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l??idafl Treasure to Ba Revealed.
? In an article signed 41 Ex-Attache.9 '
?be New York Tribune says: "To
Loid Cromer? the British plenipoten?
tiary in Egypt, belongs the credit of
bridging about a reform which bids
lair not only to.r?volutionize the Mo
naiumedaa world, but likewise to
affect economic conditions i-* Europe
as well as in the United States. The
Koran strictly prohibits usury, de?
nouncing, it as one of tba most unpar?
donable of offenses, and owing to this,
the Mohammedans have for more than
twelve centuries arjstaiaed from ever
leading^ money out at interest, and
have refused to make use of banking
institutions, either hoarding their
sold or investing it in precious stones,
[gp less liable to cxm?sc?<,tion and seiz?
ure than land As an illustration of
the sentiments of Moslems about the
matter, it may be stated that of the
more than 20,000 depositors :ln the
savings - banks of Egypt last year less
than 2,000 were Mohammedans, of the
-Europeanized, and essentially modern
'minded sort, aod eves they, while
willing to leave their money in the
: coffers of these banks, absolutely^re
fueed to touch a cent of the interest
accruing to them or to allow it to be
placed to their credit
"Lord Cromer, who enjoys in a
marked degree the confidence and re?
spect of the Mohammedans, not alone
sn Egypt and the Soadan, but also
In India, has during the last six
months had a number of interviews
at Cairo with the Giraud Mufti and
ether high authoritias of Islam law
and the chief dignitaries of the Moslem
faith, for the purpose of securing
, through them a more liberal inter?
pretation of those portions of the
Koran dealing with usury, so that,
svbile the latter remains prohibited,
sere should be no further objection
to the devout followers of the Prophet
making use of banks and,analogous in?
stitutions and receiving non-usurious
rates of interest for. their deposits.
??Success has crowned the efforts!
of the earl, and he aas now notified
tbs government in London that the
matter has teen virtually arranged, j
Inasmuch as Cairo is the headquarters
of Moslem orthodoxy and jurispru?
dence, and possesss a university which ^
for many hundreds of years has rank
- ed as the principal seat of Moham
< medan learning, to v/hich teachers,
clergy \and judges flocked from even
the most remote portions of Asia and
Africa in order to. obtain the purest
interpretation of Koranic doctrines
and of Koranic law, any decision
reached here on the subject of banking
is bound to be accepted throughout
hy the whole of Islam,-resulting in SK
vas: influx of gold into the backs; j
and a .consequent addition of colossal
proportions i;o the yellow metal at the
disposal markets.
"Mohammedan countries have often,
been described as the graveyards of
r??ld, ia the sense that they swallow
up the yellow metal, removing it
from circulation. This is especially
the case in India, where the *80,C00,
000 Moslems constitute the most pros?
perous and influer tia! element of the
population of the empire. There, ./as
elsewhere, their wealth is represented
- not by bonds and stocks bat by
heards oftise yellow metal, and in a
lesser degree of " jewels, whicli.their
owners, holding aloof from banks and
analogous institutions, conceal in.all
sorts of strange biding places, usually
underground. Dd ring the last forty
years the imports of gold into India
have exceeded the exports ' by over
$1,000,000,1000, of which no trace is to
be found in the financial institutions
- of the country. As pointed oat by
? Thomas Jefferson Harley,' of the
> American Institute of Mining En?
gineers, in his pamphlet on the gold
production of the world, published
/some ten years ago, there is a yellow
stream flowing into India year by
year."' There is no end to the stream.
Xt is always flowing. The money does
. not reappear in the Indian banks.
The soil of Hindost?n absorbs the
golden flood, just as the sands of the
.desert swallow the overflow of the
great rivers. When it is remembered
that this work of absorption has been
going on with little interruption for
ten centuries, and still continues
already in 1699 the French envoy,
Bernier, :in a report to his government
dated from Delhi, wrote that *the gold
of the world, after circulating for
.some time, finally flows into India,
as into an abyss from which there is
so return'-it is possible to form some
faint idea of the colossal amount of
treasure that is hidden in that coun?
try-treasure _ that hitherto has re?
mained sterile, but which now,
thanks to the initiative of Lord
Cromer, may ere long be restored to
circulation. It has been estimated
by experts that there are at least 20,
000,000 gold sovereigns thus hoarded
in the Presidency of Bombay alone.
