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tKfje gfobertt?er Subscription Trice is $1.00 per Year Payable In Advance. Published hy ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY LaurenH, S. ('. Advertising Hates on Application. Ohltunries and Card of thanks: One cent a word. Entered nt the post office at Laurens, s. C. as second class mail matter. LACHENS, S. C. MARCH 2, 1010. With last week's Issue of The Adver tiser Mr. S. B. Honey's connection with the paper ended. As evidenced hy the expressions in a number o( communi cations in thai Issue Mr. Honey will he greatly missed by the readers of The Advertiser, and it can also he said that he will be greatly missed by those of us who are responsible for the "getting out" of the paper. During the past two years Mr. Honey has been an important factor in m?k ln;.? The Advertiser one of the very best county papers In the state. VVo we're pleased with him as the editor of The Advertiser and delighted with his charming personality, it goes with out saying that wo predict for him a successful career on the News & Couri er anil shall watch with interest his, certain advancotnc nt. In the meantime The Advertiser will I continue to glvo to its readers ;.ll the news of the county in readable and at-' tractive form; and wo hope to continue to grow and expand to the credit o! our city and county. M. I.. Copclnnd. ? * ? AS TO "HOME RULE." Concerning the candidacy of Mr. Featherstone for governor one of two facts are outstanding. Mr. Foathor Btone is the cniy candidate who has always boon a prohibitionist. A ma jority of the people koted for prohibi tion in ls'.?- and their wishes were thwarted hy the establishment of the Btnte dispensary. The latter Institu tion postponed prohibition and but for it prohibition would have been enacted nearly is years ago. Through out his political career and until the State dispensary was abolished hy the legislature Mr. .lohn G. Richards advo cated and defended that institution; he was a last ditch defender of it. Mr. Richards is a good man, at least we think so. He is 40 years old or up ward hut lie Is a prohibition colt, horn three years ago and barely broken to prohibition harm s ?. The other candidates are not pro. hlbltionists; hut what are they? What the platform of Mr. 01 ease is we don't know, hut the gentlemen who are run nlpg as local optionists and confining the options to county dispensaries and county prohibition have chosen nar row ground to stand on. Six counties now sell liquor. It Is not ascertained that any one of the six prefer the county dispensary plan to high license. There Is abundant reason to believe that one of them. Charleston, is about as much opposed to county dispensa ries as It is opposed to prohibition and it is probable that Rlchlnnd feels the same way about the question. Con sequently, the candidates who will charge that Mr. Featherstone would deny "home rule" to six counties con vict themselves of simlar intolerance unless they are ready to urge that the six counties have leave to choose be tween high license, county dispensa ries and prohibition. Mr. Fentherstone's position Is at least clear cut and fully defined, lie is a prohihltlonlst. opposed to the I liquor traffic In all its forms. His platform is free of compromises and contradictions. He Is running against ; one or more candidates who would al low counties to sell whiskey If they ! wish but not in the way that they wish ?who would deny to counties the right to sell by any other method than the county dispensary plan. In Its essence their plan Is not less opposed to home rule and local self-govern ment than is stato wide prohibition. ? * ? SHALL WE HELP OURSELTE SI Eight years ago the writer In a speech at Trinity chruch this county roamed far enough Into the domain of prophecy to predict that within ten years electric railway lines would con nect the towns and villages of Lau rens and other Piedmont counties. Ho bad begun to despair lately that the prophecy would he realized but the en trance of the Dukes Into the field of electric traction in Western South Car olina makes the condition such that If the predicttlon be not realized the fault 'will He with the people. The trolley lines will be built. They ?will be built first where