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Copyright, 1904. Sly GEO" by Herbert S. Stone J Q. Company CHAPTER XXXIIL ?VERYTHING seemed lite a dream to Brewster as he rushed off through, the night to the of? fice of Grant & Ripley. He was ?dazed, bewildered, hardly more than half conscious. A" bitter smile crept ?about his lips as he drew away from the street car track almost as his hand touched the rail of a car he had sig? naled. He remembered that he did not have money enough to pay his fare. It was six or seven blocks to the office of tile lawyers, and he was actually run? ning before he stopped at the entrance o? the big building. Never had an elevator traveled more slowly than the one which shot him to the seventh floor. A light shone through the transom above the attorneys' door, and he entered without so much as a rap on the panel. Grant, who was pac? ing the floor, came to a standstill and faced.his \isitor. "Close the door, please," came in steady tones from Ripley. Mr. Grant dropped into a chair, and Brewster mechanically slammed the door. "Ts it true?" he* demanded hoarsely , his hand still on the knob. "Sit down. Brewster, and control i yourself," said Ripley. "Good God, man, can't you see I am -calm?" cried Monty. "Go on;-tell me all about it What do you know? What hare you-heard?" *<He cannot be fouh?, that's all," an ^fconnced Ripley, with deadly intent? ness.- **X don't know what it means. There*.fk no explanation. The whole thing is inconceivable. Sit down, and ? 'will tell you everything as quickly as possible." "There isn't much to tell," said Grant . mechanically. "I can take it better standing," de? clared Brewster, shutting his jaws tightly. ""Jones was last seen in Butte on the Sd of this month," said Ripley. "We sent -several telegrams to him after that day, asking when he expected to leave for New York. They never were claimed, and the telegraph company j reported that he could not be found. j I ~We thought he might have gone off to I "-look after some of his property and j vere not uneasy. Finally we began to j wonder why he had not wired us on j . leaving for the east I telegraphed ! again and got no answer. It dawned ! tspon us that this was something un- ! usual We wired Lis secretary and re V-ceived a response from the chief of ! police. He. asked in turn if we could ? telL him anything about the where- : ^abouts of Jones. This naturally alarm- j -ed us, and yesterday we kept the wires j . hot The result of our inquiries is ter- j ?ri?le,. Mr. Brewster." "Why didn't you tell me?" asked i -Brewster. "There can be no doubt that Jones ! "has fled, accompanied by his secretary, j "The belief in Butte is that the secretary ; has murdered him." " Ripley moistened his lips and went ! "?- hvu , i ." ""We nave dispatches here from the ' 'police, the banks, the trust companies j and from a half dozen mine managers, j Yon may read them if you like, but I ? .-can tell you what they say. About the '1st of this mouth Jones began to turn 'various securities into money. It is '-now known that they were once the property of James T. Sedgwick, held in trust for you. The safety deposit vaults were afterward visited, and in? spection shows that he removed every scrap of stock, every bond, everything of value that he could lay his hands upon. His own papers and effects ?were not disturbed. Yours alone have disappeared." It is this fact that con? vinces the authorities that the secreta? ry bas made away with the old man and ha* fled with the property. The bank people say that Jones drew out every dollar of the Sedgwick money, and the police say that he realized tre- j ?mendous sums on the convertible se- j purities. The strange part of it is that j ?he sold your mines and your real es- j .tate, the purchaser being a man named I Golden. . Brewster, it-it looks very j much as if he had disappeared with j erervtbmgl'^? j Brewster did not take'his eyes from Xiipley's face. throughout the terrible ' speech! Ile did not move a fraction of an indi from the rigid position as? sumed at the beginning. "Is anything being doner" he asked mechanically. "The ] olice are investigating. Ile is? fcnowu to have started off into the mountains with this secretary on the 3d of September. Neither has., been seen sin that day so far as any one know*. The earth seems to have swal? lowed them. The authorities are Searching the mountains and are mak ?mr ev*!.' effort to Gnd Jones or his body". He is known to be eccentric, a'.d at first not much importance was at? tached to Iris actions: That is all we can tell you at present. There may be developments tomorrow, lt looks bad -terribly bad. We-we had the utmost confidence in Jones. I wish 1 could help you, my boy." "I don't blame fou, gentlemen." said* Brewster bravely. '"It's just my luck, that's all. Something told me all along that -that it wouldn't turn out right. I wasn't looking for this kind of end. though. My only fear was that-Jones "wouldn't consider me worthy to receive the fortune. It never occurred to me that he might [-rove to be the-the un? worthy one.