<emph>Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Directors, Treasurer and Superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, Oxford, North Carolina to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A. F. & A.M. for the Year Ending November 30, 1900:</emph> Electronic Edition.

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Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Directors, Treasurer and Superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, Oxford, North Carolina to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A. F. & A.M. for the Year Ending November 30, 1900: Oxford Orphan Asylum (Oxford, N.C.) 41 p. Oxford, N.C. Oxford Orphan Asylum [1900] Call number C362.7 098 (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA TO THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA A. F. & A. M. FOR THE Year Ending November 30, 1900 PRINTED AT OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM OXFORD, N. C. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. To the Grand Lodge of North Carolina:

It is with pleasure we have the honor to report to your Grand Body that the Oxford Orphan Asylum, the exponent of the principles of Masonry in North Carolina, has, at the close of the century, reached a state of efficiency never before attained in its history. Impelled by the very law of its being to preserve its place and power, the institution has steadily grown in merit until today there are few superior institutions of the kind in our Country. Every Mason should feel a pride in the work they are doing for the dependent children of their state, in that they own an institution which is caring for over two hundred lives, preparing them for life's work, strengthening their minds and bodies, building them up in all that is noble and great and good—feeding those who were unfed, comforting those who were uncomforted, teaching those who were untaught. Encouraged by what has already been done, we trust that your Grand Body will be the more determined to make the institution model in every respect. That the institution owes no one, being entirely out of debt, is cause for congratulation, especially in view of the fact that your property has increased in value more than $50,000 during the past eight years.

There is more important work to be done, that of a more complete execution of the practical plans already begun in regard to the industrial training of the children at the Asylum. The Superintendent's annual report gives an idea of the work already being done along this line. The boys and girls are taught to work, but better equipment is necessary if they are to be taught as they should be. No one can do good work with poor tools, so no institution can accomplish its best results with poor equipment. Practically all the boys and girls will have to earn their living when they leave the Asylum. The fact that they are orphans counts for little if they don't know how to do something, how to do some one thing well. The business of the country is not conducted on sentiment, but a person must possess an earning power if he is to secure employment. A boy or girl with a common school education and trained in some mechanical or domestic art can always secure work, and generally at good pay, but the boys or girls who do not know these things too frequently go to ruin, become tramps, vagrants, anti-social, or extra-social beings. Idleness means licentiousness; inefficiency excludes from employment, produces poverty or crime. You are fortunate in owning a farm, which is cultivated in a great measure by the boys at the Asylum, and on which they may gain that superior intellect and sterling character which so frequently results from following plough handles. Aside from the better training of the children at the Asylum, it will reduce the operative expenses to have all the industrial work done near together and in buildings constructed for the purpose, instead of having them as now in widely separated, poorly equipped and constructed buildings. We beg that your Grand Body adopt measures which will secure the money necessary to accomplish this needed improvement. Under the agreement between the Grand Lodge and Mr. B. N. Duke to contribute $7500 to the Building Fund against a like amount given by him, there remains $2364.65 of your part yet to be subscribed and there is still $1577.39 unpaid of the amount which you have already subscribed, making a total of $3942.04 yet to be paid by the Grand Lodge. It would be gratifying could this obligation be paid in full during the ensuing year.

Another urgent need of the Asylum is an electric light plant. It is unsafe, dangerous and running too great a risk of losing life and destroying your property to use lamps burning kerosene oil in buildings where so large a number of children live.

The circulation and influence of the Orphans' Friend and Masonic Journal can be greatly increased with your hearty co-operation. It is the official organ of the Masonic order in North Carolina and its Masonic Department is ably edited by Past Grand Master John Nichols. A wider circulation would be helpful to Masonry and to the great work of caring for orphan children.

