The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 09, 1915, Image 4
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If the constructive programme of
President Wilson is defeated and ||M
Democrats theroby lose the confidence
and support of the country and the
control of the government tho re
sponsltillty for this result will rest up?
on re<alcftrant Democrats In and
out of congress who wear the cellar
of the tariff and trust robber barons.
The world-wide Industrial and finan?
cial upheavel Incidental to the great
war In Europe Is being used to dis?
credit the policies of the Wilson ad?
ministration, and the special Interests
that ran tne finances of the country,
controlled the business and dictated
the policy of the government under
Republic!.n administrations are con?
ducting a clevsr, shrewd and un?
scrupulous publicity campaign against
the Wlsion administration. The ad
dle-pated little demagogues, the poli?
tical freeboosters and the disappoint?
ed office seeking soreheads, bl|; and lit?
tle, are joining In the cry of the pack
of wolves that is trying to pull down
President Wilson and with him the
Democratic party. Wilson Is standing
between the predatory classes and
the great producing masses of the
people, whom he is protecting and
whom he Is laboring to emanlcpate
from the Industrial and financial serf?
dom that renders the people so help?
less In times of stress and disaster.
He Staads between the people and
gun makers, powder mills and war?
ship builders who are trying to con?
vert tr.s nation Into an armed camp
and finally precipitate war so that
they may grow rich on army and navy
contracts while the common people
pay the bills In thslr blood and
treaauri. The money sharks, the
gun making wo\ves and tht othsr
beasts of prey who profit from war
hate Wilson, and there are thousands
of the unthinking who have no better
sense than to do the dirty work of
the plotters by Joining in the clamor
against the one man who hi s stood
between the United States and dis?
aster during the past two years. These
Uttle fellows think they are ?howing
Independence and smartness when
they bU.ckguard a man who Is too
great for them to understand or ap?
preciate. Twenty odd years ago these
same people were a rising Cleveland
until they wero black in the face. To?
day since time has vindicated Cleve?
land and his policies and It Is writ?
ten In history that Grover Cleveland
was one of the truly great men that
America has produced, we t nd tho
detractors of Woodrow Wilson, a
greater man than Cleveland, lauding
Clevelanl and trying to belittle Wil?
son by far fetched comparisons, that
a superficial knowledge of history and
a small inderstandlng of present con?
ditions would make them see to bo
ridiculous.
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Oov. Illease caps the climax of hi*
lawless sod ridiculous pardon record
by pardoning a negro woman who has
been dead two yearn. The woman
killed h?r husband and wo* sentenced
to the penitentiary for life, bjt died
In Sparenburg soon after her trial,
e e o
What Is the matter with the few
remaining convicts that they have
not pro\ed acceptable grist for the
pardon inlll '
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Why was George W. Murray par?
doned? South Carolina was better
off by his absence.
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Charleston takes little stock in the
starving Belgians?only four persons
attended a mass meeting called to
raise funds for their relief.
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The legislature convenes Tuesday
next for the regular forty-day nessP n.
We wish It well, but do not expect
It to revolutionize financial. In hut rial
and agricultural conditions by the en?
actment of a law. There ar more
laws no.v than the oeople i -Mpeet
snd o!*e>. and there Is g grow ng dis?
respect for law lining all clasi.es. Tim
lawyers are not altogether responsible
for the widespread disregard of the
law but they contribute largely to
this growth of the general sentiment
that a man need respect only SUOh
laws as do m?t gssjgflatl with his person?
al laterests and habits. A raaa in
point Is the cotton acreage reduction
law. Dolens of men have stated to
the writer that they did not propose
to pay any attention to it, that they
expect to plant all the cotton that they
feel like planting, as they had been
told by lawyers that they could do so
with impunity?that tho law was
worthless and unenforcible. This may
bo true, but the constitutionality of
tho law should first be determined in
the regular manner, before the peo?
ple are advised to disregard it by
wholesale. The same sort of advice
in respect to the State dispensary law,
when it was tirst enacted, resulted in
a wave of lawlessness that engulfed
the State and led to murder, riot anTJ
almost a civil war. The only safe way
la to obey the law at all times and
those who advise to tho contrary are
no friends to the people.
a a a
German sympathizers are making
much of recent reports by newspaper
correspondents that some of the Ger?
man soldiers stationed in Belgium are
dividing their rations with the starving
Belgian women and children. The
German soldiers are not responsible
for conditions in Belgium and the
fact that some of them are sufficiently
humane to divide their food with
starving children shows that they are
better than their rulers who do noth?
ing to succor the people whose all
they have destroyed. Men who coal*
see starving children all around them
and not give them a mouthful out of
their abundant rations would be fiends,
not human beings.
s> a a
There will be a fine, large crop of
prohibition candidates for all the of?
fices In sight in 1916, if the State-wide
campaign terminates successfully.
