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People's Nati PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK. An Institution Which Has Been Suc cessfully Managed and Which Has Paid Good Returns-The Officers. E,st abi islit'l in October. 1903, the People's National Bnik. of Prosper itv. has st(ltily increased its busi aemet t of its otieers and boarl oft di rectors. fihe return from the inlvest ments has exceeded the high0e.At hopes ot- those who p1ut their I money in tle enterlprise. The president of the bank is Mr. H. C. Moselev. Mr. M. A. Carlisle, presi dent of the National Bank of Newher, ry, is vice-prsident, Mr. W. W. Wheeler cashier, and Col. George Johnstone attorney. The following gentlemen compose the I)Oard of diree tors': M. A. Carlisle, George John stone, John E. Fellers, Joseph tr. HuIter. George W. Rowers,. William Pugh. W. A Moseley. J. P. Bowers, H. C. Moseley, R. I. Luther, .1. A. C. Kihler. The deposits increased one hun Ored per cent. during the fitst year, and havT ben steadily inereasing Prrident H. 0. Moseley. sincre. I )n-ing- the sping,~ thle seasoni in the s.mth when thle crops are mtak ing anmd t he pteople are using their money, the deposits remained het ween sixty-one thousandi dollars and sixty t wo) thoustnandi dollars, while the re se rve funid and undivided profIts ap proximat thrIi ee Ithoulsandl dlollars. 'Tie bank hasi openeid about one thous n4nd accounts since it wa~s establishied. It owes hardly a dollar either of b6r rowed money or to other b)anks. A th he per' cent, semi-annual dividend is h I it A it k ti WIf o1t 0,i nal Bank. leelaredl onl the first of Jannary and( hie ft'st of July. Thle bank's home is i modern strutuhre, handsomely fuir lished. President H. 0. Moseley. President H. C. Mloseley was borni nt Prosperity onl November 27, 1846, ie Son of Daniel M1oseley. I 1865 le eane.d in the mercantile business n hiN niative town. heing a member of he firm of Wheeler & bAoseley. com rsed of s idn Wheeler and H. C. Josdlev l;. C.A. M,oseley, for wventy-five yeans. INo 1-eb r. Wheel r Vohintarfiny retired, his interest be le purciased by AMoseley Brothers, 14d te bsiness since hans bee. ru is Moseley Brothers. When the war broke out Mr. doseley was fifteen years of age. He mlisted in Co. H, Holcombe Legion , md saw service on the coast of South f arolhina. North Carolina and Vir- n tinia. He was discharged at Golds- b >oro, N. C., as being under age. He ti amne home and went to selool a year, m)d then joined Coleman's Boy Com iany A, Williams Batallioi, in 1863, erving as second lieutenant until the lose of the war. Wlhen Mr. Moselev and his brother egan business they had a capital be ween thei of two dollars. Mr. Moseley has been engaged rominently in many other enterpris s. At one time lhe was in charge of lhe business of WVheel!er & Moseley, ankers,; handling two million (do1 irs during his service and losing only ixteen dollars. This was the first anikin. business ini Prosperity. He .as elected presidenit of the Cdlum ia, Newberry & Laurens road upon01 Is organization, anti served three ears, hiavior resigned after three 'ears and being succeded by Mr. W. . C.hiilds. He is now vice-president uid a director. He has been interest-. d and is now interested in the saw ar Jos.H. Hnter tueton cmpay, wielibnit th lC. . L od. He wastresdnto he Piedmont Land & -Improvement ompany 'for several years. He' was hoson vice-president of. the People's ational Bank upon its organization, mud thme first of this year, he sueceeded fr. M. A. Carlisle-as president. Mr. ~foseley takes pride in the fact that 10 has not drnnk a half pint of whis eoy during the wh'lole of his life and hat~ he has ahvays paid his debts. C hier' W. W. Wheler. if.V. W. Wheeler, eashi,Wea is orn in Pr'osperity in d872, the son it f J. M. Wheeler., Ie' wan chose k ishier of the bank upon its organi ition. For two years prior to thai me he was book-keeper for Uaw inls Btrothetrs and prior to that tim, ' CimoN Ilo\)whvmitnt.1, 'II.yflom)3w% WIV was 1, en!aIed inl