The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ENTERPRISE WHICH WILL
MEAN MUCH TO DAWSON AND
PEOPLE OF THIS SECTION.

A widely known and popular life
insurance company and farmers
fire insurance company are already
in successful operation, and now To-
cal business men will enter the gen
eral fire insurance field
With a widely known and popular
life insurance company already in
successful operation, local business
men will enter the fire insurance
field
Notice is given by advertisement
in this issue of The News of a petit
ton to the State for charter for
company to be known as the Georgia
State Fire Association. The incOr-
porators are Messrs. JnO. M, Bell,
Lee G. Hoyl, S. A. Loyless, G, M.
Roberts and J. r. Mercer.
1t is stated in the petition that
they propose to operate a mutual
cooperative fire insurance company,
and also to insure against loss by
storms and tornadoes. Being mutual
company makes it one in which the
policy holders will share in the prof
its, thus placing fire insurance with
in the reach of all at actual cost OF
carrying the risk. But far more than
this, it will keep right here at home
the immense amount of money this
section pays as a yearly tribute to
foreign concerns who have no inter-
est in our welfare except to collect
what money they can from our peo-
pie The field for this new company
is a wide one, and it will profit this
4 entire section.
The history of the Southern Life
4 Insurance Company and also that OF
q the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
u Company go to show that Dawson is
as good a place for the headquarters
of an insurance organization as any.
4 1t shows, too, that the people right
8 here at home are as capable of TAX
ing hold of and managing their at-
fairs of this kind as any people on
i earth
The News is glad to have this new
institution among us. We are .glad
to speak a good word for it, and
feel that the news of it's organization
d will be received with pleasure and
interest throughout this entire sec
II ton.
The incorporators of the Georgia
State Fire Association, which is the
name of the new company, say that
they propose to work along very con-
sentative lines, selecting their risks
81 With great care, and limiting the
amount of insurance on one risk to
not more than $1,000. Their plans
Of operation have been carefully
made and it is their intention to
Jorge ahead until the Georgia State
q FIRE Association will be a tower OF
strength.
To show the faith the gentlemen
al the head of the company have In
ne Ultimate success of the plans
'ney propose to make a deposit OF a
sufficient sum to guarantee the pay
n l4ent Of all losses from the very be-
SHINING, It is no haphazard scheme,
oOt plan that has been thought out
w hard study, and one that the eXpe-
renee of all fire insurance companies
caches is absolutely safe, sound and
enable. There is no guess work
oout it, and there can be no doubt
~ The fact that our people will show
neir appreciation of the local en-
eIprise that places them in touch
i.h a home company in which they
III share in the profits, as well as
eep all Of our money at home, where
VIII continue to circulate and do
GOOD
How much of the money that we
eno off for fire insurance comes
acK to us? Now and then there is
that brings in a part of 1t, but
mere was no profit in the business
e companies would quit the field.
OF them have grown rich, and
south paid the price. With this
ew enterprise the insured will share
the profits, only the actual ex-