The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
DIRECTORS NAMED FOR CHARITY WORK Association of Charities Is For-
 maIIy Launched MEETING NEXT FRIDAY All Charitable and PhiIanthropic Or ganizations Are Entitled to Have
 Representative at the
 Meeting.
MEETING NEXT FRIDAY

The Association of Charities was formally organized yesterday afternoon by the election of a board of directors and the further launching of plans. The meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of receiv- Ing the report from the organization committee and the adoption of a con- chairman and Maurice Willows secre- tary.
 The organization committee reporte i that the following citizens had agreed to accept a place on the board and asked that they be indorsed by the mass meeting:
 Rufus N. Rhodes, John H. Frye. J. w. Brockman, W. E. Urquhart, M V. Joseph, Escar Floyd, George B. Tar rant, Walker Percy, W. P. G. Hard : ing, Emil Lesser, Robert Jemison, Jr., John L. Raul, Dr. B. L. Wyman, pr. Don c. Laverne, J. M. Meighn, E. s. Moore.
 On motion this list of names for the board of directors was accepted. The meeting decided on Friday afternoon, April 30 at D. m. as the time for the first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, the meeting to be held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. The adoption of consti- tuition was left in the hands of the board of directors.
 After the discussion of some minor details regarding the central council which shall be a part of the new As- sociated Charities. the following or- ganizations were enlisted as members entitled to send delegates to the meet ings of the central council of char ities, this list to be enlarged at the discretion of the board of directors: Mercy Home, United Charities, Boys club, Boys Industrial school, District Nurses, Free Kindergarten association, School Improvement association Girls Home CWest End). Wesley House Young Women's Christian association Young Mems Christian association Daughters of Israel, Council of Jewish Women, United Jewish Charities. the two Catholic organizations doing char ity work, and a representative from the office of the mayor of the city and representative from the county Board of Revenue.
 The two latter were suggested on ac- of charity funds are distrib buted through these channels. The meeting was well attended and enthusiastic.
 The purposes of the organization in Birmingham are:
 l. To maintain an Investigating and registration bureau to which applicants for relief may be referred at any time for attention.
 2. Material relief to be obtained whenever necessary.
 8. Employment rather than relief to be obtained for thoss able and old enough to work.
 f. To make impossible any excuse for street begging and to agltate for constant action by the police.
 5. To eliminate the causes of poverty as far as possible by in other ways helping families to nelp themselves and by compelling the removal Of unneces- sary causes of disease.
 Here Is a brief outline of the plans of organization:
 l.. A board of dire e-ors Of 15 or IS men. representative of the business and professional interests Of the city, to finance the society and have general supervision and control.
 In addition advisory committees of the board composed of practical char ity workers to assist the secretary In the treatment of cases These to form the "centra1 council"
 3. The executive officer to be the gen eral secretary, a trained man or wom- an on pay, with such paid assistance as may be necessary. This in addition to the services of volunteers.
 This outline of important details covers the uniformly applica ble prin- ciples which have been found success ful in cities of any size in this coun- try, Columbus, Ga, Augusta, Ga, Att lanta, Ga, Mobile, Ala, all being or ganized on these general lines with some slight differences.
 It is claimed that the society will save more than it costs in preventing waste of charitable money alone.
 
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