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Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE By SPECTATOR... COMMENTS on, ^ ' MEN AND THINGS Charleston is still a ,fine city. 1 farmer, long an enthusiastic sup- That remark carries with it not porter of Mr Blease was work- only appreciation of today but mg hajxl for Mr. Manning. HAS BEEN and IS a delightful how is it that you are working city. for Mr. Manning? I thought you ;upp7)rt ^Charleston has grown as a mother bank into a great family of twenty banks, known today as the South Carolina National Bank which is today the only bank in South Carolina which mis operated continuously since 1834. The Bank of Charleston began with a capital of two million dollars, afterwards increased to $3,180,1)00. At that time—Decem ber 17, 1834 a bank's capital was the principal part .of . the We’ve all heard that Charles ton used to be rich the great houses throughout the city pro- Were a strong supporter of Mr. Blease; how about it, now”? ‘ Well, son", said my Clarendon claim wealth and ;gracious living ^ r - Blease is a giand in lordly splendor. But we mari an ^ • Manning is a grand vounger men are not alwavs in- nian > bx> . Some of us still re- forr^L-d fully and. clearly. i P° at Uiat whon we filKl ourselves to be put out on loans. •The South Carolina National Bank occupies the building at Broad and State Streets, the same building that housed the Branch of the Bank of the United States ^ and later the Bank of Charleston, the Mother Bank of the great family of banks of South Carolina known as The South Carolina National Bank. In that same building and with same fixtures, in part, three great banks have flourished, merging into one another, for the Bank of Charleston vs not only the mother bank of the South Carolina National' Bank ' the property and ; assets of The Office of Discount and Deposit, which was the Charleston branch of The Bank of the United States. The directors’ room appears to Thursday, March 18,19S4 have the spaciousness, the dig nity of a great royal ballroom. At the sides are marble service stands on which the customers found food, perhaps with a wee drop for the stomach’s sake. The directors made the loans, and they met one day in the spring of the year to make loans and one day in the fall to receive payment. It was a spacious age, wasn’t it? The directors In their great room, me dignity and fonhSTily of an early period contrasting with the easy and friendly trans actions of today. When the matter of renewing the charter of the Bank of the United States was before Con gress, George McDuffie of Souh Carolina was the champion of the Bank in the House of Repre sentatives, Daniel Webster be ing a sponsor in the Senate. Ob serve these three great South Carolinians in action;^ Andrew Jackson of Lancaster, John C. Calhoun of the Piedmont and George McDuffie of old Edge- field.” To remove soot from the rugs or carpets cover, them thickly j with dry salt. It can then Be swept up and not a stain or smear wiU be left. To Hold Rendition Scholarship Fund An audition for Helen Bate man scholarship fund will be held Saturday afternoon, March 2T at 2 o’clock at the First Pres byterian church in Laurens. El igible are students ages'*- 12-18 playing : any orchestral Instru- Brevard, N. C. This is a wonder ful opportunity for musical stu dents it is stated. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING—EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Indeed there is a glamor that pervades all Carolina, from j considering two men whom we regard highly. And so as to ment. Applications may be made to Mrs. Sarah DeLoaeh, of Lau rens. The winner of the scholarship will be given six weeks sununer training at Transylvania Camp. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST 200 South Broad St. Phone 658 Office 'Honrs 9:00 to 5:30 , , ,, South Carolina; all the places I Edgefield to Beaufort, from Ab-, ”, „ ! have mentioned are grand places, beville to Yorn -and al other ...... ” ’ communities a hundred years old. We know, of course, the great towns and ciLes of today, .Greenville, Spartanburg, Ander son, Greenwood, Sumter, Flor ence. Orangeburg, Aiken and Benncttsville. . I nearly faile>d to mention Kirvgstree, Darlington, Cheraw. History just ooze's from every seam in old Society Hill. I must not fail to mention Newberry, a gracious city The truth is that South Carolina is U-eming with fine communities and good peo ple. Certainly I do not forget Co lumbia, Barnwell, Bamberg, Clinton—welH TU need more space, for there are many, many towns and cities of surpassing excellence. There’s St. Matthews, for example—well. I’ll try a second edition later, recalling Bishopville and ail the others. When it comes to telling about our towns and cities -I’m remind ed of a friend of Clarendon in the hot campaigns of Cole L. Blease and Richard -f.""Manning, and the other towns are grand places, too. Coloonel Wyndham Manning has told me of the gracious chiv alry Mr. Blease and Mr. Man ning showed to each other, per sonally, even in the heat of the bitterest political campaigns ever held in Souh Carolina. I’ve come a long way from Charleston, haven’t I? Did you know that The Bank, of the United States was chart- j ered by Act of Congress, under the ( inspiration of Alexander j Harflilton.Jin 1791) for 20 years?; Renewal of the charter in 1811 was refused by Congress: but in 1816 The Bank was re-chartered! for 20 years. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States | ran for re-election primarily to kill the Bank. In this Jackson and Henry Clay fought it QtP- Clay forced a bill through Con- i gress in 1832 for the renewal of the charter—1836, but Jackson 1 vetoed it. The people were struck with consternation for thev be- DIETERS! «// the SWEETNESS you want Mont calories ...use SUCARYL the Non-fattening Sweetener Cooks right in No Bitter Aftertaste 100 tablets, 65c 1000 tablets, $3.49 4 oz. solution, 89c 1 pt. solution, $2.98 HOWARD’S PHARMACY Phone 101 n 1 if :: fr * ♦ ff u :: FINE FURNITURE Down Through the Years T. E. Jones & Sons The Best for Over Fifty Years i: “for Governor". A Clarendon lieved that the Bank was neces- k —j sary to the prosperity of the country. Clay, Webster and Cal- j houn fought for the renewal of the charter but they could not overcome the veto. "In 1834 business men of Charleston read the signs of the times and knew that The Bank of the United States was doom ed. They were men of great vis ion, together with extraordinary practical ability. Not waiting for the axe to fall, for the charter , of The Bank of United States ; would not expire until 1836. 1 those men prepared to assure full, uninterrupted banking fa cilities for South Carolina plant ers and other business men. This State found a market for ' its cotton in Europe and it was j necessary to have all the facil ities of exchange and credit if the products of South Carolina should move steadily from pro ducer here to the manufacturer in Europe and England. They ap plied to the General Assembly for a charter, which was grant ed by special A' t of December 17, 1834. According to custom, the Gen eral Assembly chose men to so licit subscriptions to the stock in Charleston, Cheraw. Columbia, Camden and Hamburg. Please take note: Do you know anything nbout Hamburg, South Carolina? Business men of these commun ities were invited to subscribe to the authorized Capitol Stock of J $2,000,000 They did so; they 1 subscribed overwhelmingly. How much do you suppose? $89,449,- 000!- Think of that! They were invited to subscribe $2,000,000; they subscribed $39,449,000! That was The Bank of Charles ton, mother of the nineteea other members of a great family of banks. Are you interested in fine old buildings? Well, there is a bank building in the City of Charles ton, at the corner of Broad and State Streets. On its front is an emblem, a large Golden Ameri can Eagle. Once the Bank of the United States occupied that building. That Bank called its Charleston branch the Office of Discount and Deposit. It is said that a Massachusetts Bank a few years ago offered to buy the* fix tures at a fancy figure, but their eagerness to buy caused the man agement of the South Carolina National Bank to keep every thing as it was. 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