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lOKAIYftKBUlt??, 8. C,.
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OFFICIAL.
CIRCULAR.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, J
Office of lhb Cgmptboi.lbb Gbnbbal, >
Columbia, 8. C, January 10, '870. )
T^TOTiCK !b hereby p ivon to all Agents of
J^j Insurance Companies doing business in
this State, tbnt on and after the twenty-first
day of February, 1870, they will be required
to obtain new licenses, and before said licen
ses are issued, the Companies will be requir
ed to make a deposit of certain bonds or
stock with tho Aot of December 22d. 1869, a
copy of which is hereunto appended. Tho
law will be rigidly enforced, and all Compa
nies mutt make the deposit within the time
specified.
J. L. NEAQLE,
Comptroller General.
AN ACT to regulate the Agcnoiea of Insu
rance Companies not incorporated in
the State of South Carolina.
Sect kin 1, He it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatires of the State of
South Caroltha, now met and pitting in
General Assembly and by the authority
of the same. That it shall not be lawful,
after tho first day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, for any
agent or any Insurance company in the
United States, or any foreign State, incorpo
rated by the laws of this State, to lake risks
or transact any business of insurance tu this
State without first obtaining license from the
Comptroller General, which license shall ex
pire on the 8lsi day of March of each year.
8bo. 2. ffhrfb before the Comptroller
General shall Issue such Jicenso to any agent
of any insurance company not incorporated
in South Carolina, there shall be filed in his
c-flicc a certified copy of the charter of the
company from which the said agent or at
torney has received his appointment, and
also a certified copy of tho Tute or resolution
of the Trustees or Director of said company
appoii iing him such agent, accompanied by
awarraul ot appointment under the official
seal of the company, and signed "by tho
President and Secretary. Such wnrrant of
appointment shall continue valid and irrevo
cable until another agent or*"- attorney" fins
^ceh substituted %<?th*t aAi-11 -
%ny linhitiu-'rrmrr.ris out * landing tkcre shall
bo within the State an agent or attorney as
aforcstid, und shall contain a conseut ex
pressed, authorising process of law to be
saved on said agent or attorney for all lia
bilities of every nature incurred iu this State
by said company, and that such service made
on such agent or attorney in the manner re
quired by the laws of this State shall be
deemed legal and biuding**en the company or
companies, in all cases whatsoever, and that
cvory judgment so recovered shall bo con
clusive evidence of the indebtedness of tho
company; and in addition to said warrant of
appointment, there shall be filed and pub
lished a statement, made under oath of its
President or Secretary, showing its assets
and liabilities, and distinctly showing the
amount of capital stock, and how the same
has been paid, and of what the assets of the
eouipany consists, the amount of losses due
and unpaid, and all other claims against the
company, or other indeptednesa, whether due
or not due at the time ef the filing of the
statement above, and shall further show :
1st. That said companies have fulfilled the
provisions of their respective charters, aud
of the extensions and amendments thereto, in
every particular, and whether there has been
any change of charters since last statement.
2d. The amount of policies outstauding as
near as can be ascertained.
8d. The character of the risks, and the
rule governing companies and their agents
in taking the same, both as to locality and
amount,
4th. Tho particular character of the as
sets, specifying 'lie amount of cash and pub
lic, bank, manufacturing or other stocks and
bonds, or other securities, held by tho com
panies, with tho evidence that they are held
by them, the rule of investment in real es
tate, securities, and the general localities of
real estate secured to oompanies.
6th. The amount received from premiums,
and n bei her sufficient to pay losses, &c.
6th. Whether there have been any chan
ges in agencies during the preceding six
Sec. 3. That every agent or attorney ob*
taining such license shall bIbo cause such li
cense tn be published in *om? newspaper, to
bo designated by the Comptroller General,
having circulation in the county in which he
resides. Tho company shall also furnish the
Comptroller General, through their agent,
an annual statement of the affairs of the com
puny, as provided in the second Section of
this Act, and it shall be the duty of the agent
or agents to publish the same.
Skc 4. That if the Comptroller shall be
some satisfied that any company is insolvent
or unsafe, it shall be his duty to refuse li
cense to its agent or agents, and to ?vilhdraw
any license that has been already issued.
