The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
OFFICERS FOR
S. ?. G. c.
Much Good Work Done by Society
Last Year.
SOME CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
Number Of Complaints Received
Was 429- Also Annual
Meeting offs. PC.
A. Held.
SOME CRUELTY TO CHILDREN


The annual meeting Of THE Delaware
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children was held at ths office of the
society, No. West Seventh street at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the
following officers were elected. Presi-
dent Lindley G. Kent SECRETARY, David
}. Reinhardt; treasurer Samuel. X.
Smith.
Vive-Presidents- New Castle, Sam
nel Bancroft, Jr., Edward Belts, DIR.
John j. Black, Edward Bsinghurst, Jr.;
Henry G. Conrad, Charles /. du Pont,
George A. Elliott, I'll. Z. Cause, Ferdin-
and Gilpin, Miss q. B. FIilles, William
s. Hilles, Francis II. HoffGcker, George
r. Hoffecker, Mrs. G. w. Rowland,
MRS. job H. Jackson, the Hon. S. M.
Knox, William A. LaMotte, Preston
Lea, Hon. Charles b. Lore, Hon. Fran
els McNulty, Mrs. Willard Salisbury
.,lrs. Clement B. spottswood, Mrs. L. 6.
yandegrift, Mrs. John p, Wales.
Kent County-Hon. j. r. Alice, H. w.
Cannon, Dir. r. o. Clements, Thomas r.
Dunn, Hon. Manloye Hayes, Hon. John
Hum, Hon. r. r. Kenney, Hon. J. r.
| Nicholson, Hon. James Pennewil, DIR.
Nathan Pratt, Harry A. Richardson,
William Salisbury, Hon. Stephen
Slaughter.
Sussex county-Hon. William H.
Boyce, John @. Causey, Peter f. Caus-
| ey, Charles w. Cullen, DR. Caleb Il.
Layton, DR.. George w. Marshall, Char
les w. Melee, Simeon Pennewill, Char
les G. Stockley. Hon. Ebe w. Tunnel.
Board Of Managers-Edward Andrews,
Mrs. J. Frank Ball, George A. Brown,
Miss Laura James, Bishop leighton
Coleman, Mrs. Il. A. Curtis, Francis n.
Gallagher, Fl. L. Cause, Mrs. George G.
Hall, Mrs. w. p. Bancroft, Lindley G.
Kent, Mrs. l.. A. Kittinger Mrs. VIM.
IL. Floyd, Mrs. Benjamin Nields, Will
lard Hall Porter.
Managers-Dr. Evan G. Shortlidge,
Mrs. Clement r. Smyth, S. X. Smith,
Mrs. A. D. Warner, David J. Rein
hardt.
Agent Frank Stout furnished the fol-
flowing which is, a summary of the work
done by the society in 1900: Number. of
complaints received .gnd investigated,
a29; cases .sofs1assaNft. and battery on
children. 6S: aa,andnnins = tssislren,s1. OF
I beating and abusing children, ID; cruelty
and neglect of children, 1856; children
begging on the street, i: strayed, run
4
no home, 5; enticing minors for immoral
purposes, Is; poverty and destitution, q;
not sustained upon investigation, 65.
Disposition was made of cases as fol-
llows: Number of cases sustained upon
Investigation, 1854; persons arrested. 1853;
tried, 140; convicted, 1S9; discharged on
payment of fines, 27; convicted and
sent to prison, 10; where persons could
not be found, 8; held up pending good
behavior, 1O7; commitments to institu-
tions, 65; where warning and advice
remedied abuse, 152.
| DISPOSITION was made of children as
follows: Number of children involved,
S44; white children, 4O3 colored children,
161; children returned to or left with
parents, $3.50; left with father, 26; left
with mothers, 10S; given to New Castle
County Hospital, 8; Deleware City pro-
tectorate, 8; Delaware Industrial School
for Girls, 5; Delaware Industrial School
and Orphan House for colored children,
A: Ferris Industrial School, 2S; Home
for friendless and destitute children, 49,;
st. Josepl's Home for Colored Boys, q;
st. Michael's Free Hospital for Babies,
IS; Florence Crittenton Home, 1; Della
ware State Hospital for Insane, Il;
Friends Home for Children, Philadel-
lphia, 2; House of Good Shepherd, col
ored, Baltimore, l.; Norristown Home, 1;
Catholic Protectorate, Montgomery,
county, Pa, 2.
The number of cases investigated in
the last five years was 1918; cases sus-
! tanned upon investigation, 1475; number
of children involved, 1926.
: The annual meeting of the Delaware
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals was held at the office of the
society, No. West Seventh street, at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
the following officers We're elected: Presi-
dent, DIR. Evan G. Shortlidge; secretary,
Willard Hall Porter; treasurer, Lindley
G. Kent.
a-Presidents-New Castle county
Edward Andrews, Edward Belts, Hon.
Edward G. Bradford, Edward Bring
: hurst Jr., and William M. Candy, all
t of Wilmington; Miss Clark, Delaware
, City; Harry G. Conrad, Wilmington;
John G. Corbit, Odessa; Harlow III.
Curtis, Newark DR.. II. p. Ewes, Peter
J. Ford, III. r. Cause. Horace w. Cause,
Samuel NJ. Knox, James @. McComb,
DIR. James r. Mahafy, Benjamin
e Nields. Captain Henry b. Nones, Will
lard Hall Porter, Charles g. Rumford,
DR.. e. G. Shortlidge, Samuel X. Smith
and DIR. John T. Wales, all of Whining
ton,
Kent county-David J. Cummins,
Smyrna; Nathaniel +. Wilds, Smyrna
! Richard G. Dale, Harrington; Enoch
Clark, Manlovc Hayes, Hon. Richard
r. Kenney, Hon. John r. Nicholson,
Hon. James Pennewill, Harry A. Rich
ardson, William Salisbury and Hon.
Stephen Slaughter, all of Dover; Hon,
VIM. L. Watson. Milford, and Hon.
l John HUM, Wyoming.
Sussex county-Hon. VIM. H. Boyce,
> Chas. w. Cullen, Chas. w. McFee,
Chas. Il. Moore, John L. Thompson,
Isaac n. Fooks and Edward r. Payn-
ter, of Georgetown; David Burton,
Lewes; Hon. Ebe w. Tunnel, Lewes
Peter +. Causey, Milford; George w
Emery, Seaford; Charles Wright, Sea-
Y ford, Simeon Pennewill Greenwood
e Charles g. Stockley, Stockley.
t Board of ATanagers-Mrs. II. r. Ander,
son, Edward Andrews, Mrs. Thomas
: Benson, Edward Bringhurst, Jr., 1ft
: Rev. Bishop Coleman, Wilmer j. ELI
0 son, I'll. I. Cause, Mrs. Richard r. Glib,
+ bons, Lindley G. Kent, Mrs. Il. A. Kit
0 finger, Mrs. VIM. III. FLOYD. Mrs. Ben
jamin Nields, Willard Hall Porter
David J. Reinhardt, DR.. p. G. Short
$ lidge, Mrs. J. d. Sisler, Samuel X
t Smith, VIM, P. Taylor, Mrs. John r.
3 ] Wales, Mrs, fired y. WarnoFS AZ