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nljank oj Lafayette
Where Your Aloney
Is Safe
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„Special Announcement
The Bank of LaFayelte is pleased to announce that at a meeting of
ils directors Tuesday, it was decided lo put in a Savings Department,
paying i per cent interest on all savings accounts.
This action is taken by this ban because we believe with such a
department we can better serve the people of the county, and can also
do much to encourage thrift and ha »its of saving among our patrons
and the rising generation.
This Department will be distinc 1 from our regular commercial de
partment, and will be conducted in s rict accord with the laws of the
slate, which specially safeguard an 1 protect savings deposits.
Further information as to the o icning of this Department will be
given in this space as soon as this d pariment can be organized and
made ready for business.
BANK OF LAFAYETTE
is always striving to give its patrons th° best of banking service.
“Better Be Safe Than Sorry.” '• 4 1
Yours very truly. - ,-tj
(s' Cashier.
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4 Per Cent Interest, 100 Per Cent Safety On Time Deposits
MRS CAROLINE ARNOLD
LAFAYETTE, QEORGIA
TEACHER-PIANO AND VOICE
Studied Under Foreign and American Teachers
IIASTAUOHT WITH SUCCESS AT
Martha Washington College, Abingdon, Va.
Boscovel College, Nashville, Tenn.
(iallowny College, Searcy, Ark.
And Private Studio in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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|/Town and County
Rev. J. D. Baker will preach at Lee.
schooi house Sunday morning at 11
iVelock. I
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Mrs. E. \. Jackson spent several
days visiting friends in Summer
ville last week.
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Mrs. R. L. Wardlaw and children
of Tennessee were guesis tyst week
of relatives here.
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Mr. and Mrs. 11.I 1 . D. Wright were
attendants at the funeral of F. C.
WrigHl in Rome Saturday.
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Quite a number of Walker county
citizens attended the Seventh Dis
trict Convention at Dalton Thurs
day.
Miss Rachel Lumpkin leaves Fri
day for a visit of several weeks to
her rvster, Mrs. J. H. Clarke, of Pen
dergrass.
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Nathan Winer brought his bride
lo LaFayette last week and they
are now comfortably housed in Mrs.
Alexander’s cottage on Cherokee
Avenue.
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Miss Stella Black of Tampa, Fla.,
is spending a few days with her
aunt Mrs. H. P. Lumpkin, on her re
turn home from Juoaluska, N. C.,
where she has been spending the
summer.
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Mrs. E. W. Adams, of Philadel
phia, arrived Friday of last week
for a visit to homefolks. It has been
tep. years ilnce Mrs. Adams was in
IFayette, and her many .friends are
delighted to see her again, after
such a lengthy stay away.
The many friends in the county of
J. W. Lee will lie pained lo learn
that his condition shows no im
provement and lor the past week he
has b°en confined to his bed.
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Misses Aileen Felker and Messrs
l Raymond Felker and Lawson Jack
son, motored over from Dalton Sun
day, and were pleasant guests of
Misses Julia and Mary Lee Nichols.
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Mrs. J. E. Hanson, of San Antonio,
Tex., and Mrs. A. H. Herndon and
son, of Alabama City, Ala., spent the
j past week here with their brother
i and sister, W. B. Lowe and Mrs. D.
C. R. Myers.
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Nexl Sunday, Oct. Ist, will be tie
'Annual Sunday School Rally Day at
i the Presbyterian church. A special
program will he rendered and everv
friend of Ihe school is cordially in
vited to be present.
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The five year old child of Mr. and
Mrs Winkle, of Linwood, died
Thursday night and was buried at
the local cemetery Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Donahoo.
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W“ are requested to announce a
special meeting at the Naomi Bap
tist ( hurch Sunday afternoon Oct.
Ist., at 3 o’clack. Some special mal
’ ters are to tie attended to and the
’ j pastor is urgent that a full nfember
• I ship attend this meeting.
