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Evening Herald WAYCROSS, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911 NUMBER 138 THE CITIZENS BANK SHOWS BIG INCREASE THE EXCHANGE BANK INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS This Institution Has Only Been In Business Little Over Six Months. W. H. Buchanan Is Now President and W. H. McRae Cashier. -CONGREE#MEN BARTLETT, ADAM SON, HUGHES AND EDWARDS ARGUE HIGHER SALARIES. Roy mcdaniel, bystander, is killed instantly in fight NEAR LA GRANGE. Tlie directors of the Exchange Bank was declared some time ago, has been net yesterday afternoon and Installed paid out. . new officers and board of directors. The folowlng Is a statement of the Tbe bank is now beaded by Dr. condition of the bank as furnished to W. H. Rucbanan as president, and tbe directors at this meeting: no better man could be selected for Condensed statement of tbe con- thls place, as be has been conneded ditlon of.tbe Exchange Bank, at tbe 'with tbe bank as cashier since Its close of business on Jan..24th, 1911. opening In Agust 1906; and tbe sue- Liabilities. oess of the Exchange Bank under his Capital stock $76,000.00 management cannot be disputed. Tbe j Surplus and undivided profits 6,069.6 management will be the same. J. M.! Deposits 103,686.86 Bell, Is vice-president, W. H. McRae ca£jdcr;,,J. R. Tyre assistant cashier and/fcodirtteeper. The board or direc tors are as follows: C. M. Sweat, W. H. Buchanan, W. R. Beach, J. M. Bell, B. F. Beach, F. B. McDonald and B. H. Crawley. The retiring president, Mr. C. M. Sweat; retires on account of large turpentine Interests In Texas, Alaba ma, Georgia and Florida, which cons, pels him to be away from the city | most of tbe time. Mr. W. R. Beach, i Washington, Jan. 36.—After two publish an ad of The Cltlxens' Bank s hour*' debate yesterday, Chairman 0 f this city. { Weeks, of the poatolllce committee, j This' institution has only been In agrce<) to accept an amendment by busnesB a little over six months and Congressman Bartlett. Increasing the ma kes n showing that Is nothing ; salaries of rural catrlers from $900 to short of remarkable, and shows that 1 $1,000. and it was carried by a unun- ,h,. management of this bank Is the i In'ous vote. best that could have been selected. Congressmen Bartlett. Adamson. 1 There were no changes made In Hughes and Edwards addressed the 1 l)ie omeers at a recent meeting held house In advocacy of Mr. Bartlett's, by the directors and the list Is as amendment. ! follows: J. R. Bunn, President; M. ! -lofso Bartlett, who has consistent- j„ fl unD , First Vice Preeldent; H.-W. 11, urged an Increase In the carriers' stubbs. Second Vice President; R A. I pay for several years, la hopeful that gtubt,,, Cashier; H, C. Bunn, Assls- (his amendment will be adopted this ! tnnt cashier.' | The deposits since January tbe first 7|c Georgians devoted themselves ,, nattering In the least, and la In to mowing what a ipleerable pittance r0 und numbers $10,000.(16, which Is an 1990 a year Is as compared to the; pper mom inference In less than a compensation given by the govern- month, meat to other employes. Judge Bart-j The directors of the bank are J. R. lettl dwelt upon tbe discrimination Uunn| H Ejnn> A K , aelwui ,, w> against the rural carriers' allowing V HIn , on H , w , atubbs, M. I,. Bunn, how very important their work Is, q- w Morrison. ' and the hardships tbey-must face In Thl< b0 nk bids fair to Increase Its the discharge of their duty. .already large share of banking busl- He called attention to the Met that (h| , and oth er sections. eljj carriers In m.ony Instances are ' provided with horses, whereas the , , rural carriers must furnish their own PI lUIV QC AT Pill C ' conveyance and face all sorts of uLlillnn ULHl UflLs- wcuthcr in traversing their routes lirOIIIP I1IITII DII0II through sparsely settled country. utulllU fl 1111 llllut Congfess|nan Edwards dt-cla: ed that . {w* 1 he would never vote for an Increase ' , ', , . _ The advance sale of seat* for "The for any. olher, class of postofflee em- , , ' , , climax," at Parker theater tomorrow , —jt$l the rural carriers ol- 1 LaGrange, Ga„ Jan. 36—According to reports received here. Roy McDan iel, a bystander, waa shot and in stantly killed Sunday afternoon in an alleged difficulty between Joe and W. Fatteraon, brothers, on a plantation near this place. McDaniel had just arrived on the ecene and had taken bo part In the difficulty. The trouble, so it is said, arose when Joe Patterson started toward W. Patterson, when the latter drew uIb . pistol and began firing at Joe, one bullet going through bis hand. In the struggle that followed three shots were fired, one striking McDan iel, entering Just back of the temple and psaslng entirely through his head. He leavea A wife and two young children. W. Patterson Is re- Dr. J. F. Wilson, aeoretary of the National Nut Growers Association and editor of the “Nut Grower”, will speak at the Board of Trade tonight on a •ubject of general Intereet here. Dr. all parties Interested In pecan culture- and as one will have something that all parties Interested I pecan culture will appreciate hearing. Tbe Board Loant and Discounta $130,931.36 Bonda 2.600.00 Furniture and Fixtures .... 4,000.00 Real Estate 66.00 Cash on hand and In bnnka 46,060.13 BARONESS ZEOWITZ TO REST IN LOUISVILLE Louisville, Jan. 26.