*' rster'? -M IGE BARR MCCUTCHEON (RICHARD GREAVES) I ll 4fl '"I wilTI??ke you a little farther into our confidence. Brewster," said Grant slowly. "Mr. Jones notified us in the beginning that he would be governed largely in his decision by our opinion of your conduct. That is why we felt ao hesitation iu advising you to con? tinue as you were going. While you were off at sea we had many letters from him, all in that sarcastic vein of his, but in none of them did he offer a word of criticism. He seemed thor? oughly satisfied with your methods. In fact, he once said he'd give a million of his own money if it would purchase your ability to spend one-fourth of it" ''Well, he can have my experience free of charge. A beggar can't 'be a i chooser, you know," said Brewster bit? terly. His color was gradually coming back. "What do they know about the secretary?" he asked suddenly, intent and alive. "He was a new one, I understand, who came to Jones less than a year ago. Jones is said to have had implicit faith in him," said Ripley. "And he disappeared at the same time?" "They were last seen tpgether." "Then he-has put an enid to Jones!" cried Monty excitedly. "It is as plain as day to me. Don't you see that he exerted some sort of influence over the old man, inducing him to get all this money together on some pretext or other, solely for the purpose of robbing him of the whole amount? Was ever anything more diabolical?" He began pacing the floor like an animal, nerv? ously clasping and unclasping his hands. "We must catch that secretary! I don't believe Jones was dishonest. He has been duped by a clever scoun? drel." "The strangest circumstance of all, ! Mr. Brewster, is that no such person as I Golden, the purchaser of your proper ! ties, can be found. He is supposed to reside in Omaha, and it is known that he paid nearly $3,000,000 for the prop-1 erty that now stands in his name. He j paid it to Mr. Jones in cash, too, and he paid every cent that the property is I worth." "But he must be in existence some? where," cried Brewster in perplexity. "How could he pay,the money if he doesn't exist?" "I only know that no trace of the man can be found. They know nothing o? him in Omaha," said Grant helpless? ly. "So it has finally happened," said Brewster, but his excitement had dropped. "Well." he added, throwing himself into a deep chair, "it was al? ways much too strange to be true. Even at the beginning it seemed like a dream, and now-well, now I am just awake, like the little boy after the fairy tale. I seem like a fool to have taken it so seriously." -There was no other way," protested Ripley. "You were quite right." "Well, after all," continued Brewster, and the voice was as of one in a dream, "perhaps it's as well to have ceen in Wonderland, even if you have to come down afterward to the or? dinary world. I am foolish, perhaps, but even "now I would not give it up." Then the thought of Peggy clutched him by tbe throat, and he stopped. After a moment he gathered himself together and rose. "Gentlemen," he ! said sharply, and his voice had chang- 1 ed. "I have had my fun, and this is the end of it. Down underneath I am des? perately tired of the whole thing, and I give you my word that you will rind me a different man tomorrow. I am going ? to buckie down to the real tiling. I am going to prove that my grandfa? ther's blood is in me. And I shall come out on top." Ripley was obviously- moved as he re- j plied: "I don't question it for a mo- ! ment. You are made of the right stuff. ! I saw that long ago. You may count on us tomorrow for any amount you need." Grant indorsed the opinion. "I like your spirit. Brewster." he said. "There are not many men who would have taken this* as weli. It's pretty hard on yo?,"T:o?v"V?d lt's a m?s?Ta"ble wedding gift for your bride." "We may have important news From Butte in the morning," said Ripley j hopefully. "At any rate, more of the j details. The news]tapers will have j sensational stories no do;:bt, and we ? baye asked for the inte?i particulars j direct from the authorities. We'll see that things are properly investigated, j (io home now. my boy. and go to bed. ! You will begin tomorrow with go-.Kl ! luck at your side, and you may be happy .