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k/ HE LHI, SCXBER 16 NEWBERRY, 8. 0. FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1#15. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR. aHMaMWMMMwnaaMnMmBMawBBMHHMnMMW* m * urgeTgovernor NOT TO SIGN Aa TAX ( (?I?ISSIO> CHAIRMAN k OX INSURANCE HILL v insists Measure Is For the Benefit of Agents Only?Embarrasses f the State. In a letter to Gov. Manning on iues- j day A. W. Jones, chairman of the State tax commission, protests against approval of "the act, passed by t)':e last general assembly, to regulate rates k of certain classes of insurance and to r provide for the division of commis! ? <" ^Vioirmn n TnnPc hplieves thaC l\JLl S . UiMU ~ the approval of the act "will prevent the State securing savings upon the insurance premiums paid by it< for fire insurance if any one undertakes to enforce tfce provisions of this act.'' The letter of the d:airman to the governor is in part as follows: "I note that the commissioner ot ^insurance stated that the act in his opinion does not apply to the contracts of reinsurance and has undertaken to distinguish such contracts as made by tl:e sinking fund commission from the contracts of insurance referred to in the act. The distinction atfc^^tempted to be made is both ingenious ^^femd specious, but would not. in my opinion, prevail m me cuuns. B8 "The act is very general in its terms, and covers all contracts of fire insurance covering any risk or on property located in the State of South Carolina written by any company which may be doing business, through agents in ti:e State of South Carolina, without distinguishing between original con tracts of insurance and secondary or collateral contracts or reinsurance, vie term'insurance' being broad enough to include both kinds of contracts. The act itself says: 'It shall be unlawful for any insurance company doing business through agents in t'ne State of South Carolina to write any J fire insurance . . . covering any risk j or on property located in the State J of South Carolina except tL rough or ft by duly authorized agents residing and I doing business in the State.* I "It further provides 'that agents who may sign or insurance companies Who may caus to be signed any po'icy or indemnity contract (the term any (policy or indemnity contract certainly includes contracts of reinsurance) and fails to collect the full premium of such insurance and retain the proper commission whici": is due such agent may have their license re\oked as the | penalty for aiding in an evasion of The law.' The 'proper commissions' oK in tho apt fl R 'the are ucuucu <-? u\_,. ilJL ? same commissions on such business j as the company allows them on other | business of tl .e same class.' The pro- | vision in the act at the end of section !1, allowing agents residing in the State to divide their commission with j other agents or brokers, instead of; ' operating in favor of t&e insurer or j ? the public, is intended still further to j destroy the freedom of contract and j B prevents the opportunity of competi- j B tion as to rate and commission to be i paid by the State in placing its in- j P -surance risks. In t! e same way it de- J stroys competition as to the premiums j (paid by the State and county upon j bonds of public officials. "The entire act shows that it was carefully and adroitly drawn in the interest of a special class of citizens of Souto Carolina, to wit: insurance agents, and against the interest of the masses of the people who seek insurance upon their property, and is most undemocratic in attempting to secure nnrnt- onW lovr 9 SnPfiia'. SpCCldl pi I v utgco auu n- u. ~r r though indirect, tax on insurance for the benefit of insurance agents; it tends to foster a growing irust and monopoly, and destroys the freedom of competition between insurance'com panies for the patronage of the State and the public seeking to secure insurance upon tfheir property. As a dispenser once said, 'Whose bread I eat his song I sing,' and this sentiment * may account for the efforts of insurance agents to require the payment of the full premiums/ and commissions V "wtiich are or may be from time to time fixed by the insurance companies in combination with each other. "I am satisfied Chat tiie general assembly did not notice the broad and ^sweeping terms of this bill and did not give it due consideration pending its passage, as there was not discustfce Jolly Street school are made were A. 4 * the idlek. -r <$- <$> <? & ^ <?