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"ttir ?Clatr 'jin;m an? SHut?ron. WCMUUAY, JANUARY 26, 1910. T at the PoNtofBce at Sumtcr, & On ?? Second Claas Matter. 19 KW AD V Kl tTISKM K X TS. O'Donnell A Co.?B'g Values. The farmers' Bank and Trust Co. ?Pinking PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Brunson, of Susann ert?n, are visiting relatives In the city. Mr. f. W. Rafheld, of Salem, was In the city Friday. Mr. Boas King returned Friday fraea a business trip to st. Louis. Mr. U B. Woods went to Colum? bia Friday morning. Mr. R O. Purdy went to Manning ?S1 business Friday. Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St Charles, was In the city Friday. Mr. A. K. Sanders, of Hagood. apaat Friday In the elty. - Mr. and Mrs. Abe Rettenberg left Friday for New York on a visit. Mr. B. C. L. McCoy, of St Charles, In the city Saturday on business. r. J. M. Daniela of DarMngton, Mrs. Eugen? Werts, of Blshop vtlle. spent Friday In the city with 1 Mr. and Mra H. W. Hood. Mr. and Mra. Lsvl L? Dempsey have returned to the city. Mra Ernest Raymond Phillips and llttts sort, Charlie, passed through the elty Friday en route to ? their fceoas In Atlanta. f Mise Bmma Bruner spent Sunday la Orangeburg. Senator Clifton, and Representa? tive* Fr?ser. Dick and Stubbe. spent ny at home. Com i Getting Woran and Worse. kplaint comes to us of tbe grow? ing tendency to bolsterousness In the country where the people are unpro? tected. There le much drinking and end If ft la not checked a will be demanded. To in a rural police force in this would mean a considerable (? aar already heavy taxa We would suggest ae one of the to prevent the necessity for a police, kf far the people as a to regard It their duty to eld in >n of thoee things that these complaints. If there aery Illicit selling of liquor In your eeaamuntty It Is a cltlsen's duty to re part It and continue to report these violators of the law until the evil le ited. Whenever the lawless that gaad eitlsens' will not stand fee the defiance of the law, but win aid la the enforcement of t, then the lawless will seek elsewhere to oarry on their lawlessness, it Is now up to the people themeelvee to eay ?BThethor the further depredations, an "aeyenese and suffering of people not peaSsutsd by police shall continue. It can and should be stopped. Will you the effort to stop it??Manning The same conditions exist In Lee county as told to ue by the best men jsf the county. What Mr. Appelt seys about the good eitlsens taking it upon themselves to eld In putting down the illicit traffic, le illustrated by en Inci? dent last week. A prominent citizen end one who voted for prohibition. Irving in the lower section of this county, told the Editor In the. pres? ence of the Leader of the Anti-Saloon that whiskey was being sold his home and that he knew the He was asked If he would e an affidavit to that effect but declined end said It was not his busl goons to Inform on thoee parties and i "ee dragged Into court That same1 I fftnttment exists everywhere and the iltnd tigers and unprincipled men anew that would likely be the case vhen then; joined the prohibition laovement and Influenced all their p. lass of voters to Join with them In ??otlng for prohibition and fooled the leere and honest prohibitionists Into I tie belief that they had reformed nd wanted the legal traffic on 11 uors abolished Until the good eitlsens shake off j. helr Indifference and come out bold " / against the nefarious traffic and ore as hard to put It down as the alter and others are doing, the bad ? editions now existing will grow oree end worse. I It Is admitted now by all observing m* en, even many of the honest and ^ teore prohibitionist, that conditions ?w are worse than when we had lo 1 option. More .whiskey Is beiui ought Into the county nnd more unkenness exists nnd the only rem y Is for the good cltlrens every lere In the county to get facts and ssl. port the parties regardlss of whom ?r ey make mad.?Blshopvllle Vindl Mej fjs uiden wan de?'11 1 fgsjt ue awar loo work. MARRIED. Mrs. Kate Bradford and Mr. Wel borne Andrews were married on Thursday, January 20th, at four o'clock, the event taking place at the home of Mrs. Bradford about five 'miles from Sumter. The Rev. Hucks. of Oswego. per? formed the ceremony, which was a very quiet affair, only a few members of each family being present. Mrs. Andrews, who Is a sister of Dr. A. J. China, has many friends In and around Sumter to whom the news of her marriage will come as a surprise. The people of her neigh? borhood, in which she has resided fcr many years, will greatly miss her, while they wish for her, much hap? piness in her new home. Mr. Andrews is a successful busi? ness man of Oswego, and Is well known In Sumter where he has scores