The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-24
By tie Associated Charities Since
lis Organization Nearly
Three Months Ago.
ACCORl,ING TO REPORTS AT
MASS MEETING YESTERDAY
More Funds, Clothing Etc. Needed
to Continue the Work OF Help
ing Families Of Unemployed

Over one thousand dollars IL c1sh
has been expended by the Assoclat-
ed Charities since its organization
nearly three months aeo in re-
licying the worthy unemployed poor
Of the city aIfd the Llnds nave
diminished so that there dDlr Tc-
mains in the trSss3r| bat $'cS'.
This was ststed at the Tass m"f1-
ing yesterday aItesn0oH at 'hc F:'s
byterian church.. wHarc the os'c'E'
made their fuiI rep0gts to a sH0'l
but nrghi.si~tses:a a'di"ca,
The will Of tRe late I'ar'y s.
lIughcs Gas .ge.d in which he he'd
boaacathesl 20 ~" Associated Gh"ri'
tics the sua. Os $500 asd astar tHc
settlement 'os tae ebeqS"s.s 'hc ''a1'
due, whatever that lGeH ~. is a''c
beoueataed t0 che Ass1R!Sso6 TSS.''
ties. TIL. president sNTsai""" 'A5'
n will be necessary - seEtFe !Hn.i
in the usual was 81 s0ntinus III"
work OF agaissiec :hc' noOr 'Nat
these beduesSs coslH NJ. b" p%'t
probably for . year.
According to .se 'r'eo't Of Miss
Leila Hastings, sheo stated 'n@' ~
the number Of ua"np'cve" ana
needy families helped the vast two
months 50 scr cent OF them lived
in three roo'N apartments. 80 per
cent IN one roum and The remainder
in small Cottages Il !ou: AMI NV
rooms,
Mrs. y. s. I.ansden, chairman Ss
tho collection committee. "."S"
duties were to receive aNI '"Itees
contributions Of c!athing. sHees.
nrovisiors etc, ahad no. been cto|0
ed with work recently and th,s carf
mittee asks that the good neop!s o'
the city look about III their hones
and see if they can spare Mceo
clothing, shoes. etc Small hjin9iei
can be left at the headquarters ol
the association aud large bundles
can be called for by automobile.
The distributing committee ct
which Mrs r. c. Kerth is chairman
reported that 220 families had been
helped, l60 grocery orders had
been given aud that th" orders had
been given to tho groceries that had
previously helped these same fami-
lies. who had traded with them
1915 provision allotmeD'e had loor
given from the stock at III" he"d-
quarters and 1Sf orders for coat o..
ono-half ton each had been given
besides a large number Of bundles
of clothing, etc. Besides these
items, the distributing comnittoC
stated that the ladies al the head.
1uairtere had used three bolta OF
aannellet in making up underwear;
that Guy Eichenberger had fur
nished large amount of sweet milk
and Wings Cairo Creamery had
furnished a great quantity of but
termilk, both sweet and buttermilA
had been distributed by the Boy
Scouts 10 needy families.
Mrs Thomas i<aefe. treasurer re
ported that all expenditures N tc
the previous meeting of the Assc.
ciated Charities from Nov. tC
Dec 7, mad been $25S.41 and from
Dec. Z to Jan. %. SS35.27 which
makes grand total of $1O9S.6S il
cash. Since last report the follow.
ing items were recorded. Fer gro.
ceries $332.3o; shoes s129.40; Goa
$2G1.65; drugs S48.60; dry good'
$74.23; salary of matron two
months at headquarters $4,000;
tickets s3.34: stove S3,00; current
expenses sT.75.
Mrs. l.. E. Denison. the chairman