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BANK STATEMENTS
Statement of the Condition of
The Pearson Banking Co.
Located at Pearson, Georgia, at the close of business September 21, 1915,
Resources
Demand Loans $ 7,283.85
Time Loans 76,403.89
Overdrafts, unsecured—• 1,018.30
Banking House 1,985.75
Furniture and Fixtures... 2,794.62
Due from Banks and Bank
ers in this State 12,721.98
Due from Banks and Bank
ers in other States 4,194.57
Currency 2,445.00
Gold 190.00
Silver, Nickels, etc 587.07
Cash Items 772.58
Total $110,397.61
GEORGIA,—Coffee County.
Before me came W. C. Patterson, Cashier of Pearson Banking Company,
■who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
W. C. PATTERSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27th day of September, 1915.
W. M. SUMNER, N. P. Coffee County, Georgia.
Statement of the Condition of
The Union Banking Co.
Located at Douglas, Georgia, at the close of business September 21, 1915
Resources
Demand Loans $ 23,142.18
Time Loans 258,230.89
Overdrafts, secured 719.78
Overdrafts, unsecured .... 528.55
Bonds and Stocks owned
by the Bank 16,191.00
Banking House 43,672.05
Furniture and Fixtures... 12,116.47
Other Real Estate 20,614.12
Due from Banks and Bank
ers in this State 31,503.42
Due from Banks und Bank
ers in other States 4,746.07
Currency 5,062.00
Gold 170.00
Silver, Nickels, etc 534.68
Cash Items 1,639.34
Clearing House 6,108.27
Advances on Cotton 18,609.44
Other Resources 1,379.00
Total $444,967.26
GEORGIA, —Coffee County.
Before me came J. L. Shelton, Cashier of The Union Banking Company,
who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
J. L. SHELTON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 29th day of September, 1915.
C. H. ROSS, N. P. Coffee,-County
Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Douglas
Located at Douglas, Georgia, at the close of business September 21, 1915
- Resources ** '•»
Demand Loans $ 4,5915.86
Time Loans 104,987.82
Overdrafts, unsecured.... 789.88
Bonde and Stocks owned by
the Bank 1,819.85
Furniture and Fixtures... 2,797.52
Other Real Estate 744.83
Due from Banks and Benk
ers in this State 9,250.93
Currency 4,902.00
Gold 230.00
Silver, Nickels, etc 200.51
Cllrh itVHls imiimnm 100.00
C'e&hing House 435.79
Profit and Loss 2,998.85
Chatties 210.00
Revenue Stamps 81.81
Total $134,143.65
GEORGIA,—Coffee County.
Before me came Thos. J. Tucker, Acting Cashier of The Bank of Doug
las, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is
a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
THOS. J. TUCKER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 21st day of September, 1915.
DAN WALL, Clerk Superior Court.
Statement of the Condition of
The Citizens Bank
Located at Douglas, Georgia, at the close of business September 21, 1915
Resources i Liabilities
Demand Loans $ 11,150.00 j Capital Stock Paid in $ 52,500.00
Time Loans 213,767.44 j Surplus Fund 30,000.00
Overdrafts, secured 5,498.24 Due to Banks and Bankers
Overdrafts, unsecured .... 1,403.50 in this State 2,398.07
Bonds and StocksN owned by ’.lndividual Deposits Subject
the Bank . 30,000.00 to Check 70,427.94
and Fixtures... 2,850.73 . Savings Deposits 7.125.39
Banks and Bank- Time Certificates 55.425.72
State 15,482.88 Cashier's Checks 1,815.11
B«uY s and Bank- Bills Payable, Including
States 11.402.49 Time Certificates Repre
Cold 57.50 ey 88.000.00
Silver, Nickels, etc.. 727.86
Cash Items 4.972.30
Advances on Cotton 7,517.15
Profit and Loss 1,066.14
Total $307,692.23 Total $307,692.23
GEORGIA, —Coffee County.
Before me came H. B. Johnson, Assistant Cashier of Citizens Bank,
who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
H. B. JOHNSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 29th day of September, 1915.
C, H. ROSS, N. P. Coffee County, Georgia
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid in $ 28,000.00
Surplus Fund 5,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses, Interest /
and Taxes Paid 1,638.12
Individual Deposits Sub
ject to Check 31,225.56
Time Certificates 24,450.01
Cashier’s Checks 83.92
Bills Payable, Including
Time Certificates Rep
resenting Borrowed Mon
ey 20,000.00
Total $110,397.61
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid in....$ 49,500.00
Surplus Fund 50,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses, Interest
and Taxes Paid 1,469.25
Due to Banks and Bankers
in this State 633.89
Individual Deposits Subject
to Check 129,422.80
Savings Deposits 15,717.32
Time Certificates 106,478.45
Certified Checks 79.05
Cashier’s Checks 5,330.88
Notes and Bills Rediscount
ed 18,835.62
Bills Payable, Including
Time Certificates Repre
senting Borrowed Mon
ey 67,500.00
Total $444,967.26
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid in,,..$ 25,000.00
Individual Deposits Sub
ject to Check 27,117.63
Time Certificates 51,864.78
Certified Checks 7.09
Cashier’s Checks 154.15
Bills Payable, Including
Time Certificates Rep
resenting Borrowed Mon
ey 30,000.00
/ .......
