Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

t)t tofttcliWittii and oatljron. ram mm watchman, Established Apm, ism. ?Be Just and Fear not?Bet nil the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Train's." Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1914. THE TRUE SOUTH ;CN, Established Jone, 18M. i Vol. XXXVIII. No. 26. NEW HOME FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK - Handsome New Quarters Were Oc? cupied For Business Mon? day Morning. MUMTER'S OLDEST HANKING INSTITUTION NOW HAS ITS OWN BUILDING? HANDSOME GRANITE AND COPPER FRONT WITH A i TRACTIVE INSIDE FI NISI I?INSTITUTION WAS ORGANIZED IN 1SS7 AND HAS HAD PROSPEROUS CAREER?ITS CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $21*0,000. On Monday morning the First Na tonal Bank of Sumter opened its doors for business In Its handsome home on South Main street which has Just been completed at a cost of fli.ovt. About two years ago the hoard of directors decided that the bank should build Its own home and with this ob? ject In view purchased a lot on South Main street for the site or the build? ing into which they are moving today. The, First National Bank of Sum? ter was organised in October, 1887, ss the 8lmonds National Bank and, its original capital stock was $50,000. The capital stock was later increased to $75,000 and the name of the insti? tution changed to the First National Bank of Sumter. This was all of the cash ever paid in, but the capital has been increased since that time by a payment of dividends in capital stock, making its present capital and sur? plus $125,000. The bank since Its organisation has paid out almost this amount in dividends, which have amounted to slightly more than $200, 900 In the twenty-seven years It has been doing business. The bank was organised with Dr. Andrew Simonds of Charleston as its Pr?sident. K. M. Wallace, vlce-pres igjsjuH and W <lslim Pringle, Jr., as cashier. Upon the death of Dr. Simonds Mr. Wallace became presi? dent He was succeeded by Dr. A. J. China, who In turn was succeeded by the Incumbent. Cashiers succeeding Mr. Pringle were U 8. Carson, R. L. Edmunds and the incumbent. The present officers and force of the bank are: President, Nelll O'Don nell; Vice President and Attorney R. D. L?e: Cashier. J. L. MeCallum; Teller, O. L. Yates; Bookkeepers, A. K. Bernshouse and R. T. Brown: in charge of collecting department, J. William Klnard. The First National Bank is the old eet bank In the county and has al? ways been a conservative and strong force In the business of the city. It has had a steady and continuous growth correspondlrig to tho growth of the city and the prosperity of the county and has a large list of patrons In this city and throughout all of the surrounding country. Its policy, while conservative, has always been one of progress and Its officers have always been obliging, In so far as the rules of a sound banking system would allow, and courteous to all who have had business with the Institu? tion. Ths^ bank building Is a handsome and substantial appearing structure with a front of granite and cooper It has been erected at a cost of $32, 000, ?nd with the vault and fixtures the entire cost will be about $35,000. The lot on which tho building is sit? uated was purchased by tho bank two ysars ago from Messrs. Manning, Rowland, Shore and Wilson for $21, 200, making tho total cost of build? ing and lot approximately $55.000. The lot has a front of twenty-seven fet eight inches on Main Rtreet and a depth of two hundred feet. The lo? cation Is a good one, neur the center of tho business section of tho city and In a position convenient to all of Its patrons and friends. The footings of the building aro of Portland cement concrete. The ex? terior walls aro twelve inches thiek and are of hurd burnt local hrh-k laid up In Portland cement rnortar. Tie front Is of New Hampshire granite with a backing of brick work, each granite block being secured by iron anchors. The large opening in tbe front is filled with en met kalamein work and gives the fr? nt an appear? ance of stability. Tbe roof girders and. beams are of steel, supporting a reinforced sendet eon rets foundntlon for the vitrified tile rooting. The skylight la ten by thlr y feet and is r the studio type, admitting only northern light and relieving tbe inside of the building of the direct rays of the sun. It has a framework of steel covered with nahestoa mill board and art outalde covering of galvanized Iron, j Tho glass is ribbed wire. Ventilating louvres are provided which are ad? justable to any opening required. There are also ventilating louvres fit? ted with electric fans which open automatically when the fans are start? ed. The main floor throughout is of cement concrete on 12 inches of cin? ders. In the working space this is covered with Battleship linoleum. In the public