The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-26
SAM W. CAROTHERS ENTERTtINs
COMPLEMENTARY III INSUR-
ANCE OFFICIALS.
A DELIGHTFUL FEAST
Interesting Talks Are Made by ON.
cials of the Great southern
Life Insurance Company
of Houston.
The Great southern Idfo insurance

pany ia Texas and Ellis county
IS the largest contributor to It's bas-
mess Of all the ooJ'ntics in Texas
With the exception Of Harris. the
home Of the company. and Dallas,
whore large branch office has been
maintained since the company'& or
ganization Therefore 1t was very
appropriate for Sam n. Carothers.
local agent for the company and one
of the largest business producers IN
the Insurance game, TO entertain
some hundred or more OF the policy
holders with a dinner at Hotel Rog-
ers on "Wednesday evening, honoring
officials of the company who were
visiting in the city. There are some
TOO policy holders of this company
/ in Ellis county, embracing bankers.
lawyers, farmers. merchants and la
borers, and this occasion served as
a kind of get-to-getner meeting of
those interested in the success of the
company, for the policy holders and
management are equally interested
in the success of the business.
| The officials present were O. S.
Carlton, president; Dr.. J. II. Flor
ence. chief medical examiner; DR..
IF. J. Combe, associate medical ex-
aminer; James A. Stephenson, first
vice president; DR.. T b. Fisher, chief
medical examiner of the Dallas
branch; j. o. Wright, cashier of the
Dallas office; c. w. Lamberth, spe-
cial representative in Dallas. Many
of these gentlemen were already well
and favorably known in Ellis coun-
lily, but it was indeed a delight to
their friends to meet them here
again about the festal board.
1t was $3.50 o'clock when all the
/ invited guests had answered the
summons to Hotel Rogers on the
| evening of October 25th. Then the
| doors of the dining room were
thrown open and the guests hidden
to enter and enjoy feast prepared
for them The feast was a Joy and
a delight to all present. When the
guests had finished Toastmaster w.
/ p. Hancock explained that the pur-
pose of the meeting was to meet the
officials Of one of the greatest in
surance companies in Texas. the
Great Southern Of Houston, which
| has more Insurance in effect in Ellis
cohnty than any other two companies
doing business in Texas. He said it
was source of pride TO know that
| Ellis county had in a measure con
tributel to the success of this great
insurance company just as she has
| in many of the great enterprises of
! the state Here he mentioned that
! Ellis county had furnished the brains
for several of the greatest indus
tries of the state, namely, Striek-
land, Goodwin and Templeton Of the
/ Texas Power Il Light company, Fer
ris of the financial circles OF Dallas,
and Stephenson, OF the insurance
leompanies He said it was delight
To him 10 mention the success of
one of his boyhood playmates had
met with and then he told how
James A. Stephenson, once teacher
in Ellis county. had conceived the
idea of organizing a great insurance
company to do business in Texas.
He concluded these remarks with an
Introduction of Mr. Stephenson. who
spoke for a few moments, briefly out
lining history of the Great South
ern company, OF which he is vice
president.
Mr. Stephenson said he was rear
ed in Ellis county and really could
never feel very much at home any
where else. He said he always found
pleasure in visiting Waxahachie and
greeting his old time friends. Going
back to his subject, the Great South
ern company, he said the company
would be seven years old In NOIem-
Der. that it had a half million capi-
tai stock and $40,000,000 business
In force, which is SS.00o.000 greater
than any company in the state. He
declared that Ellis county gave them
more business than any other coun-
~ in Texas with the exception of
Harris and Dallas counties. He es
timated the amount OF insurance in
force in this county in the Great
Southern at million and a quar-
ter. He said it was through the ef-
forts of Sam w Carothers. who has
been with the company for five
years. that so much business was
produced here Mr.. stephenson said
he went into the Insurance business
in 1900, moved to Dallas in 1903.
where he organized the Southland
company and served as its president