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MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE.
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Is Issuing more paid-in business than any other compa
nywriting only ordinary business in North Carolina
ISSUED DUEINO THE MONTH OF AUGUST
This makes new paid-in business in North Carolina
written by the SECURITY LIFE AND ANNUITY CO.
since January 1st, 1905, OVER
$341,000.00
$2,'OO0),OOO.OQ'
Of new paid-in business in North Carolina. Twenty
two of the Forty-one Companies writing business in
North Carolina issued less. than this in North Carolina
during the whole of 1904 '
Only one of the entire Forty-one Companies wrote
this much business in North Carolina during the whole
year of 1904:
OUR ACEIMCY FORCE IS THE BEST TRAINED FORCE IN THE STATE AND WE ARE
CONSTANTLY ADDING TO IT MEN OF CHARACTER, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY
, (fa account of the remarkable success of THE SECURITY LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY two other life companies have been, organized in Greensboro and
are In successful operation Another has been organized at Charlotte, and one is being organized at Fayetteville. . We thank the people of the State for their hearty support and bespeak for all
jwell organized home companies a most liberal patronage. It is folly for us to ship our money out of the State for Insurance when the same contracts can be bought at home for 25 per cent. less.
Buy your Insurance at home where the purchasing powor of your dollar is greatest. 75 cents at 4 per cent, compound interest wiH accomplish the same in life insurance as $1.00 at 3 per cent.
THE SECURITY LIFE AN ANNUITY COMPANY is safe, economical and progressive. It is the first Greensboro life insurance company. It is the only MUTUAL Legal Reserve
North Carolina Company. It is the only company doing business in North Carolina that has a Guaranty Fund of $100,000.00 deposited with the Insurance Commissioner, and in addition
thereto registers all policies and keeps the full Legal Reserve invested according to law and deposited with the Insurance Commissioner.
TRUSTEES:
P. HL Haynes. J. W. Scott, W. A. Blair, J. P. Turner, Lee H. Battle, J. Van Lindley, P. H. Hones, Jr.
W. S, Thompson, Geo. A. Grimsley.
J. Vaoi L
indley,
(Sco. k Mmsky, Secretary
Presweort.
NORFOLK'S JIORSE SHOW.
: ffllE PURSES AGGREGATE $8,000.
Korfolk Hon Know Association Will
n. Knnrl'Anniial llorne Show ,
J.W " - - ..... a '
In til Coliseum at -orloin tH-iorn"
17 to SI Forty Clause of Races,!
th Tot! Parwe Being $3,000 More
Than Was Awarded at I J"t Year's
Show Promoter Are EntlniHlaHita
, ' Over Prospect for Great Event A
, list Of the I tare and Prizes.
' fcpedal to the Observer.
. Norfolk, Va.. Sept. 1. The Norfolk
Ju florae Show Association Issued to-day
i an attractively printed premium lint
for It second annual homo how a l
- the Norfolk Coliseum, October 17 to 21.
" There are 40 classes and the purses
aggregate $8,000, $3,000 morn than the
tetal cash prizes awarded at the last
how. By classes, the purses are larg
r than these offered for any other
.Virginia horse show and several spc
' elai purees for records will prove at-
tractive to many owner of high-bred
"f fcoreee. President C. O. Www, Vice
: President Harry U. Goodrldge and
Manager C. W. Smith, the three mm
y upon whom, rests the principal respon-
iblllty for the success of the event,
, ere enthusiastic over the pronpocl f'jr
v: Memorable chow, In view of the
v-excellent card that has 1m en arrnngr-d
. for each Of the night performan.es
- (Mid the on tnatinee.
Following Ib the lint of Wiihsch. with
the flnt, aecond. third and fniirtli
pHtrm ottered In each:
Local claaaes Koudntora, mare or
. celdint, three yearn and over, owned
A fcy resident of N'orfrdk. Prlnrexa Anne
er Warwick count lea, shown to wagon,
U, t&, Ir,. rlbhoii.
Horse and runabout, owned by renl
r.Aent of Virginia, IIOO, 1 50, $5. rlb
Imn. Hoa4stn, standard and non-aUind-rd,
mare or gelding, three years and
I over, owned by nnldent of Norfolk,
. , Prlaceas Ann and Warwi. k ountlen.