> <? ^ <? <? <& Q> $> <?> ^ f read an editorial in Judge the other day on the subject, "Toward Utopia." -That's a fine country toward which to travel, or rather I reckon it would he a fine country to reach and to live in. But tf.is editorial was rat* er a criticism of Mr. AViliam Jennings Bryan. It spoke of a speech which it said Air. tsryan delivered 10 a suuieiing of bankers. And after saying that he knew nothing about banking aqd did not have the especial love of the bankers, or words to that effect,- tie editorial savs t: at Mr. Brvan "threw something to the multitude outside by saying that the day would come when bank deposits will be guaranteed and every depositor secured against " Inflow that it \vn 11IH not h.a surprising if Mr. Bryan won 1:1 .supplement this with others along like lines. ' 'Be it enacted' is an instrument to j co'jre with,'* says Judge "Why not j provide by statute that business cere-j after shall show no failures, that the J < accidents of life shall be eliminated, that fires shall no longer happen, and j so on? E>ven human nature ought to I be reformed bv lav:." T. at's wfcat 1 ' i say. Wily not pass a law and reform 1 the whole business. That's what wo are doing down here. If you are not good we are ,going to make you good by law. "Be it enacted" is the slogan now for every evil that is known to human kind. And our governor says he is.going to have "law and order." T! e papers say t> at all the clubs In coiumuia nave put out uquui emu mc* are now going to drink ginger ale and coca cola and all them other soft concoctions. 'And the tigers will have to clo^e. The trouble is the poor fellow who has something else to do can scarcely keep up wit'-: all ti:e things we are doing by law. But it is all right. This age is passing through the greatest transition period in the world's history in everything. And everything will work out right in the end. -o- \ | T en I read in t e same connection j an extract from rhe Toledo Times, which gave the platform of a Pro-? gressive party for farmers which \ snows the tendency of the times, and that we are really marching on rapidly to that Utopian land. Here it is: I "A guaranteed yield per acre of all ] crops planted (ti'.e State to make up any deficit). "Guaranteed dry weather during harvest. "A federal commission to determine what other laws can be passed to make life easier and more enjoyable for | .farmers and their wi-\es and children. I "One (1) full day's rest in seven for j farmers and farmers' wives, and Saturday half holiday. "Animal insurance for all domestic animals (chickens in the South excepted). i-r.rT'i/iA or oil HictriVt XV iiiC UC aci * 1V.C CbiL Uicu A V, % j 1 I of the general assembly or in tJ e press i at the time they had it under consid- j eration; and I believe that if you af- j ford t'aem an opportunity to reconsider t e bill before it becomes a law they will not hamper the sinking fund commission or the public or the State in t' eir efforts to secure reliable insur- j ance at reasonable rates, free from the \ dictation of insurance trusts and mo- j r)r\nnlioc " 1 "The bill in my opinion is intended to stifle competition as to insurance rates and enable the agents to demand such rates as they or the companies may choose, without reference to its effect in increasing the cost of insurance* to the property owners and tax payers 01 me aiaie. \ "The only way to avoid tT e tyranny of trusts and monopolies is to encourage competition and freedom in the making of contracts There has been no legislation on the part of the Republican congress or legislature tending more than t'his bill does to the protection of special classes at the expense of the public. If the insurance agents of tl:e State need these 'full commissions' to enable them to live, it would be more democratic and to the public interest to levy a direct tax to supply their needs to a limited amount upon the residents of this State who must seek contracts of insurance at t!':eir hands. But I believe no tax should be levied on the people for the benefit of the agent." sc ools. "A guaranteed price for all farm ! n r a/1 l1 "An eig'- t-hour day for farmers' wives (the State to .nirnish extra help when required to insure an eight-hour day)," j Xo'w, that would