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iUotchmon onD Southron. In,: 'I WTIII WATCHMAN. feMkM April. ISM. 'Be M ud fw mm?4M all Um ?SMk Tho. Alms t m be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THK TRUE SOUTHKON, Established June, is IM Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 17. SEVEN YEARS Of SMITH. PARMKMS' HANK * TRl'ST COM I* AN Y KF.F1.KCTH DK.VKU)!*. MKXT AND PHOSFKRITY OF SI MTKK. taraantsrs. Hex en Yrant Ago With $??>. SSO Capital?KaHi Yvnr Ham Hrv*n vNrked by SutHUnilal Growth? Resmiris-.. and Patronage ? Huh Taken the l*<ad In Modern gfgtgw ?>J* In Hanking In tili? Sevtio.i of ihr state?Itv* F1n?t Hank In Si ni? ter to Have i'apital In F.xceas of filOO.ooo; First to Occupy Own Hanking Houar?Ha? Puhl Out Motv In DMrtsuN In Pa>?t S?\cn % ?rs than \ity other I?ocaI Rank. The Farmers' Hank St Trust Com P* iv which waa organised In the Aral quarter of 1*05. has completed Its seventh year, and a retrospective ftaive at the record of seven yearr of growth and development affords Its officers and stockholders reason for satisfaction and a pardonable degree of pride In what has been achieved. The bank waa opened for business March 20. 190S. but the final payment on stock subscriptions was not called for until slay 1st. at which date the total cap Hal stock was |C0.000. From the outaet the bank carried a subetant'al and well distributed deposit account which has grown In volume each ^*vear. and the most gratifying feature oCthls department of the business ha* been the steady Increase In the number of regular k depositors who1 carry balances the year through. When the bank opened for business March to. ltOI the total deposits wate f 14.729.70, and there were! thirty-three depositors. Of these t thirty three. original depositors, twenty-four are still customers, two have removed from the city and two hsve oled. One year after organisation the capital stock was increased to 1120 - 0SS. giving the bank the largest cap? italisation of any hxnk In the city at that time. It being the first to have a capital Hi excess of |t00.000. The first year no dividends were paid, ssit each succeeding year regular divi? dend* of I per cent have been paid the stockholders. 4 per cent seml annualty. The total amount that 1 stockholders have received In divi? dend* to date aggregate $17.600. and In addition to this a surplus amount? ing to fSft.OOO has been set aalde from the net profit*. When the bank pur < baaed the old Court House and re r-rdeled It for a Nanking house It was th* only bank In the city that occupied Its own home, an example soon to be followed *>y three other lo? cal Institutions. The policy of the bank has been marked by conservatism snd the growth In business along all lines has nean steady, showing tha the meth? ods hsve met with the approval of ths public and that Its patrons have confidence In the management. The books show that at the time the last regular statement was made the vol? ume of business was approximately litt.SSO. and that In resources and condition It was abreast of any sim? ilar Institution In this section of the State. Despite unsattnfactory financial conditions existing throughout this section Isst fall. In consequence of the low pries of cotton, all obligations to Northern banks were anticipated and loans exceeding tl 50.000 were made at ? per cent on cotton storied In the warehouse by farmers who desired to hold their crop for ai advance In price. During the fall and winter when cotton continued to decline and there waa apparently little pros? pect of an early Improvement In t h?? market tb#? hnk never urged a single one of its customers to sell his cotton for the purpose of nettling his citron loan, and no loan was called until the cuatomer felt din posed to sell his stored cotton. The bank Is still carrying a large amount of cot? ton loans and will continue to do so i? long as the farmer* wish to hold the cotton in storage, although it has largo demand for mom y at this time. The bank ts f??rtunat ? In having a board of directors that Is truly rep. resentstlve of the varied business In? terests of this city and county. The board of dlrertors. ISSJSlksVf with ? ??? advisory board. Is (he largest In num >er and the strongest financially of that rf anv bank In this sertlon of the .-? ???. All ?.f ih.< affairs of the hank ire regulnrlv Inspected and thorough, ty gone over at stated Intervals of BjgSjgtj. dey*. and In thi* wiv the ?I ysstors keep |n dos?. :mr| Intelligent touch a Ith Ihe delslls of the hn-d n ???*. Fvery |..;m Is ? ? .n?ld>-r> d and gtgej application Is ear ?f ill I v in-ope t e1 by the financial board at the regu? lar netting* on Monday of e^ch we.