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A Profitable Banking Connection
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Is what you should seek, rather than just a place to leave your
money. We offer you every co-operation and service the banking
laws permit, and not only do you secure absolute protection, but our
officers are never too busy to discuss with you the best and most ef
ficient methods of handling your financial transactions, always giv
ing you the benefit of their long experience.
OUR STATEMENT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS OCTOBER 15th
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and Discounts $591,646.68 Capital Stock $ 75 000 00
Stocks and Bonds ~ 3,700.00 Surplus and Profits 98*475 19
Furniture and Fixtures 6,387.50 Deposits . . . . 698 024.61
Real Estate 3,224.00 Bills Payable 20,000.00
Cash on hand and due from Banks 196,009.76
Advances on Cotton (margin) . • 90,531.86
$891,499.80 . $891,499.80
We extend you a cordial invitation to give us a share of your business, to make our bank your headquarters whsn in Dublin. You will always find us will
ing to assist you in every possible way.
Our bank is increasing in influence over the entire country, as well as in Dublin. We offer all of the facilities offered bv other banks, but something in ad
dition, the “personal touch,” the element of friendly interest in our customers’ banking and financial problems.
Deposit With Us Grow With Us
The Dublin & Laurens Bank
DUBLIN, GEORGIA
OFFICERS: DIRECTORS •
C. W. BRANTLEY President C. W. BRANTLEY ’ ’ W N LEITCH
W. W. ROBINSON Vice President JAMES M. FINN A. W. BAUM
H. A. KNIGHT Vice President W. W. ROBINSON E A LOVETT
S- J- LORD Cashier S. J. LORD H. H. SMITH
B. B. FORDHAM Assistant Cashier JNO. F. GRINSTEAD B. B. FORDHAM
DR. JNO. J. BARTON.
POLLY’S SOLDIER :
By ELLIS GRAHAM. ■
The little white nurse, weary hut
ide-eyed, sat silently fanning a
ounded soldier.
He had been brought in during the
iy with a shattered arm and a bul
t wound in the side and now he
>ssed feverish and delirious on his
lattress bed, one of two dozen in the
uins of the old mission. The heat
;as almost unbearable, not a breath
jf air stirring in that desert region,
"'he little nurse was thinking as she
anned, and this was what It was all
'bout:
It was cherry time and a girl and
i man were out under the crimson
mart tree. The girl had a color in her
heeks almost as rich as that of the
jherries the young man had hung over
ach of her ears, and her lips, juice
tained, were too tempting to resist.
“I love you, Polly!” he declared, im
jetuonsly seizing her in his arms.
‘Tell me all over again.”
“I love you, Will!" she declared hap
tily, snuggling up close to his breast.
“And you’ll never, never forget!
’romise!”
"I promise!”
“And no matter what anybody ever
'ays, you’ll never go back on me. Cross
our heart, Polly!”
lAnd Polly solemnly crossed her
ieaYt.
That evening at. dinner Polly’s fa
lter said: “It looks as though we are
going to have war. The militia has
been ordered out.”
j Poor white Polly had dropped her
fork and the cheeks that had matched
the cherries had gone white as the
tablecloth. For Will was captain in
the local Guard and that meant—oh,
what?
- “Are jou sure, daddy?”
“Yes, Pauline, I’m sorry to say it’s
true.”
“What’s wrong, Polly?’ exclaimed
her mother.
“Nothing,” she answered 'with dry
lips, “except that I was thinking that
some of. the boys we know will nave
to go.”
“I suppose so. Will Fielding has
something to do with it, hasn’t he?
Why, Polly—” For the girl was un
able to endure It any longer, had
rushed from the table to her room.
She knew her parents were discussing
her behavior and that her conduct
had been as good as a confession, but
what of it? She loved Will Fielding
and there wasn’t any reason why they
shouldn’t know.
But, later, her mother came to her
and kindly but firmly told her that she
was too young to fall in love, and, be-.
sides, that although personally she
liked Will well enough, the family was
new and she couldn’t consent to a
daughter of hers marrying into a fam
ily no one knew anything about.
And so things went on for three
days. Then something occurred, some
thing dreadful. Polly had never
learned the exact truth, for no one
would tell her. It was something
about the diamond ring her mother
lost.
