The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-09
MUCH MONEY
FOR THE NEGROES
freedmens' Bank Depositors 10 Get
Their Claims.
GILES JACKSON AS A LOBBYIST,
He Says the Work Of Pushing n Bill
Through Both Houses Of Congress
il a Great Undcrtaking-lsT Try
ing To Get Hold Of Pass Books


and those who have the matter in charge
don't run against any snass many thou
SANDS Of dollars viii be- distributed among
Richmond neg oos. 1T the present Writing
there is every indication that little po-
Htcal pull may produce more happiness
among a large number o. c0loro1 ella m.
ants than was ever seen az country cir
Gus ca insiue the limits OIL Is wdttTme ION
patch OF e hot afternoon iH midsummer.
There Is a story, and Il is a narrative OF
patience and hope. disbursement and
anuc patton log ng ana cOvetousness
sucn a. seldom combine 10 furnish ma
teral for nnancial items on the stock
market page Away back in reconstruc-
ton days. when the negroes hid J-st
been set free and didn't have any idea as
10 what 10 do with any little funds they
might accumulate. there was established
what was known as the Freedmen Saw
ings and Trust Company III was undcr
the government banking regulations. and
II was understood amoIs the negroes
throughout the South that the govern
ment was partially responsible for the
eouudness of the same.
WERE GLAD TO DEPOSIT
Now. the negroes al that time In the
South knew about as much on the sub
jsct OF trust companies as they did about
The Assyr.an language or me Chinese
tariff They had great faith in the nnan-
clal standing OF IS government however,
which could owe power the Confedelacy
and so they We're Induced O. deposit their
savings in the concern without much ar
gument The bank had branches in many
parts of the country, and there were many
depos tors from Nirs n-a, the Carolinas,
ga AL.
Tennessee. kentucky. VI ssOuu Pennsyl-
vania. Maryland District ~ Columbia.
and other places. Among the Virginia
depositors were "a large number from
Alexandra. Lynchburg. Norfolk and
Richmond.
The total number OF posters at IN
tine the company went % pieces To 1s4
were sll3i. % waom the WAS du, s. .
asg2522 Since the failu.e of the COM
parry five dividends have boon declared,
O., follows:
- per cent. Nov. T. ISIS 5s19s1 %
81 pc cent. NJ ircn % ISIS. 9.s'- y
80 rer cent, Sept. 1, ls>o...... za5 @2 % I
z-l5 per cent. june J. lA,2.. .... 4il9'1 u /
o. peg cent. May -, 1873 UnaO &5iH 10 |
Agrregaung 60 per cent, and
amounting to-, .. ....+.....'-fl 'o-@' 100 o. 1
OF fhs amour. there was ca led
for and paid. O.. e.. .. ..."...SLoS'-e3 ~ /
This left unpaid and barred 10y act o. /
Cong.ess February TO-. lo,i, N>i 3i.lh OF /
ne sr,our, thcre was revived bv act OF /
I5ebrssry 17 1>ss Sil4,lIJ. or tins there |
va pa sio7e "a leaving unclLcI Tor (
On December e. l,yl. s. 1922.
GILES AS a LOBBYIST
so r,uc0 ,9r the stat,m.u, OF The com
many affairs up t0 a comparatively re-
-ont date. A meeting was held 10
CHARLESTON. \. G.. ana Giles Jackson,
-bo negro LAWYER. OF Richmond. was en-
sorsed by a large number OF deposit0rs
In IA. efforts to yet the matter before
congress ana have the claims paid in
e,J Jackson IS tae counsel for the
sla .mants. and for quite d. while has been
red in lobbying thru4h Congress d.
51l fo nav an al The de-. -itors in 1uu
BE has appointed agents m au the South
IN cities 10 examine the claimants papers
ma report TO him
Giles had a rather hard time during
Dis work 0a the case. Lobbying was "a
low line Of work Zoo him and quite diff
ereDf from defending clients in the PO-
Ice Court u Richmond.
Those Northern congressman don't
NOW nothin bout how 20 treat niggers.
aid Doe Yesterday. "Thoy don't like us
oloraA fo4s uohow. Southern congress
u
seut mv card % thcm congressman
rom mo- Norih. jc-t as soon as they
moved was "a Niger they took and
ent me word they was excused. And
% Senator Daniel and Captain Lamb was
be ony ones what helped me lobby the
80 through"
Both houses have passed tho bin 90
ay of The claimants. and the President
ftaChed dis signature which made the
ltasuge law.
Aoou, &l.5.J have already been paid 20
richmond claimants. and several thou
and more remain Go De paid. a b. -
lussmee. viii soon De called here at
rue Reformers Hal 10 have the coudi-
.on Of affairs explained, ana the details
Ell FORM.
Ills FEfS.
Ana you VIII get some snug commas
IONS was ASKED Ii,es JacKsoh'
Noi' you see saiu me- am lh'ao
'i@s couhsei I'D the matter anu femme
"a you D'eH "ol Nlh h1Ip on t",9
ere gus ness spent SIX tnou9aliu Jul
-" o.. ana u so" ooN'N " -, 80"
'upyihs the pi" ,h'oubn you "ou'u "a
'en "!a' ulL.cuiues mao ~ Oo"''"u
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