-*; THOUSANDS NEED ASSISTANCE SITUATION IX FLOOD ARK \ (.HOWS IXC RKASINGLY GRAVE. In All TIsSSS Half a Hundred nags* Puople Alt' Suffcrmg aw RcsgdJI of Inundation. New Orleans. April 21.?News Irom the Hood area of the Mississippi vallej In Arkansas. Mississippi and Ismlslana continued today to he .n creustngly grave. Thousands of those who wert? compelled t<? fb.?e to higher places when the yellow Hood invaded i their homes have been card for, hut there are still many more who are In imperative need of aid. As the waters continue on their destructive way more appeals for help are being re? ceived by those In charge of the re? lief work. It Is estimated there are 50 towns and villages that haw so far felt the effects of the flood. Some places are under from 2 to 15 feet of water, with little prospects of an early reces? sion. Report* as to the loss of life differ. Those known to have perished total ten, all but one are negroes. It la be? lieved, however, that the list will be j much larger when the interior of th< affected district is penetrated by res- i cue parties. Conditions in the country overflow? ed by the Beulah. Mississippi, break are extremely serious. High places In Bolivar county never before Inundated j are covered with three to four feet of I water. All women and children in that district have been taken to Greenville and Vicksburg. Much re? lief work remains to he done in that section, as appeals for help from both white and black Inhabitants are con? tinually being received at Vlcksburg. whore the headquarters of the relief bureau are established. At Nlbletts. Miss., four miles south of the Beulah crevasse, where some r.larm was felt for a portion of the levee Saturday, a large force of men h- working day and night, and it Is l?elleved a break will be avoided. Great damage has been done to railroads running through the flood? ed country. The distribution of supplies to nun dieds of victims marooned on planta? tions and in settlements In the neigh? borhood of Tallulah, I.A., began todav. si MTF.lt TEAM DOWNS MANNING, Gamecock* Win Vk'tory Over Their Opponents with Ea*c?Score 29 to 8. The Game Cocks from the local hifh school won an easy victory over their opponents at Manning Friday afternoon the score being 29 to 3 at the end of the ninth inning. The fea? ture of t.ho game was the pitching of Haynsworth. He struck out nine? teen men and played a steady game all the way through. A feature was the catch of Sld dall when a deep outfield' fly looked like a three base hit for the Man? ning mm. The ball was caught as It bounched off an aut unobllo and by a long throw to first a double play was worked off. The game looked like a shut out affair for Manning, until In the ninth Inning the Sumter hoyi Rot careless and their opponents pulled In three runners before they could he checked. Mr. B. A. Thees, the physical director of the Y. M. C. A. ac?-ompanled the boys to Man? ning. Writing Its Doom. Citizen-* of Tlmmonsville have pe? titioned for the removal of the dis? pensary from that town, and the Florencj Time? says, "It looks as If the Jug Is doomed In TirnrnonsvlUo." I hi officers and directors are loyal ami work In harmonv and with enthu sj imii le build Op the hank and ex? tend Its Influence o\?r a whh-r Held of usefulnesn That they have roe* seeded and are saeessdlng is evidenc? ed by the record of the past seven fSOfl and bv the larir.- volume of business the bonk now has and by the steady grow ih In d< posits. The (.fill ?ts of the bat k arc- Prssl d? nt. c. o. Howinnd; Vlca* Presidents, R. F KnynSJWOfih Snd Thomas Wil? son: ''ashler, g. I,. Wart? n The directors arc w. r. bufiis, R. J. Bland. J. K. Crosswsll, Oeo, F. Bppersoa, I, f. Bland, C, T. Mason, 'ih.?. Wilson. Hi f Rsynsworth, 11 j. MelAurhs, Jr., C, g. Rowland, is 1.1, soharartg, Oao, d? shore, f, j. f rltton, .Ti.. R. o. T'urdv, John Vil MM W? I Rovlo Mark Ree,, ?hF. C, i? Si ha grin, W, W R< aland, IRQTAL ATTACK ON WOMAN. Pom WHITE MKX CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ASSAULT. Br?te? Said to Haw Entered House Near Greer and Outraged One of OcoagaUMS? Greenville, April II.?News reach? ed Greenville tonight of a horrible crime said to have been perpetrated upon a young white woman by four white men about midnight Saturday at her home, one mile south of Greer la Ipartanburg county. The police at Greer notilled the local authori? ties of the affair and requested them to be on the watch for the men. Their names and other data were fur? nished the police, it was stated that the Spartanburg police have been ad? vised of the matter and requested to keep on the lookout for the parties. A warrant was sworn out for the men before Magistrate Henderson of Spar? tanburg county, and his constables have been In pursuit today. Tonight communication was established with the police at Greer, and particulars of the crime were secured. According to the story, four white men went to the home of a white man, one mile from Greer, about 11.30 or 12 o'clock Saturday night. The man of the house was, not at home, having gone to