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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
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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
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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
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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 '
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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.
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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).
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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
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"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 !
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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History of the Growth of the
to Modern Two Story Bui
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| 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
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)eve1opment j
zt Community
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i School From a Loq Cabin \
}Iding and Three Teachers j
raded School.
Richardson.)
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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