The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-09
LIFE INSURANCE..

RELlEf ASSUGlAIIUN
Chartered BY the State of New York.
OBJECT.
The object Of this Association is to secure q
,asb payment within forty days after the death
N a member of as many dollars as there are
members in the class to which he or she belongs,
10 his or her heirs.
MEMBERSHIP FEES.
The membership fees are SIR dollars at Joining
ffoy Sghieh a certificate Of membership uoiu B,
S,rnishsdl and one dollar and ten cents on the
death of each member, of which due NOTES
,TiII be given. One dollar from each member
Toes 10 the widow or heirs of the deceased mem
Ser and the ten cents for expenses of collecting
This Company is divided into TEN CLASSES
FOR MEN and TEN CLASSES FOR WOMEN.
IL soon "a these classes are filed, ten new
Glasses will be adopted. Men AID women are
NOT allowed in the same Glasses. Everything
dsne to make each Glass equal.
CLASSES.
All persons between the ages Of Is and 20
b B@An persons between the ages of 90 and IS
I C.An persons between the ages of IS and 80
D. D"An persons between the ages OF 30 and IS
E|AIl perssDr between the ages of IS and 40
FAN persons between the ages of 40 and IS
G%An persons between the ages of IS and 81
Hal persons bstween the ages Of 80 and IS
T"All persons between the ages of IS and 80
Kali persons between the ages of 60 and s5
The Glasses for women are the same as above.
Any one that is found to give his or her age
wrong will be expelled, and the moneys PAID
EorEaited IN the Association. Each Class is lin.
tied TO $4,000 members. Each person pays 20
upon becoming member, and sl.lO each time
member dies belonging TO the same Class he or she
ucy be a member. , ~.
4 member Of one Class cannot BE- assessed h's
dollar II a member Of another Glass dies. Edeh
Class e INDEPENDENT hGUiylg no connection 10Th
any other. may
Class "a" has 5000 male members. man dies.
The Association pays over within forty days
$4,000 70 the widow or heirs, and the remaining
members forward within thirty days one dollar
and ten cents each to the Association 10 rem,
burse IL. Failing to send this sum they forfeit
to the Association all moneys paid, and the AS
sociation supplies new member TO I'LL the place
of the retiring one.
ADVANTAGES.
The advantages of this Association over ordi.
nary Lite Insurance Companies are: No panlcs
can break it; the fees are so small, and required
to be paid at su, long intervals, that any man
can secure to his family competency upon his
death.
HOW TO BECOME MEMBERS.
ANY one desiring to become member may
apply in person, or must send 60, in check Dahk
JPrafS nostaI order or bv express, the eXpressage
being paid by the applicant Under no elIeuHi-
stances tDiU the SsOcidtiOn be TeEpOnsiOLe Jor
TnonsUs sent but IN this 1Cdy. Accompanying the
money must be a paper giving the applicant 4
full name, age, birthplace, present occupation,
who the policy il in favor of, postoiice address,
town, county, State. Also Medical Certificate,
setting forth the physical condition, and wheth.
or in the opinion of the doctor examining, the
applicant is q proper person TO be insured.
Blank forms of application for membership will
be sent upon application.
Each member ought 10 try TO make HelC members;
by so doing he dement's himself. No letter wall be
noticed that does not contain three cent post
age stamp to prepay return postage.
INVESTMENTS.
The bylaws of the Association require that
one.third of the money received "a new mem
bership fees shall be made a sinking fund to
meet payments falling duo ~ the delinqucncies
of members. This fund is held by the
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
and will be invested in United States Bonds or
Real Estate, or bond and mortgage upon New
York city property, which property shall be
double the value of the money so loaned.
THE FUNDS.
The remaining two-thirds, after paying the
expenses of the Association, shall be invested
in Real Estate in the city of New York, or in
bond and mortgage on property in the city
New York, the interest OF which shall 20 TO pay
the current expenses of the Association. If a
deceased member leaves no heirs the money
becomes the property of the Association, with
the prsvisO that the expenses of burial shall be
maid ont of such funds, said expenses, however,
not to exceed ono hundred dollars
A member failing to pay his fee of one dollar
and ten cents within thirty days from date of
notice fOrfeits all claims upon the Association,
and also fOrfeits all money previously paid. In
the Pacific States this time is extended TO sixty
DAYS. A member having no permanent resi-.
dence must notify the secretary, and appoint a
representative TO pay his fees.
when members choose they can send ten do
lars and fifty cents to the treasurer TO prepay
their fees, which sum will pay for ten deaths,
thus saving the trouble of sending Sl.l0 each
time, besides saving of fifty cents. No man
Is so poor that he cannot pay s. now and 81.
occasionally, thus securing $4,000 to his heirs.
The average number of dollars each person will
have to pay to secure $4,000 will be $50 per year,
a little over fifty cents per week. This makes
this mode of Insurance cost about One-siIth
what they would have to pay any regular insu-
rance company for $4,000 policy.
All communications should be addressed to
ROBERT I. NOAH, No ~ i street, Wash
ington, d. c., General Agent for the District Of
Columbia and States Of Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, for the Manhattan Cooperative Relief
Association.
The TRUSTEES of the Association are:
i. MCMURDY, ESQ.
ELSON 7. WRIGHT, ESQ, President Star
Metal Company.
W. S CARMAN, Esq, President stuyvesant
Bank, n. Y. city.
H W FORD Esq, Cashier National Bank OF
the Republic.
L. W. MURRAY.
The OFFICERS of the Association are:
Z. MCMURDY, President.
ELSON I. WRIGHT, Vice President.
W. S. CARMAN, Treasurer.
LEWIS SANDERS, Secretary.
LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED in every
County and Town, and applications from com.
petsnt parties for such agencies, with suitable
endorsement, should be addressed TO the Com.
ROBERT p. NOAH,
No. 20 street, bet. Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, Washington, ID. c.,
General gent for the District Of Columbia and