The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-09-23
THE FEVER FUND!
.SWELLED CONSIDERABLY
YESTERDAY!
THE FUND TO BE INCREASED TO
TWO THOUSAND:DOLLARS.
Eight Hundred and Seventy Nine
Dollars Have Already Been
Contributed.
THE FAT BOY" SENT IN HIS
CONTRIBUTION YESTERDAY.
n nat the Churches VIII do To-day
Everybody Catching the Spirit
of the Movement and Donat-
ing to the Sufferers.

Eight hundred and seYenty-nIne
dollars for Jacksonville in two
days! Who would have believed
it? But it has been donated, and
every cent OF it goes to Chairman
Schumacher, at Jacksonville, and by
him applied to the relief of the suf.
fering Ind starving people of that
ill>fated city. And who is it among
our people who does not feel better
at the knowledge of the fact that he
or she has helped to reduce the tor
lures of their fellow beings in the
''land of flowers" "away down
South ?" Everybody is interested
in the relief movement, and almost
everybody is contributing some>
thing to the fund. The gen.
tlemen who are most active n
securing donations, tell US that they
find no difficulty at all in obtaining
contributions; the people give freely
when asked to do so, and some of
them go down deep into their pock-
cts when appealed to tor aid. ConS
tributions to the amount of eight
hundred and seventy-nine dollars
have been secured in two days, by
three gentlemen, and they have not
yet finished a canvass of the town
Two thousand dollars, if not more
will be contributed by our people
and we very anxiously await the re
suit of the collections for the fever
sufferers at Jacksonville, in the diff
ferent churches of the city this
morning. Every pastor in the city
should make touching appeal to
his congregation. and every
member of the audiences should
contribute something. A dime or
twenty five cents is small sum
indeed, to you, but they are tremen-
dously large in the eyes of the peo-
pie who are now starving for the
want of tood, medicines, and the
actusl necessaries of Life, in fever
stricken Florida. Help the suffer-
ers this morning. and accompany
your donation with prayer to Him
who rules DER all, to stretch forth
his mighty arm and remove from
the people of Jacksonville, the terri
BILE cloud which now overspreads
1 them. Help the sufferers to-day
"The better the day, the better the
Decd" is a maxim which will apply
with vigorous force to all who con-
tribute their mite this morning.
The "fat boy" sent in contribu-
ton to the fund yesterday, as did
also the long bearded" man. Man.
ager Norman will make another do
nation in few days, and will nc
doubt give a benefit per
formance, for the teYer sut
ferers before he leaves tht
city. The CITIZEN knows o6privatt
checks TO the amount OF one hun
/ dred dollars, that have Ueen sent tt
Jacksonville by one gentleman o
AshevilIe; and there have been sew
eral other amounts sent in, the ag
gregate of which it is impossible t,
ascertain.
Mr.. Walter B. GWyn's donation O
the proceeds of the sale of a lot or
Roberts street yesterday, increases
the fund one hundred and six dol
lars. This was a kindly act @
charity upon Mr.. Gwyn's part, ant
/ one characteristic of that gentleman
Messrs. J. A. Conant, and Porte
we're hard at work again Yesterday
+ and the activity of these gen
tlemen is to be sincerely commend
ed, and the CITIZEN takes pleasurl
. In awarding them that honor the,
deserve. They have been untirinI
in their labors. Messrs. CONAN
and Porter, have collected from Ma
| sons and citizens of AsheVille, th,
! sum of $685. rs; Mr.. Amis has col
/ lected $11250, this amount bein
secured by him on Friday. He wa
, not out yesterday, his busines
requiring his presence at Lyons
! drug store, all day. This will &C
i count for no increase in his list.
The corrected list, up to 81,
o'clock yesterday evening, is as fol
lows:
Masons and citizens of
Asheville, $685. z
j. T. Amis' list, 1875
Mr.. Walter B. GWyn, sale
of lot, 1860
+ Pisgah Lodge, X. of p, $50
D II. T. Collins, 2 bis -four.
"a Citizen 1000
5 Total, 1892
: This is a creditable showing in
8 deed, and Asheville, We are sure
y will do her whole duty in the mat
j ter. Do not forget your contribu
J, tions to-day.
/. Ifparties wish to contribute -duI
9 ing the week, they win please ca
i upon either ]. A. sConant, J. ]
2 Amis, j. A. Porter, Mayor Harkin
or Manager ]. Fl. Stelling, of th
{ Southern Express Co.
+ Help the fever sufferers, and bel
, thofl1 Ifhara1lv Holn fhano tn-dal