Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ffc Witten wo 3&cut|non. ?ami id at the PoHtofllce at Sumter, 8. C, aa Seoewd Claas Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. C. H. Annls is In the city to take charge,of the Telephone Supply "''?mpiny, having come from Kansas < it for that purpose. Mine Flora Tohln. of JUlendule, Is visiting frlemls In the city. Mira Patterson, of Allcndale, who him been visiting In the city for the paat week, returned homo Tuesday morning. Lieut. Otto Kethorst left Monday afternoon for Washington where he Will stay a few days before Joining his regiment at Fort Sam Houston, on the Mexican border. Mr. and MTB H. P. Scott of Sum? ter, after a stay of five weeks at Hot Springs, Ark., are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hancr. In this city.?Orangcburg Sun. Mr. and Mrs. L. Strauss of Hates burg have returned home after a short stay in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Strauss are former residents of the Game Cock City. Messrs. B. C. Wallace and J. A. Warren have gone to Charleston to attend the head council or the Ju? nior Order of United American Me chanica , Mrs. King and daughter, Miss Louise King, of Mayesvllle, were in the city WeJnesday. Mr. D. B. Turbevllle, cashier of the Bank of Turbevllle, was in the elty Wednesday. Mr. H. W. Blake, a former cltlsen of Sumter, who is now assistant post? master at Mirlon, is in the city for a short stay. Mrs. S. J. Brown left Wednesday morning to visit sons at Atlanta and Birmingham. Mr. Tom Gentry, of Summerton, was In the city Wednesday. Mr. I* W. Corbett, of Green? ville. Is in the city visiting relatives. Messrs. Rhodes and Llchenstein, of Mayesvllle, were in the city Tues? day night to attend the dance. Mrs. B. J. Orler is spending a few days in Manning. IIOHSF. DROWN KD AT MILL. King-iiianding Mra Mi k < tasspaaj Ismrn >tof?* and Dut,^y a Saemad MdL Thursday morning about 10 a'ttOOk Mr. J. D. Blandlng had the misfor? tune to lose a nice horse and buggy when the animal became frightened on the dam at Second Mill and fell into the pond, efforts to get it out being ineffectual. It seems that Mr. Blanding was driving acrous ih? data when Ihe met a wagon loaded with cotton, j At this point the dam is very narrow and Mr. Blandlng stopped and mo tloned to the driver of the wagon to come on. As the wagon was opposite the buggy the driver stopped, the cotton on the wugon being jolted at the time. This frightened the horse which gave a plunge to one side, which caused her to lose her footing and she fell down the embankment Into the water, Mr. Blanding being carried down in the buggy. Mr. K Mood Brown, who was also in the buggy managed to bap out on the dam before the buggy went Into the water. The buggy went on down and Mr. Blandina swam to th bank, the horse, being left In tho water lighting for its life. Mr. Jim Drad ford ran to Mr. Dlanding's asatatance and swam out to the horse to render what aid he could, but as the buggy h'?d gone down so far he was unable t-> ia more than cut the cheek rein, being unable to reach the other part of the harness to cat it lose, as the horse was boating the water so bird W^'.h its hoofs. In a few minutes the horse gave up h ul went under. At this point the water was SjUtti deep and Mr. Hland ing was somewhat strangled In gou | under so unexpect dly the hrst time. The a. ? ub nt happened he stated, so gjgdgJdg that It was Impossible to pre? vent It Fortunately, however, the t? p of the bnggy was down, or both Mr. Blanding and Mi. Brown might ha\c anew drowned. The only In? jury to Mr. Blanding were bruises on tho hip and shoulder, which struck against something when tin? buggy w? nt down the embankment. l bt hot m s as a ab ? animal valued at about I tag, If tbtvernment expenses gggld bi rut fHO.noo.oo?! u Mar ? Ah! That is h different matter'?Brooklyn Eagle. Straight at It. There \n no um?, of our "beating around the bush." We might as well out with it first as last. We want you to trv chamberlain's Cough Remedy th.. next tune you have ?ui<h or 1 old. There Im no rt ...ion h?? far as WO ? an see why SOU should not do ^o Tbl? preparation by II? umiai kahle cures has gained a world-*ldft repu? tation, and people everywhere speak of It In the highest terms of praise, ii Is for sale by all dealers. ?Advt. THE BANK OF SUM TER The Handsome New Banking I House is Now Occupied. I I The Bank <?f iumter w!ll this af? ternoon vacate its banking house in ? I the Monauhan Block and move Into 'its new home ?