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; Coxnttn JJecorb. VOL. XXXI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. NO. 3 > Attei i || Coffins and Cast FIRE INSURANCE IN WILLIAMSBURG. . ROW NEW LAW AFFECTS FIRE ! INSURANCE IN THIS SECTION AS SHOWN BYIOCAL AGENT. To Our Patrons:? As many of you know already, the Legislature of South Carolina at its last session passedjwhat is known as the Laney-Odom till, an anti-compact law framed 4>r the purpose of forcing the Southeastern Underwriters associatiol out of the State, thus breaking |p the Stamping Office in Columbil, which fixed the fire insurance ratis for all risks in Fthe State. As a fesult of the passage of this bill {11 the association companies and cany of the nonassociation coragmies have withdrawn from Soutfc Carolina, leaving many of the ajfents without any companies at all.' While we are left as destitute as the majority of the ajrents of the State, still we have lost fix of our best fire insurance compares and for awhile we had only thr4 left, as follows: Southern Stock Fre Insurance Company, Southern underwriters, both of Greensboro, and the EquitIable Fire Insurant^ Company .Charleston, S C. Late? we succeeded in getting the Undf^writers of Greensboro, Greensboil, N C, and the Southern Home, | Charleston, S C, making in all tiv^pompanies we now represent. The? will continue to business in State under the lew law, and shall be able to place with theJ all the desirable bitsiness we carwet. They are all Southern eompMes, and have been in business seve? years. They are financially ablef.o protect all the business in \?iamsburg county, j and for that ref )n the people who 1 carry insuranceleed not fear that r they cannot getAisurance. r It is true th? the above named companies do im write so liberally as the Liverp<j and London and f Globe Companj||jverpooi, tngiana; Aetna olHartford, Conn, but ^H^Kthe insura* public will make |HPBry effort toleduce the number V of fires by beifl careful as to how W they constructjheir flues and chimneys, building lie chimneys always of brick, and # flues built of brick i laid flat suspeAd upon iron hangers; and will djourage the writing V. of insurance fo ^?eople whose morals N^re questionah , then we shall be ante to induce ie small companies " that stay in tl State to write more liberally for u There are one or two kinds of i cs that we are still Kflk unable to pla< in these companies, but hope to g the agency before ^^Imany days fo companies that will ^^ Wdle these bs. If you want the ^Hg rates low, be reful with fire, and ^^^ou will do rx e toward the reduc A^ftion of insur^e rates than all the ^HpLegislatures Anbined. Should we not be able tffclace your insurance we will give 1L notice time enough ^fcto get it placAelsewhere if possible. Inasmuch as A the agents of the State are up lainst the same prow position, it vA be hard for you to |j place your bifces?, if you cannot I get it througAs, for we now repre ntion, Ren iron &nd ?i Kin; ' E\ sent about as many companies as any , other agency in the State. We wish to inform the people of j the county that fire insurance is not i the only lousiness carried on in our agency. We have the largest bondj ing business in the county, and j write bonds of all kinds; such as j county officials, guardians, admin-i istrators, and other judicial bonds,, banks, managers and other em-1 plyees of different kinds of business, { postoffice bonds, etc. Our bonding company is the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Baltimore, Md, and one of the leading companies in America. Wo wish esDeciallv to call your at tention to the life insurance feature of our agency. Of the many companies represented in the county there is nv,ne better than the Southern Life ana Trust Company, Greensboro, N C. It is purely a Southern company, having been in business for more than thirteen years, and having passed over the trying days of all young insurance companies with honors. It is under the conservative management of Mr A W McAlister, one of the most successful insurance underwriters in the United States. He has proven that the secret of success in life insurance underwriting is the care exercised in making the medical examination. A policy with this company is a certificate of good health. It means a low death rate, and a low death rate means fewer claims to be paid, fewer claims paid means more dividends dished out to policy holder, thus making the cost of insur- j ance lower in this company than in i the average company. They give1 you a. free medical examination every year, which is equivalent to i handing you back $5.00 every time 1 you are examined. Very few com- j panies care enough about their policy holders to do that. Livestock insurance is another important feature of our agency work. Anything that is worth having around you is worth protecting. How many of you ever stood over ; the body of a dead horse or mule | ? -J ?