The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1914, Image 3
SAYIfloS FW INCREASE.
mom: than $5o,(h>o to be iu:
leased in out ix next
few lift
Amounts to Be Scut out from Va?
riola? Bank* Show That People WM
City ore taking Much Interest In
KtsOag* Fund*?-Money tonio In
Handy ut ChrUtana* Time siul Mer
cliants Will Fvcl Influx.
The various banks of the city which
have savings fv.u-l departments will
during ths next fev days release
something like $53.000 in the city
which will come in handy for many
persona who have been saving up dur?
ing the year to havs this money for
their Christmas shopping.
Ths savings fand scheme was start?
ed in this city a number of years ago
among the employees of J. Ityttenbeii
A 80ns store end since then has g?o*n
yearly until now practically every,
hank in town bus a savings fund and
tbere are several hundred depositors
smong ths various banks. The out?
look for nest year, as reported at the
various banking institutions in the city
la better than ever before for an in?
crease in the savings fund for next
year and it is probable that despite
the war and reported hurd times that
many persons, who have never Joined
any of these savings departments be?
fore, will join this year so as to put
by a regular weekly sum for a time
of need in the future.
This has been the fourth year at
the Peoples' Bank that a savings fund
has been operated and the officers of
the bank fir 1 It an excellent scheme
for young men and women, children
ahd bid folks to save a stated sum
each week. It encourages saving and
it gives those who save a confidence
that they will have something at the
end of the year thst will ?epay them
for donylng themselves a little some?
thing each week. This year the sav?
ings fund closes with the last pay?
ment, Monday. December 14. The
bank will on Tuesday or next day send
out checks with the savings of each
shareholder amounting in all to about
$7.000. This amount will be divided
up among probably fifty shareholders,
sacordlng to the number of shares
each has tsken. the shares being at
one dollar each with half shares for
half price. The bank will continue to
operate the savings fund another year
and has already secured the promise
of sr large increase in shareholders
with nearly a fifty per cer t. Increase
In shares for next year.
At the National Bank of South Car?
olina the twenty-first of December
brings to d "lose ths first year's oper?
ation of a savings fund department, a
department which the hank has tound
ef especial merit and which has elicit?
ed much Interest among its patroi.s
and others who have subscribed to
aharee in the savings department. This
hank operates a $1. 50c and 25c sav?
ings fund department and the parti?
cipants lumber about 190. These will
each receive their share in between
IS.00s and $f..000 which will be dis?
tributed after the 21st. The bank ex?
pects to continue to operate the de?
partment and has the promise of a big
increase In participants an! a larger
number of shares for next year.
The City National Bank, the home
of the saving! fund department in
Sumter. so to speak, for it was the
only bank for many years which kept
a savings fund department, known as
the Yout'g Men's Savings Fund, found
out long ago thut this department was
s good thing for subscribers to the
various shares of stock in the fund.
Fach year since the department was
Institut?d It hss grown, and from a few
hundred dollars It has grown until
this year It will send out in checks to
the shareholders somewhere around
llC.ftSO. something like $3 Ofto more
than was sent out last >ear This de?
partment Is e ev en years od In this
bank and during the eomlrg year it
will have at least a twenty-five per
cent, growth over the present year,
showing with what success the de?
partment hus met.
The Fttst National hank may decide
to annex a savings fund department
for neat year, but up to ths present
time It has not v>i<. rated one. doing
this class of business In its regular
savings department, which is the larg?
est of any hank In the city.
The Commercial and Savings
Hank, tfumter's youngest bank ng In?
stitution. Instituted a savings fund at
the beginning o' the present yea- and
baa found it eminently successful.
Tr is department luring the present
yeur continues to operate until Janu?
ary first, when the money will be dis?
tributed by cheek, ai f is, whore. Ne\t
yessr the fund will hi she aged Ul run
fifty weeks, and will Bead S*J< checks
In time for tie- ?hurehoMoffl to gel
the monev for their (itri-.thum shop?
ping. The bank has f>0 shareholders
ind VSlll distribute .mip-il; these ,l.<.ut
? 7.000. an excellent showing fejf the
first year. It was stated ;it t|,,. bans
that a speclsltv will be made or gksi
department for next fm\f SSxf ? sarg
?ncrease In this line of its httai
nees Is already promised and e\p< ? h i
The Bank of Sumte: has a sp. . j.,
NO EXTRA SESSION WANTED.
