Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I BANKS IN SOt TH tAROIJXA [ Consolidated Statement of Condition ou October 21. The Xews and Courier has received | from the State bank examiner, Capt. Ivy M. Mauldin. o. Pickens, the con solidated statement of the State bank-1 ing institutions, which responded to j the call for condition on October 21. Examiner LVauldin declares tnat the figures show t?.:e Sout/. Carolina banks are not "hoarding" money, as has been charged against many banks in ihe South, and he finds another cause ior gratification in they fact that the o.erdraf's leported are "over $400,000 ; less than those reported on the same j date last year.' 1 lie staiemeni iui- j lows: Called statement, showing the condition of t. e 313 Stare banks. 23 Branch banks and 2 private banks in Sout.li J Carolina, at the close of business on j October 21, 1914: Resources. Loans and discounts ...$60,814,255.89: Overdrafts 576,354.51 ! Bonds and stock owned toy banks 3,640,885.40 ! Other real estate owned. 665,495.25 j Furniture and fixtures .. 594,939.08 i Banking houses 1,548,555.97 j Due from banks and bankers 6,13 <,255.21] Currency 1,286.668.10 | Gold 104,288.20 Silver and other minor coin , , 324,;>37.96 C:ecks and cash items.. 282,737.01' Exchange for clearing house 154.497.61 Other resources 473,954.11 I Total $76,604,450.20 Lfabfl/tzes. ??> ' ? ? * fli- i ? o r i ^arniai stocK paia in... o-ti,no.oI Surplus fund 4,7S6,97S.45 I tffBi vided profit's, less current expenses and t taxes paid 2,342,906.50 Due to banks and bankers 1,077,143.65 Dividends unpaid 11,127.95 ! Individual deposits subject to check 17,048,242.72 Savings deposits 17,119,888.21 1 Demand certi.icates of deposits 4,537,631.20 Certified checks 23,727.10 ! Cashier's check 154,531.73 ; \Tuki ara ft ? J V. 11? e anu unio icuiocounted 2,280,903.72 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 13,303.282.25 t Reserve fund 2o3,900.46 i Otner liabilities, etc S35,236.S9 Total ... $76,604,450.20 1 . ; MLAlfilN INVESTIGATING j1 i c Confers With Keserve Board on Cot-!s ton Warehouse Kcce/pts. jt j t AYtashington, Nov. 27.?Senator Jo'h.n I c L. McLaurin, State warehouse com-11 missioner of SoutL: Carolina, is in Washington today conferring with the t members of the federal reserve board a "'for the purpose," as te expressed I it, "of establishing the relation which j a a State warehouse receipt will bear j t to the federal reserve board, with t special reference to acceptance for b discount." Commissioner McLaurin! c iiis^assed the question today with j a Messrs "Malburn and Harding, and ; t Comptroller John Skelton Williams, j ? and expects tomorrow to call on Pres- j s ident Wilson, after which he will pro-! r ceea 10 .\ew iorK 10 interview iwe j v bankers there. Mr. McLaurin is ac- ; compained by his friend, Editor W. D. Grist, o:" the Yorkville Enquirer. He , was not prepared at this time to make ^ any statement as to ti e results of his 11 visit, and said he would not care to j. do so until after his return from the i metropolis. * t HOW A SUBMARINE 1; ATTACKS WARSHIPS j Sensation of Travel-n? I'nder the -j I? T 1?A I QiihaII i?(r flm If! OICI JL 11^ lju Ulllllill^ VI t'U\. j g Torpedoes. j j b The Hague, Nov. 11.?A letter tell- <3 ing of an attack of the German ubmarine U-26 upon a British ?arship, j n he -lame of which is not given, is pub- I c lis'red in the Zeitu. It begins with j a preparations for the expedition "two j \ hours before midnight in order to | b n ake a strike at dawn. The letter, j t* said to have been written by a member of the crew o: the attacking: boat, then adds: 0 "A sharp signal to the engine room, j the sudden whirr of the motor catches s and the U-26 is under way. We move n in a westerlv direction. We are going 1 1 1 towards the enemv. | r n- * "The heavens are covered with' a clouds. A few feet away from the boat & nothing is noticeable at all. The wind r is from a side and the bridge is en- s tirely flooded with water. Xo noise