Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 24, 1893, Image 3
Edgefield Advertiser
THURSDAY, AUG. 24,1893.
L0GAL2 BREVITIES.
Senator Butler cam6 from Wash
ington to attend the funeral of his
niece, Mrs. Dugas, on Monday.
Cotton is opening slowly in these
regions, and a few cotton hampers
could be now sold in this market.
"The world is still deceived with
ornament," is no less true to-day
than when. Shakespeare.'wKto these
lines. . -
Mr. J. M. Westbrook, of Beech
Island, has already sold in Au
gusta eight bales of thiB year's
cotton.
Judge Campbell's bakery will
soon be on the public square, he
having rented one of ' Senator But
ler's stores. -
Meat is still quoted and sold at
10? to 10?, and there has beena
break and slight decline in other
kinds of provisions.
The election for Auditor is be
ing held to-day, Wednesday. The
second primary will be on next
Wednesday week, Sept. 6th.
The sales bf our "Samlog" dur
ing court week amounted to $500.
"Samlag" is the Norwegian name
tor dispensary ; don't forget this.
Mr. John R. Durisoe, of the
Edgefield Farmer, has received an
appointment in the government
printing office in Washington, D. C.
Rev. B. 0. Berry, of Parksville,
has finished his labors at Barr's
Chapel. The result was that ten
adults and twelve children joined
the church.
Having "injuncted" everything
in sight, Judge Hudson has fiually
"injuncted" himself. He says he
couldn't fight the devil and Tom
Walker too.
Mr. R. L. Fox, our popular jew
eller, who has been at the World's
Fair for the past two or three
months, will reach home about the
v28th of August.
Mrr.T. W. Waites and family,
who have been living in the Bun
combe part of our town, will move
"back to their h?rne in the Modoc
section about the first of Septem
ber. We regret tp lose such good
citizens.
Jerry Gardner says he believes
the Tillmanites will drink them
selves^to death to make the dis
pensary pay, and that the antis
?will perish before they will buy a
drop just to make the dispensary
a financial failure.
The Granileviile factory has just
sold 1T100 bales of cotton, goods
for expori. This is the biggest sale
of the season and the first"f?reex
port. Perhaps the tide is aboutit?
turn,and good times are almost
here-the k indy ou have read about
butnever felt or saw. .
In the United States Court, held
at Greenville last week, Jesse C.
Duffie, an Edgefield bey, a cripple
and quite young, was convicted of
robbing a postoffice in this county
and sentenced to a reformatory in
Columbus, Ohio, for three years.
Great sympathy was expressed for
the youthful criminal, and Judge
Simon ton 'was as lenient as possi
ble.
The New York World's figures
show that there are $325,000,000
out of circulation in the United
States. This huge amount has
been hoai*ded by the people ,-in
their financial scare. And this
money' the World says, has been
hidden away in the people's socks.
It may be true, but doesn't reflect
on Edgefield in the least. We
haven't got the money to hide away,
and if we had we haven't got the
socks to spare.
An item, from au exchange,
which fits everywhere: A local
newspaper is often accused of bia3
in regard to giving personal notices
or mentioning the coming or going
of some and.omitting others. The
fault is with the people and not
with the editor. He is always will
ing and even anxious to tell who.
comes and goes'if he can find out."
If you have visitors, let us know
who they are and where "they come
from. You will find.us as ready to
"notice" one as another, patrons or
otherwise, friends or foes. Our
object is to give the news.
Goinpr to Vote.
The beautiful oil painting above
represents one of the candidates
for Auditor leading a friend to the
polls to vote for him. This friend
j has a bottle of Samlag in his hand
to which he clings with grim clutch.
In the distance the box and the
manager await the, arrival of the
belated voter. The hour is late.
It is only one minute to 6 o'clock;
The polls are about to close. Will
they "get there?" If the little man
would drop his bottle of Samlag
they could get along faster, but he
won't do it. Do you want to know
i the little man's name? Well
His name is Sam
, And he don't; care a damn,
He'd rather be a nigger
Than a poor white man,
The constitutionality of. *he
dispensary law will be settled for
good and all by our Supreme Court
in November. *
Rev. John Lake preached in
Aiken last week in the Baptist
Church. His discourses .were
highly commended by the local
press.
Senator W.H.Timmerman,wife,
and dsraghter, are spending a few
weeks at Hillman's well. A very
pleasant letter from the Senator in
another column.