Hundreds of millions sterling lie con?
cealed in hiding places in every part
of the Indian empire. All classes are
afflicted with the time-honored habit
of hoarding gold, which the influence
exercised during centuries by the Mo?
hammedans has, in course of time,
extended to the Hindoos. It was
only some time after the English,
yielding to urgent and unceasing en?
treaty based on religious pretext, had
xestoied the fortress of Gwalior to
the Maharajah of Scindia that they
learned that in vaults cut in the rock
on which the stronghold is perched,
the entrance built up with such con?
summate art a to defy all attempts to
discover it, there had lain concealed
the family treasure of the Maharajah,
amounting to $300,000,000, in gold and
jewels.
"Experts, such as the Director of
the United States Mint at Washing?
ton and other athorities of equal stand?
ing, have no difficulty m forming an
approximate estimate of the world's
output of s?ld ia the last 200 years.
But the most remarkable feature
thereof is to be found in the fact that
although, since the discovery of gold
mines in Australif, South Africa,
California and the Yukon, there has
been an enormous growth in the pro?
duction of the yellow metal, yet there
has been no corresponding increase
.in the monetary circulation thereof.
In fact, the latter has fallen off. The
Ban ic of England is said to be poorer
by-$100,000,000 in gold than it was
five years ago, and anaolgous institu?
tions show a similar decline in their
bullion reserves, watch they ascribe
to the never ending disappearance of
gold from circulation. And whereas,
according to the annals of the ants
Christian era, the amount of gold tnen
in ex4stence was even greater than
t'3?t of today, yet that, .too. bas dis
appeared alike from sight and circu
lation, boarded away in hidinsplaces
long since forgotten, the quantity of
ancient gold recovered, usually in the
form of manufactures, eloquent of
the volume of the metal used for the
rwirpose in ancient days, being so in
finitesimal that it is hardly worth
mentioning.
"While, of course, it is useless to
speculate on the prospects o5: recovery
of these golden treasures of fifteen,
twenty and even fifty centuries ago
the .'[tatiana have been searching for
them in vain along the river Busento,
in the bod of which the Goths, after
temjjorarily diverting the stream
therefrom, buried their king, Alaric,
along with the tons of gold and
jewels, estimated' by historians at
8200,000,000, 'of which they had plun
dered Borne, then the capita! of the
world, thereafter restoring the river
to its course-yet, now that the Ko
ranic obstacles to the investment of
wealth in banks and enterprises yield
ing non-usurious returns are as good
as removed, the world is likely to wit
ness the gradual restoration to circu
lation . of an . amount of bullion so co
lossal that it is beyond computation."
Million Dollar Fees. *
The successful modern lawyer is th3
most highly paid brain worker in the
world, says the World's work. There
was a time when the lawyer sought
to charge each particular client all
that he though that client would pay.
The lawyer of today aims to charge
so that his account viii appear on
the profit side of his client's ledger.
William Nelson Cromwell is to re
cieve $2,000,000 for selling the rights
of the Panama Canal Company to the
United States. But for Mr. Crom
well's extraordinary patience and
skill, the Isthmian Canal might have
been built through Nicaragua and
the i anama Canal Company would
have remained in its defunct condi
tion.
William D. Guthrie received $1,000,
000. for his victory for the widow in
breaking the will of of Henry B.
Plant. As a result, Mrs. Plant ob
tained $7,000,000 or $8,000,000. But
forr Mr. Guthrie her share of the es
tate would have been exceedingly
small. James B. Dill is credited with
having been paid $1,000,000 for set
tling the famous dispute between Mr.
Andrew Carnegie and Mr. Henry
Frick. A legal fight would probably
have resulted disastroulsy to every
one concerned. It is not known how
much Francis Lynde Stetson is paid
as the general counsel of J. Pierpont
Morgan, though it is estimated on
Wall street that Mr. Morgan gives
him as an annual retainer of $50,000
merely for first call upon Mr. Stetson's
time, all actual services being paid for
in addition.
The supply of lawyers does not ex
ceed the demand. In 1890 there were
89,630 members Of the Bar in the
United States, or one to every 698 of
the population. According to the
census cf 1900, the total number was
114^703, or one to every 659 of the. pop-^
ulation. There is, and will be for a
long time, plenty of work for the
good lawyer to do.
