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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 22, 190S. .SIB. M'WIIlRTEBf STEAKS JTXALK TO JACKSOX I)ISTITE - , . Tho Introdurtlon of a Bill 1 the Pal : me CO Legislature t'aunoi 'Squire McAVhirter, tho reaiest Urine; ' Authority on the Wf and Tune of Andrew Jackson, lf Declare What HI tiraiw f athei rKBfw and Said of , Old Hickory Wan Only Palaver 1 injc When He Called- fandlappere His Fellow-t1tiens" Tills One of Hla Shrewd Political Character!. ' :- tics. : - ; Special to The Observer. Monroe. -Feb. 21.. -'Squire Henry X. MoWhlrter, who Is unquestionably th greatest living- authority on the lite and times of Andrew Jackson, hag expressed himself as utterly dis gusted with the latest phase df South Carolina's attitude in regard to Jack aon's place of birth. "1 see," said tho f 'squire, "that some fellow In South .Carolina has brought- a bill In the legislature appropriate $500 for a ' .nonument to mark where Jackson , 1 I A1 . was uui ix in mm oiaici cm, ouuui Carolina must have lots of money to throw away if she wants to spend J 500 on something that ain't so. I know what am talking about when It comes to Andrew Jackson. My great-' grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- W Vi irt Al . anil km na,tltiilai.. frlnnA . , ( ' ' Ill . 1 iibiiiBI . .. , Miss Sarah Little, were at McKemeys house when the chap was born. My grandfather told us all about it, and lie ought to know, for he knew Jack son all hla life, and many a time they went 'hunting together. That McKemey house wa3 in North Car olina, about ive miles from my, house, and the old foundation stones are there yet; 'there's an iron plat (here that tells alU about it. But I don't care so much about that as I do about what ray grandfather said. for he had the whole thing in his '' head.' Those Houth 3arolina fellows must be the contrariest lot in all ere atlon. What difference - would it make 4f they put up fifty inonu mentg? Monuments ain't going to stand, with me or anyone else that has a grain of sense against the word of a man like my grandfather, who had all the facts in his own head. Js'ot by a Jugful." The 'squire was asked to give his Interpretation of the well-known fact that Jackson addressed the people of South Carolina, in the famous "Nul lification Proclamation" of 1832, as "Fellow-citizens of my native State." ' WAS ONLY PALAVERING. '"Oh, I knew all about that It doesn't amount to shucks. Jackson was a great one for palavering folks, my grandfather used to aay, and sometimes he'd cuss and palaver them In the same breath. Just as he did those South Carolina fellows ' in the proclamation. He called them fellow-citizens Just to palaver them Into doing what he wanted them to do,, so he wouldn't have the trouble of going down ther ' and spanking 'em. He was getting Old, then, and wasn't as spfy asJie used to be; I un derstand he had the rheumatls right mart and was some hecky in the lungs at that time.- Tou kno,w he did live in South Carolina as long as he could stand It, Which wasn't long, nd he -thought the best way to bring those folks around, who think ev erybody of importance was born in their State, was to tell them that he' was born v there, too. Old Andrew knew a thing or two about politics, I reckon."' "How about the statements Jack son is alleged to have made on other wiiasiuiia m me eneci mat ne was a native of South Carolina, 'squire J" CASE NUMBER TWO. "I don't believe he did. But If he did, it must have been when there was. a lot of South Carolinians hang ing around, while he was President. unose xeuows usea to tnink mat only fellow-citizens' of their 'State could hold down a political Job (they think so yet,-for tho matter of that), and I understand they Mere up there In Washington bothering around the President all the time. Why, if he'd read that proclamation from tho back dour of tho M'hK tf,,..., it would have reached the ears of as many . South Carolinians as It did when It was read in Houth Carolina. juiiiu. ii oon i aamu ne ever said it utKlde of the proclamation, but. If he did It was only another case of palavering; you can- rely on that." The Bole purpose of this Interview with 'Squire McWhlrter was to put an end now, hencefortn, and forever to South Carolina's preposterous flalm T f am. l.n..IJ . i . . -........ nuj who mi'Mjiu van wny this was not done long ago. it m suf ficient to reply that tho 'squire never, until this occasion, thought South Carolina's claim worth a single min utes serious consideration. It was only the bill for the erection of a monument, lately presented in the Legislature of that Mate, that fcroko down the barriers of his long and, contemptuous ellenee, and ' induced him to give tho exact facts as- they j UU from his grandfather's lips, tvh-n i that venerable man would sit by tho i hearth on winter cveninea. relating tr.1 Ms grandchildren the fnucinating etory of the great Andrew Jackson's hlrth and' childhood.' Nor were there lacking entrancing talcs of the ad ventures of Andrew and grandfather, when as boys they hunted together over the hills or the Waxhaws. If 'Squire McWhirter's Ipse dixit doesn't tsettle this business for South Carolina, further discussion is use less. North Carolina, in thn event of further argument on the part of her plater S'tate, would simply be In the same position as was an Englishman after a particularly long and obsti nate argument with a Scotchman. In whiehithe latter could not be got to admit' the most palpable facts. -Well,"- finally said the Englishman, "will you admit that 2 and 3 are 4?' T"X admit naething," the C roiehman replied. "out I'll argie the matter wf ye." i iVERSED IM ANTIQUARIAN LORE. A' few words more to show. If It te at all necessary, the 'squire's high position In matters cf antiquarian; lore. - It Is stated, on the Indubitable! authority of Mr. Tom Ashcraft. that "Squire McWhlrter is so great a de votee of the ancient and venerable, and so carerully keeps and cherishes everything' he owns, that they last much longer with him than they pos sibly -could with any one else. The very wooden peg which "keeps his barn doors closed was whittled out y himself more than forty years go. He has to-day two mules whose ages are respectively 23 and 25 years, and they look and act like youngsters. Pot most Important of all In the squire's regard Is his pet cat. Zolll roftrr called "Coffee" for short, aged li years and as lively as a mink, in deed, it Is on record that Coffee once I-layed the part of a mink, and Mr. Tom Ashcraft got the story-from the squire himself. A certain mink had leen committing such depredations on the 'squire's chickens that a box trap was st one night to catch the depredator. The next morning Squire McWhlrter found that the trap was occupied, and In order to keep the mink, frflm escaping hn got bag, put it over the door of the trap and forced the animal Into It. The next question was huw to kill trie nimal, must expeditiously. ' 'JSquIre McWhlrter flnalfy resolved it ty graining the . Lag firm ly, ralxing It aloft, ahd- bringing It down on the ground with tremen dous force. As soon si the bag struck the ground, loud meow reached the 'squire's sense f hearing and he dropped the bag as one as tonied. The imprisoned, animal ran out, and in the 'squire's own word. "Be goBh, it was Coffee.' "Yes," said Mr. Tom Ashcraft. reading rightly his' hearer's look of wonder at .the 'squire's language. "those are. the very words he used when he told me: 'Be gosh, it was Coffee."' " - . Nobody In his senses would doubt Mr, Ashcraft's word any more than they would "Squire McWhirter's. It ought to b plain enough, without hiai toying so, that what this reporter wondered at was the mildness of the 'squire's language . under the awful circumstances. The great Jackson would never have been satisfied with such a weak expression of his feel lngs. If he had been describing the affair, what else would he have said than. "It was Zolllcofter, by the Eter nal!" - -'. - AFFAIRS AT ASHEVILLE. Man Convicted of, Bigamy Granted Time la Which to Ask For Par donA Woman . Ialiifullr Burned While Trying; to .Make lire With Kerosene Joe Lance's Bond , Re duced. Special to The Observer. , Ashevllle, Feb. 21. in Superior Court yesterday Judge Peebles al lowed C. A. Strickland, under sen tence of 18 months in the State pris on for bigamy, 10 days of grace In order to glvo him time to 1 petition the Governor for a pardon. This leniency- on the part of tho -court J was duo to facts presented which I went, to show, that Strickland Is an honest man. Whn he was tried and convicted here last year tho case at tracted much interest. No few peo ple took the position ttiat Strick- 1 lanrl'a it ..fn ua rua r.i. ,1 II.. 1 (U i 0 V . 