The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-05-23
LINCOLN LIGHTNING SOAP!
Rev. Henkel's Brief to the Public.

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Rev. Henkel's Brief to the Public
Last March the SENTINEL pub
ilshcd an article mainly intendin
to show the reliability of stockhold
ers in stock companies
The statements published wer
based upon sworn and uncontru
dicted testimony in open court
MIR. Henkel Vito a party III the suil
but did not appear in court. u,
his paper does not intend in
justice TO any ono. and We pubiisl
below card from Mr.. Hankei. |
comes in opportuEo time, because
MIR. Henkel and the incorporatcr
are sued in this court. Dir. hen
kcl. from the general run of his
article, possesses information Which
# given in Court would no doub
aid in securing justice in the case
The following is Mr.. uenkel's
statement:
Reply From Rev. Henkel to an Article
Published in the SENTINEL of March IL
1889, and Headsd "The Responsibility OF
Stockholders"
In this article, to v hich my at
tention has been called only a short
time ago, by a friend of mine, !
have been greatly wronged, an.l
consider it my duty to
lay before the readers of the SEN
TINEL, who no doubt have read
SAID article, the true facts of the
case. 1t is stated. in said article
that "ihe Henkels, etc. organized
stock company" This is rot true.
The Liquid Soap Co." was organ
lzed by at least five other members
beside ''the Henkols." 1t is fur;h
er stated: 'The Henkels took the
bulk of the stock" Tho fact is, the
Henke!s bad taken out patent for
he Liquid Soap ana decided the
light to manufacture and sell the
Iame in four or FIVE States, to the
Liquid Soap Co." for which they
;lalmed a certain portion of the
took.
Further, it IS said: Following
he incorporation the Henkels, who |
lad borrowed money from Mrs |
Confcr TO tho amount Of $500, .un
lertook to unload their stock, as
igning blocks of 20 shares to- Mod
ray, to Bright. Wright and 9th.
rs" The fact is, that the agrco
nent with the above named gentle
nen, that they should have a Ger
ain amount of stock FREQ of charge,
'as not made after, but before the
Incorporation took place. But the
taiement that tho .uenkcls had
orrowed morey from u Mrs. Con
II" etc., is, to say the least, alto
ether untrue. Tho $500 spoken
I hero were not borro xed by the
Ienkels. bu. by the logan Light
ing Fluid Soap Company" which
onsisted of five partners. This
afterwards united itself
ith another company, and both
len organized the "Columbus
lightning Fluid Soap Co." This
st company then so d ont to julius
uergensmeier. and he gave Mrs
onfer his note. and she gave up
le $500 note given by the L l.. F.
Co. Sometime after. Mr.. Juer
,nsmeier turned over everything !
,rtaining to the soap business to {
rs. Confer, for the note he had t
ven her. And when the L,qnid !
oap Co. was oreanized it was plain I
understood that If the company |
,uld give Mrs. Confer a. note for |
Q amount for which she had taken
e factory, she wou.d turn every
ing over to the cumpary what
r. Juergensmeier had turned over
her. This included all the ma
incry used in tho factory; all the
aterlals on hand /; horse and
'g0n, book accounts, etc, and the
,ht TO manufacture and sell the
ncoln Lightning Fluid Soap in ]
'out one third of the State of
h'o, a territory which had cost the
company, if am not mistaken,
er $1,000.
From this it can easily he seen
at the assertion in the said arti-
}: The debt owed by the lien
Is was in some Way lacked 10 the
is also altogether false n
When the undersigned helped 4
yanize the Liquid Soap Co.. he =
not In the least think that the
would prove to he
lure, or else he would never have e
ped TO call the organizatinp iuto. f.
stence. On the contrary he was Y
e that money could be nude tor
, stockholders if the business
uid be properly managed. And
thought that tie men, in whose
,ds the management was placed, "
nld surely do that. But there
who're the trouble lies; the bnsi
g has not been managed at all as 'e
should have heen. Therefore. ne
those are to be blamed for the
ure who have helped to call the :"
npaDy into existence, but the
snagevs of the business, who did
do what was expected of them
d with the management of the
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