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Hbmwbbb?oa?? i ii ii i bbhb?KBtxamamama The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1885. Another JiOt of (jutl^'cons Victimized by a So-called Insurance Company. The newspapers brhjp: the inlet Hgeuco> ol the failure of thn ".Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent Association," in which association quite a number of our citizens have recently invested surplus cash. The President of this collapsed concern, liUe many managers of other great swindles, oflers a faint hope to those who are most immediately interested in its financial status. We reproduce President Mayfield's side of the question because it will be found extremely interesting reading to all those who have been induced to invest their earnings in an institution which was most fair to the promise, but which could be, in the nature ol things, nothing but false to the fullillment. This grand "Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent Association" nail a prcacnerai, m head. This fact, of itself, Ave think, was enough to secure the downfall of the concern Besides having a preacher-president, it seemed to provide profitable employment for a lio?t of other preachers as sub-agents. As a rule preachers are looked upon by the members of their flocks ns the embodiment of all that is wise and true in every relation of life. Besides this, they, ton greater or less extent, idolize him as their spiritual adviser. It is, we presume, for these reasons that swindlers of all classes and every degree seek the aid and countenance not only of the preachers ol the gospel, but also of the religious newspapers. Swindlers know the value of the preacher's influence, and they are perfectly aware of the fact that they can afford to pay ?nv nrlop i.n <r?">t their advertisements in the religions newspaper. . They, therefore, make it a point to "win th* favorable consideration of tlie pulpit and the religions press. Honest, confiding preachers, and the publishers of religious newspapers who sell space to whomsoever may apply, are deceived by plausible talk and fair promises ltev. Dr. Mayfield, we have no doubt, entered into the management of this great Benevolent Association in perfect good faith, and perhaps asked a divine blessins on the enterprise. As a matter of course a preacher is not supposed to know anyLhing of insurance. It is a subject which requires much study. Having devoted his life to the study of the plan of salvation as found in tlie Scriptures, his information on life insurance must have necessarily been glected. nelilindly accepting the statements of others who sought to make liiin their tool, and who wanted the magnetic i'fTect which the sanctity of his priestly robes would give to the scheme for sharing the in uocmii/s. jii iijw umiiiivi uiuvi joined tills holy gouging company, and proceeded to the work of gathering up the woney of their parishioucrs who could in many instances, ill afford to lose it. When thirty dollars were received by the agent his own family was ber.clilted to the amount of ten dollars. Then we presume the c hief preacher, the grand cyclops of the concern, got another blg'per cent., leaving perhaps enough of the original sum to advertise the splendor and excellence of this grand promising concern. We make no reflection on the sincerely of the preachers who may have been connected* with this cheat. They like other agents, no doubt were perfectly sinceie In all that they did. But they as in. divlduals were doubtless sought out because of the priestly ofllce which they held, and being unsuspecting, they were themselves de ceived. We would warn the public asalnst all exclusively secular enterprises which have at their head preachers of the gospel. Of all wieu on the luce of the earth preachers are lhe most guliuble. Being honest themselves, they do not suspect evil of others. Is it Hoodwinking: the Ta\-I'ajors? A few days ago a bill was introduced in the Legislature making a large appropriation for the Columbia canal, to which was appended a condition that the sum was to heVeplaced by the earnings of the convicts. I.ast Friday the Columbia liegi.iter in speaking of the Agricultural Department uses these words: "It is only necessary to know that the department dues not cost the tax-payers of the state a cent to relieve it entirely of an antagonism which arises from the ignorance of thistact. The whole support of the department arises from the inspection