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?eemmi the Death of -Ma j. _ Wllfiaiii S. Manning. !?he -foilowing letter to the editor of ?^H^ew_ YorO^Tim^s i$Jls of tjje ga> r-^fjfrcEfSr in auction of ifaj. William S|nl?fer Xlanuing1, son of Go v. and Mrs. R ;J fanning,.; who.was k.MIed. in action, a.few ..days "before the arjais-.. ?? -S?S-^igned^ .... ... . * ^ '^g^^Bditft^ ^oi tie ". New York fSpTHe' iStory Has not already been told, it will/interest readers of The Tinges, whom he^ served for many 35ea*? in tiie-nress gallery, in the Unit mate, that William Sink tfjh^'die4-as devotedly making history- as he had always truthfully ixsrtrayed it. A week or-se- before the present ar 3^f^ce/wajljd^fid it^was a prevalent riHn?r-in the-allied armies that Ctin ^^ja^w^ beaten, .and that it w.^ only a matter of time before she ?would follow her allies under the white flag. Under circumstances such j _as jthajy t required the utmost of whl power,- thema&lest ?f self-fdrgel?t:l nesa^ for 4he indiyidual on. the. firing Jine tokeep' sharp^fiis fighting edge ?he frttf ts- ?f~?neir* sacrifices loomed jfust ahea**?why should they not live to enjoy them? To many'thousand m,en.^that insidious question must have I eomef in fie early days of November j when 'the ^l3focne" airmen flew night] and day over toe allied lines from Belgium to the Argonne dropping pamphlets with the striking head lines, "Why do we fight? Germany agrees to President Wilson's terms.' It is to. be doubted if the question even occurred to Major Manning, for if ever a man was utterly, completely and wholeheartedly wrapped up in the I^Rse he espojus^d.^it was tjjis son of -Carojhmfs.go^^l,.The soyw {whatkrou^e. character of.- an ad^u kant's -work, WhichA-fce had- 'perfbrr?ied I ^^f^^^^^^fj^^i q of the \ IS^veftty-ij^nth ^>iyMofl j fit . Camp, j$^&Pr.-.j4&a V^.^Ms&i 'tricar, him 1 considerably, tor the excitement he j managed to snatch out of the last few j weeksof ^he.wax^.4a-a line major I seamed''liSe an 'jfivijforatini^tonjc to jhim; . ^ " j On the St. Mi$\e\ front, when the {steady grind'* of "holding the newly j :won line had.begun, the safe confines! j of the back area could not hold him. j [He .scofffe^.-ajt ^^ftgignjng that ex-j i posure by daylight on Ithe outpost lines hjLt Saufcc aShdrW^aonKflle, meant sur- j I den death, rand in a few .ys was as ! [familiar with.jth.Qge positions as he j I had been in the old days with the j j capitol-b^k?nX to ^^SB?S? '?'..? On November 3 his regiment, the j Three, pjindred-*,and ^jixteento, "lay' in, a thick, ?imoet impenetrable stretch; of , woods i^crtheast of - Consenvoye, j east of the Meuse. Prom the heights j beyond, the .. German^ artillery kept | dropping ? ? constant 5 and effectively i harassing rain of shells. The regi- ! i iiMMMwi :_? j REPORT OF THE CONDITION QF Reserve District No. 5 Tfie National Bank of South Carolina, At Sumtcr, in The State of South Carolina, at The Close of Business on December 31, 1918. RESOURCES. $i a Loans and. discounts including: re-discou n t 8 ^except those shown on b and c) ...$1,278,621.94 Deduct: ^ v d Notes and bills rediscounted < other than bank .acceptancessold) (see item 57a). 65,000 1,213,621.94 2. fj^vexdj^fts*secured, none; iunsecured.. .... .-. .. 3,854.50 U.S. "bonds pother than liberty Bonds, .but "in cluding Uf. . C^rtifi<at?ft of indebtetoess): ; a V. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation, (par >tStlUB) .. .. ...... ... .. .200,000,60 ^ d. _ "ET. SI bonds and certificates of indebtedness ' fed aV* collateral for State or other deposits ? -orrbills payable. .. .. .. 60,000.00 260.000.00 .ft. Liberty loan bonds: a liberty lioatt Bonds, 2 1-2, 4-, antt 4 1.4 . per ; c?n? unpledged . .. \.: 26%O00.0O , d ; liberty Loan Bonds, 3 1-2, 4, and 4 per^nt... pledged to secure State or other deposits ?r bins -..t payable..*...-.......... .. 40,OOe.OO fr0,OO?LOO . T^^Bonds, securitSas, etc < other than U. S.): . .*: e J&H^rities other .than U. S. bonds (not including rrifo&?s). -^^^.?x^le?ged .. .. -.. 