Richmond planet., 1927-01-29
GREAT REPORTS AT MEETING
AND BANQUET HELD IN THE
LEIGH ST, M. E. CHURCH

The Gath annual meeting Of the
shareholders of the Southern Aid
Society of Virginia Inc, which was
held Monday, s 80 P. M, at Leigh
Street M. E Church, was another
forceful demonstration of the Cor
poration's slogan, 'From Small
Acorn in 1898 to Giant Oak in 1927"
That is, in the past years, the stock
holders have ,.et in the Home Office
Building. B,ir with the growth ip
the list Of stockholders since the
increase of capital stock of thc Cor
Doration from $4,000 to $100 600 it
has become necessary to have larg-
-ap space for the stockholders meot
ing than that afforded by the board
room of the Corporation.
Rev. R. M. Williams, the energet-
ic and magnetic pastor of the above
church, on learning of the ne,1 Of
the Society for a more suitable place
fo- the gathering, extended an invi-
tation to the management 10 use
both the auditorium and lecture
room of this central and finely ap-
pointed church building. AS the
church has recently undergone ex-
tensive renovation, it formed
splendid setting for one of the most
Representative and inspiring gafhsr-
ines ever held in Richmond.
Promptly at 8 T. M. little Miss
MAJ jorie L. jackson, the accom-.
pI'shed II year old daughter of Di-
rector and Mrs. C. N Jackson, took
!, o1o 81 ba nd hnc tsfi fnt
pipe organ, aid for 80 minutes az
tr,nded the assembling group with
her mastery of the instrument.
J At $3.50 P. M, the president, MI
j.. T. Carter announced that the
! body was ready for business. The
opening hymn was led by Mr.. J. H
Walls of Richmond District. Prayer
was offered by Rev. R. H. Johnson,
pastor of Sharon Baptist Church.
Then followed the reports of Pres
ident. Secretary and Assistant Sec
retary. These reports were inform
ing and pleasing. They showed that
despite the general slump in busi-
ness and employment over our tor
ritory that the Society had increased
its debit and amount of insurance
in force; that it had paid during THO
year, NEARLY $4,000 000 to policy
ho' ders and claimants in Sick, Acct
dent and Death Claims. The gross
collections. including cash balance
brought forward from the previous
year was in excess of $1,200,000.
The Shareholders were elated over
the fine showing for the year and the
great strength Of the Society in re-
serves and surplus So pleased were
the Stockholders that they voted 70
suspend the usur1 formalities inrf-
dent to the nomination and election
OF President and Board of Directors.
and by acclamation, reelected the old
faithfuls, who have piloted this race
Corporation to success, year after
year
They are as follows: J T. Carter,
President: Edward Stewart, B. a,
Cephas. A. Washington, B L. Jor
dan, w. A Jordan, w. E. Baker
w. E. Randolph, c. N. Jackson,
A. D. Price, Jr., Mrs. Maggie L.
Walker. Dr.. Miles B Jones, ]. o.
West, R. L. Tate, Percy Wilson.
After the conclusion OF business.
and at the direction of the president
the assembled Shareholders marched
to the lecture room, where caterer
Mr.. Richard Slaughter and his eff
ficient staff had prepared feast fit
for kings The president asked vice.
president B. A. Cephas to preside
las postmaster, and for the next
hour wit and wisdom flowed through
this beautiful room, while the Share"
holders enjoyed the turkey, fixings,
etc etc. en- to ice cream and cake
Among those who responded to the
unique and witty sallies Of Mr.. Ce
phas. were the following: Mrs. Ma
mie A. Stevens and Miss Parthenia
Davis. Petersburg, Va; Mrs. Leila
w. Bankett, Miss Erma E. Adams
and Mrs. Henrietta Jackson. DR.. W.
T Johnson, Rev. R. M. Williams.
Rev. L. H Dickerson, Rev. M c.
Ruffin. DR.. j. NJ. Newman OF Rich
mond, Va; Mr.. William H. Brown,