Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-20
Annual Meeting of Organi
cation Brings Together
City's Leaders.
START CAMPAIGN
FOR FUND TUESDAY
President HOlderneSS'S Annual Al.
dress Praises Miss Houston, Gen.
eral Secretary, and People of
City for Relief Work.

Harry |. Holderness was last night
reelected president of the Associated
Charities, at a largely attended and
most enthusiastic meeting, at which
| there were present representatives of
many of the largest and most active
OF the organizations of the city. in
addition TO many of the city's most
prominent individuals.
Others elected to serve for the en-
suing year are as follows:
j. Fl. Means, first vice president;
Ben B. We'll, reelected, second vice
president; H. B. Strange, reelected.
| treasurer; Mrs. E. Richards, reflect
ed, secretary.
Board Of directors-Walter Davis,
John W. Reap, D. B. Niven, w. N.
Trulock, J. Frank Franey, F. NJ.
Roane, H. Bringman, Mrs. A. w.
Scruggs, Mrs. W. NJ. Toney, I. F. Ma
gee. Maj. w. J. Parkes, ]. E. Boyce,
+. T. Miller, W. B. Morgan, Thurman
Louthan and J. w. Crawford. Of
, these, Messrs. Niven, Trulock, Franey
and Parkes were reelected. Judge c..
NJ Philpot was nominated, but at his
own request his name was not sub
mitted for the balloting, as he stated
he would be unable to serve.
A resolution was adopted unani-
mously. that all the ministers of the
city, the county judge and the mayor
shall be eX-officio members of the
beard.
Start Campaign Tuesday.
Arrangements were completed for
the beginning Of the annual campaign
for funds for the ensuing year, and
the committees of workers will start
out Tuesday morning, to collect the
pledges. 1t is expected a two-day
campaign will be conducted, and it
is confidently believed the organizA-
ton will raise $1,000 or more than
was pledged last year, theIadditional
funds to be expended for salary and
clinical apparatus for the trained
visiting nurse, whose services are adj
nitted to be badly needed. All the
speakers at the meeting last night
stressed the need for such movement,
and called attention to the fact that
Little Rock has three and Fort
Smith two such officers working
under the Charities organization.
The meeting opened with a prayer
by Rev. j. I. Norris. Mr.. Franey,
chairman of the finance committee,
read the report of the treasurer, H.
B. Strange, and in the absence of DR..
Stowell, chairman of the case commit
read by Mrs. J. W. Blackburn. Other
committees and officers reported, the
report of the secretary being printed
elsewhere in The Graphic today.
The Presidents Address.
President Holderness made a brief
address, in which he reviewed the
work of the organization during the
past year.
"Total disbursements this year from
the general fund were $3,7O1.76
against 100000 last year, showing
that more relief work was done this
year than last, altho we did not have
the streams of transients that we had
last year. In other words, almost all
of this went to local cases." said the
report. 1>*l
President Holderness, mentioned by
name the several organizations, city
COuAly O11lNluAo, QAu OLAClo WIN
had helped, and highly praised The
Graphic for it's charity work, especi-
ally for its recent flood relief fund, in
the distribution of which the Chart
ties and the chamber of commerce
had an active and important part. He
paid high tribute to the work Of the
secretary, Miss Houston, as did also
all the other speakers at the meet
ing.
Many Make Talks.
During the evening, short talks On
the organizations work in the past
and it's needs for the future were
made by Mayor Simon Bloom, I. F.
Magee, D. B. Niven, DR.. w. H. Blank
enship, E. B. Bloom, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, Rabbi Raphael
Goldenstein, Ben B. We'll, ]. w.
Crawford, w. E. Green, and others.
Among the organizations represent
ed at the meeting last. night were
the Missionary society of the First
Methodist church, the Young Ladies'
society of the First Methodist church,
the Willing Workers, the Ladies
Temple society, the Young Ladies' So
ciety of the First Presbyterian church,
the Ladies' auxiliary of the Machin-
lists. the Lady Maccabees, the Ladies'
Aid society and the c. w. M. B. Of the
First Christian church, the Ladies' Aid
society of the First Presbyterian
church, the Women's Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist church. the
Women's Missionary society Of the
Lakeside Methodist church, the Sixth
Avenue School Improvement associa'
ton. the City Federation of Women's
clubs, the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Loco.
motive Firemen & Enginemen, the
carpenters, the boilermakers, the MA
chinists, the musicians and the street
carmen.