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What w Di GUARANTl ESI I B A large percentage of Ih during the past thirty yeais paying, plans. .Some or tlies while others have contained (lends." to he accumulated to he ttcn apportioned and ( issued on a 20-year basis. Naturadv, when present consideration of prospective "prolits, lo be rean/.ed in n possible, and in most instatu has been that, in a majority lias been reached, the actua of the 'estimated future re in some instances these s< oiiginai "estimates. ' This tiie companies writing and t 1 contained no guarantees as protits. The only obliga ion rest lias been an agreement on tl those "accumulations" at a to pay over to each po!L might he This form ot agn allowed the management accumulation period. bur accumulations, has been use k provided for. and many of il These unnecessary outlays I liv reducing the amount, ?>f tl ments are manifestly mil; unsatisfactoiy, as pis! exper Tin- {Southeastern Life J ..II .... s. ijMH tu a> um an uii <;i iiliuiy l 11 "estimates" as to future i>i BE (inures all it proposes to do BL <l.iy exactly what 11? ? p iioy 1 B \vi11 contain no estimates oi IB unconditional guarantee Bs The Southeastern will only and Mils guarantee is hacked to gamble in * futures.'" the BR all who wish clean, safe life jgy investment returns, thepol Kg as t (|Ual t) any and superior K companies *5? Attenlion is invited lo I wj teed Results of a Southeast w other pronnuent companies, h Ucient to convince anyone of 4 .n. v V -) " ITlclli, L\J I a,y in' Amount of Pol Age at Issue, 3 Name of rv>mpanv SOUTHEASTERN Mutual Life of N. Y. New York Life Equitable N. Y. Northwestern Milwaul Penn- Mutual, Philad Phoenix Mutual, Hartf< Aetna Life, Hartford Mutual Benefit, Newar New England Mutual *r T ^ i Union Central, Uincinn; 1Note--In the abc suits at the end of 20 Excepting the Southe that of any other con in paid-up insurance, poses to return to the addition to the guara are in every instance in the policy contract they are subject entii management of the c If you will consid you wish an agency, ; ELLIOTT SO UT H L Insuran< SPAltTJ ill the vidends Be? EES VERSUS I MATES ? 1! I ?nn Iiu,i,aJ t... A - ? H i: int." iiiouiuiiia; i?iui;u uy AiniTIClll COmpHlllCS h| has been written on "Participating,"ordlvidend- u ic |K>Ilcic8 have provided for Annual Dividends, ^E a provision for tlie payment of "Deferred Dlvi- !^| during periods c f ten, lifleen cr twenty years, and listributed. The majority of tlie latter have teen m dng these "Deferred Dividend" policies for the B Insurers, the agent attempted to make these H iture by tin* policy-holder, appear as attractive as H L*es tiiey were largely overestimated. lbe seviual H of cases when the dividend distribution period Bj I returns to policyholders have fallen far short H suits" furnished them at the time they insured. B dtlements have been only 40 or 50 per cmt. of the H disappointing realization has been tlie result or die insurers accepting policy contracts which ^ to the amount of the proposed "dividends" or ing on the companies in regard to these dividends, B le part of the company to make an "allotment" of B given limc--usually, at the end of 20 years?ami |A yholder his share of said allotment, whatever tl at B eement between the company and tlie insured has SB unrestricted control of all profits during the ing this time tlie "surplus" fund, created by these Ba d to defray all manner of expenditures nob legally H iem wholly uncalled for and recklessly extravagant. Kj lave been made at tlie expense of t.ie policyholders, H| lieir allotment" of protits. Such policy agree- S ilr to the insured, unbusinesslike, and altogetlier U m e- II.IS .lllipiy (MMIUMIM I illl'U JO? nsurance Company, of Spartanburg, s. C..proposes s policy contracts. It will therefore, make no BEs olits, hut it will guarantee iu its policies in plain Hp; A n insurer in ii.e soul heastern will know to- C& will be wniill twenty year** from now Ills policy - promises, based on future unknown experience, 0-7, :s, based on present mathematical-calculation. jte, guarantee iu us policies what it knows it can do, Bfe I by every dollar of its assets. To those who wish Bj Sout heastern's policies are not recommended To ^ insurance protection, combined w ith guaranteed S?* icics of t he Southeastern art; ccnlirlenlly olTeied ?5\ 10 most contracts issued by oilier standard lie folinwinp table, showing the Actual (iuaran Ej; ern policy as compared wit li l lie policies ol ten ?& A caretuI exa niuation of the liyures wi|l bo suf- s? the superiority of tlie ^outheustern's contract. n parison ,m<' 1 irr> licy, $10,000. Guarantees End of Twenty Yean Ann'l Prem. Cash Paid up Policy $361.30 $7,310. $13,570 383.40 5,390. 