Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SCHWARTZ Since 1887 THE OPENING GUN It is an Open Secret That We Have Been Mobilizing all Summer in Preparation for This Fall ^ SCHWARTZ Sumter's Best Store To-Day We are Ready and Eager, and our Lines are Concentrated on the Frontiers of Popular Demand! SCHWARTZ'S Suits. Dresses. Hats, that in twenty-seven years of campaigning, have never sounded a retreat from the ideals of LEADERSHIP and ADVANCE, and never will. Every section of this store can boast of New Styles?and of hcving them first and Correctly. New Goods and Plenty of lhem-By Far the Largest Assortment. The Schwartz Kind--the Dependable Kind jjggjj the lowest Cost The Store In New Autumn Dress Awaits You. It's the Fortunate Early Buying of the Schwartz Stores. That's Going to Supply the Public at Great Savings From the These Stocks. I Example Number One~| One hundred Ladies' Skirts of all wool materials in the very latest models. 9$ Not one in lot worth less than $5?many higher. Wednesday morning, beginning at 8.30. your choice ? mt% NONE SENT ON APPROVAL OR CHARGED. COME EARLY PLEASE Sch.wa.rtz Greater Stores S\imter, S. C. COLUMBIANS DIME CANDIDATES TESTIMONIAL IIANQL'KT TO POL LOCK AND JKNMNXiS. One hundred und twenty-six Co? lumbians lust evening hud us guests of honor at an etuhorute banquet given at the Jefferson hotel. L. D. Jennings of Sumter and W. P. Pol? lock of Cheruw, both candidates for Cnited States senator In the recent Democratic primaries, other speak? ers than tho guests of honor were called upon for lmprompu re? marks . Mr Jennings said that tho many expression* of "well done" received by hit* from the people of South Carolina were more to be proud of than If he had been elected to the senate. Mnce the victory of Septem? ber 8, he said, u different atmosphere has existed In South Carollnu. He commended the attitude of the news? papers. In that they did not encour **e the cltlxcns to "rub It In; but let the cltUens know that the governor nominate was going to be governor of all i ?' people und not only of his frlenda Mr. Jennings was greeted with tumultous uppluuse and wus up pluuded at Interval* throughout his speech for his expressions of patriot? ism W IllHin Spencer Currell, recently elected president of the University of South Carolina, wus next Introduced snd wan greeted with much applause, this being his tlrnt appearance before % clumhlu audience si nee his re? turn to the State. Dr. Currell said that he wus u prodigal son returning home after almoMt three decades. It was abvious. he suhl, that he could not discuss the political rondltionH which South Carolina had recently undergone. Dr. Currell said that whoever advocated compulsory edu? cation did a -food thing, us universal education wan wholesome in politics, and he favored as much education an poHUde for as many people us pos? sible J. H. Moore, editor of the Colum? bia Koconl. was liuroduced. but said h* preferred not to make a speech, tnuamueh as n<> SjSalct bad been Kiven him. He prefaced his remarks with the statement. "I have writ all l know." Jennings and Pollock, he said, had aocsted In rcdccmlm/ the State JiiMt as surely as Hampton and Hutler did In ItTl Mr Pollock thanked Ihe Columbians for the Imitation to be with them for the hunuurl. He Maid that thr re ?u11h ?f the election of Iii 4 < ontlrm his confidence in the people when khev are on< c informed. Mr. Pollock *hH hi* SSjSJipalOT was one of educa? tion an<l wHk tbe results is indicated UM prim ?rles of August *J? and S. pti inU i I, b. knew that be ff|| the happiest defe ated I andidate the smb. nr.? evei saw Hf tiprrsaril bis ? confidence in tin nf i he nation, under the leadership of nwh men a* w.ii'nw Wilson iad William Jen? nlmrs Brraa, r+ettlna: u>. foe! ihul rerenth the sei 11 | 11 \ ,,; <\ , i,. ha signed treaties n i. \\i?b lot elKu sasmtliss Mr. Polka*It receive* min b sppeaaes After the ban'inet Messrs Jeaaltl I and I'olloi k were uirctcd peraon.'ltl Hlld I'i'i ed tbe f ? 