The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-08-01
Red Cross Cares Tor People
Made Destitute by Bm-
garians.
LIKE REAL AMERICAN CITY
headquarters ~ American OIL and To-
hseeo interests Opens After Rul.
aaran oceu9 atioe--~see Awful
Picture Of Misery

nAyNVa, MaFNIbuiA- @~ r HN AH'rF
cans. eyr~p, those in the tobacco In.
| dustry, have ever heard 81 this little
! port on 'hs Aegean sra, Yet Il has
many features and activities tn cpss-
mend II 10 the interest ~ the people
of the United states
l., ,iIrry ssw ~sJs'ss., ,ttSese in tta wprid
the bulk ~ which IL consumed In
America IL grown, Here the grrat
American tobacco companies have az
port headquarters Here the biggest
oil company Ut the Unlted States md
Americas greatest relief organization,
the American Red Cross. have dis,rib-
uting centerS.
Indeed. kayula has come 20 have
acme Of the aspects II real Amcri-
can city Their. are 40 many Amcri'
cans here that one feels himself oaly
few hundred miles from home. To-
stead of In thu heart II remote re-
Etcn whose beginnings nntedstd the
birth ~ Christ.
Bulgaria Wants harear.
Fer years bulgaria has looked upon
kavslla with a cuy.tnus eye. Al
though defeated and suhdaed. she
looked hopefully 70 the peace con"
gress a, Parts ~ give her kavalla a.
Port Yrt ksvaIla Is not A harbcr.
II IL merely roadstead atrorisng good
'e.1cherag~ teT ev,~stwts% steamers.
Millions Ct dollars and endless de-
v.lcpmen, would b. required to con
vert the city into trsi class port. Hut
bulgaria.. which now has Gully the
shallow pert ~ n.Nieaga,cn at the
taouth Of the Gulf OF Enos. was and
IL saxInn~ 10 get an eutiet through
Macedonia ara the sea for her large
output II tobacco. wheat tive stock.
silk and altar II roSes. and would b.
quite ready 10 spend any sum In DE-
seteping aud deepening The harhor,
kavalla Is situated on A rocky pe-
ninsula and ss dominated hy the ruins
~ an old Venetian fort, II IA protect.
al from the south BY the Greek tsland
~ Thasos. Back from the seace&ss 10
a mountainous dts;ric; known In Mace
donta as th~ ranxalon-
Cnarstng through the railey. "a
pnngn'ans eastern slope. Is Inc placid
AnghlstR river. uhirh soms historical
writer's believe 20 be the stream whore
Pau, baptized Lydia. TN all sides OF
the wountstns IN this region Is rich
arabic land peculiarly adapted to tn
grcwta u. s>,kaccaA The tssxt .aaf Ia
the world Is grown herr, and ~ vslu.
aeie are the tsits tor tobacco culture
that very little else Is cultivated
ruriag the war the Bulgarian.
adopted In KavRila the same ruthless
practices they followed In &ll Sscu-
pied territory They r,llased aaa BE-
stroycd. They made every effort to
make the land sninhahitshle. They
60, down the trees and csrvssd ID fur
niture ans. everything made At wood,
They saeked The Asnses and drove
the tsrr%x Inhabitants est.
AZ reeuit IL all tass, when the
t'#~~& s>arnisxion IT The AHaesirAa
Ned Cross established relief pests
herv. a few days AFTER the armi~!c~.
their representative seeaa avtag
ccnas.sras ssncst ansappertahie.
First Red Greer 8ase.
Kav~l!s @ss the 6r~s city 10 Mace
dousa 10 t~~srne hase I've Red Cross
ayerstsanS
The natives SPEAK With raS~sanded
gratitude ~ the help given thsgn ny
the Amsr'crns. Thry sar ;hs tcei
furnished ~ the Arnericsn Red GrVsss
WAS RE 6r~i. substantial aoartShneat
they had In tour wears
NJ section % the RNlksns ever
rr,ssHtcd Tse'fv 3STywSs,ns psctur~
q, misery ard sg~slNr, Wsee The
Amez,saas cau'c In they found ,a4
inhabitants IL nc ~ &c 3osca from
SaMire eyy~N~asr ard tyi,Aus
They tngas>fssr{y established sscc
EseAsAs and s.sssnSvsrs a9a gave