the people are willing to help most. The people will not be expected to holp a great deal anywhere but they will bo asked to put up perhaps one fourth of the nec c?sary capital?enough to show that they wish to have trolley lines. Indifference of the people will post pone the building of a trolley line to Laurens from Groonvlllo or Spartan burg another ten years. Ten years of postponement will set Laurena twenty years back as comparod with towns that get the trolloy lines now. Land is most valuable in I>aurens county In the sections whore there aro the most white people to buy it. The land in the sections that have trolley lines will ho in twice the demand that it is now. It is seldom that high priced land Is owned by other than good citi zens. To make $50 an acre land profi table It must bo Industriously and carefully cultivated and cared for. The building of an electric line from Greenville to Clinton would double the value of every acre in a belt several miles wide between the two towns. It would in a few years double the population of the territory that It would penetrate. A strip of land hvo miles broad ex tending from Greenville to Clinton contains, exclusive of the towns, about 150,000 acres which at $20 the acre are worth now $3,000,000. Build a trolloy line through them and they will be worth $;">0 the acre or in the aggregate $7,500,000. This is to say that if the people will contribute some hundred of thousand of dollars they will make a profit in a few years of one thousand per cent, on the investment, if that statement has the sound of a fairy story, it is just as well to remember that the avorago value of lands has doubled or trebled in Laurens county in the last few years anyway. The South is now at the beginning of its prosperity ?taking the first todd?ng and uncer. I tain steps towards immense wealth. The peoplo who have sense enough to realize this and take advantage of it are the people who will reap the rich est harvests first. The poople ol* Laurens have invest ed a million dollars in manufactures in the last 15 year.-. Those millions have brought thousands of new peo ple into the county. Every man who lives In the territory of the trolley line will bo a contributor to its in come and will save money for himself too. In indirect dividends an electric line giving quick, pleasant and cheap passenger and light freight transpor- 1 tat ion between Greenville and Clinton through Laurens will yield $10 where the mills yield one. In diroCf, divi dends the line should pay fully as well as a cotton mill. Primarily, we built the mills for the Indirect divi- j (lend; because We wanted to build the town. Will we close our eyes and shut our oars to an opportunity ten ' times as attractive??II. ? ? ? HOG, COttX and COTTON. One hundred pounds of hog alive arc worth ten dollars and three hun dred pounds of hog are worth half a hale of cotton when cotton is worth twelve cents the pound. Two three hundred pound hogs are therefore equal to a halo of twelve cents the pound colon. The llklihood, mean while. Is considerably greater that cotton will drop to ten cents the pound than that hog will drop below ten cents the pound. The boys' corn clubs that are being organized in this state are bringing It to pass that two pounds of corn mny be produced for the same cost that one pound of corn has hereto fore been produced. Halving the price of raising corn will halve the price of raising hog approximately. By the education of the boys in cor rect methods of farming !t will be easy to raise six hundred ooiinds of hogs, which is to say a bale of cotton, nt the cost of raising a three hundred pound hog or a half bale of cotton now. The boys of today will be men to morrow. The education of the farm ers nnd farmers' boys will make th's the richest and the haplest land i*i the world. Any country with plenty of rich and happy farmers Is sure to bo a wholesome and happy country?one that is a blessing to all other countries besides. ? ? ? Nicaraguan troop;; reported to have defeated Revolutionists at Tlsma. who are the Revolutionists In Nicaragua anyhow? The bookkeeper in a Massachusetts 1 bank Is reported to have looted the bank of its capital surplus and ab-! sconded. It is a pity that he did not take the entire board of directors as j well as the bank examiner. ? <? ? Clay and sand effect a road in tho same manner as gall and nerve effect persons. ? ? ? A man charged with kissing a wom an in a nack was fined $50 by a South Carolina mayor. A Laurens batchelor remarked that he would bet odds that tho hackman told. ? * The legislature passed 282 special and general laws during its recent ossion, and tho state of South Carolina paid the total sum of $45,000 for them. ? ? ? The weather man must have thought there was a land sale on Monday. "Southern Farmers' Opportunity.'