- 1 ahown to wagon, $100, YM, )25 anil
, gibbon.
ia'BlTM and runabout, owned by real
' dent of Virginia, open only tit mure
r geldinga. $100, W. fir,, ribbon.
Combination saddle and harneia
' horses, owned by resident of Virginia,
-sAghown flrat.to vehicle and then under
addle. $100. t), $2a. ribbon.
Combination saddle and heme
. liorees,, open to all, to be shown tn
vehicle, then unharneawd and ahown
x under sadle. $100, $r0. iit, and ribbon.
' ' Horse over 14 hands 1 Inch and un--er
IS hands, shown to light two or
fuur-wheeled vehicle, $100, V, $25, rlb
fcon. ' Pair of horses over 14 hands 1 Inch
jtnd not exceeding IS ha.ndn, able to
t SO good pace, $100, $.ri0, $2u, ribbon.
Horse over 16 haitds not exceeding
it hands, able to go a good pace, $100,
tSi, ribbon.
I Pair of horses over 1G hands not ex
coeding It hands, able to go a good
pace, $108, $M, ', ribbon.
Perk tandem, $100, $r0, $25, ribbon.
Hunting tandem, wheeler 15 hands or
, over, judged first as tandem then lead-
"er to he waddled and shown over reg
: u!,tion jumps, both horses must be
property of exhibitor, $100, $50. $25.
r j boon, .i . "
Fourli-hand road team, shown be
fore coach, drag or body brake, en
trance fee fl-$2). $100, $&0, ribbon.
KouMn-hawl park team, shown be-
f r c-Mich. tinif or body brake.
i t 'r?m Uss t9-tf!90t V 1100. 50. rib
lot. : -i'. i i i.-; s:,Sf.-,
Ladies' tttrnout, , single horse, hown
t't jre sppronrlate vehicle J lady to
C rWey $100, '9Mr-t&r-9thhnn. ' -
J'.ilr of h rje, sulttle Uit ladles'
ta:V tj be driven by a Jady. ghowa
before appropriate vehicle. $100, $50, J A MISPLACED MONUMENT.
$25, ribbon. I
n, r,.Mt,n,.l ot.en to all.Unrestlng Story of a Man In Green-
horne 14 hands 3 Inches and not ex-! 5'
reeding l.'i handa 3 Inches, able to go
good pace, horse must stand without
being held. $100. $50. $25, ribbon.
Pony In harness, not exceeding 14
hands 1 Inch, entrance fee $3 $50, $25,
$1", ribbon.
Pony In harness not exceeding 13
hands, driven by child under 15 years,
t-iitrunce fee $3 $50, $25, $15, ribbon.
Pony under saddle, not exceeding 14
handa 1 Inch, ridden by child under 15
years, entrance fee $3 $50, $25, $15, rib
bon. Huddle horse any age and height,
never won a blue ribbon prior to 10&,
$100, $50, $25, ribbon.
Huddle horse under 15 hands 2 Inches,
$100, $50, $25, ribbon.
Huddle hore 15 handa and 2 Inches and
over. $100. $50. $25. ribbon.
Indies' saddle horse, to be ridden by4
a lady, $100, $50. $25. ribbon.
Champion class Open to all horses
having taken a llrat prize in saddle
horse classes at this or any other rec
ognized show, $100, reserve.
Pair of hunters, ridden over regula
tion Jumps abreast. $100, $50, $25, rib
bon. Green hunters, not winning blue
ribbon prior to 1905, performance over
fences 4 feet, $100, $50, $25. ribbon.
Light weight hunter up to carrying
Kn pounds to hounds, two Jumps 4
feet, two 4 feet Inches, $100, $50, $25,
ribbon.
Horse carrying 175 to 200 pounds to
hounds, two Jumps 4 feet, two 4 feet
6 Inches. $Ki0, $50, $25. ribbon.
'orlnlblan clans, open lo all hunters
ridden by members of recognized hunt
club, two Jumps at 4 feet and two ut
4 feet 6 Inches, $100, $50, $25, ribbon.