We are pleased that a large number of persons from different parts of the state have visited the institution during the year and we would be especially glad if every Mason could go through its various departments, note the system and method with which the work is conducted, enquire into the detail of school work, the industrial training, the efforts at moral and religious instruction, see, as far as possible, how the children are cared for and trained. While we note with pleasure that the voluntary contributions by the Lodges has about doubled during the past three years, we regret that there are still a number of Lodges who do not contribute and we hope for a great improvement along this line during the present year. We herewith submit the annual reports of the Treasurer and Superintendent and, that there may be no backward move in the work you are doing, we respectfully ask for a continuation of the present appropriation for the ensuing Masonic year.

B. S. ROYSTER, W. G. M. Chairman ex-officio. J. M. CURRIN, T. A. GREEN, B. N. DUKE, G. ROSENTHAL, J. N. RAMSAY, C. W. TOMS, Directors present. REPORT OF TREASURER. To the Board of Directors of the Oxford Orphan Asylum:

I beg to submit my report as Treasurer of the Oxford Orphan Asylum for the twelve months ending the 30th of November, 1900.

RECEIPTS OF GENERAL FUND. Balance on hand December 1, 1899 $ 2929 69 Balance Grand Lodge appropriation for 1899 500 00 On account Grand Lodge appropriation for 1900, 2000 00 Appropriation State of North Carolina 10000 00 Collection taken up in Grand Lodge 58 95 Lodges 2035 50 Individuals 784 70 Churches, Sunday schools, etc 830 86 Proceeds of concerts of singing class 3299 27 Rent of Minneapolis property 799 50 Wm. Campbell legacy 25 00 Miss Baird legacy 100 00 Interest of B. F. Moore legacy 80 00 For support of Mary Francis 39 40 Oak Alliance through M. O. Edge 8 00 Sale of brick 662 34 Building fund (transferred in error) 111 00 Orphans' Friend, subscriptions 1333 83 Orphans' Friend, job work 480 63 Orphans' Friend, advertisements 318 45 Total from printing office 2132 91 Received from sundries 282 68 Sash, Door and Blind Factory 3710 10 Shoe Shop 406 82 Total $ 30796 72 Disbursements 27837 41 Balance on hand November 30, 1900 $ 2959 31

An itemized statement of receipts and expenditures is attached and I refer to it for particulars. The sum of $662.34 was received from the sale of brick and credited to the General Fund, but transferred to the Building Fund, where it properly belongs, on the 27th of November.

RECEIPTS OF BUILDING FUND. Balance on hand December 1, 1899 $ 60 40 From all sources (see statement) 1687 83 Total 1748 23 Disbursements as per statement 726 26 Balance on hand November 30, 1900 $ 1021 97

I stated in my report one year ago that the unpaid subscriptions to this fund amounted to $2001.95, which sum has been reduced by payments and otherwise of $424.56, leaving unpaid at this date $1577.39. The debts due the Bank of Granville, aggregating $4300.00, have been paid and it affords me great pleasure to inform you the Asylum is free from debt and owes no one a single dollar with the exception of salaries and supplies for the current month. The money to meet every claim on presentation is on deposit in the Bank of Granville at Oxford.

The total amount of rent received from the Minneapolis property in $799.50, but $636.22, of this has been due for the year 1898 and 1899 and only $163,28, has been received on account of this year. There is money due now, but I am unable to tell how much and it is for you to decide whether or not you will leave the property in the hands of the present agent. He is a lawyer and has so much other business to attend to that he does not seem to give proper attention to our affairs.

It was my good fortune to receive some time ago through the courtesy of my friend, Dr. R. H. Lewis, Secretary of the State Board of Health, a copy of the report of Col. A. W. Shaffer, Sanitary Engineer of said Board, on the Asylum, with permission to use it in counection with my report. It is hereto attached and I have no doubt that it will be as gratifying to you as it is to me.

In conclussion I desire to thank the Grand Master and each member of the Board for the uniform kindness received at their hands and to express the hope that the future of our institution will be as bright as its past has been.

Respectfully and fraternally submitted, G. ROSENTHAL, Treasurer. RALEIGH, N. C., October 25th, 1900. Dr. R. H. Lewis Secretary, etc.

