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TWEHTY^ AMERICANS LOST. BKJTlHll ^ i l \ M i i j AftMKXIAN 81'NK BV (.1 It MAN HtllMA ^. Ill.Nr;. Aftlon Conn a n, ti^ini*ii In IMliclnl Waiafatagtou. \M.' i. It Wuh Hoped That Prteudslilp of Gernuuis Would t*> ^talilUsJu^r?4.o\?tiimh in Will Investigate Pact* Before 'hiking Ac? tion i Washington, June *u.?The l>omln lon freight liner Armenian, flying the British nag and carrying mules from Newport News. Vs.. to England, was torpodoed and sunk Monday night by th#) Qerman submarine P-:t8 off Corn * all, England, and nearly a score of American nmleteers aboard are re? ported lost, according to a message to the state department today from John II. Armstrong, Jr., consul at Bristol. Tn*?nty-nlne men In all were lost and tan Injured. The news oroatM a sensation In of? ficial quart< rs. ss It was the first case of toss of Amerlcsn lives since the sinking of the Lusttanla. The action of the United .States government, how enrWr, depends almost entirely on whether the Armenlsn was chartered by the British government and was, In Met. s transport of wsr aboard which Americans would *al! at their own risk, or whether she was an u: armed merchantman. In the latter caaa. even though carrying contra? band, oftictala held the ship should he subjected to visit end search and those aboard transferred to a place of safety before the destruction of the * Basil wse attempted. (n the absence of conclusive Infor? mation on these points, officials de? clined to say srnat effect the sinking of the Armenian would have on pend? ing negotiations between the United Ktates snd Germany. Immediate In? quire1 was directed, however, to Am ba eased or Page at London to obtain more* details and when Secretary Lanfing returns tomoorrow Ambassa? dor Gerard will be Insti icted to in? quire of the Qerman admiralty as to Its report. from the messages received It ap? pears that In addition to the torpedo at least one shot wee fired from a dis? appearing rifle. The consul's report said ths wireless house was "taken by second shot." It was' not made whether the Armenian first was ed capturo requiring a second shot or wfavth?;r ?? the submarine sftad ?>d Mthnut w?rn lr< The fact ?h*t the i vmbfi Off the submarine was given indicated that ehe had come to the surface to make the atfacs. Mules sre contraband of war. ac? cording to all the lists of the bel? ligerents, so there can be no doubt as to the contraband character of the Armenian's cargo. Officials will make an effort to learn, however, whether the Teasel was armed and whether she was a part of the British naval forces before the opinion of the state department on the case will be disclosed. All the dispatches received were promptly telegraphed to President Wilsen at Cornish and Secretary Lan alng\t Am be rat. Mass.. and It was considered probable that they would communicate with each other while In New England. The messages from Consul Arm? strong did not show clearly Just how many A merles ns were lost. In his list of Americans missing ho named tt muleteers?eight whites und 15 negroes?who were unaccounted for, but later the telegrams spoke of Dr. J. 8. Vlso. ,i Puerto Klean, and three negroes as having been picked up by a submarine md aother survivors by s Belgian trawler and transferred to the British destroyers which brought them Into Bristol. I'mdhclal advices here tonight were to the effect that the Amonian had been chartered by the Loyland line to the dominion line. which Is under Stood to have a contract for the ship? ment of mules for the British gov? ernment und has made many trips In the mule trade In the past f- w months. ooVlala here will Inquire whether the vessel carried any British officers and whut measure of control the British government b id over the ship. It Is taken for granted that the Armenian was unarmed. Kven if she actually had been under chatter b\ the British government, there is an understanding between the Pnlted States snd Great Britain that none of the tatter's ships shall be given clear? ance from American ports if arme i. Offkdals tonight wen inclined to the view that the case would hinge large? ly tlp?