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k Organized, 1844. 3 3 & S? le Assur * nc , * * Of Massachusetts. c o ^ ^|HE record of this Company covers a period of 53 years. Has paid to Policy Holders J$14'0«>9'636.f)9> Pays under the Massachusetts law cash values of lapsed policies on which two premiums have been paid, or gives paid up insurance therefor. It came second in the amount of new business written in South Carolina in July, 1897, and is fast becoming the most popular company in the State. SANBORN CHASE, State Manager, Local Pickings. Mr. John W. Moore entertained his friends last evening with a de lightful dance. Be sure to attend the meeting at the court home this evening called to make arrangements for Labor Day. (Tuite an enjoyable lawn party was given by the young folks last evening by the home of Mr. IS. W. Butler. Wo have been informed that Dr. E. M. Matthews is thinking se riously of visiting some famous resort—next summer. There was a large excursion party of 260 colored people from Orangeburg to \\ ilmiugtou this morning. The crowd was increas ed at a large contingent from Florence. Now is your time to join the Knights of Damon. It is a level premium company and the insu rance is cheap. Geu. Richbourg will be here a short while longer lo receive applications. Mr. H A. Moseley, of Virginia, who arrived in Florence few a days ago, has decided to open a cotton exchange here. He will occupy office No. 2 in the Chase insurance building, and is now making ar rangements for beginning work. The Hope Reel Team boys are hard at work now, and every eve ning crowds of people may be seen gathered about Dr. Lake’s Corner Drug Store waiting to see the boys run. The team is prac ticing for the Labor Day races and also for the touruameut to be held at Newberry, in which races they are confident of being vic torious. The best time that has been made yetis 100yardsin22 1-5 seconds, although the time ranges from 22 1-5 to 25 seconds and scarcely ever over. CAR SERVICE RULE. The Railroads llaveu’t Cais for l »e ms Warehause*. (The State, Aug. 2t>. Yesterday the representatives of the several railroad lines doing business iu this State met in Co lumbia and organized a branch of the Southeastern Car association- All the roads entered the organi zation. The headquarters of the association are at Atlanta, and au assistant to the manager 11 to be located in Columbia. This simply msaue that the roads have adopted for this State the car service rule which has been in operation in almost every other State for quite a time. It ie to become effective on Oct. 1. The roads have actually been forced to take thie action on account of the habit of consignees of leaving their freight in cars and keeping them standing in sidetracks some times for months and months, ,hus depriving the roads of the use of their rolling stock. As one of the railroad managers said yesterday, i,hey are not in the warehouse business. They undertake to transport freight and deliver it to the consignee, but that is all.* Un der the rule adopted yesterday, when a shipment arrives, the con- siguee will be notified and he will be given 24 hpurs to unload it and take it from the car in which it comes, If it is not removed the roads will charge #1 a day for each day that it is left there. On some classes of freight a period longer than one day will lie permitted, bnt the maximum limit for remov al does not exceed 72 hours. Spec ial provisions will be made to cov er unloading in stormy or rainy weather. One railroad man yes terday cited an instance here in Columbia where a box car had beeu out ot service from this cause since last December. This, the reads think, is asking too much of them. Besides it blocks their sidetracks and causes no end of time to be lost in the shifting of such dead cara on their sidetracks at other than terminal points. This will operate principally against commission merchants and brokers and the cotton seed oil people. It was stated yesterday that the cotten seed oil mills had been in the habit of tying up no end of cars loaded with seed when the roads needed every car that could be secured. Prosperous Farmers. (Columbia Register.) The imnjensexrop of wheat and the high prices for it and the cor responding expectation that all other crops will be abundant this fall is certainly most encouraging to the farmers. High prices for their products seem to be certain, and for the first time in years, it looks as if the farmers, the back bone of the country, will receive some just recompense for their la bor. As far as southern farmers are concerned the cotton crop promises to be the largest ever produced. Ordinarily this would indicate low prices, but the usual surplus held over has been exhausted and thus it would seem that there will be a steady .market and a maintenance of good prices: With prosperous farmers all other businesses must feel the mo mentum of improved conditions and all industries and enterprises are assifred of better times and quickened activity. To a bountiful and generous Providence this felicitous condition is due not to any tariff bill or any congressional leg islation. “Advance Agent” Mc Kinley’s boomers will no doubt attribute it all to his election as president, but to good seasons and hard work and industry on the part of the farmers is the advent of prosperity due.