The age-herald., 1898-06-11
SUCCESSFULLY
 INAUGURATED Tho Movement to Secure the Charity
 Hospital. A REPRESENTATIVE MEETING Of Citizens at St. Paul'S Hall Last
 Night.
 
A REPRESENTATIVE MEETING
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION MADE
Will Be Known as Sisters of Charity Hospital Association-h. Il. Sinnige tected Presi den,-Jver $l,0O0 subscribed Va
 rcus Co aaitteeS Were Appointed.

| The success of the proposed Sisters of l Charity hospital is assured beyond all rea- l sonaDle doubt.
 At the adjourned meeting of citizens held last night m st. Paurs hail to form a per- manent orSanlzation to raise the necessary luAos 10 secure the much needed lnsti- | tutloh to the city, over Sl,UU0 in cash and carload of lumber was subscribed. The meeting was called to order at S:30 | o'clock by Temporary Chairman Il. H. Sin | hlSe With large numberof representative cltzens present. Temporary secretary w. r. McCrossin was at the desk MT. Slnnige again briefly stated the ob- 1 Ject or the meeting and stated that the | hrst business before the meeting was the l report of the committee on permanent or | ganizatlon. Dr. B. l.. Wyman, chairman | of that committee made the following re- | port:
 The name of the organization shall be "The Sisters of Charity Hospital Asso- l ciation.'
 Presidential. H. Sinnige First ce-president-Rober Jemison. Second ce-president-Father P. A. OReilly.
 Treasurer-B. Steiner Secretary-W. P. McCrossin. Executive committee-tather F. A. OReilly, Rev. John G. Murray, Frank r. OBrien, M. V. Joseph, Oliver Chalifoux, B M. Allen, P. G. Bowman, George Cruik- shank, D. w. Barrett, Rufus N Rhodes Dr. J. D. s. Davis, Allen J. Krebs, E. Lesser, J. A. VanHoose, Hon. Frank " Evans, F. Y. Anderson, John Burke, Ben M. Jacobs, J. l.. Welsh, Eugene F'ies, John Bowling, R. w. Boland Webb Crawford Walker Percy, Drs. E. P Riggs, B. L. Wyman, A. T. Henley and D. w. Morris. In conclusion Dr. Wyman stated that 1t uroG tha of fI,,,. bot | association raise the necessary amount to secure the hospital and when that had been accomplished it should cease to exist. The report of the committee was unani- mously adopted.
 Got Down to Work In assuming the presidency of the asso- citation MT. Sinnige expressed his thanks to the meeting for the honor which had been conferred upon him. and asked indulgence for any mistakes he might make pre- siding officer, which position he stated he would 'endeavor to fill to the best of his ability. He called upon Father, O'Reilly to more fully explain the proposed plans Father O'Reilly stated that through the influence of Bishop Allen, of Mobile, the Sisters of Charity had agreed to come to Birmingham and to invest $30,0O0 in a chari- ty hospital provided $6,O00 was raised by the citizens of Birmingham purchase money for the lot and to begin work. He said that it was not an easy matter to get the sisters to take hold of such institutions and without the sanction and cooperation of the bishop it could not have been done at the present time, as hospitals had re- gently been established in Nashville. Tenn, and Dallas, Tex. letter was read from Bishop Allen in which he expressed much pleasure at the progress already made and wishing the movement every success.
 Father OlReilly stated that when he first Tp.-I N1,d -r11Nf rIof hA expressed his willingness to do all in his power to secure the institution, and prom ised to give the matter his personal at- tention on his next visit to Baltimore. He further said that the bishop had stated to him that he would subscribe $100 towards the fund.
 MT. snnlge. Dr. Riggs. Dr. wyman. Mayor Evans. pr. Henley, Dr. Wilder and others were called upon and made eloquent speeches in support of the movement pr. Riggs stated that in his opinion Birming- ham was in greater need of such an in- stitution than of steel mills, cotton fac- tories and furnaces.
 Labor of Love
 The several speakers referred to the great success that such instutions had attained in the hands of the Sisters of Charity, who knew no creeds, nor sects, but whose work was a labor of love in the cause of suffering humanity.
 There was some discussion as to the ad- visibility of appointing soliciting commit tees, which was settled by the announce ment of Dr. Wyman, of the committee on permanent organization, who stated that the committee had mapped out a plan to cover this work which would be submitted to the executive committee.
 Dr. Riggs thought that 1t would be good idea to appoint a committee of ladies to cooperate in the work of raising funds. Dr. Wyman was of the opinion that 1t would not be right to put the work on the ladies' He thought that the men should go ahead and raise the money.
 Dr. Riggs explained that 1t was not his intention that the work should be put upon the ladies, but only that their active CO., operation should be secured.
 MT. Krebs explained that the committee had taken the matter under consideration and had decided that it would be best to let the ladies get up an association of their own to aid In the work.
 On motion the executive committee was called to order and Frank P. O'Brien elected temporary cha rman.
 Soliciting Committees
 It was decided to appoint the various soliciting committees and to request them to meet with the executive committee on Tuesday evening at o'clock at St. Pauls hall to beg active work. The following committees were appointed:
 Physicians-Drs. D. P. Riggs, B. l.. Wy man, A. T. Henley of Birmingham; R. M. Cunningham, of Pratt City, and D. P. Lacey, of Bessemer.
 City Council-Hon. Frank V Evnns.
 County ommissioners-Frank P. O'Brien.
 Corporations-Dr D. W. Morris, A. J. Krebs, F. Y. Anderson, James Bowron, D. M. Tutwiler, Frank P. O'Brien, Walker Percy and John McCartin.
 Lodges and Societies-Wm. J. Pierce. D. l. McCrossin, Dan A. Greene, W. H. Wild =. ,od I1 M AIIou