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URGES STATE FUND LIFE INSURANCE MMAlster Endeavors to Show Benefits of Such Plain. !leans Two 3iion a Year. Columbia. Dec. 13.- -A State life in surance fund and the passago of the hill introduced in the lower house last year by iepresentative W. C. Irby, of I.alurens, providing for the establish tunt of such a fund are urged by in su iIe 'Comimt issioner P. l1. Alellas ler in his fortointing anntal report to the ( ttneral .\ssentily. Says Mr. .ce\aster "htre fun has been had by those who are cynical as to the State's giv ing relief to the widows aid orphans by iel:Is of a State life insuralice fund at the opening senttence in the report of the insurance coinissioner last year in proposing the establish hintnt of such a fund. "I .et 11nw repeat that sentence: 'If the State of South ('arolina should re l(-h pweinitti1 receipts and dli, tribute the( fluids therefrom to the wIidows an' o)rphats an(d other beneti tiaries of iher citizens Who seek to provide for timin1 by means of life insurance, anld if hiet citizens would trust her a.s they do life insurance comnpany i:nage,'s hundreds of miles away. South Carolina would be ittle 1'endeint of hanks and bankers to re fund ier public debt, provide the mil lion dollars needei for the lospital or' the insane, ali supply funds for her and her counties for their tempor ary loans.' Means $2,000,000 a Year. "There are a nuther of entipaniles which collect large amounts in South Carolinha thuitg h the mails, but which to not ma ke reports to the insurance departinent. 1But those life insurance coinpariies w'hieb'it do nake reports to the insurance departIntent collected in 12 in Soul i ('alx)Ilitna p'emt)iuihts tto the antoiuit of $ 1.9 , 8I*S2: they paid lack in pollcy claim $1.79;,791. From carefully nitpih''i dt:i a it is estinat '.d that t!n'v pail in taxes and agetcy tx14ns1,.S in Soul ii ('arolinat $1.2:20,177, about 2.) Ill cent o:' tin' total incote, of which toe ta:xe s wer, -1 per ce. I This leave., an excess incoIne over dis bint eint.- of aloit $1,571,-110. The excess is over $2,00.1)01)0 if the preini utlii receipts of those comWipaniles col le ting by ilnai, but not reporting to tinruice derniuent, were to be bll. "If thlt :,1ntence qiuoted be consid red it will be seen tow fully '_$2.i01.1 null0 a year w.obili supply all the neteds indicanted. The ot:i Slate alpropral - tions for the pines1'nt year' ar'( only $,S0,nt77. le'sijie there Would be no .melt, exp'n e ; ire asi :'I pt,; cent, ittw--fifth o f' d :h tutil i oinne for the ',it I to I r i ' O: 1 life insur1alace fu1141, not ('ot - i in1t1.le I li iii tnow ch.iarg i tr t 'n iounty a t titani(I 1a 1 ien'' f4'4 ;s ad taxes. "SIut 1:. L t it . lnt'uls - :1'a i not l rt- .I c tted ot e st :osiaion that. the wo ple of tet Stat will pay all of their life inurancess sriums' to the State. uomt dity sh may done, buttii hatt ciwath iberty oif ithe vindviuai th ieof Shals 4.Iron lss ha 'nSat lifh' jsuneI tnin oh lTw m ran t in. abo fo titihepm one' t iTh-i pr'oes tis iin' forc: '(tile, yt sucht heni's 'ntre' doom' tante seet :bou i-tl rr t' ting t ndslitios w i h wd r nd ;iitte s i t' t nt' 'to o l ate nvt o "Stat; if e itsurance tsoun tio ee 1of sott xcli rwth. ithouat pide'3 tgent itlenn nevrt the stio te a cmpilor hin voum owithli teits pritelyth nnated omastnist alnit it State iinst'aee tonrltiev' wte nessilies onte widowtt t ia orphxn. ; lif the i Slat' is tvber to pov ide a ptuntyfoierciizn l to