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E H. AULL, EDITOR. TO THE MELERS OF CONFERENCE. The Herald and News: begin ning yesterday, will print a Con ference daily covering the proceed ings of the Conference and suc personal and other natter as ma be deemed of interest to the men bers and their friends. It take considerable labor to do this bt we thought it would be appreciate by the members and make a plea. ant remembrance for them to sen to their loved ones at home or I friends who are not here. We wi mail copies to any address begi' ning with the issue of yesterda going through Monday for tr small sum of twenty-five cent All that you have to do is to leas your order at the office and tl rest will be attended to by us. Tl office is on the corner opposite ti church and across the street fro: the post office. We shall be gla to take a subscription from eac member of Conference and ce supply yesterday's paper also. If you desire the paper deliverE to you in the city we will try to c that also, unless your home is t< far out on the suburbs. This paper is purely a Confe - ence paper and is published as compliment to you and your pre ence in the city. CLUIA FEMALE COLLEGE. One of the most important que tion to come before Conference this time is !the settlemnent of tl agitation of the question of the r moval of the Columbia Fema College. A committee has be( appointed to ask for bids and make a report through the board i trustees to the Conferance at tb session. That report will be ma< this morning and the question w: -be made.a special order for twel' o'clock today. It is probable th the report will bring forth the .li est and most interesting debate the session. It is claimed that there is need more buildings and more room the is available on the present site the city of Columbia. Bids f< the location have been invited ar * four propositions were submitte to the committee and through ti committee to the board of trustee Greenwood and Laurens are ti main competitors. both havir representatives here and both sul mittinig propositions. Laurens offers $a5,ooo in car and a choice of three sites, any or of which the committee from Lai rens claims is worth $20,0o0, whic would make their offer aggrega $45,000. -Greenwood offers $42,960 subscriptions which are guarantee without any site. Sumter had in an offer of an site in the city whichi tht. commi tee might select but no cash < subscriptions. Columbia seems to be making i efiort to secure the retention of tt college in that city. Either tka people think it will stay there ju so, or they are indifferent t whether it stays or goes. The board has unanimous1 recommlended the acceptance c .the offer of Greenwood and th removal of the.college to that city The question now comes squar ly before the Conference on th recommendation of the boarc What the Conference will do c course cannot be foretold. To an outsider it looks like ba, judgment to move the colleg from Columbia. It is central an, there are advantages at the capitc of the State which cannot be en joyed elsewhere. Besides to go t the up country would put the twi Conference schools close to eaci other. Still we admire the pluck o Greenwood and Laurens and the public spirit they display in trying to secure this school. And W< cannot underbtanTd the indifference of the business men of Columbia. Newberry circuit, which at one time included the station, extended in the eaily days from Laurens tc Columbia. There has been growth and development all along the line. The Newberry Methodists need to move the parsonage back on the corner where the old church stood. The Conference opened on Tue s- t day with a gloomy and rainy day. ( Yesterday we had the sunshine F and the balm of the ideal South- a ern climate. From the appearance N of the heavens as we go to press z this morning we very much fear there is more bad weather ahead for the Conference. It is too bad e for the members will be unable to see what we have in Newberry and may go away with a bad impres- f s sion of the town. t d They should visit Newberry College before they leave and we d feel sure President Cromer will be glad to see them and will take 11 pleasure in showing them through the grounds and the buildings. With only 9,ooo Lutherans in the State Newberry College, a denomi national school, has an enrolment of 175. If we had 8o,ooo members we would need another college. 