"Cool as a cucumber," is not a
piece of slang buta scientific fact,
^the?.fe^^afti?e| j&f^the '*vegetable
alw?yi oeirjgf a *de{free'bek>w that
of the surrounding atmosphere.
Locusts are playing the wilds up
in Greenville county, the seven
teen year variety ; they are num
bered by the millions, and are so
voracious that they eat the blades
of the corn to the very stalk. They
even eat the leaves of the trees,
briars, and everything green that,
comes in.tfieir path.
A Welcome Addition.
Mr. Ira P. Culbreath, Clerk Jno.
B. Hill's efficient and'courteous
deputy, expects to bring his familj'
to Edgefield to live,?ia the early
fall. This will be a welcome ad
dition to our society.
Another Merchant Goes.
Mr. Jas. M. Cobb leaves for New
York this week to make his usual
fall and winter purchases of dry
goods. This* is the firstN?eparture
of the season and indicates the
character of the man, "to get there
first," and when Cobb goes north
the people rejoice with? exceeding
great joy. ?? V
Leave for New York.
Messrs. Alvin; and-jlSdg?r Hart,
of the firms of Alvin H?rt*& Co.,
and E. B. Hart & Co., will leave
our town DUs'ne^t Monday for the
metropolis, "New York, to buy fall
and winter goods. 7/hile goods
are cheap these? enterprising gen
tlemen propose to get the best arti
cles at the lowest figures. Wise
merchants! happy customers 1
Distressing1 Accident.
On Friday last the little four
year-old son of Mr. S?m L?rick
tell into a well at his home about
five miles from Batesburg and re
ceived such injuries that he died
within fifteen minutes after being
taken out.: The father has been
crazed by the horrible fate of his
child and has to bo watched to
prevent him from committing
suicide.
Two Rustirats.
Dime reading Monday night at
8:30 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A.
Hall for the benefit of the Baptist
Church. If the weather should be
unfavorable, the entertainment
will be postponed to Tuesday night.
To assist in the programme, Sylla
Backstitch and. Doria Squeezer
fast, two "rustirats" .. from Geor-.
gi a will come over from Augusta
on the, night train in time to par
ticipate. Refreshments will be
servBd^and everybody should at
tend. i\-f~-~J^^ - ? rt .
Mrs. Douschka Dugas.
All that was mortal of this be
loved lady, only daughter of Mrs.
Gov. Pickens, was laid to rest in
our village cemetery on Monday
last. The immense concourse of
weeping friends at her obsequies
testify at once to her popularity
and their sympathy and love for
Ihe bereaved mother. May the
divine benediction rest upon the
home and hearts thus made lonely
and desolate, and
Maj the dews on her grave fall as sweat
As the pitying tread of an angel's feet.
Medical College of Georgia.
. "Vfe call attention to the adver
tisement of the famous old insti
tution which appears in another
.column. Many an Edgefield phy
sician has graduated at the college
in the days that are gone and many
more we are safe to predict will
matriculate there in the future.
The next term begius on the first
Monday in Octobor prox., and
closes on the 1st of April. The
faculty is now composed of the
following strong'names: DeSaus
sure Ford, M. D., Dean ; Thos. R.
Wright, M. D., Secretary ; George
W. Rains, M. D., LL.D., Emeritus
Professor of Chemistry ; DeSaus
sure Ford, M. D., Professor of the
Principles and Practice of Sur
gery; Thos. R. Wright, M. D.,
Professor of Anatomy and Clinical
Surgery ; Theodore Lamb, M; D.,
Professor of the Institutes and
Principles of Medicines, and Dis
eases of the Chest ; W. H. Doughty,
Jr., M. D., Professor of Pathology ; J
George A. Wilcox, M. D., Professor '.
of Obstetrics and Gynecology; i
James M. Hull, M. D.,' Prof essor of
Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and
Throat; Eugene Foster, M. D., 1
Professor of the Practice of Medi
cine and Sanitary Science ; R. B.
GJass, M. D., Professor of Materia
JVledica and Therapeutics; Thos.
D. Coleman, M. D., Professor of
physiology*; Joseph Edgerton Wil
met, -M. D., A. M., Ph.D., LL.D.,
Professor of General and Medical 1
Chemistry, and Practical Phar- I
macy; A. S. Tinsley, M. D., De- ,
monstrator of Anatomy; L. C.
