STATE CARRIES 11
MUCH INSURANCE
Miller Tells of Work of Sinking Fund [
Commission?Insurance in Ef- c
feet Close of Last Year
Over Nine Million
Dollars. j
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M. J. Miller, secretary of the sink- t
ing fund commission, which commis- 0
sion has charge of state insurance of I J
public property in South Carolina, is' c
sending to all policy holders a book-'r
let in which is set forth the work of g
the commission together with perti- e
nent comments relative to the cele1
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Pra 01 r ire rrevenuuu i/a;, unu-i -c,
ber 9. 11
Through the sinking fund commis-j c
sion, the state carries all of the insur-j n
ance on all public builidrigs in the j &
state. According to the booklet being t
sent out by Mr. Mil^r, the aomunt of f
insurance in effect December 31, 1919 v
was $9,811,639 which wa? apportion- h
ed as follows:
County property, $1,481,783; state ^
property, $3,704,809; public schools, n
$4,625,047. Total, $9,811,639. , P
At Reasonable Rates. t
After giving a br'ef account of the 1
legation enacted ov which the sink- 0
ing fund commission took charge of J
the insurance of public buildings, Mr, fi
Miller says:.
"This insurance is being carried at 2
approximately tariff rates, or the same "
rates "that are being employed by reliable
stock insurance codpanies. Our A
rates are in no case in excess of the
tariff rates and in most instances are
less than tariff rates. For instance,
the rate employed by this commission *
rm a rural school building of frame S
w f t
construction with shingle roof is 1.50 *
as against a tariff rate of 1.90. e
"The business of state insurance of 1
public property proved extremely b
profitable from its inception. The net r
profits after deducting all losses and
expenses have averaged slightly more g
than 90 per cent. This means that ap- a
proximatelf 90 cents out of?every dol- r
lar paid over the sinking fund com-jV
mission as premiums on insurance, h
policies issued has actually been sav-j o
ed for the assured and placed to their 1
credit in our insurance sinking fund p
for the eventual purpose of providing g
free insurance for the property in-j
?ured. v
Met Opposition. ?
,'As was to be expected the scheme t
has met with opposition from various f
sources. The insurance companies and,' t!
insurance agents naturally opposed it | in
the beginning, but it is our belief | a
that they have recognized the right a
of the organized state government to si
insure its own property in any manner
it sees fit, which will result in 1
permanent benefit to all the people, c
Since the law was amended so as to1 1
require the insurance of all public'
school buildingst o be carried by this't
commission, considerable opposition's
has developed which we believe to be' e
largely instigated by the officials of is
certain farmers' mutual insurance'n
companies operating in this state. s
"We have no word of criticism for o
these mutual organizations, but it is ii
submitted that the state insurance of c
public property as at present being e
conducted by the sinking fund com- b
mission is the very essence of mu- v
tualization and if allowed to continue e
without being hampered by any class t;
of public property being exempted 1
from the provisions of the existing i;
law, will shortly reach the limit of b
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SOUTHERN RAII
ANNOUI
Reduced Rounc
?TO
GREENWOOD, SO
AGGOl
PIEDMONT FAIR
OCTOBER 20Southcrn
Railway will
tickets from Seneca, Greer
Anderson, and intermedial
and return October 19th to
trains scheduled to arrive G
o'clock noon October 22nd.
ing so as to reach original s
lore midnight of October 2
R. C. G
District Passe
Spartar
"OUR ARE PROMINENTLY [
MENTIONED FOR BISHOPj
Columbia, Oct. 9.?At least fouri
>rominent rectors .of the Episcopal
hurch are being mentioned as possi>le
nominees for the new office of
?ishop to be created by the council of
he Episcopal church in South Caroina
at its meeting in Columbia next
ruesday. The four who are receiving
he most consideration at the hands
>f the Episcopalians are, Dr. K. G.
^inlayof Columbia, rector of Trinity
hurch; Rev. Albert Thomas of Cheaw,
Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton of
Spartanburg, and Rev. Tracey Walk-j
r of York.
There is no nominating committee j
nd no caucus beforehand regarding!
he candidates for bishop in the Epis-;
opal church. The council elects from'
iominations presented individually' I
nd spontaneously. The members of j
he church, however, are giving cart-!
ul consideration to leading ministers, j
rith a view to nominations. The new i
ishop will be Bishop Coadjutor.
