Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-10-23


ANSWER THE QUESTION.
The bank had $4,000. .ss) six thous-
and dollars and ninety eight cents
then to the credit of the Old Folks
Home fund. How did it get $73O7. .9e
more to the credit of this fund from
August, 1895 to August, 1897
And IL it did get that additional
amount, there should be the sum of
$4,000. .98 as reported the year before and
$7307 SO as reported this year, making
($l3 .308.87) thirteen thousand, three
hundred and eight dollars and eighty
seven cents.
But you say you have only $73O7. SO
to the credit of the Old Folks Home.
SINGULAR ACTIONS.
Our point is that this money has
been added twice by Rev. Browne and
his accountant in order to swell the
amount, and that instead of $73O9. SO
being received during this year il was
received during the past four years .Ac-
cording to Cashier HIPS figures then
only ($I3O6.9I) one thousand. three
hundred and six dollars and ninetyone
cents were received during the year
ending August, 1897.
See True Reformer minute of 18th
Annual Session, page 127. line 28.
SWELLING THE TOTALS.
This 81, ,307 SO then has no right in
the table of receipts.
DKDUCTINo TIRE BALANCE.
Let us take it away from the $I53.-
All 6S which Rev Browne cites in the
first column OF his article and il leaves
$14e, 1879. The Old Folks Home
money does not come in Mr.. Burrellss
at all but .goes directly to
the Bank
According to the minutes of the 18th
Annual Session, page 80, the balance
on Assessments was $8,949l4 This
was not received for the 81 weeks end
ing August, 1897, and as it is evident
that it is included in the remaining
$l46 1879, to subtract it will leave
$137 21465.
THAT SHORTAGE PROVEN.
The Regalia Department had a bal
ance on the year ending August, 1895,
OF $3.50 o., and the Bank $711 90 total
OF $l39l.64. Deducting this leaves the
receipts for the year from August, 1896
to August, 1897, $1S5. .S23 IL.
Then the report should have been
Disbursements.......... las, ,123 u
eipts.--............... ........... 135 823 |
Sh0sssfs sndins s0l August, sRs yfiS 1887 1900 81
AN ARRAY OF FIGURES.
AS a matter of fact, the Old Folks
Home money has no business in the
Accountants report. 1t goes directly
to the Bank and if be had decided to
report any funds at all, he could have
no justification or Excuse in reporting
upon any finds other than those re-
ceived during the 50 weeks prec eding
August 15, 1897.
The minutes of the 18th Annual Ses-
sion on page 99-any True Reformer
can turn to the page-that the Reformer
newspaper office paid out 1880 67l
eight hundred and thirty dollars and
cents without counting the
of the employees, more. than
it collected. 1t is the last line on that
page.
THE BANK AND IT'S PROSPERITY.
On page 100, 9Th line, it will be seen
that with all of the "$25 600 in cash.
business the bank only earned ($71I SOY
seven hundred and eleven dollars and
fifty cents without counting the CASH
ier's salary (Which an cunts to that)
or that of his clerks
Line %. shows that the General
FUND.- paid out $S,077,68 more than
it took in.
The last line shows that the Stock
and Real Estate Department. paid out
($747 .4S) seven hundred and forty sew
en- dollars and forty nine cents more
than it took in.
The balance left over from the year
ending August, 1898, see 18th Annual
Session Minute, page l0l, line II, was
So, ,123 81.
This subtracted from the $1,000 81
shortage would still leave a deficit Of
fight in the Grand Foun-
tain, the successful attempt to count
as received last year, money which was
received the year before.
REMARKABLE EFFRoNrERY.
And yet Rev. Browne has the effron-
terry to say that 'this gives the Grand
Fountain q deposit in Bank above all
her expenditures of SIC, BAT e6 although
he has purchased piece of property
costing $14,400 upon which not one
cent of the Orders money has been
paid as he alleges. II the transfer is
made as 1t should be how much of the
ten thousand dollars will the Order
have left? Will they not be "a 400
short of the purchase price, according
to his own figures, which we pause to
remark are not the figures of the
Grand Worthy Secretary or the Assist
ant Grand Worthy Secretary ?
1t will be noted that the report of
the Accountant does not say that
the ten thousand dollars is in the bank
to the credit of the Grand Fountain.
1t lie Rev. Browne, who says it.
THE WONDER THAT he ADMITS ANYTHING.
He admits that he interrupted Mr..
Burren. The virtual denial that he
lBrownel tad an alteration with Dea-
con Miles B. Jones is on a par with
other denials in the same issue. Mr..
Jones is right good authority. Ask
him. Whether Mr.. Jones would have
struck Mr.. Browne is not the question
We believe he would not have done SO,
but persons present noting the excite
ment under which he was laboring due
to remarks which no gentleman wodld
willingly tolerate, thought so.
Rev. Browne says, "And / said to
that body in open session =
l was going to retire with or without
. pay and the Grand Fountain rose In
body and sid thRfI must retire On