Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 27, 1922, Page FIVE, Image 5
STATEMEMT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Bank of Johnston
Located at Johnston, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts...$552,199.36
Overdrafts._. 1,054.47
Bonds and Stocks Owned by
the Bank._ 500.00
Furniture and Fixtures,_ 4,808.70
Banking House. 8,000.00
Other Real Estate Owned- 550.001
Due from Banks and Bank
ers. 10,504.94
Currency. 4,558.00
Gold._.i.. 170.00
Silverand Other Minor Coin.. 454.79
Checks and Cash Items_ 20,651 62
Total_$603,451.
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In...$ 75,000.00
Surplus Fund. 75,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Paid. 3,907.45
Due tp Banks and Bankers ' 60.28
Individual Depos
its Subject to
Check.$ 77,963.82
Savings Deposits 24,965.11
Time Certificates
of Deposit. 152,147.36
Cashier's Checks 943.79
256,020.08
Bills Payable, including Cer
tificates for Money Bor
rowed. 188,523.57)
Reserve Fund Carried on
General Individual or Sav
ings Ledger_ 4.940.50]
Total.__.$603,451.88
State of South Carolina, | _
County of Edgefield. I ^
Before me came E. H.- Smith, Cash
ier of the above named bank, who, be
ing duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true con
dition of said bank, as shown by the
books of saic: bank.
E. H. SMITH.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 25th day of September, 1922.
W. B. OUZTS.
Notary Public.
Correct Attest
W. M. Sawyer,
H. W. Crouch,
V. E. Edwards,
Directors.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Bank of Western
Carolina
Located at Johnston, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts.$260,941.76
Overdrafts. 176.39
Due from Banks and Bankers 1,659.12
Currency_._ 4,625 00
Gold. 467.00
Silver and Other Minor Coin 677.29
Checks and Cash Items_ 215.96
Exchanges for the Clearing
House._282.30
Total..........$269,044.82
LIABILITIES :
Undivided Profits, Less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Paid. 2,163.58|
Individual Depos
its Subject to
Check.$ 97,104.34
Savings Deposits 104,898.14
Time Certificates
of Deposit. 50,228.50
Certified Checks. 40.00
Cashier's Checks 564.00
- 252,834.981
Other Liabilities, viz: Due
Head Office, Aiken, S. C.. 14,046.26
Total.$269,044.82
State of South Carolina, \
County of Edgefield. f 33
Before me came G. H. Ballentine,
Manager of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is atrae
condition of said bank, as shown by tae
books of said bank.
G. H. BALLENTINE.
Sworn to and subscribed before nie
this 19th day of September, 1922.
W. W. RHODEN,
Notary Public for S. C.
Correct Attest
J. W. Hardy,
H. G. Eidson,
E. L. Yonce,
Directors.
CONDENSED STATEMENT
OF
Bank of Western Carolina
At Close Business, September 15,1922
ASSETS:
Bills Receivable.438,428.94
Bonds and Stocks._ 51,655.00
Banking Houses, Real Es
tate, Furniture and Fix
tures.......-.ft.t^..,, 176,580.64
Cash on Hand and in Baqks. 642,179.00
. $3,308,843.58
LIABILITIES :'
Capital.$ 289,300.00
Surplus._ 289,300.00
Undivided Profits. 63,298.87
Deposits. 2,666,944.71
Bills Payable. NONE
$3,308,843.58 j
Notice.
All persons indebted to the estate
of J. M. Gay, deceased, are Jiereby )
requested to make payment of same
to the undersigned, administratrix,
and all persons holding claims against
his estate will present same to me
properly sworn to.
SALLIE GAY,
Administratrix.
Sept. 21, 1922.
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE j
Bank of Trenton
Located at Trenton, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
RESOURCES:
Loar?s and Discounts...$177,225.66
Overdrafts._ 215.28
Bonds and Stocks Owned by
the Bank...._ 1,196.80]
Furniture and Fixtures_ 3,557.95
Banking House_ 4,827.50
Other Real Estate Owned.. 825.50
Due from Banks and Bankers 16,265.71
Currency._ 3,500.00
Gold._. 25.00
Silver and Other Minor Coin 1,840.73
Checks and Cash Items., 1,623.43
Income Taxes Paid for which'
Claim for Refund has been
Filed_._ 375.051
Total .1.$211,478.61
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid In. 35,000.00
Surplus Fund. 27,375.30
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Paid..... 1,203.19
Individual Depos
its Subject to
Check...$ 46,509.19
Savings Deposits. 2,269.07
Time Certificates
of Deposit_ 95,882.13
Cashier's Checks 319.83
*- 144,980.22
Bills Payable, including Cer
tificates for Money Bor
rowed ._ .2,500.00
Rlfeerve Fund Carried on
General Individual or Sav
ings Ledger_ 419.90
Total.1_$211,478.61
State of South Carolina, J
County of Edgefield. \ ss
Before me came W. W. Miller.