Sbo. 5. That any person who shall deliver
any policy of insurance, or collect any pre
mium of insurance or transact any business
cf insurance in this State, for any company
iu the United 8tates, or foreign State, aot
incorporated by the laws of this State, with
out having first obtained license as by this
Act required, or after his license has been
withdrawn, or who shall in any way violate
the provisions of this Act, shall be fined for
every such ofTeuce not less than one hundred
dollurs, nor more than five hundred dollars,
at the discretion of the Judge: Provided,
further, That nothing contained in this Sec
tion shall release any company or companies
upon any policy issued or delivered by it or
Sxo. 6. That for every license issued by
the Comptroller General under this Act. he
shall bu paid by the company taking out
such license the sum of fivo dollars for his
own use.
8kc. 7. That alt Acts or parts of Acts in
consistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
In the Senate-IIouee, the fifth day of
Marob, in tho year of aur Lord one thou
sand eight hundred aid sixty-nine
D. T. COH111N,
President pvo tempore of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jr.,
Speaker of the House of Representatires
Approved the sixth day of March, 1861).
Hcnr.itr K. Scojt, Governor.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ^
At a General Assembly begun to be holden at
Columbia on tho fourth Tuesday in Novem
ber, In the year of our Lortl one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nioe, and thence
continue by divers adjournments to the
twenty first day of Decombcr,'"dn the year
of our Lord one thousand tight hundred
and sixty-nine:
AIT ACT TO DETTKlt PROTECT HOLDERS or IX
SPR?NGE PULICIK8 IX TUI8 STATE.
Section 1. Re it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
Soutli Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the
same: No Company or Association which
is now organised, or which may be hereaf
ter organised in this State^to carry on the
business of insurance of anVkind or kinds,
shall proceed further witb-'ffusiness (as the
oase may be) until they havo deposited with
the Comptroller General of this State bonds
or stocks of* this State equal to the sum of
fifty thousand dollars par value for eaoh Life
Insurance Company or Association, and
twenty thousand dollars par value for each
other Insurance Company or Association.
Tho Comptroller General shall hold such
bonds or stocks as security for policy holders
in the Cqmpany or Association; but, so long
as nny Company or Association so depositing
shall continue solvent, the Comptroller Gen
eral may permit such Company to collect
and receive the interest* on such bonds or
stocks so deposited.
Sec. 2. Whenever any Company or Asso
ciation is, or shall become fully organiied,
and the said Company or Ass ciation have
deposited with the Comptroller General the
requisite amount of Stato bonds or stocks, it
shall become his duty to furnish the Corpora
tion or Association with a certificate of .such
deposit, tPhich certificate or duplicate thereof
certified by the Comptroller General, may he
used mi and be evidence for and against the
Corporation. ? |j .
Sxc. 3, It shall not be lawful f %r any per
son or persons. Corporation of Corporations,
Association or Associations to act within this
State as agent, or otherwise, in receiving or
procuring applications for insurance of any
kind or kinds, or in any manner to aid in
transacting the business of insurance of any
kind or kinds for any Company or Associa
tion incorporated by, or organized under the
laws of this or any other State Government,
or any foreign Government, until such Com
pany or Association have deposited with the
jjmptrollcr General of this State, for the
benefit of the policy holders of such Com
pany or Association, citizens or residents of
tho United Stoles, bonds or stocks of this
Stato equal to tho ?um of fifty thousand dol
lars par value for each Life Insurance Com
pany or Association, and twenty thousand
dollars par value for each other .Insurance
Company or Association; out, so long as any
Comjmny or Association so depositing shall
contim.c ?JlvptifAine jCf'tuptroller Uencral
_*Hb ,rwriiiH-BU?.'COliipulM-?r Association to
collect and receive the interest on such bonds
or stocks so deposited, and have appointed
an Attorney in this State on whom process of
law can be served ; and said Attorney shall
have filed with the Comptroller General a
certified copy of the charter of said Com
pany or Association, and also a certified copy
of the vote or resolutions of the Trustees or
Directors of tueh Company or Association ap
I pointing him the Attorney of such Company,
! which appointment shull ctntinuc until
another Attorney be substituted ; which
shall be done upon the death, removal or in
I capacity to act of such Attorney, or may be
i done by such Company or Association at %ny
time. When the foregoing requirements,
and such other requirements as now are, or
! may hereafter bo required by law, shall be
complied with the Comptroller General shall
give a certificate to that effect, and also state
the ncme of the Attomcj*, which certificate,
when filed in the Couuty Clerk's Office of the
County where the agency is to be located,
shall be the authority to commence business.
