The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-01-18
MR.. DARLINGTON LANDS BIG co.
Has Accepted State Agency OF the Mu-
tual Life Association OF Rome, Ga.

tual Life Association Of Rome, Ga.
Col. TIL. Jones, End Vice Presi
dent and Agency Manager, for tn,
State Mutual Life and Anpity Assocta,
tiop, OF Rome, Ca, spent Tues lay il
Laurens. Col, Jones Is veteran Lif
Insurance msn and he has held re
spopsible positions with several Of tn,
Oldest old-line Companies In the couu
try during the past sixteen years. Col
Jones was at one time Manager foI
Georgia for the Mutual Reserve Life L.
surance Company OF New York. Late,
he was Superintendent Of Agencies fol
the Now York for the South. W. st, with
headquarters In New Orleans. UP t,
the tine of his connection with the
State Nu ual Life ani Annuity Asso
citation; OF Rome, Ca, Col. Jones wa,
manager for Ohio, for the North. west
ern Mutual Life. He now holds very
responsible position as secord vice
president and agency manager for the
State Mutual Life and Annuity Asso
citation, OF Rome, Ga. This is the lead
ing Southern life insurance compan,
and enjoys the distinction OF being the
parent Annuity Association OF the
South This company commenced
business, October 2Sth, 1898, aud on
June Both, 1904, showed a surplus OF
Sl2s,527.4t. This company is now en-
tering its 7th year and from the day oil
it's organization up to date, It has
shown steady gain, both in assets and
surplus. 1t has passed the expert.
mental stage and Is an assured success.
The report for 1904, which will soon be
published, will show that it has accum.
ulatsd over quarter OF million in as
sets and over SIPS, ,541 in surplus, which
is more by $50, 900 than any of the other
old-line companies had at the same
age.
For the last half century the people
OF the South have been pouring into
the Golfers of the great insurance COM
panies of the North, millions of dollars,
for the protection of their wives and
children. This was alright, SO long as
there was no institution at home that
offered the same protection, but the
necessity OF sending these millions to
the North to further strengthen their
power OF centralizing and controlling
the money values of the world, has
creased. 1t is Yankee trick. pure
and simple, for the Agents OF Life In
surance Companies In the North to try
and perpetuate the opinions that no
Southern Life Insurance Company is
worthy OF consideration. Not many
years ago, Northern people told us
that the Southern people could not
build and successfully manage Cotton
Mills.They claimed that we did OF have
the experience and worst of all, that we
did not have anything but negro labor
with which to operate our mills. The
late Capt. j. III. Montgomery, of Spar--
tanburg, built the original Pacole.
Cotton Mil. At the end of the first
year, Capt. Montgomery declared a 10
per cent dividend. This startled our
friends in ths North. They discovered
tha6 the South was the place for the
Cotton Mills and from Pacolet we have
-,growa to be great cotton manufactur-
ing section. 1t is now their cry that
we must send our money North for our
Life Insurance. What does this NEAR
when boiled down? Simply this, that
Southerners are fools and cannot de-
velope their own section. There is just
as much reason for Southern man to
deposit his savings in bank in Michi-
gan, in Indiana or in New York, in pre-
ference to q well established savings
bank in his city, as for him to take in
surance in some life insurance COM
pany away from his own section, rather
than in well established Company at
home. The South is realizing the
truth OF these facts and as result, the
stats Mptual Life and Annuity Asso-
ciation of Rome, Ga, stands to-day
with an unexcelled record. 1t abso-
lutely surpasses the record made ty
any other life insurance company, for
the length of time it has been in busi-
res. joan Y. Darlington, who has
been Manager for the Northern part of
South Carolina, for the New England
Mutpal Life Insurance Co. OF Boston,
Mas. has boen converted. He Is a
young man who has devoted great
deal Of time and study to the insurance
business. He has investigated every
possible phase OF this question and has
particularly investigated the Rome
Company. After close investigation,
covering period of nearly two months,
Mr.. Darlington has severed his connec-
tion with the Massachusetts, Co +, and
now goes with the Rome, Ga, Com
pany. He hold, the very important
and responsible position of Manager
for South Carolina and has cast his lot
with the strongest Southern Company.
Col. Jones was the guest OF Mr.. Gar
IineloD while here srrapging the de-
tails looking to the organization of q
we'll established agency plant. Mr..
Darlington is to be commended in his
course and we know that he will meet
with success. Col. Jones spent Tuesday
in Hanrens. Accompani ID by Mr.. Gar
iiagt0n. Col Jones went TO Colum bia
from here, thence TO Charleston.---Adv
Nervous and Could Not Sleep.