>n the comer of Main and Liberty ?treeta, When Ihe Hank of Sumte- was organ lie d In 1889 the Monaghan Bloek, which was In course of construction at that time, Wnfl IhG largest and handsome*! bualhaas block In the town, Tim banking twelve offices that are for i< in. The main entrance t?? the bank In on Main Street, but the Liberty Street entrance also gives acceai t<? the banking house and to the offlcei ??f ttn> president cashier and to the di? rectors' room. Tin- building is lighted by large plate glass windows on the Liberty street side and the ventilation is all In lvs>'.? With :i capital of $50,000. The late \v. r. B. liaynaworth was the flrat president and Mr. Anthony White, now of New York, the Aral cashier. Mr. Haynaworth served aa president until his death aboul ten yean ago, and was succeeded by Mr. U. I. Manning, who now mis that of flce. .Mr. White served as cashier l<?r a lew years only, and was aucceeded by Mr. w. r. Rhame, who filled the Position until promoted to third vice preaident about three years ago. Mr. Bartow Walsh aucceeded Mi'- Fthame and was in turn aucceeded by Mr. Bernard Manning, when he resigned about a year ago. As stated the original capital of the. bank was $50,000. a few years later the capital was increased to $75,000. (in April ist. 1912, the surplus and j house was built and equipped espe? cially to At the ne^d.s of the Bank of Sumtcr and for m arly a quarter of a century it has occupied the same quarters, which, at the outset, wen ample for ihr needs of tin- institution. But with the passing of the years and - growth of the town and nt of the surrounding eoun uBlness of the bank increas h an extent that it outgrew ng house. With the fore? sight and the sound business judg? ment that have been characteristic' of the officials of the Bank of Sum ter, the ityttenberg property, on the corner of Main and Liberty streets, gnerally regarded at that time as the most desirable and valuable bus? iness site in tho city, was purchased some years ago against the time when the bank would be forced to obtain larger quarters. The need for more room having become urgent last year the bank obtained the cancella? tion of the lease from the tenants oc? cupying the old Ryttenberg building and prepared to tract a new banking house. Plans for the new building were prepared hy Wheeler Stern, of Char'oMe anil the eon tract was b-t to W. Ltt Harbin. Work was started during the fall, the first step being the removal of the old two-story Store Which was one of the largest and ' most substantially built brick build in?a on Main street. The m w building, erected in ac cordance with the plans of the ar? chitects, has a frontage of feet on Main street and 1'?'? on Liberty and is two stories in height. with a basement for the heating plant and Storage, The total cost of the build? ing exclusive of the value <?f the lot has been |33,000. it is built of white sandstone and in addition to being an unusually im? posing ami handsome structure is recognised at a glance as a bank. The interior is at t istically finished Inj imported Bkyros and Plena marble, with decorated walla, The furniture and Axtures are the handsomest ever brought to Sumter and the arrange? ment Is In accordance with a careful? ly thought out plan for the conven? ience of the employes ami patrons of the bank. There are two lire and bur? glar proof vaults, one for the bank books and money and the other con? tains the safety deposit boxes for the use of customers. The building has a private telephone system, with a phone on the desk of each ofllcer, ami a switchboard to connect the levcral 'phone with the regular telephone lines elth r local or long distant e. one feature of the equipment ol this bank that is unl?