space it is laid with trrraz to having mosaic border of ccmaic tile. The walls and ceiling are plastered on metal lath, and the ceiling lath are wired to steel furrings, hung from the roof beams with steel hangers. The interior wood work is of birch, mahogany finish. The wood work of counters and partitions of president's and cashier's offices as well as all furniture la mahogany. The public space side of the coun? ter screen is of Bottlcino (Italian) marble, as is also the wainscoating on the opposite wall. The grille work of the counter screen is of wrought iron finished in dead black. The check desks, of which there are two, are of wrought iron with glass topa and backs one inch thick. Dealing platea are of black Ar? gentine glass, hone finish. The teller's space is er.cioocd by a j steel mesh partition wl'h protective overhead mesh at screen. The security vault was moved from the present quarters of the bank and reset in new location with enclosing walla of Portland cement concrete. Tho floor and root of vault is of re? inforced concrete. The finish floor of vuule is ceramic tiles. A storage vault is provided having Are proof doors and concrete walls, and fitted with steel shelving. A steel cabinet with roller shelves has been placed in the money vault. A retiring room is provided f? r the ladies and having up to date toilet accommodations, with dressing table, mirror and chairs for their comfort. The clerk's room is fitted with up to-date plumbing equipment; has| terrazzo floor und marble base, as has also tho ladies' toilet room. Steel lockers have been installed for the clerks. The directors' room is in the mozzanine story over the vaults, and is reached by a staircase of oak and mahogany. Tho flooring of this room is of oak. Pivoted sashes open from the di? rectors' room to tho bankii g room and are glazed with rippled glass. The celling lig'it below the sky? light is of rippled glass softening and diffusing the light. The sashes are pivoted to provide extra ventilation and const ??:??. ventilation is provided | for by openings in tho dentil course. The glass in all exterior openings is of polished plate, Mississippi wire, and tho openings have wrought iron guards. The heating of the building is by i hot water with down feed. AU flash? ings and conductor pipes arc of heavy copper, The parapet walls of roofs arc cap? ped with vitrified terra cotta, and tho chimney is lined with terra cot ta. Storage spaco for stationery is un? der tho stairs. Hardware is of brass and electric! fixtures are of hroiSBs as also are tin sign panels and frieze lettering on the grunito front. The decorations are in soft tones and the treatment of |he walls III banking room imitates Caen stone Coupon booths are provided and have inch thick polished plate glass shelves. Also a telephone booth. The banking room is well lighted by four ceiling fixtures of a combined capacity of 1.200 %q i.r>oo watts, There are nino ltghtM top of eounter-s? re?n. five drop liuhtH jn (idler's cage, two I at collection's, one over each cheek desk, and wall I.rackets at various lo? cations. Tho aevcrul desks are pro?I TOM WATSON RE-INDICTED. AGAIN ACCUSED OF CIRCULAT? ING OBSCENITIES. Counsel, for Ancient Populist Would Have Client Brought Into Court Very Soon. Augusta, Ga., May 15.?The United States court grand jury this afternoon returned an indictment against Thom? as E. Watson, editor and principal owner of tho Watson publications at Thomson, Ga., charging in six counts sending obscene matter through the United States mails. S. G. Mcl^cndon, counsel for Wat? son, asked that Judge Sheppard set an early date for trial of the case, in that his client was ready to go to trial at once, but the case has not been dated on the court calendar for this term, and probably will not be taken up. The indictment is substantially the same as one returned by the grand Jury at the last term of the federal court here, which was thrown out by Judge Sheppard on the ground that; it was impropely drawn and would not stand. The indictment charges that federal laws were violated when at different periods in 1911, Watson caused to be sent through tho mails copies of Tho Jeffersonian and Watson's Mag? azine which contained "obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy publications of an indecent character," contained in "ar? ticles entitled "The Roman Catholic Hierarchy, the Deadliest Menace to Our Liberties and Our Civilization.