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STATE'S FLEE DEPARTMENTS. Interesting Figures Showing Amount: Invested in Various Cities and Towns. Columbia, May 19.-In the official list of returns to letters sent out by Insurance Commissioner McMaster, Charleston's fire department is placed at a valuation of $152,630. On the oth-' er hand it is shown in the reports that some of South Carolina towns that really ought to have fire equipment have none. The reports are not com plete yet, but when they are all in they will show the towns in this State that will come under the provisions of the "Firemen's Pension Act" re cently passed by the general assem bly. Those towns having $1,000 ori; more fire equipment will be affected by the act. Under the attorney gen eral's opinion, the act goes into effect: immediately and last year's business of insurance companies in such towns are to be assessed a 1 per cent. fee on the premiums in the towns. Rock Hill has fire equipment of $3, 250, divided as follows: team engine, $1,000; chemical engine, $300; hook and ladder, $150, and hose wagons, $1,800. y he Charleston's Department. o *The Charleston equipment is set outE in detail in the report from that city as follows: Two steam fire engines.. ..$ 10,000 Nine steam fire engines.. ....27,000, Seven hose wagons.. ....... 2,800 One combination hose wagon 1,500 Four carriages .......... 200 Chemical engine.. .. .... .. 2,000 One aerial truck and equip ment.. .............. 2,500 One truck and equipment.. 1,500 1 One automobile .......... 2,000 One buggy... .............,.200 30 horses... ............ 7,500 12,450 feet of hose.. ....... 7,225 600 feet hose ............ 240 800 feet chemical hose.. 200 Five wagons and carts .. 625 Fire extinguishers.. .. .... 670 Beds and clothing. .........1,000 Harness.. .............. 2,050 13 engine houses, water works, etc.. .................,57,000 Fire alarm system, etc.. .....6,000 Drills... ... ... ... ....... . 420 c $152,630 This is frpjn the report ending De cember 31, 1909, and is inclosed in the report made to Commissioner McMas ter by Louis Behrens, chief of the Charleston fire department. There are nine or-ganized companies and $58,400 is the equipment pointed out in answer to the questions of the com missioner. The~ larger amount rep resents the total equipment. Other Towns. -Ridgeway, Denmark, Pickens are among the towns that have no equip- r -*- ment at all, as shown by the reports g sent in here.c Yorkville's equipment is ,valued atC $600, as to the value of the wagons, etc. Ridge Springs has- no equipmentI at all. Greenwood has $2,000 equipment. Sumter has $10,000 in equipment, as * fo.llows: Two engines, $5,500; two hose wagons, $1,100; hose valued at $3,000, and horses $1,000., Sumter has the Gamewell fire alarm system. * Kingstree has $1,250 equipment. Tinmmonsville has $3,160 equipment Spartanbuirg has $5,179. Anderson has $3,700) Orangeburg has $6,270 worth of equipment. Other cities and towns have not yet been heard from by Insurance Coin missioner McMaster. The Pension Aet. The following is, in part, the "Fire men's Pension Act," which Attorney General Lyon says goes intQ effect im ~ .. mediately, and affects last year's busi ness: "Section 2. Every fire insurance company, corporation or association incorporated under the laws of any other State, or of any foreign govern ,ment or country now or hereafter de siring to engage in or carry on busi ness in this State, shall return to the true account, verified by oath, that the~ same is a treacutof all pre miums received from fire insurance business done during the year ending December . 31, in any incorporated; city or town of this State, having or that may have a\regularly organized fire department under the control of the mayor and council or intendant and council or said city or town, and having in serviceable condition for fire duty fire apparatus and necessary equipments belonging thereto to the value of one thousand dollars ($1, 000) and upwards. Such returns must be made by said companies, corpora tions or ,associations within 60 days after the approval of this act, and~ thereafter within 60 days after the 31st day of December of each year. "Sec. 3. Every fire insurance comn pa.ny aforesaid shall, within 60 days after the approval of this act, and thereafter within 60 days after the: 31st day of December of each year, deliver and pay to the State treasur er the sum of $1 upon the $100 andj a t ra upon the amannt of all premiums written on fire within the limits of such incorporated cities or towns during the year ending Decem ber 31, in each preceding year, or for auch portion of such period as said company, corporation or association shall have done business.in this State. Penalties Provided. "Sec. 4. Every such company, cor poration or association shall keep %ccurate books of account of all busi ness done by them on fire insurance within the limts of such incorporated ,ities and towns, and in case fraud or lishonesty in said returns made by such company, corporation or asso "iation, as provided for in Section 2 >f act, be apparent, it shall be the luty of the insurance commissioner to nvestigate such returns and collect :he amount he shall find to be due. "Sec. 5. Every foreign fire insur mnce company which shall neglect to ieep such books of account as afore ,aid, or shall fail or neglect to report >r pay over any of the money due >n premiums as aforesaid, at the :imes and in the manner specified in :he preceding sections of this act, or -hall be found upon examination to iave made a false return of business lone by them, shall for each such of ence forfeit .