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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published By
THE TIMES-RECORDER CO. (Inc.)
Arthur Lucas, President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary;
W. S. Kirkpatrick, Treasurer.
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District.
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DIR BANKS AND THE WAR.
One of the great outstanding facts of the great war
just ended is the vast part in it played by the banks of
America. Had it not been for our banks, and the un
swerving patriotism of the men behind them, there would
have been a different story to tell. America not only had
to finance herself—-an undertaking of stupendous magni
tude—but the whole world, nearing exhaustion after a
long struggle, had to be financed.
The comptroller of the currency, in his report this
week to congress, tells the story in summary.
"Through these trials and tests," he says, "the na
tional banks of the country and our federal reserve sys
tem have passed triumphantly. Their resources have
risen steadily during this period of stress and strain to
the highest figures ever attained, the national bank re
sources on November 1, 1918, being $19,821,404,000.
His report further shows:
During the past eighteen months this country has
raised through bond issues an amount more than six
times as great as was raised during the four years of
the civil war. and largely at rates of interest not one
half as high as those paid during that period.
Os the $17,000,000,000 of Liberty Bonds placed, more
than eight and a half billion dollars, or 50.69< were mar
keted through the instrumentality of the national banks.
Although the volume of business trnsacted through
out the country has been unprecedented and demands
for capital greater than ever before yet throughout the
year money rates have been maintained in every section
of the country on a normal basis, and every legitimate in
dustry has been enabled to obtain funds needed for its
operation at favorable rates.
The usurious rates formerly charged in remote dis
tricts have been steadily subsiding Complaints of usury
are fewer than ever before.
The banks have been observing more closely the
provisions of the national banking act and the rules and
regulations of the comptroller's office.
Coincidently with the closer adherence to the law the
earnings of the national banks, both gross and net, have
exceeded those of any previous year.
Despite the strain and unusual demand upon the
banks in the calendar year 1918, there was no failure of
any national bank throughout the entire country east of
the Rocky mountains, and in the entire country only one
national bank failure, a small bank in California. In the
fiscal year ending November 1. 1918, among state banks,
private banks and trust companies there were 32 failures
in 17 states.
The growth in the resources of the national banks in
the past five years has been greater than the increase
which took place during the preceding twenty-five years.
Their assets now exceed by more than one billion dol
lars the combined resources of all state banks, savings
banks, reporting private banks and trust companies of
the country as late as June, 1916.
Although the national banks of the country placed
between May, 1917, and November 1, 1918, for themselves
and their customers more than $8,600,000,000 of Liberty
Bonds, yet the records sh' W that the deposits of the na
tional banks actually increased between May 1 1917, and
November 1 1918 by $’ 97' 876,
j THE NATIONAL PRESS. j
/- wer.sEair Wil ..a.m Hohenzollern.
.'xv.h.ag . law justifies the trialof
so-’-rresrmi ‘ v ir-XijJt.ng If the beads of
uay te i- •. j.» ■ -..ir t -u<offenses, the prac-
t.ce n riv nq;. > .<> - to their ministers and
•tte- a'. ’ Bonaparte furnishes
*r> the British and was
MUBsaiar. } *•.*. Ad > - -..i./y a prisoner for life.
W.i t..r. av.rr.ed in Holland, a neu-
tral coun’.r,- ■ » e>> »«■ •to be judged, contrary to the
procedure of ElngMzL-speaking nations, In nil absence,
it will first be necessary to gain possession of his ver
son. In some places extradition Is spoken of as a matter
of course, but it is to be remembered that the small free
states of Europe, such as Switzerland, Belgium and Hol
land, are exceedingly jealous of the right of sanctuary.
Whether the former emperor shall be delivered up
or not, much is to be said in favor of a searching inquirv
ae to personal responsibility for the most wanton of al)
A PERSE A DAY. §
IN MEMORY OF “AINT ( INDY.”
(A few days ago. “Aunt Cindy" Williams, who had
been janitress, train-caller and general roustabout at the
Central of Georgia railroad station for twenty years, died.
The following lines, written by Mrs. R. E. Reagan, are
dedicated to the memory of the aged negress, who was a
familiar figure to hundreds of Sumter county people.)
OH, the Central railroad station
Makes you feel so very blue.
For you miss "Aunt Cindy’s" greeting,
“Howdy Mistis, how you do?"
It mattered little how the weather,
Whether foul or whether fair,
If you wished to see “Aunt Cindy,”
You could always find her there.
Cheerful as a ray of sunshine
On a dark and cloudy day,
And the trip that you were taking,
Didn't seem so far away.
When your final trip is taken,
Maybe she will let you through,
With a happy, "Howdy Mister,
Howdy, Mistis. How you do?”
How the South is going to miss thena ,
They are leaving us so fast,
And their memory we shall cherish
Just as long as life shall last.
