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TIEIATlOlllLBMOfSmiTEB THE BANK OF Si MTF.lt NATION AJLIZKD AND TODAY BBBAM BUSINESS IM)KH NFW CllAKTKR. Tfe* CotiTcnUMO of the Bank from u . State to a National Institution We* Pal Through In Record Time? the Hevond Oklcat In Sumter Ha* a Ri?<wd of Steady Growth and Consistent Service in the Up? building of the Community. **9 Prom Tha Dally Item. Dee. 24. On November 27th the directors of the Bank of Sumter decided to tako the necessary steps to convert that In? stitution Into s national ban!< and to It come a member of the Federal Re? set va system. Application was imme? diately made and then things began to move. A national bank, inspector was promptly sent here to make the usual thorough and searching Investigation of the business and condition of the bank and this work was pushed to completion with all the expedition consistent with the Importance and magnitude of the task. The Inspection was completed and the national bank examiner completed his inspection on the 18th Instant and forwarded to Washington his final report. On the list Instant the directors of the bank met and voted to convert the Dank of Sumter into a national hank under the name of the National Bank of Besnier, of 8umter, t. C. Yesterday, the 13rd. Instant, the following tele? gram was received. Washington. Dec. 23, 1914. Richard I. Manning. President, The National Bank of Sumter, Sun.tor. 8. C. The National Bank of Sumter, Num? ber 10970,1 authorised to commence business, charter mailed, change books and open aa national bank on receipt of this telegram. John Skelton Williams, Comptroller. This consummated the conversion oi' ?x the eld State bnnk into a national In? stitution, and m the time required to snake the change it Is believed to ? have been a record under the exlst ?? IjRg condition.* wVr so many State Waas are applying for national char 1 *jra in order to become members of tB# national reserve system. It Is stated that the national bank examiner who inspected tho bank found the conditlor and business af? fairs "f the bank in x most satisfactory aod healthy SJsjg^Jon and that thero woe. on this aocouW. r delay in put? ting through the application of a na? tional charter In the shortest time possible. Tho Bank of Sumter. now tho Na? tional Bank of Sunder IS tho second oldest banking institution in this city, the First National Ban*, having been organised under the nr.mo of the 81 moads National ?tank ft Sumter about a year prior to the Organisation of tho Bank of .Sumter. The Bank of Sumter was formatier organized on January 4th, 1819 with a capital stock of $80.000. The office's were Presi? dent W. F. B. Fsayusworth; Vice President. MaMon THjise; Cashier, Anthony While. Jr.,; directors, W. F. B. Haynsworth. T. BA?Johnston, Ma? rlon Molse. A. 8. Brown. K. P. Mon aghart, Altamont Mosps and F. J. Reiser, the last named/of Charleston, who is the only survlmng member of the original board of ^directors. The bank prosperedlfrom the first and within the neat Pthree or four years the capital was] Incrensed to $78,000 In order thu tjie largo vol? ume of business thplfcame to the bank miffht be handledj A little later Mr. H. I. Manning was elected Second Vice President and be? came actively associated !n the man? agement of the btiik, continuing In this position until the death of Preslden* W. F. B. lmynsworth, March 18th, 1905, when he was elect? ed (resident, which office he has till? ed with conspicuous clncbsncy and success until'this time. Ow lag to his election to the governorship of South Carolina he recently resigned the. ores Idency of the bank, the resignation to take efTecT onJanuary 1st. Mn J. P. Booth for sewral years a mernb? r of the board of directors was 'dec ted president to succeed Mr. Manning and he will entor upn the dlschafgt of his duties on the Nov.