The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-10
ITS FoRTY-SEcOND YEAR.
THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS
HISTORY TO BE WRITTEN.

Noble Things to BE Said of It's Work.
1t Has Never Failed 10 Respond to
the Call of the Needy-Over $780,
600 Now in Its Trensury-Its Con-
trIbutiOn for the Poor Last Winter.
The Associations Officers.
The forty-second annual meeting Of the
Savannah Benevolent Association was
held yesterday afternoon in the city ex-
change. The following members were
present: Capt ]. II. Johnston president;
Capt G. B. Pritchard. secretary; Mr..
George c. Freeman, treasurer; Col John
Screven, Capt. John r. Dillon, Mr.. ]. NJ.
soIomons, Col R. F. Harmon, r. L. Rock
we'll, W. P. schrim. John R. Young, R. F.
Burdell and J. n. Lewis.
After the reading of the minutes, Pres
ident Johnston read his annual report. The
report of the treasurer, Mr.. Freeman,
showed that the sum Of 5000 was added
TO the funds of the society during the last
year in the way of interest and dividends,
and from other sources. The amount re-
Gently received for semi-annual dividends,
$2.SsS. is now drawing 4 per cent interest
in the Citizens Bank.
President Johnston recommended that
this amount be allowed to remain where it
is for the present, as the season is now at
hand when emergencies in this and other
communities may arise, which might re-
quire immediate aid from the association.
The association has never yet failed to
contribute to the relief of any stricken
community, he said, when the necessities
of that community are made known. The
recommen dation was agreed TO,
The treasurer's statement showed that
the total amount of funds now held by
the association is slightly in excess of
100000. The president was authorized and
instructed to place the 81 900 of Rome and
Columbus railroad bonds owned by the
association with the reorganization COM
mittee of the Central railroad.
Col. Screven, chairman of the commit
tee which was appointed at the last meet
ing to prepare history Of the association,
stated that he was not ready to report
as he had only written the first part OF
the work, an account of the work of the
association during the yellow fever cpl
demic of 1854. He said that he had begun
an account of the socletys work during
the epidemic of 1853 and would continue
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so. The committee was granted further
time at the request of Col. Screven, and the
board of directors was authorized to re-
ceive and have printed the report of the
committee should it be presented before
the semi-annual meeting in January.
The entire board of officers was unani-
mously reelected for the ensuing year as
follows:
President-J. H. Johnston.
Treasurer-George c. Freeman
Secretary-G. B. Pritchard.
Directors-J. NJ. Solomons. r. F. Har-
mon, George P. Walker, w. P. Schirm.
Mr. r. B. Reppard was unanimously
elected a member of the association.
Mr. j. NJ. SolomonS made an informal
report of the work of the citizens com
mittee, appointed by Mayor Myers to dis
tribute the 5000 appropriated by the as
ISOLATION, to be expended by the city for
the relief of the INDECENT poor during the
severe cold of last winter. Mr.. Solomons
was a member of this committee The
plan adopted, as was announced at the
time, was to distribute the money among
the various charitable and religious So
cieties which work among the poor Mr..
Solomons read list of the societies which
had shared in the distribution. 1t included
practically all the charitable and religious
societies of the city. About s., 100 was dis
tributed in this manner. The soup house,
WINCH WAS esldDIlsneQ Dy the committee,
proved failure, as it was patronized al
most exclusively by tramps. 1t was there
fore abandoned. There is still a small bal
ance of the 5000 remaining unexpended.
Mr.. Solomons said that the plan adopted
by the committee of making its distribu-
ton through the organized charitable So
cieties, instead of a personal distribution
by the members of the committee, had
worked admirably. The ladies' who COM
pose these societies, he said, take great in
terest in their work and the money goes
several times further in their hands than
it would in the hands of business men, who
would give without investigating.