Cashier of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true con
dition of said bank, as shown by the
books of said bank.
W. W. MILLER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of September, 1922.
G. T. DUNCAN,
Notary Public, S. C
Correct Attest:
A. C. Yonce,
A. S. J. Miller,
J. F. Bettis,
i Directors.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Farmers Bank
OF EDGEFIELD, S, C.
Located at Edgefield, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
RESOURCES :
Loans and Discounts.$410,795.51
Overdrafts_. 3,683.
Liberty Loan Bonds Owned
by the Bank. 40,000.00
Furniture and Fixtures. 1,500.00
Banking House._ 4.500.00
Other Real Estate Owned.. 18,664.73
Due from Banks and Bankers 49,594.77
Currency. 7,914.00
Gold_. 402.50
Silver and Other Minor Coin 256.84
Checks and Cash Items_.. 1,387.32
$538,699.55
LIABILITIES:
Paid Capital.? 75,000.001
Surplus. 90,000.00 ]
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Paid_. 3,580.281
Due to Banks and Bankers.. 582.89 ?
Individual Depos
its Subject to
Check....$138,294.82
Time Certificates
of Deposit. 231,241.56
Total Deposits. 369,536.38
$538,699.55
State of South Carolina, )
County of Edgefield. J &&*
Before me came W. H. Harling,
Cashier of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true con
dition of said bank, as shown by the
books of said bank.
W. H. HARLING.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 25th day of September, 1922.
EDWIN H. FOLK,
Notary Public, S. C.
Correct Attest:
A. E. Padgett,
E. H. Folk,
Wm. A. B^rd,
Directors.
A Farmer Asks Some Grave
. Questions.
Editor 'Edgefild Advertiser :
Please publish the following article
in regard to the situation as it is in
this community and I presume in oth
er communities.too.
First, I wish to be informed as to
how the average farmer shall be able
to meet his debts this present fall,
I mean back debts, such as bank
notes, guano bills, etc. If he is sold
out as is being done in many in
stances, what is to become of his
family? If/his mules and wagon are
taken from him, which is and has
been his sole means of support by
hauling lumber, cross ties, etc., what
then will he turn to do?
Second, how will the average far
mer in the country educate his chil
dren who has no means by which to
obtain books, clothes, etc? Shall ?the
children be deprived of the privileges
and necessities of life on account of
financial depression, which is by no
means their fault?
Third, how will the community, the
county, the state, yea, the country
in which we live, ever become Chris
tianized, if we fail to bear one an
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION .'OP
The Peoples Bank
Located at Edgefield, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
.RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts._$145,081.35
Overdrafts. 2,923.84
Bonds and Stocks Owned by
the Bank..... 2,200.00
Furniture and Fixtures. 5,905.33
Banking House_. 14,199.37
Other Real Estate Owned.. 5,005.00
Due from Banks and Bank
ers. 11,698.20
Currency._. .3,679.00
Gold_._ 360.00
Silver and Other Minor Coin 281.10
Checks and Cash Items. 2.282.30
Other Resources, viz.:_47.00
Total.8193,662.49
LIABILITIES :
Capital Stock Paid In_$ 63,117.51
Undivided Profits, Less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Paid_. 1,837.98
Individual Depos
its Subject to
Check.".$44,818.73
Time Certificates
of Deposits_ 28,963.39
Cashier's Checks 450.33
- 74,232.451
Notes and Bills Rediscounted 5,074.79
Bills Payable, including Cer
tificates for Money Bor
rowed .49,399.76
Total.$193,662.49
State of South Carolina |
County of Edgefield )
Before me came E. C. Asbell, Cash
ier of the above named bank, who, be
ing duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true con
dition of said bank, as shown by the]
books of said bank.
E. C. ASBELL,
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of September, 1922.
G. W. MOBLEY,
Notary Public, S. C.
Correct Attest:
J. W. Stewart,
W. P. Yonce,
A. H. Corley,
Directors.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Farmers & Merchants
ss
Bank
Located at Johnston, S. C., at the
close of business September 15, 1922.
RESOURCES :
Loans and Discounts...$451,367.09
Overdrafts. 1,777.85
Furniture and Fixtures. 9,449.85
Banking House. 2,530.57
Due from Banks and Bankers 3,762.53
Currency __. 3,716.00
Gold......_ 145.00
Silver and Other Minor Coin 247.63
Checks and Cash Items_ 788 ll
Total.$473,784 631
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid In.v.-$100.000.00
Surplus. 25,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses anti Taxes
Paid._ 496.42
Dues to Banks and Bankers 1,686.44
Individual Deposits
Subject to Check $14,803.63
Savings Deposits.. 206.82
Time Certificates of
Deposit. 91,549.31
Cashier's Checks.. 317.29
- 106,877.-05
Bills Payable, including Cer
tificates for Money Bor
rowed . 195,651.49
Advance War Finance Cor
poration._. 44,073.23
Total.$473,784.63
State of South Carolina, )
County of Edgefield. ? bS
Before me came W. C. Derrick,
Cashier of the above named bank,
who being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
W. C. DERRICK,
Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 22d day of September, 1922.
