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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.