The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-03-20
Southern Life Insurance Company

The following Address was issued by order
of the Board OF Directors of the Jackson
| Branch.
A CARD.
To the Citizens Of Mississippi, Aiabama
and Middle tennessee:
! The Directors Of the.J acksou Branch OF thc
Southern Life Insurance Company with ne
/ principal office al Memphis, Tennessee rec
! specially invite your attention 90 the elaine
| OF this Company 10 public conhdence
/ support. IL was organized no 1856
amid the gloom and dependency following
/ the close Of hostilities and was the pioneer lu
/ its peculiar benihcent held. Having Co con-
/ tend with the almost universal distrust n che
| stability Of Southern Institutions ats unpur-
! alleled success Is not only an earnest of ahih.
| " and economy Of management put monte
/ ment TO the patriotism OF An appreclatiNe,
! though suffering people.
The South, suffering from The bubble OF the
/ law which legnlized che wholesale robbery ui
/ thousands OF its widows anu Orphans-whlch
justified the following paragraph D ON Mhssh-
chusetts Reports for the year l0bli page -oa
Among the blessings which our HtHELLioiH
! MASTERS threw away, because m or IMAM ihtll
I equal share of liberty was not bod enough
/ for them, was pretty large in rest 800 our
/ Northern Mutual Life Compani they have
none OF their own. Our tOmpau. es were n1
losers by this ON the other hand, not few
| Of them prottted by the forfeiture oi oouihcIH
! policies 10 an amount far greater than SUM
! cieut 10 cover the subsequent war risks OBJ
| their members made them tmid about trust
| ing any institution of similar character. The
Southern Life, by its success, has proven iht
ample confidence h. has won by deserving %.
.fhc high standing aud sterling integrity pi
| its founders gave an absolute guarantee or
| honesty. Its success Is the popular Judgment
on the economy and ability Of iH manage
| ment.
We have been solicited, aud have, in order
| TO found our grand organization for the whole
/ South consented 60 join this worthy enterprise.
! Founded ON solid moneyed basis WIN hu tm-
| pie capital anu large accumulation Of assets
IT'S ratio OF assets 10 liabilities lthe true irbi ol
| "A Company strength jrquuls all che older t1W-
pauics. While there are several departments,
| they are departments of the same Company,
| ana each and every one guarantees the pay
/ tnent Of the policies of the Company.
| One Of theprime objects OF The orEanizauo
| is the check, n possible ana a. Tar aH plheH
] cable Of the drain OF capital from the south
| and al the same time to Gurulsh 20 be people
| az safe and as honestly managed company
| AS can be found Ia amy section investing pes
| funds ia the respective communities from
| which they arc derived
! Have the people OF these states any eohcoP-
/ ton of the immense sums of money yearly
| taken from the entire South Tor Life luHur-
ancet by Calculation based on the bebl ssA-
| tistics which can be Obtained, it is estimated
| that q sum OF not less than 5I2 or Eight MIL
! lions OF Dollars t@b,UO0OOO) 20 tR7iOJ1U4Jl ib
| sent every year from the South for TINS pur-
/ pose aggregate amount Since tAN WAA NFaA
! Fifty Millions Of Dollars. We ask the people
! 10 consider how rapidly and into what Elghn-
! tic proportions every material interest 81 our
/ section could be- developed by the retention
| and lending at reasonable interest In our midst.
4 Of these enormous sums, and the accuinulatoh
i OF compound interest thereon.
! OF the whole scycnt g-twO tumuuutes shown
! in GgodselI.- New York Report, the buuiueaa
\ ia the Southern Life in 1871
Excels in total income iorty-two IomPa-
] nies;
| mics;
Exccls in amount OF premiums received fore
| ty-twO Companies
E1cels in average amount Of policies issued
| sixty-seyen CompantesT
| Excels IN average gross assets thirty
| Companies;
Excels in average economy Of management
! ffty-fye Companies -...
| Excels ia average rates OF assets 10 hhDih
| ties forty-six Companies
! It's doing a. most successful business in all
| the Southern States paying LAh1L Ann uAL
| DIVIDENDS TO policy holders, has issued over
/ fifteen thousand policies, and ALW AIS AL
lJUSTS IT'S LOSSES PROMPTLY.
The Jack on Branch IS under safe aud as
| Greet management, and the funds CONSTITUTING
| the reserve will bee securely invested by uf lu
| our midst for the development Of the material
| interests Of our own people. Losses VIII ~
| adjusted ~ the jackson Othce without ihe
| trouble, expense and uncertainty attending
| collections 81 remote points aud from unknown
persons.
| No Southern man should send his money out
| Of the South for Life Insurance when 5outheI
| Companies, in every respect solvent ana rel-
able, are seeking patronage,
Hn order 90 try and check thc im-
nense drain Of capital from the
south 40 the North, we have made
satisfactory arrangement 60
transfer parties who are now pay
ing premiums 90 Northern ComPa-
MES, without loss or additional
annual outlay.
We urge upon our fellow citizens the con-
sideration Of the subject ana the great im-
portance Of keeping ca pital at home.
| The Central Office at Montgomery and the
| Auxiliary offices throughout our jurlsdicuguf
will furnish all information and receive appN-
cations for Insurance In this Company
A. r. JOHNSTON, President
! JAMES b. STEWART, Secretary.
Hon A. n. Johnston,
VIM. n. Allen,
| J. A. kausler,
| Gus Asher,
| VIM. b Taylor,
s. q. Newcomer,
Executive Committee.
REFER TO IHE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN
b. n. Pond. ofG. NJ. Bayley Pond, ~
J. J. Guidiere, Of Clapp, Bros lOrIeana
O. X. Singleton ......... Canton, Misc
A r. Johnston ackson, Miss.
and to the Directors Of the Central Board a.
Jackson, and the Auxiliary Boards through
out this Department. 1Omar5V