Spece, M. D., and Henry C. i
Doughty, M. D., Assistant Demon- (
etrators of Anatomy and Prosec
tors to the Professor of Anatomy.
Contributed Local.
The dime reading at Dr. J. W.
Hill's on last Thursday evening
wa?""the first given" by the Presby
terians and among the m any enjoy
able ones given by Methodists and
Baptists as well, this one should
hold no unimportant place. Not
knowing that this form of church
entertainment was to become such
a ruling fad, it has not been our
course in the past to chronicle
them, Hereafter we will give a
brief sketch of such as we are f
t?nate enough to attend.
The pleasure of an enterrai
ment is always enhanced '?y a go
beginning, and in this instance
instrumental duet, "Rondeaux
variations," plaj'ed by M?SE
Brade and Angeli Cheatham wai
suitable and delightful introdi
tion to the programme.
Miss Marie Abney whose voi
is always an acquisition to ai
performance, charmed her hear?
with that rare and popular bj
lad, "The Danube River,'' afi
which Miss Florence Adams re
dered "Lichner's Pearly Cascade
a piano solo.
Mr. J. T. Parks then read wi
unusual skill the humorous diale
selection, "Why Sackey Schmidsl
girl went back on him."
It is a pleasant task to voice tl
sentiments of the public in tl
admiration which attended tl
singing of Miss Eliza Miros, in tl
song "Luna."
Mr. Weaver, of Charleston, ga^
the selection "Asleep at tl
Switch" in a brilliant and inte
asting manner. It is unnecessai
to mention the singing of the ma
quartette who have already mac
themselves famous in former ei
tertainments. This one is con
posed of Messrs. Jacobs, Georf
Mims, J. M. Cobb, and E. W. Beal
md we must by no meau6 omit I
mention the other quartette (
?vhich Misses Lillie Jones an
Tweetie Hill compose two, wi
jamed us back to the days of Aul
Lang Syne in that ever admire
ballad "Juanita." t
Much merriment was elicite
luring the reading of "Jamie an
the Owl" by Judge John Kenn? ri;
Mrs. K. W. Cheatham sustaine
ber already exalted reputation i
\he vocal selection, "In old Mac
rid."
Bright and popular Miss Juli
Prescott executed the piano s?l<
'Twittering of the Birds," wit
nuch taste and skill.
Duet by Misses Alice Cheathai
ind Florence Adams. Miss Cheal
lam's beauty and grace at th
piano aside from her skilful pei
formance, won the admiration au
ipplause of all present.
"The Famine Scene from Hia
?vatha was given in so pathetic
manner by Miss Mary Butler as t
ira\v tears from the eyes of som
)f her audience.
Miss Mary Miras, youthful an
pretty, recited the "Last Hymn.
Miss Belle Mims whose assisi
mee is always appreciated san
affectively, anti beautifully, "Th
3owe are in the Clover."
F.
Hillman's Electric Well and it
Virtue-The Edgefield Peo
ple Tiiere.
DEAR^ADVERTISER: I am her
it the sornew.hat noted Electri
Wells of Georgia. This place wit]
XB electric shafts and its minera
md medicinal waters is famous fo
Its beneficial and curative effect
ipon rheumatism, nervous prostra
tion, and paralytic sufferers an<
ias wrought some wonderful an<
ilmost magic cures. The water
ire valuable remedial agents fo
renal and cystic affections as wei
is some other ailment*.
Edgefield is represented here b;
MTS. Jack Bunch and her daughtei
Mrs. Eidson, of Johnston, and he
?or. Herbert, this scribe, wife, an<
laughter, and Mr. Pinckney Tim
merman of the Pleasant Lane sec
tion. The latter has been cure<
>f his rheumatism and is now la
boring faithfully upon the farn
sere and sleeping in the electri?
shaft at night as a prophylactii
measure..
Three trains pass each day ex
jept Sunday to and from Washing
ton, the terminus of this brand
road.
There are quite a number of in
ralids here.
We are stopping at the note
here whose proprietor, Mr. Hunte:
md his estimable wife, are both
natives of Edgefield. There is i
Mr. Overton and wife living hen
also from Edgefield, who furnisl
good board at cheaper rates thai
at the hotel.
Respectfully,
^ W. H. TlMMERMAN.
Hillman, Ga.
Horses, Cattle, Dogs, etc.