of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have gone to Charleston for a visit of ten days, after which they will return to their future home at Oswego. Married In Bishop v 11 le. Blahopvllle, Jsn. 21.?A wedding of more than usual Interest took place In the old ante-bellum home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. English In Blsh opvllle on Thursday at 3:30 o'clock, when Miss Tyson Muldrow English was married to Louie Wayne Des? Cham ps with the simple ceremony of the Presbyterian church by the bride's pastor, the Rev. Hugh R. Mu.chlson. The bride wore a handsome tailor? ed suit of London gray cloth and car? ried a shower bouquet of bride's roses snd lilies of the valley. She was attended by the maid of honor, Miss Carrie Maye Psrrott, who was beau? tifully attired In pink satin, trimmed In lace snd carried a bouquet of pink carnations. The dame of honor, Mrs. Whitman Smith, of Clinton, the bride's sister, wore a handsome gown of crepe de chine over white silk, and ' carried a bouquet of white carna? tions. The groom was attended by his beat man, English Law. of Elliott. The spacious old home was decorat? ed for the occasion with asparagus ferns. Southern smllax. pink and whits carnations. Ths doorway was transformed into a beautiful arch of whits and green, underneath which the young couple took their nuptial vows, as Miss Qouldlng Reld render? ed the wedding musie. After the mar? riage the bridal party and the im? mediate friends of ths family were served with a delightful luncheon. At 4.40 p. m., Mr. and Mrs. Dee Champa departed for their future horns In Greenville. lira. China Entertains. Mrs. Archie China returned the many courtesies of her friends on Wednesday svenlng with two lovely parties. Ths first entertainment was given In the morning from 11 to 11: SO. After greeting the hostess, the many guests were served with delicious fruit punch. An author's contest wss thsn engaged In, Mrs. Perry Moses, Jr., winning the first prise, a copy of Browning's poems. The second prise, lovely box of paper, was swarded Mrs. H. M. Stuckey. A picture, the consolation prize was drawn by Mrs. J. Z. Hearon. A de? lightful salad course with coffee was served after the contest. In the sfternoon. Mrs. China aga'n entertained from 4 to 6:30 o'clock. This was a heart party. The rooms were beautifully decorated In red ani green. After partaking of fruit punch, the guests were seated at tables prepsred for progressive hearts. The prises were handsome pieces of cut glass. Mrs. A. M. Bogin, Mrs. R. H. Wltherspcon and Miss Agnes Richardson were the fortunate win? ners. The guests were then Invited into the dining room, where this color scheme of red and green was artisti? cally carried out. The dining toble was decorated with red ribbons brought from the chandelier to the covers of the table, and ending In huge bows. Red paper hearts, red carnations, red and green mint.?, tad exquisite cut glass added to the at? tractiveness of the elaborately deco? rated tables. a delicious salad course with chocolate was served. a few members of the Monnghnn Heel Squad enjoyed a bountiful stag supp?-r Thursday evening at the d?l |s>i Ft ri House, a tempting ehlcken c ourse was served and followed hy a soft drink course and cigars. Only the members on duty participate 1. After supper the balance of the SVS? Hing was spent In a very enjoyable BJMMMMf, Those present were: Messrs. Marry Weeks. Mack Owens, T. M. Bradley Herman Phelps, Pat Galla? gher and CSOil Sehwerln. The eontrovrsy over the use of snnd-cement hrleks in the eonstruc tlon of the fir? department building Stllg SlipiHT. THE BICYCLE BTEALER8. The Whole Bunch Pulled In Florence And They Give Bond for Api>ear ancc in Onirt. From The Daily Item, Jan. 22. Messrs. L. D. Jennings. R. D. Epps, H. L. Tlsdale, Horace Harby, W. B. Boyle and others who went to Flor? ence to investigate the bicycle steal? ing case returned home last night and they were very well satisfied with the results of their trip. They succeeded in locating eight of the stolen wheels, recovered five (those stolen from L. D. Jennings, R. D. Epps, W. B. Boyle, Bruce Lynam and - Gass) and secured the arrest of five men for re? ceiving stolen goods. The men ar? rested were Hollls Sc. Wyatt, the bi? cycle dealers, a negro In their employ and two other white men, Cannon and Seymore, in whose possession stolen wheels were found and who refused to say from whom they pur? chased the wheels. Hollls, Wyatt and the negro were required to give bond in the sum of $2,800 each, and Cannon and Seymore gave $500 bond each. Seymore said they bought the wheels, but had promised not to tell from whom they got them. A pre? liminary hearing will be held in this city before Magistrate Harby on Jan. 31st. Claim and delivery