* The stock of money In this country Is today approximately $3,130,000,000. Ten years ago It was $2,340,000,000. This Is a gain of $790,000,000, or ap proximately 30 per cent. Authoritative statistics show that the 1909 wheat crop was 8.3 bushels per capita, against 8.63 bushels per capita ten years ago; the corn crop dropped from 34.9 tnd 30.9 bushels per capita; the oats cropt from 12.4 to 11.1 bushels per capita; the hay crop from 1 ton to 3-4 of a ton per capita; and the number of food animals, swine, cattle and Bhoop, fell from 2.5 to 1.0 per capita. In the matter of meats the govern ment returns Issued on tho 25th of January shows, under the head of swine (hogn) that t'ir> 'n'ni supplies In 1900, of 54,000,000 fell to 47,000,000 in 1910, a decrease of nearly 15 per cent. Other cattle. In 1909, 49,000,000 fell to 47,000,000 in 1910. The number of cnttle killed under] the inspection law In tho United \ States In 1907 was 7,621,717. In 1909 It had fallen to 7.325,337; during the same period there was an increase In the number of calves killed from 1, 763.574 to 2,046,713. The receipts of hogs at the markets fell 13.8 per cent, from 1908 to 1909. When the panic of j 1907 came on many of the farmers In the West sold their hogs because food was too high to feed them and these [ brooding herds have not been replaced. I In the matter of the production of \ fruits, the leading and standard (be cause it keeps longer) apples. In the United States, have fallen from 68, 000,000 barrels In 1S66 to 21.000,000 j harreis in 1900! Here is money, per dollar, decreas ing in its purchasing power becauso of a 80 per cent. Increase In volume. Here is an increasing deficit In the Held food crop per capita.. Here is a marked decrease In hogs and cattle supply. Here is a decrease in the, leader among all the fruits (apples) of approximately To per cent. On the top of all this is an average tariff of CO per cent, on 8*1 foreign food stuffs. As result of all these things?the in creased supply of money, the decreas ed supply of all food stuffs, and the i tariff?-the prices of beef, pork, and Its by-products, mutton, chickens, | eggs, butter and milk, and all other i food products?taken on an average have never been as high as now, barr ing of course the war prices of the 60 s. Is not this the Southern farmer's golden opportunity? The Teleghaph has shown in pre vious articles that in 1S60. when the population in Georgia was 1,057,286 there were in this State 2,036,116 hoks. In 1907, with a population of 2,700,000 'j there were only 1,599,000 hogs. With in the opulatlon fore than dubled, the number of hogs has been reduced nearly one-half! The Telegraph has shown that, In I860, there were 299.6S8 milk cows. In 1907, 30S.00--an Increase only of 8, 312. That In 1860, there were oxen and other cattle, 706,194. In 1907, ' 680,000?decrease of 26,194! That In 1860, there were 512.618 sheep. In 1907, 269,000?a decroase of 343,618! These figures are surprising, and yet they are based on actual statistics , returns. '. The Telegraph has shown that In 1890, when Georgia's farmers owned 1,627.008 swine. In 1907, when the population had increased to 2,700,000 the swine owned by Georgia farmers decreased to 1.599.00?a loss of 28, 008. That In 1909, the sheep owned by j Georgia farmers numbered 111,876. In , 1907 they had decreased to 269,000? a loss of approximately one.half! That ' In 1890. Georgia owned 354,618 milch cows. In 1907 the number tell to 308,- \ 000?a loss of 46,616. All of these figures are amazing? but they are collected from the most reliable sources. They call to the farmer with Irreslstable eloquence and force. They cry aloud to them to plant less cotton and more grain; to raise more cattle and hogs?not ns a patri otic thing, but as a profit-making busi ness. It is the farmer's opportunity. 