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in the State of Georgia, at the close of business Octolier 21, 1913-
Resources
Loans and discounts §122,166.11
Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured, 6,603 30
Ik S. Bonds to secure
Circulation, 50,000.00
Premiums on U. S.
Bonds, 1,000.00
Bonds, Securities, etc. 786.79
Banking House, Furni
ture and Fixtures, 7,000.00
Due from National
banks (not reserve
agents), 31,365.28
Due from approved
reseve agents, 20,521.07
Checks and other cash
items, 721.09
Notes of other National
Banks, 2,195.00
Fractional paper curren
cy, nickels and cents, 183.76
Bills of Exchange, 7,520.75
Lawful money in Bank,
viz: Specie, 10,295,20
Redemption fund with
U. S. Treasurer, (5
per cent of circula
tion), 2,500,00
Total, $262,858.35
STATU OF GEORGIA. COUNTY OF JACKSON—ss: I, W. L.
Jackson, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
W. L. JACKSON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 28th day of October. 1913.
E. A. STARR,
Notary Public.
CAESAR AS AN EPILEPTIC.
Glimpses of the Famous Conqueroi
That Are Not Inspiring.
Says Mark Antony, who had evi
dently seen the great Caesar in con
vulsions: “When the tit was on I
marked how he did shake: ’tls true
this god did shake.” Again: "Ye gods,
fit doth amaze me a man of such a
* feeble temper should so get the start
of the majestic world and bear the
palm alone.”
We would hardly recommend horse
back riding to an epileptic, “but by
dint of perseverance.'* says the his
torian Oppius. "Caesar became an ex
pert horseman, often dictating to two
or three secretaries at once while in
the saddle, and rode without using his
hands.” We have had a somewhat
similar experience in our own prac
tice. where the patient, unlike Caesar,
gave up epilepsy while continuing as
a horse trainer.
When Caesar came to unbridge
rivers during his campaigns he swam
across them, sometimes helped by In
flated bladders, but usually unaided.
Once, having a seizure In the water,
he cried out. you remember: "Help
me. Cassius, or I perish.”
He explored personally and afoot,
conquered cities, accompanied by way
of precaution by but one or two ser
vants—an admirable precaution for
epileptics when at all possible.
He needed to be careful, if he bad
lived in the gluttonous days of Calig
ula or Nero and had to any extent
indulged in their dietary excesses, be
never would have crossed the Rubicon
nor effected the important victory over
Pompey the Great at Pharsnlia. and
the protests of his nervous system in
the way of convulsions would have
been more numerous.
He paid the strictest attention to his
hair, although he had so little of It.
Like the rest of the baldheaded the
world over, he allowed this occipital
fringe to grow long, and boldly combed
it forward, like a vine over a blank
wall, in the vain hope of concealing
his cranial nakedness—the touch of na
ture that makes the whole bald world
kin.—Dr. Matthew Woods in Neale’s
(Monthly.
P For Sale.
One 1912 Buick Roadster;
good condition; a bar
gain' A. S. MORGAN.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops tlie
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E. W. GROVE’S signature on each box. 25c
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in, $ 50,000.00
Surplus fund. 10,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
Expenses and taxes
paid, 932.73
National Bank Notes
Outstanding, 50,000.00
Due to State and Pri
vite Banks and
Bankers. 9,320.06
Individual deposits sub
ject to check, 90,908.30
Demand certificates of
Deposit, 3.810.00
Time certificates of de
posit, 16,397.67
Cashier’s checks out
standing, 489.59
Note3 and bills redis
counted, 1,000.00
Bills payable, includ
ing obligations for
borrowed money, 30,000.00
Total, $262,858.35
Correct —Attet:
W. H. TOOLE,
W. T. ROBINSON,
J. T. STRANGE,
Directors.
FOOD TABOOS IN ALASKA.
Queer Dietary Rules That Are Part of
the Eskimo Religion.
To illustrate one of the phases of the
native religion of the Eskimos, we may
consider the question of food taboos.
In the mountains of Alaska, on the
upper Kuvtik and Noatak rivers, and
/on the headwaters of the Colville, the
prohibitions which applied to the eat
ing of the flesh of the mountain sheep
alone were us extensive as the entire
dietary section of the Mosaic law.
A young girl, for instance, might eat
only certain ribs, and when she was a
little older she might eat certain other
ribs, but when she was full grown she
would for a time have to abstain from
eating the ribs which had been allowed
to her up to then.
After a woman bad had her first
child she might eat certain other ribs,
after her second child still others, and
only after having had five children
might she eat all the ribs; but even
then she must not eat the membranes
on the inside of the ribs. If her child
was sick she must not eat certain
ribs, and if two of her children were
sick she might not eat certain other
ribs. If her brother's child was sick
she might not eat certain parts, and
if her brother's wife died there were
still different prohibitions.
The taboos applying to the ribs of
sheep had relation to the health of her
children and of her relatives. They
also depended upon what animals her
relatives or herself had killed recently
and on whether those animals were
male or female.—V. Stefanssen in
Harper's Magazine.
Old Viking Funerals.
A Viking ship was often of large
proportions, and It was seldom or nev
er allowed to rot or to be broken up.
Having been useful in the arts of war.
it served quite another purpose in the
arts of peace. When a chief died his
body was reverently placed in the
stern of the vessel and a torch applied
to the hold. The man’s kinsfolk and
friends watched the flames grow big
ger and brighter as the huge ship, with
set sail, plowed Its way through the
water for the last time until corpse
and ship disappeared under the waves
What's the Answer?