3,000.00 ? 3P5tal b?ndB^securitifes, etc., other than U; S. .. 3,000.00 -';fc<7^^(^;'o^itorth^-_PWeral Reserve -Bank-- stock %Zi?.00 % ?|oc?: of Federal Reserve. Bank (SO p$r qent of .i *: i?bpcjfij?^en)>?>-? er *??.??-.?-?..? >v ??>? ^ r. ? ioUoo.oo * a' Value of barikmg house, owned and nnmt s '. c^^^eregT.'"., '.V .. .v-, .= * .'-* /V ... ^34,8^0:60 3$, ' ??f^tuii. ifafcfyj?^?;.y. V. $ :7f. 3f4op.oo ik*"iwful- reserve withrFederal Reserve .Bank. 54,446.42 Items; wltn "Federal Reserve Bank in process- of . ejection (not available as reserve).... ... 16,100.05 Cajih in vault and net amounts due from nation airparks ... ,-. .rv..v..?ri:- 'v^---- 73.,0O&.18 18. Checks on other banks in <hp same ?eifcyw^ar v to^W reporting'bank -(other, than Item 17) ;. ' 9;i6r.65 ir- ^n ba^o^ loc^tei quWaV-T^Wtfr. otf ZMrn ^e?mptt?^ fund wither' & ^easurer- ~ *ftd due l^?im TT** S. Treasurer i. 7r .. ,.' 00 Interest earned but not collected? approximate -. --?on-notes-and-bills receivable not past due.. .. .^.- ... 200.00 '* '?.; "r-T-.-.V'^fr _ Totali. ^..:>v r? .$1,306,411.69 r?V, . . . LIABILITIES, ... ^,?y. ? ?^^^i^-at^lfe? in.~.*mjmQ.H ' SurplusTfu^;',^ ..- v. .... .ri5e.ooo.oo 26 ^f^n$VMe4 profits'^-.. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. 30,285.54 2T. -Interest and discount collected or credited, in . advance of maturity and not "earned (approxi mate) .. .. .;? 7. ..., .. ?. :"''9,297.94 .Amount reserved for all interest accrued .. 5,099.13 <3<b 'CJirculating notes outstanding ? t*-*i;.%<zl* ..??. ?\.. 200,000.00 33. Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies (other than included in Items 31 or i?). .. ... 8,397.90 Tekl of items 32- and 33 ....... . . 8,897.90 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 44. ^dividual deposits, subject to check. 527,452.29 55. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed). 28,036.00 ^6,. Certified checks.,. * 1,845.83 ST.. Cashier's cheeks outstanding .. . 5,702179 .40. Dividends unpaid.'. 6,408.00 ? Total of demand deposits (other than bank de posits) subject to Reserve. Items 34, 35, 36, IT,', 38, 39, 40, and 41 . 569,444.91 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): 42. )Sertiflr*ies of deposit (other than for money borrowed). 229,024.46 45. Other time deposits. 281,661.81 'TtetaJ'of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 42; 43, 44, and 45 . 510,686.27 46. United States deposits (other than postal savings): a War loan deposit account. 14,000.00 ?1. ' Bills1 payable, with Federal Reserve Bank .. .: 55,000.00 54. a Acceptances executed by this bank for cus tomers . 54,200.00 T?t?l.? .. ^. .$1,806,411.69 5?. a Liabilities for rediscount, including those with^Federal Reserve Bank (see Itent Id).. .. 65,000.00 Total contingent liabilities (57 a, b. and c) .. .. ? 65,000.00 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter, ss. 1, F. E. Hinnant, Cashier of the above named bajik, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief. P E. HINNANT, Cashier. fcubacribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of January. 1919. T. V. Walsh, Notary Public. Correct Att ,st: W. J. M'KAY, R. J. BLAND, C. G. ROWLAND. Directors. ment was in the nose of* a salient and j there was little it could do in the way j j of retaliation against the cross fire I I from the 77's and 210's which daily! j and nightly claimed a considerable toll of dead and. wounded. It whsj plain the position was untenable. That meant an offensive, for to the Amer ican -army retirement, except of the. most temporary charcter, was an sn ihought of maneuver. '. In front of the Stretph of woods held by the -6eventy4inth Division! there, rose ^formidable height which 1 on some,, maps was designated as Hill j 37^a#d. pn others as the Borne du' Cornouiller and by the doughboys themselves, with a whimsical dislike. ?'Cornwlllie Hill." in the convolu tions of" Gomwailie'Hill's bafd head tliere'.lay ^m^eaied, a formidable ar Tay of