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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: SLNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1891.
AN HISTORICAL HOUSE.
THE OLD COURTHOUSE BUILDING
AND ITS EVENWUL PAST.
RMoUectlon. of the Femou. yten who
Hade lu Wall, ltlnjc with Eloquence—
Judjo PlUlmry Write. ■ Readable Ar
ticle About the Structure.
Thirty-eight year, the old court house
has stood, which iu days past was the
pride of Sumter county. Time moves
along and the past must go to give away
to the future in style and modern archi
tecture that leaves the past far behind
in regard to beauty and elegance, the
present one becomes an adornment for
the future. Will it hold up to the stan
dard In comparison in some things with
the past, for the old was a building of
historical associations, and has now dis
appeared and is only remembered in
memories casket. What a history that
old brick building could unfold if speech
belonged to such.
In the year 1853 the same was finished
and accepted Within It thore have pre
sided eight judges.
First came Judge W. A. Perkins, a
man whom^all respected whom adorn
the bench, and a lawyer of fine parts.
Then came Judge Alex A. Allen, a moral,
temperate gentleman, and ODe of fine
culture. Succeeding him was Judge
Richard H. Clarke, to montion would
only be sufficient, for he is one whom
all delight to honor and remember, a
scholar, a legal light in the judiciary of
Georgia, without superiority as a judge,
having all the requisites to make him
the pure upright judge, an ornament to
the bar and bench ot Georgia. Ho is
now presiding judge of tbo DcKalb cir
cuit. After him came Judge D. A.
Yason, a man of genial, pleasant dispo
sition, plain and practicable and a fine
judge. Then it was Judge J. M. Clark.
He bad retired for some years from the
practice, but when appointed, realizing
,the position he had been placed in, be
came the studious student, and at his
death was a thorough judge, haring few
equals on the bench, (if any,) and was
deeply learned in the law. At his death
there was appointed one that all delight
to honor, one whom his people love and
Georgia proud of. A reputation second
to none, a judge by nature and it seemed
was created for the position, from the
time he enrobed himself in the ermin to
the time of his retirement to accept a
higher position, not one stain soiled the
mantle of the judge. It was as free and
unsullied as the day he clothed himself
with the same. A purer judge never
presided over the courts of Georgia. I
speak of Judge Charles F. Crisp. The
next was Judge J. A. Ansley, a veteran
of the war- Ho had suffered battling
for the rights of the South, had felt the
rigors of imprisonment at Point Look
out as a prisoner of war, and bears on
bis person scars, a gentle reminder of
the lost cause. Judge Ansley has long
been at the law, one whom fills all posi
tions with honor and dignity, be bad ex
perience as a judicial ofHcer, having
been the county judge in 1800-07, and on
ascending the benoh as Superior Court
Judge, was well equipped for the duties
tfe was called upon to perform, and was
considered a good and conscientious
Judge, upright and capable, and in
equity jurisprudence few equals. He
was followed by Judge Allen Fort He
was perhaps the youngest person that
bad been elected to that position in the
state, and following others who had
longer experience, made it a hard task.
As a presiding officer he is firm and de
cisive, and baa the reputation among the
members of the bar of being well versed
In legal law, and in the construction of
statutes ot his state few equals. He re
tires to accept the position of Railroad
Commissioner.
This composes all the judges of the
superior oourt who have presided in the
old courthouse since its erection. Let
us look at the old courthouse and see the
large number of prominent lawyers who
have made it historical Judge W. A.
Hawkins; can anyone but feel deep
sorrow and regret when we. think of bis
death? He was a lawyer In every sense of
the word, fine ability and a powerful ad
vocate. Success as Gen. Sidney John
son said “is the true test of merit,"
then success was his, for he hardly ever
lost a cause. Always victorious, he was
one that controlled juries and tho ver
dict was never doubtful; he was the
friend of the young practioner, and they
seemed, by some magnetic influence,
drawn to him; he was a power in tho
land and his loss will be hard to replace.