Skc. 4. Every violation of this Act shall
subject tho Company or Association, or agcul
or agents, violating, jointly and severally, to
a penalty of five hundred dollars for each
violation, which shall bn sued for and recov
ered in a joint or several civil action, in the
name of the State of South Carolina, by the
Solicitor of the Circuit iu which the Com
pany or Association, or agent or agents so
violating, shall be situated; one-half of such
penalty when recovered shall be paid into
the County Treasury of such County, and
the other half to tho informer of sueh viola
tion ; aud. in case of the non-payment of
such penulty, the person or persons so offend
ing shall be liable to imprisonment for a pe
riod not exceeding one year in the discre
tion of ihe Court having cognizance thereof.
Sko. 5. The Comptroller General shall
safoly and separately keep the bonds or
stocks of each Company or Association, and
shall return the identical bonds or stocks re
ceived ; and during the usual office hours,
shall keep the bonds <?? ?i? <V? ?? j?* *
examination of the representative of any Com
pany or Association having made a deposit,
as required by this Act ; and the .Mate shall
be responsible for tho return of all said
bonds or stocks dy the Comptroller General.
Skc. 6. All Acts ami parts of Acts incon
sistent or conflicting with this Act are here
by repealed.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect sixty
days after its passage.
In the Senate-House, the twenty-first day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty nine.
(Signed) CiW MONTGOMERY,
President pro tempore of the Senate.
(Signed) FRANKLIN J. MUSKS, Jr.,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved the 'J:M day of December, 18?!t.
(Signed) 1 ROBERT K. SCOTT
Governor.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, >
OrricR Skcrrtaryop Static./
1. F. L. Cardoza, Secretary of State of
South Carolina, do hereby certify that the
abovo is a correct copy of an Act entitled
"An Act to better protect holders of insur
ance policies in this State," on file in this
office.
Given under my hand and the
!/?-?? "1 seal of the Stare, in Colum
BftAtV. > bia, this 24th day of Decent
?,?' ) ber, A. D. lHt.O, and in the
94th year of Amorican Inde
pendence.
F. L. CARDOZA,
Secretary of Stato.
oct 22 tf
EXECUTIVE DEPATMENT, \
Oil H'K of CoMPTRI>M.I:R-GKJSERAL, v
Coi.i'MniA, 8. C, Septembor 1, 1870. J
THE following list of Licensed Insurance
Agents is published for the information
of nil concerned. Those Companys marked*
have not complied with the provisions of the
Act of Docember, 1800, requiring a deposit
ef State Securities, and their Agents nro
authorized to transact such buxinct^ only us
may be necessary for Ihn fulfillment of con
tracts made prior to '.the twenty-aeeoud day
of February, 1870. AH Aaents arc required
to publish their Liccnse^lu the Patty Re
publican, of Charleston, or South Carolina Re
publican, of Columbia, as directed in Circu
lar issued from this office* under the data of]
.September 1, 1809.
l IKi; COMPANIES'.
citiz1
A L Tobifta.Charleston.
georgia^
Thomas S Moorman.......TIS?-.New-berry.
A White...H.T..,..8umtor.
II e Nichols & Co..:.?JHt-.Colombia
Hutsor. Lea.^ff^- ...Charleston.
e j C Wood.......JE* .'....Aiken.
J F C DnPre.\.v..,4??fi&....?bbcvillo.
A B Towers.*Wfr..\;'..Anderson:
W 11 llardin.... ..Chester.
W L J ReiJ.-gfe...Cueraw.
D It Durisoe.,.....^PB?v....Edgeficld.
