UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 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 October 26, 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 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 4255 97816 SH SOLE 97816
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 173 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 3635 145782 SH SOLE 145782
American Express Co. COM 025816109 6114 45290 SH SOLE 45290
American Home Products COM 026609107 2647 63795 SH SOLE 63795
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 883 10158 SH SOLE 10158
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 6488 79610 SH SOLE 79610
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 3678 156934 SH SOLE 156934
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 4222 47640 SH SOLE 47640
Avon Products COM 054303102 2067 83321 SH SOLE 83321
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 1434 12942 SH SOLE 12942
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 5185 93102 SH SOLE 93102
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 837 18604 SH SOLE 18604
Boeing Company COM 097023105 244 5715 SH SOLE 5715
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 514 20750 SH SOLE 20750
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1152 17070 SH SOLE 17070
Burlington Resources Inc. COM 122014103 344 9365 SH SOLE 9365
CT Communications Inc COM 126426402 346 7000 SH SOLE 7000
CVS Corp COM 126650100 1434 35133 SH SOLE 35133
Catalina Marketing COM 148867104 509 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 299 5460 SH SOLE 5460
Charming Shoppes Inc COM 161133103 154 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Cheap Tickets Inc COM 162672109 227 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Cheesecake Factory Inc. COM 163072101 555 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 328 3699 SH SOLE 3699
Choice Hotels Intl COM 169905106 560 32675 SH SOLE 32675
Circuit City Stores COM 172737108 5379 127500 SH SOLE 127500
Circuit City Stores, Inc - Car COM 172737306 84 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1116 23138 SH SOLE 23138
Concord EFS COM 206197105 452 21900 SH SOLE 21900
Conoco Class B COM 208251405 774 28261 SH SOLE 28261
Costco Wholesale Corp COM 22160k105 3515 48825 SH SOLE 48825
Delta Air Lines Inc. COM 247361108 1567 32308 SH SOLE 32308
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 4913 188975 SH SOLE 188975
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 382 3364 SH SOLE 3364
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 339 6350 SH SOLE 6350
Dynamics Research Corp. COM 268057106 78 19800 SH SOLE 19800
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 5759 91135 SH SOLE 91135
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 246 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 7893 103858 SH SOLE 103858
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 206 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Security Corp COM 336294103 357 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 2994 84053 SH SOLE 84053
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 3067 119700 SH SOLE 119700
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 874 11370 SH SOLE 11370
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 8638 124852 SH SOLE 124852
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 17274 145694 SH SOLE 145694
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 214 3500 SH SOLE 3500
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 368 8550 SH SOLE 8550
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 2087 23000 SH SOLE 23000
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 14092 205348 SH SOLE 205348
Horace Mann Educators Corp COM 440327104 1085 42050 SH SOLE 42050
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 6747 55757 SH SOLE 55757
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 10076 135595 SH SOLE 135595
International Speedway Corp COM 460335102 1571 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 345 8398 SH SOLE 8398
Intuit Inc COM 461202103 526 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1757 27813 SH SOLE 27813
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7967 86715 SH SOLE 86715
Litton Inds. COM 538021106 520 9500 SH SOLE 9500
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 341 7000 SH SOLE 7000
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 3572 49700 SH SOLE 49700
ManorCare Inc COM 564055101 1710 99475 SH SOLE 99475
Markel Corp COM 570535104 546 3000 SH SOLE 3000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 1169 27027 SH SOLE 27027
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 513 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Media One Group Inc COM 58440j104 205 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 10122 156169 SH SOLE 156169
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 586 6100 SH SOLE 6100
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 1218 12085 SH SOLE 12085
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 576 16140 SH SOLE 16140
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 9231 103501 SH SOLE 103501
National City Corp. COM 635405103 512 19200 SH SOLE 19200
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 324 12150 SH SOLE 12150
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 2825 92607 SH SOLE 92607
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2138 59592 SH SOLE 59592
Philip Morris Cos. Inc. COM 718154107 506 14800 SH SOLE 14800
Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. COM 723686101 8626 217355 SH SOLE 217355
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3983 42488 SH SOLE 42488
Prosoft I-Net Solutions Inc COM 743477101 38 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Rite Aid COM 767754104 1562 113065 SH SOLE 113065
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 2368 54280 SH SOLE 54280
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2900 46545 SH SOLE 46545
Sears, Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 206 6550 SH SOLE 6550
Smithfield Foods Inc COM 348 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Stein Mart COM 858375108 107 15000 SH SOLE 15000
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 303 4601 SH SOLE 4601
Telespectrum Worldwide Inc COM 87951U109 59 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4930 78105 SH SOLE 78105
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 4030 49000 SH SOLE 49000
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 7076 116485 SH SOLE 116485
UNUMProvident Corp. COM 91529y106 209 7116 SH SOLE 7116
USG Corp. COM 903293405 1672 35100 SH SOLE 35100
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 3842 64770 SH SOLE 64770
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 419 8800 SH SOLE 8800
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 2681 40386 SH SOLE 40386
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 232 5850 SH SOLE 5850
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