How vividly does the incident appear in
the case of Wiley, Administrator vs,
Aucten; Toombs restless like a caged
lion, moving backward and forward in
front of the judges bench meeting the
salient points made by the sage, naw-
kins, and when Hawkins' motion In re
lation to menso profits reached his ears,
Toombs,knowing the time for action had
arrived or Hawkins would carry his
point and the caso be continued, with a
tone of voice equal to the roar of the
King of the Forest, exclaimed “I strike
mencs profits out from the writ—lot us
proceed."
Goode springing to his feet, In perfect
admiration of the two men, exclaimed
“A battle of tho giants!"
Then there was that matchless orator
—the gifted Goode. Many has been the
time that the silver tongued orator held
bench, bar and spectators spell-bound at
the flowery eloquence that fell from his
Ups. Who can forget tho case of Dun-J
can vs. Robinson.
Judge James Scarborough, who had
been on the superior court bench of one
the lower circuits, a good methodical
lawyer. He too has passed over the
river.
Aroused at the sharpness and pun-
gancy of Goode in his arguments before
the court assailing Duncan, who was a
man of some note and to some extent
gifted with oratory being a Methodist
minister, he appealed to the court for
protection for his client. Goode paying
no attention to the interruption, pro
ceeded In the same strain when Duncan
arose and stated to the court that his
counsel had asked protection—it had
not been given, therefore, “he in his
own proper person demanded to be saved
from the assaults of an oratorical assas
sin.” Goode with one of his inimitable
bows acknowledged the compliment and
thereafter confixed himself to the case
at the bar.
N. A. Smith, in every meaning pf the
word an erudite scholar, was a deep
student, well up in the decisions of the
supreme court and the rules of practice.
Sensitive to a fault, quick to resent, he
was as quick to forgive. He was never
married, and at bis death the bar lost a
genial companion and associate.
S. C. Elam has gone as well as the
old courthouse, his eccentricities are a
part and parcel of the old buildiug; his
co-equal will he hard to find. He could
be brilliant at times, dull and sluggish
at others, ho was worth more intellec
tually than was accorded him. He mudo
no effort to display a talent that his
maker had endowed him with; his suc
cess was in bis own hands but be would
not take advantage of it. But alas, he
too has gone, and tho old building Is re
membered with the past. What a
galaxy of brilliant minds, who
too “have passed over the river”
such as Toombs, Dougherty, Colquitt
(W. T.), Lumpkin, Patterson, Starnes,
Nesbit, Stephens, Scarborough, and Gen.
Howell Cobb, statesman, patriot and sol
dier, a kindly man, a good man, brilliant
and having few superiors In the courts,
ever loved by the people of the state
over whom he ruled, ever willing to
honor him with the highest office within
their gift—he, too, has helped to make
the old court house historical in days
past and gone. Whose voice has re
sounded therein from floor to attic, from
corner to corner, more welcome, more
eloquent than the peerless Dill, in
days of reconstruction, on the east side,
within its sdadow, in just such thrilling
tones as when he uttered in the Senate
chamber—replying to Blaine—“Thank
God, lam in my Father’s house; I’ve
come to stay!" beseeching the people to
stand firm and uphold the manhood of
the South? When we remember such
scenes as this, can any one kelp regret
ting the demolition of the old court
house?
The two Warrens—Eli and L. P. D.—
A. R. Brown, Carr, Worril, King—good
lawyers, all of them—Bob Bissell, brave,
generous and fearless, giving up his life
battling for the South, though of North
ern birth, practiced within the walls of
this venerable structure.
One of the most remarkable men who
started in life within that old building
is S. H. Hawkins. A man of untiring
energy, watchful end zealous in all mat
ters of business, he was often seen within
that building engaged in the* turmoil of
legal battles, and persistently pressing
claims to judgment. Retiring from the
practice of law to engage in banking, he
is now considered one of the best and
finest ^railroad presidents of the day.
Success has crowned his every effort
Possessing a memory superior to that of
most men, no flagging, up and doldg
ever, his career has been a most remark
able one.
Then there was H. K. McCary. He,
too, figured therein- He was at heart a
good man. He was a just man, a fine
lawyer, a brilliant mind. Unfortunately
Joining the Republican party, he was
appointed supreme court Judge. He
was the peer of any judge who ever pre
sided over that court He, too, is gone,
> well as the old court bouse.