1e TODAY'S PROGRAM. n Mayor Klettner Will Welcome Conference ,d Matter of Location of Female College. h The business to be transacted by Conference today promises to be d the most important during the pres lo ent session. b At 9.31 a. m.,Conference will con vene. r- At io a. m., address of welcome, a on behalf of the city, will be de s- livered by Mayor Klettner. Bishop Duncan. will respond in behalf of Conference. At 12 m., the matter of the loca tion cf the Female College will come up for consideration. it At 1.30 p. m,, : djournment will ie be reached. These subjects will be inter le spersed with routine business. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock a t Love Feast, to be led by Dr. 0. A. f Darby, will be held. is This evening will be devoted to le Church Extension work, and an ill address will be delivered by some e prominent member of the Board of SChurch Extension. Death. fMrs. B. M. Griffin died at her home near Prosperity yesterday fmorning. V ERY NEARLY THREE JILLIONS RECEIVED SBY INSURANCE COMPAN4IES IN SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIUMS. e Losses Sustained About Half-The Annual gReport of the Insurance Depart - meat of the Comptroller's Office. Some Sug-. e In a few days part second of the - annual report of the comptroller h general to the general assembly te will be issued. It is the insurance report for the State of South Caro n lina showing the business done in d the year 1901. The report will be by far the most complete y et issued y by the State, containing detailed t- information about every company r operating in South Carolina. In the general introductory the a comptroller general says : e To the Honorable Assembly of e South Carolina: t I submit herewith the insurance a report of this department for the year ending December 31st, 1901. y This report is published now in f stead of waiting until January next e to combine with the regular report .of the comptroller general,'m order .that you may have time to examine e the same before the next meeting I .of the general assembly. f It contains abstracts and tables I compiled from the annual state j ments and reports m ade to this of e fice by all fire, life, accident, casu i alty and other forms of insurance, 1 1 sho wing the financial condition and ~ . business done in South Carolina,~ y by companies authorized to do bus inmess in this State during the year 1 11901, with a directory of compa- ~ nies licensed to do business in South Y FCarolina during 1902. SThe number of companies tran sacting business by authority of this t) department during the year 1901 is si as follows: U. S. branches of foreign fire U insurance companies....... 29 U. S. fire insurance companies 42 U. S. life insurance companies 30 Accident, fidelity, health and miscellaneous companies... 22j Fraternal associations..... ------ 3 Mortgage companies.... .... ..i $m Tot-il................127 ~ BUIESDN NSgT BCSNESROLEIN SUT Thefolowin IAm tshwS 'T%a Enllam'ncr etatement chnw S hat on busiuess written in South ,arolina by all the insurance com >anies $2,890,789.47 was received s premiuns, and upon which losses vere paid amounting to $I,337 48 66, making the ratio of losses )aid to premiums received 46.27 >er cent., as shown by annual stat ment : STATEMENT. J. S. Branches oreign fire insurance companies Premiums received, $316,I17.80: Losses paid, $198,826.47; per cent. >f losses paid to premiums received, 52.89. U. S. fire insurance companies Premiums recisved, $664,546.25 losses paid, $348,219.85; per cent. of losses paid to premium received, 52.39. Life insurance companies-Prem iums received, $1,794,162.11; los ses paid, $744,494.8o; per cent. of losses paid to premiums received, 41.49 Accident, fidelity and miscellan eous companies--Premiums receiv ed $115,963.31; losses paid, $46, 107-54; per cent. of losses paid to premiums received, 39 94 Total--Premiums received, $2, 890,789 47; losses paid, $1,337,648. 66; per cent. of losses paid to premiums received 46.27. A detailed statement of license fees, $26,713.66, collected from companies authorized to do busi ness in this State, will be found on another page of this report. Your attemtion is again called to the fact that the insurance laws of this State do not provide for the examination of companies organized in this State, or that they shall make an nual statements or other returns to this department. We have no means of ascertaining their finan cial condition or standing. Our laws should be so amended as to require all companies organized in South Carolina to furnish this department with some evidence of their standing and reliability. AGENTS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. Each agent or representative of an insurance company, before so liciting business, should be re quired to apply to the comptroller general for a license. A small sum should be charged for this li cense-say, $1.oo. ADDITIONAL LICENSE FEES. Under the laws of this State in surance companies are required to pay a tax of one-half of one per cent. to the State treasurer of South Carolina. I suggest that you pass an act, requiring in lieu of this tax of one-half of one percent., and State, county and school taxes, to pay the State treasurer two per cent, on gross premiums collected in South Caro lina. The change will simplify the work of this department very much, and save the insurance com panies trouble and annoyance, and wili give as much revenue as re :eived at present. J P. Derham, Comptroller General. WEIGHT ON HIS SHIRT. 