-iii your life in spite of tonight's : depression." "I'm sure to be happv," s::id Brew ster siinp.y. **Tue ceremony takes place at 7 o'clock, gentlemen. I was coming to your office at '* on a little j matter of business, but! fancy it won't after all be necessary for rn?' to burry, i'll drop, in before noon, however, and ; get that money. By the way, here are the receipts for the money 1 speni tonight. Will you put them away with ; the others? ? intend to live up to my part of the contract, ami ii wi!) save ! me the trouble of presenting them reg j ularly in the morning. Good :.- * ir:11. I gentlemen. 1 am s >rry you were obllg ed to stay up so late on my aeenmit." j He left them bravely enough, but lie j had more than ":.<? moment of weak- j ness before he could me< t his friends. : The world seemed unreal and hil - thc most ?anreal thing in ii. Ku* night air acted as li stimulant and helped him to call back his courage. When he entered the studio at 1 o'clock he was prepared to redeem his promise to be "the jolliest fellow of them all." CHAPTER XXXIV. "J'IL tell you about it later, dear," was all ttfat Peggy, pleading, could draw from him. A At midnight Mrs. Dan had re? monstrated with her. "You must go home, Pegg?-, dear/' she said. "It is disgraceful for you to stay up so late. I went to bed at 8 o'clock the night be? fore I was married." "And fell asleep at 4 In the morning," smiled Peggy. "You: are quite mistaken, my dear. I did not fall asleep at all. But I won't allow you to stop a minute longer. It puis rings under the eyes, and some? times they're red the morning after.? "Oh, you dear sweet philosopher,* cried Pessy, "how wise you are! Do you think I need u beauty sleep?" "I don't want you to be a sleepy beauty, that's all," retorted Mrs. Dan. Upon Monty's return from his trying hour with the lawyers he had been be? sieged with questions, but he was clev? erly evasive. Peggy alone was insist? ent. S'ie had .curbed her curiosity until the.v were on the way home, and then she implored him to tell her what had happened". The misery he had endured .was as nothing to this reckoning with the woman who had the right to expect fair treatment. His duty was clear, but the strain had been heavy, and it was not easy to meet it. "Peggy, something terrible has hap? pened/' he faltered, uncertain of his course. ? "Tell me everything. Monty. You can trust me to he brave." "When I asked you to marry me," he continued gravely, "it was with the thought that I could give you every? thing tomorrow.. I looked for. a for? tune. I never meant that you should marry a pauper." "I don't understand. You tried to test my love for you?" "No, child, not that. But I was pledged not to speak of the money I expected, and I wanted you so much before it came." "And it has failed you?" she answer? ed. "I can't see that?t changes things. I expected to marry a pauper, as you call it. Do you think this could make a difference?" "But you don't understand, Peggy. I haven't a penny in the world." "You hadn't a penny when I accept? ed you " she replied. "I am not afraid. I belie re in you, and if you love me I shall not give you up." "Dearest!" And the carriage was at the door before another word was ut? tered. But Monty called to the coach? man to drive just once around the block. "Good night, my darling," he said when they reached home. "Sleep till? S o'clock if you like. There is nothing now in the way of having the wedding at 9 instead of at 7. In fact, I have a reason for wanting my whole fortune to come to me then. You will be all that I have in the worldf child,-but I am the happiest man alive." In his room the strain was relaxed, and Brewster faced the bitter reality. Without undressing he threw himself upon tae lounge and wondered what' the world held for him. It held Peg? gy at ?east, he thought, and she was enough. But had he been fair to her? Was he right in exacting a sacrifice? His tired brain whirled in the effort to decide. Only-one thing was clear that he could not give her up. The fu? ture grew black at the veiw thought of it. With her he could make things go, bm: alone it was another matter. Ile would take the plunge, and he would justify it. His mind went trav? eling back over the graceless year, and he suddenly realized that he had forfeited the confidence of men who were worth while. His course in profligacy would not be considered the best training for business. The thought nerved him to action, ile'must make good. Peggy had faith* in him. She tame to him when everything was against: him. and he would slave for her, he would starve, he