Then there was John D. Carter.
Straight as an Indian, he was a polished,
refined gentleman, and at his death the
press lost a noble member. He fell at
duty’s post in Savannah, refusing to
leave and giving up his life succoring
others.
Then there was another whose name
Is inseparably connected with the same,
G. M. Dudley, the chaste, refined, cul
tured gentleman, and an author ot fine
literary attainments. His address in
August, 1807, “Farewell to the Bar,” to
be found in Minutes G, pp. 588—004, will
well repay the young practitioner for a
careful perusal. The sound and logical
advice given therein and the beauty of
language and elegance of composition
cannot be excelled.
Judge W. B. Guerry is one whose con
nnotion with the building is beyond that
of any living member of the profession.
He is the patriarch of the bar. Judge
Guerry is sincere in all his actions, true
to every instinct of honor, careful but
ever doubtful, ever roady to move In the
right, fearful of the wrong, but firm
when satisfied. As much a student now
as in the days of bis youth, quick but
reasonrble, he is one of the old-time
gentlemen of ante-bellum days and re
mains among us loved and respected. If
be would only speak, what a tale he
could unfold if the incidents that have
transpired within its old walls. He has
seen It erected; be has Uved to see it de
molished.
B. B. Hinton; what would the history
of that old building be without the
mention of his name. He was an ag
gresslve lawyer; he struck hard and
fitted the blows perfectly; be inflicted
on his opponents; be was firm in his
positions, and when taken was hardly
ever made to recede; he was of a loving
disposition with his friends; he asked
no quarters of his . enemies, and gave
them none; be was an advocate of few
equals, and be is sadly missed by bis as
sociates.
Then there was Walter C. Simmons;
he was a fine lawyer, and If he had not
been cut down in the flower of his youth
would as he grew older been one to
make his mark among the profession;
he was of nature kind and lovable; be
was of a sensitive nature, and modest In
all the paths of life; a good speaker and
fine address.
Then among the dead Is one whom,
for sarcasm, vituperation, fearlessness
and denunciation had but few equals.
His zeal carried him sometimes too far,
and made him lose sight of the case he
was arguing, and thereby Injured his
cause. He was true to friends, but a
mortal hater. J. S. McCorkle was far
above mediocrity in the profession.
Jack Brown has gone too. He was
generous to a fault; charitable in all
things, and was prominent as a politi
cian.
How can one incident that happened
around that old court house bo forgot
ten? In 1805 the city had quartered in
it a large numbor of federal troops.
Thomas Sullivan, an able old ante-bel
lum lawyer, who had ridden from court
to court in a sulky, had retired, and at
tho end of tho war was left, like all the
people of the south, in an Impoverished
condition. He had a large vineyard that
be felt would bring in sufficient revenue
to support his family, but the federal
soldiers were continually depredating on
the same. After repeated remonstrances
he asserted his manhood as a true South
erner and shot one of the robbers. Ho
was arrested by the military authorities
and carried to the court bouse. Troops
surrounded the old building, bayonets
flashed in the sun, every avenue was
guarded, at overy door a sentinel. Sul
livan, a prisoner, stood before the mili
tary tribunal surrounded by his counsel,
Dudley Fatterson, A. R. Brown and H.
K. McKay, fighting for their friend and
associate. McKay, though in full accord
with the party In power, threw party
aside and became himself again—the
true and just man. He did heroic work
for his friend of yore and through his
efforts, more than any others, Sullivan
gained bis liberty.
Then the three days' election that the
old walls witnessed—a state of affairs
then existing within the borders of
Georgia that has no parallel in the his
tory of any people or nation. The slave
of one day the full fledged citizen of
the next, enforcing the right of
citizenship. The heavens becoming
overcast and the white, beautiful snow
falling fast and quick as if weeping for
the stain that day perpetrated on a freo
and chivalric people—a blot upon the
history of tbe federal government that
time and eternity can never efface.
