Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-22
succoR FOR STARVING.
Next Sunday Nights Meeting 1t the Hirs
N. e. Church.

SseAS 6uo0oy 0tButV noetuu8 NJ S00 KxfDe
N. e. Church.
In their appeal ON behalf of SIM
day nights meeting ct the First n.
4. church to consider means Of sue
cor for the 1000. 900 starving peo-
pie Of India. Revs. C. E. Taylor and
c. O. NcCulloch. the committee of
the Ministerial association. refer to
the fact that amid the plenty of our
own land it is hard to realize that
now in India there 10 TRANSPORTING one
Of the most appalling famines Ia oil
history, owing to the failure Of crops
the past two years. OF the 80. 000,-
900 people destitute it 10 feared that
8, 600. 600 to 10000. 900 will perish
before the frightful rayages Of star
walton can be stayed. A mass meet
ing for the India relief work will be
held in the First Methodist church
Sunday evening at 1880 O'Clock. DR..
I. Do Witt Jalmsge, the famous
preacher. will be the speaker. As
there Is no available binding In the
city large enough to accommodate
all who would desire to attend, the
admission will be by ticket. The
committee having the details of the
meeting in charge 10 Is follows:
For the First Baptist church, W. J..
kahlke; Broadway Presby terrain, DR..
J. w. Stewart; Central Presbyterian,
w. H. Gest; United Presbyterian, Z.
B. McKown; Christian, A. N. Parker;
First Methodist. C. L. Walker. and
the city at large. Charles McHngh,
Of the Harper house. DR.. Stewart is
the chairman and L. B. McKown the
secretary. The tickets will be equit-
ably distributed 70 the various mem
bers Of the committee, who will dis
tribute them to the people they rep
resent. Any persons not specifically
included in the above classification
will call on Mr.. McHugh for tickets.
The committee says:
MANY people throughout the
land are contributing corn and pro-
visions because the railways have
agreed to transport. free of charge,
all such contributions. and the gov.
ernments of our country and of
England have put at the disposal OF
the relief movement . sufficient
number Of vessels to carry the sup
plies from the seaboard to India.
We trust that all who may see this
appeal will be moved to signify to
some member Of thu COMMITTEES the
amount they are willing to give to
stay the hunger and death Of those
whose emaciated hands are now i'm
ploripgly stretched across the sea
for assistance out OF our abundance.
II you cannot attend the mass meet
Ing please let some of the committee
know right away how much you will
do to answer this awful cry Of dis.
tress. Timely giving will greatly
stimulate others in the good work.
What large-souled citizen will set
the pace for the givers OF the city?
Money can easily be cabled to the
land Of restitution and thereby fur
nish instantaneous relief. And corn
is one OF the very best forms gener.
osity can take on in this matter.
Train loads have been sent already,
and other train loads should soon Do
moving toward the western sea-
board.
1--WE call upon the farmers of the
surrounding country to organize in
their respective neighborhoods.
Scarcely any farming community ex-
lists around US that could not send
at least one car of corn IL some one
whose heart is in it would undertake
the work Of making the call for con-
tribntions. Any Information as to
the shipping Of supplies may be had
by addressing Rev. B. G. Hobbs,
Jacksonville, ILL.,, or the Christian
Herald, New York"