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THE MORNING STAR, WiLMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1917. FIGHT RIOT IN CHATTANOOGA RESULTS III ONE DEATH POPE BENEDICT AGAIN SWEET POTATO YIELD Condensed Statement of Condition NEED AMERICANIZING E AMERICAN BANK & TRUST Co 88, 4 Of Wilmington, N. C. Educational Campaign to Build Foundation of Loyalty. Vrooman Urges Establishment of Warehouses In South. Several Others Injured During s Parade of Strikers. Has Not Yet Received Austrian and German Replies. At the close of Business, Sept. 11th, 1917 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. . . . Overdrafts Real Estate '. . . Furniture and Fixtures . Bonds and Securities . Domestic Acceptances . . . Cash and Due from Banks ,$2,138,542.19 3,168.91 44,840.24 12,231.76 179,322.15 . 109,404.70 525,530.76 LIABILITIES! -r . t-u-x uwvA ... Undivided Profits , Acceptances ... . Dividends Unpaid Rediscounts ... . DEPOSITS 200.000.oo .3.214.46 .soo.oo SOl.oo 30.00n nn Saving Food by Instructing; Homo wiven Mnklng the Frelgrht Car Cut Living Cost tt Anti Tuberculosis Plan. Say a Little Effort Intelligently Di rected by Business Men's Asso ciations Will Save Around 33,000,000 Bushel. Takes Combined Efforts of Soldiers and Policemen For Tvfo Hours to Restore Order Martial Law Discussed. Catholic Organ Says Publishing; of Texts in This Instance Is Worse Than When President's Reply Was Dispatched. ( 2'6a2.825.25 Total $3,013,040.71 J OFFICERS: Total . GOTHAM'S LLONS MAY AS COMPLAINT BUSHELS I S t CI S c I Jllp XV if 3 a a n- t : i II i i ' " 'fie . .v . KB! V.5 J: ,r i. mi 7 - .. .'. v - ' 'ft ; j -V v; i, .,;. 6: ' r . I :, .5?": is ' ii 1- By LOG ACRE. New York, Sept. 23. When is an American not an American? ' "When he is a New Yorker." comes the prompt answer of any good citizen resident over 'thirty miles away from Broadway. To be sure many would suggest as an alternative answer, "When he is a pacifist." That, in fact, would be the answer, we believe, of an overwhelm ing majority of bona fide New York ers. When it comes to fighting patriot ism the big city has reason to be proud of its record. Nevertheless long before the war clouds gathered, indeed for a genera tion back, our fellow countrymen from without the gates have been fond of. the cynical declaration that New York is not an American .city at all, but a heterogenous mass "of boarders from the four -corners of the earth. In view of our cosmopolitan condi tions there is perhaps some ground for this charge. At any rate the Mayor's Committee on National Defense be lieves that there is some relation be tween the two possible answers to the above question that if one or two mil lions of our semi-digested population could be "more thoroughly American ized, there would be fewer pro-German soap-box orators prating of premature peace from the curbstones of our city. Within the next few days the most comprehensive effort yet made to Amer icanize thoroughly the foreign speaking residents of New York City will be set under way by a sub-committee on aliens of the Mayor's Committee on Xational Defense. "The situation confronting the May or's Committee is one of tremendous importance," says Archibald E. Ste venson, chairman of a sub-comittee on aliens.. "At present 80 per cent of New York's population is eit-ier foreign in birth or speech. In order to reach these millions, every possible agency will be utilized, all co-ordinating through the Mayor's Committee. - "The public schools, libraries, settle ments, clubs, churches, synagogues, employers' and employees associations and city departments," said Mr. Ste venson, "have been enlisted to do everything possible to furtner the cam paign. The slogan of the workers will be 'One City, One Loyalty, One People. The first step in making us one people will be to give us one language. "The committee on aliens will have the facilities, organizations, leadership and resourcefulness of social agencies at its disposal. The Merchants Asso ciation of New York, representing 5,000 business men. will also play a large part in the campaign. v "The projected educational program, which is really the biggest single pros r?ct ever announced n educational felds, makes English instruction a fundamental matter