Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1912 — FARMHOUSE AND MONEY LOST. [ARTICLE]

FARMHOUSE AND MONEY LOST.

House of William Faylor of Union Tp., Burned Friday Together With $2,000 In Currency.

Wm . Faylor’s home, four miles south of Virgie was destroyed by Are Friday at noon, caused from a defective ,flue. The house had evidently been burning some time before it was noticed by the school children. Mr. Faylor was just going out to the corn field and his wife had left about an hour and a half before for Fair Oaks. One of the school boys thought of the telephone and rang up some of their neighbors and soon there were many people carrying out canned fruit and clothing while others carried water to save the milk house, fifteen feet from the back porch, and the barn, otherwise they would have game, too. The house was worth about $ 1,000 and was insured for S6OO. The household goods were mostly saved. Mr. Faylor lost quite a large sum of money, about $2,000 it is claimed. »

While it is difficult to get much information regarding the money lost, it is understood that it was in currency amd that Mr. Faylor had it concealed in one of the upstairs rooms. He was afraid of banks, it is reported, and kept the money he accumulated along in the house. All he gets for the loss of his SIOOO Ihonse and $2,000 in curreAcy ‘is S6OO insurance, which certainly ought to be a lesson to him and any other timid ones.

A man doesn’t have to keep his money all in one bank. Rensselaer has three strong banks, and one can divide if up if he doesn’t care to put it all ip one place, andi he certainly should feel much more cure with his money in the bank than having it about the house, where his own ILfe and that of his family is not safe should an inkling of his having it become known to robbers, to say nothing of the possibility of its being’burned up. There is also the postal savings bank, with the United Sates government behind it, the same that is behind your money, and if the postal savings bank should break your money wouldn’t be much good no matter where you had it. I>on’t chance any robbers and fire.

Deposit your surplus money in the bank and then you’ll not meet with the experience of Mr. Faylor.