would do any? thing to prove that she was not mis? taken in him. She at least should know him for a" man. Looking toward the window, he saw the black, uneasy night give way to the coming day. Haggard and faint, he arose from the couch to watch the ap? proach of the sun that is indifferent to weaith and poverty, to gayety and de? jection From far off in the gray light there came the sound of a "> o'clock bell. A little later the shrieks of fac? tory' whistles were borne to his ears, mumed by distance, but pregnant with the importance of a new day of toil. They were calling him. with all poor men. to the sweatshop and the forge, to tho great mill of life. The new era had begun, dawning bright and clear to disnorso the gloom in Iiis soul. Lean? ing against ti e casement ima wonder? ing where he could earn the first dollar for the Peggy Brewster that was Peg gy Gray.- he rose to meet it with a fine unflinching fearlessness. Before 7 o'clock he was downstairs and waiting, .ice Bragdon joined him a, hit later followed hy Gardner and the minister. The DeMilles appeared without aa invitation, but they were not denied. Mr-. Dan sagely shook her head when ' ?ai that Peggy was still asleep and thal the ceremony was off till!) o'clock. . .Monty, are you going away?" asked I ?an, drawing him into a comer. Mus: a week i TA tlie hills." answered Monty, suddenly remembering the gen? erosity of his attorneys. "Come in and see me as soon as y<>u return, old nam." said DeMille, and Monty knew thar, a position would be ?'..(.il h. lilia. To Mrs. Dan fell the honor of helping Peggy dress. J>y the time she Ij?d had coffee ??hw was ready to go down she was j ink with excitement and ha?! quite forgotten the anxiety which had made the nigl I an age. h?r^veddirig morningT"^?f~color was rich, her eyes as clear as stars, her wo? man's body the picture of grace and health. Monty's heart leaped high with love of her. "The prettiest girl in New York, by Jove!" gasped Dan DeMille, clutching Bragdon by the arm. "And look at Monty! He's become a new man in the last five minutes." added Joe. "Look at the glow in his cheeks! He's beginning to look as he did a year ago." A clock chimed the hour of 9. ******* "The man who was her<3 yesterday is in the hall to see Mr. Brewster," said the maid a few minutes after .the min? ister had uttered the words that gav* Peggy a new name. There was a mo? ment of silence, almost of dread. "You mean the fellow with the beard?" asked Monty uneasily. "Yes, sir. He sent in this letter, beg? ging you to read it at once." "Shall I send him away, Monty?" de? manded Bragdon defiantly. "What does he mean by .coming here at this time?" "I'll read the letter first, Joe." Every eye was on Brewster as he tore open the envelope. His face was expressive. There was wonder in it, then incredulity, then joy. He threw the letter to Bragdon, clasped Feggy in his arms spasmodically and then, re? leasing her, dashed for the hall like one bereft of reason. "It's Xopper Harrison!" he cried, and a moment later the tall visitor was dragged into the circle. Xopper was ! quite overcome by the heartiness of his I welcome. ! "You are an angel, Xopper, God bless I you!" said Monty, with convincing em j phasis. "Joe, read that letter aloud and j then advertise for the return of those ? Boston terriers !" Bragdon's hands trembled and his voice was not sure as he translated the scrawl, Xopper Harrison standing ber hind him for the gleeful purpose ol' prompting him when the writing was beryond the range of human intelli? gence: Holland House. Sept. 23, 19-. Mr. Montgomery Brewster: My Dear Boy-So you thought I had given you the slip, eh? Didn't think I'd show up here and do my part? Wfll, I don't blame you. I suppose I've acted like an idiot, but so long as it turns out O. K. there's no harm done. The wolf won't gnaw very much of a hole in your " door, I reckon. This letter Introduces my . secretary, Mr. Oliver Harrison. He came to me last June out in Butte with the prospectus of a claim he had staked out up in th? mountains. What he wanted was backing, and he had such a good show to win out that I went into cahoots with him. He's got a mine up there that is dead sure to yield millions. Seems as though he has to give you half of the yield, though. Says you grubstaked him. Good fellow, this Harrison. Needed a secretary and man of affairs, so took him into my office. You can see that he did not take me up into the mountains to murder me. as the papers say this morn? ing. Ah rot. Nobody's business but my own if I concluded to come east without, telling everybody In Butte about it. I am here, and so