fees paid by the . manufacturers of fertilizers." We have no objection at all, to the "Agricultural Department" and we have no objection to the appropriation to the State Fajr, provided that institution ceases to be an authorized corporauon 10 license every ciass oi inunMur.' {/> sc<> there and ply their games of robbery up *>u the honest farmers of the country who arc induced to go upon the grounds. What we object to is, no matter how hones) the utterance, is what appeal's to us to be a poor effort at the concealment of a fact. The agricultural department, and every other department, is obliged U> cost somebody some thing. The State has no way of getting tlu services of anybody without cost. If the Agricultural Department costs nothing atall.il is certainly worth nothing. We believe thai it does cost, but we believe that It is wortl juueh more than it costs, and we further be lleve that department should be taken care o; by the Legislature. As for returning the money appropriated foi the canal out of future proceeds from the ser vices of the convicts: The Slate is entitled U nil the fees, or wages earned by the convicts From whence then is this money to come fron that is to replace appropriations by the Legislature? Is it not simply taking the State'! money to pay tlie loan ? Is not the proposl tion to replace the money appropriated for th< canal, out of money realized from the service! of theeonvlcts, madeonly for the sole purpos< of pulling the wool over the eyes of the mos ignorant class of citizens. Certainly anybody that has intelligence enough to read a newspa per will not be deceived by any such claptrap We Bay then, make the appropriations l'oi the canal just as any other appropriations an made. Don't Insult our common sense, bj telling us that the money will be replaced b\ taking the State's own money to pay the Stati back. Honors to Abbeville Men. Wc publish a notice this week that Mr. J AUhjeus Johnson has received an 1 m porta iv appointment in one of t-ha Departments ai Washington. The appointment was given ti him on the ground of personal merit. Abbeville is proud of so distinguished a sou. Mr. Johnson's appointment is the more remarkable In that the vacancy has beer known to the army of office-seekers since the 18th ultimo., aud that several States, mon evenly divided politically thnn South Caro lina, were there in the persons of their ac credited representatives clamoring for the place. The places in Washington not covered by the Civil Service law, which are to be dis tributed among the State;-, are comparatively few; heuce the great struggle for a vacancy in such a placa as the one Ml*. Johnson 1m* just been selected to fill. Another Abbeville man is treated with dis tinguished consideration. The notico tna ,*we published two or three weeks ago inform ^. d <mr people that Mr. W. \V. Vance, a taiA-nted young lawyer of this county, whosi lioiue is in Louisitna, was nominated i>.v tin leading paper of Bossier Parish for State Sen iitor. Mr. J. CoJin Moore is editor and pubiishei of a most excellent paper in Alabama. Abbeville men always stand well. Cheer for Johnson, Vance and Moore. Thk Register, as usnal.is making a fine rr port of the proceedings of the legislature. 1 Js fair, or appears .to be so. Anything likpartisanshlp in report# is objectionable, :iu< we believe the Hcyistcr is blameless in ihi jjurtie ular. "j r Arc Hie Momlifps of Ihe General As-j .1 sembly blasters of tlio 1'coplo ? Elsewhere in the Press and Banner wo pre-! s .sent a most interesting account of the debate j ti in the House of Represcntatives on Ihe ques- j w tion its to whether the Legislature would jd grant the people ihe right of saying whether 1b the sale of liquor should be licensed. This p 11 debate arose upon the petition of a thousand tl citizens ot Abbeville county who prayed theGeneral Assembly to submit the matter to tl j. tlicin. " j v The Legislature was not asked to consider tl the merits of the question of licensing the re- v J tailing of liquors. That body was merely ask- [si jed to give the people the right to settle thej , matter for themselves. Only this and noth-, h ing more. But it seems that a large number tl of our law-makers think they are capable ol | tl determining the important question for their j t< ( constituents. i v If tlie Legislature should persist in denying i , the people the right to a respectful hearing of, u tiieir petition, the whiskey men will neccssa- j b rily force tlie question