Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-02
A. L. WILL RAISE S6,5OO fOk WORK
 OF ENSUING YEAR Announcement Made by
 President Holderness at
 Annual Meeting. FRANK ROANE IS
 ELECTED PRESIDENT Judge Cheek Will Raise County Ap- prOpriation to $75 Per Month Rabbi Witt. and Rotarian Smith. Little Rock. Made Inter- esting Addresses.

There was large and enthusias tic attendance last night at the fourth annual meeting of the Associated Charities at the Hotel Pines H. I Holderness, president, presided, and In hls address, he announced that the organization would begin a campaigr at once to raise $6,500 for the ensuing year, which is S2,309 more than was collected for the year which closed September 30. Every one present pledged his or her heartiest support in this campaign.
 Judge l.. E. Cheek, who was on the program for twOminute talk, gave the work his unqualified endorsement and said that he would raise the county's contribution of $50 a month to S75. providing the association SC cured $300 from subscribers who have not subscribed to the fund up tc thlS time. This announcement was received with applause and a renewal of pledges 10 work in the campaign to raise the fund.
 The following officers and board o1 directors were elected:
 Frank Roane. president; J. H Means, first vice president; D. Stan ley Dreyfus, second vice president; H. B. Strange, treasurer; Mrs. l.. K Land, secretary of board. Directors Mrs. J. A. Mcleod, Mrs. Corrinne Knox, H. l. Holderness, Ben D. Veil John Reap, w. w. Taylor, T. J. Col Her, J. E. Boyce, Lawrence Dixon, J. w. Crawford, Walter Davis, I. F. Ma gee, Frank Franey, D. B. Niven, Leo Andrews, E. B. Bloom.
 Rabbi Witt.
 Rabbi Louis Witt of Little Rock made brilliant and forceful talk up on "The Spirit of Social Service" He stated that the words Social Ser vice." and scientific" or "organized" charities express a changed ideal of giving. Instead of giving as an act of piety in order to pave way to heaven, organized charity studies the problem of a family in distress, not only with an idea of relieving that family. but to find out what evils of unemployment, bad housing, low wages, preventable diseases, etc., are responsible for it's condition. On the basis of this knowledge the social service worker can then render a far greater service to all suffering human beings than the old-style be- nevolent giver could, because he or she can secure important social leg islation and improve conditions for large classes of people instead of for individuals.
 He maintained that the new charity was efficient because of it's thorough organization; was economical because it's workers were trained experts, wlo could distinguish between imposters and the really needy, and use money 60 the best advantage; was truly relig- ious, because of it's aim to wipe out pauperism and unnecessary wretched- ness, and help bring about the "kiAg- dom of heaven on earth"
 Rotarian Eugene Smith.
 Eugene Smith of the Little Rock Rotary club, spoke upon "The Me- cessity for Keeping up Home Charity in War Times," making strong plea for support of vitally necessary To- cal relief work, even tho the Red Cross, Belgian relief, and other war Cross, Beligan relief, and other war activities were taking peoples money. He described the suffering which will necessarily exist among the poor this winter, because of the unprecedented prices for food, and said that the pub lie would have to "giye until it hurts and then some." From his experi- ence in the Little Rock Rotary club, which raises the budget for the United Charities of that city, he had learned, he stated, that the so7called, "Over- head expense" of orga anized charity was not great in comparison with re- lief given, and could be considered a form of relief because it paid for the judgment and sympathy which ac- complished more in putting people on their feet than actual moT,ey
 He stated that the war time work, which such charitable organizations would be called upon to do was indis- pensable in every community. "These Associated Charities of ours," he said, "are great clearing houses for the poor and needy. the sick. Hither come men and women who are out of job looking for work; here in one spot are gathered together all the cases which are worthy of assistance; from this one spot can all the money be distributed eouitably; the mainten- ance. of one office which looks into all cases demanding assistance, and fun nishes relief immediately, and not onk'
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