The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-08
ASSOCIATION WILL
CARE FOR WIDOWS
At Annual Meeting Police Amend
Bylaws to Care for
Their Wives.
ORGANIZATION GROWING
Treasurers Report Shows
Finances in Good Shape.
President Makes Address.

At the fourteenth annual meeting Of
the Police Benevolent Association. neid
yesterday afternoon IN the CITY Circuit
Court room. resolutions were adopted
designed 10 care for the widows OF
policemen.
BY the adoption Of these resolutions
the associations bylaws are amend
ed. The nrst resolution. which was
offered By President L. z. Morris. Was
rs follows:
'On the death Of an active member
the association shall pay 70 the widow.
or. II there be no widow. then to the
next Of kin Of deceased. sum equal
70 tho pension allowed b. the associa-
tion In monthly instruments for q Pc
riod Of one year.
The second resolution. offered By
Sergeant Ne,sz. was as follows:
should a pensioner de before the
expiration Of one year after being
placed on the pension roll. his widow.
or next Of kin. shall be paid In montn-
ly instruments his pension for the .uii
year
Meeting Well Attended.
The meeting WAS well attended By
the members anu several OF the cati-
Gems who are directors.
President Morris. Treasurer q. H..
Matthews and secretary George r.
Pollock were Reelected. while the fol-
lowing board Of directors was CHOSEN
From the First Distr ct-G. IL. Mat
thews. J. l. thinner. c. NJ johnson and
i. a. Campodonica.
From the Second District-P. L.
Neisz. +. N. Kraft. W. y. sehiief and
J.. -. smith.
Third District-w. E. waymack and
". J. Moore.
From Headquarters-G. z. Pollock. J.
l. Wiltshire and Louis Werner.
Citizens-L z. Morris. }. y. Boyd. s.
II. Halves and W. S. Forbes.
The report Of the treasurer showed
tn, association TO be in An exceptional
~ good financial condition. On October
81. 1911, the funds Of tho association
aggregated S72.25e. while on the same
date this year that sum had Increased
10 $4,000
The receipts during the year amount
ed to s:7.sss.io: 3:i.5eo OF this SUI,
was invested, while $3l2S was paid
in pensions and 5000 In funeral bene-
dts The total disbursements were
xsI. s52.5z.
Following the transaction Of all bus
mess BRIEF addresses were made by
Mr. Boyd and Mr.. Halves. after which
a rising vote Of thanks was rendered
TOR the services OF the ofiicers and d.
rectors Of the association.
PreslAest Morr3s's Address.
President Morris's annual address
was as follows:
Richmond, Va, November I, 1912.
To the Members of the Police Benevo-
lent Association:
Gentlemen,-The never-ceasing march
OF time has brought us again to our
annual meeting. and ! greet you most
heartily on this occasion
Our associa ton Is not one organized
Tor pursuit Of gain. Its object Is to
remove the sting Of poverty and help
iessness from those Of your comrades
who have been compelled to lay down
their work and await tho call of the
Master. This Is a noble purpose that
will grow more splendid with the pass
ing Of years and shine as q bright
jewel in the diadem Of the brother
hood of men. Just thirteen years ago
this association was organized with
no capital save our Devotion to lofty
IDEAL and IN abiding faith In its reaii-
cations. To-day we look upon q his
tory Of proud achievement Remem-
great beyond, whose last days were
made happier through our efforts. there
comes to us q satisfaction that moth
ing else could bring.
While sickness and age are the COM
mon lot OF our fellows. every one can
not make provision against such con-
dit,on, and the aid We render to His
aniicted children must have the ap-
proval OF Divine Providence. When
We reflect that little more than
decade ago we had nothing: that We
have never asked or received either
municipal or state aid: that We have
paid out many thousands OF dollars
60 pensioners. and that we come before
you to-day with eighty-hve thousand
dollars (SSs, 900) safely invested.
should We not all unite In praisfng
Him from whom all blessings dow.
In these days Of investigation. and
when charges Of graft are % fire.