The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09

HThe white people are. sayna that
there are no negro Iaborers that thew
can LAY hands on IN the South OF course
mot, because the negroes are becoroInn
able TO hire servants themselves and are
staying at home and seeing that their
own domestic affairs are carried our
right by the negro servants they them.
selves employ"
Thus spoke Lawyer j Thomas New
+ some. OF Newport News in the Negro
business League convention last night
here
''The negroes" he said are lodging
farm labor. You can't get them to work
on a farm now because of the fact that
they are accommodating something for.
themselves aud buying their own farms.
and their own duties Keep them al home
watching the other negro Iaborers that
they have hired
The negroes right In this State are.
4 worth more than those of our race scat
tered throughout the world, ana knew
K II from a careful examination OF the am
z nual reports we get privately
This speech put the convention In an
uproar. and the delegates were beside.
themselves with delight. Ncwsomc had
spent several months to obtain his figures
for tho OCCASION and they were we'll
people who crowded the convention hall
last night.
Negroes to Form Drug Trust.
Julia p. II. Coleman. OF Newport News.
delivered a speech on THE Negro Drug
gist." At the conclusion OF her remarks
she suggested to the convention that
since there are now negro female phar-
lnnclsts that there should be formed n
solid colored drug store combination
among them. The suggestion vas in
stnn,ly taken up, and tho body referred
to the committee on the whole There
were several negro drugstore keepers
present. r. r. Hill. the first negro bank
cashier In America, made the following
report.
Bank Statement.
Resources Loans and discounts, $500.
673.35: furniture and fixtures, s7.345.35;i
checks and other cash items. 81 ,923.40:
due from national bank. $1T,S7S12; 3 due
from State bank, 100000; specie. nicklcs.
etc. si.l12.94; paper currency S41, s26.0o:8
overdrafis, sl72.o7; stocks, bonds and
mortgages, ss.611lS; renl estate, sS5.-
0l6is: exchange for clearing house
sG2a.D4: coin, s5so,7l; cashiers checks
outstanding. 5000; total, 1855. 1907
I.inbiiit.es.--C Capital stock paid In.
.1a1.l7o.ds; surplus fund. se2.722Oo: un-
divided profits, ss3.Os1.11; individual de-
posI,s subject to check. sl29,235.79; time
certificates OF deposit. s2Ts,;Hl.lo: bills.
payable. slO,0DO.00. dividends unpaid.
500 total, sGG5.1so.7o.
Combined statement of one OF our IN
surance 81 companies: Capital, 10000;
policies IN force, s4,6l735o; paid sick
Claims and death claims. s5g9,l37.55; real
estate. stocks and bonds, etc. $500;
employees, s26s4; membership 9o,0o0;
total paid since organization. $563,3oO. As;
deposited III stnte treasury, $4,000.
Richmond has the only Incorporated
business college in America, Grand
Fount United Order Of TIVE Re-
formers. has a benefited membership OF
5000 members; paid in sick claims,
$4,000; paid death claims. sl,l62, 7s4.so:
owns property to.the amount OF $500 COD.
It operates five stores. doing an In.
creasIng business, capital. $1,000; the
Reformer plant jobbing printing, $4,000.
Booker Washington Coming.
Booker t. Washington had not arrived
at IL O'Clock last night, but his fore
runners were here ut that hour end
were expecting him The Rev w. y.
Graham delivered an address, declaring
that The rnretIng Smarked the beginning
OF a new ern for the negro and enl-5
phaslzing the Importance of the entry Of
his race Into business lie on a large
scale.
& George Il. Taylor was appointed off,
cal reporter OF the convention,