Spartanburg to see a ?ick brother. His wife and a single woman about 25 years of age, either a sister or a sister-in-law, were in the house. The men are said to have forced an entrance to the house. Their -pproaches were resented by the two women, and a lively struggle ensued. One of the men is said to have struck the married woman over the head with a lantern and felled her. This woman Is said to have recover? ed from the blow and rushed out to the house of a neighbor. Tn the meantime the men took their depar? ture. A boy with a shotgun respond? ed to the woman's crlee at the house. Very soon the men returned to the houae and disarmed the boy. They are said to have then seized the young woman and carried her to a nearby paten of WOds, where they assaulted her The Greer police were unable to give any further particulars of the affair. The crime took place in Spar? tanburg county, and through the con? stables of the magistrate, who issued the warrant, the Greer police learned these particular*. News of the crime had not become generaly known at Greer or In the surrounding country tonight, and as to whether or not there would likely be any show of violence if the news spreads tho Greer police could not state. NEGRO KILLKD AT ALCOLU. John Gary, Colored, of This City, Shot by .lohn P. Hnrfleld Saturday Night. John Gary, g negro employee of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company of this city, was shot and instantly killed Saturday night at Alcolu by a whlto man named John Peter Bar field. The cause of the shooting has not yet been learned. Gary's body arrived in town on Monday from Alcolu, the inquest having been held over the body Sun? day by Coroner Baggstt of Clarendon county. It is reported that. Barfleld went to Manning Sunday night after tho shooting and surrendered to the sheriff. Gary was g switchman on the yard engine in this city and was well known here among the negroes. II?' left here Saturday evening on A. C. L. train IS and told persons at the station that ho was going to Savannah. It wm reported here Monday morn? ing, although the truth of the report could not be ascertained, that the Shooting occurred when Gary en? deavored to enter a house which wan under quarantine and was ordered go! to do so. PIRK XT T1MMON8V1LLK. .lohn McMwccil Department Store Damaged in tin- sum or $11,000? Covered by Insurance. Timmonsvllle, April Si,?Fire this evening al ii o'clock damaged the .lohn McSween department store, one of the largest stores of this section of the State. In the sum of $11.000. The stock of goods Is valusd at |S0,? ?01 and hare I lot ? of f 10,000 was suf farad. The building, valued at $2r., . eras damaged to the extent of $1.000. The loss Is fully covered by in urancs. SIXTY-FOUR BODIES FOUND. CABLE STEAMER PICKS VP CORPSES OF THREESCORE TITANIC VICTIMS. Believed That All Those Still on Mackay-Bennett Will be Indem I lied ?Will Continue Reports by Wire? less. St. Johns, April 21.?Sixty-four bodies have been recovered by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, which has been searching the vicinity of the Titanic, according to a report which was received in this city tonight. U Is said that a number of bodies which were recovered were sunk again as they were without means of identifi? cation. The 64 bodies recovered are regard? ed as identified according to the report. Those that were sunk were presumably in a condition making their preservation impossible. WILL REPORT BY WIRELESS. Cable Ship Will Inform Waiting Peo? ple of Results of Search for Bodies. Xew York, April 21.?Two wireless messages addressed to J. Bruce Ismay. 1 president of the International Mer? cantile Marine company, were receiv? ed today at the offices of the White Star line from cable ship Mackay Bennett via Cape Race, one of which reported that the steamship Rhein had sighted bodies near the scene of the Titanic wreck. The first mes? sage, which was dated April 20, read: "Steamer Rhein reports passing wreckage and bodies 42.1 north; 49.12 west; eight miles west of three big Icebergs. Now making for that posi? tion. Expcet to arrive at 8 o'clock to? night. (Signed) "Mackay-Ronnett." The second message reads: "Received further Information from Rremen (presumably steamship Bremen) and arrived on ground at 8 p. m. Start on operations tomorrow. Have* been considerably delayed on passage by dense fog. ' (Signed) "Mackay-Rennett." Before his departure for Washing? ton Mr. Tsmay. after reading the two messages, said: "The cable ship Mackay-Rennett has been chartered by the White Star line and ordered to proceed to the scene of the disaster and do all she can to recover bodies and obtain all information DOaslhle. "Every effort will be made to iden? tify bodies recovered and any news will be sent through immediately by' wireless. Tn addition to such mes? sages, the Rennett will make a full report of its work by