Then in 1876 the election for presi
dent—who can forget that day? The
battle array; tbe firm decided stand
taken by a people who rose in their
might to uphold the majesty of the law
and the purity of the ballot box, and in
no unmistakable terms enunciating the
doctrine “our’s Is a white man's gov-
ernment now and forever,” and the
lesson of that day has had its fruits, for
its like bu never been again attempted
by the race that defied the law.
In speaking of the past a portion of
the living have made the old courthouse
historical too. There is C. B. Hudson,
the “state," as be is familiarly saluted
by all, the very essence of honor and
truthfulness, and in him the state has
not a more faithful proseeating officer;
L. J. Blalock, county solicitor, a lawyer
of fine legal ability, and as a prosecuting
officer has made a reputation second to
none; E. A. Hawkins, systematic and a
fine pleader, a son of a noble sire; B. P.
Hollis, quick, able, calm and a fine and
deep lawyer; Dupont Guerry, now of
Macon, Is an advocate of fine ability,
carrying with him a trenchant blade,
aggressive and stubborn, and ever con
fident In the cause he represents; James
Dodson, well up In the law and a leader
in the profession; W. A. Dodson, brainy,
true to friends, with tbe brightest sense
of honor, a fine practitioner and an able
attorney;Hawkes, legislator, ever ready,
ever willing, an ora tor of high order. As
stenographer he Is a part .and parcel
of tho house of 1853 to 1801. E. G.
Simmons, legislator and railroad at
torney, as a speaker familiar with the
law ranks high in the profession; W. H.
Kimbrough, once representative in the
legislature and county judge of Lee
county, he fills all positions with credit
and as legislator, judge and attorney,
stands second to none; E. F. Hinton,
nephew of B. B. Hinton, Is a foeman
worthy of any man's steel. He Is bright
and brainy and a graceful speaker, a
good lawyer, and his, speech made in
that old courthouse on the stock-law
was one of deep research and study and
will compare with the best in elegance
diction and rhetoric; J. C. Mathews has
made a reputation at tbe bar. He is
placid, calm, never flusterated, penis-
tent and full of energy; L. F. McCay—
all like “Mao"—he Is agreeable pleasant
and a sociable gentleman, and the old
walls might, if it could te’l, say many
funny things connected with his
career In the old building;
Henry Lumpkin, retiring, but of good
business qualities and in time will bold
a high place In tbe profession and now
a young attorney of fine ability. E. H.
Cutts, deliberate, systematic, careful—a
good pleader, never hurried and ever
composed—he too Is among the list of
able attorneys that more or leu, have
made the old cuurthodse so noted and to
be remembered.
There are the living who have had
their share in making the old building
historical. They have had their part
and will in the future carry with them
to tbe new, reputations made, to meet
those|just entering the profusion, and
in time the names of Wheatley, Fitz
gerald, Maynard, Smith, Hlxon, Wallis,
Lane, Clark, Hooper and Graham, will
in the new courthouse stand side by
side with the old In interest, brilliancy
and eloquence. J. B. PiLsuuar.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
Domestic- Ult Foreign sad ot Oeneral
Interest.
Georgia's rioe crop this yearlwill reach
about a yield of 650,000 bushels. Last
season it was 480,000 bushels. The
acreage for this y6ar is 13,000.
R. G. Dun's weekly review of trade
says that there is a general improve
ment in business throughout the south,
and that money is becoming easier.
The treasury department has issued a
warrant for $83,631 in favor of the gov
ernor of the state of Georgia, this sum
being that stute's share of the direct tax
fund.
P. W. Dittlinger of Chicago, who is
wanted iu that city for the embezzle
ment of $16,600 from the Chicago Build
ing and Loan association, has been ar
rested at Boston.
It is thought that Orth Stein, the
noted criminal, is in Atlanta. He is
supposed to have arrived there Thurs
day night. The officers are after him
and a $10,000 reward.
Millie, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard McClung, near
Broadwell Station, O., died after in
tense suffering, ns a result of having
been bitten on the foot by a blowing
vi; r.
A news report from Halifax, N. S.,
states that the bodies of four men and
one woman have been washed ashore
at Scatterle from the ill-fated Camella.
