The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
An CNUSUA. RECORD
Agent Sells So 900 Life Insurance here
In Ore Da,

! ia tHio NINiHitt Fctt1tiE bY MI. Il. \
$ cruikslank the genial senior mcmbc
lof the tirm If Cruiksllank 4 CLAYTON
located at Meridian, Miss. Thes,
/ gentlemen are the southern ag,pf>foI
the Connecticut Indemnity lnsuraur,
Co, OF Waterbury Conn. \ Common.
wealth representative learned recent.
~ that Mr., Cruiksilank had sold poli.
cies 10 the amount of S6l, 900 in on,
day in our city, and in order 10 verify
the report interviewed that gentle.
man, A convincing proof in the
shape of the applications was imme-
diately produced,
During the course Of a b]rtefranyrr-
salion with this energetic gentleman.
who can sell nearly as much Insurance
IN one day as the ordinary agent does
In a year, some interesting facts were
CLEANED by the reporter, As it /, but
natural that every man who can af.
ford to do SO desires to leave his fam.
ily in such circumstances that they
Will not be compelled to depend upon
friends or relatives for their daily
bread, a few facts concernlngtlIe com.
pany which Mr., Cruikshank rrprr-
SCENTS will not be anliss.
In the May lc~onoclast, VIC. Branp
under the caption Life Insurance
lniQuity, wrote a Scathing article
anent the Unsuitable appetite Of the
''old-line' insurance companies, which
have become enormously rich BY the
simple process Of "hcadS win, tails
you lose. In the course Of the mr.
ticle Mr.. Brann says: "Tllc ,uld-line
companies have doubtless relieved
many families otherwise destitute.
but where they have paid
to the impoverished widow they
have taken two from The needy wife. "
Mr.. Cruikshank asserts, and in fact
proves concIuslvely that the company
represented by him cmatI0rd togrant
the same benefit AS the 'wld-Iinc"
ut Il greatly reduced rate.
Although but Ten years Of age this
has made such rapid prog
that 1t is now recognized az the
most economical AND reliable insur-
illcc IN ltii- country, 1t il the only
premium company which has ,
| capital stock The capitalization i
$ $500, 900, and in caseof an endemic I
he stockholders are liable for the fun
lmNAnt Of the capital stock tn re
)aid to the credit Of the policy bolIar.
or the payment of any AID Al! death :
'lains.
lANs a most important item, which !
he policy holders in the Huld-Ijp," |
oliipatilta are compelled to pay, il {
l"ro met by the Stockholders. there. \
" standing liable for mislnanagemgut |
'lld Inc payments otherwise made '
" the policy holders of other ompa /
les. The sworn repurtsof the Three ;
GIANTS, Vie Equitable, Mutual Life :,
hd New York Life insurance comma j,
les, SNOW that they have collected N 4
remIUmS during the past ten years a t
equal IN % times tie amount Of a
inhcy required in the payment Of v
losses. And TIE assets now =
ED by those companies is in in eX- "
css OF all death losses paid since theirI .
r%ganization. y
lho Me.Sra truikshank < CLAYTON, .
no have tliy southern agency for
ms company are gentlemen OF cX.
erichcc III this line If business, and
Ne TACT that they have taken the N
eSity ~ a sufficient guarantee Ol the Of
nature Of the Investment. N
I Mr.. Clayton | can say that he i III
energetic, conscientious geDtle- Id
AN, who would not wiifully misreD. v,
the matter even to write Il pol .
y Tor the car Of Russia. OF Mr.. -
'ulkStiank-hc IL one Of the most b,
and accomplished gentlemen he
De ou1d in our great wide country. Ia
I'M q wonderful command Of the CT
ngilsn iaiSuage, he can place the ca
lvantaseS Of his company In such q
GIT As 10 convince his bearer that IN
'e only elixir Of life Is an insurance. y
'Iicy issued by hi, company. He'll,
III not descend TO Misrepresentation,
u can eArD the piaiaest truth in nj
Inelt Of 80 eloquent aud choice . to
ture as 10 convince even the most
optical. indced | believe he could
success were failure staring
N N the face.
Mr.. Crulkshank has spent but a tn
time in this vicinity, but has
to place about 5000, 600 ~
'fth Of insurance in the past 30 81.
ys-a practical demonstration If
; ability and the excellence OF his ~
One excellent rharactcris-
OF this gentleman. and one seldom
ma In other insurance agents. h, y
: avoidance OF d~erogatorv state.
mt, Of other companies. THE writer, :