the mlereantile bu,ts. Iess il lrperity. lie is a good anker. Ater (lie baik had heel I operation seven lothis the govern ent examinier 'ound that Mr. Wheel had o hand, aecorkding to the ex. Iner's count, tenl centls too much. lie examiner concluded that he himl if had made a mistake. and toolk [r. Wheeler's count. The Directors. The directors of the bank are well lown business men, aid the institu oI has only bright prospects of an en 1 moret successful biusitiess in' the iture. COURT or JUSTICE. :agistrate B. B. Hair De0s With Offenders Against the Peace and Dignity of the State. For many Years Juid.ge R. B.' Hair is beelnl111 magistrate lit Prosperity, II he deals etYeetively with the of niders agaitist lie peace anid dignity Sith Carolina. He was appoint ma,g,istrate twenty-onie years ago, Id has served coitiniuously, with the A6-,~ Magistrate B. B. Hair. ceeption of four years. Judge Hair is well known through at Newberry county and has ninny riends throughout the state. He has inde himself a terror to evil-doers, it il his court he dispenses only jus cc. The law is his guide. Mrs. Classi Bridges is 84 years old 1(d int good health. Site was a Misa 'eeks. Hecr husbanid and( all her uillren are dlead. She lives with her' tn-in-law B. B. H-air. Mrg. Lucy 0. Bedenbaugh. Mrs. Lucy C. Bodenbaugh, whose eture we print is niow in her 90th mnr. Before her marriage site was :iss Lucy C. Wright, a -sister of the te Capt. Ri. H. Wirighit of Newher .She married Mr. Jnto. Adam edemibaugh in 1845, who died Janu -y 5, 1899. She has hand four child ni, but only one is living, the Rev. W. Bedenba ugh, with whorn she akes her home. Her general health kood and she Is -very f6nd o0f read~ g, egpecially the neOwspapers and sena wealnostA on o..,,.n. ev.1 PAO1RITY STOO 0. One of Prospority's Largeit And M( Substantial Business Firms. Onehi of Pros(1poiity 's larg.est ai m1Ost ulist ant ial busiiess firms is t 'rosperity Stcek comipany, which w 01r1- an1ize,l inl 1889 with a1 capital sto of $10,000, for the purpose of sellij and )IIyilg horses, mules aid oth live stock, sellin buggies, wagoi aimricultural implements, harness ai doing 'a general livery business' The principal place of business at Prosperity. From 189 until 1903, tie coipai oiilueted sale staibles at Johnst ~' ~k~sk J. L. Wise. and Saluda. During the early pa of the nineties they also sold muiles Edgefield. They commnticed busiess at P)ro perity inl whit is 11w tie stables pr pwi, havin.- their office inl the smn buildiln. ThIe bluinles hIs increal edl So tliat they n1ow have a sepalla ofTice. with the ulp stairs for a ha ness room, and a larte bug'y repot tory 40x100 feet facing Main stree They carry about 35 jobs on han ranging in price from $45 to $15 Their principal line is Studebake Tyson and Jones, Taylor Cannady at High Point. They have a wagon repository ju back of their office, which they ha filled with Studebaker wagons. They sold at Prosperity last se son about 150 mules, 2 car laods wagons, and 150 buggies and ear ages. The president of the company Mr. A. G. Wise, who is also preside of the Bank of Prosperityt His ea eer as a business main is spoken elsewhere. - Mr. J. Lawson Wise, vice-pre denit of the company was born< the 19th (lay of February, 1858, the lower part of No. 9, about eig: miles below Prosperity. He was e gpgedl in the mercantile business pris to 1589, when lhe went into the stoi bunsinless Mr. Wise is the son< Maj. P. E. Wise, and a brother< A. G. Wise. Mr A. Birge Wise is the younge mnember' of the firm, being secretai and treasurer. He was horn on tl 9th of August, 1854, andl has het secreta ry and treasurer of the eor pany since~ 1903. H-e is a son of ti presidlent, Mr. Allen (4. Wise. I graduatedl at Newberry college in tl class of 190:3. Mr. D). .1. Taylor is in t he emnplo; mnent of thle company as salesman. 