into politics next year,, z P when the question will be nifasurcs?not men. ! If our Legislators in Columbia should con- j s , elude toallow us to settle the question anions v . ourselves the disturbing question will not ! . take a political shape, and the candidates be-1 fore the people then will scarcely be atl'ccted j by any opinions which they may hold, but if ^ we are to have a prohibition campaign on i p principle, and not men, then the men will be 11 lost sight of in the contest. ! The idea of holding np the negro as a "scare ! a crow" will not cfFect much. Recently the! strictest of the Democrats?General Hagood L( 1 ?did not disregard the negro vote on the tax I p question at Aiken. In Atlanta both the ''dry" ? and the 4,wet" side set a value on the negro's'^ , vote. j ^ The "people of Abbeville county will 1101)( doubt notice Representative McMaster's re-L quest that they attend to their own business j (l They will very likely see to it that it is their I ^ own business, and they will be pretty sure to c look alter this temperance question. From our way of looking at the action of ? the Legislature, that body has assumed much in denying the reasonable requestor our good I citizens. t; Tnc Bank. I <1 It affords ns pleasure to note that, except,-j , one thousand dollars, all of the first instal- j j nienton the subscribed stock of the National j ^ Bank hat! been paid in yesterday afternoon. L, Mr. Darn well informed us that the remaining ! j , unpaid thousand dollars would be paid thlsjn morning in time to be sent to Washington to | secure bills and the permit lo do business. It l is expected that the permit will be received j in ten days from this day, and that the print-' ^ cd bills will be received about the tenth of f January. The Bank is now an assured fact, and our _ people are anxiously waiting to see it ready i for business. Of the $25,00') which has been paid in only about half will be sent to Washington for United States bonds, The remain-1 tl der will be used in the banking business asja occasion inay require. The capital stock is [a small for the business which a county like IV this will furnish, and we arc inclined to the h opinion that the directors before long will! r have to open their books for additional oapi-! is tal. The history of all country banks since t the war is such that a bank with oflicers like , a ours, will oiler rare inducement for all per-jr J sons who desire to invest their money where ! n ' a enfe return will be realized at stated inter- I vals. "W'egiveit as onr individual'opinion ^ that ladies, preachers, or other men who are : not in the active struggles and pursuits of lite, will llnd the stock of .the National Hank | at Abbeville most desirable. It will be a safe! investment, which wflt yield a certain income j that will be paid according (o promise. The : interest on money loaned to the average debt or Is often not collected without trouble or i vexatious delays. Avoid these troubles by! r investing in bank stock. If the bank ofiicers i ^ will not sell additional stock, then negotiate j for stock already in the market. j ( One of the chief advantages which our peo.-; pie in the village and in the county, will de- (] rive from the bank is the sale place of deposit j for money and other valuables which it! oilers to the people free of chaige. :, 7Ic?i?rial to *Uc sire. i t To the Honorable the Senate and JIon.sc of Rep- j rcscntutives of the Slate of South Carolina: I ^ The petition of the undersigned, citizens of tiir> urnticK (if Kill;p(ii?ltl mnl AbliovillR ro-: ^ sped fully represents: . if That in view of tlie inconvenience, to sayjs nothing of the expense, to which a large ina-j ! jority of the citizens, embraced within the x limits of the boundaries given below, is sub-1 si jeeted in reaching the present county sites, ; induces them to pray your Honorable bodies . to establish a new county to be made up of'1 the territory embraced within the said! boundaries, from Kdgefield and Abbeville' I counties, which include an are a requisite for i i the establishment of a county under existing ; laws. ! : And yonr petitioners furthey pray that the 11 county site of said county tie established at i . the town of McCormick on the Augusta and Knoxviile and Savannah Valley Railroads ; | since the t'ourt House and Jail will be erected ' at that place without expense to the luhubi- : | tants of said new county. nOUNDAJUES. If Beginning at. the mouth of Big Steven'sL creek, up