The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-22
ORGANIZED CHARITIES.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD YES~
 TERDAY AFTERNOON.
Report of COmmittees-Agent sher- wood 0. Preston Sums Up the situa-
 tions-suggestiOns Made for Im-

wood 0. Preston Sums Up the Situa- tiOns-Suggestions Made for Inn provement-Interestin Figures.
 The Organized Charities association held it's annual meeting yesterday afternoon with the president, Rev. Watson L. Phillips, presiding. The business taken up consisted of reports of the treasurer and committees, with an election of officers, committees and directors for the year. Officers and committees were elected as follows:
 President, Rev Watson L. Phillips D. D.; vice president Wilson H. Lee; secretary, Amory E. Rowland; treas urer Edwin l.. Chapman; agent, Sher- wood o. Preston;
 Finance committee, Max Adler, A. B. Hill, J A. Hamilton.
 Executive committee A. E. Row. land, w. B. Bailey, H. w. Farnam, S. o. Preston, c. w. Whittlesey, Rev. F. Lent, Rev. F. R. Luckey
 Board of directors-Max Adler, Fred erick M. Adler, Mrs. J. l.. Andrews Dr. Louis B. Bishop, James Kingsley Blake, Dennis A. Blakeslee, Andrew R. Bradley, General E. E. Bradley, Fred B. Bunnell Winchester Bennett, Will liam B. Bailey, Mrs. c. T. Candee, Edwin L. Chapman, Rev. J. F. Cor coran, Mrs. Edwin Countryman, Mrs. Ti,,, att,y Tt,utloe NErc IT ID TNa11t a,. Benjamin R. English, Miss Ethel R. Evans, Henry w. Farnam, F. B. Farnsworth, James 4. Fogarty, Rev. T, A. Fischer John M. Gunde, J. A. Hamilton, Mrs. G.. A. Harmount, Rev Artemas J. Haynes. John Edward Heaton, Abner Hendee, Henry Herz A. B. Hill, James s. Hemingway James Hillhouse, F. D. Hartshorn John D. Jackson, ID. J Kelsey, Charles Kleiner, Wilson H. Lee, Rev. Frederick Lent, Rev. David Levy Seymour c. Loomis, Rev. r. R. Luckey, George W. Lewis Lyman M. Law, Hon. A. McC Mathewson, Burton Mansfield, Rev. w w. McLane, Rev. Stewart Means, Cor. nelius s. Morehouse, Rev. D. D. Mon. TO, Rev. W. L. Phillips, D. D., Colone e. w. Pickett, Joseph Porter, s. O Preston, Mrs. M. J. Prudden, Miss I4il. Han D. Prudden Rev. J. DeWolf Perry John V. Rattlesdorfer. A. F. Rowland Henry Wade Rogers, c. E. P. Sanford A. H. Smith, Dr. Herbert Smith, Rev A. P. Stokes, jr., Hon. J. P. stualey mayor; F, c. sherman, Hon. E. c Simpson, Mrs, c. c. Talcott, James D Todd, Winston J. Trowhridge, Ruther forc Trowbridge, Julius Twiss, Hon. R H. Tyner, Rev. John A. Timm, Henry c. White, George M. Wallace. Fl whitney, c. w. Whittlesey James Wrinn and Hon. Isaac Wolfe,
 The report of the agent, MT sher wood o. Preston, gives the work of tn year in great detail as well as point ing out the direction that the futur work of the organization should take The year shows about an even SCOT financially. A notable feature is the de crease In the wandering class, whicl Mir Preston attributes to unusuall g9od conditions in the labor market
 In substance the agents report is a follows:
 Total number of persons, or families recorded from 1878 to 1907; Residents 17O3S; non-residents, H,455; total, 61, 49s.
 Note-The records for the first min years of the associations work are yer, imperfect, but an estimate based O correct records since 1885, gives as al approximately accurate number o cases handled in twenty-nlne years, 91, 657, of which probably seventy-fve pc cent. were nonresident people.
 The number of persons or familie applying or reported during the yea ending January 1, 1907, was 2,459 c these S05 were previously known. Ther were 1855 residents, and 1908 non-res idents. Add 765 "repeaters,' makin total number of non-residents deal with 1863 Increase over last years fig ures, residents, 1S9, non-resi1ents, de crease, 4S0. Net decrease PCT.
 Lack of work, S69; intemperance, S5 sickness and disability, PIP; old age, 8 mismanagement or extravaganza, 4 death of main support, 22; desertio husband or wife, 1O4; assertion or nei lect by relatives, 150; crime and misd, meanor S67; running away from hom 1O9; insane or mentally deficient, 8 no cause apparent, 1OS. Total 2,45S.
 Of these 1,35 were residents and 10 non residents
 Applicants for work only, 194 not il cluded in these tables. An increase lc.
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