The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-24

from the ministers present Rev. K. r.
AGREE spoke briefly, followed by Rev. j.
w. Lynch who advocated giving sup
plies. but to furnish no money unless in
cases OF dire necessity. He stated that
where he had accidentally heard of suf-
fering and reached the people, he found
| that the Ladies' Union Benevolent So.
ciety had anticipated him, for which he
thanked them. He said: eve are
obliged to aid undeserving parents in
many cases, for we cannot hold the
children responsible" Rev. j. Cleve.
land Hall followed and favored one CEN
trail distributing point of which the la
dies should have the management, and
agreed with Father Lynch that supplies
Should be given instead of money.
D. Allen Watts, Esq, made motion
six to solicit funds to carry on the ex-
penses of charity. This motion was
held over until Rev. w. w. Brown
spoke upon tho subject, He said that
in his congregation he had but one case
of poverty, and that was being taken
care of by the church, but that there
was an unusual amount of outside suf-
fering. The names: of Revs. w. w.
brown, 4. r. Jones, Henry Cellers,
Mr. McMinter, L. G. Washington and A.
y. Oliver were suggested as commit
tee to look into the condition of the
colored poor. 1t was held over. Mr.
Watts motion was then acted upon and
carried unanimously. The names of
the gentlemen who will solicit sub
Scorpions and supplies are as follows:
d. Allen Watts, chairman; j. r.
Greene, L. T. Fishburne, A. l.. Pitzer,
2. l.. Terry, c. c. Taliaferro and A. G.
Chewing.
Mayor Trout then read o communica-
ton he had received from Mrs. Frank
Huger, which was as follows:
ROANOKE, Va, January %, 1899
Hon. H. S. Trout, City.
. DEAR SIR notice fr I'm the Sunday issue of THE
INES That you suggested concert or some other
entertainment OF this kind for the bcnefit or the
poor. VIII you please state ut the meeting this
afternoon that the "Cirtl or Mercy, Kings Daug-
tels, have Tor some lime b. en- making arrange
ments Tor an entertainment to be given mt the
Academy OF Music, on February &, the proceeds of
which arc 10 BE- devoted to the relief of distress
peg your and that OF the general pub
lie, toward making this entertainment a success
nnanGclaiiy; VIII you please ask the reporters to
puouc ADVICE OF our proposed entertainment
Very Respectfully,
Mrs FRANK HUGER,
President Circle of Mercy
Mrs. Joe Volt was then empowered
to select six ladies TO attend to the col
lection and distribution of contributions.
Waller Huff, through Rev o. +, Flippo.
donated $40 to be used for necessaries:
Q. Daniel, 81; Rev. w. c. Campbell. S., and
Col. Thos. Lewis, So. The meeting was
then adjourned and the ladies OF Roam
oke, under the direction of Miss Joe
Woltz, will superintend the disposition
OF the charities of the city.
The poor of the city are in good hands
and with the six names mentioned as
soliciting committee, the concert at
the Academy of Music on February 6,
and musicale on February o, the un-
fortunates will be we'll taken care of.
Among those present were Revs. o. f.
Hippo, j. w. Lynch, R. R. AGREE, q.
Z. D Collins, w. H. Groves S. L. Rice,
w. e. Hammer, S. K. Cox, Messrs. j.
Allen Watts, Esq, Il. T. Fishburne,
c: c. Taliaferro, Wilbur Pole. Miss Joe
Volt, Miss Mamie Watts, Mrs. G. R.
henderson, Mrs Bransford and others.
There was received at THE TIMES
office yesterday the following articles of
food and clothing:
A friend, bundle of clothing.
Mrs. w. Il. NeWsom, bundle of cloth
ing.
Gooch Vaughn, bundle of clothing.
James Wrenn, two loads of wood
A friend, package of clothing.
j. q. johnson, bundle OF clothing.
"A wagon load of potatoes, turnips, etc.,
with the following letter:
To THE EDITOR OF THE ROANOKE TIMES: Some
OF the readers OF your paper ut this place wish
to help relieve the suffering described in your
saturdays issue Therefore they send herewith
small contribution, and hope you can make 1t
useful in your city.
CAVE SPRING READERS OF THE TINES
January %, 1893.
At late hour last evening the K. &
S. Clothing Store donated to the Food
and Fuel Fund twelve sacks OF flour,
subject to the order of the Ladies' Bene.
VIOLENT Union. The supplies being stored
at The TIMES office will be turned over
to the committee today.
Panama Canal Gossip.
PARIS Jan. 23.-The Gilblas says that
the warrant for the arrest of Arton thu