The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15
SECRETARY DAVE
 PREPARES REPORT Special Meeting Called Ia Montgomery Tomorrow NEW LAW. KNOCKED OUT Insurance Company Can Write Special Clause In Face of Policy That Bene- fits Holder-Mobile Gets Big
 School Fund.
NEW LAW. KNOCKED OUT

Montgomery. December 14-(Special)- All the industrial interests of Alabama ,have been called to meet in Montgomery on Thursday, December Is, to hear reports of the work of the recent Southern Com merciaI congress in Washington. Secre- tary G. Grovesnor Dave of the Mont- gomery Commercial club and chairman of the arrangement committee of the congress, is now making up such report, which will be given in detail. Representa- tives from the outlying cities of New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Birmingham and Atlanta are asked and will no doubt be present.
 Nothing in the way of a statement will be made by MT. Dave until the meeting, he and President A. c. Forbes of the Commercial club desiring that the entire business section have the first of the authentic reports to be made. 1t is thought that in this way an interest can be aroused that will make for the great l development of the entire south. There | is a desire on the part of Montgomery and the other interior cities to get in better touch with the seacoast cities and l for that reason aiore than ever effort is to be made to sask neighborly recipro- cation. especially with New Orleans and Mobile.
 Insurance Aaw Knocked Out. Judge A D. Sayre of the city court of Montgomery has held that the insur- ance commissioner of the state cannot re- yoke the license of the Guarantee Ldre Insurance company of Waco, Tex, for writing a policy with a special feature of interest to the insured, as the feature is written in the face of the policy and all are alike benefited by it. There IS nothing in the state laws to justify the. revocation of license of the company, as is threatened by the department. says the judge.
 The department complains of the con tract for the reason that 1t glves spe- cial returns not in the general or stand ard line of policies Judge Sayre says that the contract may not be what IL oueht to be. but 1t does give authority to interfere with contracts fully expressed on the face of the policy. lhe statute' he saws which confers summary and extraordinary powers upon the commis- sioner may not be stretched beyond the letter to reach the case of policy which for other reasons may not meet his ap- prevail
 New Pensacola Line. The incorporation of the Elberata' Mobile and Pensacola railroad mas been reported to the Alabama secre- tarv of state It has nominal cap ital of $5O,0oO, but is thought to be ! hacked by strong interests, which Will give if connection with the big lines. Ii appears from what can be had that the line in to be a part of the Louis- vile and Nashville system, running from the end of it's new line to Bay Minnette. In Baldwin county to it's extensive holdings in Pensacola. The road will be about 100 miles long. {,
 Money for Mobile.
 The state auditor has sent $54,SS4.29 to Mobile. this being the share of the county of the school fund of the state for the year 190S-9. Under the acts of the legislature and the constitu- tion Mobile gets it's school money diff ferently from other sections, or all Tn lump It also has the license or the liouor sales which has not been the case with any other county.
 Educational Meeting. H c. Gunnels, state superintendent of education. and Chief Clerk w. F.
 Feagin will attend the meeting or tbe Southern Education association, to be held December 29 to S1 in At lanta. P. P. Claxton, head of the Uni versitv of Tennessee, is the president. Many matters of interest to the south ern states will be looked after.
 Minor Alabama News. John H. Wallace, Jr., state game and fish commissioner, is sending out H. cense blanks to the probate judges. Gov. B. B. Conner is back from week in the woods and reports having had a good time.
 William F. Feagin, chief clerk to the department of education; J. A. Wilkin- son. commissioner of agriculture, and Walter D. Seed state treasurer. are back from Greensboro. where they went to attend the meetings of the Ala bama Methodist conference.