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Assets $45,000,000. Incorporated 1835. OF ZBOST03ST, jyC-A-SS^OBClTSETTS ALGERNON S SMITE, CHARLESTON, S. 0? and H. C. WANNAMAKER, ORANGEB?RG, S. C, compose the firm of OE>]NfE>SLA.Iv AGENTS. In taking Life In surance one cannot afford to experiment. A company that has been doing business for more than sixty-three years knows it can do what it promises. The "New England" is the oldest chartered company in the United States. A PERSONAL STATEMENT To My Friends in This and Adjoining Counties: It has happened on several occasion^ that friends of mine have come to me in regard to Insurance Poli cies which they have taksn with agents of whom they knew nothing, and who had sold them one thing and de livered another. How many of yon have found yourselves in the same fix? I am one of the GENERAL AGENTS OF THE NEW ENGLAND LIFJ? INSURANCE COMPANY, a company whiph I can recommend ' as one of the best, if not the VERY BEST, in the United States. I do not sstj this because I represent them, but if yon give me a chance I CAN PROVE IT. I have lived in ORANGEB URG all of my life and expect to db so until I die. I cannot afford to fool anyone. If I should, I can alwaj s be found, and am willing, ready and able to satisfy yon. The "NEW ENGLAND" Vas not mixed up in the late investigations, and if yon will read the extracts from the MASSACHUSETTS LAW as found on this page you will see why. DO NOT LET AN AGENT MJX YOU UP WITH A "CATCH" POLICY. They are hard to understand and ycu think you are ? etting something you are not. Respectfully, H. C. WANNAMAKER, (At The People's Bank, Orangeburg.) ? "W YouShouldlnsurehTheNew England Mutual Life Insurance Co. IB M O A. XT S;E> Mutual Life Insurance Companies are supposed to be controlled by the policy hold ers, who vote by proxy, but if the law permits officers to hold any number of proxies, es pecially permanent proxies, then the company is practically controlled by the officers. Massachusetts law makes a proxy valid for only three months, allowis only twenty votes to be cast by one person, and does not permit officers to either solicit or use a proxy. These provisions are simple but radical. By making the officers responsible to the policy holders a practical guarantee of good management is given which is not found outside cf Massachusetts. ' How Mu'ual Compan ies Outside Muss. May be Controlled. A Simple But Radical Provision By Law Which Guarantees Good Management. Even the Agent is Liable if He Makes False Statements. Massachusetts law provides that any agent, solicitor or ether person who shall know - ingly or wilfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with ref erence to any application for insurance, or who shall make any such statement for the purpose of obtaining any fee, commission, money or benefit in any corporation transacting business une'er this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and'upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of hot less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in.the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, cr both au the discretion of the court. Agents who want to form the best connections with the best company can, if satisfactory reference is given, get the best contract to be had. Persons desiring insurance address the undersigned for rates and other information. H. C. Orangeburg, S. C FIRST MESSAGE OS Qov. Mariin F. Ansel to the State Legislature, STATE MSPEH8ABY Stolid be Abolished in Obedience to toe W?I of the People, He Says. Die cesses a Number of Other Questions of Inter est to the People. Gtoyernbr Ansel's inaugural address so lie General Assembly last week was as follows: / gentlemen of the General Assembly , and tty Fellow Citizens: In obedienea to the will of the pso pie of thi i stale, as expressed at the -ballot box, I am here to-day to take the solemn oath of office as governor ef South Carolina, and to assume tne dsfcies of this high and responsible position. . I am deeply grateful to the people lor this manifestation of their confi dence, and when I survey the vast reeponsi bill ties and duties cormeoted with the same, I realize deeply my in* ability to folly meet them. Feeling however) that I shall have your full co-operation and support, and relying apon your help at all times, I assume these duties and responsibilities, Itemising to give to them my best judgment and talents, and all the now wra with whloh the great God has en dowed me. And, Gentlemen of the General As sembly, while the responsibilities as sumed by me are great, yet the same will of the people has called you to the performance of dnties equally im portant. To my mind, there is no greater honor that can be bestowed ? upon a citizen than that of beluga "law make*." It has been wisely provided in our Constitution that the government! shall be divided into three depart-! vents: Legislative, Executive and Judlelal. To you la committed the nered power of making the lawsun 4er which all the people shall live and by which they shall be governed. How great then is your function and how careful should you be in enacting wine iaws, beneficial alike to all our ?citizens 1 Our industrial development haaj been commensurate with the progress, Of the age, and onr educational inter-; ?3us