Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-21
LIFE INSURANCE.


has offered to the world in this enlightened age, is
that of life insurance Long ago the design ofin-
suring property against loss by fire or the sea,
came into general use in commercial communities /;
and at this time the fire insurance company ls as
necessary to the safety Of business communities as
locks or bolts There is no reason why life insu-
rance should not, at an early day occupy similar
place in the public estimation. Aman's lite is his
capital-and in many instances his death leaves de-
pendent upon the world, those for whom its ener-
gies were devoted To insure life, is safe bust
ness transaction, founded upon precisely the same
principles as fire insurance, and designed to meet
the same ends-an equalization of losses and pro-
ot;O,, 70 tl.vse who would booo,no Tho
following extract is SO appropriate to the subject,
that we subjoin it for the benefit of our readers:
life Insurance is rapidly growing up into the
great business Of the age in which we live, With
in the recollection Of almost every one, time was
when the man who took out policy of insurance
on his own life or the life of any one ese formed
the exception the time is coming, and is not now
surance on his life will form the exception. Espe
cially will this be the case in the Southern States.
Fortunes, almost without number, have been
scattered and wasted by the late war. Thousands
upon thousands Of families have been reduced from
afauence to poverty The large expectations Of
the children of the andholders, the capitalists and
the successful business men Of the South, have
been disappointed. A mere handful is all that is
left to men, who,in the days before the war, were
worth handsome fortunes W With e the rP prospect Of
not admit of reasonable prospect of speedy re-
construction of these fallen fortunes. With the
large majority, nothing beyond competent sup
port for life can be accumulated 1t is altogether
possible, however, out of the yearly income, from
various sources with little economy to spare a
sufficient sum to pay the annual premium on a
policy of Life Insurance for fve ten, fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars. By keeping this up, as
may be done by forecast, industry and economy,
the provident man who can do but little more while
living than barely support his family, may in the
event of his death, at any time leave his wife and
children in more independent circumstances than
it was possible for him to place them while living
IF any persons desire to avail themselves Of the
benefits of Life Insurance, they can be aceommo-
dated upon application at Yorkvile, to Maj j. +.
HART, agent for the darlington, Col. JOS A.
MCLEAN, agent for the piedmont" or Capt. 7.
s. JEFPERYs, representing the Equitable"
THE ALABAMA CONVENTION AGAIN.
The Raleigh Sentinel says Of the reconstruction
list of Alabama:
In the Alabama Convention, on Monday, Cara
way, negro delegate from Mobile submitted mo-
ton that the Sergeant-atarms (negro) be reques-
ted to provide accommodation for the 'colored 10.
dies in the galleries and lobbies. On being asked
to reduce his motion to writing, he sent up to the
Clerk desk the following effort:
Resolved that the sergeant at arms be instruct
ed to appropriate portion Of the Gallery and Loby
for the Ladys.
On the same day, one "Mr. Garrison" offered
the following resolution, which was referred.
Resolred That the Committee on Finance be re-
ouested to report that no citizen of the State of
Alabama shall hereafter pay poll tax, and that the
revenue of the State shall be raised off the proper
ty of the State, according to value.
This, if adopted as it probably will be- will have
the effect of relieving the negroes Of the State from
the only taxation to which they are now subject,
for the support of government under which they
enjoy almost unrestricted power, and in the ad-
ministraton of which, in spite Of their ignorance
and incapacity, they are permitted to take the
most prominent part
On Thursday as we learn by telegraph, reso-
luton was offered, and referred, requiring the for.
mer owners of slaves to pay to freedmen the full
value of their services from the date of President
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (say Jan. /,
1862 to May 2O, 1865. This is an indirect at
tempt at confscation.
SAGAclTY OF HoRsE.-A well known citizen
of this city is owner of very spirited horse which
is mettlesome to o very high degree. Monday he
drove up to the door of his brothers residence,
and telling negro girl to watch the horse, went
into the house. While he was gone, little
daughter of the brother came out, and by some
means got hold of the reins, and when the gentle
man came to the door, the child was holding them
in one hand, while with the other she had the whip
raised and about to strike the animal. 1t is not
known but that she did strike him before she was
noticed. The family were paralyzed! upon seeing
the position of the child. Her peril will at once
be seen when we remark that the horse is one up
on which the owner never dares use whip, and is
noted forts extreme spirit But instead Of resent
ing the childs treatment of it, and Of dashlng oh
and perhaps ending the life of the little one, it
stood quietly, with its head turned looking at her,
seemingly aware of the feeble hand which held it.
and unwilling to i9jure the child. When the own