A Practical Question.
For the first ten months of the cur
rent fiscal year the export of manufac
tured goods, according to reports re
cently sent out from "Washington, ex
ceeded in value the exports for the cor
responding period "last, fiscal year by
nineteen million dollars.
This means that the manufacturers
of the United States are able at the
present abnormal cost of manufacture
to sell their products in foreign mar
kets in competition with foreign man
ufacturers.
Why, then, is it necessary for the
protection of American manufacturers
against foreign competition at home
for the government to levy a high
tariff tax on foreign imports The
American citizen reads and thinks for
himself, and he is asking himself this
interesting question. It is a question
that will be asked time and again
during the present campaign, provided
only the Democrats take an honest
stand for tariff reform, and it is a
question that the Republicans must
face and answer to the satisfaction of
the voters, or the Reublicans will be
turned out of office and the Democrats
: put in. It is glorious opportunity
for the national Democracy.-Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
Can Keep Siienee'Wifh Impuity.
A man who can afford to keep silent
and is allowed to keep silent is an
extraordinary man. Most men would
have to hide in a bombproof, but
Judge Parker can sit on the stile at
Esopus and doesn't have to talk, for
he has nothing vulnerable in his char
acter and no unquestionable acts, pri
vate or political, that require him to
do any talking to explain something
in bis past. I
The irreproachable Parker is the
man for whom the country has been
locking. This is the first instance
that ever came under our ob
servation that there is nothing assail
able in a candidate's life.
Judge Parker can keep silence with
impunity.-Wilmington Star. .
Greenville, June 3 -Fletcher Bird
and Palmer Coiswell, both negroes,
were convicted of murder in the Gen
eral Sessions Court here yesterday
and sentenced by Judge Townsend to
be hanged July L Tttey are accused
of killing Magistrate Cox, near Simp
sonville, in this county,'several weeks
ago, hnd were 'ably represented by
Oscar Mauldin, an attorney appointed
by the Court. There was no demon
stration at any time during the trial,
though the Court room was crowded.
O. B. Davis
asks the readers of this paper to te^t the
value of Kodol Dy?rei -i i Cure, Those
persons who have u e<J it anJ who have
been cnrel by it, do WA hesitate to re
commend it to their fri oat*. K>dol
digests what you eat, ciras indigestion,
dyspepsia and all >aca troubl >s. In
creases strength b, OJ a^Uug the stomach
-ind digestir or-j-a t< i> contribute to t"e
oiood ail of th nucrimeot concamevi'i i
the food. K0J0J li/^popsia Cur* s pleas
ia , and palatal ie.
The hammock seasoa has arrived.
A large stock to select from at Csteen's
Book Store.
THE STATE GAMPAISN
WILL OPEN IN SUMTER.
Committee Fixed Itinerary-As
sessments Upon Candidates
Same as Last Year.
Columbia, Juue 2.-The sub-com
mittee appoin red to arrange a sched
ule for the State campaing met in the
office of Gen. Wilie Jones, State
chairman, at the Carolina National
bank last night. The dates of the
meetings and. the assessments upon
candidates were decided upon.
At a former meeting it was decided
not to require attendance upon all the
meetings by candidates who are with
out opposition. The assessments fixed
last night are : For candidates for gov
ernor, $50; for lieutenant governor,
$12.50; for adjutant general, $25; for
all other StaSe offices, $37.50; for con
gress $50 ; for solicitor, $25. .
The'itinerary as mapped out by the
committee is as follows:
Smmter, Taesday, June 21st.
Manning, Wednesday, June 22d.
Monk's Corner, Thursday, June 23d.
Georgetown, Friday, June 24th.
Kingstree, Saturday, June 25th.
Conway, Tuesday, June 28th.
Marion, Wednesday, June 29th.
Florence, Thursday, June 30th.
Darlington. Friday, July 1st.
Bennettsville, Saturday, July 2nd.
BishopviLle, Tuesday, July 5th.
Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 6th.
Camden, Thursday, July 7th.
Lancaster, Friday, July 8th.
Yorkville., Saturday, July 9th. '
Union, Tuesday July 12th.
Spartanbarg, Wednesday, July 13th.
Gaffney, Thursday, July 14th.
