French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-07-20
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN.
North Carolina Committee for Relief
in. Belgium to Secure a Million
Yards OF Cloth,

A campaign to secure a million
! yards of cloth for the relief of the
sufferers IN the Kingdom Of Grief"
belgium and Northern rance, was
launched in AsheviIle by the North
Carolina Commission Tor Relief in
Belgium. According to the announce
ment from the State headquarters, the
commission will call it the Million
Yards of Cloth" campaign, and special
appeals will be made to the cloth man
ufacturers of the South and to the cit
liens of North Carolina. 1t is desired
that cotton cloth of any kind (ging-
hams, ~calicoes, etc. be given in the
campaign. Colth in any length, style,
color or quality will be acceptable dur
ing this campaign.
Owing to the strict wal regulations
against sending secondhand articles
OF clothing into the countries which
receive help through the commission.
it is absolutely necessary that all
cloth be new.
1t is especially desired by the COM
mission that cloth which has not been
made into wearing apparel be sent.
to the fact'that the cloth shipped
to the scene Of the sufferers can be
made into clothing by them, thereby
giving employment to thousands of
Idle people Whol due to the conditions
of their countries, cannot find work to
DO. According to statistics gathered
by the commission, there are are g.
100000 human beings in Belgium and
Northern France in need of clothing,
and these poor unfortunates have be-
come wholly dependent upon the gem
crosby Of the good people of the Unit
ed States. The situation is said to be
so serious that. even though the
children have to take turns in attend
ing, owing to the scarcity Of clothing
to cover their bodies.
To those who might ask if the situa-
ton in Belgium has not been relieved
by the gifts of American people, the
commission states that while great
and untold good has been accomplish
ed by the generosity Of the people of
this country, the situation in these
countries, where food and clothing are
being SENT is growing worse day by
day; and this is due to the fact that
the resources Of the people who since
the war started have helped them
selves, have now been exhausted and
these people, too, have turned to~the
Commission for Relief in Belgium for
food and clothing. The present needs
are SO great that the Belgium govern
has requisitioned all Belgium
ships and placed them at the disposal
OF me Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM.
The million Yards of Cloth" CAM
paign will be conducted In such a man
ner that the smallest gift, even one
yard of cloth from any Individual. will
be received, or the largest gift from
the most generous-hearted Southern
manufactures. The Commission for
rei1ef IN Belgium. is the only organiza-
ZION that can guarantee the safe deliv-
cry TO any point in Belgium or France
Of goods given by Americans for the
of the millions of suffering wo-
men, and children and babies of the
Kingdoms of Grief"
The operating expenses of the Com
mission have been SO systematized. If |
stated, that it expends less than
tnree-fourths Of n per cent of the
value OF the goods handled; its officers
serve without pay; it has no o of
us own; it acts as steward for the
of others. The commits
so worked out the ARE of the peo-
pie of the stricken sections that seven
cents . day will feed a woman. child
baby, n $1.5O will clothe a babv
and $500 will clothe an adult.
The general receiving station for
freight and express is the Commission
Relief in Belgium at Charleston
G., and all mail. packages or letters
should be addressed to the Commission
relief in Belgium. AsheViIle. N. c.
For travelling men there has been