and includes the organisation of classes and clubs in civics. American history and interests of similar nature." The problem of saving food and re ducing family expense is being met in a most practical way by various visit ing nursing organizations in pursuance of the plan tnai is becoming popular among such associations the country over. These nurses make a survey of the household expenses and gets an idea of the income, and then tries to co-ordinate the two. She suggests inexpen sive cuts of meat and tells the women how to cook them so as to get the maximum amount of nourishment. She instructs them in the art of economic arketlng and gives the valuable infor mation on home sanitation. The nurses report that this work is very much appreciated in the homes they visit. Instances are recorded where housewives have been taught to reduce their grocery bills from four teen to four dollars a week. Such a system in operation among the poorer classes of every city in the country would mean a saving of mil lions of dollars in the course of a year. Indeed, we suspect that such instruc tion would not be amiss in the homes of the well-to-do. . One of the chief reasons why New Yorkers, and residents of other large cities have to pay so; much for the necessities of life is that they depend almost entirely on the freight car for what they eat and wear and that hum ble agent has not been doing its bil in the way of war economy, according to Francis H. Sisson, vice-Dresident of the Guaranty Trust Company, and vice chairman of the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee. Mr. Sisson points out that the unpre cedented jump in prices last winter was coincident with the unusual car short age at that time and directly attribu table to It. He believes that one of the most valuable aids to Mr. Hoove in making practical his attempts to reg ulate prices downward is the more economical handling of freight cars which the Railroad War Board has brought about. Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the War Board, states that the efforts of his board have already, increased the available freight car capacity of the country over thirty per cent, not by providing more cars but by better handling of those already on hand, by - heavier loading, longer trains, shorter delays in loading and unloading, pool ing pnipments at ports. This accomplishment has been brought about largely by suspending during the period of the war various restrictive laws and regulations that have hitherto hampered, efficiency. The queron naturally arises if these laws are wasteful, as they have apparently been proven to be. why not abolish them for all time? If the victims to tuberculosis who are menaces to their families and neighbors, refuse to be educated in proper preventive measures, then they should be shut up where they can be properly cared for and can no longer give the disease to others. This is the conclusion of anti-tuberculosis work ers in. New York City who are yearly .Scaling with 57,000 known active cases of the disease which Jare in turn hand ing on the plague to 22.000 new vic tims annually, 1 The City Health Department, has ac cordingly adopted this policy as a part of Its anti-tuberculosis war program Hereafter, this type of consumptive, particularly those who Infest the city's lodging houses,, will . be . detained in jproperly equipped city Institutions. . Washington, Sept. 23. With a rec ord breaking 8. 000,000 bushels sweet potato crop forecast and not more than 10 per cent of the indicated yield pro vided with suitable storage facilities, Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, in a statement tonight urged Southern business men's organi zations to see that potato warehouses were provided in trade centers. "A little, effort intelligently directed by business men's associations of Southern cities during the next few weeks would save the nation approxi mately thirty million bushels of food in the form of sweet potatoes," said the statement. "It is the patriotic duty of merchants, bankers and farmers associations in Southern communities, as well as good business, to see that sweet potato storehouses are provided in trade centers." The sweet potato crop this year will be the largest in the history of the i country. The latest crop estimate in dicates a yield of 88,000,000 bushels against 71,000,000 last year and 7S.000. 