The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-11-05

AN APPEAL FOR ORPHANS

AN APPEAL FOR ORPHANS |.
Orphanages of North Carolina
Need Better Equipment and
Larger Support.
The people of North Carolina have
never failed to tread the path of duty
open to them. To each and every call
to service, in the interest of home
and country, they have responded with
Illberallity and cheerfulness. Her young
men are covering themselves with
glory By evidences of devotion to the
flag, IN word and action, and will give
a splendid account Of themselves at |
every turn of the way towards last
ing peace. Her captains of industry
and her sons Of toll have opened their
hearts tothe Liberty loan, the Red
Il Cross, and the cause espoused by the
Young Mems Christian association
Her noble women have dedicated them
selves to the service of their coun-
try and are showing to the world a
love for human freedom that is beau
tlful to contemplate. q. The cries of
heartbroken mothers, starving chill
dren, outraged daughters, and tortur-
t ed fathers, in unspeakable need be-
t You'd the ocean wave, have fallen up
. on sympathetic ears throughout our
Christian land, and the spirit of ser
vice here in North Carolina shows
0 that, with our people, the first con-
Il sideration is the honor of the flag,
.. the safety of the nation, and peace to
. all the world. And it is well, for with
:, out self-sacrifice true happiness may
- not be attained in this world.
= But while the measure Of the ma
= tion's honor and the nations heart is
;. being taken, in relation to world con-
~ ditions of today, let US not overlook
:, the urgent needs of fatherless and
- II motherless waits at our own doors.
y For, after all, charity begins ut home.
y Let US not overlook the hundreds of
:; ~ ages Of our State are training for in
~ dividua1 efficiency and good citizen
III ship. Every one of these institutions
- needs better equipment and larger
s. support, and every one of them is
~ beseiged with applications for ad-
: a mission which must be denied fol
" lack of means. Their capacity must
~ be increased, or else hundreds of chill
w dren now wandering the highway.
81 and byways subject to every evi
-. ~ temptation the world has to offer
a will be neglected and probably IRE
" Etrievably lost. We cannot-we viii
NY asmuch as We have done it unto on
r. Of the least Of these We have done
as unto Me-. We are admonished to con
serve the products of the farm, tn
n forest, the factory and the mine. p /
~ it not equally-aye, vastly more-im
ny portant to conserve the future man
us hood of North Carolina? Shall tn
At orphaned children of this glorious oil
ne commonwealth be handicapped for lif
or because, in their tender years, the
Sa did not have the sheltering care an
culture of an orphan home?
IN The North Carolina Orphan Asst
woman, and child in the State to col
;, tribute on, or near, Thanksgiving Da
Il. at least one days income (more
rms they will; LESS if they can do no be
ort- ter) to the orphanage of his or h,
500; choice. The need for such call w;
of never more urgent than now. Z:
pense necessary to the maintenance
100. every orphan home in the State h;
oo = increased, while the responsibility
An have multiplied. So, let not the d.
An pass without making thank offeri1
2I0n to your Master, by denying yourse
100, some pleasure, some luxury, ev'
; n become what their God and your G.
Nc intend they should attain in this Ii
Yer 81 and in the life to come.
This is a reasonable request, for Al
one can share with the orphans t
earnings of one day out of three hu
ubbs dred and sixty-five. 1t is practical
$3.50, for rich and poor alike can particips
}, D. in it, The business and profession
hon. man, the farmer, the landlord,
isher money-lender, the wage Garner,
ss2o2' salaried worker, the housewife,
,ixon news and messenger everybot
o. old and young, of all creeds and cla
sa9 es, may unite in beautiful cooper
s. So So ton for the support of needed eli
lillian and Christian philanthropy. Let MOI
,anse Carolina make the approach
Cal portance; day on which the hea
total of the people we're opened to the
tie ones whom our splendid orpE
OF homes are endeavoring to save FIR
degeneracy and oblivion.
the To this end we call upon the edit
al of of our papers, daily and weekly, s
. u1ar and religious, to give the wild
possible publicity to this moveme
J. 9. which is philanthropic in purpose ;
$3.50, Statauida in eytent. we call 11non
NJ p p church leaders of all de1lominatie
o, +. including pastors, Sunday school S
l. T. erintendents, women workers,
n q q others of influence, to urge the Civ
Jatsen of a days income to some one Of
Nc Nc orphpanages; we call upon the o
!, me ME-. GERS of the various fraternal orc
i $50 Continued on page II
90, E.
$f0O, TIM THESE TIMES OF TIT
Il $50, AA>
W Vat PRICES IT IS ESPECIAL
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J. S. PROFITABLE TO STUDY !
Doug
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