CONGHFss WILL COMPLETE
Vom BY MABC 11 I.
Provident Wilson and Leaders or
Conjrrcs? Think Tliut Country Should
Im tlNssj Best I Vom Legislation.
Washington. Dec. 13.?Congress will
enter the second week of its winter
session determined to complete its
tasks March l, so that no extra ses?
sion Will he necessary next summer,
luiut'ciatie leaders of both houses
agree with President Wilson that the
country should have a rest from na?
tional legislation and will cooperate in
early completion of the legislative
programme outlined by the senate
Democratic caucus yesterday. Bight
of way wil be given appropriation
bills with conservation meusures. the
I'hil'.pplne bill and the governments
pure SWISS bill following.
While no special investigation of
military preparedness as proposed by
Senator l-?odge nul Representative j
I Gardner seems in prospect, much at-j
tention will centre about investigations I
J before regular house committees. The
'naval committee will resume consid-J
eration of the appropriation bill to?
morrow, with Secretary Daniels again
on the stand.
i
The immigration hill, with its liter?
acy test for aliens, will again be un?
der debate in the senate while that
body waits for the appropriation bills
to come from the house, its cham?
pion:! Insist that it will be passed, de?
spite the fact thafi it Wai not included
In the president's outjlne of legisla?
tion for the session.
The conservation measures?the
water power site and the mineral leas?
ing bills? probably will be reported
Ifrom the senate committee on public
lands early in January. Hearings be?
gin tomorrow oefore senate Philip?
pine committee on the house bill to
give larger measures of self-govern*
ment to the Filipinos. Some part of
each day in the senate also will be
given to executive consideration of
the safety at sea treaty.
The ship-purchase bills still are in
committee in both houses.
TAKE PRISONERS AND FORCED
TO FIGHT TO HOLD THEM.
Con way, Dec. 12.?R. F. Jenkins
and R. Q. Merrick, special officers of
the United States internal revenue de?
partment, and W. J. Johnson and
Rollln Johnson have just returned
from beyond the Little river section of
the county, near the North Carolina
line, where thoy made a raid on an
illicit whiskey still yesterday and cap?
tured George Beck, Spencer Bozeman,
Will Huet. Dave Faulk and Asa
Coles, who were in the act of meas?
uring a number of kegs of whiskey
when they were surprised by the ott\
?*rs.
Whon the offlceu arrested the
party a number of friends of the pris?
oners came to their rescue and de?
manded of the officers their release.
Upon their refusal to do so a fusillade
of shots was exchanged. In the melee
one of the prisoners was wounded,
two others made their escape, both or
which were recaptured, and one of
these made his escape again the next
day and is still at large.
Capt. Jenkins was hit in the breast
by one of the shots, but the wound is
not serious. Another of the prisoners
made such resistance in trying to
extricate himself lrom the officers
that Capt. Jenkins had to pound him
; heavily on the head, which is con?
siderably bruised, though not se
Four of the prisoners were placed in
jail here, and the two wounded ones
have been examined and their wounds
have been pronounced by a physi?
cian as not serious.
Warrants have been Issued for all
the parties. George Beck made good
his escape. The prisoners were
taken before the United States com?
missioner here today and two of them
Faulk and Coles, were released on
bond tor their uppearance before the
commissioner Monday for the prelim?
inary hearing.
Christinas fund, somewhat different
from any other bank in the city. This
money is taken In weekly, the amounts
varying according to the club the par?
ticipant joins. This is the second
year the bank has operated the de?
partment and it has found It a well
saying and rapidly growing one, i~ist
year t ie bank mail d out cheeks to
t il participants for $S,ft#g<; this year
the l>a ik will loulgtH I r Tuesday mail
out clucks to !?!?!! participants for $17,
1M.?>?*,. showing that the nifmbef of
shareholders has more than doubled,
while the amount of money has nearly
doubled. An effort will he made to
double the number of participants and
shares for the Coming year and the
department now has the promise Of
the fulfillment of th s plan.
Altogether the Chri.-tmna saving!
fund ami the savings fund schemes
have met with remarkably successful
rSSJit! in Sumter and aie tie means
?'f the saving of much ni(?" y that
Slherwlse WOnld he wasted and the
saving of money to maa at Christmas
uhut the] otherwise Would not httVC
riously.
