The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-07
q GOOD MOVE.
Our Sammy Home.

10 De held at Southern Pines,
North Carolina, q "Southern In
ter State Insurance Conference.
II members Of the conference
al. to be delegates appointed by
til Governors of Southern States
p 'sldents of Boards of Trade and
Chambers OF Commerce, Mayors
oi cities and towns. ard Editors
Of leading newspapers. The OBJ
joct OF the conference, is tot2epe-
cisily call the attention of the
Southern people TO the large
amount OF money that is annually
gong out Of the South for life and
accident insurance. It is said
tn. t fer every dollar paid to per-
son insured South two dollars go
out. It's certainly time Southern
men We're inyo3ti tigating. There
is no reason why this business can
not be conducted III tie South;
and we are glad to see movement
under way that will at least cause
people to think, and:not only to
think but show them that they
ought to patrA2ize and sustain the
insurance companies already es,-
tablished III the Southern States.
1t is well for Us to say, that this
conference is not plansfed and
worked up by the Southern Insu-
rance Companies to boom them
selves, bat il is being promoted by
men who have tie good Of the
| South at heart. Ina conversation
4 few days since with the repre-
sentative Of this paper, a gentle
man said:
In North Carolina we send out
to foreign insurance companies en-
: nually, about two million dollars
and get back just enc million and
[ for one an going to work until I
can see the larger bulk CT this
money going into the treasures OF
home companies. | haven't la del
lars interest in q Southern com
1 pany, and don't expect to have
2 but it is every Southern man's
g. duty to keep all the money h
can at home, and to sustain hcmt
: enterprises"
A He said in referring to the con
1 ference, 1T is 10 show how mucl
: money can be saved to the Soutl
i if we will patronize home insu
' rance, and take such steps as vii
e ccnclHsively show our people tha
e the insurance business of the Soutl
S can be conducted by Southern
companies, or by those outsid
IS companies who will loan q fai
e1 part of their surplus to Souther
: enterprises -
q Our reporter suggested that l.
ie was bordering on being a protect
II ZIONIST and he said: Il am
\. Southerner, heart ana all and / a,
'e going to do everything [ can /
i, promote the interest Of the Souti
ern people; and if any one want
Il our patronage let him come dow
ie and be che Of us, or if he stays
i another section let him help I
lie propertionably to what We hel
'e him. What I do is not opposite
ID to any outsider, or foreign peop
Is or section. / feel it is the duty;
Id every man TO do what is best f;
1e the people he lives arlong, al
tc the section in which he is locate
and believing this | am going
tn do all I can for every Southern e
OF terprise. If ;he people from 10
don, CT Canada, or Hartford v
como down and live with Us, al
establish insurance companies
IL invest their surplus and prof
e' in cur section, I will gladly s
20 patronize them; but as long
they take two dollars for eve
'ce dollar they give us, l shall be
III favor Of extending invitations f
them TO come down, instead
'ov sending them oar hard earned d.
DE lars. That's my view and on I'll
no line I shall work, let it please
M displease whom it may"
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