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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-22

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-22

toape MADE unt1l MarCh j, 1917. The
companies could De given the assur-
ande Of the Commissioners that they
would be protected in their business,
this assurance having the endorse
naent OF the governor. and these hard
ships imposed by the act could be
removed at the next session Of the
legtslature before the afiidavits are
REQUIRED to be made without inter-
fering with the anti-compact part OF
the bill. ~
I'm conclusion I desire to say. that
my advics Is that those who desire to
place insurance in large amounts write
to Messrs. samuels. Cornwall & Stew
ems No. 81 William street, and that
as to the small country insurance that
just as rapidly as possible mutual in
surance companies, such as exist in
several OF the counties Of the State at
present, be organized.
Gas soon as learned that Mr.. Ste
vens: had returned direct to New York
from Charleston I sent my deputy to
New York FOR the purpose Of confer
ring with him, and giving him assur-
anaes that he probably misunderstood
the warning that he received from the
insurance commissioner.
Il stand ready In my official capa-
city and as an Individual citizen Of
South Carolina tt continue to handle
the situation so far as I may be au-
thorixSd to do so under the law, pro.
|vided I receive the support OF the
properly constituted authorities in the
State. SO far as the Insurance on cot
ton in State warehouses is concerned.
1t has not felt any disturbances, and
I do not now feel any concern that It
may Be endangered.
with assurances or esteem, am,
yours very truly. Is w
E;, eis -John L. McIaurin,
'.state warehouse Commissioner a.
.:P. aMr. =. Wade Vaughn. gem
eraa agent FOR a number Of mutual
companies. ana the Georgia State Vice
president 81 the Narttnrs, A,.oc,..,,,,
Of Mutua, r,ra, yrmr.rc. 49,. :,
nies has bsan n ,.s me ,,.sw "a
assures ms TINT there are ample ia
cilities tn this country for proyiding
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| property In this State. and that ther.
lis no reason Tor our peon,e ,,tt,rg
into ! panic over thi. situat,or 4ot
course. it takes 4 iitfiS %,ma ~ o.. ~ Z,
machinery ready. but Mr.. vaughn
came to Columbia today to 10 over
{thsr S5itnafion, ana can be reached by
writing him Ia Atlanta, care OF the
Empire Life Building. I hnA upon
investisition that there are several
hundred respoiaiissbis s,.autssAi insurance
|comranisS Ia the United states handls
ing al caassss cf preptrty. do not
refer to the local mutual Insurance
companies now operating for the
protecion OF farm property in South
caroiina on the assessment basis and
only insure for those who have stock
in thsscompanies. The insurance COM
pantes Represented by Mr.. Vaughn In
sure an classes OF property on a pre-
MUM basis and cover the entire coun-
try" 4.-t
/ Al q meeting of the executive com.
mittee OF the warehouse As,ociation.
held In the oifice Of Senator Mcraurin
on Wednesday afternoon. the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-22

S~Sp - ~~sssV WV W NSOtVn1olA ON
usoonv,nishG Instead .oS returninh
e. colanbis these ssntlsuasn slef,
osasla1sea fAs New York. i.
..-whats they were tn Columbia we
AAA applicaxious from III over the
state. and thsy continue to arrivs to
pisos 'insusance wAich had been can.
called or was endangered. state ware
house No., 2. IN Columhia, II IN one
ssesssa OF the old sfats dispensary
building. owned by Mr.. q. A. 0uig-
nard. The rate on thia house had been
90 cents per 500. knew that at any
time In the past year could get a
2o.cont rate. but Mr.. Guisnard did not
care to take advantage Of this on
account Of the personal relation be.
tween him and the agent who had the
inSurance. We placed through Mr..
hrm In New York the in
surance on this sttae warehouse prop
erty at 20 cents. just ono -haif of what
had bssn paid To give an idea OF how
excessive the rates In some cases
were. here 10 q copy Of q letter from
senator J. A. Banks. showing q re-
duction of more ehan one-half in the
rate which he waa paying on his prop
orty In the town Of st. Matthews, all
OF which goes to show most EN-.
phatically that the rates on other
classes Of property, can be reduced by
cutting on the excessive commissions
Ana fees to useless agents just az we
have done with the State warehouse
cotton.
81. Matthews. o. c., March 1s, 1916.
THE Hon. John. I. McLAurin. Co.
lumoia. 8. C.-My Dear Senator: I
nave Just placed with an insurance
agency In New York at nat rate Of
per cent. per annum or 2 Ia per
cent for three years. amounting 20 ss
and la one-hundredths Of per cent
per annum. insurance on property
owned and controlled by me in st.
Matthews. The rates heretofore pre-.
faiiins on this property under the op-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-22