- Year. \ The National Pank of Surrkt r has a capital stock of $.">'?. fii phn of $50,000 and undivided prints of several thousand do'lara. It was a; largo lino of depose ors And iatronsj and the regular statements pu^li led during the last few years shrtws ?ij steadily growing business. On thtV board of directors are a number yf the moat progressive and successful business men of this fit; and sourrty. all lines of busnnesa helm? n pro*'u>. d In the personnel. Th l bnnk In 10 a po? sition to make ijv- of the a* rvasRfcges of the Federal llcscrvo banhlgi and will t>e letter able to ext ..re ac? commodations to Iti pntrona at*i to handle Its growing business. Burglar* Hob PoHtofllce. Atlanta. Ivc. 28.?Burglars robbed the East Point posbifThe last night. To**,, secured $7"0 and escaped. CENTURY Of PEACE. ?mHliiHIl AND AMERICA CELE uit vri: nVJUMIKD years of amity. Signing of Treaty of Ohent Komcmiic?' cd cvoii In Mitist of Moody War. New York, Dec. 23.?The people of the United States and Great Britain ; tomorrow will observe the 100th anni? versary of the signing of the Treaty of Ohent, by reminding themselves that the day marks a century of peaco among English-speaking na? tions. The original plans called for a series of celebrations in this country and across tho watet. It was to have begun in Ghent on Christmas Eve with a banquet tendered by tho burgo? master to 50 representatives of the United States, GO Englishmen and 50 Canadians in the hall where the treaty was signed. This plan is upset by the fact that the ancient Belgian city now Is occupied by the Germans, with whom England is at war. To mark tho day, the American and British committees, which had been arranging for the peace centenary, is? sued communications for simultaneous publication Thursday miming in the newspapers in England and the United States. The British statement expresses the hope that "the disarmed frontier be? tween the United States and Canada may long continue as an example to the world of the safe defense of mu? tual respect and trust In the affairs of nations," and prays that "the peaco between the British and American democracies, which has so long en? dured, may never bo broken. The British coaamlttee has purchased Sul grave mi nor, the ancestral home of George Washington in England, with a view to presenting it to the Ameri? can people, but this feature of the celebration also has been postponed until after the war. The American committee, nothwith I I standing the war, purposes to carry out in part its original intention of celebrating the peace centenary and in its communication issued over the signature of a number of widely known citizens, urges suitable com? memoration of ratification of the j treaty by the United Sttaes, which fol? lowed Immediately upon the arrival of its draft in February, 1814. The dates specified aro February 14, for exercises in churches of all denomina? tion; February 17 and 18, for formal addresses at State capitols, and Feb? ruary 22, for exercises in the schools. COTTON FOR TWO YEARS. (?luck and Equinox Mills Think Pur? chase is Good Investment at This Time. Anderson, Dec. 23.?Wellington & Sears of Boston, selling agents of and principal stockholders in the Glue'; and Equinox mills, this city, being Of the opinion that tho purchase of o?t ton at ?ho present price will be a good investment, have aphorized Robert E. Ugon, general manager of the mills to purchase a two yeags' supply of cotton. This means the purchase of 28,000 bales?20,000 i for the Equinox and 8,000 for the Oduck. Mr. Ugon stated today that the storage accommodations /are limited, but he has secured permission of tho insurance companies \Jb store 1,000 bales in tho basement of the Gluck mills. Other storage arrangements will have to be mad J to tako care of the large purchases^ -1-j XF.W TURN TA> Fit AN K CASK. ?4 Attorney AppouLs to Supreme Court and Asks Decision on Questions. New York, Nli 24.?Attorney Mar? shall, representing Loo M. Frank, to ' day presented am appeal to Justice Hughes of tho fcuircme Court of the United States asking a writ to certify the caso to th4 Supreme Court and also n certificate k donbtt which was refused by thojgeneral judge at Atlan? ta. A decision] Is expected this, after? noon. THREEl UNDER ARREST. Held In 'Chester on Horst? Stealing / Charge. Cheater. Doc. 2?I. ? Brooks Youngc, WmU YoMftgjti <Min Varnadore and UyWrnnco Oil son. ail white, of tho llissvillo community ate in jail on Ugt charge of stifling horiOl. f Sheriff Tolvin thinks be bas reveal? ed n faring series of horse and buggy thefts. Ho says that < din Varnadorc. along v.iih some one else, v ent to the stable af \v. f Brand It al Ltalngton, n. <\. hired a horse and bnjnjry to visit, his uncle, who lived at Llnwood, several ml let from l.?xinxton. he claimed. When morning name the ream did noi return, Ovar ? month elanaed and go trace u is found until today. sheriff Calvin sa\s that probably OVar ten horses were Stolen and a number of buggies. Tire owners have been found for most of the horses and buggies, nwi he still has several bug? 