The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-28
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Southern Lie Insurance. u,si,, Company.

HXe, have heard several rel. inquiries,
made recently about the ,es99pp ,es99ppdiitiion Of +
SShia Insurance company, BY ,ecjitiH ,ecjitiHEcns
of yooug yooug coun1ttyi we,AaSXe also potii.eeedt &
seysFBal edi559f|rIiipls by the press in td}ii dif:
YersRat ReetisBBss Of lhyee tlhe State tsale ard and re-
Gently en srtiicle Appeared in one .ope Of
the Aug9sta papers with some very
sonsiydIerate remarks on Gen. Gordon
and his Sonpeeet4ion With t|,,h, the, 'compa-
N.Y. The .pFSss Of other Southern
States, for ahY}ghht+ aY}ghht+ Jwe. know, may be
giyiqg, Vi qa!,l !1hr,o2gp 1hrop 'ime TO time, similar
mappii6fe:slAt93Itiions pi6: lt3Ii Gf ,dliia ,dliaceptent among
The ipsople rs to the silehee I3?g VIII! Ehleh b has
prevailed aos SO ll9ns absoyt !s ~! Il the sudden
Sollalpsea PISS se,GG.,the eG ,the Southern 4: Life Insu-
Tance Company. ,aur, 81 r
These T!hNss ebuliliiVenqs ions eahibNiltIintgs hibNiltIi them
SELVES; here IhaeEe aad there ppon the sur
face, of society indicate very plainly
the great desire burning at the heart
bf :.l TIE people to know something
heSSee heSSee3q9 3q9eqnitely, than is known, about
the sanGlIon of the company. Fair
mess on the part Of OFF Yy citizens will
control any disposition to condemn
Gen. .Gordoht ahq Tie other leading
c9Yntllfss'derstes, Ytlls'd5 who Haa Il tie manage
fnfnt & df HE affairs 4qffi ;o!f # the company,
nnwarrSan!taabl3 S:!aJ or without |. hearing =;
but, d&sitAne,ssss, equally demands that
some. showing be made TO satisfy the
policy holders that they are not the
victims Of q fraud as huge and ruin
,ous oaas any known upon the records
sfI sfI.dRs dRad4aie;i4ism- 4ae;q4I!vaCa- Such 2 suspicion
eyen is,qqasEaaaggipg TO the reputation
and llle lif character of these gentlemen
for Tgihom Tgiho the people Of the South had
SUCH implicit faith as TO trust millions
or money p! " to; their keeping. In, justice
then to themselves as we'll as to tho
peopAle Of 'ths The South, some account
should -! ID be rendered 70 !t4e poI:;;y-Aol.
dersa Il. and, Ist99ckIh3qldcrs which will
clear the eem1qq matter ;frop every suspicion
Of o1fn66tIas,asa, 66tIasasa, we wouid9. simply ask ir
pehtNa1lff !. Of those OF !oranycburg
ds there no way 20 haYe this nc.
counting made? What became Of
the money invested in stock and paid
in for policies? Are there no assets
belonging 70 the company and who
b holds d. then? then What caused tic fail.
uye, AND who, if anybody, is to
blame2 -. 70 r.n
,Tho News and Courier states tha,
sUaaarter of o million OF dollars are
supposed to have gone into the Golfers
:oftbis corporation from the Sta:e of
South Carolina alone. This is not
Miaeiof The truth, for # every county
anthelSt$tewas fn;the eeame condition
hs.oraugebaarg, heIf a millliiPan would
,bs'nsaref tIe;true amount. Our peo
Ms,,l::anaefi The inaaisen,cio of popular
agents, backed by the faith they had
i'm Generals Gordon and Colqnit, and
other. leading ex-C -Confetl tlerat tes, poured
their money into the treasury Of this
company until the amount of actual
!c,sh "paid.in will scarcely fall short
sof fifteen thousand dollars. The loss
of such sum demands an explaua-
lion and vi II bot somebody, connect
ed with the affair, arise end make III
." '~'i' ASompromise.
~ Meeting of the Democratic