>n w hether the Ai menian . give" warning and whether she et? temp> i to escape after fcsjftggj ordered to stop. The right of a vessel to at? tempt to escape iipori sighting a hos? tile warship was upheld In the last American note to (Icrmunv in re? ferring to the cane of the Pil.iba. At the same time It was held (hat after the vessel had stopped upon warning ?he tvun not subject to attack until parsons shnnrd had been removed. From the fact that two shots Were fired st the Armenian when the sub nisrlns came to the surlaco some olll ciala think the Hhip may not have heeded the warning to stop. If this should pCOTl t-? be the case. these of llclals think subsequent torpedoing could bi Justified. WILSON <BBTI MOWS. President to Learn All Tart* Before Taking Act ion. Cornish. X. H., June 30.?President Wilson was Informed tonight of the sinking of the Dominion liner Ar nienlon by a German .submarine and of tho fact that a number of Ameri? can? were reported lost. It was said he would get full information before deciding what course to pursue. The president has been told that a favorable reply from Germany to the last American note protesting against the submarine warfare was probable and therefore word of the sinking of the Armenian with loss of lives was received hero with surprise It was said the president hud not changed his plan of remaining here over July 4 because of the Armenian incident. NOT UNDER CHARTER. Stciushlp Armenian Only Following l huhI Course. New York. Jnue 30.?W. W. Jef? fries, general manager of the Mer? cantile Marine company, said tonight that the steamship Armenian was not under charter to the British govern? ment. The Armenian, ho added, was making the voyage under the opera? tion of the Leyland line and carried a general cargo of American origin. HANKS ISSI'K DIVIirTNDS. $12,000 Issued In Semi-annual Divi? dend* by City Hanking Institutions. The usual semi-annual dividends were issued by most of the banking Institutions of the city on yesterday and today, the amount sent out to stockholders totalling $22,000. The banks report having been successful, considering the conditions of the past six months a:al arc looking forward to better times during the fall and winter months. The National Bank of Sumter did not Issue dividends at this time, it having been decided by the directors to put the' money into undivided profits instead of sending out the semi-annual dividends, which, howev? er, were made as usual, it was stated et the bank. The bank will put $11, ?>00 Into its undivided profits Th*> iVrrples' BaflS1 r'ports belog In good condition. It has sent out its usual four per cent semi-annual dlvV j dends to stockholders, as the bank has never failed to do in the past five years, since the institution tlrst is? sued dividends. $4,000 was sent out on Its capital of $100,000. The National Hank of South Caro? lina sent out a first of July present of $H.000 to its stockholders, issuing its semi-annual four per cent, dividend on Its capital stock of $200,000. The Sumter Trust company sent out its usual three per cent semi-annual dividend, amounting to $1,500 on its capital stock of $50,000. From the City National Hank, the stockholders received their checks on the first of July, according to cus fltom, for their three per cent semi? annual dividends. Tho capital of the Institution is $150.000 and $1,500 were issued in dividends. At the First National Hank it WSJ stated that the stockholders had been remembered on July 1st with their regular semi-annual four per cent, dividends of $ 1.000, the capital! of the bank being $100.000. The Commercial and Savings Hank. Sumter's youngest banking institu? tion, decided not to issue dividends at this time, but to allow tho money to accumulate with the undivided profits. The bank has made sufficient to de? clare a dividend, but it is the desire of its officers to strengthen the institu? tion. From Mayesvllle comes tho report that the Hank of Mayesville has de? dared its usual four per cent, semi? annual dividend on its capital of $25,000, 11,000 beiriK divided among the stockholders. KPITOHS AND ritlXTKHS MF,KT. More I hail Half Hundred NeWspuiKT Men Answer llrst Holl. CMeJi Iprlngs, Juno It.?More than a half hundred editors and Other MWSpaper workers were ptes ent tonight When the 41 Ml annual Met ting >f the South Carolina Press Association WUM called to order by M ii. DeCnmpi of QafTney, The in voentton woe offered by the Rev, W, P, Jacobs. Tin- addresses of welcome .nut the responses were dispensed with. There is a full programme for th?- it) eel Oil tomorrow. Owen Hodge Drowned. (>n last Wednesday Mr. Owen Hodge, formerly of Alcolu, but for the last six years of OrSOlsyvlllOi WSf drowned while in battling in Mt. Hope awamp, nest Oreeteyvlllo. The ?!?? ceased w;ts burled at Mt. Horte 'church on the following daw - M . I nlng Times. INOXUtY REUIG HEIiD INTO IMBATH or CLYDE I8ERHOW? Kit. NuiiiIkt or Witnesses Testify as to Tragedy, When Um Iff, ills Prisons* ami Assailant Ix>st Their Lives? isenhower Followed Sheriff's Fosse Across Street. Winnsboro, June 30.?The coroner's Inquest was held here today in the court house over the body of Clyde Isenhower, who was fatally wounded on June 14 when Sheriff Hood and his deputies were Ired upon by members of the Isenhower family and immediate relatives and friends while leading the negro prisoner, Jules Smith, up tl e stairs of the court house. Dr. Jas S. Beatty, a physician, was the llrst witness. Ho described the wounds of the deceased Isenhower. There were 13 entrances and exits made by pistol shots. Dr. Beatty as? serted that ho saw Sheriff Hood shoot once. W. T. Hains and It. C. Stevenson were nearly corroborative of each other In their evidence. Both were in tho sheriff's ottlce when the shoot? ing commenced and heard Clyde Isen? hower say, "1 have been shot and shot to pieces by Sheriff I loud.'