J. C. LEWIS,
Notary Public.
Johnston, S. C.
Correct Attest:
S. J. WATSON.
J. W. COX,
JESSE L. DERRICK.
Directors.
other's burden? If we fail to help
our brother wherein we are com
manded, shall we expect to be
blessed?
As a farmer and observer I ask
these questions that someone might
give some information on some.
Mr. Moneyed Man, if you fail to
help your brother, the farmer, where
with shalt thou be fed? Wherewith
shalt thou be clothed?
Mr. Landlord, are you going to
turn your poor tennant out because
he did not make a big crop of cotton,
or because he did not make a big
corn crop? Shall we as a Christian
people not help our neighbor, that he
in turn may help*someone else? What
about it?
A FARMER.
Pleasant Lane.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable' as a
General Tonic because it contains the
wellknowD tonic properties of QUININE
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I Our large stock o:
and is now on <
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be pleased to sho\
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Concerning Mr. W. G. Ouzts.
On the second page of this issue
of The Advertiser will be found a
two-column report of the Republican
convention which was held in Colum
bia last Tuesday, the report reach
ing us too late for publication last
week. In this report the name of W.
G. Ouzts appears as one of the del
egates, with Milton Strother, a ne
gro, as chairman of the delegation.'
Below will be found a card from
Mr. Ouzts published in yesterday's
State in which he denies any affilia
tion with the Republican party. How
ever, it is not difficult to read be
tween the lines of Mr. Ouzts' state
ment to his embarrassment.
In the first place, what business
did Mr. Ouzts, who calls himself a
Democrat, have at a Republican con
vention held in a negro theatre, thir
ty-five per cent of which was com
posed of negroes?
If at the time Mr. Ouzts objected
to his name appearing on the official
list of delegates, why did he not of
fer objection upon the floor of the
convention ?.nd demand that it be
stricken from the list? His chief,
j Tolbert, seems to have ruled the con
vention with a big stick and he there
fore raised no objection in Tolbert's
presence.
. Mr. Ouzts states that Strother told
him that other parties were the del
egates. Why should this negro chair
man, Strother, whom Mr. Ouzts knew
to be an objectionable character,
hold communictaion with him as to
who the delegates were? Does this
not indicate that Mr. Ouzts, to at
least a small degree, was counseling
with them?
If Strother, the county chairman,
substituted the name of Mr. Ouzts
for that of an absent delegate, ac
cording to Mr. Ouzts' statement, did
he not regard Mr. Ouzts as accept
able to the party and that it would
likewise be agreeable to Mr. Ouzts?
This looks like affiliation, call it by
whatever name you please.
The following is Mr. Ouzts' card:
To the Editor of The State:
I notice that in the issue of your
paper of September 20 reporting the
proceedings of the Republican con
vention held in Columbia September
19, my name appeared as a delegate
to the said convention as a member
from Edgefield county. My informa
tion is that M. J. Strother and An
drew Simkins were delegates to the
convention, Strother being the coun
ty chairman of said party.
Strother informed that he and
Simpkins were the delegates elected
to the convention. Simpkins, I am in
formed, did not appear.
I have never affiliated with the Re
publican party in any manner what
ever, and am a loss to know why my
name should appear in your paper
as a delegate to a Republican con
vention.
I am 50 years old and have never
voted any other than a Democratic
ticket, and do not expect to vote any
other. Wiley G. Ouzts.
Note: Newspaper men at the con
vention were furnished with the offi
cial list of delegates. This list was
copied and was published.
J. S. BYRD
Dental Surgeon
Office Over' Store of
Quarlea & Tiimmerman
Office Phono No. 3
Residence Phono 87
f New Fall Millinery
display. We are s]
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shapes, styles and
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A Denial That Denies Nothing
Mr. M. A. Watson who, through
the good graces of Joe W. Tolbert,
the dispenser of Republican "pie"
and an obnoxious character who has
been a thorn in the side of the people
of South Carolina for several dec
ades, is postmaster at Johnston, ap
pears to be displeased because The
State published his name .as an alter
nate to the Republican convention
which met in Columbia last Tuesday,
along with the official list of dele
gates. As will be seen from the sub
joined card from Mr. Watson, he de
nies being a delegate, something he
was not charged with, but DOES NOT
DENY being an alte tate. He thus
dodges the issue but does not mis
lead or deceive anybody. That which
makes it worse for Mr. Watson, fol
lowing the publication of his denial,
the negro secretary of the conven
tion, Mobley, asserts that Watson
was an alternate.
