The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-10
Relief in Near East.

enaDledq the United States Cover
ment to sell to the American Con
mittee for Relief in the Near Eas
fifteen hospitals of one hundred bed
each, including complete equipmen
and also two hundred motor trucks
These were sold at a nominal sun
and will be used in the disease striek
en- regions of Western Asia.
Buildings for hospitals alread,
have been completed in Turkey
Armenia and Syria. All equipmen
purchased from the Government thru
the War Department will be i'm
modiately moved from France. A
large amount of medical supplies II
included in the purchase cs we'll al
motor trucks. The motor trucks
will be used in the returning to their
homes the thousands of refugees, al.
so for distributing the much needed
food to the starving women and chill
dren.
The splendid work and celf-sacri-
flee of the American relief workers
nmong the refugees in Turkey and
the Near East are highly lauded by
Henry MorgenthGu, former United
States Ambassador to Turkey.
Il wish to express my great ad-
miration for the splendid work which
cur missionaries accomplished as
ministering angels among their
Armenian friends in their days of
core distress and trial." said the
former ambassador. "They carried
their abnegation even so far as to
desire to share their fate. One of
he teachers accompanied her so girl
pupils when thoy were deported by
he Turks. An Armenian who had
leald of tho incident said with tears
IT appreciation in his eyes: That is
what call a saint in our days; she
'ught to be ccnonizcd by our
hurch..'
These workers cannot be kept at !
heir task Of administering to the
orely stricken people in the Near
last unless the quota CT $4,000, 900
o be raised in the United States by
he American Committee of Relief in
he Near East in ito c,.mpaign from
anu2ry IL to 10 is ovcrCubscribed,
lr. Morganthau asserted. The
.merican people need only to know
hese conditions, declared the former
AMBASSADOR, in order to feel the deep
st humanitarian impulse and to send
lore than the amount asked for.
tennessee is asked to help in this
impaign by contributing 100000,
list one per cent of the total amount
'ught from the entire nation. State
sadquarters for the drive have been ,
'ened in Nashville with T. Graham ,
all as State chairman; Seth Seid-
s, State director.
Chairmen have been appointed in :
cry county with committee under =
EN-. The chairman Of Obion Coun- |
is w. B. Cunningham.
Every county in Tennessee is ex- 4
cted to go over the top" T. -Gra-I =
m Hall, State cheirman, said. :,
resident Wilson has commended {;
is relief work to every American 4
izen in proclamation. The Gov
nment has assisted friendly ma
ms by means of loans. At the :
esent time it is impossible, because =
the disturbed conditions in the :,
lntries we arc trying to help. forl !.
United States to loan money to :
ese small nations as they have no :,
'ognized government.
"One of the purposes of the peace
lference is to establish stable gov :
lments in these unfortunate and =,
icken countries. In the mean
lie 1t Is the duty of the American !
'pie to keep thcm from starving" :,
o
iere is more catarrh in this section of the st
itry than all other diseases put together, and
the last few years was supposed to be in :.
BILE For great many years doctors pro-
need II local disease and prescribed local ut
eoies, ana by constantly failing to cure with | h
treatment. pronounced 1t incurable. Science -
proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease lii
therefore requires constitutional treatment |
IS Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. l. I'll
1ey q Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitii- Do
Al cure on the market 1t Is taken internally. 81
is directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
e system They offer one hundred dollars
ny case It fails to cure. Send for circulars
81,
dress; F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o. =.
ID by Druggists, 75c. tif
Ike Halls Family Pills for constipation.
st. Louis Live Stock Market. to
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