POSTOFTICE jttjjj MONEY.
roll I IUST TIME DEPARTMENTI
SI STAINS ITSELF.
l?ostniu>tor General llurlcsou Tells of
Operation of Year and Suggests Ac?
tion by < ongi ess.
Washington. Dec. 13.?Asserting
that for the lirst time since its or?
ganization by Benjamin Franklin, the
postollice department is on a self
sustaining basis, Postmaster General
BurlOiOtl submitted to President Wil?
son today his annual report. It re?
cords enormous growth in the depart?
ment's business because of the parcel
pos. and postal savings bank divisions
and recommends a programme ot
postal legislation to increase the scope
Of the department's activities.
Mr. BurlOSOn features his report
with an estimate that a surplus of
$3,561?,545. the second of his adminis?
tration, will be shown for the fiscal
year of 1914 when all claims and
Icharges have been met. On that
'showing he bases his declaration that
the department "has been securely
placed upen a self-sustaining basis."
"It is sale to say," the report adds,
"that unless unusual conditions should
arise, resulting in abnormal depression
of business, there is no danger of
recurring deficiencies/ '
The legislative programme recom?
mended is as follows, as to its most
important features:
Early aciion toward government
ownership of telegraph und telephone
lines and mmediate taking over of
these systems in Hawaii, Alaska and
Puerto Rio. Transfer of the Alaska
cable from war to postofflce depart?
ment control.
Substitution of contract "star
route" syst-im for salaried rural car?
rier service to eliminate $40,000,000
annual loss on rural delivery.
Postofflce cooperation with State
governments in road building where
improvements insure better postal ser?
vice.
Raising maximum balance accept?
able (it pos.al banks from $500 to
$2,000, Interest payments to be limit
ed to $1,000. Removal of monthly
deposit limit restriction.
Aerial mail service, where topog?
raphy war, nts and extension of
motor truck and automobile service in
view of recent successful experiments.
Passage l y senate of pending bill
providing space basis of compensa?
tion for rail oads on mail carried in?
stead of weight basis.
Pending change in rural delivery
system, computation of carrier's sal?
aries on ba*is of services performed,
dependent on bulk of mail carled, to
stimulate business.
Readjustment of postmasters' sal?
aries on bads of changes In business
handled due to parcel post develop?
ment.
Raising of second class rates on
publications other than newspapers
issued once a week from 1 to 2 cents
a pound.
Granting the department legal jur?
isdiction over selection of sites and
designs for postal buildings.
Of the parcel post during the last
year the report says: j
"Rapid growth of the parcel post
vastly increased postal business dur?
ing the year. The department's field
I of service has expanded at phenome?
nal rate; it is still expanding. Not?
withstanding the decrease of parcel
post rates authorised January 1, 1914,
economies of administration have kept
expenses within the revenues."
Of the department's financial con?
dition the report says:
"The post il revenues for 1914
amounted to $287.934,565.67, an in?
crease over the preceding year of
slightly less '.:han 8 per cent., as com?
pared with a coresponding increase
of slightly more than 8 per cent, for
1913. The audited expenditures for
the year amounted to $283,543,769.16,
and the adjusted losses due to fire,
burglary, etc, to $14,333.46. The ex?
cess of audited revenue over audited
expenses and losses is, therefore, $4,
376.463.05.
"This audited surplus does not
however, represent the actual financial
J results for the year. It involves rom
iparison of amounts that are not prop?
erly comparable. It does not include
obligations which were incurred, but
not paid within the year, while it
does include some payments on ac?
count of obligations incurred in prior
years."
A statement follows or revenues
sind expenses based upon the reported
revenues and the estimated expenses
of the service for that year and the
rep* rt adds:
"On 'his basis, tin- revenues for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, are
found to exceed by $3,689.617 the ex?
penses for maintenance during the
same period. While the announce?
ment establishes confidence in the
fact that the service is being economi?
es II y administered, it must be borne
in mind that of the convenience and
benefit provided the public, which
must be secured irrespective of the
Pnanclal outlay required,
'The surplus lor tin- year just
closed, though substantial in umount,
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP PLAN
WILL INVESTIGATE FEASIBILITY
OF BLRLESON SCHEME.
Would Huvc Telegraph and Telephones
Owned by Federal Authority?Ef
! roils to Extend Civil Service to
I Third Class Postmasters Fulled.
