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Hie Commonwealth o? Insurance.
Mr. Samuel E. Moffett, writing for
r Collier's of April 22 on "The Empire
.of Insurance Billions," says:
mm "The nearest approach hto that Co
operative Commonwealth of which the
Socialists dream has been made theo
retically in the business of life insur?
ance. Here are the most gigantic
?combinations of capital in the world,
with the widest diffusion of ownership.
:'?r It is safe to say that a clear majority
of the sixteen million families in the
jjjf " United States are joint owners of the
. ? insurance capital of the country, con?
stituting the most colassal co-opera?
tive organization ever built up in the
world's history.
Any wild notions about the danger
to the policy-holders may be dismiss
fit -ed at once. These huge American in
surance companies are now the
strongest financial powers on earth
very much stronger and more solid
than the Bsnk of England. Their fail
Tire would be inconceivable. - Now that
the business has passed the perils of
jgp Infancy,. life insurance companies in
America do not .fail. If Lawson's
alarm bell and the Hyde-Alexander
mud batteries should put an instant
?top to the issuance of new policies,
and if half the present policj- nolders
should drop out, the busine:?? would
itfg go on without a jar, automatically
providing for the remainder. -The sys?
tem is impregnable.
"Xor is the speculative el^?ient in
insurance investment altogether a bad
thing for the ' policy-holders. If the
.companies were restricted, as the Mu?
tual was by its original charter, to
mortgage on real est?te in New York,
United States toads, and New York
;State> and city bonds, their returns
would be so small that the policy?
holders would have to pay considera?
bly higher premiums for the same
amount of. .insurance, and the field
j?p of possible investment would soon be
' "exhausted. The restrictions of the !
savings bank law would have a similar
?effect. Under the present arrange?
ments there is a certain amount of
iSambling, but it is gambling with
loaded dice. The insurance compa?
lles are not ai the mercy of the mar?
get-they control it."
Foolishness in Indiana.
The average person of common
sense hardly knows whether to laugh
a: che"Indiatna a:Ui-cIgarette law, or
get . indignant at the makers and ei
^ forcers of it. It is, of course, an ab?
surd thing, aiid if iinybodys cares to
carr\- through a test case it certainly
-cannot stand in any court with an
ounce of "gumption." It would be
just as reasonable for the legislature
and the governor to nnder-talce to in
fl^terdict "stogy" cigars, ham sand
wiches and circus lemonade, all of
which are more or less harmful if they
are not taken into the system with
??ue regard for gastronomic laws and
conditions. The Indiana legislature
should ?ext provide for a special po
lice supervision over nocturnal res
- taurants where corn beef and cabbage
are served after midnight Partakers
of such provender should be "kept
moving" till daylight, since it requires
about four hours for cabbage to di?
gest. There should also be close ex
^ amination, by a responsible officer of
* the cast-iron doughnut counters in the j
station restaurants, and cheap joints
where enough eggs are cooked at one !
W. "boiling to last for a fortnight. This
Job might be assigned to the governor
himself, who is understood to be an
^ enthusiast for the anti-cigarette law.
lt might be even argued that there is
no other field in which the present dis?
tinguished executive could be so faith
II? lui and useful. Seriously, the anti
clgatrette law is a piece of folly that
will rapidly die out. It is a pity,
though, that the good people of so
W .great a state as Indiana must live un?
c? er the humiliation of having a legis?
lative power so frivolous.-Cincinnati
^Enquirer.
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For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the
|p opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re
* peated attacks of Indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves* f the stomach, thus caus
lng the glands to secrete mucin instead of
5^ the juices of natural digestion. This is
called Catarrh of the Stomach.
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Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C.
Jews in America.
The Jews of the United States are
planning to celebrate thetwo hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of their arrival
in this country. While the first of the
raceto land on our shores were perse?
cuted exiles from Brazil, it is held that
there were Jews in the ships of Col?
umbus, who came with him on his first
voyage of discovery.
To us Americans at large, however,
the early history of the Jews in this
country is not so interesting as their
later life and their present position in
the affairs of the nation. From the lit?
tle colony of despised and abused Heb?
rews that came to seek the protection
of. Governor Peter Stuyvesant, and
found a prison instead, has sprung
one of the most powerful factors in
the world.
