Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - March 13, 1919, Williamsburg, Iowa VOLUME IOWA MARCH 8 PAG 42 V 1 1 I I I I 1 I I A 1 s 1 1 1 1 1 I Lloyds Horse Sale Many were unable tr secure their needs for the spring and I will meet this demand by holding a Public Auction of horses at my barn in on March 19 Commencing at The offering consists of 75 VOTES TO LIQUIDATE LIGHTNING RODS EFFICIENT CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK RE TIRES FROM THE FINAN CIAL Deposits and Good Will lo Farmers Savings Aii important move in the local financial realm was closed this week when the directorate of the Citizens Savings Bank voted to and retire from the It will he re membered that a few months ago a movement was initiat hut this did not the weight or volume the financial situation of this community so the move lo liquidate The notes and good will of the institution were taken over by the Farmers Savings Bank this morn so the town has two hanks in stead of The Citizens bank will remain open for a few days in order to close the but no banking business will he transacted over the All depositors accounts are in the Farmers Savings and it will be but a short time until everything will he running with a clocklike will remain in the old hank luring the period of the passing of the this he will on his new work as supervisor of Ihe Central Life In surance of DCS for the district comprising the counties of Johnson and His home will be continued in Williams the genial assist ant cashier of the old will also continue his residence here and will devote his entire attention to Including many well matched pairs of horses and all fit for immediate work on the These horses were all purchased in this locality and are the best types of Their ages are right for and farmers will have no trouble in find ing here the type they want for spring work and for the fall The horses will be sold under the usual Lloyd USUAL I R V i I I V I I I V I I I ELLIS LLOYD CHARLES BEILSTEIN iams Statement of Condition at Close of March Superintendents Call Resources Loans Real and Personal Property Cash TOTAL Liabilities Capital Surplus Undivided Profits DEPOSITS TOTAL Cashier Northeast Corner Public Are lightning rods worth while Are they efficient Would you ad vise rodding my farm buildings These arc questions that are often coming to us from We answer them by saying that properly rodded buildings are less likely to he struck by lightning than unrodded and thai if struck thy are practically certain of not being Lightning rods as generally cared for are probably 8 lo 9V pel cent efficient when kept in proper j condition we believe them to he prac 100 per cent College of Agriculture has studied the lightning rod question more thoroughly than any other in thai we know having been gathering data on the subject for over In HIM that in based on 1 years of study and came out with Ibis statement Out of every damage done lo unrodded buildings by lightning worth would be saved if those buildings were proper ly As intimated above this was not based upon but upon after records of rodded and unrod ded Buildings that were struck by lightning in Canada during the period of There is also some valuable inform ation available in Iowa concerning the efficiency of lightning In this slate ifi insurance companies re ported for eight from to anil their show that per cent of the buildings which they insured rodded anil 50 per cent BUILD FLESH The Flu may have caused a loss of your or the strain of overwork may have reduced your Its easier to tear clown than to build but you can take something that will help build Experience has proven that nothing equals Cod Liver Oil as a flesh People have been known to gain a pound a day while taking The unpleasant taste of the raw oil is entirely overcome in FLETCHERS EMULSION OF OIL AND The oil is broken in minute particles and is as easy to digest as Pleasant to Ask for Fletchers Emulsion of Cod Liver made with the best of no FLETCHERS DRUG STORE West Side IOWA the real estate business in which he During that period there lias achieved a marked He for the be located in the Citizens Bank The old bank furniture and shares of stock are not included in the merging process but remain as the residue upon which the old dir will complete the details of the The new shift in financial affairs is an important one lo Die and community and Ihe result is that Wil is left with two banks that will be amply able to handle the monetary affairs of the richest com munity in Ihe the merging the deposits in the Farmers Savings Bank were its capital and its sur plus and undivided profits If The new deposits and accounts will greatly advance these thereby further increasing the strength and of the Far mers Savings long known and recognized as one of the well manag ed financial in this por tion of RED CROSS NOTES The yarn is now and the Red Cross shop will be open Friday so try and send or come for your yarn The chairman of knitting will have directions ready for you when you take your We feel sure thai our knitters will be glad to help as this will likely he the last work we will The quota is 72 pairs 82 mufflers and 32 all for Many hands make light try to do your All those having bills agains the Red Cross please take them to Mar garet the Oak Hill Cemetery Improvement As sociation There will be a meeting of the Oak Hill Cemetery Improvement Associa tion on March nt at the home of Howell for the transaction of im portant There elec tion of officers and secretary and treasurers a good at tendance is Every woman interested in the improvement of Oak Hill Cemetery should be present at this HOWELL Vice AT THE LATONA The thrills accompanying any story of the early days of the frontier are not wanting in THE TIGER Harts Artcraft but they are tempered by the sweetness of a womans love and the generous impulses of a man whose heart is bigger than his but who he comes an enemy of the law because of some strango twist of his nature and the lack of a guiding hand in the earlier stages of his It af fords a strong part for and will ndd another triumph to