The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-14

company by the first agency shall be con-
sidered the property of such agency, and
that the new agency shall not solicit the
old agency's business at the expiration of
the policy. He also recommended that the
companies be requested not to appoint mer-
chants and men in other businesses as their
agents; men who devoted only portion of
their time to the insurance business. An
other accommodation he made was that a
committee be appointed to submit to the
next general assembly a new general in
surance bill, which shall provide for the
establishment of an insurance department,
under the control of an insurance commits
sioner. Captain Dean stated the officers
of the association, assisted by the agents
in Montgomery, had succeeded in persuad-
ing the last legislature not to pass several
unfair and unjust insurance bills.
Secretary Sweat made his report includ-
ing the minutes of the last meeting at Mo-
bile. The various committees which were
to attend to the work of the convention,
We're appointed, and the convention adj
journed until night.
Fire Department In Action.
The delegates decided that they would
like to see the Birmingham fire department
in action and just what service they gave
when getting to a fire. The whole conven-
ton accordingly quietly strolled down to
Morris avenue and Twentieth street, the
In an alarm at one of the regular fire boxes.
Everybody grabbed out his watch and be-
gan keeping time. Before the crowd could
realize it they saw the Southside fire en-
CINE turn into Twentieth street at Avenue
d, and the Northside department at Third
avenue The engines, hose carriages and
all came at breakneck speed, and
just seventy seconds after the alarm was
turned in Chief Mullen came tearing down
looking for the fire, and Immediately after
ward the Northside engine came rushing
up Morris avenue from Nineteenth street.
The Southside department would probably
have gotten to the scene first had it not
been that a freight train blocked the cross
ing at the railroads
Chief Mullen took the joke good-natur-
eddy on being informed that there was 10
fire, but one of the firemen wanted to have
somebody arrested for "fooling with the
boxes" The whole department was con-
graduated on the excellent showing it
made; it was truly a remarkable run.
Last night the convention met again at
S clock, and the discussion of the commit
tees reports was taken up. Dual agencies,
unfavorable legislation, etc., were among
the topics discussed.
Today's Program
This morning at o'clock all of the dele
gates will meet at the union depot. Ar
rangements have been made for taking the
visitors a trip around the birmingham
Mineral railroad. and they will be shown
all the points ofs-interest until about 8
o clock in the afternoon. Lunch will be
served on the train.
At G O'Clock in the afternoon the conven-
ton will resume its business session, when
reports from the committees will be con-
tinued, officers elected, and the business
part of the convention finished up.
AT 10 o'clock the annual banquet will be
served at the Morris This will be an
elaborate affair, and will continue for sew
eral hours. A number of toasts will be
made.
The following are the visiting delegates:
President Joseph l.. Deans, Opelixa: j. r.
Jones, Huntsville; w. Il. Fits, Tuscaloosa;
Charles M T. Sawyer, Fort Payne; W. o.
Peace. Sylacauga Fl. b. Scott New Deea-
tur; w. s. Woolsey, r. H. Mabry and G. l..
Waller of Selma; w. p. Lay, Gadsden;
Sam l.. Crook and Z. L. Turner, Anniston;
w. 7. Chandler, Leopold Strauss, r. C.
Farriss, j. S. Dowdell and M. M. Sweet,
OF Montgomery; J. &, Glennon, George r.
Sage and E. Mccartney, of Mobile; +. p.
Nichols, Roanoke; G. A. Prinz. Cullman;
Hume Wilson and E.. r. Adams,
Greenville; Chas. w. Thompson, Tuskegee;