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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. Ur*-B.PL, e.Wi OcL. 71H. •J.u 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. SuHrynSnjSuVkUdFrom., .egt^riT’' • Buk of SoitkTestara GeorgU. • ’•BeCeDUDLBYg 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. B»ptS-lew m