Greenville, Friday, July 15th.
Picken , Saturday, July 16th.
Walhalla, Tuesday/July 19th.
Anderson, Wednesday, July 21st.
Greenwood, Friday, July 22d.
Laurene, Saturday, July 23d.
Newberry, Monday, July 25th.
Orangebarg, Tuesday, July 26th.
Bamber*;, Wednesday, July 27th.
St. Georges, Thursday, July 28th.
Charleston, Friday, July 29th.
Walterboro, Saturday, July 30th.
Beaufor t Tuesday, August 2d.
Hampton, Wednesday, August 3i.
Barnwell, Friday August 5th.
Aiken, Saturday, August 6th.
Edfgeficld, Monday, August 8th.
Saluda, Tuesday, August 9th.
Lexington, Wednesday, August 10th.
Chester, Thursday, August lltb.
Winnsbsro, Friday, August 12th.
Columbia, Saturday, August 13th.
Although the candidates for the
State offices have until June 20th in
which to file their pledges with the
chairman cf the executive committe,
Gen. Wilie Jones, several have al
ready -formally entered by sending
their pledges accompanied by the
money. Among these - re Col. John
T. Sloan of Columbia for iieuenant
governor, Capt. R. H. Jennings of
this city for State treasurer, Hon.
i George S. Legare. of Charleston for
congressman from the first district,
and several candidates for solicitor.
B YI TOEFHIV MOTHER.
Alleged that He Pushed Her Down
a Fii iht of Stairs and After
wards Hid the Body.
Trenten, N. J., June 3.-Nathan
Sibbett, the 14-year-old boy who was
arrested last Snnday on the charge of
being r<isponsible for the death of bia
mother, whose body was found at her
home at Jacobs creek in a partly de
composed condition, .was today for
mally committed on a charge of mur
der.
The coroner's jury today rendered a
verdict to the effect that Mrs. Sibbett
came to her death by being pushed
down stairs by her young son. This
verdict was rendered from the testi
mony ol: police officials to whom young j
Sibbet made a confession.
According" to the testimony of the
officers the lad had a quarrel with his j
mother on the Tuesday before her
body was; found and he pushed her
from the top of the stairs, her death
resulting. The boy then covered her
body with bed clothing and left the
house. He wandered around the
neighborhood telling those who in
quired that bis mother had gone to
Philadslphia.
. When the house was broken into
Sunday and the body found the boy
professed entire ignorance of his moth
er's death. After he had been locked
up and closely questioned by.the au
thorities he made the confession which
resulted in today's verdict.
Triumphs of Modern Surgery,
Wonderful' things are done for the hu
man body by surgery. Organs are taken
out a ad scraped and polished and pul,
back, or they may be removed entirely ;
bones are spliced ; pipes take the place of
diseased sections of veiDs ; antiseptic
dressings are applied to wounds, bruises
our 3 and like injuries before inflamma
tion nets in, which causes them to heal
wi hoat maturation and in one third the
time .required by the old treatment. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same
p-inciple. It is an antiseptic and when
epp'.isd to such >D j aries, causes them to
heal very quickly. It also allays the pain
and sareness. Keep a bottle of Pain Balm
in yo ar home and it will save you time
and money, not to mention the inconveni
ence and suffering which such injuries en
tail.- For sale by China's Dru? Store.
k -cAL CUSS FOR
it has re r-ndy been discovered tha?
he germs . t produce Malana, breec
ir.d multip:;* in the intestines and from
'.ben; sprei--- throughout the system
oy means i he Liood. This fact ex
plains why r-inlaria is hard to cure by |
the old me-hod of treatment. Quinine |
Iron. etc.. stimulate the nenes and |
build up the blood, but do not destroy I
the germs that cause the disease. |
Ryd&le's 'Ionic has a specific ciTect ,
apon the intestines and bowels, freeing
hem fro n oil c'is*u.se breeding mi- j
robes. It >;.-so kills thc germs thal
'rifest the ven s ami arteries. It drive* j
fro.Ti tbe blood ail poisonous matte) I
tnd mak**s '.. -ich and healthy.
KYDALE'3 T< MC is ' :i i looi :
tuihler, a Uc-r-e restorer, . d n Maiaris
destroyer, ' ry k, it wiil not disap
aoint :vvn. \
THE CIVIL WAR IN HAYT!.
i
A Serious Battle Fought at Espe?
ranza, Near Mao.
