The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
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best In tho count growth has bA4nN
steady, and its continued senlarg erient Sis#
assured. 2 AS
5 It's first officers embraced the name 81 M
sluh #me 81, y rs II on r lor llySon, Ba
s first Ell pt sma 30 vernon !; the late fudge
James; /. Lamb, frs slpraIne ice-goy5538as
ernor;; Mr. 81 d Ia esk the tiEst supreme
secretary 1iie late judge +! flour
present officers arc all men OF high char
sAoter and business stand Ia g.3 and are as s8
follows !: Hon Charlos T. O'Ferrsll n sx.
congressman and cx- Governor OF virginia. y
supreme & goverrlor; sepI a. w hi .9s
y SUPP EN- q lledl cal II examines
Hon 3 eyorly M of !. presl ths
governor; Rev. w. 4 LaS r. Bmit y XII nv
supreme cha plain: III Il 3. Ndontg oInery, siiE NJ
ipreme treasurer:HC, q S w. s3a Ktnpton, e SUI
9prernes a,tdito s. g n1eslxt q sl rcnle sac.
rotary
B. 4 = mall, once 4 III iris located n
lei 7 Eighth and Main II Streets. here the ssa
entire second fl oor# deyot ed to teX use Ss
$of the American Gu al M There ares at5Sts
present n earl w one thOusa1 nd u chapters Hi g
the u nited States; yex tending from Con-
snectlout to- Tex as IN nd rom theS Atlanl III
tot the Pao!ic.# III guild has sr,,oll7
men Of about g, 900 N en- beers: About gS
fifteen persons are emp oyed ID he horne IA
ONCE look al ter IA tel $blsin ness aKnirs 81
Sof5 the order q Some tn Ing Ike a ftyS depU4S
ties are travelling const ailtl 81 through out
III he fled In he SW ork Of rgnniang and sS
upb,lllding ofs CHI tiers. II Is probable
that the final accounting d OF fst no asst d
year sS ustness W III show about a quar-
tor of mil LON dollara h been paid
Sbenefoiaries irst The form OF benefits. s
Increase ia some n over Nv 900 members u.
each and every year since organize Ion.
The Anieri Loan g ld Ean Joys the uniQAss VI
dist ion Of being The orll fraternal
fnN
the securit OF Its nlarabe rs. The State
laws 8of Wiz girlfa do not REQ uIre IA frater-s
nal dor doin an insuranc ca business ia ~
make q a po9t MI tn the STATE treasursrSsS;
for theEp protect Ion It's mem berss hence
BY special enact the Amerlc lean Guild,
ed permission to deposit wi til the State
treasurer took orr bond s to- Il ggregates
cash value Of not less than 325, 900 to- be n
held Tor the bench OF the members of tho
guild, and, In Sconpl lance with the act,
has ma de Il he$ deposi t, mot her feature S
nevolent Y orders y Isl that q the an airs and
accounts 81 ord err are uent lSss55ss
examined by the audi tor OF pub lla!s acs 81
count hese N eX nm Ina lions have sl
only been made by TIL aud tor Of pub sss
iacco.lll Is for, gtniaa, ~ but throuz
Stionaries iii "a tho "A eYeral sta h6ses
duty il Is to mi Ike sucl, exanllnatio
RTheso erts ii lot only i now tia guilt
affairs to- be- IN q: saf and flourish hing
conditions VI blu cpnstit ut oil sseI,co mlums,
SPanya of3 hem5 being GO ncheds IN Ian gus SO Ss}
and executive jabilIty comb ired ing tho M
,nanageme an aud lirectio lon Of the gul Ia Is S
affairs. This prob liz den oTlnat es tho s4s
guild as an insurnn ce IA tor til It nsuresSs
giving Its mem hers tho MA kim un bele
snts mt a minimum Of cost. Others ma
has !,
perform less when IL comes toS seousing Z
benefited les
"A 10 sum ;llp the man VI Tea lures Witch
2characterizo#t the merlcnn# Gil Id 4 as sdrst f4
and foremost among frtl ternal Insurance $Es
orders, does not como wi hin the SCOPE Ss
SO marked and Its Influence so ext tended IN
that 1T Isl d eservlng OF more than pas inE s
notice. 5As an institution II ref cots credit sS
upon its2 parent Sta and cl ty, and tlles9 S
slnMturn may take pa I'd IN NIB le Pr de ill.,
It's cYelopnlcnt lso 20 q nd lconse
.ageInent hat "a I Is demon nina ed as tic IN
Model Twentieth Century raternal 8OrrS 5Ss;
der. During lts fifteen years of saxtsten 10 ss
1t has yet to 4 gllt q It's first leg ttlA @
In Yi inia--has had IN NV suit In ita sSs
homo State. The guild xpectsS 10 sild its
ar ltlgatlon NJ Whs, difrsrenscey occur ,l1,, |
a,nicably and equ!taDly. |The man ge-s
ment has been far-a ala llted and ntrouuc etl III
features which have nd ded to 3 8sssi
and steady growth. Conducted upon the
regular monthly payments q horn % lodge
dues, The rates gnre5 full D. stand ard, as j;s
adopted by tina Nd ttoI,al Fri ternal Con S
gress for mortal lily purposes, IN add ton IA
thereto eloi, member pays an &C Id Ill n,l sSsSa
sum proportionate Z to Insurance q carried 81
safety valve and !proyidtn s for present
and prosperity needs or the orc isi
d Tho affairs of tho %guild have fl,vay Va 5t9$
been 5ad r,inlstered by mon Of tho highest al
Integrity and standing alonE such ltnes
OF economy rs have been: found n 70 ba 3
hghgGharaetar OF Its officers, d aa MEL as s
the peculiar features of It's plan, that @
has charnct l1ed tho guild as rel ble.
beneflclal and business-llk Ike. II g4aran.
tees profession to widows and ORPHANS OF 35jS
deceased members and the certain pay
living to share In sick and ncc,d dent hena- il
t3ts upon liberal PLAN, base Y pom SAFETY, s
An old age disnhilit clause Is one of its S
prominent features, BY which The aged
may become bepelc'arles In the tlyll lght &58 81
when the order was started II was
thought by many hat success would b
meagre In the, North and West, but stp-
day some OF tho largest and most enthu- lksS
siastlc chapters are located IN these sec,
tons, Il e 4 y, " s895 n an "A a ]. 5Ss s5
y Mr. ealeskI. THE secretary ana founder, e
holds membership In tho Richmond C bAIis-
Der OF Commerce and Is n THU y-seaond
degree Mason, Order 4 of the Y Aiystld
Shrine. and also belongs 10 a large nuns
ber OF 'fraternai orders and sacieS Mes. e
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a"charlty begins S,ls home sp, also