In addition to the election of the
ishop coadjutor, the council which
leets in Columbia next Tuesday will! (
irobably give consideration, it is said t
o the report of a committee hand- t
ing the matter of dividing the state 1
f South Carolina into two councils. .
lowever, this will not be acted on (
inally, it is stated. |
Ta. 4-Uav?A will Kn okollf I I
it lb bLclLCU tiiat laidc nui WW uuvmv
50 churchmen to attend the meeting
n Columbia.
MONARCHISTS AND
DEMOCRATS PLAN
AGAINST RUSSIA
Berlin, Oct. 7.?A union between
he Monarchists and the Democratic
roups "outside of Russia against the
Leds in a fair way of being effectd
on the basis that if Lenine and
'rotzky are overthrown, Russia will
e reconstructed into a federated
epublic of several large states.
At a secret meeting of these
roups in Vienna this week, a gener1
program was mapped out for the
econquest of Russia. The leaders
nth whom I talked expressed the
ope that winter would prove victor
ver the "Communist Napoleon"
* * 1 ' "? i T? _ i
I'OtzKy, as u nas Deen over duiuiarte,
but they were riot * over sanuine.
They declared that if the Bolsheists
made peace with Holland and
Ingland, enabling them to get food
hey would throw all their military :
orces against Baron Wrangel and
heir plans would come to naught.
ccumulation and provide free insurnce
for all public property ,in the
tate.
Since the law went into effect in j
900 the rate of insurance has in- *
reased from 73.75 to $280,817.82 in
919.
"The public school buildings, particularly
those buildings of frame con
truction, are fortunate in being takn
in under the provisions of the inurance
act at this time, as it will be
oted that the assets of the insurance
inking fund were nearly one-fourth
f a million dollars when these buildngs
were admitted. This means, of }
ourse, that they will receive the benfits
of this amount which has already
een accumulated on the date theyi
fere admitted. It is conservatively
stimated that the limit of accumulaion
will be reached within ten years |
'his estimate is no wild hazard, but *
3 based on a careful analysis of the t
usiness for the past 20 years."
.WAY SYSTEM
\TCES
I Trip Fares |
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UTH CAROLINA
JNT
ASSOCIATION
21-22, 1920.
sell reduced round trip
Greenville, Newberry, r
j stations to Greenwood
21st inclusive, and for
Ireenwood before twelve
with final limit returnstarting
point on or be4th,
1920.
OTNER,
jnger Agent.
lburg, S. G.
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Dorothy Gish !
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This is Dainty Dorothy Gish, the I
>opular "movie" star, who recently |t
;ailed on the "Imperator" for a vaca-jt
Ion abroad. Miss Gish's work on the 1 a
tcreen is familiar to millions who rely>n
motion pictures for their chiefly
imusem??? i ?
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS S
Is
"JAZZ." j 0
LIKE many another word, j;
"jazz" has slipped into the j ^
English?or rather, into the |
American?language like the ?
mule of which Mark Twain |
wrote that it was "without : r
pride of ancestry or hope of | g
posterity." I
Jazz is not a derived word. i
It was coined and, according to , *
Lieut. James Reese-Europe, U.
S. A., who conducted one of (
the jazziest jazz bands, it owes
its origin to a man named Razz, 1 a
whose musical organization was j
famous In New Orleans some J *
15 years ago. Razz is reputed |
to have been the first to realize I
the harmony and appealing |
quality wnicn resiues in saw
phones, trombones, snare drums ;
and the like, when played with
a snap and dash. So he specialized
In this kind of syncopated
music and his fame
spread throughout the South,,
Imitator^ springing up in vari- " <.
ous sections. One of these
which toured Missouri and the
middle West, styled Itself the I
"Jass-band"?slightly altering 7
the name of the original lead- v
er. In the course of a year or [
so the final "s's" were changed
to "z's." Jazz-hands made their
appearance from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and "jazz" slipped
into the language and even into j
the dictionaries. j
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SHAMELESS CONFESSION. 4
IVe're bound to own the truth, although
It makes our pride rise up and fret;.^r
iVa've knocked about a lot, and no'*-1
Woman has tried to steal ua yet.
0 0 0
Why a Bachelor Is.