The Jews were made to suffer in
those early days the sternest disabili?
ties, and it was many years, before
they were permitted to exercise with
freedom their religion or enter com?
pletely into the trade of the commu?
nity. But the tenacity of the race,
their inexhaustible patience and their
qualities of citizenship then as now ul?
timately told in their favor, and from
a grudging toleration the colonists
gradually conceded to them the full
privilege of citizenship. Their loyal?
ty to the government was never ques?
tioned, and in later years they were
among the staunchest supporters of
General Washington; and their synx
pathies and material substance helped
to carve the republic out of the colony.
Again, in IS 12, they were found firmlv
t .
supporting the young republic with
men and money; and in the cival and
the Spanish wars Jews were enlisted
in large numbers as soldiers under the
flag. .
Gradually their numbers grew, and
they ventured forth and took part in
the upbuilding-and especially in the
commerce-of the states, until there
is hardly a community from the At?
lantic to the Pacific where they are
not pr?minent and are not recognized
as among the most progressive and
public-spirited citizens. Only in late
years have* they entered the learned
professions to a great extent, but in
them they have already made their
shining mark.
The Jews are the bankers of the
world, and here as in foreign coun?
tries they have attained distinction in
this particular to a marked degree. In
Russia alone are they prevented from
taking the lead in large financial en?
terprises. That government's system of
oppression has stifled the?r natural
talents, but it has been the means of
increasing the Jewish population of |
the United States by many thousands.
Xew York today contains more Jews
than any other city in the world-in
1904, 672,77$.
Since 1884 they have been coming
here in ever-increasing numbers to
find that freedom and satisfaction in
life to which all men are entitled. Un?
speakably poor they were, and thc
fear was expressed that they would
become public charges; while many
are still poor-among the late corn?
ed-that prediction has never been
fulfilled. The little Jewish children
are among the brightest in the public
schools. They grow up and them?
selves become teachers; they enter
the law, medicine, journalism-and in
all they excel. In merchandising
one but has to read the names on the
signs in five miles of busy Broadway
to see how they have made their way.
In America the Jews have a record
all to the good; they have succeeded
and are of the brainy, progressive, pa?
triotic "citizens of the nation. Their
celebration will be a success, for they
have something worth while to cele?
brate.-New York Commercial.
Great Boring Machines.
Four of the big shields to be used
in boring the great tunnels of the
Pennsylvania railroad between the
Hudson and East rivers in its costly
entrance into New York city are fast
approaching completion at the Leets
dale Works of the Riter-Conley Man?
ufacturing Company. The company's
workmen have been engaged upon
these for months, and the task was so
unusual even for a company accus?
tomed to handling great things that
special air-driven tools for the boring
and reaming of the steel had to be
made.
The boring machines consist of
enormous steel cylinders twenty-four
feet in diameter and sixteen feet long.
Each cylinder without the machinery
weighs 150 tons, and the machinery
will weigh equally as much as the
shields. The cylinders are made up
of three thicknesses of half-inch steel
plates riveted together. Within this
cylinder ls-placed the boring edge of
cast steel, the diaphrams, air locks,
and other apparatus necessary to drive
the tunnel beneath, the rivers. The
cylinder moves with the cutting edge.
It will be necessary to assemble the
boring machines here and then knock
them down for transit to New York.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
DR. JOHN H. MORSE,
VETERINARIAN,
207 N. MAIN ST. - SUMTER. S. C.
-TELEPHONE 388.
THE FLEETS COMPARED.
Rojestvensky Slightly Stronger in
Artillery Than Togo.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Naval officers in Washington are
keyed up to the highest pitch of inter?
est in the impending meeting between
the hostile fleets of Russia and Japan
in the Eastern seas, as they realize
that the battle will be the greatest
of modern times, and in many re?
spects the greatest sea fight in history.
It is expected io show in a more decis?
ive manner than any other naval bat?
tle since the devolopment of modern
ships of war the destructive capacity
of armament, the defensive value of
armor and the general posslibilties of
the types of vessels that have come
into use.
On the purely technical side these
considerations cause our naval experts
to await with keen interest the meet?
ing o* the fleets, while on the political
side the interest is not less keen, as
they feel the issue of the battle will
probably be decisive of the war.
