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THURSDAY, AUG. 10,1893.< .L0GAI2 .BREVITIES. Fodder pulling is now the order > o? the day. We have had too much rain for J cotton in these parts, , There are now thirty dispen saries in South Carolina. The seventeen year locusts are due in this county this year. Store for rent in the ADVERTISER building. Apply at the ADVERTISER office. V ?f ' " ' ?). Meat dropped 3 or 4 cents per /pound in Chicago last week, but ?y has since partially recovered. A "large number of cows have recently died of bloody murrain on the Saluda side of this county WorTovd College is one of the best in the State ; there is no ques tion about that. See advertisement in this issue. The scorpion is a total abstainer. If a drop of whiskey is placed on the back of one, it will immediately sting itself to death. When a man whistles he is either in a good ?humor or scared but when a woman whistles look /\>ut;for rain, or a cyclone. The Edgefield dispensary cleared about $600 for the month of July, [and July isa poor month to Sell [-liquor as every body knows. Miss Carrie Boatwright daughter bf Elijah Boatwright, secured the Converse Scholarship at the ox |;amination recently held in -this place. Old Furman shows up in this[, issue of the ADVERTISER in double column measure. "The Baptists of j the State are justy proud of this [noble institution. Dr. L. H. Gwaltney will reach [ Edgefield during the closing days P'of August, and will begin his ministrations in the church and his duties at the Institute a few days thereafter: H. We call attention to President Townes'e advertisement of the Greenville Cellege, now one of the ? > . foremost institutions in the State. The number of matriculates in-1 \ crewes year by year. * Messrs. W. H. Powell and W. H. Arthur have bought-out the wagon and buggy manufacturing and re pair shops formerly run by Mr. G. p. Courtney,-and will continue the, business at the same place. The Edgefield Association has ;con^ibuteaw>lhibv7^r,'^R^p date, ^Tb?1 for home missioTRT"" '1 nT ge ^ Association "has con tributed for the same purpose, during the same time, $208.26. M. P. Wells,' Esq., of Horns Creekj'whora our readers will re member was admitted to the Bar a short time since, proposes to come to EdgefMd in the early fall to practice his profession. 4: Not a single drunken man on ito?r streets on Monday of this week, a most remarkable non-exhibit ? when we consider the fact that it was th? first day of court and also salesday. What could have been the reason? I / Read th? advertismenfc of the .. South Carolina College, in thisi ii issue. Dr. Woodrow, its president, is one of the most distinguished educators in the South, and he is \ assisted by an able corps of professors. In addition io the twenty-three 'students at Clemson.from this county, whose names we have already published, Edgefield has sent another in the person of, f? Master J. E. Horne, second son of Mr. A. Horne, of the Ridge Spring section. Erskine College will open the 1st of October. The new building erected on the site of the one that was burned, is a handsome and 11 commodious -structure. and Erskine is better equipped than *ever before. See Dr. Grier's ad vertisement in another column. A letter from Georgia contains /. this : "At this place the thermome ter -registered 104 at sunset. ? Roasting ears and vegetables are cooked in the fields, ana the peo . pie go; pr;t after dark and eat. A hamall slice of meat is laid on a j cabbage in the garden in the fe .morning, at noon it is thoroughly R'cooked and seasoned.'' At Centre Springs. The Edgefield Guards, a new military company of Johnston, will give a barbecue-picnic at . Centre Spring on Friday, the 18th /day of August. The McKinney hand of Augusta will furnish the music. County Executive Committee. Pursuant to notice, the county executive committee met in t?e court-house last Saturday, tho ^especial purpose being to make ar Kirangements to fill the vacancy ex lii?taing in the office of County Au Idltor, made vacant by the promo Ltioh of John B. Davis to the posi tion* of county dispenser. Dr. Tim bperman, the county chairman, be png absent, Representative J. H. ;Edwarde was called to preside. ^There was very little discussion. j|Some member made a motion that |/?i primary electiou be ordered, to *-:the end that the people might say "who should be their auditor. The Lotion went through with a rush Ld the meeting adjourned. The ?Ey fixed for the primary is Wed fesday, 23rd of August. Wonderful Leaf. Col. Si C. Strom, of- Gilgal, has sent ns from his present crop leaf of green tobacco thirty inches long and eighteen inches