The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16
CHARITY WORK IS ENCOURAGED Managers See Hopeful
 Future. PLANS ARE PROPOSED The Work of Organized Char
 ities is Reviewed. Expenses in Disbursing Funds Were Only $29.e 90 Inclusive If secrs- tary's salary-soup Kitchen
 is Proposed.

The board of managers of the organized charities met at the Y. M. c. A. parlors yesterday afternoon at D.. n., and dis- cussed many important phases of the problem of the poor in the city. The secretary made an exhaustive re- port of the work accomplished by the so- ciety for the term Jan. to Oct. l. 1903. Many novel proposals from representative citizens with reference to extending the scope of work were entertained and in some instances adopted. Among those present at the meeting were Mesdames Falkner, Fillmore. Marks. M. C. Scott, MT. Robt. Tyler. Rabbi A. J. Messing, presiding pro tenn.
 The secretary, Mir Gladden. Harrison, in his report indicated that the resources of the society for the term, Jan. 1, to Oct. 1, had been ssO9s5 secured as fol- lows: Membership (s6). s475; fete cham petre. $23260; special donations (Freeman & Hammock cases), $102.25.
 The treasury on Oct. l. showed a bal ance of $66. .49. The disbursements were as follows: General emergency such as fire, medicine. accident. lodging and rent, transportation, meals, clothing, etc.. $31S.60. For coal and wood and provisions distributed among needy families in their homes, $304.96.
 The expenses exclusive of the salary of the secretary, which was $10 per month amounted to the remarkably low sum of $29. 30.
 The report showed that at the begin ming of the summer s25 had been appro- priated from the general fund. as the nucleus of a free, ice fund.- to which there had been received contributions from private parties. $4s.O0. additional, as follows: The Montgomery Advertiser $13; The Montgomery Journal s; Mrs. B. l.. Boykin. 8; Montgomery Ice Co.,. $25. Through this fund ice had been dis tributed free to the needy and the sick during the summer, phase of philan- thropic work never before attempted in such a scale in this city.
 Vouchers for all money expended were presented.
 The accounts of the society were ex- amined and passed by an expert &C., countant. It was shown that in the few months of It's existence, the society had rendered aid to 291 persons.
 The causes ranged all the way from desertion, sickness, lack of work. to im- providence, chronic illness and old age. A communication from MT. Chris. We haze was presented to the society propos- ing the establishment in this city of a "soup kitchen, where for a nominal sum | the worthy indigents could secure well cooked and wholesome food, while those | really destitute could be supplied with rree meals on presentation of tickets se- | cured from the secretary. committee
 from the Organized Charities was ap- pointed to confer with those proposing
 the ''soup kitchen as follows: Mrs. M. c. Scott, Mrs. J. M Falkner and Rabbi | Messing.
 offers of aid to the society were read from various citizens. One proposed the giving of doll bazaar" in the near fu- ture. A local sectarian paper, The
 Chronicle, offered a benefit edition: all I these proposals were tabled for the time
 being in view of a prospective meeting of
 several of the city's most prominent men
 who. the president said, had undertaken
 to place the finances of the society on a
 better footing for the coming year. A
 committee on the nomination of a per
 manent president reported that the gen. | tleman who had been seen had been un-
 able to assume the tasks imposed. The
 president pro tenn, Rabbi Messing. who
 has been serving since the reslgna tion
 of Warren D. Brown, expressed deep re- | gret that the nominating committee had
 been unable to find a man for the place He felt that there were numbers oi
 broad minded. large hearted. Christian
 gentlemen in the city. who could be per suaded to give a few hours of their time to this unselfish, humanitarian work. He stated that for many reasons which would | be explained later on, he could not in any way be deemed a candidate for per | manent president, but that he would
 faithfully serve the society as he had done until his successor was elected.