machine grun, nests, and com manding its naked ascents was some of the deadliest artillery the Germans! possessed. The German high com- i mand sealiaed-rf uUy the importance of j this key position, and the Units that j held it were Prussian Guards. The Three Hundred and Sixteenth : was?and i??a National Army regi- | ment, composed of drafted men en- i tirely. Its. men come mainly from the1 farm and m:ine lands of Pennsylvania, j although later contingents brought' groups from such widely Separated j points as Iowa and Connecticut. A j typical American regiment?which] means that it joked very little, sang j not at all and took the business of j war with a grim, serious air and a j Spartan spirit. This, of course, is notj a conventional picture, but the ma- j jorit'y of men who have been through j the Argonne fight will bear the writ er out in the assertion that "blithe- ! ness" was not a characteristic of the j Yank once he got into the front lines.; Wherein the average soldier and j officer differed from J' jor Manning, j who was never more cneerful, with a: buoyant, exalted kind of cheerfulness.1 than on the morning the Three Hun- : dred and Sixteenth learned it was to ; go over the top once more. The pros- j pect of action was wine to him. On I the Stl Mihiel front he had remarked j to an -outpost lieutenant that he en- [ vied him nothing more than the per-; sonal opportunity to make things un-! pleasant .for the boche. And now the j opportunity was to he his in full j measure. The battle of Cornwillie. Hill began on the morning of November 4 with j an offensive reconnoissance patrol un- j ier the leadership of a young second! lieutenant named Gabriel. ' It was | mighty offensive to the Germans, for! they centered everything they had on j the strip of territory the patrol had to; cross before it reached the outskirts a? .the main position; but in spite of! heavy~losses young Gabriel led hisj men forward five successive times, j md as'V result of a few hours* work J brought in a half dozen machine gun- ; with "their crews and valuable ihfor-j mation ?f whjfit lay ahead. - A connected story of the struggle | that, folio wed will have, to be gather- \ 8d-8ome. time from official records, but j to ^e.course of the nej|t three days! the entire regiment was' thrown into ! as desperate a local flghi as perhaps j marked the entire Argonne campaign j and which was. crowned with mag-1 nificent;. Vesu Its... . It. wag."..' at"... first ,j thought^ two companies with., a .'sunt- j cient display of energy would/ be j enough to persuade; ^Uet Germans to I retire, but in the ? cpuijpe -of the first | few hours the^e two companies were. yirtnally wiped. out^;with all their of ncer? reported as. casualties* including their battalion, leader* rMaj. K$nry D. parkin, of PltteSurgh. ^-TT^'e^'Th|rd. BattaHon with, what yfeita' remained of *otneru companies was ordered forward late on the mqrn fsjjjof the 4th atA ?5^ro?nt whWaii the guns ^in the German,' lines were tSuBflering thei_ ti'eaviest Pictures^ Qpen^? .was ? * characteristic notice ably absent in the Eastern front f^h^ng,., hut here was a touch j of more ^colorful_ days, in jthe advance of the'TRird ^att?jlo'n throjigh; the mtir^ derQU8 barrage %oj .at 'jts b?a& strode the~;fcatt, Xean/flgUtei .$f.,^aj$^ fan ning; witK a ftowjrig.Jb1ac;t eaRe joyer his "^oulder5,Jy4ng In the winbTthat emerged from the woods behind, a heavy cane in one hand and an Amer ican .45 in the oiher. * > There may be ' ? question of the military wisdom of advancing against machine-gun fire and snipers' nesta? of which .Cornwillie Hill was full? in so conspicuous a. costume as an old fashioned army cape. But there can. be no question of the inspiration a sight like that is to your hero loving soldier in the stress of battle, and the Third Battalion went forward through artillery fire and into a hail of bul- \ lets from a ride alive with machine; guns until its leader fell, shot through i the head with his pistol extended bo-1 