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OVER 30,000 NEW ^ SAVINGS ACCOUNTS < DURING YEAR 1921 Savings deposits in South Caro lina banks and trust companies in creased more than $5,300,000 last year, and more than 32,000 addtion x. al savings accounts were added to the 1920 total. I These figures are frojn a state- j ment just made public by the gov ernment savings organization of the I Fifth Federal district to show the development of the general savings movment and to emphasize the pro i gress which has been made in check ing the tendency towards unwise spending and waste. Vln South i^aronna xnere ?r?? tax banks of -which .311 replied to the ^ Questionnaire sent out by the gov ernment savings organization of the Fifth district. Among this number are most of the larger banks, the re . porting institutions representing L probably more than 90 per cent of % the banking resources of the state.. Their figures which are for January L, 1. 1920, ad January 1, 1921 show that last year their savings deposits increased from $74,770,231.26 to to $80,086,676.31, a gain of more than $5,300,000. The number of savings accounts in South Carolina increased during the same period from 135,750 to *1*8,195. Total de posits for 1921 were listed as $144, 467,477.20. The more than $80,000,000 in; savings deposits does not by. any Qieans represent the total savings of I the state, the statement shows since! many hundreds of thousands of dol- j lars were saved and safely invested! in government savings stamps una certificates, Liberty bonds and other standard securities. The large sum of money in the savings deposits of South Carolina [ banks is regarded as strong evidence J of the progress of the general sav- ' ings movment in this stale. The sav ings idea is one of the principles to] which the war gave strong impetus, and many persons learned to save for the first time in their lives, the j records show, when they subscribed j for Liberty bonds, paying for them | out of their current savings. The j bonds bought represented, when; paid for millions of dollars saved, a statement from the Fifth district says. That the savings movement is j making forward strides throughout the whole of the Fifth Federal Re serve district (Maryland, the Dis trict of Columbia, the two Virginias and the two Carolinas) is shown byj the fact that last year the savings' deposits in 1,685 reporting banks! and trust companies out of 2,260 in creased more than $65,000,000, while the number of individuals! savings accounts advanced from 1,-| 887,741 to 2,32,1*27, an increase of! 436,686. This means that there are now in this district something like At\fi Ann mnro ciXur^An fha KftnlfC f\4 the banks than last year. Total 1921 deposits in the 1,685 reporting banks were given as $2,083,535,390, of which mortf than $805,300,000 rep resented savings deposits. Besides the money saved and de posited in the banks and that invest ed in government savings securities the records show that more thai^$l, 000,000,000 was invested by the people of the Fifth Federal Reserve district in the five issues of Liberty bonds the per capita that is the aver age total amount subscribed by every person in the district?men, women and children?being $115, 33 this sum -of course representing savings in addition to other money invested or deposited in banks. It is so the directors' room of the bank for committee meetings. The offer was receive from Robert I. Wood side, president, yesterday. "Mr. Woodside writes the chief executive that he hopes that Green-1 ville will be made the permanent; capital of the state.?The State. A CLEAN CI1 ORDE PROCLAMATION CLEAN-UP WEEK Come on, let's put things in or der. Our whole City can and should be made as clean and orderly as its cleanest home. Then we will have a safer, happier, healthier City. Ambition in its highest conception lis to dream big dreams and make them come true. The splendid ambi tion to have a clean City and beatN tiful is soon to become a reality by the co-operation of all the people. Therefore, by virtue of the au thority visited in me as Mayor, and with the hearty approval of many far-seeing and zealous citizens, we hereby proclaim the week of MAY 9TH -14TH, 1921 AS Clean Up, Paint Up, Keep Up Week Away with the rubbish piles? Banish the dirty spets?'Clean up streets and alleys?Cut the weeds, mow the lawns and trim the hedges ?Repair and paint or whitewash all buildings and fences that need it* We need this thorough cleaning and renovation. It is the sensible ipo0 m ******>* #?$ to be taken into account, however, that many individuals and other pur chasers of government bonds have not yet fully paid for them and the ^ banks are now carrying these se curities. The amount so carried is nevertheless small in proportion to the whole. THE GOVERNOR AND GREENVILLE Since receiving an offer from the Greenville chamber of commerce for a summer home in Greenville Gover nor Cooper has received an offer of offce room on the mezzaine folor of the Woodside National bank and al \ FREE PORTRAIT OF MR. EDISON .12 Franklin Booth, who has made famous port ait etch ings of Lincoln and Roose velt, has just completed a fine etching of Mr. Edison as he looks today. We will be glad to give you a proof done on off-set paper, suit ab'e for framing size 12 x 19. This proof has a fac-si mile autograph of Mr. Edi son. Bring or mail the cou * pon for it. THIS AD M Why not bei ing your ph( getting full e: and let us ex mean to you THE! rThe Home of the rY~BY R OF MAYOR 0 thing to do?for the health safety, 1 thrift, pride and * happiness of all our people. It is everybody's job. Let there be I no slacker& i .T. Maoea Htfirs. Mavot. City of Abbeville, S. C. CONTINUE PROBE IN NEGRO KILLINGS Atlanta, Ga., April 28.?Investi gation was being continued today of the killing of three negroes in a county in Southwestern Georgia fol lowing the slaying of . a constable and another white man by a negro who made his escape. The negroes killed were said to have been accused by members of the mob of having aided in the flight of the negro sought by the mob, but details and even the name t of the county were withheld at the capitol for the time being. Plying machines carrying passen gers now travel regularly between Paris and London. The fare is $10 f and is being reduced steadily. , SATURDAY eads get tr from the four corner* of a pilgrimage of music nering of Ediscto dealers in thouund and more. art in highly inspired kry? t taata h mottc. 6? Ur mtnkM i taat,?kew l? fit too** muoc-loitr# U il pnot th?i Uttnlwe to tht N?w m Maahg to tilt Hrhvf artkt MM o? Med muse In tb? luane-thronf* 4i, IM Cluap CWrtt, Tum-TaUf Coot id awnletlM hi tk? b?n*. EW EDISON "Tke Phonograph with a Soul" VfUtilo6tf ti Tfcis is not t> The ?ptfH Mr. Edbc 7*7 4/ 2Amoi Scene at 1920 Convention riath-lifbl pbotofraph of a Kctioa of Mk)-Wr?l Cooveotio* ?f Edtaa dealer*, at Bi?cijtooe Th**tr< CkU cjgc.Julf It tod 13,lfto. TeWintnU Ibt prrfrct rmlltm of lb* N*v B4ieea, Tkoioea Chflaan, knM fcarflooi of tho Metropolitan Opera Compur. tog la direct <ixul?f1*oo w*?h tea New EdrMo'i Rt-Ciunm of hit >okt, ?od oo dKTer*?re coo Id be detected.-Tkit pho?ofrm?H wu taken InmediaU!* after Mr. Cbalaar* Wd raapltlsd nil cotopariMO. 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