000 in 1915. the largest previous crop. That means a surplus of approximately 15,000,000 above ordinary ante-war de mands, a surplus1, however, that would be very much needed to take the place of other foods that will be absorbed by war demands. Of the total sweet potato crop in the United States about 90 per cent is grown south of Maryland. Not over 10 per cent of the Southern yield is provided with suitable storage facil ities. The ordinary procedure has been to bank the sweet potatoes in the ground or to cover them with straw in o'uthouses and the loss has ranged from 30 to 40 per cent, accord ing to the severity of the winter. And the 60 or 70 per cent not a total loss is always more or less injured. The Bureau of Horticulture of the Department of Agriculture is conduct ing a campaign now for the building of sweet potato storage houses, having about fifteen men at work. Their ef forts are directed largely toward the building of storage houses on farms, but either one of these workers real lies that the community storage house is the better proposition. Considerable interest in this prob lem has already been manifested by merchants' associations in certain sweet potato growing sections. A number of new community storage houses are in process of erection and many old buildings are undergoing re modeling for sweet potato storage pur poses. Next to storage houses, Mr. Vroo man declares that an educational cam paign in the proper grading, packing and transporting of sweet potatoes is another prime necessity. The Depart ment of Agriculture is ready to ren der everj- possible aid in such a cam paign. The Bureau of Markets may be counted upon for co-operation, county agents will assist and all branches of the department will help wherever pos sible. PROTECTION OF U. S. IS BADLT? ABUSED BY GERMANY IN RUMANIA (Continued from Page One.) panied his letter with documents to prove the origin of the boxes and thoSr contents. All Rules Violated. "It has been possible to prove In an undlsputable way," he said, "that before our declaration of war to Austria -Hungary, when observing strict neutrality and keeping up normal relations with the German empire, the personnel of the German legation, violating all rules of neutrality and all intles of diplo matic missions. Introduced clandestine ly considerable quantities of an ex tremely powerful explosive and culti vation of microbes destined to Infect domestic animals and in consequence susceptible of provoking terrible epi demics also among the human popula tion. Rroug-li by Courier. "There can hardly be any doubt about the way in which these sub stances were Introduced into Rumanian territory; the very stringent police measures at all frontier stations taken by the royal Roumanian government since the outbreak of the war and con tinually made stricter since, prove con clusively that these explosives and microbes cannot have reached this country other wise than by diplomatic courier. "Oh the other hand, there can be no doubt that the final object of their im portation into Rumania as well as the use to which they were assigned. The explosives and the microbes were des tined to be used in Rumania, very prob ably intime of peace. From all this it results that In time of peace members of the German legation, covered by their immunity, prepared to concert with the German legation the perpe tration on the territory of a neutral and friendly state of plots directed against the safety of this state and against the lives of Its subjects. "The royal government makes It its duty to protest against these criminal practices and especially againat the -ise of the microbes, an illegal weapon and certainly wor.se than poison, the use of which was formally forbidden by the fourth convention of The Hague, as well as against its violation of the du ties iand the loyalty which internation al law which imposes on diplomatic missions as an exchange for the priv ileges which are guaranteed to them.". EMPEROR VISITS GERMAN TROOPS ON RUSSIAN FRONT Berlin, via Amsterdam. Sept. 23. An official statement issued today states that Emperor William left September 18 to visit the