makposae o mforital byA inv~i es ti ffe;' io tet l e i ev er t tt d o lthsei cinwl h i~~esa il one another' bur-3it dens buti- it tht. tsame atimr eache illi bear ghils own burett'ns, tnthe tate must. ('Oitiiuilsh af Stmt. li t inuranc fu' n. It. hs the mchuinory runing1. and tht all-rkmay be' dionemcl without extra ost. Sall tis fullwichc bina dogether wstle dr~i o h )idi inrits ofurpose and lon itpincgames prf ivae bf'iesth aveunmitaabd tei indiv iatenusis isrtunes forlpr te gain;r ieinsrac, patcuary "Tha communfityrofucnteryest. It C.no fr'of ~ai-Itus it ninhe omofun 1to) whoic allaayor shold tontibuaitil indivdualinendddfrpetg ortuns wit Coiir. NEW COMPANIES TAKE PLACE OF OLD Conference if Military Officials Do. cides on Plan to Moot Demands of Federal War Department. Capt. Watson in Attenaduce. ('olumbia, Dec. 12.--Carrying out the results of the reinspectiotn and in accordtance with reconImendationii naade by Secretary of War G arrison to Gov. Illease, the Conference of Mil itary ollicials with the governor to night decitlett ol the following plan: The coIpany at Conway will be auilstered out, will reorganize antd the new conmpany nmtlstered in to take its place. The conlpany at Bennettsville will be muustered out, will reorganize and the new coipany tuttere(d in to take its place. TIhe company at 1Barnwell will be mIuistered out, will be reorganized, and the new co1pany Iustered in to take its place. The comnpany at Chesterfield will be mutstered out and its place will be taken by a conpany at Cheraw which is ready antd organized. Tlhe Cheraw conmpany will bo assigneid to the tlhird. regi1ent. Tle colpany at Lamllberg will be nmustered out and its place will be taken by a coIpany at Woodruft in Spartanburg county and it will be as signed to the third reginment. It was these five conpanies which Secrtary Garrison withdrew federal aid fron and recomniended that they be disbanded. The new colmu'panies at Cheraw, Conway and Woodruff are ready and will be mustered in at once, probably next Monday. All of the live conmpanies to be disbanded will go out of service within ten days and the new companies will all be nbustered in and the three regiments brought to their full qiulota of twelve ('0111 lmIes by Deceniber :1. The military counlcil of which ('apt. It. I". Watson, of (Greenville is a mon)her, in Sessio1 tonight in the Goverilori's olice, apportioned the State appropriation of $12,000) for Inutintenance of the mnilitia. .\djit. (b-nmeral- .\loore atttendled tis meetcing. WEATI(1'1Itl 1)1 EASES To prevent cold weather diseases. nit yotIr bodly into a propwr healthy' codition to succ essfu3lly resist theni. ('olds, _ripins. bronchitis, 11neulnionia, catarrh. typhoiI fever, rheultatism a1r11I Other ai! ients 1118y be escape'dl in mnosI cases, if this is done. Ituill up your' h(-alth :anti strIgit-I --you' n0er'ves :.1d blood a(Id entire body into such shi:ai th::t you ('nn counil t on goo:lI Io.:llt h all Iuringi th' wint''" lnon(ths by takting IR 'xall Olive Oil -:nntlsion, (':' ileal i taol. n1 -rve and holy httilder. 