wide. Price of Oats. Red rust-proof oats are selling in this martel at 35 cents a bushel lower than for a number of years There will certainly be no excuse for not sowing oats this .fall?' At Barr's Chapel. A protracted meeting will begin at Barr's Chapel on Sunday next, the 13th, conducted hy Rev. B. O Berry and assisted, by Rev. E. W Mason, of Donalds Circuit. Church Closed. During- the month of August there will be no. service in our vil lage Methodist Church, owing to the fact that Mr. Watson, the pas tor, will be absent conducting first a tent meeting on Log Creek, and then a protracted meeting at McKendree. Candidates for Auditor. In another column the following gentlemen present their names to the people of Edgefield county to be voted for in the coming primary for the office of Auditor, tb wit: James D. Fraser, Ben j. \Wt Rush ton, James B. Adams, Walter S. Padgett, Albert W. Rushton." A famous Site. The place on Log Creek where Mr. Watson and Mr. Kinard are conducting their meetings is the very spot where eighty years ago 3tood the Blocker Academy, a two story building, in those days a rather famous institution of learn ing, and spoken of in Mills's his tory of South Carolina. Entertainment. The Ladies' Aid Society of our millage Methodist Church will give an entertainment on Friday night of this week at the residence of Mrs. Evans. There will be fine singing by a male, quartette, vocal and instrumental duets, reading, ste, with delicious refreshments. Admission 10 cents. Those who trish cream and cake can get (it from 5 o'clock until 8 o'clock. Ehe Edgefield Institute. Our village school, the Edgefield institute, will open on September 1th, under the charge of Dr. L. R. Grwaltney and an able corps of as sistants. Girls and boys, young ladies and young men'will be re lived as pupils.* To persons throughout the county who desire to patronize the Institute we will jladlv furnish the names of resi- 1 ients of our town who are willing i :o board students, their term?, etc. \ Edgefield county is able to support j i first-class school, aud with agen ?rous patronage from the country ike Edgefie'd. Institute will attain 1 rhe same prestige it won in days ] ihat are gone under Dr. Gwaltney. ; Weather for July. ] Weather ^Observer C. A. Long, of j Trenton, sends us the following , lata of ?be weather for the month us? ended : Monthly mean temperature, 88.4. ( Maximum temperature, 97, date " Loth. c Minimum temperature 73. date 1 ist. - t Total rainfall for the month ? 1.75 inches. Greatest daily rainfall 2.09 . nches, date 26th. Prevailing direction of wind, \ louth. i Number of clear days 9, cloudy \ lays none, fair days 22. Number of rainy days, 12. Two Hog Tales. Seeing Sam Roper, Jerry Gard ler, and Doc King talking on the jtreet on Monday we went up to \ jet an item for the ADVERTISER, -, md here is what we got: Doc King jays that "Q. Cogburn told him j hat Will Logue told him that i Press Hamilton had an old sow 1 hat stood on her hind legs and eat z ip a two-horse wagon body full of . vatermelons that he had loaded up ;o bring to the village." Doc says 1 ie tells the tale as it was told to lim, but could not vouch for it as ie had it second-hand, but the following is a tale he can vouch, as | ie had some of it himself: "Dur- ^ ing the war, while on the raid into . Pennsylvania," Doc says "I was captured and imprisoned. After a ? >vhile I was released and exchanged i ilong with 999 other Confederate , prisoners. The day of the ex mange the Yankees issued to UB . 1,000 Confeds three dayB rations ? of hog tails, nothing but hog-tails, < not even a hard tack." This was j Doc's tale, upon the truth of . which Sam Roper begs us to say that "there are not now and never have been enough hog-tails in all creation to feed one thousand hun gry Confederates for three days,and therefore he begs to be put down in the negative." New Kind of Grasshoppers. A new kind of grasshopper has broken loose in Greenville county, threatening great destruction to the crops. Of this new pest the Greenville News says : The Greenville News received yesterday a box of the grass hoppers which have appeared on B. F. McKenzie's place near Pied mont. They are different from the usual grasshoppers of this country being spotted yellow and black and sometimes other colors, and are undeniably handsome and well made insects. Mr. McKenzie is continuing his war against them and is slaughtering them by millions. He has fires kindled at the ends of his fields and forces of men driving the grasshoppers into the flames and smoke. The masses of the insects constantly smother the fires, which have to be relighted.. The