The Sentinel Leader. (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1911 Page: 3 of 6
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UNION MUTUAL WINS.
County Attorney Refuses to
Entertain Case At All.
Decided Victory.
Enid, Okla., April 28, 1911.
The ouster suit filed against
the Union Mutual Insurance Com-
pany of tnis city, in the superior
court of Oklahoma City in the
name of the county attorney of
that county at the instance State
Commissioner of Insurance Bal-
lard has been dismissed by Coun-
ty Attorney Hooker of Oklahoma
county, after investigating the
charges upon which the suit was
filed.
Furthermore, the county at
tdrney sent assurance to the
state attorney general that the
suit was filed in the name of the
county attorney upon the request
of another, and had the facts been
known at the time the suit would
not have been filed.
The county attorney filed in the
superior court a motion asking
that the case be dismissed.
Though Attorneys Ledbetter,
Stuart and Bell, for the Union
Mutual, offered objections to the
dismissal of the suit, Judge
Zwick dismissed the case in ac-
cordance with the motion of the
county attorney.
both sides heard.
Chalmers B. Wilson, one of the
counsels for the Union Mutual,
visited the county attorney of
Oklahoma county and explained
to him what he believed to be
the motive of the suit. When
the county attorney was ac-
quainted with these facts he-call-
ed in those interested in the pros-
ecution and heard their story.
Then Mr. Hooker promptly dis-
missed the action.
previous attempts made.
There have been previous at-
tempts made to drive the Uuion
Mutual from the state and as a
r&ult of these, there is now on
file in this county a suit against
the state commissoner of insur-
ance and the Reliable Insurance
panies. This bill requires that
companies organizing must have
1,000 members, with $20,000 in
premiums and $10,000 guaranty
fund, and must sot aside 20 per
cent of the gross premiums each
year as a reserve.
The 1,000 members spoke of in
law does not in any way affect
this company, for it was se-
cured at the time of their organ-
ization in 1906 and this was done
under the advisement of the at-
torney general, which comes un-
der the Gilmer Law, which is not
nor was it intended for establish-
ed companies; if so, the prosecut-
ing company would be in the
same boat.
Walnut Valley,
copy of license.
State of Oklahoma, Insurance
Department, No. 1,546.
I, Perry A. Ballard, insurance
commissioner, do hereby certify
that the Union Mutual Insurance
Company, a corporation organiz-
ed under the laws of Oklahoma
and located at Enid,has produced
to me satisfactory evidence that
it has complied with all the re-
quirements of the laws of the
state of Oklahoma imposed on
such corporations, and I further
certify that F.NJtobinson,agent,
has authority to take risks and
transact the business of Hail in-
surance for and in behalf of said
corporation in the state so far as
he maj^be legally empowered
from March 1, 1911, to the last
day of February, 1912.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of my office to be affixed
at the City of Oklahoma, in the
state of Oklahoma, this 1st day
of March, A. D. 1911.
Perry A. Ballard,
(Seal) Insurance Commissioner.
copy.
In re Union Mutual Insurance Co.
Oklahoma City, April 7, 1911.
Mr. R. V. Converse,
Hammon, Okla.
Dear Sir:
Receipt is acknowledged of
your letter or March 27th, in
which you inquire concerning the
pleasure to endorse this company
and their method of doing busi-
ness. We have always found
them prompt in their business
dealings, and you need not hesi-
tate to rely on any of their state-
ments. , ,
I believe they are the largest
and most successful Hail insur-
ance business of any other com-
pany writing this class of busi-
ness in Oklahoma. They did a
large and successful business last
year and I am informed that the
business they will do this year
will be almost double. The farm-
ers of your vicinity should take
advantage of the protection
which this company offers them
on their crops, as the small pre
mium they pay is nothing com-
pared with the protection they
have. Yours very truly,
(Signed) A.- B. Pyle, Cashier.
Miss Lora White is now up, af-
ter a two weeks illness.
