Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-20

How Pine Bluff Cares for Its
UnfOrtunateS Thru Charities

hPPolaoH luHu-l Ills was special
fund which was raised to provide
surgical operation and attention nee,
essary to cure pitifully crippled
child of three years, the child being
treated by specialist at Memphis
and being restored to normal health
and physical condition. The receipts
were $5475 and the disbursements
| S31 the balance October /, 1916, be-
ing $1770.
Williams fund-Ths fund was rails
ed to provide the Pasteur serum treat
ment for man who lad been bitten
by a mad dos. Receipts were s21.5O
disbursements $21.o0, no balance
The total balance on hand in these
special funds, Oct, 1916, was S16G.o1.
Finance Committee Statement.
Incorporated in Miss Houstons re-
Port is the report Of the finance COM
mittee, of which J. Frank Franey is
chairman This report also contains
information which shows clearly how
the assistance Of the organization
was rendered in true Christian man
ner, supported only by that wise dis
elimination between the worthy and
unworthy that is SO necessary to pre-
vent the unworthy from living off the
general public.
This report shows that the money
Of the organization. which was eX-
pended for relief and in connection
Herewith, went for the following
many items:
Food, $S5297; fuel, $157,30; cloth
ing and shoes, $3.50; rent, flor
worthy people,, $179; moving, $3.50;
board and lodging, $110.90; express
and hauling, $24.S2: transportation.
S119.56: drugs, S273.62; miscellaneous
relief $41.97; nurse, 5000; school
books, S15.65: household goods, $500;
loans, CSC: telephone, $3.50; tele-
graph, $31.29; carfare. $3.50; total,
$2,23297.
From the Charities storeroom.
there was issued the following, OF
the estimated valuation shown:
Groceries, sc orders, $64.53; cloth
ing, 1,753 pieces. $361.7o; school
books, IS pieces, 500; shoes, 144
pairs. S43 80; househ old goods, IA
pieces, $77.95; total valuation, estl-
mated. $o52.S3.
Additional donations made thru
fhe Charities were as follows:
Drugs, from Brasher's, Bedell's ana
seawelps, s41; ambulance service by
II. |. Holderness Co., $24; car tickets,
from Pine Bluff company, $40; Tree
ice, from Pine Bluff Delivery COM
pany, Sis; total. $203.oo.
The report makes it plain that TINS
does not include the service rendered
by the many physicians, the ten surst-
cal operations rendered free, and the
use of the countv's hospital ward:
where % patients were sent by the
Charities during the year, nor does il
include the free legal assistance OF
attorneys. thru the organization.
The Baby Campaign.
Perhaps the most interesting pot-
ton of the report is that section
wherein is contained the statement
of the very great results achieved
thru the baby campaign" of the past
summer. The fund raised by public
subscription thru the newspapers,
with the donations of milk. brought
all the milk needed, and the Pine
Bluff Delivery company thru the sum
mer donated and delivered ice to all
worthy poor. on recommendation OF
the organization, the value of the ice
being s11S.
"Not a baby died" says the report
"rThe gain in weight and general
health of these children has been re-
markable Their mothers have learn
ed how to care for them properly
and the babies are now facing the
winter in a state of preparedness.
In this connection, the report points
cut that the greatest need in the Work
in Pine Bluff is for the services OF
a combination nurse and housekeep~
er.
For example," says the report, I'VE
cared for % babies this summer and
made 264 visits during the year to tnc
families in our care. There must be
six times % babies in this town that
need our care, and we ought to nave
made 500 visits, but we have so much
to do we simply haven't the time.
"a visiting nurse and housekeeper
is the greatest friend the poor can
have. She visits their homes con-
stantly. shows an ignorant woman
how to cook nourishing food at ~
tie expense, how to prepare a baoy's
milk aud keep p baby healthy, how
to care for the sick, how to keep her
home sanitary-shows q family now
to live. in other words. And they
need to be shown, so many OF them