Watch the boys who are now getting
in line to claim rewards for valiant
service for the cause.
a a a
Instead of petitioning the legisla?
ture to order an election on the ques?
tion of State-wide prohibition why
not make the issue now and be done
with it. Let the advocates of State?
wide prohibition make a thorough
canvass of the qualified electors of
the entue State, securing signatures
to a petition ashing the legislature to
enact a Sta^e-wide prohibition law at
the approaching session. Those who
favor prohibition will sign the petition
as readily now as they will vote for
prohibition in a special election held i
next summer. It is feasible to ascer?
tain the sentiment of a majority of
the qualified electors by means of a
petition, and if a majority demand the
enactment of a State-wide law the
legislature is not likely to ignore the
demand. If this is done we shall es?
cape the expense and harrassment of
a campaign and an election in an oft
year. We believe prohibition will win
if submitted to people either by pe?
tition or by an election and we see no
use of going to the trouble of a spe?
cial election when the issue can be
decided in a quicker and easier way.
Put the issuo squarely up to the leg?
islature and let's have done with the
liquor question for a time at least.
The local option method of dealing1
with the liquor question, although the
most democratic, and, apparently tho
most reasonable and satisfactory, has
proven to be a failure, insofar as giv- i
ing us a rest from the interminable 1
strife over liquor, for the reason that '
the prohibitionists?political and
professional nrohlbitionists principal?
ly?refuse to abide by the local op
tlon decision In favor of the legaliz?
ed sale of liquor of certain counties.
Wo would much prefer State-wide j
prohil Ition in name to the continual
turmoil and strife over the liquor
question from which there is no hope
of relief until the prohibitionists have
had tie opportunity to make the
State sober by act of the legislature.
T'-.o communities that want liquor .ill
continue to have it as they do now ,
under the dispensary law and by
means of social clubs, and conditions
cannot be worse than at present. It !
is within the realms of possibility for
State-wide prohibition to be followed
by an Improvement in conditions in
some communities, and on that chance
snd In the hope of obtaining a rest
from the liquor agitation we 'ire pre?
pared to sign a petition asning the
leglHlature to enact a State-wide law
at once withe ut waiting to have a spe?
cial election.
TWRTEEX MORE MELEASED.
tiov. I lieu so Again Shows Clemency
to Convicts.
CalUKSbta, Jan. .".? Kxecutlve clem?
ency was gfnatad by (iov. Hleuse to?
day to several atora convicts of, the
St:it?-, making the total during the
four rears of hi* administration i.
i
?'.27. Three were COItVfCted of man?
StaUghtef and two of criminal assault.
This a am bar Included sight paroles,
I WS pardons ami two commutations of
sentence. None of them had evtrn
State reputations.
Atlanta. Jan. ?.??Walter Burdetl
m white youth of twenty years com
mitted SUlclde on the roof of a build
ing on West Daher street early today
He Had from officers wanting to ar
rest him >>n I he charge ?>f automobil?
stealing. lie Du d Iwlcc at officers,
PH ICE or WHEAT SOARS.
Call of Europe for Bread Sends Co:>t
of Grain to Highest Point.
Chicago, Jan. 4.?Europe's need of
bread resulted today in spectacular
buying of wheat and caused new war
prices here. It was pointed out,
however, that the highest quotation
today, $1.34 3-4, for May delivery was
still roundly 50 cents a bushel undyr
the price forced here in 1898 by
Joseph Leiter, during a period of
worldwide peace?$1.85.
The upturn apparently had little,
if any, effect on farmers. Country
offerings were decidedly meagre, as
they have been for some time.
Although the prime impetus for
high prices today came from seeming?
ly unlimited export demand, there
was no doubt that the public bought
wheat heavily, especially in the fir3t!
hour of the session. Millers, too, were j
said to be anxious buyers, fearing
that the tremendous export call would '
leavo them short of supplies. Rough- '
ly ^he tcdal sales to Europe today in |
the United States were estimated at I
3,000,000 bushels. Of this, 750,000
bushels was known to be for the re?
lief of tho Belgians.
Experienced observers failed to no?
tice any unusual excitement on the
exchange. The one striking fact was !
the steady absorption of every bushel
of wheat offered.
Talk among brokers centred almost
wholly on the idea that for the pres?
ent the United States was virtually
the only big exporting nation. No?
body seemed to look for an immedi?
ate opening of the Dardanelles, and
it seemed to be taken as a certainty
with prohibitive vessel rates Argentina
would be unable to take care even
of contracts already made, especially
with Italy, where embarrassment will
be serious if large amounts expected
prior to March lfrom Argentina are
not received as bargained for.
