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fS OOLOILED AMERICA IfAaflU WAtnimtG7O QTOlt til COL COLJOdN JOiiX IILLVi LiLVJi uhV AUX UX UXOolector UXCo Oo Co Oolector le lector tor of Customs Savanuab Georgia Geor ia HAMPTONS TWENTYSIXTH ANJSI ANJSIVER8ARY ANoN ANNIVERSARY I IVER8ARY VER8ARY VER8ARYIn In Honor of the Late Gen 8 Annstrong Ar Arm Armstrong nstrong strong strongHampton strongHamuton strongHampton Hampton I Istltute Is sMtute itnte will celebrate on onSunday onSanr1 onSun4ayJanniry Sun4ayJanniry Sunday Sanr1 yJaury January twentysixth twentY1ixthtbe the birth birthday btrthday day of it te found eundt the late GeneralS General Armstrong The address of the theoccasion theoccasion theoocaalon occasion wil be delivered by Franklin FranklinCarter Franklinparter FranklinCarter Carter parter Ph LL ljlj exPreaide it of ofWilliams ofWilliams ofWilliams Williams Williams College from which losti lostitation lostlutlon Iostitutlon tation utlon the founder of the th the Hampton HamptonSchool HamptonSchool HamptonSchool School was graduated In 1862 He Im lmmediatEly Immediately Immedlatdy mediately raised a company in Troy TroyN TroyJil TroyN Jil and joined the army In the thefield thefJleldlervlng thefield fJleldlervlng field serving his country with distinc distinction di4tinchon iitinc iitinc80n hon He was several time promoted promotedfor promotedfor promotedfor for bravery action and wai for two twoyears twoears twoyears years ears Colonel of colored troops re recelvlng recalving receiving calving the title of Brevet Brigadier BrigadierGeneral BrigidferUeneral BrigadierUeneral Ueneral when ke left tne Beivloe ee vlae at the theClose theClose Close 1018 of the war He was an officer Lfi ler of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Freedmems Bureau under Gen 0 OO 0 Howard and founded Ham pton In Intltuta InUtuta Inatittite atittite tltuta to 18 18j8 jS making It daring hie hietwentyfire hiBhrentythe hietwentyfire twentyfire years of service the great greatet fltrelitt greatest est et Industrial school in America He Hewas HeW8 Hewas was the pioneer of industrial educatlo i iin 1in iIn in in this country and as 8 such is being being6xortd beinglt beingooored lt ooored 6xortd by hlstorana hlstoranaA A NIGHT NIGH IN MUSICLAND MUSICLANDMlss MUSICLANDrllSs MUSICLANDiiss Mlss iiss Gibba Gives Bethel Literary a de deLuxe deLuxe deLuxe Luxe Enttrcainmnt Entertalnni nt Editor John JohnMitobell Job n1tchell nMitchell Mitchell 1tchell Jr on the Frogn Fro rf mAn InAn rrAn An immense audience oveifljwing oveifljwingwith ovclfl oveifiwingwith wlng wlngwith with enthusiasm more moretban than filled Lin Lincoin Lincoin coin twln Memorial Temple list I eat Tuesday TuesdayEvening Tueqdayevening Tneadayevening Evening January 7 being present not notonly noton11 notonly only to do honor to Miss Harriet GIbbs Gibbaat GIbbsat Gibbsat at tier first recital before a Washington Washingtonaudience Washingtonaudience Va blngton blngtonaudience audience but to testify their generous geneiousappreciation geneJoQSppledeUon generousappleoletion appreciation of the splendid 1 tflorts tha thahave that thathare thathave have been made this ye yen to contiaue contiaueto contieuto to enlarge the scope end importance of ofthe 01the othe the Bethel Literary Society SocietyMiss SooletyMiss SocietyMiss Miss Gibba was wa ably assisted by Miss MissLola Mf MfL1 Misshula Lola L1 a ChUders OhUde a beautiful contralto contraltoir contraJloJjr contraltodir dir ir Clarence White our own violin yioli 11 virtuoso the Treble Cl CIf Quartet and andMiss a1dMiss aidMiss Miss A1Haywood A jHaywood accompanist aocompaniarThe aocompanistThe accompanistThe The The The muscal mueicT mee cai work workor worJi of the the evening eveningsought eveningsought eveningsought sought to give a deer asr and broadunderstanding broad broadunderstanding broadundeIstandlnK understanding of the developing pow power po poer power er of good music by sequentially ar arranging ar arrarging arrarging rarging the numbers rf a very inttlfi inttlfigent lute lgent lri lrigent gent program The feature feat ure of the theevening tbFevening theevening evening was a lecture by Miss Gibbs Gibbebeaiicg GibbsbeulDg Gibbsbearing bearing on and ir terpretive of the mnsteal mns musical mnsIcal ical numbers in which she showed a aprofound 8pofound aprofound profound and comprehensive knowledge knowl knowledge knowledge edge of musicThe mUSIC mueicThe mUSICTbe The subject of tone melody and song songwere SOIJwere songwere were first discussed by Miss Gibbs andthen and andthen a dthen then cleverly and artistically illustrat illustrated ed by Miss Childers a graduate of the theObeilin theObedin theOberlin I Obeilin Conservatory of ofMu8ic Music A qusr qusrtet gnsrtot tet from Hiawathaby the Trtbe Trt be Clef Clefshould C1sfshould should 8 