The woman was. identified as Mrs. Har
vey, wife of the master of the vessel.
Beerbohm Tree appeared in London
in "Hamlet" set to Henschel’s music.
The performance was received with en
thusiasm. Mr. Tree's acting was en
hanced by effective bv-play and an elo
quent deliverance of the traditional
lines.
An epidemic of diphtheria is raging
in the province in Tambof, Russia. The
distress of the people is so great that
mothers purposely place their children
in the way of infection, preferring to
see them die of disease rather than see
them starve.
Public opinion in Great Britain is at
the present moment turning with indig
nation upon the Mormon crusade being
preached in many of the country dis
tricts. Revelations just made show
that there are 300 Mormon "mission
aries" at present working in Great Brit
ain and Scandanavia.
It is stated that the German govern
ment has abandoned the idea of a new
8 per cent, loan, the existent 3 per cents
remaining much below par. The official
g ross tries to explain this fact by charg-
ig banks with trying to force a re
demption of the loans. The next loan,
probably at 4 per cent., will not be is
sued before January.
It is announced that Mr. and Mrs.
McKee will send part of the winter near
Boston, apartments having been en
gaged for them at a hotel in Auburn-
dale. It is expected that Mrs. Harri
son, wife of President Harrison, will
spend a few weeks frith her daughter
until the improvements now in progress
at the White House are completed.
A few weeks ago it was announced
by some of the daily papers that B. G.
Ingersoll, the skeptic orator, would be
in attendance and lecture during the
Mining Texas state--fair and Dallas ex
position. This announcement raised
such a howl of disapprove!, especially
among the Alliance people, that Presi
dent Connor of the fair association, de
nied that Ingersoll would deliver ad
dresses, and stated that it had only been
suggested while he (Connor) was in Hew
A Tuscaloosa, Ala., special says that
a private dispatch from Baltimore. Md.,
conveys the information that Judge
William Miller of Tuscaloosa died In
that city. Judge Miller was for a num
ber of year probate judge ot Tuscaloosa
county, ana Was postmaster at that
place up to the time of his death. He
had ou his lip a very ugly cancer, and
went north to have it worked on. The
operation was performed, but the im
mediate cause of his death was a kidney
Mmplaint. He was 76 years old.
A Roanoke, Va., special says: Grin-
berg ft Morris, proprietors of a Hew
York wholesale clothing and notion
house and a Boston boot and shoe house,
with a branch store at Knoxville, Tenn.,
assigned to Arthur Enoch, trustee. The
total liabilities are placed at $146.000;
assets not known, but supposed to be
considerably short of the liabilities.
About $30,000 of debts are preferred,
mostly to Roanoke and Philadelphia
creditors. The assignment will have
but little effect on business in Roanoke.
TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
Uitll In SI. LouU Getting Afltilra Heady
tor the Antl-Snb-Trra'ury Meeting*
St. Louts. Sept. 13.—U. S. Hall,
president of the Missouri Farmers' Alli
ance, is in the city, perfecting arrange
ments for holding the anti-sub-treasnry
and anti-third party convention, which
will meet here Tuesday, Sept. 15. In
Is the strongest
Home-Indorsed
Medicine
In the world.'
_ U. S. HALL,
reference to this meeting, Mr. Hall said:
As far as I am informed the approach
ing convention will rot only be a grand
success, but the largest representative
gathering of farmers ever held in this
country. The delegates who will be at
the meeting will be real farmers with
every interest in common, and no one
will be admitted to a seat as a delegate
who is not opposed to the sub-treasury
and land-loan scheme and other like
measures of class legislation. ” Mr. Hall
said farther that lie was determined to
keep np the fight until the fanners of
this country have been fully advised as
to "the folly of all such legislation."
Russia's Lung cherished Ambition.
