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f t J. H. (Clubby) Allison, for a num ber of years coroner of Greenville county and loujr prominent in polit jcal circles in that county died Mon Jay. HO served as slwrifl' for a time following the killing of the late SIh i ilfl IIciuli i\ Ri rtoi R L. Harkoy, chief of the ilivisiou of murkcts of the Cletngon ('ollejifo statu extension agriculturists with hcadtiuurU'i's in Spurt uubui'tf has ro slgiunl, oflfoofivo July 1, to jfo into l)u iiR sst for himsolf at Charlotte, \\ his for hut homo. No. 9083. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN At t'AMitKN, IN Till-: state ()!?' Sol'TII ( AIUU.IN \ \T THE close OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 31, 1924. v ? ? ? ' ? - ? ? , , ' . ' . . .. t ' : ' - Resources ' *' , ????'?-?* ? ' .... j Loan* mul discounts. Including rediscounts $588,695.03 Overdrafts : secured, 010.45; unsecured, l,,'U 4.23 . 4,954.08 U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 60, 000.00 * All other United State# Government Securities 39,883.25 89, 883.25 Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.,*. ; 15,051.00 Banking House $20,858.26; Furniture and "Fixtures *$3,002.02 33,820.28 Heal Estate owned other than banking house 5,800.15 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve... | 20,008.77 Oash In vault and amount duo from national banks ., 42,651.43 Net amount il ? from banks and bankers 24,255*28 Checks on banks in the same city or to\yn . 8-.w5.58 Total, .of last three items 70,302.20 Mlwe41aneou8 cash items 442.64 442.64 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer . s 'i, 800.00 other assets ...... * ............ 38.10 Total ? $841,060.18 Liabilities. Capital stock paid In ;. . Surplus fund , -o, 000.00 Undivided prolUs ......?r. '...... 27,521.72 I, ess current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 7, .744. 40 10,777.23 Circulating notes outstanding 50,000.0*0 Certified checks outstanding '. 25.00 Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding . . . 614.34 Total of last two items - . 630.34 Demand deposits: * Individual deposits subject to check $244,253.20 Dividends unpaid ? . , , ./ 100.00 Total demand deposits, , . . , . . 244,353.20 Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed 07,410.06 Other time deposits - . . . . . 320,654.00 Postal savings deposits 702.33 Total of time deposits .? 418,857.20 Liabilities other than those above stated 7,433.03 _____ -r- j " ~ Total ZZZZZ.". ..... ... .' ... J ,r. .-J^VTr7' . . $841,060.18 State of tJouth Carolina, County of Kershaw. /, I, S, W. YanLnnding'hnin, Casbior of the above named Bunk, do fnib>mnlv tin tiiic- i? iJie best or mv Knowledge und belief. . S. \V. VanLANDIXGFIAM, Cashier. Subscribed ?nd sworn to before me this 8th day of April, 1024. Correct ? Attest: W. S. Burnet, C. JC" SHANNON, Jr., Notnrv Public for S. C. M. H. HEYMAN, Directors. JOHN T. MACKEY, STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLES BANK OF CAMDEN LOCATED AT CAMDEN, S. C., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 31st, 1024. Resources. Loans and Discounts.... $71,407.60 Overdrafts 2,533.03 Furniture and Fixtures 3,650.00 Bartking Room 861.30 Other Real Estate' Owned ' 1,204.46 Due .from Banks and Bankers 5,040.81 Currency 4,573.00 Gold.... 241.00 Silver and other minor coin.* * 602.35 Checks and. Cash Items ? 4,014.01 Other Resources, viz: Interest accrued, uncollected 1,800.00 ifettt* ** ? I ? : Total ? . . $06,828.46 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid in $27,400.00 - mono Surplus Fund . / Urfliivided Profits, less Current Exposes and Taxes paid 557.07 Individual Deposits Subject to Check..... $52,338.01 v Savings Deposits 6,031.41 Time Certificates of Deposit 1,800.00 Cashier's Checks v , 1,701.07 02,771.30 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed 6,000.00 Total $06,828.40 State of South Carolina, County pf Kershaw. i Before me came J. B. Wallace, Cashier of the above named bank, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. J. B. WALLACE, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April, 1024. Hughy Tindal, Notary Public for S. C. Attest: W. E. Johnson, ? W. F. Nettles, Directors. ^ W. R. DeLoache. No. 43fl STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK LOCATED AT BETHUNE, S. C., AT. THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 31st, 1024. Resources Loans and Discounts ? ? ^10^'ZIS*J5 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank 6,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 2,610.40 Hanking House 1 1,125.00 Due From Hanks and Bankers 34,105.53 Currency - 1,765.00 Gold 437*50 Silver ami Other Minor Coin 223.43 Exchanges for the Clearing House 526.56, Total ? $151,668.78 Liabilities Capital Stork Paid In .