Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, February 02, 1911, Image 1

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wmnm . ,*?? CfjeraU) CJjrontcIe ? .' ?V 4 J' ^ j I'*"' " r.'jjj YOLUME FIFTEEN CHEBAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C? FEBRUARY 2, 1911 NUMBER FOURTEEN SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS j 1 -ITEMS OF INTEREST < THROUGHOUT STATE 3'epro Robs Same Store Twice?At- ] tempt to Rob Safe in Laurens. 1 killed Id Runaway?Death of Old ' Columbia Citizen. B. W. Still, a young man of Green- 1 -wood, died Saturday fro minjuries re- ' ceived in a runaway. William H. Monck ton, Sr., one of ' the best known citizens of Columbia, <Ned Monday, at the age of 83 years. 1 1 The wife of the manager of .the ' "'Wild West" show, that exhibited at Prosperity, lost her purse there, ocn- 1 taining $1,025. I. M. earlstine, one of the best known and most prominent among the Jewish citizens of Charleston, died suddenly in that city Monday. B * * Greenville: After remaining out 12 hours, the jury in the case of Sara Mc- 1 Carter, charged with killing Albert < rv ? varrilnt nf not 2 t* uearmaii, reiui ucu a ieivi?? , ; guilty. 1 ( ' jt, T. M. How?U, a Lexington county 1 farmer, who was shot in a negro's i louse in Columbia Saturday night, i In Columbia, died at a hospital there < Monday. ] i ] , 'jr ' Gjprge B- Koester, lately- concerned i In an. effort to establish^ new morn- < Ing paper In Columbia, has bought the 1 vf&b Evening iPedmont, in Greenville, and ' run that i < & hire. J. J. Major, of Anderson, has i aeut her check for $1,000 to Fev. A. T. t Jamison to. establish an additional i scholarship in the Cormie Maxwell or iSf.-ifflfefciiiiiM drMnwrmd l t jne of the clerks arrived. . Flashing lis light in the cle -k's face the burjuar requested him to get out, which le did. The man then made his escape. Abbeville: The store of the C. A. | Vlilford Drug Company was entered some time during Saturday night and i quantity of cigars, si'ver articles, soda water checks and several dollars n money stolen. Thi sis the first time i store has been robbed in Abbeville n four years. Anderson: The small shepherd dog :hat went mad Thursday and bit two ivhite lads, two negro women and two legro boys, has been killed and its lead sent to the Pasteur institute in Columbia for examination. The dog was killed late Friday night, seven niles northwest of the city, by a son if Tom Miles, who was out possum lunting and was attacked by the dog. RED CROSS EMBLEM \merJcan Society Seeks to Protect Its Use. Washington, D. C.?The American Red Cross has asked the solicitor general of the United States to advise it is to the porspects for the enforcement of that portion of its federal iharter relating to the use of its em)lem and name for private firms and manufacturers in advertising. Such lse of the red cross is punishable by i penalty up to $500, or a year's imiriRonment. It is believed that many persons who use the emblem and lame for advertising purposes are.not iware that such use is fOrttdden. tly aw. The United States has entered into l treaty with all of the civilized govirnments of the world to prevent the nisuse of the Red CrosB emblem or itle. The law adopted by the United 3tates specifically prohibits the use of "great red cross on a white ground, >r any sign or insignia made, or colled imitation thereof, or of the vords 'Red pross' or 'Geneva Cross', >r any combination of these words*\ Che use is forbidden even for charita >le purposee, except by tae American | I" Keep 7 our Ik CnnflinQ^Arn I ii IuuuuiLa^ iv/i it JL/IJ Sells Only Guarant Actively Investing The Following Amounts are Invested In First Mortgage Real Estate Loans In South Carolina, according to the Report of Hon. F. H. McMaster, Insurance Commissioner, as published in "The State" of December 10th, 1910: Life Ins. Co. of Virginia $450,530 Metropolitan Life 360,000 Southeastern Life 172,578 - - ... mn AAA Fidelity Mutual Equitable Life 80,000 State Mutual Life 75,000 New York Life 70,000 South Atlantic Life 55,466 American National Life 49,648 Security Mutual 26,000 Volunteer State Life . 25,000 Southern Life & Trust Co 22,000 Mutual Benefit 20,000 Greensboro Life 16,000 Jefferson Standard 7,323 nviiinninv the ahnvo. thft. dtMHA' mfAmAito enu merates a long list of other companies, many of which are carrying thousands of dollars out of the State but none of which comes back to us, except in dividends or death losses. , C. W. Estes, < I fe Insurance Co. 0 eed Liberal Policies 1910 GAINS OF Southeastern Life Insurance Company i i i Per Cent. Amount. 2. Gain in Premium Income .. 18 16,050 12' 2. Gain in Premium Incom. . 18 16,050 12 i V' 3. Gain in Assets 24 47,216 32 - "$< 4. Gain in South Carolina Real Estate Loans 31 44,513 21 ' - - - -- 5. Gain In Legal Reserve ... 3b 38,834 vu tvSni 6. Gain In Insurance in Force. 30 740,443 00 t' ' i 7. Gains in New Bustcwa*Writ* ! " ten 180 1,503,000 00 The Company That Does Things i j^y General Agent I | uth Carolina l il