The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-31
4 WORD 10 THE PUBLIC.


A WORD 70 THE PUBLIC.
Des Moines, Ia, May %, 1913.
Mr.. John l.. Thompson,
Editor s'The Bystander,'
Des Moines, Iowa.
Dear Sir and Friend:
Because of your influence and stand
ing among the eolored people OF Po4k
county and the state for that matter
and the wide circulation OF your paper,
/ want to say through you and your
paper that ] consider the Hon. james
b. Weaver, candidate for State Repre-
sentative of Polk county, Hon. W s.
Allen, candidate for Secretary OF State,
and Hon. Addison N. Parker, candidate
for State Senator, real, true friends CT
our people.
These gentlemen, ! happen to know
by experience, have been interested III
the education OF the Negro, long before
thew were ever candidates for any pub
lie office.
For the past seven or eight years
these men have been contributing
toward the education OF the poor little
black bows and girls in the far away
black belt of Mississippi No one can
say they gave money 10 far away
humble little industrial school for any
self ACKNOWLEDGMENT or for business
reasons. bat as . Waterloo white man
said to me few days ago, Jones, YOU
can rest assured that when man gives
VOC money for your Piney Woods school
it's because he is really interested in
your people, for there is no selfish bene-
fits that can possibly come from it. -
These men may not have landed ali
of the jobs our people have aspired for
during their past terms-it was not be-
cause they were disinterestei or prejr-
diced I WOULD RATHER KNOW
THAT a MAN HAD GIVEN HIS
HEALTH AND STRENGTH CON
SERVED IN THE FORM OF THE
MONEY FOR THE ENLIGHTEN-
MENT OF THE HUMBLE NEGROES
IN THE BLACK BELT THAN TO
HEAR OF THEM LANDING ANY
SORT OF POLITICAL OFFICE FOR
US.
Allen, Weaver and Parker have been
doing this for many years.
Respectfully yours,
LAWRENCE C. JONES,
Founder and Principal of The Piney |
Woods County Life School, Braxton,
Miss.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT OF
IOWA
Des MONIES
ANNUAL CERTIFICATE FOR PUBL
CATION
OF the
/
GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COM
Panty, located at Glens Falls, in the
State of New York
WHEREAS, the above named com
pany has filed in the Insurance Depart
ment of Iowa, a sworn statement show
ing its condition on the thirty-frst day
Of December, 1917, in accordance with
the provisions OF Chapter 4, Title 9, Of |
the Code of Iowa, relating to Insurance |
Companies; and whereas said statement !
shows that said Insurance Company has |
complied with the laws of this State re-
lating to insurance,
THEREFORE, in pursuance of law, /,
y. +. TAKE, Commissioner of Insur
ance, do hereby certify that said Insur-
ance Company is authorized TO transact
the business of Fire Insurance in the
State of Iowa, by agents properly APP
pointed and duly licensed, as required
by law, until the first day of March,
1919.
d I further certify that the statement
shows
lst The actual amount OF
paid-up Capital of said
Company, December, 81,
1917, to be .....$ 50O,O00.0o
ed. The aggregate income
Of said Company for the
year 1917, to be $1,000. 4,213,e24.57
Sd. The aggregate expendi-
lures Of said Company
for the year 1917, to be-. 3,4s9, 749.47
4tf. The aggregate amount
Of the Assets of said
Company, December 81,
1917, to be ...z......... 7,l5O,222.4l
9Th The aggregate amount
of Liabilities of said
Company, including the
amount required to safe
e Iy reinsnre all outstand-
ing risks, December 81,
1917, TO be ............ 4,I60,sS4.7oI
81 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
.hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal of Office at Des Moines, this list
day of March, 1918.
.lsEAL) J. F. TAAKE,
Commissioner of Insurance.
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