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POSTAL BANKS
STRIKES SNAG.
Trouble Between Postotflee and
, Treasury Departments.
FIGHT ON CERTIFICATE PUN.
Treasury Officials Think Pass Book
Bystem Better—No Banks Before 1911
and Then Only Experimental Ones.
Objections Raised to Hitchcock’s
Ideas.
It develops upon Investigation that
most important features for the opera
tion of the postal savings hank sys
tem remain to he settled b.v the hoard
of trustees. It probably trill not be
before .lau. 1, 1911, that the govern
ment will be ready to'give the system
Us Oral trial In the limited number of
secoud class otflees—one In each slate
—where depositories are to tie estab
lished for this trial.
Owing to court let lug statements from
.official quarters there has been some
misunderstanding of the situation af
fecting the starting of operations, it
seems that, after all, the certificate of
deposit scheme whlcta teas attracted
, ho much attention has not been finally
approved.
While Secretary at the Treasury
MaeVeagh is understood 'to favor the
certificate of deposit plan of Postmas
ter General Hitchcock’s conception If
it be found feasible .after further in
vestigation. subordina te‘Officials of tlte
treasury department are bolding out
for the old fashioned ipass book. At
least they hold ttiat There are radical
features of the new Idea which re
quire careful consideration before the
official formal stamp of approval is
placed upou It. These 'treasury skep
tics arc keeping the subject alive.
. The principal objections raised to the
•. certificate plan aii'e four in number.
The points Involved are as to tile con
sistency with The provisions of the
postal bank law itself, the liability to
loss of certificates iln cases where de
positors become ipossessed of a large
■mother of them. The'tendency on the
part of some of 'file .depositors to essh
certificates evoa .when necessity does
•'not--ooiuiaiu. it. .«v,h»g..,»«i-.un! ease of
converting, limin'..int»'’u»ohey, and the
Interest c<roqui't,iug complications which
might deprive depositors of their just
returns. To start 'With, the first ob
jection'raised bjf :r.hc treasury, ex perts
• is this: '
The law jMvw.ldes that no person
shall have aw account at more titan
one postoffice,' Unit mo 'person shall de
posit more than $900 .torn single month
and tbut be shall mot hare a rotat de
posit. of more them $.'>00. It is argued
that under the post-affine system as it
stands at present itt would be hard to
■ keep' check on the iperson who sought
to establish more than one account.
He might buy a cortMcate at one office
and later buy one at a nearby office.
The second objection is that a de
positor would In time accumulate a
large bniicb of certificates of small
denomination: souk* of Them he might
carry around with him: losses would
be frequent, and the making good of
these losses through the Issuance of
duplicates would he cumbersome.
The most important, objection, it is
declared, is the third on the list. It
is pointed out that one of the mntn
purposes of the postal savings banks
Is to encourage thrift among the work
lng classes, who ordinarily, do not pat
ronize private banks. The case is cit
ed of the man who carries some of
ihe certificates In his pocket, where
as pass hooks arc usually kept at
(tome except when deposits are made,
Many times, it is declared, a deposi
tor would be tempted to drop In at the
postofflee nfter working hours and
cash one of his certificates for no oth
er purpose perhaps than to buy cigars
or drinks when be would not think
of drawing out money If the conven
ient equivalents were not burning
holes In his pockets.
Finally there Is the matter of inter-
postodlce deportment it is declare
that If i here Is unreasonable delay In
putting the postal saving system In
operation the fault will lie with the
treasury officials, who waited until
all the preliminary plans had been
mapped out by tho committee desig
nated by Postmaster General Hitch
cock before showing any Interest
On the other side It Is hinted that
the postofflee department went ahead
precipitately and that the treasury de
partment wns not Invited to have n
representative on the committee tbnt
worked out the scheme of operations.
NEW FACT ABOUT LINCOLN
TOLD BY HIS BODYGUARD.
Did Guard Leave His Post the Night
Lincoln Was Shot?