'Tle success which has at tendled i management oif the company is he: A. B. Wise, told by the amo~unt of business that does. It has done mnehl for Prospei -ity being always willing to help i any movement for the 'Advancement o the town.. The com.pany built a fin b)riek building on Main street lam fall, which -is note occupied by th Liviaet'dnj }iid are cmpstiy - t fraternity hall on the second flqqr.) also owns a good deal of real estat in the Mnronng n mmf-l.. lt id he as Oti er is, ld is ly Bank of BANK OF PROSPBRITY. Prosperity's First Public Banking Institution-The Figures Show Its rt Large Business ind Good Profits. .t Tle Balk of Prosperity was the t. first publibale lnki,ng institution or 'ranlized inl Prosperity. tle vnly bank in i busiess in that city prior to the S.. Irlnizat io of the Blank of Prosper te ity hein2 thle pivate basnkin blluess r- of Wheeler & M.seley. From its eq i tablislenicit the Bank of Prosperity t. has had remarkable success. Organ Sized in September, 1902, with a capi 0. tal stock of $25,000, it now has on , hand over $12,000 in undivided pro d fits, making the institution really a $37,000 bank. Mr. A. G. Wise is president, Dr. 't George Y. Hunter vice-president, and ve Mr. J. F. Browie cashier. Mr. J. A. Counts is book-keeper. The follow a- in. gentlemen compose tile board of Df directors: Dr. G. Y. Hunter, Dr. J. - S. Wheeler, S. S. Birge, P. B. Warner, N. L. Black, C. P. Boozer, A. G. Wise, is J. F. Browne, A. H. Hawkins. nt Tie deposits for the past several i- months haive been steadily increasing, Df as tiey have done from the oraniza tion of the bank. A three per centt. i semi-annual dividend has been paidI in it a st Prsien A G Wse Presidenntto Au $12,00,ver clearly shows the ability and success with which teistitution has been managed. Dmring the spring monthus this year the dleposits averaged about *00,000. Last fall wh'en money was coming in, instead of going out, as is the case in the spring mionthis, the deposits went to about $140,000. t n f (lahfer 3. )IBrown.. Prosperity. President A. G. Wise. President A. G. Wise is a man who has done much for Prosperity. He has been prominently identified with the business of the town and of the whole county since lie first went into business. Mr. Wise was born on Saluda river, in No. 9 township, in 1860, and moved to Prosperity nine years later. He attended school in Prosperity, and was a student of Newberry college during the years 1877, 1878 and 1879. Wlien lie left- college lie Went back to Prosperity and was in the eimploy for a time of Moseley Brothers, as a clerk in their mercantile establishment. He then went into the mercantile bu,si ness himself. Later Mr. Wise went into the stock business in Prosperity, and is now a member of the Prosperity Stock com pany, one of the largest business firms in the county. He entered the stock business in 1886. The Prosperity Stock company was organized in 1889, Mr. Wise being chosen presi dent, whch position he still holds. Mr. Wise has been proprietor of the Wise hotel for twenty-four years. He is a public-spirited citizen, and is .ever ready to give his aid to any thing that works for the upbuilding and the upliftingx of his community. Cashier J. F. Browne. The cashier of the Banik of Pros perity is Mr. J. F. Browne, who was born in Waco, N. C., in 1870. After heaving school lie was eniraged in the railroad business ut ii 1902, when lie was elected cashier oif the Bank of Prosperity. He has lived in Pros perity (luring the past eleven. years, andl during his stay thiere has made many warm friends. In 1903~ he was marriedl to Miss Annie Belle Wise, a dlaugh*ter of Mr. A. f. Wise. A rine Showing. It takes enier y and ability to make Bookkeeper R.-A. Counts. thme showing made by the Banik of Prosperijty during the short periodh of its existence, The figures giving the amnoit of business done, make a flne banking record, of which any similar maitituition might be proud. Two of Them. ''olycomnmittedI suicide, you know. HIe lost half his great for tune mn speculation very suiddenlyI." ' Yes, and did y,ou h ear about his ''When lhe heard bi4as to reeceiv rihat was left the ntudden joy drov0 tim hopeless inend("--Philadelphia ~ress.