W E Earlo.* .??$F.Oree?ville.
J H Henry..^mBKj.Lausen?.
tiou 11 Cornclson..'...iw.frl.Orangeburg
Joseph M. Klford...'.J?J..,,Spartanburg.
J T Hill 'ft Co...?Union
I o r Thompson?.?...J^.f?. ...Winnsboro.
Q A Penick.....Yorkville.
Wright & Crum. .....Bamburg.
HARTFOR'P
Issao Branch.Abbeville.
John Ferguson.~~.Greenville.
, A 11 Hay den.Charleston.
H E Nichols ft Co.~..Columbia.
i A L Tobias.........Charleston.
JETNA-lJf
George Huggins...Columbia.
* continental. \ j
W B Heriol...Charleston.
H E Nichols ft Co.Jk.'^Tf...:.Columbia.
John Ferguson..*??<.:.Greenville.
Isaac Branch.,.AFbeville.
A B Towers.i.*?r.."...Andorson.
W LJ Reid.Cheraw.
W II Hardiu..%....Chester.
H E Nichols & Co._.Columbia.
John Ferguson.. .???W?rcenvillc.
Cornelius Grahum.Marion.
W F Pratt.?..jJL;...V^feAberry.
Bull ft Scovill.....'...4f*?'>Orangeburg.
Joseph M Blford.rT..._f~?-..8partan)?urg.
Authony White.-.*..f!.Sumter.
John T Hill & Co.-.Union. |
O R Thompson.Winnsboro.
T S Jeffreys.... Yorkville.
Isaac Brancy..j...Abjbeville. I
A U Towers.~.ir%..SL.Anderson. |
W D McDowall..-.*SS-?".Camdsn.
i Colbuftt ft Hot el l w ?^JPfJr'"" Chariest on.
fnrlesto'n^
is.iac Branch.Branchville.
A B Towers.?.Anderson
Henry G l.ly.....Beaufort.
H E Nichols & Co.Columbia.
Hodgson ft Dunlnp.Camden.
Geo McD 8toll.Florence.
Ferguson & Miller. Greenville.
Thomas 8 Moorman.Newbcrry.
Thomas V Walsh.Sumter.
Osmond K Thompson.Winnsboro.
Thomas S Jeffreys.Yorkville.
HOME, NEW YOllK.
Z B Oakes, General.Charleston.
E J C Wood...i._.Aiken.
S L Lcaphurt.Columbia.
IMPERIAL, LONDON.
George Huggins.Columbia.
INTERNATIONAL.
S Y Tupper.Charleston
LIVERPOOL ft LONDON ft GLOBE.
W K illaKc.Spnrtanburg.
W F Naneo.Nowborry.
C T Londes, General.Charleston.
W ll Parker... .Abbeville.
W H Harden.Chester.
John H Barksdule.Laurens.
W D McDowell.Camden.
Charles H Moibe.Sumter.
J M Johnson.Marion.
itobcrt Bryce.Columbia.
S S Fr?ser.-.Georgetown.
Julius C Smith.Greenville.
W 8 Drown.Anderson.
Wm Godfrey.Chcraw.
MANHATTAN.
R E Fr?ser.Georgetown.
George Huggins.l.'oluinbia.
S Y Tupper.Charleston.
MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS.
Huger ft Raveuel . .Charleston.
NATIONAL.
Huger ft Raveuel.Charleston.
NORTH AMERICAN.
S Y Tupper.Charleston.
NORTH BltlTlSIl AND MERCANTILE OF
London and Edixuubo
II E Nichols ft Co.Columbia.
Edward Sebring.Charleston.
ORIENT MUTUAL.
Huger ft Ravtnel.Charleston.
PHtENIX, OP BROOKLYN, N. Y.
George Huggins.Columbia.
S ? rrascr.Georgetown.
S Y Tupper.Charleston
PACIFIC.
A L Tobias.Charleston.
PUTNAM.
W B Hardin... .Chester.
Colburn & Howcll.Charleston.
George Huggins.Columbia.
RICHMOND BANKING AND INSURANCE.
A White.Sumter.
J L Honour.Charleston.
