Final Jeopardy
100

In the early 1940s, key members of Farm Bureau met to discuss the need for a life insurance company to serve its Southern membership.  A Federation President and a field representative, both with Alabama Farm Bureau, were meeting in a hotel room on a stormy night when a massive bolt of lightening knocked out the power to the hotel.  With no power or working elevator, what significant item helped these 2 men continue their meeting about organizing a life insurance company to serve members of Farm Bureau in the South?

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