"Why did you never marry?"
"Well, you see, whenever I bought
mythlng I always saw something I
Iked better, right afterward. I was
ifrald it would be that way In marlage,
so I just didn't."
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THE SCIENTIFIC FARMER I
"Mary, you've simply get te
keep our children in better
health or not let them play
round my sanitary dairy
barn* I"
He Wanted to Know. j
"Paw?" ri;
"Yes, Gervase."
"Is having a crick in your back anjh
hlng like having a stream-lined ,
>ody?"
FINNIGIN FILOSOFY
If yes let to-morra go by wid?
oat bavin' added a partide a?
' joy to tBiywan'i life, I Hirer
wahnt ya*"V shpake t' m# agia! '1
" ? rj]
Hurvfl, Nothin'l .
"Did young Daubsfelgh ever get any',|
if his paintings bung?" j
"Hung? I should say so. His clga-*
ette advertisements are hanging In eviry
tobacconist's in the country."
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What tne spmnx says, if
By Newton Newkirk.
"Every
employer
pays 'lis emabout."
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5APTISTS TO SPEND \V
MILLIONS IN SOUTH
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 7.?Eleven
nillion dollars for new buildings and pe
iquipment will be spent on the edu- Cj
ational institutions owned by Sou- re
hem Baptists during the next four m
rears it is announced at the head- N<
[uarters of that organization here, nc
Approximately the same amount '^
rill be spent duing that period in m'
th
ifting the debts upon those mstitu- qc
ions and increasing their endow- m,
nent funds. hi]
Of this building fund, $2,275,000 kc
rill go to what are known as the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi- di
iary at Louisville, Ky., Southwes- an
ern Baptist Theological Seminary, ?
\>rt Worth, Texas, Baptist Bible
I 1
nstitute, New Orleans, La., and
Japtist Theological Seminary for j J ;J;
Jegroes at Nashville, Tenn., while ;);
here will be expended upon new
wildings at the Baptist colleges
rithin the several states compris- jjl
he territorv of the Southern Bao-lls:
ist Convention the following j|;
.mounts:
Alabama, $275,000; Arkansas, jj!
1525,000; Georgia, $450,000; Sou- 'ij
hern Illinois $115,000; Kentucky, jjj
130,000; Louisana, $400,000; Misisippi,
$575,000; Missouri, $600,>00;
North Carolina, $8^5,000; <jj
)klahoma, $300,000; South Caroina,
$725,000; Tennessee, $530,- lj!
i00; Texas, $2,250,000; and Vir- ;j:
rinia $570,000. ;i;
More than 20,000 pupils haVe en- jjj
oiled in the Baptist schools and
eminaries of the South this season,
ill of the institutions reporting the
leaviest registrations in their hisory.
9 :j;
The Old Testament was collected jj;
,nd arranged by Ezra, 450 B. C. ^
ivy
I ABBEVILLE
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School Childre
EST FEELING HEAT
AS SOUTH SHIVE
Washington, Oct. 7.?While tc
matures today in Virginia and 1
irolinas were "shivery" and
adings contniued below normal
ost sections of the South,
orthwestern states reported
>ramlly warm weather for Oc
sr. At Bismarck, N. D., the th
ometer registered 92 degrees
e maximum, a temperature wh
curs only at intervals in midsu
er in the far South. It. was
ghest ever recorded in North I
>ta in October.
Somewhat warmer weather is
cated for the Southeast Thursc
id Friday.
The New....
VICTOR
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Local Fielc
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GIRLS AT COLLEGE
RS PICKING COTTON
:m- Red Springs, N. C., Oct. 7.?Acceptthe
ing an offer from L. J. Bright, promitjje
nent cotton grower here, and 250
. Flora Macdonald college girls yesterday
put on a campaign setting the
the goal at $500. Mr. Bright is offering
ab" $1.50 per . 100 pounds. The students .
to- have formed two teams?a white and
er- a blue, under the leadership of Miss
at Bamhardt of Harrisburg and Miss
ich Brogden of Calypso, and are out to
tm- make a record for cotton picking,
the j Yesterday afternoon seven trucks
Da- carried the students to the field, three
hours being devoted to the work,
in- with 2,400 pounds the result of the
lay first picking. The campaign will last
ten days.
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