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FINDS STATE BANKS
WEUSUPERVISED
Bankers Body Sees Less Politics
in Banking Departments With
Better Facilities in the Hands
of the Responsible Officials.
•A survey of stale banking depart
ntents by the State Bank Division,
American Bankers Association, dis
closes a distinct tendency the past live
years to take bank supervision out of
politics, to increase the discretionary
powers of bank commissioners, to
lengthen their terms of office, to sup
ply them with adequafe forces of
qualified examiners and to relieve
banking departments of duties foreign
to banking, says a recent statement
issued by the association.
“We have consistently urged that
the office of bank commissioner be as
free from partisan politics as the ju
diciary itself and that it be divorced
from all other functions of state gov
ernment,” the statement says. “Fur
ther, that his term of office be made
more secure and lasting, with suffi
cient salary and power granted to at
tract and retain the services of men
of outstanding executive ability, cour
age, resourcefulness and successful
banking experience.
“Five yfcars ago the first survey of
state banking departments by the divi
sion demonstrated the need for im
provements. On the basis of cata
now in hand it is evident that, through
the revision of statutes in m^y states,
rapid steps ore being taken in the
right direction. One by one the states
■are coming to recognize the primary
Importance of strong, competent bank
ing dapartments The demand for in
creasing the effectiveness of banking
departments la beginning to met.”
How Bank Commissioners Are Chosen
^be office of bank commissioner is
Pow operated as an independent de
partment of state government in thir
ty-four states, the bankers find, in
two states the bank commissioner is
elected at general elections; in one he
Is appointed from eligible lists of the
civil service anj In another tie Is se-
iected b/ the banks In one state the
bankers' association elects a list of
five names from which the governor
appoints one as superintendent of
banks; in another be is appointed by
the State Corporation Commission and
In another by the Slate Banking
Board
“Terms of office of bank commls-.
giooere have been lengthened In sev
eral states during the lost five years,"
the report says "In -S slates the
terra is four years. In one. fito years.
In Urea it is »U years and in
some the term Is indefinite. A short
term is condemned on the grounds
that the commissioner has insufficient
time to become thoroughly conversant
with his field work. A longer term
permits his rendering useful service
through capitalizing his experience
Five years ago the average length of
arrvice wru Irsio iinn thr<v* year a.
while now it has rieeti to five years.
Higher Standards Required
“Signs of an awakening to the nn
cessity of making successful banking
experience u (nullification for bank
commissioner are evident. While elev
en stales report no banking experi
ence necessary, the majority require
experience of this sort, ranging Irtrm
two to live years Twelve states now
have hanking boarde, with powers
ranging from acting In uu advisory
■capacity to lull power over nil slate
b nks to issue amt reject charters.
“A healthy sign Is the number of
reports which disclose that the com
missioners have full power to appoint
baqk examiners nr that these appoint
ments are made from civil service
lists This power is now granted to
the commissioner by twenty-seven
slates. Three require that selection
bo from civil service lists. Comp faints
are still made in a few states of po
etical pressure In the appointment of
'examiners, but the contrary seems to
be true in a growing number of states.
The most capable commissioner can
not successfully perform his duties
ualess he is able to command the
services of efficient, honest examiners.
The safety of depositors Is dependent
00 their work, and their appointment,
Biaess and compensation are highly
important. The number of examiners
hoi Increased, 25 per cent In the last
Art yeari.” V
BANKERS TO HOLD
GREAT CONVENTION
Cleveland, Ohio, has been desig-
nated for the 1930 annual convention
of the American Bankers Association.
TkU organization, which numbers
aheht 20,000 banka with 165,000,000,000
in assets, is annually the nation's most
important, financial event. The attend
ance ranges between five and ten
thousand. -P*
'Cleveland Is especially significant
in the history of the Association’s edu
cational traditions since it was in this
■city, when the organization last met
there In the year 1809, that the orlgl-
nal resolution was presented looking
formation of an educational
This sabseqaently resulted In
Institute of Banking in
now enrolled 35.000 bank
engaged in the study
and scientific phase*
GEOGRAPHY CHANGES
ARE HADE IN 1929
Boundary Settlement* and
Some Strife in Year.
Washington. — important boundary
changes, many settlements end some
conflicts occurred daring 1029.
