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BVERYTHINO < F. L. BROV DBA I FINE 01 Swiss Cheese, Llniberger Cheese, I Bdim, Sap S jjcs, Italian Punn *san, A1 Sardines, 1)111 Pickles, Finj C indies, I Select Norfolk Oysters, Chickens a.i I table* In seaso.i. Try our It. It. It. C and if you are not satisfie J m >ney re OPPOSITE SKYSCRAPER F. L. BROWN & BRO'S I r~? ?* THE OLD STONE HOUSE. [ [Copyright, l'JOS, by C. II. Sutellffo.] Tliere luul been u murder and a sal ddo In the old atone house, mid it luul been shut up fer twelve years. Six blocks nway a tailor named Slinyur bad an apprentice named Hascouib. The lad was the son of a widow, ami though only fourteen years of age. sin could not control him. He was ro ukiiiiic aim u?iventurous rattier tnnn vicious. The tailor was n practical man, and when liis apprentice allowed lack of energy and zeal lie gave him n thrashing. lie iuul done thi< live o? six times when Joe, as the boy was familiarly called, quietly slipped out one night and set out on an ndven ture. The mystery of the old stone housi had strongly appealed to young Has coiub. Just after dusk of an evening In Muy he bought candles, matches bread, sausage and butter of a grocei tmd carried theni Into the alley behlui the house. There was a wall twelve feet high but baek of the florist's place he fount ? board ten feet long. This he used t< get himself and his purchases up on< Side niul down the other. The ground were a tangle of vines and shrubs am grass, and the old house loomed U] darkly with every door and blind nail ed. There was no cowardice In tli boy. He sat down on n rotting dooi step and made his supper and then In down union'' the weeds ami sloti Roundly until daylight. When bo liw Ids breakfast, bo set about breaking li: Ho accomplished the feat by cllmblni to the roof of a slnnl and forcing i blind and prying up a sash. When h was once Inside, he closed the blln< Again. Then he lighted a candle am went on a tour of discovery. From a lot of moth eaten bedding th boy selected the best and set up boust keeping in a servant's room In th eecond story. He explored the hous to find only grlmneas and dust an darkness. He slept as soundly on 111 first night In the old house as ho ha ver done nt the tailor's. On the s?s ond night he was awakened by a pel Blstent noise. It sounded like tw pieces of metal being struck togethe: IK got up, lighted Ills candle and pa si c ' through the upper part, of th houso. He found nothing to explo! the noises. Then he descended to t' ground floois lie was In his bare fet and moved without sound. He h- ?1 t tnove carefully, too, as the floors ha dry rotted and become shaky. l?uw bore the noises caine to him mot J lain, and lie located them as cumin mm the cellar. This was a part r the house he had not visited yet. 11 41d not go down now. IIo had inor Courage than ninety-nine men In a hut <Jred, but he balked at that. lie knei that It was like n dungeon down thei and If uncanny thlugs were to be uh with It would l>e below stairs. lie r< tnrned to bis bod and his sleep, say In that be would Investigate when da: light came. After breakfast next morning tli t?oy lighted his candle and started o Ids trip. He had found the cellar do? fastened on Ii|h first exploriltlo through the house. What had struc him as curious wus that the 1'asteum was on the other side. An Iron li found In the kitchen was used as pry, and after ten minutes' work th (Kir was opened. Poaeendlng the stairs, he found l>cl >, a cellar and a suhcellar, an i d? wii 1 the latter were the wine vaults. The la might have looked for foul a!r on <h ecendlng tlie stairs, but there wa 0<?ne. There was the blackest kind c darkness In tlie cellar, with the heal lug apparatus and Its pipes rustc gwuy and fallen apart. The door t wit* suoceuar was uiso rnstened on t!i other side. The boy dlil not even sto to wonder how the person who hw