Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-10-05

handsome sum of twenty-eight thous
and dollars.
A FURTHER ADDITION.

Now to this, the Grand Fountain dur
ing its 10Th annual session voted him
($50,00O) fifty thousand dollars more,
making the grand total ($7S, ,000) seven
ty-eight thousand dollars, not includ-
ing the life tenure to Office with $500
per year and extras attached which
the Grand Fountain gave him and
which he may yet sell back to the or
ganization for a sum variously estimat-
ed to be from twenty-five thousand to
hundred thousand dollars.
WHO Has SEEN THE COPYRIGHT?
Moreover, we have not as yet met a
delegate who has seen the thing pur-
chased or knows definitely what the
Grand Fountain bought. Let each
member ask himself what he has re-
ceived out of the organization and then
examine the amounts, Rev. Browne
has received. Amount received and
guaranteed to Rev. W. w. Browne,
$7S 900,
The amount of property owned by
the Order composed of thirty thousand
people, after deducting the S14 0OO
still due on it, 5000 II this amount
after deducting $4,000 were distribu-
ted among the True Reformers they
would each receive only one dollar and
| twenty cents apiece.
Now as property hardly ever brings
under the hammer the full amount
previously paid for it by the owner, the
public is left to judge how much the
! property referred to has deprecated
since it was purchased.
Did the Grand Fountain make a mis-
/ take when it voted away fifty thousand
dollars of the peoples money! If it
made a mistake, how was 1t brought
about
Let us review the official records of
| the Grand Fountain as given to the
public by the True Reformer officials.
/ This body met September 3rd tc the
| 9Th, 1895, inclusive.
SURPRISING EGoTIsM.
For egotism the following out-Her-
| DDS Herod:
"Grand Worthy Master spoke as fol-
i lows: The nations East, est, North
/ and South are anxious to hear from
| you or hear from me on the subject
| am going to talk on now. If it were
/ POSSIBLE, every man and every woman
in this city and adjacent cities would
be here, if they knew was going to
talk on this subject.
III there was a chance to hear me
from one end of this country to the
other, so far as the name of the True
Reformers have been heard, they
would be now listening TO every word
| don't feel much like talking, because
I wrote in my report all my sentiments
but there are two things / presume
| YOU would like to heAr-that is, this
How do / stand on the amount of mon
ey that desire for the plans ?"
DID NOT WANT TO HEAR.
And these assertions were made in
the face of the fact that seats were
; | vacant in the hall at all times dur
ing the four days session and when
the Fifth St. Baptist Church was Sc
. cured, in great edifice that holds
! 1900 persons, only about fifty turned
out and nearly all of these we're dele
gates to the Grand Fountain.
: And again Rev. Browne is quoted a
follows:
, ALL OTHER FOLKS PAID-BRo. BURRELI
TOO.
"You will never have to do that 70
: anybody else; because everybody els
: you employ-you don't owe-an'
! | when you are through with that, yo'
t are through and / would rather yo'
$ would relieve me of them, because
D always leaves a shadow of doubt tina
| you be certain to get the plans from
me. and pay me good price, an
should anything come up, we coul
part from each other, and you hav
nothing against me, and I have moth
= ing against you.
Il This extract bears out our coD0en
Z tion that Rev Browne intimated tha
with the payment of fifty THOUSAND
dollars, he was willing to retire. W
q think should he leave the order h
will have something against theml-th
remaining payments on that $4,000.
i Or does he intend to take notes 70
n the whole amount, get them discount
IS ed and leave outsiders to enforce tn
y payment while he pockets the cas-
@ realized by the transaction
= WOULDN'T TAKE IT AT ONCE.
d Again we quote from the ofdcis
,r record. Rev Browne ssld:
"Now, brethren and sisters, Whateve
you give me, am not going to take
at once. don't calculate to have 20
le take out of your business at once.
ID calculate to take it so much this yea
N so much another year, and so on, in ar
IN way that it will not burt YOu."
III PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
Did not Rev. Browne know that
ts could not take forty thousand dolla
te out of the True Refofmer organic
I'd | tion at once? Did he not know tn
ce when he said that he would not do 8
II. that the logical conclusion was tn
that amount Cf money was the
to take out2
OF AS matter6f fact, the cashier HI
We reported that there were only twent
.rs five thousand dollars in the Bank, al
IT'S this included outside deposits w
ed | then did Rev. Browne make this stat
f. ment. when he knew that he was abo
nd to ask for fifteen thousand dollars mo
/, than there were in the Golfers OF t
It's organization
ne THE TERMS ON WHICH HIS ZEAL WILL N
we Re LEssENED.
We And again lie said: Another thiT
au am not gong to lessen my zeal a
1es ardor for tie work so long as we C
ais agree in ha-mony and peace"
CIV The presumption is that he will Il
oy sen his eel and ardor when they ca
on o1 not agree in harmony and peace.
leu We qrote again from the official ]
aoo cord:
'OV "Brether A v. Norrell made a n
tion IS a starting bid. that the Ora
I Is FouAtain give the G.. w. Master Is
Sen OOC twenty thousand dollars for
W pans, to be paid in such way as v
.uu not hurt the Institution.
res THAT ANIMATED AUCTION SALE.