Thoroughbred hunter claae, open to
nil registered thoroughbred qualified
and green hunters, performance over
fem es 4 feet, sire and dam to he given
whn entered, $100, $50. $25. ribbon,
Jumping class, open to all. minimum
weight to be carried 110 pounds, $100,
$50. $25, ribbon.
udlc' hunters, to bo ridden by la
dles of recognized hunt dub, over
jumps not lo exceed 4 feet, $100, $50.
$25, ribbon.
Ladles' green hunters, not winning
blue ribbon in Jumping contest pre
vious to 1805, to be ridden by lady,
$100, $50, $25, ribbon.
High Jump, trial commencing at 4
feet 6 inches and raised no higher than
8 fe-t, open to all. minimum weight
to be carried 140 pounds, form of mak
ing Jump will determine winner large
ly. $100. $50, $25, ribbon.
Horse breaking Virginia record of 7
feet 4 Inches, made at the Norfolk
show In 1904, $250.
Horse breaking world's record. 1500.
Champion class for hunters, open to
all horses having taken first priso In
too hunter or Jumping classes at this
or any other recognised show, ner
forniance over eight Jumps 4 feet 6
inenea, reserve.
Hunt teams of three hunters from
any mint club, to be ridden bv mem
oers, nuntsmen or wnips of their re
spective hunts, no member to ride
more than ont horse. $10, $100, $50.
Handicap Jump, open to all hunters
and Jumpers, horses that have never
won a blue ribbon prior to IMS to Jump
4 feet, horses that have won a blue
ribbon prior to 190S to Jump 4 "A feet:
horses that have won a championship
or a. oiue nooon in nign jumping con
tet to Jump i feet. $300, $100, $50, ribbon.
.-MrJ4tbegddlUuma -irophls-ftr-am
of the classes, wffcred by mercantile
interetia. - . .. ,
Who Had a Monument
Ituilt to PormHiinte His Name, Which
He lieft Off the Monument So It
Would bo Conspicuous by Its Ab-ta-m.
Richmond News-Leader.
Planning elaborately for the here
after is not a profitable process al
ways and the most careful prepara
tion miscarries occasionally. In the
piedmont section of South Carolina a
very fine monument Is straggling
around unused and the man who de
signed It for his own everlasting
glorification lies In an unmarked and
unknown grave some hundreds of
miles away.
The man was a good old Irishman
named Roddy, erratic and peculiar but
enterprising in a small way. He ac
quired some property and set up a
bathing establishment in Greenville,
H. C. from which he derived an In
come and a llttlo surplus. Ho was
very Intent on being remembered and
therefore Invested practically all his
cash savings In a monument. He sent
over to Scotland and bought a' large
stone from a quarry there. He knew
the pecularltles of the material but
nobody else, In this country did. He
had a monument for himself hewed
from this atone, bought a lot In the
local cemetery, had the monument
placed and spent many hours admiring
the outfit and possibly trying to Im
nglno how people would discuss It In
years to come. With subtle craft, he
hud prepared for It these Inscriptions:
"My name, my country, what Is that
to thee?
What whether high or low my pedi
gree. Perhaps I have surpassed some other
men,
Perhaps I fell below them all what
then.
Suffice It, stranger, that thou seest a
tomb.
Thou knowest Its use; It holds, no
matter whom."
(Reverse.)
"What are the hopes of man?
Old Egypt's king. Cheops, erected the
first pyramid and the largest, be
lieving It was Just the thing to
keep his memory whole and his
ashes hid; but somebody or other
lumbering burglariously broke his
coffin's lid.
It not a moment give you or me
hopes; for not one pinch of dust
Is left of Cheops."
Hie common sense and knowledge
of human nature assured him that the
sbsence of a name would cause more
Inquiry and him to be remembered
longer and talked of more frequently
than any other possible device. As
fate befell, however, he died while on
ft visit to a daughter In Cheraw, In
the lower part of the State. The
daughter was unable to provide for
the transportation of the old man's
body to the monument and manifestly
It was Impossible to move the monu
ment and the graveyard to him. Con
sequently the two were separated. Old
Roddy was burled In Cheraw, his
family moved away and probably his
grave Is forgotten. After lapse of
years the monument was sold by
somebody in Greenville and went In
as part of the ready-made stock of
another town. Commercial compile-Uong-wtd
-arrangementr caused It to
be transferred to a third town, the
purchaser having the , hope . that to
could sell It to some ambitious survivor
of an eminent citizen. Then It was
discovered, however, that the peculi
arity of the stone was that it hardens
steadily with age and exposure. No
chisel could make a scratch or It.
