Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-27
DOING A GOOD WORK
S. P. c. A. Holds Annual Meet
ing and Elects Officers
Agents Good Work.
THE TREASURY DEPLETED.
More Members Wanted 10 Garry on
Work Of Helping Those Who Can
not Help Themselves-Reso-
buttons Passed.

( many peFsOnS. interested In the Pre-
vention of Cruelty 10 Animals were
probably prevented from attending
the meeting yesterday afternoon by
| the very Indictment weather. A blind
| ing snowstorm however, did not deter
at least a quroum from vending their
way to the Hall of the Chamber of
| Commece, where the meeting was held
from to S O'Clock
Mayor James +. Strange. president.
presided. Miss Walton, secretary.
The secretary read the minutes of the
previous meeting, which were ap-
proved. The treasurer, Mr.. Ennalls
Waggaman, read last years report.
which showed the depleted condition
of the treasury. Agent O'Leary sub
mitted his annual report and was re-
Guested to make verbal report also.
He spoke of the vast improvement
of conditions since last year and said
he had visited II stables and had ex-
amined between $50 and $50 horses.
Five horses belonging to the United
states Express Company were sent
back TO Baltimore as animals unfit
for use. Only last week, Agent
O'Leary said that he had had one of
The horses of the Adams Express
'ompany returned to Baltimore as
init for service.
Agent O'Leary said he had visited
the State Road, where the boulevard
was being built and requested the re-
moval of horses unfit for work. and
they were taken off. The agent has
Ill
county and has made thorough inves-
tigation of conditios at Davidson
vile and 0wensville, as we'll as other
parts of the county nearer home.
During the year there have been
five arrests for cruelty to animals
and four convictions. One was
for starved condition of horse,
another for the arrest of a man who
put a mules eye out, and still an
other for persons who were implicated
in making a dog kill a cat
One good thing that the agent
for the S. 2. c. A has accomplish
ed for good is that fast driving to
and from the hops has been stopped.
The agent also made acknowledge
ment to Mrs. Moss for her kindness
in loaning the use of her horse to
look up cases in various parts of the
county. After the conclusion of the
report, the president of the Society,
Mayor Strange, complimented Agent
0'Leary on his excellent work during
the year
The president appointed the follow
ing committee to wait upon the Wo-
man Suffrage League and ask that
the receipts from the play to be given
be presented the S. p. C. A. to carry
on its work: Miss Jessup, Mrs. w.
o. Stevens, Miss Walton, Mr.. Wagga-
man.
Mr.. Ennalls Waggaman, presented
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted by rising vote /:
Resolved, That the Annapolis
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals being DESTROYS of show
ing their appreciation to Mrs. Frank
D. Berrien for the splendid work and
support given it by her, do hereby
unanimously elect her honorary vice
president of The Society for life.
Be it further
Resolved, That copy of this res
olution be sent TO Mrs. Berrien Fand
be published in the Evening Cap
ital."
A committee consisting of Miss
Jessup, Miss Walton and Mrs. Da-
shell were appointed to send the
circular letter to new residents Of the
town and Naval Academy to en-
deavor to induce them to become
members of the S. P. C. A.
The following board of directors
was elected: James F. Strange, Miss
Mary r. Magruder, Mrs. Robert B.
OashieIls, Mrs. Robert Moss, Mrs.
g. A. Gage, Daniel r. Randall, J..
Marshall Caughey, Ennalls Wagga-
man, Prof. Charles A. Zimmerman,
Prof. Samuel Garner.
| After the adjournment of the meet
ing, Miss Williams, representative
Of the Administration Society of Bal
timore, was introduced by DR.. Samuel
Garner, upon whose invitation she
came here to address the local So
ciety. Miss Williams complimented
the Annapolis S. p. c. A. upon its
I good work il is doing.
Miss Williams gave resume of the
Baltimore Society which was at first
| jeered at, but now has large MEM
bership, and last year Investigated
100000 cases of horses, dogs, cats
and handled s12, 600 in money. The
animal Refuge" in Baltimore was
also a great joke at first, but is now a
splendid institution. Miss Williams
said that Anti-Vivisection is 8
branch Of humanitarian work. It il
not an attack on the medical profes.
sion and is generally understood. The
lady said the medical man is more
needed than any other-we all need
him, but We have a right to object Il
so many horrible things going on II
biology, zoology in the scheme OF
scientific research"
The speaker said schools begir
with tearing wings and legs from