luude these doors fust on the dow lde could have afterward left th house, but forced the second as he h:n the first. In the subcellar were sevei large wine bins and a large squnr room. The air down there was pure than on the parlor floor. A detectIv would have paused to cogitate ove this, but the l>oy didn't. Me enterei the big room after mousing among th wine bins for awhile, ami ihere he go his explanation of the clinking noise he had heard the night before. The room was the workshop of i gang of counterfeiters. There wen bogus gold and silver coins lvlnir nhou almost by the bushel. There wen molds and dies and presses. Then were a furnace and several incltlm pots. There were jars of achls ant hundreds of pounds of metal. Then were ft table, chairs, lamps and dishes At the rear end of the room was i mail door, but thl ? wus locked wit! a key and could not Ik? pried open Joe bad seen bogus coins and heart til nlxiut counterfeiters, and he wai $oon aware of the Importance of hh find. When he had used up a couph of hours looking alsnit, he returnee upxinirN, rnsteulng tlie doors behlm tiltii as well as ho could. He had n< Impulse to rush off to the police. As i matter of fact, he remained iti the house for a whole week lotigc , goins out twice lit night to purchase pro .visions U'fore ho made up his mind tf go hack to the tailoring business Then he went to the jiollce. Ills story wa not credited until a dctecllvc laid #(< < npanled him to the house. Then It was figured that the door from the room led into tho big sewer in the ill *W, and the (Kilice made n descent on a lionrdlng house ft block farther down Olid captured three men who had beep counterfeiting for the past four years and sending nil their coin abroad. They had used the big sewer ns a trecf to come nod go ami had enrvied ftli u.atertal that way. U. QPAl). ltiAkAN TEFO AT 7 N & BRO'S. LHRS IN ^OCERIES inglish Dairy, Full Cream, Pineapple, ithroom i, Celery, French Peas, Frenc Harris Bacan. titan and Strip, lixtr li?4. A full line of Fruits and Vege. ?ifoj-Bfj*.ii' U.'it IJIend at i5c. funded. TELEPHONE 65. COLOMBIA, S. C. I Q p "C 'j HIS SECRET. , O 'v ( (Original.1 Lincoln nnd Oliver I.yiuan wore en< ploycil ! i the Kjune bank. Oliver was I ton years younger than hi? brother, and since Lincoln had educated him 1 and secured his position for him Oliver adored him. The elder brotacr had been in the employ of the bank twenty 1 years when he was suddenly killed in u railway accident. Oliver was at i once promoted to the plaee left vacant. I Its duties were the keeping of an iin[ porta at set of books, and the salary , was a year. Lincoln's death . was both a bereavement and a blessing ( to Oliver, at least so It was considered, for Ills promotion would enable him t > marry tlraoe Mackenzie, with whom he had long been In love. j wuue unver unci uot kmi?i so, urnoe j ' had understood that ho loved hor ami would be glad to make her his wife. , lint since she had no pi\?perfy and while his salary was meaner he would . 1 not bronoli the suhjeet. She expert el ' that as soon as he entered upon his new duties, with their Inereased pay, he would make her a definite proposi I tlon. Oliver was very busy at the 9 bank for some time after his brother's p death, getting the run of the I Kinks he * was to keep, and seureely saw Gace at all. When lie did see her. with ample II opi>ortunity to deelare himself, she was ' much disappointed. Mis manner had ? changed. Whetliei It was the hard work he hnd been doing or the increase ' of his responsibilities, he seemed ton years older. Grace rallied him upon ' ids alteration, hoping to get the cause, ' but a pained expression came to Ills p face, and she desisted at once. n Oliver Lyman was as elliclent a man l> as bis brother and bad so good a head ' for banking that he was often consult' ed ns to problems which came up in the management of the