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At the committal trial before Jus
tices Phillips and Patterson here
Wednesday, Willie Webb, who was
charged with assisting Henry White
in the crime committed last week at
Durham, was bound over to the su
perior court His bond was fixed at
SIOOO and being unable to make bond
1 he was placed back in the Walker
county jail.
WALKER COCNTY MESSENGER, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916.
Rev. and Mrs. P. R. Bonn, of Tate,
were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
N. A. White.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stephenson, of
Summerville, were visitors here
Wednesday.
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Mrs. J. M. Jackson is spending a
few days in Chattanooga with her
son, Roy Jackson.
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John Slewart Thompson, of Jersey
City, N. J., is .a guest in the home of
Col. P. 1). Wright.
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E. J. Edwards, of I.yerly, was the
guest Tuesday of his brother-in-law,
William Hammond.
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Miss Elizabeth Thurman is spend
ing the week at Blanche, Ala., with
her cousin, Mrs. J. H .Hill,
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C. A. Cameron, of Menlo, will
come Monday to begin his cotton
buying season for the local mills.
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Mrs. E. M. Osborne, who has been
spending the past two weeks wilh
relatives at Ninety-Six, S. S., will
arrive home Friday.
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A. R. Fortune returned Saturday
from a week’s trip to New York and
points east in the interest of the
Walker County Hosiery Mills.
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Mrs. C. A. Mine, of Winona, Minn.,
who was the guest of Mrs. Stewart
Wright, at Mineral Springs for a
fortnight, left Tuesday for Rome.
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The local Overland
placed siv cylinder, set on passen
ger Overlands Ibis weei/with I>. It.
Kernp, of Linwood and/}. Bf, Clem
ents, of Chickamauga. J
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LaFnyette friends of fllicero Wil
liam* and estimable tfamily will re
gret to know that tlr/ are soon to
move to the Napier Varm, “Wood
side,” near Center Post.
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W. T. Bennett, who is connected
with the agricultural department of
the Central of Georgia, spent Tues
day nere in the interest of the Cen
tral’s test farm below town.
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Ba it week W. J. Richardson, of
Trans, visited the stock farm of Hon.
Gordon Lee, at Chiojtamaug*, in
specting some of the purebred cattle
an Mr. Lee's farm. Mr. Richardson
is seeking to assist in the live stock
industry and it is thought he wHI
purchase a purebred within the neap
future. k l*|*t.,i*|*
A :eal estate deal of the week was
that of (I. W.T.entz.of \yood Station
who i urohased theUobn Edge farm
at Naomi, through [Mr. W. 11. Sin- |
gleterry. The consideration was
*-800. Mr. Lentz will move to his
farm ip tin' near future.
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A great crowd from l.aLayette i'
and the surrounding country, both ' *'
black and white, gathered Sunday j
afternoon at Rea’s Lake, to witness I
the immersion of thirteen candida
tes. Henry Korney, Sr„ Doc Young, •'
Addie Young, A. E. Clements, Ora 1
Long. Dorothy Harris, Annie Bur- s
nett, Hattie Burnett, Essie Burnett.
Ruth Lindley, Theodore and Archie 1
Wheeler and Korney Marsh, by Rev
Alfred Caines, of Plainville, the pas
tor now supplying Happy Home
Baptist church. He was ably assist- 1
ed by Deacons John Jones and John 1
Calhoun. The unique feature of the
ceremony was that though the min
ister had but one hand for his work 1
in the water, he baptized all in a
very short time.
IIOKK SMITH WILL SPEAK 1
IN WEST FOR WILSON 1
Atlanta.—Senator Hoke Smith of *
Georgia has been selected of
the principal campaign streakers to
deliver addresses in support of Pres.