SECURITY.
A White.~.Sumter.
II E Nichols ft Co.Columbia.
G W MclVir. ...Cheraw.
R E Eraser.Georgetown;
8 Y Tupper.Charleston.
UNION, or Baltimobb.
Colburn ft Howell....Charleston.
UNION, or San Fbakcisco.
Wm B Heriot ft Co.Charleston.
George Huggins.Columbia.
-o .
EjB I I, COMPANIES.
CAROLINA.
DiiBobc, Winshore.
F D Richardson, Sumter,
M 0 Butler, Columbia. >*
WCCorrie, Cbarltato.1
George Topper, Charleston.
E C McLure, Cheater,
Quark? ft Petrin,- Abbeville,*,
0 N Butler, Edgefleld.
8 1} GriCBIn, Edgefleld.., ?
-Youmana, Giillaonv?le.
Theo G Croft, canvassing, Greenville.
L Chcrlton, canvassing, Ne*rberry.
Ja? U Whilner, canvassing, Lancaster.
W B Motte, canvassing, York.
W W ft Finney, canvassing, Society Hill.
Munro ft Fant, eanvaaeihg, Anderson.
James G Gibba, canvassing, Union.
DcSaussure ft Salmend, canvassing, Camden.
J J Johnson, canvassing, S?mtor.
COTTON STATES. *
Laval, Black ft Gibbes, Genoral, Columbia.
JatCCullem, Traveling, Aiken.
Dr Joe Quattlebauea, Traveling, Alken, Doko.
Thoe B Crews. Lauran?.
D A Townaend, Union.
Ii B Duncan, Traveling, Spartanburg.
B C Elkln, Traveling, Doko. *
L?vick I* Mill?f, Traveling,Georgetown.
Dr M W Abuey, Traveling, Edgc?cld C II.
Burrel Bros.," Charleston.
A Fletcher Buff, Bidgcway.^ ?
Jas W Law, Winsboro. w -
Isaiah 1 Fox, Walferboro.
B M Law, Yorkville.
John O Wilson, Marion C If.
David B Clayton, Traveling, Columbia.
Dr John 8 Unghaon, Sumter.
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE BO?I
ETY, of the United Beatea ??
A B Towers, Anderson. , %
J H Henry, feaurens. - -\ '" <**?
W B Shaw, General, Charleston..
F Melobera, Charleston.
N Aast In Bull, Orangeburg. . . ?
W F Nance,-Newberry. " ?
James B Bsell, Columbia.
John P Mat tho way Jr, Winsboro.
Wra Joel Smith, Abbeville? ?.
T S Jeffreys, Yorkville.
T H Dick, Traveling, Sumter.
A H Davega, Cheater.
Hanry E Scott, Columbia.
%*fcNH}K^ RB?CKER.
George Huggina, Columbia.
Wm tt Haatie &. Sou, General, Charleston.
NEW YORK.
Thomas Frost, General, Chrrleston.
Wm Elliott, Beaufort.
T J LaMotte, Columbia.
John R London, Rock Hill.
W U Parker, Abbeville.
J M Davis, Camden.
O R Thompson, Winsboro.
D j; Leckie, Chester. >
Cbaa H Moise, Sumter. <
w U.Campbell, Greenville,
^ riau>?P*Ti?>D AriLlMOTON.
'A'B Towers, Anderson.
B G Ueriot, Charleston.
Thos B Withers, York.
Thos Sumter Mills, Chester.
Osccola Sit greaves. York.
R G McCaw, Tfaveling, Yorkville.
S D Shannon. Traveling, Hamburg.
W K Blake, Spartanburg.
S BClowney, Winnsboro.
Leuphart, Jefferson ft Ransom, General,
Columbia. ?
Ur Isaac Branch, Superintendent of Agen
cies, Abbeville.
J J Wardlaw, Abbeville.
Julius C Smith, Greenville.
M G Berry, Greenville.
H L McGowan, Laurens.
O L Lindsay, Traveling, Laurena.
Thomas 8 Moorman, Newberry.
Wm J Lake, Nswberry.
0 B Lake, Edgeficld.
J AC Jones, fcdgefield.