proceed? ings have been instituted against those who refused to give up the stolen wheels and they will be forced to release the wheels and say whore and how they got them. Richard Young, alias Richard Spann, the negro who is accused of stealing the wheels and selling them to Hollls & Wyatt at nominal prices could not be found In Florence, and it seems that he got wind of the fact that the owners of the whaels were on his trail and made his escape. When last seen In a negro pool room In Florence he is said to have hud more than $200 on his person, conse? quently was well fixed to take a 'ong trip. Hollls Sc t Wyatt, the bi? cycle dealers who handled the stolen wheels may . have been Ignorant, as they allege, of the fact that they were stolen, but there are suspicious circumstances that in? dicate that they were In colluslor with Toung. The numbers on some of the wheels had been changed and, when Mr. Tlsdale went Into this shop he found Mr. Jennings' wheel In their possession and one of their employes was in the act of stripping It of bell, lantern and saddle. They refused to show their books or to explain any? thing concerning their extensive transactions with Toung. They did offer to recover the stolen wheels from the parties to whom they had sold them at their own expense on condition that the cases against them for receiving stolen gods be dropped. This proposition was, of course, de? clined and the case will be pushed to the end. In the meanwhile efforts to locate and recover the other twenty or thirty wheels that have been stol? en will be made. recovering stolen bicycles. Mr. Tlsdale of Sumtcr Has Found More of Them in Florence. Mr. Tlsdale a bicycle dealer of Sumter Is In the city today In the In? terest of recovering nine bicycles which was stolen In that city some days ago and sold In Florence. More than this number have been stolen hut Mr. Tlsdale has found and identi? fied 9 of them here. It Is said that there has been about 6 0 bicycles stolen from Su inter with? in the past two months. Several par? ties who had purchased wheels from Mr. Tlsdale lost them and he with the aid of the authorities has been keeping a quiet look out for some time for the stolen property. He has found that a negro was do? ing the stealing and was selling the wheels to other parties. Messrs. Hollls and Wyatt of this city had bought several of them, for they were such line bicycles and were I offered at such bargains these gentle? men Invested in several and in turn sold them to o:her parties in town. Messrs. Wyatt and Hollls have been Indicted on the charge of receiving stolen goods and have given bond for their appearance In court. They be? lieved that they had a right to pm - chase the wheels as they would have to purchase anything else that WAI offered for sale on the market Some of the other parties here having In their possession some of these wheels have given them up. Others have been takn on claim and delivery, The negro who has been doing the stealing Stems to have went Into the business oil a wholesale basli end he is still at large but every ef? fort will be put forth to have him brought to Juettce. Florence Times. Mr. Bruce Lynam. who went to Florenoe Thursday afternoon with Meat re, l. D. Jennings, u. n. Eppe, Ralph Hill and others to assist Mr. H. L. Tlsdale in locating and Identi? fying the numerous hyolclee stolen nere und sold in Florence, returned that night, i j- t the time trt his, the rast few months had been locat? ed and identified. These wheels were In the possession of various persons, who had purchased them from a Florence bicycle dealer and th?se persons have refused, it is said, to 1 deliver the wheels to their owners unless they are first re-lmbursed In i full for the amounts they paid for them. They can not, of course, suc? cessfully maintain this position and legal proceedings will be resorted to, If they are obdurate, to force them to release all claim to the stolen property in their possession. The In? dividuals who now have the wheels are Innocent third parties. It is pre? sumed, and it will be hard on them to have to lose what they paid for the wheels, but the owners of the wheels are to be considered first of all. The bicycle dealers who have been buying the wheels from the ne? gro and re-selling them are in a dif? ferent position and they are in for trouble, ' as the evidence thus far secured, seems to indicate that they are equally as guilty as the ne? gro who actually stole the wheels. It was learned that they bought all the wheels from the same negro, at a ridiculously low price and then re? sold them. For instance they paid the negro only $4.50 for the $85 wheel stolen from Mr. L. D. Jen? nings Tuesday night. When Mr. Ly nam left Florence Thursday steps were being taken to have the bicycle