Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

3 t cralb aub tuewe VOL XIII. O.96TEWBERRY. S. 0. TUELS PAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1906. TWIOE A WEEK. S1.5O A YEAR Ban] THE BANK OF PROSPERI .tresideat A. G. Wise R.gni Go. T. Hunter Elected Presic J. S. Wheeler V-Presidsni -No Other Changes. Imp1ortz't ebanves were ma -the ollicers of the lank or-Pros on yesterday. This bank was or-anize( in tember, 11)1:. withi t eaplital (of 000.00, and( h1"S bevin viminely cessfil fromi the hIi)in:. Ii I hand in llu(fivi(I profisI sl, over $12.000.00 a.1 il a.bliti thlis, has beenl pain a semi--1 (livideId fiinm the be::j illin baik. Mr. A. G. Wise was really th moter i and org.anizer 6f the insti and was its lirst presidlent an1 president 1until yes(e , day.. T duin the ge-citer-part of (I)c A G Wise the managemefl1nt of theL ins.til On account of his continue health he has been forced to from the institution, and at a ing of the dir'ectors yester-day - ed1 his resignation as pride(lnt The dleposit account of the has also been good from the beg and has5 steadily mnieaesed1, sh the confidence which the peoo the community had in the somi of the instituthin and good bu ma nagement of' the president. Mr. Wise, wvho *retires, was on Salnda uver in No. '9 Towns 1860, ..m! moved with his fal Priosperity about nine 'years lati is ai pub)lic sp)irited citizen 'an bleen Iandl is still, ever ready anything that will''work to tl .hnilding and uplift.ing of his onr t< to es wl tli t ol c of Prosperity. TY. ity?. He is still a younl- manl and hilsb -n-ny friends hope that absolute rest tj ,-Dr. maly result inl restoring him to gooda l.ent nath, so that he may assist thema AWt thle fur't"er advNAncemlenit of hll- L cO11Mu ity.t .'GereY. Hunt11er, who hiam rN bleen vc-esden t w." the bank1, suec- a deAnllNM. Wlvise in the presidency. si perit vlwas bern inl lower 'No. 9) Towni , hip), also, inl Octoberl, 18GS. He was Sep- fir-st frained in thle common schlools oft 'SI1C' No whl&m vC(Ale-e for. two year'S, Com1 I, nS p i hs I at thie I tth1n1, mth Car;Iim Uiivrity. He wa., "tY iated in,t m thle medical deant- is 111C'.mlt cof TulaIne v University, Newp f-D the Orensu in 91. ng immoitely located at heay o it trecti a tutionlI e n:e: lePPsperity ft the ractice ti * 5*. tcol ollie Dr.eC111 G. a Y. Hun'tear,sa Ci of i li~~ hi professin. In is. ahea wiin'th aofhisa Uatient. le seve the towni n o f Prosp ierUiity, iNtean forut Ourn yein ,. and iniasdring his administat liop ta fhe thwn prctic pi'-A et he uition. 1 d ill DinGYeliite >I of c'u tI~'s ei siiIednt I 'itdness tiheaa d ill e up- I Dr. . SSWheltr Bamun- ~ take on new life, the two banks ving been organized and the Cot.. e n Seed Oil Mill built, but the great- Il t achievement of the town during tit s administration was the movement lich resulted in the erection of the idsoime graded school building, iich is all ornient and a credit to 0 Community. 1 Dr. Hunter is a good business man ld owilg to the demalinds ulponl his I S ci 31 el re MI1 J. F. Browne. me inl lookhrz- after his lar.-e rarm gr and( finlanicial interests, somle time ro Ietir-ed Irolm Ilte active practil]c (medicine. He is youig, enterpris ig, progressive, active and intelli mt and tihe hank will continue to rosper iluder his Idilinlist rat ioll, if a :)ssihle, even more than it has here >fore. Dr. J. S. Wheeler, who was chos i vice-president, has been a mem er of the board of directors since ie organization of the bank. He is son of the late D. Henry Wheelerl nid was born just across the line in exiiigton couity il 1872. IIe was raduated with distinction from tile ewberry college in the class of 1894, i(] in 1895 entered Tulane Univer ty at New Orleans, from which le raduated with ionors inl the class of ;98. He located for the practice of is urofessioll ill tile town of Pros