The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-22
CHARITIES
SUPERVISED
Annual Meeting Of Morris Co
Branch Of the State Chair
ties Aid Association.
OUR COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

The annual meeting of the Morris
County Branch of the State Charities
Aid Association was held in the parlor
of the Young Mems Christian ASso-
citation last Wednesday afternoon with
the President, John Edward Taylor in
the chair.
Visits to the aims house were re-
ported, stating that the institution is
in good shape and fewer children than
usual there. Miss Egbert told of the
visit on Christmas Day when slippers
were given to the women, tobacco to
the men and a dinner was served with
dessert of plum pudding, candy and
oranges.
T. b. Ironside reported small num-
ber of prisoners in the county jail,
seven being the total there on one day
recently. The jail is clean and the
ventilation good Only five were there
held for the grand jury. He also read
the report Of the Chief of Police of
Morristown for the year, commenting
on the need of settling the many
charges of assault and battery before
the Justice, instead of remanding for
the grand jury. He was surprised at
the fact that only fourteen arrests
were made for larceny. There are
eighteen in the charge of the proba-
tion officer. Some were reDorted as
"all right" and the rest 'doing good .
Mr.. Taylor reported sixty-three
wards of the county in the children's
home and the health of the inmates
excellent. The home was incorporated
! December 6, 1881, when twenty-one
children were sent there from the
aims house. In the twenty-five years
SIG children, wards of the county have
been cared for, of whom 271 were re-
turned to relatives or friends and
homes found for 1856
Mr. Taylor said that the Charities
| Aid Association was organized to get
the children out of the aims house
the home organization being made
necessary by the necessity of incorpor-
alton for the specific object.
! Mrs. W. d. @. johnson, for the provi
dent sayings committee, read an in.
teresting report of that work. Col
lectors have been needed and some dis
tricts have been neglected, but the
total collected was 81, ,235.47 for the
| year, or a total Of S33, 1926 since the
founding of the work. She told a
number of interesting episodes of the
work and gave it as her opinion from
reports received by the collectors
i that there is urgent need of a new
benevolence in furnishing pure fresh
i milk for the poor children. She tolc
of one family with several children
where an eight cent can of condensed
milk lasts week.
Mr.. Ironside reported 1853 tramps
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| The report of the treasurer for the
year showed balance of $40.06. re.
ceipts of S126.07 and a present balance
of $41.42. Robert Carter and j. H.
| VanDOren were appointed to audit
the report.
The annual report of the executive
committee commended the manage
ment of the aims house, emphasized
| the necessity of a more complete sep
aration of the minors from the older
prisoners in the county jail, approved
of the work of the children'S home and
called upon the local authorities to
stop the disorder of boys in the
streets and demanded that something
be done in regard to the sale of liquor
to minors.
Mr.. Ironside added that girls on the
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diSorderly boys and girls are becoming
noticible.
Attention was again called after
the reading of the report to the con-
ditions near the Lyceum Mr.. Taylor
said he understood that the police had
kept the boys from the Lyceum on the
nights of entertainments. He was in
formed that they had driven the boys
from tho dnAr fhn 1of
gated at each side of the building and
across the street. Mrs. Twining said
that it was so noisy on Tuesday even
her residence opposite the Lyceum for
the boys who were on her side of the
street.
The matter Of the theftS of boys
came up. One lady said she heard a
boy telling how he had secured bot
Tie of WhiSkey and seen him exhibit it
to another on South street. Several
theftS were spoken of and it was
charged that in number of instances
boys had robbed smaller children of
candy and presents on the streets, af-
ter they left the Christmas festivals
The case Of girl begging from
house to house and on the street was
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Officers were reelected as follows !:
President, John Edward Taylor vice
president, Thomas B. Ironside; secre-
tary, David NJ Claghorn; treasurer,
Philander b. Pierson; other members
OF the executive committee: Rev. AL
bert Erdman, Mrs. x. Twining, Rev.
w. M. Hughes Mrs. f. r. Kellogg and
Miss Louise Shelton.
Erd1 cnfd ~ nffara
that the attendance at the meetings
is small, yet as a watch dog and critic
the society has done useful work
and many of the Improvements in the
care of prisoners and dependents can
be traced to the work of education
and persistent pushing of the organ
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