The watchman and southron. [volume], August 07, 1909, Image 8

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8TATEBURO.
Stateburg. Aug. I.?Rev. W. H.
iwsll and Master Paul Barnwell.
gone to Tryon, N. C, where
expect to spend the month of
Misses Nannie and Annie Moote,
left for Sullivan * Island today, where
tawy will be th? guests of Mrs. De
Veaux Moore for two weeks.
The MtHses Richardson, of Sumter.
4Sre vistlng Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Rich
?rOeon. Jr., at "Farm Hill."
Miss Bessie Barnwell Is spending
?sane time with friends on Sullivan's
attend
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Coker. of Harts
^rlWe, are on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Nortis.
Mr. Walton Storm has returned to
York, afte.' spending several
In our midst.
Mr. Frank P. Burgtsa spent Tues
wlth relatives h? -e, leaving on
Fednesday morning for Olenn
parings Springs, where he expects to
In for a week or ten days.
The very pleasant daaclng school,
which has been so successfully con
Sheeted by Miss Lee Moore, this sum?
mer, closed on Thursday night with
a delightful soiree at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dwight The eve
wee very much enjoyed by the
lag folks, whose only regret was,
this evenings festivities ended
m daaclng school for tha season.
The refreshing shower this rfter
sen was gladly welcomed, as the
were beginning to need It after
very hot days of the past two
lks. The atmosphere has been
itly cooled and life once more,
worth the 'Ivlng."
TINDAL.
Mndal. Aug. I.?The farmers have
t finished the work In their
and are leaving them with very
grass, considering the amount
of rain which they have had during
tJee past sixty days. There la only a
eSeght improvement In cotton and I
k that a fair estimation of the
la this neighborhood would he
?bout ?6 or 70 per cent, compared
with the last year's crop.
Mr. T. E. Hodge and daughter, Miss
SJeaals. accompanied by Mrs. Hendry,
Wf Tampa. Fla., who Is visiting In the
neighborhood, spent seversl days in
Atlanta last week.
Mr. T. H. Harvto, of Silver, spent
Saturday and Sunday In the ne gh
twrhood.
The protracted meeting at Provl
Swaoe church hsa been postponed un?
til October.
Some of the folks from this neigh?
borhood are expecting to attend the
aaeetlng at Home Branch church this
Delgar Ford and Doc Harvln. both
?olored. became Involved In a dlf
Ity at a birthday supper which the
es ware having at Rose John
esm's on Mr. W. L Osteen's plantation
lest Friday night which resulted in
flearvln ahootlng Ford In the side with
a if-callbre pistol, Inflicting possibly
m fatal wound. Sheriff Epperson was
notified and came down and carried
Marvin to Jail at Sumter.
PISOAH.
Ptsgah, Aug. 8.?This place was
risked today by a very heavy fall of
water. For two or three di;s the hot
wind* had scorched the cotton up ter?
ribly and the rain will end that for a
While at leant. As the time goes on,
the eatlma'e of the cotton crop as
saade frorr. time to time, la being ver
There Is going to be a very
it crop made.
The protracted meeting at Smlth
'WSJe went on all last week and still
?entlntiH* Th?- pastor has no help
from ministers and goes It alone
twice a day.
Rev. T. L. Cole has gone to S/OSt"
rille to aid Rev. W. S. Waters In a
aaeetlng there. He aided Rev. C. D
Peterson In a m ding at Mt. Zlmi
last week, but returned home SatUf
Say evening and filled his pulpit at
Ptogah Sunday. afternoun. ISMSg
Stately after preaching th?? ordinance
of baptism was administered to ihre??
per*??in In the presence of a large
congregation.
there will l?e Improvements mad-1
to Swift Creek church In the near fu
Itev. S. B. Hatfleld preaches at New
Hope church. An ordination of dea
cona will take place there on the
third Sunday in this month.
There Is much suffering among the
colored people at this time, judging
from the continual applications for
help.
No news worth reporting. Every?
body seeme to b? taking a little rest
and I guess they need it.
LYNCHBURG.
