Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-29

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| Elnefe are about fifteen counties in
the State that are called equated life
counties. In these counties the
length Of the lives with the date Of
tho satisfaction Of tho mortgage & isI
recorded. The original scheme was,
to make ten, "equated life" counties
in the State, but when the records
are found to be in good order and.
when II does not require too much
time and work those counties aie
also made ''cquated life" countless
Most OF the counties in the State
have excellent records which have
neat marginal notes. The equateds
life counties in the State now arcs
Aiken, Colleton, Laurens, Charleston,
Marion, Darlington, Union, Green.
vile, Barnwcll and Edgefeld. Others
will be,addcd to the list. !.
The counties of Lalrens, Ander.S
son and Collcton, have been desip-
mated as "inquiry" counties. After
the greater part of the work has
been completed the best men will be-
sent into these counties to make in
qulries as to the reason for mourning
the debt which the mortgages indi-9
cate. Of course, all information
given census abstracters is strictly
confidential. S
The work of getting the indebt-
cdness, Mr.. Fishback said, had been
finished in Oconec, York, Chester,
Beaufort, Hampton, Richland and
Lexington counties. Abstractcrs
arc now 1T work in Abbeville, Barn..
well, Grccnville, Fairfield, Marion,
Charleston and Orangcburg counties
There arc altogether fourteen ab-S
str@ctcrs at work in the State. They
are required to finish their work be-
fore the lst Of July. From tho,
building and loan associations in
each county the abstractcrs got
record of the partial payments that
have boon made on s'living" loans
during the past eight years.
eve arc having somc trouble,"
said Mr.. Fishback, "from the fact
that partial payments are made on
mortgages and no record Of tho pay
ment is shown on tho clerks books. (
In all the counties whcro my men
have been at work they have found
the books in remarkably good order
and splcndidly kept, rendering tho,
work Of abstracting very easy, and
in all cases there have been very
much fewer mortgages than were
anticipated" III
An approximate idea of tho num- 4
Der of mortgages recorded is rs
follows York County $500; Ches-
ter County, 1900; Beaufort County,
600; Richland County, $500; Oco-
nee County, 1900. Grecnville
County shows a larger number than
any county yet examined. 81
The records of mortgages on real
estate arc the only ones of which abb 3
stracts are made. Chattcl mort
cages are not taken. S
The rate Of interest on all mort
cages is always taken in order to
ascertain the average rate Of inter
est paid in the State.
The abstractcrs now under ap-
pointment for work in this State and
the places of their selection are: u
Anson G.. Mcrrick, Walhalla, Oco-2
nee County.
John B. Hyde, Grccnvillc County.
N. w. Ellis, Hampton County. ~
VIM. Il. Myers, Walterboro, Col 1
Teton County. y
NJ. II. Collins, Charleston. e;
d. II. Russell, Anderson. .
Milton M. Kuaff, North Carolina.
NJ. e. Sencr, North Carolina.
II. l.. Shrewsbury, Chcraw.
e. J. Hines, Virginia.
NJ. A. Morgan, Virginia. H