Total $134,143.65
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GA., OCTOBER! 2, 1915
Legal Advertising
CITATION—YEAR’S SUPPORT
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
The return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months’ support to
the family of R. W. Guthrie, deceased,
having been filed in my office, all per
sons concerned are cited to show cause
by the 4th day of October, 1915, why
said application for twelve months’
support should not be granted. This
September 6th, 1915.
W. P. WARD, Ordinary.
FOR SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Miss Ada Lowther, administrator
of E. P. Lowther, deceased, has in
due form applied to the undersigned
for leave to sell the lands belonging
to the estate of said deceased, and
said application will be heard on the
first Monday in October next .This
the 6th day of September, 1915.
W. P. WARD, Ordinary.
FOR SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
T's All Whom it May Concern:
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Coffee County,
will be sold, at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in October, 1915, at the
court house door in said county, be
tween the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land, sit
uated in the city of Pearson, being a
fractional part of that lot of land
No. 31, in the 7th district of Coffee
County, Georgia, containing % of an
acre, more or less, and bounded as
follows: East by King street; west
by Douglas street; north by Smith
street, and south by lands of W. H.
Wadelle, measuring 66% feet by 210
feet, Block 21, in the town of Pear
son, Georgia.
J. WESLEY ROBERTS,
Administrator of the estate of J. S.
Roberts.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
J. O. White, Jr., having made appli
cation in due form of law to be ap
pointed administrator upon the estate
of Ellen White, notice is hereby given
that said application will be heard at
the regular term of the court of Or
dinary for said county, to oe held oi,
the first Monday in Octotier. 1915.
Witness my han dand official sig
nature, this 6th day of September,
1915. W. P. WARD, Ordinary.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Douglas, Coffee County, Geor
gia, on the first Tuesday in October,
1915, between the legal hours of sale:
The east half of lot of land No. 330,
in the 7th land district of said coun
ty, containing 245 acres, more or less,
being the land subdivided and deeded
November 18, 1914, by Mrs. Rachel
Pafford to Irene Kirkland, Mollie Pear
and Robert H. Carmichael, deeds
recor3fc&J n Book 33, Pages 284-285.
Said land feVied on and to be sold as
the property o£ Mrs. Rachel Pafford,
to satisfy three '-executions issued
from the County Court of' GLpw'h coun
ty, one in favor of Dr. H. p.. Smith
against Mrs. Rachel Pafford, o'H e j n
; favor of Drs. Joe and C. W.
against Mrs. Rachel Pafford, and one’
in favor of Pearson Banking Com
pany against Rachel Pafford and R.
A. Pafford: This Sept 7, 1915.
DAVID RICKETSON, Sheriff.
*»#•«!*. NOTICK • i
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
After four weeks’ notice, pursuant
to Code Section .3065 of the Civil Code,
a petition, of which a true copy is
subjoined, will be presented to the
Honorable J. I. Summerall, Judge of
Superior Court, at the court house in
Charlton County, Georgia, on the
fourth (4th) day of October, 1915.
ELISHA CORBITT,
Guardian of Dennis P. Peterson.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To the Honorable J. I. Summerall,
Judge Superior Courts for said Coun
ty:
The petition of Elisha Corbitt, guar
dian of the person and property of
Dennis P. Peterson, heretofore duly
appointed as such guardian, and reg
ularly qualified, respectfully shows:
1. That he desires to sell, as guar
dian, at private sale, the following
property, the same being a part of
the real estate of said ward, to-wit:
The south half of lot of land number
two hundred and fifty (250) in the
fifth (sth) district of Coffee County,
Georgia, containing two hundred and
forty-five (245) acres, more or less.
2. That said property is wild land,
that it produces no income, that it
has produced no income for some time
past, that it has been denuded of all
of the pine and cypress timber situ
ated thereon suitable for saw mill,
cross tie, turpentine, or other com
mercial purposes, that it is so situ
ated that it will not enhance in value,
and hat the payment of taxes
would be an expense unwarranted by
the circumstances.
3. That this petitioner desires to
invest the proceeds of said sale in im
provements on four hundred and for
ty (440) acres, more or less, of lot of
land No. four hundred i. d thirty
eight .438) in the fifth (sth) district
of Coffee County. Georgia; same be
ing the tract on which said ward now
resides, and on which he has begun
to build a home and clear a farm.