~'-~~~S I~~~N ~->~S Ss ssAV4O SVkuQdISlGS
entered An South Carolina, probably
pay an average Of $500 at the lowest
In rliunicipal licenses. or minimum
total Of tzs.ooo, 4..,. . !, Si
THE. ciasa OF people the companies
Iaiipw to represent them Is another
great source of danger---people who
have had no experience ana no knowl-
edge Of the business. Where a big
commission means meat and bread.
The danger of over insurance IL great
"As to the immediate situation
here 10 my analysis Of that:
"You will recall that during tho
session Of the legislature in a tele-
phone conversation called your at
tention to house bill No. 40, known as
the McMaster bill. and that directed
the attention Of Mr.. odom, ohairmao
OF the agricultural committee OF the
house: Senator Banks, Senator Laney
and other leaders of the general as
sembly to. the danger of this meas.
urs. <~~ -
Now. think the trouble is not the
iAney-O Odom bill. per so, dissolying
the Southeastern and preventing them
from coming into the State and ar
bitrarily fixing rates. but the pro-
Visions that were put into the Laney.
Odom bill at Mr.. McMaster's request,
giving him the power of esta blishing
whatever rate in his judgment is the
correct one and the only recourse that
tho companies would have being an
appeal to the courts. The companies
fear that this would keep them per.
petuaily In litigation and subject them
to form OF annoyance which makes
1t undesirable to do business IN the
State.
"2. From the standpoint Or the
companies the provision requiring
them to make oath at the end OF the
year that no agent OF the company
has violated any provision Of the act
and liking a heavy criminal penalty
makcs them afraid to do business
's. The affldavits are not required
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
THE RURAL CREDITS BILL.
republican

Tucked away in some departmental pigeon-hoe in
capitol bill awaiting resgnedly await
ing congressional action In the meanwhile. a cry is
going up every nook and Granny of the United
States particularly the south west for its
speedy passage 1t is the credits bill which pro-
poses a system long time loans comprising the
hest examples offered by Europe and particularly
Prussia. credit existed Frederick
the Great
United of land. rich. productive.
wealth yielding in the hands of the capable farmer.
United furnish the capable farmer
together; a problem confronted every agri-
cultural country, in every
The solution Of the problem obviously, pro-
vidng a system of credits by which the coming
generations farmers present rentol- Of
farm land may purchase land the period of payment
which shall be extended sufficiently time
that earnings the itef may pay off
debedness yet yield a living to the farmer and his
I family meanwhile. In other words is bonding the
productivity Of the land and the ability of the farmer
IN combination in a manner to create and sure
sinking fund to retire the bonds at maturity. The
Hols-Moss bill seeks to do this. is a measure free.
to a remarkable degree Of political sectional part
isanship. 1t a bill the good Of the country as
patiently the strength of any country lies in the healthy
economic conditions of its farmers
/ The Hollis-Moss bill may have, indeed, quite likely
has flaws 1t could not be reasonably expected tha5
measure which is a compendium Of old world
Piles should adapted new world conditions
But the the result honest pansaking and
intelligent work capable and the rough places
can be smoothed out
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28

ton. and abuse. will beyond question be turned upon
the French Lick but then, we understand he is
more less IT, and what is more, the public is
beginning take with pinch OF salt, it always,
or nearly always comes from republican We
would republican friends this point. that
even II Mr. Taggart were all that they say OF him
in connection campaign for this Office he could
not have been nominated ny the democrats at more
appropriate time. go before the people
the Of evils. Gs opponent is the Honor
able jones Eli Watson Of Rushville.
We are perfectly content to Mr.. Taggart Mr.
Watson go to the mat in this campaign It will make
interesting contest, and contest almost inter
esting though they against each other
Independent tickets. The people will speak in No
vember their preference between these and
party lines will thrown down. inclined to be-
lieve. than We half imagine. that it
is worrying the republicans; Taggar. against
Watson such almighty bad taste with the
people Of the that the republicans prone to
that when certain of their numbers start voting for
Mr.. Taggar they may forget to quit until they have
voted the straight democratic ticket.
For Mr.. New isn't much to brag about
in comparison With the French Lick man, putting the
worst. former his best. If the
republicans want throwing mud look for
plenty it, S liable be collisions of--mud
coming in contact with honest to goodness brick What
ever Of evil there has been to Mr. Taggarts political
career. have been engendered by the past
Of lighting his tongs,' and
with Messrs Watson and New, and others OF their
clique including Honorable p. Goodrich
constituting whole hell full Of devils The republican
party understand that it has undertaken to
entrench the old clique in Indiana, upon which
that party the rocks years ago, and the
cussedness of that clique has not been forgotten
1t could not very be n the
primary with all the old trickery vicously in
We must Of course that all that Watson said
about New and New about Watson during primary
campaign true that is, unless they both liars.
In either neither Of them say word about Mr.
Taggart who. least. has reasonably good reputa
ton for telling the truth No not disconnected
so very much by the nomination Of Mr.. Taggart. He
is saint compared with his opponent far per-
sonaltes GO and statesman he doesn't need
to be much of a statesman to measure up to Mr. Wat
sons record-which continuous scream in be
half Of the special interests" and the be
damned.
Which too, of course is what makes him such good
republican.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
SAVED BY A SONG.
New York SUM-

