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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

Last year the National Life Insurance
Company celebrated in appropriate man
ner the semi-centennial of its incorpo-
ration, holding at that time family
gathering of its forces at the home
office and insttuting in some fashion a
proto type of Old Home Week in Yer
mont.
1t has been suggested that an institu-
ton is an Incorporated individual in the
abstract having the elements of cOutin-
uance more than mere man and at the
same time higher and more enduring
powers than the average man of all time.
Thus it comes to pass that the Nation
al Life, for more than fifty years a part
of the life and history of the capital, to-
day stands stronger and bigger and more
useful and vastly better known although
so many prominent men of Vermont who
helped to build it have gone to their long
rest.
The second president of the company,
Mr.. Charles Dewey, continues daily to
counsel with its committee on Finance,
although more than fifty years of work
for the National have passed over his
head The well known president Of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

and discharging it is now universally rec
ognized and admitted 1t was this idea
that took hold of DR.. Dewey and interest
ed him in life charter. 1t was the
same concept that finally led the legis-
lature of Vermont to grant him and his
associates the first life charter ever is
sued by the state and this idea has been
at the bottom of every form of work
sine" undertaken by the company and Is
today. Men may be induced-they fire.
quently are i'm our present commercial life
to buy policies of life insurance because
ii promotes their credit, because it af-
fords avails for collateral security, but,
more than all else. the actuating cause
which leads to the purchase of by far the
greater part of all insurance sold Is the
conception that 1t takes care of the ind-
vidual and of the home
of course statistics are dry reading but
they are the sole means by which the
work of an institution like the National
can be measured and its contributions to
the uses of society or to the citizens or
the state determined. If no account
be made at all of the educational value
of the life office incuculating benevo-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

pany receives the home patronage in its
own state.
There is another feature of the bust
ness, however, in which the people of
the state viii be interested namely, that
the National Life has consistently and
per- lstently exhibited profound and alb
Solute confidence in the resources OF
vermont and has contributed. at least in
some oegree, to enhancing and maintain
ing credits in the state. 1t is not com
monty known that the company holds in
Vestments in every county, municipal
bonds of over million and three-quar-
ters, mortgages of over seven hundred
ana siXty-eight thousand dollars, real es-
tate of over one hundred and forty-three
thousand dollars, or total investments,
not counting accommodations to its own
policy holders in large amount, of over
two million and eightyseven thousand
dollars This large amount today invest
cd in the state actually exceeds the total
assets which the company had at the
tionaPs investments in Vermont alone to-
day "N"ttd all the asests which 1t had
acquired during the first thirty years of
us coz Pofate existence. This, II will be
remarked, indicates great progress and
prosperity. So il does hut by no means so
clearly as do certain other considera tions
equaHy Interesting and important to me
business interests of the state
Passing over the fact that the National
wrote more Insurance last year than Il
did during the first thirty years OF lis
history taken all together, the folio wing
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n mt proceed quietly without other chp-
l'al ltan What is furnished ny the poll
cy holders, to whom, in turn the entire
assets Of the company belong and oy
WHOM 4 Is governed and controlled
Not the least interesting thing about
the National Life is the fact that Is
oIslaess mas progressed from the insur-
ins OF Ives on the best known plans Of
'ife term and endowment insurance to
the acceptance of innumerable Special
PROPOSITIONS in life annuities instai.nont
tenehls and deferred trusts. Tho great
eulk D: its business is stll being done,
and probably always will be- in policies
which have received the approval of half
a centurys experience, the ordinary life,
the twenty payment life and the twenty
year endowment policies. These forms
nave proved to be, beyond all question
or cavil, peculiarly well adapted to the
wants or the average man. OF late years,
however, there has sprung up a demand
for other forms of life benefits, a demand
fostered by the growing recognition that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

policy terms, who desired to actively en-
s.ge in military or naval service should
be allowed to do so without prejudice to
their policies and without extra charge.
Pc. mts to that effect We're freely issued
on demand This course, while liberal
prONcu to be sound judgment as the eX-
r,rIence was satisfactory. The few
deaths occurring among soldiers were
FROM natural causes only.
Most insurance is written after solic-
Itauon. 1t does not place itself This
cCmpcls the company to prepare and dis
tribute a great deal of advertising mat
ter with a view to educating and inhu-
encns patronage. The amount of lit
erature" employed climbs to proportions
seldom realized by the layman and 1t
includes every variety and form of COM
position and style, from squib compar-
ison to a carefully prepared analysis of
the mathematical assumptions of the
business.
Investments in annuties or the pur-
chase of life estates has been popular in
Europe for many years because they OBJ
tain for small sums invested large. regu-
lar and sure returns. At older ages, par
tcularly, is this very true As one old
lazy expressed it, after drawing on the
company for $500: I'm all my life | new
CT quite found anything so comforting
this"
ne National now issues annuities of
every form AT satisfactory rates and has
received within the last two years on
their account the sum of 1853, 6Si.95. There
Is no better or safer investment
1t is difficult to realize, looking at the
home office in its quiet town. that the
business of the company is distributed
over thirty-three states This, however,
Is the case, Its ffty-hve officers and en-
ployes take care of and record the labors
of four hundred active solicitors, while
the work of medical selection is perform
ed by over four thousand medical exam
liners, under the advice and instruction OF
the medical director. This makes no ac-
count as vet Of tho Ia rye hodv % 80.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

old Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, Col. Fred f.. Smith, may be daily
met at its meetings. although his connec-
ton runs back to old war days and when
the directory sits, as 1t does every three
months, men like Gen. John G. McCu-
Tough, Senator William +. Dillingham;,
eX-COngressman DoniSon, Col. George G.
Benedict, w. Seward Webb and James
r. Phelps, familiar figures to the citizens
of this state still guide its affairs.
But the first president, the ubiquitous
and sagacious founder. Dr. julius Y.
Dewey, has long slept in Green Mount
cemetery and the stamp of ms cane IL
no longer heard in that first small or
flee, which has also disappeared and
which, We're it here today, could hardly
hold the literature of the company for
a single year.
So too, George Reed is missed from
the quaint secrctarial table and his flow
er garden, and but lately Edward Dew
ey, who for years carried the company :
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

or death. 1t is chartered for this pur-
pose and its aim is to give protection,
always of the highest quality at the
lowest possible cost.
THE DIRECTORY OF THE COMPANY
The following gentlemen constitute the
present directory of the National Life:
Charles Dewey, Dudley c. Denison, Fred.
II. Smith, James G. Houghton, James r.
Phelps, George Briggs, George G. Bene-
dict William =. Dillingham; W. Seward
Webb, Joseph A. De Boer, John G.. Nc
Cnllough, Harry NJ. Cutler, James b. Es.
tee.
LAST ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET.
10y balance sheet in life insurance Is
meant carefully prepared statement of
lhe resources and investments of the COM
pany their kind and value 1t also con,
tains detailed statement of the com
panys obligations and the present value
or It's outstanding promises on policy
holders account, as required by the law
OF the state. The difference between the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

lence and thrift and in fostering indie
pendence and selfrespect, it is till nee
ossary to reckon with it from a purely
economic point of view.
Well then, passing over the first for
ty years altogether and considering only
the last ten, it appears that the National
Life paid death claims in Vermont of
over four hundred and siXty-four thous-
and dollars, surrender values of over one
hundred and sXty-cight thousand dol
lars. matured endowmcnts, divi-
dends and life annuities of over
two hundred and siXty-eight thousand dol
lars making a total sum paid to citizens
of this state of over nine hundred thous-
ana dollars, while its new business dur
ing that period on Vermont lives equaled
four millions of dollars, or about one
sixth of the total business written by all
,SulaI life insurance companies doing
business in the state. Suppose this be
the sole test applied. Then the conclu-
SION is that it explains how the COM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

is to hc remarked, The company MT
only has over one hundred millions IN
force hut twenty millions in actually in
Yestcl funds, while its benefits now cN
tend 10 at least quarter of a million
people. Its average daily writing of rev
INSURANCE amounts to about sixty Lhous-
and liars ana, besides this, to red..ce
the volume of transactions to a mere
comprehensive statement it may be
said that lis average income will soon I've
'"enty thousand dollars a day and tnaI
one-han of this amount will 90 into III
vested assets to be hereafter distributed
to OClicy-holders in all the varied forms
nf benefits in which the company deals
Ibis furnishes a. admir- ,bic In1str. tirn
ot the possibilities of a mutual or Jan
II tor among people living in prdCtl-
Cally all tre states of the union for the
PURPOSES of self-protecton, for the Den-
=. of dependents and for the preacrva-
ZION the home. The wonder al :; al
i. not least, that these forms of work
which thc National represents IA Yer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

the life office is admirably prepared to
take special care of particular emergen-
ces. Among these may be mentioned
the provision of a continuous large in
come during the lifetime of the annui-
tant, of an annuity running to both
husband and wife during the continuance
of either life, of a life income deferred to
some future year and guaranteeing an
Independent old age, of life income to a
child, beginning on the death of a pa
rent, of e provision for the payment to a
son, during the years of his professional
education, of an annual sum sufficient to
meet his expenses, and of incomes to
benefciaries on the death of the insured,
arranged by the latter and paid by the
company as trustee insuring absolute
lN his original design for their protection.
In short the National Life has so
promptly but conservativey applied to
its business the knowledge developed by
experience that it stands ready to enter
tain practically any reasonable propo-
sition involving the contingency of life
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

sum of these two Is the surplus of the
company.
For the year ending December 81, 1900
the National Life issued to its member
ship the following statement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

For relief and comfort in asthma
Billiards. Horehound Syrup has no
equal. Price p and so cts.
DAWSON DRUG Co. q
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

"The doctors told me my cough was
incurable. One Minute Cough Cure
made me well man. Morris Silver,
North Stratford, N. HI. Because you
have not found relief from stubborn
cough don't despair. One Minute
Cough Cure has cured thousands and
it Will cure you. Safe and sure.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
EGYPTIAN COTTON FOR GEORGIA MILL
Manufacturing Company in Columbus
will Use Only Long Staple.

