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Assets $45,000,000. Incorporated 1835. OF 330ST02sT, MASSACHUSETTS. ALGrEBNOU S SMITH, OHAELESTCN, S. ?| and H. C. WAMAMAKEE, OEAJTGEBUBG, S. C, compose the firm of In taking Life Insurance 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 taken with agents of whom, they knew nothing, and who had sold them one thing and de livered another. How many of you have found yourselves in the same fix? I am one of the GENERAL AGENTS OF THE NEW ENGLAND LIF^ INSURANCE COMPANY, a company which I can recommend as one of the best, if not the VERY BEST, in the United States. I do not say this because I represent them, but if yon give me a chance I CAN PROVE IT. I have lived in ORANGEB?RG 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" Nvas not mixed up in the late investigations, and if you will read the extracts from the MASSACHUSETTS LAW as found on this page you will see why. DO NOT LET AN AGENT MTX 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.) ? WHY You Should Insure in The New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. BECAUSE Mow Mu'usl Compan ies Outside Mass. May be Controlled. A Simple But Radical Provision By Law Which Guarantees Good Management. Even tbe Agent is Liable if He Makes False Statements. 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, allows only twenty votes to be cast by one person, and does not permit officers toeither 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 of Massachusetts. ' \ Massachusetts law provides that any agent, solicitor or other 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 unr'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, or both at 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. c. Orangeburg, S. C. FIRST MESSAGE 05 Goy. Martin F. Ansel to the State Legislature, STATE WSPEIISAEY SSnuld be Abolished to Obedience to the Wfli of the People, He Siys. Dia cmsses a Number of Other Qaestioas of Inter est to the People. Governor Ansel's inaugural address *o the General Assembly last week was as fellows: / ?aatlemen of the General Assembly and My Fellow Citizens: In obedienoe to the will of the peo ple of thi. state, as expressed at the *a!llot cox, I am here to-day to take Ujj solemn oath of office as governor ?C South Carolina, and to assume the duties of this high and responsible position. . I am deeply grateful to the people for this manifestation of their confi dence, and when I survey the. vast ras no risibilities and duties eonneoted with the same, I realize deeply my In ability to fully meet them. Feeling iowever, that I shall have your full so operation and support, and relying ujton your help at all times, I assume thee? duties and responsibilities, promising to give to them my best judgment and talents, and all the now Iks with which the great God has en dowed me. And; Gentlemen of the General As sembly, while the responsibilities as sumed by me axe great/yeo the same will of the people has called yon to the performance of duties equally Im portant.- To my mind, there is no greater honor that can be bestowed upon a citizen than that of beluga "Haw maker-" It has been wisely provided In our constitution that the government shall be divided into three depart ments: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. To yon Is committed the sacred power of making the laws un iter which all the people shall live and by which they shall be governed. How ?rest then la your function and how careful should you be iu enacting wise la^s, beneficial alike to all uur ?Ulsans! Oar industrial development haa been commensurate with the progress of the age, aod onr educational inter ests have not lagged behind, yet thera are great things to be done and great xesponslbihtles to be met In the va rious duties that we owo to onr state. Let ns all. therefore, with conrage and confidence, be true to our oaths af office and strive for ah those things -thai will elevate and educate our clfci zecsbip and give that peace and pros* parity to onr people that the/ are en titled to at onr hands. The annual message of Governor Hey Ward made to yon at this session of the legislature, gives yon fall in formation of the oonditionof all oar public affairs, and I desire to congrat ulate him and the State on the gen eral measure ,of prosperity that has come to the State during his wies ad ministration. I feel it is my duty at this time and in this presence to call to your attention certs in legislation whloh I think needful to bo enacted ' at the pressnt session of the Legisla ture. 't was my Privilegs, during the past summer, when miJring the cam palgn for the honorable cfBoe which I this day assume, to discuss before the people certain measured, which I now desire to call to yonr attention. EDUCATION. Oar state constitution requires that we shall "provide a literal system of free publio schools for all children be tween 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 stats depend ultimate ly upo-i the intelligence of the aver age eitlzen, we can realize the mind of the framers of thin organis law. It therefore, behooves us to enact such lawi as will fully carry out this wisepn?lsion of the state Constitu tion. The state Institutions of higher learning are all well equipped and ?re doing a great work In the education of many of our girls and boys, bnt these fortunate ones are bnt 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 in the year by the help of the special taxes voted upon themselves by she tax payers of the particular school district, but many of the small schools Jin the rural districts zzzin session tut I for three or four months in the year, j Bealizlng that most of the ohlldren, . who attend these schools, are recelv j ing from them all the school advant j ages that they will erer get, are