Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24
NEWCARPET STORE
Republic Life Insurance Company.


A meeting of the stockholders of the Re-
public Life Insurance Company Of Chicago
resident in our city, was held at O'Clock
Friday afternoon at the rooms Of the Board
of Trade, for the purpose of organizing the
Middle Tennessee branch Of the company.
The meeting was called TO order by Sc
lecting Mr.. NJ. Burns as Chairman,and Col.
j. E. Jacobs general manager for Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee, acted as Secre-
tary. The plans of the company which
contemplate a home organization in the
Middle Tennessee branch, whereby all the
money paid for stock in our section
of the State and surplus pre-
miums, after deducting from the
general premium contributions Of Middle
Tennessee their proportion of the death
losses and current expenses of the company,
will be invested upon satisfactory real
estate security in localities contributing
them, were fully explained by the General
Manager, and fayOrably commented upon
by several of the stockholders, as destined
to largely remedy the present drain of
money from our section for life insurance,
and as the Republic has a national organiza-
ton, with prosperous branches in sixteen
States. and agencies soon to ripen into
them in ten other States, the Mid
ole Tennessee subscribers to the
stock of the company congratulate
themselves upon having effectively
supplemented the efforts Of our local
companies to stop the depletion of our sec
ton for life premiums. Though the Re
public has only established its Southern
agencies within the past eleven months, it
has fOurished. Branches, with many OF
the most prominent men of each city as
stockholders, at Atlanta, Augusta, Rome,
Ca; Knoxville, Chattanooga and Fayette-
vile, Tenn; Huntsville aud Selma, Ala;
besides the strong organizations longer ex-
isting at New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
timore, st. Louis, and throughout the
West.
The following gentlemen were elected
as Nashville Directors in the Middle Ten
nessee Branch, the principal towns Of our
section of the State increasing the general
Directory by their representatives in the
Board proportionably to the stock taken in
each:
Messrs. NJ. Burns, Thomas Caldwell, n.
K. Griffin, G. n. Ordway, Thomas Parkes,
A. G.. Ewing, d. II. Bailey, J. L. Dismukes,
Charles T. Wing, A. Il. Robinson.
The Directors then elected the following
officers of the Branch for the ensuing year:
NJ. Burns, President. (Vice-President to
be selected from stockholders outside Of
Nashville.) E. r. Campbell, Secretary; A.
G. Ewing, Treasurer; G. P. ThrustoD, At
torney; DIS. Briggs and NichOl, Medical
Examiners.
The Nashville members of Finance and
Executive Committees were then selected
as follows, the number to be increased by
the addition of two members to the former
and three to the latter from stockholders in
other places:
Finance Thomas Caldwell,
Thomas Parkes, Chas. T. Wing.
Executive Committee-C. n. Ordway,
n. K. Griffin, j. L. Dismukes, A. Fl. Rob
inson.
The stockholders and Directors adjourn
ed to meet at 4 P. NJ. Saturday, to appoint
Committee on Bylaws, and receive the
Vice President of the company, Mr.. A. w.
Kellogg, then expected from Atlanta.