visitation is a very singular one and everybody is puzzled to account for it. Mr. McKenzie is doing a great work in not only protecting his own crops, but in cheek ing the growth of what would soon be a devastating scourge, as the insects if left unmolested would soon spread through this entire section of country. CHICAGO TO SARATOGA, Through the State of Michigan and hy Way of Toronto, Lake Ontario, Montreal, and "Niagara Falls. SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, ) July 31st, 1893. ) DEAR ADVERTISER : After a de lightful sojourn of ten days in the 'iWhite City" at the great exposi tion, and regretting that we could not -..stay* Jh^ere, ?longer*} * we rdeft Chicago ok: last Tuesday-afternoon for Toronto, Canada. EN ROUTE TO TORONTO, CANADA. Our" route was through a very pretty country-the southern part of Michigan, via Kalamazoo, Lan sing, and Port Huron, and thence through the providence of Ontario, Canada, to Toronto. We started late in the afternoon and most of this trip was in the night, so we did not see a great deal of the country along the way. At Port Huron, where we crossed the St. Clair river from the United States into Canada, is the famous tunnel which is said to be the greatest submarine tunnel in the world. It is a continuous iron tube over a mile in length. We reached Toronto early Wed nesday morning. This is a large city near the head of Lake Onta rio, having a population of two hundred thousand. ON LAKE ONTARIO. We did not have an opportunity to see much of this city, as we were there but a short while wait ing for the arrival of the boat for Niagara Falls. Our boat came on in due time and we went aboard. It was quite a relief to get on the boat after our long ride by rail. But it was surprisingly cold on the lake. Men wore their overcoats and ladies thick clothing and capes and furs. As the day grew on and we became accustomed to it, the weather was more comforta ble and pleasant. 7/e made the trip over the upper end of the lake in about two hours and landed near Queenstown near where the Niagara river flows into it. From :here an electric railway took UB ip along the bank of Niagara river ;o Niagara Falls. It is a gradual iscent until we reach the Falls. The view along the way is per fectly lovely. We could see the lake and the river and the whirl pool rapids and the suspension bridge, and last and greatest of all, ;he magnificent Falls. NIAGARA. FALLS, jjj We stopped at the Clifton House >n the Canada- sifle^ just in -front. )f - the great cataract.' 'From the piazza of this hotel one can get ;he best view. It is a grand sight, mblime and awe inspiring. We crossed over the bridge to ;he American side and looked at ;he Falls from all points of view, md we drove up and down the ;he river and took a view of the vhole surroundings and enjoyed t greatly. THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK. From Niagara Falls we went over he New York Central via Buffalo, .Rochester, and Syracuse < tb Clay on, near where the St. Lawrence iver runs out from Lake Ontario. VIo8t of this trip was again in the light, but from what we saw of Central New York we regarded <it IB a beautiful country. THE THOUSAND'ISLES. At Clayton we took thc boat on ;he St. Lawrence river for Mojn :real. The river is one of6 the argest in America, very wide and jmooth, ' dotted. ali1 along j at the ipper end with islands. There are said to be a thousand pf them, and hence the - name . "Thousand [slands." These islands extend aver a distance of $f ty milei. It LS said that they form the most numerous collection of river islands in the world. Some of them are large and many of them are small. On some :of them are splendid hotels and fine residences. They are quite fanlous as summer resorts. After leaving the islands the river grows wider, ahdiseems tb become swifter. Between the islandf ^ and "Montreal -there are ?eveni? ?ra'p?ds, , not?b1y'"*the "Galop," the "Long Sault," and the "Lachine." The rapids are falls in the river over beds of rock where the water runs very swiftly, the bottom of the bo*t scrapes the rocks in. the river bed. and the waves and spray dash over the deck of the boat, making the passage quite exciting and ex hilarating. At Lachine rapids old "Baptiste" au Indian guide comes aboard the boat and pilots it through the dangerous passage. MONTREAL, CANADA. Soon after r p?s?ihg ' L?chine r.'