Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We have Hart Sch If need of a nei line. It will pay you goods are picked o N Wbeu Y( W W e han N1 Home De Manning Mmnes. Published Every Wednesday t 1. 1. APPELT--------------_Editor p 1 F. M. SHOPE.. ..Business Manager ACCUSED CASHIER b UNDER $5,000 BOND i -- t Federal Examiners Fid Shortage r in First National Bank ofi Lancaster. INSTITUTION NOT IMPAIRED E. Curtis Mackey, Cashier, Arrested and Given Hearing by U. S. Commissioner. Lancaster, Feb. 27.-As a result of investigations conducted into the'af-j fairs of the First National Bank of I this city by J. William Pole and G. M. Trammel, national bank examni ners, for the last ten days, an alleged shortage in the accounts of the 'cash- I icr, E. Curtis Mackey, has been dis- a coveredl andi he has been arrestedc, charged with embezzlement. Mackey was taken before ,John T., Green, Untit ed States commaissioner, and placed under a bond of $5,000 for his applear. anice at the Western District of South Carolina. When first charged with the defal- I cation Mackey stoutly deniedI that there was anything wrong with his accounts and he was releasedI on a nominal bond, since those concerned all thought he was innocent. Later ,lt became clear that the matter was more serious than was at first thought and a demand for additional bond wvas made and was compliedl with. Admits Guilt, Say Examiners. 'rhe examiners started the examina 'tion on February 16, and immediately 4liscovered sonmething was wrong and finally charged Ma -key with the shortage, and the examiners state that he admitted his guilt. The exact amount of the shortage has not been 'determined nor has it been possible to determine just how long the funds have been disappearing, and Mr. Pole states it will be necessary for a na.. Lional bank auditor to deternmine this. A meeting of the directors of the bank was held last night and IE. M. (Oroxton was elected cashier.! Charles D). Jones, president of the bank, in a statement today says that after a thorough examination of the bank, netain discepancies and shortages in just received a nice ling affner & M4 AND Knox Hats v Spring Hat or Suit, co i to make your selectio ver. u Want QUALITY, lie only the highest cla of Hart Schaffner & SUMTER, S. C. e account of the former cashier, E urtis Mackey, had been discovered 1c exact amount of which could not e definitely ascertained until a com lete audit is had, which will begir nmediately. Bank Won't Be Hurt. The solvency and stability of th< ank is not in the least impaired, a; has ample surplus and profits ti ake care of the shortage. The di ectors as individuals have voluntar y oxecuted a bond guaranteeing thi ank against any impairment of cap tal or surplus. Mackey started in as collector o he .First National when it was or anized in 1905, and by reason of hi ersonality and splendid busin'es bility, had risen step by step unti e became cashier the first of thi ear. No young man in the city en oyed the confidence and trust of th cople more than did young Macke; *nd his character had been above re roach. His conduct has never calle, or one wordl of criticism and th resent alleged revelation has bee: severe shotck to his hundreds o riends throughout the county. Early Closing. We, the undersigned merchant: gree to close our stores at 6 o'cloc MN., excepting Saturdays, froi vlarch 1st to Sept. 15th, 1917. Leon Weinberg. Iseman-Weinberg Co. The Manning Grocery Co. Plowden Hardware Co. R. R?. Jenkinson. D). Hlirschmani. The New Idea Co. Manning D~ry Goods Co. A. Abrams. S. F. Walker. Katzoff"s Bargain Store. B. A. Johnson. J1. H1. Rigby. The Manning Hardware Co. The 5-10-25c Store, Inc. B. B. Bredin. A be Goldstein. Levi Mercantile Co. Manning Furniture Co. ro the Farmers of Clarendon Count; You have been wvarned enough< ~he approacli uf the boll weevil, at it is useless for mie to add anythin ~o the many warnings you have ri ~elved, but this Is to Inform you< some of the efforts being takeni ansIst you in maeting this evil (t a of new " arx Suits . me in and set our n early, before the