DEAR SIR:—I passed through Oxford on my tour of inspection and sampling of municipal waters, September 20th, and took that opportunity to make a general inspection of the Orphan Asylum at that place, which has been ordered by the Board of Health, and I think it proper to make a separate report thereon, as follows:

Reaching the Asylum early in the morning I found Miss Bemis, Lady Principal, in charge, Col. W. J. Hicks, Superintendent, being absent in town. He came in a few moments thereafter, and with these two and plenty of time on my hands we visited the study and recitation rooms, the chapel, sleeping rooms and closets, printing office and paper storerooms, dining rooms and kitchen, clothing manufactory and clothing store-rooms, some of the outside dormitories, the hospital, the garden, farm and campus, pumping station and water tank and about 210 pupils: in fact about everything on the grounds except the mechanical department, which is located out on the borders of the town like a pest-house, and train time was at hand.

Critically speaking, I found the official residence of the Superintendent away down the hill, nearly out of sight and entirely beyond hearing of the campus and in the vicinity of the hospital, where neither ought to be; the printing office and paper store-room in the administration building, where they ought not to be; the water tank leaking badly in the teeth of a water famine, and the ground beneath the great oaks of the campus swept and garnished, while the trees were famishing for leaf-mulch-moisture and food.

Truthfully and justly speaking, I found the buildings and grounds absolutely free from that bane of public institutions—visible vermin and filth; the neatest dressed, cleanest and most orderly children, and the best kept and cleanest rooms, furniture, beds, clothing, food, kitchen, closets, store-rooms, grounds and buildings I have encountered, officially or otherwise, in a public institution of this character any where. I did not tarry to determine whose was the master hand, or whether two were joined in “The Master's Grip”, to so conduct and manage this loving duty to the memory of those who fell in “battle's magnificently stern array,” but I did learn that it is an institution of which the noble Order that originated and maintains it, the people of the State, who, through their Legislature contribute to it, and the children and the friends of the children who are its beneficiaries, may well be proud.

I am very respectfully (signed) A. W. SHAFFER, Sanitary Engineer. RECEIPTS FOR TWELVE MONTHS, DECEMBER 1, 1899, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1900.

1899. December. Balance on hand December 1 $ 2926 69 Rent from Minneapolis property 636 22 B. N. Duke on account Rogers' salary 120 00 Main Street M. E. Church, Durham 412 50 W. Simpson, Grand Treasurer, bal. on appropriation 500 00 Masons of Jewel Hill 6 50 Waynesville Lodge, No. 259 5 00 Hickory Lodge, No. 343 14 70 Jonesville Lodge, No. 227 3 00 Stanley Lodge, No. 348 37 40 Randolph Lodge, No. 309 3 75 Fulton Lodge, No. 99 83 25 Ingold Lodge, No. 448 5 00 Durham Lodge, No. 352 116 95 Catawba Lodge, No. 248 5 00 Person Lodge, No. 113 5 75 Oxford Lodge, No. 396 1 27 Cleveland Lodge, No. 202 25 00 Wayne Lodge, No. 112 98 25 Bayboro Lodge, No. 331 1 61 Spring Hope Lodge, 481 5 11 St. John's Lodge, No. 3, additional 1 00 Relief Lodge, No. 431 8 40 Liberty Lodge, No. 45 3 00 Aberdeen Lodge, No. 484 10 00 Kedron Lodge, No. 387 7 07 Selma Lodge, No. 320 3 00 Thomasville Lodge, No. 214 4 40 Rock Spring Lodge, No. 341 10 00 Gulf Lodge, No. 465 6 25 Joppa Lodge, No. 401 10 00 Bethel Lodge, No. 372 5 00 Enfield Lodge, No. 447 20 00 Winston Lodge, No. 167 15 00 Falling Creek Lodge, No. 325 5 00 Polenta Lodge, No. 450 1 00 Dunn's Rock Lodge, No. 267 3 44 Statesville Lodge, No. 487 5 75 Thomas M. Holt Lodge, 492 28 00 Sonoma Lodge, No. 472 5 00 Neuse Lodge, No. 97 13 75 Winston Lodge, No. 167 200 00 Orient Lodge, No. 395 42 65 Currituck Lodge, No. 463 10 00 White Hill Lodge, No. 321 10 00 J. W. Fitzgerald, Linwood 2 00 Thomasville M. E. Church 5 00 Friends at Asheboro 30 00 W. W. Ferguson, Tillery 1 00 Amount forwarded $ 5478 66

