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MU?I.*-_z--?U; '.y.'H'-.iin.-. ....'.V-U,- . Sj REPORT OP CONDITION OF I MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK LOCATED AT BETHUNE, 8. C., AT THE CL08E OF BU8INE88 JUNE 30, 1939. A88ET8 Loans and discounts (liit luil Iiik <12,136 00 overdrafts). Overdrafts guaranteed I)) John I Si'1* na ami deposit made $38,283 .0, United Status Government obllgatIons. direct and fully guaranW teed 4. WOO Corporate stocks 1,2? ft. 00 Cash, balances with other banks. Including reserve balances, ami earth Hems In pioc< ss of collect Ion 24.211 37 Hunk promises owned $1.06* 75. furniture and fixtures $2,069.47 .. *3,138 22 Heal estule owned other than hank promises 11,403 64 Other a rt h e t s 2,701.36 TOTAL ASSETS $85,962 56 LIABILITIES Demand dop<?*.|i? of ittdlv idualtt, partnerships and corporal lona .. 140,887.64 Time < I e port 11 s of individuals, pa rt neralilpa and corporation .... 7,099 50 k * 1 te pun 11 a of StateH and polltlcul subdivisions 4,105.32 Other deportltH (certified and officers' checkrt, etc.) 624.86 TOTAL DLTOSITS 158,717.32 Other llahillllert 230.43 TOTAL LIABILITIES (not InclndlnK subordinated obligation*! shown below) $58,1)47.76 CAPITAL ACCOUNT Capital $20,000.00 Surplus 6,000.00 Undivided profits 1,014.81 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $27,014.81 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $85,062.56 j This bank's capital consists of common stock with total par value of $20,000.00. MEMORANDA Dledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): U. 8. Government obligations, direct and guaranted, pledged m to secure deposits and othor liabilities $4,950 * Secured and preferred liabilities: * Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to requirement of law $4,059.86 On date of report the required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was $3,779.48. Aswetrt reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to $24,211 37. I, F. E. Kerr, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true, and that It fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct?Attest: F. E. KERR O. W. Knight C. C. Gardner Directors. Lorlng Davis State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw Sworn lo and subscribed before me this 11th day of July, 1939, and 1 hereby certify that 1 am not an officer or director of this bank. JOHN A YOUNG. Magistrate My commission expires March 2, 1941. THE CASE OF JUDGE MANTON | The highest Judicial officer of the 1'nlted States, except the members of the Supreme Court, was convicted fn n Federal Court a few days ago and sentenced to two years In prison and a $10,000 fine on tho charge of conspiring to "sell Justice." There is something both shocking and cheering in the conviction of Martin T. Manton, chief Judge of tho Fed-, cral Circuit Court of Appeals. It is shocking in any case that a Judge of any degree should be accused and convicted of taking money to influence his decisions; it Is peculiarly shocking in the case of Judge Manton, who had won great renown as a Jurist in the twenty-two years of his service on the Federal bench, to^ which he was the youngest man evert appointed when named to that post by President Wood row Wilson. It is cheering to discover that the hand of Justice Is not staved in Amcr-i ic.i because of the high standing and reputation of the man accused of crime. There was no reason why Judge' Manton should have taken money! from litigants; no reason, that la, but greed. He had an honorable position, which he hold for life, at a salary several times' the earnings of ordinary citizens. He could have retired at seventy on full pay for the rest of his life. He was respected by those who knew him as a man and a Judge. Yet he let his desire for money overcome all the scruples which an honorable man, and especially an honorable Judge, holds above money or poI sltion or power. The disclosures at Judge. Manton's trial of the financial affairs which he carried on while on the bench came as a distressing revelation to everybody who had held him in esteem. There Is no reason why a Judge, particularly. one who holds such a high and secure position, should engage or interest himself in business at all. Indeed, there is every reason why he sljould hold his skirts clear of any possible contamination; for the man who is actively engaged In making money may. as a judge, be called upon to decide cases in which his own personal interest is involved?Chesterfield Advert Iser. ?? ^ ^ >LLii i_ijp*nnwrr^~ White Hhnn Venerated By Most Plain* Indian.. One <>f the "tost sacred animal* in the world is a white bison, compared with which the white e epliant of Stum or Burma hardly ranks for holiness. It is venerated by nearly all tribes of the Plains Indians. In times past, before the Sioux, Crow and other tribes had made much progress in accepting the ways of the white man, the hide j of the creature was so valued that an Indian would trade his best horses for one, although he would not part with them for any other considerstion whatsoever, according to ethnologists of the Smithsonian institution. . , . Among many primitive peoples white animals, ulbinos and otherwise. have been endowed with supernatural virtues. The animal se lected for this reverence is usually one closely associated with the life of the people, like the etephant in Bhuddist countries. The ordinary bison was the Plains Indian s ' source of livelihood. It provided him with food