The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 14, 1939, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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