Amount brought forward $ 5478 66 Mrs. A. Reynolds 1 00 Church Street M. E. Church, Salisbury 11 25 Newton M. E. Church 6 40 Edenton Street M. E. Church, Raleigh 6 10 M. E. Church, Ansonville 4 90 M. E. Church, Cedar Hill 3 05 Union Services, Bisco 19 20 Friends State Hospital, Morganton 13 50 Leasburg M. E. Church 5 00 Salem Boys' School 8 50 East Salem Public School 2 33 West Salem Public School 1 75 Beaufort M. E. Church 7 40 Union Meeting, Windsor 11 16 C. S. Winstead, Roxboro 2 25 Union Services, Roxboro 86 T. H. Taylor, Brinkleyville 3 50 Burlington M. E. Church 1 25 Sanford High School 2 35 Friends, Monroe, N. C. 16 10 Galatia Sunday School 3 72 Daughters of J. L. Whitmore, Durham 2 50 Grace M. E. Sunday School 1 96 F. L. Seeley, Asheville 25 00 Taylorsville M. E. Church 1 08 T. G. Bond, Windsor, Guardian of Mary Francis 39 40 Central M. E. Church, Mt. Airy 13 68 West Market Street M. E. Church, Greensboro 31 61 Bethel M. E. Church, Asheville 5 00 Epworth League, Franklin 5 80 Statesville M. E. Church 11 50 Baptist Church, Hendersonville 2 37 Centenary M. E. Church, Greensboro 3 75 Tryon Street M. E. Church, Charlotte 19 69 Concord M. E. Church, Farmer 10 00 Ayden Christian Church 6 78 H. C. Brooks, Ayden 1 00 Bethel M. E. Church, Asheville, additional 1 00 Concord M. E. Church, Concord 15 20 T. S. Franklin, Charlotte 1 00 J. B. Taylor, Henderson 5 00 “Little Workers,” Roper 15 00 Main Street M. E. Church, Reidsville 8 30 M. E. Church, Cypress Creek 3 00 Friends, Wilmington 2 00 A friend, Winston 2 00 Callowhee High School, Painter 2 00 J. M. W. Hicks, New York 10 00 J. L. Huff, Gibsonville 1 00 Trinity Mission School, Leasburg 2 00 J. B. Flora, Elizabeth City 50 00 J. S. Carr, Durham 2 00 C. W. Toms, Durham, 2 00 Farmington M. E. Church 2 01 Amount forwarded $ 5914 86

Amount brought forward $ 5914 86 Elkin M. E. Church 8 00 J. M. McMurray, Roanoke Rapids 2 00 L. C. & D. C. Lawrence, Roanoke Rapids 1 00 J. E. Kanoy, Star 2 00 J. L. Stuart, 1 00 Josiah Allen 50 N. P. Strass, Madison, Wisconsin 5 00 A. W. Kornegay, Goldsboro 1 00 W. A. Darden, Ormondsville 1 00 A. G. Headen, Pittsboro 4 00 Orphans' Box 1st National Bank, Washington, N. C. 2 50 Central M. E. Church, Monroe 15 44 Centre M. E. Church, Monroe circuit 3 37 Friend, Kinston 60 Marion and Snow Hill M. E. Churches 1 80 R. J. Southerland, Henderson 5 00 W. Market St. M. E. Sunday School, Greensboro 25 00 W. E. Cox, Mt. Airy 1 00 John Pearce, Polloksville 10 00 Nathan O'Berry, Goldsboro 5 00 R. C. Thrower, Durham 5 00 Singing Class 346 25 Farm 2 00 Machine Shop 134 28 Shoe Shop 26 10 Orphans' Friend, subscriptions 73 33 Job work 25 00 Sale of Stationery 1.05, Albums 68.85 69 90