.nids we reached Montreal, the largest and most important of the Canadian cities. Here we found the air very cool and bracing, quite a contrast to some of the hot and sultry days of the first part of our journey. This would be a delight ful place to spend the heated term, At Montreal we first visited Grey I Nunnery. This is a Catholic in stitution where the inuns reside and where the orphans and- old and infirm are cared for. It is a large splendid castle situated on an elevated site with ample grounds and beautiful shrubbery. The inmates make all kinds of fancy work, bead-work, ornaments, artifical flowers, baskets, etc. We went to the great Notre j Dame Cathedral, one of the largest this side of the Atlantic. Its tall and splendid tower is three hun dred feet high. We saw many handsome and beautiful churches and other notable buildings. Mc ! Gill' University is a fine old seat of learning. The drives around Montreal are very fine, especially that to the top of Mount Royal. From the top of the mountain we could see all over the city, and the St. Lawrence river for miles away meandering through the valley below, and the great Victoria bridge. We could also see the White Mountains in New Hampshire and the Adiron dack Mountains in New York, a long ways off. There are many beautiful parks in Montreal, in fact this is one of the prettiest and most charming cities that we have seen. From- Montreal to Albany we came through the Adirondack Mountains on the Mohawk and Malone Railroad. This route is right through the heart of the mountain and lake country. The scenery is very fine.. It is a mag nificent summer retreat and is a popular resort. Loon lake along this route is President Cleveland's fishing place. Savanac lake is also a very popular place to spend the summer. At Herkimer we took the New [York Central to Albany. On reach ing there we found the cars ready to s tart for Saratoga and in a few I minutes we were on our way to the Springs where we arrived Saturday ?afternoon. We found the place filled with visitors. We are now going j the rounds of the various .springs and luxuriating in the fine mineral water. MAMIE J. NORRIS. Governor Tillman and the United I State Senate. Charleston Sun. The political question which excites keener personal interest in this State-at this time than any other is. "Wl}at is Governor Tillman going to do about it?" That is, about the next State election. Will he run again for jGovernor in 1894, or will he set himself aside for the Senatorial contest solely?Judging his future course from the past history of the man, we think there can be little doubt of the program he will pursue. If it be, as we believe correct, that the United States Senator to succeed Senator Butler will be elected by the Legislature which elected on the State ticket at the next election, we have little doubt that Governor Tillman will head that ticket, with a strong second for Lieutenant Governor, John Gary Evans, possibly. Whatever little sentiment or prejudice there may be against a third term Gov ernor-and there seems to crop out very little against it in any quarter-the "recordbreaking" Governor will show little com punction in overrideng if in his opinion any distinct and tangible coign of vantage may be gained thereby. The Governor's char acteristic confidence and boldness is sufficient, we doubt not, to assure him of the victory under any circumstances, but he will not on that account neglect any precaution which will render assurance doubly sure. As an ex Governor and private citizen he would feel comparatively sure of compassing his aspiration to sit in the United States Senate, but as Governor and active adviser of the elective Legislative body, he would laugh doubt to scorn. We think there can be little doubt therefore that the Governor, who never neglects to take a trick in the political. game, will keep one hand on the prize in his possession until he gets the other and bigger one safe in his grasp. The Gubernatorial election pre cedes the other just sufficiently in in length of time to make it a stepping stone "to higher things." This plan would afford an op portunity for the strongest man in the faction after the Governor to go on the ticket nominally for the second place, but with the moral certainty of succeeding to the first place without mouing the risk of confliciting to hie own detriment With the Governor's interests. Horses, Cattle, Dogs, etc. The Humphereys' Medicine Campany of New York, will mail on application a Complimentary Copy of Dr. Humphreys' Veteri nary Manual (500 Pages) on the Treatment and Care of Horses, Cattle, Dogs, Hog, Sheep and Poultry. THEEE?L BE SHOOTING. Constables Provided With Colts' Pistols. Columbi:! Journal. It has been known for some time that Governor Tillman was angry about the manner in which his constabulary force has been treated by the public, but hardly any one will be prepared for the bold step