—MRS. R. E. REAGAN.
great ware. The victorious nations are in conference at
Paris. In due time, the new Germany and. perhaps, a
sobered Russia, will be represented there. If this grand
world council should create a court of civilization for the
trial of William Hohenzollern and others on the charge |
of blood-guiltiness, what better introduction could there
be for the proposed League of Nations?
Vengeance need not control such an inquiry. The
thought of penalties should be secondary to the pursuit
of truth. With actual peace, many sources of informa
tion now closed will be opened. A tribunal empowered in
the name of mankind to examine all the evidence and
proclaim its verdict would not necessarily require hang
men or firing squads to enforce its verdict in case of con
viction. An outraged earth could hardly hold the. male
factors, and their fate would be a warning forever to all
ambitious rulers tempted to aggression.
That would be everlasting justice—New York
World.
Flu The Devil’s Handiwork.
Closing the churches during the flu had a funny ef
fect. Three Methodist families had washings out on
Sunday.—Jewell, Kans., Republican.
A Familiar Figure.
A Topeka paper quotes a newly elected Kansas con
gressman as saying that when he gets to Washington he
intends to do something in behalf of the farmer in the
matter of price-fixing on feed. We have heard before of
newly elected Kansas congressmen that announced their
intention of doing something for the farmer upon their
arrival in Washington, and we were there when some of
them arrived, but we never knew of these congressmen
doing anything for the farmer. The landlords and the
police are about the only people in Washington that pay
any attention to a newly elected congressman. The land
lord looks after his rent and the police watch to see that
the congressman does not blow out the gas.—Beloit
Kans., Gazette.
; THE STATE PRESS. ■.
The Flu in Thomasville.
There is just one sane and sentible way to fight the
fin. and that is to prevent any person infected with it;
communicating the disease to others. That is often im- j
possible in families, where the members of the family f
circle are forced to wait on the sick patient, but there is
no reason why it should go outside of that circle.
The influenza is a death dealing scourge that takes I
life in the hovels of the poor and the palaces of thel
rich It is indiscriminate in its attentions and all are
subject to its attacks. It therefore is necessary for or
ganized health bodies to see that it is isolated as far as
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the direct contact phase is concerned.
If every case of influenza was promptly reported and
quarantined and no patient was allowed to go on the
public places of the city in a condition to contaminate
others, it would soon disappear. That’s the total idea of
the present regulations. They are drastic, but they are
not too drastic to stop the most deadly of diseases. Let’s
support the quarantine strictly and exercise every care
and precaution known to us to keep it down.
Thomasville has been remarkably fortunate in the
past. It will not be in the future unless everybody exer
cises diligence to prevent its spread.—Thomasville
I Times-Enterprise.
We Never Have Time.
Play is the most healthy and sensible business in the
world. Those professional and commercial men who
look upon and relish their occupations as fascinating
games are soon lifted above the need of mere money i
making and continue their efforts only for the true sat- '
isfaction of being useful and the joy of succeeding. They |
are the world beaters in their respective lines. —Irwinton i
Bulletin.
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Plenty wood, running water and some
saw timber. Half mile schools,
churches, stores and mill, and on
public road. Price $2500.00; SIOOO.OO
cash, and balance twelve years if
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AMERICUS
Fish & Oyster
Market
WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
John Nita & Co., Proprietors.
Fresh Spansh Mackerel, Fresh
Water and Salt Water Trout, Red Snap
pers, Red Bass, Sheep-head and all
kinds of Bottom Fish, Shrimps, Crabs
and Oysters and Fish Rolls.
QUICK DELIVERY.
TELEPHONE 778.
216 West Forsyth Street
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Bottling Co.
J I. WAKKI N, Manager
I* G. COUNCIL, Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL V.-P & Ca shier J. M. BRYAN, Asst. Cashier.
INCORPORATED 1891
THE PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS
Resources over one and quarter million dollars
Why not start the New
' Year riSht> and t>egin t 0 saVe
$1 ■ JjijjM as ' systematically by making
« Weekly ° r inonthly de P° sits
mtß in ° ur Savings I)e P ar4mcntJ
f 0 mM' We Pay 4<^C compounded
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gSj wg|HILMH Mj you by helping yourself.
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
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I General Banking Business
| INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
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J. W. SHEFFIELD, Pres. FRANK SHEFFIELD, V.-P.
E. D. SHEFFIELD, Cashier LEE HUDSON, Asst Cashier.
Date of Charter Oct 13, 1891.
Hold your Liberty Bonds. We will
lend you money on them if you need
it. You are invited to call or cor-
respond with us in regard to your
banking business.
Banking Hours, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Bank of Commerce
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 ana 231 Night 661 and 13«
i ALLISON UNDERTAKING CO. |
S ESTABLISHED 1908
o $
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Aulo and Horse Drawn Funeral Cars
01 IN BUCHANAN, Diiector
Day Phone 253, Night Phones 381-J, 106, 657
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919