ls the money. Got in lust night. Harrison came from Chicago a day ahead of me. I went to office of G. & R. at 8 this morning. Found them in a stew. Thought I'd skipped out or been murdered: money all gone: every? thing g$r.e to smash. That's what they thought. Don't blame 'em much. You see, it was this way: I concluded to follow out the terms of the will and deliver the goods In person. I got together all of Jim Sedgwick's stuff and did a lot of other fool things. I suppose, and hiked off to New York. You'll'find about $7,000.000 worth of stuff to your credit when you j indorse the certified checks down at Grant & Ripley's, my boy. It's all here and in the banks. It's a mighty decent sort of wedding gift, I reckon. T j The lawyers told me all about you I to.? me an aDout iasi night and that you j wore going to be married this morning. : By this time jou're comparatively happy I with the bride. I guess. I looked over ! your report abd took a few peeps at the j receipts. They're all right. I'm satis ! fled. The money is yours. Then I got ! to thinking that maybe you wouldn't care . to come down at 9 o'clock, especially as ; you 'are just recovering from the joy of i being married, so I settled with the law ? vers, and they'll settle with you. If you ? have nothing in particular to do this f afternoon about 2 o'clock I'd suggest ; that you .come to the hotel, and we'll ! dispose of a few formalities that the law ? requires of us. And you can give me j some lessons in spending money. I've got I a little I'd. like to miss some morning. ! As for your ability as a business man, I ! have this to say: Any man who can spend ', a million a year and have nothing to j show for it don't need a recommendation ! l'rom anybody. He's in a class by himself, and it's a business that no one' else can give him a pointer about. I'm sorry you've been worried about a'l ,' this. Ton have gene through a good deal 1 in a year, and you have been roasted by j everybody. Now it's your turn to laugh. ; It will surprise them to read the "extras" i today. I've done my duty to 3'ou in more I ways than one. I've got myself inter . viewed by the newspapers, and today ' they'll print the whole truth about Mont i gomery Brewster and his millions. They've got the Sedgwick will and my j story, and the old town will boil with ex I citemcnt. I guess you'll be squared before ; the world all right. You'd better stay in ; doors for awhile, though, if you want to I have a <?uiet honeymo m. 1 don't like New York: never did. Am ??oing back to Hutte tonight. Out t?ere we have real skyscrapers, and they are not built of brick. They are two or three miles high, and they have gold in "em. There is real grass in the lowlands, and v.<- have valleys that make Central park look like a half an inch of nothing. Probably you and Mrs. Brewster were going io take a wedding trip, so why not go west with me in my car? We start at 7:-:." p. m., and 1 won't bother you. Th- $ you can take it anywhere you like. Sincerely yours. S W EAREN< : E X J O N E S. P. S.-I forgot to say that there is no such man as Golden. I bought your mines ;.r:l ranches with my own money. You may buy them b ick at thc same figures. I'd advise you t<> co ii. They'll be worth twice as much in a year. I hope you'll forgive the whims of an old man who has liked you from the start. J. THE TN"I). Tho First Qnnrrol. Greene My wife and 1 quarreled last night for the first time in years. Browne What about? Greene-She thought the reason wc had never done so before was due to her generous na? ture, and I thought ii was mine. Thc r>cn<?N?\N Vr.r.. "Mr. Deato. 1 want a tooth pulled. Vi a great coward when it comes to enduring pain, and yet I'm afraid of both laughing gas and chloroform." BY HAMLIN GARLAND To Be Printed Serially in this Paner Beginning in Our Next Issue We have secured for our columns Hesper, the best story of ons of the foremost writers of present day fiction. You won't find Hesper hard reading. The Detroit Free Press says : "It stirs the blood, for there are dramatic moments presided over by desperate men." . WHOLESOME The Pittsburgh Post says: "We are fond of this writer and our justification comes from the wholesomeness of his work. His novels are all sound." A LOVE STORY The Tacoma (Wash.) News says : "A wholesome story is Hesper. It is the tale of a sirong man's wooing." Des Moines News; "A miner's strike high up on the mountain peak amid the wildest scenery makes a thrilling background for the wooing of Ann-a fascinating love epi? sode. PICTURE OF THE WEST Los Angeles Times : "A picture that is clear in all its lines and sets before us as no current fiction does the life of the camp followers of the great mining centers." BY HAMLIN CARLAND Will Begin in Our Next Issue. Don't Miss It .Atlantic. Coast JLine. Time Table No. 4-Effective June 17, 1906. