Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-09-28
FIFTY THOUSAND.
The Beneficent Sum Vot-
ed Away by the Grand
Fountain.
DELEGATES ASTONISH-
ED AT Their OWN
ACTIONS.
What They Thought.
INTERESTING FIGURES
EDITOR MITCHELL AND THE TRUE
REFORMER DELEGATION.
What They Thought.
INTERESTING FIGURES
EDITOR MITCHELL AND THE TRUE
REFORMER DELEGATION.
Dark Days For the Organization.

United Order of True RefOrmers in
voting to pay Rev. W. w. Browne con-
tlnues to be the topic of discussion. In
the barber-shops, shoe-shops, grocery
stores, bar-roOms, on the sidewalks
ana IN the homes. Rev. w. w.
BroMne-- numerically condemned
and blamed for directing this organi-
zation towards the shoals of destruc-
tion.
There have been many conjectures
as to how the Grand Fountain could
have been induced to vote such q
mammoth amount.
1t is said that large number of the
delegates never saw inside of a white
bank, much less a colored one, and
mistook the gross figures of the in
come as being the net profit. For ex-
ample when iC was said that the gener-
al fund amounted to two hundred
Thousand dollars they thought that
amount represented the amount OF
money the Order had in cash. As a
matter Of fact, the cashier reported
only twenty-five thousand dollars in
bank, including the outside deposits.
It can be readily seen then that the
other one hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars had been expended
in other directions.
SOME AlSONDERSTOOD.
Yet when the announcement was
made that Rev. Brownies fifty thous-
and would come out of the gener-
al fund which aggregated two hun
dred thousand dollars per annum. il
was thought that this was only one
fourth OF the yearly profits.
The other figures handled relative
TO the entire sum of money collected
during the existence of the Order was
dazzling and as one member EXPRESSED
1T, he thought they had a million dol
lars.
As matter of fact, had they voted
to pay Rev. Browne his money in cash
they could not have done so because
they had voted away twenty-five
Thousand dollars more than was in the
3 True Reformers' Bank.
To give an idea of the extent of the
extravaganza in voting away so much
money, one has only to. consider what
fifty thousand dollars would purchase.
THAT GREAT PURCHASE.
Were the Grand Fountain to give
Rev WV. Browne the brick building
in Richmond the fine new brick struc-
ture in Lynchburg, the square in
Washington, the building in Balti-
the amount of property that would
equal the fifty thousand dollars for
the copyright and the three thousand
dollars for the regalia department.
They have virtually voted away the
finest buildings possessed by the or
ganzatlon for they are liable for the
amount stipulated in the contract.
THE PRICE OF A COPYRIGHT.
Again, Rev. Browne paid only one
dollar in Washington, that is the price
charged by the government for secur-
ing such document.
Rev. Browne said he thought forty
thousand dollars was fair price and
when the sum was raised to fifty
thOusand dollars he said that be
would not take interest on the a.
mount.
SOME PLAIN FIGURING.
Now the Interest on $4,000 at & ne,
S cent for seven years as per Rev,
Brownies proposition is ($8. .4OO) eioht
thousand four hundred dollars provid.
NJ ed the first installment of five thous.
and dollars was paid down cash. Il
Will thus be seen that the financier po-
all he was figuring for.
To be plain, if a cash settlement was
and could be forced, Rev. Browne
could claim the large buildings anC
valuable property at Richmond
Lynchburg, Washington and Balti
mora, while the order of thirty thous
and people would own only the small
buildings at Norfolk, Roanoke, Fultor
IN Richmond, Chester and the proper
ty in one of che counties, and would
leave to assume the mortgage of (SI4
4 OOO) fourteen thousand dollars due OF
the buildings. AS we have befor,
stated if the remaining value of the
property was divided among the thirt,
thousand members, the amount woul1
be about one dollar and twenty cent
apiece.
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE EDITOR.
When Editor Mitchell returned from
Amelia Court House, Thursday. Sen
tember 18th, where he had been will
Hon. George d. Wise, ex-Judge Hen
W. Flournoy and Captain A. b. Gui
gon in order to secure a new trial 70
the three innocent women, two o
whom have been sentenced to death
pund letter citing him to appea
re King Solomon Fountain, Unit
der of True RefOrmers to answe
les brought against him by tn,