Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ l Organized, 1844. 9 V© Li,e Ass '"-«„ c Of Massachusetts. te: c o ^HE record of this Company covers a period of 53 years. Has paid to Policy Holders 9 9 630.9O* 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, an d is fast becoming j the most popular company in the State. SANBORN CHASE, — State Manager, FLORENCE, S. C. EMBEZZLED $50,000. Many I)«p«n<ietit VresbyterinM College* Crippled. Chicago, Sept. 4.—Charles M. Charnley, who is alleged to have embezzled at least $50,000 from the treasury of the Presbyterian Board of Aid for Colleges, is still at large, but though the officials of xhe American surety company will not admit the fact, they do not deny that he. it where they can find him at any time they want him. Daniel T. Hunt, manager of the American Surety, admits that Charnley was short probably $50,000, and that the company was on his bonds to the extent of $25,* 000. He coqld not be induced to say what action the company would taki in the matter. Many Presbyterian colleges and acade miss ars partly dependent upon the board fo** aid. Fear is ex pressed that some of them will be seriously embarrassed. Horse# and Mule*. The undersigned has just re turned from the Virginia horse market, and has brought back a carload of hors«*s and mules suita ble for all purposes. They all are Virginia raised and you can find in the lot good horses for family use. A good chance to sec are a good horse or mule. 83tf. S, D. Bodgers - » ^ Advertising pays. YELLOW FEVER HERE. Tbe Fatal Disease at Ocean Springs, Mi s., 1* Yellow Jack. New Orleans, Sept. 5.—The Ala bama, Mieeieeippi and Louisiana boards of health have been at Ocean Springe since yesterday af ternoon. An examination of the prevailing disease was made a week ago. There had been several hundred cases then, but a very few deaths, and the board of ex perts declared the disease Dengus fever. Since then mortalities became more frequent and the symptoms looked h^e yellow fever and the alarm became so great that the health authorities again gathered. This time they were accompanied by Prof. A. L. Metz, chemiet of the Louisiana bord who analyzed the evidence in several cases. The verdict to-night was yellow fever and various points on both sides of the town are rapidly declaring quarantine. The dwellers of mountain re giona are, it appears, less subject to diseases of the eye than those living upon the seashore or near any body of water. Prof. Hirsch- berg, the well-known authority on ophthalmia, has recently con ducted a thorough examination into the causes of that disease, which ie now prevalent in many parts of Prussia, and in hie report he says: “3he old opinion that heat and duet helped to propagate the disease is no longer tenable. The disease is most prevalent along river valleys and in lake districts it is never found in the uplands. Out of 7,000 cases which have been examined under my supervision I have found 20 to 40 per ceut. among the children in the schools. 10 to 15 per cent, in to vn schools and 5 per cent, in big schools. The chief remedy ie an improvement in social con ditions-” Up-to-Date. Small boy dashed breathless into a merchant’s office. ‘Ts the guv’uor in?” “Yes; what do you want?” “Must see him myself; most partikler.” “But you can’t ; he’s engaged.” “Must see him immejit; most partikler.” The boy’s importunity got him in. “Well, boy; what do you want?” “D’yer want a orfice boy, sir?” “You impudent young rascal! No! We’ve got one.” “No you ain’t sir; he’s just bin run over in Cheapside.” Boy engaged.—London Tit-Bite. The difference between a cat and a sentence is that the cat has its claws at the end of its paws, while the sentence has its pause at the end of its clause. Old Newepapere for sale. ROCKEFELLERS CURIOSITY. Send* * Check for the Ralaore of the Quarter of a Million He Promised. Boston, September 3—John D. Rockefeller, in pursuance of a remise to the Baptist Missionary nion and the Baptist Home Mis sionary Society, has sent his check for the balance of the $250,000 to be given by him «.n condition that the two societies should raise $235,000. On August 13 the American Baptist Union Mission ary, which has headquarters in Tremont T«mple, this city, re ceived Mr. Rockefeller’s check for $121,267. Now the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, the headquarters of which are in New York City, has received a check for the amount necessary to cancel its indebtedness. This contribution is the largest gift ever made to the missionary cause. A Wonderful Cure. A man says he has been com pletely cured of rheumatism by a dish mop- He was told to steal a kitchen rag and rub with it. He committed the larceny, was pur sued by a cook of the female pur- suasion who castigated him with a dish mop. He ran like a deer, forgetful of his pains, and finally escaped with some bruises, but the rheumatism fled forever.—Augusta Chronicle.