Lynchburg, Aug. 6.?A few nights
ng? Mtssrs. Frank A. McLeo 1, Willie
8. Rhame and Edwin DuRant enter?
tained seven of Lynchburgs very
popular, pretty and amiable young
ladles in a somewhat unique manner,
ty taking them out to a church fes?
tival at Trinity some seven miles dis?
tant, in an ancient and dllipldatel
old farm wagon, which looks as
though It was used in hauling sup?
plies to Noah's Ark. To said wagon
was hitched two old and most appro?
priate "pestle-tailed", box-ankled,
flopped-eared. blind and deaf, long
jawed mulee. After reaching their
destination this group of ladles were
hilariously entertained by the above
named gentlemen. After this delight?
ful supper, for it surely was, the team
was coaxed back home by one of
these young gentlemen, by walking In
front shaking a bundle of fodder. But
it was only the oder of the fodder
thst enticed the poor old "critters'*
homeward?and landed the party
safe at their respective homes before
day dswned, but oh, so sleepy and
tired. If this pair of old mules should
perchance survive, we may hav? more
to say of thle wonderful feat in the
future.
Lynchburg, Aug. 6.?Invitations
having been sent out to quite an un?
usual number of young people of this
live little town on the Srd instant, to
attend a royal old time chicken and
rice supper to be served at the resi?
dence of Mr. ajnd Mrs. Walton J. Mc
Leod on the following night, the larg?
est number of young ladles and gen
tlement thst ever attended an ordi?
nary party in this town was in evi?
dence at said residence at the ap?
pointed hour, and it was Indeed a
most pleasant and enjoyable occasion
for all who were so fortunate as to
be present. In the absence of Mr.
and Mrs. McLeod, who are on a visit
to Glenn Springs end probably oth?
er points. Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Yel
lott, Mr. and Mrs. G?rden Griffin,
were the chaperons. Messrs. Frank
McLeod. Edwin DuRant and Willie
Rhame composed the committee on
management and preparations and to
them much credit Is due for the sue
cessful handling of the large number
of young people. The following are
the names of some of the honored
make-up of the party in addition to
the chaperons:
Mr. Edwin DuRant with Miss Ethel
Cole, Mr. Robert McKntght with Miss
Alma Cole. Mr. Albert Cole with Miss
Mary A. Frierson, Mr. Rufus Grlftlri
with Miss Mildred Timmons, Mr. Phil
Keels with Miss Docla Keels, Mr. W.
E. Timmons with Miss Annie Griffin.
Mr. C. S. McFaddin with lUlss Coline
PhMllps, Mr. D. Hugglns with Miss
Sallle May Wilson, Mr. Harry Stokes
with Miss Bessie Crlbbs, Mr. Simon
Griffin with Miss Lila Lewis, Mr. J.
Ernest McFaddin with Miss Valltrlr
Carter, Mr. Frank D. Matthews wit!.
Miss Moore, Mr. Osgood A. Darby
with Miss Coker. Mr. Thos. H. Miller
with Miss Julia Mclntosh, Mr. Haze)
Klrby and Miss Gladys Carter, Mr. D
C. Truett with Miss Thompson, Mr.
Willie S. Rhame with Miss Allie And?
erson, Dr. Simmons with Miss Dlxon.
Florence, S. C, Mr. Frank A. McLeod
with Miss Hughson, Sumter. Mr.
Henry Lucius with Miss Annie B. Du?
Rant. Mr. Otto Hogen with Miss
Ethel Wheeler, and Mr. Floyd Crlbbs
with Miss Charlton McFaddin.
After a bountiful supper was serv?
ed and partaken of to the full satis?
faction of all, the guests occupied the
reception halls, when after exchang?
ing a number of jokes and stories,
some side-splitting ones, customary
on such occasion, boiled peanuts were
next partaken of. The decoration of
the halls and parlor with ferns, etc..
was Indeed handsome.
DURANT.
Durant. Aug. 5.?Mrs. James Mont
Komery has returned from a visit to
her brother. Mr. Irvln Plowden.
Mr. Colan Murcherson has been the
Kiiest of Mr. Williams the past week
The Durant local will be represent?
ed tomorrow at an Important meetlm.1:
to be held at Cane Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. Root. Muldrovv visit
cd friends here this week befort
leaving for Tlmmonsvllle. where he
expects to buy cott<?n this f all.
Th Misses Ude, of Darlington, hav
been the guest of their cousin, Mi m
Carrie ReftVCf since Saturday. A
moonlight picnic will be Klven in
their honor on the lnur surroundlni
the prety home Of .Mrs Annie Nelson.
Mrs. James Meehnn and little Ro
berta, arrived Saturday for ? month*!
stay in the neighborhood.