11< i ta I i< I n N of l> Bffaesw Tbe Mate. BANKERS RAISE 100 MILLION. TO MEET AMERICAN OBLIGA? TIONS IN EL'IIOPE. Reserve Hoard O. K's lMan to Show the' World I *ii I ted States Ls Willing to Pay Ohllgutlous in Gold. WaahlnKton, Sept. 18 ?After an all day conference between the federal, reserve board and a committee ofj bankers it wa.i virtually agreed to niKht t^>at the hoard will approve the bankers' proposal for the raising of a $100,000,000 gold fund to be used in meeting American obligations to Eu? rope. This fund will be in addition to ?the $80,000,000 to be raised by the bankers' New York syndicate to meet New York city's European obliga? tions. j Final action was not taken by the board tonlglr. and may be delayed i until Monday because of the absence of several board members over the week-end. Probably $25,000,000 of the total amount will be asked for at once, and members of the l>oard were conlldsnt i"idght that such a sum will prove sulllclent to meet all demands. Na? tional bunks throughout the country will be asked to subscribe to the fund, us In the original plan of the bankers. The gold will be deposited in the ottn wu branc i of the Hank ?f Engladn. Members of the board and bankers were agreed that while possibly only a small part of the fund will be actual? ly needed or transferred to foreign i i creditors the morale of the business world will bo marked. They were in accord that the world should be given notice that the I'nlted States is able and willing to pay its obligations in gold. I About the only point of difference to-day between the bankers and the board was as to how the banks shall be asked to make their contributions. The board pointed out that it had no authority to apportion the amounts to be contributed and merely could approve the bankers' plan. It was suggested that the bankers themselves make the apportionment, but the matter was left undecided, i i:iu BALES cotton BURNED. riamcs Do Grave Damage on Shed of C. and W< Hallway?Other freight Goes. Tlmmonsville, Sept. IS.?The cotton seed warehouse of tho Carolina & Western railway was burned this morning about :i o'clock. Fire began in the centre of the platform and ISO hales burned. Some other freight on the platform was burned. A llreproof wall between the depot and shed and good work of the lire department i?ie vented furl her du magi s, Boo^t Slimier Man Tor Speal er. .lames A. Host, of Columbia, ami Dr. George w. Dick, of Humter, arc candidates for speaker >>( the nexl house of representatives, Molh arc M.I men. ami the people ma\ he as snred of a competent man in the shaker's chair, with either of them sleeted, However, we think in IM?K entitled In the position and we art surprised thai Mr, lloyt, n new iiiemlier, should run ugains! him.? I'ambvry Ucru id. PASSENGERS AND CREW DROWN? ED AS BOATS ARE LAUNCH? ED ON TURBULENT WA? TERS. Schooner Francis H. Lcggltt Is Torn to Pieces off Coast of Oregon?Two Men Renewed from Wreck Tell of Disaster. Astoria, Ore., Sept. 11).?Between seventy i ml eighty men, women, and children, coastwise passengers and crew, were drowned late yesterday when the three-masted steam schoon? er Francis H, Leggctt was pounded to pieces in a gale sixty miles from the mouth of the Columbia river. Two men, rescued by passing steamers and carried to Astoria and Portland, told how the sea tore the vessel to pieces, and how the pas? sengers were drowned, a boat load at a time, as the life boats put off, or met their fate a little later when the vessel overturned. y Alexander Farrell, a survivor, said that at the height of the storm, Cap:. J. Jensen, of San Francisco, a pas? senger, who lost his own ship six months ago, and for four succeed? ing Weekl was marooned on an unln habited island, went to the uid of Capt MorOi of the Leggctt, took command of the passengers and controlled them until he sank with the schooner. The schooner's wireless raised only the Japanese cruiser Idzumo and sank hours before any craft reached her position. The steamer Beaver, which caught the idzumo's report of the Leg getts' distress, said the IdlUUlO ga\e no position for the distressed vessel. Plunging on her course for the Co? lumbia River, the Beaver came upon the oil tanker Buck standing by a swirl of wreckage and timber that in? dicated where the Leggett had sunk. The Buck transferred Farrell to the Beaver for treatment. She remained for some time searching for bodies afloat, or possible survivors who might have clung to bits of wreck? age. The other rescued passenger, George H. Pullman, Of Winnipeg. Canada, Is on board the Buck, which lu lying off the Columbia bar awaiting calmer weather lad ore crossing. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected daily by Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer, Good Middling Strict Middling H 7-s. Middling s ::-i. stii. t Low Middling s I-1-', staple Cotton, Nominal, ACT ON WAREHOUSE BILL. Congress in Take up Measure Nest Week, so Lever Advises Watson, Columbia, Sept. IS.?A. Prank IJev? er*, eongressman from the Seventh district, wired Commissioner Watson yesterday that the house had llxed Monday on which to lake up the warehouse bill, He stated that he was hopeful of its immediate pjlH sage, There has been n great deal of pressure brought lo bear by prom Inenl men <>f |hf* South lo have tin-' measure enacted and it is thought now thnt their hopes will be realised in a few da>s. TOO TIRED TO FIGHT. DESCRIPTION FROM "BEHIND THE DIUTIS11 LINES." I Correspondent Thinks this May lie I a Herald of Victory?Fighting in Trenches. London, Sept. 20.?A correspondent of The Times sends the following ' dispatch from "behind the liritish lines." dated September ID: I j "The great battle draws to a close. Exhaustion rather than shot and shell, has wrought a terrible peace along the river bunks?a peace which my experiences of the last few days lead ' me to believe may be the herald of j victory. That, at least, is how 1 read the situation. "I have seen our troops and the French go into battle these lust days, I not as worn and weary men, but as conquerors. I have seen them return wounded from this valley of death with the conquering spirit fanned to fierce fury. Here is a typical descrip? tion from the trenches of the great struggle: " 'We are slowly beating them back. We have to do it foot by foot for they have huge guns and their shell lire is terrible. But we keep pegging away. How? Well, we dig ourselves in?we British lads have learned that lesson j?and then we go on lighting and ; lighting until the moment cornea when we can make a small advance. We crawl up again and dig ourselves in, and so on. " 'At the end, it. of course, comes to cold steel. We are all right there.' "The scene on the river at night was magnificent and appalling be? yond words. The whole valley was swept with a blase of searchlights from darkness until dawn. As they j moved up and down, searching the skies and trenches and revealing masked batteries, on the heights and dark forms lying along tbe ridges. ' Here und there a Hash revealed the bursting of a shell. Over all lolled the perpetual thunder of tbe guns?a liercc and thrilling accompa? niment. "An incessant rain, too, Hooded the great river, making tbe wank of the engineers a veritable task of Her? cules. "This was a battle to tbe last ounce ? ?f strength, in which man and horse poured out their whole liven in a lew frensled momenta, Day ami night the combat raged without Intermission. ebbing and (lowing like the tide, seeth? ing like a cauldron and iido the hell strong men went down. It was a brave sight to see them go, gaily and light heartedly. to return perhaps in ;i lew hours broken lor life, or, it may he. never to return at nil, for tbe loss whs terrible." Hoger* Helcnacd on Hond. Prom The Hally Item. Sept. 1!?. .1 I'. Hogers, w bo .shot Rcreven Dees near Privateer yesterday, came in Ncstcrday afternoon and gave himself up to Sheriff Mradford. There] acre several persons who offered lo go on bis bond. Mr. S. A. Marvin be? ing neeepted ;is bondsman for the $!!lh? .it which the bond was llxed. I ?res Was reported at tbe hospital us not having been seriously Injured and as getting along nicely. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The First National Hunk of Sumter, at Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, September ISO?, 1014. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ....$485,822.53 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. .. 5,010.59 U. S. Bonds to secure cir? culation. 50,000.00 U. S. Bonds to secure U. S. deposits. 7,100.00 Other bonds to secure U. S. deposits. 3,895.00 Other bonds to secure Pos? tal savings. 4,000.00 Premium on U. S. bonds . . 200.00 Honda, securities, etc. (oth? er than stocks) . 5,940.00 All other stocks. 5,000.00 Banking house, furniture ami fixtures. 50,000.00 Other real estate owned. . . . 250.00 Due from National banks (not reserve agents) . . 5,934.56 Duo from approved He serve agents in central reserve cities. 12,875.20 In other reserve cities. . . . 937.64 Checke and other cash items. 2,075.24 Notes of other National banks. 1.600.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents.. .. 822.22 Lawful money reserve in bank, viz: Specie. IS,004.20 Redemption fund with u. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation). 2,500.00 Total.$661,967.18 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid In.. ..$100,000.00 Surplus fund.100,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex ! penses and taxds paid . . 21,190.56 , National bank notes out I standing. 50,000.00 (Due to other national banks 1,492.37 Dividends unpaid. 80.00 Individual deposits sub? ject to check. 226,232.23 I Cashier's checks outsanding 230.03 United states deposits.. .. 10.485.78 Postal savings deposits .. 047.71 Notes and bills rediscount ed. 21.599.50 Bills* payable. Including obligations representing money borrowed.130.000.00 Total.$661,967.18 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. I, J. L. McCallum, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. McCALLUM, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me tins 1Mb day of September, 1911. Gco. L. Bicker, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: NE ILL t ?'D< ?NN ELL, H. I). BARNRTT, W. H. UP8HUR, Directors. l ighting Near Antwerp. Antwerp, Sept. 21. Skirmishing between the Belgians and Hermans continues southeast of Antwerp to? day. FEAR FOR KATAHDIX. Owners K\press Concern Over Missing Vessel, Out of Georgetown for New York. New York, Sept. 18.?Concern over tbe whereabouts of the steamer Katahdin, which left Georgetown. S. C, September 12, for New York and is now overdue, was expressed by her I owners, the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation, tonight. No w^rd has been received from Norfolk, Cape Henry or any other point along the (oast regarding the vessel. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION ! Of the Bank of Sunder, Located at Suniter, S. C, at The Close of Bas? il ess September 12, 1914. RESOURCE8: Loans and discounts.. ..$707,254.11 overdrafts...,. . 6,605.77 I Ponds and Stocks owned by the bank. 21.169.98 Furniture and fixtures .... 15,549.42 Banking house. 65,578.39 Other real estate owned.. None ? Due from banks and bank? ers. 47.710.57 Currency. 10.730.00 Gold. 690.00 Silver and other minor coin 584.16 Checks and cash items, .. 15,067.37 Exchanges for the clearing house.None Other resources, viz: Cur? rency and silver in transit. 6,000.00 Total. .$885,939.79 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in.. ..$200,000.00 Surplus fund. 60,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur? rent expenses and taxer. paid. 12.503.94 Due tc banks and bank? ers. 17.35 Dividend? unpaid. 8.00 Individual deposits sub? ject to check. 160.385.22 Savings deposits. . . 81.735.26 Demand certificates of de? posit. None Time certificates of deposit ..4.107.41 Certified checks. 117.81 Cashiers' checks... 64.80 Notes and bills rediscount ed. 15,000.00 r.llls payable, including certificates for money borrowed. 360.000.00 Reserve Fund Carried on General Individual or savings ledger. 2,000.00 other Liabilities, viz.None Total.$sn:>.939.79 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Before mo came Hernard Manning. Cashier of tho above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. BERNARD MANNING, Cashier. Sworn and subscribed before me this 1Mb day of September, 1914. R. E* Edmunds, Notary Public Correct Attest: DAVIS D. MOISK. R. S. HOOD, I 4 A. D. HARRT, - Directors.