is a I hei-rd but the heavy, droning sound of ' the motor and the swiss of the water t passing along out sides. t S/etrs of Dawn. t "The engine signs of dawn appear s when suddenly in th? near distance t PictureFa (Trad "ZQDORA" is coming t "ZUDORA" is the new "ZUDORA" is in 20 Epi complete story. Margaret Snow is "Zul James Cruze is the Villi Harry Benham is the H* This is a greater serial t Mystery". This assures y< "ZUDORA" starts this date. Going Strong* "The Million Dollar My: Masterpiece. See it EVE Remember, OVuY five nesday. Don't miss a one XTz-vv* fUkA re ViQrvnrvninnro X' KJL tilt; Uig uapjJV/iiingo "THE A] "The Little Theatre That ,-winging high above us upon the vater. We pass through the long tail if foam v/hich a hostile torpedo deirrnver has iust felt behind. SDeeding oward the east. We have managed o find our way through the first line >f the enemy's advance guard. From low on we must be very careful. "A signal is heard and men appear tpon deck. The boat is prepared for iction. The :lag pole is taken down, ^ort of ti~e bridge is folded together .nd well fastened. The periscope is rought up to the proper height. Then he entrance through the combined ridge and conning tower is hermeti:ally closed. The tanks are opened nd the inrushing water tells us that he boat is ahout to submerge. The j rasoiine motors siop ineir enuiess ong. Electricity will drive us from low until we shall reappear upon the rater. Looking: for Warships. "A young lieutenant is posted at the ;eriscope and looks for the enemy. ?he sailors take their position near he torpedoes. The interior of the boat 5 lighted with two small electric ulbs. They make .the darkness vistile, but ?"ive no light. Everywhere here is a stale smell o: oil. The heat a the small room is oppressive. "Intently the men all watch the sign >oard on the wall in from of them, 'he storm which is raging upon the urface makes itself felt in tlie depth, "very motion of the water causes the >oat to rock up and down, up and own, up and down. '1W!e think of the advantage of the aan on board a warship. I: his time omes he can drown with a last look t the happy sun and the blue sky. Ve see nothing, hear nothing. If the oat is to go down we shall all sufoc-ate in tl:e darkness under water. Comntinds l^/ven. "Suddenly we all jump up and for;et hot and bad air and discomfort n small lighted letters the sign board ays 'attention.' The officer in command holds the lever which will reease the first torpedo. The sailors nake ready to launch the second one s soon as the first shall have gone. ^ few seconds pass. We must be very tear the enemy. Suddenly the first ign disappears. Half a second later nd the red glowing letters say '.fire. V)ith a single jerk the lever releases he torpedo. A short metallic click, he roise of the water rushing into he empty tube and all is over. The econd torpedo is at once pushed into he tube. A few seconds later the J nsRejoice e Mark) o the Arcade. Thanhouser Serial,. sodes. Each Episode is a DORA". anous Uncle. ero. ;han "The Million Dollar )u that it's going to be fine. ; month. Watch for the er than Ever. atery", Thanhouser Serial RY WEDNESDAY. more Episodes after Wed ' just; keep your eyes on R.CADE" Gets All the Big Pictures" j interior of the submarine looks as before the attack began. What of the Torpedo] "But what of the first torpedo? Did she reach her goal? Instinctively we have all kept count?one hundred meters, two hundred meters, three hundred meters?four hundred. Under water no sound penetrates. We only hear the noise of our engines. We wait. Nothing happens. Then suddenly ?e are all thrown together by the jerky movement o: me Doat. rwice or inree times more we feel that we have changed our course very abruptly. "Then the boat rolls as before. The regular purring of the engines is heard. Our submarine is rapidly mov- j ing eastward. "We are on our way home. The attack has been successful." CROKER MARRIES FAIR INDIA > GIRL ! / ni _ ii .1 . i? if . _ n li? I