entitles you to free admission to Grand Theatre!
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Empire store VISIL- the Mens Dep't. tomorrow “Saturday
Manhattan Shirts Reduced to $1.25 to $2.85. Nofade Shirts 85c. Summer Suits 1-4 off
and special clean up lots of Underwear, Union Suits, Olus Union Suits and odd Trousers
Empire store VISIL the 2nd Floor Ladies Department 5} 3 Dresses
Millimery 1-2 off-Loi,2Pset ot adiee D= or 2 sk B T n Eabrlesy o
e EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO. it
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
South Carolina; G. Sam Wilcox,
vice president for Georgia; Paul
H. Thomas, vice president for
Florida; H. Willis Hogg, Julian
T. Weems and George Y. Brown,
%eorgia: Burton B. Murray, Flor
ida.
The Field Club, which has 2
requirement of $60,000, .a year,
has the following members: C.
W. LaFritz, George F. Lee, G. A.
Davis, Florida; E. H. Plount,
Georgia: J. C. Walden, Frank O.
Deese, Alabama; P. A. Hodges,
South Carolina.
Official Ballot
City Primary Aug. 10, 1915
FOR MAYOR.
Drew Paulk
L. O. Tisdel
TREASURER. |
John W, Beall |
G. P. Mingledorf, |
W. L. &B. COMMISSION, |
G. E. Ricker |
FOR ALDERMAN At LARGE.
E. J. Brown |
J. T. Cass ‘
Raymond Davis
J. H. Dorminey ‘
L, L. Griner |
J. M. Lee |
*‘Red’’ Jones
J. L. Pittman
Burr Stokoe.
A. H. Thurmond
BOARD of EDUCATION.
J. E. Turner, Pres.
Harold Beall -
J. T. Lisle
L L. S. Osborne
J. C. Glover. .
FITZGERALD, BEN HILIL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 6, 1915.
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How Your Wants Are Filled
{ Do you know that the merchants
in this town can fill every want of yours?
{ Convince yourself.
€ Read the home papers.
¢ You can get anything i;ou need in
this town and at a reasonable price.
Russian Forces Are Pressed Backward.
London, Aug. s.—The Germans hold Warsaw, capital of Po
land and the third largest city in the Russian empire. Bavarian
troops entered the city this morning, having taken successively
the Blonie lines and the outer and inner fortresses of the city it
self, the Russians only fighting rear guard actions to allow their
main army to escape.
While to the Bavarians under Prince Leopold has fallen the
honor of taking over Warsaw in the name of the German Emperor
and his consort, who are expected to make a state entry within 2
few days, the real conquerors are Von Hindenburg’s troops, fight
ing along the Narew river to the northeast, the Austro-Germans
who crossed the Vistula to the south of the city, and the armies of
the Austrian Archduke, Joseph Ferdinand, and the German Field
Marshal Von Mackensen, advancing northward between the Vis
tula and Bug rivers.
RUSSIAN RESISTANCE STUBBORN.
The Russians are fighting desperately and stubbornly to check
the progress of these four armies and have had several successes,
inflicting heavy losses on their pursuers, but they are being steadi.
ly pressed back, which made the longer occupation of the Polish
salient a hazardous undertaking.
Even now, although the steadiness of the Russian troops and
their fierce counter-attacks have gained much valuable time for
them, it is problematic whether the whole Russian army will reach
new positions chosen or whether, if it should get there, it will not
find those positions turned by the Austrians who have crossed the
Bug southeast of Chelm, and the Germans under Von Scholz and
Von Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew. |
District Couvention Will
Meet In Fitzgerald
The Third District Masonic con
vention will meet in Fitzgerald in
August, 1916. through the efforts of
the Fitzgerald delegation at the
meeting in Rochelle Thursday.
Messrs. Ed. Whitman, J. W. Pear
son and Dr. Keefer represented the
‘local lodge.
Mr. John B. Russel left for a
few weeks stay with relatives in
Greenville S. C.
THRICE-A-WEEK
Money on Farm
Lands
Terms: 5 to 10 years
and conditions to sut
‘ borrower,
; Improved farm lands
only.
CLAYTON JAY
Ladies Shall Not Enter Post Office
Clad in Bathing Suits
It matters little with the courteous officers of
our bank what women wear here so long as de
cent—that is to say, we don't care a bit how very
poor and humble a person is, that person is sure
to be treated kindly and the business they give
us APPRECIATED.
ONE THING SURE, when in they are in an
HONOR ROLL BANK. Our strength had to be
greater, by far, than the average or we could not
have attained a position on the HONOR ROLL.
At Rockaway Beach, N. Y., the Post Master
has prohibited women entering his office wearing
their bathing suits.
Ist—The Bank First on the South-Georgia Honor-Roll.
2nd—United States Depositary.
3rd—The Bank that EXCHANGES GREATEST AMOUNT
OF HELP to the PUBLIC in return for the GREATEST
AMOUNT of DEPOSITS MADE.
The Exchange National Bank
Eighteen Thousand Libraries
- There are over 18,000 regularly
{estub!ished libraries in the United
States, cantaining more than 75,-
i()OU,UUO volumes, according to
statistics just compiled by the
?Unil.ud States Bureau of Kduca
tion. The number of volumes is
an increase of 20,000,000 since
19038,
Ot the 2,849 libraries containing
5,000 volumes or over, 1,844 are
classified as ‘‘public and society
libraries” and 1,005 are school
and college libraries. Public and
society libraries have an aggre
gate of over fifty million volumes
with seven million borrowers’
cards 1n force; 1,446 of these li
braries were entirely free to the
public.
~ Libraries reporting from 1,000
to 5,000 volumes numbered 5,453,
of which 2,188 were public .and
society libraries and 3,265 school
libraries. These libraries con
tained 11,689,942 volumes, An
other group .of still smaller li
braries, comprising those that re
ported from 300 to 1,000 volumes,
increased the total by 2,961,007
volumes.
The distribution of library faci
lities is still uneven. Of the 1,844
public and society libraries re
ported for the entire United States
more than half were in the North
Atlantic States, and they contain
ed 24,627,921 volumes out of the
total of fifty millions; and of the
it'nree million volumes added to
library collections for the year
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1913, almost one-half were for the
same seciion. New York State
had 7,842,621 volumes in her 214
libraries; Massachusetts, 7,380,024
in 288 libraries; Pennsylvania,
3,728,070; and Illinois, 3,168.765
volumes. Four-fifths of the borrow
ers’ cards 1n use were in the North
Atlantic and North Central States.
Library activity for the past
year was marked, according to the
Bureau of KEducation report, by
‘‘considerable extension eof the
branch system, particularly in the
graniing of library pivileges onr
the part of cities to neighboring
suburban communities; by further
development of the caurit;ry library
plan in many States; and in gen
eral by a visible growth in the
spirit of service that is character
istic of many of the formal educa~
tional institutions of today. The
period of the library as a mere
storehouse of books seems $o be
safely past; it has vyielded to &
period of direct community sex
vice.”
Presiding Elder At
Central Methodist
Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, Presiding
Elder of the Cordele district wil)
preach at the Central Methodist
church Sunday at 11 a. m. and &
p. m,
Catholic Church
Mass will be held at the home
of Mr. Geo. Davis Sunday morn
ing at 9 o’clock.
Rev. H. A. Schonhardt.
