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By the Consolidation of The Greensboro Life, the Security Life, and Annuity Co.
and the Jefferson Standard Life, Ten Years of Progress Was Made in a Day.
HPHE Jefferson Standard,
T. the Souths greatest
Life Insurance Co., now
has $40,000,000 Ins., in
force $4,000,000.00 Assets
$700,000.00 Surplus. Ev?
ery legtimate plan of In?
surance can be secured
from this great Company,
and every policy holder's
interest is absolutely safe?
guarded.
The Company issues both the participating
and non participating plans of insurance at
rates as low as safety will permit. There
are special features in modern Life Insur?
ance policies that appeal to business men
and are far superior to and more protective
than the old Stereotyped agreement to pay
when you are dead.
IF there are any who for
any cause have lapsed
policies during tt e past 12
months they can reinstate
their contracts upon a just
and most liberal basis.
There is a great satisfac?
tion in the knowledge that
you are sufficiently insur?
ed. Try it. The Jefferson
Standard has the plan of
insurance adapted to your
needs.
THE JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Greensboro, N. C. W. B. Upshur, Gen. Agt. Sumter, S. C.
A CIVIL WAR TRAGEDY.
Daughter of Governor 1M -kens Killed
By ?hell Just an She Was About to
be Married.
(A clipping from an old scrap book
five* the following dramatic picture
?f one of the saddest tragedies of the
treat war from the Charleston Mer?
cury )
The Yankees fiom time to time
throw a shell into the city and nobody
ccesns to mind it. But misfortune
willed that a ..hell should throw the
entire < om.nunity into mourning.
Mis* Anr.a Picken?, the daughter
of our former Governor, never con?
sented to leave the city. Despite the
representations of General Besure
gard. she remained, braving shells
and "Greek" fire, tending the wound?
ed, and cheering all with her pres?
ence. Among the wounded officers
under her n.tnlstering care was Mr.
Andrew de Ko< helle, a descendant of
one of the noblest Hugenot families
of this city This young man was
full of the liveliest gratitude for his
fair nurse. Gratitude gave birth to
a more tender sentiment, his suit was
listened to. 0gff*jfgssj PtgheM gave,
bis consent, snd the marriage was
flaed for yesterday, the j:ird of April.
Lieutenant l>e Uuchelle was < n
duly at fort Sumter in the morning,
snd It wss eVv, ?'mined that the cere
many *hould take place at the rcsl
deree of Genera * gsMtsksfg In the
evening at seven t < lock. At the
moment when th#? Kpne o,,.,i clergy
man was asking the gVkN if lhs was
ready a ?hell fell upon the roof ,f the
building. penetrated to the room
where the company were as.se m l ded.
burst, snd Woumh l nine persons, and
among the rest Miss Anna IV kens
We cannot describe the scene thai
followed. Order was at last reestab?
lished und the wounded were remo\
ed. sll escept tho bride, win. lay
motionless upon the carpet. ller be
trothed. km-ellng and landing over
her. was weeping bitterly and trying
to stun* h the MsSSd that welled from
s terrible wound under her left
hrea*t A MUigeon ? ame and declar?
ed that Mm* lh< ken* bad not longer
that two hours to lue. We shall
pulnt the general dc*pair.
When the girl rsentsfad her eon
sclousnefw, she asked to know her
fate, and when th?y hesitated to tell
her she said Andrew, I be| of yotl
to tell me the truth. If I must do
I nn die worthy of you. 1 The young
noldler* tear* weie his answer; und
Mim Anna. summoning all her
ntrength. attempted to smile. Nothing
could hv mote hesrt rending than to
see the agony of this brave girl ?trug- \
gling in the embrace of death und |
against a terrible mortal pang. Gov?
ernor Pickens, whose courage is
known, was almost without conscious?
ness, and Mrs. Pickens looked upon
her child with the dry and haggard
?ye of one whose reason totters.
