The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-12-21
$1,000 Insurance
Money
BY NJ. QUAD
Copyright. 1916, by the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate

| ne Cdlleu MS NlIet EuHltts W hiAh ""'
said.
"Eunice, we have no landed property.
but have got 5000 insurance ON my
life which will he paid TO you within
few weeks II Is quite a sum for you
to handle. You have no business head
on you. You never even bought Il
wash dish Of tin pc,lller without be-
ing cheated. have had to attend t3
all the selling and buying because you
were like child. You will be advised
to do this and that, and you Will not
know whose advice to take. feel
much troubled about IT,"
II shall get along all right, and you
needn't worry" replied the wife.
Henry Davis died day after his talk
with his wifes and there were scores
of people in the village In which he had
lived for twenty years who predicted
lust what he had feared-that his wife
did not know how TO handle such
sum Of money.
Three months had gone past aud
she had made no investment yet that
any one had heard Of, when she sud
denly ieft her home. explaining that
she was going on visit to distant rel
atiyes. 1t was known that she drew
| her $1,000 out of the bank and took II
along
The village OF Lincolnville had been
slowly dying for the last five years
and had now reached the point where
everybody said that something must
be done.
Things were In this state of affairs
at Lincolnville when the stage from
the nearest railroad point drove up To
the tavern one day at noon. The land
lord of the hosiery was asleep In his
chair in the office. \ loud call from
the driver of the stage aroused him,
and he came to his door just as a little
woman was descending from the stage.
Can you give me accommodations
for three or four weeks she asked.
II guess can" he replied.
II want two rooms" she went on.
"and both of them large ones. Is there
any place In this town where | can
buy a desk and a table,"
He showed her two connected rooms
and she accepted them at once and
told him what changes she wanted In
the future. Then she asked him TO
have the editor Of the weekly paper
call upon her on business matter and
she gave him her name as Mrs. Davis
Next morning after her arrival little
Mrs Davis, who had never bought or
sold a dollars worth of anything In
her life, was busy turning out copy
for the editor and trying her hand at
circulars and advertisements. When
the Lincolnville Tribune came out on
its regular day Of issue there was
something like excitement when 1t
contained a whole page Of advertise
ments Of what was In store for the
town. Mrs. Davis wanted real estate.
She wanted vacant property by the
lot or by the acre.
There were a large number Of land
owners who were cheerfully willing to
sell. They offered her lots and tracts.
and they came In such numbers that
some of them had to wait outside the
door. To the surprise of the would
be sellers, Mrs. Davis seemed to know
a good deal about what real estate
was worth in Lincolnville. She beat
their figures down about one-half. and
as soon as the deeds could be made
out the seller had his cash. Then an I
other announcement appeared In the
paper II was a query OF why three
railroads should not make a junction
at Lincolnville. 1t was a logical point
for railroad junction and for rail
road shops that would bring 5000
workmen TO the town.
There was a second query-Why
shouldn't the government be asked to
deepen the river until steamboats, could
come up from the bay. twenty miles
away? The government would do II II
the right influence was brought about
In the next big advertisement of the
Tribune was notice of an auction sale
on certain date. Mrs. Davis would
resell all her lots to the highest bidders.
The next batch of circulars sent out
contained the next announcement and
the further query:
VIII you take $50 worth Of stock In
a street railway from Lincolnvllle TO
BufAlo? The distance Is twenty miles
to thickly populated region, and 1t Is
figured that the dividends on this stock
will not be less than 20 per cent. Get
In while you can.
During the week preceding the auc-
ton more than 200 strangers appear
ed In Lincolnville. More than 100 had |
In Al