The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
GIVE AID COUNCIL ADJ0URNS

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Helping Raleigh Poor in This
Intensely Cold Weather
Wood and Clothing Arc Being Sent
Out But There p a Call for More
Methodist O~rphanage, St. Mary's
School. Meredith College. state
Club and Many Citizens Give Con-
Observation-Disclosures OF Wood
Goes on Today.
With the temperature threatening
TO drop to the zero mark yesterday
was an intensely cold day in Raleigh.
The day began with h temperature
at 10 degrees, at 1880 it was 5 de-
grees, hen it went to Is degrees and
at 10:15 last night it was 5 degrees
and still dropping. There was an
icy wind from the northeast also, and
in these terribly bad weather condi-
tions there is an increasing call for
help for the poor.
The Associated Charities is be-
sieged with appeals for help. Fuel
and food and clothing is the cry of
the poor. Old men, old m
children, all need help. But Raj
eigh is at work in relieving distress
and yesterday there were checks and
cash and clothing and food that came
in response TO the call for help. BuSl-
ness men dropped in to contribute in
persn, n while much was
.ol.e there still remains much
to be done by the charitable to Re
lieye urgent needs among the poor.
There was a fine thin" done yestcr-
day by the Methodist Orphanage, for
from it came a lot Of clOakS and
wraps, the orphans sharing as they
could to help the unfortunate Of Raj
eigh, while Rev. J. n. Cole, the su-
perlntendent, gave generously also,
st. Mary's School helped also, for
from it there came to the Associated
Charities a chez for $15.45 and some
heavy blankets as the voluntary gift
Meredith College helped also, the
young ONE and faculty of that in
stitutiOn sending in a goodly sum in
cash. 1t was practical help and il
came at a time of stress and need
And most beautiful was the spirit
which prompted the little folks OF the
Methodist Orphanage to send help fol-
the poor of Raleigh. 1t was joy t
the little orphans to give and it set:
an example for all Raleigh.
Thanks and An Appeal.
There is an increasing demand OF
the Associated Charities for help, ane
quick help for the poo In a letter
sent this paper last night by Rev. r
S. Stephenson, superintendent Of tn.
Associated Charities, he thanks tn
!. Methodist O~rphanage, ST. Mary
. School, Meredith College and the citi
!. zens of Raleigh for their generou
!. help and adds:
II desire to that on &C
count Of the extremely cold weathe
and h numerous calls for fuel, foe
and clothing, the Office of the AS
: ISOLATED Charities will be kept ope1
! Sunday, and Mayor Johnson ha
: kindly placed at our disposal the cit
= wagons which have hauled WOO,
8 during the week on two occasions an,
: will do it again Sunday. Permit m
to express my gratitude to the Raj
! eigh newspapers for the eXtremel
valuable assistance they have given u
in our work.
The Cali for Help.
There were many calls upon tn
:, Associated Charities for help yesteT
: day, and all the forces Of that organi
8 cation were kept busily engaged. TIL
! urgent call was for wood and Their
: were many loads of it sent out. Til
city wagons which have assisted j
u it's distribution will again do duty to
day. 1t is a time Of stress, and ever
citizen who can hould assist by cor
$ %tributions which will be Of servic'
Raleigh has done, is doing, much, b,
at this time Of extreme need and e,
IRENE suffering it will do more an
will do it cheerfully.
II or Help Right Now.
Among the other receipts yesterda
which came in at a most needed tin
l. was a check for $40.9S. This W.
from the State Club, through NJ
q Eugene Culbreth, the secr~etary-trea
re urer, who stated it was the balan(
l, of $190.9S derived from the sale
the furniture of the club which h:
le wound up its affairs. The instru,
1t tons from the members of the cit
< were to turn the one over to S,
= perintendent Stephenson "for the goo
is cause in which o are SO deeply il
terested." In reply Superintendel
~ Stephenson wrote to Mr.. Culbre1
% that he could not express his thanl
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