1 His day has come if he Is wise enough to read the signs of the times and take advantage of It. Food Is the first and the last of the natural man. All men must eat. Ev erything else Is secondary. Wo can go naked and live In tho woods as the heathens do, but we must oat. It takes a pound of cotton to buy a pound of meat. A pound of meat can be raised more cheaply than a pound of cotton. A farmer can eat his meat but he cannot eat his cotton. Tho money supply has grown faster than the food supply. Tho farm pro duction for the last four years have been low In comparison with the in crease in other forms <?r value. Man ufacturing enterprises, manufactured materials stock and bond corpora tions have more than tripled in value In ten years. The farmers have not kept pace.?Macon (Qa.) Telegraph. Mantels,?Doors?Small Rooms. May bo quickly painted by any one with a small can of our Domestic Paints in all colors put up In open mouth cans, will make a door, or a mantel or any small Interior work look as bright ns when first painted. Get It from J. II. & M. L. Nash, Lau rens, J. W. Copelnnd & Co., Clinton. LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. y* i Mr. J. C. McMillan of Renno was' in town Wednesday. Mr. J. C. Martin, principal of the j Gray Court-Owings Institute, and Miss es Sarah Beeks and Nan Cralg, assis tant teachers in the same school, were in the city Saturday. Messrs P. A. Simpson, M. J. Owlngs and T. D. Lake atended a special moot ing in Spartanburg last Friday of tho stockholders of the Soutl.ocstern Life Insurance company. The damage to the county jail, caused by the recent burning of Nichols, Roper & Roper's livery stable has been repaired. Mr. T. K. Iludgens, for several years manager of the Laurens Steam laun dry, has purcnased the Easley laun dry plant. Mr. Thos. M. Workman one of the well known citizens of this county, gave The Advertiser ofllce a pleasant call yesterday. Mrs. J. H. Sullivan gave a delight- ' ful tea Monday evening In honor of Miss Strickler and Miss Young. A mong those present were Miss Josie Sullivan, Miss Emmie Meng. Miss Lil lie Strickler, Miss Young, Miss Mary Todd, Miss Llllle Mao Childless. Mr. R. P. Fleming, Mr. George Halle, Mr. Vance Irhy. Mr. T. C. Turner. Mr. .lames Dunklln, Mr. G. C. Montgom ery. A delicious supper with cakes and ices was served. Mr. Jno. C. Davis of Clinton was In the city yesterday. Messrs G. C. Byrd and D. A. Genn of theHuntington section were In town Monday. Mr. M. F. Medlock was In town Sat urday from Huntington. The friends everywhere of Mr. I>. (',. Halle. Sa., will he glad to know that he has about recovered from a month's illness. Items from .Mount Bethel. Mt. Bethel.?Mrs. Edward G. Fern and little daughter, Alice, of New Brunswick, N .J. are visiting her sis ter, Mrs. J. E. Carlisle, and other relatives. Miss Carrie Slebert is spending the week with her sisters, Mrs. J. C. C. Odell of Brewerton, and Mrs. W. A. Grant of Ware Shoals. Miss Agnes Simpson spent Sunday night with Miss Louise Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Carlisle spent Saturday night at the home of Mr. Jas. II. Carlisle. Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling In your throat. Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you wil be pleased. Sold by Lau. reiiB Drug Co. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. (Schedule Effective June 20, 1909.) N. B.?These schedule figures show the time that trains mny bo expected pected to arrive and depart but the Hm<>8 shown are not guarantoed. East and West hound trnins from Spartanburg, S. ('. 7:30 A. M.?No. 36, daily, for Char lotte, Washington, Richmond, New York and Intermediate points. Ar rive Charlotte 10. 05 \. M. Richmond 9:30 P. M., Washington 10:55 P. M., New York 6:30 A. M. 9:50 A. M.?No. 42, dally except "Sunday, for Charlotte and Intermedi ate points. Arrive Charlotte 12:45 P. M. 1:45 P. M.?No. 12, dally local, for Richmond and intermediate points. Arrive Richmond 7:00 A. M. , 5:20 P. M.?No. 38, daily. ("New York-Atlanta-New Orleans Limited") for Washington, New York and tho Rast. Arrivo Washington 6:50 A. M., Mow York, 1*00 P. M. Pullman cars, dining cars. 8:10 P. M.?No. 40, dally, for Char lotto and intermediate points. 