howd be favorably favor bly mentioned Mr MrWhites MrWhites MrWhites Whites Gypsy Song SOD proved very attractive at attractive attractive tractive and Miss i38 Childers surpassed surpassedherself surplssedherself surpaesedherself herself In an aria from the Oraioriaof OraioriaofThe Orstoria or orThe ofThe The Messiah and after her eolo He Hewas HeWas Hewas was a Prince received thunderous applause ap applause pplause plauseThe plause plauseThe plauseThe The lecture recital was given for the thebenefit the thebsnefit thebenefit benefit of Bethel Literary and netted netted a ahandsome ahandsome ahandsome handsome sumNext sum sumNext sumNext Next Tuesday tne meeting of the so socieiy soclely socleiy cieiy will be addressed by Mr John Mitchell Jr editor of the RIchmond Planet whoeesnbjfcb whose snbj lubjfct ct Judge Lynch Lynchand Lynchand Lynchand and his Victims will doubtless draw drawa a large crowd and prove ke a lively dla dlacuEBion di3cUEslon discuiston cuEBion Mies Lola Johnron will sing and Mrs Julia Wormley McAdoo will willwill wHIwill willwill will raclte raclteAmbiexter c1e clteArabi c1eAmbl Ambiexter Ambl other Instiute Springfield Spin 6ed III Is another school similar to Booker oker Washii gtons and and hie the caraclty and andmeans andmeans andmeans means to teach the youth of the race 35 trades tradesThe tradesThe tradesThe The United Investment Inve ment Company a acommercial acommercial commercial enterprise of Cicagohr Cicagohrowned Chicago Itl Itlow owned ow ned and operated solely by colored coloredmen coloredmen men Pullman car porters at that who have decided to open a bank in connec tion with the big stores that they are ar aralready I Ialready already successfully operating in that thatcity thatcity thatcity city THE GRAND DAND FOUNTAIN FOUNTAINTniB FOUNTAINDnbed FOUNTAINr Dnbed Odell al alIUB uU ilniffidTPuB TniB TniBORGANIZED Relame RelameORGANIZED ur ss rORGANIZED ORGANIZED January 1 1881 1881Office 1881OffIce 1881Office Office 604 6C6 and 608 2nd Si1 Riebaiflnd Rfch oud YI YIAn YaAn i iAn An order devoted to the interests Inte b3 of its member both in their heir home and an anbusiness business relations We offer you an opportunity for silt nt edged buaineaa Uyeit Uyeitment lsv Yilt Yiltment lwent ment in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by col colored colored colored ored men who are members of the Order Orderit 11 you Oll are sound in health and mind of good moral character mot ot younger youngervban youngertiban ban three 3 years nor older than sixty 8ix 60 you are eligible eii 1bla to membership member h1p There are two Fountains the Subordinate and the Boeebud BoeebudBUBOJmJNAT BoeebudSUBOBDINATB RosebudSTJBOKDJNATB STJBOKDJNATB FOUHTAINi FOUHTAINiTojoin JOUlfTAINliITo FOUNTAIlSTo To Tojoin join join the Subordinate Forntam you you must be between 14 and 10 1 years ofage of ofage ofe age You You pay 460 to 6 60 according to age as joining jolnln fee If you lire in inthe inthe inthe the country you pay 35 cents per month aa 8 dues if in the city 50 cents cell 5 permonths per permonths permonths months Yon pay as taxes 80 cent per monthAs month monthAs monthA8 As Sick Benefits you receive from f6 8 00 to f9 9 00 per month in weekly pay paymenta paymonth month mentsAs As Death Benefit your family receives t75 75 0 if you die within a A year liter fter one year the Death Benefit is 312500 13500 I limit IB 14 to 60 years Fee 250 to S425 4 425 25 Annual ducc dut i i 7u to i 7 oO The Certificate is valued first year at from 100 to pa 83 After one year its value is 200 OO to 65In 65 65In In Class the age limit Is 14 to 5lS years Fee f5 5 to 650 Annual dUel 9 950 50 to 1140 The Certificate is valued first year at from 250 to 5175 176 After Afterone Aft Aftone Afterone one year its value is 1500 500 to 300 300In 800In 300In In Class the age i1 limit la 14 to 50 years Fee 11 to 13 1350 50 Annual dues 21 to 325 25 The certificate I valued from date of issue 1 8ue at from x1000 1 000 to e700 700 You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or In Classe Band and upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock tock which whichpays whlohpays whichpays pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent centThe cenLThe centThe The Grand rand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to Jaiy 29 1900 a stotal total of 3782 Death Benefits with a total of a grand 521934 5216475 lM 75 over OT aHALF a aHALF aHALF HALF MILLION DOLLARS ROSEBUD 10UHTAJHS 10UHTAJHSTojoin FJUNTAiNTo UNTAB UNTABTo Tojoin To Join the Rosebud Fountain von must be between 3 and 14 year of age You pay 1 100 00 either cub or by inst1l installments 1ments The monthly dues are either 15 or 35 cents centsw 8 Fountains may decide The annual tax is 10 cents You receive as Sick Benefit from 150 to 400 per month monthu iU weekly payments