* Kalns said he asked Isenhower, who stum? bled in the sheriff's office in a dying condition, what had become of the negro and Isenhower replied, "He must be dead." J. |fi Stone, one of the deputies who was slightly wounded in the af? fray, swore ho saw Clyde Isenhower push his pistol between the balusters of the starway leading up to the ?ourt house door and lire. Mean? while Sheriff Hood warned Isen? hower three or four times to desist. He paid no attention to the officer's plea, but opened fire, said Stone. Testimony relative to Krnest Isen hower's part in the tragedy was in? troduced when W. L. Dickey, book? keeper at the Fairlicld cotton mills, testified that he saw Isenhower shoot his pistol four or five times. B. F. Kelley, the second of the deputies examined, said the fusillade was opened with the exclamation by one of the attacking party,' "Pour it in them,", evidently referring to the negro, the witness thought, and Clydf. Tsenh-' - er began firing. At the same tirne Sheriff Hood ? ?>elalmod, , No. y >u wi'iii. KelL ejus wound-j ed in th? thumb and arm. the latter" hm t rendering his arm useless. Two mill operatives, P. C. Burly | and Churles W. Pearson, testitled, hut their testimony was only a mere state? ment that they saw the shooting. Pearson and Burly concluded their testimony with the iddltlon that they did not know any of ihe participants in the shooting. They did not see Sheriff Hood. Sensational evidence was brought out in the examination of Rural Po? liceman Austin Scott which tended to show that the affair was partly pre? meditated. Policeman Boott said that Clyde Isenhower, Jesse Morrison und lernest Isenhower followed the sheriff's posse across the street to the court house. Several times, said Scott, the dead Isenhower attempted to get in front of the party but was pushed back. When Sheriff Hood ! and his crowd reached tho landing 1 of the stairs he tried to force his j way ahead again, but was shoved back once more. That Clyde Isenhower bred the sec? ond shot of the tragedy was asserted on the examination of George Ha good, a farmer. Mr. HagOOd said he did not know who fired the open? ing shot, but the sheriff returned the tire from lasnhower's pistol which was protruding through the balusters of the stairway. Judg?? W. L. Holl? y and Deputy J. C. Joyncr testified. Nothing but a duplication of the story of the killing was given by the two J except that Mr. Joyncr said his fellow deputy, Beckham, saved ins own life with the plea, "i am shot; l can't do j any harm." The inquest adjourned at 8 o'clock. ; BAAKBAI&i OAMFS MONDAY. ! Tito Wilmington Baseball Club as it Will Line-up on July Btll, Morning; and Evening, Catchers, Wilson and Kite. Both 'wonderful throwers and receivers with Several years' experience; each a tower <d strength to his (dub, both on offense and defense. Pitchers, Uhepard and Jacobs. shep ard has had several years work and in and around Wilmington Is ranked as 'the most promising youngster ever seen In that section, Jacobs, although in his second season, has shown won? derful form for a youngster, has a treat curve ball, good control and [gives promise of becoming one ?d tin- season's stars. I Huhn oll lir*t hasn't a weakness Of I rany build und long reuoh, he gets em anywhere and is in there working all the time. His w roh both offensive .im! defensive has been n large fac? tor in keepfnH his team in the had. Taylor on second, Pallngrew at short 9MB When You Go "On the Trail" In Search of a Real Thirst Quencher Just "LASSO" the First Bottle ?And you'll meet it everywhere, for COCA-COLA is not "My" favorite drink, ?'Your" favorite drink or the "South's" favorite drink ? It is the favorite drink of the multitude ? North, East, South or West. On the train, on the boat, in the mountains, at the seashore, or at the little shop around the corner, there's a bottle of COCA-COLA waiting to put an end to that tired feehng that "gets you" when the thermometer goes a jumping. Call for it by Name?Nick-Names encourage Substitution. There are many "Colas" and "Olas" parading in the trail of COCA-COLA under the guise of "ju& as good"?but there is only ONE real Get the Genuine-Look for the Trade-Mark Letters ON THE CROWN OF EV ERY BOTTLE. R8member?