The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-15
Oieconsoists Spectators ~Uo
Have put Money In and
Can't Get l. Out.


Quite n number of voun- reoI L.
rnughout the State and old people oi
SPECULATIVE beut of mind. too. for tlaai
after. are lust now e~ndcavoTin- To- lct
o the hold they have taken on the So
.,led matrimonial asso~iat on>. \
umler OF p%olicie- have been taken gu
these associations by parties N IA
.innah. and hence the follow NJ article
ON the Atlanta Constitution " II -
.,A with interest: These iu>t tut on
have multiplied very rapidly late. and
.. ..uA. many innocent ma t.s
tdv to invest their mon ' in what
pmised lar-. returns. J 49, same
Vvidual~ W .. 4 itw We : ~ were
Apply over the respect snug r turns
nov welrln1 very suuI ouutril-
l,r>. There was y REGULAR uual wave
en- the craze was ut i heiglt that
vent in many a luckless one. M,u
Il not contine themselves TO their own
marriages. but took out policies on their
riendS. and even on entire strangers
xho were supposed to be en- route 10
the altar Of Hymen. One young lady
ii Atlanta is reported to have had more
han $4,000 staked on her marriage.
tlitl Ittdt "oo
among those who had their money VI
every time she was seen in company
with anv other Young man other thar
,er atiianced. The young lady is still
unmarried. One of the worst cases Oh
;ecord is that a well known young MAJ
who insured himself and went out
among his friends and told them that lie
lad a dead SURE. thing" that he woulc
marry without TAI in a few weeks and
advised them To a le out policies. Sew
eral OF them acted on his advice. and
when one of them was asked yesterday
Iow he had come "ut he replied:
wharfage assoc atious be smashed
If | ger out eve from the n tlat | am
nov won't ." into another soon.
How is that: Didn't the fellow
malrv:"
AIRY, q course hc married. H.
a ne q me and told me that he won,
marry III thirty laws from that tmc.anC
actin on this advice. | took out a policy
nr .GuU d. A Mobile ,ompanv-a ti'~
dolla ; per day company. Well. paid
s2o.jo initiation fee and $l2 annual
ducs. The assessments were SOU. II
| got three OF them before the marriage
took place. SO that when my friend vas
married j had put in about $50. and was
800 ahead. a. | was entitled to s. per
day for every day that | was i'll the con-
Germ. Well, | got up the certificate and
it to Mobile III the 9th, and almost
the next mai brought me. not the nun |
dred and fifty dollars. but assessments
to the extent of sixty dollars. Now
those assessments were sent after the |
certificate OF marriage was received AT
the office and l would not pay them.
few days later ! received a duplicate
/ wrote the company that il
they would deduct the sixty dollars aud
send me the balance OF the one hundred
fifty dollars | would call it square
)ut | can lear nothing from the a~ssocia-
.on it all a hulnbuy.'
How did the man who married come
lie had taken out policies to the ex-
Of ten I .ousand dollars, and is jt>t
vice as deep i'll it as l I'M. lie is now
I'll on a bridal tour, and when he gets
lie Will find assessments to the
n OF a thousand dollars awaitin-
i'm"
Another young man who had invest
ID largely was approached. He said
'1es, it is true that | Lave been as
.essed sl.170, which remains unpaid.
nave put as much in as | can stand.
md | am now ~endeavoring to effect a
compromise and get back what l have
Ilready put in. The man that 1 bet on
married. and | am still out of m,
money but | must ask you to excuse
ne from talking, as | think that by
my mouth shut | will stand "a
'etter chance of getting my money
"Oh. they are all Swindles." exclaim-
al a young society man. whose place OF
BUSINESS is on Wall street Il have
ried them and got LETT
Tried them, have you:" asked the
eporter, with a smile.
Yes /; | took policies in five differ
ut companies, and got left in all but
That one is an Atlanta company. !;
II one company | had three policies !.
Turing my membership. My assess
nents we've over 500, and my benefits
than half that amount, but | quit
nat company. In another company l /,
.ad two policies. Here my assessments ,
we're double my benefits. In still anoth-
+ company | anne out in dc bt. ] don't
new any one who has ever made a cent
nut Of any OF these companies unless
iey are the stockholders. One OF tie
mpanies | was i'll broke. and | GOT The
Ic>t letter q ever read giving me he
.iuse of tie a lure"