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J. S. STARK, Presiden a ! .Buggie Just received a c famous Hackney ] good as some otliei ly the host. Eve people who know t est and best equ] the United States them, they speak 1 The Si ::: :>:1:: :i: i: * iiir-r1 ::';:^T^^S^.3j||B | > -. .:.: jBB HS^ElS , ' JB HrBjlliy^rsw^v-jaMMHByH^ : .JMH Dir. Hugh Wi Mr. Wilson was connected with the until 1909. during that time he was the a tive years, and has probably done more mercial interest, and the up-building of A ty than any other one person. I CStclt Abbeville-Greenwood ! and ! how Mutua! Insurance j now : poor * Association! uiat j knov It we were to try in this article j the . to cover the ground of insurance j Insui since the first man had the brilliant' and t idea of thus insuring his fellow man j suraT in all lines we would have our' has f hands full with statistics, but suf- Abbt fice it to say that all agree on the socia one important and tundamental instit question of this snbject?namely turec its value to men, relative to the ^ grow amount which he has to expend on since his policies. The insuraece policy is more than a guarantee of pay- r?? > ment for loss, it is more than a surety against ruin and failure; it [?|j3 is more than a safeguard for the fiifiiro nr?/4 of ViAmo* iutui v auu iii^ iu > cu uixvo av, uuiu\.i % Z$i it is more than all of this, we say, Njj? for it is the ground, basic and fun- $||| damental principal of all progress, fjgi that the worries of business life |||| must be lightened and. in every |8B way lessened, if a man is going to be able to pay the pries which f||| success has set on her attainment. |fl| It is this which appeals most to us, ffesj the calmness with which an in- j%f?g sured man can go home feeling SlSj that his business is safe; and can jagg rest well on the nights when other wise his brain would keep turning * to his work. This leaves him fresh to rise in the morning ready to make a larger business career >'ear? for himself and to have more goods $2>0< to insure. \Ve think we have made envi? it clear that gain in commercial nanc lines, and growth in industrial ways t^ie ^ has been much fostered and bred ^ew by the insurance companies. In at he life insurance this has' also been Tl: true, and the wife and children are storr now left in good circumstances in inS t nine cases out of ten, whereas be- b"* fore this beneficial institution was are ^ - , ' xht ru ATvrir iv I I ?T t JL Xliii 1 JLX X' Q ? m kw$0k'* :ar load of the 3uggies. Not as 9gB % but absolute- I^SSS ry one made by 'mm8 iow?in the oldipped factory in m9H . Call and see for themselves. ' " tark Ve K"ext <3Lo< ^ oent, J. R. Bla * ^ ,+ iJPii Secretary and ^r- Blake *s + * ] for the South* surance Conip; his jurisdiction beville, Green) Newberry cou -'' >fef{ lina. In addi . the accident i commendable / ; ] accident featur . I idends and loar : itself strongly tection. Mr. ! < MP most enterpris rited citizens a !". " "'" '"' -'*< 111 hed, and taker h , v a'l worthy mo\ uf */+ * w'?7 t*JBa in anyway for , YT , +* the town-and < is interested. Jr' ^t, "*k(\ W-^B cncy ?* 'he ( r~\ *;&< ** > organized -he ,;7$+*"li subsequently < ig&lr'' * bevilltj Ware over half of th has always bee I,son. in politics ot Press and Banner from 1859 held position c ble editor for thirty consecu- for twelve yea. for the industrial and com- for four years ibbeville and Abbeville Coun- ident of Abbev tual Associate Attorney Gent >lished they often knew want South Carolina poverty. This is shown by few children and women are _ left desolate, and how the aillll house has dwindled in its pop- . v r Among the r on. We merely wish to ac- that have bcei ,'ledge the great position which development s< Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual late years, and ranee Association of Abbeville ways given a g i r> 1 p y 'c t when it came :he Southern Staies Life In- ^ , , . tended to give ice Company of Atlanta, Ga., commensurate illed in their years here. The and acquired :ville-Greenwood Mutual As- by this city, .tion is a distinctively home known name u j 1 thought of in! :ution, born, nursed and ma- 0 01 . . . Farmers Bant 1 here, a institution that has subject of thi n from a small beginning located in the 1 it was established eighteen section of the c been in operz twenty years ai known and has the most active I;this communii have made sue ^ ^ ;SSrS.' pository, and ~is-being condu* (thing in the ba H pains are spa services of the acter to their trons. The bank ha of $75,000,00. dived profits deposits to th< 673,82. Their pays 4 percer Mr. J. R. Blake paid quarterly , ... that there wou 5 ago and now has m force pQstal Saving do,000.00; a phenominal and banking instit ible record. None of the fi- excellent safel is of this company go to swell accommodatioi >anking capital of Eastern or ^he Farmers . ? ... , . . ... bavings depar England banks; it is all kept indepcndant c >me. all outside infh lis company writes fire, wind- tions to the pu ns, cyclone, tornadoes, light- s?l'-ly by its >olicies and pay losses prompt- ^!