business, lie p seemed to have an Intuitive knowledge of the value of properties, the credit of 0 those applying for loans, and if was understood at the bunk that if I.yman d . _. . ..... ... . - ..." snm ",\o' i<? a loan trio would lie lx>rs rower was sure sooner or liter to turn out "a lame duck." It was not 1 dps ' before he was offered the position of r" assistant eashler of the hank, with nil ? Increased salary, and exclusive charge p" of the credits. When Oliver was < all1 1 11 > the ie president's private olllee one morutn-..1 and the offer mad to him Ills c unite ? nunee failed to light np with ple.isure, I as expected. Instead of accepting It h> ? asked time for consideration. The pros Ident, surprl ?m1, wished to kno v what II possible reason there could lie fe.r con^ siderlng the ncccptanee of a position ^ for which he was so well title I. cspedaily as the work would n ?t !<e eonw fining and the salary ample, it it oilc vor said he must think it over and would give an answer the next n ornIV In;?. His answer wtis a new surprise. e He declined the offer. glvhr, as a rea son that he shrank from the re ;ponsl?" billty of determining w h > sliottld 1h> " made the recipients cf the hank's funds; that, while he considered cer tain men good and certain men had |p risks tlnanelally. In hi heart lie trust n ed no one. Feeling, as I. > did, h".:; <lu >r ties would soon wear him out. the 'l pre Ident reluctantly accepted Ills ronsons, hut raised his salary. When one of the directors of the I biink who knew (trace Mackenzie t dd II , her of this offer and Its (lcelii.ution she I was more puzzled than ever. Oliver I rnnfimii'il f<? Km' iiiinorm.ile ?...?! I pi -isure in her company, but never 'J : Hp >ke a word of love. To tost him she i oiii'i1 intimated that she might soon I have to announce her engagement to * another. A look of sueh terrible suf 1 ferine < an.e over hl.s face that she I j hastened l ? reassure him. One day the bank ca-hler tendered ? , Ids resignation, to take ellect at once. ( | Oliver Lyman agreed to take Ids post'' tlon till a new cashier could be ap! pointed, keeping his own position at II the same time, I.efore a new cashier ^ j could lie appointed the president had a ! atroke of apoplexy, which forever ren | dered him Incompetent for business. ( A meeting of the dint*tors was held. 1 and Oliver Lyman was called Into the ' i room where they sat. He was Inform- ' ^ ed that he was the only available man to run the bunk t fl 1 new officers could t he secured. He surprised them by ' asking if they would turn over the 1 , management of (lie bank to him permanently. After deliberation they ofi fered him the presidency at a salary j of $2.1,0(10 a year. He asked them if ' they would discount his note for two ' years without security for $-10,000. 1 They agreed to do so. Then he accept ! ed the presiding and exclusive in: i meat of the business of the bank. The day he entered upon ills new tin- 1 ties Oliver Lyman received $-to,000, J less Interest, for two years. What ho x uiu wuii nil* money no olio know. That ' evening lie called on the woman he had ' bo long kept in a false position, ami ' said to her. * * "(Jraee, I am at last etinbled to maki ' you r.a e\|iIauation an explanation for '' ' you alone. When I took tin* place of ' n:y brother, whom 1 loved better than .V ' all the world, except you, I found a J 1 deficiency In ids accounts of $'5r?,u00. ' * That dctlclency 1 have hecn carrying ' and covering ever since. Nrtt tt person ^ lias the slightest suspicion of it. My j ' salary will be *M) a year. 1 have 1 disi'oinited it for two yetirs and used ^ ^ the money to make up my brother's do . flcieney. If yon marry me we must j, uet on for two years on alsmt $ ">.tmm> n ' year. After that we may spend ell ., inv salary if we eboose." tJraee Maekenr.?e stood looking at her v lover with astonisbment till be bad hub he.l, when she went to him nr*l '' tint her arms about bis neck. "And yon boro the load alone w!l&- * out in: tyropathy?" AMY B. KENNEDY. . * I THE CHAS REHODELED AND <NE\ Army and Nav> I.OCAL AND LONG DISTANCE Steam Meal, Elec'ric Eights, fi Singly and En Suite. ( RIDDOCK & BYRN CHARLESTC ?TT, ?. ZZ ?