The Mends of Mr. WflHam Durant
win ?).? urUui to hsai he is much Im?
proved since Sunday.
WEPt.F FIELD.
Wedgefleld. Aug. 5.?The good
I rains of the past few days were wcl
I corned by the farmers. The cotton
crop In this* section on clay lands have
improved much in the past few weeks
but on all light sandy soils is below
the average. Corn is generally very
good. Messrs. J. B. Crouch and T. L.
Strange have an acre or two each of
Williamsop corn, which attracts a
good deal of attention
Wedgefleld Is taking on new life
these days. Dr. M. L. Parler's resi?
dence is nearing completion and Mrs.
Carrie B. Brohun has material on the
grounds preparatory to building.
Messrs. J. H. Aycock & Sons are re?
placing their old boiler at their mill
with a new one. The old one has
been in use for thirty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Weinberg left
via Charleston for New York, on last
Friday.
Mr. A. E. Aycock of the firm of
Jas. H. Aycock & Sons left on Monday
for the Northern markets to purchase
their fall stock.
Mr. W. H. Ramsey spent last week
in the up country visiting relatives.
Mrs. J. B. Crouch has gone up to
Saluda to spend a few weeks.
Mrs. W. H. Ramsey and children
are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S.
George in Laurens County.
Mr. Manlius Aycock is spending
some time with his aunt, Mrs. F. F.
Covington at Marion.
Mr. Marion Melle?, R. F. D. car?
rier on route No. 1 is spending a part
of his vacation with his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Mellett in Privateer.
After a pleasant visit to his niece,
Mrs. Robert Thompson at Olanta, Mr.
John M. Nichols has returned home.
Mr. C. F. Breeland is spending his
vacation at his home in Bamberg.
Mrs. J. R. Ramsey is spending some
time with relatives in Sumter
Mrs. A. E. Aycock, and daughter,
Bessie, left today for Harris Springs.
Mr. Frank M. Beckham, of Rock
Hill, pleasantly surprised his friends
here by stopping over for a short
while today.
HAGOOD.
Hagood, Aug. 5.?This section was
visited by refreshing rains on last
Monday. They came Just in time, for
crops had begun to suffer for the
want of moisture. It has been rain?
ing dally since Monday, but the
showers have been light, and crops
have not been damaged any so far.
Fodder Is about ready to pull, but,
of course, it will have to remain on
the stalk if this weather continues.
Cotton on stiff lands looks very weli
and in promising to make a fine crop,
but on sandy lands it is poor and
and a short crop may be expected. It
is one thing certain that sandy soils
will not make cotton any year when
the rains are excessive during the
growing season.
There has been an exodus from
here to the mountains and oeashore
Mrs. T. P. Sanders and children
ares pending the season at Charles?
ton.
Mr. C. A. Ellerbe and Miss Flor?
ence Ellerbe are at Hot Springs, Ark.,
for their health.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sanders are
visiting In Charleston. From there
they will visit in Spartanburg, Glenn
Springs and other resorts.
Misses Ellen and Allan Ellerbe are
at their summer home in Waynes
ville. N. C.
Mrs. E. R. Alston is visiting rela?
tives in Greenville and from there will
visit friends in Pennsylvania, New
York and other points.
Mrs. Carrie E. Sanders is spending
the shmmer In the mountains of
Western North Carolina.
Mrs. M. s! Kirk and children left
yesterday for a month's stay at
Waynesville, N. C.
Mr. T. P. Sanders, Jr., Is spending
his vacation at the resorts in the up?
per part of the State.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hildebrand
will leave tomorrow for a visit to the
Isle of Palms.
Mr. T. P. Sanders, Sr., spends his
week-ends with his family in Char?
leston.
1 Mrs. Andrew L. Jackson, of Sum?
ter, is spending a few days with her
sister, Mrs. R. M. Hildebrand.
MAX.
Max, Aug. 5.?Mr. and Mrs. Wil?
liam Whitehead, of Lake City, and
Mrs. Lula Anderson, of Sparrow
Swamp, are visiting Mrs. H. K.
Moore, who has had fever for several
days.
If IM Rebecca Jennings and Mrs. Ii.
C. Truluck spent a few days at Sar?
dinia last week.
Miss Annie Truluck is convalescing
from a serious illness.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Truluck visited
al St loo last week.
