Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
ATLANTA RESPONDST0
APPEAL FOR STARVING:
WORKMAN HEADS LIST

Atlanta is responding literally to
the call for aid that comes from
helpless and suffering Bulgaria, where
100000 Balkan refugees and nearly
100000 children are starving and
freezing to death
With The Georgian's appeal for aid
in behalf of the Frustrated nation less
than "a hours old, contributions began
coming into the office Saturday. In
porportion to his means. the work
ingman is probably the most generous
giver. He has followed the miserable
fortunes of the doughty little nation
that has been willing at all times to
scarifice its blood to stem the tide of
Mohammedanism, and has noticed
with distress that the soldiers who
fought so bravely have returned to
find their homes burned down, their
harvests destroyed and their families
in the most pitiable restitution.
Workman First Contributor.
C. LEM, an Atlanta workman, has
the distinction of being the first to
contribute to The Georgian's fund. In
sending his So he said:
Il have read in The Georgian and
Sunday American that the Bulgarians
and other people Of the Balkans are
starving to death for the lack of
bread. I have been under the i'm
preston that your appeal was direct
ed more particularly to the rich and
the big business men, but l believe If
you would appeal directly to the
workingmen and the smaller business
men more money would be collected
for the sufferers.
The Georgian's appeal is sent out to
every class, each one to give accord
ing to his means and his sympathy
with the furnishing and freezing war
victims Contributions of quarters,
half dollars and dollars will be as ac-
ceptable and as promptly acknowl-
edged as the larger checks mailed by
the wealthy merchant or capitalist
Church Funds to Aid.
Atlanta churches are joining in the
humanitarian movement, which is to
each it's climax here one week from
Sunday, when Bulgaria Day" will be
observed by many of the congrega-
lions, all or part of the collections at
me of the services to be set apart for
the cause.
How easy it is for one person, or a
group of persons, to save one or more
lives in the Balkans is indicated by
The statement of one of the workers
on the field, who says: eve can keep
a family of five from starving with
20 cents day"
A IS contribution thus will keep one
sufferer for 25 days, and probably
save his life, since by that time many
Of the war victims will have been able
10 shift for themselves. Others will
require aid until the next harvest.
People Must Act at Once.
The need is immediate. Help must
come at once Refugees-men, wom-
en- With babes in arms, and toddling
children--are dying by the hundred
and by the thousand every day They
are starving. They must have food.
They are in the depth of cold win
ter.
Their homes are burned. They are
without shelter and without clothes
They are dying from exposure and
are freezing to death. They must
have garments to clothe them.
The South, once it's heart is touch
ed, always has been most liberal in
Its response to suffering nation. The
South knows what 1t is to be pros
rated by war. Added to the suffer-
ing that the South experienced, the
Bulgarians, homeless and without
place to lay their heads, are being