he took yesterday for the protection of the constables against further insult. The rotten egging which Constable Holloway re ceived at the hands of the Sumter boys was a little too much for the Governor as well as Mr. Holloway. The reporters of the State and the NewiJ and Courier were last to see the Governor yesterday after noon, As they were starting out of his office he called them back and the following is what the State says transpired : The Governor opened a couple of drawers in the bottom of his bookcase and called attention to the supply of pistols in cases and belts that were contained therein. He also called attention to a box containing 8C0 carridgee, which was near by. The pistols were Colts'^ U. S. Army regulation weapons, of 44 calibre-the big, long fellows. When asked what it meant, Governor Tillman said : "Well, these people are not i?oingto rotten egg or interfere with anyvmore of our constables, rhat is what they are for. This morning I made requisition upon the Adjutant General for this sup ply, and I am going to give them to ihe.constables and instruct them to use them whenever it is neces ?ary. You will find the authority for the arming of these constables in Sections 517 and 518." "How many have you, Governor? was asked. "I have enough for all the con stables that need them. They are aot all required to be making irrestsat one time. But there's plenty more where those came "rom. I do not expect to scare my body by this action, but I do 3ay that we do not expect to be scared off. I am going to issue orders for the constables to shoot the first man that strikes or in terferes with one of them from this m. I am not going to allow the Dfficers of the State to be made logs of by a set of barkeepers and roughs. I expect that they will have to be used somewhere in a lay or' two from this. I simply mean," said ?he^G?vernor in con clusion, "that the law is going to to be enforced. If it results in niling somebody, it will have to be done, that is Jail. I am simply aot going to allow any of the State's officers to be spit upon or rotten jgged by the class ^of people that inferiere with them ; [or any other ?lass." The Governor is evidently very indignant at the- way these men aave been spoken of and treated, is also are the other members of ;he Board of Control, and what he said about it was said in a very letermined and emphatic manner. DO YOU EXPECT TO BECOME A MOTHER ? " MOTHERS' FRIEND" MAKES CHILD BIRTH EASY. Ass JJ Nature, Lessens Dinger, and Shortens Labor. "My wife Buffered moro in ten minutes with, her other children than she did all together with her lagt, after having need four bottles of MOTHER'S FEXEND," says a customer. ? 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Entire treatment sent free, from observa Uon. liefer to our patients, hanks and business mea Address or call on DR. HATHAWAY & CO., aa io ?oath Broad Street, ATLANTA? OA> PRIZES ON PATENTS. v ? How to Get 2,500 Dollars for Nothing. Tho Winner Has a Clear Gift of a Small Fortune) and the Losers Have Patents that may Bring Them in Still more. "Would you like to make twenty-five hundred dollars? If you would, read carefully what follows and you may see a way to do it. The Press Clams Company devotes much attention to patents. It has handled thousands of applications for inventions, but it would like to handle thousands more. There is plenty of inventive talent at large in this coun try, needing nothing but encourage ment to produce pratical results. That encourgement the Press Claims Company proposes to give. NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS. A patent strikes most people as an appallingly formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or Bell; that he must devote years to delving in complicated mechancial problems and that be must spend a fortune- on delicate experiments before he can get a new device to a patentablo de gree of perfection. This delusion the company desires to dispel. It desires to get into the head, of the public a clear comprehension of the fact that it is not the great, complex, and expensive inventions that bring the best returns to their authors,-but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the things that seem BO absurdly trivial that the average citizen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing them to the attention of the PatentJOfflce. Edison says that the profits he has received from the patents on all his marvelous inventions have not been sufficient to pay the cost of his ex periments. But the man wno conceived the idea of fastening a bit of rubber cord to a chi ld.s ball, so that it would come back to