1900. January. State of N. C. Quarter ending December 31, 1899 2500 00 Collection in Grand Lodge 58 95 Lafayette Lodge, No. 83 4 00 Grand Lodge of N. C. on account of appropriation 2000 00 American George Lodge, No. 17 16 00 Winston Lodge, No. 167 20 75 Grassy Knob Lodge, No. 471 5 60 Knap of Reeds Lodge, No. 158 1 30 Corinthian Lodge, No. 230 25 00 Pineville Lodge, No. 455 9 00 Henderson Lodge, No. 229 5 27 Rich Square Lodge, No. 488 2 00 Franklin Lodge, No. 109 4 50 Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 359 2 20 Phœnix Lodge, No. 8 10 00 Lilly Valley Lodge, No. 252 5 00 Pigeon River Lodge, No. 386 10 00 Lebanon Lodge, No. 391 9 66 Hominy Lodge, No. 491 25 Royal Hart Lodge, No. 497 15 25 Shelby M. E. Church 8 00 Rocky Mount M. E. Church 8 45 Collection at Trinity, N. C. 6 38 Amount forwarded $ 11434 28

Amount brought forward $ 11434 28 Entertainment at Roxboro 49 17 L. J. Steed, Oxford, N. C. 5 00 Lexington M. E. Church 2 50 Friend, Oxford, N. C. 1 00 Oak Hill Church, Table Rock, N. C. 3 28 Kernersville M. E. Church 3 00 Norwood M. E. Sunday School 5 00 Collection N. C. Conference at Washington 3 60 Proceeds entertainment, Halifax 1 85 Lumberton M. E. Sunday School 2 00 Young people's entertainment, Maxton 7 15 Work Shop receipts 415 26 Shoe Shop 21 60 Subscriptions to Orphans' Friend 44 93 Advertisements 37 14 Sale of Stationery and Clothing 4.20, meals 20c 4 40

February. Chalmers Lodge, No. 151 5 00 Temperance Lodge, No. 389 3 15 Winston Lodge, No. 167 6 50 Joseph Warren Lodge, No. 92 2 10 Waxhaw Lodge, No. 442 5 00 Lexington Lodge, No. 473 4 81 Orr Lodge, No. 104 20 00 Skewarkey Lodge, No. 90 2 50 American George Lodge, No. 17 1 67 New Lebanon Lodge, No. 314 5 00 Zion Lodge, No. 81 11 00 Dr. E. S. Cudee, Pantego 1 00 C. C. Smith, Pantego 1 00 T. H. Whitley, Pantego 1 00 P. H. Johnson, Pantego 25 C. P. Aycock, Pantego 1 00 Machine Shop 39 56 Subscriptions to Orphans' Friend 111 38 Advertisements 8 50 Job Work 10 50 Stationery sold 95 Albums sold 85 Shoe Shop 21 25 Sale of clothing, provisions, meals 4 45

March. Mattamuskeet Lodge, No. 328 8 95 Salem Lodge, No. 289 11 00 Oxford Lodge, No. 396 52 Beaver Dam Lodge, No. 276 7 50 Charity Lodge, No. 5 6 75 Lilly Valley Lodge, No. 252 5 00 Rainbow Lodge, No. 479 2 60 W. G. Hill Lodge, No. 218 85 50 Knap of Reeds Lodge, No. 158 2 50 Eagle Lodge, No. 71 3 80 Amount forwarded $ 12443 70

Amount brought forward $ 12443 70 Maxton Lodge, No. 417 4 90 Sanford Lodge, No. 469 2 35 Blackmer Lodge, No. 170 29 00 G. Rosenthal, Raleigh 20 00 Friends, Windsor 3 25 Friend, Guilford College 2 60 Mite Box St. Hubert's Inn, Newton 1 20 Whitehouse-Van Oppen Debate, Durham 13 50 Wm. Campbell, Germantown, N. C., Legacy 25 00 Receipts of Machine Shop 235 15 Orphans' Friend, subscriptions 68 53 Advertisements 4 20 Job Work 29 10 Albums 2 25 Shoe Shop 19 20 Railroad fare refunded 2 65 Provisions sold 3 60 Old clothing sold 2 40 Rebate freight on fertilizer 2 54