* " The indictment does not quote the language used in the publications, say? ing in that connection: "Said pub? lication is so obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy as to be offensive to the court if set forth herein, and improper to be spread among the records of the court, for which reason the same is not set forth in this indictment." NETTLES CASE REVERSED. Committee- of Appeals Disapproves oC Findings Against Rev. S. A. Nettles; Oklahoma, Cal., Maty 16.?Com? mittee of appeals of Methodist Church, South, by unanimous decis? ion, entirely reverses findings of com? mittee of trial in case of Rev. S. A. Nettles of South Carolina conference. R. O. Purdy. WILL INVESTIGATE DISAPPEAR? ANCE. Hucrta Says He Will Inquire into \ Parks Case?War Threatene<l Un? less Explanation is Forthcoming. [ Washington, May 16.?The State department was notified today by the Spanish ambassador that in response 'to representations of the United States, through the Spanish ambas? sador that Huerta had promised to investigate the disappearance of Samuel Parks, an infantryman whOi 1 whilo insane wandered into the Mex t , lean camp at Vera Cruz and was i executed. The United States has threatened ! war unless a satisfactory explanation of Parks* disappearance is made im? mediately. 120,000 BARRELS OIL BURNED. Blaze Lasts Twenty-four Hours Be? fore Controlled?Spread Over River. Unionville, N. v., May 16.?After burning twenty-four hours a fire at tho Standard Oil plant was controlled today. Four tanks containing a hun? dred and twenty thousand barrels of oil wore destroyed as it poured into (he river which blazed for miles. Tho loss is estimated at $300,000. URGE PASSAGE OF LEVER MEASURE. Delegates Front Cotton Conference Will Go to Washington to Push It. Augusta. Ga.. May 15.?Thomas Barrett nf Augusta and B. J. Glenny, president of the New Orleans cotton exchange, Will go to Washington Mon? day to urge the passage at this ses? sion of congress of the Lever cotton futures tax bill, They are two of the three members of the special commit? tee named for that purpose by the National Cotton conference held here the first week in May. vlded with desk liubts having cord and plug. An electric wax beater is on the mailing table, A system of call bells with annun ciator, also Individual telephones is I installed, for intor-communit at ion. The building has been erected and equipped complete dj Hoggson Bros of New York and ChiCttgO In six months to a day from date of starting Operations, and Six weeks ahead of the guaranteed date of completion. I FEW MEMBERS KICKING ABOUT CAUCUS ACTION. Rugsdulc and Wingo Insist For Ru? ral Credits?Lever Would Like| Futures Bill Passed. Washington, May 15.?Insurgency is threatening congress and there are signs that a militant half dozen Dem? ocrats?among them Representatives Carter Glass of Virginia, chairman of the house banking and currency com? mittee; A. F. Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the committee on agri? culture; J. Willard Ragsdale of the same State, a member of the bank? ing and currency committee, and Sen? ator Morris Sheppard of Texas?may manipulate such a well planned fili? buster that the administration slate will be smashed into fragments before the present session ends. Add to the list of those named Representative Wingo of Arkansas, who, also is list? ed in the filibuster class and the lead? ers in the movement have been named. Here is what the trouble is about: Tho administration does aot want a long legislative campaign spread out before the people now, believing that the country has had enough of con? gress for the time being. It does not desire any action at this time on cot ton futures or rurai credits, two sub? jects which are close to the hearts of' many Southern congressmen. When it was decided that there must be no action on these matters now at the Democratic caucus Tuesday night there was an uprising, so to speak, among those who have been clamor? ing for rural credits and cotton fu? tures action. As a result insurgency is the order of the day. Chairman Glass states most em? phatically that he will not accept as tinal the acion of his colleagues in caucus that the programme for the remainder of the session should be limited to anti-trust legislation and the regular appropriation bills. He ?believes that congress, in spite of the \ caucus decision, w'li ?nact some kind of rural credits legislation almost im? mediately. Representative Lever, although much disappointed at the action of the caucus, is working among his col ' leagues in the effort to create a sen jtiment which will demand action now Ion his cotton futures bill. I The position of Mr. Glass is that 1 the federal reserve act responds in ; large measure to the suggestions j made by the president for rural i credits legislation. In its farm mort? gage provision alone it affords facili ' ties amounting to more than $359, j 000,000, while in its rediscount pro j vsion it gives unlimited credit fa j cilities. It givs peculiar privileges to J the agricultural interests by extending ' tho maturity of notes and bills for j agricultural purposes to six months in contradistinction to a 90-day maturity ! as applied to commercial and indus j trial paper. Mr. Wingo and his