The Bib Manufacturing Co. has
received the invoice of the first ship
ment of Egyptian cotton to be used in
their mills at Columbus, Ga.
The Bib mill will use only Egypt
ian and American long staple cotton.
1t will hence buy none of its cotton
in the local market. The mill will
make yarns only and only the highest
numbers, from 80 to 120. The com
pany has received a good-sized order
from the government for Irvine, which
will be made in the Columbus mill
Machinery is now being received at
the mill, which will be in operation by
September l.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
Berrien COunty's Disgrace.
From the Triton Gazette.

From the Triton Gazette.
During recent visit to Triton
the sheriff of Berrien said that he at
that time had confined in the common
jail of this county white men and
white women, negro men and negro
women, all of whom are compelled
to use a common cage and stool,
in which there is not even a
semblance of privacy, the only d.
vision between the two cells inside the
building being row of iron bars.
To separate either race or sex, or rem
edy existing affairs, is beyond
the jailors power, the prisoners being
turned turned oyer to him for deten-
tion and he being responsible for
their safe keeping.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
CENTRAL AND GEORGIA PINE.
Lumpkin's Idea of Survey Now
Being Made.

The Lumpkin correspondence OF the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun SAYS: Early
this week large party of surveyors
in the employ OF the Central OF Geor-
gla railway reached town and are now
camping on the outskirts. They came
here from Cuthbert and are now busi-
IL engaged locating line OF railway
to this point or to some other point IN
this vicinity. In this connection 1t Is
interesting to note the movements OF
the Central in the purchase OF the
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern
railway a few days since and of their
eagerness to reach Columbus from the
gulf. The wiseacres have it that the
Central is figuring on through line
out from Chattanooga to penetrate
new territory, and when it is known
that President Williams OF the Old
Georgia Pine Railway is largely in
terested in Central securities the
theory that the two roads are interest,"
ed in this new line jointly is not pad
one. inasmuch as the Central can fur-
nish the northern connection and the
Georgia Pine the southern connection
into Tallahassee, Fla, in very short
while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEGROES.
Established by John D. Rockefeller at
Columbia University.

The New York Journal says: John
d. Rockefeller has male unique gift
to Teachers College, the school of
pedagogy of Columbia University. He
has given three scholarships worth
$500 each on condition that the hold
ers be negroes. The winner of one
must be a graduate of the Tuskegee
Normal College, Alabama, nominated
by Booker 7. Washington, principal
of that institution; the second must be
a graduate of the Spelman Negro
Seminary. of Atlanta, appointed by
the principal, and the the third must
be a graduate of Hampton Institute, Va.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
Tot Caused Might Alarm.

"One night my brothers baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs. j. c.
Snider, of Crittenden, KY, sit seemed
it would strangle before we could get
a doctor, so we gave it DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief
and permanently cured it. We always
keep it in the house to protect our
children from Group and whoOpiug
cough. 1t cured me of a chronic bron-
chial trouble that no other remedy
wouldrelieve." Infallible for coughs,
colds, throat and lung troubles soc
and $I00. Trial bottles free at Dawson
Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
WORLD WIDE PROHIBITION TRIP.
Late Candidate WooIIey Starts on a Con-
siderable Jaunt.

j. G. Woolley, prohibition candidate
for the presidency last fall, and wife
started on June II for tour of the
world. The chief objective point of
the trip is New Zealand, where they
will spend about a mouth. Through
the invitation of the Temperance So
ciety of New Zealand Mr., Woolley will
give addresses in the chief cities. He
will also try to start party organi-
cation of the Hawaiian Islands, where
at present there is none.
The trip will be westward from here
stopping at Portland Seattle and
other cities, thence to Hawaii and to
New Zealand. They expect to visit
some of the cities of South Africa,
as they will 60 from New Zealand
to Europe by passing around AZ
RIGA
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
QUERY WANTS TO RUN.
Would Like to Be Prohibition
Candidate for Governor.

