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fr?mjokis in mmJttr work. AisnesU? Needs Regular Money Grants to Kare? Her People From btai va tkm. New York? June 14.? "May we count upon one hundred thousand dollars monthly for next four months? Mis sfaassiliB all localities safe, well, and relief Institution? Constantinople. Bel rut, working ss before. Important glass for material aiding relief work hi Turkey through helpers from Swiss eommlttee. Fa Wing fsvorable action Sjo ml* request (fox money) work must soon cease resulting withdrawal all missionaries." This message has Just been cabled by n relief worker among the Arme? nians and Syrians of Asls Minor. Mr. C. V. Vlckrey. who dlrecta the efforts tar Amsrlea for raising funds for this need, ocsnmsnting on the message to? day sued: "Reoueets of this nature, and many >f them come to us, reveal the most ijerpjsxlng problem confronting relief OJgansni tlons today. How can we Stan our work? What promises, cov Sftng months in advance, are we just agsd in w iking, ee pec tally when the trsnsni y Is empty? That there is ne? cessity for planning ahead Is obvious. Agents, cannot gather thousands of refugees, open orphanages and under? take itJIef operations on a large scale artthoiit some OeMnlt*- uasurgnees. On the other hsnd people are starving by the hundreds and thousands. The com SPtttea Is. therefore constantly moved by conflicting emotions. What Is greatly needed Is a steady flow of funds that will mako close planning poeslble end thus Insure greater econ? omy in distribution." Yeaterdav the American committee ?or Armenian and Syrian Relief ap proprtated $100,000 for various ceo ter* in Western Asia practically ex? hausting the available cash In the treasury, though providing less than half of what was called for. ONLY TWENTY TUOVJKAND VOL . UNTRER. South Carolina's Quota Only Twenty Two Par Cent, Washington, June 27.?With re? cruiting week half gone the war de? partment officials have estimated that the regular army is n^ore than fifty thousand men short of its war strength. Apparently there has been no general response to the president's call for seventy thousand volunteers by Friday night. Officials, however, hope for greater activity during the next three days. Nine States have a quota of eight below seventy-five per cent; twenty below fifty per cent; six below twenty-five per cent. Georgia has fifty-nine per cent. Florida, 05 per cent, and South Carolina only 22. GREAT WORK FOR LEE. County More Than Makes its Appor? tionment. Bishopvile. June 26.?Lee county has oversubscribed its allotment of the Red Cross fund. Asked for 13,000, the county ot his hour has reported $3,600 and still more to come. This Is due not alone to the fact that the cause appeals to the people but also to the splendid manner and xeal with which the campaign committee here, headed by W. R. Scarborough, cash? ier of the Blshopville National bank, worked. London. June 27.?The American sailing vessel Galena, of 1,000 tons, was sunk by a bomb on June 25, off the French coast. There were no casualties. ? CK UM. REPORT OF THE CONDITION Or - Heuerte District No. S st Sumtes-, In the State of South Fsrst Natloual Rank of Bunter, Oarollaa, st the Close of Bean on June 20, 1?17. JUBSOURCB8. 1. a Loana and discounts (except those shown on b and c).$628,280.61 Total loans. 628,280.61 Deduct: d Notes and bills redlscounted (ot).er than bank ac? ceptances sold) (see Item 55a). 44,000.00 1. overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured. 6 U. 8. bonds (other than Liberty Monds of 1917): a V. 8. bonds deposited to secure circulation (r** vslue). 60,000.00 *b U. 8. bonds pledged to secure U.S. deposits (par b IT. 8. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) .. 7.000.00 Total U. 8. bonds (other than Liberty Bonds) and certlflcatee of Indebtedness . 7. Bonds, securities, etc.: b Bonds other than U. 8. bonds pledged to secure postal saving* deposits. 4,000.00 e. Securities other than U. 8. bonds (not Includ? ing stecke) owned unpledged. 6,225.00 Total bonds, securities, etc. Hfocks. other than Federal Heaervebank stock. . . . Stock of Federal Reserve Dank (60 per cent, of subscription). s Vslue of bsnking house. 48,000.00 Equity In Banking House. Real estate owned other than tanking house.? a Net amount due from approve reserve sgents In New York, Chicago, and 8t. Ix>uls. 26,290.09 b Net amount due from approved reserve agents In other reserve cities. 