channel of said creek to mouth oil' Cheve's creek ; thence by a air line to a bridge I below (iilgal church on Turkey* creek ; thence ' up "Five Notch Itoad'" to Trapps Mill; thence by an air line to Meseley's Kerry on Savan- > : nab river; theuce down said river to the be-,; t ginning." j The above is a copy of a memorial to the ! Legl >lnture which, in a few days will he sub-I *| mitted to the peopie interested for their signa- 1 fj tines. It i.s hoped Unit they will rally in ! j in ass to the support of the project ami thai; . ' tlie Legislature will have it before them at a :1 r | very early day. Prompt action is required.?I -; McCormick. A ( twice. > Of course no such county as McCormick | .' wi'l be granted by the Legislature at its pres-1 i lent sitting. Lowndesville, Ninety-Six, and s j Honca Path, have equal claims to a Court : 'House. If one is granted, why not grant alt 1 and wipe out Abbeville Court House. As we j have said before. Troy is more centrally lo-!,, cated than McCormick. It would be the pro-1 c per place to put the Court House, if a now one ( is lo belmilt. Let the I5ench alone, save where it can he 1 clearly shown thai the incumbent is incom-ja pctentor under undue control of any outside j j influence. For Heaven's sake let us have one j department where groveling ambitions and' ! mean rivalries may not enter. We have loo ' Ions been accustomed in South Carolina toll j hold the Pencil sacred to consent now to make i I - It depend upon a political swap by which it is air red that one man should take to-day and | anot her to-morrow.?Columbia llcymtcr. J On the seme principle, suppose we keep the Governor and other State oflicors in oflice for j . life or during good behavior. We see no force t : whatever in the blind superstition that would I force us to re-elect an old ollicer when there. > was a more acceptable or a more cflicient can didate for the position. There is a deal of cr-1 rorand inconsistency In calling for a "new deal" for all the offices, except that of Judge.! i | Mic ornce oi juugu is ;i iriosi important* onet: ' and the soouo r we get rid of uny notion of } j organizing a system of aristocracy in South - Carolina, the better it will be for us. I ??j ' Hormoiiisiii or Divoroo. The Mormon missionaries who have boon t prospecting in Greenville county grew bold | enough to preach within eight miles of the, . j city one day last week. The fact that the' j more ignorant and uncultured classes afford 1 ! maU-riai lor them to work upon is^all tliej j stronger reason that the people should rise up : 1 Jam! drive?them from the country.?Aiulc/sun ' | Jour no I. I And what would you do with the Intelli. I sent, portion of the community that would'.". % | enact a divorce law? As between divorce * ~ 1 and polygamy there can be no question sis to J which is the greater evil. The Mormon al. . ways takes care of all his wives, while the \ r j divorce law is to authorize the husband to I send all former wives adrift, lie is required i s' to support, care for, and protect only the last ( conquest. i, ji 'f'lie Daily Record. is t This paper, an evening journal in Columbia, a | has been enlarged to a seven-column paper.'.I .1 It is an excellent paper, and we areglndto)' s note the evidence, of its great prosperity. I \ ,May it continue to grow and prosper. 1 l1>Ic Sh'lVntlcr of the People's Rlfflils. Mr. Parker's earnestness unci steal in prcenting the Prohibition bill in the Legislate must be truly gratifying to every citizen ho is ir.tcrested in the movement. lie lms j * one his full duty in the etlort to keep prolilitlon out of politics, and it is hoped theantirohibitionists may not force an issue which j j licy themselves so much deplore. Mr. Parker's bill which was rc-commltted to lie Judiciary committee has been again fa- J orably reported upon, and it is quite likely lust tlio l)ill will be definitely disposed of one ,'ay or the other before the end of the sev. 1 Ion. n If ."Mr. Fork or is defeated in his effort in lie- 3 alf of the people, they will take charge of l lie matter next Summer themselves, when * lie majority of tlie voters will elect delegates |, 3 the Legislature representing their peculiar j c I ews on tli i s q ucstion. It occurs to us that it is a high handed meas- j ( re for any Legislature to refuse the reason a- 1 lc request of one thousand of the best citi- ? ens of Abbeville or any other county. \ Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Bradley and