$300, to be applied to ,he same purpose hereinafter pre ,cribed in Section 8. Method of Payment. "Sec. 7. That the State treasuier )hall pay over the amount collected )n the premiums on business done in ,ach city or town from the foreign nsurance companies, corporations or Lssociations doing business within the ,ities or towns, having or that may iereafter have a regularly organized ire department, as aforesaid, in Sec ion 2 of this act, to the treasurer of uch city or town: Provided, that all noney so collected from the foreign rsurance companies, corporations or Lssociations doiMig business with the ;aid cities or towns, shall be set apart trd used by such cities and towns ;olely and entirely for the objects and )urposes of this act. Purposes of Act. "Sec. 8. All money collected and eceived under the provisons of this Lct shall be held in trust and used as fund for the purpose of rendering nore efficacious and efficient the fire [epartments of said cities or towns, iy using the same under such rules s may be adopted by the city or town ouncil for the creation, maintenance, upport and encouragement of a skill ul and efficient fire department. "Sec. 9. The clerk of any incorpo ated city or town accepting the bene its of this act by ordinance as re tuired herein shall, on or before the :1st day of October of each year, make .nd file with the insurance commis ioner his certificate, stating that the mistence .of such dep'artment, the umber of steam, hand or other en jnes, hook and ladder trucks and hose :arts in actual .use, the number of >rganized companies and the. system f water supply in use for such de >artment, together with such other acts as the insurance commissioner nay require opn a blank 'to be fur ished by him. If the certificate' re tuired by this section is not filed with he insurance commissioner on or be ore October 31, in any year, the town r village so failing to file such cer ificate shall be 'deemed to have waiv ~d and,relinquished its rights .for such rear in the~ appropriation provided or." REWARD OFFERED FOR AVANJT. Eugitive Sends Letter From Atlanta Saying He's "Running Away." Georgetown, May 19.-D. W. Avant, who is wanted at the penitentiary to serve a sentence of three and a half rears for the murder of Mrs. Ruth idsp Bigham, received a letter fromn ~he missing man today, dated'May 17 ~nd postmarked Atlanta, Ga., icad ing as follows: "Am in Atlanta running away. (Signed), "W. B. Avant." There was also a letter from Avan1 to his wife, which was at once taker to her, three miles off from the post office, at Harper's, the contents o1 which have not yet been ascertained Avant's bondsmen are his uncle, D W. Avant, and L. A. Parsons, his brother-in-law. The amount of th4 bond is $3,000. These men are good thrifty farmers. They have offered reward of $100 for the apprehensior of the fugitive. .A Delicate Questton. A prominent church worke:- of Bal timore was delivering >ne Sabbath talk to a cJass comprising pupils wh< in ed in a rather squal section o: the town. The good man touched upon th< quality of untruthfulness, and at ond r. :nt in his address he said: "I want entcry little ioy who has netver told a '. to raise his hand." Not a hanlc went up, ba a lad ir iLe rear ross to ask a questioin. "What is it :my boy?" "Well, sir. ;a "i I want to ask is, is it a lie if nobody ever knowsf"-Hal trs Weeklv. DAYS OF BRAVE DEEDS. Hampton, Butler, Gary, Heroes and Patriots-Col. Brooks Grows Reminiscent "It has been 45 years since the Con federacy sank behind the horizon ai Appomattox never to rise again, and those of us who have survived thE waste of time should write something to cherish the memories of our heroez who fell in battle by our side and tc recall the gallant deeds that werE displayed on the bloody fields in the war of secession. Whether the deeds were crowned with success or conse crated in defeat, it is to idealize prin ciple and strengthen character, in tensifying love, of country and con vert defeat and disaster into pillars of support for future manhood and noble womanhood." Thus wrote Col. U. R. Brooks, one of Butler's immortal cavalry. On the State House grounds, as a fitting testimonial of the services to his State of Gen. Wade Hampton there stands