<ftThe Free Trip (o the Golden West11 Contest Ends July 3,1915 Sumter Coca Cola Bottlin<* Co. and Shepard, C at third make up an infield that ranks with the infields of any amateur club in this country. Fast, ap.ressivc, with three Masons work together to weld this bunch into a wonderfully well balanced infield. Palingren at Short has been pro? nounced by followers of baseball as baying one of the best throwing arms in the amateur ranks. Few in left, Smith (Capt.) in center and Boewell in right compose an outfield that matches up with any out? field to be found in amateur ball? fast heady fielders, wonderful throw? ing arms, and lots of baseball sense, go towards making up an outfield considered far above ordinary ama? teur outfields. The team as a whole Is a well bal? anced club, both offensively and de? fensively, a good hitting club, a wonderfully fielding one and a team that prides Itself on Its fast work on the bases. Ah stated by a gentleman from Wilmington w in; has seen this club in action: "It's a team that's a credit to the city, not only as a belli team, but also .as a set of men." From this account of the Wilming? ton bunch which will bo seen in ac? tion here on next Monday in two games with the locals, both morn? ing and evening, it Will be seen that Sumter will have to hustle to conn out tiny where near even, and that is just what tlu> local players expect to do. Xcgro Houses Burned. Two negro houses and a small ne? gro store were burned at about 1.30 Wednesday morning. Tin- houses Were on Manning avenue and were just beyond the city limits. The fire department was able to reach the fire by extending ;| long line of hose and extinguished it before the store and second house were totally destroyed Notice School Election. Notice is herchy given of a school election to in- hold in Providence school Mistricl No. 7. at the residence of A. ?\ Thompson, between the hours of 7 o'clock A. M. and 1 o'clock 1*. M.. for the purpose of voting a :'. mill extra levy for school purposes. Only qualified electors, showing registra? tion certificates and tux receipts, and w ho pay either real estate or person? al property tax should be nllowed to vote b> law, Uy order Sumter County Hoard ol I'M iirfl tion, JXt ?. I \ JRXKINH, Chairman Trustees, District No. 7. REPORT OF THE CONDITION No. 10670. - Of the National Dank of S mm or, at Sumter, in the State of South Caro? lina, at the Close of Business, June 23, 1915. RESOURCES. 1. a Loans and discounts (notes held in bank).9545,100.05 2. Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured. 312.14 4. f Securities other than V. S. bonds (not including Stocke) owned unpledged. 8,000.00 5. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank.$15,000.00 a Less amount unpaid.7,500.00 7.500.00 b All other stocks including premium on same . 15,956.23 23,456.23 ?5. Banking house. $76,130.97; furniture and fix? tures, $15,549.41. 91,680.3? S. Due from Federal Reserve Bank. 5,137.21 0. a Due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. 2,445.90 I? Due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities. 6,332.20 8,778.10 10. Due from banks and bankers (other than in? cluded In 8 or 8). 16,571.74 12, Exchanges for clearing noose. 1,694.45 13, a Outside checks and other cash items... .... 9.162.47 b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents. 523.37 9.685.84 11. Notes of other national banks. 4.500.00 Lawful money reserve in lank: 16. Total coin and certificates. 5,693.25 17. Legal-tender notes. 7,000.00 Total.$727,609.40 LIABILITIES. 1. Capital stock paid In. $200,000.00 2. Surplus fund. 50,000.00 3. Undivided profits. 37.379.92 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid . 16,497.73 10.SS2.19 6. a Due to approved reserve agents in other re? serve cities. 4.343.75 7. I ue to banks and hankers (other than included in 6 or 0>. ' ' 2.35 9. Demand deposits: tffirtjj a Individual deposits subject to check.$142,372.11 b Certificates of deposit due in less than 36 days 3i857.ll d Cashier's checks outstanding. 97.56 h Deposits requiring notice of less than 36 days .. 1,214.46 147,541.48 1 o. Time deposits: n Certlftcatos of deposit due on or after 30 days . 11,192.92 c Deposits subject to ?">" or more days' notice .... S9.248.43 1 I. Rediscount with Federal Reserve bank. 139,398.28 15, Hills payable, Including obligations represent* Ing money borrowed. 75,000.oo Total.$727,609.40 S^ATM OF SOUTH C/ UoLlNA, County of Sumter, ss. **, . * W, ? I, Borr ird .Manning. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that th<- above statement is true to the beet of my knowledge and belief. BERNARD MANNING. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 36th day of June, 1915. U, L Kdmunds, Notary Public.Correct Attest: J. P. BOOTH. .1 HIC.H C. HAYNS WORTH, I ?AVIS D. IfOISR, Directors.