John 8 Wilson, Chester.
James II Fowlcs, Orangebnrg.
Win Clyburn, Kcrshaw.
Waller F Reed, Kershaw and adjoining coun
ties.
J L Honour, Charleston.
S F Jefferson, Oconec.
A W Atkiuson, Barnwell.
James R Bell, Chester, York, &c,
Giles A Penick, Chester and adjoining coun
ties.
T S Hey ward. Traveling, Charleston.
II R Cook, Barnwell.
D D Moore, Canvussing, Cheater and adjoin
ing counties.
SECR1TY lii K AND ANNUITY.
W Hutson Townend, General, Aiken.
Louis Sherfessc, Traveling, Charleston.
C A DeSausBure. Walterboro
1 McP Hutson, Traveling, Barnwell.
I J Mackay, Traveling. Orangeborg.
A J Morris, Traveling, Edgeficld.
W D Sehoenberg, Traveling, Columbia.
Dr A English Williams. t'?n?ft??i""
county.
Henderson ft Bchre, Canvassing, Walter
boro. ^
8T. LOUIS MUTUAL.
Robert N Miller. Travelling, Williston.
J E Godfrey & Son, General, Atlanta, Ga.
Thomas M White, Anderson.
R II Teasdale, Traveling, Charleston.
A L Smith, Traveling, Frog Level.
Wm Wallace, Traveling, Camden.
wm Godfrey, Traveling, Ch;iaw.
?Moore, Traveling, henncttsville.
J hi Westmoreland, Traveling, Greenville.
II A C Walker, Georgetown.
1 Rev Chrrles Betts, Traveling, Georgetown.
J M Miller, Traveling, Columbia.
W B Wilson, Jr, Yorkville.
SOUTHERN.
(Atlanta Dki'abtmkst.)
II J IIirk-on. Lancaster.
J A Miller, General, Augusta, Ga.
Cash & Waring, General, Columbia.
John L Manning, Special, Manchester.
R N Miller, Traveling, Williston.
0 P Hay, Traveling, Summervillc.
R E Lyes, Traveling, Augusta, Oa.
T T Hay, Traveling, Aiken.
8 Y Tupper, Charletton.
CL Yates, Traveling, Charleston.
F J Hay, M D, Traveliug, Summcrville.
E D Brailsford, M D, Traveling, Sutnmer
ville.
J F. Rmith, Traveling, Hopkins.
8 8 Fraser, Georgetown,
8 A Durham & Co, Marion, C II.
E B Brunson, Mars Blujf*.
J J JSng, Timmonsville.
8 White, Sumter.
8 11 Panders. Camden.
LC Tyompaon, Liberty Hill.
W M Dwight, Win.-beVo.
James Pagan, Chester.
Jarnos F Spearman, Newberry C H.
J A Hamilton, Orangeburg.
Tobin ft Toeely, Laurens.
F 8 Catsidy, Midway.
J 8 Bamberg, Bamberg.
W 8 Woolen. Graham's.
W li Kennedy, Williston.
W M Hanter, Barowell.
0 E Lartigue, Black v ill e.
D U Duriaoe, Edgeneld C H
JamesMason, Yorkvillc. *
F? tlodbold, Ufceebury.
Dr Alex MeCload, BcnnettsYiHe.
Dr JE Carnes, BlehoptlHe.
B P Wliitner. Anderson.
J S Cothren, Abbeville.
F G DeFontaine, Columbia.
Benjamin Bober, Edgefield C H.
Joan F Green, Traveling. Columbia.
James E Black, Columbia!
Dr B W Lavfton, Traveling, Savannah.
Dr T J Goo Iwyn, Traveling; Orangeburg.
Dr T A Walker, Greenville.
Robert W Bband, Union.
?. + UNIVERSAL.
Rev W T farrow, Traveling, Greenwood.
R E Oochrane, Traveling, Charlotte, ^ C.
Thos A Boone, Traveling, Charlotte, re C
W N Marcbjat, Qraaltsrille.
LOU8IANNA EQUITABLE.
W J Heke, General, Columbia. *
.>? PHOENIX MUTUAL.