~?~~^ ^ /mn /\u 1 HUK'S REAL DETECTIVE WORK. 1 > ; ^ [Original.] 1 am a wrlu-i of detective stories. ! , dy work has sapped my confidence in jQ 'irciimstaiitial evidence, for ? ere is uo j.M use, however strong, against an ac- y,. rused person that I cannot frame as ' Jm itrong a theory for the defense, llav- Vt. ng made this statement to a friend . vho 1< a practical worker in prison re- i <.j 'orin, lie tohl ine that lie had seen a 0f vomnn whom he ltelloved to be lnno- . cut serving a life sentence for having . tolsoned her husband, lie asked uie to nr islt her and If 1 came away with the mine opinion as himself to Interest myielf in her behalf. I consented. , n) 1 found Mrs. Julia ltlnglund a pretty i voman of thirty. I had a long conver. je sal Ion with her, not with a view to j(( earning of her guilt or Innocence from ler arguments, hut to make up my ^ nltid upon the higher plane of intul- vs lion. It did not seem to me to lie pos ' ^ ilble for a rcilncd person, as Mrs. King- | ^ and was. If guilty of a fright ul crime to appear to ine to lie Innocent. After c, i long conversation I left her perfectly jure that she was being punished for a crime slie had not committed. Tills tj, conclusion had nothing to do with any j(<l lppeal whatever to my rcusou. Hj This Is a synopsis of her case: She y, married Peter Itingland, a man twenty years older than herself, a stingy. crusty note shaver of the olden type. AV itingland, never in good health, at last gradually sank away and died. What j. he died of no one knew, for he was too jj moan 10 nave n doctor. IIo was but ie I. j, aii'l liis wife proceeded v<? take posses- M( si ni of his estate. I,, One day Krnest A. I^avsons received at his club through the mail a note p signed .Julia Itinglnnd, of whom ho j pt had never heard. In it she admitted j w that she loved him, but would not per- j mil him to be near her so long as her | fr husband lived. The note ended with ; rh the single word "Wait." j v< It hapiMUied that there was another | el Parsons in tlte elub, Kdward A. I'ar- jk si.us. The not had been addressed to j 10. A. Parsons and had fallen Into the i cr wrong b ind The Parsons who re j reived it talked about It Its existence | rearhe 1 the <nil's ot L'eter Itingland's p, relatives, and they accuse 1 the widow j U1 of having poisoned her h '.sband. The ; j;1 hod.v was exhumed, the si. roach ana- . y, ly/.ed and arsenic found in sutdclent i p, quantity to i ll sevei I men. The note ,,| and the ar-enie were the iu;Jn points p. on which the prosecuting attorney se- oj cured u conviction. ~ ll My proving Mrs. Hlnnland's inno- p eence depended solely up ?n one point p, her husband must have taken ar- p; sonic without the knowledge of tiny S( one else. Tlie attorney for the defense p, had taken UiLs position, but couhl ad U] duee no proof that ltingland had eve liought a grain of arsenic In his life. c, lie had investigated every drug store In the suburban town in which ltlng- p land had lived, but not one bad ever sold the drug to the deceased. i ft One day a possible solution to the t! problem occurred to me. llingland wa> p so stingy that h might have bought the drug wholesale. The tluv.iy was certainty inrietciie,!, but I determined j to investluate the wholesale dramatists 0l thoroughly. There wore five of them n in t!u> cit.v. I went to all of them ami w asked if they had had any account with rotor Uingland. Not o: of them d had fver iiad such an account on its books. Hesldos, they would not have p told tli imods to any one not in tho drug business, ccrtai:il> not at tho j. wholes.i!? price. Since 