20,171.36 Net amount due from banks aid bankers (oth? er thsn Included In 13 or 21). Other checks on banks In the rams city or town sa reporting bask. b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents. Notes of other national banks. It. Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank. H. Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer and due from U. 8. Treasurer. I. t. IS. b II. IS. 14 16. 17. Total 684,280.61 234..14 67,000.00 9,225.00 2,000.00 6,000.00 48,000.0( 250.00 46.4Gl.-i"> 10,345.16 3,065.27 1,164.19 10,155.00 33,303.0? 2,600.00 $813,984.61 14. St. at at. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In. Surplus fund.,. n Undivided profits .$60.172.03 b Less current expenses. Interest and taxes paid 11,578.14 Circulating notes outstanding. Demand deposits subject to Rssetve: 14 Individual deposits subject to ?heck. It Certified checks. 17. Cashier'a checks outstanding. Total demand deposits subject to 1 eeerve, Items 34, Si. St, 87, SS, S9, and 40. 168,605.93 deposits subject to Reserve (i aysble sfter 30 or subject to 30 days or moio notice): 41. Other time deposits. Total of tlsee deposits subject to Reessrve, Items 41, 41. sad 4S. 841,420.99 United State* deposits, not subject to Reserve: United States deposits, Including deposits of U. SX disbursing officers. Postal savings deposits. of II. 8. deposits not subject to Reserve .. 6,263.80 $100,000.00 $100,000.00 48,593.89 49,200.00 168.212.0K 225.00 68.8.' 141.420.9? 4,194.30 2,069.50 I.. ibtlltles for rediscounts. Including those with Federal Reserve Rank (see Item Id). $813,984.61 44,000.00 ___OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of Sumter, ss. N '1, O. I?. Ystee. Cashier of the above nsnsed bank, do solemnly swear the above statement is trus to the best of my knowledge and belief. O. L YATKS. Cashier, peed and sworn to before ms this 27th dsy of June, 1917. R. L. Edmunds, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: H. N. FORESTER, W. B. UP8HUR, OBO. D. SHORE, Dlceciora ONCE POWERFUL CITY. Fact* About City Whew Belgians are Being Starved to Death. Washington, June 23.?Lubeet., the North-German city in whose camp for deported Belgians 500 out of 2,000 unfortunates are reported to ;iave starved to death within the last three months, is the subject of the following war geography bulletin of the Nat? ional Geographic Society: ?'Probably no other municipality of middle Europe ever wielded as jnuch power as did the city of L?beck for a period of one hundred years during medieval times. Today it is a moder ately prosperous town of 110,000 in? habitants, not comparing, however, in any respect, save in its distinguished past, with such thriving centers of trade and population as Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, and Stettin. "Situated on the banks of the Travo river, ten miles from the Bay of L?beck, an arm of the Baltic, L?beck was founded during the first half ol the twelfth century a few miles above an earlier city of the same name. Its prosperity began when it became t port of the domain of Henry the Lion of Saxony, who manifested an especial partiality for it, offering to remit all tolls and customs usually exacted from visiting traders of other seaports pro? vided their cities would grant the same privilege to L?beck merchants. In 1226 the city was declared a free imperial city and in the following year its people won distinction on the field of Bornkoved where in alliance with the Holsteiners, they utterly defeajte. the Danes and freed their territory of the Donish yoke. "Possessing an excellent harbor, safe from the Inroads of Baltic pirates, L?beck rapidly grew In commercial power during the 13th century and when the Hanseatic League (Hansa meaning association) was formed its citizens were among the prime mov? ers, eventually assuming the leader? ship of the more than eighty cities which practically controlled the com? merce of western and northern Eu? rope from the middle of the four? teenth to the end of the fifteenth cen? tury. The league virtually dictated the affairs of Denmark, exercised vast in? fluence throughout Scandinavia, was Instrumental in checking piracy and in curbing the predatory operations of robber knights. In fostering com? merce factories were established in Bergen, In Novgorod, in Bruges, and in London. And in all these activities L?beck was the dominant factor. "With the rise to power of Russia, of Poland and of Burgundy during the closing years of the 15th century, how? ever, and with the