The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-26
GET YOUR BIBLE,
READ IT and
Then GET BUSY
Right Now Is the Time For Every
Well Person In Maysville to
Be a Good Samaritan.

This appeal is not made with
the thought that there is nothing
being done in this city to relieve
the great amount of distress that
is within our borders.
The purpose of the blessed Mas
ter in speaking the parable of the
Good Samaritan, one of the most
striking and convincing lessons,
was not made with the thought
that no one was not doing any
thing at that time for the poor and
distressed and sick but was made
as an eXhortation to neighborliness
for more to get the spirit Of the
Samaritan and lend helping
hand wherever needed, and this
denfinition gave neighborliness
mitch broader application than it
had ever had before, in that it
overstepped the circumscribed
boundaries. Whoever is in need
of distress, no matter whether he
lives in the house next door or in
the farthest corner of the city. if
we know of his need and distress,
is our neighbor, and it is our duty
to respond when the need is made
known to us.
The various charitable organi-
cations of this city, the Red Cross
Committee, the Board of Health
and the Aims Committee OF the
City Council, are simply over
whelmed at this critical time and
some relief by our citizens is
sought outside these regular chan
nels. Not that these organiza-
tions are trying to shirk or to un-
load responsibility upon some one
! else, but to see that ALL eases of
sickness and distress are properly
cared for in order to stamp out
the influenza epidemic that has us
in its grasp.
Then for practical purposes let
us say that our neighbor is the af-
f1icted man, woman or child in
Nur immediate vicinity; or, bet
ter, that all afflicted men, women
or children in our immediate vi
cinity are OUR neighbors.
By taking this view, by making
responsibility personal, and max
ing the man and woman in each
neighborhood responsible for the
well being of their neighbOrs, as
thus defined, we can instantly
move a long way toward getting
a firm grasp upon the distress
that pervades our city and attain
a position that will enable us to
relieve all of it.
There are afflicted men, women
and children in a number of
places in Maysville. That there
are a sufficient numhnr of well
people in every part of this city
to take care of the sick goes with
out saying. While the burden is
heavier on some than on others,
yet the general result will be
worth the burden imposed, always
remembering that what is gotten
is not worth the having unless
some sacrifice is made for it.
Good SamaritanS have come to
the front in every part Of the city
since the present epidemic broke
over us, and number of men and
women have quietly relieved
known, cases of distress. The fact
that this has been done on limit
ed scale suggests its practicability
upon much larger scale. The
Red Cross committee, although it
has persistently appealed with all
its force and eloquence, has never
been able to secure a response
adequate to the needs of the stu
alton, and thus neglect has been
unavoidable because of lack of
help. Only yesterday appeals
were made for more nurses to re-
lieve those at the emergency hos
pital and for more and larger do
nations of bedclothes, ETC., and
money in order that this work
may be the more effective.
If anyone knows of cases that
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