Richmond planet., 1897-06-12
FROM WINSTON.
A Grand Rally-Prof Debnan to Lecture
Passed Away-The Good Samari-
tans to Meet-Brother Williams
Invades the State

WINSTON, N c.. June z, 1897.
Sunday was q beautiful day and the !
churches were we'll attended all day. |
The A Nj. +. Zion church had grand |
rally TO liquidate the debt on this !
church and we think hey had a sue
cess, but were unable to learn the |
amount raised Also the First Baptist |
Church had a special rally at the |
o'clock services and raised $lOO.25 TO
the erecting of their new building.
The Y M. @. A. held servic ces in
their hall at 4 80 at which time Mr. +.
2. Dixon of Hillsboro delivered grand
lecture to the young men. Mr. Dixon
i natural born orator and a Chris
tian gentleman and it is always to a
point of interest to the young men of
our city t hear him.
Prof. Thomas Il. Debnam of Slater
Academy will lecture TO the young
men next Sunday afternoon AT 4 80.
MIR. Edmund Galimore breathed
his last at 1925 Sunday night at his
fathers residence, near BelOs Pond.
He has been q sufferer with consump-
tion for about three years He was a
member of the First Baptist Church
and died in the full triumph of faith.
He was a member of Win ston Star
| Lodge, No. 2308, Grand United Order
VI O00 II OltOW dbA VIII DC UuTlCQ InlS
afternoon at Liberty grave yard, with
honors of the fraternity.
The State Grand Lodge, 10, Inde-
pendent Order Of Good Samaritsns and
Daughter OF Samaria will convene in
this city on the 9Th OF June. Captain
ICharles s L. A. Tsy lor, Deputy Grand
lChief arrived today on the 10 o'clock
train to attend the Grand Lodge and is
stopping with Mr.. B. Stewart on Hoov-
er street
Our city is alive today with excu--
sionists from Lynchburg, Va. An ex-
cursion came in this morning on the
I Southern about 6 o'clock with about
700 passengers
MIR George Williams of Lynchburg
President of National Industrial and
Beneficial Endowment Company was
= on board the train and will probably
Z spend few days in the city in the in
terest of his company which Is doing
: thriving business in our midst The
l excursion will return leaving Winston
( for Lynchburg at O'Clock this even
? ing.
: Cards are out announcing the mar
3 riage of Miss Garry l. Bethel, daugh-
2 ter of Rev and Mrs. w l. Rethell t,
: Hon James l. Lsniar, attorney, Jun,
p 16sh at Hotel Bethel
q The Virginia Life Insurance Compa.
3 nies have now somewhat ce ased tt
t harp out their talk that the colored in
( surance companies were unable
IT, pay any claims to keep th'
s cOlored people from joining the com
y pany operated by their race Sinc'
r there have been two claims paid-ont
It by the National Industrial Company o
II Lynchburg, sick claim to Mrs. Coin
on 18th St., and the other was paid b.
s the Working Mems Aid and Beneficia
e AssOcia ion of Richmond which wa
l. paid to Mrs Wright in Salem 70
It death of her little daughter Emma
J. Wright, May 3lst. The amount a
= also insured in the Virginia and whe
their agents went to the 10 lse to in
n vestigaLe the clai they could no
- attend to their own business withOu
Is meddling with the cO'Ored compan
a business. They proceeded to tell Mr,
Wright that they would guarantee he
l. that she would never get cent O
rt that clam notwithstanding her polio
l. was one fourth benefited and went e
r far as to pledge their word to her this
lie If the colored company paid her AM
ID thing that they would make her pres
v. ent of the same amount; but the CO.
At ored company has paid the claim an
r. on time too. Hence the Virginia shoul
ut be made to pay that claim according
as their own volunteer pledge or Other
al wise they should be given public II
IN ceipt for falsifying.
he Miss Mary l.. Brown is still very
20 at her fathers residence en- Hoover s
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