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THE INSURANCE SITUATION. Thirteen Oui of f>:t stork Companies Will Do Business. Columbia, April 1.-Thirteen of tho Ut ?tock Ure insurance companies that were authorized last year to (lo business in South Carolina have re newed or given notice of their inten tion of renewing their licenses for tho ensuing year, according to Infor mation given out yesterday from the office of tho Insurance Commissioner. All the old mutual companies and two or three recently dharterod will also con ti imo to transact business. The new licenses date Hom to-day for Hie succeeding twelve months. Tho thirteen companies are: Equit able or (marleston, Palmetto of Sum ter, South Carolina or Columbia, Southern Home ol' Charleston, South era Underwriters of Greensboro, X. C., Southern Stock ot' Greensboro, Underwriters of Greensboro, New Brunswick of New Jersey, New Jer sey ot Newark, American Druggists oT Cincinnati, Georgia Home of (Jo in minis, Bacille of New York and the Germania of New York. The Ger mania has paid its license lees, but has not signified its intention ol' es tablishing any agencies lor the writ ing of business. The combined admitted assets of these 1 !i coin pa n ios a mon nt to $14, 091,821.07, which is loss than ibo the admitted assets ol each ol' Hie following sunk tire insurance com panies: Aetna. Continental, Fldolity Pthenlx, Gorman-Amorica?i, Hartford, Home Insurance Company ot" North America. Liverpool and Bondon and Globe, and the National Eire. Only ono ot the HI companies, the New Brunswick, was a member of the S. IO. H. A. last year, while li of the companies that were not mout hers have not renewed their licenses. Tho aggregate premium income ol' tho Kl companies in 19 l l was $2f?4, 100.04, which is about ll per cont of the premiums received by all the stock companies in tihat year. There are about f>(? mutual com panies 'from other States which have taken licenses and which will write generally special lines, such as cot ton mills, cotton seed oil mills, lum ber mills, hardwood dealers, otc. Two nm tua ls, which will take li cense and write somewhat general lines, aro the Fitchburg Mutual In surance Company, of Fitchburg, Mass., ind the Gunnan M'utual, 01 ^yannan, On, Seutttor Brink's Statement, i Arthur Banks, of $l Mali liewa, State .Sonaior from Calhoun, county, -who has been closely aligne J with John L. McLaiMi? in the development of the Stato warehouse system and has been in touch with him during th? insurance turmoil consequent upon tho passage ol' the anti-compact bill, has issued a statement "calling upon the people lo rally lo Mle sov ereignty or the State." Senator Hanks also takes the posi tion that ll' necessary tho Stato itself should protect the interests ot the property holders of South Carolina in this crisis, commending the emer gency suggestion of Senator McLa li ri n along this line. A firm and de termined stand by the people in the face of the "flood of misinformation" being scattered among tho companies Sn Now York and elsewhere in the North, is the keynote of bis appeal. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund monty if PAZO OINTMICNT (nils to cure ntiy case of Itching, mind, Bleeding or Protruding Plies in6 to 14 days. | The first application gives linse mid kest. SOC' Cashier and $?,200 Missing. Washington, Ga., April G.-w. s. Gresham, assistant cashier of the Washington Loan and Hanking Co.. disappeared Saturday niglit with $f>,200 of tho bank's money in bis suit case. He was last seen in Au gusta. Ile loft behind him a number of personal checks, given Saturday night in exchango for currency, and an empty vault, which he had locked with tho I i m<' lock lor 72 hours to conceal the exton! of bis embezzle ment EVE lt SALIVATED HY CALOMEL ? IKMtHIBEE ! Calomel is Quicksilver and Acts Uko Dynamite on Your Liver, Calomel loses you a day! Von know what calomel ls. lt's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dyna mite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks tho bones and s'ioiild never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, thuggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous eailomel just remember that your druggist sells for 50 cents a large bot tle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and ls a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and cannot salivate. Don't ta>ko calomel! It makes you Siek tho next day; lt loses you a day's -work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens you right up and you feel greait. Give it to Uh o children be cause it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe.-Adv. CASTING AI WHIT FOlt HHMEDY. Mantling l-iooking for Way Out ol' Itu ouranee Mm M ic. Columbia, A pril 6.-F. H. Mc M as (.ci", Insurance Commissioner, ami John h. MeHauriu, state Warehouse Commissioner, have failed to moot t'he situation developed by the with drawal of practically all Uro Insur ance companies, and ving admitted their failure, Governor Mannum has taken GM: mailer in hand and will try to give the people of the State relief. South Carolina Ls facing a serious situation and some definite steps will have to bc taken. tlc vernor Manning ?.as given nc intimation as to what course he will pursue in securing lire insurance for the people of the State. Ile is giving the'matter deep study and is gaining all facts possiole, so that he will he hotter able to reach a decision. Consults Experts. The Governor has hoon holding a series of conferences with those versed in insurance affairs and he will very probably announce his plan ul an early date. The suggestion ha? come from sov oral quarters that tho Governor or der a special session of tho legisla ture und put tho State Into the lire Insurance. At the present time Gov ernor Manning is opposed to an extra session. In thc meantime practically all of the lire insurance companies aro holding out. and will refuse to write any business in tho State, .lust what offed this will have on loans hy life insurance companies' cannot he pre dicted. To Test I/aw. Tho Supreme Court will meet in Columbia next week and a suit ls to be instituted to test the constitu tionality of tho anti-compact law. This is tho measure thal put thc Southeastern Underwriters' Associa tion out of business and caused all of the lire Insurance companies to qni't the State. The Attorney Gene ral's o Ince will defend the act of the General Assembly, Tho Court will be urged to give an early decision in the matter. For Your Child's Cough. If your child has a cold, nose runs or coughs much get a ?mall bottle of Dr. Hell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It is a pleasant Pi ne-Tar-Honey syrup, just what children like and just the med icine to soothe th^j cough and rhook tin- cold. After talking, children op fretting, sloop good ,nu aro soo- uti tl rely well. ~nu^.-t ntl Dft Bi ir . Pirio Tai-lion-' y. 2??C .?:' your druggist! -Ail v. I. (Jet $15,000 and Escape. Canonburg, Ca., April ti.-Two men robbed the First National Hank of Houston, at Houston, soon aller noon to-day of $ I fi,OOO and escaped in am automobile. Cashier McNutt was alone at his window when an automobile drove np. A man enteret! carrying a piece of paper about the size of a check and laid it on the counter. On tho paper was written, ".Make a move and you will be shot." McNutt looked up to lind himself facing an automatic pistol, Meantime the other occupant had lett tho machino and made his way to the door of t'ho cashier's cage, which was open. McNutt was made to lie on tho Moor and one ol* the rob bers guarded him while tho other wont, through the vault. Ile collect ed $15,000 in bills, but did not touch $20,000 in gold or $1,000 in silver. Tho mon then ?old McNutt to lie still while they hurried to Die auto mobile and dioso quickly away. Had Army Cost Blue Prints. Macon, Ga.. April C.- Announce ment was made hore to-day that Ser geant Gibson, of the local army re cruiting station, has taken from the possession of a Macon man blue prints of the proposed brigade post at Fort Oglethorpe. Tho prints show in detail the post which tho government is considering building at Fort Oglethorpe. The mau from whom they were secured claims die found thom. His name has not been divulged, but the prints have been forwarded to Washington for tho War Department to handle the case. Question of Hirth in Smith Snit. Augusta, Ga., April G.