Cape Kaytien, May 26.-A serious
battle was fought today between the
Dominican troops and the revolution?
ists at Esperanza, on the road from
Moa te Christi to Santiago, near Mao.
The revolutionists were victorious.
Many were killed or wounded on both
Bides.
Gen. Raoul Cabrera, minister of
war, who commanded the Government
troops, was killed and his body was
taken to Navarette.
The revolutionists are before Navar?
ette, where another battle will be
fought
The Government troops are waiting
for reinforcements. The . United
States cruiser Detroit and the gunboat
Newport are off Monte Cristi.
Triumphs of Modern Surgery.
Wonderful things are done for the hu?
man body by surgery. Organs are taken
out and scraped and polished and put
back, or they may be removed entirely ;
bones art i spliced ; pipes take the place of
diseased sections of veins ; antiseptic
dressings are applied to wounds, bruises
burns and like injuries before inflamma?
tion sets in, which causes them to heal
without maturation and in one third the
time required by the old treatment. Cham?
berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same'
principle, ii is an antiseptic and when
applied to such injuries, causes them to
heal very quickly. It also allays the pain
and soreness. Keep a bottle of Pain Balm
in your home and it will save you time
and money, not to mention the inconveni?
ence and suffering which such injuries en?
tail. Fo;: sale by China's Dru? Store.
Montgomery, Ala., May 25.-The
Democratic State convention was held
in Montgom?ry today and despatched
its work in a few hours. While no in?
structions were given, the resolutions
convention is for his nomination. The
adopted recited that at the present
time Judge Alton B. Parker is the
most available and acceptable candi?
date for the nomination for the presi?
dency and that the sentiment of the
unit rul9 was put in force and an
overwhelming miajority of the dele?
gates elected favor the nomination of
Parker.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The maa who insures his life ls
wise for his family. /
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard?
ing it. It is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani?
fests itself in innumerable ways
TAKE.
T
I un m mu
And save your health
CHI3riESTER'S t.NGLfSH
Ortona! und Only Genuine.
SAFE. Aiwa:;?.>!?. Ladle*, uk I>ru??iit
for CHICIiESTEIl'S ENGLISH
in JIZD tn<? Cold netallie boxes, waled
.r ?Ith blueriMwn. Tukeno other. Befase
??^> V?Vj Pangeroa? 8ub?.t]tutlooA and Imita
*~ (?j tlon*. P-UT of joQ- D-jggisi. or ??-n-t4c. fa
' iii ?umps for Partlcolum, Tc?t5raoui?Iz
XP Kp and "l?clie7 for Lad lc*." fe letter. bT re
V Lr turn .Hui;. I0.OOO '...?tlmi .?ali. SoVlbj
. *?? nrjggi?T*. rblrikvACe? Chemical Co
l?cn?on ?hf* !..??*.' ... . '-'A.
He Land ail Most Complete
t
Geo. 8. Hacker & Son,
- MANUFACTUREES OF
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
oSicp and W *reroom9, Kiog, opposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
f3r Paccuse our make, wbicb we gaaractf
scp?r:or t;j aoj sold Sooth, and
tborehr pave money.
Window and Paney Glass z Specialty
$100,000.00 Capital.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Sumter, S. C.
TKE Comptroller of the Currency hav?
ing approved the increase of the Capital
of this Bank to -$100,000.00, depositors
now have as security for their deposits :
Capital, - - $100,000 00
Stockholders! Individnal Ina?
bility, - - - '.00,000 00
Surplus and Undivided Prof?
it,, - - - 25,000 00
Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00
ONLY NAT1CNLA BANK IN CITY OF SUMTER.
Largest Capital of any Bank in this
section of South Carolina.
Str?mst Bank in Eastern part of this
State.
Interest allowed on deposits to a limited
amount.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A. J. CHINA, President.
NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President.
H. I). BARNETT, R. D. LEE,
G. A. LEM MON. JOHN REID,'
E. P. RICKER.
R. L. EH MUNDS, Cashier.
R. D. LEE, Solicitor.
BOOKKEEPERS.