the hand when thrown made a fortune out of his scheme. The modern sewing machine is a miracle of ingenuity-the product of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through a hundred ?ind fifty years, but the whole brilliant result rests upon the simple device of putting the eye of the needle at the point instead of at the other end. THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST' VALU ABLE. Comparatively rew peopla regard themselves as inventors, but 'almost everybody has been struck, at one time or another, with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such are ideas dismissed without further thought. "Why don't the railroad company make its car windows so that they can be slid up and down without breaking the passengers' backs?" exclaims the traveler. "If I were running the road I would make them in such a way." ,'What was the man that made this saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the cook. "He never had to work over a stove, or he would have known how it ought to have been fixed." "Hang such a collar button I" growls the man who is late for breakfast "If I were in the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or gouge out the back of my neck." And then the various sufferers for get about their grievancet and begin to think of something else. If they would sit down at the next convenient opportuni.y, put their ideas about car windows, saucepans,and collar buttons into practical shape, and then apply for patents, they might find themselves as independently wealthy as the man, who invented the iron umbrella ring or the one who patentedjthe?flfteen puzzle. A TEMPTING OPFEB." To induce people to keep track of their bright ideas and see what there is in them, the Press. Claims Company has resolved to offer a prize. To the person whs submits to lt the simplest and most promising inven tion, from a commercial point of view, the company will give twenty-five hundred dollars m cash, addition to refunding the fees for securing the patent. It will also ?advertise the .invention free of charge. This offer is subject to the following conditions :" Every competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through the company. He must first apply fora preliminary search, the cost of whicb will be five dollars. Should this search show his invention to be unpatentabh he can withdraw without further ex pense. Otherwise he will be expected to complete his application and take out a patent in the regular way. The total expense, including Government and Bureau fees,will be seventy dollars. For this, whether he secures the prize or not, the inventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The prize will be awarded by a jury consisting of three reputable patent attorneys of "Washington. In tending competitors should fill out the following blank, and forward it with their application : "-,-,1892. "I submit the ?within described in vention in competition for the Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company. NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION. This is a competition of rather an unusual nature. It is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan, all the competitors risking the loss of their labor and the successful one merely [selling his for the amount of the prize. But the Press Claims Company's offer is something entirely different. Each person is asked merely to help himself, and the one who helps himself to the best ad vantage is to be rewarded for doing it. The prize is only a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without it. The architect whose competitive plan fora club house on a certain corner is-not accepted has spent bis labor on something of very little use to him. But the person who patents a simple and useful device in the Press Claims Company's competi tion' need not worry if he fail to secure the prize. He has a substantial result to show for his work-one that will command its value in the market at any time. The plain man who uses any article in his daily work ought to know bet ter how to improva it than the mechanizal expert who studies it only from the theoretical point of view. Get rid of the idea that an improve ment can be too simple to be worth patenting. The simpler the better. The person who best succeeds in combining simplicity and popularity, will get the Press Claims Compay's twenty-five hundred dollars. The responsibility of this company may be judged from the fact that its stock is neld by about three .hundred of the leading newspapers of the United States. Address the Press Claims Company, John "Wedderburn, managa attorney, 918 