development of commerce In the newly discovered land of America as well as the in? creased trade with India, controlled by Holland and England, the power of the Hanseatic League began to wane, and the association was finally dissolved in the middle of the seven? teenth century. "Following the defeat of the Prus? sians at Jena, Blucher retired to L?? beck in 1806 where he was again de? feated by Napoleon's marshals Ber nadotte, Soult, and Murat. Four years later Napoleon incorporated the city in his empire, hut it was declared a free Hanseatic town uy the act of Vienna, in 1815. #| "Today L?beck controls the state of the same name having an area of 115 8ciuare miles and occupying the lower valley of the Trave, whose waters empty Into the Bay of L?beck. The river channel Is kept well dredged so that ships having a draft of 25 feet can discharge their cargoes on the quays of L?beck. Tho recently com? pleted Elbe-Trave canal, 4 2 miles long, has served to give new impetus to the city's trade which theretofore had been confined in large measure for a number of years to Scandinavia and Russia. "Lubeck's chief imports are coal, grain, timber, steel and copper, while It-* exports are largely manufactured goods. The Industrial activities of the community include shipbuilding, brew? eries, machinery, brick, resin, pre? serves, tin goods, and furniture. "The city presents a highly pic? turesque apearance with its many gabled buildings, its numerous me? dieval brick churches, including the cathedral founded in 1173 by Henry the Lion, and Its fortified gateways. "Hantburg lies to the southwest of L?beck, 40 miles distant by r **1." AMERICAN WOODMEN IN ENG? LAND. London, June 27.?Ten units of American woodmen who were sent by the New England States and organ? izations to turn many forests of Eng? land into lumber have arrived on lOnglish soil. Washington, June 27.?Six suffra? gettes charged with unlawfully pick? eting the White Houso and displaying banners were convicted In the police court. They were given tho alterna? tive of $26 lino oa< !i or servo three days. They have not yet decided I which they will do. BOLL WEEVIL TOUR. Commission of Farmers to Visit Roll Weevil States Being Organized. At a semimonthly meeting ot the directors of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce held Monday, after state? ment by Mr. J. Prank Williams, Joraf farm demonstrator in charge of the tour of the Sumter county boll weevil commission in August to inspect wee? vil sections, the directors went on record unanimously as favoring the plan to have fifty farmers and busi? ness men make this trip. President A. C. Phelps, First Vice President E. S. Booth, and Second Vice President W. Percy Smith, of the Chamber of Commerce were appointed a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with Mr. Williams, who is ako a director of the Sumter Chamber to induce a goodly number of Sumter merchants, bank? ers, and professional men to join In with the farmers from each township on this tour so that every profession, trade, and occupation will be repre? sented to see just how much damage the cotton boll weevil does to every branch of business. This committee WEI also Instructed to arrange for the advertising matter of Sumter city and county needed for distribution by the publicity manager of the commis? sion. By request of Chairman Williams, unanimous consent was given for managing secretary E. I. Beardon to serve the boll weevil commission as its secretary and publicity manager, and leave of absence was granted the secretary to accompany the commis? sion on its tour. About thirty-five farmers have so far indicated their intention of mak? ing this automobile trip which will last about ten days and will cost each man about fifty dollars actual expenses including cost of gasoline, oil, board, etc. Prof. W. W. Long, of Clemson College has been requested to ar? range the Itinerary of the commis? sion. Those desiring to go should see Mr. J. F. Williams, or Secretary Rear don. The tour will start about August uth. WILL RE GOOD. Promise to Fix Fair Prices for Pro? duct. Washington, June 20.?Four hun? dred coal operators representing the great fields of both bituminous and anthracite pledged themselves here today to sell their proruct at a fair and reasonable price to be fixed with the approval of the defense council's coal committee by special commit? tees of seven producers from each coal mining State. These special committees also are authorized to confer