lritv and formed a partnership with xv r. 111111ter il 1898. Ile also served 1 le town Ias, ilite(dalt for't wo terms, S wevedingr )r. Hunter, and gave hiNs ifluence inl earrying forward thle im-v rovements bengu m ulder his predeces Iis. i, Dr. Wheeler, in addition to his pro- ei Issioill duties, has laIge illterests ill C lis and Lexiln.ton counties, which il ike a good part of his time. lie is t( ill a yolnil'' mnanl Who has good husi- 1i ass judgienlt, aid will be a vallable a mnsellor to President. Hunter ill m mn1ai1.gellelt of tile banlk. it Mr. J. Franik Browne, wh1o has beeln Ishier of tle Iniik Since it was, Ir- h iii d . A ized wil reain hat osiion.He as brn i Wao, N C.,in 870 nd pneaigsho,etrdteri-v ta uiesadfrqieaw ia as get o te outer a Prs. t ert,wihpstonh eindt "5. inotebnigbuie.H st (m1etad flin addrn 1 te elven earsthathe hs reided rthpatya,wlirtihis a riesen pgl etiiI a.psition.Heiayon man, s) -hladsii~ shond fre atitudeill a at ie banking busines. lie ian l riCeds th rhu that lest i et The personnel of the board of tors remains unchanged. The r I meeting of stocklholders will le place until some time niext I Mr. Wise's Resignation. 'o) the Board of l)iIetors, ln Prosper'ity. mitlemen: I elreby ten(ler mI resignatil esideit of the Bank of 1rospe mtlh Carolina. My health is at I (ann1i1ot ser,ve you inl tle e ly of president loe.Cl. itankc You and0 each of, youl i kindness, Consideratiion and >era,1tion whlile youri pre(- Sidenlt. With my best wishles for. tihe fu Wtinued success of' tle institi amn, Yours I ruly, A. (1. Wi Resolutions of Regret. Wher-eas (lhe Conlditionl ofMr ises' healtli makes it neeessarN iml It) r-esigi flhe peieniley of k f l'rosperi1y, tlierlore 1 solved: 1.'That wve. the( dfirectors of, mk. expr-ess ourl appr-eciationl o >de and efficienlt managemenPlvit of ,titutionl inl ever-y par-ticudl.. 2. That we expreOSS 411tu sinle, .rets at his resignatim, aind at lhe may he sipedilY 'estorlt, -althI. :1. Tihit a eopy (f, thlese resoilu id lwvaible be Sent to Ai. ]d publishied inl the eounity pape P). B. W-arner. A. i. Hawkins. G"eo. Y. Hunter. S. S. Birge. C. P. Boozer N. L. Black. Jacob S. Wieeler. J. F. Browne. WADE HAMPTON, THE HE ouching Little Incident at Grc in Which a Half Blind Sold Pays Tribute to Sculptor. Thie spirit of the old soldiers ill attend the inveiligir of aml1plon "Momiuimenlt odlly and I outi Carolinians blrea(les tl e touchIliniig storly told in Tihe :.stenlay. The State says: Th'le "Ieneral1 topie of' converqs; a n. arounid tile State capitol il fv and all over the State of, , at-olina , venfters in the ippnl. event, thle Ilnveiflng of, thle If m1 stailue. hc agiiet a1 fimur has 1-alray excited; hnirannitionl froml thos'e w\hIo have ebiain1we io See, talik and it'ite n A lady wlo does not want lunle ientioniel sail yestenilay Ive bivand manly cr1itivismls of arvelis wmrk ol a i-:ini -1ist by t vih ose well gnal ..' iss it, those whom inill otlie lanid, en 1ithe work. (t' I le imaste's and >poirtuiity to c'ompareit farm* I ithI thiemi (everyi exqufiisi eP anda let dtil of t his suiperbi wholle. ' lt'1iums sh11$$ubl11 sat isfyv evein tist, who lhas nol sui'or ar ite' than all o1flhese' I heand ve ay, andl te followinlg simple 'lt will serve' to illtateto its hi pat1hios: ariS of age.0, who1 truly lv(xpress5 bn lie says lie 'is abns wore51~~lI inte a i lon. and14 wea'ry'' way Vto iP~~' ib tu sk for1 somei 4theial il alwe arie al ways ghul14 to see( 'ar old felows who aret paissin 1)i(dly away, and like to mnake 1 them. iIe camne gropinig his , iiearly blind, and1( after ta] ileI anid gi vintg hiim all thie en, ~emenit his ease c'allied for, we b: tell himn oft the great day appin anda t111hat lie must t ry and1( get at the old( soldiers were to lin ce hot dinner', and lie could ic speaking. We added that oi mnitt of the infirmity of sigh 01uld