1 had made up my miml that pi*-?vintr Ilitigk ad'- pur N chas > of the di'ii ' himself wa tli * only possible way of os*. iMi him.' his wid |v ow's inno. dice, 1 deten: inc I to push f? further in my Jnvos .ations. Was it , not possible that Kin la id had had the ' %vdrug sent to him under an assumed j,; name? ,u I requested every wholesale drug w store in the city to malm up a state to ment of all the arsenic it ha 1 sold yo In the town where Kit ml. I h 1 within two years prior t<> liis death he There were a iiiini! r >c- <|iiantitles of arsenic on one of t' >'atenu tits that had lieen ldlied l > ih It r -w > xl t?1< pharmacy. Tlie it. u arrested i: y at tent ion, for the : i were al ; trsenic. 1 tn'jiiired l t! Kidgcwood ,jj pharmacy and was told r it did not p, 'Xlst and never had ex. '< <!. 1! n I ,v>1 rviiew 1 had foun 1 what ! ! ul been .M.( mutiny f n IPs I still had to produce p ? ?f that he iiiiivriaml ha.-! y *eived the g io.Is. 1 tad the matter hunted up at the ex |y ii'i.vu ..ill.. .....i . i t V 4; - ill I .1 M I Ml ?"?"k:1 lit'' s!Ji * ! "T II1 ' -ew " d I' a . J ;. or IV II.." ia l'i' er Kln-'laiui < ii!> \ 'i V- i r a t < I' sllljtu.flll tin III.. receipt i'"l ? a "fly. po: Anne I wiih (i. evhh tee. 11?? lawyer v 1? > 11:><I del n.h d M "'upland In ha: 'oiirt, workinp wl:!i :: scoured a fn< anion for her, t-io only ni.'ins nvnlln- tol tie of dolnp her just. <>. o.. v ' r. of of lottlnp lior out of prison l is re are a>, io words or phrases capable of ex- bol Teasing lier gratitude t<? me. me Once out of prison, Mr- ltlnpland (|,| rent to work to discover a reason fo- hft or husband's takinp arsenie md learn p, d that many years before, when much fh tin down In health. It had Von reeom hut tended to him. I.ater. v hen In the tlu nine condition, he had proscribed If to ?< iniself. gr( 1'roin the time of the aceustiur of q Irs. Ilingland. lid war I l'-osins kept tlio i the bnekgrotm 1, there 1 i : noth for ip he eould ?lo hut d< ny any know! ? ilgo of any evil intent on the part of n ) lie a. ensed. Her life was a I tP ; <>>. y()l II I broupht fortn tlie ovldon" t'l- < \ Indicated the lady. A year after tlie enn iiiumi in' iimrrieu per. T11K eoi.vMlc il the toninio wnpRi'i thnt "ftrr n1 f,u. lie viis gnllty. iind Mr en i v ?*ar UTU ens left the eountvj t ? ' ! np tlpsUieuee ii'< South Anierten. JDWAUD a, sris v , tLESTON ~ VLY FURNISHED. ' Headquarters g TELEPHONES IN ROOMS I lectrlc Elevators, ROOMS Cuisine Unexcelled S, PrQprietors. ; PN, S. C J PC! Y j A SOCIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT. o ! lorisinai ] 'What do you tlilnk of the evidence the Dodge ease?" asked I'rofossor irnieoat of Professor Nourse. The at occupied the chair of chemistry d the latter of sociology at. the Pairs! t.v of B. 'Haven't read It," replied Nourse. take 110 Interest In present methods bundling the criminal problem." What do you mean?" 'Why are people criminals? There e three distinct causes? first, herodl- B ; second, environment; third, neeos- w ty. Under these three l'.eads you may ft ftnufacture ciimli.al : ad libitum." "Oh, that's newfangled bosh and Is ading up t > a lot of sentimental op sltion to the punishment of crime." JS "Von haven't studied the matter as jf oroughly as I have. Yon are inter ted In chemical problems, while niy f* ities have led me to investigate f iose a criminology. I find that i;n- n r certain conditions people become 'Imlnals hi far greater proportion |? inn under other conditions. For In- H nin e, a large perccutag" of the ehil- P en of foreign born parents beeome K illhlrds. Now, If yon saw a corro- E loading result In the chemical world Kj ai would look for n cause." 3 "Itnts, Donald! Good Is good and f ul Is bad: always has he. 11 an*! al- jc ays will be." H After inu?!. " !* dialog ?