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NEOROES OF WAYCROSS BAMBOOZLED BY NE-OpO INSURANCE CO.grims Health Ami Life* IiiHiirance Company,” n negro company which opened an ofToe in this city some time ago, declaring as their motto: “A Negro Company for the Negroes, With the Negroes and Run by the Negroes.” Alas, for our hard working eol-orcd citizens. They trusted “Not wisely, but too well.” Hence their inquiries concerning the “Pilgrims,” and their snvings.The Pilgrims are no longer in Wnycross. They hnve gone, presumably on a voyage of discovery. But thia is not the first time that negroes have lost their savings by trusting in the honor of their race. We havo in mind the failuro of tho “Freedmans Bank” some time ngo, when many negroes from all over the country lost their nil. Their deposit irs were negroes mostly of the laboring class and the loss fell heavily upon them, all of which simply goes to prove that the time has not yet come when the negro is tit to lend.(Special.)8 6 tf. pd.
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Waycross Journal
Waycross, Georgia, US
Fri, Aug 20, 1909
Page 7
Full Page
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Allen C.
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