See Us. is lines. Marx boll weevil) which is going to face you sooner or later. Now is the time to get ready and - one of the best and most paying propositions is stock raising. Those who have gone into stock raising already have found the silo the most profitable investment ever made on the farm, but the expense of buying farms to build silos of concrete has been so great that it has lsept many from undertaking it. Now Mr. Farmer, I have secured -the consent of the four Banks of Man ning to purchase the farms and rent them to the farmers at a very small cost. This will enable you to build -a silo that will last for generations andl you can feed cattle miore profit s ably with a silo than in any other way. All who contemplate taking advant -age of this in the next few years will please write me, so that your name wvill be on the list. Please state -about when you will build a silo. Yours very truly, A. I. Barron. Paxville Conference. The first quarterly conference of the Pinewood charge will convene in the Paxville Methodist church next Sunday and Monday. At 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon Presiding Elder Bayes will preach, and again at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning, after which the business of the conference will convene. We will be glad for a large atteindance at each of these services. Everybody wvelcome. M. B. Corbett. Paxville, S. C., Feb. 26, 1917. Soe the big Clara Kimball Young picture at The Pastime Friday night. Mr. J. M. Turbeville, of Turbeville, transacted business in Manning Mon (lay. WHAT IS LAX-FO LAXMOS is an improved Cascara (a tonic-taxative) pleasm io lake dIn LAX-FOB the Cascara Iilaproved by the addition of certain ba ilsess chein gicals which increase the en muncy of the' .Cascara, making It better ti rn ordinary gCascara. LAX-FOB is h ant to take ,and does not rpenor st.-. stomach. *Adapted to ehlden as well as adults, eJust try one bottle for cnstination. smc $o cotted, Vegeta 'j . s Nei Yok> eb ;l.tenon meit it the proposed sale of rice by: the nayor'n committee on the food itpply ed to renewed riots and anti-high rice demonstrations' by women today. rwelve -arrests were made, and four women sent to jail. aolice. were at acked and butchers threatened with heir own knives n:iei attempts, to may boycotted vegetables and meats Vere discovered : by womien 'pickets ibout the store. While 30 -open air mass meetings ere called in different parts of the ,ity, Mrs. Ida Harris, president of he Mothers' Vigilant League, led a dne anti-rice demonstration in ' the inancial districe. She carried a sign -eading: "We Americans cannot live on rco: Ne want foodstuffs to come down in )rice. Speculators and robbe's will tot survive by lowering the standards >f American life." Nearly 1,500 women met at 175 ast Broadway and passed resolu ions refusing to eat rice. They de ided to continue the boycott on hickens, onions, potatoes and lima >cans. Not a pound of these arti les was sold anywher-.. in the affect d districts, although prices were re duced 40 per cent. Although patrolmen were instruct d to arrest women only where it was mpossible to enforce peace by warn ngs, rioting continued in many quar era of the city. Slaughter houses emained closed and grocery shops ere closed guarded against custo ners who wished to buy /"contra and" vegetables. Forty women entered the butcher hop of Solomon Steinmetz in East ourth street and threatened him vith his cleavers. The police who nine to his rescue were attacked. wo women were sent to jail in de ault of their fines. More than 500 wonsen attacked a lelivery boy who was carrying a undle of chickens to Avenue C and ourth street. The chickens were de troyed and ten patrolmen were call d to disperse the mob. Two women vere locked up despite the efforts of rescue party. In Williamsburg the sight of two vell-dressred women purchasing chick ns in a butcher shop brought a mob >f several thousand hysterical women ipon them. The crowd mauled the inlucky buyers and threw their pur hases in the street. Chicken on the East side was quot d today at 20 cents a pound as Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST0RIA At The Thwn AL The famous story 1 tory of'the man who is "Beating Back," Being t For several years Al. Jen ever infested the southwest. 