—The body , of tbe Baronese Von Zedtwltx, wbo bo le re her death at Thoitne. Switzerland, tail tlecrmber, waa the principal belr to the extensive Caldwell estate Id this city, will be burled In C*ve Hill oemetary. The funeral will be held in Louis ville, contrary to her expressed de sire- that she be laid at tbe side of her husband at Dresden, Saxony. The body will be burled by tbe side of jer , sister, thq late Marquise do*’ Mqnetlers de Metinvllle, who'died ID the port of New York about a year ago. .lust why the body of tbe baroness will be brought to Louisville, her for mer home, for burial, contrary to her wishes, Is not known here unless op position to the burial of the baroness by the side of her husband In a Cath olic cemelary baa developed because some years ago she renounced the Catholic faith. W. H. Buchanan, Caahler, CITY WILL FURNISH VACCINE POINTS. The new management, which Is practically the same aji the old one, Is a popular one, and as the bank needs a president whq can stay at the (office at, all times. The selection of -Dr. Buchanan Is undoubtedly a wise pH;'-' |)|dividend of 4 per cent which (Board of Trade Service.) I-ocal tains tonight. That’s the ex tent of the forecaat for today. How ever, the opinion is ventured thut the local rains will probably mark an end to the wet period. In view of the fact (hat small pox Is prevalent throughout this entire section I deem it necessary that every I man woman and child In Waycross , ! should be, yppelnated at once. The i dty’ will be giad to furnish vaccine j points to those applying for tame, j . v John M, Cox, Mayor. . Ployqa uptll .1 tnl«,tfe' with a rush today, and ' indications ate that's crowded house will witness till play on its return visit. .The Clim ax is presented by the original New York caste, which Manures everyone of n delightful evening. GEORGIA BANKS GAIN , 12 MILLION IN 1010 OVER 1003 Can Make No Mistake Wearing a Suit Made by New Orleans, Jsn. 23.—A gruesome reminder of the severe hurricane which swept this section on Septem ber 20, 1900, was revealed In the finding yesterday of the bodies of Capl. Henry Katiiman and one of hla sailors on the marsh near Dunbar, La., Lake Ponchartroln. The bodies will be brought here for Inteiment. Captain kathman waa tbe roaster of the schooner Seven Brothenr, which plied in the lumber trade on Lake Pontcbkrtraln, and from which no tid ings bad been had since the storm of over, a year ago. His body was Iden tified through the discovery of a ring on the hand of the body which won worn by the captain when last seen alive. The body of the tailor has- not been fully identified, but Is thought to be that of a member of tbe crew of the Tae body of Jim TRAMP DIES IN WRECK. * Columbia, 8. C., Jao. 36.—An un known (ramp was killed and a.loco motive and a dozen cars derailed In a fear-end collision of freight trains n- the Southern railway at an early ': ur at Killians, about 16 miles north of Columbia. Atlanta, Ga., Jam 36.—In hla (an nual report not yet published, State Treasurer, J. Pope liroWq will present figures to show that Georgia's banks hare gained twelve million dollars Ir 1010 over 1000, and that the general i.uncial prosperity as reflected in the banks, has increased in proirortlon to those figures. The total assots at ths end of ithe year 1010, tor all tbe banks In Geor gia Is fixed, according to tbe state treasurer’s report, at $120,220,24^-81. The figures show that there were 626 banks existing In Oeorgla at tbe end of lOIO^s compared with only 487 during 1900. At the end of 1009 there q'ss 497 banks. Including fifteen branches. Du- ring 1910 thtee branches were added, st Omahab, Newington and Tarry- town; 63 new banks were charlprad, including branehoi at Benson, Bartow Duluth ami .lenklnnsburg;'. and j one trust company began a'banking! bu*: Mesa. That increasod the totsj to 553. From that number were deduc ted (our banks that went Into jllqul- datian- the Citizens’ Bank at Adel; the Flrat National Bank at Dslton; and tile Blalrsvllle 2nd Young Harris branches; three banks that were na tionalized; and two that were merg ed, one each at' Dublin and Clarks ville. This left tbe total number of banks Id tbe slate at the end of 1910 644. Eight have -been chartered so taking New Madras. 8wlsses and plaid Klaxons for waists, Q 36. I Humphreys A Williamson. Ladlea and gentlemena sweaters to close cheap. 34 2t J. W. Adams A Co. Strause & Bros. The best dressed men you meet on the street are wearing them. They are the best on the market today. Seven , Brothers. Flynn, another member of the crew, was swept ashore some tlmJ*J?o. Captain Kstbman was the last of a family of seamen, bis brother hav ing lost his Ufa in q storm on Lake Pontcbartraln several years ago. You can get them at: SELECT DESIGN FOR CONFEDERATE 8HAFT Richmond, Va.. Jan. 26.—From more than 00 dealgns submitted un der the rules of the American Insti tute of Architects, the executive com mittee of the Confederate Memorial Association has awarded-the contract for desigii of the Confederate Memor ial Institute to lie creeled in Rich mond to the architectural firm of Biasell. A Sinkler, of Philadelphia. The approved design la Doric, of massive construction and will be fire proof. It Is to coat approximately, '3166,000, and Is to serve as the offi cial repository forever of confederate paintings, relics; b'istoly and statuary. to your mind again when you think of the home that you Intended to buy before now. And while you are think ing of It la the time you should come and SEE WHAT WE ARE OFFERING Anything You far since me first of tbe year m 552 chartered state banks in C|c when these lines are published. ! Our shoo department is one < i best. to be found. When you shoes take a look. We think w please you. 24 2t. J. W. Adams id Co. nee* The Stein- Sam W. Peck Block Co. . and Co.