April. Transfer for building fund error 111 00 State of N. C. 1st quarter appropriation 2500 00 Masons of Bessemer City 25 00 Durham Lodge, No. 352 10 00 Oxford Lodge, No. 396 25 53 Lone Oak Eodge, No. 449 1 00 Radiance Lodge, No. 132 10 00 Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 118 5 00 South Fork Lodge, No. 462 1 00 Pigeon River Lodge, No. 386 5 00 Hall Lodge, No. 53 5 00 Elkin Lodge, No. 454 5 00 Greensboro Lodge, No. 76 50 00 Granville Lodge, No. 380 4 00 Rush Lodge, No. 456 75 Bula Lodge, No. 409 4 50 Members of Fallston Lodge, No. 356 12 50 Kenley Lodge, No. 257 5 75 Franklinville Lodge, No. 128 10 00 Mount Holly M. E. Church 2 00 Collection Hertford M. E. Church 19 35 Davidson circuit M. E. Church 10 11 Friend, Oxford, N. C. 25 L. V. Morrill, Snow Hill, N. C. 1 00 Mite box, Lafayette Hotel, Fayetteville 4 00 Grand Jury, Hertford Superior Court 1 35 Wood shop $218.84, Shoe shop $19.45 238 29 Subscriptions to Orphans' Friend 119 93 Advertisements 25 75 Stationery sold 2 25 Sale organ 12.00, sale of calf 1.50, old clothing sold 1.03 14 53 Amount forwarded $ 16144 96

Amount brought forward $ 16144 96

May B. N Duke, on account Mr. Rogers' salary $ 120 00 Miss Baird legacy for 1899 100 00 Interest on B. F. Moore legacy 1899 80 00 St. John's Lodge, No. 3 25 00 Seaside Lodge, No 429 2 00 Oxford Lodge, No. 396 19 Grifton Lodge, No 452 4 11 Wayne Lodge, No. 112 25 00 Snow Lodge, No. 363 5 00 Scottsville Lodge, No. 385 2 00 Patterson Lodge, No. 307 5 00 Jonesville Lodge, No. 227 5 75 Mite box A. C. L. Hotel, Weldon 76 Mite box Arlington Hotel, Elizabeth City 2 00 Friends, Yadkinville, by A. J. Burrus 1 12 Miss M. Ferguson, Raleigh 1 00 Farm 23 00 Machine shop 246 59 Shoe shop 39 75 Singing class 339 74 Sale of blackboard 9 00 Subscriptions to Orphans' Friend 146 85 Advertisements 53 50 Job work 154 90 Gasoline 80

June. Live Oak Alliance, through M. O. Edge 8 00 Weed Monroe, attorney, rent Minneapolis property 115 78 Mill Creek Lodge, No. 480 1 00 Zion Lodge, No. 81 6 15 Oaks Lodge, No 255 3 00 Charity Lodge, No. 5 10 00 Baltimore Lodge, No. 424 2 00 Biltmore Lodge, No. 446 3 20 Person Lodge, No. 113 10 75 Rich Square Lodge, No. 488 2 65 Neuse Lodge, No. 97 1 50 Unaka Lodge, No. 268 6 50 Potecasi Lodge, No. 418 5 00 Greenville Lodge, No. 284 9 00 Tobasco Lodge, No. 271 1 90 Scottsville Lodge, No, 385 3 00 Harmony Lodge, No. 340 10 00 Grimesland Lodge, No. 475 7 05 Columbus Lodge, No. 102 5 00 Union services, Aberdeen 6 10 John Pearce, Polloksville 4 00 L. F. Fentress, Franklinville 1 00 W. C. Russell, Franklinville 1 00 W. Moffit, Franklinville 5 00 W. M. Jones, Asheville 5 00 Amount forwarded $ 17771 60