4. Your petitioner shows that said
ward is a married man, with a family
to support, that he has commenced
and now has under way the erection
iof a residence, barns, and the usual
supply and tool houses incident to a
well kept farm in this section of
Georgia, on said four hundred and
forty (440) acres, more or less, of lot
: of land No. four hundred and thirty
eight (438) in the fifth (sth) district
jof Coffee County, Georgia, and that
he has commenced to fence and clear
land for agricultural purposes there
on.
5. That the funds to be derived
from the sale of the aforementioned
tract of land are needed for reinvest
ment in improvements on said four
hundred and forty (440) acres, more
GEORQIA-FLORIDA FA®
VALDOSTA M
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19-5 DAIS
700 FINE HOGS AND COWS
BIGGEST LIVE STOCK SHOW IN GEORGIA
eight county exhibits
4 Free Acts-Fireworks Every Night
Johnny J. Jones Exposition Shows, the Largest Amusement Show Com
pany in tne South This Year.
Sixteen Amusement Shows—Three Fine Bands
Cheap Rates on all RaiSroad with October 25 Limit. Fair Closes Satur
day fight. October 23rd at Midnight
FALL BUSINESS
It is now September, and we propose to close
our books on the 15th. After that date all goods
will be sold stri tly for cash. We appreciate the
liberal patronage we have enjoyed from our
hundreds of during the past season
dhd V\e are goingßp continue tosell the very best
Merchandise, an\'at the lowest possible cash
prices.
M .„. Our stocks in all d artments are not complete—Dry Goods
Millinery. Shoes. Groceries. It matters not what your
wants may be. consult ujju We are here to serve you
W. T. I'IYAU CO., 52
_ RELIABB GROCERS
' *—
That’s who yjHare dealing with
when from us.
We keep and sell everything in our
lire.
PHONE 52
J. C. RELIHAN & COMPANY
dougl£ ga.
or less, of said lot number four hun
dred and thirty-eight (438); that is,
for the purpose of completing resi
dence, barns and other buildings, clear
ing, fencing and preparing for culti
vation a farm from which to earn a
livelihood for said ward and his said
family, and rendering said tract prof
itable and habitable.
6. Petitioner shows that notice of
his intention to make this application
has been published once a week for
four weeks in the Douglas Enterprise,
being the newspaper in which county
advertisements are usually published,
as required by law.
Wherefore petitioner prays that
this court grant an order allowing the
sale of the South Half of lot of land
number two hundred and fty (250)
in the fifth) district of Coffee County,
Georgia, containing two hundred and
forty-five (245) acres, more or less,
under the terms and for the purposes
herein stated.
ELISHA CORBITT, Petitioner,
i LANKFORD & MOORE, Attorneys
for Petitioner
sGEORGIA. Coffee County.
Y'ou, Elisa Corbitt, do swear that
Ivou are the duly appointed and quali
fied guardian of the person and prop
erty of Dennis P. Peterson, and that
the recitals of fact contained in the
within and foregoing petition are true,
so help you God.
ELISHA CORBITT.
Sworn to and subscrbed before me
ur
this the 7th day of Stooober, 1915.
R. J. C. C., Ga.
DISTRICT COURT CJHE UNIT
ED STATES.
DIVISION, SOUTH!
OF GEORGIA. IN ArUPTCY.
Notice of Application ftraWharge in
Bankrupt*
In the matter of Cox,
Bankrupt, County of Ct , Ga.
To the creditors of named
bankrupt: *
You are hereby notifie ut the a
bove mentioned bankru jus filed
his application for a dis'Wre from
all the debts provable ir ■Kruptcy
against the said James M
The said application wjp heard
by the Hon. Emory Spee udge of
the United States Distrie \iurt for
said division and district, 1 e Unit
ed States Court House,
on the 16th day of Octob* f 15.
All creditors of said ba tot are
notified to appear at the le and
place* stated, and show cal jf any
they can. why the prayer •iained
in said petition should not t- jXnted.
Dated at Valdosta, Ga., this t 15th
day of September, 191 f».
COOK CLAYTON, Cllk.
D. B. SMALL,! Depute
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, SOUTHWESTERN DI
VISION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF GEORGIA. IN BANKRUPTCY.
Notice of Application for Discharge
In Bankruptcy
In the matter of Hiram J. McMul
len, Bankrupt, County of Coffee, Ga.
To the creditors of the above nam
ed bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that the
above mentioned bankrupt has filed
his application for a discharge from
all the debts provable in bankruptcy
against the said Hiram J. McMullen.
The said application will be heard
by the Hon. Emory Speer, Judge of
the United States District Court for
said division and disrict, at the Unit
ed States Court House, at Valdosta,
on the 25th day of October, 1915.
All creditors of said bankrupt are
notified to appear at the time and
place stated, and show cause, if any
they can, why the prayer contained
in said petition sould not be granted.
Dated at Valdosta, Georgia, this
September 24, 1915.
CLAYTON COOK, Clerk.
D. B. SMALL, Deputy.