The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-09-08
AN APPEAL IS MADE
FROM CHURCH
PULP|TS
FoH AIt bR AUGUSTA SUFFER.
ERs WHO ARE BADLY IN NEED.
LARGE AMOUNT WILL BE
RAISED.

/ That brunswick will do her share
for the relief of the Augusta focd
victims was assured Sunday when ap,
peals We're made from the pulpits OF
the various churches.
The offering at the morning service
Of ST. Marks Episcopal church will
/ be devoted to this cause During the
I week Rector Boykin will receive such
/ donations as may be sent TO CT hand
ed him. To further the work Messrs.
! A. Y. Wood and A. c. Banks were APP
pointed to receive and forward dona-
lions and these gentlemen Will give
prompt attention to all contributions
While many will contribute money,
it has been suggested that as hun
dreds of the flood victims are mill op-
eratives who will be out of work for
at least another month contributions
of clothing will be of more real serv-
ice than money Before these suffer-
ers can get back TO steady work fall
will be upon them. Even during the
few chilly days following the flood
hundreds suffered keenly.
Clothing for women and children as
we'll as for boys will be needed
1t is believed that several large
boxes can be sent to Augusta before
the end of the week if the charitably-
disposed VIII act promptly.
Until arrangements are made for a
wagon to collect contributions of cloth
ing and shoes bundles should be sent
to st. Marks rectory, where the same
will be properly packed and forward
ed to the Augusta relief committee,
Contributions of money handed or sent
to either of the committee of St.
Marks church will be properly ac-
knowledged and forwarded.
That there will be great suffering
this fall and winter among the poor
of Augusta is now certain. At first
the citizens were not disposed to ask
for or to accept aid. During the past
week the Augusta relief committees
have foanGss editions even worse thar,
they had feared.
Mr.. II. j Moody, of the Brunswick
Knitting Mill, who passed through the
city on his way to his home at Allen7
dale, S. c., predicts that there will be
intense suffering unless the charitably-
disposed act promptly.
Words can hardly describe condi-
tions in Augusta" said Mr. Moody to
a News reporter. Down town the
yards in places are covered with
layer Of river mud six feet deep. Street
after street resembles a plowed field
after a heavy spring downpour. On all
sides one sees great gulleys in what
were paved streets just two weeks
ago.
While in Augusta | was looking up
help for our mill and found that hun
dreds of the operatives who had up to
the day of the flood managed to wealth
er the panic were forced TO ask for
food and clothing For several months
the mills have been working en- half
and two-thirds time, so that not one
operative in hundred had enough to
carry him over a week Because OF
the summer season so far none had
suffered from exposure. But Septem
Der means that the mild weather is
passing swiftly and that cold weather
will soon arrive. The relief commit
tees in Augusta are giving these peo-
pie food and with the cash contribu-
tions can carry them until the mills
resume work. Donations of clothing
If sent now will be most gratefully
appreciated and are certainly needed. /.