__i !i. !. A- 1 1 I ana reanzea wnai it is to lose suen a < friend in the spring, or summer? How many of you ever had to go to the salestable man and put up a hard luck story in order to get an- i other horse? You know what a! comfort a hundred dollars would' have been to you at such a time. | Why not insure your stock while it; is in good health? When it is sick it is too late to get protection. For information on any kind of, insurance come to see us, write us, j or phone No 85. We are as ever, Yours to serve, Kingstree Insurance, Real Estate & Loan Co, adv W H Welch, Manager. dua ruuusuucaa. You occasionally see it stated that colds do not result from cold weather. That is rank foolishness. Were it true colds would be as prevalent in midsummer as in midwinter. The microbe that causes colds flourishes in damp, cold weather. To get rid of a cold take Chamberlain's i Cough Remedy. It is effectual and is highly recommended by people who have used it for many years as occasson required, and know its real value. Obtainable evevwhere, Farm n ember,we're <1. We hand, ' complete ai srstree H fENTU ALLY-I WHi Build your Home H and contractors. Our p gS Building Material. Our i Sash, Doors, Mon |j ing, Sidii gd Building Material No matter how large or The prices we ask will b 1 Kingstree Manufacti I RmI F.statp Country Farms anc If You Want If You Want We can place you in any you want. Address all c Gourdin & Harp HELD FOR MURDER. Florence County Negro Said ti Have Beaten Wife to Death. Lake City, March 20:?One of th< most brutal murders which has oc curred within the history of Flor ence county is charged against San Singletary, a negro man who wa! taken to the county jail on Saturday by Coroner Gunn from the Lak< City section. On Saturday morning Coronei Gunn was called by wire to Lakf City to hold an inquest over tht body of a negress, Minnie Singletary wife of Sam Singletary, the peculiar character of whose death had arous' ed suspicions of foul play. The testimony brought out the fact that the man had been accustomed tc beating her and that a few days previously he had flown into a rage and so belabored her with a piece of leather harness that she was made desperately ill. A doctor was summoned by one of the chifdren and upon examination discovered that the woman, who was in a delicate state of health, had sustained internal injuries from which she could not recover. The jury found that she came to her death from a blow inflicted by her husband and Coroner Gunn immediately arrested the mar and returned with him to Florence, where he was placed in jail. Child Badly Burned. Last Thursday afternoon Leroj Carter, the three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs A L Carter, was seyerely burned at the home of his grandparents, Mr and Mrs HA Miller. The little fellow was standing by e stove and his clothing became ignited, and in an instant they were in flames. A little brother,who was the the only one in the room with Leroy, gave the alarm. The flame was extinguished quickly,but the child was severely burned about the face and hands. We are pleased to learn that the little fellow is getting on nicely. Few of us believe in luck?unless we happen to be unlucky. ters: the people to le none but th id our prices , lardware WHY NOT NOW "Ov-Ov-OviJvOv-WvWv-Ov-OvH/v'Ov'OvOvOv'i' \T WE WILI , your Store, your Barns, Stable: lant is equipped with "new mach line consists of: Idings, Frames, Coluun ig, Railings, Mantels, E made to your order, you furnis how small the order you send is e no more than you generally pa iring & Construction Co., -Farm Lands. 1 Town Lots For Sale! to Buy, See Us to Sell, See Us section of the County that orrespondence to er, Kingstree, S. C. UNLAWFUL FISHING. , Game Warden Epps Going for Offenders. For the past few weeks our game warden, Mr Thos W Epps, with the assistance of Mr W W Dennis and ^ the chief game warden's assistance, have been making regular trips - up 3 1 and down Black river clearing the stream of unlawful fish nets and * traps. , I They report many traps destroyied. and have seized and are holding j ? i as evidence quite a number of nets that were set during the closed sea[ son, which is from the setting of the sun each Thursday to the rising _ of the sun each Monday. Mr Epps says many of these nets were stretch- 0 ed from bank to bank across the > (I river, which accounts for the lack of shad in Black river in this section. . The wardens have in their possession captured nets ranging from ten to thirty feet deep and from fifteen j to two thousand eight hundred yards long. Already a number of prosecu-1 tions and convictions have been g j made and there are a number of others still to come before the Magistrate at Georgetown, where Mr Epps spent several days this week in connection with the prosecution. It is to be hoped the work of the j game wardens in this instance will! result in much good, as it has been a common complaint among fisher- f men in this community that George' town fishermen were persistently obstructing the passage of fish up r the river. When to Take Chamberlain's Tablets When you feel dull and stupid afi ter eating. i When constipated or bilious. When you have a sick headache. When you have a sour stomach. i i When you belch after eating. * When you have indigestion. ' When nervous or despondent. When you have 110 relish for your meals. 1 When your liver is torpid. Obtainable everywhere. I y your Farm ImpL e best. 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