The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-19
Great Interests Involved in Matter Be-
fore Supreme Court
Case of Green Against Hartford Life
Insurance CoHnpany-Thc Outlook
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Charges Brought by Liquor Men.
Other Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. C, September ID.


upon such stock. or course the corpo-
ration pays a corporation tax in the
state in which il is located. Auditor
Dixon has been collecting taxes here
on such shares. but has had a great
deal of trouble and no little kicking
about il, which this decision will put
an end to.
The medical department of the state
University, which is located at Ra-
leigh, today has twenty three students.
which shows a very marked increase
as compared with any previous num-
Der.
Acting Labor Commissioner Bruner
today received applications from per-
sons in Forsyth county for four Ger
man families.
the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound
railway will within sixty days open
its first section to traffic, this being
from Raleigh northeastward, about if
teen miles.
Judge Purnell Of the federal coGr-
did not file his decision in the police
justice case regarding the power of
the Raleigh police justice under a spe-
clal legislative act, until this after
noon. having given the subject much
consideration. The contention of the
attorney general is that this case is
not in line with the Georgia case, in
which there is no regular trial, while
mere there are always regular trails,
with counsels and the right of appeal.
The new Raleigh Building and Loan
association is to be organized by the
first OF October. Shares are being
taken very rapidly.
A very important case has been ar
gued before the supreme court this
being Green against the Hartford Lie
Insurance company, involving greater
interests than any case before this
court in many years. The principal
question is whether an assessment
company has the right under legtSla-
tive authority to change its furur@
business from assessment to old-;ime
insurance. Over twenty of the larg-
est assessment companies, confronted
by the utter failure of assessment in
urance, lave been permitted by the
law of ten states to make this change,
and hundreds of millions of insurance
have been issued in consequence OF
and relying upon the legality of the
S1oASC IL Aouil IL 5u-
preme court of The United States, have
uniformly approved the change. Ii
now a different rule shall be generally
adopted the dissolution of an immense
number of insurance contracts will be
the inevitable result. The case ome
up upon complaint of Mr.. Green OF
New Bern that the Hartford Life IN
surance Company, which by it's char
ter has always had authority to issue
both assessment and legal reserve m
surance, for the first few years Of its
existence, did an old-time business;
then did exclusively an assessment
business until 1899. when it ceased his
and recommended teh issue of old
time insurance, but has continued to
carry out its contract with assessment
members, holding their reserve intact
for their sole benefit and protection.
The change of Business was caused by
the failure of the assessment insur-
ance. Mr.. Green was an assessment
member and claims that the company
is bound to go on with that class of
business and that by making the
change the company has broken It's
contract with him. He therefore de-
mands the repayment to him of all
the assessments he has ever paid, with
interest. Judge Allen non-suited the
plaintiff in the lower court and he ap-
pealed. The plaintiff was represent
ed in the supreme court by A. ID. Ware
and Charles l.. Alternately and the
company by Charles w. Hinsdale and
w. W. Clark.
Among the visitors here was Sheriff
George B. Mcleod Of Robson. Who
saw the state treasurer and auditor re-
garding some tax matters, he reported
everything as extremely prosperous In
his fine county.
A charter is granted to Piedmoa.
Telephone Company of Lexington with
capital stock amounting TO $40, 900.
Acting immigration Commissioner
Thomas K. Bruner was interview .d
regarding the outlook for immigrants
He said: mo application for immi-
grants has come to me in several
days. | have appointed an agent, .Ju-
Illus L. Loix, at Liege, Belgium, to look
for people of the o desirable
classes, to come to North Carolina. Mr.
Loix says he has been lecturing Ia
Germany, and Belgium and Holland.
and trying TO induce people &c eonl
to North Carolina. He says he finds
that people in those countries know
only of Canada, Nebraska, Minnesota.
which always have superb displays at
the expositions held abroad. Canada
working very hard TO get immigrants
and showing United States fruits in
its exhibits. Secretary Bruner also
has a letter from a Baltimore man. a
German. who says he can induce far
mers. farm laborers, and cotton opera
tives TO come TO North Carolina and
settle. Mr.. Bruner is taking this mat
ter UP with him quite actively.
Mrs. Margaret Busbee Shipp. who
has been abroad two months, in Scot
land, England, France and SwitzeI-
land, is again al her desk in the Ct
flee OF teh revenue collector, where
b Is treasurer. She says she greatly
enjoyed her trip. She is becoming
quite well known as a writer of short
stories for the magazines, etc.
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