Consequently it stands literally as dead
stock In a tombstone factory, offering
no hope of profit and continual ag
gravation to the unhappy owner. Mr.
Roddy has the peculiar experience of
having his body In one place, his own
personal and selected grave In another
and his monument In a third place.
There Is a certain grim foretelling of
the results of his own planning In part
of the Inscription he selected. The
monument Is a monument to nothing
but the futility of human schemes,
the vanity of all vanity and the hope
lessness of the hope of being remem
bered very long in this world after we
have departed hence for the next
BOWL BIO AS WASHTUB.
Greatest Piece of Cut Gloea Ever
Blown In World It Took Six Months
of Labor and U Worth Over $3,000
Piece is a Monument to the Skill of
the American Workman.
Louisville Evening Post.
In the window of a great Jewelry
house In New York there has been
on exhibition for some weeks a cut
glass punch bowl valued at $3,000. It
Is the largest cut-glass bowl In the
world, having a circumference of seven
feet one Inch and a diameter of
twenty-seven inches, three Inches more
than any other bowl ever successfully
cut.
This magnificent specimen of handi
craft has attracted the atttentlon of
the world of arts and crafts to the
advance made by Amercan workmen
tn an art In which, until a few years
ago, Europeans excelled. -
The bowl was cut in Brooklyn, the
cutter s name being John 8. Earl, and
It represents 210 days' labor in the
cutting by Mr. Karl and two assistants.
To cut such a large piece was a great
triumph, but the greatest credit of all
In the production of the bowl Is due
New England workmen, who made
the "blank" on which the cutter work
ed. Given a large blank, any skillful
cutter can produce a large piece of cut
glass. The test, so far as site goes,
lies In the ability of glassblowers to
produce the blank. Glass works where
very large blanks of high grade can
be produced are rare, but one that
produces mora high-grade blanks of
large else than any other tn the coun
try. If not In the world, is that from
which the blank for this great bowl
came, the Union Glass Works tn Som
ervtlle. FAMOUS WORK IN SOMERVILLE.
Olasscutters In all parts of the coun
try send to the Somervllle works for
blanks. The works have been In ex
istence more than half a century and
have outlived all the other glass works
In New England, prospering' while the
glass trade died out around them. :
Now the Union works employs more
than 200 highly skilled men and pro
duces a quality of glass that cannot
be duplicated. Its workmen are versed
In all branches of the art and can blow
blanks for frail ohampagna glassses
and for the great punch bowl In the
same day and equally well.' .'
t This skill has not been acquired
quickly. There are men In the works
now past middle life who went to work
there as boys. Day after day and
year after year they have been seri
ously practicing the difficult arC and
none in their calling can now excel
them In skill.
When the order cam for the blank.
for the great punch bowl, the man
agers of the works consulted their head
gaffer a gaffer in glass-blowing works
is a head man, an overseer.tlte- word
being an old English dialect corrup
tion of grandfather and the head
gaffer, W. P. Doran, who has been in
the works since his youth,. Bald he
thought the firm could turn out a
twenty-seven Inch bowl If anybody
could.
Previously the largest bowl produced
had been twenty-four inches. Beyond
that size the difficulty of production
Increases at a ratio quite out of pro
portion to the three extra inches
desired.
PRODUCING THE GREAT BLANK.
For the production of the great blank
every condition In the works had to
be right. The mixture of white sand,
red lead, saltpeter and other Ingredi
ents used as the base of glass had to
be compounded to secure the greatest
purity, with utter absence of coloring.
The heat In the melting furnaces had
to be Juab so, for the same reason.
Then the -workmen who were to be
trusted with the task of producing the
bowl must be confident.
It may be stated that there Is no
trade In which a man can less arcora
to be nervous than In that of a glass
blower. In the Union Works, as In all glass
works, the men work In gangs, or
"shops," with a gaffer or overseer at
the head of each ehop.
