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RAL NEWS NOTES. More of Less Interst Con ensed Outside the State. ress has voted an appropria $250,000 for the Jamestown ion. has been brought by Attorney ral Coleman, of Kansas, for the ointment of a receiver and to oust e Standard Oil company from Kan as. Savannah men interested in sports are making an offer to*Jiminie Britt and Battling Nelson to pull off -their next fight in Savannah-. It is stated the offer is a liberal one. The Bryan Cotton Oil company's plant, at Bryan, Texas, was destroyed by fire on Friday. The loss is esti mated at over Sioo,ooo, with about $65.ooo insurance. The birth rate for England and Wales during the year i9o4 was 27.9 per i.ooo of*the population, a decrease of 1.3 per i,ooo compared with the average for the ten years 1894-1904, and lower than the rate of any other year on record. The Texas legislature last week went on record in both houses in a warm endorsement of President Roosevelt's policy in regard to the Standard Oil company and the alleged beef trust. *The speaker appointed the house part -of the joint committee to confer with -the federal authorities, looking to a -suppression of the beef trust. In a rear-end collision on Friday. night between two special passenger trains- from Cleveland on the Cleve land and Pittsburg railroad en route to Washington, six men and one wo man were killed and probably fifty others were injured. The accident happened eight miles west of Pitts burg, and was caused by the first special stopping for a hot box and the second following so closely that the flagman had not time to get back far enough to prevent the collision. Binger Hermann, member of con gress from Oregon, and former com missioner of the general land office, has been indicted by the federal grand jury of Washington on the charge of destroying public records It is alleged that he destroyed thirty five letter press copy books, contain ing copies of official communications, written by him as commissioner of the general land office. Bail was fixed .at $2,500. Mr. Hermann denies the charge. President Roosevelt on Friday transmitted to congress the report of the commissioner of corporations up on the beef industry, submitted in compliance with the resolution of the house of representatives adopted March 7, 1904. The report holds that high prices of beef in 1902 were due to high prices of cattle, and that the packers earned smaller profits than usual. It is further stated that there is no general interownership of stock by the six companies which slaughter Sabout 45 per cent. of the meat' con sumed in the United States. Rev. Richard Jones, coloret, *has entered suit against the city of Roa * r.oke for $30,oo0, and another against * Mayor Joel Cutchin and City Ser geant J. A. Manued, who are sued as individuals, and not as officials, for $2ajooo. Jones is the colored Baptist * proacher who was charged with preaching an inflammatory sermon in Roanoke shortly after the terrible assault a year ago on Mrs. Shield by a negro, and was afterwards forced to flee from a mob, and has since been residing in Pennsylvania. The allegation of the bill of the plaintiff is that th city made no effort to dis perse the mob a4though the authori ties had been notified in writing by the. plaintiff that it had threatened to do him injury. v HIRED INDIAN MOURNERS Strange Customs and Superstitions Of The Red Men of Okla homa. "Hardly any of the Indian mytho logies have been condensed and print ed. They have many assistant gods; the snow god, the rain god, the tor nado gods, and a host of bigger and lesser gods." said Matt Duhr to the Oklahoma correspondent of the Kan sas City Journal. "Some of our Ok lahoma Amerinds firmly believe that some of their noted ancestors dwell in certain stars, and when they see a o-a shooting star-meteor-they exclaim that a departed Amerind de scended from above to visit his rela tives on earth. "Some of the ignoble red men mourn with vigor for their dead and have them entombed in $50 sl-roud coffins. Some have mourners to sing, chant or grunt the great deeds per formed by the deceased. The hired mourners have to abstain from eating during the mourning. They are tied securely on their ponies so that