In his new book, "Why Men
Pray" published by Macmillans, DR..
Charles Lewis Slattery retells one of
Henry Drummond's old stories to
illustrate his point that prayer pro-
duces a sense of human fellowship.
"One Sunday night on an ocean
steamer a man spoke of a hymn
which had just been sung as having
for him peculiarly sacred associa-
lions. He was in the confederate
army in the American civil war and
was ordered at one time TO lonely
sentry duty. AS the night wore on
he felt his danger and to keep up
his courage he began TO sing:
80 Jesus. lover of my soul
and after uttering the great prayer
of this hymn he was comforted and
felt quite safe.
"A strange expression came over
the face Of a fellow passenger on the
ship: t. he said, was in the Union
army that night and had been sent
out with party of scouts. We saw
a solitary sentry, and my men had
their rifles leveled to fire; but just
then we heard the clear notes ring
ing out in the stiffness:
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of thy wing;
and 1 said, Boys, lower your rifles:
Wei go homen"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
THE BIGGEST LITTLE DAIRY
COUNTRY.
Cwall Street Journal)

Denmark holds the worlds record
for intensive farming. After Ger
many had taken Schleswig-H olstein,
Danish experts figured that their de-
velopment must come from within
and they proceeded to develop +he
arid wastes of Jutland, which have
now become tremendous producers
of agricultural and dairy products
The Danes claim that they have
solved most of Europe's intensive
farming problems and that much Of
German efficiency IN this direction
has been learned from them. The
little kingdom is one Of the greatest
dairy producers of the world and it's
butter is exported 10 every part Of
the earth 1t is found in Mexico,
and even in the far off islands of
the antipodes as well as in Pata-
gonia. Its reputation in Europe,
particularly in England is unex-
celled and vast quantities have been
shipped for years 20 all the coun-
tries Of Europe. American business
men have always admired the Won
derful cow-feeding methods en-
ployed by the Danish farmers who
tether their cattle in rows in such
a way that they can eat a certain
section of grass in A day. The next
day they are moved forward in the
meadows and it is worked out on
such a minute basis that by the time
the COWS have reached the end Of
the pasture the grass is again ready
for grazing at the beginning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
SAMPLE ST. CIVIC CENTER.


People. as a rule 10 10 right thing when
they understand that il is right The Biblical say
ing imam s sparks fly upward
bespeaks rusm not because natural inclinations
evil but because ignorance binds evil.
Convince a man that a thing is wrong hurtful. even
simply unpopular because wrong hurtful, his
desire for the of his fellows nclnes him
TO better.
The News-Times housing campaign proving this far
beyond sanguine expectations. is also
proving the value Of publicity corrective force.
Wednesday night the Sample civic center. housing
sanitary conditions by The News-Times
became the main topic OF discussion, this
very the vicinity o some the
scenes complained of. An investigating committee is
follow. and "a meeting Wednesday night.
and the subject of housing and sanitation is to be taken
mp fully by the people themselves This is it
should be. Let it come from the people; the proper
source. and the most effective wher Unce
aroused.
Meanwhile one of the sites complained Of in The
News-Times articles has cleaned up by the free
wiz OF the and still another has applied
the Of works and connections.
which, along with other promised improvements will
put his premises i'm sanitary and inhabtable
condition This only the beginning the campaign
The Sample civic bids to back up
a survey housing and sanitary conditions
IN the city and bad record this survey, with
posure ownership drive many another tenement
owner doing the right Trims Education meanwhile
may make them do Lifting the veil
that blinds the of people ignorance is
first vital necessity every reform. The first
thing and the hardest thing. make the public
understand.
The Sample st. civic is TO he congratulated
upon initiative this other ought
follow. other things of less importance than hous
ing conditions might before the civic Federation
conference 90 be held month 1t is the publics
job all that these conditions improved
The public we'll particular individuals will benefit
by "a problem that affects every human habita
ton. ripe public opinion the first essential &c
its solution The responsive voice that the Sample st
has registered indicates that that opinion is APP
preaching the ripening season. and that the publ,
mind is 10y means dead.
A little backns for the health department financially
well In sentiment; likewise the works
then the application of the necessary official energy
which assured will he forthcoming. will do the
rest The civic centers which need 10 become public
forum. they must come TO nothing appro
pirate organizations for the concentration OF that hack
ng Here the people together neighbors. tall
what is IS bad for the neigh borhood
rub elbows the various topics OF public interest
a pvety nearly right conclusion generally BE de
pended uron.-which brings us back again TO on
opening proposition.
People as "A rule want to do the right thing whel
they onee understand that it is rght-and they ar
coming TO understand
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS


Forty-six years ago the late Bel
videre Brooks, vice president and
formerly general manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. was
a messenger boy.
His rise to success and the road
he took have been incorporated into
stories as old as man. Belvidere
Brooks workable worked hard.
AS he himself said, however. from
the beginning 1 endeavored to be
efficient"
If you are seeking some formula
for success take the lives OF men
and women who have made the
greatest successes: who have made
successes that will live.
Positions are not open for those
who have pull" II they are. the
positions are not open long. The
man who gets results is the man
who wins. He is the man who sue
ceeds. And the basement Of success
IS work.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
MOSS AND sAWDUST.

Waterbury, Conn, Republican,
Every child has heard that neces-
sity is the mother OF invention and
not a few children have proved il TO
themselves, at least. War has its
horrors but it also plows up the
human field and in the blowing is
revealed many a truth and many a
new discovery that men have some
times suspected but never felt the
need OF investigating SO it hap
pens that a new and very valuable
substitute for some Of the expensive
surgical dressings so long consider
ed essential as war equipment has
been discovered in England. II is a
Oss-sphagnum moss, which grows
wild in the British isles. Another
substitute for surgical dressings. and
this is Of peculiar interest in this
country. is pine wood sawdust. which
is a product OF this country as well
as Of England.
Sphagnum moss is found in the
English lake district, in Wales, and
in Ireland. 1t is considered more
absorbent than cotton wool and less
likely to become sodden and uncom-
Portable. For the sc reasons il is
found admirable for dressing wounds
before the patient starts on the
journey to the hospital. Pine wood
sawdust is said to be antiseptic and.
when put up in gauze bags, is par
ticularly efficaciOus for the first
dressing Of head wounds
The Liverpool war dressing or
ganization has undertaken the work
Of making up these new materials
ready for use. and, in connection
with the women's war service bu-
reau, is sending large consignments
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
MOTHERS BIRTHDAY.
(Salt Lake TeleRra M

In a Kansas rural school a few
days ago the teacher young man
just out Of normal school-asked his
pupils, one by one, to tell what each
believed to be the greatest day in
the year.
The answers were piped up
promptly. "Washington's birthday. p
Christmas, The Fourth" Thanks
giving" and so on.
But I'm afraid you're all wrong, {"
said the youthful instructor. The
greatest Of all days in the year is
mothers birthday"
We're sorry we haven't a chance
here to tell just how much we think
Of that young man. Suffice il. such
teachers are the crying need. not
Of our rural schools. but Of our high
brow city institutions Of learning.
For if those youngsters learn no
more than what mother really means
they will not have trudged miles TO
the little frame schoolhOuse for
nought.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
A FABLE.

Once there was a man who want
ed to be A BOWLER. He was told
that SPEED was THE THING and
he went out TO get SPEED. He
got so he could put lots of Stuff on
the Ball and could clean up both
sides. but he never managed TO hit
the HEAD PIN. Once he got mixed
up in a tournament and he was the
WATCHED Of THE watched. He
had PEOPLE talking about his
SPEED. The Man who was on the
opposite alley was week on Speed,
and it often took the pins five min
Ltes to stop falling AFTER the ball was
in the PIT. Nobody WATCHED
him, but when the Scores were
counted he was There with a bunch.
while the SPEED merchant had
only one spare. Moral: It's not
how you get EN-, it's the getting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-28
With Other Editors Than Ours

10 the places where they are most
needed. In this country no time
should be lost in spreading the in
formation about pine wood sawdust
and devising means for conserving
the supply. 1t is probable that, il
the conclusions OF those who have
sent back this information from just
behind the firing line in Europe can
be verified by scientific experiment
in this country, a profitable and very
humanitarian industry, designed 70
conserve the supply OF sawdust and
10 improve IT for surgical uses. may
spring into being. The necessity OF
a moment when men were losing
blood faster than the doctors could
attend to them has brought a new
value 10 moss and sawdust.