What gives us our sense of loathing
for the garden toad, demurely useful
little neighbor that lie has proved him
self. while his second cousin, the frog,
who seems to do nothing but play the
dandy and the braggart. Is uniformly
treated as a good fellow? If the toad
gulped and croaked all night long and
made his home In slimy pools Instead
of in the melon patch, would they re
verse their present order in *ur es
teem?—Atlantic.
lYiemocs ot uperanon in Tao 7
Seem Laughable Today.
QUAINT RIGHT OF WAY RULES.
On the Western and Atlantic When
Trains Met Between Stations and a
Dispute Arose the Conductors Decid
ed Which Train Had to Back Down.
A most interesting exhibit of the
early days of railroadiug in this coun
try has been found by the Railroad
Age Gazette. It is a schedule for pas
senger trains and rules for the conduct
of enginemen and conductors on the
Western and Atlantic, which was at
the time and still ts owned by the
state of Georgia. The table is dated
March 1. 18."2, and was issued by Wil
liam M. Wadley, superintendent, fa
ther of George D. Wadley. the latter
for many years manager of the Cen
tral Railroad of Georgia.
The schedule shows a picture of an
engine and cars at the top. Under it
the numbers and names of the sta
tions. the times for arrival, the times
for departure and the time taken to
run between stations as well as re
marks about passing sidetracked
freights are all carefully tabulated.
In the rules for enginemen and con
ductors are many which seem quaint
in this age of colossal railroading. Of
course the road had only one track,
and rule 14 for passenger conductors
shows that there must have been some
dispute when trains met as to which
train had the right to keep on its way
uninterrupted. This rule says:
“Asa general rule, when trains meet
between stations the train nearest the
turnout will run back. Any dispute as
to which train is to retire is to be de
termined at once by the conductors
without interference on the part of the
enginemen. This rule is required to be
varied in favor of the heaviest loaded
engine or worst grades if they meet
near the center."
Rule 7 gives the conductor directions
for reporting on the number of passen
gers who are paying and the number
of ministers of the gospel who were to
he charged half price when on busi
ness connected witb’their calling. The
same rule Indicated that the governor
of the state and the general superin
tendent of the road were the only Indi
viduals who bad a right to give passes
The conductor was ordered to in
spect the running gear of his train at
every station and in rule 13 was ad
monished never to leave Atlanta or
Chattanooga without the mail or with
out first sending to the postoffiee after
it. Rule 17 says that a train stopping
at any station at night must invariably
be run on the turnout so as to leave
the main track clear, and that strict
watch had to be kept In all cases
where a train stopped at night.
In the regulations for passenger en
ginemen there are a number which
seem almost humorous In this period
of railroad management. For instance,
the engiueman was Instructed that if
his traiu killed any stock and threw
the cow or cows in such a position as
to endanger the safety of the next
train he was to stop his train and see
that the track was cleared.
Passenger trains were not to exceed
the speed of their schedule except
when behind time, in which case the
speed might be increased three miles
an hour generally. In passing turnouts
(the turnout evidently was the switch
ing tracki the speed bad to be dimin
ished to six miles an hour.
Rule <> miht be put in force today
with good effect and to the delight of
a much jolted traveling public. It
reads;
"In connecting and in starting with
his train the engiueman will be ex
ceedingly careful In the management
of the throttle so that the cars may not
be injured or the passengers annoyed
by the sudden violence of the start.’*
This paragraph is found at the end
of the regulations for euglneinen:
"For any violation of the nlnive
rules, for running off at turnouts, for
killing of stock by daylight and for all
other irregularities the general super
intendent will impose such flues as he
deems Just and culled for by the na
ture of the offense.”
The freight trains took two days to
make the 137 miles between Atlanta
and Chattanooga. The stops at the
stations varied from ten to sixty min
utes. One of the rules for freight con
ductors about keeping a certain dis
tance from the trains ahead of him
and behind him shows that there must
have been a delightful uncertainty
about the provisions for changing
meeting points In case trains were de
layed. It is evident that there was no
telegraph communication along the
line, although this was eight years
after Morse had demonstrated that he
could seud messages over the wire
from Washington to Baltimore. Sev
eral months before Charles Minot also
had made use of the telegraph in
ordering the operation of trains on the
Erie.
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Corsets
§ Style 484.
For average figures; me
dium bust; medium length
over back and hips.
Coutil, lace trimmed; hose
supporters.
Price SI.OO,
Style 48. £ jF 1
*_For average figures; bust
medium low; hips and back I
very long; durable embroid- I
ered edges. ) J
Hose supporters; hook be- !ffl l\\/ /
low front clasp. |S |V /
Price $1.50 jlu
c* Style 149.
I For developed and
// stout figures; modish lines
produce graceful, youthful
mir effect. Bust roomy and low.
Durable embroidered edges.
/ ij |f fe Hose supporters.
■ Price $1.50
Other good styles for women of all ages, of
either slim or stout build. Will be glad to
show you.
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Notice.
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Mr. K. 11. Cannon who was a
member of the firm of Oliver.
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Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls.
The Millsapg Ginnery is prepar
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BL.UESTONE 10c per pound at
the Riexall Stores.
Why not have an International
Association of Thaw Lawyers.
J. W. NICHOLS
Represents the
McNeal Marble Cos.,
the largest Monumental plant
in the South, in the Counties
of Jackson, Walton, Gwinnett,
and Oconee.
Write for Designs and
PRICES.
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Georgia.