A summary by the National Geo
graphic society shows shifts of boun
daries. populations and sovereignties
of the past year.
‘'Important events in the field of
world real estate." says a bulletin of
the society, "were the establishment of
the Vatican city, the settlement of the
Tncna Arica question with s division
of the territory between Chile and
Peru, the Mukden government’s pledge
of alliance to the central Chinese gov
ernment at Nanking, the challenge to
Uussinn railroad control t In north
Manchuria, Great Britain’s approval of
a plan to turn Iraq fro hi a mandate
Into nn Independent nation, and the
coup d'etat In Jugoslavia by which
ministerial government was replaced
with a dictatorship administered by
the king.
South American Adjustments.
“Marked progress In settling Irri
tating boundary questions was made
in South America. In addition to the
Tncna Arica settlement, war In the
Chaco region between Paraguay and
Boliva was checked by mediators.
The mediators studying the question
of which side was responsible for the
clash have asked permission of the re^
spectlve nations to pursue the Inquiry
deeper Into the larger question of a
possible boundary. Brazil is busy net
tling homidary questions on all sides.
"Coincident with tlie declaration of
dictatorship in Jugoslavia the name.
Kingdom of the Serbs, (fronts and
Slovenes, was stricken out and the
provincial boundaries were redrawn.
Along the Rhine, the allied forces of
occupation were cut down. 2. r >,000 sol
diers having been withdrawn in the
last few months. With the evacuation
of Wiesbaden, all British troops have
left flip Ilhlne. Basel, Switzerland, on
the upper Rhine, was selected as home
of the new International bank. Land-
bound Czechoslovakia acquired a sen
port In lifjn by purchasing port rights
from the free city of Hamburg. Ger
man)’. Poles are reported to bo buy
ing up land of many Germans who are
migrating to Germany proper from
Fast Prussia, the German province
separated from Germany by the Polish
corridor.
“Little Monaco staged a Grau
stnrklan revolt by which the Indignant
citizens (who pay no taxes) won addl
tlonal constitutional rights from the
reigning prince. On the-northern lim
its of France the autonomy movement
In Alsace was frowned upon by the
government
Saar Cass Still Psnding.
‘The Verailles treaty calls for a
final decision on ownership of the Saar
and Its Iron mines by a plebiscite In
IttCV. This plebiscite may lie aban
doned If Germany and France .can
reach a preliminary agreement which
Is now a subject of discussion.
“Premier Brland puhlhcly launched
tin- M nitcd States of Europe’ plan at
Geneva. F« onomic welding of the con
tinentai nations Is going on rapidly
through the development of industrial
cartels which serve to puncture tnrllT
walls.
“In Asia, the Manchurian question,
precipitated by the seizure of the Chi-
nese-Fastera railway and the ex
pulsion of Soviet railroad managers,
may soon be settled.
“The United States and Cunada
signed s treaty permitting Increased*
diversion of water from Niagara Falls
for power development. In Central
America the United States has as
signed a Corps of engineers to survey
the route for the proposed Nicaraguan
canal connecting the Caribbean sea
and the Pacific. Guatemala and Hon
duras are trying to reach an agree
ment over the disputed El Cinchodo
territory.
*"New territory was added to world
maps by the discoveries of the Byrd
expedition. Commander Byrd claimed
for the United States Marie |5yrd
land, which lies outside territories to
which Great Britain has advanced
claims. In the Antarctic, also. Nor
way occupied an island in the Roald
Amundsen sea for a whaling station,
naming It Peter i island.
“In the Arctic the Soviet government
publicly proclaimed its ownership of
Franz Joseph land. Norway has now
definitely occupied Jan Mayen island,
north of Iceland, and on the Island
Norway has established a meteorolog
ical station. Spitsbergen and Jan May
en have been included under the new
official name Svalbard."
Peiping Resident* Object
to Cow’* Stomach Street
Peiping. — Residents . on “Cow’s
Stomach street” (Nlu Tn Tsu) In
Peiping have decided that- In modern
China the name of this street should
be changed. They have petitioned
the municipal authorities, asking them,
to change the name of the street rn
“Big Praying x*nirC* ss more suitable
to the (lories of their district
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Adventurous Seal Shot
Nibbling Decoy Duck
llelford. Conn.—The hunger of an
tdventurrous gray seal which ren
tured in Long Island sound, far from
the haunts of Its kind, cost Its life
when it attempted to nibble s wooden
decoy here. Frank B. Brown, who wji*
tor winged prey shot and
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Only One More Week
Make Tax Returns.