Wilson for re-elcrtm<C Owing to his
ability as a slums/speaker Senator
Smith will be sent into the territory
where the Democrats have their *■’
hardest light.\puring the month of "
October Senarer Smith will speak in 11
a number of nortlien cities and in
the middle west., Following adjourn- s
ment of congress the senator re- b
turned to Atlanta for a brief rest
and visit to members of his family
residing in I his city. 11
ED JOHNSON PASSES
TO REW ARD
Ed Johnson aged hi died a‘ his I
home at Rock Spring, Ga., Saturday
morning at So’clock. He is survived
by his wife and Vv children, two
brothers, Albert and Thomas John- -
son of this city: four sisters, Mrs. 1
Lula Guthrie, Mrs. Clarkie Erick-:,t
Miss Kulnh Johnson, all ol Ibis city, j
and Mrs. Mary Conley, of Roeg. •
Spring. Deceased is a well-known. 1
citizen of Nuria Georgia and his
death came as e surpr-se to U sj'
many friends. Funeral was hold at •
2 p. m. Sunday :.t the Rock Spriu, j
M. E. church, Rev. Bartow Me Far-!
land officiating. Interment in the |
Rock Spring cemetery.-—Chat. News.
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* WEST LAFAYETTE •>
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Mrs. Jerry Sitton of Macon is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.'
T. S. Littlejohn.
Mi's. Laura Chapman and William I
Chapman spent Monday in Chatta
nooga with Mr. and Mrs. Erunk
Nash.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Malliroat of
Pond Spring were week-end guests
of Mrs. M. A. Morton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Littlejohn spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
in Chattanooga.
Miss Ifattio Spencer of Rossville
is the pleasant guest of Mrs. 11. J.
Spencer Ibis wei k.
(5. L. /'ulnier cf Nashville was the
week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. 1
J. T. Fulmer.
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson of;
Sulilipna spent lasi week here with
relatives here.
Ed Sniilli of Home anil Chas. Smith
of Sprite spent the week-end here
with their mother.
H. C. Baker left Thursday for Lit-'
He Rock, Ai k., where he goes ns col-,
lector for the Wrought Iron Range
company. I
Notice of Eirsl Meeting of Ci*Hlor*
In (lie District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of
Georgia, In Bankruptcy.
'ln the matter of H. H. Cook A:
Company, in Bankruptcy, No. HU,
bankrupt.
To the creditors of H. 11. Cook A
Company, of Rossville, in the County,
of Walker and District aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that, on the
27th day of September, A. D, 1910,
the said H. H. Cook A Company win:
duly adjudicated bankrupt; and that
the (irst meeting of his creditors
will he held at the Referee’s ofllra
in the city of Rome, on the lOlli day
of October, A. D., I9l(i, at 10 o’clock,
A. M., wMch time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims, ap
point a trustee, examine the bank
rupt, and transact such other busi
ness as may properly come before
said meeting.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 27, 1916.
W. 8. ROWELL.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
YOt’R WIFE will appreciate a Sav
ing Account in the Walker
County Bank bearing 4 per cent
'nterest.
GOOD all wire Bed Springs only fl
each. — Bonds A Kirkpatrick,
Furniture, 241 E. Main St. Chat-
Uapoga, _
Statement of the Condition of The
R ANK OF CHICKAMAUGA
Located at C.hieknmaiijiu, Ga., at the
Close of Business Scpl. 19, 191(5
RESOURCES
Time Loans $ 78,034.21
Overdrafts, unsecured 741.63
Banking House 2,922.12
Furniture and Kixlures 2,141.01
Due from Banks and Bankers
in Ollier States 11,133.81
Currency 1,083.00
Gold , 20.00
sil\or, nickels,
etc 517.16
Cash items 211.77 1,832.23 i
Total 899,805.87
LI Alii II LIES
Capital Stock Paid in $15,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses, Interest
and Taxes Paid 5.181.27
Individual Deposits Subject.
to Check 53,560.50
Savings Deposits 15,534.93
Time Corl illcates 325.00
Certified Checks 16.63
Cashier's Checks 185.55
Bills Payable, Ineluding Time
Certificates Representing
B irroweil Money 10,000.00
Total $00,805.87
State of Georgia, Walker County.
