The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-02-20
r,. w O. SAUNDERS

,,.. N,.ttrev is a Syrian. he came =
I....b.rh City few years ago and
.,.,..r = truit stand. 1t was very un-
....,.,. -tand. but it did a thriving
in the sale of peanuts, candy
n3 l,nanaS. The business grew
t'. lI.l... ,,.,.ved up into larger quarters.
- .fl.J line of notions to his fruits
~ .,,,,f,.1fonionary. Then he added
,..r stock of clothing and shoes and
49,, :, hi. sign calling his place The
I,,.,,.r.S bargain Store Mike is
He came to America to get
from tie brutal Turks.
+ hasn't been many years since Mike
,r,-+rsv left Syria and Turkish atroclt-
.,ain>t his people are fresh in his
:,l He keeps in touch with his home
49,, .nJ he knows the conditions there |
I,, and so it occurred to me that |
= n,,hodv in Elizabeth City should sub !
,r;f, 70 the fund being raised here for
rho relief of the Armenians and Syrlans, |
,s.rrainIv Mike Mettrey should make
,h>rarrial contribution. And so as
,,ns;,,oan If this relief work called
-, Mike Nettrey and asked him for
=, liberal subscription.
..,,.ririou> in his home country were just
q had a. represented. l explained TO.
Liz, that he knew whether money SUB
r.r,.f for the relief of those people
r,;ol the people for whom it was in
-.,{ad told him that his subscription
r, rha fund would signify to the people
- rsj> town that the cause was as rep
resented.
t.t rh,n Mike Mettrey began to open
,, EYES He told me that there was no
,.:>-.t. about the money reaching its
coal thru tit. Committee For Armenian
,r- Syrian Relief He had sent much
,.,,.,. ro his own suffering kin and
friends IL SYRIA and Armenia, sent 1T all
rIrr th. American Committee Tor AZ
1s.n.1. and Syrian Relief. and every
,,p..g had been faithfully accounted tor.
/, one case lie sent something like sou
=. =. >tarving friend and the unfortunate
ore died before the money reached him.
T.. r.cney was returned to Nike Met
trey.
Ii SHOWING me prog. of the foregoing
transaction Nike revealed an old ooS
co.-aiiling his business correspondence
and | found in that box duplicates OF
New York exchange aggregatlng aoou'
$500 which this Syrian merchant IL
tEj> city has remitted to various people
il liz home land within the past twelve
l.u,ru>. Most of the remittances were
il. >ua.> of So to $50. Mike Mettrey l.
uot an isolated case. The Syrians IL
til, country are helping their own ant
they are helping them thru the American
Armenian and SVrIal
Relief. Out in Celina, o. recently a Sy
ri4. couple sold their home and sent tn
a,r:.,. proceeds to the poor of thel
Lo!.r land.
| I've this story here this week 10
ra benefit of some who have hesitate
IT, .nurribute TO this Near East relle1.
W.at Mike Mettrey has done shoul
:;. the effect of putting some othel
- shame.
T... taln,aign for Armenian and >!
r.,. relief should end tomorrow, Sa
ur.ar. Feb. u. Pasquotank at tn
writing is behind in her quota of Sl,9o
I;-J there are several Sunday Schools
f.. hDard from City Road Methodl
Sunday School expects to pledge not lie
tl.als $50 next Sunday. The First Ba
tt Sunday School, Blackwell Memoir
Sunday School and Christ Church Su
day School have not been heard frC
ut all. Substantial contributions trc
tir-n schools will carry well over t
to-. and / shall Withhold the final repe
oil this county until Monday. Feb.
gy,s these schools an opportunity
H. i.ard from.
nnly one Sunday School in the COZ
I,ac 1adn q
REPORT Mt Hermon Methodist 81
G,.s School has pledged to support t
orphans for a year, at $50 each
superintendent of this school, G.
N5a~low Of OkiskO, make the sch
fi- propositions: he would support
u.:I an II the school would support
,r.er The school took him up and
s.. lady paid $40 on its pledges.
Ia" clerks in AIitchelIs Departm
>-.r. voluntarily formed a club
v.a for the support of an orpf
l@-a@in@ 500 20 be paid within the "
Tie most remarkable response to
<.-r East appeal came from the
..-E school of the First NJ. Il. Gnu
>.tn of this city. Spite of the fact
Ills church has a $15O,O0O.00 buil'
"3.." obligations. h e classes q
n@'ldual members of that one SUI
>'."a subscribed $717.75, or more
".. laird Of the county's entire all
i.s.' Of 81 .9SOOO.
!: t.e other churches in the town
'..-. .aIf 50 well in response to the
t-- I'aSquotank County would
i' one OF the first Over The 10
IT, campaign for the relief OF the
vi children Of Armenia and Syria
ilrgc iS an itemized list of the
81. -"S and individual contrlDu
tt''ia the First Methodist Sunday Sc
J. y lIooper's Class-----------%'
j. Il. Leigh'S Class------------
Mrs. Roscoe FOreman's Class
Mr.. Clay FOreman's Glass;
Mi and Mrs l.. r. Foreman
Mrs. J. q. a. Wood and W. L.
Alr. and Mrs Wesley Foreman
larry