Hon. Dupont Query of Macon has
written a letter to the Athens Senti-
mel in which he speaks of himself as a
possible candidate for governor, and in
answer to an editorial published in
that paper he takes the broadest
ground in favor of prohibition. He
says be fayors the prohibition of bar
rooms throughout the state, AMI favors
making the remaining wet counties
dry by direct legislation. Other pros
pective candidates for governor were
asked for an expression OF their views
by the paper, but none of them haYe
vet replied.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

MIR. w. S. Whedon. cashier of the
First National Bank of Winterset, To-,
N a recent letter gives some expert
ence with carpenter in his employ,
that will be of value to other mechan-
les. He says: Il had carpenter
working for me who was obliged to
stop work for several days on account
of being troubled with diarrhoea. l
mentioned to him that l mad been
similarly troubled and that Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy had cured me. He bought a
bottle of it from the druggist here and
informed me that one dose cured him,
and he is again at his work. For sale
by Farrar & Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
jury Got Funny.

A Brooklyn jury the other day
thought it had good joke on the
presiding Judge. The jurymen wanted
to get out of court, so they informed
the judge they had agreed on a verdict
the case under consideration. They
handed in sealed verdict, and were
discharged When the verdict was
opened it was found to read, Jury
disagrees." Naturally the Judge was
angry at being thus trifed with. He
sent for the jurors, lectured them Sc
verely and fined them 80 to S35 each
for contempt. 1t is safe to say those
Jurors will not attempt any funny bus
mess with court again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

A surgical operation is not neces-
sary to cure piles. DeWitt's witch
Hazel Salve saves all that expense and
never fails. Beware of counterfeits.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
M'KINLEY HAS ENOUGH.
He Puts a QuietuS on the Third
Term Talk.

President Mckinley las issued a
signed statement saving that though
he ordinarily would not notice such a
rumor, certain circumstances compel
him to state that he would not accept
a third term nomination, even II it
were offered to him. This announce
meDt is result of cabinet meeting
held il. secret. 1t has produced a SEN
sation, as precedent forbds the presi
Dent from making any such statement.
1t is approved by Senator Hanna.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

You can be cured Of any form of tobacco using
new life and vigor by taking MO-TO-BAC,
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. over 500s GOO
Sst and al sd1ica cure
REMEDY CO., Chicago or New York. 4I
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19

The bilious. tired, nervous man can
NOT successfully compete with his RI
an, DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
,ooaous pills for constipation, will re-
move the cause Of your troubles.
DAWSON DRUG Co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-06-19
Won't Kiss Their Wives for a Year.

There are great experimenters in
Kansas. At Wichita thirteen married
men have formed club and signed a
pledge that they will not kiss their
wives for one year. The argument is
that kissing is menace to health, and
should be abolished. The women are
said to he not so we'll pleased with the
club, but they think they can stand it
as long as the men can. If the club
members eat onions, drink beer and
chew tobacco the women have proba-
bly got the better arrangement.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-21
800 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a CON
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer one hundred dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address,
+ J Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sole by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-21
RHEUMATISM = CATARRH. ARE
BLOOD DISEASES-CURE FREE.

1t is the deep-seated obstinate cases
of Catarrh or Rheumatism that B. BIB.
Botanic Blood Balm) cures. If doc
tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air.
blood purifiers have failed B. B B.
drains out the specific poison in the
blood that causes rheumatism or Ca
tarrh, making perfect cure. If you
have pains or aches in bones, joints or
back, swollen glands, tainted breath,
noises in the head, discharges of mucu-
Gus, liberation of the membranes,
blood thin, get easily tired n treatment
with B. b. B. will stop every symptom
by making the blood pure and rich.
Druggists ST.. Trial treatment free by
addressing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,
Ga. Describe trouble, and free medi-
cal advice given.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-21
A. B. GILBERT

Attenue2 is directed TO the iobbing do
partment ofthe MARIETTA JOURNAL which
IS provided with E'Aam Power. New Job
Presses, New and Latest Styles OF Job
Type aud most approved and extern
sive facilities for the execution of job
printing of all kinds from the smallest Label
to,the | gest poster, in black or colored
iuks, al rices as low as can be had else
Wnere ran equal grade Of work. We are
prepare to prlutat short notice, pamphlet
posters, rogrammes, circulars, letter heads
checks, envelopes, bill heads, blanks of all
iKinds, catalogues, business cards, and every
9lng In the line OF printing used in the con'
quot o. every day business We will du.
and see.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-21
REMARKABLE CURES OF RHEU.
MATISM.

(from the Vindicator, Rutherfordton. N.CD
The editor of the Nirdicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Cham
berlaip's Pain Balm twice with the
most remarkable results in each case.
First, with rheumatism in the shoulder
from which he suffered excruciating
pain for ten days, which was relieved
with two applications of Pain Balm,
rubbing the parts afflicted and real
izing instant benefit and entire relief
in very short time. Second, in rheu-
matism in thigh joints, almost pros
trating him with severe pain, which
was relieved by two applications, rub
bling with the iniment, on retiring at
night, and getting up free from pain.
For sale by J w Legg.