Peach Belt Conference to form a Division II conference. Following a second meeting on Dec. 3, 1989, five of those 11 schools, plus two others, formed the Peach Belt Athletic Conference and began play in the fall of 1990. The seven charter members of the conference were Armstrong Atlantic State University (now Armstrong State University), Columbus State University, Francis Marion University, Georgia College (now Georgia College & State University), Lander University, USC Aiken, and USC Upstate. The name Peach Belt Athletic Conference was adopted in January 1990 and modified to Peach Belt Conference in May 2000. Augusta State University joined the conference in
North State (cigarette) North State (cigarette) North State (also known as Nortti) is a Finnish brand of cigarettes which was manufactured by ""Suomen Tupakka"". Today, the brand is owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco. North State was founded in 1931 and is a cigarette which is equipped with a shorter filter compared to many other cigarette brands. The cigarette is mainly sold in Finland, but was also sold in Denmark, the Netherlands, Nazi Germany, West Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Jokingly, the brand is usually called ""Chauffeur tobacco"". In Finland, the market had three different variants of North State: Red Filter,