The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-17
fact that FRANKLIN, III 1876. founded the
first fire company III Philadelphia - the
Union. ~
FAMINE FUND
FOR JAPANESE
Local Committee Receives Letter
From Red Cross
Society.
AN EARNEST .ApP PEAL IS MADE
Five Hundred Dollars Raised and
Thirteen Hundred More is
Asked For.
AN EARNEST APPEAL is MADE

The following interesting conln,ln!ca-
Tax. q, j. u. Il ,Ivn tho committee
having II, rlargcatne raising Of q fund to-.
the Japanese canine sufferers:
Washington, y. G.. April II, 1906.
Mr.. George II. Wiley. Richmond. Va: Z
Dear sir,--ln the absence OF the trea s.
urer OF the Red Cross, / have to acknowi-
edge receipt OF your letter OF the 18th IN
slant, enclosing check for sol.3l FOR the
Japanese famine fund, for which l en-
close formal receipt.
/ also received on March 18th, through
the editor Of the stanton Dispatch,
Red Cross FOR your kind assistance In
raising this relief fund; -,
Very truly yours. cHAs. 1,.aM a. nee =
/. s,rhe above receipt and letter explaan
t Y Fs'9Sda;
g: kEHlS Il! wl LM2LikE1.,
FRANK L. kDRNs,
We desire 10 open this communication
with warm expression OF gratitude to the
Times Dispatch for lnauBuratlng and
giving such prominent place to our APP
peal for tho starving Japanese.
< We desire 10 SEQ one hundred II them
through the six mouths intervening be-
fore a. crop OF rice can possibly ne EroWn
according 10 the Red Cross official stale
mcnt. This means 10 cents; q day for
months, aud eighteen hundred dollars for
the splendid work ol caring fpr one nun t,l
dred starving people from among 1ne
million whosnre without Good except "a !
swhichiiis given to them Some one SAID
Tia other dny, YOU vii he .flnd that you
save 10 them Thousand times IL eter..
nifty, we say that yon will be glad Of
j. r'Eht here z ~ n'Tf1a tie
poor the Lord Will deliver him ~ IN time inc
Of trout ic.' Xxx
The following are receints OF the Red
Cross officials md new contributions re-
celved since our last acknowledgment:
Contributions previously acknowledged,
500 III Rcccivcd b. Stnunton Dispatch
and News from APR, Of, % A pr rt.
$40; Miss Bette Walden. Ford Ha; ntD:
N N,5: ' Billiard. Ford. Va; $40; j. +. =.
@ i,a SSSS ar e sake 81 s s1S
from Si,nmo's Sunday school $40. Fol
lowing from .Ashby. Va: G. u, sands.son
and wife, $3.50: George Johnson ,1n,' ~ !:
Minnie Booker. 25c. :: Gordh,l Austin. 3Nt'. !;
1oc.: Edward Walton, soc,; Mary Sa2ler-
SON 23c; Ashton Stonne,, =. &c; 81, Gam =
strInse ssc oh n pa ,tx &c. H i:sa
Agec go; Eleanor nnd Lille sandersoE',
2oc.; ]. ! :. l,ngbS'. 3c:.; Spencer 1pa:kc:.
Soc: T.. 4. Fiippin, Jr: $500: FietGher
Small. .5c,: Robert Eookor JOG. El.jnh
Watkins, csc: Suc Flood. 10c.; Eml>Ta
Hix. soc. !; Mrs, Rcbecca snnderson, 5oc.;
4. r, Sanderson. 500; Clopton sanderson.
Wr.: Charlie snndcrson., Jr.: &c. Mrs.
1.oula Snoddy. s25c: :- ---1.e .rrayser' NC. !:
Monnic 1sbell. &c: #. oa Wson. loc.;
III. G, Jtudgins. Joe; !. l.. Clemcn Is, !:c. !;
". r. CrowGel, l0c.; ". j.. Fra.yser, loc.:
III. a. Brown, loc.; j, J. ENGLAND. &c: !;
Mrs. r. II. Crowdcr. lCc.; Miss May 1sh III,
SOC; G. Ia Anderson, asc.: Frank Austin,
c1c,: Hunter lTrn,ser chc.: l.. y. Wal
tom oHc: Jimmie Walton. 'oc.; TOM
Fra vscr. SOC. W. T. 1'aEhy, &c. DR. ".
y. Snnud. 81 Co. Or, 7. L.. Ranks. s1,h';
Mrs. Florence 1sbell. c5c.: Willie Brown,
Soc: sam warren, aoc,; Albert S"aS, 2se, :
Mrs. Z.re-nlo snnderson., eos William ~ rnd
Iar,ic Sandcrson, roc: r. T. BnEert. car
tcrsvillc =: II. G. Bogert, -Cnrtersynle.
- vi. r.. Hughes. Soc: 8, z; Coz 5"c'
r. i. F'llpren. Soc Total. S4s',o'.