The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-05
CHARITY WHERE NEEDED.
me Difference Between Helping tho
Worthy Poor and Letting the Needy
Starvc When They Cannot Work.


Editor Daily Item.
see Mr.. J. Dargan Osteen is "at
Is again." and ] must confess that /
can not understand his aim. He seems
~ DO OF the opinion that we are har-
boring worthless "thriftless" gang
ot idlers. and he asks that you and l
VIII have sympathy" also for q GER
tain class which he says came to us
nom the country because they could
not run q farm. that they were hon
est and Industrious and had obtained
employment. but on account OF COM
petition with our thriftless set. they
mad to work for wages barely suf-
ncient for daily support and when
overtaken by sickness they had moth
Ing We would like to say to Mr..
Osteen that this is exactly the class
that we are helping. He has drawn
an perfect a picture OF them as 1t is
possible 10 makes and IL he had avail
- himself OF the invitation which we
gave NM In our former communica-
ton. and tried to improve himself,
your valuable SPACE need not have
beea taken up with further communi-
cationa
spent most OF the day Monday
trying to get some wood TO some OF
this very class. but on account OF the
extreme weather no draymen were
out and but for the kind assistance OF
tina City Manager who sent a cart to
me and Mr.. j. A.. Paris. who used
his truck. some of them may have
bcvn frozen and when got home
and my attention was called to Mr..
=. Dargan Osteen's come back. 1
must say that my feelings were quite
In contrast with those or a boy with
his FIRST gun.
One illustration: On yesterday our
City Nurse reported to me the case
% widow with six children. only
ono boy old enough to work. and he
doing his best. the mother and one
child I'm bed with measles. with no
covering for their beds. save a straw
mattress and no wood with which
70 make a fire.
IL Mr.. Osteen instead OF sitting be-
fore his big oak logs trying with his
Hfpothiy flowing pen and even
qdOting from Solomon and Paul, to
convince rs that there Is no virtue
In. our work. will just come to town
and 60 with me to q few of these
pmces Of distress. he will at once
trade his pen for n cart and help us
haul wood to keep them from freez-
Ing and I believe he would even be
wfRing TO kill one Of those hogs that
he speaks OF and divide IL out
among them. But IL appears that
Mr.. osteen Is n writer and no doubt
enjoys II. 4 am not. I prefer to give
what time I can spare toward help
Ing the unfortunate ones.
: am glad that not many farmers
adjacent TO us. IL any. endorse Mr..
osseen's position. Quite a number
OF them have expressed themselves as
heartily In sympathy with our work
ana strongly opposed to Mr.. osteen's
proposition. And their generous do
nations are the very best evidence OF
their sincerity.
don't think Mr.. Osteen has ye'
learned that 'ft Is more blessed to
give thnn to receive"
Mr.. osteon speaks OF boys in our
town shining shoes who should be on
the farms have lived here all OF
my life. having seen Sumter grow
out OF sumterville. and II have never
seen a white boot black.
III Mr.. osteen will accept our invi.
tation I shall be pleased TO show him
Let him come and See"
Respectfully.
Barlow Walsh.
General Chairman Christmas Cheer