J. L. McCpJlum, D. J. Winn, JrM
Oliver L. Yates,
THE CIVIL WAR IN HAYT!.
i
A Serious Battle Fought at Espe?
ranza, Near Mao.
Cape Kaytien, May 26.-A serious
battle was fought today between the
Dominican troops and the revolution?
ists at Esperanza, on the road from
Moa te Christi to Santiago, near Mao.
The revolutionists were victorious.
Many were killed or wounded on both
Bides.
Gen. Raoul Cabrera, minister of
war, who commanded the Government
troops, was killed and his body was
taken to Navarette.
The revolutionists are before Navar?
ette, where another battle will be
fought
The Government troops are waiting
for reinforcements. The . United
States cruiser Detroit and the gunboat
Newport are off Monte Cristi.
Triumphs of Modern Surgery.
Wonderful things are done for the hu?
man body by surgery. Organs are taken
out and scraped and polished and put
back, or they may be removed entirely ;
bones art i spliced ; pipes take the place of
diseased sections of veins ; antiseptic
dressings are applied to wounds, bruises
burns and like injuries before inflamma?
tion sets in, which causes them to heal
without maturation and in one third the
time required by the old treatment. Cham?
berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same'
principle, ii is an antiseptic and when
applied to such injuries, causes them to
heal very quickly. It also allays the pain
and soreness. Keep a bottle of Pain Balm
in your home and it will save you time
and money, not to mention the inconveni?
ence and suffering which such injuries en?
tail. Fo;: sale by China's Dru? Store.
Montgomery, Ala., May 25.-The
Democratic State convention was held
in Montgom?ry today and despatched
its work in a few hours. While no in?
structions were given, the resolutions
convention is for his nomination. The
adopted recited that at the present
time Judge Alton B. Parker is the
most available and acceptable candi?
date for the nomination for the presi?
dency and that the sentiment of the
unit rul9 was put in force and an
overwhelming miajority of the dele?
gates elected favor the nomination of
Parker.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The maa who insures his life ls
wise for his family. /
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard?
ing it. It is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani?
fests itself in innumerable ways
TAKE.
T
I un m mu
And save your health
CHI3riESTER'S t.NGLfSH
Ortona! und Only Genuine.
SAFE. Aiwa:;?.>!?. Ladle*, uk I>ru??iit
for CHICIiESTEIl'S ENGLISH
in JIZD tn<? Cold netallie boxes, waled
.r ?Ith blueriMwn. Tukeno other. Befase
??^> V?Vj Pangeroa? 8ub?.t]tutlooA and Imita
*~ (?j tlon*. P-UT of joQ- D-jggisi. or ??-n-t4c. fa
' iii ?umps for Partlcolum, Tc?t5raoui?Iz
XP Kp and "l?clie7 for Lad lc*." fe letter. bT re
V Lr turn .Hui;. I0.OOO '...?tlmi .?ali. SoVlbj
. *?? nrjggi?T*. rblrikvACe? Chemical Co
l?cn?on ?hf* !..??*.' ... . '-'A.
He Land ail Most Complete
t
Geo. 8. Hacker & Son,
- MANUFACTUREES OF
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
oSicp and W *reroom9, Kiog, opposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
f3r Paccuse our make, wbicb we gaaractf
scp?r:or t;j aoj sold Sooth, and
tborehr pave money.
Window and Paney Glass z Specialty
$100,000.00 Capital.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Sumter, S. C.
TKE Comptroller of the Currency hav?
ing approved the increase of the Capital
of this Bank to -$100,000.00, depositors
now have as security for their deposits :
Capital, - - $100,000 00
Stockholders! Individnal Ina?
bility, - - - '.00,000 00
Surplus and Undivided Prof?
it,, - - - 25,000 00
Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00
ONLY NAT1CNLA BANK IN CITY OF SUMTER.
Largest Capital of any Bank in this
section of South Carolina.
Str?mst Bank in Eastern part of this
State.
Interest allowed on deposits to a limited
amount.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A. J. CHINA, President.
NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President.
H. I). BARNETT, R. D. LEE,
G. A. LEM MON. JOHN REID,'
E. P. RICKER.
R. L. EH MUNDS, Cashier.
R. D. LEE, Solicitor.
BOOKKEEPERS.
J. L. McCpJlum, D. J. Winn, JrM
Oliver L. Yates,