UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Minis & Co., Inc.
Address: 115 E. Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31412
13F File Number: 28-1468
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Russell W. Carpenter
Title: President
Phone: 912-233-4715
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Russell W. Carpenter Savannah, Georgia July 28, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:
Form 13F Information Table Value Total:
List of Other Included Managers:
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 5309 95116 SH SOLE 95116
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 223 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 5241 146082 SH SOLE 146082
American Express Co. COM 025816109 5961 45810 SH SOLE 45810
American Home Products COM 026609107 3720 64835 SH SOLE 64835
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 953 8127 SH SOLE 8127
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 5459 89670 SH SOLE 89670
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 3684 158872 SH SOLE 158872
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 3989 47740 SH SOLE 47740
Aviation Sales Company COM 053672101 237 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Avon Products COM 054303102 4730 85221 SH SOLE 85221
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 1519 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 6866 93657 SH SOLE 93657
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 858 18604 SH SOLE 18604
Boeing Company COM 097023105 328 7465 SH SOLE 7465
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 942 21450 SH SOLE 21450
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1202 17070 SH SOLE 17070
Burlington Resources Inc. COM 122014103 426 9840 SH SOLE 9840
CT Communications Inc COM 126426402 288 7000 SH SOLE 7000
CVS Corp COM 126650100 1840 36261 SH SOLE 36261
Catalina Marketing COM 148867104 552 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 328 5460 SH SOLE 5460
Charming Shoppes Inc COM 161133103 183 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Cheesecake Factory Inc. COM 163072101 610 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 352 3699 SH SOLE 3699
Choice Hotels Intl COM 169905106 847 42875 SH SOLE 42875
Circuit City Stores COM 172737108 5996 64475 SH SOLE 64475
Circuit City Stores, Inc - Car COM 172737306 134 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1825 29442 SH SOLE 29442
Concord EFS COM 206197105 618 14600 SH SOLE 14600
Costco Companies Inc. COM 22160Q102 3955 49400 SH SOLE 49400
Delta Air Lines Inc. COM 247361108 1919 33308 SH SOLE 33308
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 5864 190300 SH SOLE 190300
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 427 3364 SH SOLE 3364
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 361 6800 SH SOLE 6800
DuPont COM 263534109 1724 25230 SH SOLE 25230
Dynamics Research Corp. COM 268057106 114 19800 SH SOLE 19800
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 5746 91300 SH SOLE 91300
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 458 5600 SH SOLE 5600
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 8254 107018 SH SOLE 107018
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 201 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Security Corp COM 336294103 409 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 3961 84054 SH SOLE 84054
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 3352 119700 SH SOLE 119700
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 877 11620 SH SOLE 11620
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 8979 125802 SH SOLE 125802
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 16537 146344 SH SOLE 146344
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 305 7445 SH SOLE 7445
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 694 9600 SH SOLE 9600
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 429 8550 SH SOLE 8550
HCR Manor Care Inc COM 404134108 2428 100375 SH SOLE 100375
Harris Corp-Delaware- COM 413875105 2852 72775 SH SOLE 72775
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 2357 23455 SH SOLE 23455
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 13682 212324 SH SOLE 212324
Horace Mann Educators Corp COM 440327104 1464 53850 SH SOLE 53850
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 7126 55132 SH SOLE 55132
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7227 121470 SH SOLE 121470
International Speedway Corp COM 460335102 1440 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 364 4199 SH SOLE 4199
Intuit Inc COM 461202103 541 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1845 27869 SH SOLE 27869
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 8636 88121 SH SOLE 88121
Landair Corporation COM 514757103 80 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Litton Inds. COM 538021106 762 10560 SH SOLE 10560
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 397 7000 SH SOLE 7000
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 4261 49510 SH SOLE 49510
Markel Corp COM 570535104 748 4000 SH SOLE 4000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 1111 27027 SH SOLE 27027
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 510 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Media One Group Inc COM 58440j104 223 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 11498 156169 SH SOLE 156169
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 530 6100 SH SOLE 6100
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 1193 12085 SH SOLE 12085
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 639 16140 SH SOLE 16140
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 10847 105691 SH SOLE 105691
National City Corp. COM 635405103 629 9600 SH SOLE 9600
Network Event Theater COM 640924106 251 15000 SH SOLE 15000
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 383 12150 SH SOLE 12150
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 3617 93482 SH SOLE 93482
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2165 19864 SH SOLE 19864
Philip Morris Cos. Inc. COM 718154107 928 23100 SH SOLE 23100
Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. COM 723686101 9191 236051 SH SOLE 236051
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3823 42838 SH SOLE 42838
Promus Hotel Corp COM 74342H104 444 14328 SH SOLE 14328
Prosoft I-Net Solutions Inc COM 743477101 25 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Provident Companies Inc. COM 743862104 1529 38220 SH SOLE 38220
Rite Aid COM 767754104 2989 121365 SH SOLE 121365
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 2928 55780 SH SOLE 55780
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2920 45845 SH SOLE 45845
Sears, Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 292 6550 SH SOLE 6550
Smithfield Foods Inc COM 832248108 435 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Stein Mart COM 858375108 141 15000 SH SOLE 15000
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 320 4601 SH SOLE 4601
Telespectrum Worldwide Inc COM 87951U109 78 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4708 75480 SH SOLE 75480
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 3672 25500 SH SOLE 25500
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 8565 117935 SH SOLE 117935
USG Corp. COM 903293405 1968 35150 SH SOLE 35150
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 247 4240 SH SOLE 4240
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4717 65520 SH SOLE 65520
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 425 8800 SH SOLE 8800
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 2781 40236 SH SOLE 40236
Waste Management Inc COM 94106L109 653 12150 SH SOLE 12150
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 250 5850 SH SOLE 5850
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