a beautiful equestrian statue of tht daring cavalry leader. Statues to Heroes. It is Col. Brooks's fond hope that in a few years there may be erected up on the State House grounds statues to the memory of two other great Southern leaders-Gen. M. C. Butler and Gen. M. W. Gary., He has sug gested that at the next session of the general assembly a committee be ap pointed from the house and senate to look into the matter. At his speech in Johnston on Memorial day, on the his toric ground from which these two great soldiers came, Gen. Brooks started the movement for the erection of suitable statues to two of Edge field's sons. "In 1861," said Col. Brooks today, growing reminiscent, "when the Hampton Legion was formed, none re sponded sooner than Butler and Gary. On Thursday morning, June 6, 1861, M. C. Butler made a short speech to the Edgefield Huzzars, at Edgefield court house. "The time has come not to talk, but to fight.' With these words he rode off at the head of one of the most gallant bodies of cavalry that the war saw. This was Company I, of the Second South Carolina cavalry. "A few days later M. W. Gary marched from Edgefield at the head of a conipany .of cavalry known, as Wat son's Greys. Both were among the first to reach Columbia and Hamp ton's Legion was soon organized. Of four comi>anies of the cavalry, Butler was made the ma.jor. He was soon afterward made colonel of cavalry. Mart Gary dommanded the infantry part of the legion known as Hamp ton's Legion I"Hampton's Legion was soon bri gaded with Hood's Texans. There was formed a brigade consisting of three Texas regiments, the Eighteenth Arkansas and Hampton's - Legion, forming Hoo,d's famous brigade..The name 'Hampton's Legion,' was retain ed throughout the war-. Three Fine Regiments. "In the spring of 1864 the Hampton Legion was taken from the brigade and was mounted here, after having fought toward this State from the West. Col. Mart Gary commanded the brigade. Gary was immediately after ward made brigadier general. There were three very fine regiments, the Hampton Legion, under Col. Logan, now living in Greenville county; the Seventh South Carolina, under Col. A. C. Haskell, and the Twenty-focurth Virginia cavalry, under Col. Robbins. Gen. Hampton placed Gen. Gary on the left of his army along the Chica hominy, near Richmond, keeping Gen. Butler and his celebrated cavalry ot the right of his armiy, below Peters burg. "This showed how mucn was valu ed the services of these distinguished officers. They were his trusty lieu tenants in war as well as in peace. Ii '76 Hampton depended on these tw' men, he advised with them on all cc casions. y "But for tilese three men - the migh ty trio, Hampton, Gary and Butler - the State miight not have been r6:leem ed for years. I will continue to urg' the erection -of monhments to c'n? memocrate the great work of these men who always offered their service: for the good of their State." It is a coincidence that Hampt9n Gary and Btuler were all born in th month of March, though in differen years, and all three died in April. Th dates are: Hampton, Born 28tl March, 1818, died 17th April, 1902 Gary, born 25th March, 1832, die-1 9tl April, 1881; Butler, born 8th Marci 1836, died 14th April, 1909. CAUSES DEBILITY. -Here are Facts Backed Up by a Stroni Guarantee. Catarrh causes debility. In oua opinion, most people suffering fron general debility have catarrh. Suc] cases of debility can not be complete ly cured by medicine not designed t4 eradicate catarrh. In every cas where our remedy fails .to give etr .....................~. * ............ satisfaction we will not charge a cen1 for the medicine employed during th( trial. Now, surely no one should hesi tate to believe us or to put our clain to a practical test under such condi tions. We will take all the risk; nc one else can lose anything by th( transaction. 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Then, if you are not satisfied, come back and tell us and the money you paid for the treatment will be returned 'without any argument whatever. Rexall Mucu-Tone comes in two sizes, 50c. and $1.00 a bottle. Sold only at our store,-The Rexall Store. Gildez & Weeks. News. Subscribe NOW to The Herald and NOTICE OF SALE. I will sell at public outcry on Wed nesday, 'June 1, 1910, at 11 a. m., ai 1105 and 1107 Caldwell street, New berry, S. C., the stock of groceriec and merchandise and store furniturt and fixtures in Nos. 1105 and 1107 Caldwell street, Newberry, S. C., dis trained by me for rent under and by virture of a distress warrant issued by The Newberry Fraternity Hall company for arrears of rent due said company by Samuel B. Jones. Terms of sale: Cash. M. M. Buford, Agent SBargains! Bargains!! A While iThey Last. Alimited number of slightly used $95 High Grade Organs for only C $5S 50. These organs appear near new and are warranted to last a longj lifetime. 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