Col. Adkisson, John South, Ed
Davidson and Mr. Bouldin have
just returned from a trip to
Mount Scott, where they went to
see some land. The colonel said
there was too many mountains
on the land and they did not like
it much, but they were gone one
week and enjoyed the trip fine.
Mr. and Mrs. McClure and fam-
ily visited at the Adkisson home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. South likes to look north
since Sunday.
Miss Etta Moore and Earnest
Coffey went to Port Sunday
morning to church.
Blue Eyes.
Another lot of new goods just
received at the
Bargain Store
Sentinel, Oklahoma
company of C^| a — 'Mutaar''ln7urance Com
damage suit for $100,000i filed by, ^ ok|ahoma
the Union Mutual, in which the
j. e. smith, president
Union Mutual Insurance Co.
enid, oklahoma.
Operating under the Gilmer
law. We insure crops against
loss by hail. Admitted assets,
April 18, 1911:
Cash - $15,000
Securities - 5,000
Premium notes (1911) 71.575
Total admitted assets. .$91,575
Cash and securities are guar-
anty and reserve funds.
Chartered for fifty years. Li-
cense runs until Feb. 28, 1912.
Licensed 1909 by Hon. T. J.
McComb, insurance commission
er.
Licensed 1910 by Hon. Miles
Lassater, insurance commission
er.
Licensed 1911 by Hon. Perry
A. Ballard, insurance commis-
sioner.
Adjustment made promptly;
losses paid in full according to
contract.
We save the farmers from ten
cents to twenty-two cents per
acre on their Hail insurance
Oldest, strongest and largest
Hail company in the slate.
Insure with no other before in-
vestigating carefully.
J. H. Black called at the Lead-
er office and renewed his sub-
scription Tuesday. He also order-
ed some of those pheasant eggs
that you ought to
Among them are new ribbons, better
bargains than ever; new flowers for
hats, new line of post cards, new dishes
and glassware, etc. Watch this space
in the Leader and see what new things
we receive every few days.
J. W. H. Plumlee has been in
Weatherford, Texas, this week,
visiting his father.
Raymond Morton was on the
sick list last Sunday. He had a
very severe chill.
You can get the Big German
millet seed of the Sentinel Pro-
duce Co. tf
Dot Williams has been visiting
Oklahoma City for a few days
this week.
Look for the
argain Store
w. D. WILLIAMS
You can get the field peas and
all their kind of the Sentinel Pro-
duce Co. tf
local company charges that the
attempt to drive them from the
field is a conspiracy between the
Reliable of Oklahoma City and
the state commissioner of insur-
ance. It is charged that Ballard
was formerly in the employ of the
Reliable and is now interested in
the company. The Union Mutual
and the Reliable are the two com-
peting hail comanies doing busi-
ness in this state and since its
inception the Union Mutual en-
joyed splendid patronage.
tried to revoke license.
Ballard, the state commissioner
of insurance, sought to revoke
the license of the Union Mutual
upon the ground that it had not
complied with the provisions of
the state law. Then the attorney
general came to the rescue of the
Union Mutual with an opinion
that the local is complying with
the law and that the license can
not be revoked by the state com-
missioner of insurance upon the
showing made.
The Union Mutual Insurance
company has its headquarters in
this city and its officers reside
here. The company has rapidly
grown as is shown by the last in-
surance adjustments when it set-
tled a number of hail losses
promptly and with satisfaction to
its patrons.
"The last straw that broke the
camel's back" was successfully
laid upon the Reliable Hail In-
surance Co., which has carried
the heavy load of destroying the
Union Mutual Hail Co. The above
straw aforesaid, was a suit
brought by Perry A. Ballard, un-
der a misrepresentation to the
county attorney of Oklahoma
county who quickly dissolved the
action when the facts were
known.
The Goulding Bill enacted in
1909 affects fire insurance only;
The Gilmer Law of the same
date affects mutual hail com-
The insurance commissioner
took some steps to revoke the li-
cense of this company, and after-
wards consulted this office con-
cerning his action. He was of
the opinion that an act passed by
the legislature which adjourned
March 11th, had the effect of
compelling this company to quit
business, but this office was not
of that opinion. We have heard
nothing further from the insur-
ance commissioner concerning
his action in the premises.