-Among t'he most Interesting developments in the .lames M. Smith hearing before Judge Emory Si>eer Wednesday was the testimony, by affidavit of Martha J. Matthews, of Madison county, and others, who deposed that ever since she could remember lt had been cur rent rumor in Oglethorpe county, where she was born and lived many yeans, that James M. Smith was the illegitimate son of Zndoc Smith who WHS never married to Nancy Smith, who was tho mother of James M. Smith. This testimony, if substanti ated, will tend to further complicate the case-for, among the main claimants for the estate are the law ful heirs of Zndoc Smith. FHANCIS J. PHLftKK'H WILL. Sfieclll? Bequests Aggregate Over a Million HOIIUIH. Charleston, April 7.-The will of tho ?ate Francis J. Pelzer, who died at his residence here on Friday af ternoon, was probated Monday In the Office of Probate Judge George D. lilyan, and the executors qualified yesterday. There were no bequests to others'than relatives ol' Mr. Pel/.er and a few friends. The greater part of the estate is to be hold in trust. "Mi? total value of specific bequests aggregates over $1,100,(100. Francis J. Poisser, Jr., Wm. K. Pel zer and Arthur Pel/.er, sons of the late linancier, wore designated as ox ecu'tors. Tho will was signed and witnessed Mareil 10, 1901. To his wife, Mrs. ICI I? a Ford I'el /.er, the deceased bequeathed the sum of $50,000 for her own use, the car riage 'horses, household furniture, and the lots of land and buildings on Ashley avenue and Bull street. In addition to this Mrs. Pel/.er was will ed the sum of $100.000, to be held in trust and to revert to the estate on her death. To each of his sons, Francis J. Pel/.er, Jr., Wm. K. Pel/.er and Ar thur Pel/.er, the deceased bequeath ed the sum of $100,000. Tho sum of $100,000 was left to bo equally divided anions; the chil dren of t'he deceased daughter of Mr. Pelzer. Mrs. James M. Soignions. To the ohlldron of his deceased daughter, Mrs. T. S. Inglesby, Mr. Pel/.er loft $ 100,000, to be divided equally. The deceased willed $r>n,000 to his daughter, Mrs. Fl iza DeSaussure Ly nna. The ?um of $50,000 was ordered ,nvested by the executors, the inter est to bo sri von to Mrs. Eliza DeSaus su'-e Dynah, and after her death to her chi! 'ron. The sum of $100,000 was willed lo Miss Sarah Louisa Pel/.er, to he held in trust. Svins on his books a't the time of his death aro to bel given to his grandchildren as directed. The amounts were not contained in Me will. Should there be a surplus froai the above bequests it was willed tlw>t lt he disposed of as follows: To ? n<eee, M.iss Julia Pelzer, $T>,000;' F. I. Pelzer, a nephew, $5,000; Sarai I Julia Cogswell and Froncis Jj. r, Ccgnwoll $2,000 nach; W.eJJjjj ,?', .tunken Cns*, liv; .; ?5. O 0 ; Ham . '. .: Peb'.er a niece, $5.000; F.i/.al .Ui ?. W'gfall, $:),uuo; Anna Maria ?Priva ter, a ?niece, $T>,000; Welding T. De Saussure, $10.000; Susan B. De Saussure. $10,000; F. J. Wightman, *2,000. These bequests are to re main in t'he hands of the executors and will revert to the estate at the time of tho deaths of the above. OMA ll SURVIVORS CO. I), First S. C. Cavalry, C. 3. A.-There Were Originally 1 11. (The State. 7th. ) David lt. Flenniken, adjutant of Camp Hampton, H. C. V., Columbia, has received from W. II. Edwards, of Chester, a roll of Company I), First South Carolina Cavalry, C. S. A.. transcribed from tho original, with annotations which indicate that of the 111 men who entered the Con federate service as members of that command, but. 10 besides Mr. Flen niken are living. Survivors other than Mr. Klennl ken, all oil whom live in Chester county, so far as he is aware, are John Wesley Wilks, VV. ?auks Robin son, Jacob H. Westbrook, Samuel Adams, Thomas X. Bennett. It. M. Dodds. Adam W. Hardin, William D. Mobley, John H. McWaters. Alex. W. Wiso and B. B. Wright. Company D, as part ol the First Cavalry, went into tho service at the outbreak of tho war, under Col. John L. ?lack, a West Point graduate, as par! of Hampton's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; served through out the war and on the eve of the surrender of. Jolinstone's anny at Greensboro started for homo, so that it had a somewhat remarkable ca reer. Mr. Flenniken himself was from the beginning detached oiv si>ecial service as courier to W. A. Walker, who was at the first captain of Com pany I), but afterward became lieu tenant colonel. Mr. Flenniken in this capacity was present at every engagement in which his regiment participated and he rode home In 1865 the same horse upon which he left