Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1908 — HORSESHOEING STOCKS COMPANY ORGANIZED [ARTICLE]

HORSESHOEING STOCKS COMPANY ORGANIZED

Local Capitalists Finance Company for Five Thousand Dollars— To be Pushed.

The Hemphill Horse Stocks Company has been organized In Rensselaer under the laws of the state of Indiana, with a capital stock of $5,000 for the purpose of manufacturing the Hemphill horse shoeing stocks, wagons and a wagon coupler. M. L. Hemphill Inventor of ffe stocks, retains half the stock, and the balance is distributed among local capitalists. There are fifty shares of stock of |IOO each. The officers of the company are M. L. Hemphill, president; and Warren Robinson, secretary and. treasurer. Directors: M. L. Hemphill, Warren Robinson, A. F. Long, B. 8. Fendig and Cleve Eger. For the present the stocks will be manufactured In Mr. Hemphill's shop, but it is hoped the business will grow to such an extent as to require larger quarters, in which event a factory build Ing will be erected.

Mr. Hemphill ib the patentee for the Hemphill horse shoeing stocks, which has been before the public for some years, and is already in use in nearly every state in the union and has also been Introduced into Canada, but for lack of capital the business has never been pushed to any extent. It is claimed the stocks is the best one on the market today and la superceding other stocks. The wagon coupler was also invented by Mr. Hemphill and is said to have considerable merit Both patents will be assigned to the new company. • There is no reason for the new company not making a success of the business, aa they have in the horse shoeing stocks an article needed by every horse shoer and the territory Is unlimited, as it is for the sale ot the wagon coupler.