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BIQ CORN CROP FOR THE SOUTH PROMISED Atlanta, Gn., July .'10.?With 20,277.000 acres planted In corn this year, IioIiik an Increase of 1,536,000 over 1909 and 2,776,000 acres over 11)08, the farmers of Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Alabama and Mississippi are furnishing very BUbbtuntlal proof of tho fact that the South is constantly devoting more attention to raising its own food supplies. These figures are from the last report of the Bureau of Statistics of the C. S. Department of Agriculture. The acreage in corn for the three years in these States is shown in the following table: States. 1908 1909 1910 Virginia.1,1)25,000 2,010.000 2,142,000 North Carolina.2,7X7.000 2,898,000 3,072.000 South Carolina.2.07:1,000 2.218.000 2,418,000 Georgia.4.300.000 4.100.000 4.532,000 Kentucky.8,366,000 3,568,000 3,639,000 Tennessee.3.350,000 3,575,000 3,718,000 Alabama.3,050,000 3,233,000 3,524,000 Mississippi.2,650,000 2,810,000 3.232,000 Total.23,501,000 24,742,000 26.277,000 The table indicates that each State showed an increase over 1908 in 1909 and an increase over 1909 in 1910. The condition of this year's crop as re ported by the department shows the States of the South leading the country, Mississippi being first, Alabama second and Georgia third. This great increase In tho acreage devoted to corn is considered one of the most hopeful signs in the South today. In a letter to the directors of the Southern Hallway company President FInloy called particular attention 1 *o these figures nml Bald: "The increase in the acreage of corn, accompanied, as It is by a quite general adoption ;>f Improved cultural methods, is one of the most encouraging features of Southern agricultural progress. It Is one of the results of a general movement throughout the South pi the direction of diversified agri culture, a movement which we are endeavoring to encourage and assist as far as wo can properly do so." As the farmers of the South increase their yield of corn they will save enormous sums which they have been spending in the west for food products and will consequently themselves realize more from cotton and other market crops. Economic authorities agree in declaring the American corn crop the basis of the country's prosperity since in such a large measure the production of other crobd as well as tho pork supply depends upon it and a greater yield of corn in the South consequently means a greater share of prosperity for tiiis sect ion. Jilt. 31*31 A STEH TO MK. R1C11KY. State Insurance Commissioner De fends Establishment of (lie Ofllcc. Mr. W. IX. Rlchey, Sr.. I.aureus. S. C. Dear Sir? Your arraignmeiil of (he legislature for establishing the Insurance depart ment, as reported In The Advertiser, has been brought to my notice. My apology for taking the liberty Of addressing you on the subject is that my acquaintance with you as sures me that you will welcome Infor mation on a subject in which you are interested. Therefore I beg your con sideration of the following: A study of insurance for twenty years persuaded me that State super vision of this gigantic economic prob lem should not be based upon a reve nue producing principle. I did not seek the office, nor have 1 adminis tered with that idea. 1 conceive the higher and more valuable service to be that of protecting the people against frauds and of suppressing cor ruptions; of establishing the business on stich a basis as will permit tho growth, at home as well as abroad, of properly conducted companies, which cannot, be done amidst fraud )ftqd corruption. 1 When the insurance department was established additional license fees for the maintenance of the department were levied on the Insurance compan ies. These fees go Into the State treasury and the legislature decides the amount the department shall spend. These fees have been more than enough to support the depart ment and for years 1908 and 1909 there was a clear profit to the State from this source alone of about $5,000. This year, of these special department fees, $12,828 have been collected nl ready, and as only $8.400 is appro priated for use of the department, there will be more than $4.100 profit from the fees collected speelllcnlly for the use of tlie department. While I do not conceive the purpose of the department to be that of reve nue, yet it will bear inspection and justify its establishment on that score. Before the establishment of the department, the comptroller general's report for three years shows reve nue from insurance companies as fol. lows: 1900 .$:',o,2<>7.3<> 1900 . 33.548.3S 1907 .34,102.21 The Insurance department was es tablished in l!ios. Since then the re ports show the following collections: 1908.$ 48,707.30 1909. 84.813.59 Aug. 10, 1910 .135,388.51 Previous to the establishment of the department, certain taxes were col lected by the county treasurers. These taxes amounted to about $30,000 to $40,000 a year. In 1909 the supreme court decided that law unconstitu tional. But the insurance department is collecting and turning into the county treasuries semi annually more than enough to make up this. The pollcyholdors, of course, in last analysis pay into tho companies the funds which tho companies pay hack to the State for the maintenance of the insurance department. Therefore, the pollcyholders In South Carolina contribute to the support of the Insur ance departments of North Carolina. Virginia, New York, Massachusetts and all Other states in the Union. Those departments primarily protect the people of those states against fraud In insurance and cause Condi- , lions which permit the growth of great insurance companies which con centrate great funds of money at theii home offices. Is it unfair to ask the pol.'cyholders In the other States to contribute to the support of a department in this State for the like protection of the people, and which result in condi tions permitting the building up of good Insurance companies in South ' a rolinn. I might tell you of the several hun dreds of thousands of dollars which have been invested in South Carolina by insurance companies since the es tablishment of the insurance depart ment. There is now loaned out In real estate mortgages, at 0 per cent, 1 be lieve, about $768,000, and for municipal ami county bonds about $690,000, whereas, a few years ago, there was little or none of this money in South Carolina. So far as the difference in salary paid the attorney general and the in- . Bit ranee commissioner Is concerned I have only to say that I believe South Carolina very much underpays the at torney general. Some men may be' able to take under pay in considera tion of the honor conferred. Person ally, 1 cannot afford to do so. I re- '' joice in being in a position of honor1 and of service to South Carolina, but I could not have afforded to have re signed the position I held with Tho State and the Spartanburg Herald, 1 which paid me $2,U?0 at the time of1 my election to the office of insurnnce ' commissioner to have accepted an office al $1,000. My apologies for so long a letter, but my heart is very much in the work of my office. I believe It to be a great work and to be potent for great good for the State. 