Washington, Dec. 13.?Further in?
vestigation of Postmaster General
jBurleson's recommendations for gov?
ernment ownership of the telegraph
I and telephone system is proposed in
the poetofflct appropriation bill, which
practically has been completed by a
house committee. It is said to carry
approximately $o25,000,000.
Efforts to extend the civil service to
third class postmasters failed. The Of?
flee of assistant postmaster would be
'abolished by the bill. In lirst class of?
fices all activities will be regrouped
I and supervisory authority concentrat?
ed under a postmaster, superinten?
dent of finance and superintendent of
mails.
No provisions are made for the pro?
posed experimcental areial mail ser
jvice or for extension of automobile
service. The proposed increase in
second class rates on publications,
other than newspapers, issued once a
week, from one to two cents a pound
was voted on.
Maximum balances acceptable at
postal banks from $500 to $2,000
would be raised by the bill, the in?
terest to be payable only on deposits
up to $1,000. Rearangement of sal?
aries of superintendents, their assist?
ants, cashiers and others having su?
pervisory authority is authorized, with
provision for an additional $1,000,
000 expenditure. The bill also in?
cludes as a rider the pending railway
mail pay bill, to change the basis of
pay from tonnage to car space. That
would give the railroads approximate?
ly $1,000,000 additional compensation
annually because of the additional
space required for the parcels post.
While rejecting the recommenda?
tion that all rural carriers be put on
an individual contract basis, the com?
mittee adopted a provision authoriz?
ing, as an experiment, the putting of
rural carriers of one county in each
Stato on a contract basis. Increased
pay for the rural carriers also is pro?
vided and railway clerks and letter
carriers have their pay increased by
$100 annually until the maximum sal?
ary is attained.
TEACHERS' MEETING SATURDAY.
There was a good attendance of
teachers at the teachers' meeting on
Saturday when an instructive and en?
tertaining address was delivered by
Supt. E. S. Dreher of the Columbia
schools and other matters of interest
discussed.
Supt. Dreher talked on the condi?
tions of the schools in this State, as
compared with other States, showing
that according to reports the same
educational advancement had not been
made In South Carolina as had been
made in other States. He made an in?
teresting and instructive address
which was listened to with much at?
tention.
Field Day was discussed and it was
decided to have the annual event next
spring as usual. A committee con?
sisting of C. B. Epting of Shiloh,
Miss Mamie Blackwell of Concord
and Miss E. W. McLean of the city
schools was elected to draw up a
program to be submitted at the next
meeting of the association.
During the exercises music by Mrs.
Jas. D. Graham was much enjoyed.
Runaway on West Liberty Street.
From The Daily Item, Dec. 12.
About three o'clock this afternoon
a mule belonging to Thomas McMil?
lan ran away on West Liberty street,
but outside of the fact that a great
deal of excitement was created, no
very great damage was done, except?
ing to a road cart belonging, strange
to say, to the same man who owned
the mule. The runaway animal was
hitched to a wagon, being driven down
West Liberty Street, towards Main
by Luther McMillan, a colored boy
16 years old. The bit broke in the
mule's mouth, and he started running,
overturning the wagon and throwing
I the boy out but not injuring him. As
stated above, In Ids trot down West
'Liberty street the overturned wagon
lurched into the road cart in whieh
j the older McMillan was sitting, tearing
one wheel up pretty badly.
Washington, Dec. 13,?The navy
anti-aircraft gun has been shown by
tests to be amply competent to deal
with aircraft, according to a report
to the house naval committee by Bear
Admiral Straus, chief of the bureau
of ordnance.
necessarily represents an approxi?
mate adjustment of revenues and dis?
bursements, made possible by econo?
mies, in administration; compared
with the volume of transactions; it is
believed, therefor^, that a recom?
mendation for the reduction of post?
age rates or i'vs is not warranted at
this time."
TOBACCO MEN WANT ACTION.
WOULD BEE LEGISLATURE PASS l
NEEDED LAW.
Crop Should Ho Tied and Graded for
Sale on Warehouse Floor?Is Opin?
ion at Mullins Meeting.
Mullins, Dee. 12.- A representative
gathering of Marion county citlsens
was held In Mullins this morning, the
purpose of meeting as advertised be?
ing to discuss the advisability of me?
morializing the legislature to make it
unlawful to sell tobacco on a ware?
house lloor unless it be graded and
tied.