'des on hand and one horse, GEN. St em' PROPOSFS PLAN FOR BENEFIT OF t 1TJZKNS OF NACO. (ion. Hill Says Ho VVUI Not Abandon Siege Of Town?Rai US C ause Hlvcr Between Tut? Countriot. Naco, Doc. 22.?An agreement to create a neutral strip along the Mex? ican side of the border, to sava Naco, Ariz., front further damage from Mexican shot and shell will be sought tomorrow by Brig. Gen. Hugh I* Scott, chief of staff of the United States army. Gen. Scott has been here several days receiving suggestions from both Mexican factions as to the best way I to stop firing across the border in the siege of Naco, Sonora, which 1 as re? sulted in the killing of five persons and the wounding of 4 7 on the Amer? ican side. Gen. Hill declared today he would not evacuate Naco. Rains have created a river ] 00 feet wide and five feet deep between the United States army camp and Naco jand hav3 hindered conferences with i the Mexican leaders. HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Carranza ami Party in Serious Train "Wreck. Washington, Dec. 22.?Gen. Car? ranza and his party, en rou:e from Vera Cruz to the Isthmus of Tehuaun tepec, narrowly escaped death when .a wild locomotive was sent crashing into his train by hostile troops, ac? cording to private advices received here late today. The advice further states that Car ranza's trip to the isthmus was check? ed by opposition troops which cap? tured Soledad. Carranza probably will go to Merlda In South Mexico. Diplomatic dispatches earlier in the day had Carranza's departure from Vera Cruz. Factions opposed to Car rar/a were inclined to regard it as a .flight after the defeat of his f.rmy at Puebla but Carranza officials pointed out that some time ago he had at - nounced his intention of visiting the isthmus. Gen. Carranza returned to Vera Cruz after the incident at Saleilas, and now has gone to Cordoba to inspect ills troops there. His office ;;ays he (later will continue his journey to the isthmus. ? Gen. Scott today telegraph id cJae \<ar department as follows: "Heavy three days' storm. Whole country under water. Travel most d'fllcult. Maytorena unable tc get to conference arranged for 10 o'clock this morning. I had conferen:e with Carranza agent last night. Full con? ference with Hill has been arranged for tomorrow and M*ytorena lias tel? egraphed for an appointment." A dispatch just received from Sah Luis Potosi states that the governor of San Luis Potosi has announced that an agreement has been reached with tho military authorities of Saltillo and Monterey by which those capitals will remain neutrals and suspend 'all movements of troops; also all passen? ger trains from the city of Mexico to Laredo, H is reported that this ac? tion would appear to Indicate that there is not much disposition to hurry hostilities in tho territory in question and that there is not much blttor feel? ing. HELD RY MEXIC ANS. Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 22.?W. R. Burnham, a wealthy resident of Lon? don and a Pritlsh subject, George Davis of Los Angeles, Cal., and R. P. Holland of Mexico City, American oil men. are under arrest in Matamoros, Mexico. The Mexican authoritiei claimed they found in their baggage damaging letters from Carranza to persons in Tarn pico. The party arrived hero Saturday en ruotc from Mexico City of Tamplco. The arrested men s?.ld they were carrying the letters Tor friends at Mexico and had no Idea of their contents. United States Consul J. H. Johnson of Matamoros is investigating FILIBUSTERS KILLED. Brownavllle, Texas, Dee, 22.?A fili? bustering party from Texas Was "met and completely destroyed" by Car? ranza troops opposite Zapata. Texas, near here, December 20. Thin mea> sagew as received in Matamoros today by the Carransn commander there, A dozen horses, BQ rifles and 2,<>00 rounds of ammunition, It la claimed/, WON Captured, The number of dead was not given. REFUGEES BEING TRANSFERRED United states Cruiser Tennessee Aid? ing in cICinnvul of Foreigner- from da IIa. Washington, Dec. 2*,.? Five hun? dred