Lieutenant De Ho .helle was the
first to speak. "Anna," he cried, I
will die soon too, but I would have
you die my wife. There is yet tlUIC
to unite us."
The young girl did not reply; she
was too weak. A slight Mush rose j
for an instant to her pale cheek. It
could be seen that Joy and pain were
struggling in her spirit for the mas- I
tery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal
dress all stained with blood, her hair
disheveled, she had never been more
beautiful. Helpless as she was Lieu
tena.it Di Rochelle took her hand
and requested the Rev. Mr. Dickin?
son to proceed with the ceremony.
When it was time for the dying girl
to say "Yes." her lips parted several
times, but she could not articulate.
\t last the word was spoken, ami a
slight foam rested upon her lips. The
dying agony was near. The minister
?Obbed M IN Proceeded with the cere?
mony, AM OOOr afterwards all was
over, I nd the bridal chumber was the
chamb. i Of death.
CLAIMS RK.tiLST ONION.
Young Clurvndon runner Raises One
Weighing jn Ounces.
Manning. June '1. ? Mr. Leslie Rid*
Kill .an industrious young farmer who
llvei i uoie west o| Manning, rend In
ttiis mornlng'a News and Courier
SboUl the biK onion raised in Con
way, inononrtng II inches in clrcunv
Iference and afelgtalng ?\ ounces He
forthwith went out Into hi^ onion
patch and got tWO of the largest that
he aaw and brought them to town
When be came. The largest one was
measured and weighed in the post
otiiee. proving lo be 17 Inches In olr
eumference and weighing II ounces.
This onion was of the white or silver
skin variety and whs sei oul In Jan?
uary. The second onion broughi In
by Mr KldKill was only a few OUncoa
lighter, but still a very fine Specimen.
enrollment |? White Schools.
For the past year there has been ;in
enrollment in the public white acttoola
of the i't v as folio we;
Primary and 'li innnar Schools:
Bey* 114; flirts, :-'?.; total, 141,
Hiub Schools:
R..\s. NT.; t'.irls. |0|; total 1M7.
Qraad Total: Hoys, lit; Qlrla 430,
total. M?V.
FIGHT IN RECORDER'S COURT.
\. S. Merrimon Strikes Policeman II.
G, McKagen When Lie is Passed.
The Recorders' Court Monday af?
ternoon wait the scene of a difficulty
hetween ICC. A. S. Merrimon ami To- ',
lie* man 11. G. McKugen, when the
latter stated in substance that Mr.
Merrimon lied in a statement which
he had just made before the Record* |
?r.
When Mr. Mi Kauen made th" state?
ment to this effect Mr. Merrimon
struck him a blow in the face, and the
court room, where the trial of a case
was then in progress, was thrown into
the wildest kind of disorder. While
the difficulty was going on the negio.
who was being tried, slipped out and
was seen no more until Tuesday
morning, when he turned up afte** the
jury had returned a verdict of not
guilty in his case.
As soon as the commotion was
quieted down ,the case was continued
to completion. Mr. Merrimon made
? statement apologizing to the court
fOf his part in the difficulty. He stat?
ed that he was sorry for what had
occurred) but that it was only natural
for him to resent the affront offered
him.
Mr. McKugen had arrested Cephas
Ford for vagrancy and non-payment
Of strei t laxes. Mr. Merrimon had
been employtd to defend the negro,
In testimony for the defense Kord s
' mother saated that she bad offered
Mr. McKagen three dollars Saturday
night In payment for her sons street
tax and Mr. McKagen had, upon her
expostulation! curssd her and her
family.
Mr. McKagen in reply stated that
he had always acted with considera?
tion toward those he had arrestej and
denied having CUraed the woman or
having any sm h conservation with
her as she had stated.
Mr. Merrimon then asked to be
sworn by the Recorder. He stated
that he bad been standing mar at the
time that the woman had gone to Mr.
McKagen ami he bad heard the con?
versation. Which was in substance as
the woman had testified.
