Evening journal., 1920-01-14
Child, animal
SOCIETIES MEET
Review Work of Last Year
and Elect Officers For
Both Branches
VOTE OF THANKS
FOR II. s. RAY

The Society for The Prevention o
Cruelty TO Children and the Society 70
the Prevention. OF Cruelty to Animal
held their annual meetings yesterday
The number Of complaints received dur
.ng 1919 by the :. p. c. 4. was Is
through general channels and 2iO b.
agents. The report showed that l2
investigations had been made, result
ing i'm twenty arrests and prosecutions
The oyercrOwding Of chickens fl
oOOps was the most frequent com
plant, there being i02 such offenses
There were 2i cases OF Overl0adinl
horses and &c cases Of abuse 10 horses
There were % complaints Of underfe,
horses. 10 OF allowing them TO stand II
The cold and ~ OF driving them WheI
lame.
The report Of the special agent OF On,
=. p. G.. A. showed that there were ii'
complaints. each being investigated; IN
vOlving SOL white children and i27 col
ored children. The report showed th'
following disposition Of the children
S5i left with relatives: 10 with private
families: 3 returned TO relatives; 4.
placed with relatives; "a placed in carC
Of different societies and 30 in instltu'
lions.
The election Of officers Of the 6. p
C.. 4. resulted as follows: President
Col. George 4. Elliott; secretary anC
attorney. G Dare Hopkins; specia
agent. Halleck :. Ray: assistant agent
+. Albert Oliver; bOOkkeeper, Emma {
Forrest: corresponding secretary AS'
mes v. FOrkhum.
Vice Presidents.
New Castle tOunty-William F. kurtz
Hon. Hugh Morris. Wilmington; Daniel
w. Corbit, Alexander p. COrbit, odessa
Herbert X. Watson. Holly Oak; DR.. II
p. Ewes. Or. Joseph p. Wales, Whining
ton: Samuel C. Mitchell. Newark; Miss
Amy dupont. Wilmington; Hon. William
= pricketf. Mrs. HOllyday :. Needs, H.
r.. Cause. Wilmington: Daniel q. Has
tinzs. WllmingtOn: John C.. Higgins,
delaware City: Miss Pauline Rogers
New Castle: Mrs. job II. Jackson, Dr.
lanes r. Mahaffy, Wilmington; Leonard
w LOvelt Newark: Samuel X. smith,
WilTninrton: Richard :. Rodney. New
Castle: Mrs II. Rodney sharp. Hon.
Charles VI. Curtis, Peter ]. Ford, VIII
mingt0n.
Kent county-Hanry F. Anthony, s.
Reynolds, Smyrna; J. r. Clements
laviOn: Eldad L. Cark, Hon. Wllllam
, Bovce. Dover: Robert D. Hoffecker,
SMYRNA. Mrs. Mary :. Martin, Dover
James Pennewill, Harry A. Richardson
Dover: Miss Elizabeth C0nWeu' WyOlh-
ing; Henry Ridgely. Dover; Hon. Jonh
Uurn, Wyoming; Dr. James Martini
Dover.
sussex county-Daniel J. Layton,
Charles w. Cullen, Frank N. Jones'
GEORGETOWN: Hon. John G. Townsend
-plhyville: Eli L. Collins, Milton; Hon.
Henry C. Conrad. Woodburn Martin
GEORGETOWN; David Burton, Lewes
samuel II. Messlck. Brldgeyille; Theo-
dore Townsend, Milford; Mrs. Lewis
Mustard. Lewes; Charles Wright, Sea
ford: Hon. Simeon s. Pennewill, VIII
liam 4. WARRINGTON, Georgetown.
Board Of Managers.
Mrs. William 5. Hills. Miss Pauline
Rogers. Miss Marie T. Lockwood. Mss
Amy dupont, Mrs. :. :. Deemer' Mrs.
BENJAMIN Nields. q. Dare Hopkins, Mrs.
4 d. Warner. Miss Elizabeth B. Wales
George A. Elliott, Mrs. Louisa Il. Hol-
romb. Miss Laura James, L. |. Handy,
Mrs. L A. Kittinger, s. B. Cooling, Mrs
Nav Janyier. Mrs. John p. Wales, Leroy
Harvey. Samuel X. Smith, Mrs. Town
send W. Miller.
The following were elected officers Of
f1s = p. c. c.: President, Mrs. :. :.
Deemer; secretary and attorney. q.
Dare HOPKINS: treasurer, G. Dare Hop
blns. special agent, Halleck :. Ray; as
sistant agent. J. Albert Oliver; book
l;eeDer Emma G. Forrest; correspond
ine secretary. Angus V. Forkum.
County vice-presidents or each So
ciety were reelected.
Vice presidents New Castle county
Joseph Bancroft. Wilmington; Rev. ;.
Beaitie Wylie, New Castle; George y.
Elliott. Ferdinand L. Gilpin, William >
Hills. I. Pusey Wickersham. Whining
ION. George r. Honecker, Marshallton;
Mrs. Job II. Jackson. William B'
NIegear, Robert II. Richards. John II.
Wright. Mnlard F. Davis. Wilmington;
Leonard w. Lovett, Newark; T. Cole
man dupont. Harry T. Cause, Whining
ion: James q. shaw. New Castle; VII
liam +. Kurtz. William c. Phillips
Daniel o. Hastings, Wilmington; Victor
Green. MlddletoWn; Mrs. Willard Sauls-
bury, Mrs. John p. Wales, Wilmington.
Vice presidents, Kent county,. F.
Allee, William II. Boyce, Dover; John
HUM, Wyoming; +. c. Bancroft, Dover;
Hon. Josiah o. Wolcott Dover; w. A.
Tr1itt. Milford: William Salisbury,
Nrley B. Magee. Edwin +. Wood Dover;
Eugene Davis, Smyrna; James NJ. sat
terneld. Dover Mrs. J. II. Speakman,
smyrna: Hon. James Pennewill. Hon.
Harry A. Richardson, stephen Slaughter.
Dover.
Vice presidents, Sussex county
Andrew Marvel. GEORGETOWN; Samuel
r. Johnson, Behoboth; Hon. Henry C.
Conrad. GEORGETOWN; Hon. Simeon S.
Pennewill, Greenwood; 5. II. Messick,
Br.dgevlllc; Sudler Richards. Charles w.
Cullen, Frank NJ. Jones. DR.. Caleb r.
Layton. Woodburn Martin, George town.
Board OF managers-Mrs. l.. 4. Kit
finger. Mrs. j. Frank Ball, Mrs. Peter
T. Wright, Mrs. Benjamin Nields, Mrs.
:. s Deemer, Mrs. A. d. Warner. G. Dare
Hopkins, L. Irving Handy. Miss Emily
Bissell, Mrs. T. c. Mum, Miss Marie I.
Lockwood. Mrs Willard Hall Porter
Mrs. Willard C. Jackson, George A. FL
lott. Mrs. ]. Monteth Jackson, Miss B.
Eth Ida Mullen, Mrs. Louis II. Holcomb,
John p. Hyatt, Charles j. Coleman. MISS
Aida Armstrong.
A vote OF thanks was extended 10
Humane Agent Halleck s. Ray and other
officers OF the societies for their ser
vices during the past year.