fore him toward the goal. And the regiment, with almost all t of its officers gone, companies and I battalions inextricably intermingled ? by extremely heavy losses, pressed on toward that goal so that on Novem ber 6 the' Germans realized their prize was gone, and on the 7th were in full retreat over a front of many kilometers. Who can say how much of thai victory was due to the example of one man, scorning camouflage and lead ing his men in the good old Ameri- ! can way?out '.n front and standiny | up. Certain it is that his was no small' share in bringing from Maj. Gen.! Joseph E. Kuhn the following citation ? for the regiment: "Headquarters Seventy-ninth Divis ion. Am. E. F., France. "Xovember 27, 1918. J "From: Commanding General. "To: 0. O., Three Hundred and Six teenth Infantry, through C. G., One j Hundred and Fifty-eighth Bri- i gade. "Subject: Commendation of Regi-1 ment. i "1. In the final offensive on the' heights of the Mouse and north of Verdun the task of breaking the en-! emy's resistance at the Borne du Cor- j nouiller (Hill 378) developed upon the Three Hundred and Sixteenth Tnfan-; try Regiment. Stubbornly defended! by the enemy, this tactically strong' I point presented an obstacle of the mostj J serious character. In spite of all the, ! difficulties the regiment succeeded af- f ! ter three days' heavy fighting. No- i Jvember 4 to G, in capturing and final-j I ly holding the Borne du Cornouiller! and contributed materially to driving' ' the enemy from the height east *Uc1 I Meuse a few days later. ; 2. Numerous authenticated in stances of gallantry, tenacity and en durance have come to the command ing general's notice, proving beyond a question that the regiment ac quitted itself with the greatest cred it and in a manner worthy of the best American traditions. .' Z. "The commanding general takes great'pride in the achievements or the regiment and directs that you bring this letter to the attention or your command. .Joseph E. Kuhn. JEK?op. . Major General, U. S. A. '(First. Indorsement.) Headquarters'One Hundred and Fitty eighth Brigade, -American Expedi tionary Forces, November 28, 1918. To the' Con^ax^i^! Officer, Three Hundred and .Sixteenth Infantry. I. Transmit!^ Jtt is with pleas ure -that "the ~."brig?Be". commander transmits this well deserved letter' of commendation -from, the division com- j man der. _. Now. tljat^ the immediate i fighting would appear to be over, it should, be .an incentive, to every offi cer and soldier of the Three Hundred | ?nd Sixteenth Infantry to maintain under existing conditions, by its ap pearance, training and discipline, the high standard gained on &6 "'field of battle. Evan M. Johnson, Brigadier General, Commanding. (Second Indorsement) Headquarters Three Hundred and Six teenth Infantry, American Expedi tionary Forces. November 29, 1918. To all Battalion Commanders and Commanding Officers of Headquar ters Company, Machine Gun Com pany, Supply Company, Sanitary Detachment. 1. The present commanding offi cer of the Three Hundred and Six teenth Infantry takes pleasure in transmitting this letter of commenda tion from the commanding. general, together with the indorsement of commendation added by the briga dier general of this command. He congratulates Col. George Wil liams and Lieut. Col. George R. Hae dicke, who successfully commanded the regiment at the Borne du Cor nouiller, and all the officers and men who participated in the combat of November 4 to 6, on the excellent work they performed at that time, and on the splendid name they won for the regiment. The high stand ard set in combat will be the standavd aimed at in training for combat. 