$ 20,000.00 Surplus Fund _ 3,000.00 Undivided l'rotit*. less Current Expenses and taxes paid 2,804.01 Dividends unpaid 10.00 Individual Deposits Subject to Check _ . : 57,904.42 Savin#* Deposit* 11,279.95 Time Certificates of Deposit 56,355.10 Cashier's Checks 135.30 125,764.7 7 Total $151,668.78 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Before me came J. D. Laffitte, Cashier of the. above named bank who bein* duly sworn, ssjs that the above and forefoin* statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the book* of said bank. _ 4 J. D. Lafitle, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of April, 1924. Correct AtUMt r H. E. HYATT, NoUry Public. ?* 5 ' For South CaroMna. J. M. ( lyburn Directors R. L. Jones, Not Exactly Bunk Facts and That Which Isn't Gathered Hers There and Elsewhere Hy SLICK \Vht^> a man tukw from a million, lhal\ l>u-iiH'.-s; wlu-n hi- ?AV<?# H bftCkt thlT^s philantluoj'.v. # * + '. 1 # ? " ., ,, ' ' ! Tender feeling fot> those creatures \vh9 speak not in words hovers around a Kirkwood home for the family of ndbirds which might have come to brighten the grounds are not now to be, The dreams he had builded of fresh worms and crumbs for lhis little brood are but utter abandon for the head of this House of Cardinal and have led ,him to seek solace in another land where good birds can forget and are forgotten. Thus he too no longer flitters back and forth with dangling string or straw. But out of reach ?barely within sight ? there is yet grasped in the old star jasmine the lifeless body of the idol of his eye. She wouldn't have had many more trips to make before the little love-nest would have been finished when around her scarlet throat the vines closed tight. She twitters not nor yet knows the^ gentle zephyrs mourn as slowly and one by one they to earth lower the plumbs that were so proud- a victim of self destruction or Accident ? who^ knows ? * ? * * And to properly touch off this dis pensation of gloom the few words following are to Bob Boon dedicated as a memorial which iif life he feared he would never get and which HiMm his own fajlen way might as' a stepping-stone help others to saner* paths: Eleven days ago Bob Boom w#?nt to the Asheville, N. C., jail for drunken ness with instructions to paint the prison's interior, redecorate the cells and varnish the floors. His term came to a close Wednesday night and he wqs released after his service. As his sentence drew to a close he called Judge Cameron McRae into the jail at the close of a session of the city court and made one final request. "Judge," he said, "I am about through with the work and I'm ready to go. I want to make one request of you. It is my earnest desire to paint over the entrance to this corner cell the words in large letters, 'Boo Boon, Private.' That will be my only monument." Poor Bob Boon! He was 'jesting then, but yesterday that cell sparkles in its new coat of paint, smells with the afoma of ^decorator's materials and stands as Bob Boon's monument. He died suddenly the following morn ing as the result of drinking Alcorub, a synthetic alcohol sold ^for external application. ?. Boon was not the typical old soak, pan-handling donations with a hard luck tale. On the contrary x he was a master of his trade, the possessor of great self-respect when sober, and as tidy in his dressing when in pos session of hfs faculties as any of his neighbors. * * * In trying however to come out of and pull away from all the mourning i streamers I might ask if you know the height of imagination. Certain | ideas have been advanced but cer tainly the conversation quoted below (deserves consideration: "Smell anything, grandma?" asked the youngster, who was lying on the floor drawing. Grandmother assured him she did not. ; The young artist gave a few finish ing touches and repeated his question. Grandmother sniffed the air and again declared she smelled nothing. "Well," said the boy, "you ought to, I have just drawed a skunt." * * * Little Willie ? his last name mat ters not ? was one of those kids whose mothers didn't believe swim ming altogether the best thing to get at. She^ meant to see that her la\^ was obeyed so one day she be came suspicious. "Willie, your clothes are wet," sho said. "You have been in the water again." "Yes, mother, I went in to save Charlie Jones." ! ? - "My noble darling! Did \ou jump in after him." "No, mother. I jumped in first so as to be there when he fell in." * * * And now the Irish come in for a crack. This story goes that Mike O'Patrickcame hom^ one night with a black eye, broken nose and sfjlit lip, "Tim Sullivan done it," he told his wife *-as she began to J>athe his injuries. "Shame on you," she bawled, "being licked by a hard-drinking cockroach, like Tim! Why he?" "Nough said, but don't spake evil of tho <Uod." s( v i 1 v Flow Harbor Made Famous by Scuttling ot (ieriuHit Ships, "Ki'p.uts that the VI (it'ilnun war ships