The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
THE. REI CLANS SUFFERING AS
NONE HAVE SUFFERED BEFORE
Women Beg for a Genuine, the Tenth Part of the Amer
lean Penny-A Cause to Stir the Impulse of Generosi-
ty in Every Soul.

OF the earth whose name Is not
in Who's Who. The people who got
Out that publication did not seem to
think it necessary to tell anybody
about him-because they all must
prefOrce know. 1t is even likely that
he has bcen heard Of In Indiana, h
State where authors are common as
Jack rabbits are In Texas.
But whether you know about MI.
Bennett or have previously read any
of the works Of the most prolific
literary man OF his day, by all means
read his contribution to Beletunl.
When you are through you will have
seen a four months Old fact in a
light.
On a day in last month the loading
sc the ship "M~aSsapeQua" was finish
"a in New York. She is a 100 AL
steamer over three hundred feet in
length, and her freight was $3.50 tons
OF foOd-stuffs
This cargo was packed and slowed
with such skill as to arouse special
admiration not only in New York but
in Europe. Captain McCardi has a
detailed plan OF all Of it, so as to
facilitate unloading, Captain McCafdi
who has never sailed for European
waters before, cast off his moorings
amid the acclamations Of a people
1 His frst voyage across the Atlantic
was full Of adventure and peril and,
once ewing to stress of weather he
I had to lay to in tmidocean, for several
days. At length he arrived at h
Hook 81 HsHand. and the news that
his ship. was sighted, threw the whole
city Of ROTTERDAM into a. vast. fete.
The American naval attache from
Berlin tFaysfled TO Rotterdam 10 Meet
this Woparesas sfria. and -erasaF Atae<4
+ Before tha Vessel was. Arade. fast to
fthe quay al Rettsrdaan, SOC. Dutch
steEedorss. had -luinpAd abeerd .ana
istarted the work Of anaoadifsE They
worked day and flight fe< fry OUT
and easily. aarPFasssa all the records, 81
And While they; foitet speeehss
were made full Of edstfrslsiasr1 and
gratitude. banaMe4s were. held al
the BurgognAstep ct Rotterdam in:
yited all, the official Mesld:. to. be: his
guests. amid the music Of the Afneri:
Fcan National Anthem Everybody
felt with deep eemotidn that a ire
mendOus< international deed Of charity
was being accomplished. . 90 .
In due curse the ship was emptie6
{ and the canal barges were filled, an6
: the ship departed again, while thu
!, canal barges, drawn by express tugs
and manned by crews each individual
l Of whom had asspecial pass fromatht
81 German authorities, swung forWart
9 with the $500 ton Of bacon. rice
I beans, and flour for Limburg, Char
= Ieroi, Mons. Client and other places
! where the representatives Of Amer1
e can goodwill were ready to distribut'
it. The vast business was success
fullyAdone. Q o.
A Ship a Day.
s Bnt let it be noted that M. Rolin
a the Belgian official who in the speech
g making at Antwerp returned thank
4 to America on behalf Of Belgium, ut
IS tered the sentence:
There is just enough stuff on thi
n ship to feed starving Belgians for on
day"
This sentence should be daily re
membered by the charitable Of a.
countries. If the miracle OF tn
"Massapequa' were repeated ever
s. day throughout the winter until tn
g end of the war, the starving Belgian
would get just enough to eat.
- Holland, England, and Franc
seem to be swarming with Belgia
Id refugees, who are being fed an
90 clothed and housed. But betwee
t them the three countries accomme
Ia date only a million: and this millio
. is the fortunate minority OF the vic
- tins.
There remain, and will remain, i
as Belgium seven millions Of tragic in
habitants. In the country district
8; eighty percent Of them are wonle
Is and children. Who as though hypn(
tized by disaster, haunt hOpelessly tn
ruins in which they can scarcel
8: recognize their homes,
Many districts are nothing bt
graveyards. There is no seed to SOY
There are no implements. There
81: no money. There is no credit. Thel
ed is no means of transport. There
l4 no work. And there is very lftt
:. heart, save in a small corner IF tn:
% once prosperous land, the corner sti
dominated and inspired by the cou
,r- tage Of King Albert and his soldiers
No modern famine was ever Lii
this famine, because it is univers
The entire population has to be fe
%, and those whom charity does n
reach will die. Over a thousand a
peals for succor are received by OF
per committee in one da.-.
Where the Kind Heart Is Needed
There are whole districts utter
{<Hn,rt Grain fnpr hoo nc -