10,0001 383.40 5,390, 10,000:1 383.40 5,390. 10,0001 kee 37310 6,090. 10,0001 elphia 372.50 6 099. 10,0001 ord 371.60 6,030. 10,0001 369.60 6,140. 10,0001 k 362.20 5,999. 10,000: 360.00 5,650. 10,000 ati 355.00 5,660. 10,000 Wi ll 'estimated dividei d^ >ve table the full Guaranteed Reyears is given for each company, astern?whose guarantee exceeds lpany by $1,170 in cash and $3,570 each of the above companies nro! insured certain "dividends,1' in nteed values. These -'dividends" estimated, no figures being given s to snow what thoy will be, and ely to the future experience and ompany issuing the policy, er a proposition f'or^a policy or if rddress ESTES, President EASTERN .IFE ce Company LNBUllU, S. C. I#****** M 4fe sKBr J| Nitra H Gei m jl Q 1 THE I w . n>ni! swin npl j AVON MAN, ; CONTINUED FHOM LAST Wl?HK "I fed like singing," she cried. '"Sing!" he commandeds So she leaped up, and sane as she f remado the fire, and all through the little supper they laughed and chat ! . ted of trivial things, and were to<>! happy to say much. Then after sup. per they sat still and watched the . slow coming night. First the woods deepened with shadows, weird and . ghostly: the waters faded away, a . delicate sprinkle of stars glinted overhead; and the fresh air grew cool!. or and more deeply pervaded with the L scent of the damp earth and the ^ reeking pines The air was delicious, f and the scene too beautiful to watch steadily. The full delight of it came . in snatches. The fire smoldered low, and the noises of the night intensified. They heard the crackling leaves and the lapping waters, and the wind swung tree tops. It was a marvel.>uo silence ?an oversilence that sucked up the nuiscs until they ceased to be noists. Last came the moon over the mountain's side, rich, full, silver, and the I eery light flooded and drenched the earth, soaking the tree tops so full that streams trickled off do m ontc 1 he forest llooi, and the lake was lippled wi h soft silver. The hour was unc of magic, of bewitchment, en. chantment. At last he stood up, and reached out his hands to her. "Come," he said softly, "we must go. we two." .she took his hands, and he puiled her on. Nor (lid he release the strong hands at once?not until the touch of them had thrilled him through. "I hate to go," she said tremulously tills was so perfect." "Yea," he whispered, "it was the very ningic of the deeps In us I>o you know there Is something in us very deep down, worlds away from every day, which is rarely tapped, rarely stirred. It lies there like an ocean under a mountain. Hut, when it is stirred?oh; the magic of it?how it pours through our hearts and brains, just us tlie moonlight through the r forest trees." "You mean the sail,'' she murmured in an awed tone. "Yes, and the wonder that stirs it!" lie answered. Love?" M I - WfiTTr ite of Sod rman Ka enuinePt Fertilize We are I T rv i L. U. "Ye3, love." And they hurried through th woo'*.-, bcfoic they said mora. S down thy mountain she led binni 'ving now a shadow and now a bear oT light, stirring through tlie de?' silence. They hurried through the wit ;her; of b.iug .s that 11 iked silver light, pas twinkling springs and brooks, ove logs, and reeks and needles, and eve before they knew it thev weredow in the gorge again, and on the o! trail. Hhe turned. lie noticed how pal site was, and bow her eyes shorn there in the little clearing ?tlie dee flamed brook at one side roaring. Ih moon soaked pines about them, th wild brambles and briers at their feei She tried to laugh, but failed . "I?I couldn't get lost any longer, she said, all a tremble; ''we've 'eft th heights.'' Something caught in his throai ".lu^tan hour away now from th valley," lie said. 'Yes, just an hour." Her ey? tilled. ' And it was so perfect," lie wei on breathlessly. "We stirred tl magic of the deeps?not we?but? He stopped. ?Oli UOJ it .Anil.. -1.- -1 " i "i?3 >u itauj man sue &.SKI i wistfully. j "II was?it was'.'* he cried out, ai he seized her hat.ds, and bound t lie behind ills neck. "Oh, you, jou." she Dbbed, "c Swan of Avon man!" "Oh!' he cried to her, "I Jcvc yo I have louked for you all these years "I have known you all these year? she murmured, "and loved?you nio ?than?>11a kespoa re's? people! ' Then suddenly slie broke from him, ' No, no, no," she cried wildly. "I' not for yeu. You're educated, you' everything?I'm just Bald Ka'.le." "It's I that am nothing,'' lie repli< tr\in# to take her to him. "It's Vftll'ro wli.it 1 n?l>H?linnltli ronnrt jny, life, labor?a woman, a worua You're what a man needs most?