Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-12-10
Something for Virginia to be Proud of
The wonderful. and. we might truly say, al-


Something for Virginia to be Proud of
The wonderful, aud, we might truly say, al
most marvellous success of the Piedmont and
Arlington Life Insurance Company since Its
organization in 1866, is one of the most aston
ishing things to the superficial observer In this
age of wonders To some, the growth of this
Company (startiug as it did amid the poverty
and wretchedness of the years Immediately fol
lowing the close Of the war; to its present gi-
qantic proportions. is something entirely ir co
prehensible, and the whole thing seems unreal
They see and know the fact. but give up try
ing to solve the enigma in despair or lazily as
sumo that Col. Darlington, its founder and
President, is leagued with the powers of dark
ness to have his own way about life here on
earth, for qu,d pro quo. in the future world
To those, though, who have made Life Insu
surance study, as it should be made, to un-
derstand its true principles and great blessings.
the matter is perfectly plain and simple, and
nothing but the legitimate working out of q
grand conception of genius. By the best
practical, business minds Of the country.
Taking for its motto honesty, fair-dealing
and perfect frankness, this Company, from its
inception has ever been in full ACCORD with and
has received the hearty support Of not only Its
people. but it has shown that Southern Life
Company could penetrate every Northern State
and Europe, pass every trial. and the most
rigid State inspection, and be ranked second to
none, not even those of years standing. Their
| motto and conduct have carried them through,
and choosing for its agents our best tried and
true boys during the war; ii has educated them
in all the intricate details of Lite Iosurance,
aud now stands proudly before the world one
of the best Offered, best managed and most
| economical, as we'll as the most liberal Com.
panies in the world.
It's capital is So 100000, and rapidly io-
creasiug. Its payments for losses 10 the Val
| ley and Piedmont agency alone, by its gentle
manly and courteous agents Berkeley aud Fupn-
| tain, have been over 500, 900 since 1866. and
they have been cheeriully and promptly paid
| to the Southern widow and orphan, without
any of the petty higgliog or holding back of
| Northern Companies.
Col Darlington and his corps of assistants,
have shown the world that Virginiaus and
Southerners are capable, not only of conceiv-
ing, but of successfully carrying out the most
intricate, as we'll as the most immense plans
of Finance and Life Insurance; they have kept
millions at home to build up and support our
own people and they are even reaping just
reward for honest labor in the North. This is
truly something fer Virginia to be proud of,
among the many things her brave sons have
accomplished during and since the war, and it
Is an example of the unfa.llng reward Of hon.
esty, energy and faith, that VIC are always
proud to hold pp to the struggling youth Of our
State. May its founder long be spared to a
life of continued usefulness, and the motto of
his Company ever be Excelsiorl"
| Mr.. Wilfred NJ. Hawpe killed hawk near
| Greenvlle few days ago measuring four feet
three inches, from tip to tip of wings. This bird
| ia thoueht by some of the oldest citizens VIII O