dealers arrested next morning for re? ceiving stolen goods, and the case against them will be pushed to the limit. The negro who stole the wheels has not yet been located, but It Is hoped he will be captured within the next few days. His name is Richard Young and he is well known in both Sumter and Florence, and a descrip? tion of him has been sent to the po? lice of several towns In this State with the request that he be arrested on sight. Young is the man who made the unsuccessful attempt to steal Mr. W H. Cuttlno's wheel from In front of Lev! Bros.' store Monday night and who lost his hat when pursued by Mr. Bruce Lynam. That hat fur n'shed the clue that led to the identi? fication of Young as the thief and this was followed by the investigation in Florence, where Young was known to live, and the subsequent discovery i of the stolen wheels. Mr. Lynam is largely responsible for the identifica? tion of the thief and the results that have followed, while Mr. Tisdale did good work in Florence in locating and identifying so many of the wheels. At least forty or fifty wheels have been stolen here within the past ninety days and it is believed that all, or a majority of them, were dis? posed of through the Florence clear? ing house for stolen ' bicycles. It Is too much to hope that all of the wheels will be recovered, but no stone will be left unturned to locate and recover the wheels and punish the thieves. Death at Lynch burg. Lynchburg, Jan. 24.?Miss Lydia Lea who had been boarding with Miss Massia Sanders and her sister for quite a while, after a lingering illness for several weeks, fell asleep to awake no more this morning about 1 o'clock. Miss Lea had been a re? sident of Charleston up to the time she made her home near this village with the above named family. She made life long friends In and around this place during a while after the late war. She with a number of rel? atives moved here during the selge of Charleston but returned to the city two or three y?ars after the war end? ed. She was In every respect the highest type of a Christian lady; ad? mired and respected by all with whom she came In contact. Father's Method. During a recent slight illness the five-year-old Teddy, usually so ami? able, flatly and obstalnately refused to take his medicine. After a some? what prolonged and Ineffectual argu? ment with him, his mother at last set the glass of medicine down, leaned her head on her hands, and "played"' that she was crying. A moment pass? ed, and then the tender-hearted Ted? dy, unable longer to bear the sight of his mother's stricken attitude, in? quired, inquired. "What's the matter, mother dear?" Without removing her hands from her eyes she replied. "I'm grieved that my son won't take his castor-Oil for me." Whereupon Teddy sat up in bed and offered con? solingly. "Oh?I wouldn't fsel bad? ly if I wore you, mother dear. Fa? ther will be home soon and he'll make me take it.?Thr Delineator for January. Baten bread is iooi forgotten,? Irteh. Have Your Pictures .Made at tlx Cute Photo Studio. Ping Pong Photos 25 for 2."> cents, in 11 v?' different positions. Post Cards 6 for 50 cents. Cabinet Photo? graphs from $1.00 up. We make all Styles of novelty work. Remember M-r. oro bovo for n short" time onlv. ?lumil * Cute Studio. BANKS ABE PROSPEROUS. ?IT ATEMEXT SHOWING CONDI? TION IN 1908 AND 1909. \s-sistant State Bank Examiner B. J. iUiame Compile** Interesting Com? parative Statement?South Caro? lina Banks and Those of Sumter in Particular Prospered Greatly last Year. Assistant State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhame furnishes the subjoined in? teresting and valuable comparative statement showing the resources of the banks of South Carolina in 1908 and 1909. The facts and figures rel? ative to the. banks of Sumter are especially interesting. They show that the local banks enjoyed a remark? ably prosperous year In 1909 and that their deposits, resources of all dis? cretion and their profits were greater last year than ever before. Statement of the condition of the 24 4 State, Savings and Private Banks in South Carolina at the close of busi? ness November 16th, 1909: Resources. Loans & Discounts. . .37,022,978,27 Demand Loans .... 2,148,126.51 Overdrafts. 1,104.575.23 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Banks. . . . 3,795,934.55 Banking Houses. 807,494.28 Furniture and Fixtures . 419.414.93 Other Real Estate .. .. 307,021.04 Due from Banks & Trust I Companies.12,835.521.81 Currency. 1,697,590.00 Gold. 124,074.50 Sliver and other Coin.. 819,100.95 Checks and Cash Items 475,016.40 Exchanges for the Clear? ing Houses. 140,720.00 Other Resources .... 4,764.24 Total.161,262,322.71 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid in. 9,643.268.86 Surplus Fund. 2,368,373.67 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxeefpald. 