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?f ' V ' i PROOF OF GOOD SERVICE OF REASONABLE RATES = ? "?**v< ; .*? ' . . ? ? - ?; - - % v -t : ' ?> . ' ? . ? ?i < During the Month of January we Sold Over ? ' One Million Dollars Worth of Insurance y : ' . ? * ? r ? t II Why pay 80c to $2.00 per hundred for fire insurance in the old line stock companies when you can protect your prop erty from wind as well as fire for 50c per $100 in the Abbeville-Greenwood Insurance Association, the Largest and Strongest Mutual Insurance Association in the South - a ? ? ? g j ? ' ? 1 . . ' r ? i, iii i i .1 o > *-' '<? ''' ? ?*' ' ?' ?' ' ' _ ? ? ? ' ... .. ? It now operated in 16 counties and has for 28 years been insuring the property of its policy holders both in city and country against damage by fire, lightning, cyclones, tor nadoes and wind stormsv Property not insured against wind storms is only partially protected. Of the nine and three-quarter million dollars now carried, the money is kept at home and every dollar goes to the loser of property whicli means the upbuilding of your country. Agents wanted. Comparative Statement * i . a ? ? July 1,19J7?" - - - ' - - ... > ? -' * $2,373,875 July 1,1918 ..... - $3,268,145 July 1, 1919 - - - - - $5,370,695 January 1, 1920 - - - $8,875,360 January 31,1920 - * Over One Million Dollars Worth of Business Sold in January Comparative Statement of Cost: 1917 80 Cents Per Hundred Dollars 1918 70 Cents Per Hundred Dollars 1919 .50 Cents Per Hundred Dollars ;; ? V ? V i " 7. Y '?' ?; - The Association is a member of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The Federal Land Banks oFiHfcTGi&ernmSlirYCcept its poli cies as collateral for money loaned. ? Below will be found a few of the many testimonials in re gard to the Association: LETTER FROM U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY * "T - -?. * Edgefield, 8. C., Aug ?G, lOtO Mt. J. H. Blake, ttcc. and Trea**, Greenwood, 8. C. ";J'7'jT;V " ' - - - * " ? . ' ' ' - ? Dear Sir: 1 ?ra familiar with the plan of insurance of the Abbe vjlle-<Jreenwood Mutual Insurance Associf/tlon, and consider it pracical, safe aud an cheap a-? any good insurance can be written. I have prop erty insured with your company# a-nd am sure that it is well protected. rv23 ( . ij , . . . 'J! _ ' (Signed) J. W. THURMOND LETTER FROM A GREENWOOD ATTORNEY Greenwood, 8. C? Not. ?>, 1019 Mr. J. J{. Blake, Agent, Oity: -fT ?5u. .. ' l , Dear Sir:?I have had considerable dealings with the AbbeviUe <*reenwood Mutuaal Insurnnee Company and carry insurance with them aud I find your plan of insurance entirely aatiefactory. Your company i? saving to the people of the district thousands of dollars in premiums and in addition to thia is keeping all the vrioney paid for premium* here at home. From the favorable coimnecft I have heard, am satisfio.l .your business will rmw mnoh fi?t?r thin von even can ?ntiejpat*. Very truly your*, ./ . \ W. H. NICHOLSON. LETTER FROM A CROSS HILL BANKER 1. ? ? -,.^0 . Mr. J. It. Blake, Geo. Agent, Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance As HociAtinn. Greenwood, S. C. Dear Sir:?'^lit give* toe pleasure td statue thaat I have considerable ?properly Insuee&ln your Association- and con6Mer lt-a? -aafdy protected? as if insured in old line insurance companies, and at one-balf the coat. Your long successful career of more than a Quarter of a century, your " careful selection of risk#, your protection against damage of 4>ofh fire and - wind, and your prompt *nd satisfactory settlement of all losses Should commend the Association to the favorable consideration of all property owners. (Signed) v W. C. IIA80R, President April 20, 1019 Bank of Cross Hill, 8. C. I II' I. j ' i i LETTER FROM EX-COMMISSIONER McMASTER Mr. J. It. Blake, Gen. Agent, Abbeville-Greonwood Mutual Insurance As sociation, Greenwood, S. 0, ?r F\+ I l)esr Mr. Blake:?It given me a great deal of .pleasure to have you issue me a policy of insurance in your?what is "now "our" insurance company, for with the policy I become a member Just as much as any one .else. * r' ' ? *? ?- , _ I know that ray loss will be paid If 1 have one. 1 know that I will get insurance at lowest possible cost. I know that 1 am a member of an essentially American Institution, where not only are my affairs man aged by those I choose, but by myself in annual meetings. I rejoice to know the extension 6^ the Abbeville-Greenwood Mutuaat Insurance Oompaay, and the 27 years of honorable servico behind it, is a guarantee for the future. Very truly, * r F. H. Mc\LvSTKR. LETTER FROM A RICHLAND FARMER ? Blythewood, S. C.. Bept. 16, 1019. ilr. J. It. Blake, Gen. Agent, Abbe^UtGwenwood Mutual Insurance. A*, sociation. GreewwcKHi, 8. C. Dear Sir:?My dwelling insured in your Association was recently damaged t>y wind-storm. As soon as notified your Association promptly and satixfactorily adjusted the hvss, and I heartily commend it to all who desire cheap and safe protection for their property. Itevpectfirtly. J. M. ABNEY. ?h LETTER FROM AN ABBEVILLE BANKER t AtberllK ?. C., Not. 1, 1010 T?"Whom It May'Concern: ? ' . Thh intniduws tu faToratle consKJemroii The AB&vm?-Gfe^awOT" Mutual Association. Thh? company h&x been doing business in this <oun l' S ' r ty^AWbcriHe-^r 27 year* ; has always jinlit lta kuise* promptly and ha* saved the inaured considerable money in rale* of insurance. It ha* kept an account with fhi* bank and the *ame haa? been vati&fnctory to us. Aa managed by Messrs. J. It. Blake and J. Frase^kyon, it 1* doing a good woric for the countie* in Which it has operated Iff we tak? pleas ure in reconfniending it a* a first-cla** insurance company. I onriy con siderable insurance with it mywlf. Ileapectfuily, . _1_ J. ALLEN SMITH, President. t National Bank of AbbevilN * -? /-* ' LETTER FROM A CLINTON MAN s ' ? ' Olinton, Jan. 30, 1020 Mr. J. It. Blake, Oeu. Agent, Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance As sociation, Greenwood, H. C. < Dear Sir:?My dwelling insured in your As*xriation wak destroyed by fire the firfft of last December. As soon as notified, you promptly settled claim. I have considerable property insured in your Association, and I roost heartily comment it as a first-claws insurance company to any desiring *afe and cheatpc*t Insurance written. KDGAR TOI>I>. To those who desiresafe protection for their property and would co-operate in building up home enterprises, we would say insure in the AbKevillle-Greenwood Mutual Insurance Association. For further information call on one of our agents, or write to . * ? Xi w* -a- . --5. - . ? c.r -VT-; ~^ST?rJT?zt2 yf" _ # ? _ ~ * Bank BuiWhig ?,;giBg; Gwwiwood, &>?& SWiiFr-mri-amat 5 ?*?- >- a. . ?. - gjj. ? ? '? ? II i