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PACIFIC MUTUAL'S GROWTH AND GOOD BUSINESS METHODS. Notable Work of Popular and Pro gressive California Company Its Eminent Heads. The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company of California came into large prominence in the daily press recently through its promptness in paying a death claim to the widow of Charles H. Wellman of Lakeville, Ohio, within three days after the death of Mr. Wellman, in the wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited, at Mentor, Ohio. Mr. Wellman carried a $io,oo0 accident policy with the Pa cific Mutual which doubled in event of death in a common carrier. The accident occurred on Wednesday June 21, and although the company': home office is 3,000 miles away, th< perfect system of identification usec by the Pacific Mutual enabled it tc send a check for $20,000 on Friday june 23. Careful Conservator. The Pacific Mutual, through its de votion to the interests of its policy holders and its promptness in payinj claims, together with the securiti which it offers by its unique legal or ganization, has come to be regarded not only in its home state but als< throughout the Union, as a carefu conservator of the sacred trusts wit] which it is charged. According t< last reports, no company in the coun try is showing a larger percentage o increase in its business than the Pa cific Mutual. The month of May 1905, showed a total of new busines written 36 per cent greater than in th corresponding month in 1904. Directors Responsible. The Pacific Mutual is a tremen dously active organization, and offer to policyholders contracts which cov er every conceivable contingenc: which can arise in a man's life, name ly, accident, disease, total disabilic: and death. These policies are safe guarded by an old law of California which is now extinct, save as it ap plies to the charter of the Pacifi Mutual. This law makes each direc tor of the company personally liabl to the extent of his private forcun for the misuse or embezzlement o the company's funds. The result o this is to give the Pacific Mutual board of directors who do not absen themselves from the regular monthl; meetigs of the board. There are n< dummies, and the directorate con sists of fifteen of the foremost busi ness men of California. Dr. Moore At The Helm. The organization is headed by Dr George A. ?oore, as president, whos portrait appears in the Insuranc Press today, and who ha,s been chie executive of the company for almos thirty years of the thirty-eight year of its existence,,the first president o the company having been governo Leland Stanford, who was also it first policyholder. Dr. Moore is al insurance man by inclination an< training. He is one of the few execu fives who have begun their careers a solicitors. Profitable Investments. While a native of New York City Dr. Moore's professional and busines career was started in Leavenworth Kansas. whence he came across th mountains in the '70s to join the rank of the Pacific Mutual of California No man in the statce occupies a mor enviable standing for his integrity aggressiveness and his devotion t< California than Dr. Moore. He ha: directed the investments of the conm pa,ny in a way to best conserve thi interests of the policyholders, ena bling the Pacific Mutual to pay ver: harge dividends and -at the same timn -to take a large part in the develop ment of the home state. The magnifi cent street railway system,s of south ern California have been financed b; the Pacific Mutual, as were the firs great irrigation enterprises whici have benefited California and it: neighbors. All of these investment1 have been of the very i - hest order produced for the Pace Mutual ex. traordinary returns. A Vigorous Worker. Although a man of 72 years, and veteran of the Civil WVar, Dr. Moor< has the activity and the appearanc< cf a man in his prime. He takes large interes: in all of the activitie: whc make for the improvement anc uplifting of mankind. He has the ation of the large fcrce of agents of the company and bids-fair to live to see the company he has nurtured and v built up become a giant in stature as it is in character. Medical Director Cluness. Living as next door neighbor to President Moore is one of the best loved citizens of California, Dr. Wil liam Robert Cluness, the medical di- 1 rector of the company, who was ,one 1 of the organizers of the Pacific Mutual. Dr. Cluness has also reached his three score years and ten, but is in the very prime of his active career. Eastern people cannot easily under stand how such things can be, but octogenarians and even centenarians are commonplaces in California. Af ter forty years of active practice of medicine. Dr. Cluness gave up his en tire time to the office wi.ich he graces in the company. Born of parents from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. the doctor has inherited those rugged traits of character as well as physique which combine to make the great men of the