2 he was finally captured and Lion. After five years Jennin State-4>nce the Indian Territo How well he has succeeded may Governor of Oklahoma. Jenn every man. He shows fiow can become useful and able Released through the su to Oklahoma, the scene of his up again the life which he left stacles which society sets aci Finally, just ten years after attorney of Oklahoma City, f small vote-so small that me as they report them there, a his past, prison and all, until .in the Saturday Evening Post have since been published in Ad mission, .lo n sol at9 cnt a opnd, a ro f 0 agat 70 cents as oudNoFishas Onof fered as the retailers closed their shops and the wholesalers cancelled contracts. ' o BERLIN REPORTS SHIPPING LOST Claims 4,998,500 Tons Sunk Since Beginning of the War. Berlin, (Via Sayville,) Feb. 26. Merchant shipping aggregating 4,998,500 tons, belonging to Entente and neutral nations has been destroy ed or condemned as prizes by the Central Powers since the beginning of the war, it was officially announced today. Apparently this covers a period up to the end of January, 1917, only, as no figures for February are given. The official statement reads: "During January last. 170 merchant ships of hostile powers with a total of 336,000 gross tons were destroyed as -a result of the war measures of the Central Powers. Of these ninety one vessels, with an aggregate of 245,000 gross tons were British. Be sides these fifty-eight neutral mer MANNIP PIN C.S Beginain ofthM ar Berlin ee (V a ndyl, Feb.ht). Meat sping agrgtn 4,9850 onsin Theonging day Ennt andw neuralinetin hbee destrica ed Treory ome As pienningy theJ Cntral heade ine the beginnisperf thter war, eitin asdvcalynunhced Aaentence ti covrsnmerti up sas opagresoredbruaresre gcin. Te ougffroma sttefat reat s:b "uingsgif Janry st 170emendouste hipsfuhstaesmae poerhimt "a toal, oftizen,000 grosvens whnee.stoe assv ares of Mark Heasure ofd one vpertssnd, with his agreatedof 24500 tehgrod.n weertish. Bqae-y sis thesat fft-ht exnuta hepr seletthayntntayh M adecai (Mhtthapticieand ofibohpte he ateing Biepntnsa fjw rom inen i the p octretiee ade nd 2wa - padndb reietM n I01 r * r ' V "r S chant hs.tollin 10350 gross l in cntaan fr* h .1enem .. "The totl los i W chant ships. totalling 103,500 gross tons were sunk on account. of carry ing contraband for the enemy. "The total loss in shipping for the month was 228 vessels ith a total of 439,500 gross tons. ."Since the beginning of the war 4,357,000 tons of hostile merchant shipping has been destroyed. Of this 3,314,600 was British. Auto-Intoxication Causes Death Do you know why you have sick headache, diabetes, neuralgia, rheu matism and liver or kidney troubles?' It's because you are being poisoned by products of your own body. Your organs of elimination are not work ing properly. Waste material that should be thrown out is being retained to poison and intoxicate your system. That could not happen if the bowels were kept open with Granger Liver. Regulator. This splendid preparation is purely vegetable and non-alcoholic. Demand Granger Liver Regulator at your drug store-26c a box-and take no other. There is nothing "Just as good." Theater 1 1st GS ening Post. A true his [ history of Oklahoma. ean Vaijean of America to gangs of train robbers that he describes In thrilling fashion, >icture of prison life Is a revela cy. He went back to his native struggle to live down the past. ng mentioned as a candidate for il for an equal opportunity for and proves that men of his type ['heodore Rloosevelt, lhe went back >n' his sleeve, ho started to take and without flinching 'those oh ceeded to build up a law practice. eform campaign for prosecuting blind, and lost In the end by a ilected. "His campaign speeches, It Is said. ''He'd tell them about he mourner's bench." The stories ittained such popularity that they 4atinee 4 O'clock