The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17

AID SOCIETY
The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of
the Morris County Branch.


Usual Conditian- Old Officers Re-
elected Annual Report of the So
ciety for the Past Year Published
Below in Full.
The Morris County Branch Of the
New Jersey State Charities Aid So
ciety met ON Wednesday afternoon in
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion parlor to hear reports of the
work since their last meeting and to
elect officers for the coming year.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, John Edward Taylor.
After prayer by Rev. S. 2. Batten the
regular business was taken up.
The minutes of the last annual meet
ing were read by Secretary T. b Iron-
side and approved.
The committee on the County Poor
House reported that in September
the almshouse had been visited and
found in first class order and that the
rocking chairs provided by the society
for the female inmates were much
appreciated.
that the jail had been visited few
days ago and was found in the usual
condition At the present time there are
thirty six prisoners in the Jail, in
Guiding 30 men and six women. Spe-
cial attention was called to the had
entrance into the room where the
women are confined and also to the
manner in which prisoners are kept,
sometimes over three months because
they are unable to pay fines of from
three to six dollars.
The report of the Committee on the
Elevation of the Poor in their homes
will be found in the annual state
ment published below.
Treasurer Philander B. Person s re-
port showed for the year disburse-
ments amounting to $87. AZ. and bal
ance on hand Of $S3. SO.
The officers of the past year were
unanimously reelected as follows :
President, John Edward Taylor; vice
president, Charlton T. Lewis, LII. D.,
secretary, Thomas B. Ironside; trea-
surer, Philander B. Pierson Execu-
tive Committee. Rev. Albert Erdman,
Mrs. Kingsley Twlning, Mrs. R.B.W.
Fairchild, Rev. VIM. M. Hughes,
EdgarssF. Randolph. n
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Morris County Branch of the
State Charities Aid Association re-
ports that during the past year the
regular meetings have been held, and
that the visitation and other work de-
volving upon the various committees
has been faithfully performed.
The Committee ON the County Poor
house reports monthly visits to that
institution, besides number of spe-
cial visits The administration is
to be commended, the keeper and his
wife being courteous, faithful, and
anxious to promote the best interests
of those committed to their care and
to carefully observe the provisions
of that portion of the poor law which
concerns their work.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders is
showing an intelligent appreciation
of the needs of the institution, and,
as their appropriations admit, will
make the minor improvements the
building requires to perfect it as
regards comfort and ease of admins
tration.
Religious services continue to be
held very acceptably every Sunday
under the auspices of the Local Union
of the Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor.
The Committee on the County Jail
have no such favorable report to
make. The same oveIcrowding in de-
fiance of the laws of sanitation and
common morality spoken of in the
last annual report still continues.
EARLY in the year nearly a thousand
copies of the report presented by the
Jail Committee at the last annual
meeting were circulated through the
County among leading professional
and business men and farmers for
the purpose of diffusing information
as to the real condition of the Jail, and
then creating healthy public senti-
ment on this question. 1t is encoura-
ging to note that the Freeholders
representing the county seat are all
in favor of erecting new modern
jail, and that in the only ward where
the new Jail was made political
question at the last election, the result
was the election of .Dr. Becker who
has represented the best sentiment Of
the community on this subject and
whose name was then identified with
a deflite'plan for modern structure.
At the Siay meeting Of the branch
a special committee was appointed to
take steps to call the attention OF
every minister and doctor in the
county to the state of the Jail and to
take such other steps as might seem
advisable to create an enlightened
public opinion. At the October term
of the Court of Oyer and Terminer,