when sleeping they cannot fall from their horses. Some of thes' paid mourn ers for the dead refrain from eating for four days and nights. "The last noted mourner was -hir ed to mourn four days and nights on the banks of the salty Cimmarron. He was paid four gallons of whiskey in advance for his doleful services. He managed to drin! all his wages, except one mouthftd, before the last five minutes of his solemn contract. He drank the last drink at midnight of the fourth day and expired in ten minutes. "Most of the Indian parents refrain from teaching their infants baby talk. The pappooses are taught to speak correctly from their birth, or shortly after. White folks first teach their offsprins a jargon, and then take great pains to unlearn what they im pressed on their minds and tongues. "Some of our red men are sun wor shippers. I have seen many Iowas and Tarvness address their prayers and lamentations to the glorious orb of day. The Iowas, who have dwindl ed down to eighty-two persons, be lieve in spirits, spiritual horses, dogs and birds. Billy Dole, an old Iowa, once told me: 'I have eleven squaws and appooses up there. I can see them, and see lots of my ponies grazing on the evergreen - prairies, where white men can't burn the grass.' "When asked who made the light ning and thunder, the late Chief To hee said: 'The big, very big thunder, God makes it to scare the bad people. When he makes sheet lightning, then he wants to just scare bad people; but when he wants to kill a great liar or thief, then he shoots him to death with a ball.' Only one Iowa was ever killed by lightning. All lowas preserve the account .of that terrible event with great care. It is taught and.retold to the Iowa child ren with religious precision. "Long ago, when more than ioo, ooo Iowas lived in the state of Iowa, a certain foremost medicine man sent word to all the members of the tribe to come to his wigwam during the time when the trees were green and partake of the nine days' feast. Over 5o,ooo assembled at the appoint ed place when the flowers were blooming. Their provisions had been used up. They were hungry; they were about starving. Then the head men asked the medicine man when the promised feast would come off. Then he laughed like a fool and said: I just wanted to deceive, to fool you. I have hardly anything to eat myself.' Just then the thunder god sent a light ning bolt from the clear sky and kill ed the greatest liar of the Iowa na tion." Betwveen two fads a woman is very apt to choose both. Never attempt to judge a woman's brains by the size of her hat. Many a sister spoils her testimony in the church by her tongue in the kitchen. THE CHRISTIAN churches at Constantinople, Turkey and Yokaho ma, Japan, have long used the Long man and Martinez Paints for paint ing their churches. Liberal contributions of L. & M. Paint will be given for such purpose whenever a ghurch is located. F. M. Scofield, Harris Springs, S. C., writes "I painted our old home stead with L. and M., twenty-six years ago. Not painted since: looks better than houses painted in the last four years." WV. B. Barr, Charleston, WV. Va., writes, "Painted Frankenburg block with L. & M., shows better than any buildings here have ever done; stands out as though varnished, and actual cost of paint was less than Sr.2o per gallon. Wears and covers. like gold.''" These celebrated paints are sold by The & Life Assur. Of the Uni T I. .'EI Forty-Fifth Annual Statement, for t ASSETS. Bonds and Mortgages . . . . . . . . . $81,623,709.11 Real Estate in New York, including the Equitable Building . . . 20,906,215.78 United States, State, City and Railroad Bonds and Vther investments (market value over cost $19,991,643.00) . . . . 228,339,884.00 Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (market value, $13,404,199.00) . . 10,805,000.00 Policy Loans ........... 23,544,439.69 Real Estate outside of New York, includ ing 14 office buildings ....... -.15,989,431.66 Cash in banks and Trust Cos. at interest 22,651,666.82 Balance due from agents......... 1,514,639.90 Interest and Rents. (Due $73,052.53, Ac crued $559,456.25) ..........632,508.78 Premiums due and in process of collection 5,313,556.00 Deferred Premiums. . . . . . . . . . . 