Mr McKagen again denied havinit
the conservation with the woman and
? ailed Mr. Merrimon a hat, If he said
that In- (Mr, McKagen) had s<uh a
< onserval Ion.
It was at this point that the dilti
eulty occurred. Mr, Merrimon struck
the officer and the < ?mil room was
thiow n into disorder, Witnesses.
Itirors ami others imbed to separate
the two nun and it was with some
I difficult) that things wars rptiied
down. In the meantime Cephas Ford,
the defendant, disappeared and was
seen no more during the trial.
The case was completed after the
difficulty was settled and order restor?
ed, and a verdict of not guilty was
returned.
Regrets' Occurrence In Court.
In the article in Tuesday's Item
concerning the difficulty in the Re?
corder's Court room Monday after?
noon between Mr. A. S. Merrimon and
Police Officer H. G. McKagen, the re?
porter for the Item endeavored to
state only the facts of the occurence,
as he heard them. Unfortunately he
was unable to see Mr. McKagen, who,
as usual, was on duty hunting up de?
linquent street taxpayers, could not be
found at the time.
Mr. McKagen stated this morning
that it was not mentioned in the re?
port of the occurrence that he had
apologized to the Court for his part
in the transaction.
Mr. McKagen stated that he re
gretted exceedingly that the difficulty
had occurred. He had always been a
good friend of Mr. Merrimon'a and
had no hard feelings against him.
The oversight on the part of the re?
porter, mentioned by Mr. McKagen,
was purely unintentional. This re?
porter has always found Mr. McKagen
a capable and vigilant officer, always
accommodating and polite, and in no
Way meant to do him an injustice.
There was only one sale by the
Master at sales day Monday: W. I'..
Boyle vs. Mittie (Jass. et al, 136 1
acrea on Cow 1'ens swamp, purchased
'by Lee & Moise, attorneys, for Mt
800.
Nobody would complain very much
If Secretary Redfield should try to
administer the " water cure" to the
Washington lobbyists.?New York
Master's Sale.
; Tribune.
Marriage License Record.
Licensee to marry have been issued
to Mr. W. C. Graham. Jr., of Rich?
mond, and Miss M. Virginia Lenoir of
Sumter; Mr. R. E. DuRant, Jr., and
Miss Edna M. Walker of Sumter; and
to T. R. McElveen, Jr., and Miss Ma?
mie Player of South Lynchburg.
The dispensary petition, &9 filed
! with the Supervisor, has a safe mar
' gin over the required one-third of
the qualified electors of the county,
provided all the names on the petition
?are those of qualified e'ectors. But
here is the rub?the petition was cir?
culated generally and everybody was
asked to sign it, without inquiry being
made as to w hether the persons sign?
ing held a registration certificate and
had paid his taxes. A thorough re
vison of the petition may reduce the
margin materially or eliminate *t en?
tirely. It Is by no means certain that
the dispensary election will be order*
ed.
KWe Back Our Claims by an Honest Promise
to Refund Your Money in Every Instance In
Which you do not Derive Absolute Satisfaction
Do not take anybody's word for it. Do not
even take our word for it. Make us prove
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scientifically made, tin* most effective, nearest perfect in every ?aj of any line of reined lex ever of?
fered for the relief of human Ills, we arc ready to hack that statement to the limit. Kverj nah? of
every one of the
is always made with the positive guarantee (hat it will give satisfaction?that It will give relief?
thai it will do all that is expected of it?or the money paid lor it will he refunded without ques?
tion or formality. Tills guarantee goes with over) sale of ever) one of tin' Kexall Remedies. It
Is a guarantee authorized b) the manufacturers, and hacked in ever) Instance by our own |>crsoiial
guarantee.
There Is no red tape to ilii*^?no string to this offer?nothing to sign. Ml you have to do in any
Instance in which a Revall Remedy tint's not give satisfaction?iI?m*h imH do all that wc claim lot*
it or th;il you expect of il?is |o come hack to us cmpl \-hamlcd. and upon your mere so\-su. wc
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