be marching toward I'topia witi: a vengeance. And yet that ! is t; e tendency. <ro have t" e govern-I ment do everything. It is carrying out the prophecy of Edward Bellamy in "Looking Backward,'" written some twenty years ago. Well, it is all right and suits me. because I can abiJe b:any law that any one else can. I believe strongly in' the doctrine that there is compensation in all nature. If you take away my beer, or personal rights and liberty in some other way, ti'ere will be something else to take its p'aee and some ot. er way to get along. ?o? But suppose we taik about something elee. 1 was reading in some of the Hail v narpr? rhp other dav some of the stories of Joseph H. Choate, a distinguished lawyer and raconteur, who was at one time ambassador to Grea*Britain. He is now advanced in years, but retains to a remarkable df-gree his youthful appearance and is sunny and i' appy disposition. When asked how he managed to do it, he replied: ay Keeping guou iiaiureu aiiu always looking on the bright side of life. I believe there is nothing t?l:ar. affords greater relaxation than a good joke. Men like Depew are t':e rea! life-savers of the country. It is a fact that a good many men take themselves " ^ rr nleo */%/-? COriflll cl V " aiiu c v ci v vinujj cici; tuv sjv. * . Xow, he spoke a parable when he said that, and I want to commend it\ to a great many of our fellow citizens in Xewberry. Don't take yourself to."> seriously. You are not the only pebble on the beach and there are lots of otver fish in t' e sea just as big as you. And many of us when we do depart hence will leave a might littl^ hole in the waters. Then be good nafiiro/l snH nlPasanf with all Of VOUT fellow men as you meeet them from day to day. And you will live to a ripe old age and still be young in appearance and in disposition. There is no use for any one to grow old. j Mr. -Choate said when : e went to Eng ]and ?'e. of course, dropped t1-'?e H from Ms name. ' ' o? I am going to give .you a piece o* poetry. You know ] love good senfi?\An4 av r?r*o c r\r\ in 11 tl f 111 t CCCCU 1U uvuun.i 4? I want you all to take this and memorize it and burn it into your very soul. It will do us all good. I don't know who wrote it. It is simply seP.nt if i'm hpantifnl sentiment v* V * V -u and true: Tell Him "Now. If with pleasure you are viewing any work a man is doing. If you like him or you love him, tell him row; Don't withhold your approbation till the Darson makes oration. As he lies with snowy lilies o'er ihi? brow. For no matter how you shout it, he ' won't really care about it, He won't know how many tear-drops you have shed; If you think some praise is due him. ! Xow's the time to slip it to Ifcim, For ''re can not read his tombstone I wnen ne s aeaa: I > | More than fame and more than money is t|V.e comment kind and sunny And the hearty, warm approval of a friend. For it gives to life a savor and it makes you strongafr, braver. / And it gives you heart and spir;t to the end. If i!:e earns your praise, bestow it; if 'you like him, let him know it; uei U e \\ orus ui irue eiiwuiagcment be said; Do not wait till life is over and he's underneath the clover. For he can not read his tombstone when he's dead; ?THE IDLER. Original 1). A. R. Dead. Miss Hannah Moore, 91 years olJ. an original Daughter of the American Revolution, died at 'her Ifcome in Gettysburg, Pa., last Saturday, as the result of a fall down a stairway. Her i father, George Moore, was a teamster j in the Continental army. Educational L | In Jolly Strei i I I History of the Growth of the to Modern Two Story Bui and Rural G I (Bv J. W. 1 ! " I . - gjWHHBBiMi | Teachers of the Jolly Street Sc'.ool? T a^va I Arv Uolfor>ra o o rl Alice AT IjUIVC 1 -CC HUliUV,! c C4.11I1 -?XAOO ?-? K-'iid Friviids and Fellow Readers: For se\en .years I v.ave been your humble scribe, writing small articles of interest to the people as best I could. 1 am somewhat young in years and, like most unmarried people, I do not care to give my exact age, but I Old Sc,-*o one thing 1 have always enjoyed was1 L reading or learning the past istory of * community, and I beli<;ve most rt-virc u ill M JTfio with mf> F"nr ^ii is; reason I propose to give to the people ; as best I can an idea of the past and j prr-se;:t history o; .Jolly Street scv.ool. j i mr p I t. , f * " " - ^ ''''' i )eve1opment j zt Community . 