2,631,969.00 Total Assets. .......... $413,953,020.74 We hereby certify to the corre FRANCIS W. JACKSON, Auditor. H. R. COURSEN LIABILITIES. Assured Fund (or reserve) ......$327,738,358.00 All other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . 5,420,393,53 Total Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . $333,158,751.53 Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,794,269.21 We hereby certify to the correctness of the above state N. Y. Insurance Department, is $326,523,129. J. G. VAN CISE, Aenuary. ROB'T HENDERSON, W. J. RODDEY, Manager, ROCK HILL, S. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons holding claims against M M he estate of James Y. Cuibreath, de eased, will present the same, duly b ttested, to either of thg undersigned 905. James McIntosh, Ha eth Jno. M. Kinard,Hav th hecutors. Furniture e opened in BRIDGE TO LET- Car of Roll]I Notice is hereby given that I wil Big shipmE e at Mudlick Bridge near the resi- W,Ve are ti ence of M. J. Longshore in Num er 7' Township on Thursday, March, se usan , 1905, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the NeWberr2 urpose of letting out the contract for the building of a bridge at said E lace to the lowest bidder. Suitable lans and specifications will be ex- S E L ibited at said time and the success ful bidder will be required to give a good and sufficient gond for the faith-M ful performance of his contract. J. Munroe Wicker Supervisor. Fred H. Dominick, Souther Clerk. Brick!Building Brrick! For Sale by C. H. CANNON. NOTICE.qu By order of the oBard of Directors a meeting of the stockholders of The ewberry Knitting mill is called to] e held in the council chamber at ewberry, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. in., on Thursday, the 9th day of March,1 905, to consider the report of the A few dos irectors on the sale of the mill as lief, A p irected by resolution of the stock- Throat. hlders heretofore passed and for the urpose of taking such action on said T HE MUI eport as the stockholders may de-CO ermine. Z. F. Wright, - -- ... Prest. and Treas. B. C. Matthews, Whas t Secretary. Cured by ] Newbearre . G,A Febru1ary '25,C. 3 LdC.t initable Lnce Society ted States he Year Ending December 31, 1904. INCOME. Premium Receipts .......... $62,643,836,74 Interest, Rents, etc ............16,432,859.21 Income. ..... ....$79,076,695.95 DISBURSEMENTS. Death Clairm . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,049,539.35 Endowme-ts and deferred dividend poli cies -...---...-.....8,425,950.14 Annuities. ..............980,349.94 Surrender Values. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,931,305.36 Dividends to Policyholders . . . . . . . 6,001,902.51 Paid Policyholders .......... $36,389,047.30 Commissions, advertising, postage and exchange. .... ... 7,900,285.73 All other disbursements . . . . . . . . 7,179,318.42 Real Estate Sinking Fund . . . . . . . 500,000.00 Disbursements.. ............$51,968,651.45 ctness of the above statement. Assistant Auditor. A. W. MAINE, Associate Auditor. ASSURANCE. INSTALMENT POLICIES STATED AT THEIR COMMUTED VALUES. Outstanding Assurance.........$1,494,542,0,2.00 New Assurance, less.Assurance not taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $222,92003700 ment. The Reserve as per the independent valuation of the Assistant Actuary. R. G. KANN, Associate Actuary. R. C. BRUCE, Special Agent, NEWBERRY, S. C. LEY ( SUMER largest and most complete line of Lnd House Furnishing Goods ever. Newb~erry. We received another Foot Beds today, cheaper than ever. nt of Matting direct from Japan. le cheapest in the State. Come to get our price of a Buck Stove. /' Hardware Co.'s old stand. LEY I SUMMER, ain Street, Newberry, S. C. n Lime and Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Material of all kinds. H igh Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write fdr Prices. T COUGHING rhere is no need of wearing your Lungs out, when you can get a bot le of Murray's Horehound, Mul ien and Tar. es of this Ho.nsehold Remedy will give immediate re )sitive cnre for Influenza, Bronchitis and Diseasses of Anti-SpasmOdic in Cruip. 4R AY DR UC CC., Lumb::ia, B. 0. Norphie _ _ -eCe,rtte _ Anl rag asa Tesiee (eeley Institute of South Carolina.