I'OeroKefs rrouu 01 iter as tonegei Graduate, Ranch Owner and IJus/ness Woman. iXew Vorkj Xov. 26.?Richard TV. Croker, the former Tammany leader,! was married today to Miss Beulah | Benrou Edmondson, a member o? the j Cherokee Indain tribe, who is 50 years j his junior. He is 73 years old and she is 23. Tonight the bride and groom are on their way to the Croker estate near Palm Beach, Fla.. for their honeymoon. The wedding took place at t'he home of Nathan Straus. Many persons whom Croker had not taken into his confidence as to just where the ceremony would be performed went to St. Agnes' church under the impression 4-V. i 1 it- ? v? An ? f V* a nn r\'+10 1 f r\ v* 1 cey wu.uu wnucas luc uupuaxo, un'.? i did not evade all the uninvited guests,' as seemed to .be his purpose, for the street in front of the Straus honw? was crowded wit'h me 1 and women. On y about twenty-five were invited to the \ wedding. The bride was given away by her1 uncle, W. W. Hastings, who for fifteen j years has been attorney for tr.e Chero-1 kees and who recently was elected to ! congress from Oklahoma. Life Story. A typewritten statement given out by the bride after the ceremony made clear a good deal of her life history, which h?d been reported in many dif-j ferent ways since knowledge of her j "engagement .became known. Tlie statement said she was an Indian princess, known as Princess Sequoyah or Ke j Rh eumatism j For Young and Old | The acute agonizing pain of fl rheumatism is soothed at once B by Sloan's Liniment. Do not rub?it penetrates to the sore spot, bringing a comfort not H ! dreamed of until tried. Get a ? bottle today. RHEUMATISM Here What Others Say : "I highly recommend your Liniment as the best remedy for rheumatism I ever used. Before using it I spent large sums of money trying to get relief of the misery and pain3 in limbs and body, so I tried your Liniment both internal and external and I found quick relief, and now am well and strong again."?Geo. Curtis, 225 N. loth St., Springfield, III. Here's Proof "I wish to write and tell you about a I fall I had down fourteen steps, and bruised my neck and hip very bad. I could not sleep at all. I sent my wife for a 25 cent bottle of your Liniment and in two days' time I was on my feet again."?Charles HnAe 13&RX/!. Prairie A VP.. Rt Louis. Mn. SLOAN $ LINIMENT & for neuralgia, sciatica, sprains and I bruises. All Druggists, 25c. I Send four cents in stamps for a TRIAL BOTTLE Dr. Earl ?. Sloan, Inc. | Dept. B. Philadelphia, Pa. = I YOUR COR>~ WILL VANISH x I in a few davs if vou will use our corn cure as directed. And going to the other extreme our scalp lotion will remove dandruff just as quickly ana effectively. Those are only two of the good things to be had at this drug store. We'll tell you the others if you ask. Mayes' Drug Store Phone 188. Newberry, S. C. I taw Kaluntuchy among her tribe. Her father, t:e statement continued, was Michael Smith Edmondson, a descendant of Roger de Montgomery, who commanded the van of the Norman army at the battle of Hastings, and her mother was Galela Welch, who descended from the famous Chief Sequoyah, invertor of the iCherokee alphabet. 'IS":e is proud of her Indian ancestry and the C'r.erokees are proud of her as a college girl, lecturer, ranch owner and business woman," said the sateinent. Her Inspiration. Croker first saw the girl in Kansas city when she was 9 years old, accord- < ing to the sta:ement, and he later be- 1 came interested in "her zeal to make her people batter understand. Miss Edomndson got inspiration for her work from Pocahontas and other Indian girls, shij said. She told it thus: j "I have been inspired by the ex-'? ample of Pocahontas, who did so much j * :o make the English people under- jh stand our ra^e. Then there was Sac--! cawagea, the 'bird woman,' who pilot-! ed the Lewis and Clark ev?edition ",000 miles and made it a success, j On the way back, in crossing the 'Mis- a souri. her husband, a renegard French- q man upset the canoe, carrying