*. ro c *r Barnleos" ? .inverted. H e was sitting r> ' . ? ( Ight at S line reading when there was a ring B the telephone, and he received a E ossage from Professor Nourse. ? ' "Come over as quickly as you can. & ve caught a fine specimen of the E miiis criminal, and we'll experiment E illi lilm." Itarnieoat lost no time In joining his ? lend and, going up into hi*, bedroom, i\v him eovering a burglar with a re)lver. The burglar was sitting in a lair waiting to bo turned over to the dice. "Is ho a heredity ease?"' asked Bamini t. "Wo shall see. Sit down." Nourso made an examination of his isoner, with the result that he came T iider the 11 ;1 head ilio professor bad g Id <lo?\n. lie had been strained ho- 5 Dial endurance. lie had a wife at A air.o with a slek baby. lie was out '* ' work. Th. \ as no doctor for the ? iby, no meilleiue and no food for any I .' the family. Tiie husband tod fa- ' ler had gone out t.> steal something $ provide for Ills wife and child. See- E i : a window open on Nnurse's piazza, i stepped in and groped his way lip- I airs i ' Noumea ueoroom. tsoarso, uring hint i:i Ills room. reached down nder the lied ".hero 1 it? kept a rovolv , turned o 1 the electric lights and jvorod the thief. The two friends conferred together i an undertone. "1 claim." said Nonr; o, "that this Mlow has the godlike element In him i:.t would lead him to give his life for >vc." "I don't believe It." whispered arnleoat. "We'll try him." With that ho turn g 1 to the man. who sat the picture of S[ ilserv. "II i.e von anything to s"v ". 'hy 1 should not call the policeV" "Oh. <i > I. what wil' sh and the child ^ "Would y. a he willing to secure re T of for tii :n hy sacrificing yourself?" A "if \ n will relieve them I'll go to' ill ill willingly." f "Tl i- alternative must he w <rse for j i t ii that. Your family innoat You are not. Y >u must he puu t 1 1. Now, if you will save the state fi ie ( .per.so of a trial and taking care ? y i for the rest < f your life as it 5' :!! certainly have to tit? now that yol E ive started on a criminal career- 1>7 1> wishing yourself I and my friend1 k ill sign a paper obligating ourselves' f provide for your family for tonl'l How do you want ino to punish my If V" j Hv blowing out your brains." 'You don't mean that. That' *iot i' punishment for burglary." li i my alternative." S'our.- o spoke with icy coldness, and ?; e man turned pain. lie was given 3; no to consular, while Noursc pointed < t the advantages of the course lie y oposoil, the gist of which was that If s family would be taken care of nndjijwould be saved from a life that ll mid be far worse titan death, l'sraM % he said, hoarsely and faintly; '1 accept, 'a no. 'i I Vo ? at once p . coat on ^ | aril and, ;:>!ng I.no \ h it-oi . re- & I mod with the agreement he had pro- L J ^ <1 in writing, and he and llaruleout jj. , :iu>(l if. lie luul also a pistol iii Ills v * ml. Turning the lmrglar with hi 3 :e to tho wall, ho hnmlt\l him th?? pin- ? , and tol<l him to perform his part ? tlio ? iitrnet. There wiih some talk i t out the parties of the other part not & J ne hou.' I to carry out their ajrroe- J J nt, but the burglar finally waived all m ) s. The friends waited silently for, I- ! n to put a bnl' in his brain while . clock ticked away ten minute en there was an explosion. The rcrlar tottered and fell in a heap 0:1 B tloor. i Oct tip, man; you are not hurt. Yon 1 >d n blank cartridge." kf 'boy raised him, and lie looked at ' in dazed, slowly gathering ids a cos. (Jo homo. Take this." handing him f ill. "I'll : t'ud a doctor. We'll start l on an honest career." Vlicn the two friends parted, Ran 1 t admitted that the professor of lolofry had performed a very satis \ torv experiment and had proved that J b>r certain conditions one innv com- ? h t a crime and die n morally heroic j ith at ttie same time. | i. 3. ANTHONY TWINING, j. ? i-. ?