Mr. Blake upportcd Mr. Parker's bill bywords and by {, otes. The )Io'uilc Monitor. Mr. J.Colin Moore, formerly of this town. ut now of Mobile, Ala., has commenced the ublieation of a new paper in that city called r lie Mobile Monitor. As a specimen of print-j| r's art it is a beauty, and its general make-up nd appeal an co is all that the most fastidious ould desire. Abbevill men always rise to the r>p when they go abroad, and we note the { rosperity and sucross of Mr. Moore with s reat pleasure. Since he has been in Mobile, i Ir. Moore has married a most excellent lady, 'o be tlie husband of a lovely young lady, and ^ i> be editor of a splendid newspaper atone I nd the same time is plory enough for any ne man on (his terrestrial ball. The rule of r ingdoms ai^d empires arc as trifles when l om pared. J ?T?? j "he Chinaman's 31 islnlten Xotion |1 about Dtiucin^. The necessity for raising money to Chris- K linizc the Chinese will be better appreciated j ,'hcn it is remembered tiiat they set down i lancing as a branch or tnc dramatic ar," 'hey cannot understand how fashionable i; Europeans and Americans dance themselves | < ustead of hiring professionals. The well ofl i J 'hinaman always hires a poor ncighLbor toj'i o his dancing. If all the Chinese cotild l>e!< lade believe that dancing is a pleasure, in"j( lead of a labor, a great stride in the direction :. f civilization would be made, even if it did j I nock a poor neighbor out of a job. The hinese miss a great deal by not joining in , lie german. I ? 'he Elbcrton, Abbeville and Green- t w ood Ibiilroad. t The legislature has enacLcd the charter of I liisroad, and we learn that the people all [ long the line from Chester to Greenwood are 1 live to the importance of the road. Mr. L. I V. ren in Is in receipt of a letter f/oin a mon- j ?d firm which proposes to iron and equip the j. nad from one end to the other as soon as it' 1 < graded. Mr. I'errln and Mr. Parker seem |! o be greatly encouraged and tlieir enthusi-ir sin on the subject inspires hope that the > -. . .... l oad may yet be a. reality, it is curiam iy a ( nuch needed road. ( ^ 0 } Yhat In the Mutter niih the Mails? As n matter of curiosity, we would like to mow: Why the Augusta, Evening Xeics sometimes | omes to Abbeville in the morning; ! Why letters from Ninety-Six sometimes ome to u* next morning after being mailed m the evening before; Why t lie A ssocintc ll'fnnncil Presbyter'urn, irintcd at Due West, came to us last Thurslay evening, instead of Thursday morning; Why a letter reached us next morning after icing mailed at Columbia. , Why the Xcuberru Observer come last week , m Friday morning instead of on Thursday veuing. |. ?*> Somk of our brethren of tlie press seem to | >e wonderfully wrought nj? as to the possibili- J, ies that might result to the American people | n case of the death of President Cleveland. |: tliililr 11 in V/'l>Me ynolfP f*f?rI'f'J't 1 V ! , " * * ' vlicn it said that it would tnako but little diference to the country if the'capital was to ' ink, earrj invc with it the entire cabinet. The , welfare of this country does not depend upon ] my sinplo man. There are ten thousand men ; n the United States either of whom would nake a good President. < Eiicoiirn^in^. We see it stilted Hint If immediate apprnprl-1 itions are not made for the canal that there J s great probability of the work, that h:is ai- ' eady been done, being washed away. I'.y all i means, iet our I.egislators withhold the ap- i ?roprialion. As long as there is any hope of , laving the canal wiped from the lace of t lie \ artli let the Legislature withhold the appro-! >riatiou. l?j r? /?1r1 /.Aimfv l*nf Ulrn n If ?l liii-l I.In W,v? ? ......... , ..... ..... .. rood many others, she lias her drawbacks. |1 A'hat she needs now to bring her straight j; igain is some good live rope-stretching.? I 'Jariiwcll tientincl. 1 Jones is a Georgian, who doesn't seem to I, tavc many friends. Suppose Kdgetleld utilize ! tim as an example to defer "poor trash'' from lecds of violence. Tlic ' ICepristor." We have recently heard some of ourcitizens j peak some very pleasant words of the ltcytx j! cr. Ttik law card of Messrs. Graydon it Gray-1 Ion api^ars in the 1'rr.ss ami Jlamn'r. These i tentlcmcn are able lawyers, indefaiible works's, and never tire in the interests of their! rlients. . Alt, of the Circuit Judges whose terms are o expire before the next sitting of the Gondii Assembly Were re-elected last Friday. The liar rooms Must Go. The movement against the whisky power is j iot a frenzy of a day; it is not a moral spasm, j t is u religious movement-, and it has in in lie > inerfi.v and conquering iorec of the Christian I eiigion. For nearly two thousand years! 