The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
0rphanage Association Appeals
To People Through Press
With This Request
AS THANKSGIVING GIF
Each institution in State
Crowded To Capacity With
Stream of Children Standing
at Gates and CIamoring For
AdmisSoni Work Worthy of
Aid Of Every Good Citizen

Aid Of Every Good Citizen
The North Carolina Orphan Asso-
oiation wants a large number OF peo
pie in North Carolina TO donate one
days income 70 tho orphanage work
o. the State as a Thanksgiving offer
ing. II has undertaken TO reach the
people largely through the good Of
fees OF the press and this open letter
20 the press and through the press
% all the people has been prepared
by n committee composed OF NJ. L.
Shipman. Hight c. Moore. c. E. Nc
Eairy and Archibald Johnson:
To the Press Of North Carolina:
Relving on the generosity and pub
undersigned are emholdened to ask
OF our newspapers such timely and
telling help as they ara able 10 give us
in tmpreSSing upon every man, worn-
an and child in the State Of North
Carolina the importance OF contribut-
ing one days income to the orphanage
work Of the State as a THANKSGIVING
crering.
The orphanages Of the State are
contributing largely to the enrich
rnent OF the life Of North Carolina.
They are gathering up the waste ma
terial and transforming il into valu-
able citizenship. They, more than
any other institutions Of whatever
kind. are beginning at TIE beginning
OF things. They are moldins INDECENT
childhood into useful manhood and
womanhood exactly q. the point
whore the process Of training Is vital:
and they are doing this work for the
most part without the cost Of a cop
per 20 the State.
sn I.,-
ton OF one days labor from every
citizen was begun last spring. At g
meeting held in Raleigh September
%. the executive committee met and
formally launched the campaign. This
editors OF North Carolina were the
men toward whom the members o,
the committee first turned their eyes
We are counting on these men who
more than any others. shape and con
troll our public sentiment to stand b,
US in this movement and make tn
next Thanksgiving notable in the an
nails OF the States history.
We are often called on to do homo
20 the dead and this is a sentimen
that is creditable and worthy, bu
IN this movement we are called upo,
% perform @ service for the livinl
at time and place where that serv
ice will tell most nightly on coming
ages. Thousands OF children ar
but four times as many are as ye
Uncared for and left to shift 70
themselves In world Of temptatio
and peril without q fathers counse
or mothers care-without a home
penny or friend!
It Is primarily In behalf Of thes
homeless ones that this movement
launched. We must enlarge ou
orphanages and admit more Of tn
little ones on the outside. who ar
ciamoring TO come IN. Each institu
ton IN the State IS crowded TO i,
utmost capacity. with a stream
children standing a. the gates an
the citizens OF North Carolina wi
give the price OF one days labor (
the orphanage work IL will mean II
salvation OF a thousand North Car,
lima children now on their way to tf
dogs and the devil. I. this work NJ
worthy OF the best effort OF eve,
good citiZen7
II is our hope that every Nor,
Carolina pastor will freely and glad
give his best efforts to the advanc
nent Of this movement, We no!
and believe that they will urge tho
Q! their congregations who have z
income to sacredly set apart one day
v-k to this sssreat cause and send
torwerd to the orphanage OF h
CHI .ce on or near Thanksgiving Da
Fellow citizens, this is no child
play. It is mans job. The penni
OF the children are not to be despise
Every gift however little. helps 4
object to which It Is given. and hel
the gtver more: but We are not q
pealing especially to children In ii
movement, but to men and WON
who are busy In the worlds VOL
ana kAowing the spirit and temp
OF our North Carolina people, we
not believe that we will appeal
vain. e--
NJ. L. SHIPAAN.
HIGHT c. MOORE, -
G. B. AcNAIRY,