London, Sept. 13.—A dispatch to The
Standard from Batonm says; Eleven
shipments of war stores have traversed
the Dardanellee this year. All volnn-
teer cruisers have taken heavy guns for
fortifying Vladivostock. Several for
eign vessels have been chartered to enr-
ry stores and munitions. Turkey’s
; fielding to Russia shows that the Paris
treaty is a dead letter so far as Russia
is concerned, as a strong Black sea fleet
is being rapidly collected. The diplo
matic triumph of the Russian ambassa
dor at Constantinople shows plainly
bow Russia is paving tbe way to
achieve her long cherished ambition—
tbe poesession of Constantinople.
H. Cam. Here “Fixed."
Hew York, Sept. 12.—Ruvel Dusld,
an Austrian, aged 41 years, was among
the steerage passengers who arrived at
this port Ly the steamer Spanrandum.
On being examined at the Barge office,
it was found that he bad in bis posses
sion $10,066 in United States gold. He
had been a farmer, uud sold his land
with the view of coming to this country
and settling in Newark, N. J. The av
erage amount of money possessed by
steerago passengers is between $5
and $16.
Another Withdrawal.
Washington, Sept. 12.—The secretary
of the treasury has decided to make a
further withdrawal of $3,000,000 from
depositary bunks. Tbe call will be made
in the first Instance upon the banks
which the secretary thinks have too
large an amount of government funds
in proportion to the security furnished.
In some citios where there are several
government depositories, one of these
will be discontinued, and the foods
thus withdrawn will go to make np the
$3,000,000.
Robbed by Throo Nuked Men.
Seymour, Ind., Sept. 12.—Three
masked burglars entered the bedroom
of-Asa Woodmans ee, an aged and in
firm citizen, presanted revolvers to his
bead and forced him to take from about
bis body and hand to them a belt con
taining $453. There is no clew, hut
home talent is suspected. An electric
light was burning near tbs residence,
and many people wen poising along the
street about the time of the robbery.
THE BASEBALL WORLO.
I. H. HAWKINS Prei’t. H. & BAG LEY. Vies Pres'*
W. 1. MURPltEY. Cashier.
ORGANIZED 1070.
-o0The Bank of Americus.g*-
Designated Depository state of GeorgU.
Stockholders Individually liable.
Capital, - • - 8100,000
Surplus, , • - • 8100,00o
-s DIRECTORS:—
H. C. Bsgley, Pres. Americas Investment Co*
P. C. Clegg, Pres. Ocmnlgee Brick Co.
Jss. Dodson, of Jas. Dodson Ss Son, Attorneys.
G.W.fllorer, i’res’t Amcrlcus Grocery Co. _
8. H. Hawkins, Pres’t B. A. & x. Railroad.
8. Montgomery, Pres’t Peoples National Bank.
J. W.sneffleld, of Sheffield^ Co., Hardware.
T, Wheatley, wholesale dry goods.
W. E. Jdurphey, Cashier.
Capital Stock -
Capital Stock
Paid np Capital
1 l 3 $ •-
1 0
A Goshen, Ind., special says that
word was received there that Esquire
Jefferson Addis, living east of Goshen,
in Noble connty. went into the store of
Garber Bros, at Merriam, and called for
salts. Immediately after swallowing
the dose he experienced most excrucia
ting pains, and was brought to death's
door by the action of tbe poison, which
tamed oat to be ealtpeter, and of which
he had taken a very large dose. Mr.
Addis's life was saved, but he is a phys
ical wreck and totally disabled for life.
He will institute snit against the Gar
bers for $30,000 damages.
Governor Tillman's plan to settle the
Democratic fight in Charleston, S. C.,
which includes a primary election to
nominate candidate for mayor and al
dermen, was formally and unanimously
adopted by the regular Democratic ex
ecutive committee. The regulars are
ubilant, and claim that all they want
s a fair vote and an honest count. The
reformers are a little shy at tbe plan,
and bare not yet signified their inten
tions. Tbe governor’s plan meets hear
tily tbe endorsement of the non-office-
steking Democrats, who are heartily
sick of the squabble and anxious to set*
tie ib
At Philadelphia—
Philadelphia. .0 0
Chicago 0 0
At Brooklyn—
Brooklyn 0 3
Pittsburg 0 1 0 6 0 1 0
At Bouton-
Boston 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cincinnati 1 o o o o o i
At New York— First game—
New York t 6 3X011
Cleveland.....at 0 0 n 0 1 0 _ _ _
At New York—Second game—Called ou
account darkness—
New York..o tOuOOOOOO—1
Cleveland..0 666606010—8
Am.ric.tt Association.