scuttled by their commandoi on Juno Jl, at Scapa Flow arc to be salvaged by the British recall !!? ' . ? that this body Of wateY be tween t ht> l^ltuuhi axul the mainland of Scotland, which was the main base of the British (?raud 1* lc?' ^ throughout tho World war, is one of the world's largest and safest har bors," says a bulletin from the Wash ington, D. C., headquart^Vs of the National Qeojjf^hk^l society. "Kven the guides provided for ifovi gntoi's say that no matter in what direction the wind may be, a vessel can always find shelter in Sea pa Flow by shifting berth. Practically the whole of this islam! sea, measuring fifty square miles m area, is honey combed around the edges with Rood harbors and roadsteads, many of them being* along the cliffy banks ot l'omona, <>r Mainland, the (t-ntial and largest of the Okney Islands. Hur ray, South Konaldshay, Flotta, Hoy and Grasemsay are the islands which form a ring to keep out heavy seas. "though the name recalls to the British mind the basis of the fiome Fleet during their naval training sea son, to the American traveler during tho World war it often suggests un happy moments when much against his will hJ visited .Scapa Flow because a Dutch, Scandanavian, Danish, or other neutral vessel on which he was traveling had been brought by a British cruiser into the harbor, and its passengers landed at one ot the Orkney Island ports, for Scapa lay along the western terminal * of the line of blockade. This blockade of ships nrrd strel nettlTTg o x tended from the north of Scotland to Scandanavia to prevent travel to and from Ger many. "To many the O.rkney Islands thus had an unpleasant inti'bduction through no fault of their owjn, but if the anger of the passengers over the delay was not too great they probably enjoyed the quaint charm of the inhabitants of this northern archipelago who boast that they are descendants of the old Scandanavians who resent being referred to as Scotch, and who speak a dialect of 'English interspersed with peculiar old Norse words. "This characteristic of the island people is easily explainable even though it may hark more than a? thousand years, for at a very, eaily drite the Sea-rovers from Scandinavia and Denmark made their way across the North sea to Scotland and prob ably found in the* firths and land locked inlets reminders of the shel tering fiords which they IukI left at home. "But those individuals who were fortunate enough to make their way to Kirkwall lying less than two miles across the island of Pomona from Scapa Flow, and the base from which the American minesweepers operated in taking up the great North Sea Mine Barrage laid during the. World war, probably delighted in the ohl Cathedral of St. Mangus, founded in 1137 and now one of the three vener able Scottish cathedrals in nearly a complete state of preservation. "The visitor to the Orkney crossing over from Scotland usually has a vivid recollection of a swimming head and a weakness in the pit of his stomach, for the Pentland tirth which lies to the south of the islands enclosing Scapa Flow has the reputa tion of being rougher than the At lantic, with sometimes a current run ning i?o fiercely that it can be seen as an oily, rolling river on the sur face of the sea. "When the Vikings,' first began coming to the Okneys they found a race of people about which almost nothing is known today. The Picts, however, left their brochs, or round towers, and queer burial mounds which form one of the chief sources of interest in the Islands. The Standing Stones of Stenness rise in dreary solicitude and defy the years to solve the riddle of the men who put them there. The individual stones, twelve to fcuurteen feet high, ^rb arranged in a semi-circle about a cromjechor alter, which is said to have been dedicated to the rrioon. "So peaceful are the Islands today it seems impossible that they once were the storm center of bloody con flicts. The Vikings subdued these people, and Harold the Fair-haired, in 876, added the Orkneys to his Scan dinavian kingdom, but they were finally returned to Scotland as tho dowry of Margaret of Denmark, who married James III. "Only 29 of the 66 islands in the group are inhabited ami some of these by lean than thirty people. "It has ^been surmised that it was probably !n this portion of present day Scotland that the story of the thistle, now. that national flower, arose. It is told that one of the Danish invaders, while moving at night to surprise the Scotch* stepped I -V? with his bave feet upon a thistle a lid yelled with, pain so loudly that ho wakened tho sleeping ^cOts; who hiir rtcdly droyo t hi* Vnoiny <iway," (itios to Brook I. \ n. hananuel Hullose, t ho colored ba,;o j ball pitcher, who won quite a repu. tat ion for tho past few your* on the Camden loam, ami wlm during* winter months has boon working' for Tho Witt want i left Tuesday niorninu to join tho Brooklyn Giants, a colored ar r. t r^at ion ot' baseball playevs said to be tho best in this country.,. *llo has lots of white as well as colored friends who u ill w.itrh liis ea roe r with interest. Mjss Harriet CUuksou <?t" ('oluifibiii, haw lauded tin* job of assistant to A. ,S. Salloy, ?lr., Secretary of Lho state historical commission. Tim new position was created by the last jjoii ? oral assembly, ?lann iSureoll. J'O year old Con federate veteran, died at the homo o!' his sun .? t T?ntns?eo" last woeki Ii>? leaves a widow am! a large family of children. lie saw service during tin* entire period of the civil war. \n . 