have not lagged behind, yet there are great things to be done and great aseaponsibilities to be met in the va-' rious duties that we owo to our state. j Let us all. therefore, with courage and confidence, be true to our oaths of office and strive for all those things $ha& will elevate and educate our citi-, zensoip and give that peace and pros* ] perlt? to our people that tbe/ are en- j titled to at our band?. Tbe annual message of Governor Heyw^rd made to yon at this session j of the legislature, gives yon full In- j formation of tha condition of all our j public affaire, and I desire to oongrat-1 nlate him and the State on the gen eral measure ,of prosperity tbat has coma to the State daring his wise ad ministration. I feel it Is my duty at this time and in this presence to call to your attention certain legislation which I think needful to be enacted at the presset session of the legisla ture. ft was my privilege, during the past summer, when making the cam paign for the honorable effioe whloh I thin day assume, to discuss before the people certain measures, whloh I now dteire to call to your attention. EDUCATION. Oar Bt&te constitution requires that we shall "provide a liberal system of free public schools for all children be twean the ages of six and twenty one." When we consider the great power and influence of an educated people and that the strength and prosperity of a state depend ultimate ly upo-? the intelligence of the aver age eitizen, we can realize the mind of the framers of this organis law. It therefore, behooves us to enact such laws as will fully carry out this wise pro\ision of the state constitu tion. The state institutions of higher learning are all well equipped and pre doing & great work in the education of many of our girls and coys, but these fortunate ones are but a meagre ten per cent, of those within the school age; the other ninety per cent, are wholly dependent upon the com mon schools. It is true that many of the graded schools are kept open for nine months j in the year by the help of the special taxes voted upon themselves by the 'tax payers of the particular sohool distriot, but many of the small schools In tho rural ?irtrto? ire !n session tut for three or four months in the year. Realizing that most of the ohildren, who atleud these schools, are reoelv-j ing from them all the sohool advant ages that they will C7er get, are we dc'cg our full duty to them? Are we thus fitting them for all of the duties of an intelligent oitizanshlp? We are building for the fa Sure and we should see to it ttat we build strong and well. You have no more important matter that will come be fore yon and I recommend that libe-al appropriations be made for the com mon schools. I I also as*: your especial attention to [and ooualoeratiiuna of the establish j ment of high school!! in connection , with and as a part of the free sohool ; system of our state. Many children will be able to attend a atate college, j and many others will bo better pre I pared for college after having attend I ed the high ecbocl. It is a step in tbe direction of giving to the boys and girls better opportunities in their sctool life and for making them bet , ier citizens. liquor question. Oae of tbe most Important subjects that you have before yon for consid eration, Gentlemen of the General As sembly, is the liquor question. The people of tbe state have spoken of, no uncertain Bound, and we oarfnot no intake their meaning, that tbe state dispensary system must be abolished and that theie must be enacted in its -stead, a law providing for local county option as between county prohibition and county dispensaries. In making my campaign this past summer, one of the principal issues b*fore tbe people was the question of >1aii dlspsnsary or local county op tion as' oetween county prohibition and county dispensaries. The plank in my platform upon that question is as follows: "I am opposed to the system of a state dispensary. I am in favor of lo cal county option, between county prohibition and county dispensaries. Let eaoh oounty say for Itself wheth er it desires that liquor shall be sold in that county, or that it shall not be sold therein. This system has been, and Is now tbe law in several of the states around and near us, and it is regarded with satisfaction so far as I have been able to learn. You know what you had rather have in your county, and you should, therefore, have a right to say so, and not let other counties vote upon what your county should have. You manage your own oounty affairs in every thing else, why not in this matter? "I favor eaoh county voting upon that question for themselves If the vote is for liquor to be sold, then let a oounty dispensary be operated in that county under the'restrictions now thrown around the sale of liquor with such other regulations as the legislature may deem best. Let the oounty board of control be appointed by tbe governor and let the board so appointed have charge of the whole matter for that county, said board to report to the judge at eaoh term of the circuit court for that oounty of all of its actings and doings, and then hit the judge hand that report to the grand jury for their inspection and investigation, with suoh instructions as be may think proper. Wh atever profit is made will go