1 1 1 .11.1 T. K 1. flSU. J CI 1 11 ed that after he married wife No. 1 he learned on reliable . Information that her first husband was living and that under the law he (Strickland) was never legally her husband. He left her and after coming to Ashe villo married. At -the trial it was never proven whether the tirst bus band was dead or alive, although circumstantial evidence tending to prove each was . Introduced. The Jury convicted and Strickland was sentenced to 18 months. He appeal ed and pending the appeal wemt to South Carolina to work. The Su preme Court . recently confirmed the decision of the lower court and Strickland's attorneys wrote iim that he would have to serve the time. Strickland replied asking whether he should go to Raleigh, and present himself at the penitentiary or come tq Ashevllle and make appearance at court. He was told to come here. He came voluntarily and almost from a bed of sickness and yesterday-appeared before Judge Peebles for Judgment. Many Ashevllle peo ple acquainted . with the facts have interested themselves in Strickland's behalf and will aid him in attempt ing to secure a pardon. Mrs. Hammond, a resident of Hill side street, this city, was painfully burned yesterday morning while at tempting to start a fire with kero sene oil. Mrs.-Hammond, with a dressing gown thrown around . .her shoulders, had poured oil on some wood in a grate when, striking a match and applying it to the fuel, the blaze flared up, . Igniting her hair. Realizing her .danger Mrs. Hammond gathered up the dressing gown and threw it over her head to smother the flame. In this she was successful but not until practically all her hair had burned off and she had been painfully though not se riously burned. Airs. Hammond was alone In the house at the time and her escape Is regarded as almost mi raculous. - - " . Judge Peebles has reduced ' the bond of Joe Lance from $10,000 to $7,000 and It is believed that bail. In this sum, can be made. It Is un derstood that a Charlotte firm, for which Lance worked at the time of the tragedy -at Euena Vista, when Alma Green was killed by a random shot , from Lance's pistol,, will help to make tne-Dona. One of the fiercest, blizzards that has visited Ashevllle In more than ten years prevailed here yesterday morning. ..The wind blew a gale while the snow at times was blind ing. .The cold was intense. - VARIETY OF NEWBERN NEWS. Fish and Oysters Rather Scarce Now No Steps Taken Yet Fiir a Baseball . Tee ti Improvement Bonds Are Kold Xcgro "Nearly Perishes In a Fire. Special to The Observer. Newbern. Feb. 21.; The supply of fish and oysters has been quite small for several days and at times the lo cal supply has been very small. - Tha catch of shad Is Improving-and thn retail- price somewhat lower, being $1 for roes and 60 cents for bucks.- : An old-time fiddlers' contest will' be pulled off here the 26th.. The firemen are managing the affair, and the pros pects are gdodsfor a tare treat to those who .love the old tunes and en Joy the old-time player with hU vari ed accompaniments. The firemen hope to realize enough to partly pay their expenses to the tournament at Wil mington. ; . . . j Thus far no arrangements have been made for Newbern to put a team in the Eastern Carolina - League. The called meeting for. Monday Might fail ed to materialize, oply two or three at tending, and at present the prospects are all In talk. . , There is quite a lot of sickness abroad, but no such epidemic of the grip as Is reported elsewhere. The bad weather for several weels'has given a great many colds and grip, but the general public has thus far got off easy as compared to'the reports from other places. . ' . . The $50,000 80-year 5 per cent. Im provement bonds (were sold to Otis A Hough.fCleveland, O., for par and $611 premium. This money will be used on granolithic sidewalks and the city has called 'for bids for the work. In a fire near the depot Wednesday morning at 1:30 another negro cam near being burned to death. Police man Rows had to enter the building and pull the man, cut through a win dow. Whether he was drunk or dazed has' not been determined but he was found sitting In a chair near the fire and apparently asleep. The building, belonging to the A. C. L. R. R.. was destroyed with it& contents. Warm Campaign to Pe Waged in Rowan County. : Special to Tae vaserver. Salisbury, Feb. 21.