Chester four years before. Company D's original roll Is now in the custody of Camp Walker Gas ton, U. C. V., of Chester. CASTOR IA Fer Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boara the Signature of MAN KICKS MK KT AT ANDERSON. ( itv Expecting More (linn One Hun dred a> Attend. (Daily Mail, 6th.) Walter Greer, cashier ol' the Dank of Kelton, was In this city yesterday a I ter noon conferring with the local bankers about the meeting of Group No 1 Pinkers, which will be held in Anderson on Tuesday, May 10. Mr. Greer is chairman of this group. Group No. 1 embraces all of the banks of Greenville, Anderson, Oco neo and Pi-kens counties holding membership in the State Bankers' Association, lt is expected that 100 or more bankers will attend the An derson meeting. This will be the last meeting of this group, for at the last meeting of the State Bankers' Association a res olution was adopted changing the lines of the groups to conform to the seven Congressional Districts of tho State. After the Anderson meeting Croup No. 1 will embrace Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenwood, Abbe ville and Newberry counties. Mr. Greer states that he ls now working on the program for the meeting to be held next month. As yet no banker or person outside of the group bas been selected to ad dress the meeting, but he ls now working on this part of the program. The Anderson bankers are also ar ranging to entertain the visiting bankers. The Rivers of Soulfi Carolina. The following verses from an old book once popular In the South have been resurrected from the Clemson library by Prof. Morrison and pub lished in "The Tiger": By the rice-fields and sand-hills run. the rivers small a'd great, t'1 rom the mountain to the ocean in the grand "Palmetto State.' From Savannah on the westward to the east-most Waccamaw; By Catawba, where the Red Man once -untroubled kept his squaw; Bubbling, hurrying, foaming, splash ing, gently, smoothly, then they flow, Once they find her sunny borders ne'er across them do they go. Pacolet, Saluda, Pec-Dee, Tyger. -Broad, Bush, Enoree. To Savannah, Chauga, Little Seneca, and Tugaloo, KeoTvee. and Toxnway, and the rat I i j Hg Kock y go To the ocean Coo ? av->h a, K ? iie, lazy) Lynch and dark Cheohaw, Ashley) Cooper, these, in ind ian j Blo wah and Wash masa w. Eastward flowing is the Coosaw, hy the lands of Edisto; By the Salke-hatchie, and the Poca taligo. By the countless fields of cotton spread the Small and Great Pee Dee ; Here the sea-waves kissing, Sampit, Broad, May. Wrights and Chinca see. Here are Tau lee, Bull and Karbon, and the wayward Wadmelaw, Morgan and small Kiawah, Sleepy Stone and a New, Comhahee and sluggish Wando and the narrow Asbepoo. From Savannah west and southward, from the oast-most Waccamaw; To Catawba, where the Indian still is living with his squaw; From the rich hills to the barrens, busy rivers, small and great, Hun by factory and plantation In the grand "Palmetto State." An Ideal Spring Laxative. A good and time-tried remedy is Dr. King's New Life Pills. The first dose will move the sluggish bowels, stimulate the liver and clear Ibo sys tem of wasto and blood Impurities. Von owe it to yourself to clear the system of body poisons, accumulated during the winter. Dr. King's New Lifo Pills will do it. 2.'.e. at your druggist.-Adv. 1. Lynched iii Oklahoma Court. i_ Idabel, Okla., April 5.-After lis tening to the evidence at the prelimi nary hearing here Monday ol Oscar Martin, a negro charged with having attacked a 1 !5-year-old girl, a mob of several hundred men overpowered court attaches and banged the negro from a second-stor) balcony of the court house. Evidently at a previously arranged signal the mob sprang up from among the s|>octator?j at the conclu sion of the evidence and while court officials were held prisoners, dragged the negro to tho balcony from which he was thrown after o ie end of a rope hnd been placed around his neck and the other made secure .k? a post. The mob dispersed within a few minutes and no further disorder took place. Entertainment at Townvllle. Townvllle, April 3,-Special: There will be an entertainment on tho evening of April 14, 1916, at the Townvlllo school building, 7.30 o'clock. It will be given) by the Townvllle Comedy Company. Tho public is cordially Invited. rm: Tl ie ,ON*T