^Ct,frs are.r r . r with the requir The officers of the company ple than those Messrs J. Fraser Lyon, Presi- Their mottc fICKLES, Vice-Pre-iident Hackney hide C >r to Stark.' ke, General Agent, Treasurer. | 3 ten crpnAra 1 affpnt I - v -:..' -o ,* ' / irn States Life In- wfeiifii tny of Atlanta, Ga., ifJBpjB extending over Ab- SEKSi vood, Laurens and viWWl nties, South Caro- % tion to life policies ~v features are very to the public. Its -""'iSwi es, guaranteed divi features commends - pgs to those wishing pro- "*w'':iagS lilake is one of our - issg; ing and public spind has been identitf *vvtS i a lively interest in eW. rements that tended; the ultimate good of :ounty in which he During his Presid"ounty Alliance, he( ?'&$*$ Farmers Bank and! established the Ab- # house, subscribing- ^r1* s Capita] stock. He V. . n deeply interested <,./ his county; having if County Treasurer s and State Senator g8jg--y Mr. Lyon, the Presille-Greenwood Muon; is the present ;ral of the State of L. , and an equal chan iness house in th< am Ran If tiality or prejudic< CI5 DdlllV the institution in nonetary institutions Peol - : The directorate cc i pruiiimtxj i in nit | een in this city of lowing well kn> one which has al- Messrs F. E. H ood account of itself I Speed, G. A. V to movements that! Haddon, W. B. IV us an advancement Gambrell, W. P. with the natural Clinkscales and advantages enjoyed The officers and i there is no better have always or more highly among our most stitution than the gentlemen and cai i of Abbeville, the ^eir best for t s sketch, which is the town and o 1?' thev are so much tieart 01 me Dusmess ?^ :ity. This bank has ition for the past a q Turner rid its name is well Va Vi 11111161] been identified with __ ; business circles of MCI :y. The men who h a bank a possibil- la our thriving i Dr. F. E. Harrison leader in the gem B. Spe:ed, Vice chandise is Mr. S. ' Barnwell, Cashier- o{ our best kn?)w| , Assistant Cashier. , Bank of Abbeville and a c,tlzen of v iunty and City de- munity is justly p: the business which ner's establishme -ted includes every- Trinity Street, nking lines and no ises d d red to "make their . . ? most valuable char- dress goods, sho< j??:*? r-ir\ children, readv ucpusnuid duu ^a- # * line of W. J. and s a paid up capital embroideries and Surplus and Nu- Mr Tumer ha, of #16,000,00, and . , ; amount of $143,- in mercantile savings department tier of years, ar it compounded and familiar with all and we dare say is a native of tl Id be no need for -i? i:r? r , early in lite entere Banks if all of the ... . utions offered such in capacit :y and convienient strict attention to as to the public as rapidly and a few Bank does in its ed his present tment. This is an During his husine; orporation, free of . . . jence, and its rela- shown himself a " blic being governed es^ integrity, and ificers and Board of esteem and resj -1- - 1 X u I . , . Tr nucn cioscr in iuuuhi Know mm. ne i ements of the peo- active interest in of the average bank. tjie cjty's intere i is fairness to all ; J, P. KERR, Se< I.? Buggy f< robes, V\ Old Hickory i are too w !o. abbey: g Stables. v.. ' , . - /' ;- ??: . riMBSMi * a^fri^mw. ? ce for each bus- " any of its deal- . )le of Abbeville. i|g mprises the fol- MS arrison, P. B. wL isanska, R. M. $ iirectors of this ".) been numbered "'* Dublic spirited I ~&<jg8a&iiq 3 be relied on to the development ountry in which interested. ffiffiBB 9SHSRI rchandise '?? city a recognized eral line of merS. Turner, one flj|SOn The Furnitl a business men vhich the com- Mflll roud. Mr. Tur:nt is located on Furniture has been one The line com- keynotes of civilization, since s and notions, immemorial when a nation es for ladies and to get civilized the cooki made waists, a their foods and the furnish R. & G. corsets, their huts or homes have bee laces. fundamental corner ston i been engaged which they have hung their line for a num- greatness, so it is not am id is thoroughly say something of the fur its details. He houses which we have in thi: lis section, and and which are among the t id the mercantile be found in cities this size, y of a clerk. By will make special mention business he rose above company, who is years ago open- known as "Wilson the Fur establishment. Man." ' This house has be< 5S career he has cated here since November lan of the high- and is being operated and m now enjoys the I ed by Mr. C. B. Wilson \v Dect of all who j the active member of the firn ilways takes anj The stock comprises parloi the promotion bed-room suites, dining-rooi sts. j kitchen iurmture, desks, coi sretary and Treasurer * 0 J~~V??4 e Baggies of all graded e yon a good grade Top >r $45.00. Harness, Lap* rhips, etc., always on hancU and Hackney Wagons ell known to need introduction rr.T.Tn s r* . C. B. Wilson t g kitchen cabinets, refrigeratOrSj ire I stoves and ranges, matting9, art squares, rugs, pictures, and in fact everything tnat is manufac- . tured in the way of household . .. goods. They also handle a ime time ? , . j , of beautiful trunks, suit-cases ana ? n 0? bags. The company- sells either , ^ for cash or on terms to suit the n^the conven'ence customers, and controls an exceptionally large^ future trade' Mr* R' C* Wilson the iss to sen*or member of the firm is man? ager of the Farmers Warehouse, mture " _ _ . . . Mr. C. B. Wilson is one of our ~"J most enterprising young Dusiucaa ___ men and has spent the greater We j ^ part of his life in Abbeville, where ^ he was born and reared, he has been connected with some of the ^ best business firms in the city. On June the first, this firm gives I9?9 away a beautiful kitchen cabinet ^naf to the lucky winner. 11U 13 ? i. It is not the place, nor the conr and dition, but the mind alone that n and can make anyone happy or miser-* iches, able.