The Humphereys' Medicine
Campany of New York, will mai!
on application a Complimenter)
Copy of Dr. Humphreys' Veteri
nary Manual (500 Pages) on the
Treatment and Care of Horses
Cattle, Dogs, Hog, Sheep anc
Poultry.
President Cleveland is report?e
to have made this remark to i
Congressman who called at th<
White House the day after the ex
tra session opened for thepurpos?
of presenting the claims of one o:
his constituents to an office : "]
will not look at a single paper, no:
listen to a single application, uuti
this silver matter is settled, an(
I am amazed that anybody shoul<
think of coming to me upon thesi
trifling matters when this night
mare is hanging over us."
-|DOUSCHKAPICKMSMJGJ
- TJie Death of this Well Knovt
[ and Brilliant Lady in Edgefield
J Who has not known or read <
Douschka Pickens, the darling i
old Edgefield and the sweethea
in days gone by of all the boys i
Carolina?
Edgefield was her childhood
home, her girlhood^ home ar
later the home of her your
3 womanhood; in that home si
: died this morning. The sad nev
came to the city and it was ri
. c?ived with deep regret here, f(
this was the home of her youri
married life. Here she lived ?
, Mrs. Dr. Geo. C. Dugas, for h
was the young Georgian wh
1 wooed and won the belle c
Carolina.
Her death was unexpected
following a brief illness, an
1 deepest sympathy is extended t
her devoted mother, to her husband
and to all the family. Cut off ii
the prime of young womanhooi
her death is a sad blow to thos
who loved her and long will sh
be mourned and longer still wil
her memory be cherished in oh
Edgefield.-Evening News.
MRS. DE. G. C. DUGAS DEAD.
Mrs Douschka Pickens Duga
died at her home near Edgefield ?
C., yesterday morning, was the
sad news that shocked and grieve*
hundreds of Augustans yesterday
for very few of . her friends kne?
that she had been sick at all.
Three weeks ago she was ii
Augusta visiting relatives, ant
then she was slightly indisposed
but no alarm was felt over he:
condition.
About ten days ago she grew
some worse, and since that tim*
she began gradually to sink, when
yesterday morning at 8 o'cloci
her soul took its flight to its eterna
resting place.
Mrs. Dr. Dugas was i
thoroughly charming and lovabli
woman, and from her earliest
childhood she has been the idol
of Edgefield, and when a young
lady,she was one of the reigning
belles of South Carolina.
Every one in Edgefield county
loved and admired her, and by
kindness and sweet charity she
had drawn around her a host o?
friends who will greatly
.mourn her loss.
Mrs. Dugas was the youngest
daughter of th? late Gov. Pickens
of South Carolina, who was one ol
the most prominent and foremost
men of his time.
She was 36 years old, and leaves
three young children, her
mother and a husband to mourn
their irreparable loss.
The deepest sympathy of the
entire community is extended
to the grieved family in this their
hour of grief and trial.
The following dispatch was
received^yesterday morning :
Edgefield. S. C. Aug. 19-Mrs.
Dr. George C. Dugas died" -afr-Iier
home in Edgefield this morning^
She leaves a husband, three bright
little children, and a mother to
mourn her loss. Mrs. Dugas was
kind-hearted and popular, and
beloved by the whole of Edgefield.
The funeral will take place Sunday
morning in the village cemetery.
Augusta Chronicle.
Former World's Fairs.
The first great international ex
position was that held at London
in the Cristal Palace, in 1851.
The next similar undertaking was
the "exhibition of the industry of
all nations," held at New York in
1853. This was held in Crystal
Palace, which was. afterward des
troyed by fire. A similar exhibi
tion was also held in Dublin in the
same year. In 1854 an exhibition
was held in Munich, which was at
first very successful, but cholera
appeared and caused such a fright
that the enterprise was abandoned.
The first great Paris international
exposition was held in 18551. The
second English international ex
hibition was held in 'London in
1862. Next in order were those
held at Constantinople in 1863 ;
Bayonne, 1865; Dublin, 1865;
Cologne. Oporto and Stockholm in
1865 ; Melbourne, 1866 ; Agra, 1867.
Then came the great Paris ex
position of 1867, followed by
several smaller ones at various
places, until ?1873, when a very
fine one was held in Vienna. The
next important display was the
Philadelphia centennial. Again a
number of smaller ones, then the
1 great Paris exposition of 1880, and
' now the World's Columbian Exposi
tion in Chicago, the greatest of all.