- W. B. Smoot, chairman of the Anti-Saloon League of this city, stated to-day that the prohibition campaign will be started In Rowan county in a few days and that a warm, campaign will be car ried on until the election comes off In , May. He has secured several prominent speakers to come here and advocate prohibition, among them Governor Glenn and - Judge J. C I'rltchard. Mr. Smoot thinks a county league will be organized and a warm ficht put up throughout the county. The farmers are-deeply Interested In th election, more so than the cltl sens of Salisbury. Both sides are claiming Rowan county. Have You tsed CUncbfield Coal? NEWS OF rPPER CAPE FEAR. Military (School to Re an Institution , of Importance Butdnrt Houses Consolidate iPreparing to Krect Tuberculosis Hospital, tspealal to The Observer. - . Fayetteville. Feb. 21. Professors 8. M. Reed and J. M. McFall, of San Antonia, Tex, who will open a mili tary school here next fall, write Secretary Rose, of the chamber ( of commerce: "We want the people of rayeitevme to reel , mat me scnuwi is theirs, and we propose to.; give them a school of which -they may justly be proud. 'With the Interest and support of the business men of Fayetteville, It will be easy to ob tain government supervision In our military department, and thus secure to Fayetteville an institution I na tional Importance. ' ' -'. Humphrey Bros., a retail grocery firm, has made an assignment, with liabilities of about I2.0U0 and assets of about 1 1,000. Bad collections is given as the cause or the trouble. The Martln-McKethan Company, of this citv. heretofore doing a wholesale grain and feed ' business, wrfpltal $25,000, will consolidate with the Carolina Grocery company, re cently organized with authorized capital of $30,000. The officers of che new company are: A. A.-Mc-Kethan, president; J. I. Gainey, vice president, and J. U. McKethan. sec retary and treasurer. This company mil do a wholesale grocery, grain and naval stores business, and 'for the present will occupy the stand heretofore used by the Martln-McKethan Company, the old C. F. & T. V. station, until their handsome new building , on Gillespie street Is fin ished. " ; . ( A number ofi young ladles of the city have organized an athletic club. They will practice physical culture and have social games to add' yrter eat to their meetings. They organ ized with twenty members, and start off under very favorable auspices. The following officers were elected: Miss Sallle Tomllnson, president; Miss Bessie' Smith, sec re tan-; Miss Mary Gorham, treasurer. . A force of hands is at Montrose Heights, In the western part of this County, the site recently purchased by the State for the location of a tuberculosis hospital, and the grounds are now being put in order for the erection of the buildings. The Institution will be on the colony plan, with a number of cottages Clustered around the main or execu tive building. V i, WOOD AIAXHIOL IX LIQUOR. Several Deaths Caused by the Dead . ly Poison Proposed Boxing; Match Causes a Furor. Correspondence of The Observer. Fayetteville, Feb. 20.- A recent death In this city is alleged to have Deen caused by the drinking of whis key adulterated ,wlth wood alcohol, the latter being a deadly poison. The circumstance recalls the fact that a citizen of a neighboring town died recently from the effects of wood al cohol .drinking, and that soma time ago a man from Manchester Qjea in his wagon in Fayetteville from the same cause. Ir this connection the physician .who attended the lat est victim stated to-day that it was a well-known fact that much of the so-called corn ' whiskey sold here Is strongly adulterated with wood alco hol, which can Do bought mucn cheaper than the meanest corn whis key. Mr, John H. Anderson. tf this city, received last night a telegram from Brooklyn. N. Y.. announcing the death of his brother, Mr.