German troops on the Russian front. After a short stay at Budapest he proceeded to Curtea de Arges where he visited the mausoleum of King Charles and Queen Elizabeth. He continued his journey on the 21st, leaving Guirgevo traveling on a Hun garian steamer to Tchernavoda where he was met "by King Ferdinand and Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril. After reviewing a German regiment the party crossed the long bridge from Tchernavoda to ,t"ne ra ilway . station on the left bank of the Danub. Chatanooga, Tenn., Sept. 23. A se rious riot broke out here this after noon during a parade of the striking employes of the Chattanooga Railway & Light Company and the union" or ganizations of the city during which Will Massengale, aged 35, a driver for a local brewery, wa3 Killed, being shot in the back by a guard on a car. Sev eral other persons were Injured, among the most seriously being three strike breakers on the cars attacked. The paraders jeered the crews on the cars as they passed along Market street and the trouble broke when one of the cars was shunted into an auto mobile which was attempting to cross the street. The crowd stormed the cars and attacked the crews with rocks and other missiles. Two cars were badly damaged. A rescue car loaded with men armed with shotguns was rushed to the scene and police and United States soldiers stationed at the armory were hurried up. While police and soldiers were at tempting to quell the mob, a strike breaker shoved his shotgun through a window of the car and, it is alleged, fired point-blank into the crowd, Mas sengale receiving the charge in the back. Several other shots were fired. It required the combined efforts of soldiers and yollcemen for two hours to restore order. The strike of the car men has been in progress for two weeks. Yesterday the union rejected a proposition of the company that all employes sign an In dividual contract and both sides have declared for a fight to the finish. A meeting of the city and county of ficials is being held tonight to discuss having martial law declared. There are reports that if this step is taken a general strike will be called imme diately. O. Welch, of Athens, Tenn., has peen arrested charged with killing Massengale. MEANS IS PASSING THE TIME QUIETLY INCABARRUS JAIL (Continued from Page One.) ner. Ernest Eury, a negro chauffeur, who drove the car that evening, was driving it again today when he crash ed into the curbing, smashing two wheels. No members of the Means family were In the car at the time. Manning to Attend Hearing. Attorney General Manning of North Carolina will attend the hearing to morrow, coming here from Salisbury. William H. Furmeister, attached to the office of Coroner Hoffman at .Chi cago, who caused the body of Mrs. King to be disinterred, arrived today. Mr. Burmei8ter. it was said, made an extended examination of the course of the bullet and was relied upon by the state as one of the witnesses to prove that the pistol could not have been discharged in the woman's hand. Means testified at the first inquest that Mrs. King accidentally shot herself, the ball entering the . back of her head. Medical experts and pistol experts from New York also are expected to take part in the testimony regarding the passage of the bullet. Both sides devoted part of Saturday to an exhaus tive survey of the spot near Black welder's Springs where the shooting occurred. Dr. Burmeister. Otto Schultze, of District Attorney Swann's office, and William Jones, a pistol expert attach ed to Swann's office, it was indicated, will be among the first witnesses to be called by the State. "We are going to go just as far as is necessary in order to bind Means over to the grand jury," was the word that came rate tonight from the con ference where Solicitor Clement and others interested in the case still were going over the details. The State's first effort, it was indi cated, would be an attempt to prove that it would have been physically impossible for the woman to shoot herself. One of those who took part In the conference was P. C. McDuffie, an Atlanta attorney representing Mrs. King's brothers and Mrs. Anna L.. Rob inson, mother of Mrs. King. Clement Visits Means. Solicitor Clement visited Means late tonight at the