Executor's Sale.
[
, \XTE will sell at the town of Plum
YV Branch on the 0th day of October
) next, a plantation known as the James
, Jennings' place, containing 1,300 acres,
more or less, said farm being on Byrd
? Creek. Will sell the whole or divide
? it into lour different tracts to suit pur
\ chasers. Said land is bounded as fol
- lows: North, by lands of Thomas
- Moton, White, and Deal ; East, by lands
of Hon. W. J. Talbert, and Mrs. N. P.
1 B. Cartledge; West, by lands of Mrs.
i; Price Morgan and A. Talbert.
, TERMS: One-fourth the purchase
1 money in cash, the balance in one and
5 two years,
W. D. JENNINGS, Sr.,
J. H. JENNINGS,
Executors.
CANDIDATES.
FOR AUDITOR.
lama candidate for County Auditor,
and will abide the result of the pri
mary. ,
J. W. JOHNSON.
I am a candidate for the office of
Auditor, and will abide the result of
the primary election.
BEN J. W. RUSHTON.
lam a candidate for the position of
Auditor, and will abide the result of
the primary election.
ALBERT W. RUSHTON.
I am a candidate for.County Auditor,
and will abide the result of the pri
mary election.
WALTER J. PADGETT.
I am a candidate for the position of
Auditor of Edenfield county, and will
abide the result of the primary election.
JAS, B. ADAMS.
I am a candidate, not at the solicita
tion of friends, many or few, for the
position of Auditor, and will abide the
result of the primary election.
JAS. D. FRASER.
SOUTH C3B0LI0B COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Session begins September 26th, Four
Courses: Classical, Literary, Scien
tific, and Law; with elective studies
in higher classes. New Gymnasium.
Well appointed Laboratory, Chemical,
Physical, Biological, etc. Necessary
Expenses, from $145 to $210.
For further information address the
President,
JAMES WOODROW.
Erskine College,
Due West, S. C.
Opens first Monday in October next.
OFFERS-CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COURSES.
Large and handsome building com
pleted. Delightful climate.
Now in the 54th Year of its Existence.
Total Expenses for Board and Tuition, $130.
J?j^" Write for Catalogue.
W. M. GRIER, President.
iii Female Goto,
GREENVILLE, S. C.
Session of 1893-94 1? We?nesday, Sept. 27.
Attendance, 242. Corps of Instructors,
18. Course of study, thorough and
comprehensive.
Department of Music-Wade R.
Brown, (Artist Graduate of New Eng
land'Con. of Music) Director.
Full Conservatory Course-In Piano,
Voice, Violin, Organ, Viola-Harmony
and Theory. Assistant instructors are
Conservatory graduates.
Department of Art thoroughly
equipped.
Health record, unrivalled.
Terms of board, tuition, music, etc.,
low and reasonable.
Daughters of Ministers of the Gos
pel are accorded reduced rates.
Two girls coming from the same
family are given special rates. '
Correspondence requested.
Send for new catalogue.
Address,
A. S. TOWNES,
' President.
THE EDGEFIELD
Male and Female
THE Trustees announce to the pub
lic that_this school will open on
MondayTSeptr-4,. 1893,
and continne ten months, forty weeks,
with a recess of one week at Christ
mas. There will be three departments,
each carefully graded :
The Primary, embracing 2 years.
The Intermediate, embracing 4 years.
The Academic, embracing 4 years.
Provision is also made for Music and
Art Departments, under competent
teachers. Arrangements for studies
higher than the Academic will be made
hereafter, if it be deemed best to do so.
The rates of tuition will be as follows :
In the PrimaryDepartment, first
and second years, per month.. $ 1.00
In the Intermediate Department,
1st and 2nd years, per month.. 2.00
In the Intermediate Department
3rd and 4th years, per month.. 3.00
In the Academic Departmen t, 1 st .
and 2nd years, per month. 3.00
In the Academic Department, 3rd
and4th years,permonth. 4.00
In the Music Department, per
month. 4.00
In the Art Department, per
month. 3.00
From these charges will be deduct
ed the pro rata amount allowed for
each pupil from the public school fund.
The trustees have committed this
school to the management of
Dr. L. R. GWALTNEY.