2. Battalion commandei*s and com manders of separte.. units will read this letter to their respective units at first formation after receipt. Garrison McCaskey, Colonel, Three Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry. CITATION FOR BRAVERY. Second Lieut. David W. Loring, Com pany C, 115th Machine Gun Bat talion. On the night of the-23rd of August, 1918, near the Belgium Chateau, Ypres, during extremely heavy shell fire centered on our advanced ma chine gun positions, this officer in go ing forward to supervise a redistri bution of the machine guns, was mortally wounded, the same shell mortally wounding one man and sligntiy' wounding another. Lieut. Lormg "refused aid until his two men had been taken care of. He died shortly after. His fearlessness in go ing forward under the terrific bom bardment, and his self-sacrifice upon being wounded, is worthy of the high es^ possible commendation. SHEXT WAR LOAX AHflJj Lynchburg, Va.. Jan.: '7.?Secretary of the Treasury Glass announced at a banquet here tonight that the next loan would be floated fh April and suggested that it be called a "thanks giving* loan'' instea'dof*liberty or vic tory loan. Mr' Glass, who recently returned" from the battlefields of France, paid tribute to^ the valor of the American and Allied** troops and to France. '. Christiana, Dec .15 (Correspond ence of .the Associated Press)?To strengthen the "business"relations be tween Norway and'the United. States a movement has been set on footj here for an exhibition of Norwegian and American mercantile products; to be held in Norway during the au tumn of 1919.' It is being backed by a large number of corporations haying business relations with America. Atlanta, Jan. 8.?Robert James Lowry. president of the Lowry Nat ional Bank and former president of the American Bankers' Association died this morning after a short ill ness, aged seventy-eight ?? ? AiTtAiTtAjV A JStJL A if. Jt .t. .ft & ? it j.J.A r* f We Grind Lenses, examine the <w eyes scientifically and fit eye ?j| glasses perfectly. Let us work for you. We have all prescriptions & i * on file. Broken lenses ireplac ed promptly. Graduate Opto metrist and Optician in charge. W. A. Thompson, 31 JEWELE & OPTOMETRIST. J j Shippers f*8e Protest Railroad Commission Asked to Take Steps to Improve Local Conditions?Service at Lo cal Stations Insufficient and Inconvenient. The business men of Sumter, to gether with, country merchants and farmers who ship and receive freight from the depots of Sumter, have en tered with the South Carolina Rail road commission an organized, vig orous protest against the service of all of the railway transportation compa nies, insofar as the shipment of freight and the delivery of freight are concerned. The Sumter Chamber of Com mence has appointed a committee of ten of the leading business men of this city and a farmer to take the matters up wi?h -the railroad com mission, and a hearing at Sumter be fore the commission, at the earliest possible date has been asked for. Certain arbitrary rules and treat ment of the public have brought the shippers and receivers of freight into organized and determined protest and it is apparent that a stiff fight is ahead even if the matter has to be taken to Washington for settlement before the proper authorities. The rule of the freight depots re-; fusing to accept outgoing freight for shipment only three days in the week, together with the opening a.nd closing hours of the depots for receiving and delivering freight is al- j leged by the shippers and receivers to be an unnecessary and inconvenient and damaging method which works not only a hardship on the public, ! but is also a great inconvenience and a financial loss of considerable pro-; portions. The business men who j made the complaint to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and the rail road commission allege insufficient and incompetent help at the depots, indifference, and unnecessary delays in accepting, shipping, and in de livering freight. The committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce is composed of Dr E. S. Booth, chairman; Messrs. W. Percy Smith, Abe Ryttenberg, L. B. Phillips, S. F. Stoudemire, Mitchell Levi, D. G. F. Bultman, J. Frank Williams, C. B. Yeadon, S. R. Chan dler, with President A. C. Phelps of the commercial organization as ex