Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
CHURCHES
HERE TOAD
DESTITUTE
bU[GAR|ANS
Hearty Response In Atlanta to
Direct Appeal From Queen Of
War-Rayished Balkan Stats,
Where Hunger Kills thousands
Next Sunday Set for Great Joiua
CoIIection-News From the
Stricken Area Tells Of Teri-
BILE Suffering sof Refugees

| Heart breaking stories Of destituS
ton, hunger and nakedness in Bulga-
ria, where women and babies are dy-
| ing from starvation and cold, have
aroused the churches Of Atlanta
| Ministers of the city have agreed
| to unite in an appeal to their con-
| gregations for contributions next
Sunday, February 8. Churches in
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los
Angeles and New York also have
heard the cries of the hungry and
will join in the observation Of Bull
garia Day"
Everything possible should bs
done for the sufferers" said DR.. John
E. White, of the Second Baptist
Church, in commencing Saturday tho
opening of the fund by The Sunday
American and The Georgian. They
are in pltiable condition and they
deserve the sympathy and aid of the
civilized world.
| Sure Members Will Aid.
II shall be very glad to ask in my
church for voluntary contributions to
this cause. / am sure the response
viii be generous. There are many
avenues for the expenditure Of mon
/ ey in the churches of the land. Just
now the Baptists of Atlanta are in
terested in raising great fund for
the Baptist Hospital
THE need of the war victims. how
ever, is immediate and pressing and
the church people will be glad to make
a little extra sacrifice in order to
save the starving.
| "The opening of a fund for the
Balkan refugees and the plan of a
Bulgaria Day for the churches is
a splendid idea" said the Rev. c.
o. Jones, Of Grace eMthodist Church,
Grace Church will help to it's ut-
most, I feel confident Our peopls
have always been quick to sympa-
thize with those afflicted by great
calamity.
Little Sums Count.
| TN times Of famine in other coun-s
tries, we have taken up collections for
the sufferers. Grace Church congre-
cation also was among the first of the
Atlanta churches to come to aid %
the Titanic survivors who needed as
sistance.
MOT every church can give a big
amount, but 1t Is the multitude of
| little rivulets that make the Missis-
| stppi, so look for a great amount to
| be given to the Bulgarians by Att
lanta-"
thuslastic in their praise of the fund.
While the churches are expected to
contribute a generous amount fofNz
the sufferers, subscriptions are asked
from every source.
Queen Appeals for Funds.
The contributions may be sent ia
The Sunday Amrtcan or The Geor-
gian and will be acknowledged and
! forwarded to the headquarters Of tho
Red Cross Society In Washington.
! From there 1t will be sent to Queen
| Eleanora, at whose personal request
the newspapers OF Mr. Hearst opened
| the relief fund.
In her cablegram to the Hearst pa
pers the Queen said.
1.-THE Queen win be very grateful
to the Hearst newspapers If they will
kindly open a relief fund"
The situation is daily growing
worse. Tens of thousands who were
destitute at the beginning of winter
have been increased to nearly 100000.
II 10 problem to keep life in these
war refugees until spring. In ono
province, Monastir, there are $4,000 :,
refugees from thirteen villages.
Many Are Homeless.
These people are almost naked
Many are without blankets. A few
, have old tents for shelter against
the severity OF the Balkan winter
Others sleep on the ground.
Priests, ragged and forlorn, beg for
| food for their parishioners.
= In the districts OF Sofia and varnal,
schoolhouses are filled with refugees
Many are subsisting on bread and
water
Whole villages in Macedonia.
Thrace and adjacent to Adrianople
have been depopulated in the forced
| flight Of the residents.
Major Clyde Ford, OF the Medical