Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-13
81 BROWNSVILLE
FIRMS LINE UP
IN. WORLD MOVE
SECRETARY LOVE COMPLETES LOCAL
CAMPAIGN WITH SUCCESS-NAMES
TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE.
EXPLAINS OBJECT or PRISONERS
CHILDREN AID AND EXTENT
OF THE AID MOVEMENT.

"The canvass for members to the Texas
Prisoners Children Aid Society D. not an
ordinary charity said Secretary Sidney
Love. secretary ut the state organization
today. after completing hi~ campaign for
fifty members in this city. 1T j. interna-
land and il extends through the United
States ard leaders in the country's affairs
are identified with it,"
lie actually signed fifty-one members.
Secretary Love, explaining the work.
said:
There l. not the slightest doubt that Il
good many vi the ctizcn- NJ Brownsville
have looked upon the notice VA y canvass
Tor the Texas Prisoners Children Aid So
cioty a> an ordinary charity. In this they
are greatly mistaken. The men who have
become members ct that organization he
long to the elias. at progressive thinker.
who have made such reforms IN this world
.a~ ~ bring about its present hIgh standard
ot civilization.
This i- not simply \ benevolent So
cIcty. lint IN society that ~ trying III re-
move one III the greatest curses placed up
or %hrmanity. the deprivation ~ the mother
Z. ua The child Of the bread-wluner. who
was taken from their side to work to su~-
Z 80 8 system of political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3 state. To put 10 IN the words of
Literary Digest. the state takes charge
W @an who A. supporting hi- family. and
n-re. III most cases. prevents him from
tIf 'L- that primary social. moral. human
.Hn which hc has been voluntarily
.ug when lcfi ~ himself.
\" ould stupidity 20 farther than that,
There D. only one Way Ia stop %criminalitv.
and that i by doing away with the cause.
These fifty business men who have io.aed
tins society are asking the great state Of
Texas to give The prisoners child and
mother Y fighting chance to obtain an hon
c~t living and not to force them ~ become
criminals bv leaving them NV -tarve.
'llc names "a the business men Nj TIL,
cit who have Joined this ~ociety viii trav-
el tar and wide before reaching the end II
the journey. They will first 90 to Calves
ton 10 be- registered at the state office.
next 10 New York 90 be- registered AT the
national office and 10 the end 81 the war.
Will go ~ London to he registered IN the
international office. Most important MI all.
lict have hcrnmc members ot n society in
thc state that AN Y part ut Y great world
wDrcH ent tU bring about such condition
that ID VIII ~ impossible ID lay at the door
~ he state administration the charge Of
ignorance and multiplicity of criminals.
The executive board OF the state ar
sanization Is at Galveston. Clarence W.
Stone Burner Is president. jules Block i
wee president. Hon. George q. McCrack-
III ~ the attorney for the society. with N
state board III directors numbering two
hundred men at the back VT VI.
THE c~xecuiiva i0. rl lf me national or
ganizsrion at Ncw York ~ ~ follows
Right Rev. Bishop Greer. president Jacob
II. Schiif. vice president: Thomas Mott
Osborne. second vice president. and q. {.
Lewis l. general secretary. The president
.of the international society. whose office
I- at Temple Bar. Fleet street, London.
England. \. the Hon. Sir Francis Lock
N'''" ~ A# AHNlfAfit it An Nl Hh nAAAt ntttl-
Ter when Nc think of what \ membership
M tins great society means
Secretary Love ha~ expressed himself ~
delighted with the campaigns results in
Brownsville and sincerely hopes that when
he visits the city next year for a campaign
that he will he able 10 double the number
of members.
RNvn.
With Mr.. Love he expected to depart
tins afternoon for Galveston.
The following name, were added today,
bringing the total number to Glty.one
d.. 0. V Lawrence, Chas, Il. More, Eaelc
Pharmacy, J0o, f. Rutlcdgc, Mrs, Jesse 0.
Wheeler, Trcvino Curio Store, 4. a. Mama
han. Il. NJ. Colgin. Andrew Papa~. W. q.
Whitman, llulm'~ Studio. Peoples lee n
Mfg. Co. Manuel Be~teiro. DR.. Fred II.
SIzclan, J. q. George. J. E-pino-a. Frank
Slavitchck, X. Astorry. Jr., and y. Endo Ia.