'hristlanity ha* crushed what would not be ighteil. And it must he so until the end of lie world. This movement docs not depend [i ipon local committers; upon certain tempoary organizations; upon the notions of any < set. of men here or there. Jts heart is the ! icart of the < hurch ; its power tlie conscience . I if the church. The Church is not the enemy of the whisky nen?though some well-meaning men arc exreiling hitter against them. This is not the ncthod or spirit of Christ; lie denounced ;in, not? en. lint the Church Is the enemy >f the whisky power. The ('hurch will never ' ay down its weapon ; it will never so much I is agree to a truce. The Church that censes to jpposc the whisky power ceases to he a 'hurch ; l,it has fallen from Christ."' The whisky power will never ha.le another \ lay's peace in this world ; it will be fought, in ' j very community of every nation till it is;. >ut down. It may hold on a long lime, bbt in ji lie "long run"'it must goas everything else|; mist go that antagonizes Christ and His law j; >f love. 11 Arrict's (J. IIayoood. ; j Oxford, Cla? Nov. 22, l;>S-">. mM -? 5 < fata! Aeeadenl on (lie Columbia and 1 Greenville ICo:t(l. ; j Columbi'i Jtcf/ister. 11 A thoughtful correspondent at IJookman's! J sends I lit* information that yesterday, as a ' :pocial train on the Columbia and Crcenville- I Joad was passing a trcstlc near the ten mile < ><>>!, a man was discovered on the trestle I (head of train. Every etl'ort was made j y t he engineer to stop, b;j| the train was go-i' ng at a. high rale nl speed, and although the 1 ever was reversed and brakes put on, (lie tin brtuna!e man was stniek und both his legs ' rushed iieiow the Icnees. He was brought to J he city on the down fruit;lit, which arrived 1 ihoul live o'clock, and .died siiortly atter lie ' cached the Charlottedepot. It was ascer- ' ained that his .name was William Harnett, 1 uid that lie was a man abont "Jo or :;o years of ' ige, but no oilier facts could lie obtained. Last night at'J P. .M., Coroner Civil and a}? n ry viewed the body at tho Charlotte depot,, >nl owing to the absence of the engineer audi it her witnesses wiio were upon the road, tliej' n?iuest was postponed until to-day, wLen tlic: witnesses cau be obtained. ' J A BIG BREAK. , i LN INSURANCE COMPANY IN FINANCIAL^' TROUBLE. |? f a Koi'oivor is Appointed ami noji CliiiiiK ore Considered Preferred \ i I I <Ue Creditors will ?Ct One Cent 011 ' the Dollar. Greenville Xcivx. < The Mutual Self Endowment and TJenevoent Association of America established lieaduarters of its Atlantic department In this itv more than a year ajjo. The Rev. VV. D'jj Tayfield, who is u Baptist minister and a mi- {j ive of Laurens county bnt. who has been re- \ Iding in the west tor a number of years, is . he president of the Atlantic division and . ias pushed t lir? business energetically and sue- i osstully. The work of the post office here nis increased by his company and many utndredsof dollars have conic tolihn through he post office every month 2,>"17 policies have een Issued for the Atlantic department, inludiiisj South and North Carolina and (Jeoria. i:>> policies have been issued in Grceniile city. The company worked on the usual mutual dan of assessments to meet death claims and xpenscs with theadditional feature of lendts surplus cash to policy holders who have < ><?en members for a certain time, the policies ; HilniT tliAcn/Mirilv fnr thnsft Innns. As U11 Ol' iintzaiion paying something before death j nd not requiring its patrons to "die to win" ] t possesses ninny attractions. The policy holders here and elsewhere were , iiuch alarmed and disturbed on yesterday by j he pui>1 lent ion of the following in the Atlan- ] a Constitution of Sunday: Fokt "Woimr. Texas, December 5. 