colleague from South Carolina, Mr. Ragsdale, go fur? ther than Mr. Glass. They believe there should be a rural credits bill separate and alone from whatever may be the result of the newly en? acted federal reserve law. They want ' quick action on rural credits for the I farmers of the country, who are suf J fcrlng, they declare, because of the exorbitant and excessive rates of in? terest they are made to pay on their loans. In the senate, Senator Sheppard is preparing to lead a hght for prohibi? tion. Thousands of good Democrats all over tho country, he maintains, I demand that congress look this im 1 portant question squarely in the face. It is time to stop handling the situa? tion, he also claims, with long han? dled tongs, whatever the result of action on the part of congress now might be to the individual members voting either for or against a na j tional prohibition law. His is the I most ditlicult part of the present plan to force action on other than the ad? ministration slate. There may la* j rural credits legislation and there, likewise, may be action on cotton fu ! turns, but it is more than apparent to those who follow legislative mat? ters closely and who keep a linger on I the congressional pulse that there will ' j be no prohibition legislation now?if.' indeed, at all any time in the mar fu? ture. It is a dangerous proposition' an 1 none know this better than the congressmen themselves. -?? Robbed and Murdered. Savannah, May IS.?Peter Duscn berry, the B0-year-old night watch? man at a guano factory, was found today burled in a pit with his head spill open and three deep gashes across his throat. Ho had been rob? bed of $<;oo and murdered. NEWBERRY FARMER GONE. llAGOOD BROWN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED. Joe Dawkins, Colored, is Held Pend-( ing the Search for the Missing Man's Body?Man Hunt Begins. Newberry, May 17.?Following the mysterious disappearance of Hagood Brown, 27 years old, the son of a prominent farmer, while fishing Sat? urday night in Broad *uver nine miles above Parr Shoals, Joe Dawkins, a negro, was placed in the Newberry COttBty jail this afternoon by Sheriff: Biease. The negro is being heir* pending the search for Mr. Brow*? who is supposed to have been m/* dered, while arranging a fishing ?' in a boat in the eddy water cc Parr Shoals dam near Strothe* Saturday night at 11 o'cW .vir. Brown, accompanied by Joe*7 Kins and John Simms, negroe^' nt to place a "trot" line in T* river. This morning the boat was ound in the eddy water near the line. A bunch of keys, a hat and a lantern belonging to Mr. Brown were found in the boat. John Simms was asleep on the bank. Later in the day Joe Dawkins was found asleep on the bank of the river, two and one-half miles above where the boat was found. He was said to be under the j influence of whiskey. His feet were in the water while his body was rest ing on the bank. A pistol was found ion his body and investigation found I that one chamber had been recently j fired and a new shell placed. Several ; shells were found in his pocket. The negro seemed to be in a dazed condi? tion and did not remember very much he said, about the night before. Answering a call Sheriff Blcase went to the scene this afternoon at 2 o'clock and arrested Dawkins. The negro was brought to Newberry and placed in jail. The negro admitted ; going to the river with Mr. Brown (about 11 o'clock Saturday night. He said that Simms remained on the bank while he and Mr. Brown rowed i out to adjust the fishing line. Re | turning to the bank, he said that he I jumped out and that he did not know : what became of Mr. Brown. Ques | tioned as to why he was found several j miles from the scene, the negro de? clared that he was drunk and that he could not remember the incidents ol the night before. I 1 This afternoon a large number be? gan a search for the body. Simms has not been arrested but will be held ; as a witness. Dawkins is said to be a native of Fairlield county, i Mr. Brown was the son of W. Frank j Brown, one of the most successful ! farmers in Newberry county. He was well known throughout the county. I _ - 'NO TRACE OF SAFE BLOWERS j Railroad Detectives and Police Work ing on Cane?Amount of Loot Nol Given. Anderson, May 16.?A telegram tr >ni Seneca tonight says that the i \.ilroad detectives and police depart ment have found absolutely no trace j of the yeggmen who cracked the safe j of the Express company there early I yesterday morning. Officials have j made no statement as to the amount I of loot obtained, but reliable infor? mation is that something less than $1,000 is missing. It is known that a package con j taining several hundred dollars was j in tho safe when robbed. Four or I five railroad detectives are in Seneca I I investigating and this is taken to mean ] that a largo amount of money was I secured by the robbers. TO