At Louisville—
Louisville 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0-1
Baltimore <> 10U01 4 0*— 0
At Milwaukee—
Milwaukee.... 2 60100360—5
Washington.. 6 Ot 0-60000— 1
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Kiw York. Sept. 12.—Pork quiet and
steady; mess old 9lO.ftOIOtT*»j new I12.23Q
12.,5; extra prime Middles strong;
short clear September T.76. Lard opened easy,
closed stronger; western steam 7.47H; city
steam .Oj; options, October 7.3J bid;
January 7.61.
New York Cotton Futures.
Siw York, Sept. IS.
Opening, Close.
September 0.6a 8.66
October .....8.77 8.7e
November t.k 9.96
December. ...9.00 9.10
January .....*.24 9.2ft
February 9.36 9.37
March 0.46
Tone, itt-ndy. Sain, 41,100.
Spots quiet—
Chicago Market.
CUICAOO. bepl. II
Wheat—Sept.. W; [toe.. Hit
Corn—Fept., -3VL Oct-SI*.
Oau-fiapu X); Oct.. Mi.
Pork—Sept. ; Oct.. 10.71
Ritto-6.pL. 7.13; OcL. TJB.
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THE BANK OF SUMTER
T. N. HAWKES, 0. A. COLEMAN,
President. Vice-President.
W.O. FURLOW, Cashier.
DIRECTORS—O. A. Coleman, C. C.
Hawkins, B. H. Jossey, T. H. Hawkes,
W. 0. Furlow, W. H. 0. WheaJey, R. S.
Oliver, H. M. Brown, W. M. Hawkes,
Dr. E. T. Matbia, Arthur Rylander.
Liberal to lta ouatomeia, accommoda
ting to the publlo and prudent in its
management, this bank aolioita deposit*
and other business in lta line.
3. MONTGOMERY, Pisst. I. C. RONEY, Vic* Pmb
1N0. WINDSOR. Cr. LESTER WINDSOR A Mi. Cr.
E. A. HAWKINS, Attwssy
NO. 3880.
Peoples’ National Bek
Of Americas.
OafttaLMMOO. Ssryios, a.9,000
ORGANIZED 1883.
H. C. BaenzT, Free. p.c.CLxon, v
9. F. Gatbwood, Boo. ATr.
Investment Securities,
raid op Capital, 81,000,000.
Ourplu*, $150,000.
HCBagley, WXHawkins, 8WConey,
WS Glills, J W Sheffield, P 0 Clegg,
WM Hawke*, BP Mathew*, G M Byne,
W EMurphey.S Montgomery, J H Phare,
a p. Hoiiis.
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• Buk of SoitkTestara GeorgU. •
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VlMFre.ld.nL
A. W. SMITH,
' at Cashier.
DIRECTORS!
J. W. Wheatley, E. J. Eldrtdge,
C. A. Huntington, H. R. Johnson,
B. J. Ferry, J. C. Nleholaon,
A. W. Smith, W. H. C. Dudley,
M. Speer.
*. Burr, Jil, Free. H. M. Knapp, V. P.
0. A. Coleman, Sec, a Treas,
Georgia Loan & Trust Co.'
Negotiates Loans on improved
Farm and City Property.
B P Holus,
Attorney,
JSBmn.
Land Examiner.
THE VERY THING Y00 BAHT.
Money to Lend on Firm and City Property.
Low Interest end Long Time.
MUTUAL AH), LOAN AND INVEST
MENT COMPANY OF ATLANTA.
■Doyoawt’hanteohmiu- fur your wife and
children? , 1 have a n--»- Installment plea.
If death Intcrvvnre before you pay lor your
Lw.Kiv.it to you. The very thlua for
workint for salaries or wages. Call on
W. A.* SMITH,
AtW.T. Lane's Law Offlc., Barlow Bieok.
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