1 "The Mutual Self Endowment and IJenevo- ! cut Association of America, with headijuar- j ers in this city, and division officers at Green- I illo, S. anil .San Francisco, Oil., has sns- | >endcd payment. Three garnishments have >een issuea here by members of tiie assocla- ' 'on, one for the recovery of the amount of J lues and assessments paid, and the other two '< or I lie collection of mature coupons. No one las been made wealthy by the failure, but Kindreds of poor people have been made >oorer. Julian Field, post-master here, is )resident of the association. The orsranizaion lias colleclcd over $1,090,000 and now lias 14,000 on hand. A loss of confidence on the iart of members caused the stoppage of payncnt of assessments, and this, in turn, caused 1 t\%\ Adiinnnc '' Lie l>l |?l J uiuii b UN A representative of Tick News called at the iffice of the association in the Manidin buildup over Walter's drug store. John 1). Mayleld, the secretary, was found behind the desk ending a circular to a gentleman from Geor;ia who had called in to ask an explanation >f tlie Constitution's publication. While The S'kws ivpresentative was there J. It Gossett. >f the Easley Messenger, appeared in behalf >f six ol the eight policy holders at Easley to ice "what the publication meant." The reply :o all the enquiries was much the same, the mquirers beinsr referred to t.hc following cir;uiarjust prepared tor publication : (.'all for iv convention of the Atlantic Mutud Self Endowment and Benevolent Associaion of America: To club managers! A'failure on the part of he home orDee to make the proper number of issessments in the early history of the order, jlaced said liome office under the necessity of naking special assessments on the divisions o meet its c alms. The divisions all refused ,o make these assessments. The Kansas di ision first withdrew, refusing to make a louble assessment. The Pacific division reused to collect the special assessment. This eft the whole burden of creating a special und on the Atlantic division ; we deemed it jcsi to collect the assessment, but alter maure deliberation thought it unwise to send it o home otiice. Soon Nov. 27 we withdrew rorn the national office and declared ourlelvcsabsolutely independent. A telegram inblished on yesterday announces the suspension of payment at home office. our withdrawal, together with this telegram, whether false or true, makes it best, as t seems to us, to call a convention of our nembers at Greenville, S. C., in ihc Manldin : dock, at 10o'clock a. m., Dee. 15. A finance! jonnnitteo would have met on ljist of month | o examine our books and vouchers. The con /nition will now taltc its place. Each club manager will therefore cull together his elub on Saturday Dee. 12 and the neuibers will eleel a delegate to the convention. The club will in its own way urovide 'or expense of delegate. Our division is strong and amply able to meet its claims It has cash in the treasury | to meet its matured obligations. There is no, jceasion for alarm. As the convention will be a so verign body I he clubs had better pass resolutions to abide liy its actions and decisions. Every club is urgeu to senu a ui'iui'.iiii.*, jnui <in int-munr. who desire to attend are invited to be present. Very truly, W. D. M.wriFct.n, Pres. Mr. Msiyfield also furnished the following telegram sent out to 111c* Association press on Sunday evening: "Tim Mu!mil Self Endowment and Her.evolent Assoeialion of America is not a failure. Die following interview was had to-day with \V. 1). Maytield, president of the Atlantic MuI mil Self Endowment and Ileuevoient Association of America, in reference to your tclerram from Fort Worth. "The associated dispatch yesterday from ' Kort Worth Is misleading. The above associa-1 tion was formerly composed of four divisions, i ind several departments. The divisions all work under separate charters, and each is entirely independent, the Atlantic division, office at (Jreenville, S. (?.. being the last to witli-i Iraw. The Texas division lailed to make proper number of assessments in the early history of the order. A special assessment was levied on other divisions to meet this deficit, which, after consultation, the divisions refused to pay to the National secretary, hence the trouble at the National ottlee. The Kansas, Pacific.and Atlantic Mutual Self Kdowment Associations are all strong and mighty corporations amply able to meet all their claims.! The Atlantic carries about eighteen millions insurance, and lias in cash and surplus fund, loaned, thirty-five thousand dollars. A convention of its members will be held January 5th, and the Atlantic will hold on its tiiiimpliant career." Mr, Maytield said It was decided after the idiove was sent, to have the convention calletl For an earlier date than January Jith, and tor that reason the 15th of December had been substituted. He showed his check book and a letter of ueknowleduement proving that yesterday j morning the last approved death claim i :ii:ain-t the Atlantic division had been pa hi. It was for W.'U to Mrs. JO. J. Harnett and had been paid to her husband. The only other claim of which notice had been received was that of jt deceased poliey holder in Georgia ii mount Inf.' to Si,oik). Mr. May/ield says the association has now in hank here ?'