~r 1 ' ?? I FIRST ANNUAL ? of the Snntliooof ahi Irow ia IJI JLV^CiO tljj 1 IN SIT RAN 0 Spartanburg, South C Ending Decembe ASSETS Real Estate Mortguge Loans Clrtificate of Deposit w.th State Treasurer ... Cash in Dank and Office Cash at Interest and other Interest bearing A Accrued Interest Due and Deferred Premium* Total Admitted Assets LIAB1LIT1E Reserve [ uetl ? All oilier Liabilities Surplus (security to policy holders) I Mr'/vvi c f 14 ^ V\/iTIL4 g Premium Receipts g Interest lotal Income 1 jBURSEME Death Citt.iiiS .. L Commissions, salaries, Medical fees and all c ments , Total Disdursements gj Excess of Receipts over Disbursements | INSURANCE \C Policies Issued 74'i Policies Surrendered and Cancelled 12 Policies in Force December 31, 191)6, 674 . I DIRECTOR A li. TiVitchell. W. S Mont^on a Jno B. Cleveland. S. J. Simpson, John A, Law, Auk W. Smith, officer: # Elliott Estes, Pros Johr A. h-Twitchell Vice Pres Giles ^ Medical Din George R. Dean, M. D Gjorg Board Advisorv I J. A. Brock, Anderson; B 11 .1 I. Bit'ceng *r, F.oreu;e; Jj!m A Fant, I .lie IA. C.Latimer, Helton; R. I. Minnlnj, S-imts B. Simrn ms, Laure.is: W. F Stevenson Cher W. P. Greene, \bl?evilie; A. F. Al:Kis ick, ( ' . Columbia; (Jhas. A. Smith. Tnnnon*/ille 1 The Southeastern Life Insui Southern institution founded w by southern men, for Southern stright, honest, old line princip ized to do bussissss in theSout j s I to get in touch wijli every ma and adjoining States who is elijj and who has family rerponsibi Our Growing I P The h istory of the Southecsti has been one of complete an. from the very beginning. Its bu is conFned to South Carolina. I year or two to coverall the Stal and West of the Mississippi. That the policy holders of tfi more than protected, no one cai sets foot up $117,273.33 against serve of $9,980.00 and all other in other words. The Southeas new year with a surplus to its \ 396.60, or more than seven tin f them. | Correcting a Heavy dra South Carolinians are caarying ern and Western companies Lot one hundred million dollars, am t" f t-e r *>(\' > Mt i the Stat * ee million i to the u.ci 4nr + tliev have I company whose resp !1>4.?C> i. in the iand. whose insurant straight old lines th it never f * whisper of scandal. Is it either \ the personal interest cf any buy life insurance elsewhere, the cash resources of his State If you would consider a policy apply to | ? ? =i? , = !Wr. Banks (Ureal AScnt. 713 Skvscrapc C. W. EST General Agent, Chen TIllHioMEO Spartanburg, S. ...... ? i.i ?i ?T . r_j2 _ .. . ^: A l ii I iii ? 9 $ 70.H0.00 I I<\0"0.00 I 9,419.63 ? ssets 22,70.11 B 2,030.63 I 2,978.96 | . $117,273.33 | T - $ 9,980 00 B 4,896 73 I R'fefl 102,396.60 I $ 47,380.70 K | S| 1,670.02 | $49,50 72 I | ;nts I i Non e ^ ither Disburse * $34,586.95 | $ 74,586.95 I 14 463,77 ? COUN r $1,370,325 00 102,157.00 1,268,175.00 ====:==^^===_====~ * s I ill iery. A. L. White, 9 L E, Carrington, I X Elliott Estes. II i B. Clevelad. >-econd Vice Pres. ' J . L. Wilson, Secretary & Trcas. i ictors e W. Heinltsh, n D directors. j I. M >55, Oran $ jbu rg; > 1; J 1 F Pick jii, C tarJestoa; < r; F A. S n/t.i, O.-asnvilli; O. aw; John 1. Kinard. Newberry ' ireenwood; Lee O. Holleman, ; *i*. 1 ranee Company is a 'ithe soutn;rn money g I people; conducted on p !es; expressly organ- E | h; an J as such desires r J n in South Carolina \ ;ibie for life insurance ^ r lifies. I Success, ? ?rn Life Insurance Co. 1 increasing suc<~ ss siness for the present >ut bids fair within a tes south of the Onio e new company are \ ^ question, as the asa net reinsurance re- j. ii >biIities, $4,806.73 t^rn Lire began the > >olicy holders of $102, lis its liabilities to r ' .in on the South g i insurance in North- ? he amount of almost 1 on this insurance j 1 e every year, to pay | deurs in cash. Coni in their v ate a s jU.ot ~s *??>;h as any e is written on the L ail or cause a single n oatiotic, wise, or to ^outh Carolinian to and further dep!ete ' and the South? | or agency contract I i