Respectfully Yours,
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W. R MANNING. Auditor
MARKET GROWERS
INVEST YOUR DOLLARS WHERE YOU KNOW THEY
WILL EARN THE BIGGEST PROFIT.
For Earliest and Most Prolific Crop' Plant Only
ORIGINATOR’S STOCK
CUCUMBER
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“Kirby Cucumber”
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Not Originator’s Stock Unless la Container Illustrated Above.
OR TEN YEARS “KIRBY” CUCUMBER — Origina
tor’s Stock — has proved its Merits as the most Vigor
ous Grower, Earliest and’ most Prolific Producer of
Market wanted “Cukes”. It beats cotton planting prof
its ten to one. It’s perfectly shaped cylindrical fruit, seven to
eight inches long, retains its beautiful rich dark green color
from stem to blossom end, longer than any other Cucumber.
A perfect Shipper, in constant Market Demand for pickling
and slicing — it always commands the HIGHEST PRICE.
Knowing these facts, you cannot make any mistake in
planting “KIRBY” CUCUMBER — BUT — insist on getting
ORIGINATOR’S STOCK —sold ONLY in Sealed, Lithographed
Packages as shown in Illustration.
FACTS FROM SATISFED “KIRBY” GROWERS
August 13, 1929.-
“I just want to say to you
folks the seed from your house
have given better results than
any seed I can get anywhere at
any price in my 15 years truck
ing 'ixperience. They have
never failed to come true to
form.'V*
J. M. Weaver, Asheville, N. C.
-p- November 7, 1925.
“Relative to your Kirby cu
cumber, I have tried several
different varieties and the Kirby
is the best so far. 1 find from
only one years’ trial that it is*
not only a stay-green but with
stands the blight, also bears
longer.”
C. S. Glisson/
March 6, 1926.
July 23, 1929.
“Kirby seed is far superior to
“Inclosed find money order
any other variety. I would not
for one pound and a half of Kir-
plant if I could not get Kirby’s
by Stay Green cucumber seed.
because 1 know what they will
do. I made over 700 crates on
Last, fall I planted one pound of
one and one half acres, and
seed and shipped around 900
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Kirby sold when others would
hapers of fancy cukes. 1
not. Kirby’s good enough for
think they are the best cuke
me.”
seed cn the market. Kindly
. E. L. Sandeis, Ulmers, S. C.
mail out order at once.
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June 4, 1929.
Ed. Schafer, Ponchatoula, La.
“Kirby Cucumbers are the
P. S. I failed to say my cukes
best I have ever used. They
are the nicest size and -stay
won fiist and second prize at the
green longer.”
State Fair at Shreveport last
Mrs. Fred Baum,
year.”
Marshalltown, Iowa. ,
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Ed. C. Schafer.
March 3, 1926.
“Enclosed find check for which
please forward to us immediate
ly, five pounds of your Kirby
cuke seed.
We have used the Kirby cuke
seed sirfee you introduced it
and can say that there is not
a cuke that excels it for earli
ness and productiveness.”
P. J. Dodson, Hammand, La.
Hawkinsville, Ga.
February 28th, 1929.
“The Kirby cucumber is de
cidedly the fihest we have ever
planted.”
J. Wade Dickson,
Westminster, S. C.
? Kirby" Cucumber holds the confidence of both the market grower and the market ’
buyer. Originator’s stock in sealed lithographed container as illustrated above
FOR SALE BY — —
Simon Brown’s Sons, Blackville, S. C. Thomas, Ducker, Bamberg, S. C.
Green & Company, Elko, S. C. R- G. Hiers, Williston, S. C.
Mutual Trading Co., Blackville, S. C. The Best Pharmacy, Barnwell, S. C.
Rizer Mercantile Company, Olar, S. C.
We carry a full line of Vegetable and Flower Seed*. Selected Stock listed in our Market Gardener* Catalog.
Send now for your free copy. t
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PHILADELPHIA, PA
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