Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-04-10
HOpkinSvilIe People Are Giving
Literally To Flood
Victims.
REV. ESHMaN'S GOOD WORK.
Cash Contributions And Other
Donations Being Received
And Forwarded.

Hopklnsvllle has never had q more
urgent appeal from suffering hu-
mainly and has never responded
with more liberality.
IL is utterly impossible to classify
those who have heard the appeals
for help from the food sufferers.
Members Of all church denomina-
tons, people having no church affili.
alton. men whose hearts have never
been touched before have given of
their means most generously. The
express companies doing business
here have notified their agents to
transport all contributions to the
flood sufferers promptly and free of
charge.
Up to ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing about $50 people had made con.
tributions. Rev. j. B. Eshman, who
has so energeticalIy taken hold of
the management of affairs, finds in
creased work to be taken up every
day, but he is equal to the task and
is Systematically receiving and ship
ping TO points where most needed
the supplies donated by the sympa-
thetic people of the city.
Yesterday he had not less than
twenty calls for food. The calls are
for everything to sustain life and re-
lieve suffering in every form. The
call upon those whose hearts are
touched is for anything and every.
thing needed for men. women and
children.
Yesterday the receipts at the
Methodist church were immense, bul
large as they were, there is great
need for more. The ladies at thi:
receiving. packing and shipping de-
partment of the work of relief are
being assisted by members of the
fire department across the street,
and the work has assumed such pre-
portions that the entrance to the
ground floor Of the house of wor-
ship looks like the church had been
turned into the shipping department
of a large wholesale mercantile es-
tablishment.
One of the ladies present said yes
terday that nobody need hesitate
about what to send. as the daily in
creasing demand is for everything to
wear and everything to eat.
The other churches, are certainly
doing a magnificent work and before
now what had been shipped out tbs
first of the week is already relieving
the immediate wants of the unfor
tunate people in different flooded
sections. But remember the cry
comes over the wire and through the
mails for more. more. Food is now
most needed.
At the Methodist church yesterday
morning the ladies had on hand fully
half car load of different article:
to be delivered to the express com
panies for transportation.
The entrance and large infant
class room were filled with boxes
containing everything to wear. while
scattered about were piles of hats.
shoes. stockings. shirts. dresses.
cloaks. and everything in the way Of
apparel for men. women and child
rem.
Besides the hundreds of dollars in
money and the thousands Of articles
of clothing already contributed the
call for further help will be heard
and answered by the good people Of
the city for many days to come.
But wait fer the people of the
county to catch the spirit Of SYM
patty and then yO1 will realize more
fully than ever what Christian coun
~ farmers are and what they can.
and will always do. when their hour
for helping suffering people comes.
The day is here. and before our next