4 * V ? ** V . STATEMENT OK THE CONDITION OF I OF CAMDKN LOCATED AT CAMDEN, S. O,,. , AT THE CLOSE OF HI XI NESS MA?RCH .lint, 1924. . . Resources. Loans and. Discounts ... $ 70a, (>(>0.50 Overdrafts V 10,734.00 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Hank . ... . . . (281,883.08 Furniture and Fixtures . 15,410.90 Hanking House . ... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . ? ? ? . .36,556.03 Other Heal Estate Owned 0,110.21) Due from Hanks and Hankers 0(5,569.4 1 Currency - ? ? ? 1 6,362.00 (J old . . .' i; . 1(55.00 Silver anil Other Minor Coin . . . . 1,302,18 Checks and Cash Items . 77,000.00 Other Resources, 'viz : Acceptances. 128,012.58 Total . . , . . .... V . i . . . v. . , .? . . $ 1,380, 057;53 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In ,i 100,000.00 Surplus Fund . . . . ? . . . . . ... ? ? 100,000.00 Undivided Profits, less .Current Expenses and Taxes Paid.,.. 24,271.45 Due to Hanks and Hankers . . . 22.80 Dividends Unpaid , . \ . (5,104.00 Individual Deposits, Subject to Cheek . 501,000.33 Savings Deposits T. . 373,857.77 Time Certificates of Deposit 184,711.00 1 ,140,(550.10 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. d'eforo nic came 11. (i. Carrison, Jr., Cashier of tlic above named bank, who being duly sworn, says that the abov?? niwi foregoing statement 1* a true eonuition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. i- H. (*. Carrisou, Jr. Sworn to and subscibed before me this Kth day of April, 1924. U. H. Yates, Notary Public. ( orr?'<-r ? At teat : David Wolfe, ' W. (i. Wilson, Leo Schenk, Directors. No. 318 STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK LOCATED AT CAMDEN, S. C., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 31st, 1924. * Resources. Loans and Discounts .$ 476,444.38 Overdrafts ^ ? 8,120.28 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Hank 22,589.89 Furniture and Fixtures 5,902.13 Due from Hanks and Bankers . 35,275.44 Currency . . . 4,843.00 Gold 1,035.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin * 1,741.05 Checks and Gash Items.... 46,411.61 % Total $602,362.78 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In. $ 99,100.00 Surplus Fund , 20,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 8,331.12 Individual Deposits Subject to Check '. 305,747.30 Savings Deposits 109,838.86 Time Certificates of Deposit 24,686.93 Certified Checks , . . 14212.84 * Cashier's Checks 3,445.73 *444,931.66 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed.... 30,000.000 Total* $602,362.78 titate of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Before me came John S. Lindsay, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. JOI1N-S. LINDSAY. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April, 1924. Correct ? Attest: John Whltaker, 'Jr., Notary Public. Thos. J. Kirkland F. M. Wooten, J. II. Clyburn, Directors. N . . - Bank No. 67289. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF BETHUNE 1A M'ATICI) AT BETHL'NB, S. C., A 'l THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 31st,?1924. , Resources Loans and Discounts . $111,612.07 Overdrafts, secured 5,058.17 Overdrafts, unsecured 1,485.92 Liberty Bonds Owned by the Bank . 1,051.80 Furniture and Fixtures iJ, 395.45 Banking House 1,482.00 Other Real Estate Owned 7,291.50 Due from Banks and Hankers 46,458.08 Currency 2,829.00 Gold 248.50 Silver and other minor coin (>62.30 Checks and Cash Items 617.61 Total $181,192.40 Liabilities Capital Stock Paid in 15,000.00 Surplus Fund ^ 10,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid...... 951.00 Individual Deposits subject to check 99,104.38 /Time Certificates of Deposit ? ? ? ? ? - 55,688.94 Cashier's Checks :. .. 448.0H 155,241.40 Total / *1*1,192.40 STATE OF SOUTn CAROLINA, County of Kershaw Before me camc G. E. Parrott, Cashier of the above named bank, who be ioi duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true cotxll tlon of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. G. E. Parrott, Cashier. 1 J* Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th duy nt April, 1924. ? Correct Attest: H. P. LE?,r 4 A. B. McLauiiii, ? ? Notary Public for S. C. G. B. Kin*, A, K. McLaurin, .ZfZZm