Amount brought forward $ 17771 60 R. C. Siler, Siler City 1 00 R. R. Pinkston, Henderson 2 00 Dr. R. J. Noble, Selma 25 00 Subscriptions Orphans' Friend 164 95 Advertisements 7 50 Stationery 2.00, provisions 1.80, clothing 6.00 9 80 Machine shop 437 72 Shoe shop 31 65 Farm 4.05, buckets 1.20 5 25 St. John's Day, net 45 98 Singing class 30 57

July. State of North Carolina appropriation 2500 00 Minneapolis property on account rent 47 50 Cape Fear Lodge, No. 394 2 00 Franklin Lodge, No. 107 10 00 Marble Spring, Lodge, No. 439 1 00 Radiance Lodge, No. 132 4 10 Unanimity Lodge, No 7 6 85 Grifton Lodge, No. 452 2 16 A friend 10 00 Henry Dunn, Kinston 3 00 M. E. Sunday School, Roxboro 1 84 Sash, Door and Blind Factory 152 41 Subscriptions to Orphans' Friend 100 10 Advertisements 56 11 Job work 16 65 Shoe shop 21 57 Singing class 861 50 Sale of fish 2 00

August. Perquimans Lodge, No. 106 3 10 Charity Lodge, No. 5 10 00 A brother Mason 1 00 Granite Lodge, No. 322 5 50 Hominy Lodge, No. 491 58 Ayden Lodge, No. 498 1 19 Dunn's Rock Lodge, No. 267 2 95 Mite box Arlington Hotel, Elizabeth City 1 13 G. Rosenthal 5 00 Caldwell Circuit M E Church 3 60 Singing class, T. H. King, Manager 345 00 Singing class, Yanceyville picnic 125 00 Singing class, Mocksville picnic 300 00 Singing class, Wilkesboro picnic 143 88 Singing class, Winston Lodge, 167 ½ receipts excur. 53 40 Singing class, Salem Lodge, 289 ½ receipts excursion 53 40 Machine shop 193 12 Shoe shop 25 15 Subscriptions Orphans' Friend 136 00 Job work 1.25, advertisements 33.00, stationery 5.25 39 50 Dining room (board) 1.65, sundry sales 3.62 5 27 Amount forwarded $ 23785 58

Amount brought forward $ 33785 58

September. Machine shop on acct. new buildings from sale of brick 662 34 Neuse Lodge, No. 197 1 91 Phalanx Lodge, No. 31 4 38 Gaston Lodge, No. 263 25 00 Beaver Dam Lodge, No. 276 13 43 W. Brinkley, Raleigh 65 J. Clyde Turner, Durham 10 00 Willie Crow, Raleigh 20 Mite box, Buford Hotel, Charlotte 6 64 S. J. Guyer, Sonoma 2 50 Machine shop 534 31 Shoe shop 37 00 Orphans' Friend, subscription 122 58 Job work 50 53 Advertisements 52 50 Singing class 700 53 Bread and terra cotta pipe 1 30

October. Appropriation, State of North Carolina 2500 00 Charity Lodge, No. 5 10 00 Winton Lodge, No. 327 1 90 Grimesland Lodge, No. 475 5 25 Black Creek Lodge, No. 330 10 00 Winston Lodge, No. 167 16 00 Masons and friends of Roanoke Island 12 70 W. D. Pender 5 00 Mite box Hotel Ireland, Statesville 4 50 Roxboro M. E. Sunday school 1 00 Mite box Hotel Phoenix, Winston 2 70 Sash, Door and Blind Factory receipts 256 65 Shoe shop 57 35 Orphans' Friend, subscriptions 66 61 Job work 120 50 Advertisements 22 25 Stationery sold 5 00 Farm products, old clothing, old brick, etc 12 88 Labor of boys in Furniture Factory 7 50