WATCH FOR ARMS. Hiiertn's Defense of Mexico City De? pends upon Arrival of Supplies. Washington, May 16.?Admiral Badger today issued instructions to watch for shipments of arms and am? munition to Huerta through Puerto. Three warships are now off that port. it has been learned officially at the war and navy departments that Hu erta's defense of Mexico City depends on getting such supplies and it is un? derstood here that be will endeavor to get them through Puerto. NAVAL HERO HONORED. Memorial to Commodore John Barry Unveiled. Washington, May 16.?President Wilson ami bis cabinet members, with a large delegation of congressmen and officers of the army, navy ami marine corps today attended the un? veiling of tbe $50,000 memorial to Commodore John Barry, one of the earliest Ameriean naval officers. Pres? ident Wilson made a brief address. MANY QUESTIONS WILL BE CON? SIDERED. Probable That an Effort Will Be Mutle to Secure Reconsideration of the VundcrbUt Matter. Oklahc ma City. May 17.?Proposals for the granting of laity rights to wo? men; division of the church into epis? copal districts; creation of sepa? rate places for women and men on the many boards, and for an enlarged F y school board will probably be <sed of during this week by the eral conference of the Methodist jiscopal church, South, meeting in .uadrennial session here. It is also probable that an effort will be made to secure reconsidera? tion of the Vanderbilt matter, disposed of yesterday by the adoption of a majority committee report, which pro? vided for the return of whatever rights the church retains in the uni? versity tr the eight original patron? izing cox/ rences and establish an? other sch 1 as the representative ed? ucational I istitution of the church. A not he J report likely to be taken up during the week is that of the committee which considered the ad? visability of the organic union of the 1 Methodist Episcopal church, South, tho Methodist Episcopal church and the Protestant Methodist church. The ; plan proposed an organic union un* i der the name, "The Methoaist Church in America," with one general con? ference as the law making body, but with separate jurisdictional confer? ences which shall elect their own I corps of bishops and connectional i boards and of Beers. S VED FROM SEA. Men Front Columbian Suffer Great Hardship?-Adrift Thirteen Days. j Halifax, X. S., May 17.?After 13 days of terrible suffering in an open i boat, four survivors of the freight steamer Columbian were picked up in the North Atlantic by the United i' States revenue cutter Seneca today. Eleven others of the boat's crew, , who left the Columbian when she I'was burned south of Sable island, May 3, had succumbed to injuries and '.privations and their bodies had been ? thrown over-board. The death roll of j the lost freighter now stands at 15. ? j Twenty-seven other members of i the crew arere saved by the Cunard 1 liner Franconia and the steamer i I Manhattan after two days of exposure. The Seneca reported that she expect : ed to reach Halifax tomorrow morn i! Inf. i\ The sur\ivors had lived on a few ship's biscuits and a cask of water, ' which long since had been exhausted. .'They had gone the limit of human en? durance. Hope for this missing third ? boat had been abandoned after a t dozen tran--Atlantic liners searched j for five da within a wide radius of the spot v, t>rc the Columbian burst i into Barnes.|?o seafaring men it seem ' ed Impossible that a small boat could pass through the series of gales that i since have I rept the watera on which the boat h'j s drifted and the news that tho Beoeca had picked up sur i vivors was received almost incred? ulously here. TO FOLLOW GUNBOATS. Chester Will Watch Mexican War Vessel. Vera Cruz. May 15.?The gunboats Zaragoza and Rravo, which aban? doned their stations at Tampico when i the federals evacuated that city, pass? ed Vera Crjz late today. They had been follow* i south by the United States cruise** Tacoma and two tor ? pedo boats. The torpedo boats put in here, but the scout cruiser Chester I was detached from the Beet to keep ; the gunboats In sight and to lay off Progresso when tho Zaragoza and Bravo put In there. FAIR SKIES FOR WEEK. Weather Bureau Sees Few Clouds Ahead. Washington May 17.?Generally fair weather over much of the country is the official weather forecast for this ' ?reck. "With the exception of showers the first half of the week in the Southern States and the Middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys and about Wednesday in the Middle Atlantic and New England States, the coming week promises to lie one of generally fair weather over much of the ? ountry," said the bulle? tin. "Temperatures will average near or ?lightly above the normal over most of the countr* east of the Rocky mountains. rettere is no Important storm charted to cross the country."