1h:i is a reliarkalel' inLicine, but1 :a ('01n10 -e(' 0114'. It doesn't stiin ul::te. So-called "toni1 s" Ilt::t sthu1 - ti:ite( give you no( perin~tanent. relief; h:itt lea:v' you worse off' than before. gIexall O!ie Oil i1(ulsion contain none of these harnifull stinul1lathing in gledients, such as alcohol :n(1 da!nger ous andtil habit-forming druigs. Its great ben(it to you is through its real nerve :anel bloodf and body-building effects. It. nourtishes, bu1ilds, strengthens. Its Ilei doeIIs no4t rest onI 1)uaking1)0 youl fel be4tterI for aI fewl 11iiutes at aI tiite Lat ter) takling It, hut on nInoking 3y)t1 Ieel It exaltl Oivye Oil m Ilsion Is the idteal bilootl andO ner'v-foodl toii. You who are'4 wleak auid run1I-down', anld you) tilable to M suffer fr'on ivarlious ('old( iweat.herl ailinents, use Itexall Olive Oil l'ni ulsion to get andil keep wiellI and st.rong. l~o r the tir edl-OutI runi-dtown, nerv'ious. lacIIiaLtedt orI deblit.aited- the conva ile(sinig -- grolwin g chIiireni - --aged J1)pol---1t is LI 5snsibe aid to renewved stren'igthi, better'I spir its, glow ing lie 'lih the (4el)brated1 lh'\xi'li HIIeredil's-is yourII family3. You'll lie aIs enlthulsiasti( LIb)ou1t, it as we are wh'iilen you1 ha ive not.ed4 its p)4leasantI tast(, its str'ength) I aLs(-prevein( Ijg 44ffects. II' it does not)1 helt you youI301r mon0y3 ilttlibe givi en backel to yout without argum~lent. S(o!l inl this ('onununi1lt y only at (our1 st ore( --Th'le itexLI Store -Onle of more'( thanII 7,000~t leading1 drn'tg stor'es In tihe Un1Ited S tates, Cianadla, and( mi Get i ltainl. 14aur Iens IDru)Ig Co., I103 W. Main St.. Todd builing, Lau rens, S. C. (CIllilSTMANM ANtD NEW YEABt 1101,. via the -A TI,A NTCl4 CA STl 1,IN E TIhe Standl4ard Iltllroitd of the SouthI TPickets will he on sale fromn all polInts on1 tile Atlant11Ic 0)5 e Ca tLine to aII ll pints Southi of tile Ohio am1i4 I'o tomalis andI East of thle .\1Is~siippli Itiveris inceluding Wa)shin~gton, (incini nati,1 Evansville andi Caliro, for4 alt tliains IDec. 17, 18, It9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 21, 25 and14 31 andi .JLan. l----limited re t he Noithiwest and South west. on D~ec. 24), 21, and 22, limlitedI returning .lln. S. C. to IILtlan, Cubaii, on1 D ec. 20. limhited reoturning .1)an. 6th, 19t14. Pas sengers miust re4achI orIgInal star'tinog poin1t by3 01' befor'e m111Iiht or reOt.urn liits s~ecIi(lle. reser'1vations1, etc., apply to 'Ticket Agents, Atlantic Coast LIne, or address TI. C. WllIITE, GIeeraI P'assenlger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. W. J. CRAI0, Passenger' Tr'ailc Manlager, WVilmnington, N. C. I~olls! D~olls! Dolls8 Biggest assort mlenlt ever shown In the city, all sizes, either iires'sedl or uln(,ressed, prices $. M. & A II.H Wilkes r VALUABLE FOB. LAND SALE. - - ISt~she of South Carolina, (liven by Aaron Burr to Negro Just (ounty of Laurens. Before t amous Duel.OF COMMON P AS. Beforethe Fmon 8 el..Vi rglinia-Carolinaa Chieijical Company, Pittsburgh, Dec. 1,.--William St. Plaintiff, Paul Jasper an aged negro, tenporarl- aist ly detained in the office of the county ans, and Cole h. Blease, Defendants. jail here while friends adjusted a corn- l'wnt to it decree O the court plaint against him, today told Warden in the above stated cause, we will sell Edward Lewis that it wonderful dia- at Imblic outcry to the highest bidder, mon(1 watch fob he carried had once at Liirens Court 1ou1e, South Caro be the property of Aaron ur.January next, be beex ~te )I0~e~Y o Azr~i Bu Inlg Monday the 6th day or the 'month, Ilis grtuidfather, said Jasper, had (uring the legal hours for public sales, beent Burr's personal servant, and just the following described property, to before H1urr1 faced Alexandeor Hamilton wit: In their Hiistorie duel, he gave the All that certain tract, piece or lar servant the jewel, telling him to keep uer 'Powisi , lrins and in it. lie did, passing it on to his son, said