-Llewellyn Anderson, and he left on the mid night train for New Tork. The de ceased, who was 25 years of age, was the youngest son of tne late Col. John Huske Anderson, formerly a resident of this city. His death was from heart failure, caused by a se vere case of the grip. For the past several years Mr. Anderson had held a responsible position In the office of the superintendent of the Brook lyn Rapid Transit Company. The advertising of a "scientific boxing matcfo" to take place last night at the armory of the Inde pendent Light Infantry caused a "tempest in a teapot" though the match did not take place. The city authorities had been requested to prevent It, but refused to Interfere Solicitor Sinclair then took a hand, Instructing Sheriff Watson to stop the affair. If It was attempted. Ac- Sordlngly the rfheriff. with a squad of eputles, was on hand, and although It was known that the sheriff had been Instructed to prevent the match, quite a crowd appeared at the armory, expecting to see a clash between the city and the State au thorities No such situation devel oped, however, and' the sheriff had undisputed possession of the field. The crowd having gathered for some fun, they managed by stratagem to lock three of the- sheriffs deputies In the armory, and then for a while made merry at their expense. This closed the Incident FYTHIANS HAVE BANQCET. Burke Lodge Celebrates Forty-Fifth Anniversary Party of Caldwell Citizens Mova to Far West., Correspondence of The Observer. Morganton, Feb. 20. Burke Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, celebrat ed the forty-flfth anniversary of the founding of the order last night with, a banquet In the lodge rooms. Chancellor Commander P. B. Parks was master of ceremonies. Mr. J. H. Pearson Introduced A. A. Whitener. Esq., of Hickory, the speaker of the evening, who spoke . f n a masterly way on the . principles of the order and Pythianlsm In . general. . Other numbers on the programme were a solo by Miss Mary Sims and one by v-4 Robert Osgood, of Boston. Webb's Orchestra furnished music KEEP THE KIDNEYS WEIL Health la Worth Sari nr. and Soma Charlotte Teopla Know -How to Save It. Many Cnarlotte people take their lives In their hands by neglecting the kldnys, when they know these or gans need help. ' Sick kidneys are re sponsible for a vast amount of suf fering and ill health, but there Is no need to suffer nor to remain la danger when all diseases and aches and pains due to weak kidneys can be quickly and permanently cured by the use. of Dean's Kidney Pills. Here la the statement ef a Charlotte cltl sen Srho has reclaimed good health by the use of this remedy. H. H, Hudson, miner, of 417 S. 15th .street. Charlotte. N. C, says: "Dota's Kidney Pills, which I got st R. H. Jordan Co.'s drug store, did a wonderful amount of good for my back, which had been troubling me for a long time past. It ached ju .hadly that oft-n I was unable to work. Doan's Kidney Pills cured It all and I hare not had a backache since aslng them." For sale by all . dealers. Price It cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New Tork, sole agents for the United 8tatea u Rniember the pams Doan's anl lake so athac. for tho occasion." 'A!lght collation was. served and more than a hundred people partook, of . the hospitality of the lodge. , Mr. John W. Martin has bought out -the Interests of the other stock holders in the -Morganton Bottling Works and Is now the sole proprie tor of this thriving business. A party of nine people from Cald well county, left here a few- nights ago for Hay, Wash., where most of them will reside. In the ' party was J. V. McCall. of Lenoir, former clerk of the court for Caldwell and a prominent man ' In his section. . He goes on a prospecting tour and will probably locate In that State. Morganton has been favored with two heavy snows In the past two a-eeks, the snowfall for this . time amounting to thirteen Inches. Messrs. Jim MoGlmsey and Ralph Kibler are off this week taking In the sights, secrets and shows of New Tork. Three men were arrested here a few days -ago as suspects m the Granite Falls bank robbery, but as there was no Incriminating evidence found on their person they were re leased. They proved to be strolling painters looking for work. TOOK ANOTHER'S WIFE. X Prisoner at Goldsboro Worse Than the Officers Thought A Veneer Plant a New Enterprise for Golds- - boro. Special to The Observer. Goldsboro. Feb. 21. It will be re membered ' that a iv account of the murderous assault on Engineer Out law was given by your correspondent soma weeks ago. The man who com mitted the assault gave nis name as Huey. and since that time he has been in Jail while his