latter's request and Means reiterated his statement that Mrs. King met an accidental death. Solicitor Clement, it was understood, advised Means that he would rather defer the matter until tie rrelimlnary hearing tomorrow. MANNING IN CONFERENCE WITH THE FEDERAL AGENT Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 23. Attorney-General James S. Manning came to Salisbury today and tonight was in conference with Special Federal Agent C. B. Ambrose over the Gaston B. Means caae and plane to go to Con cord tomorrow to assist the State in the prosecution were discussed. Mr. Manning stated tonight that he re garded the case "of such magnitude" as 'to justify him in taking part in the proceedings. NUMBER OF MEN IN RUSSIAN ARMY WILL BE REDUCED Petrogrd. Sept. 23. The provisional government has decided to reduce the number of men in the regular army. This decis'on was reached for two reasons-"-first, because the country can not 'remain longer without" male la bor and, second, it was thought desir able to relieve the army of, men who are too old to fight, or whohave been wounded, and whose fighting capacity therefore is not great. It is believed measure will have important financial results by reducing the total amount required for soldiers' dependents. STRIKING LONGSHOREMEN ACCEPT INCREASE IN WAGES New Orleans, Sept. 23. Approxi mately 2,100 white and negro long shoremen, on strike since last Wednes day morning, at a meeting late today voted Jo -eturn to work at wage In creases alrad'" agreed upon and to settle "all other differences" it a con ference tomorrow with st2v?dcr-v:. The longshoremen's wages were in creased from 40 cents to 50 cents an hour for work days, 60 to 75 cents Tor overtime and from 80 cents to " $i for Sunday work, Rome, Saturday, Sept. 22. Comment ing on the Austrian and German re plies to Pope Benedict, the Osserva tore Romano, the Vatican official or gan, says: "The Vatican has not yet received the replies of the central powers pub lished here under a Zurich date. This makes the treatment received by the Vatican from the central powers worse than that which the Holy See com plained of when President Wilson an swered the papal note through Secre tary of State Lansing. In fact, the Austro-Hungarian and German re plies were published before the Vati can had received them at all." Two Catholic organs, the Osserva tore Romano and the Oorriere D'ltalia, publish an identical note in which it is said the reference in the German reply to the "desire of the Pope" is assumed to apply to the third and fourth points in the . pontifical com munication. The note does not go into detail, but it is supposed the Catholic organs have in mind the Pope's proposal for a re ciprocal remission of. damages and war outlays and a vecip-rocal restitu tion of the occupied territories. TURKISH AND BULGARIAN REPLIES TO BE. SENT TODAY Copenhagen, Sept. 23. The corre spondent at Vienna of the Berliner Tageblatt says: "The replies of Turkey and Bulgaria will be forwarded to the Pope today. Turkey demands that Iver territory, shall not be violated. Bulgaria de mands that her frontiers shall be reg ulated in accordance with the princi ples of nationality." OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS SOLD IK ONE WEEK Last Week a Record One on Rocky Mount Tobacco Market. (Special Star Correspondence.) Rocky Mount, N. C. Sept. 23. Over two million and a half pounds the record sales for one week this season were sold on the local tobacco mar ket this season, according to figures compiled by the Secretary of the To bacco Board of Trade. The average price per pound for the week was 25.03 cents. The total sales to date on the local market for the 1917 season have been 7,000,000 pounds, and the average price for the season has been $26.63 per hun dred pounds. The sales barely sold around any day during the week, and blocked several times, double sales running from a. m. to 5 p. m. almost every day. The secretary says that It would be de sirable if the farmers throughout Eastern Carolina would Tlold up for a few days and give the buyers a little time to catch up. It would not only be a benefit to the buyerp, but the farm ers would get more money for their to bacco than would be the case when crowded sales are the order