The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-29
INV John Snmucis Paid . sS,oo~
Mortgage.

John HaulutlA llYss IN hio"h 'Vuh
~ Kansas, He Ia n farmer tblrtysnfs
years Of age. lIe came 10 Kansas from
The East In 81, bringing a young VIE,
two children, and some money. The
money he invested In 1860 acres Of land,
He paid good price six thousand dol
lars, TWO thousand down and n mort
gage back for four thousand, But II
WIS wolllmproyed farm ana
worth II,
There have been fat and lean years
IN Kansas and IN 1909 John Bamnels
still owed three thousand dollars on
his place Ie had reduced the debl
one thousand dollars, an average OF
one hundred dollars per year ana kept
The interest paid ~, Ills expenses IN
creased with the growth Of his family
Ills Wife'g health was not 80 good Of
late, and he paid an occasional doc
tors bill Some improvements and
extensions must be made on the farm
BUILDINGS. 10 would be- fortunate u
be could make these additional neeess
aary expenditures, Keep bis Interest
paid 40 and continue applying one
hundred dollars per year on the mort
gage.
de realized NJ this rate he VIII be
very old man before The farm Will be
ffee from debt II he dies the home
will be sold perhaps NJ time wbsD
II may bring little, n any, more Than
The mortgage. The savings Of u life
time Will be lost and The wife and chll.
dren will suffer
Ore day stranger appeared pna
asked permlmUn 10 explain life Inc
snranee. Mr. BGmnels listened Intent
by, conceded II was Just what he need
ed that he would Hike policy, II he
could pay for n, but he owed three
thousand dollars on his farm, and u
was al he could do 10 pay the Interest
and hundred dollars year on tho
principal Az the premium on pol.
hey NJ bis age would be $1,000, he did
not sec how be could carry H.
Suppose" gald the agent, THE per-
r0n who holds this mortgage on the
farm should gay 10 you; " you con-
tinue 10 pay the interest MS before, but
instead Of paying one hundred dollars
q year on the principal pay mo 10000
per year, will, II You die, cancel the
mortgage, giving your wife the farm
II you live tweDly years, ! VIII felease
the mortgage, giving the farm 10 you.
You surely would accept such O Df0po.
sltlon. q Now, Mr., Bamuels, continue
paying the interest, but instead of
paying one hundred dollars per year
on the principal, take three thou
sand dollar policy IN the Old Line
Bankers Life Insurance Company Of
Nebraska, which at your age, thirty.
five. VIII cost $1,000 each year for
twenty years. n you die. your life In
eufanee viii pay the loan md leave
your home free Of debt II you live
twenty years your cash settlement
consisting Of the guaranteed reserve
and estimated surplus viii pay the
mortgage and leave you t2l045 You
have paid out s20b2,0O, aud have left
t2lO.4b, thus paying q debt Of three
thousand dollarg with sl,siib5, or
flxty-tUo cents oh the dollar, having
meanwhile guarantee that, should
you die, the debt IL cancelled"
For more than a century, farms and
homes have been paid for In this man.
ner, by policies In Old Line Insurance
Companies, Permit our agent 10 ox-
plain the details more fully. II you
want more land ask for Circular No. I
--"ilow Jones Bought and Paid for 4
$4,000 Farm" n you are q renter, or
Just starting In business, or working
for a salary, ask for Circular No &,
showing how, without security "a your
part, you may buy a bond on twenty
years time, guaranteeing TO your fam
lily a home, II you die, and to your
self home II you liye.
For further information address the
OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE lNsuR.
ANcE COMPANY Of Lincoln, Ne.
bfaaka.