1vil Service Applicant Prepares to Pass Physical Test. An iron four-pound weight tied to be shirt tail of a young New Yorker, nentally bright, but physically un leveloped, recently caused his re ection as an applicant for the posi ion of railway mail clerk, says the 3bicago Inter Ocean.. After the men al examination, at which he did well ad secured a high mark, he was riven a rigid physical examination. le was under weight, but because of Lis excellent mental examination was llowed thirty days in which t.o 'weigh in" at the required figure 38 pounds. When he appeared be ore the board at the end of the 2onth he was apparently thinner han before, but when be stepped on he scales he just came within the mit, with nothing to spare. The iedical examiner congratulated the oung man and be was just about to bep down off the scales when an iron reight fell from somewhere and rang ai the steel platform. Attached to 2e weight was a string and from the dring dangled a piece of linen from ie tail of a shirt The young man as not asked to explain. Waterman's IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN [AKES ITS MARK AROUND THE World. Satisfaction given or aney refunded. Prices of Pens, $2.50, .00, $4.00 and $5.00. For sale by EV. JOH N L. RAY, Agt., IR\do S. C. Place of sale during conference, JNDAY SCHOOL ROOM M1ETHOISTT CHTTRCH. C., G.S. Mower Co. Invite a careful inspec tion of their Large and and Choice Stock of Goods com prising Dry Goods, Notions. Millinery, Shoes, Rugs, and Portiens, etc , etc Everything first class as we endeavor at all times to keep clear of shoddy. Our line of Dress Goods is up to date in every par ticular, style. ma terial, colors etc Trimmings and Linitigs to suit the '- ost fas tidious. In Millinery we take special pride t and pleasure, and can safely g arantee satisfaction to our customers. Our Shoe Stock is of the largest in the city and we handle noth ing which we can not represent as be ing of the very best f for the price put up on it. To the members of the Conference we ex tend a special invi tation to make all I the use of our place which themhae v stationeryeskstheir service. Come and see us. C., & 1. S. Io781' Co. [EXPOSURE[~ BAD WEATHER RED STAB COUGcH CURE IS A Reliable J Remedy. Put up in tablets which fit, into the vest pocket and can be a taken anywhere.s 25c. & M[EKSt ARTICULAR PHARMACISTS, CORNER DRUG STORE, Newberry, S. C, MOFl A CLOTHING A cordial invitat ;o all members of THE CONI :o call at Jamie mporium and se lay. It consists or all occasions ) the best tailorit ind splendid fabr ition always settl hen it comes to rnd Jamieson g :he prices are alw Slothing he sells. A Shoe Dip aresents itself als rnd Jamieson ca so well as to sho stock he carries [ :hing desirable ir rnd price.. An Opp IN The finest displ tnywhere in all d< nd these goods. een to be admire We again expre hat the members hould drop in to r not they need a ne. If they do r re will be more ti make it to their in leir purchases at Respectfully O.K. JA, The Had to F( amm Newb erry. OPPORTUNITY! ion is extended 'ERENCE son's Clothing e the great dis of CLOTHING made in the art ig, latest styles, ic. A consider es in the price buying clothes, uarantees that ays right on the POrtuNIty ;o at this time, n suggest here es because the as in it every i quality, style rt unity g Goods ay to be found isirable gs or Men, eed only to be d. ss our desire of Conference ee us whether nything in our eed anything, an pleased to~ terest to make our store.I Ot Clothier. A Reauliful Full Line of Christmas Presenls For Young and Old. Fine Watches, Diamond Brooches and Jewelry of Every Description Suitable for Christmas, New Year and Birthday Gifts. Pine Clocks, Kitchen Glocks, Travelers Clocks, Schoolroom Clocks, Alarm Clocks, Pltd War, Rogers Bros. Table Cultery, Fancy Goods, Spectacles and. Eyeglasses. Glasses Fitted to Suit the 5criptions Watches and JwelryaRepairing also ~t Old Stand of Dr. Pelham leweler andi )piician.