The work of producing the record
breaking blank Was entrusted to the
shop of Gaffer John liOfquist, wno
stands with the elect among the glass
blowers, and has the strength and en
durance necessary to manipulate large
masses of molten glass.
Lofqulat was assisted In fashioning
the bowl by three men 6f his shop,
called gatherers and servitors, who
gathered the molten glass.
The process of making the bowl be.
s-an with thrusting a long, heavy blow
pipe of Iron, enlarged to a blunt end,
Into the molten metal In the pot. The
glass at once adhered to the pipe and
by manipulation about 130 pounds of
glass were gathered on the end of the
pipe before it was withdrawn from
the furnace. This whtte-hot mass was
lifted on the end of the five-foot pipe
to a rack or frame, wnicn xne servu
ors use for the support while manlpu
In tlnp the nine. ,
Here the mass of soft "glass, while
slowly cooling, was shaped into a Kino,
of ball, by means of simple wooden in
struments. A strong breath through
th nine Yrom tlm to time expanded
the ball from the center and the bowl
HEATED IN "GLORY HOLB5.7
Thrauarhout the Drellminary shaping
Of the bowl it remained a ball on the
end of th pip.. When, py careiui
reheating in a furnace called "the glory
hole," where Intense heat Is secured
by sprayed ou ourneo unasr, rcu
Arft the hall had been blown to the
thickness required Inythe lower part
of the bowl, it was nroxen iron ww
kinwniM. which waa' removed. - .
The bowl was' then a large ball of
glass with a bole at tha top. It was
bandied from this point by means of
a mass of hot glass stuck on in doi
tora, to which was attached a rod. The
adhesion of this mass was perfected
and throughout th remainder of the
manipulation th bowl was sustained
by th rod. in spit of Its great weight
After heating to soften the edge of
the hoi tn th top, the ball of glass
went into a bowL It was her that the
art of the gaffer was made to count.
By Careful manipulation he opened Iht
hoi In the ball., spreading it, little by
little, and shaping , its edges until he
expanded it to a diameter greater than
;V s. Vs", Vf' - i f
that of the ball Itself. Thus the great
spread of the bowl was obtained.
Throughout the three hours required
for the shaping of the bowl the mass
was never still, nor allowed to cool.
At its greatest temperature, when
gathered, the glass was white hot.
When fashioned the bowl was rose
pink and from that, as it cooled, its
hue became crystallne, like limpid
water.
HOW BOWL WAS SHAPED.
When fully shaped the bowl was
broken from the rod to which It had
been attached at the bottom and was
put In a kiln to temper under careful
graduated heat.
Up to this time it had not been
touched by a single hand.
The work of manipulating such a
great piece of glass Is very fatiguing,
as Its weight Is Increased to the ma
nipulator by the leverage of the pipe
or rod on whicih it Is handled.
The gaffer must work with the great
est precision, yet with rapidity, for if
he makes a mistake It cannot be rec
tified. His eye is his only guide in
shaping the bowl, which must be true,
or the blank will not serve. If there
Is a flaw In th work the blank will
also be rejected In fact, there are
many obstacles In the way of perfect
work.
After the bowl was successfully
blown a pedestal was fashioned for It
in which sixty-five pounds of glass was
used. ,
As cut. the bowl and pedestal
weighed about 150 pounds. The bowl
Is 14 inches high and the pedestal 18
Inches, with a diameter at the base of
20 Inches. The capacity of the bowl
is thirty gallons, or, to use a com
monplace comparison, about that of a
good-sized washtub.
An Exquisite Story.
Ocala Banner.
Lemartlne, the great French poet
In his. miscellaneous writings, relates
a fine story in a most inimitable way:
"Somewhere near the desert plateau
of Kedjla, in Arabia, he says, there
waa a tribe of Bedouins known as the
tribe of Neggedeh, and not far away
another" tribe was located -of rival
Interests. -
In the former was a. chief named
Naber, who possessed a horse of such
fame and beauty, such grace of ac
tion and powers of endurance, that
his equal has never been known among
the Arabs. .