hardly be ale to see the Ie, buit lie could have a good( lyway. ' 'At t his point hie inte(rrupi) lid wvith theit faint glow of1 the >irt of hoyalty that made hii with tio dot battle14 for hiis eo(I ghting his fast fading eyes, exe '1: 'T ain't hina(l about n ut dir- being put up, but as I come along out is jus egu- there, I looked up and blind as I is, I this b not, seed him up there on his hoss and Would ,ear. knowed him and took off my ole hat 10 ets to him and wanted to holler.' ''le (lid not see in the lofty figure Did k of the perfection of art., the embodiment boy ol of the genius of the artist, but le with i saw with his dim old eyes H1amiipton, ry sw i as his loved general, the hero of '70; poor rity, Hampton the mail So 1 say in this down such h1mble recogiitionl the artist has re- But apI)a%- evived his greatest. tribute.'' Ilercl to cot for The Mail Order House and The Dol- kinow co- lar that Never came Back. dovn A Ifeiat little story is told of a far- eustor ture mer who ten Years Igo illt his ini- iheir ; ion, tials on a dolliar and spent it with fitabb a Inerlhan1t in his hoie town. Be- The ;c. fore tlie year was out he got the dol- the ve 1:ar back. Four time in six years tle toul it dollar '11amle back to hil for prodiev, reprt G. m. and three times he heard of it in the makii for poc kets of Iiis neighlbor. The last year I tle time he -ot it, foir years a-o, lie ri-lt le it seit it to a mail order holse. I Ie fac1ts hlas n)ol seenl that d141ollar sinev, nior, (0f tle tihe ever will. The dollar will Iever pay eIps r iis any more sohool or road tax fr w I. e I the him; will never build or briu-ltent the or At 11mies of (le voniunity. lIe sent. will ni rest it (n1tilrely oit (if the cilrcle of, use- Yea rs hope fulness to hilm. (I to Tl'henre is somthliin imore Ilian a Bret] pretty little moral inl this story, -here Dar ions is a ril of tr-1uth1 tihat t(e most, in W ise credilous nt get 'round. T Ie re rs. is a pracetical examl)ie in it, tlat w Ineeds III) argumenit. If tlle resident v(i 11 of1 the small town would realize this une and confine himself as much as possi- Ma ble to his own district, notwithstand- as to ing the fact that the catalogue from gettir his mail order house quotes prices at spill an apparently lower rate, he will be soone the gainer.-The Furniture Worker. been htave RO. , the la RO. Farmers' Union Bureau of spinnl unds Information have ier I tliat -Conducted by the- have South Carolina Farmers' Educa- tis 11 tional and Co-Operation Union. of h who "ort i jive the 9WCommunications intended for this inves I al department should be addressed to J. C hisill Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. tver Mate 11 Direct Inquiries to These Officers of deliv State and National Farmers' Un- onl ii the ion Wil be Answered With Pleasure, Giving all In- Al formation in Their beiln Departments. capit t () mar-" Treat National Farmers' Union. ad hiad IPIresideit Nationa l'a nions i11 i boult A .Iwaler, (Ivorgia. Cl(Ist Vive Presidenft, J. -'. Montgomery, real (I'leesonl, Tenm . to 11 shed~~~h iit v'' ;4 bnJhI, Ieebe, A rk. sel V South Carolina State Farmers' Union ness. 1:0~ 0. 1'. (G,)odwin, 'resideal, ( ,anre9s, i) 1 iaS.mc. din,.C.A long Farmers' Union Bureau. the lF t . j C.~ St riblin.', C hairmn, l'einlhe~ withI TI. T.' W~akelield, 1t. I-'. ID., P'endhe- ptlani 1441, S. ( . saI fe I 's it J. I). WVilliAins, P4hoeni.x, GIren.. Hearl 11he W\. (. M~ore. (eeniville, S. C. Ifor-.....__.___..