She had dressed for a party anti
gone to the kitchen before leaving to
tell Nora about dinner. Finding that
her rings interfered with her gloves,
she had drawn them off and laid them
on the table in the kitchen, intending
to drop them into her bag. But she
was half way to the car before she re
membered them and returned. Norah,
in the meantime, had taken a basket
and gone out for cherries for pies, leav
ing the doors open. That was all they
would tell her. except that when her
mother returned the two-carat diamond
was gone, and that night her parents
made her promise never to see Will
again. And on the other hand, the
company marched away with never a
goodby from Will, nor so much as a
salute from him as he had passed.
The sick man moaned and muttered
something.
“Polly I Good-b.v. Polly !” he said.
“Won’t you say good-by? What’s the
matter witli everybody?" More mut
tering and then: “Nobody was at
home, Polly. I ent across the back
way and Duke ran into the kitchen. I
chased him out, and he tore your
mother’s silk dress. She hates Duke.
Poor Duke! Good-by, Polly, dear!”
"Will,’' breathed the little nurse
softly, “live for my sake, Will. There
was some mistake I am sure, and it
will come out all right.”’
Dawn came swift and hot ami a
horse galloped near. It was a messen
ger with mail. There were letters for
Polly, one from home and she opened
It eagerly. “Dear little gtrl.” wrote
her mother, “1 hope you are safe and
well and not working too hard. Fa
ther and I are so anxious about yon."
und so on. Then, after other bits’of
news. “You’ll be surprised to hear I
found my ring. It was very queer the
way it was lost. We found it stick
ing to the bottom of the old cherry
basket. Nora must have set the
basket down on my rings that day
and the diamond one caught. It’s been
in the cellar ever since until today,
when she found the ring. Do you efer
hear of Will Fielding? We’ve inquired
about his family, Polly dear, and find
the Fieldings come of splendid old New
England stock. If Will comes home
safe and sound and my little girl re
turns soon, daddy and 1 won’t say a
word if you still care for each other.
Wasn't that a fearful buttle at Tor
estos?" and so on.
The letter slipped to the floor.
IRWINTON BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
•Thank God! whispered the little
nurse.
(Copyright. 1918. by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
BOY SCOUTS ARE
HELPING SALE
OF LIBERTY BONDS
I
The full resources and strength of
the Boy Scouts of America have been
pledged for an intensive campaign from
October 20th to the 25th, in the sale of
Liberty Loan Bonds. President Colin
H. Livingstone of the Boy Scouts of
America has given this pledge to the
Treasury Department and to the Lib
erty Loan Committee in each city.
President Wilson, in addition to his
letter urging the Boy Scouts “to take a
definite part in this practical method of
giving expression to your Scout obliga
tions of service to our country,” has
just offered a flag to the troops in each
State having the best record for serv
ice in the sale of bonds.
Liberty Loan bonds are exempt from
all taxes except inheritance tax. They
are liquid investment and can be con
verted into cash at any time, or may
be used to pay the grocer’s bill, the
dressmaker’s bill, or milady may pay
for her new bonnet with a Liberty
Bond; that, is, provided she has shown
her patriotism by buying one.
Secretary McAdoo has announced
the details of the second Liberty Loan
which is now being offered to the pub
lic. The principal features are:
Amount $3,000,000,000, or more, the
excess to not exceed more than fifty
per cent of the amount of the oversub
scription.
Terms of Bonds —Maturity, 25 years;
redeemable at the option of the sec
; retary of the treasury in ten years.
I Denomination of Bonds —$50.00 and
multiples of that, amount.
Interest Rate —Four per cent, pay
! able semi-annually on November 15
and May 15.
, Terms of Payment—Two per cent
■ upon application. 18 per cent Novem
ber 15. 40 per cent December 15 and
.40 per cent January 15, 1918. Practi
। cally all banks are offering to sell
bonds upon very small monthly pay
ments. The privilege of converting
bonds of this issue into bonds of any
succeeding issue bearing a higher rate
of interest than 4 per cent during the
, period of the war is extended.
, Deliveries of this issue will be made
: promptly and no interim certificates
I will be issued.
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Sandpaper in the Kitchen.
Always keep a piece oh fine sandpa
; per in the kitchen. If your cake or
bread should brown a bit too much you
i can rub it off more smoothly than if
: a grater is used If anything sticks
: or burns on pans the fine sandpaper
i cleans more easily than anything else.
Old French Weather Vanes.
