The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
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Some Z cts and y gttresqfA Doa1
tie Past, Present and Future iuu''tte3
u This Home Company, a.
$S Few institutions exert 30 llcspretld on On
Influence for good us thrifty we'll man.
S ilgcd Insurance conpnillcs. Like saving
banks tte life INSURANCE COMPANY Y y
ctilcntcs habits Of economy and coinpesllst
its patrons to- lay3ilp a. tore for tho pro.
syerblal rainy day, nv hllo he lndivi ua q
3 is8 benefited, II he community so fortunate Y!
" as u have IN successfully manage d llfe
Insurance. company as a perrna ~ " 81 g
tor ini us hnancinl pro gress, has q po'ss y.
erfu though silent, influence. yhicl !, at
fects its wolf being Iii many Ways, not the
least OF whiehis taking q the ely
q sivo nickel for car eless Of III less q "
4 zc1s VI ana demonstrating the updcrly irg8
principle that ",riony d mic kle makes q
N mucklc .n5&t
Richmond has a irictive home inst !!
Va tuition OF this nature$ In tho GLif lnsu
nncc Company Of y Is u 81 ii 5 ~
name mplies-n gir,n orgar "a tion. n s
corDorated Under Virgil Ia laws, having its
homo once iii vlrginin,s cal and = tsi
H growth innd SUCCESS Ia a. yranida Slllonu-
incnt to tho business iprobit ~ and anu,ncn
3s Of the gentlemen W no have been so long
II ma intimately ldenti Ned N vii lic adj
lIiinstrntlon OF Its ia ia irs. so nus
been Its succcss md iniiucnc 20 ti,n # II q;
review OF 4 t.si history must prove
Interesting allkc its irons and tlle
public 81: 5$88al II Sc 81 s8
Chartered by h the VA rginiai5 Lcg stature
"A was bro gllt into Sbeing Us $uL bod cor
porate in the q Of I'e tersburg a arcfi
IA III 1871 .l Mr. AZ G. s lWnirc. at that
time ii prominent merchant IS OF Peters,
burg, nctun ted by pat iolic mo YES III to-
e establlsh q Southern II I'D insurance COM
~ PAM mos lar gel llstrun,en Y,
Originating THIS scompaly. Beeoniing lts3
trst president he held the office re- ~
US succeed ed Sbyl Mr. Samuel 3. Paul.,
who had been secret airy from the da te1 OF
n incorporat lon During liia admins ton
H IN 1850, n he home d was rom owed 70
RichInond La ter, on DC Der ]. s1SsC, n :.
l CT a. Walker succeede ed to the presidency,
lker s 4 adm lnlstra ito the IN dustriaI
S fGnturc was introduced. Wv Which has al dcI
worry materially In thc rapid 4dcyel opment
4of5 the business ia It's present proper tons
IS ana earned for the company the sobri-
VI Duct, r'.1rhe Pioneer. SOU thcrn y IA ustrinl
come of on W 800 In, tho con,pany's
~ industrial premium 4 ONE now npprox-
imntcs $31 900 perg we tx. ss
I Operating originally In III Virginia and
~ North Il linn, TIL Nj coinpan y "A itns 70
expanded Its territory as to embrace not
& only these states. hut h also Bout ne Caro-
81 lima, Georgia, oulHtana, the Dist t8ofS
4 Columbia aud ID diana, ~ having dist riet$
offices In all Tho prime pal ci ties iof! these
Il sta ties, each char q superin tend,
ert; @nsslstant anu sta II of nts. w lille
3 no Observation-Disclosures the sout can d,l-
II plicntc Its growth III IA pidlty and ssvolrSE
h uE.e, 1t lis probable tina but few In the
Y c0untrs can mn ke ii bet ter COR ara I've
81 exhibit during the sa,rle period all things
II being equal During It's ca reer this COM
y rapy has absorbed the 4 n ort Ca olina
i.lfc Insurance Company, the American
20 and fAccid ents Com pa MS. OF Louis lana.
81 aud the North Carolina business OF the
4 Benefit Life Insurance Com
n pany,of Baltimore. j S7
aiSs.{ For many years tile company was dom
81 iciled In the Hnnnewinckc Blu! ID IS, Mn tn
x and Main Streets8 this city, but with $ac-t
~ c,I rate foresigh Sof the company s8 future
e requlremcntso Of its ia pldl - expanding bus
n mess. the 8 property, Guiding n the h old
n City II al. Z covering nearly half n block,
a fronting OH three - tree Is md oyerloo ing
~ Capitol So VIC az uired y y Bt ur-$
chase. T'ie* bul ding hay Ing been nd apt-
one OF the mostscQmplet Insurance Offices
lin tho South having every GO yenlcncc
and facility forum immense business, such
% ms is handled by this safe, prompt and
q in every sense a re sponsibl Bile a ne M dern
y institution, Ss4s 8gi sS
sS Mr. q a, ynlkc,r resi- gncd tho prcsi-
Sdency In 1901. and was succeeded by Mr..
u John q. sNynlker,SW who for many yea rs pres
z ylous was ce-presldent and actively cons
nGcted with the management. The COM
pan Is n ow, as linz The ri, t., ficered by
men of ntegrlt md cqpnclt 81 who q so
si,erlencc 70 add block af ter block TO It's
pyramidn shat t, making ts base broader
y and more substantial than over. & 81 I'LL
~ Tho present Ulcers arc d a. Walker;
4 president liam Pom horton, first
u pice-prcsidcnt: J.flV. Pegrain, second vice
president, aud w #. Rogerson, score
h tnry. These gentlemen n are well known
II citizons Of Richmond and have had long
n connection with tho Life s1naurance Conf
pany9 nf AZ irginla. ~ hey are perfectly fa-i
f,nllar with tho detail OF the various de-
spnrtnents,S and will maintain tho same
Z standard OF fair d enling and Hence
8Whichghas charm terized the past transa G.
lions OF his inst tuition and eley ated It to
THE high eminence d Tread 81 attained HI
5,sS5 Nyhilo the Industrial Insurance feature
of the company has In recen NJ years oyer-
Il shadowcd Its ordinary apartment to a
~ AACIs 6uOW4ll
by the history 8of every Il dustrlaI COM
pany hat the ...industral hegets '.'ordi-
u nary MS certainly >as cause proc ices off
n feet, The company has always paid carc-
t$ful attention to botl, branches Of the bus,
Y mess. 1t issues policies IN amounts from
fifty dollars to twenty-five thousand dol-
II lara, and all the latest and hest up-to-'
j date features are embodied In tho polls
Y cles Of tho company. II offers as great
Inducements and as many nd van tages to
large Insurers ms theS largest t companies
4 north OF Richmond, In factf,,th company
\ has always numbered among its policy
holders many of the most prominent peo-i
Il Pic Of the South, 81 a $s
& 4;6 Tie management contempt making
B n greater effort along the line nf gordiY
mary life policies sfort 81, 900 and upwards
and Is preparing to 4 greatly enlarge Il It's
4 scope In this department while tho indus.i
Y trial feature Of family Insurance will be
continued along the same progresslYay|
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