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. 4 Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 35 am '* 54 Columbia to Wilmington ** 8 10 am " * 1 Lucknow to Sumter " 5 50 pa? fc *57 Gibson to Sumter 'm" 9 20 am " 52 Charleston to Greenville Leaves 9 31 am " *46 Orangeburg to Charleston " 9 35 am " 79 Elrod, N. C., to Columbia " ll 05 am " * 2 Sumter to Lucknow " 9 50 am " 78 Columbia to E.rod, N. C" Leaves 6 05 pm " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston^ '* 6 30 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 49 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson ** 6 50 pm " *47 Charleston to ?rangeburg " g 2 3 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia u 9 35 pm Freight Trains carrying'Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Darlington '.Leaves 8 00 ac " *19 Sumter to Bobbina Leaves -v; am *' *20 * ob biiis tc Sumter Arrives ,: SC aa: " . *2? Darlington co Snmter Arrives 9 10 pm Northwestern Railway. Tr jin *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 au *' *71 Sumter to Camden? Leaves 9 36 am " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to Wilsen Mill Leaves 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden M \ 6 31 pm? Trains marked * daily except Sonday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA. Ticket Asent A. C. L. N. G. Osteen, Jr., Dentist, ^ -18 West Liberty Street, Over Sumter Book Store. Hours : 8.30 to 1: 2 to 6. OFFICE PHONE 30. HOUSE PHONE 382 ? JOE CHAMBERIiAIX HONORED. Birmingham, Eng., July 7.-A trib? ute to th:- right Hon. Joseph Chamber? lain, fornu-i- secretary of state for the colonies, is being paid in this, his na? tive city, today. The whole populace is joining in celebrating his 70th an? niversary. Public entertainments and fireworks form part of the ceremo? nies. fcOXG\VOKTHS IX LOXT>OXT. London, July -The Longworths left London this morning for Paris. Tin- Filipinos in London endeavored to arrange a banquet in honor of Mrs. Longworth, as indicating their accept? ance of American sovereignty in the Philippines: Owing to the short so? journ of tia- Longworths i;: London, the arrangements for the banquet foll through. j Binghamton. X. V.. July .".-Jasper ! Pep] cr and wife, each about 40 years of age. of Willow point, drove in front a trolley ear at Union late last i rght. The horse was thrown in the ?air. Pepper and wife were under the wheels. Ali were instantly killed. They ;,;:.! !.:: c?l?bra:*jh_u the Fourth j aa.! were intoxicated. :- Try a Little Kodo! tor dyspepsia af? ter your meals. See the effect it will produce en your general feeling by di? gesting; your food and helping your stomach ?' get itself into shape. Many stomachs are overworked to tho po-mt where liny reta-' : o go further. Ko dol digests your food and gives your st .ona eh tho rest it needs, while its reconstructive properties get the stom i ach back into working order. Kode! 1 rel eves flatulence, sour stomach, pal ; pitation of the heart, belching, etc. Scholarship Examinations. The competitive examinations j for the scholarships in Winthrop, I Clemson and the South Carolina i University were held Friday ! in the court house by County Su ' perintendent of .Education Cctin. > There were fifteen contestants for ? the three Winthrop scholarships, i nine for the Clemson and one for ?the normal scholarship in the , University of South Carolina. ! " QUTBTERLY" STATEMENT" Of the conditior. and bus?"ne?s of the j Bank cf Sumter., Sumter. S. C. at the close of the quarter ending Jute 30. 1906, : puL?ished in conformity with the Act of ! the G?neral Assembly. ASSETS. i Loans and Discounts, $406,791 51 ; Bonds 12.000 00 1 Real Estate, 17,550 00 Furniture and Fixtures. L000 00 Overdraft?, secured, 8 000 00 Cash in hand and cash items and cash due by Banks and Bankers, 139,059 28 Total, $5*4.400 79 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. ? 75.000 00 Undivided Surplus, 39,983 CS Dividend payable July 1, 3.C00 00 Deposits, 305?573 G9 Due- Banks, 843 44 Bills Payable, 100,000 00 Total, ?584.400 79 I, W. F. Rfiamc, Cashier of the Bank cf Sumter, do solemnly swear that the above statement is ?rue to the best of my knowl? edge and belief. W. F. RKAME. Cashier. Subscribed to and sworn before me, this 5th dav ot' Ji.lv, 1906. K. L* WRIGHT, I T.. s..] Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest : MARK >N MOISE, R. L. COOPER, E. C. HAYNSWORTH, Directors.