tee re- v cords of the expedition. She dived again and again until she saved all p the valuable papers and trophies. I j( also find inspiration in Talabina, the t Cherokee maiden, who helped Sam ;-r Houston to :ree Texas." g And then she turned to Croker, who t: long was known as "the chief" of 10 Tammany Hall, and remarked: "But h it is the dearest ambition of every In- i dian girl to win a chief, and I have i; won the c'rief of men.'' v 'In April the couple will go to thell nBBBBBBKBnBHVnBBBMI Newberry's Greatest Inhabitants of Make Hi Dear old Santa Claus ex and the older folks a heart Toy display. Mechanicalr Drums, Horns, Banks, G; Toys, a toy that will make and even stir up father' i i i i ooys now wnue my siock is Everything sparkling w thing and everything for every kind ready to welcor laugh cry, Kid Body Dolls Furniture, Stoves, Trunks thing that a child could de Toys. I extend to you an visit x" cur vianu. Who Will G I have a $5.00 Doll m m; this Doll is in the envelope Every time you spend ten guess at the name. The 1 the name will get the Doll, is in the list of names of v tionary. BETTER GOODS F( Mayes' B? The House of a ' HBBHBRS29I BnBHBBHHHB EWTQXaBflBBMHOflHHBOBn'SHHnDBHBBBHHDni Long Distance calls for f radius of several hundred "In less than one hou of flour at a total cost to "Since then we have 2 Bell Telephone to every f< most profitable results, rates are reasonable and in one Lone Distance Te a dozen letters" SOUTHERN BELL Tl AND TELEGRAPH ( BOX 163, CO] room's home in Ireland, where he ) las resided lor many vears since I i .is retirement from politics. Ob/tnary, Mr. George Lester, 'Sr., was born >eccmber 2, 1S37, and died suddenly t his home in St. Luke's community, 1 )ctober 31, 1914, at the age of 76 j ears, 10 months, 28 days. He was married to Miss Harriet iikard, July 31, 1S60. To mourn their dss teere remains his wife, one son, ! wo daughters (two having preceded im), 22 grandchildren, and 6 great- 1 ;rand children, besides many rela- ! ives and friends. He was a veteran ' f the civil war. At 4 p. m. Sunday 11 . is remains were laid to rest in St. j .uke's cemetery in the presence or a arge gathering. The funeral services /ere conducted by his pastor, Rev. j I. W. Cronk. i fc. Toyland is Open Doll Fairyland leir Bow ? tends to all the kiddies y welcome to his great roys, Iron Toys, Wagons, ames. A line of Ereeto any boy wild with delight s enthusiasm. Pring the 2 pnmnlpfp J VVlAij^AVVVI 0 ith Xmas beauty. Anyholiday gifts. Dolls of ne you. Dolls that sleep, , Bisque Dolls, Tin Sets, i, Swings, ^in fact everysire can be found in my enthusiastic welcome to fKo Hnll? I kV l> U1V VAA J jr window. The name of , i that you see on the Doll, cents with me you have a Srst person that guesses . The name of this Doll romen in Webster's Die?? DR SAME MONEY m m ? 55" Store Thousand Things One Experience Convinced Me j oi us raiue "One of our salesmen demonstrated the value of the Long Distance Telephone to us. He was at Huntsville, Ala., and upon his own responsibility put in ifteen merchants within a miles. ir he had sold 2100 barrels us of less than six dollars. ipplied the Long Distance mature of our business with The service is fine, the there is more satisfaction :!ephone talk than in half 1LEPHONE /j|?| 4 COMPANY .UMBIA, S. C. >OTICE OF FIX.U SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make iinal settlement of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Blease, deceased, in the probate court 'or Xewb-erry county, State of South Carolina, on Tuesday, December 22nd, 1914, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter apply to the judge of probate of Xewberrv county for a final discharge. All persons indebted to the said estate will make immediate settlement with eitfner of the undersigned, and all persons holding claims against the said ' * ~ + estate win present tne same auiy attested. Bertha Blease Eison, Executrix. Cannon G. Blease, Eugene S. Blease, ll-20-4t-ltaw Executors.