Wm J Molyneaux, Geucral, Charleston^
3:1*. NFAGLE?>- I
Comptroller General of South Co.
oct 29
EXECUTIVE DEBAR JMENT,")
OmOl OB CoMrTBOLLKB-B^KBAl^Jf '
Columbia, S. C, September V, 1870. J S
To all whom it may concern;
THIS 18 TO CERTIFY THATTHB-FOL
lowing Insurance Companies, Laving deposi
ted the amount of Securities of this Stato re
quired of them respectfully by the Act of j
December, 18G9, entitled "An Act to better
protect Holders of Insurance Policiee id this
State and having otherwise*, fulfilled the re
quirements of said Act, ana of all other Acts
relating to Insurance in this State, are au-j
thorir.ed to transact business therein uoder?^
Hoenses heretofore und to be hereafter issued
to thcir^A^eots,-until tfijt expiration ef the
time .therein specified
Fl? ? coxfabiks.
Deposit.?.^$20,000 each
Union, of Baltimore, Md. P
Union, of San Francisco, CaL
jgtoa, of Now York City.
Georgia Home, of Columbus, Ga.
Hartford, of Hartford, Conn.
Home, of-New York City.
Imperial, of London.
International, of New York .City.
Liverpool and London and Globe, of London
and Liverpool.
Mauhattan, of New York City.
Merchants and Mechanics, of Baltimore, Md.
National, of Baltimore, Md.
North American, of New York City.
I North British and Mercantile, of London
and Edinourgh.
Orient Mutual, of New York City.
' Pacifio, of San Francisco, CaL
Pbenix, of Brooklpn, N. Y.
I Putnam, of Hartford, Conn.
Richmond Banking and Insurance, of Rich
mond, Va.
Security, of New York City.
LITE COM1-A.MES
Deposit....?..$60,000 each
! Carolina, of Memphis, Tenn.
Cotton States, of Macon, Ga.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the Uni
ted States of New York City.
Knickerbocker, of New York City.
New York, ofNow York City.
Piedmont ond Arlington, of Richmond. Va.
Policy Holders Life and Tontine Assurance
Company of the South, of Charleston,8. C.
Security Lifo and Annuity, of New York City.
Southern of Memphis, Tenn.
St. Louis Mutual, of St. Louis, Mo.
Universal, of New York City.
J. L. NEAGLE,
oct 29?tf Comptroller General.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
STATE TREASURY OFFICE,
Columbia, S. C, December 1, 1870.
THE BOOKS of the Treasury Office for
the Transfer and Conversion of STOCKS
aud BOND? will he closed on and ?ft-r tk?
n i n n instuni until the 1st proximo, for con
vcience in preparing statement of interest
due to January 1, 1871.
NILE3 G. PARKER,
Treasurer State 8. C.
dec 3 e
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
State Tbbasubt Owns,
Columbia, 8 C, December 1, 1870.
THE INTEREST falling due on tho
Coupon Bonds of the State of South
v an.Una to the 1st of January. 1871, will be
paid IN tfOLD on and after that date at the
office of H. II. Kimpton, Financial Agent of
the Slate, No. 9, Nassau Street, New York,
and at this office.
The interest falling due on the Registered
Stock of the State to January 1st, 1871, will
be paid IN GOLD on and after that date at
the Treasury office only.
NILB8 G. PARKER,
Treasurer Stato South Carolina,
dec 8 o
FOR SALES
That VALUABLE PLANTA
>TIOS known aa "Belleville,"
formerly owned by Mr. Charles
R. Thompson, situated in Or
angeburg County, near Fort Motte Depot,
containing 1,070 acres of Land, a part of
which is WELL TIMBERED, the balance
CLEARED and admirably adapt. 1 to the
Culture of COTTON and PROVISIONS. An
excellent RANGE for STOCK in the Conga
ree Swamp, A fine Water Power near the
South Carolina Haiti * d. DWELLING la
good order and Outbuildings.
If not before disposed of, will be sold at
auction under the mortgage to Oliver Mid
diet- m, on tho 1st Monday In February next.
Terms made known at sale.