Colonel William H. Crook, who was
Lincoln's bodyguard, brings up a new
point regarding the president s assas
sination in his recently published book
of reminiscences. "Through Five Ad
ministrations.” Colonel Crook writes:
"1 nave orten wondered wDy the neg
ligence of the guard who accompanied
the president to the theater on the
night of the 14th has never been di
vulged. So far as I know, it was not
even Investigated by the police de
partment Yet hud he done his duty
1 believe President Lincoln would uot
have been murdered by Booth. The
mao was Jobu Parker. It was the
custom for the guard • who accompa
nied the president to-the theater to
remain in the little passageway out
side the box—that passageway through
which Booth entered. Mr. Bucking
ham, who was flic doorkeeper at Ford's
theater, remembers that a chair was
placed there for tile guard on that
evening of rhe 14th. Whether Parker
occupied it at ull I do not know. If he
did fee left It almost immediately, for
he confessed to me the next day that
he went to a sent at the front of the
first gallery so that lie could see the
play. To tue it is very probable that
the fact that there was no one on
glint'd may have determined the time
of the attack.”
j GULLET SEAT OF HUNGER?
Italian Scientist Thinks Cocaine
] Proves His Contention.
| Whether the feeling of hunger has
i Its seat in the stomuch and thirst In
. the throuf Is a question that mom poo-
• pie take for granted, but It has been
| the subject of much scientific coutro-
I versy. According to Or. Valenti, an
| Italian physician, the sent of both bun-
1 ger aud thirst Is In the gullet.
In the Arehlvi dl Rlologla he pub
lishes an article dealing wilh an ex
periment which he believes proves his
contention. He found that a cocaine
injection in the upper part of the ali
mentary canal resulted In instant sup
pression of the reeling of both hun
ger and Mill's!. He tried li on a dog,
which refused to eat or drink for live
days, after which the drug had work
ed Itself but.
Savages, however, kuew long before
Dr. Valenti that the chewing of coca
leaves renders the gullet Insensible
and kills any desire for food or drink.
BRYAN AND HILL
Yankee Soldier* Good 8av*re.
Thrift on the part of United States-
soldiers Is indicated in a steady in-
crease In their savlngs^depoBlts.
ADVERTISED AT IAST
a. '<*.
'THERE was a merchant in oui
* town
Who was so Wondrous wise
He saw hiB business running down,
Yet weuld not advertise.
^AID he: “I cannot see the sense
v When trade is at its worst
Of multiplying my expense.
I’ll wait till trade comes first.”
A T last this merchant, ill advised,
** Had naught to do but fail,
And then the sheriff advertiser
A bankrupt auction sale.
It you want the news when it
is news, subreribe for this paper
PELHAM & HAVANA R. R. GO.
Time Table No. 2
Selling Out
AT REDUCED PRICES
I’m selling out my entire stock consisting of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING HATS and CAPS, and
LADIES TRIMMED HATS.
On account we have to vacate the premises.
We also give you special inducements with every purchase
of $10.00. We will give you a present. A handsome $3.00
clock. Don’t miss the opportunity to purchase in my store be-
you go elsewhere.
CORNER BROAD AND BRYAN STREETS
I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor.
Attention, Farmers. |
!
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We have now a complete stock of Chattanooga and
Golden's Cane Mills, Evaporators, Sugar Kettles,
Galvenized and Black Iron Pan Bottoms, Grate Bars,
and Furnace Fronts and Doors. Come in to see us
when you want anything in the above lines and we
are certain we can please you.
We also have {usl vcceived a car Chattanooga
One and Two-horse Plows and Repairs.
Yours truly, Wight Hardware Co.,
6airo, Georgia.
Ewoh Accused the Other of Writing
1904 Platform.
The late Ilarid Bennett Hill and
W. ;!. Bryan possessed a high opinion
breach other’s.mental abilities, accord
ing to Congressman .lames T. Lloyd of
the Democratic congressional commit
toe.
“At the Democratic national con veil
tieo in St. Louis in 1904." said Mr.
Lloyd.” *‘.\lr; Hill and' Mr. Bryan were
on the committee on resolutions; the
one representing the eastern conserva
tives and the other the western ag-
gresslves. Many of the biggest Demo
crats in the nation were on that com
mittee.
“The committee worked all after
noon and all night over a platform,
each wing of the party fighting every
inch of the way. The following morn
ing when the committee adjourned Mr.
Hill was met outside the committee
room.
“•Have you agreed on a platform?'
he was asked.
“‘We have.' said the senator.
“ ’Who wrote It?
*’ ’Bryan.’
“At the same time some one else
stopped Mr. Bryan, who also said the
committee was ready to report.