refugees of different nationalities ?re heilig transferred from Jaffa to Alexandria on the United States cruis? er Tennessee, Captain Dacker report" ed today to the navy department, The Turkish government gave permission for this transfer. FREIGHTER ORION ON FIRE. \ - CHARLESTON IT RE DEPART? MENT CALLED UPON TO SUB? DUE FLAMES. Pour Thousand Bales of Cotton Suid to Have Been Hurt by Fire and Wa? ter. Charleston, Dec. 27.?Four days of continuous pumping of water had not extinguished the fire in the holds of the Swedish steamship Orion, which put in here on Tuesday night with a cargo of burning cotton. Fire has1 broken out in Hold No 1, much to i the surprise of Capt. Iiathboy, who thought that the fire had been con? fined to Hold No. 2, until it was later discovered in the forward hold. The city fire department, Chief Louis Behrens, was called upon to as? sist in fighting the flames in Hold No 1. Reports yesterday afternoon were to the effect that the fire in both compartments of the vessel's hold was' under control. The cotton continued to smolder, however. The Orion is now lying in her berth at the pier at the east end of Colum? bus street, permission having been given Street Brothers, local agents for the vessel, to have her docked there provided the city ordinancej were ob? served. As an ordinance forbids the landing of fire-damaged cotton on a wharf, all bales taken from the hold of the Orion that show marks of the fire are loaded on lighters. Cotton un? damaged except by water is placed on the wharf. It was stated yesterday by Street Br?then that probably 5,000 of the 10,032 bales comprising the Orion's J cargo will be unloaded here, and it is estimated that 4,000 bales have been damaged by the fire and water. The monetary damage is not yet known, it was stated. The Orion put in here on Tuesday night with flrc in her second hold. She sailed from Savannah on Tues? day morning with 10,032 bales of cotton for Gothenberg, Sweden. On Wednesday morning she was beached near the Carolina Yacht Club and tho tugs Cecilia and Waban with their fire hose got the flames on the Orion under control after several hours of strenuous work. INVADE LUNCH ROOM. Students on Joy Ride at Greenville. Greenville, Dec. 23.?Some of the Clemson students en route on a special train from the college for theii homes raided the Union News stand lunch room at the Southern railway station here this afternoon. The students swarmed into the room and behind the counters. The keeper of the stand estimates that they took and destroyed about $50 worth of his property for which they did not pay him. Magazines, lunches, bottles of grape juice, salt and pepper stands and other articles were taken. Later on in tho afternoon some members of the Clemson faculty guar? anteed to the stand keeper that they would make satisfactory settlement with him. BREEDIN PLEASED AT OUTLOOK. Field Secretary is Working for Pro? hibitlun. Manning, Dec. 26.?John K. Breed in, the field secretary and campaign manager of the prohibition movement In this State, came home last night from a visit to several counties in the Piedmont section. He expressed himself as very much gratified with the progress of the work in that sec? tion and is hopeful that sufficient peti? tions for a referendum will be pre? sented to the legislature next month : to insure the desired action by that body. Mr. Breedin has an able l!eu tenant in Clarendon county in the per? son of Charlton DuRant, who is vig? orously pushing the work of circu? lating the petitions for signatures and is succeeding in getting many signers. HOMICIDES IN BAMBERG. I One Negro Shot to Dcatli and Anoth? er Stabbed. Bamberg, Dec. 16.?Two homicides among the negroes is Bamberg coun? ty's record for the Christmas holi? days. Mayfleld Grayson shot and fatally wounded Jno Sanders Thursday night within the corporate limits of Bam? berg. Grayson had previously had a [difficulty with another negro, and in (attempting to shoot him fatally wounded the wrong man. This morning in the Clear Pond section of the county Willie. Myers stabbed and almost instantly killed Fed Carter. His knife blade entered near the centre of the breast and severed a blood vessel, causing ?peedy death. Urges Ansel For Federal Berth. Washington. Dec. 2?,.?Former Gov? ernor M. F. Ansel of South Carolina was recommended