wirelees and such reports will be made public at the offices of the White Star line. "The cable ship has orders to re? main on the scene of the wreck for at least a week but should a large number of bodies be recovered before that time she will return to Halifax with them. The search for bodies w ill not be abondoned until not a vestage of hope remains for any more recov? eries. "The Mackay-Rennett will not make any soundings as they would not serve any useful purpose because the depth where the Titanic sank Is more thnn 2,000 fathoms." REGISTRATION ROOKS OPEN. Settlement not Yet Made as to Who Are Supervisors?Mr. stubhs and Mr. Dlnklns Both Act. The county books of registration were opened Monday morning in com? pliance with the SCl passed at the last session of the General Assembly, for a period Of three Weeks. There Were four persons present to act as supervisors of registration, the de? cision as to who js the legal appointee, Mr. Stubhs or Mr. Dlnklns, not yet having been formally made. Mr. DuBose and Mr. White were on the old board of supervisors and were re-appolnted and. of course, there is no question as t<> their ri^ht to serve .?n the board, bm Mr. Dlnklns, a member of the <'id board, still holds on to the office, despite the appoint? ment <>t Mr. Stubba by Governor Blease. At the last meeting "t" the board neither of these gentlemen act ed In an official capacity, although they w? re both present during the day. Today it seemed that both of them wanted to a< t. and. In one case .it bast, both signed the certificate which was given out to a person do* siring to be registered. Whal effect this will have on the certificate or the right of the person lo vote at the elec? tion which will be held on the lecond Tuesday in Juno will have to be de? elded later. HORROR OP TITANIC TRAGEDY CA CSF I) DEPRESSION. Aside From Wtrk's Rain Develop mem. Influences Were liather Con? flicting Throughout. Now York, April 21.?The stock market suffered last week from the mental depression due to the great marine disaster. This influence was prolonged hy the suspense and ten? sion during the voyage to port of the survivors and tho Intense struggle to obtain detailed information of the results of the tragedy. The actuol money loss growing out of the sink? ing of the Titanic forced selling of securities by underwriters in the Lon? don market, which depressed their prices. The grief of individuals was supposed to affect the conduct of market operations in some directions. The general atmosphere of sorrow in the presence of such a calamity was of effect in a department of affairs where sentiment and imagination are never wholly absent as governing mo? tives. This factor intervened after tho first day of the week had seen a smart recovery from the reaction of the previous week. The speculative contingent which had sold stocks on professional apprehension of political development bought on Monday tJ cover shorts in a realizing move? ment. The extent of the reaction of the previous week apparently Invited some renewed operations for a rise by another element in the specula? tion. These operations seemed to be suspended in the constraint that fell upon the market later. There was a mixture of good and bad Influence In other factors, much as they were observed by the week's main event. The grain markets re? jected further excitemnt over the alarming reports of damage to winter wheat. Allowance was made for some exaggeration for speculative ef? fect and for possibility of the re? gaining of ground lost by later im? provement:; and by replanting of the damaged acreage. Good soil conditions and moisture left confidence unimpaired in the premise for other crops now .going into the ground. March foreign trad^ statistics helped to explain the ad? vancing price of cotion hy the enor? mous exports for that period, in sp'te of the coal mining strike in Englaai and widespread industrial suspension at that time. Coupled with the large demand from domestic spinners, there la revealed an absorptive power going far to Insure demand for the unpre? cedented yield of last year's cotton crop. The average in the dividend rate In Amalgamated Copper was concrete evidence of the benefits of the improved market for the metal. The action of that stock in the mar ket gave warning of the speculative anticipation of the benefits that has taken place already. Labor disputes still overhung the market, hut with hopes still professed of a settlement, both of the anthracite miners' and the Eastern railroad en? gineers' demands. The Mexican diplomatic situation demanded some attention. The New York money market eased in response to reparation effected In the bank reserves, but foreign exchanges hard? ened and gold wont out again. IN THE POLICE COURT. Number of Cases Triad by the Record? er Monday Morning. There Were a number of cases tried by the Recorder Monday, the cases being as follows: Cephas Ford and Edna Sharp, petit larceny. $30 or 30 days ami $10 or 20 days, rsapectively. Richard Bossard, violation of hack ordinance by soliciting passengers. $3.00 or 6 days. E. A. Weatherly. T. X. Pack, and N. N. Weatherly, carrying concealed weapons, drunk and disorderly con? duct, $60 for first two and $2.r. for the third. Sam Davis paid his tine ?