Highest Since War Began.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 4.?May wheat
reached $1.31 7-8 on the Merchants'
exchange here today, tho highest
price recorded for wheat since war
began. The increase was attributed
to heavy export demand and to the
elimination of Argentine competition
as a result of high ocean freight rates.
Begin the New Year Right.
This newspaper, like all others in
the South, has been filled each week
for months with news and comment
on the disastrous effect the war in
Europe has had upon the finances of
the farmers and merchants of the
cotton States, but we have not made
personal application of the hard
'uck stories. It is, nevertheless, a
fact that the financial stringency
prevalent these past few months has
hit the newspapers harder than any
other class of business?harder even
than the farmers or the merchants.
Everything that is used in the pro?
duction of a newspaper has advanced
in price as ft result of the war and the
cost of Issuing the newspaper is
greater now than ever before. This
is bad enough, but what is worse Is
the falling off In Income from adver?
tising and the almost complete fail?
ure of the income from subscriptions.
In October we sent out approximately
two thousand bills for subscriptions to
regular subscribers, the total .amount
aggregating several thousand dollars.
The response was and continues to be
disappointing?very few of those in?
debted to mi for subscription having
remitted or called at the ofllOS to set?
tle their accounts. The amount that
each subscriber owes us is small, but
the total is large and we need the
money to run our business. We are
not underestimating the scarcity of
money in the country but we feel sure
that a large majority of our subscrib?
ers could, without serious inconven?
ience, pay us the small amounts they
owe for subscription. If they will
look at the matter from a business?
like point of view they will see that
while the subscription bill is a small
matter to them, the total of all the
j subscriptions, is a large matter to us
j We could very w ell afford to wait until
: next fall for $1.50, but we cannot af
J ford to wait until next fall for eight?
een hundred times $1.50. l>o you see
the point7
We ask each subscriber to examine
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TI i EAS17RY D EPARTMEN T.
Ofllcc of Comptroller of tlic Currency.
NO. 10670.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 23, 1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to tho undersigned, it has
been made to appear that "The Nat?
ional Bank of Sumter" in the City of
Sumter, in the county of Sumter ami
State of South Carolina, has complied
with all the provisions of the Statutes
Of the United States, required to be i
complied with before an association
shall be authorized to commence the
lusiness of banking;
Now Therefore, I, John Skelton
Williams, Comptroller of the Cur?
rency, do hereby certify ihat "The
National Bank of Sumter" in the City |
cf Sumter, in the County of Sumter
and State of South Carolina, is au?
thorized to commence business of
hanking as provided in Section Fifty
ono Hundred and Sixty-nine of the
Kevised Statutes of the United States.
Conversion of The Bank of Sumter,
fouth Carolina.
In Testimony Whereof witness my
hand and seal of oflice this twenty
third day of December, 1914. !
(Signed) Jno. Skelton Williams,
Comptroller of the Currency.
(Seal)
NO. 1OG00.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF
THE CURRENCY.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, 1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
beon made to "appear that "The Na?
tional Bank of South Carolina, of;
Sumter" in the city of Sumter in the
County of Sumter and State of South
Carolina has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes of the j
United States, required to be complied
With before an association shall be
authorized to commence the busi?
ness of hanking;
Now Therefore I, John Skelton Wil?
liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do
hereby certify that "The National
Rank of South Carolina of Sumter," in
the city of Sumter, in the County <)t
Sumter and State of South Carolina is
authorized to commence the business
of banking as provided in Section
Fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of
i.he Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Conversion of The Bank of South
Carolina, Sumter, S. C.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal of office this fifth day
of December, 1914.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS,
Comptroller of the Curency.
(Seal.)
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For 25 Years
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Bank of Sumter
Has operated successfully as a
State bank. On December 24th,
1914, acting under authority of the
Comptroller of Currency, this bank
was converted into a National
Banking Association with the title
of
The National
Bank of Sumter
We solicit the accounts of firms, corpora?
tions and individuals, promising the same
prompt and courteous treatment we have al?
ways endeavored to extend to our patrons and
friends.
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The National Bank of
Sumter
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DECEMBER 7, 1914 jj
; The National Bank qf \
South Carolina
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System of the United States.
T1IK soundness and ability of t ho bank and the CHARACTER OF
the MEN behind that hank are investigated before the I'nited
States Government will allow a bank to become a member off
fl the Federal Reserve System. Once a member of the Federal Reoervo
* System a bonk is one of the vast Alv.MY of responsible banks which
STAND together for each other's protection; and the r. s. Gov?
ernment at Washington, l>. l\, through its representativos on each
Federal Reserve 'dank Hoard supervises and assists all member banks
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The First National Bank
OF SUMTER.
Capital, Surplus and Profits Nearly - ? $230,900.00
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