by Representative Aiken to President Wilson today for membership of the federal trade com? mission. TWO JONtSrli E GIRLS SHOT. STRAY Hl U. T SJERIOUSLY WOUNDS Y* NG LADIES, CAUSING E TTEMENT. Negroes Engaged in Pistol Duel Threatened with Rough 'rreutment by People of Town?Misses Marie Fowler and Mrytle Coleman the In? jured?Sheriff Carries Off Negroes. Jonesville, Dec. 26.?A bullet from tho pistol of one of two negro men engaged in a duel this afternoon near the depot wounded Miss Marie Fowler and Miss Myrtle Coleman, two 16 year-old girl?, who were passing along the street when the combatants opened fire on each other. The acci? dental shooting of the two young wo? men, the daughters of well known citizens, created great excitement in (Jonesville. Angry /hen beat one of jthe negroes severely. Sheriff Hay jFant of Union arrived opportunely on Southern train No. 41 which passes about 6.30 o'clock and took the ne? groes aboard with him before any violence had been offered to them for j their criminal carelessness, j Miss Fowler was seriously wounded, I the bullet passing through her chest. The same shot struck Miss Coleman j in the arm, inflicting a flesh wound. Miss Fowler is the daughter of C. C. ; Fowler, a farmer who lives two miles from Jonesville, and Miss Coleman is i the daughter of R. R. Coleman, a member of Jonesville's police force. Miss Fowler, who received the worse wound of the two, was carried to the ; Jonesville hotel, near the scene of the shooting. Tonight she was said to be resting well and to have a good chance for recovery. The negro men who did the shoot i ing are Will Hamcs and Crawford Thomson, both about 35 years old. ?They are said to have borne each other a grudge for a long time. They took occasion to buttle it this after? noon about 5 o'clock when they were on the street near the depot and started shooting. Thomson was shot tin the leg by Hames. A stray bul ! let from the pistol of one of the ne? groes struck both Miss Fowler and Miss Coleman. Officers arrested the negroes while ?the intense excitement caused by the affair spread over the town. Sheriff Fant .was notified of the shooting in [time to catch the westbound after Jnoon train before it left Union. When the train arrived at Jonesville, ten , miles away, the negroes were loaded Ion it and left in the custody of the sheriff, who took them to Pacolet where he waited until Southern train ;No. 10, eastbound, arrived. Then he '; put the negroes aboard and carried I them back through Jonesville to Union, where they were put in jail 'about 9.30 p. m. I - WOUNDS NOT DANGEROUS. i Young Women of Jonesville Getting Along Well. Union, Dec. 27.?Information from i Jonesville today with reference fo I the condition ofthe young ladies who I were wounded last evening in that j town by a shot from the pistol of a i negro, who fired at another negro, is {to the effect that neither of the young I ladies are dangerously hurt, unless .complications develop, i Two negro men were firing at each other on the streets of Jonesville, I when a ball from the pistol of one of them struck and went through the body of one young lady and slightly ; wounded her companion. Several hundred white men had gathered 'when Sheriff J. Hay Fant arrived. ! There were many demonstrations, but the sheriff succeeded in landing the i negroes in jail without eithet of them being injured. The pistols used were i of large calibre, and it is almost a miracle that the young women who were hit were not killed on the spot. ALLEN DALE BOY LOSES ARM. I Accidental Discharge of Gun Nc<x?sst tatcs Amputation. Allendale, Dec. 24.?The 16-year-old son of Mr. E. W. Brunson, a promi? nent farmer near Allendale. lost his arm this afternoon from the acci? dental discharge of his gun, while out bunting with his little brother. It (seems that he laid the gun across a stump, and on taking it up again by the muzzle, it was discharged, tearing his hand and wrist to pieces, necessi? tating amputation above the wrist. The rural rdute mail man. who was passing, assisted him to his home. i : where he received surgical attention. SHOT ON NIAGARA RIVER. Two Americans V. minded While Hunt ting .m River. Buffalo, Dec. 18.?Walter Smith was shot and killed and Charles Dorst was seriously wounded by sol? diers on the Canadian shore of the Niagara river