of the day. The order of the weed has been bad. much of it being wet and In an un marketable condition. A good amount of the tobacco is damaged already. Prices have held up remarkably well, considering the size of the breaks and the condition of the offerings. At the present time the buyers and warehousemen are handling more to bacco on the xtocky Mount market than ever before, and the crop continues to come in rapidly. It Is expected that heavy sales will be encountered for about a month to come and that the sales will not begin to become lighter until the latter part of October. Washington. Sept. 23. A tropical disturbance of great intensity was central north of Jamaica today and moving northwest tonight, according to a warning issued by the weather bureau. Shipping has been advised against sailing toward east gulf and South Atlantic ports and storm sig nals ordered from Boca Grande to West Palm Beach. 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Please return to 216 North Second street and get reward. se 23-tf WANTED TO RENT FOR THREE months, a modern house completely furnished; wanted for October, No vember and December. Address Box M. se 23-2t MILTON E. FRED PROPERTY OWNERS! DOES YOUR roof leak? Does it need painting? How about gutter? Warm air fur nace work; any kind of galvanized Iron or tin work. We will give you an estimate and guarantee you satis faction. The oldest ' shop in Wil mington, Hanover Iron Works Co., Ill North Water street. Phone 609. se 2-lrao A SOLID CAR LOAD OF" TRUNKS AND leather goods at special prices. Agents for the G. & S. Never-Break Wardrobe and' dress trunks. Charles Finkelstein, 6 South Front St. Phone 642. jy 27-tf NEW DODGE BROTHERS ROADSTER, just received, price $880. Only new car we have; must have a home im mediately. Write or wire us. W. D. MaoMillan, Jr. se 23-7t NOTICE! WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED our first shipmet of stove pipe and Are board iron. We are now in po sition to handle all stove repair work. Young & Gorman, 10 and 12 South Second street. Phone 431. se 14-tf WANTED 100 CAR LOADS OF GUM and other hard wood blocks, 6 feet long. Will pay highest cash prices. Southern Box & Lumber Co. au 10-tf DODGE DEMONSTRATOR FOR SALE. Has run only 6,000 miles; tires new; good condition, $700. W. D. MacMil lan, Jr. se 23 -7t FOR RENT 114 NUN STREET, O rooms; ideal location. See M. C. Darby & Co. se 23-2t FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 1916 Chevrolet Car, good "condition, run about 3,000 miles, for a Ford run about in good condition. P. O. Box 13, Atkinson, N. C. se-24-lt WE HAVE NOW IN STOCK OVER 500,- 000 Shingles, all grades. Place your or ders while they last. Also all grades of Rubber Roofing. W. B. Thorpe & Co. Phone 789. se-24-mo-tu-we-3t JUST RECEIVED, A SHIPMENT OF No. 1 standard laths. You had bet ter order while they last. W. B. Thorpe & Co. Phone 789. se-24-mo-tu-we-3t WALL PLASTER, LIME .CEMENT, Fire Brick and all kinds of building material. W. B. Thorpe & Co. Phone 789. se-24-mo-tu-we-3t $20KOO CASH BUYS A HOUSE RENT ing for $10.00 per month. The rents will pay the balance. See J. G Wright & Son. Real Estate and In surance Agents. se 23-2t WANTED FIRST CLASS STESOGRA- pher to do general office work. Must be quick and accurate on figures. State salary expected. Address Whiteville Lumber Co., Whiteville, N. C. se 20-7t FOR SALE DUROC JERSEY PIGS, three months old, $7.50 each, $15 pair. Black Orpingtons, laying hens $1.50; cocks $2.00. Orders filled promptly. U. O. Jones, Godwin, N. C. se 18-7t A FEW CHOICE HOUSES YET UN rented. Call and let us show them to you. J. G. Wright & Son, Real Estate and Insurance Agents. se 23-2t WANTED BRIGHT BOY OR YOUNG man to work evenings in office; must be able to use tynewriter and an swer telephone inquiries. Address, stating present employment, wages expected, etc. "Evening," care Star. se 23-2t WANTED COMPETENT LAW STE nographer. Address Drawer 347, FayetteviUe, N. C. se 23-2t " - 1 i i " 1 - " FOR SALE A VERY ATTRACTIVE 8-rootn house, on South Front street; at extremely low price for quick sale. Liberal terms to right party. W. A. McGirt, Real Estate and In surance. se 23-2t THE CALL FOR STENOGRAPHERS, bookkeepers and private secretaries is loud. We can