|Ue Is a privat? booth in the hank tor the use of lud> customers and a rest room fof Hu m On the second floor. The entile fifSt floor Is given up to tin* use of the hank, except thai (lore is a loht? in the real to which tin-re im an entrance from Libert) Mi'f t Trori the lobh) tin stairway ascends to tin* second door, on which .ire located the ladles' resi room and i that could bo desired. AM things taken into consideration thia now home of the Bank of Sumter is ? complete and beautiful building, per? fectly adapted to the use for whioh it was designed and an ornament to, the business center of Sumter. A few facts relative to the history and growth of the bank are not out of place at this time. ? The Bank of Saunter was organized undivided profit* then amounting t<> $7i>>000| a etock dividend of 60 per cent was declared and the capital in? creased to $200,000, With a surplus of $50,000, which put the book value of the stock at $1-5. Since the in? crease In capital the bank has paid 1 per cent dividends seini-annually and the surplus has increased to $T<>, <r00. Very little of the stock is on the market but it has sold recently at $145, The business of the bank lias grown steadily, and notwithstand? ing tiie business depression of the past \ear, Incident to the low pri< e of cot? ton, the volume Of business has grown and the deposits have increas? ed $125,000 over any previous year. When tiie Bank of Su niter was es? tablished it was the second bank for this city and the combined capital of the two amounted to just $100, 000. Now tle-re are live banks and one trust trust company having an aggregate capital of $670,000 and sur iplus of more than $.'{00,000. These figures show how Bomter has grown in twenty-five years. The officers and directors of the bank are: Olliecrs. Richard 1. Manning, President. R. F. llaynsworth, Vice-President. D. D. Ifolse, Vice-President 1 br uard Manning, Cashier. W. J. Crowsoitf Jr., Assistant Cash? ier. Directors. R. F. llaynsworth, 1?. D. Moise, J. A. Mood, C. M. Hurst, [W. B. Manning, C. l? Cuttino, D. R. McCallum, Jr. .las Reaves, A. D. Harby, W. F. Shaw, H. P. Moses, H. J. McLaurln, Jr. E. C. llaynsworth, C. T. Mason, R. B. Heiser, B. W. Segars, S. A. Harvin, B. Walsh, J. P. Dooth, lt. I. Manning, R. S. Hood. E. H. Rhamc. - Cough Medicine for Children. Too much care cannot be used in se? lecting a cough medicine for chil? dren. It should be pleasant to take, coi.'ain no harmful substance and be most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets these requirements an i is a favorite with the mothers of young children everywhere. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. Mrs. Pankhurst has gone out to dinner.?Philadelphia Record. - Found a Cure for Rheumatism. "I suffered with rheumatism for two years and could not get my right hand to my mouth for that length of time," writes Lee L. Chapman. Mapleton, Iowa. "I suffered terrible pain so I could not sleep or lie still at night. Five years ago I began using Cham? berlain's Liniment and in two months I was well and have not suffered with rheumatism tsinee." For. Sale by all dealers.?Advt. Boosting Inespc?IfUi People get so tin <i of the man who is always complaining about things going wrong. Btj a booster, it isn't expensive.?Anderson Mail. Look to Your Plumbing. You knew what happens in a hou*e in w hich the plumbing is in poor con? dition?everybody in the house is liable to contract typhoid or some other fever. The digestive organs perform the same functions in the hu? man body as the plumbing does for the house, and they should be kept in first class condition all the time. If you have any trouble with your diges? tion take Chamberlain's Tablets and you are certain to get quick relief. For sale by all dealers.?Advt._ webber long staple cotton sli:d. 1 Year From C'okor's seed Farm $1.00 per BUSHEL Apply J. A. DICK, Sumter, s. C. Care Dr. Geo. W. Dick. Geo. H. Hurst, UNDERTAKER AND EMBaimer, Prompt attention to day or night calls. AT OLD J. D CRAIG STAND, 203 N. Main Street. Day Phone 539. Night Phone 201. Would You Like to Know Where you can get the best shave, hair .cut .or .other tonsorial work? v- ???? v Im riyht opjVedtc the Post oflicc. Drop in today and learn about our excellent service. The Sumter Shaving Parlors. Dan P. Mosepy. Prop. The jus" Wright Shoe JUST WRIGHT OXFORDS The Just Wright Shoe OUR best friends (the public) whose deep and abiding faith in Just Wright Shoes have always been our strongest support, look now for the name on the shank of the Shoe or Oxford, as they would look for "In God We Trust" on a coin. Pat Colt still have many admirers, but Tans and Gun Metals are unusually strong this season. Vici Kids will always be worn by those of us who want an Oxford softer than Gun Metals, and there is no leather that will wear longer. See our window display. Walk in. The rest is easy. 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