Mr. Fi w. Truluck is teaching sing?
ing at Narsareth church.
Ifleaei Kate Tllton, of Bamplt, and
Mlai Eddie McClam, of Lake City,
wer" the gueetl of Miss Ellen Car
raway last Sunday.
Blberti John Mac, Mayrant and Lu?
cius Truluck went to Columbia Mon?
day and report a line time with rel?
atives and in seeing the city.
Rev, B, K. Truluck is preaching at
Chick Springs this week.
Mr. Sam Truluck and Miss Tet
LOVette Were married last week.
We've had several showers of rain
this week. *
A MORAL QUESTION.
For the Good or the Young and of
the Weak and Helpless (Mass Vote
to Prohibit Whiskey.
Mr. Editor:
By an Act of the legislature the
people of the wet counties in this
State will have an opportunity on the
17th day of August, to say whether
the sale of whiskey shall continue or
not. (Two weeks of prohibition be?
fore the election as a kind of experi?
ence in State-wide prohibition.) Ever
since the State has been organized,
whiskey has been sold under some
form of law, and in this long time of
about a hundred and thirty years,
ample experlnce has been handed
down from generation to generation
to know its good or evil effects. Of
late years we had the State dispen?
sary, better than bar-rooms, but. It
soon got corrupt and died of its own
weight of corruption. This system
was succeeded by county dispen?
saries. A number of dispensaries were
voted out under the Bvice law before
the system was changed until now
about one half of the State sells as
much or more whiskey, than the
State dispensary did in all the coun?
ties of the State before the Brice law
went into effect. County dispensaries
are no better than the State dispen?
sary In principle. The only difference
is to open larger opportunities for
graft. Marlboro County has always
been dry and if the good people of it
can be believed, it is one of the most
peacable and prosperous counties in
the State. More money on deposit
and in circulation than any whiskey
county of its size in the State. The
sale of whiskey is a moral one affect?
ing the welfare and morality of the
people, and the State has the same
right over whiskey that It has to re?
pel an armed foe, suppress riots, blot
out epidemic, stop traveling through
It, or anything that would be for the
injury of the people. This is simply
the exercise of its police power, and
the exercise of it does not infringe
upon the liberty of any one for in
organized society there must be law
for the protection of the people. We
are aware that a number of our bett
citizens use whiskey to some extent
but they know hov/ to control It in
proper limits, while others of our best
and most patriotic men have suc?
cumbed to it and found in early
grave to the sorrow of all who knew
them. It is from this helpless class and
the lower elements of the people, and
the young boys and men that prohi?
bitionists want to remove this terrible
evil and temptation as much as pos?
sible. History is full of the blight?
ing influences of whiskey upon the
brightest minds of our country and
of their ultimate destruction by it. We
know the sorrow It has brought to
many firesides, the expense to the
courts and trouble in the land. Does
the grin from its sole pay for all
this? For many years a large num?
ber of the best people of the United
States have seen its .evil influences
and are trying to curtail its use or
blot it out of the land. In the great
States of Ohio. Indiana, Iowa and
Kentucky the sale of whiskey is al?
most prohibited. Tennessee is dry,
but so fierce was the fight to make it
so that E. W. Carmack, that able and
brilliant man, lost his life to the
cause of prohibition. In several of
the Southern States there are prohi?
bition lavs in both county and State.
The argument that prohibition won't
prohibit is the reason than many
won't vote for it is no argument at
all. We have laws against murder,
stealing, and all crimes against so?
ciety, and yet these things go on.
Shall we abolish these laws and let
people have full swing to exercise
their passions and personal liberty in
whatever they want to do? I think
not. In the approaching election
each voter should ask himself, is the
sale of whiskey an evil in the land?
if so he should vote to abolish it. A
man's vote should ever be cast for
the good of the people and not for his
personal preferment, if against the
good of the State. * * *
Rhame's X Roads, Aug. 2. 1909.
New Rank of Manning.
Manning, Aug. 5.?It Is practically
nn established fact that a bank will
be instituted within the next two
months to be styled The First Nation
:?! Bank of Clarendon. Large amount
of stock has been subscribed and with
ample capital there is no reason why
a very prosperous business should not
be maintained by this new monetary
Institution. Manning has now two ex
t ellent State banks and with a na?
tional bank will control the banking
business of the county. The coming
I "ink's proposed executive gives the
guarantee of able and conservative
management.