fit you so you will be able to answer the call. Prepare now. Day and nTght classes. The Motte Business College, Inc. Phone 706, Front and Chestnut. se 1-tf NIGHT SCHOOL MONDAY, WED- nesday and Friday. Shorthand, book keeping, touch type waiting and all commercial studies taught most thoroughly and practically. The Motte Business College, Inc. Phone 706. Front and Chestnut. se 1-tf PLUMBERS WANTED FOR WORK on Cantonment, Columbia, S. C, $5.50 for eight hourB. Bring reoelpt for transportation and it will be refunded you. Do not wait to write; report at once. Walker Electric & Plumbing Co. jy 24-tf CABBAGE! CABBAGE! CABBAGE Just received carload cabbage, black eye peas, navy beans, rutabaga tur nips, potatoes, limes, lemons, oran ges, and a nice line of candies. Send us your orders. Bear Produce & Mdse. Co., 17-19 Market street, Wil mington, N. -C. se 16-tf FOR . RENTTHREE CONNECTING rooms on first floor and large pantry. Free use of pTione. Apply to A. H. Yopp, 415 Grace street. Phone 313 or. 660. ' se 18-tf WANTED OLD FALSE TEETH) don't matter if broken. I pay $2 to $15 per set; Send by parcel post and receive check by return mailT F. Terl, 403 N. Wolfe street, Baltimore, Md. . se 18-7t HAVE YOUR ROOF REPAIRED BE- fore "cold weather arrives. Young & Gorman, personally on the job. We guarantee to please; give us a trial. Phone 43L 12 South Second street. l-tf THOS. E. COOPER, CALDBR, Vice President, BANCK, Assistant Cashier, PHONE 922 FANCY GROCERIES, NA. tive and western meats; fresh vege tables and milk daily. W. V. Herring & Co., Eighth and Dock streets. se 21-6t WANTED POSITION AS CITY SALES- man; grocery Mne preferred. Can give best of references. Now em ployed, Address P. O. Box 535. se 23-7t FOR RENT LOWER FLAT, 103 N. Seventh; practically new; 6 rooms, in order; modern. See M. C. Darby & Co. se 23-2t FOR RENT 205 SOUTH SECOND; ON a hill; nine rooms. See M. C. Darby & Co. se 23-2t EXPERIENCED DENTIST WANTS location in good town in central or eastern North Carolina. Prefer small town that has waterworks and elec tricity. Address "Dental Surgeon", care Star. se 23-4t FOR RENT 520 PRINCESS. UP-TO-date, modern home; 9 rooms. See M. C. Darby Co. se 23-2t FOR RENT -715 PRINCESS; 9 ROOMS in splendid order. Can be used as flats. See M. C. Darby & Co., Real Estate. se 23-2t 410 ORANGE AN IDEAL HOME. BIG yard; all manner of conveniences. See M. C. Darby & Co.; Real Estate. se 23-2t FRONT SPRINGS FOR FORD, LARGE number just received, $2.50. . W. D. MacMillan, Jr., 108-112 North Second street- se 23-7t EVERYTHING FOR THE AUT03IO- bile at our store. Prices lowest. Ajax tires and tubes. Champion X plugs. W. D. MacMillan, Jr. se 23-7t DRESSED CHICKENS! DRESSED chickens! All sizes dressed to your order with giblets. Very best beef, veal and pork; fresh vegetables, all kinds. Don't forget to call early and get the best. Quick service. Phone 72, Batson's Meat Market. se 22-tf WANTED POSITION AS HOTEL clerk night or day; several years' experience. Can furnish the refer ences required. Address "Hotel Clerk," care Star. se 21-tf WANTED POSITION AS SALESMAN in fancy grocery store. 12 years practical experience; good stock clerk and front man. Very best of references. Exempt from military service. Will start work for reason able salary. Address "Hustler," care Star. se 21-tf FOR SALE TWO OAK DRESSERS, side board, six dining room chairs, two pairs springs for iron beds. 216 North Second street. se 23-tf IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME on easy terms, see us. J. G. Wright & Son, 124 Princess St. se 23-2t BUICK LIGHT SIX MODEL D-6-45. excellent condition; made on it 6,000 miles; good as new; price $750. 60 irich tread and good tires. Write or wire. W. D. MacMillan, Jr. se 23-7t FOR RENT SEVEN ROOM MODERN apartment; large, airy rooms; newly papered and painted; htree large clos ets; large back porch. Phone and water included. 311 South Fifth Ave. se 23-2t MERCHANTS WE ARE PREPARED to give your orders for bread and cakes prompt attention. Write or wire us for prices. The Boyd-Russ Bakery. Box 136, Florence, S. C. se-10-30t. 10O MONTH PAID MEN, WOMEN Thousands government war positions open. Short hours; pleasant work; examinations everywhere. List posi tions free. Write immediately. Franklyn Institute, Dept. 325 H. Rochester, N. Y. se 21-30t-ex tu.th WANTED AT ONCE SEVERAL GOOD reliable saw mill men to cut timb'er on contract. We have several desir able locations in Florence County, S. C. Come and look them over. Wire or write. Dargan Wagoner Compa ny, Pamlico, S. C. se 22-7t FOR SALE! 200 Bags Green Coffee. 