Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-01-21
A DAY WITH THE MISSION
HOW THE DI9PEHS0ERS OF
CHARITY w ORK.


day. ansl Hundreds Of Poor PeO-
pie Were supplled-The Cstv |
Schoozs' Volunteer Relief Corps.
The Flower Mission and the Emergen- |
cy Fund committee are, just now, oases |
in the desert lives of many poor per-
son in Asheville. The Mission central
office, on Spruce street, was the Mecca |
toward which the eyes of men and
women, boys and girls, of both races.
were turned.
The news of the generous outpouring
of funds on Thursday had been told of
all men, and the glad tidings had entered
the house of the poorest as well as the
palace of the wealthy man who read of
the noble response in his evening CITIZEN.
And the crowd!
1t was a procession along Spruce street
from IL O'Clock in the morning till 6
O'Clock in the afternoon. Never before
had that usually quiet street had such a
bustling appearance. Never before had
the Mission office been besieged by such
a hungry, eager crowd as that which
stood about the door.
The visitors-sometimeS old men or
old women, with the terrible word Hun
ger all too plainly written on their faces
went to the Office with an expectant
look. and came away with the smile OF
realization of some cherished hope. FIRE.
quently they came away with packages
under their arms, while in other instances
they carried orders to merchants of the
city for articles such as were not at the
office. Little ones. too, there were. sent
by parents who probably could not
leave their rooms. The little fellows,
~f, I.< 1fx
food, huddled together, stamped their
feet. and breathed upon their benumhed
fingers, w hile waiting for their turn at
the Office counter.
The crowd was SO great that the little
Office was filled to overhowing. and n
plan was adopted of admitting only a
| few at time. In the Office during the
day were Miss Chester. the president of
the Flower Mission. Mrs. Tucker, Ms.
| Carmichael, Mrs. Ward, Miss Chapman,
| Mrs. Barnard. Miss Collins and Mrs.
Lee, and the crowds wants were at
tended to as rapidly as willing hands
could render the service. The name OF
every applicant was registered as he or
she was served. and those not known
were put through a close examination.
In various portions of the Office were
slowed away barrels of -four meat, ETC.,
and from these bundles were made up
and the applicants for charity were sent
1
| full of thankfulness to the noble ladies ot
the Mission and the generous public,
| without whose aid the organization
could do little.
There was a crowd in the store Of
Chairman J. d. Brevard, OF the disburs
ling committee, all day. The names O.
applicants were recorded and the appli
!. cants were sent to the Flower Mission
with the request that the Mission give
the bearer an order on the "emergency
fund" for whatever was necessary, i
found deserving.
| There were many people who needed
aid but who could not reach the Mission
and for these cases the services OF some one
were needed, in carrying packages. The
offer made by Prof. p. =. Claxton yes
terday, to send a number of school boy:
to deliver packages, was, therefore
doubly welcome. The matter was pro
posed before the scho disclosed yesterday
and number of boys volunteered. Al
soon as relieved of school duties the
Volunteer Relief Corps, wearing badges O
blue ribbon, went to the Mission offic'
and were soon hurrying over the cit.
with bundles, working with an earnest
ness that showed that their hearts wer
in it. They carried happiness into man
homes, and none were happier than thes
schools were:
l. Schayer, Herbert Reynolds, F. Mil
Ter, c. Ott,nger, E. Gudger, L. McInturf
c. McElrath. Frank Lindsey, John Mur
doch, Paul Bernecker Ambrose Rector
John Cole, Chas. Nichols, Malcolm
Chunn, Arthur Penland, N. S. Everhart
Silas Bernard, Oscar Johnson, Joh
Cathey, James Whiteside, CAIRO
Brown, Charlie PRESLEY, Gerald West
Thornton Davis, Willie Jones, Ralp
Hampton, Zeb Holcombe. Henry Rive:
Sam Holcombe, Tom Doe, Eugene Mu
Ter, Henry Miller, David Gaines, Hug
McInturff. Eugene White, Spears Rey
nolds, Arthur Stokeley, Alex. Whitlocl
Decatur West, Robt. Lee, Montgomer
Blease, James Lee, Virgil HildebranC
Nat Morgan, Tom Parker, K Ralph. Cur til
Oscar Fullbright. Zeb Lytle. John Wake
John Sudderth, Herbert Owenby, Cla
ence- Overcast, Bartlett Cobb. Aaro
der and Tom Jones'
Meter Fowler, Lorenzo Erwin, job
McCorkle. William Brooks. Joseph Fo
ter, Robert Hemphil1, Quincy Mcke
son and Emanuel Earl.
= Badges for the volunteers were MAJ
by M Misses Lizzie Fortune andVivian M
= Elroy, of the 9th grade at the Orani
street school.
subscriptions.
The following subscriptions have be-
sent in to be added to the Emergen
Fund today:
A Friend. Observation-Disclosures. 10
A Lady. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Flower Mission Meeting.
A call meeting of the Flower Missi
ie will be held at the residence of Mrs. B-