In France the original weather vanes
were metal reproductions of knightly
banners or pennons bearing their own
ers’ heraldic devices and set upon the
towers, and, like pennons, indicated
the direction of danger, or a summons
to victory, a fight or a frolic, a warning
or a call, according to whether the day
was to be fair or foul. An English,
not a French, writer it was who first
compared a vane to "the uncertain
mind of a fantastical woman.” The
weather may be shifty, you see. but
not the vane to its own duty. False
hood does not abide with it. Wherever
a change in wind is important, it func
tions as a sentinel at the gates or as
a courier spreading tidings, a silent,
always visible Paul Revere.
Not What She Expected.
Grandma had argued that the walk
to and from the orchard was too long
for a wee girlie, but finally consented
for Patty to go after exacting from her
a promise, no matter how tired she
might get. she would not ask to be car
ried. So they started, grandma and
l’aliy. and the puppy. All went well
till, on the way home, Patty’s feet grew
heavy, and. in spite of a brave effort,
she could not keep up. while the puppy,
evidently suffering no ill effects from
his journey, capered in wide circles
about them. A weak little voice called,
"Grandma.” and grandma who thought
Che knew what was coming next, was
surprised when the voice drawled on:
"I wish I was a puppy.”
Cardboard as Drier.
Chloride of calcium is sometimes
used to absorb moisture and keep cer
tain photographic products dry. such
as platinum paper or carbon paper;
but a photographer lias discovered that
cardboard of the heavy kind will act
as a good drier. The card is used in
rough sheets, it being well dried by
heat and then wrapped in waxed pa
per so as to leave only the edge of the
board free and thus not absorb mois
ture too quickly.
The Modern Baby.
Now an oculist has discovered that
baby’s white raiment injures his vi
sion. They’ve taken away his cradle
and his o’d-litne remedies and his
fairy stories, and now they want to
pinch his snowy pinafore.—Cleveland
Plain Denier.
Better Than Glass Crystal.
A watch crystal of celluloid or oth
er equivalent elastic transparent un
breakable material which in practice
is sprung into an undercut groove or
rabbet in the watch bezel, reduces the
initial coat to the manufacturer and
avoids the cost of replacing broken
glass crystals by the user.
VELVET BEANS
Save them for feed or fertilizer.
I grind them for “the eighth” in the
hull. Money toll if vine and all.
I have the only successful machine in
the county for grinding velvet beans and
corn in the shuck.
Come and see. We also have everything
in merchandise.
E. JOHNSON
IRWINTON, CA.
Wishes That Come True.
Good wishes have away of realiz
ing themselves. They have a potency
almost magical, and the girl who is al
ways wishing the best for other friends
finds her hopes realized for herself, as
though kindly wishes were a sort of
gracious boomerang, coming back to
the heart that sent it out. Just wish
ing others joy. if the wish is from the
heart, helps to add something to the
happiness of the world.
Be Good to Her.
When we see a woman trying to buy
a newspaper on a cold day. with all
the apparently necessary maneuvers
involved in getting a penny out of the
small pocketbook in the deep recesses
of her handbag, we feel that she ottgjt
to have the vote or a mother’s pen
sion or whatever else she wants at tile
moment, so as to make up to her in
some measure for the accident of sex.
—Ohio State Journal.
Rice or Rust.
Rice water is said to be a remover of
rust from any fabric that may be
washed. Boil n cupful of rice in two
quarts of water for half an hour and
strain. Soak the rust-stained fabric in
this water for a half day and the rust
will have disappeared.
The Deadly Torpedo.
Between 1577 anil ISOS, when the
Spanish-American war broke out. there
were only 12 Instances in which the
torpedo had been used in actual war
fare. The Russo-Japanese war in 1904
afforded many opportunities for the
I use of this deadly weapon of destruc
tion. and Whitehead’s invention caused
great havoc. The combination of the
submarine boat and the torpedo had
its first real trial in the present war.
with what effect the reader need not
be reminded.
That Made a Difference.
"The defendant admits," said the
tradie cop. “that he went around the
i corner on two wheels.'' "Eifty dollars’
tine or thirty days.” said the judge.
"But does your honor know," inter
posed the defendant’s counsel, “that
! the defendant was riding a bicycle?”
—-Buffalo Express.
Common-Sense Method.
“What did yo’ do. sah, when big
Brudder Tump called yo' a Hah?" “Uh
j well, sah," rejdied small Brother Slink,
"as de gen'leman am six feet high and
weighs mighty nigh a ton, what could
* I do but move dat we make it noonani-
I mous?” —Judge.
