The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-01-21
LIFE INSURANCE.
D.. II

|. Tho Abbcville Banner states that the widow Of
Gen. n. g. EvANs has received SIS, 600 from the
Piedmont Life Insurance Company of Virginia,
in payment Of policy issued to him about ten
months ago. Mrs. EVANS and her brother, Gen.
NJ. ". GARY, of Edgefeld, also publish cards of
thanks TO the agent, DR.. IsAXc Branch, for the
promptness with which the payment was made.
Our friend, A. B. Towers, is the authorized agent
for the Piedmont Company for this place.
The Banner makes the following general COM
ments upon the subject Of Life Insurance, to
which we ask the attention Of our readers:
As General Evans, like many others of our
counfrymen, had lost everything by the late war,
we can appreciate the relief afforded 10 his suffer-
ing widow and children by this reasonable mid
Such fact is well calculated to direct the atten-
,ion of Others whe have families dependent upon
chera, to the making Of such provision for them
The most sagaciOus and the most Successful, as
well as most wealthy men, in the United States
such MS At Stewart and w. B. AstoB, of New
York have decided that ono of the very best in
vestments of money that can be nnde, Is iH o
Policy in n we'll conducted Life INSURANCE conpa-
| n.y. Twenty-sever such companies are operating
nt This time in tho ciey Of New York, having effec-
ted insurance to the amount Of haRdreds of mil
lions of dollars 1t may be surmised that there i,
danger of excess in such operations. But when
we take into consideration the fact that the popu
lalion of the United States exceeds tllirtytwO mill
lions and that it is constantly increasing il
will be seen that there is ample for more than
as many more companies rs are now in This field
of enterprise. Tho success which has attended
their operations within the last forty years, and
the vast amount of relief that has been afforded
by Them to The survivors Of The assured, together
with their constantly increasing ahilityto meet a
rheir engagements, serve we'll to- dissi pate at
doubts as to tile safety and propriety Of making
an immediate investment in one Of these ccmpa-
MICS.
As the premium to be paid upona Policy neces-
sarly increases according to the age of one who
desires 10 be assured, it is to the interest of every
one to secure Policy as early in life as possible.
Young men should give their attention to this mat
ter. by ali annual payment Of fifty dollars,
young man may secure q Policy for 6ye thousand
dollars, for the benefit Of wife, CT some other
person whom he desires to benefit. That small
sum. which he might throw away upon tobacco, or
trines of value, hc would be compelled to gar
ner up from year to year, in order to secure the
amount of FIVE thousand dollars at his death for
his wife, or some other person. A life insurance
policy must exercise good moral influence upon
a young man who will secure one. It tenus TO
promote hnbits Of economy, and 10 keep alive in
the heart tho idea of living and laboring for the
benefit of others.
We have been BOTH surprised anti grstifed at
the success Flat has attended the company IN
which Gsneraf Evans was one of the assured
Within the: short space of fourteen months, the
Piedmont has issued sixteen hundred Policies, in
suring over six millions Of dollars. In 'h's lAs-
trict alone we understand that Dr. Branch has Sc
cured ninety policies within year. covering an
insurance Of two hundred and seventy thonsaHa
dollars The income of the company whlch ne
represents is more than three hnnarea omn.aS ..Omsa
"a univ .,.yrn thousand dollars in two policies of
five ct thousand each and one Of one thousand
Such success is unparalleled in tho history Of In
surance eompaniea.