and clothing and, with the hides used for making tents, shelter. Long before the Indians had guns and horses they killed the bison by driving them into pens, or over the brinks of high embankments. Ac| cording to a story from the Atslna Indians, the meat and hide of a I herd thus slaughtered was not touched if a white bison wus among the carcasses. It was skinned and the hide preserved as a religious article. , Among the Teton Sioux, according to another legend, the white bison was believed to have taken the form of a beautiful supernatural woman. Trace Unlucky Thirteen Back to Norie Mythology Are you one of those who would rather miss the most sumptuous meal than be one of thirteen at the table? , It is claimed that when 13 people sit down together at a meal, the first to rise will die within a year. This morbid suggestion was first met in 'Norse mythology; at a banquet in Valhalla, Loki, the God of Strife, attending as an unbidden guest, by guile contrived the death of Baldur, the God of Peace. The fact that 13 sat down at the Last Supper has given the superstition tremendous reverential emphasis, asserts a writer in London Tit-Bits magazine. According to ancient lore, numbers possessed sex; the odd being masculine and the even feminine. All the male numbers were supposed to be lucky, while the feminine were neutral; 13, however, broke the spell of good luck and was held to be definitely harmful. Scotland calls 13 "the devil's dozen." So widespread is this feeling against 13 that in many towns no house in a street, no room in a hotel, is given this number. No superstitious gambler will back 13, or even enter the "Saloon ' on the thirteenth of the month. Horseshoe for Luck One day the devil, who had heard of St. Dunstan's skill at shoeing horses, appeared and asked him to shoe his "single hoof. Recognizing his customer, the Saint agreed and after tying him up securely caused him so much pain that the devil roared for mercy. St. Dunstan refused to release him until the devil promised never to enter a building where a horseshoe was railed up. So today we hang up a horseshoe for luck?taking care to put the points upwards lest luck run out at the opening, says London Tit-Bits maganne. Horseshoes were long considered a protection against witches, and lucky tvas the man or woman who in the course of his daily round picked up such a charm The early Christians used to nail tiie shoe sideways, adding to it.powcrs of link the significance u. ihe sacred letter "C. Having Faith If man has in all ages had enough to encounter, there has. m most civilized ages, been an inward f t' 1 wuu h.vaied i..m. w hereby the pro sure of things outward might 1< w.'h.sto.'d. Obstruction nbour.de '. hut !u.th also was not wanting. It is by faith that man removes mountains: while he had faith his htm ir.ight be wearied with toiling, ro buck gnhed with bearing; but ti e heart within him was peaceable and resolved Faith gave him an i: word wilh.ngre s. a world ?' strength wherewrth to confront a world of difficulty The true wrote; edness is here; that the difficulty re main and the strength he lost; t1 we have the labor and want tic willingness ? C a riyle. Silversmith Invented l>ish Kinir The dish ring, often spoken of h? the potato ring, was invented by i t Inst, silversmitns in the last half ol the Eighteenth and early part of t.u Nineteenth crntur.es. writes a c<>rresper.cicr.t to the Los Ar.ee ;<Tnr.es. These dish rings were orr mental stands for circular wooder. bowls, and their use was to prevent the hot bowl from injuring the po1 ished mahogany table. Traditior says they were used exclusively ft,, hold.ng bowls filled with potatoes but it was the custom to place them in the middle of the table to remair d iring the ent-re meal, where thev . erved as a receptacle for holding the various dishes 1 ^ V - ?*- ?? ?* Mrs. McCaskill Dies At Bethune Home Bethune, July 13?Mrs Sara Bothnia McCaskill, 6X, of Bethune, died Haturday evening, July s, at tin* home uf her daughter, Mrn. Mary (1. King, after a four week's illuess. Mrs. McChhkiji was llie daughter of Daniel Murdoch Iiethuno and Kalu Esther McCaskill. She was married t<> the late John A McCaskill, who preceded her to the grave three years ago Mrs McCaskill was a faithful attendant of her church and for many year* was a teacher in the Sunday school She was also a charter member of the local I'nlted Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a good neighbor and was loved by all who knew her. Her many deeds of generosity will not be forgotten. Mrs McCaskill Is survived by the following children, to whom she was greatly devoted: Ralph E. McCaskill and Mrs. M. G. K.^ng, of liethune; Mrs. C. O. Terry, of Quitman, Ga.; Mrs. J. U Richards, of Florence; eight grandchildren; two brothers. D/M. Bethune, of McBee; A. T. Bethune, of Gastonla; two sisters. Mrs. 1). T. Yarbrough, of Bethune; Mrs. Margaret Dee, of Monroe; Mrs. Kate McNaull, of Columbia; two half brothers, R. M. Bethune, of Cheraw and J. P. Bethune, of Bethune. The funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at five o'clock, conducted by her pastor. Rev. F. R. Morse and her former pastor, Rev. J. M. Forbls, of Great Falls, assisted by Rev. C. 8. Floyd, of the Methodist church and Rev. F. M. Lindler of the Baptist church. The pallbearers were D. M. Mays, L. 8. King, C. L. McKlnnon, J. L. King, Frank Lee and Neil E. Truesdell. Interment was In the Scotch cemetery a few miles from town. The beautiful and numerous