wife has been an ob ject of charity. Some days ago a man giving his name as A. T. Hawkins ar rived In the city from Dover and claimed ' to be the lawful husband of the so-called Mrs. Huey. Hawkins claims that his wife left him several weeks ago and he heard nothing from her until a few days ago. He does not want her to go back to him, but wants to be here at court in order to give -an account of Jils experience with Huey. It seems now that Huey Is a much worse man than people thought, and the court no doubt will deal with him severely. At a meeting of the Wayne county Republican executive committee, held In this city Wednesday, , resolutions were adopted endorsing President Roosevelt, the work of Chairman Ad ams, and declarlngln favor of Taft for President. The county convention will meet March 12th for the purpose of electing delegates to the district and State conventions. A series of meetings has been in progress at the Friends' church since last Sunday. Much Interest has been shown In the services. The solo sing ing of Rev. Mr.- Reece, who is assist ing the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hubberd, In the meeting, has ben quite an enjoy able feature, . .. Machinery Is arriving and being ad Justed for the Utility Manufacturing Company, a' newly-organtzed company for the town. Its output will be ve neering, and It will make a specialty of light-weight shipping packages. TO HAVE A STATE JOURNAL. Junior Order. Takes Action With This End In View An Act of National Council Not Liked. Correspondence of The Observer. W lnston-Salom, . Feb. 20. At the closing session of ' the seventeenth annual convention of the State Council of the " Junior Order United American Mechanics to-day, It was practically decided to estab llsh a .State organ with Mr. Z. P. Smith, of Raleigh, formerly editor of The, American, the national organ puDiished in. Kalelgn. ln charge of the editorial management. The mat ter is left in the hands of the State council board, composed of the offl-i cers, and the board will decide" whether the Idea is feasible or not. If It finds that-it is wise to establish a State organ, it will select an editor and manager for the publication. Mr. Smith was editor of The Ameri can until a few days ago, when the national board' elected Mr. W. E. Fafcon, of Raleigh, as editor of the publication. 1 he selection rf Mr. Fa!on In place of Mr. Smiths who gave eminent so t'sf action, without a iv apparent cause, did not set well w'th the members of the SUte Coun cil. , - s A resolution was passed f.-t vnrlt.it thi establishment of a funeral b'sn. flt department independent of the national funeral benefit association. but it was decided not to take nv steps to perfoct siH-h an organization . until the next session. The council voted to Increase the salary of the State Councillor from $150 to $250 annually and to reimburse him for all .expenses Incurred. . It was also decided to add $100 to the salary of the past councillor's salary for the oast year. The new officers were In stalled by D-'nuty National Council or W. V. Wilson, of Raleigh. Malaria, Makes Pale, Sickly Children. The pld Standard GROVE'S. TASTE LESS CHILL tonic drives out ma laria and builds up the system. For grown people and children, 60c. . - I vWlhieM'tS.lek 1 J "' '' ""' ' ' "" " ''' " 11 1 . 11 T ' II I LI Your Female 1 Troubles need attention, and should have the gently curative assistance 1 of that well-known woman's medicine, Cardui, if 'you wish to become thoroughly healthy. The ingredients of which Cardui is composed, have a specific influence over the womanly organs and build up the womanly strength. . They, are purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, and act in a scientific manner on woman's vital ener-, gics, giving strength and renewed life-force. Mrs. Annie Hamilton, of Stetsonville, Wis., writes: "As a result of long-continued womanly troubles, I could not sleep, eat, or stand on my feet, J, (' i (c To the Pollcyltolders Tie n The work accomplished by the Company in 1907, -under the new con-' ditions, in respect of benefits dispensed to policyholders and in the futherance ' of their, best interests, has been especially satisfactory. The Company paid directly to policyholders and their benefici aries in death claims, endowments, dividends, annuities and surrender values.. ............... 