The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-02
REPORT or ASSOCIATED CHARI-
TIES. OFFICERS SHOW GREAT f.x-
TENT OF NOBLE work.
NEED $4,000 FOR YEAR
INDICATE THAT LARG-
ER DEMANDS THAN USUAL WILL
BE MADE ON ASSOCIATION
DURING WINTER.

THE system we follow assures the
public that every homeless man iii
Richmond ca II have shelter and food
declared the secretary. Rev. James
Buchanan, of the Associated Charities,
in the course of the reading of his re-
port before the annual meeting of the
organization in the auditorium of the
Chamber OF Commerce last evening.
Last year 6.743 beds were provided
for the shelterless. and Is 3o1 meals
were given the hungry. Under the
system in operation applicants are
housed in tae associa on building on
East Franklin Street. being given bed
for one night The next day they are
given the choice ef remaining Oh -aV-
ing, and in the ever. they elect to re-
main they are given WORE saving the
wood that is given To the purr of he
city. No one Is ever refuse lodging
for one night. if 1t be needed, and for
other nights Il he is willing to work
for II.
Elect Officers Today.
The annual meeting of the assocta-
ton last nigh was well attended, The
reports of the president the secretary
the treasurer and the chairman Of the
Ice mission were received and filed
ana routine business disposed CT eS-
peditiously. This afternoon at
o'clock the Board of Directors will
meet to elect officers.
Secretary Buchanan's report gave
detailed acc ount Of the work for the
year and an optimistic review of the
prospects for the future,
Until | attended "a recent nation
al convention" said DR., buchanan. II
did not know how we'll Off we were.
4 0s1.. = u
tfcits for many Of the preceding years,
while Richmond reported no deficit.
In all the twenty-six years of the as
isociation's history, / have never lacked
the money to do what my Judgment
told me should be done Always Rich
mond has made good. responding to
every legitimate call"
/ During the year ending December
II. 1914. 4,4ST applicants for general
help were received at the central
/ building Of the association. according
to Secretary Buchanan's report, and
t6.743 for shelter. making total OF
! ,230 applications for help. DR.. Blu
chanan stated that his office made
practice OF Investigating special cases
and on the il formation obtained the
various cases were treated.
The statistical feature of Secretary
Buchanan's report was most interest
ing II showed that 2,97s baskets of
groceries were given, 2,266 pints OF
milk, more than ten thousand articles
IF clothing, I52 pairs OF shoes, besides
quantities OF fuel, many payments of
rent and a number of loans Of money.
Broadening the Work.
All this was from the central Of
flee. In addition the city is divided
into nineteen districts and there is a
visiting committee to look into specla |
eases This G. mmittee made about g.
600 visits during the year Of 1924.
From the central building 979
families wers helped
Henry baskerville presided at the
mcetins and otter a short talk pre-
scented o. A. Hawkins. president of the
Association, who made his annual re-
! port. Presi iont Hawkins, announcing
that the conditions made at least $40
1000 necessary for the ensuing year,
declared his tmost confidence in the
ability of the association to secure the
pie OF Richmond to subscribe Il. Their
generous response of the appeal OF
stricken Belgium. he said, was proof
OF their Hberality and assured an
equally quick response to appeals for
the sufferers of their own community
More than $4,000 was received and
expended for ice for the poor last sum-
; mer, according to the report of the
ice mission board. and $40, 900 pounds
were distributed. The receipts for the
year exceeded those of 1914 by $500
A special contribution OF $4,000
pounds of ice was made by w. s
Forbes, and thanks were given for his
donation. Ica for the colored people
Of the city was distributed through the
! Coiored City Mission, Ada Lewis
president; through the st. Monica Mis-
sion, Pattie Goodwin, president, and
through the Colored Children's Home
r. V. Crawford, president.
, Interest the Public.
On motion, il was decided to make
Thursday, December 10, a special in"
lspection day. at which time the pub
lie IL cordially invited to attend and
inspect the central building of the as
ISOLATION on East Franklin Street
The sentiment of the meeting appear
ed TO he that heretofore not enough
publicity had been given the work o;
the association and that better work
. would be done and more generous con
tributions received if the public were
made better acquainted with what is
done with the money and how mach
suffering is alleviated by the assoeia.
ltion.
The meeting was a harmonious one
and fun confidence WAS expressed that
although a hard winter is promised
and commercial conditions are such
that the unemployed are here in larger
numbers than since the panic of 1901