Before me camp C. Dunaway
cashier, of Bank of Chickamaugn,
who being duly sworn, says that,the
above and foregoing stafementMS a
true condition of said hank, as
shown by the hooks of lile in said
bank.
C. DUNAWAY.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, Ibis 27th. dny of Sept., 1910.
H. S. SIMMONS.
Justice of the Peace.
FOR SALE lo acres unimproved
land on Broointown road, 3 1-2
miles from La Fayette. Will
build tosuitbuyer.- Geo. J. Srite
WHEN YOU WANT a good car for
family or parties, as many ns
I seven or more, call J. 11. B. Hen.
phone 102. Rates reasonable.
If
WANTED: Improved lartri in Walk
er county, worth from $2,500 to
I :’3,500. Will exchange 5 room
j cottage in Atlanta worth $3,000
j and g r ive nr take difference.—Ad
dress Paul Dyer, Sharpe, (la., or
W. M. Dyer, Marriella, Ga. 10-7 x
j Too Are Losing Honey
t£§
Every time you pay more than
the prices we ask for our high
grade harness. And if you pay
less you certainly will not get
as good quality. The most and
best for the money is our motto,
and it needs only a single trial
to prove how well we live up to
it. If you need any harness
come in to-day and look around.
We are sure to be able to please
you as are our prices.
BEST PRICES PAID FOR 6REEN HIDES
AND TALLOW
LAFAYETTE HARNESS
& LEATHER CO.
IN OU) MESSENGER BUILDING
LAFAYETTE i : : GEORGIA
A $411.00 DAVENPORT nearly new,
only $15.00. Another one for §lO.
- Monde & Kirkpatrick, furni
ture, 241 Main St„ Chattanooga.
fOlt MALE —Yearling Jersey heif
er, also one horse colt, natural
pacer, out of best of stock.—R.
E Blackburn, one mile sooth of
La Fayette, on Dixie Highway, ts
WE HAVE recently bouuht some
limit bargains in used Furni
ture. Can sell at very low prices.
—Knox Furniture Co., Chntta
noniio. Trim.
FOlt SALE a good brood mart's;
one It years old, one 8 and one
10. Will work anywhere.—d. K.
Hunter, one mile and half south
of Cedar Drove. 2Lx.
.HIST RECEICEI) a lot of used Or.
quits. They are turn in first
class condition. Itiiripiiii Prices.
—Knox Furniture Co., Chatta
nooga, Teon.
GET YOUR FEED SUPPLIES of all
kinds from Dan C. WheeDr A
Co., Chattanooga. They n.ake a
specialty of Coltoc Seed Meal
and Hulls.
Al.l. PI tlsons having accounts or
clamp against the estate of 11.
P. Lumpkin, deceased, must
prove and die Inn same at one. 2
—Mrs. Emma Lumpkin, Admrx.
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WE HAVE the best line of second
hand ranges in ttie city. Some of
them that liavo never linen used
out very little. Prices from $8.50
op. Guarantee everyone we sell.
—Bonds & Kirkpatrick, Furni
ture, 241 E. Main St., Chatta
-1 MONEY lo loan on long time, on im
proved farms in Walker county
at 5 1-2 per cent and (1 per cent
interest; privilege given to make
payments on the principal, or
pay in full before due. Apply to
Chickamaugc. Trust Company.
Eighth and Broad Streets, Chat
tanooga .Tennessee. If
FOB SALE Fifty Shorthorn, Aber
deen-Angus and Herford cows
and heifers All Northern cattle
and climated. An opportunity
li improve your herd at a little
better Ilian scrub prices. Buy a
few or all.—D. B. Murphy,
“Dougherty Farm.” 10-0 2t ,