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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1908)
The Henry County Weekly VOL. XXXIII T. A. SLOAN, President. L. O. BENTON, Vice-President. A. M. STEWART, Cashier H. J. TURNER, Assistant Cashier. 7969 HENRY WOODWARD, Book Keeper. STATEMENT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF M’DONOUGH, GA. ( At the Close of Business January Bth, 1908. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $59,594.52 U. S. Bonds and Premiums 31,004.68 Redemption ' 500.00 Banking House, Furnit’e & F’x’s 6,758.90 Cash and Exchange 35,968.89 Total - - $133,826.99 This Bank is only two years old and invites comparison. 5% Interest paid on Time Deposits. 1908. 1908. A New Year GreetinG! For 25 years our Business has in= creased both in volume and profits, for which we want to thank each and every customer, hoping to care for your wants even better in the future. And from this day, we are going sell all UNDERTAKERS’ GOODS at Cost, plus 10% for handling and from $3.00 to $6.00 per trip for team and driver, owing to distance, Embalming done when wanted, without any charge whatever, by the very best method, SEEING LICENSED EMBALMERS, with 10 years actual experience. We pledge ourselves not to have any pretended nurses, or agents to look after the sick bed for the sake of a funeral, nor expect any friend to come to us except it be the wish of a family. Every bill in this line is open to the purchaser for prices. All calls promptly answered day or night, re= gardless of distance or weather. Thanking you for past favors, and a continuance of same, we are, Yours truly, B B Carmichael & Sons 8 B. B. Carmichael, J. T. Sowell, L. O. Benton, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JANUARY 17, 1908. DIRECTORS. J. C. Daniel, Joe J. Smith, A. M. Stewart, Rail Road Com. Cuts Out Franks Of All-Kinds. -g— 1 The state railroad commission has issued an order extending the anti -pass law so that it applies, as regards free service, to telephone and telegraph companies, electric light, gas or power companies, baggage and cab companies, termi nal companies, cotton compress companies, and all other public service utilities that come within the jurisdiction of the commission. The order is merely the formal expression of what has been known for a month or more to be the will of the commission. The order in full follows : “Whereas, It appears to this commission that general order No 3, forbidding free passes and free service as therein expressed, has been from its date, October 29, ’O7, generally' constructed and accepted as including telegraph and tele phone companies, but doubts hav ing been expressed touch the same : and “Whereas, All such don b t s should he removed and the policy and operation of said order ex tended : therefore it is now “Ordered and declared, That said general order No. 3 was in tended to include, and the same 1s now expressly so amended as to include and apply to telegraph and telephone companies, and further that no electric light or gas com pany or power company ; no termi nal company, baggage or cab com pany ; no cotton compress compa ny, or other public service corpora tion, company or person subject to the jurisdiction of this commis sion shall he allowed to furnish LIABILITIES Capital Stock $30,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, less Expenses and Taxes Paid 8,192.97 Circulation 30,000.00 Deposits 65,634.02 Bills Payable None Total. - - $133,826.99 their respective services or service ' free in this state. “Provided, That the commis sion will, upon application and proper showing made, authorize free or reduced service for chari table purposes, according to the facts and lawfulness of the same in each particular instance. “By order of the board : “S. G. McLendon, Chairman. “George F. Montgomery, Sec. Splendid Showing for Bank of Henry County. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The Bank of Henry County was held at the of fice of the Bank on Monday last. The earnings of the bank was highly satisfactory to tlie stock holders and, the nsual 10 % dividend was declared and the splendid balance above this was placed to undivided profit account. The directors for the ensuing year are D. J. Green, T. D. Stew art, H. J. Copeland, P. W. Pullin, W. W. Amis, A. N. Brown, E. M. Copehod, J. B. Dickson, T. F. Etheridge. Immediately after the stockold rrs meeting the directors met and re-elected F. S. Etheridge, President H J. Copeland, V-President. J. B. Dickson, Cashier R. L. Turner, Ast't Cashier. E. M. Mc.Michael, Bookkeeper. This Bank holds the confidence of the people to an unusual extent and is known as the “Old Relia ble.” * “Paw, what is a guillotine?” “It’s an instrument hearing some resemblance to a shirt collar that has been three or four times to the laundry, Tommie, but it is much quicker and more merciful in its operation.” PAGES G. L. Thrasher, T. A. Sloan, H. J. Turner. Council Committees and Officers for 1908. W, D. Tarpley, Mayor. .1. M. Carmichael, Mayor pro tern H. J. Turner, Clerk and Treas. Bailor Smith, Chief Marshal. J. M. Patterson, Ass’t Chief. Committee on Finance. J. T. Sowell, Chairman ; E. Good win and J. S. Rodgers. Committee on Streets. E. Goodwin. Chairman; J. D. Dupree and H. J. Turner. Committee on Sanitation. J. D. Dupree, Chairman; J. T. Sowell and .1. S. Rodgers. Committee on Cemetary. •T-M. Carmichael, Chairman; .1. T. Sowell and .1. D. Dupree. NOTICE, A happy New Year, to one thou sand Members in good standing in the Bntts Connty Division of the Mutual Life and Industrsal Associa tion of Georgia, Ideal Insurance to you at low cost. Pay your 19th and 11th assess ment 1907, on or before Monday, the 20tli. Do not. forget your in stance and thereby rob the widow or an orphan child of a deceased member, of ONE Dollar. PAY NOW. Jas. F. Carmichael, Q ec’y & Treas. lirst National Bank Building, Jackson, G. Card of Thanks. We desire to extend our heart felt thanks to each and every one for their kindness to ns during the illness and death of onr precious little one. and it is onr prayer to God, that he will repay von with many, many blessings, ffifcd pre pare us to meet onr darling in heaven. Respectfully, Mr. and Mrs Jim Barrett. $1 A YEAR
