The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-25
THE CONF ERENCE
ON CHARITIES It [:
Closes a Special SESSION With.
Excellent Addresses OH
Timely Subjects.
DR.. DREWRY president
Roanoke Chosen As Next Meet
ing Place oeal
Organization.
DREWRY president

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PhThRsBUjRG, = VA, May S4.1Tho
final session of the Conference Of Char
tiles and Correction was devoted to tho
discussion Of county md municipal III
stitutions and the care and training OF
abandoned and neglected children.
Rev. j. T. Mnstin, Of Henrico county,
read M excellent paper on Some Needs
of the Almshouses and Jnils OF Viz
ginia,' in which he emphasized tho I'M
portance of eliminating political in1iu-
enccs from tho management OF such m
stitutions. a
George B. Davis, OF Richmond, score,
tary OF the conference, read q splenalu
paper, In which no emphasized tho, do
STABILITY Of striking out that name aims
house and calling 1t Home" and also
the prevention of the adinlttance oi men
and women able to work.
On the subject OF prison REFORMS
Judge James NJ. Mullen, OF Petersburg i,t
disagreed with Mr. Mastin ms 10 ny
removal Of politics from tho manaee'nen.
OF prisons and reformatories, urging ny.
we keep them in politics. put strivo ~
improve the politics. "The great o ,
iect az prison reform is to minimize the
necessity for prisons said the JUICE.
Jails should bo only places OF deten,lon
for persons awaiting trial. and no per
son should be kept In jail IN laelicsa
fudge Mullen deprecated tho system OF
having iaiers pro rata fees for my
keeping OF prisoners and spoke " ~ nv T.,
graft In the management Oh Ja.s 80
big cities. He made the Emporium. nus -
restion that the fixing OF punishment ny, y.
nrisorera should be done by III, 1udge
md not BY the jury In criminal lrla's
as Is now in vogue in Virginia. Az,
MI Mnstin cornplimented Judge Mu', :,
,on,s sneech. saving that he was giad
r. learn that Petersburg's crimiaal ~
nenses we're less than $500, and that no
would soon visit the city to study 1a 'cl'o'S
problems. 49, NEGLECT
me aIe,,d drp.ev was discussed BY W. w Gil.
i ~ ~ richmond, who spoke on i1o
Nerletful Parent" and by Rev. WI ~ ~
Maybee, OF Richmond. superin.e1WlIieeaa,,, o
the Chfldrens Home s soees 80 81 the meet
ING one Wa 81 the ho address Of Mrs Kate Waller
Barrett, Of Washing,tnonn,' l p; G:e ~ 80
The conference elect IG,,,, tne = !'' Drew
o Oh nf petersSirg; vice presidents. Rev
~ o B lack, Norfolk; John NJ Hlg-
gins, RIchmond Dr. ia cha rolene " L. Wv "
Richmond was elected secretary, nnd
Robert Gillian, sof Petersburg, sa ts,u :,
DR. DreWry, as treasurer. 4Ae A ~. VIZ o
executive council was chosen: J; ,,, y: ~ NJ
liams, Courtlnnd; s.. P Wuda Ill. I Rato
peasants Minor and George B.. DAVIS -, VIZ
burg: Mrs. MAJ. Watkins, Petersburg;
lain 6, Osborne, Radford: Robert Gil
liam. Petersburg; John l.. Roper. Nortoik,
Mr. Pcttyjohn and Mr.. Osborne are the
Roanoke was chosen as the place ior
next years meeting, the time TO pc ae-
cided upon by the executive council.
Z After the adjournment OF the con1e CT
ence this afternoon, Two meetinsS ~,
were held BY people Interested IN cnaI-
table abb organizations. Mrs Barrett +. n 1sl,
Presbyterian Church on the su,nlecId o ol
the work of the Florence Crltn ,r.1t 1a
Homes, after which meeting OF in t1a,1
and gentlemen at A. P. Hill Camp Ha ~
n charity organization society for CO.
operative work by all the charitable as
sociations In Petersburg. r. O.. Egerton
was elected chairman, and, on motion OF
Robert Gillian, was empowered 10 APP
point q committee Of one or more repre-
sentatives from each chartqble organlza ,
ton, who shall draft the constitution ana
bylaws Of the proposed charity organ.
"a ton society, the committee to report
ut a meeting to DO called by Mr.. Eyer
ton. .,,.,o,,
to-day adopted resolutions on the death
Of its honored associate, Mr.. It. D.,
Vaughan, expressing its sincere sorrow
in It's great loss and extending Its SYM
pahty to the family.