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National Banks Surpass all Records for Im
munity From Failure and for Large Earnings.
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Not One National Bank Has Failed in The Year 1918.
As as result of sounder and more conservative methods of banking, and a stricter observance of the pro
visions of the National Bank Act and the regulations of the Comptroller’s Office; aud also because of the ad
mirable operation of the Federal Reserve Act, the closer supervision and more rigid examination by the Nation
al Bank examining force, the National Banks of the Uuited States are today being administered more satisfac
torily and more successfully than ever before. » •
The above is a quotation from an official letter sent out bv the Comptroller of the Currency at Washing
ton. It exhibits a fine record for the National Banks of this country
The First National Bank of Milleegeville, Ga., respectfully solicits contined potronage of the people of
this section. Its management will always give its patrons considerate, courteous, and prompt treatment, and is
fully equipped to extend all accommodation consistent with safe and conservative banking.
Greensboro, Ga., August 19, 1918.—
To the White Voters of the Octnulgee
circuit:
On August 13, 1918, while in Madi
son, I was reliably informed, for the
lirst time that it was generally being
circulated that I intended to plead the
Statute of Limitation to a certain no'e
in possession of the executors of Mr.
Frank W. Foster. I do not know who
is the author of this report, bet I wish
to brand the same as absolutely false
and the same is being circulated en
tirely for political effect.
The facts, which I will prove, if the
note is sued, are as follows, to-wit:
In May, 1885, my father and myself
borrowed from Mr. Frank W. Foster,
who was then in the cotton business
in Augusta, the sum of $641.05 and
gave a sealed note due Ncv. 1, 1885.
In. the fall of that year we shipped to
Mr. Foster about sixty bales of co'.-
ton and the note was paid from the
(iroceeds and we do not owe one dol
lar on it. Mr. Foster neglected to re
turn the note and we neglected to call
for it. Although 1 saw him frequently
after that year, he never said one word
or wrote me one lino about the note
irom 1885 to the time of his death.
His executors uever wrote me or
said one word to me abort the note,
■except on August 13, 1918, 1 had a
talk with Col. Albert G. Foster, one of
tii<‘ executors, and he stated to me
that he kne wof the existence of the
not for the Inst two veers but hidn't
mentioned it to me. 1 never heard of
the note from 1885 until July 26 1918,
when Hon. T. H. Burruss, Jr., an at
torney in Madison, wrote me about it.
After some correspondence between us
in reference to the note, on August 12,
1918, I wrote him that we did not owe
one cent on it, I used this language in
said letter, “I see no good reason why
I should give my individual note for
this note against ray father and my
self but at the same time I wish to
state that, if the executors see proper
to bring suit on the note, I will not
die any plea of the Statute of Limita
tions, as intimated in your letter, and
I also wish to -say that I have never
written you or said anything to you
to authorize anything of the kind. I
will defend the suit on its merits and
will expect the executors to do the
same. 1 stand ready at all times and
under all circumstances to pay in full
all just debts against me and no man
can truthfully say that I have ever
tailed to do so.”
My father, who died in 1901, had suf
ficient property to pay the note and
from 1885 to the present time I have
also ownei sufficient property to pay
the note, and if we owed the same, is
it not strange that we were never call
ed upon to pay it from 1885 until July
26. 1918?
I wish to brand the report that 1 in
tend to file the plea of the Statute of
Limitation against this note as abso
lutely untrue. In the event it ia sued,
I will only plead payment as above sei
•7,itt, ^i,,! |f n,p pour's deride again"'
j me, 1 w iii pay agaiu. See ceriiUiaic
'hereto attached.
Permit me to say that one .of the
rules of my life has been to pay my
honest debts. I do not know the ex
tent to which this report has been cir
culated, therefore I will insert this ar
ticle in the papers of the circuit.
I wish to say that this report is In
accordance with other false statements
that are being made in reference to
myself by a few scheming politicians,
who have not been able to control me
and place a collar around my neck. 1
fully realize that I make mistakes, but
since 1 have been Judge of the Ocmul-
gee Circuit, I have endeavored to en
force the laws of the land honestly
and impartially in accordance with
my oath of office as contained in Sec
tion 4835 of the Civil Code of Georgia
of 1910, without regard to consequenc
es, and all reports to the contrary are
abaoluely false.
1 have conducted my campaign on a
high plane and would not stoop to any
thing low or mean to be elected to any
ofilce.
Jn conclusion, I wish to say to my
friends, from all information. I will be
elected by a large majority on Sep
tember th 11th, 1918,
•Yours respectfully,
JAMBS B. PARK.
Atlanta, Ga., August 17, 1918.
I. F. J. Spratling, certify (hat In the
year 1885, I was bookkeeper for Frank
W. Foster, then engaged in the cotton
’»tt«in-'s« in Aufstn. f’-a. I remember
distinctly that James B. Park, Sr., and
James B. Park, Jr., of Greene county.
Georgia, did business at that time with
Mr. Foster, as their/cotton factor, and
that their account was entirely satis
factory.
1 have not exact and particular rec
ollection in regard to a note given by
them to Mr. Foster in May, 1885, for
$641.05, and due November 1st*, 1885.
To the best of my knowledge and be
lief, however, all indebtedness due by
them to Mr. Foster was paid off in
the fall cf 1885 from the proceeds of
cotton shipped to Mr. Foster.
L. J. SPPUATLING.
MORE ACTUALMONEY .
CIRCULATING NOW
BEFORE IN HISTORY
Washington, August 19.—More ac
tual money, gold, silver and paper
currency—is in circulation at present
than at any time in the nation’s his
tory, and there is a bigger Bhare for
every man, woman aud child. A treas
ury report today showed $5,559,000,000
in circulation—$700,000,000 more than
a year ago, and $175,000,000 more
than a month ago—making an average
of $52.44 for each person.
These figures on the stock of money
bear little relation to the nation's
wealth or credit sources slnco these
pyromMed on ear-h other, amount to
j many times the actual money availa
ble.
lZOmilliorv
Allies
must eat
United States Food Administration
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This is a proposition worthy of your consideration—a chance to make big money by increasing the value of your pine timber and saving the high cost of l»ayl««g heavy
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E. D. PROSSER
S. Wilkinson St, Between Hancock and Creene