paymentsAs paymentsAs As Death Benefit your family will be paid 24 2450 460 ii iiou UIOU 11on IOU ou die within a ayear year After one year the Death Deat Benelt BeneltH37 BeneltK ly H37 H37In t37 t37In 37 37In In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DEPARlK NT there are Three 8 3aaseaClaB lasses aaseaClaB Claas Glass and Class Olas All dues due are arepayable arepayable areuavable payable annually or quarterly THE BJLNK BANxIn xIn In our Savings Savln Bank the Order has a sound soundand soundand and flourishing llJurl hing Institution InSt1t uttOIJ that is a credit not no a only to the Or ter butthe race as well It began an business Apill Api1131889 3 1889 The Thecapital Theapltal Thecapital capital stockis 100000 The business is thelame the same same aa 8 that of ofany ofany ofany any other regularly constituted aonstitnted bank and is surrounded by the same safeguards sfegu The stock selle for 500 OO a mem member er ai a drays rays zu per cent aiTiaenas uiiu nue Both oui i time and demand deposits depositsare depo aepoaitsare lta arereceived are received and 4 per cent interest is paid on time deaposita de po its The following is a copy of the theCasbiers Cashiers report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virgin at atclose alclose atclose close of business Sept 5 1900 and shows its flourishing condition conditionRESOURCES conditIonRESOURCES conditionRESOURCES RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans Loansand and discounts discountsO 8272 279 8 8o 8Q her stock bonds and andmortgages andmortgages andmortgages mortgages TDue 164428 88 88Due 83Due Due from National Banks BanksBanking 48388 22 22Ban1tin 22Banking Banking Ban1tin House HouseOtherreal 14000 00 00OtberreB1 00Othorreal Otherreal estates estatesFurniture 99588 00 00FUrniture 00Furlnture Furniture and andFixtures Fixtures FixturesCurrent 6850 00 00Cunent 00Current Current expenses and taxes taxespaid taxespaid taxespaid paid paidSpecie 1 888 99 99Specie 99Specie Specie nickels ckels and nd cents centsPaper 12899 80 80Paper 80Paper Paper cutrrenoy cutrrenoyTotal 85800 00 00Total 00Total Total 391180 84 Capital stock paid in 88125 00 Surplus fund 80957 81 Undivided profits 6836 I 80 Demand certificate of de deP depOlit depost post flt 96786 967862I 2ft Time certificates of deposit 118424 74 74Total 74Total 74Total Total 891190 64 The Reformers Grocery and Feed Store la located at 601 North Sixth St Richmond Va and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 2 per cent on the cost cQ of food products productsTHE productsTHE prodadtaTaE THE REFORMER is the newspaper published pubb hed by the order from its own of fice in Richmond Va It stands for the voice of the people CIplerepresentInC representing co operation and andcombmation combination of the race and is the Beacon Light the Headlight HeadU the General Messenger and the General Gener Agent of the Brotherhood It is iM neryear per per year A wellequipped job office bids for the work of the people which i a turned out in first class style and at low prices pricesSix pricesSix pricesSix Six milesfrom miles from Richmond in Henrloo Hen 1co County Va Vathe the Order Orderhupmch has purchased ed 634 634a acres res ot land hind and established thereon an Old Folks Home With erampledjiberallty eJaD1pl dlQeIall and broadminded generosity the Order Orderdoe does not limit 1mltl81l an en trance trancejto tranc toth18 to thus home ome to its members alone nor even to tomember members families but the door are are opened to the aged and deorepid of the wholo race regardless regardle a of their theirrealit I reeldoJce realit ce orponnoctions or connections The Order makes Itself It e1l the trustee ee for this glorious charity and au calls upon the whole whol people peo Je black and white North East South and West to WasSISt assist by their contribution the carrying out of this pralseworthv idea id9 3rd of each is set apart Grend praiseworthy April year as a Rally Day for the Bc2e HciS Bb Contributic can be forwarded to the theca casnier nJer of the Reformers Savings Bank Bank who wUl send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain Fountainand Members mbem 01 the Order and tare he public when T18lting Richmond Va Invited to stop a at The Hotel Reformer 900 North Sixth St It Is In and desirable lrable location Service is of the beet and rates are reasonable reeeonat ie pleuJ1t The Real Rea1EstateDepartment Estate Department manages and lid controls all property interests Intere the OIdeer The or Order er now owns 18 buildings 4 farina 4 dwellings tB owith with with a a fee simple value of 122000 Ir addition adpronto to these the Order 1 llMe1 1 ho buildings bufldlngsFor bund bundFor buildingsFor For any further information addxess ad dree dreeWB BnRMI BtltUULI6 Btr uij1 WBecletar9 Secret WB TAYLOR KM Master.