The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-01-26
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
FORMED IN JACKSON

While grave doubts exist 90 -
whether any form remedial or con
strrctive legislation on the fire IN,
surance question will be enacted
a. this session of the legislature
the leading capitalists and Dusi-
ness men of the state have deserin-
med to take matters into their own
hands and see to it that adequate
fire protection is offered to prop
erty owners.
The most substantial evidence
Of this determination is the organ
ization of the Bankers g Mer
chants Fire Insurance Company
| backed by two million dollars
| capital stock and having at It's
head more than two score OF the
foremost business and profession
al men in Mississippi.
The organizers of this Company
are taking no part in the leglsia-
tive program. They are neither pro
moters nor politicians, but, having
the best business interest OF the
State at heart, they have formed
AN organization that can and VIII
write reliable fire insurance at re-
asonable rates backed by the ssron
oest business interest il the COM
monwealth.
At the head of the organization
| is Mr.. R. E. Remington, the mer-
| chant prince of Mississippi, the
foremost retail merchant i'll the
State, who has achieved remark
liable success in many forms OF bus
mess endeavor and industrial de-
yelopments during the past twen-
ty years, who was unanimously
|-chosen as President of the newly
| organized company. The list OF OF
ficers and directors guarantees The
success of the enterprise, which
soon will be in position to offer
fire insurance policies to the pub
| lie. and which is now being flooded
daily with request for stock from
people who want to make a good
| investment.
r. E. Remington, Jackson, Pres
ident; John E. King, New York,
Vice President; H. v. Watkins,
Jackson, Second Vice President;
r. H Green, Jackson, Third Vice
President; John E. Seavy, Brook
haven, Fourth Vice President; w.
G. Sours, Jackson, Secretary these
with the following, constitute the
Board of Directors:
J. M. fairfield, Jackson; G. b.
Reynolds, jackson; T. M. Heder-
man, jackson; W. G. Wills, Jack
son; o. B. Taylor, Jackson; P. Il
Eager, Jackson; E, II. bradshaw,
jackson; J, H. Wells, Jackson; G..
C. Smith, Jackson; w. II. Pullen,
Jackson; C. H. Spengler, Jackson; :.
Isadore Lehman, Jackson; Mrs.
Viola Lake, Jackson; M. M. Brister
Yazoo City; R. L. Heidelberg,J Jack
son; E. C. Tonsmeire, Biloxi; J. n.
Powers, University; w. A. Nc
Donald, Bay st. Louis; Judge jeff
Ke.lt, Merton and ST. High, Tupelo.
The Company consideres itself
particularly fortunate in having
associated with John E. King, of
New York. one Of the foremost and
most successful fire insurance
men inthe country.
You will want a bottle of the
wonderful Tanlac remedy. You
can get it from Thornton's drug
store, Brandon, Miss.
Good idea for motorist to have
nom skid tires, but a lot them also
have non-skid brains.
The hsad that used to rock the
cradle now seems to be hitting the
typewriter.
Not many people nowadays can
handle hammer or saw, but there
are a lot who can pound on jazz
instruments very skilfully.
Tramps and hoboes are all in the
South now, as if they stayed up
North they might get put to work
shoveling snow.
Question. is what the anti-short
skirt howlers will say, when in the
near future the women don't wear
any skirts at all?
There is feeling among the
children that the movies should be
reformed so that it will be safe for
their parents to see them.
Mayors, Pankers, lawyers, prom
inent government, state and county
officials, prominent business and
professional men and Ministers OF
the Gospel have endorsed Tanlac.
Sold by Thorntcu's drug Company.
The telephone becomes house