Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-01
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prope rty $609.S1,
ure, outside of
the lecture course,
OF the insurance is
=. . -, I'd as paid out
e., ;., ,,.,, le required an
au,. ,a ,bo, n,e. At present
tb,, ,.,,..,,.,., ,,,,,o, ebt of 5000 and
It will take about t
,u,,.. n+c Int to liquidate
this debt and keep le '"Ae'' ''''N'
., o,,o,,;, hing whatever
f,,. ;,,nrovon,onts repairs.
On Docomhor o13, the board OF
directo,e of tho MEMS Christian |
Association adoI le9oiu'ioA'
mented by the reneS Ne'', NV
IL. ,,r.s,, J,ndnrt res luton the |
association will te the building
and surrender ncsion thereof tt
tho trustees on J:ry |. 1904. The
directors of the @"la'loh aeehie"
This action necasson their part be
cause the membtp dues and the
contributjons frore public, supple
mented by the rerley fecelNea' I'D"
i,4en insufficient table them to car
ry ON tho work andebt had been in
Cured amOuntin; sonnet 1lEs oN'
twelve hundred ars. I o' several
years past this dhas been account"
lating and they sno We'll &foahae'
hope that contribns would be maGe
sufficient to wiput the |eo; a''d
Furnish the measor an1,het Seat :
Wo.E. Yea. af year TIE !'aVe
i bad 4. II GnanGommittee 10 'al!
upon Tie peoplei a numb 7 Of our
citizens have rl;{ {ly conI.aadeeo
, ,iDerailv to the oport OF t3s= WORK
Dut the number such coaF b Il :
was not large ough to raise tie
funds necessarp the work. Ih5
idea seemed to- preyelant III the
community that acause the trustees
Of the instituted certain rents al
their commandha therefore, the
Young Mems ristian association
which had a no in the institute dle
not need any slprt from the 1era
, public. This, course, was fallacv
The small enGment held by tht
] trustees under G will could not b.
used for the geral purposes of tn
/ institute even it had been ampl
for that purpC and the little rem
, which the YoT Mems Christian as
sociation reced from the smal
store room anthe offices connecte
with the Mert Institute buildin
! property did t average more tina
500 per monthhich was insigniflcan
compared witlheir expense in keel
ing open and inning the institution
! We mention few items of this e,
psnse: Sala, of general secretar
: 500 per mon; salary OF janitor, s.
! per month: uer and light. averag
$23.G7 per mch; coal, $15 per mont
! Besides thes there are many cth'
items of expIse. In round number
we will say at the association nee
| e.l at least 500 per year over al
above the res and membership du
to carry onthe work properly al
J without deb
We have the foregol
matters relive to tle Dung Mel
| Christian anciati,n in part TO sh(
more in dell why they have clos
I their work,and in part as an llll
lralion of T. probable expense "hl
the trustee would have to Inc
! should theMttempt to keep the hul
! ;rg open anll hours OF the day, fu
/ ism hot and Old water for baths, ke
current litsatare upon the table a
cthewise rnder the institui~A Attr
tive TO 1ht pc Nle. L is s;@p!!
possible f. the trustees To accor
lish this with the money at their &C
mand. Owing TO their lack OF supp
the Young Mems Christian associat
has not been able to keep the build
in repair as they originally agreed
do and the trustees have in the cou
Ct the past thirteen years spent &c
deal of money on the building. yet il