The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-17

City.
My Dear Sir: We beg to submit the
following brief summary OF the work
accomplished by the Anderson Relief
Association for the month OF January
February llth. exclusive.
IL will possibly be we'll at the very
outset to state some OF the principles
which have guided us in approaching
tho cases which have come under oul
Jurisdiction.
First OF all we have exercised great
care with regard to making personal
Investigations from our headquarters
that is to say, we have thought IL q
part of wisdom to get all the informa.
ton possible about cases under con.
sideratiOn from ncighbors and from
the individuals themselves, yet We
have not in any case rendered assis-
tance where an official from our head
quaters has not looked into such cast
personally and made recommenda~
tions to your secretary.
The second principle which has
guided us has been to give practically
no money to parties applying for re-
lief. In case groceries. coal, wood
medicines, etc. were needed we al.
ways furnished such and had the mer-
chant or merchants supplying same to
send bill TO Mr.. G. II. Geiger, treas.
urer of the relief association.
We found az the very outset that q
careful Investigation of each case re-
ported to use would require grea'
deal OF time and labor on the part OF
the officials of the relief association
therefore, IL became necessary TO or
ganize the different forces of the com.
munity Interested in the work of the
nssociatinn, We. have found the ser
vices of tie relief committees of the
various Sunday school classes Of the
churches OF the city are Invaluable,
in making investigations. and we wish
to lay,spaeial emphasis upon the con-
ference or the representatives OF the
c6iored population OF the city which
met. nj, tho y, NJ, G., on the 18th OF
January. There were gathered at this
conferences 25 OF the leaders, ineiud-
ing pastors of the colored churches
! teachers in the juhlic schools, as well
as Representative ,aymen from. each
OF the churches, and committees were
appointed from each church and
school for the purpose 4of..ealling tc
the attention Of the association cases
where relief seemed necessary, as
we'll as. to carefully investigate and
made raaass,..ei |, ,siatlanss 80 tli.e assncia-
gtion. We desire in tnisf connection 10
mention also q contribution of about
S7h nackages OF food donated by the
different grades OF the eolored graded
school of the city. -
AT the very oGtset we were flood
cd with requests for aid hut as sooD
as every one was convinced that in
each case careful Investigation was
10 he iiiaie VS. found that the un-
worthy applicants were rapidly re-
lnced. All reqnests coming from any
of the citizens of the mill Village, COM
Biunities were handled by our Mr..
Minis, and mention should be made
here of the hearty spirit of coopera-
tion manifested by the officials OF each
OF our cotton mill communities.
We wish to emphasize also in this
connection this important fact, that
tho people who have applied to us
for most part, have not desired chari-
tys hut an opportunity to do honest
work. and we feel that the greatest
/ need at this time In Anderson Is two
or three hundred Jobs for persons
looking for work. The extremely bad
! weather conditions have made 10
practically impossible for the laborers
who have. been in the habit of doing
washing and odd jobs around the
house, ouch es cutting wood, gardens
ing, etc., TO do any work at all. With
the single execution Of cases OF pro-
l.tracted illness we have found the
above mentioned case most preyale
We wish to emphasize also :, =
splendid contributions made by the
physicians Of the city. both white and
colored, both In treating the sick and
in making wise recommendations TO
us. In practically all cases OF dis
tress we find that the services ote
!, physician are necessary anu the aoC-
tors have In many cases heen our best
guides and most valuable counselors.
Their services have indeed been OF
great value. 5Se 1888 y
We have not been ut all enibarrass-
ed for lack OF funds, etc. The con,
trihntion of money as well as articles
i,of clothing, etc, etc. has been indeed
generous. All OF the churches OF tho
community both white and colored,
have rnade splendid contribution The
city or Anderson. through the mayor
and the city council and largefnum-
her of private indiYidiIals have con-