“•Who wrote the platform?’ he was
asked.
“•Dave Hill.' he replied. 'And I
tell you,’ Mr. Bryan went on. 'that
Hill is one of the strongest men men
tally i have ever met.’ ”
MORE FOREIGN STUDENTS.
College
One American Agricultural
Has Sixteen.
Sixteen students, representing six
foreign countries, hare enrolled this
! year In the College of Agriculture of
• the University of Wisconsin. The lar
gest delegations are from China, Mex
ico and South America.
Jose Leguia. the Bon of the president
| of Peru. South America, is enrolled In
| the College of Agriculture and after
est The existing scheme provides for , completing the four year course will
the issuance of. .certificates of various j return to his native land to take charge
denomination, troth one dollar up. tho j of his large estate. Another distin-
smaller being convertible'into one of guished member of the foreign colony
the larger denomination. But. It is Is Vladimir V. Zuamenski, who has
pointed out, each certificate shows its j been sent to Wisconsin university with
own accrued interest. When several a special commission front tbe ftus-
of small denomination were exchanged
for one of larger denomination tbe in
terest would date only from tbe issu
ance of the latter. A fifty dollar cer
tificate, for Instance, it is stated by
way of example, could not very well
be marked to show Just how long in
terest bad run on each dollar or five
dollars of the aggregate.
Then, again, tbe depositor with a $.10
or $100 or $600 certificate, if he wished
to draw only part of his deposit, must
take out a new certificate, thus losing
back interest on. the balance.
That there is a good deal of feeling
between officials of tbe postoffice and
treasury departments respectively over
the situation cannot he denied. At the
slan government to specialize in horti
culture.
South Africa is represented by two
men, C. J. K. Sehrnte of Pretoria and
M. J. H.'Trew of Johannesburg, who
are entered lu the four year course.
B. H. Pa lit Is the one representative
of India. HIs home Is In Calcutta.
Seven Chinese students have enrolled
and are under advisory direction of the
Chinese ambassador at Washington.
They are T. S. Kuo. M. Y. Loo. C. O.
Pan. T. Y. Tang, K. S. Woo. H. W.
Koh and Y. H. Tseng.
Mexico Is represented by Jesus de
la It. Fueute of Matadores and F. M.
Cardenas of Saltillo.
Kin* t ve Saturday. October 1st, 1B10,12:01, A. M
Between CAIRO AND CALVARY
Sauth loanS
let «I..bb
Passenger
Sun.
Only Daily
PMjAM
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STATIONS
2clo
Central Stand
ard Time
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Gradyville
Cranford
PBooth .
Reno'
rMaxwell
Ar Calvary Lvg
Worth Bound
AM
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6C
50 4
let Clans
Papaenirer
Daily
PM
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q I am strictly in the market for
Sun
Only
PM
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f Trains stop on signal.
Thr Piiooiess tKe official; or
gan arid leading paper Of Grady.
DON’T KNOCK
> both in bale and in the seed.
Will pay highest cash price for
same. J. J. COPPAGE, Cairo, G
KSMr
Come Right In
and tee our sample* of timely print*
■hop things—wt4t»
We will Gin long staple cotton
on Tuesday’s and Friday's. Bring
it in. Coppage & Carr.
A ■SHOE 1
Wanted at Once
Three or four nice
2 to 4-horse farms
from 3 to 4 miles of
Cairo. Price must
be right.
WE HAVE
THE CASH.
Smith & Coppage,
Cairo, Ga.
VARIOUS STYLES
G-LEATHERS
SOUTHLAND BELLE
TffBMOe CFjQt/AUry?
FARM LOANS
Promptly negotiated at
reasonable rate of inter
est. Now is the time
to arrange for your fall
needs. Call on or write
R. c. BELL,
Cairo, Ga.
WALTER L. WIGHT. J. S. WEATHERS.
Wight & Weathers
CAIRO. GA.
1 " ; v > - • • * • . .
If you wish to buy or^sell
Real Estate
in Grady county, we
are prepared to serve
vou.
The Demand
for
Did you say printing? Well, we
do all kinds.
in this section is on the
increase all the time.
Now is the time to buy
or sell your real estate.
See us for farm or tim
ber lands.
Wight & Weathers
Cairo, Ga.
Office in Court House.
