Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-08
an shoala insure Their lives.

There is an unwarrantabiep prejudice Ga
sthe part OF sorns persons inrespect to Lite
In'ur;mce. The practical upcratien oi al
g.noi companies amounts to1his,; 4 th'a-
sand or i.il ..thos,>;.nd persons, More tsor !
.le.s--sh. ..nare The aetter- unite togeth-
er, ald say that, as sal ourlives,arc nn-
ccr;an, We will each contribute annually
s.lal sum tos genehal fund, 70 oe
drawn upon by the family of the first one
taken ,sway by death, then blythe next,
end So oIi-.i,l propnrtton to Whit each
has subscribed. The small SUMS thus.
gathered. form a la: ge fund which is con-;
sta,l;}y increased By being placed secure,
Iy on interest. BY long extended obser-
vatiois, it is known to a certainty whai
will be the acssags length of litesof the
whole company, and how much must an
(" nually be contributed 10 secure $1,000,
more or less, to every one of the compa.
rv, n the time. Of his death. 4 very
small additional sum furnish funds 20 pay
few officers or managers, and to have !!
little surplus against emergencies. So safe
are the calculations, and so wefiliavc Sueh
companies always, been managed, tina;
they have been The most substantial of
all j,int companies formed in this or any
other country. We esteem it the duty
/. OF every man having family, or cred'-
tors, likely to be affected pecunlarlly by
his death, To hayesat !easta srnal sum Ct
ready money sure to come to them at h.
drc,.ass Iie,nav he independent TO-DAY :,
but riches often Take to themselves wings
and fly away. Every. months obserVa,
tion shows thai the best established pro-
pricties may become. Involved, if not by
the want of .iudicious care on the part o
the proprietor, at least th"ong h the rascal
ity ot others "A millionaire OF our ac-
ouaintance went to bed last night assured
of a million and half dollars, in good
L. S. securities, in his strong safe. box,
To-day We learn that the thief's hand had
spirited them all way. The farmer has
his land nearly paid for, He dies, and
the confusion of his affairs, or the walt OF
good management on the part of his fam
ilv. OF. successors, may involve the loss
of the Whole while few hundred, or a
few thousand dollars of ready money al
his death, may save homestead for their
free from ineumbrance. And so ofevery
other calling. That Q man is strong, ane
belongs toa longlived family, gives him
no certain tenure of life. The weak and
sickl, are likely to take most care OF
themselves, and thus prolorg life. We
always think of the operations of death.
as those of an enemy who stands at dis
tance, and shoots poisoned arrow akgan:
dom INTO a large crowd. 1t is as.lFAaly
to strike the young as the old, the strong
as the weak. it is we'll therefore for one
to be ready for the fatal shaft, both as
respects this world and the next. We
believe life Policy really tends to iasnre
and prolong life. Thus: man is sick
and the anxiety Of mind, as to how he vii
leave his family, agggravates his disease
and ofsrn does shorten lis', which could
have been saved could the man have rest
ed easy in the feeling that his insuranc,
policy would place his worldly affairs III
safe position in the event Of his death
So We say, let every man devote slnal
sum annually to securing convenient
. Safeguard to his family or others, in the
event Of his death.
We write as. we have long pcacticed,
and not in the interest, Of any company
Ta glance to be insured in three different
ones Several good companies are from
Zine to tiula admitted into our advertls-
Tag columns. Send for their circulars
ard statements, which are furnished free,
and give il;l particulars. and then choose
the one most in accordance with your
views. They are all Of them safe, and
differ but little in the ends to be secured
The larger the company, the less is the
percentage for expenses; and the less their
liability to fluctuations in their operations:
and the chance loss of large amount by
pestilence or otherwise, will tell less upo:'
the aggregate.-American Agricuturis'.,
for April 1866.