---a (10, I I ('entls inm lowv watler maiL for Vnar- I' 1 g s) what. notto)1 nreport s atre nor4 who)NIe n uchi ma kes them11, .11 ets is thle minii mim way price anid don 't you forget it. king ,No ma1t1 ter w ho is right or who is our- Iwrong in their quarrels aImong the I shaf egan , officrs of thle Cot toin Associait ion anidad >achi- (lie Fa rmers' Union, we are to have cm Ie here, I ll ets. (Pr more or there is no4 trade way ve a Ifor sure. arc 1 hear Abou hwmany acres of cotton teg i nc- have you seeni this year that won 't l'g t lie pay for tihe guano used at 10 ets. for didaut sta- cottoin? tacke time D)o you know who it is that goes about shying around getting up those So 1 us, cotton rep)ort s you lhear so much l sam about1 ? A~ bot six times out of seven n go lbe i:. . litI Ie sneaking sly rascal thait Pol kt mntry kn1ow;s wvelI how 14)odo such ,jobts uI mon laimn- Ito the interest of cotton bears.aso actute' Present lrices--10 ets.. for cotton killed tified by Government reports; asis of Government reports call for over 11. ets. for cotton. is big room for speculators. you ever see a teacher send a it for a switch to whip himself hat lie did not bring back a sor teli If he did not bring back a Witc-h you may as well write it that. that. boy was a fool. still we now and then ihear of ants giving in bearish reports oin buyers who he must, surely will use this chih to haminmer prices to tlie ruin of' his own iers to whom lie expects to sell iN11t whether prices arc pro or1 niot to his eulstomlier.s. whole iruth about tihe erops is ry Ilihing that. these shrude cot lniipulators donl't waant-they a large lot of Iairmers that are .s nme1hI or more cotton this h1an they did last, hut they stop litere aid 1.donl't eliquire for the II the case. The lalrge majority -; menii haVe ierensed their own Id cottol l pmnla n ids that 1111hivated last year. by tenants hers, whil he tlheirm whole farms it avern.re inmuch above hl11 last crop. iren, be of Good Cheer-The kest Hours of the Night are said to be Just Before Day. have good news coming to cheer 11 that can only be given yon doors. iy theories have been advanced what would be the best plans of g your cotton directly to the ?r upon the cheapest plans. But r or later many of these have shown to be theories only and offered in priactical solutions of r-oblem of direct trades with the ers of ouir cottoni. All along we heenl baimlbooseled into tile belief if was absolitely necessary to a treieidols capitfal put up for Musiness. l1tit, after a close study iis businless, iuielidiig personlal lig-afionl by some of, ourl best (ISS Ime1, we arIe cOIvilceed that ha! of ct c varries within it llfivielt i.urrviency % iCapital to ri to thie p iIli1er anywhere up v faiev ft thle carl-1. this bl11ff and blow about it INIecessarlY to create 1 a large 11-liike vot lt spectlators have --befo0ire c'ln gu -rowers Caii have et chtiainn1lt (it trade with the er's (ut' thlie worbd is a 1'allaey. invelsiation oI' the (ottton ,as ca'1iiMl filn by ially, will Ie the hac thti. produic(s o cot ac ave a1loI Iitr idsileId the elapi I llv %ae v a ' 1i 1toll 1mal1i gills it u1ffhic'iint to condiet he bIsi I 'tI t 1k all ,i lr' ab ouit Ohe pro 4it ('41t(illt Iinvilig to hl.ve, 111ir'e V tha le tc al i''clv lias ini his own Shalces iliire ci'l o ti om initi dir'et witIi9 sj iinnorcis. 1'armeris ' 'l'nin f'or' dir'ect tr'ado tih' spinnercis Ithat is becyonrd Itihe mocst praciitical amid c'hieapest ve t'f'er'ed andc is aibsoi icly .t Will not be a Candidate Any More. .\nrtoniia, Te'cx., Nov. 1S.-Mm -ar sti passc'd thrucimgh Sain Auti!o dayi~ mii his way' to Moniitgomier'y, '0, wher'e he has1 iing1i propiler ii i'eferen ce toc politie's in New lhe said: wilt nieveri aga in be0 a canldidlate. I c'cfinniiie toi live ini New York idvcocate and( supp)hort thle prin of r'efcirm which I have at stocic foi', bult these5 prIinc0iples ow suafficeintly understood hby enniral puiblic for' it is to be no -necessariy fcor me t.o 1be a can e, and on that account to be at dead by Unknown Parties at Poltava, tava, Ruissia, Nov. 17.-Generat wimkoff', co(mnimnder of the gar herie, wasm shoct. dead bonight and , lier' passing at the Itinme was also by unikniowni personms.