2,576.511.85 Due to Banks and Trust Companies. 1.777,208.17 Dividends, Unpaid . . . 10.189.50 Individual Deposits sub- j Jects to check . . .25.506.343.71 Savings Deposits . . . .14,403,475.55 Demand Certificates of Deposit. 181,095.63 Time Certificates of De? posits . 2,908,774.91 Certified Checks .... 28,864.36 Cashier's Checks .... 134 415.30 Notes and Bills Redls counted. 437,842.74 Bills Payable, Including Certificates for Money Borrowed. 1,280,628.00 Other Liabilities .... 5.340.65 Total.$?l,2?2i*S2.71 State of the condition of the 4 State and 1 National Bank In Sumter County at the close of business No? vember 27th, 1908: Loans and Discounts . . 1,188,708.44 Overdrafts. 65,328.71 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Banks .... 67.375.00 Banking Houses. 20,396.54 Furniture and Fixtures . 8,137.87 Other Real Estate .... 17,550.00 Due from Banks and Trust Companies . . . 157,476.55 Currency. 17,484.00 Gold. 2.290.00 Silver and other Coin . . 21?.407.87 Checks and Cash Items . 12,827.06 Redemption Fund . . . 1.250.00 Total.31.583.232 04 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In . . 334.725.00 Surplus Fund. 41.396.86 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid.143,150.30 Due to Banks and Trust Companies. 23.638.87 Dividends. Unpaid . . . 140.00 Individual Deposits sub? ject to Check. 665.886.80 Savings Deposits .... 287.482.36 Cashier's Checks .... 445.31 Notes and Bills Redis counted. 366.54 Bills Payable. including Certificates for Money Borrowed. 65.000.00 National Bank Notes, out? standing . 25,000.00 Total.$1,518,212.01 Statement of the condition of the ?I State and 1 National Bank in Sum? ter County at the close of business November 16th, 1909: Eieeonroea, Loans A Discounts. . .1,525,492.2$ Demand Loans. 16,020.00 Overdrafts. 56.205.92 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Banks. 61,000.00 Banking Houses. 21,184.84 Furniture and Fixtures . 10.O9S.2 7 Other Real Estate . . . 22.101.37 Due from Banks and Trust Companies. 877,988.93 Currency. 39,440.00 Cold. 3.05?.50 silver and other Coin. . 17.644.97 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid in . . 334,725.00 Surplus Fund.111.622.44 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid.114,173.36 Due to Banks and Trust Companies. 32 672.10 Dividends. Unpaid. . . . 88.JO Individual Deposits sub? ject to Check.1,106,442.79 Savings Deposits .... 43S.S52.02 Time Certificates of De? posit . 13,657.50 Certified Checks. 16.60 National Bank Notes out? standing . 24.600 00 Total . .62,176.765.71 Total Resources, 1909 62,176,756.71 Total Resources, 1908 1,588,232.04 Increase in one year. .$ 588.624.67 Total Loans & Discounts 1909.$1,541,512.39 Total Loans & Discounts 1908. 1,188,708.44 Increase in one year .$ 352.803.95 Total due from Banks and Bankers, 1909 . . 377,938.99 Total due from Banks and Bankers, 1908 . . 157,476.55 Increase in one year . .$ 220.462.44 Total actual cash in vault, 1909 .$ 60,042.47 Total actual cash In vault, 1908 . 49,181.87 Increase in one year . .$ 10,860.60 Total Capital paid in, 1909.$ 814,725.00 Total Capital paid in, 1908 . 834.725.00 Total Surplus and Prof? its, ,909 .$ 225,801.80 Total Surplus and Prof? its. .908 . 184,647.16 Increase in one year . .$ 41,254.64 Total Deposits 1909 . . .$1,668,959.81 Total Deposits, 1908 . .$ 963.814.47 Increase In one yegr . .$ 605,145.34 Total Dedlscounts and Bills Payable, 1309 . None. Total Dedlscounts and Bills Payable, 1908. . 65,366.56 Decrease In one year . .$ 65,366.64 Amount of Deposits on which interest was paid In, 1909. 452.510.42 Amount of Deposits on which interest was paid In, 1908. 358,097.36 Increase In one year . .$ 94,413.06 Number of Savings De? positors, 1909. Number of Savings De? positors, 1908. . . . 2,074 1.95t Increase in one year . . 116 Twelve banks were organized in 1909, while ten banks discontinued business. Six banks iquidated by mutual consent. One sold, one merg? ed, one nationalized, and one was closed by State Bank Examiner. At close of business, Nov. 16, 1909, 244 State, Private and Savings Banks were in business. On same date, 34 National Banks were open for busi? ness. Total banks for the State 278. FOR RENT OR SALE?My farm on the White's Mill road 4 1-2 miles from town. Good dwelling, n?iw barn and stables and tenant hou*e on the place. Possession given at once. Nelll O'Donnell. 1-17-tf. DR. M. M. TALKIX, Eye-Sight Specialist, At the Sumter Drug Co. Examination Free. The Wise eonie hue when their eyes need at? tention. Why? BecattSS they can depend on getting ths ri^ht treatment and the right glSBSOS Why not fol? low their example if your rye sight fs becoming defective? Graduate Optician In charge. All work Guaranteed.