November.Oxford Lodge, No. 39626 51Cary Lodge, No. 3015 00Mt. Hermon Lodge, No. 11815 00French Broad Lodge, No. 2925 00Jonesville Lodge, No. 2273 00South Fork Lodge, No. 4625 00Ayden Lodge, No. 4985 00Berea Lodge, No. 2042 45Statesville Lodge, No. 48720 00Dillsboro Lodge, No. 4595 00Knap of Reeds Lodge, No. 1585 25Hiram Lodge, No. 9810 00Amount forwarded$ 29236 38
Amount brought forward$ 29236 38Maxton Lodge, No. 41724 00American George No. 1710 00Columbia George No. 1025 00Phoenix George No. 810 00Hanks George No. 1282 00St. John's Lodge, No. 360 00Bingham Lodge, No. 2725 00Concord Lodge, No. 5311 00Person Lodge, No. 1135 00Salem Lodge, No. 28928 25Eureka, Lodge No- 31725 00Patterson Lodge No. 3075 00Atlantic Lodge, No. 29410 00Greenville Lodge, No. 28429 33Granite Lodge, No. 32223 00M. Fels, Philadelphia25 00John T. Pullen, Raleigh5 00Mite box, Hickory Inn, Hickory, N. C.3 50W. C. Johnston, Boydton, Virginia1 00M. L. Horton, Albemarle2 00Stephen Stroud, Kinston25The Thos. W. Price Company, Philadelphia10 00G. W. Kidder, Wilmington5 00S. M. Roland, Raleigh2 00Friend, Denver, North Carolina25J. P. Taylor, Henderson2 50D. Oettinger, Jr. Washington, D. C.5 00J. G. Cooley, Sandersville, Ga2 00J. C. Cooper, Jr., Henderson1 00Thomas W. Taylor, Brinkleyville3 00A. A. Bryant, Oxford70G. Rosenthal, Raleigh10 05C H. Belvin, Raleigh10 00Fleishman Yeast Company, Norfolk, Virginia5 00F. Ulrich, Newbern2 00R. R. Pinkston, Henderson5 00R. W. Gwynn, North Wilkesboro2 50M. Rathjen, Wilmington2 00Rev. J. S. Hardaway, Oxford1 00B. S. Royster, Oxford5 00D. Lichtenstein, Tarboro5 00W. E. Cox, Mount Airy1 00E. N. Howard, Mechanics2 20W. L. London, Pittsboro5 00M. T. Young, Dunn3 00Machine shop846 21Orphans' Friend, subscriptions178 64Advertisements 18.00, Job work 25c18 25Shoe shop86 75Farm products3 71Labor of 8 boys in Furniture Factory23 00Sundries5 25Rebate of freight on car coal19 00Total$ 30,796 72

DISBURSEMENTS FOR TWELVE MONTHS. DECEMBER 1, 1899, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1900.

1899. December. Pay rolls for November $ 941 50 Incidentals, W. J. Hicks, superintendent 160 46 Swindell Brothers, glass 64 55 Daniel Miller & Company, dry goods 268 92 J. F. White, groceries 44 35 Walsh & Weidner, boiler sundries 17 00 W. J. Hicks, corn and bunting 15 82 Stuart Draft Milling Company, bran 13 60 J. I. Triplett, flour 114 92 Taylor & Bolling Company, groceries 13 62 Davenport, Morris & Company, groceries 42 91 Block & Rosenbaum, leather, etc 32 32 P. B. Glenn, shoe machine 40 00 J. T. Kerr 5 75 J. T. Brummitt, lumber 68 66 H. Hobgood, lumber 43 38 Spotswood Burwell, lumber 34 21 Carolina Rice Mills, rice 8 83 E. H. Crenshaw & Co., groceries 6 40 J. S. Brown, provisions 33 06 Edwards & Winston, hardware 82 76 Bertha Rosenthal, clerical services 10 00 C. W. Toms, director 2 00 J. M. Currin, director 4 20 J. N. Ramsay, director 11 80 T. A. Green, director 8 50 G. Rosenthal, director 3 70 J. S. Carr, director 2 00 Hotel Carrolina 10 75 G. Rosenthal, secretary and treasurer, salary, etc.