The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11

nished the lists of societies when de
manded. issued the calls for the executive
meetings, taken the statistics from the re
ports, and been ready to do anything pos
sible to help along the cause. My owl
part has been to continue the sending ou'
of the monthly Round Table TO the dis
trict secretaries, with the letter giving
suggestions of lines of work, plan for thu
conferences, and intend TO correspondence,
rs far AZ possible.
With this glimpse of the accomplish
ment of the year, and this view OF the in
side workings of the State machinery. we
turn toward the new year hoping for bet
ter things even than the past
The secretary's report was followed by
that OF the State treasurer, A. w Abb
bolt, Of Orange. 1t showed that the finan-
cial department Of the union has been busy
during the past year.
THE counties nave been" Mr.. Abbott
said, ito a great extent very generous
in responding TO the appeals for money.
and yet because so many failed TO heed
cur requests for contributions ! have come
down to this convention with a few dol
lars to the good. but in order TO do so /
had to close my accounts a week before
they should close. have $25.63 In the
treasury at present, and yonr committee
informs me that 1t has bills to meet
amounting to over 5000
The report showed tina the total receipts
OF tHe union rum oIlpbfl u 1Jvor ~ ~
tober 6. 1907. was sl,o6S.97. The expenses
of the finance committee amounted to
s54.6s and the expense of conducting the
summer school at Asbury Park last August
was 1911. "a. TIE total disbursements OF the
union rro1c October 8. 1906, to October 8,
1907. was 81 ,O3s.94. leaving in the treasury
at the opening of the twenty-flrst conVen-
tion a balance OF $25.0S.
Appended to the. report was the following
tahulated statement showing the number OF
senior societies In each county. and the
number of societies which contributed to
State work from October 6, 1905. to October
6, 1907: Atlantic County, 81 societies, IA
contributing; Bergen, az societies, 20 con-
tributing; Burlington, Is societies, s con-
tributing: Camden, IS societies, 5 contrlbut-
ing, Cape May, ) societies, 1 contributing;
Cumberland, % societies, IS contributing;
Essex. 7Osocieties, AZ contributing; Glouces-
ter, 10 societies, s contributing; Hudson,
43 societies. 80. contributing; Hunterdon, 80
societies. Is contributing: Mercer, % So
~cieties, IL contributing; MiddleseX, 20 So
%cieties, 20 contributing; Monmouth. As so
%cieties. % contributing; Morris, 80 societies,
25 contributing; Ocean, IA societies. Z OIL
tributing; Passeic, So societies, IA con-
trlbuting: Salem, 10 societies, 8 eontribut-
ing; Somerset, q societies, 10 contributing;
Sussex. 16 societies, IL contributing. Union,
IS societies. "a contributing; Warren, II So
%cieties, 16 contributing.
OF the 1,105 societies in the State, 273 OF
them paid no attention to the appeals sent
out from the treasurer, financ committee
and district secretaries during the year.
Essex County led the State in the amount
contributed to the State reasury, the
amount being $50, while the smallest con-
%tribution was from Cape May County,
which sent in two dollars during the year.
The Dynamic in Doing Good for Christ
and the Church was the subject OF an
address given by the Rev. John F. Cor
son, Of Brooklyn. 1t impressed the dele
gates with the necessity OF electrical ac-
tivity in their religious obligations and
work. Az $3.50 o'clock the convention
adjourned. after which a reception was
held in the parlors OF the church in honor
of the delegates only.