|u a woman! A helpmate, comrade hou keeper?a wife, a wife!"' "Your wife?"' she whispered. "O my Uichard?my husband! And he lifted her face, and kiss< her. "We have l>een on the heists we shall alwavs be there," he went c "and in the meantime we'll g) throui I the va'ley together!" i Then for a minute deep wiih tl rcoch of their sudden love, they we as one with Nature?the woods tl i brook, the pe&Ks, the gorge, the w! ' dcrntss, the silence. They were Iktt i . .' >N . 3 ' \v* ' - TiflTjjVi ' i f "l I Si '* \ > , inlt 1 jruvianQi rs of all k Headqua GULLOM Bacesburg, S v\i^ children of earth?the great day In e brought tiiem eons back from the rot j of today to the very heart of Nature i,'/ "And what s your name?''" he aske< u ] his eyes sparkling, p "Isn't that funny?" she cried, ac t,h?> laoghed like children, y THE END. :bidge spring new; i "'social events of the pis week it this thriving place. P Ilidge Spring, Jan. 2<> .?Oil Tues-.iii e and Wednesday afternoon Mrs. I). I e Front is received her many Drty fr'enc in honor of her daughter, Mrs. M. 1 Watson. Delightful refresh men were served and the social features i C t.llPCfi ic Ane **"? ? 11 Ukvu.i.uil.1 nviv- lll'iaii rll J(.)y ilUI On Thursday evening the Rid* L Spring chap e*, U. D. eelebrat( ie Lee's birthday in an 'uteres*ing at appropriate way at the school audita iS hum. The school children, under the lea' ershipof Mrs. McCoy and Miss C ai ie wile, sang with vim ano expressit lite pat iotic ongs of the Confederal Mr. O. M. Watson very effective id "My old Kentucky Home," LI school children jo nlng in tlie chore 1(* Hy req ie^L R v. J. II Edwards re! In the priae essay on the life of Robe E. Lee, after which its author, M J'ierco Carson, was called to the pla form and was presented with a ban II some book. by Dr. Asbill in behalf the ladie.s. ' Mr. H. Hryan effectively recit re Wbiitier's pcem. ' The AiikcIs nue:ia Vista " Mr. T. D. tVhlaid and C ol. R. III Wals n, upon the invitation oft re ladies, fjove interesting and tlirilli reminiscences of the Civil war. Mr. Villard described tlie openl period, when tlie men were becomi .disciplined fur tlie terrible struKK 11' and gave some liumerous as well ,somc patlietic descriptions. IP I /i i ?? ? * uoi. waison gave vivid descrlptk of several of the most fearful c< l,< flicls of the *ar, Including the b^t of Gettysburg. In the course or i(* address he paid tribute to the herol o' two great soldiers, one dead a l? the other living ; >n lie said: "No braver, truer soldlt ?li ever fought In any war than Gen. A ner renin, who lies In an u '.mark he grave at^Fredcrieksburg, and Col rc C. Ila&kell, who. in ripening yea lie stlil lives among ns." One of tiie most ^leasing features ,le the entertainment was a successi 1 * ^ ' fjB |hhp f m id of brief recitation* toy young girls, ir f who came on ths platferwa in the 01. (dor of the secedlug Stat-.*a, wearing rt. upon their breasts red shldMs. on 1 which were emblazoned in white the id upases of the States. The exercises closed with the sticrinsratrains of "Dixie," sung by the school, and the large audience disSpersed greatly pleased with the en* ter tain neat. T GEORGE K1RKLAND SHOT RY H J J BRITT. t. . ;8 WOUNDED Mil DOIHG QUITE i? HICELT AID IE 18 II 10IIIIIEIT DAIGER. e. 'e Barnwell, S. C, Jan. 27.?George Ml | Kirkland was shot here this afternoon ,(Mby Police Otllcer II. J. Britt, but Is not thought to be dangerously wounded. Kirkland and Alfred Dunbar, of r- Allendale, met on the streets here >n this morning and engaged in a qoar,v rel, when Kirkland *as arrested by I Britt for using profane language on 1 the stieet. Subsequently the charge le against iiim was droppea by the mayis or and lie was liberated . During the id earl V aft.errwinn lift - Tx?* __ j iiv nuu jjutioar met rL again and had norae trouble. When Otlicer Brilt attempted to arrest him r" the second time Kirkland resisted and attempted to draw a revolver, whered I upon Hritt fired on him, the bullet uf striking just above the chin. At midnight the report from the bedside of the wounded man is (hat he Is doe ing a?? nicely as possible, and Is in no ?f imminent danger. Policeman Hritt is a biother of Mr. B Gr. E W Brltt, lieutenant of the pol)e lice force cf Augusta, and was him* self a member of the Augusta force ^ at one time. He is very highly thought of in Barnwell, and the gennK eral sentiment is thai he was forced ng to shoot Kirkland to protect himself, le, as Old Dresses. nnaue lit*w by our new dyeing proccs _c vVrire for oui free price list. C. C. Laundry aud Dye Workg, >n- Columbia, 8. C. tie Uco. Rbm.Timmrrmax. ',,s j. Wm. Thurmond* sin THURMOND A T1MMKRMAN, attorn rya-a r-i-aw. Mid Will practice in all the Btate and 17. H. Courts. Office in KautTman Building, jr? Lexington. 8, C? b" L. M. MITCH &LL, ed 1?hYSiciAif ani? SoBoaox. A. liatesburg, B. C. kI>8? Office Honn: 8 to 9 a. a. i of 9 to 8 p. as. ten ISNtMptM* ? 1 iiano I ^ r? * ^ Atids ^ rters ij| n m w CO. ? * . c. $