He will be aided in each department
by competent teaohers. It will be seen
that the basis of financial support
which has been in operation for sev
eral years has been abandoned, the
trustees having fully decided that it
is better to have fixed rates of tuition
for all pupils. If the citizens of Edge
field will heartily stand by "The In
stitute," they will have a good school
in which they may takr a commenda
ble pride. The Principal is well known.
He returns to Edgefleld to become the
pastor of the Baptist Church, and to
give his matured experience to the
work of educating our boys and girls.
Good board can be had for $8 to $10
per month.
W. E. PRESCOTT, Chairman.
Liquor, Morphine, Tobacco, Etc.
The liquor, morphine, and chloral
habits absolutely cured under guaran
tee. Particulars given by letter or in
person at my office, which is open all
hours of the day.
There is no use to go away from
home and spend hundreds of dollars
for treatment, when you can be cured
at home for a much smaller amount.
J. GLOVER TOMPKINS, M. D.
Edgefleld, C. H., S. C.
Work the Roads.
ALL road-overseers in the County
are hereby instructed to call out
their hands and have the roads put in
thorough good condition by the first
day of September next. Herein fail
not. J. A. WHITE,
D. Wi P A.DGETT,
j;W.BANKS,
County Comm'rs.
Subscribe t? the Edgefleld AD
VERTISER.
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get 2,500 Dollars
for Nothing.
The Winner Has a Clear Gift of
a Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may Bring
i Them lu 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 conn
try, needing nothing but encourage
ment to produce pratical results. That
encouragement the Press Claims
Company proposes to give.
NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an
ippallingly formidable thing. The idea
Is that an in ventor must be a natural
genius, like Edison or Sell; that he
nust devote years to delving in
complicated mechancial problems and
;hat he must spend a fortune on
?elicate experiments before he can
^et a new device to a paten tab la de
cree of perfection. This delusion the
company desires to dispel.It desires to
?jet 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, hut the little, simple,
and cheap ones-the things that seem
so absurdly trivial that the average
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed
of bringing them to the attention of
the PatentOfflce.
Edison says that the profits he has
received from the patents on all his
marvelous inventions have not been
sufllcient to pay the cost of his ex
periments But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening a bit of rubber
cord to achild(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 and 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.
THK LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VALU
ABLE.
Comparatively rew people regard
themselves as inventors, but 'almost
?verybody 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
[ would make them in such a way."
,'What was the man that made this
saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the
sook. "He never had to work overa
stove, or he would have known how it
3ught to have been fixed."
"Hang such a collar button 1" 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 bufferers for
get about their grievancet and begin
to think of something else. If they
would sit down at the next convenient
opportnni.y, pat their ideas about car
windows, saucepang,and collar buttons
into practical snape, 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
puzzla.
A TEMPTING OFFEB.J
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 it the
simplest and most promising inven
tion, from a commercial point of yiew,
the company will give twenty-five
hundred dollars in 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 for a
preliminary search, the cost of which
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 : %
u-;-S1892.
"I submit the ?within described in
vention in competition for the
Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize
offered by the Press Claims Company.
u_??
NO BLANKS IN THI8 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
3pent his 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 he worth
patenting. The simpler thebetter, '?ne
person who best succeeds in carabirung
simplicity ap,d nopqhirity, 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 Stales.
Address the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managa attorney,
918 F street, N, W. Washington, p. C,
The Union Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
lb Policies are tie Most Litera! Now Offered to the Pole.
Is the only existing Company whose policies are, or can be subject to, the
MAINE NON-FORFEIT UEE 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 f ?e years' pre
miums haye been paid, failure to pay
any subsequent premiums shall not
forfeit a policy, but 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 year, 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, ac Ord
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:
m
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
?ve premiums, and then discontinues,
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 160days; five years' payment 13
years, .100 days. If the policy is a 15
Tear Endowment, ($1,000)same ag?,
three years' payments will secure In
surance to the end of the endowment
Esriod and $13.68. in cash if insured
ves till that time, and in like manne r
ten years' payment, secures insurance
for the full 15 years and $592.17 in cash.
These extensions vary with the ?ge
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
he discontinues his 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 wonld
have been of little or 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.
Tfee Yalne o? Maine Law Ertensioas as Comparei witi 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. $320,147.28
The policies are free from ALL restrictions, and incontestable after
ONE YEAR.
? grace of one month i9 given in the payment of premiums.
For further information call on, or address,
B. B. EVANS,
Manager for South Carolina^
Office, No. 1,Advertiser Building,