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                    E.        Petitioner's Loans from Trust Co.                                                                                                            
                              1.        Loans to Petitioner                                                                                                                
                             In 1990, petitioner borrowed $15,000 from Trust Co. Bank of                                                                                  
                    Northeast Georgia (Trust Co.) to increase the inventory in a                                                                                           
                    convenience store that he owned.                                                                                                                       
                              Activewear began to have cash-flow problems around April                                                                                     
                    1991, in part because Jackson and his corporations had not repaid                                                                                      
                    the loans to Activewear.  Petitioner asked Trust Co. to lend                                                                                           
                    money to petitioner for Activewear to use as operating capital.                                                                                        
                    Trust Co. agreed to lend $50,000 to petitioner in April 1991 and                                                                                       
                    $15,000 in July 1991.  Thus, at that time, petitioner had loans                                                                                        
                    totaling $80,000 from Trust Co.  The $50,000 and $15,000 loans                                                                                         
                    were the personal liability of petitioner.  Petitioner                                                                                                 
                    immediately transferred the proceeds of these loans to                                                                                                 
                    Activewear.  Petitioner recorded these amounts on Activewear's                                                                                         
                    books as loan repayments by Jackson.                                                                                                                   
                              2.        Collateral for Loans                                                                                                               
                              In October 1991, when the $50,000 and $15,000 April and July                                                                                 
                    1991 loans were due, Tom Wilson, vice president of Trust Co.,                                                                                          
                    asked petitioner to consolidate them with his earlier $15,000                                                                                          
                    loan, and to provide collateral for the $80,000 consolidated                                                                                           
                    loan.  Petitioner gave Trust Co. collateral consisting of his own                                                                                      
                    stock, mutual funds, and other marketable securities with a                                                                                            
                    market value of $27,291 and an $80,000 second mortgage to his                                                                                          





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