1 am anxious that my employers, the people of the State, one of which you are, should under stand what the department is doing. In closing allow me to say that a; hurried examination of my records shows that since the establishment of the insurance department $64,000 has been loaned in Laurens county on real estate mortgages by Insurance companies, and that $72,000 has been invested in I.aureus county bridges. Sullivan township and City of Laurens bonds. It fakes time in induce investments. So 1 feel that only a beginning has been made in that line. Very truly, P. H. Me Master, Insurnnce Commissioner. Columbia, August 13, 1910. When the digestion Is all right, the action of the bowels regular, there la a natural craving and relish for food. When this is lacking you may know that you need a doso of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They strengthen the digestive organs, Improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by Laurent Drug Co. Notice. A meeting of tho stockholders of tho Peoples Loan f> PxohangC Bank Of I.aureus, S. C. will ho held in tho office of the bank on August 23, 1910, at 10 o'clock A. M. C. W. Tune, July 19, 1910. Cashier. EVERY DOLLAR^ To be assured full one hundred cents' worth of true value for your every Furniture and House Furnishing Dollar, invest them at You Spend, You Spend ?BUT ONCE!? WILKES S i .no IRON BED an ' i mighty good bed?a good, ser viceable, heavy bed, one of the best values ever offered in Laurens. A most excellent comfort Rocker? in style like cut?solid oak, early English finish, upholstered with best Chase Leather, indestructible springs an exceedingly interesting value at the low price named. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co HEUE IS THE TRUTH. How Your Local Paper Helps You and How You Can Help It. Progressive Farmer: We believe every farmer should take at least one of his lpcal or county papers. If be does not, be can scarcely expect to keep up with the happenings of his own neighborhood and the doings of his own acquaintances, and while we would not have any reader of ours limit his interest to the things that are going on immediately around him, he is certainly not a well informed man if he is ignorant of these things. Tliis, then, is one reason why you should subscribe for, and pay for, and possibly write for and advertise in your local paper. Another reason is that a good paper in any town or county Is a positive force in the up building of that town or county. A good paper is one of the surest indi cations of, and the best advertise ments for. a progressive community; and It is impossible for any editor to make a good paper if he does not have the support of the people for whom the paper is made. The local paper may also be a source of direct financial benefit to you. To st y nothing of what its advertising columns may be worth to you, either as buyer or seller, cases aro always arising, when It Is a positive saving of time or money to know just what is be ing done by one's neighbors, or one's county officials, or the business men with whom one has to deal. Next to a telephone, a really live local news paper will do more than anything else in keeping you In touch witli your local market. For these reasons and many others thai might be given, the local editor has a right to expect your patronage and your co-operation. in return there are some thii u;s you have a right to expect of him. In the tlrst place, you have a right to demand that he keep his paper clean?rbat he make it fit reading mat ter for your family. If more space is devoted to scandals and murders and sensational fake stories than to the really important happenings of the day, you not only have a right, but it Is your duty to protest. These things are not news, though many editors seem to think they are, and others publish them because they think thnt people want to rend about them. Re sure and take a bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with you when starting on your trip this summer. It cannot be obtained on board/the trains or steam ers. Changes t\t water and climate often cause sujsden attacks of diar rhoea, and It Is best to bo prepared. Sold by Laurens Drug Co. Hoard of Registration. The. board of registration meets on the first Monday in each month. All who desiro registration certificates must come beforo! tho hoard on that day. tf COME THIS WEEK! YOUR LAST CHANCE! Our Cut Price Sale will continue all this week, but will positively Close Saturday Night! 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Rheumacide "gets at tho Joints from tho Inside," sweeps the poisons out of the system, tones up the stom nch, regulates tho liver and kidneys and makes you well all over. Rheu macide "strikes the root of tho dis ease and removes Its cause." This splendid remedy Is sold by druggists and dealeis generally at 50c. and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at 25 and 50c a package. Oct. a bottle today. Rook let freo If you wrlto to Robbitt Chem ical Co., Baltimore. Md. Trial bottlo tablets 25c. by mall. For salo by LAU RKNS DRUQ CO. Our line of Summer floods is com ilete and prices are reasonable. S. M. & E. H. Wllkes & Co. The success of a man in business depends on Ins attention to little things. A thousand get rich by saving, where one gets rich by speculating. That person is wise who in youth makes provision for old age. A dollar saved today may be the foundation of your fortune. \/ . V Begin saving to-day, tomorrow you may forget it. Saving like spending is a habit. 1 he Place to Put Your Savings is Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. N. B. Dial, President C. H. Roper, Cashier