Death of Coroner I. K. Hodge, of
Clarendon.
Manning, Aug. 4.?With great re?
gret tin* public learned of the death
uf the coroner of Clarendon County,
Mr. J. E. Hodge, which occurred at
9 o'clock tonight. He bad been ill
only a day or two and ids death wo?
quite sudden. He made a very ac?
ceptable officer and was much esteem?
ed. He was 62 years of age, and a
veteran of the war between the
States.
TIIUUH SEEKING EVIDENCE?
QUEER STORY CIRCULATED AS
TO SENATOR'S WESTERN TRI I*.
Washington Herald Printe an Arti?
cle, Stating That Tillman is Visiting
The Cities Where He Used to Buy
Liquor for the Dispensary, With
The Purpose of Making a Clear
Case for Himself and Associates in
The Dispensary Investigation.
Columbia, August 4.?It is not be?
lieved here that there is anything in
the report which has been circulated
through some of the Northern papers
and copied ? extensively through the
South, that Senator B. R. Tillman, of
South Carodna, is gathering "the evi?
dence necessary to make a clean case
for himsell! and, if possible, for his
associates" in his trip out West.
Those in a position to know have
stated that the report is a wild flight
of the imagination, and that most
probably the senator has not the dis?
pensary investigation at this time "in
the back part of his head." It is a
coincidence, though, that Cincinnati,
of all cities, has been hit upon as the
one where the senator is said to be
gathering the information. For, as
it is well known, much of the dispen?
sary data has been gathered In that
burg, and a well known detectives'
agency could made readers in thin
State sit up and take notice if this
information were given out.
The story as published in the Wash?
ington Herald about Tillman's trip
is picturesque and makes interesting
reading. It follows:
"A sensational story came out of
South Carolina a day or two ago that
Senator Tillman was dangerously ill
at his home and that, in view of gen?
erally failing strength for some time
past, he might resign from the senate.
Investigation developed that Senator
Tillman was not at his home, but was
in Cincinnati on business. It was de?
nied that there had been any especial
change in his health, which, however,
has been far from good for more
than a year.
"But incident to this story, another
las developed which has a decided
nterest for the admirers of the vig?
orous Carolina statesman. It appears
that the Tillman political regime is n
a bad way n South Carolna, and that
a general Investigation by decidedly
unfriendly people is being made into
the conduct of the famous liquor dis?
pensary system which Tillman estab?
lished. This investigation is giving
real worry to the senator and his sup?
porters, j
"Tillman was a farmer until In
1890 he was elected governor on a
platform demanding better educa?
tional facilities for the State. He be?
came at once famous more for his
bitter antagonism to the negro than
for anything else; but he carried out
his educational programme, and in
addition forced through the legisla?
ture his dispensary law, under which
the State entered the liquor business,
bought and sold all the liquors for his
State, deciding where and when dis?
pensaries should be operated. It was
one of the biggest experiments ever
made in such an enterprise and peo?
ple from all over the world studied
it witn the greatest attention and in?
terest.
"It is commonly said nowadays
that Senator Tillman has never been
accused even by his worst enemy of^
dishonesty. South Carolina people,
remembering the bitterness that be?
fogged the dispensary experiment,
smile at that suggestion. In fact, Till?
man was under the most direct and
hostile criticism, reaching to his per?
sonal and official integrity, from the
day the dispensary was established. It
was easier to assail him because he
took profound personal interest in the
scheme and personally administered
It. He bought the liquors, hired the
help and permitted no detail to es?
cape his attention.
"In such a vast complexity of bus?
iness his enemies found plenty of op?
portunity to make attacks on him
and they overlooked none. But Till?
man was triumphantly reelected and
then he swept the State for the sen?
ate, and has been three times elected.
"Meantime, however, the dispen?
sary system has collapsed, the State
has fallen into the control of Us op?
ponents, and the opposition has been
determinedly trying to stir up the a
Cieitt accusations against Tillman and
his lieutenants, in connection with its
administration. Half a dozen of the
men who were close to Governor Till?
man have been made the objects of
direct charges, and are to be tried the
coming autumn <?r winter. Tillman
ha been greatly concerned about the
developments in the I ght. His old
political organization lias. In large
measure, crumbled a\\ ty, and his en?
ema i are determined t?> make the
most of the opportunity to do him as
much damage as possible.