this morning while hunting in row boats. The men were ordered hack by the soldiers. It i- al? leged that they paid no attention. Dorst pulled the boat back to the American shore, BIG GUNS HALTED IB. AMERICAN THREATENED TO IT RE ON TURKS. North Carolina at Trii>oll, Syria, to Help British and French Officials in Leaving. London, Dec. 27.?A Reuter dis? patch from Athens says it was the United States cruiser North Carolina which threatened to use its guns at Tripoli, Syria. The North Carolina, convo>ing the American steamer Virginia, had pro? ceeded to Tripoli and the commander requested the Turkish authorities to permit the Britsh and French consuls to depart with their national resident in Tripoli. This request was refused. Several French residents Doarded the Virginia but were attacked by a mob, who wounded the captain and first officer. When the North Carolina threatened to fire, the mob fled. The Virginia, escorted by the North Caro? lina, left Dedeagaweh and tho North Carolina later proceeded for Smyrna. Many French refugees, the dispatch adds, have already arrived at Pireus. j The United States cruiser North Carolina, according to a Washington dispatch of December 16, proceeded from the island of Scios, on the coast of Asia Minor, for Alexandria to take gold to Jaffa for the relief of Jews in Jerusalem. Jaffa is about 180 miles south of Tripoli. CALLS FOR REPORT. Daniels Asks Commander to TeU of Threats. Washington, Dec. 28.?Secretary Daniels today called on Capt. Oman, commander of the armored cruiser North Carolina, to report whether threats of violence had been made by Turks at Tripoli against American sailors. Athens dispatches published today said an American warship had threat? ened a bombardment as a result. The North Carolina and the Tennessee jboth are at Beirut today, the Ten ] nessee having gone to that port from ! Jaffa after depositing gold. Beirut is 4 0 miles south of Tripoli, where the disorders were said to ...have oc curred. One report was that Turkish au? thorities sought to prevent the de? parture of American. British and French consuls, and that the attack on the American crew of a commer ical ship and the threatened bombard-, ment of Tripoli by the American man Iof-war followed. POLICEMAN WOUNDED. j Frank Clark of Allendalo Shot. Brother of Ulie Youmans Charged With Deed. Allendale, Dec. 26.?Frank Clark, policeman, was shot in an attempt to arrest Ulie Youmans on the street here Thursday night. Youms.ns as? saulted him with a knife and Clark shot him through thigh on the side, neither wound being dangerous. Yourr..ans' brother is alleged to havo come to his assistance and, throwing Clark down, to have shot him through the lun.?s, while some one else stamp? ed him in the stomach. Bystanders interfered and stopped the figrht Clark was taken to an Augusta hos? pital and was doing well when last heard from. CHARGED WITH BRIBERY. Consul Silliman Reports Member of Gultorrez's Cabinet Says He?. Aided in Release of Iturbidc. Washington, Dec. 26.?American Consul Silliman, at Mexico City, re? ported today that Gen. Palafox, minister of agriculture in the Cabi? net of Provisional President *Guiter rez, had issued a statement charging he, (Silliman,) Special Agen; Leon Canova and others had accepted a bribe of 500,000 pesos to effect the re? lease of former Gov. Iturbidc Palafox. a Zapata adherent, is said to have been eager to see Iturbide held. The latter was commander of the federal district during the brief administration of Provisional Presi? dent Carbajal. but remained a'ter his colleagues had tied and took an active part in keeping order after the Car? ranza forces withdrew and the Zapata army entered Mexico City. Iturbide is on his way to the Unit? ed States, but reports from Mexico City say Palafox announced hit. Inten*i tion of arresting him if he were caught en route to El Paso. Mr. Silliman in his report dismiss? ed the story of the bribe as absurd. KILLS WIFE. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. tales Bruno Attack* Wife, When She Visits Him in Jail. Jackson. Miss.. Dec. 28. Jules Bruno, In jail, late yesterday attacked his wife with a knife. He then at? tempted BUlclde. The woman died at midnight. Bruno will probal ty re? cover. He refuses to make a state? ment. His wife and three children were visiting him in prison.