9:00 P. M.?No. 30, dally, for Wash ington and New York. Pullman cars, lining cars. Arrivo Washington 10:40 A. M., New York 5:00 P. M. 10:30 A. M.?No. 9, daily, for Asho vlllo and intermediate points. Arrive Ashevillo 2:10 P. M. 6:35 P. M.?No. 13, dally, for Ashe vlllo and intermediate points. Arrive iVshevlllo 9:15 P. M. Parlor-cafe car. West bound trains from Greenville, S. C. 6:50 A. M.?No. 29, dally, for Atlan ta and Birmingham. Pullman cars, [lining cars. Arrive Atlanta 10:30 A. M., arrive Birmingham 4:00 P. M. 11:;>5 A. M.?No.39, daily, for At lanta and intermediate points, con necting at Atlanta for all points west. Arrive Atlanta 3:55 P. M. 1:30 P. M.?No. 37, dally ("New York-Atlanta-New Orleans Limited") for Atlanta and New Orleans. Ar rive Atlanta 5:00 N. M., New Orleans 7:55 P. M. Pullman sleeping car, '?lull car, observation car and dining car. 2:35 P. M.?No. LL. dally local, for Atlanta and way stations. Arrive Atlanta 8:30 P. M. 1:10 A. M.?No. 35, daily, solid train to New Orleans with pullman cars and dining car. Arrive Atlanta 5:00 A. M., Now Orleans 8:30 P. M. Southbound from Columbia. 6:65 A. M.?No. 29, daily, for Sa vannah and Jacksonville. Pullman CA?.'&5 A. M.?No. 12, dally, for Char leston and intermediate points. 3:60 P. M.?No. 14. dally, for Char leston and way stations. 2:15 A. M.?No. 16, daily, for Char leston. Pullman car. Summer excursion tickets now on sale. For further Information, call on ticket agents Southern railway, or J. L. Meek, A. O. P. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. C. H. Ackert. V. P. & G. M . Washington, D. C. Alex. H. Acker. T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. ? OUR SPECIAL NOTICES. Notice.?We have on hand now ready for delivery the new crop mort gage. Will print your name in. In lots] of 100 or more. If you want blank ones write Laurens Drug Co. or The Adver tiser, Laurens S. C. Labor . Savers. ? Moore's Modern I Methods. Let us show your samples. All sizes and serttlngs. 8x5 size la j stock. Phono Advertiser Printing Co. 27-4t| For Sale?Iinprovod Marlboro proli fic and the Early Yellow Dent seed j corn; $2.00 bushel, or $1.75 In lots of 5 bushels. W. C. What ton, Waterloo, j S. C. 3t Get Moore's modern methods of] bookkeeping, saves time and labor. Small expense. In stock for imme diate delivery. Advortlsor Printing Co. 27-4t For Sale or Kent?Three houses on Laurel street, each has a nice gardon and yard. Equipped with modern ccn veniences and near the square. Apply j to J. Y. Wallace, Post olllce, Laurens, S. C. 3t Rubber Stamps and Seals?Made ns you want them, any size, shape or style. For firms, corporations, socie ties, etc. Advertisesr Printing ce. Laurens, S. C. 27-4t Easy and Simple way to keep hooks I ?Moore's modern methods. Phone j Advertiser Printing Co. 27-lt For Rent.?The Musgrove buildings and barns have been put In good order. Connected with It is a two-horse farm. Any party desiring to rent the same will please confer with Mr. G. C. Young. Clinton, S. C. It .List Received?Car load Hackney buggies all styles; also car of Stude baker wagons. Price right. .John A. Franks. 2!KU The Ryrdville Dairy and Stock farm has select. Tool 6 and King cot ton seed for sale. Apply to W. D. | Byrd & Son, Laurens, lt. F. D. No. 4tl Pnr-a-sit-cl<le cures Itch in 30 min utes. Price ?")(> cents, sohl by Young's | Pharmacy, Clinton; The Miller Co., Cross Hill; Laurens Drug Co., Laurens. It For Rent -Brick store room in Mason ic Hall, opposite Red Iron Racket and formerly occpied by them. Terms reasonable, Apply .1. S. Hunter, Lau rens, S. C. 31-:?' ..For Rent?Several rooms In the T. B. Crews house, up-stalrs. suitable to'.' housekeeping. Price $7.50 per month including lights. Apply to L. A. Sparks at Sparks Dry Good store. 31-It Bread?Spartnnburg steam bread; fresh three times a week. Phone your orders. J. C. Shell & Co. 31-21 Wanted?To buy good sound home raised white corn for grinding into meal. Highest market price paid. .1. A. Rodgers, Laurens, S. C. 31-lt Mission Rally. At 11 o'clock Sundny morning there will be held a mission rally at the Watts mills auditorium, the collection to be for foreign mission purposes. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CARO LINA RAILROAD. Arrival and Departure of Trains, Laurens, South Carolina. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1909. WEST BOUND. No. 1. Leave Augusta.10:10 am No. 1. Leave Laurens. 2:32 p m No. 1. Arrive Spartanburg.. 4:05 pm No. 5. Leave Greenwood.... 0:60 a m No. fx Leave Laurens. 7:55 a m No, 5. Arrive Spartanburg.. 9.30 am No. 68. Leave Greenville.12:20 p m No. 53. Arrive Laurens. 1:46 pm No.*86. Leave Greenville_4:30 p m No.*86. Arrive Laurens. 6:25 p m SOUTH BOUND. No. 2. Ix?ave Spartanburg . ..12:20 p m No. 2. Leave Laurens. 2:32 p m No. 2. Arrive Augusta. 6:15 pm No. 6. I.eave Spartanburg ... 5:00 p m No. 6. Leave Laurens. 6:35 p m No. 6. Arrive Greenwood_ 7:50 p m No.*87. Leave Laurens. 8:10 a m No.?87. Arrive Greenville_10:20 a m No. 52. Leave Laurens. 2:35 p m No. 52. Arrive Greenville .... 4:00 p m Trains *86 and *87 daily except Sunday. Trl-weekly through Pullman Parlor Car service between Augusta and Ashevlllo on trains Nob. 1 and 2; North bound, Tuesdays, Saturdays; Southbound, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. C. H. GASQUE, Agont, Laurens, S. C. G. T. BRYAN, Gen. Agt., Greenvillo, S. C. A. W. ANDERSON, Gen. Supt. ERNEST WILLIAMS. G. P. A., Augusta, Oa. Our line of Table Silver ware is the largest and best to bo found In the city, then look at the difference In the price. "Investigate." 8. M & E. H. Wllkes ft Co. TO UEPEAT "TUE XAZABEKB." WJII be Song at Tirst Presbyter!?? Church March 10. The sacred cantata "The Nazarene" .1 so ? -vtly pleased a large audi ence a few weeks ago when sung in the Methodist ckurch will bo repeated by request, at the First Presbyterian church on ThursJay night. March 10th. No admission iee will be charged but a voluntary silver offering for the La dies' Aid society of this church is re quested. There are twenty-five voices in this chorus with Miss Jessie Bolt accompanist and Mr. Chas. Hicks, di rector. Some splendid music will bo heard. Miss Etta and Margaret Caldwell Die Within a Day of Each Other. Peculiarly sad and singular wero the deaths of Misses Etta and Margaret Caldwell. two of a family of three sisters residing out near Union church in Waterloo township. Both died of pneumonia, the death of Miss Etta oc . curing Friday night at 9 o'clock and that of her sister at 4 o'clock Saturday night. The funeral service of each was conducted by tho Rev. W. D. Hammett, pastor of Union church, the burial of tho former taking place Sat urday and that of the latter Sunday afternoon. Both were members of Union Baptist church and wero most estimable wom en. Two sisters. Miss Sara Caldwell, who lived at the old homestead, Mrs. Blackwell of Due West, and two brothers, Messrs .1. P. and Thos. Cald well of the county survive. Too Late, Too Late, to think about taking out a policy on your house if it is already burning. We take a risk but not a certainty. If you have taken time by the forelock, and insured your property against lire, you have the Absolute Certainty that the company Will pay all your losses. The race is to the swift, and you owe it to your family to protect them from all troubles. Do not be a laggard. E.H.WILKOS&SON Stocks - Bonds - Insurance Enterprise Bank Building Laurens, S. C. Come and see us this week for a BARGAIN First Patent Flour.$6.40 17 pounds Sugar for. i.oo Good Parched Coffee. .*2 1-2, 16, 20, 25 and .35 Good Green Coffee_10 and .15 Good Salmon-10c, or 3 for .25 3-1 b can Pie Peaches.io 3-lb can Tomatoes.10 Good canned Corn.10 3-lb can Apples. j0 Nice Preserves, per lb. .12J Octagon Soap, per cake. .04 Two cakes Polo Soap for.... ]o5 Search Light Matches 4c, 3 for .25 1,000 Gee-Whiz Matches for 05 Gold Dust. .04 Special prices on Lard, Meat and Flour Trade with us and we will save you money J. C. Shell <& Co. Staple and Fancy Grocers. Dial?Gray Block. W. Main St., Laurens, S. C. J Statement Jan. ist, 1910, to Conn. Ins. Dcp'tm't f I National Fire insurance Company ? i OF HARTFORD. CONN. | i Capital Stock all Cash. $1,000,000.00 I m Funds reserved to meet all Liabilities, Re-Insurance Reserve. Legal Standard, 4,685,577 28 x 8 Unsettled Losses and Other Claims, 802.886 96 m m Net Surplus over Capital and Liabilities, 2,840^294.01 Total Assets January 1st, 1910, $9,328,707.25 ~ j J. J. ADAMS, Agent. j