Yours very respectfully
The Attorney General,
By Reeves.
(exhibit g.)
Oklahoma City, Feb. 20, 1911
Mr. Lloyd Minter,
Pocassett, Okla.
Sir:—Replying to your inquiry
of the 18th instant, beg to ad
vise that the Union Mutual Insur-
ance Company of Enid, does a
Hail insurance business upon the
mutual plan, as provided for by
statutes enacted by the second
legislature. The company has
operated the two years past and
there are no complaints on file
in this office against the com-
pany, which indicates that the
management deals fairly with its
policy-holders.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) Perry A. Ballard,
Insurance Commissioner.
(exhibit f.)
THE SECURITY STATE BANK
Capital Stock $35,000.
Enid, Okla., March 10, 1911.
Mr. W. J. Moore, Sr.
Elmore, Okla.
Dear Sir:-In j ply to your in-
quiry as to the standing and rec-
ord of the Union Mutual Insur-
ance Company of this city, beg
to advise that we have known
the officers of this company for
several years, and know them to
be men of the highest integrity,
honest in their dealings and fi-
nancially responsible for any of
their contracts. It gives us much
Mrs. B. F. Bryant and son
Aubrey visited in Altus last Sun-
day.
Mrs. W. T. Mogan has been on
| the sick list, we are informed.
You can get cane seed of the
Sentinel Produce Co. tf
'Jones'll fix your clock."
M. O. KING
Sentinel Meat Market
Having purchased the west Main mar-
ket, we have combined it with the east
Main street market and will run a first-
class shop in every respect. When
you want the best that is to be had,
call on us. All kinds of fresh and
cured meats.
WILLIAMS & ICING, THE MARKET MEN.
Why don't you buy some printed stationery? We sell it.
The following is-a list of
paid this year in the field. We!
wish we could give space to the
saisfaction voiced by the policy-
holders sustaining losses: G. W.
Powers, E. Tugman, J. R. Stew-
art, F. E. Heath, of Marlow; W.
Williams, J. J. Thomas, of
Tuttle, and McNeal & Walker, of
Duncan.
WE WANT A SHARE
OF YOUR BUSINESS
No. 9995
Treasury Department, Office
of Comptroller of the Cur-
rency.
Washingtont April 20, 1911.
Whereas, by satisfactory evi-1
dence presented to the under-
signed, it has been made to ap-
pear that
The First National Bank
of Sentinel11
in the town of Sentinel, in the |
county of Washita and state of
Oklahoma, has .complied with all
the provisions of the statutes of ]
the United States required to be
complied with before an associa-
tion shall be authorized to com-
mence the business of banking;
Now therefore I, Willis J.
Fowler, Deputy and Acting j
Comptroller of the Currency, do |
hereby certify that
'The First National Bank
of Sentinel'*
in the town of Sentinel, in the |
county of Washita and state of j
Oklahoma, is authorized to com-
mence the business of banking i
as provided in section fifty-one
hundred and sixty-nine of the j
revised statutes of the United i
States.
In testimony whereof witness
my hand and seal of office this
twentieth day of April, 1911.
(seal) Willis J. Fowler,
Deputy and Acting Comptroller
of the Currency. 4-28,14t I
J. E. Lively was in town Mon-1
day. He reports that his wife
has been sick in bed for the last
eleven weeks. He lives on route
one.
TATE want a few more good accounts.
" No difference in the price here
for dry goods or groceries—cash or
credit is the same price. We've got
the new dry goods now. Getting new
goods all the time. The same may be
said of the groceries. They are fresh
and pure and the very best that money
can buy. Quick delivery, and it's free.
Small orders receive the same careful
attention as the larger ones.
R W. HULETT & CO.
SENTINEL :: OKLA.
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Inglish, G. L. The Sentinel Leader. (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1911, newspaper, May 5, 1911; Sentinel, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc272381/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.