Apply to
JOHN COLCOCK ft CO.,
Charleston, 8. C.
Or COL. A. P. AMAKSR,
St. Matthews P. O., S. C.
dec 21 If
A?Tice to Fisherm*?.
Wo ail know (says a (Jbariastoe paj
while it is Ignite certain not a^quarter
us know anything abyet it) how much
superior is a fish prepared for the pan aa
xott as il ia cadght, compared lo one
?st ia ?Howe?! to did !Fow, however,
see aware of the difference:. The reason
ia fliw: The fishtransferred to the pan
from the jpater ia killed ; white the ono
that dies ia diseased, acd ai# body
j^ropertconditi,QJ^ to eat when br
to markeSB^^KiKfepce between
ia exactly ^Lj?st'wcen as scuuiai kill^
by the bntclSH^ one that die* offer
er j foc^fhff ijfctjiply of oxygen that ths
Ssh.receivcj? -when ?wjken oai of his "'na
tive- "ttlomont i* bo great i? tc indues
levc^of.whicr" polishes, ThVttipe
.rlority of thj? fj Holland ia- eo ro
marked by all who cat them y and tho
^eaaw^^ihaVaa) so?a ae^jiey are caught
tbo Dutcb fisherman sticks an awl in
their heads, and they'are not brought*?
martert with ritfty, -ferercd^ flesh, aa
England and in this country. NpAonly
ia the flavor of the fistir thus, killed far
superior to. those that die of fcver, but
the effect upon the. hutnutr system is not
injurious. How comtpou it b to hear
"the remark that fish .make people fever
iah. So thoy do, aa would tho flesh of
?any animal that dies of fever. We
trust.that.Bpme of our .fishermen will see
this article,' and profit by k. Lot the
6sh they take be each killed with an awl
driven into the brain. It will not take"
a second to'do this; and it wilf be found
that tho flavor.of their killed fish will be
ae far superior to that of those die of
fever, that thoy witt he bought iu pref
erence, and that, after o while people
will^uy no1 fish but those that have been
killed.,
te druggists?-a geraoPL 6? ^he
old school, who 'fifty years has occu
pied the same corner, and in ail his deal
ings, medicinally, ia a very -scrupulous
man. Not long since a person of not
particularly liberal practices, and withal
\ cloae b m in to the ?JGtaod Sa
maritan*' i ooips that he wished
put op, aau ??? man of drugs proceeded
at onoo to attend to it. While engaged
ia weighiog oat the compound, the cus
tomer, with a smile intended to be
"childlike and bland,'' said to him:
"Now, doctor, be sure. and. give me
good measure "
The doctor paused, holding the scale
at rest, while he looked over his specta
cles at the man before him.
"Sir," said he solemnly, "if I were to
give you the merest grain more than this
recipe calls for, you would be in h?1 iu
five minutes."
The buyer didn't insist.
The following queer definition of mar
tial bearing is reported by the Delhi Oa
sette aa have been given by a constable
at Jubbulpoor not long ainoe :
Magistrate (to constable) : What leads
you to suppose that these men are de
serters ? ^
m. ucir uiaruai Hearing.
Magistrate: What de? you mean by
their martial bearing?
Constable : They were very free with
their money, were drank, aww? a gr**t
deal aud wanted to fight
Magistrate t la that your definition of
a martial bearing ?
Constable: Tea, sir.
Professor Huxley haa recently pre*
nounced very deoidedly in favor of the
introduction of the Biblo as a "loading
book" in common schools. Tho ground
of his advocacy is, that there must be a
moral substratum to a child's education
te make it valuable; and that there ia
no other sonree from whieh this can be?
obtained at all com parable with the
Bible.
A Norwegian lady has arrived at Mil
waukee with some twenty of her chil
dren. She says there are sc many acci
dents abe didn't think it sate to bring
them all on one boat, as in ease of wreck
she wouldn't have any heart to commence,
life in a new country.
A family of ohildren in Indiana, when
ever a hunter invades their father's form,
skirmish the fields in front of him, and
when ho fires one of the children falls,
pretending to bo hit by a stray shot,
Nimrod flees, and tho juveniles piok up
the a luirrohv