50 Barrels Motts and White House Vinegar. 100 Boxes Swift's Soap. 100 Boxes Octagon Soap. Complete line of Groceries. Orders solicited. Quotations fur nished on application. Samuel Bear, Sr., & Sons No. 311 North Front St., City. COTTON Competent agents' desired where not already repre sented. W. B. COOPER & CO. WilmintrtATi v n O ' PHONE 922 FANCY GROCERIES. NA- I President, , CHAS. E. BETHEA, Cashier, R. L. HENLT, Assistant Cashier. - Another Good Hed c. FIVE PASSENGER BriCK 60-inch Tread "Everything tor the MotorUt H. L. FENNELL 105-OT-oo x- - Phone 05 School Books and School Supplies Depository fork C. public school books. All the newly adopted books have been received and ready for distribution. High school and college Text Books, School Stationery and other supplies. ; C. W. YATES CO. 117 Market St., Wilmington, If. c Of Wl nilnfftnn V f . -i business on Sept. nth. 1917. " RESOURCES: Loans and discountsj?xcept those shown on b and c) $4,580,737.59 Customers' liability account of acceptance of this bank or discounted bv 't . $842,500.00 Total loans $5,423,2"'.;; Overdrafts, secured. $33.- 989.68; unsecured. $17.- 5!..". u. !9. Dna (otner than Liberty Boji U. S. bonds deposited to se cure circulation (par val ue $575.0041.00 U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledg-ed to secure U. S. deposits (par value) . . . $52,500.00 Total U. S. bonds other than Liberty 'Bonds) and certificates of indebted ness 627.50A.H jjioerty Loan Bonds, un pledged, $314,750.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, pledg ed to seriirp TT S and other deposits Onu 314.750.M Bonds, Securities, etc.: Bonds other than LT. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. deposits $30,000.00 Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal saving's depos its $10,000.00 Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including I stocks) owned unpledg ed J3pS. 000.00 Total bonds, securities, etc. Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Bank stock Stock of Federal Reperve Bank-(50 per cent of sub 18.70fl.9T scription) Equity in banking house.. Furniture and fixtures . . 45.H1W 470,000.?' ! Real estate owned other than banking house Lawful reserve w!th Fed eral Reserve" Bank Items with Federal Reserve Bank in process of col lection (not available as reserve) Cash in vault and net amounts due from nation al banks Net . amounts due from banks and bankers, and trust companies other than included in Items 13, 14 and 15 ; Total of Items 14. 15. 16. 17.. and 18 $2,234.213.r.o Redemption fund with I S. Treasurer and g due 7.400JB 332,s;.3: 10.9TS.C 1.443.375 4' 779.S5S.5! 28.:3.r from U. S. Treasurer $ 9,977,070. Total Capital Stock paid in HZnhk 500,1 Surplus Fund Undivided profits $328,993. o! Less current expenses, in terest, and taxes paid $49.2SS.16 Circulating notes outstand ing Net amounts due to Nation al banks Net amounts due to banKS 275,705.4' 575.000.! 1.555J12 and bankers (other tnan included in 28 or 29).... 2.780." Total of items 28. 29 and 30 S4-36ox.'' :- Re'tr Demand Deposits subject to (deposits payable witmn a Individual deposits subjec 107.331-3 to cnecK Certified checks Cashier's checks outstand ing Dividends unpaid Total demand deposit? sub ject to Reserve. Items di. 32, 33. 34, 35. 36. 37 and 38 $3,200,970.16 Postal savings deposits... Total of time deposits sub ject to Reserve. Items 40. 41 and 42 . . - . S6.6p.22 United States deposits. otn er than postal savin its. including deposits or l. S. disbursing officers . . Other . bonds borrow ei without furnishing r01" samT1. .SeCUri.ty. -000 00 Other bonds borrowed tor i:7J. 34.1 r olnorl Sill. 000.01' was iui iiicuvu - 5 TfQ i a' ye sq4. 'in,VVVi Carolina. Cou. Hanover, ss: -orpqident of ;'- above-named bTnk. "dc best of mv knowledge Subscribed and sworn jo 3i7 this 22nd dav of September. hE Notary l. i (My Commission exp res AP Correct Attest: J V. graingeh. . M. J. CORBETT, M. W. DIVIM3. Director IS