Several men of prominence from
other counties were on hand. The
bankers, the merchants, the editors,
the farmers, the laborers, warehouse?
men and tobacco buyers all were well
represented. All were of one j
mind, that something should be done j
by the legislature to remedy present
conditions and prohibit tobacco being
sold ungraded.
Experts claimed that at least 20
j per cent, increase in price would be
'obtained if the proper legislation was
effected. The meeting was addressed
by N. A. McMillan, James R. Williams,
W. A. Gray, J. Dock Provattt, John C.
Sellers, A. D. Jacksoe of Horry and
others.
Some concerted action will be taken
i
to get the matter in proper shape. ,
Proper committees were appointed
and it is understood that the tobacco
growers all over the State are in
sympathy with the movement.
The proposed plan will give a money
season and will give employment to
thousands of white people, men, wo- :
men and children who if the cotton
. acreage is reduced will have nothing
else to do.
The legislature will also be asked
to reduce the charges for selling leaf
tobacco in the State of South Caro?
lina. The low price of the season just
closed has thoroughly aroused the
people to action.
Politeness.
Pclitenesr. appears to have been in
Tented to enable people who would
naturally fall out to live together In
peace
DEATH toVERHWI
RAT CORN
Best rat and mice extermlnatormade.
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Muinuiifles?thus preventing decomposi?
tion. Better than all the traps in the
world. Insist on Genuine RAT CORN.
25e,IOC, ?i at dealers or by mall, post
11 paid.
\ BOTANICAL MFC. CO.
4th A Race St,., Philadelphia, Pa.
Tax Return Notice.
l will attend in person <n by deputy
it the following places and on the
dates given for the purpose ef receiv?
ing tiix returns, on all personal prop?
erty, road, polls and dogs:
Tindals, Jan. ?.
Privateer, Jan. ?;.
I.evi Siding, Jan. 7.
Wedgetleld, Jan. s.
I ?aremont, Jan. 11.
Hagood, Jan. 12.
Rembert, Jan. 13.
Dalsell, Jan. 14.
Urogdon, Jan. IS,
Oswego, Jan. 18.
Mayesville, Jan. 19.
Pleasant Grove, Jan. 20.
Ballon, Jan. 21.
Norwood Cross Roads, Jan. 22.
R. E. WILDER,
County Auditor.
Meets Rattler Under Auto.
While crawling under his automo?
bile at the Serfass Motor Car com
pany'c garage, here, to make repairs
to his nachine, Nevin Schlau*u was
startled by a sound like peas shaken
in a bag. A moment later he saw di?
rectly in front of Km, on the cement
floor of the pit, a big rattlesnake,
which he promptly killed, and which
had 11 rattles. The reptile measured
five feet in length.?Mauch Chunk
(Pa.) Dispatch Philadelphia Record.
I
J. Sumter Moore?
COTTON
LONG STA'LE EXCLUSIVELY.
12i 8 Washington St. Phone 585
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Send samples from both sides of
bale and I will name you best price
for cotton landed in Columbia.
Vulcanizing
Our Tire Repair Service embodies
Everything from a simple puncture to
perfectly remedying the most serious
cut or blowout In casing or tube.
A-l equipment plus A? materials
with exacting, expert care in every de?
tail insure you Promptness, Service
and Satisfaction.
Here you will find a Tire Repair
Plant equipped with every Modern
Steam Vulcanizing apparatus.
Columbia Vulcanizing Works
1122 Lady St. Phone 1714
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
5 or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
stripe or sicken. Price 25c.
Holiday Excursion Rates
Tickets on sale December 16th to 25th
inclusive, and December 31st, 1914 and
January 1st. 1915, with final limit Jan?
uary 6th 1915.
Between all points on the Atlantic Coast
Line and Connecting Lines.
\ Atlantic Coast Line
"The Standard Railroad of the South"
O. V. "Mayer, Agent, Sumter, S. C.
?MI A 5 TO HAVANA I
%JJlTtO?U*} ANDRETURN {
Via Key West to Tampa,
Thence Steamer to Havana
(Rates Cover Meals and Berth on Steamer)
Tickets on sale January 7th. limited to return Jan?
uary 25th 1915. Children at Half Fare. For any de?
tailed information write to
MR. F. M. JOLLY, Traffic Agent,
Wilmington, N. C.
VIA THE
Atlantic Coast Line
"The Standard Railroad of the South"
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