The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-01
INCREASE SHOWN
 IN DEPART TMENT Report on Insurance Receipts
 for Six Months GRAY IS DENIED RIGHT Cannot Intervene In Suit of South and North Against Louisville and Nash vile RaiIroad-Franchise
 Tax Case.
GRAY IS DENIED RIGHT

Montgomery, June 30.-(Special.) )-The
 Alabama insurance department shows an
 increase inS receipts for the first six months of 1908 over the same time of last
 year of $71, 65s. fl, the figures being: Jan
 uary to June 30, 1908, s1S4, 90; for the same time 1907, $11S,074. 49; increase, S71,-
 65S41 The net receipts for the last six
 months have been s1S2,325, compared to s111, ,399.96 during the period of time pre- vious
 The receipts for this year were from
 these sources: Company licenses $16,64l;
 agents. licenses, $15Ss3; premium tax on
 all kinds of companies, S152 POS .90 The ex-
 penses for the period was $24O7 .90 The figures were compiled by Deputy Commis-
 soner A. c. Sexton. Frank N. Julian, secretary of state. is the commissioner
 Company Licenses-7S fire, s1O1, s7S7S: IS life, $lO1. s4s4S; 35 miscellaneous, s1Ol,
 s35S5; 19 mutual aid, $2O, sSSO; TT com
 panies, total company licenses, s16641. Agents Licenses-3442 fire, s3,50, $12047; 765 life, s3.5o, s2677 50; 330 miscellaneous. 8. 50, s115s. 50; 45SS agents, $15,SS3 Premium Tax-Fire premiums s3,119.9l5, tax $12047; life premiums s4, ,75S, ,6S4. .5O, tax.
 S94S4375; miscellaneous premiums s357,- 50, tax s7152 .69; mutual aid premiums $S41 167, tax 11.67 under section 26O5, code, l per cent on s55, 55 cents; total
 premium $s,577, 4O6, tax S152, POS 90. Total receipts from all sources $1S4,- 732. .g0
 Expenses-January S735.47, February
 ssSs.96, March $2s206, April s237.25. May
 $262 67 June $54O. .4s; total expenses, in- cluding salary of commissioner, s24O7. 30. Total receipts first six months 1907, $11S,- 074.4s; total expenses first six months 1907, $l674. 53; net $111,3s 96. Total receipts first six months 1908, s184 732 .9O total expenses first six months 19OS s2407 30; net, $1S2, ,325
 Gain in total receipts first six months 1908 over first months 1907. $71,65S.4.
 Gray Loses Suit. Henry B. Gray, a minority stockhoder of the South and North railroad, has been denIed the right to intervene in a suit against the Louisville and Nashville rail- | road, for an accounting of the operations of the South and North, which it con- trols, until he is able to prove the alle- gations of his position. The chancellor at Birmingham held that while MT Gray
 bad rights he had not proved them in the petition which he filed
 In order to compel the chancellor to al- low him to become a party to the suit, attorneys of Mir. Gray brought mandamus proceedings in the supreme court directed to the chancellor, which the court refused
 to grant. The effect is not to shut Gray out of the relief that the higher court said he had In the chancery court, but l to force him to prove that he had rights that the suit as brought would not pro- tect. It is thought that the attorneys for Mr. Gray will come back in another way.
 Franchise Tax Case. The fight of several rail line systems to keep from paying the new franchise tax on foreign corporations was given over today to speech making by Gregory L. Smith, for the Louisville and Nash vile, and the states attorney. The arguments were completed tonight, former Chief Justice s. D. Weakley clos ing for the state. Judge Sayre took the
 case under advisement and will render 8 decision some time next week. The famous warehouse case of Morgan county, wherein the question of the reas- onableness of rates was raised, did not reach a discussion on that point in the supreme court, going off on the decision that the chancellor assumed Jurisdiction that he did not have. It was that of the Gulf Compress company vs. Jones Cot ton company. It was sought to have rates lower than the schedules charged on the ground that the warehouse had been made
 public service corporations under the con trol of the state. It was hoped that the question of rates would be reached, but it was not
 Second District Fight The fight for congressional nonors in the Second district seems to have fal- len much into a controversy over the way the nomination shall be made as the , man who is to have the place. Several men have come out for a convention, which action has caused a great cry to go up against it. The masses of the voters seem to favor a primary and they will be very active in making it known. After the call of the election by Gov E. B. Conner, those who are coming out
 and have not yet done so. will be To-
 cated. These include s. H. Dent of Mont gomery, J. N. Miller of Camden, H. Y. Brooke of Crenshaw, and w. l.. Parks of
 Covington. Those out are R. T. Goodwyn of Montgomery, Thomas J. Hall of Mont
 gomery, and w. H. Sanford of Troy. o. C. Wiley of Troy, a brother of the late incumbent is seeking the short term. Others mentioned in Montgomery are
 Thomas H. Clark, for the short term, and w. A. Henderson, for the long term. 
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