with the defense council's committee "to the end that production be stimulated and plans be perfected to provide adequate means of distribution." The operators' action in the form of a formal resolution came at the close of an all day conference which opened with addresses by Secretaries Lane and Daniels, John T. Fort of the federal trade commission and Assistant Attorney General Lewis, all of whom frankly warned the pro? ducers that unless they themselves established a fair selling price and proper regulation of the industry, their output would be taken over by the government. The meeting was called by the de. fense council's committee for a dls cussion of methods of reducing the price of coal both to the government and the general public. While it W?U In progress the senate interstate commerce committee, beginning at. inquiry into the cost of production o raw materials, was holding its first hearing with coal operators and miners as wltneSTOS. Both at the operators' meeting and before the committee the solution of the greater production problem was declared to be more railroad cars. Sessions of the operators will be con? tinued tomorrow. NO RED CROSS DISCRLU1NATION. Catholic Sisterhoods Allowed to Wear Their Particular Curb. Baltimore, June 27.?To offset tho malicious rumor circulated that the American Red Cross was discriminat? ing against nursing sisterhoods of the Catholic church, Cardinal Gibbons took up the matter with the Red Cross in a pointed letter to Cardinal Eilt Wadsworth, acting chairman of the Red Cross, who stated there was no discrimination, said the siterhoods wore allowed to wear their particular garb during the Spanish-American war and quoted Red Cross, showing that the aid of the sisterhood was de? sired. NoTSLx-Sixty-Six t This It a prescription prepared especially lor MALARIA Off CHILLS A FEVER. Plve or six doses will break ear esse? sod if tsken then ss e tonic the Fever will not return. It ects on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe of sicken. 25e TIIK FIRST CRUSADE. More Thun 800 Years Since Christian Mit Attempted Capture of Jerusa? lem. . Like all great movements of man? kind, the Crusaders must be traced to the coincidence of many causes which influenced men of various nations and discordant feelings at the same period of time to purstli one common end with their whole heart. For many centuries pilgrimages hud been under? taken to the Holy Land by people from all parts of Europe. In the year 1076 the Seljouk Turks took posses? sion of Jerusalem, and immediately commenced harrassing the pilgrims with unheard-of exactions. The rich were plundered and the poor insulted. The cry of vengeance rose through? out all Europe, and men's minds were fully prepared for an attempt to con ouer Palestine when Peter the Her? mit began to preach that it was a sa? cred duty to deliver the tomb of Christ from the hands of the infidels. This led up to the council of Clere mond, held in 1094, at which Pope Urban II presided and delivered his eloquent appeal, which stirred the country to activity and started the agitation, which led to the Crusaders. The first army of Crusaders to set out on the march to Jerusalem was a mob of men, women and children. Which had not patience to wait for the organixad movement of the military leaders. They gathered In vast num? bers on the banks of the Mozelle and the Meuse in the spring of 1096, with Peter the Hermit their chosen chief. The march was finally started on .Tune 4, with nine knights only in the swarm, and but few who had horses to ride or efficient arms to bear or provisions to feed upon. Knowing nothing and, therefore fearing nothing, they marched away through France, Germany, Hungary, and beyond, begging food where they could, and subsisting by pillage where they found it necessary. A knight called Walter the Penniless, led the van find Peter followed with his sec? ond division by another route. The line of both was strewn with the bones of thousands who perished of hunger, of exposure or by disease and by the swords of Hungarians and Bul? garians. Walter the Penniless and Peter the Hermit reached Constantinople with 100.000 followers, It is said, in spite of the great number who had fallen by the way. They passed on into Asia Minor, where they attacked the Turks, iwere beaten, routed, scattered and 1 slaughtered until barely 3.90(1 of Ihn great host escaped. "Of the, first Crusade," Gibbons safat, "three hundred thousand had already perished before