The make-up of the two fleets and
the possible auxiliaries that may join
them have been carefully studied by
an expert of the bureau of navigation.
This study shows that the Russian fleet
is slightly superior to that of Japan in
fighting efficiency. But it is believed
the Japs will more than offset this by
their superior morale.
Strongest in Battleships.
* Admiral Rojestvensky has five battle
ships built in 1901-03, which will be
opposed to four Japanese battle ships
built in 1896-1900. The Russian battle
ships of this class are the Alexander
III, the Borodina, the Suyaroff, the
Orel and the Oslabya. Commbined
they have 16 twelve-inch guns, 4 ten
inch guns, 58 6-inch guns, 100 twelve
pounders and 100 three-pounders. Na?
val officers compare these ships with
the four Japanese battle ships against
which they will doubtless be pitted.
The Japanese ships are Mikasa, the
Asaihi, the Shikihima and. the Fuji.
These four muster the following guns:
Sixteen twelve-inch, no ten-inch, 52
six-inch, 70 twelve pounders and 40
three-pounders.
Rojestvensky has two battle ships of
the 1S89-1S94 m'odel, which are com?
pared with the Japanese battle ship
Chin Yen, built in 1SS2. The Russian
battle ships of this model are the Sis
soi Veliki and the Navarin. They car?
ry eight twelve-inch guns, 14 six-inch
guns and 26 three-pounders, against
the following guns mounted on the
Chin Yen: Four twelve-inch, four six
inch and two four-pounders.
As far as armored cruisers in the
opposing fleets are concerned Admiral
Togo has the advantage, although it
is generally conceded, naval officers
say, that the fighting efficiency of a
modern fleet is best reckoned by the
number ol its battle ships. Admiral
Rojestvensky has only two armored
cruisers, the Nakhimoft! and the Dim?
itri Douskoff. These two ships carry
the following guns: Fourteen six
inch, twenty 4.7-inch "guns and nine?
teen guns ranging from three to one
pounders. The Japanese armored
cruisers are the Adzuma, the Yakume,
the Iwate, the Idzume, the Tokiwa,
the Asuma, the Kasuga and the Niss
hin. They carry these guns: One 10
inch, 30 eight-inch, 104 six inch, 92
12-pounders and 42 two and a half
pounders.
Japan Has Advantage in Cruisers.
Japan seems also to have the advan?
tage in the number of protected cruis?
ers, none of which, however, could
last well against the onslaught of a
battleship. Of protected cruisers built
in 1884-1903 Japan has 15. They are
the Kasagi, the Chit?se, the Itskuishi
ma, the Nashidate, the Matushima,
the Naniwa, the Tawachite, the Akit
suhima, the Idzumi, the Akashi, the
Suma, the Chiyoda, the Natucka, the
Tsushima and the Ottawa. These
ships carry the following guns: Three
12.6-inch guns, four 10-inch, four 8
inch, 36 6-inch, 94 7-inch guns, 62 12
pounders, 46 6-pounders, 55 3-pound
ers and 20 1-pounders.
Against this class of ships will be
pitted probably the six protected
cruiser with Admiral Rojestvensky.
They are the Olig, the Aurora, ,the
Svietlana, the Jetmchug, the Izun
rud, and the Almaz. They carry these
guns: Twenty-six 6-inch 34 12
pounders, 42 3 and 1-pounders. The
statement continues:
Summary of the Artillery.
The above cnstitutes the main fight
in strength of Russian and Japan, lia?
ble to encounter one another soon.
The following is a summary of the
guns:
Russia-Twenty-four 12-inch, four
10-inch, no 8-inch, 112 6-inch, 20 4.7
inch, 134 12-pounders, no 6-pounders
and 187 3 and 1 pounders.
With the Russian fleet now in the
China seas, en route north are the pro?
tected cruisers (converted merchant
steamers) Kuban, Terek, Ural, Rion
Dreiper. They doubtless act as scouts,
and their potential fighting strength
is small, being necessarily vulnerable.