1 .. ..... .. $43,959,245.40 It added to the net reserves held in trust for policyholders. .. . 16,368,679.39 Total benefits from Total received from The total benefits above named exceeded premiums received by $3,176,883.08 The amount paid DIRECTLY TO POLICYHOLDERS during the year was 77 per cent, of the amounts received from them. The total amount paid to policyholders, plus the increase in the net re serve held for them, was over 105 per cent, of the amounts received from them. Increasing Dividends The amount appropriated for dividends to be paid in 1908 is; . . . .$8,311,002.02 This sum greatly exceeds the largest amount aver .before paid in dividends in a single year by any company. .The annual dividends to be paid in 1908 show a ratio of increase over those of 1907 such as can be approximated by no other company. The Mutual Life is the only company which has increased its dividend scale three years in succession 1906, 1907, 1908. Increasing divi dends are possible because of increasing earnings and decreasing expenses. In Gains For Policyholders the Company Remains in the Front Rank Its gross earnings from interest and rentals for 1907 were . $23,103,953.59 Its gains from loading, mortality, surrenders and annuities were 8,760,440.79 The total earnings and gains were. . . . . $31,864,394.38 This is over 56 per cent, of the entire premium income, a remarkable showing rarely, if ever, equaled by any other company. In Economy of Management the Company Stands Pre-eminent The total expenses incurred in 1907 were. . . . $8,554,375.11 Compared with 1906, this was a decrease of 2,031,618.13 The Financial Condition of the Company is Superb Its investments are of the highest class unimpeached and unimpeach able. In a year of extraordinary financial depression, not a share of stock owned by the Company failed to pay its regular dividend, and on . $222,927, 910.60 of bonds (book value) there was not a dollar of interest in default at the close of business on the 31st of last December. With assscts exceeding its legal liabilities by over $57,000,000, even by 'the abnormally low market quotations of December 31, 1907, an excess greater by many millions than is held by any similar organization anywhere, the Mutual Life, the Oldest Com pany in America, is also justly designated the Strongest in the World. Balance Sheet December 31, 1907. 0 ASSETS Real EsUtP... 29.400,158.80 Mortgage lionns on real estate,... 123.74 1.836.43 lxanM on Policies... jj, . Collateral Xioans.. . . Bonds and Slocks, Market Value Dec. SI, 1007.... Cash Premiums lit courto of collection.. Interest and rentals, due and ac crued . . 3,009,487. 10 Admitted Assets. . . ... NOTE Tho admitted assets would bs Klven greater by fl5.9S9.1S3. 97 wre the bonda taken on tha Company's baula of amortized book value; or 113,211,349.94 were tho aoeurltlea utated by tha average market value (13 month rule), recommended by many commissioners at the Louisville meeting. OF 1 OF NEW YORK. sources named. . policyholders. . . Ii2.022.02t. 33 J 1,805,000.00 260,02fl,49S.5t 6,487.545.88 4.685,177.09 .$191,177,021.03 Total Liabilities. . HARRIS R. WILLCOX, Manager 406-411 Trust Building, bharlotte. Yhe Mutual Life Insurance Company of New YorR Home Office, 34 Nassau Street. without suffering most terrible distress. The doctor said l was in a critical condition and going down hilL I could not work and kept getting worse all the time. At last, I took Cardui and in two days time I was a different woman. "KT T i. ' j . 1 . j 3 J t i'ww x cat giwu, wont gooa ana ieei better than I ever did before, in all C my life." Vv s Cardui is sold at all reliable dru?r";lM stores. Try it sMKmHWaj PPTT1 Tlnntr Write fee Tr U y Boo tar Wo in, itTtaa: tymptmua, X IXi tti liKJKJIX . turn trwiloMat aad vtlwbl kuti m dirt, mr FUli ItADITi prPii. kidrtm, Lad...' A4rory Dmnnni, 1M Chalt&aoocm MttLcin Company, UilnocK, Inn. ii . ' fcwJ LhbimI tii-iini3 t i . Of 2 $60,327,924.79 57,151,041.71 LIABILITIES rolley Ttwerrcs.. .. $420.04,743.00 Other liabilities on policies 5,532,879.86 Premiums and interest paid lit ad- vnce, 1.828.S60J4 nivldemU payable In 108... .... . 8,31 l.noa.oj MlKoellancouN liabilities 879.267 56 Meld for future dividends B7,530,769!43 ....$494,177,021.03 M J K J t 3 "1
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