a single city was* cap? tured from the infidels, before other graver and more noble brethren had completed the preparations of their enterprise." Meanwhile the knights and princes of the Crusade had gathered their ar? mies and were now in the summer ot^ 1096, beginning to move eastward by different routes. The organized body fared little better than the rabble un |der the Hermit. The leaders fought among themselves and it was until I June 1099 that they saw the Holy I City and assailed its formidable walls, j Their number was reduced to 40Y0OO, ! but their devotion and their ardor ! rose to a frenzy and after a siege of ! little more than a month they forced an entrance by storm. J Gibbons, the historian, says: "Then they spared neither age or sex until they had killed all who denied the Savior of Mankind." The second Crusade occurred in 1147-49; the third, 1189-91; the fourth 1128-29; sixth; 1248-54, and the sev? enth and last started in 1270, but was abandoned. The Crusaders were a great benefit to Europe, in spite of their many objectionable features and disastrous results.?Washington Post. ARGENTINA'S INVITATION AC? CEPTED. 1^tin-American Countries to Act hi Concert. Mexico City, June 27.?A Latin American diplomat said today that all Latin-American countries except Cuba and Panama had accepted Argentina's invitation to hold a congress at Bu? enos Aires, at which the stand of Lat? in-American countries toward the war would be determined. The invi? tation was extended a month ago. Petrograd, June 27.?A resolution rejecting any move for separate peace between Germany and Russia was adopted by the congress of workmen's and soldiers' deputiea of all Russia, REI*ORT OF THE CONDITION No. 10070. - Reserve District No. 5 Of the National Bank of Sumter, at Sumter, In the State of South Caro? lina, at the Close of Business, on June 20th, 1?17. ^ RESOURCES. 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown on b and c).$633,177.23 Total loans. 633,177.23 Deduct: d Notes and bills rediscounted (other than bank ac? ceptances sold) (see Item 55a). 21,900.00 611,277.23 2. Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured. 398.76 7. Bonds, securities, etc.: e Securities other than U. S. bonds (not includ? ing stocks) owned unpledged. 3,600.00 Total bonds, securities, etc. 3,500.00 9. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent, of subscription. 7,600.00 10. a Value of banking house. 75,000.00 b Equity in banking house. 76,000.00 11. Furniture and fixtures. 12,000.00 12. Kcal estate owned other than banking house .. 32,210.00 13. a Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St Louis. 11,114.81 b Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities,.. 11.066.56 22,181.37 14. Net amount due from banks and bankers (oth? er than included in 13 or 21). 13,082.34 15. Exchanges for clearing house. 894.68 17. a Outside checks and other cash items. 478.14 b Fractional currency, nickels and cents. 326.10 803.24 18. Notes of other national banks. 3,210.00 21. Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank. 35,604.96 Total. $.817,612.47 LIABILITIES. 24. Capital stock paid in.6200,000.00 25. Surplus fund. 60,<>AO.0S 26 a Undivided profit* . $41,561.87 b Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid . .14,167.81 27.394.06 Demand deposits subject to Reset ve: 34. Individual deposits subject to check. 173.9OJ.01 35. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed).. ?. 14,263.74 36. Certified checks.~. 2.W 37. Cashier's checks outstanding. 66.70 Total demand deposits subject to reserve, Items 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40.188^,230.25 Time deposits subject to Reserve doyable after 30 dSPS, or subject to 30 days or more notice): 41. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed). 209,636.07 43. Other time deposits. . 142.352.09 Total of time deposits subject to Reaeerve, Items 41, 42. and 43 .*. . 351,888.16 Total. $817,512.47 66 a Liabilities for rediscounts, incli ding those with Federal Reserve Bank (see Item Id). 21,900.00 Total contingent liabilities. 21.900.00 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter, ss. I, W. J. Crowson, Jr., Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly sw. ar that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. J. CROWSON, JR., Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of June. 1917. A. M. Hrotighton, Notary Public. ? Correct Attest: DAVIS D. MOISE. ' HENRY P. MOSES, BARTOW WALSH, Direotera