his in numerable successes upon the The Tiger man will be displayed at the Latona Friday anil Sat THE CONROY Has been opened again for busi We charge carry a full Ine of greases and We also carry a fine grade of safe and depen dable for use in Give us a 40tf MARK 55 companies paid only for lightning claims on rodded buildings an average of per year per On unrodded buildings they paid a total of for lightning claims on unrodded build ings or an average of per com pany per Since there were us many rodded as unrodded buildings the argument in favor of rodding is Where was lost on rod ded buildings was lost on those that were not protected against light In Michigan there is an insurance Farmers Mutual Insurance Com pany of insures only rodded and thai only after Ihe companys has in and approved the In a fouryear while this com pany carried a risk of over f5 million it paid for damage to buildings from lightning only and that amount was paid in three small all of which were trace able to some small defects in the rodding thut had been overlooked by the companys Another insurance company in which insures both rodded and unrodded on a busi ness of during the same fouryear period referred to paid lightning claims for damages to the extent of yet this com pany reported 20 per cent of its in sured biddings as By reduc ing the latter companys business to an unrodded basis we find thai the company thai insured only rodded buildings paid in lightning claims on Ihe same amount of business on which the other company paid 282 on unrodded In other Ihe hitter company act paid out times as much for lightning Or putting the same facts in slill another form for every dollar of Ihe rodding sav ed This amounts lo a saving of per cent or a lightning rod when the rodding is prop er y al During Ihe 00 days from July 25th to September lasl newspapers reported 104 persons kill ed and 344 injured in 8ii2 barns burned and 128 57 resi dences burned and 77 monetary loss of in 22 How much of was due lo lightning is not but Ihe fact is that many particularly in start from lightning and if rodding the buildings is as efficient as the above actual not rodding farm pays and pays as any reasonable man will It pays in dollars and it pays in precious lives The above article from the Iowa Homestead shows beyond a doubt that lightning rods urc the greatest property savers Our losses by fires from lightning are simply and when we consider that more than of this loss might have been prevented one must be amazed at the farmer who neglects to have his buildings of is recognized as being highly skilled and informed on everything pertain ing to lie has install ed copper rods by the and every farmer whos buildings are not yet rodded should see him at once and secure the only efficient protection against The season for thunder storms is close at and delays are always a source of WILL The will hold their reg ular meeting March at in There be balloting and initiation of candi Every member is urged to be Fred Gus Bridgio Alice Worrell and Elmer will be on the reception Bring usual MARGARET Careful The safety and efficient service of your chosen bank must depend upon its mana This institution has been under one responsible and success ful management for the past twentynine We invite your patronage on the basis of our careful banking methods and assure you of every courtesy and attention CAPITAL SURPLUS FARMERS SAVINGS BANK West Side FOR SUFFERERS OF STARVING EAST Iowa County Slacked in the Worth iest of All the There was a drive on in this count a shoil for Hits julief Ihe starving people of Armenia and The sum asked from Iowa counly was small as it not more than one fourth of the sum was Feel ashamed un less every sense of shame is dulled by the whirring sound of the mill of It is hard to imagine how any person can claim an affiliation with a Christian and then coldly refuse to give of his abundance to the unfortunate who has less than noth But the drive will be attempted the affair should meet with a success thai will remove Iho stain of the former Paul of is chairman of Ihe board of publicity and she has filled the local press this week with appealing locals in aid of the great Every person should give Those who gave little a few weeks ago should double their of ferings and those who gave nothing should now give re momber that there is nothing so well becomes the Christian as the manlle of that charity that gives and without of the was in town Sunday in the interest of this and spoke Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church and in the evening at the Roberts spent several years as teacher in a mission school at and was hero during the early years of the What he knew about the conditions in these countries was learned at first and the story he told was suf ficient to the firmest grip with which a dollar was ever held by a miserly women and not by the but by the hundred literally starving to all through no mediate or immediate fault of The Turkish government de spoiled them everything upon which they might left them to the fate of Watch the announcements for the coming and be ready to pull Iowa County out of the muck of the slacker in which it is ngw WITH AT THE Prayer meeting at 7 Choir nt Sunday School at Over 100 present last Were you Morning Worship at 11 Ser Enlarge The Place of Thy Devotional hour at Evening Service The Bes Job and Pay is the A warm welcome to all Alfred Lacy of near were united in marriage at the home of the 510 South Sixteenth Cedar by the James Van Horn on Wednesday afternoon at 3 The was becomingly attired in a gown of white silk crepe de chine with bead She is the daughter of Peter a prosperous farmer near a son of William has just received his honorable discharge from the army and will again engage in farming m Iowa A dinner was served at 4 Covers were laid for guests were and Lewis of Daily Williamsburg holds its regular meetings on the second Friday of each month at at the Masonic HARRIET LUELLA EASTERN STAR Supper will be served in the Mas onic Friday March at Bring large small spoon two Regular business meeting at