In such a case as this there is but
little difference, if any, in being a
delegate and being an alternate.
Those who are chosen as alternates
must impress their associates that
they are just as interested and just
as loyal as those selected as delegates
or they would not be chosen at all.
Therefore, the only way for Mr. Wat
son to absolve himself, clear his
skirts of the taint and odium of Re
publicanism and relieve himself of
the charge of traitorous disloyalty is
to publish a flat-footed, straight
from-the-shoulder denial that he has
ever affiliated with or been associated
in any manner whatsoever with the
Republican party, and then demand
that Tolbert and Mobley show by
what authority his name was placed
upon the list of delegates as an al
ternate. Even then many would not
be disposed to accept the statement
without a generous sprinkling of
salt, as Mr. Watson "happened" to
be in Columbia, if not in the negro
theatre, on the day of the conven
tion. It is reported that he did at
tend the convention.
Mr. Watson's denial is as follows:
To the Editor of The State:
My Dear Sir: In your issue of The
State on September 20, you reported
me as a delegate to the Republican
convention. This was a mistake, my
name was not called, was not asked
to be a delegate. You will please cor
rect this error and if there is any
charges, send me the bill and I will
pay it.
Very truly,
M. A. Watson.
Johnston, September 22.
The State gladly publishes with
out charge this letter from M. A.
Watson. The official list of delegates
to ?this convention was furnished
newspaper men who were reporting
the convention, and this list was cop
ied. The name of M. A. Watson was
on the list as an alternate from
Edgefield county, and was so publish
ed in The State.
H. H. Mobley of Columbia, secre
tary of the convention, when asked
about this matter last night said that
M. A. Watson was not a delegate but
was an alternate and his name so ap
peared on the list. His name was pub
lished in The State as an alternate.
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Parkman-Griffis Marriage..
Never was a marriage more beau
tiful in its simplicity or of more in
terest to friends, than that of Misa
Lou Eva Parkman, the ^charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Park
man to Mr. Robert Edwin Griffis sol
emnized at the Baptist parsonage at
Edgefild on September 10. ?
Only the family and a few friends
of the bride and groom were present,
Rev. A. T. Allen performing the cer
emony.
The bride wore a handsome suit
of blue Poiret twill with a becoming
hat of gray and accessories? to match.
The groom is a young business
man and 'musician of Cleora, S. C.
Miss Parkman was a pretty and at
tractive brunette and was President
of the Y. W. A. of Red Oak Grove
and secretary of one of the mission
ary circles.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy couple left by auto for his
home at Cleora, where they were met
by many friends who greeted "*em
with many welcomes and many, gifts.
A FRIEND.
Expecting Rise in Cotton Price.
Cotton at 35 or 40 cents a pound be
fore another year is "entirely-within
the bounds of reason," acording to J
Clifton Rivers, warehouse commis
sioner, in a statement issued yester-'
day.
Mr. Rivers urges to farmers to go
slow in offering their cotton for sale
as he expects a gain of from $25 to
$50 a bale within a few weeks.
"Knowing that it is not good poli
cy to advise people concerning the
future prices , of cotton, I have re
grained so far this year from appear
ing in the public prints, but condi
tions have forced themselves upon
us, and in the face of a market
steady and strong, with the sale of
Texas cotton at the rate of 50,000
bales per day, together with an indus
trial situation, the like of which at
marketing time the cotton belt has
never experienced, it is time for
somebody to sit up and take notice.
Cotton with all this tirade of sell
ing and violent bearish circumstances
has remained steady at a price around
22 cents per pound; therefore, those
who have studied the situation are
'convinced that as soon as the supply
begins to diminish and the industrial
situation has a prospect of settling,
a great deal higher prices than at
present will be realized for spot cot
ton.
"It, therefore, behooves every far
mer who has a single bale of cotton
to go slow in offering it for sale, as
a few weeks, in the opinion of the
writer, will show a gain of $25 ts
$50 per bale in the amounts realized
from such sale. Store your cotton in
a state warehouse and get a receipt
issued by the state and relieve your
selves of your liabilities and watch
your product increase in value short- .
ly by leaps and bounds, at a mini
mum cost. It is entirely within the
bounds of reason to predict that cot
ton will bring 35 to 40 cents per
pound before another year, and this
increase in value should be turned
into the hands of the farmers rather
than into the hands of the cotton
speculators. Sell just as little at pres
ent prices as you possibly .can and
store and hold for a few weeks and
realize the profit, which in my opin
ion and in the opinion of others who
have studied the situation, will be a
great increase over the present
price."-The State.
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