S'tate, known as the land of U. and it finally came t:, .Jasper, who is Wash hunter, containing 827 acres, a veteran of the civil war and on the more or less and bounded by lands pension roll for wounds received in of Mrs. of 1. IunYu, lno battle. Guy Copehand, the hlalock lands, and lands of I ayne 13. Workman, and oth Keep the bowels active and regular ers. Said tract of land pursuant to the ifyou would enjoy health. Dr. M. A. decree of the Court has been sub-di Simmons' Vegetable Liver Medicine is vided into parcels or separate tracts as an excellent 'medicine for that purpose. follows: to wit: It never disap'oints. Ask fo.' the tin 'i'ract No. I containing 80 acres, box with the picture of Dr. M. A. Sin- more or sq, hounded ly lands of uy mons on the front panel. Price 25c. Copeland, the Blalock Place, lands of Sold b~y all Druggists. I layne 1B. Workmnan and 13ush1 RIver; Tract No., 2 containing 127 acres, Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. pay for' papers. If the terms of Salo' John H. Hunter, Hayne D. Workman,- are not complied with, the lands to Public Highway leading to Laurens; be resold on the same, or some sub Tract No. 3, containing 95 1-2 acres, Sequent salesday upon the mame terms, more or lesi, bounied by Tract No. 2, at the risk of former purchaser, Or public highway leading to Laurens, purchasers. A bonus or ieposit of. a Tract No. 4 .and Bush River; reasonable suer will be rej'lired of Tract No. 4, containing 166 1-4 acres each successful bldder, or idders, as more or less, bounded by public high- a g of coillil c with their way leading to Laurens, Tract No. 5, bid, or bids, and the terms or tale. lands or Tuy Copeland and ''mactNo. of J. ae . Copela ser, a3; W. t. Davis, tract No. 5, containing 126 1-2 acres 21-3t Receivers. more or less, bounded by tae said pub lic highway leading to Laurens, Tract Notlvo of Anrnual Meeting. No. 6, Bushi River and 'Taract No. 4. The annia o merting of the stock Tract No. 6, containingu 125 acres, holders A bntandard Buildiog and more or less, bounded by public high- Loan Asslci ion will be 1e01 in to Sway leading to Laurens, tile Phinney oide of Peoples Loan and x land, oush River and Tract No. 5 change Bank on Tuesday, Dec. 6bli, 'tract No. 7, containing 108 acres, at 4 o'clock. mort or less, bounded by Tract No W. . MCuen, , landi of h. ai. Young, Luy . Copet Sec. and Trca. lan and ush River. A more com lviete Nescription of te said lands will appear by reference to a pulat hhad - b an11. u Suriveyor, datP No'. l !;e 1a13, acillas' Indian Pile Ointment cio n cure 5,f ar"_ Bleeding and ..hing Yoiungs. It ab the clerk 'of court's oflce, at Laurens,once, or by application to the undersigned acts as a poultice' gives instant relicf. Receivers. ViiiimW Inolianme Ointment is pre The aforesaid lands will be sold first ( pare(1 Ples nd itching of the private par. )rur J smail 60c and $1.00. lin separate parcels, and then as a WILLIAM* M141. C0.. prmst. Cleveland, Ohl* whole, the 'highest and best bid to be UBENA DRUO %0. acepited. fLs~ren . . D. IF YOU (OME HERlE LUCKY PEOPLE AREII TIlSE WI HO NOW IS TIlE TIME YOU WILL FIND OUR LINE BUY RIIIIIT. TIlS IS THiE 11O3IE AND OUR STORE IS TIHE PLACE * of C11ISTMIAS GOODS OF CIIRIST3LIS GOODS AND AT TO RUY YOUR USEFUL IS INEQIJALED. TilE RIGIIT PIIICES. CHIRISTMAS GOODS I-y " ; V IF YOU value your friendship enough with anyone to give a Xmas Present value it high enough to give something serviceable, useful and attractive. Feel that Christmas