At Seketra (Northeast Africa) or
now en route to the East from there,
there are the following Russian ships:
Battleship Nicolai, carrying two 12
inch and eight 6-inch guns; armored
cruiser Monomach (181) carrying five
6-ihch and six 4.7-inch guns, coast de?
fence vessel Oushakoff (1S93). carry?
ing three 10-inch, four 9-inch and four
6-inch guns; coast defenece vessel Se
vianine (1S94,) carrying three 10-inch,
four 9-inch and four 6-inch guns:
coast defence vessel Apraxin (1S96.)
carrying three 10-inch, four 9-inch
and four 6-inch guns; balloon ship
Russ, repair ship Xenia and hospital
ship Kostroma.
At Yladivostock Russia has the
following ships: Armored cruiser
Gromoboi, carrying four 8-inch, 16
6-inch. 20' 12-pounders; armored crui?
sers Rossia, carrying four 8-inch, 16
6-inch and 12 12-pounders. and the
12 6-inch and 12 12-pounder guns.
The condition of these ships for
fighting efficiency is uncertain; the two
former were badly mauled in the en?
gagement of Aug. 14. 1904, with Ad?
miral Kamamura's squadron, where
their sister ship, the ?rmored cruiser
Rurik, was sunk. The Bogaytr ran
ashore on a rocky point near Vladi?
vostok during the early part of the
war. ripping out a large part of her
bottom, under her boilers and lifting
the latter, probably not in good con?
dition for steaming.
The Japanese have seven unprotect?
ed cruisers of 1,300 to 1.S00 tons, and
seven gun boats of 600 to 1,000 tons.
Their fighting value is small, most of
them being old.
LYNCHERS ARRESTED.
Several Prominent Citizens of Kershaw
! Placed Under Arrest-? Sensa?
tion Sprung.
! Lancaster, Auril 25.-Greatly to the
j surprise of all this section several ar
! rests have been made in the case of
? the lynching which occurred at Ker
j shaw, this county, last October. The
men arrested are the most prominent
I and influential men of Lancaster coun
?ty. They are:
John T. Stevens, manager of the
Kershaw Mercantile and Banking Co.
j Stewart TV*. Heath, president and
j manager of the Heath Supply Co.
S. W. Welch, also with the Heath
I
i Supply Cov and son of the mayor of
Kershaw.
Frank Hough, a beer dispenser and
member of a prominent family.
The arrests of the above were made
in Chester, 'where the men had gone
on business last night.
Warrants are also out for the fol?
lowing citizens of Kershaw; S. L.
Gardner, Jr., Burwell Truesdale, Hen
ry J. Gardiner. John Holden, Wm.
Croxton. Sr., W. E. Belk, Tom Jone?.
J. W. Austin, and others. It is un?
derstood that there are 40 warrants in
all, 16 of the men accused living in
the town of Kershaw and the other
in the country. Two other white men
and a negro are already in jail on this
charge. The warrants charge the par?
ties with complicity in the lynching of
Morrison at Kershaw in October.
The warrants were sworn out be?
fore Magistrate W. P. Caskey several
days ago by H. B. Howie, a special
detective. The four men named above
had no notice of the intended arrest,
it is stated, and had gone to Chester
on personal business when the war?
rants were served. All the parties
against whom warrants have been tak?
en out will be on hand at the pre?
liminary which v.'ill be held by Mag?
istrate Caskey Friday morning at this
place. It is understood that the citi?
zens of the town of Kershaw will sus?
pend business and charter a special
train and take all who wish to go
free to Lancaster to attend the hear?
ing. There is great confidence among
the people of Kershaw that the
charges will amount to nothing and
that the citizens will soon be at lib?
erty, although it is intimated in some
quarters that one of the number has
turned state's evidence. The case has
been worked up by Detective Howie
and W. H. Newbold of Chester. There
are a large number of affidavits upon
which the arrests were made.
Lancaster, April 26.-There were no
special developmeuts today in the mat?
ter of the arrests of persons charged
with the Kersoaw lynching. General
indignation is expressed at the idea
that a military company may be sent
here on Friday tor tne preliminary
bearing. Sheriff Hunter says he is not
the officer referred to in a publication
today as proposing to have the military
on hand. He is confident of bis ability
to preserve the peace, and he, in com?
mon with other representative citizens,
think that to send a military company
here would be a reflection on Lancas?
ter's good name. Magistrate Casker
says he would resign before he would
bold the preliminary under military
enard, Sheriff Bunter was called to
Chester this evening by Solicitor
H8nry.
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