Daher, a chief of the rival tribe,
tried in vain to purchase this horse,
so wonderfully celebrated throughout
all Arabia, even at the cost of half his
worldly goods his master would not
sell him. Finally the rival chief de
termined to accomplish by i strategy
what he could not do by a fair and
open bargain. i
Daher therefor disguised himself
He stained his face and put false lines
of age upon his brow, and bis clothes
were ragged and torn. H bound bis
leg and his neck together so as to ap
pear like a wretched lam beggar, and
in tbts condition his own family would
not hav recognised . the unusually
dashing and impetuous Bedouin chief.
With cratches he bore himself to a cer
tain spot in th desert, where he knew
Naber must pass, and there he patient
ly awaited th appearanc of th lucky
possessor of that superb animal. Pres
ently he cam tn sight.' and then the
disguised chief cried our In a piteous
voice: - - . '
1 am a poor stranger. Tor three
days I hav been unable to move from
thiaspot-io-seeJi JoodJLprlah. of
want." f - , - " ' - -e5 -
"Good cheer,", answered Naber.
"I am dying," replied Dabv tn a
weak voice. "Help jne and heaven will
reward you."
"Come hither. I will heJp thee upon
my horse, and will takel thee to my
tent and care for thee."
"Alas! I cannot rise," said the as
sumed beggar. "I have no strength
left."
Daher, touched with pity at such
suffering, dismounted and quickly led
his horse to the spot where the beg
gar lay. With great difficulty he at
last succeeded in lifting him up from
the ground and in placing him in the
saddle. But what now so astonishes
the generous chief? Why stands he
so aghast? He appears like one who
has been struck dumb.
The trick was exposed.
No sooner was the seeming beggar
fairly seated In the saddle than he
gathered up the reins, and pressing
his heels in to the horse's side, the
high-spirited animal sprang away
with his new rider. As he did so the
thief shouted :
. 'It Is I Daher, I have got the nobl
horse at last!"
n Naber called him to stop and listen.
Certain of not being successfully pur
sued, Daher halted and turned about
out of reach of Naber's spear.
C?? JlSX taken my horse." said the
chief. "Since heaven has written It.
I wish you joy of him, but I conjure
you never to tell any one how you ob
tained him."
"And why not?" said Daher.
"Because," said the generous A cab,
"another man might be really ill, and
men would fear to help htm. You
would be the cause of many refusing
to perform an act of charity for fear
of being duped as I have been."
Struck with shame at these words,
Daher was silent for a moment; then,
springing from the horse, he returned
him to his owner embracing him.
The rival chiefs were ever after
wards Strom? and devoted friends.
LAW CLASS ORGANIZES.
Wake Forest Law Stndents Elect
Officers and Institute a Moot Court.
Special to The Observer.
Wake Forest College, Sept 16. The
law class met this week and elected
officers for the year. Thev am
lows: President, John E. Vennon, Jr.,
of Person county; vice president John
M. Picot, of Halifax county; secretary,
A. K. Powers, of Pender county; trees-
historian, Marlon F. Hatcher, of For
syth county; prophet B. T. Holding,
of Wake county, and poet W. O. John-,
son, of Robeson county, Th class also '
organised a moot court for th fall
term. an1 elected E. W. Tlmberlake,
of Wake county, judge; Marion Hatch
er, solicitor: B. T. HoUlng. sheriff ;
Julian W. Bunn, of Wake county,
clerlr. and a case committee, consist
to,0' 2: T. Holding, E. M. Hairfleld'
and J. W. Hail, of Yadkin county. t
Miss1 Julia Passmore, of Carey, has
arrived to take charge, as principal, of
the Wak Forest graded school She ,
will be assisted by Miss Marl Lank
ford, who will hav charge of th pri
mary department r -r
News was received here Thursday of
th serious Illness of Mr. Robert Roy
all, of Wilmington, a son of Prof, and
Mrs. William B.-Roy all. Mrs. Beyall
left Immediately to be with bee un s-
- The enrollment of students has passed
th 100 mark, and still moves on.
Colds cause congestion and eosUveaesa
Fluids which should pass through the
bowels and kidneys are secreted kv th 1
nos and threat. Holllster's Rocky Moun
tain Tea will positively , eore. tf cents.
n. .loraun company.; ,
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