accept Every mon sc will tell you Rt lOY/ COSt. Ile" il . A VOW end you know that j are costing mere an He lrnows ?.nd you s operating cost: of an five yean?' time is w< Eideration. We don't give you tel: you what we li facts and figures figures, Here they z Maxwell World's No Miles without o motor * Average mi!c3 per ii..y ( Iviilcs per gallon cf rviso Miles ocr gallon o.: oil.. Average miles ;.cr ti vc.. Most Maxwell cw results than these bx the actual figures se stock touring car bro! Non-Stop Record. When you get yo be sure it will give y -probably far more < figures indicate. Bul can get your Maxw If you prefer, make pav thc balance as yo Touring ( Roadste Pricoa F. O. SHIRLEY SENE( DISTR1B1 Moi ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? tty ty ?J* ?J? ?J? ?J? (ty ?J? ty ty ty ?J? ty> ?J? ?J? .J. HEALTH QUESTIONS. ty <ty ?J? ?J? ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty tty Do You Know that There is no Federal institution in the continental United States for the reception and care of lepers? Plague is a disease of rodents? Valaria is spread by a special mos quito? House screening is a good disease preventive? Fingers, flies and f >od spread ty phoid fever? Pellagra may bo prevented or cured by proper diet? The United States Public Health Service believes that the common towel spreads trachoma, a disease of the eyes? Children from sanitary homos ad vance more rapidly in school than those from dirty premises? KKLIAIili REMEDY RESTORES KIDNEYS. For many years druggists nave watched with much interest, the re markable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder remedy. lt ls a physician's prescription. Swamp-Hoot iii a strengthening medicine. Dr. Kilmer used it for years in his private practice. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature intended they should do. Swamp-Root has stood tho test of years. It is sold by all druggists on its merit and It will help you. No other remedy can successfully take its place. Re sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this groat preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilrner & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing lie sure and mention the Wal halla Weekly Keowee Courier, ad. JVTI mu . Proof c.aims or opinions, liing an automobile his car can be run s because lie knows gasoline, oil and tires d mere all the time, hould know thr:t the y automobile during orth your careful ccn any guesswork. We :now. We state the proved and verified ire: n-Stop Record Facts top.22,023 !4 days:). 500.6 Une. 21.88 . 400 . 9,871 ners get even better it we are just giving t when the Maxwell ke the World's Motor ur Maxwell you can DU economical service ?conomical than these : to be sure that you ell, ORDER NOW. a small deposit and u use the car. >J, $655 r, $635 E. Ont. oit & LOWRY, ?A, S. C. JTORS FOR ILA BK K.HI IA M Sill ? IT-' Si H?DES. Commits Act in Wife' Defeated n: Vv Ihresence-? Clarkosville, Ga., April 6.-J. N. (labr?is, sheriff of Habershani coun ty, committed suicide this morning about IO o'clock by shooting himself. The cause ls unknown. He bad recently been defeated for re-election to the office of sheriff in the county primary which was held on .March 31, by a very small major ity, and he had been talking of con testing the election and had even talked of it this morning. I-t is thought by some that he brooded over his defeat, which caused his rash act. Ile bad gone to his home from his office about lo o'clock and told his wile be anticipated killing himself, and she tried to prevail upon him not to think of such a thing and had stepped out of the room for some purpose. Returning, just ns ?he got in Hie door, she saw Mr. Oabrels with a pistol pressed against his forehead and she tried to reach him in time to take it away from him, but before she could reach him he fired and fell unconscious, expiring in a few minutes. Mr. Gabrels had been sheriff for moro than three years and had serv ed a previous term as sheriff. Ho was prominent in politics in the county. Card of Thanks. Editor Keowoe Courlor: We -wish to thank the many frionds and neigh bors for the kindness shown us dur ing tho sickness and death of our dear wife and mother, Elizabeth Roach. May God's richest blessings rest on all of them. Husband and Children. ?Mountain Rest, March 29.