Spirit and do your Christmas shopping now,--only 8 more days and Christmas " will be here. Remember the early shopper chooses from a full stock. Right now you will find our store brim-full of ideal Christmas Gifts. You are cordially invited to pay our store a visit now and see for yourself the many useful and attractive gifts we have to make shopping easier for you. We have printed on this page a great . MANY USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 1lngn Toel hestte Ti'holly and other Taney' ind bnl)roidere(d .edges --each 25c ('hristnas lHibhonsall widths to . . .. .. . .... ....$1.00 ya d .... .... .... ....2c-to 10c TIale Napkins, blen ehed linen, Ladies' ]lose, in eotton, lisle. andl at $in fin'ish 11 to 26 inches. Pr-ce silk, evenintg shades and staples, dozen .... .... .. $1.00 to $5.00 price, pair ....25c to $1.00 ''Table I1n)a isk, all linen, atin Christmas Warne- Corsets, a finish, Ihnnidor brand, yard 25c model for eery fignre, pair $1.00 to . .... .... .... .... .... $1.25 to .... .... .... .... ....$3.00 Ladies, lisses and Children's LJaees for making the thianiy " I landIkerchliefs. I he Christmlats kimdi fancy Ch1rist wa~s p resents be to 50c l'rn-e., (e lh .... .. ... .5C to 50C Felt. "'.Jiliets"' and " Kminfy lianies 21'inch linrellas, $1.00 isi," all shades and sizes, at the to .... .... .... .... ....$3.50 pair .... .... .... $1.00 to $1.50 silver flesh Bags, all sizes and Ladies ine Shoes and Elippers dshapes .... ......$1.00 to $5.00 -all slad makes $2.00 to $4.00 Lcalther alnd Clo0th 1IIand .Ragts, Fine Illankets-w\\hite and col.. nitvew-\est shapes and (colors, assorted ored----sIall anld large sizes at 75c "' sizes, prices f'rom .... 25c to $5.00 .to .... .... .... .... ..$10.00 ' ChIiklh-e's 'Fan '}y Purs l.es, p) ret - Feiey Laee and Cloth Si'fs Sty designis, each .. .'..25c to 50c and 'Table Covers, ..25c and 50c Nine lIarrettes and Back Combs Pretty line of Paney Cultain with Rthinestone Settings ....15c Materials-al kinds, yard at 10c to .... .... .... .... .... ....50c to .... .... .... .... .... ..50c Ladies' [.aloe Collars and Cnffs Serpentine Crepe and Kimona to matel*--all prices from 50c Outings---pretty lot, yd 100 to 20c to .... .... .... .... ....$1.50 rowel Crash---all k iids inelud lFanev Bulgarian Collars and int( the new guest toweling. Prices Bows--good assort men t ....25c yaIlrd, from .... .... ..5c to 50c to .... .... ............$1.50.a Windsor and Middy TIies, all --all the evening shaides at ..5c t he leadinig ntew shades 25c to 50c to.. .. .. .. ... . .... ..$2.00 . 1Paney Bltiehes antd Huchlings, .______________-_____________Wool knitted Aviation Caps and1( whi i Le, e reain an mlfancies 30c to 50c - PMl M esanRb A ntomobil HcI oods, . . 25c' to $1.00 Faney Silk Searf'ts in solids and hons, the kinuds for faney work, Baby Caps and1( Sacks. Wool . faney floral designis, 25c to $2.50 yd .............. ..15c to 50c Knit, aill colors each . .15c to 50c Kid anid Silk (Gloves, short and Plain Messal ine anmd TPaffeto ib. Wool Knit. Scarfs and Faseinia long, " 'Channut " and "1Niagara bons, all widthIs, yard 3c to 30c tors, white, black and colors 25c *( Maid.", price, pair . .50c to $3.50to............$10 1)001 01' Ibiaby Ribbon, any to..........$10 Ladies and Children 's Belts in shade for Christmas fancies, at the Children 's and Ladies' Wool aill the new shades, eaich 10c to 50c yard ......... ......... ... .1 Knit Gloves and Mittens15co to 50c SWITZER COMPANY LAURENS, .S. C. aaaammmmw aa