1 i School From a Loq Cabin \ }Iding and Three Teachers j raded School. Richardson.) m:,f\ A ~S *' 1 I WF ^ ^ | Mr. D. \j. Wedaman, principal; Miss o a Imir-': o<ciclurit< *ow known ts HuRt#*r-r)e\V:ilr near I which I was born and reared and ! where I spent most of my life attend! ins school in my early boyhood days? j w- ere I spent the sweetest moments : cf my life?and it still occupies a great space in my heart. ' ' ' ol Building. 1 have inquired among oIc'.( jfeop 1-3 who have lived in t? e neighborhood all their lives, and from their statements and the records ! believe we ran give you some interesting history in connection with t. is old school 1 Mr> tr> fho nrPSPUT tlTTlf 11 UUI 1UUV *.? j/ IV ?.*? v. IJ v- ^ ^ . v i f ?~~ . . ~~ "~- ''^V ~ M^.^ feSr^TY^"' ' ~~ V'";^ *. v' "1 S-: i . r;.:i;.< ^.uxiriv^-.v; .::! z. -. * . ^sS^Ssaa^-ii^- * ? New School Building. The first school in Jolly Street dis; trict that we ?p.ve any record of was situated nead Dr. D. H. Werts' old home about the year 1836. The first teacher in this so' ool was Charlie Dukes. We | do not know just how long be taught, ! but we are informed that Mr. Sam Brooks succeeded him, and just how | long he taught the school we dovnot | know. The second school house was I located on a three-cornered strip of ffm-onirnPnt in hptwppn ti e lines of iMartin Kinard. David Stone and David DeWalt. The first teacher in this building was Sam Brooks, the next Mathias Wicker and then Henry Stone. Some of the supporters of the school [during t' ese years were Capt. .J. A. KiDier, rienry wens, j. a. hseaenj baugh, John and Martin Livingston, . Martin, Mat' ias, Mike and George Ki- ^ nard and the Rev. Herman David Stone. All of these were sturdy, honest Germans, enjoying now and then a little interesting fun. We have often heard big laughs over a joke which was played on Mat. ias Wicker whilo lie was teac. er by three boy?, J. Luther lA.ull, D. H. Werts and Middleton Kinard. /These boys, beinu farther advanced than the rest of the pupils, were allowed the privilege of studying under the shade trees near tine school. Aull and Kinard ear'.: had a little doe that followed them to school daily. This was contrary to the wishes of the teacher because the {iups distracted the attention of the pupils j from t'/eir studies. One of these boys, while out studying one day. spied a yellow-jackets' nest. Instantly th?y I decided to ha-ve some fun. Hilliard [M^rts, later known as- I>r. Werts, i seized one of the pups and threw him I plumb into the stinging mass, and soon j t"e pup was in the school room, around the teacher's c'air and under ta* benc-vhes. snapping and snarling. At {this strange and fierce acting of the 1 si ~ AL ? -? " r* ? ? / I . ? ?A/1 r\ F I uuv:, uif ruuiu \>?s suuu uruicu ! ; oth teacher and pupils. Th's amused ' the three boys on t:e cutside vc y mucii. : As the boys' frolic succeeded the first time, they decided to try it aeain, and accordingly the pup was landed in the nest/ with the same results. But, AAnfrrt^v 4-z-v unehae r\t ? o hrvVQ wuuaij il/ tiit "ijuto ui - kuj v,, the boot went on t. e other foot. Th** teacher caught them in the act, caHed them 011 the inside and a-1'sii::isteied ' t" e necessary punfshnient. I * 8 j School v.as held at ihe place mcnj rioned above until t. e war between ' the States, during which time thi? | school house was le.t to fall into } ue< ay. Fit 111 to l^O.s t'.e slTiooI was. I . i ? u,*. r.v u;e .?uj , auui'cw huu.^u, wLat was known as :he Knucle house, a leg affairs of about 20 by 16 feet, without tloor or t..im:iey. ft was so rufle!y constructed that once, in fche absence cf Dr. Hj.-gh. v. en his assistant, Burr Livi ,< ton, v. teaching Mr. Livingston at empted f:;' correct ills smaller uroiiu-r. ray, ana the boy selipi-ejl o:;i U-tva i. i e legs ia tire rear of the room. ! Ihis house was situate;! o:^y a few vundred yards from the sire of th?* : place vv! ere tne olj Jolly Street school stood up to a few years a so. For several years there was no i ermanent scoo! in the neighbor..00 !. children being taught in vacant houses where convenient. From 1S68 to 1870 Miss Sophia Seybt taught in an eld log house called the Bill house, on the DeVVa'.t place. I It- .Jf wSBm 'Z&: 2$ <?* 4k^ #39 BE ~J&&' SsISIIB&m^ ||P? #$|| sflHKBri^^H^B ~^*I'laj'ji^'I'i Ixv/^' "?'' 'V ' '?:vvX .'> .-. ; . 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