offlcio a member of this committee. This committee met at Chamber of Commerce yesterday and held a lengthy session at which the mem bers of the committee made numerous and somewhat serious charges against the railroad depots and their man agement and general service to the public. The committee formulated a written protest to the railroad comT mission and every member of the committee signed this protest and re quest, for a hearing at Sumter before the commission. Copies of the protest and request for I a public hearing were- ordered sent to the local agents of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway company, the Northwestern Railway Company, the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, and the Southern Railway for their information. * Effective January 1st, 1919, the" ; freight warehouses of all transporta tion companies in .Sumter, common carriers, will be open for receipt pt less than car load freight for for warding from 8 a. m. until 4 p. m. ex cept on Saturdays on which day the I clos ng hours will be 1 p. m. The hours for delivery of inbound [freight will remain as at present, from j 8 a. m. until 5 p. m., except on Sat urdays when the closing hour will be ! at 2 p. m. This order has been sent [ out and signed by the local agento of I the four railway systems entering I Sumter, and this order or notice . was J the straw that broke the camel's j back and caused receivers and- ship? j pers of freight to request concerted J action by the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. It is alleged that owing tp insufficient force and other rea sons, there is unnecessary delay of wagons and trucks at the freight de pots both in receiving and shipping i freight, often amounting to several J hours unnecessary loss of time. That incoming freight is delayed unneces sarily in delivery and the, same in competent service regarding outgoing freight to all points. The Chamber of Commerce has de termined that both sides will be giv : en an opportunity to be heard and has [decided that the railroad commission iis the proper place for an impartial 'and rigid investigation of the charges (preferred against the Sumter freight [agents and their assistants and help ers. j It was apparen* that there is con* ' siderable feeling on the part of -the shippers and freight receivers over the treatment they have received. The railroad commission will have a lot to hear when the shippers and freight receivers tell their tales of woe, judging by the advance informa tion or preludes to the kicks to-be made. London, Jan. 7.?The British ;gov ernment has not the slightest intention of sending any more troops to Rus sia, it was announced today.. Not more than 20,000 British troops are in Russia today, a number of which' are non-combatantu the announce ment states, and these* ar\ being brought back as quickly as possible. - -? '.**J ' ? Pittsburgh, Jan, 8.-^Ten persons are dead today and a sc7)i*e^e/suf fering injuries as .tie result opT ftre and explosion, wht?h 7 wecked'. the Film Exchange building }a$t. jtfght.1 The damage is estimated at ^ "million ??<ii?ntiniiinuminiiiiim<Mii?iiiiiejmiM I ^"^^g Material and Feed -Stuffs J Eoujghimd Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cen^ent; "Qagter, Bric^, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc.: All kinds of Feed for Horses, Cqvs, Hogs and Poultry. r We solicit your patronage. I Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phonesio&est ? Farm Land For Sale In Sumter, Lee and Clarendon Counties C. P. OSTEEN, :: Sumter, S. C. MUM BANK K? andJyou?can BANK ffl The First National Bask SUMTER, S. 43; ? ? HMMIMMIHMMHII>MMMMIMMMMMMM>>M| I ^^s% The Goddess of Liberty | At Our Door Welcomes you to the Bank that has purchased for itself and its cus tomers over a half million dollars of Liberty Bonds and Certificates, ?AND? Pias given six of her young men to the service of her country.. Resources Orer $2,000,000. 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