Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-19
CHARITY COMMITTEE Of BOARD 0F TRADE;
 ITS ANNUAL REPORT
For All Purposes During Past Year sl6Oi.2l Was Expended in Relieving the Needs of the Poor.
DETAILS ARE GIVEN
 OF THE WORK DONE

OF THE WORK DONE At a meeting Of the Charity com mittee of the Board Of Trade held on the 7th inst. a financial statement anG report of the work for the past year was given by the secretary, Miss Es ther Cummings. showing that the ex penditures for the year on account O. groceries. meals and lodgings, cloth ing. house rents, water, furniture. fuel, illness care Of children, transporta ton, telephones and long distance telephones. incidentals (including storage. repairing. parcel-boys, ad. yertising. etc and all office ex penses, amounted to S160l.2l.
 The charity committee is composed of the following: Rev. J. E. Fry, chair man: Mir. C. w Allen. treasurer: Mir NJ F.. Cassidy: Rev. E. C. Decker; Rev. W. A. Meurer: Rev. l. W. Ep periy: Rev. Creighton Spencer; Rev. Chas. W. Maxson; Rev. Carl E. Guen ther: Rev Conrad Klemmer: Mir. F A. Putnam. r. NJ. C. A.. Miss Cal lota Mover, Y. w. c, A, Miss E Cummings. secretary and inYesti6a tor
 The report given was m br!ef, follows.
 The Charity committee Of the Boart of Trade has pleasure in submittin. q report os its work for the fourth year in Bisbee and vicinity.
 We believe that organized charity is a good thing in any community. as it directs the good will Of the people and brings them in helpful touch with each other in assuming some share of the responsibilities and privileges of making the burdens Of like easier for the less fortunate among them.
 From the beginning of time there have existed the indigent, dependent unfortunate and weaker ones. No community, no matter how prosperous is ever entirely without this class ol people In many such cases charity is only right and just. particularly where misfortune exists through m forseen and unavoidable circumstan ces. or through mistakes made whict they are struggling to amend.
 Advantages Available
 There are many advantages to a. gained by organized charity. as it no only determines the merits of depend. ent cases. but such cases can be giY en help al much less expense to tht community.
 A poor consumptive who has mad his way 10 Bisbee, goes from hous, to house selling articles of merchan disc for an existence. He has beer given some money by various people but has not sufficient to make hin comfortable. He comes to the Charit! committee of the Board of Trade where he is supplied with provisions and a place to stay, also with medi cine and warm clothing that has beel donated. when he goes away feeling thankful that some one has taken . real interest in him, and that he car exist a while longer without beini obliged to solicit from the genera public.
 Another has spent nearly all his money going from place to place try ing to regain his health. When hope is gone and he is feeling discouraged he applies to the Charity committee who obtains haIf-rate transportation and sends him back to his friends
 In other instances a mother is lief q husband may be dead, or he may hay' deserted the family. or perhaps neg lecting them through indolence ana dissipation. Or 1t may be that Hines. or acident has been the cause of tht family's distress. when their case Il reported to us. and every effort | made to bring about better condition Of things.
 One Hundred and Sixty Cases
 During the past year one hundre' and sixty-six cases have been place. on record. Out of this number ther were fOrty-one families, some of whoa were given considerable help especial ly if illness had been the cause o their indulgence. These forty-one fan flies included one hundred and fifteel children, most of whom were suppiie with shoes or better clothing at val ious times throughout the year Man Of these children were able to stten school through the help given theI by the Charity committee. In all on hundred and fifty-fve pairs of shoe were given out, and eleven hundre and fifty articles of clothing distTi0u ed among the different families an individuals. Some warm bedding va  also supplied to families where tber wass illness. Forty-eight cases of Il ness were given help, and whenevt necessary the physicians attendant was given free of charge, the expens to the Charity committee being on a count of hospital fees or the care such patients at home. Out Of thes forty-eight cases of illness there wei six tlbercuiar cases
 Turned to County
 Five cases where permanent reli' was necessary were turned over the county and given help by theI although a number of families ha' been receiving help al various tim' throughout the year from the Chart committee where more than tempo ary relief was necessary, such cast being generally those where the fat CT had gone away leaving his fami destitute. ID all eleven cases Of d sertion were given help by us.
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