The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-11-02
NEIGHBORS PAID MORTGAGE
WIDOW AND CHILDREN MADE HAPPY
AND NOW SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
How Kind and Generous Friends Met an
Appeal for Help. A New Plan
to Protect Loved Ones.

This letter, which is made public, is
one of many never published. The
same result may not and does not fol-
low all such appeals, but solution IL
offered:
my DEAR BROTHER When l mar
ried and left home some years ago |
never had a thought that [ would be
compelled to call on you to help me
live. | believed that my husband was
good man and amply able to care for
me. This he did as long as he lived,
but death must sooner or later come to
US all.
'Onthe death of my husband | learn
ed that small mortgage was on record
against our little home. The holder
of the mortgage has extended time for
payment as long as he can, and now we
shall have to raise $3.50 or be put out.
If we could only manage to get up this
much we could get along all right, for
my two boys, with my help, could run
the place and make g living, but with
the closest economy we cannot save
anything over and above expenses. In
this extremity | cannot do otherwise
than call on you for help, and while 1
dislike to do so knowing that you
have large family there is nothing
else | can do. See if you can't raise
the money for me. Some day when
my boys are larger they'll repay you.
Your atfectlOuate sister, MARY"
The above sad appeal being received
by poor man he could not give the
sister the relief asked for, but his
neigh bors, hearing something of the
facts, decided to try and help him
out. To do this they started
subscription list, asking only one dol
lar from each person in the neigh Dor
hood where the lady was known, and
not only did they raise the $3.50 asked
for, but nice little sum in excess OF
this was cheerfully given. The burden
in place of falling on one person was
carried by the many with no hardship
on any one of them.
a beautiful lesson of charity is
taught in the above, yet how much
better it would have been had the
husband before he died made suitable
provision for the welfare of his family.
How easily he could have done this is
clearly set forth in the plans OF insur-
ance as provided by the Mutual Lite ot
Georgia, home Office Athens, Ca.
division of which exists III Terre
county. The members hip il among
your neigh5ors and friends You 4acn
make deposit of one dollar On Join
ing, which is to be paid To the family
of the first member To die. When this
is paid out, according to the contract
entered into by each member a new
collection is at once taken up and put
in the vaults of the City National
Bank of Dawson, Ca, awaiting the
death of the next member. If no one
dies no assessment Is called for. When
one does die you are called on for such
a small sum it is so easy to pay that
you never miss it. The membership
is limited to one thousand, thus pro-
viding $1,000 of insurance at actual
cost.
The Terrell County Division Is grow
ing very fast, being over half filled up
at present, and it will be to your inter.
est to call on Hoyl & Hoyl, Division
Agents, Dawson, Ca, at once and tile
your application for mem bership. II
you do not thoroughly understand the
plans of the company either OF these
gentlemen will take pleasure in ex
planning the same to you in detail.