?Tillman is a fighter always, and he
is getting ready t<? make tilings Inter?
esting for his enemies. He lias re?
cently! it is stated, visited cities in
which In- used t?? buy large quanti?
ties (d* liquor for the state dispen?
sary In the effort to gather up, it is
supposed, the evidence necessary to
j make a clear case for himself and, if
possible, for his associates.
"The evidence, after a number of
years, is- naturally hard for either side
to get at. The coming contest over
the efforts to convict some of the offi?
cials of the dispensary system will be
watched with keenest interest over
the South, and it may have a most
important effect on the political future
of South Carolina. Those closest to
Tillman and most familiar with the
details of his career have no doubt
that for himself he will secure the
most complete vindication of any
charges. They are mainly concerned
about the possibilities that there may
be developments to the discredit of
his administration. Charges of re?
bates and private profits to public ser?
vants have especially entered into the
affair."
As far as is known in Columbia, the
dispensary commission has never at?
tempted to bring Senator Tillman in?
to the investigation, which is pending.
But the investigating committee,
which was appointed by the legisla?
ture, did have the senator before it.
The examination was very brief. Till?
man stated in answer to questions
that he knew nothing concerning re?
bates, etc., and had no information
which would be of benefit to the com?
mittee :n its work. All these matters
are well known to the people of this
State, having been published at the
time. The tilt between Senator Till?
man and the present attorney general
about the investigation are all "back
historj" of this work. But the com?
mission has been working along the
lines wished for by Attorney General
Lyon and counsel for the State. The
civil side of the winding up of the dis?
pensary has been in the hands of the
commission, but it is well known that
there has teen other work going on,
and this is the part of the affair that
there has been other work going on,
and this is the part of the affair that
has had mcst people guessing.
Of course, it is possible that South
Carolina's Senator is gathering data,
but this is not thought to be the case
here. It is not felt, in the first place,
that Tillman would bother at.out the
situation, which apparently, does not
affect him in any way just now. The
State dispensary is past history ,and
it is removed from the political situa?
tion in this State in every respect. The
present investigation and winding up
of the affairs of the old State dispen?
sary has not to the people of the
State and political significance. Why
then should Tillman worry himself
about the institution which has long
since been buried? Even If a few
years ago It might have hurt to see
the dispensary crumble, now that it is
gone the work of winding up its af?
fairs can have hardly any political
significance. There is another side
to the matter which would seem to
preclude any idea of the senator's
taking a hand. The work of the inves?
tigation hcs been confined to the last
board in office, and those who were
connected with it. In the list of those
charged there are none who had any?
thing to do with the dispensary in
the days when the purchasing board
was composed of the Governor, the
Secretary of the State et al, or later,
when the power was vested in a State
board?save for those in the last board
of directors. The belief is that Senator
Tillman has taken as much interest
in the State dispensary as he will
ever again actively take, and that he
has no occasion to be hunting data,
as is stated.
In the meantime the arfairs of the
defunct State dispensary remain in
about the same shape as they were a
few months ago. The commission is
now reading over the testimony and
getting in line for a final determina?
tion of the various claims. The S600,
000 fund is in the banks of the State,
and the amounts will be paid out in
accordance with the findings in the
respective concerns' cases. This is
the work of the dispensary winding
up commission until after the Sep?
tember term of court. The final re?
sult of the whole business is eagerly
awaited by the people of the State
and the world looks on.
Henry P. Searles. a Charleston
photographer, was found dead in bed
at his home.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
F. If. Hyatt, Manager foe S. C.
Figures Never Lie ami Here are the
Fig Tea of the Mutual Life Insur?
ance Co.. of New York.
For the month of May, IMt, the
South Carolina Agency received ap?
plications amounting to $194,037.00.
Cash Dividende declared to South
Carolina pollcyholdere for July settle?
ment. $10,100.32.
Since April 20. LtOt, the following
death claims have been paid to South
Carolina poUcyholdera $33.76o.oo.
Proofs of death are being prepared
by claimants for $:>3.300.00.
These figures are so plain and con
Vlnclng that "He who runs may
read.''
ISAAC M. LORYEA,
Special Agent Clarendon and Suiiiter.
Offeree at Manning and Sumter.
Jas. 1>. Graham. Agent, Sumter.
J. E. MePuddtn. Agent, Sardinia.
M. 13. Losesiic, Ageut, Pinewood.