FJstreet, N. W. "Washington, p. C. Tile Union Mutual Lite Insurance Co., Ol' rOHTXiAJSQJ, M^LUSTE. Its Policies an the Host LU flow Offered to tie Pole. j IB the only existing Company whose policies are, or can be subject to, the MAINE NON-FORFEITURE LAW. WHAT IT IS: The Maine Non-Forfeiture law pro tects polices from forfeiture by reason of default of payment of premiums, lt provides that, after three years' pre miums haye been paid, failure to pay any subsequent premiums shall not forfeit a policy, hut it shall continue in force for its full amount until the reserve (less a small surrender charge) upon the policy is exhausted. The reserve isa sum made up of por tions of each and every premium paid upon a policy in anticipation of its maturity. Beginning with a small portion of the first premium, it is in creased eacn year by the addition of each subsequent premium, and grows larger year by yei.r, until, at maturity, it exactly equals the face of the policy. When a policy is discontinued there fore, there is in the hands of the Com pany a reserve greater or less, accord ing to the character and age of the policy. Instead of permitting the Com pany, upon non-payment of premium, to confiscate this reserve, the Maine Non-Forfeiture Law requires the Com pany to continue the policy in force until the policy-holder receives an equivalent font in extended insur ance. HOW IT WORKS: 3ft If a person, aged 35, pays three years' premiums upon a twenty pay ment Life policy and then discontinues payment, the policy will be continued 4 years and 257 days longer ; if he pays five premiums, and then discontin tes, the insurance will continue 7 years and 357 days longer. If the policy is a twenty year en dowment, same age, three years' pay ments will give an extension of 8 years and 150days; five years' payment 13 years, 300 days. If the policy is a 15 Year Endowment, ($1,000) same age, three years' payments will secure in surance to the end of the endowment period and $13.63 in cash if insured lives till that time, and in like manner ten years' payment secures insurance for the full 15 years and $592.17 in cash. These extensions vary with the age of the insured, the class of policy, and the number of payments made; they are stated in each policy, in years and days, for each number of payments, so that the policy-holder knows at a glance exactly what; he is entitled to if be discontinues hit payments at any time. WHAT IT HAS DONE : The Company Has Paid Over Two Hundred Death Claims, in consequence of this law, aggregating in sums insured more than Four Hun dred Thousand Dollars. In every case there had been a de fault in the payment of premium, and, except for this law, the policies would have been of little OJ- no value. Instead of this, the insurance in each case was extended to the time of death, and the Company was required to pay to the beneficiaries under the policies the sum of $418,335.77. The Yalne of Maine Law Eit&Dsions as Compared mth Paid-np Vaines: As It is the custom of many companies to provide in their policies that, upon discontinuance of payment of Premium, paid-up policies will be given without the option of extension. This was the practice of the Union Mutual before the Maine Non-Forfeiture Law was enacted, but it now substitutes for paid-up values the more advantageous plan of extended insurance. The objection to the paid-up system is that the amount of paid-up insurance which is given upon the discontinuance of payments upon a policy, unless it has been in force a great many years is insignificant, and of little or no value as protection ; and it leaves the insured who ceases payment without adequate insurance at the very time he needs it the most. The great advantage of the extended insur ance afforded by the Maine Law over the most liberal paid-up system is. strikingly shown by the following comparison, and it will be ob served that the paid-up value is insignificant in comparison with the amount actually paid by the Union Mutual. The result of two hun dred and twelve policies was this : If the insured had received paid-up policies instead of extended in surance, the Company would have had to pay in settlement of the claims only. $98,197.50 Whereas, in fact, it did pay under the Maine Law. $418,344.77 Making a difference in favor of the beneficiaries under Two Hundred and Twelve policies of. $320,147^8 The policies are free from ALL restrictions, and incontestable after 03XTE YEAR. of one month is given in the payment of premiums. For further information call on, or address, B. B. E V A. N S , Manager for South Carolina, Office, No. l,Advertiser Building, H ID a-B FIE m. JD, sa a.