world. Though born at \Villiams. Ontario. _ Canada. on December 29. ]83;. and _ educated at Queen's colige. in Kings > ton. Ontario. Dr. Cluness is one of the best Americans to be met on the _ Pacific slope (and it is here that President Roosevelt said that he had been made a better American through 1 his contact with the Westerners). A Man Of Rare Judgment. Dr. Cluness is a man of the highest literary attainments and is a writer f of note. After taking his doctor's degree. in 1859, he settled in Peta luma. Sonoma county, California, but very soon removed to Sacremento. e the capital of the state, and a little later he married Miss Mary Laird, daughter of General M. T. Laird of Utica. N. Y. At the time the Pacific S Mutual moved its home office to San Francisco Dr. Cluness came with it as its most important fixture. He is a member of American Medical asso ciation, the Medical society of the state of California and the American society for Medical Improvement, - but first and ioremonst he is medical director of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company of California, and e the agents of that company have im e measurable faith in the judgment f which has produced the most favor able mortality record throughout its a history. While sternly just, he is pre-eminently fair, and every loyal agent of the company accepts his Sjudgment uncomplainingly, knowing -that *he agent's interest is best con -served by the safeguarding of the company's good. Dr. David Starr Jordan has said that "The truth which another man ehas won from nature or from life is enot 'our truth until we have lived it. fOnly that becomes real or helpful to any man which has cost 'the sweat of ghis brow, the effort of his brain, or fthe anguish of his soul. He who rwould be wise must daily earn his swisdom." t These two eminent heads of this splendid California company, though -possessed of wisdom in a large meas ure, have daily earned it. A Qualified Assent. Saturday Evening Post. ISenator Allison of Iowa, has the reputation of being the most cautious man in public life. He takes no chances, but always qualifies his statements. His letters are marvels. During the past session of congress the senator read to Senator Hale a letter he had written on a subject in which Senator Hale was also interest ed. "What will he think of that?" asked ~Allison. S"I don't think he will get much out of it," Hale replied. "I didn't intend he should,"chuckled Allison. tThis incident led an Iowa man t'o tell the story of the rash citizen of Dubuque who once made a bet he could force Senator Allison to answer "yes" to a direct proposition. Half a dozen friends went along to see the miracle performed. They entered Allis.on's office and chatted on various topics. Presently a flock of sheep, newly sheared, came by. edhsesheep have just been shear ed senator." said the man who had made the bet. wxinking at his com Senat'or Allison gazed earnestly at the sheep. Then he replied softly: A Correct Diagnosis. An exchange tells of an old colored eoman who called in a doctor to pre cribe for her husband. The follow ng is the conversation between the voman and the doctor: "What did ou say was the :rouble rith my husband?" said the woman. "I said." replied the doctor, "that he most annoying symptom seems o be water brash, or pyrosis, as we loctors call it. He must be more care 'ul regarding the food that he eats." "Dat am just what the matter with im-pierosis," said she. "He's the )iggest han' for pie you ebter see. Hle eats most three pieces ebery meal. [t surely am pierosis he am suffering ith." Teacher Wanted. The undersigned will elect a teach er for Union Academy on August i, 1905. at a salary of $3,.oo per month. Applications must be sent to the un dlersigned at Prosperity, S. C. L. I. Feagle, M. C. Moore, J. D. H. Kinard. Trustees. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I will, as administrator of the estate of Mary A. Kinard, deceased, make a final set :lement on the estate of said deceased in the Probate Court for Newberry County. on \Vednesday, August 23, [905. and immediately thereafter ap ply to said court for lecters dismis sory as administrator of said estate. All persons holding claims against said estate will present the same, duly attested, by that date. Jas. D. Kinard, Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I will, as administrator of the estate of Ellen Sumter, deceased, make a final settle men on the estate of said deceased in he Probate Court for Newberry County, on Thursday, August 10, 1905 and immediately thereafter apply to said court for letters d::smissory as ad ministartor of said estate. All per sons holding claims against said es tate will present the same, duly at tested, by that date. H. E. Todd, Administrator. Season Tickets Via. C., N. & L. The Colum-bia, Newberry and Laur ns railroad offers Season Tickets to :he f:ollowing points, limiited until October 31st, 19o5: Asheville, N. 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