floral. tributes and Immense number of peo-| pie from far and near showed the love and esteem felt for Mrs. McCaskill. Plans are being made for the erectI tlon of a log cabin on the Presbyterian church grounds. The cement | floor Is soon to be laid. Different | groups in the church have up a lively competition for the raising of the necessary funds for Its completion. Miss Mary Marshal has returned to the beauty salon here after several weeks stay at her home In Heath Springs. Mrs. w H. Fulton, of Washington, D. C., spent several days with Mrs. M. O. Ward enroute to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McLaurln, who were married In Columbia on July 2, stopped with their parents, I Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McLaurin, enroutei to Columbia where they will make! their hqme. Richard McLaurki, of Columbia,' spent the week end with his parents, 1 Mr and Mrs. J. N McLaurin. Mrs. W. W. Mungo spent the week end with relatives in Concord, N. C. Miss Myrtis Mungo is visiting her uncle in Rock Hill. Mrs. A. K. McLaurin and Mrs. Cy Mitchell and daughter spent Monday in Columbia. They were accompanied home by Miss Ruth Louise Wilson, 1 who will spend some time with them. Mr. and Mrs. C. ?. Mays have re- 1 turned home after an extended visit | to Whltevllle, Myrtle Beach and Flor-<ence. They were accompanied home by their grand daughter, Harriett ' Katherine Mays, of Florence. ^ev. F. R. Morse, J. N. Mcl^aurinj and N. E. Truesdell attended Presby-ji tery near Winnsboro Tuesday. ' j A revival meeting will begin Sun- ] day night at the Baptist church and < close July 21. Miss Mary Alice Helms had as her guests Monday, Miss Frances Wlmberly and Donald Davidson, of Wadeaboro, N. C. Mrs. 8allie Robertson Is vi^ting her son, Hamilton Thomas, In Hartsyllle. Mrs. Love Hearon, of Camden. Is spending the week in the home of her eon, T. E. Hearon. The Epworth League had a most enjoyable picnic at the Big Springs on Monday evening, chaperoned by Rev. Mr. Floyd. Mrs. Kate McNaull, of Columbia, has returned to her home after a four weeks stay in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. King. Mrs. M. F. Helms has returned from the Camden hospital, where she was a patient for several days. Dr. C. O. Terry and daughter, Miss Beth, of Quitman, Qa., arrived Sunday morning to be present at the funeral of Mrs. J. A. McCaskill. Dr. Terryi feturned home Tuesday mornihg,' while Miss Beth remained for a longer visit with her mother and sister, Miss Katherine. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Bethune, of Gastonia, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bethune. Mrs. Margaret Lee, of Monroe, was the week end guest of her daughter, Mrs. Eva Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sims, of Rock Hill, were the week end guests of Mrs. Sim's parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell. Mr. and Mrs. John Edwin King, of Raleigh and Mr. and Mrs. Gregg King, of Spartanburg, were the week end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. King. C. Chamness, Misses Lillian Weaver and Mary Melton, of Bennettsville, were guests of June Truesdell Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Smith, a daughter. July 10. The Woman's Missionary Society of th? Methodist church met Tuesday afternoon with Miss Mary Arthur in charge. The district sent a delegate, Dora Aiken, to colored conference in Augusta in June and her report was heard with great interest at this meeting. In 1911, Perry Rodgers completed he first trancontinental airplane hop, Hying from Sheepshead Bay, L. I., to Long Beach, Calif. Rodgers was killed in a plane crash six months later. FARM LABORER'8 AVAILABLE SAYS W. P. A. ADMINISTRATOR Lawrence M. Plnckney, State Adminlstrator, announced today that the Work Project* - Administration ja South Carolina will cooperate to the " fullest extent with farmers of the state who need labor for the working of their crops. Mr. Plnckney declared that the operation of W. P. A. projects in rural 1 areas would be curtailed or temporarily suspended if necessary to provide farmers with the necessary labor. While there have been' but few requests for labor by farmers of the state, Mr. Plnckney declared that the i Work Projects Administration desires to let those interested know of its ~ policy. Farmers should contact the W. P. A. county engineer in their respective county and make known their needs sufficiently in advance to permit arrangements for the release of necessary labor to meet local demands. Pinckney stated further that under the Act of Congress "workers must 1 accept offers of private employment" -j and "that any person who takes such private employment shall at the expiration thereof be entitled to immediate resumption of his previous em- i ployment status if he is still Jn neei _J and if he has lost the private employment through no fault of his own." Burster Defeats Chester Chester, July 8.?In a Palmetto 9 State Baseball league game this alter- 9 noon at Eureka park at Chester, Sum- j ter Gamecocks defeated Chester Cardl- j nals, 6 to 4. Williams for Chester In the sixth 9 hit a homer with one aboard. Coker and James for Sumter got two for Sumter 6 81 Chester 4 7 8 9 Coker and Batson; Rogers and Wil- 9 Hams. 1?^Bfl I Big, Roomy 6.1 cubic foot General Electric at Lowest Price in G E History ! Don't go through another hot summer with a wasteful, inconvenient and inadequate refrigerator. 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