The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-01
Society, Which Has Done
Much Good, Trernbles in
the Balance.
UNLESS MEMBERS RESPOND TO
THE CALL FOR FUNDS THE So
GETTY WILL BE COMPELLED TO
DTSBAND AS THERE ARE NO
FUNDS WITH WHICH TO RE
LIEVE SUFFERING.

AS a result of a recent call for aid,
made within the past few days
upon the local society of United Char
tiles, and which was from necessity
referred back to whence it came, an
unfortunate condition of affairs has
come to light with regard to one of the
city's most important charitable asso-
Citations.
With yearly and monthly subscrib-
ers a great deal in arrears, and with
the same amount of demands being
made upon it as one of PensacOla's
long standing charitable institutions
that proved it to be the case when the
society was in the first successful
year of its work, the situation can well
be realized, when considered from the
standpoint of those who are anxious
and ambitious for the future success
of the big work, which is even now
threatening absolute dissolution.
According to the best people of
Pensacola, the work of the past four
years must not, at any cost, be lost
in the present dearth of public inter
est
A public meeting has been suggest
ed, to occur some time during the
month of October, when all those il
terested, or who are likely to become
interested in the revival of the move
ment as planned, shall have returned
to the city, and matters have finally
livened up from their season of
summers inactivity. At this meeting,
which is already projected, il will
then be possible to ascertain whether
the association is to be carried on IN
der the conditions which it merits, or
discontinued altogether.
An Important Decision.
The decision, which from all indi-
cations, will necessarily be made
when the matter is finally taken up in
October, will be an important one
from many points of view. Those
who are most prominently identified
with the great work at present, are
not content to witness the present
lukewarm attitude of those who are
connected with the association. They
are also aware of the crying need of a
larger membership, and the nece ssity
of shifting some of the responsibility
which has lain heavily upon the
shoulders of few since the Inaugural
ton of the society in this city four
years ago.
Suggested by the late Iamented VIM.
Fisher, who was its first president.
and organized for the purpose of aid
ing the sick and needy of the city.
the United Charities Association start
ed out with a fair membership, COM
posed Of fine representation of To-
cal business men. An almost incon-
ceivable amount of good work has
been accomplished meantime, the
present officers of the society being
MI walker Ingraham. who is presi- |
dent, and Mr.. A. H. D'AIemberte. VINO
is secretary
In the first place, subscriptions
were to have been voluntary, either |
yearly or monthly. Recent subscrin- |
tons, however, have not been salts !
factory, and much work, which has |
come beneath the notice of the United |
Charities, has been necessarily left
untouched as a result
Should be Ready.
When tle call is finally made in DC /
tooeT, Tor hnal decision in the mat
ter there should be a general raItv on /
the part of Pensacolians in order that |
one of the city's best known and most |
deserving charitable organizations /
may be preserved for future useful
ness When business matters are Iiv-l
enlng up for the fall trade. and the
hTSt chilly blasts are felt as a harbin-
ger or a general and grateful revival
OF all things, there should bv all
means be an accompanying spirit of
energy and enthusiasm on the part of |
Pensacola men and women with re-
gard to this most important of local
Winter time is coming on with all
It's accompanying difficulties among
the City's poor
Ghere viii be cries for help which
should not be left Unheard by the class
on citlzens represented in the United
CharHles- which in fact should not be
1 10 disappear from the lists of
- -
der any circumstances, and most As
Suredly not in the face of a particular
" difficult winter season. which. as
regarded from the standpoint of pres
ent indications, is sure to result from
recent financial conditions.