The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-25
THOUSANDS OF HOMEI ESS
PEOPLE CARED FOX
Coiiee and Rolls Provided Through
Charitable Organizations for
Hungry Ones.

Atlanta, May 2l.-The great fire had
swept no more than a rev olochs De-
fore relief measures on large scale
we're undertaken by the local Red
Cross and the Associated Charities,
who ioined forces with headquarters I
at the Auditorium armory.- other
societies and hundreds Of private, IN
diyiduals joined in and it was thought !
that every person could be- houseo
during the night. !
Food At the Auditorium armory was
provided for 5000 people, both WnNes
End negroes being cared for: Army !
trucks, express wagons and trucks
and priyate automobiles were pressed
into service to handle the foodstuns. !
Coffee and rolls 70 reach person was
decided upon for supper and breakfast
tomorrow.
To Feed the Hungry.
We're going to feed everybody VINO
is hungry" said Joseph G.. Logan
chairman of the civilian relief com
mittee of the local chapter OF the
Red cross, explaining why it had oeen
decided that the food provided should
be of the simplest. character. Few
neoole called at headquarters 'tor fooo
eariv in the night, but large quaint
ties of it were sent to solc!ers' ponce
and fremen who worked necessarily
in the wide district that SURROUNDED
the pathway Of the fire.
Many Children.
At the Auditorium armory small
cots were in the arena and prepare
t;ons we're made to house people IN
other parts of the immense Dullolne.
Among the destitute caro- for az tne
auditorium armory were hundred or
more children from the Home OF the
Friendless. The building Is on tne
edge of the fire swept zone ana AaIe
todsv the children were hastily re-
moved. They got more than couee
and rolls. however, because the neaa
nurse prepared their supper, even W
milk for the babies, and the cniioLen'
heir supper, c.othes, nurses and Wnae
corls he taken from the building were
bundled into huge trucks anu usAo
10 safety.
Relief for Negroes.
Scores of negro houses were sweep
NOV .bv the flames and many OF the
sormnr occupants were left destitute
many having no money to buy any
thing. Relief for the negroes s Mas
carried out on the same scale as tnas t
for whites. The large building OF tne
nagro Odd Fellows was filed VIII
nots and negro churches responding to
the cali from the Red Cross and AS
sociated Charities threw open Ineli
doors to negro sleepers.- MANY ne.
groes were housed in o1her hesi
homes.
Tho idea of individuals caring 1ol
o+hars less fortunate than themsei'es
snread over the entire city late II II
the day, when an afternoon paper 40
,Sned an appeal for homes Iof .nos'
, ubosa houses had burned. HunoIea'
, ,a1anooneo the newspaper oiloe
, which became clearing house Tor IN
hnmeless and the homes open 10 'nen An
, -IaanoIarters at the Auditorium arm
orv also placed hundreds more sn'
teienhones there were kept ousy'
- Housholders Driven Out.
| THE number of homeless during In
night was made even greater 1nan 81 -
proportion to- the houses oulhea' AZ, Az
ppold,ers had formed a wide zone aoou
tho burned area and drove housenoiu u
i. ers er into the street before it got =
: AL, 90 that nothing could be done WIFI
. out confusion. ..s,,
On vacant blocks anywhere WIN
, mile or more OF the fire zone thou @
! sonds Of dollars worth OF furniture
L Sron that of a poor negro tenant 70
moa1tbv Iro landowners lay piled in mae
scrihab1e confusion and ON one ~
: that since war times mas ,.a nua''
. eyerv circus that came 10 A'ian'a, a,x
. huge circus tent was erected: IL W. W.
l arod more than furniture, roi nIan
, nnon,e slept on their belongings guar
Il ios them and finding shelter tnat Wa
y ,nexnected. m The small numoer
. oasnalties reported tonight were +. +.
a garded by Red Cross ana nmans vnH, ~
- Workers as one Of the most unoeus e91s
Il features of the in mense sa nls sor ~ =
4 so persons had been ac1. aceounaeI ~, 90
u ,,.y;ne po been taken to hospitals as
s result of the fire.
. % Only One Death.
g Only one death was repos s'eu' aied
n o9 Miss Bessie Hodges VINO uiou -
y. shock. Man of those taken w ~ ~
o pitals were sun sEing ring IL lt minor T i,
N from heat prostrasaGan p;naa IN or moving o.
juries, often received III N''
h household effects. =,
a. Tho vide area in the sweep OF u
70 a.naes vas q scene OF almost indesci
b. bah1e confusion. The flames moved
r. some some instances as steadily as aa ms
t. t eo eould walk, but ever the househoiae te.
II @ kept ahead Of its march s and IN u u
le n.y. N.Y. M one as far as is known vi
is tranped in burning house.