!,100, ?1,7J0 of which belongs to the endowment land, the remainder belong-) ing to the death fund. The remainder of the; Sio.OOO constituting the assets of the assoela-j tion is out in loans to policy holders and ae- j cured by their policies. The association has been doing airemen-] ilons business here, having written SOtiO.UCO of Insurance last month. Mr. Maytlcld is confident that ho will be able to go on. lie anticipates tronhie in the nunr future from the natural distrust amone policy holders caused by the publication of the disasters at the national ottice. and expects to have much of his work to do over again, lie believes, however, that cnouizh holders will retain their confidence in I lie association to enable it to go on :md tide over the crisis. * Ti?t? YTI \TArn A C?TtrT"M,T\T 17 21 WALUA, XI 11 ux ii onxiiJ^JLULii j i'he Vttpr Failure of (he Mutual Self-: Endoivnicnt and lienevolent |Asso? elation. Four Wourir, Tkvas, December 7.?The failure of the Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent Association of Anicrica is complete. If a receiver is appointed and no claims arc considered preferred the creditors will net one cent on the dollar. If death | [ laims should he considered preferred claims I lie legatees will receive twenty-live cents on the dollar. WILLING TO COMPARE CHARACTER. I'lte Prohibitionists Willing to Submit to the Will ol'the Majority. [. 1 ndcrson InteUif/cnccr.1 We understand that an anti-prohibition petition is in circulation in this ci unty opposing tlie passage of a hill leaving the matter toj \ vote of the citizens of ttic county. We: thought the advocates of license would not. like to have an election. They claim to have I i majority in tlie county, and .vet they arc j .lesperateiy opposed to leaving the matter to j i vote. This is decidedly safest for them. I Die prohibitionists are willing to leave the. [jUCSllon 10 a V()ie* ll we nave lilt; IIIHJUI Iij ive want Hit' law, aiul if Hie license men have | tlie majority we. are willing for them to have I it, but we do want, and we believe the majority of our people dciuan.l, the right to vote on Ibis subject. We would eall oil our delegates in (lie (Scnoral Assembly to coir pare the two petitions tiiat will be sent them, and ascertain exactly how many men they know on each j l>etition, and judge" from the character of the I wo petitions as to what is right to do. We know that some most excellent eilizens advo-l wite license, but we believe their number is small, while we think the bulk of our more intelligent and iulluentlal citizens, mid a ma-! iority of all tin- voters of the county, favor' prohibition. We are glad the license men are, jetting up a petition, as it will show, when! arelully examined, the true condition of things here. If we can get copies of both lie-j litionswe will publish them, if we can find space to do so, in order that our readers may j see exactly how the contest, stands. I Linen paper anU^nvclopes In Luxes at Law-j son's. Don't fail when you come to town to visitl [Iill, the picture man. Xot nt All. Columbia Register. Our contemporary, the Press and Banner, s mistaken in supposing or taking it for minted, that the Ue(/isler has any lot in 'making fun" of the Reformers. "Three for i quarter" did not emanate Irotn the Jlcf/Ulcr. , We treated the movement with respect and ' ive see 110 reason to do otherwise. Let tlie Pi'cas and Banner rest assured that the members of the caucus themselves fully recognized the fact that the lieyixler treated them like gentlemen, independent freemen and citizens to the manner born. We wrote in a pleasant, airy manner but we meant to be _*nureiy respoeuu.. Quite a number of white nnd colored emigrants boarded the train at this place on Tuesday en route to A.rk., all from Laurens count}'. < Some of the colored party after having their 1 baggnge checked reconfiderod the matter and 1 teturned to their homes, where, we have no doubt, a brighter future awaits them than Ar- i kansas can oiler.? Greenwood Light. ?????O?> 1886. Harpsr's Magazine. ILLUSTRATED. 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