The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-22
UNITED CHARITIES
TO BE REORGANIzED
CALL FOR MEETING WILL SOON
BE ISSUED, AND PLANS FOR
THE WINTER CAMPAIGN
TO BE PERFECTED.
First Meeting viii Soon Be Held.
And Thanksgiving viii Find
the Organization Prepared
to Assist the Needy.

The United Charities Association,
which for many years past has per-
formed valiant work in relieving want
and distress among the worthy poor
of Columbus, is to be reorganized at
an early date, and during the coming
winter will continue to minister to
the wants of unfortunate men and
women who as a result of i'll health
or from other causes are compelled
to look to their more prosperous
brothers and sisters for the neces-
stiles of life.
President Stinson expects to call
meeting at an early date for the pur-
pose of perfecting reorganization, and
expects to have in hand by Thanks
giving a sufficient sum TO make the
usual contributions to the poor. Ever
since the United Charities was organ
lied, it has been customary to ascer-
tain the names of all persons in Co
Iumbus unable to provide suitable
Thanksgiving dinners, and TO send
TO them baskets containing edibles
suitable to the occasion. The same
plan is pursued on Christmas day,
and in addition to food. blankets and
clothing are presented to those in
need of these articles.
Although the principal work of the
United Charities Association is per-
formed during the winter months,
when the added cost of fuel and
warm clothing makes it exceedingly
difficult for the unskilled laborer who
has a family to make both ends meet,
there are more or less frequent re-
quests for aid during the summer
months, and the organization has
Just been called upon to expend forty
dollars in a most worthy cause
The request for assistance came
from the parents of little girl who
is afflicted and in need of surgical
treatment, for which the father has
no money to pay. The little girl, who
is hardly more than baby, is bright
mentally and possesses a well-formed
head and body, but its lower limbs
are shrunken and misshapen, and To-
cal surgeons have been unable to re-
lieye the deformity. They stated,
however, that if the child was imme-
diateIy sent to some surgeon who
makes a specially of cases of this
kind, a cure could probably be eff
fected, but that in order To be sue
cessful the treatment must begin at
once. The parents, having no money
to pay either travelling expenses or
surgical bills, appealed to the United
Charities Association for aid, and the
appeal did not go uRheeded- me
treasury contained only about eighty
dollars, but half this sum was given
to the chfld's parents, and sympa-
thetic friends made up the remainder
of the one hundred dollars needed
to procure the desired treatment and
pay the necessary travelling expenses
The little girl will be sent to Atlanta,
and there is every reason to believe
that a speedy and permanent cure
will be effected.
The above is only one of many in
stances wherein the United Charities
Association has been enabled to re-
store human beings to health and
happiness by the expenditure OF COM
paratively small sums of money, and
is published in order that the people
of Columbus may know how much
real good the organization accom-
plishes. Between four and five hum
dred dollars will be required to carry
out the work of the organization dur
ing the coming winter, and when our
citizens are called upon for donations
they should respond promptly, cheer
fully and literally.