The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-02
PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE LITERALLY
MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX HUN.
DRIED DOLLARS RAISED FOR
WAR STRICKEN JEWS OF
EUROPE.
Sumter People Come to Relief of
Those Made Destitute and Driven
From Home by MisfOrtunes of War
Plea on Their Behalf Made by
Mayor Jennings and Addresses by
DR.. BrunsOn and DIR. Klein.
From The Daily Item, Jan. 2S.

The citizens of Sumter when aps|
pealed to Thursday night on behalf of
the war stricken Jews of the European
war zone responded literally to the
call for charity and more than twen-
ty-siX hundred dollars was raised be-
fore the meeting came to a close. To-
day further subscriptions and contri-
buttons were still coming in and indi-
cations are that the amount raised
will be- in the neighborhood of three
thousand dollars before the fund is
forwarded to New York on Monday to
purchase the necessities to be sent to
the destitute people of Poland and
other regions which have been raw
|aged by war.
Mayor L. d. Jenn ngs presided over
the meeting and at the close of his
reading Of President Wilson's procla-
nation, he made a few remarks call
ing on the people of Sumter to re-
spOnd to this call for help. He re-
minded his hearers Of the liberality of
the Jews at all times in aiding wor-
, thy causes at home and stated that
those of other races could at this
time in part at least endeavor to re-
pay some of the favors which the
Jews had done for Christian causes.
He told of the liberality Of the Jews
in donating towards the erection of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton and how recently in raising funds
/ for the same institution, he had found
them still liberal towards this cause.
He stated that the Civic League and
City Nurse were kept up largely by
the Jewish ladies, and pointed to the
good that had been done by both. Mr..
Jennings remarks were forceful and
to the point. He closed by asking lib
eral contributions from the Christian
people Of Sumter.
The meeting was called to order
and all present joined in the singing
of America, after which Rev. ]. b.
Walker made a short prayer.
At the conclusion Of his remarks
Mayor Jennings introduced DIR. John
A. Brunson, who spoke of what we
had received from the Jewish race,
as shown us by the Bible. the book
inspired by God. Mr.. Brunson re-
ferred to the history of the Jewish
race and showed how, as the chosen
people Of God, they had been forced
to undergo dispersal as a nation and
great suffering, but despite all this
they had been preserved and retained
their racial purity, because it was the
will of God. He referred to historical
extracts to show the great persecu-
tions through which the Jews had
passed in all of the countries of Eu-
rope, but despite all of this they had
survived and today much that was
great and beneficial in science, art, lit
erature, learning, commerce and man.
ufacturing was, due to this race.
| After the singing of Come, Thou
Almighty King" DR.. David Klein
made talk in which he pointed out
/ the intense suffering and hardships
which the people of Poland had been
forced to undergo and were still ex-
p: :periencing because of the conditions
brought about by the war. He told
how thousands of old men, women
and children were wandering by the
highways and in the forests, dying
for lack of bread. The conditions in
Belgium, he stated, had been graphi-
cally depicted. but those in Poland
mad not been brought fully to our
observation. because Russia was op-
posed to these conditions being known,
and all news passed through the al
lies censors, who didn't care to injure
the feelings of their powerful allay,
Russia. Nine million people in Po-
land. he said. were stricken by war,
destitute, and would die if succor
were not sent them, and they lifted
their eyes and voices to America. the
home Of the free and liberal, to help
them. He told how in Carnegie Hall,
New York, thousands had been raised,
and thought that the. presence of so
many persons was tangible and
practical answer to the call for help.
He then asked that the contributions
be liberal, though the smallest sum
would help to sustain the life Of some
baby or some mother.
BRANDEIS WILL BE CONFIRMED.
Threatened Fight on Wilson's Supreme