Richmond planet., 1898-03-19
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1898.

Board noticed that fact themselves.
Our office is intricate. The Nickle
Savings Bank, the Peoples Relief AS
soeiation and the office of that individ-
ual are ell in one, and withal, at is his
private residence. Now, shall leave /
my home, my high calling as a minis
ter of the gospel, pastor Of the Fourth |
Baptist Church to go to a mans pri- |
vAte dwelling and private office to be /
Isulted and treated with contempt |
God forbid
The niuth question on the night OF |
January 81, 1898. the meeting called |
by Il. ]. Bass and Rev. 4. b. Hardy, B. |
ID called or styled an srbitrators'
meeting, it happened that ali the mem
beIs were preaent except two. 1t was
in this meetiag that l recounted all
that had happbned with regards to
this matter proving by witness that L
had seen the individual, and that he
had denied that he had anything
against me. He owned up in this
meet ting that had seen him, and that
he did say there was nothing or it and
in this same meeting of Jan. 21st, said
he did have something against me and
| that it concerned the Association as
we'll as himself. Iproved that he had
carried the falsa statement from the
meeting OF January IL, '98, that the
owned up to this before those present
wnen every man present said that such
a state ment was not trus They work
ed on him a great while to ges him to
tell what it was that he had against
me, v hich thins he hesitated about
fer a long time. SO l decided never to
put my foot in the building again un-
der such circumstances.
| Deacon r j. Bass had acted as Pres
ident during all this time, and when
thry saw that L had c0rnered my man
they then exclaimed that it was not
a Board meeting, therefore, they could
not do anything. But hold that they
could have acted then, If they had
wanted TO, or IL not then, seeing that
| the thing did concern the company
and was calculated to do harm, they
could have brought it To the Board
meeting. since they failed Go do this,
L shall hold them responsible.
This man has done and is doing his
mean work and Is hid in the company.
! Therefore, L shall direct my aim at it
until they clear their shirts Yes, my
sOn-in-Isw, Rev. X b. Hardy, b. ID ,
was in this meeting Of January ~, '98,
and, il called upon will testify to what
he saw and heard.
i Toe tenth question; about the ($5S0)
i've hundred aud eighty dollars, l am
charged with getting ($77 Az seventy
seven dollars aud forty .four cents.
The answer is this: that in a previ-
Gus meeting of the Board ($50O) five
hundred dollars were declared divi-
dend, this TO be divided equally among
tue ten men OF the Board, which was
S5Ol nifty dollars a piece i got my
(S5u) fifty dollars and the ($25) twen-
ty five dollars "a a present. or salary as
they call it, 81 0S1s per month The
| 50 54) two dollars and forty-fOur cents
which 60 20 make the ($77 44) seventy
seven dollars and forTy-four cents,
will explain:
Mr.. Henry Cooke. one of the direc.
tors was absent from many of the
! u eetings during 'e7 and heavy fines
were put upon ham, which fines, up &C
! December 2l, 1897 amounted ($22. 90
I twenty two dollars. The Board had il
! u previous meeting decided TO ldivids
TINS twenty-five dollars among thC
nine members. This being equally di
vided into 50 A and a fraction apiece
, When mine was hand, d me, l refused
: to retain it, and gave it back to MIR
+ Cooke, with an explanation, in tht
prese nee of them all, as he himself will
I testify.
9 When the other members saw m,
: example and heard my words, some o
s them gave him some of theirs ba elk
/ some gave 81 90, some 75 cents ant
4 some 90 cents. So then it can h
. plainly seen, that / got only ($75 90
d lsevenEy-five dollars and ($77 44) sew
d lenty-seven dollars and forby-four cents
{ In my last article. made mention O
: the ($5S0) five hundred and eighty dol
T lars that had been taken away from
h the ($llSO) eleven hurdreo and eight,
s dollars, and L purposely withheld tn
9 explanation, for what is was taken, be
h lcause / wanted them to tell it. Sine
d they have told what / got, and adde,
10 falsehcOd, i will tell che gettings @
IeverY man. Each man got his ($50
h The treasurer got mis- present of Fiv
y Dollars; the man who rents US his OF
e flee, and occupied the same himself
: Sot his house rent, which, with his FIJI
y ty Dollars as dividend amounted I
10 One Hundred Dollars or more. Th
( association pays the business manager
s. Zen Dollars per week, which is EiV
n Hundred ana Twenty Dollars per yea
IS The assistant clerk Four Dollars an
lie fifty cents per week, which is TW
1t Hundred and ThirtY-four per yea
10 Now, l would like to know, who gel
n the most, the man who gets Fifty 9
D. dividend and Twenty five Dollars 9
- salary in q year, or the one who gel
II One hundred Dollars or more as div
or dend and rent. and who has Two huI
le dred and Thirty-fOur Dollars, to b
u added to that, or l, who got Seventy
l. five Dollars in ali Consider. Or al
1t other, who gets Five Hundred an
Twenty Dollars in a year and his div
tn dend Of Fifty Dollars, making FiS
le Hundred and seventy Dollars
ID Hear and consider which is the lar,
HI
n above mentioned sum I would ss
10 further that had warned them in IL
rs NEE tings Of the danger, that was con
x ing, aid also SAID ia my last articl
= that without change in the manag
ment of the affairs collapse was Ii
z: evItable. And behold that chanI
" has come and it is dreadful it
LLs death antO death, which / will show
nc little further on. l wish to show n
et readers just here, the conflicting stat
IA ment, as made by my enemies,
~ quoting from their circular, and I'll
% so-called article, which appeared
g the PLANET of last week. We do n
S know of any unpleasantness beJwe'
90 any officer and the Board of Dire
= tors
Ic- Just below, / will quote from the a
he tiele as follows: Have you forgott'
no that the meeting OF the Dist of Janu
At ry last, was arranged by your son-i
nv law. and our President, as arbitrsto
TT to settle the difference between you
ne self and the person referred TO in yo
he article? Did not the President
be that evening lecture to the agents al
nd the Board OF Directors And that
your request the members of the Boa
lat then present remained over to sa
j, / meeting. and that your son-in-la
Ter and the President objected to tint
if taking part in the meeting as directc
nd of the Association ? Self -disputors
Ter promised to show the change
are tie further on. and l shall be faithi
by to my promise. What IS the chang
larI A new p)HcY, about 100 InChee 10