to the county. Let the dispensers be paid a salary and not a commission on what they sell. If the vote is for prohibition then allow no liquor to be sold in such county, and pass a stringent law pro viding for tbe punishment of all 'blind tigers' and other violators of the law, and make it the duty of the oounty sheriffs, deputies, constables, marshals, policemen, and other peace officers to Bee to It that this law 1b en forced and all violators are brought to justice and punishment. "I would be glad if no liquors were sold as a beverage, but the conditions are such at this time, that I believe this to be the best way to deal with the question." I stand upon that platform to-day, and I urge that you enact a law abol ishing the state dispensary system and give to the people of each county the right to vote upon the question of . coojty prohibition or county dlspen sary. The beat way of controlling the sale of liquor has been agitating the minds of the people of this country for many years; the Bale of It has been declared an evil by tbe highest court' of the land and the question for us now .is which is the best way of controlling It in this state, The state dispensary system, was adopted, and, after a trial of thirteen years, a great majority of tbe people of the state have said that they wish it abolished and that eaoh oounty shall be allowed the right to say whether they will have prohibition or count; dispensaries. \ The will of the people is supreme and we should heed their demands Many of you were eleoted upon the same platform and the matter is now before you gentlemen. It is for you to say whether tbe will of tbe people shall be carried out or not. Let us do our duty without fear or favor. BUCKET SHOPS? Another matter tbac I desire to bring to your attention is the enact ment of a law preventing the opera tion of what are known as "Bucket Shops," or cotton or stock exchanges. This is a species of speculation that 1b taking thousands of dollars from this state, is demoralizing our oitizsns, and is bringing many of them to poverty and to ruin. The states of North Carolina and Georgia have already prohibited them from doing business within their boundaries and we owe It to ourselves and tc the good name of the state that we folio v the example so worth ily set us. We now have on our stat ute book an act declaring "unlawful, contracts for the sale of articles for future delivery, made under certain oiroumsbances," etc. Let us now follow this up with an Act prohibiting any bucket shop or cotton or stook exchange or any other exchange of like charaoter from doing business in this state. ASSAULT ETC. I further wish to call your attention to another matter which I consider as grave importance at this particular time in our history, and that is the enactment of a law providing the death penalty to any male perBon making an assault upon a female with intent to ravish, granting the right to the jury trying the case to rix the punishment at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary if in their Judgment tbe facts warrant a less punishment than death. In this day when we read of so many assaults of this oharaoter being made, it behooves us to wake up to the situation and make the penalty so Esvei hat the woman of this state not '? jo protected from this heinous crime and the perpetrators punished so severely that all will be deterred from committing the same. I further recommend that an Act be passed providing that in all oases of rape or assault with intent to rav ish, the female may be allowed to tes tify in private, before the Judge, in the presence of the counsel for the [Uuntinutd on paga 6.J NEW SPRING GOODS EVERY DAY. Each day beautiful and stylish Spring goods are re ceived. These pretty goods are put on display at once. Those who buy early this spring will ge? the choice goods and at the cheapest prices, because desirable goods are getting extremely scarce in the markets, and every day we are notified of the advanced prices. Buy early and get these cheap. 500 yards Lovely Val Laces and Insertions to match, never so popular. Splendid patterns at....... 5 cent ?00 yards Exquisite Round Thread Val Laces, lovely for all kinds of wash dresses, new and dainty edges and insertions, only.;..lO^centa 1000 yards Sevilla Lace, a torchon that wears like the hand-made kind, pretty edges and insertions, a wonderfvl bargain, only. 5 cents 250 yards Soft Nainsook, exquisite quality, softness of silk and strength of linen, nothing dainter for waists. A leader of especial importance..x.15 cents Long Gloves. Kid. Mercerized Lisle and Silk, a grand 'assorl ment of elbow length gloves, now so extremely popular. Long Mercerized Lisle, look lovely and wear well, berutiful finish in white, black, tan and grap at... $1.25 jongPure Silk Gloves, elbow length, white and black, at., $1.25 ! Heavy Milanese Silk Gloves, extra long, white and .black at..?. ?$2.00 Fine Swede Kid Gloves, elbow length, white and blach, at. $2.50 KOHN'S EMPORIUM, ORANGEBURG, S.C. (Grove's Tasteless Chiil Tome has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half MOfioii bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay, 50c. Enclosed with every bottle is ?Ten. Cent* package of d ove's Black Root* Liver Pills. llllllllllMI.il. ? ??IIIIII.IIIIIIHIIII11I