>f $"0. having been convicted of transport? ing whiskey in Saturday s session of court. \ New Jersey automobile speeder has hen given a long prison term for Killing a small hoy with his scorch? ing machine, There Is Justice. ? Charleston Post, Charleston had s 6 6-mile an hour gale Saturday afternoon ami consid? erable damage was?done to boats in the harbor. Or.,- pleasure yacht WSS totally wrecked Off thS Yacht Clu! pier. CLARENDON SENATOR THINKS RAILROAD IS HEADED SEA? WARD. Maiming Man in C lutrlet*on to C onfer With Seaboard's lWpre*eniatives Concerning Cliarlcston-Suniter Con? nection?Senator Clifton, of Sum* ter, al?*> Thinks Road is coining. "I am practically certain that the Seaboard Air Line Railway is making arrangements to build a line -ough from Sumter to Charleston So said, yesterday mc ^? ^, State Senator Louis Appelt, ?5* Manning, who was in the city y day on sev? eral errands, one of .,-?? was to at -S" e tend the smoker ?**. .1 last night at the Commercial *-? >, to the xisiting traction magnr .S>" Mr. Appel* >,y >inion on such a mat? ter ha3 m?- nan usual weight. He is a membe* of the State Senate from Clarendon county, having been in that body for more than twelve years. He has for several years past occupied the responsible position as chairman of the Senate committee on railroads and international improvement** and is well in touch with railroad affairs in this State. Mr. Appelt introduced the bill, which, approved in 1909, permitted the construction of a drawbridge over the Santee Kiver, between Clarendon and Rerkley coun? ties, by the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company. It is this very bridge which will be used by the Seaboard in the* construction of the road from the present proposed ter? minus at Sumter to Charleston. Mr. Appelt is interested in the mat? ter from the fact that in passing over the route indicated, the road will necessarily pass in the near neighbor? hood of Manning, and this will, of course, mean a great benefit for the i enterprising little capital of Claren? don. Mr. Appelt was in conference here yesterday morning with several \ gentlemen connected w ith the Sea j board's affairs,-in reference to this Charleston-Sumter connection of the 1 Seaboard, acting in this capacity as a j representative of a committee of Manning business men. He said yes? terday that he was not at liberty to state the outcome of the interview, though he expre:- d his strong con? fidence that the link between this city and Sumter, giving Charleston another direct connection with the cities of the West, was certain to be construct? ed. Senator John 11. Clifton, of Sumter* was another visitor of note in Char? leston yesterday. Mr. Clifton was j here to attend the smoker at the Commercial Club last night. As is well known, he is one of the three Senate members of the dispensary in? vestigating committee, which has beert 1 conducting hearings during the past few weeks, in pursuance of the Act of 1911, vetoed by the Governor, but passed over the veto at the 1912 ses? sion. Mr. Clifton had no special comments to make upon the hearings at Columbia. The commission has adjourned to meet at call of the chairman, Senator Carlisle. and he did not express an opinion as to when it would meet again. Mr. Clifton, like most Sumter citi zens who have visited Charleston late ( ly, also entertains a feeling of con? fidence that the Seaboard Air Line is I planning to build the line between i this city and Sumter in the near fu ! ture.?News and Courier, April 20. HOARD MEETS ON 30TH. Will Hear Appeals from Decisions of Tuwualilp Hoard* of Asseweos*. The Sumter County board of ??<4ual tsation, which is composed of the chairmen of the boards of aseesson in the various townships throughout the county, will meet in the auditor's office on Tuesday, the 30th. to hear appeals from the township boards of aisessors. All of the list* < f tax returns have been gone ovo? l y the township boards and Rsturd ty cards were sent out to those persons whose return had been changed In 1 1 y w*?y and they will be given a chance next Tuesday to appeal from the y banges made by the township board. There were quite s number of changes made in the property return? ed, in some cases the valuation of the property being Increased, and In some cases pro pert) being sdded to the return. Only one white st hool In the coun? ty lias closed Up to this week, but it Is expected that several will have to close their* session during the present w i ek.