The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
CHARITIES AID
ASSOCIATION
The Annual Meeting Held
Reports Received Officers
for Coming Year,
WORK STEADILY PROGRESSING

Tie annual meeting Of the Morris
County Branch of the State Charities
Aid Association was held in the parlor
Of the Y M. G. A. on "Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Z. B. Ironside for the committee on.
county Jail reported that on that
morning there were only fifteen prisz
oners In the jail. an unusually small
number considering the pearness Of
the January term at court. OF these
thirteen we're men, one woman and
one boy, about fourteen years Of age.
The boy is in the hospital room at
present and the woman is an old Of
fender. The jail is in its usual condi-
ton fairly clean, the chief difficulty
being that the men will not tidy up
their cells. The new sheriff says he
intends to bring pressure to bear on
them to improve in this respect.
Mr.. Taylor reported that things are
getting along nicely at the Children's
Home.
Mrs. W. d. @. johnson reported that
the proyident savings department Of
the work Of the society is progressing
Four collectors have been found since
the November meeting meeting and
the town redistricted with twelve col
lectors. The collections for 1905
amounted to S2,25544, with thirty
eight new savers. Since the work was
started nineteen years ago there has
been collected $50, 9O079.
Mr.. Ironside reported that the Ii
brary books are not suitable and ex-
pressed the hope that citizens will
contribute popular biographies for the
library.
The annual report Of the association
was read by the secretary, showing
satisfactory conditions at the aims
house and a well kept chiIdren's home.
There has been some improvement at
the county Jail and it remains to be
seen how the new sheriff win conduct
the institution. More improvements
have been urged, such as separate
rooms for Juniors, while police court
has been advocated for Morristown.
2. B. PiersOn, the treasurer, report
ed receipts including balance of 1857. AZ
and disbursements Of $127.36, leaving
balance of $4,000. The annual re-
ports were ordered printed, and Messrs.
j. H. VanDoren and T. b. Ironside
we're appointed to audit the treas
urer's report.
The further report came out in the
general business that the imbeciles
are no longer in the poor house. One
has been returned home, the other
two have been boarded out at Succa-
sunna with a woman who has two inn
beetle children and a blind husband,
and was willing to take them from
the county institution. One of these
imbeciles was born in the poor house.
The old officers were reelected as fol-
lows president, John Edward Taylor
vice-president, T. B. 1ronside; secre.
tary, d. M. Claghorn treasurer, p. B.
Pierson: executive committee, the
officers and DR.. Erdman, Or. Hughes,
Mrs. X. Twining, Mrs. f. r. Kellogg
and Miss L. Shelton.
Mr.. Taylor said that he had filled
the Office of president for fifteen years
and was ready to lay down the burden.
Some progress has been made during
that time as is witnessed by the new
poor house and a readiness of persons
to listen to talk of probation officer,
ETC., impossible some years ago He
felt that new and younger blood should
be enlisted.