we dolir? onr full duty to them? Are we [ thus fitting them for all of the duties ! of an intelligent oltiizanshlp? We are building for the future and jwe Bhould see to it teat we build {strong and ?well. You h aye no more j important matter that (rill come be fore yon and I recommend that libe-al ' appropriations be made for the com mon schools. I also sax your especial attention to and considerations of the establish i meat of high schools in connection i, with and as a part of the free sohool j Bysbam of our s&ta. Llany children i j will bo able to attend a atace college, i and many others will bei better pre pared 1st cohegs after having attend j ed the high ecbocl. It 1b a step in the 11 dlreotioo of giving to the boys and 'girls better opportunities in their ; Bonool life and for making them bet j ier citizens. LIQU03 QUESTION. Oae of tbe most Important subjects j that yon have before you for conald- j er&tion, Gentlemen of the General As sembly, Is the Uquor question. The people of tbe state have spoken of, no uncertain Bound, and we oarfnot mistake their meaning, that tbe state dispensary system must be abolished and that thde must be enacted In its /Stead, a law providing for local county option as between county prohibition and oounty dispensaries. In making my campaign this past summer, one of the principal issues b**ore the people was the question of t1*j} dJspsnsary or local oounty Op tion as oetween oounty prohibition and oounty 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 oounty dispensaries. Let eaoh county nay 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 oounty, 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 ever? 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 county dispensary be operated in that county under the 'restrictions now thrown around the sale of liquor with such other regulations as tbe legislature may deem best. Let the county board of control be appointed by the governor and let tbe board so I appointed have obarge 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 let the Judge hand that report to the grand jury for their inspection and investigation, with suoh Instructions as he may think proper. Whatever profit 1b made will go to the oounty. 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 the punishment of all 'blind tigers' and other violators of the law, and make it the duty of the county sheriffs, deputies, constables, marshals, policemen, and other peace officers to see to it that this law is en forced and all violators are brought to justioe and punishment. "I would be glad If no liquors were sold as a beverage, but the conditions are Buch at this time, that I believe this to be the beab way to deal with the question." I stand upon that platform to-day, and I urge that you enaot a law abol ishing the state dispensary system and give to the people of eaoh county the right to vote upon the question of . county prohibition or county dlspen-, Bnry. The beat way of controlling tbo sale of liquor has been agitating the minds of.the people of this country for many years; the sale of it has been deolared an evil by the highest court' of the land and the question for us now .is which Is the best way of controlling it in this state, The stats dispensary system, was adopted, SDd, after a trial of thirteen years, a great majority of the people of the state have said that they wish it abolished and that each county shall be allowed the right to say whether they will have prohibition or county 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 yon to say whether the will of the people shall be carried out or not. Let us do onr duty without fear or favor. BUCKET SHOPS? Another matter tbac I desire po bring to your attention is the enact ment of a law preventing the opera tion of what are knowu as "Bucket Shops," or cotton or stock exohanges. This Is a species of speculation that is taking thousands of dollars from this state, is demoralizing our oitlzsns, 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 to the good name of the state that we foho 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 circumstances," 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 tbo enactment of a law providing the death penalty to any male person making an assault upon a female with intent to ravish, granting the right to the jury trying the case to fix the punishment at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary If in their judgment the facts warrant a leas punishment than death. In this day when we read . so many assaults cf this oharacter being made, it bshooves us to wake up to the situation and make the penalty so severe that the woman of this state may be proteoted 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 priv.vts, before the Judge, in the oresencE) of the counsel for the [?u&ti?utd on iagj 6.] NEW SPRING GOODS EVERY DAY. ? v.n 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 g00 yards Exquisite Round Thread Yal Laces, lovely for all kinds of wash dresses, new and dainty edges and insertions, only.KTcents 1000 yards Sevilla Lace, a torchon that wears like the hand-made kind, pretty edges and insertions, a wonderM 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..N.15 cents Long Gloves. Kid. Mercerized Lisle and Silk, a grand'assortment of elbow length gloves, now so extremely popular. Long Mercerized Lisle, look lovely and wear well, berutiful finish in white, black, tan ana grap at... $1.25 Long Pure Silk Gloves, elbow length, white and black, at.t $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 Chill Tonic has stood the test 25 years. Average Annita] Sales over One and a Half Mfflon bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay* 50c? Enclosed with every bottle is a Tea Cent* package of Grove's Black Root* liver Pills.