Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-05
DR., TELFORD DECLINES
TO MAKE "DRIYE'

[ see from the Register that l am
to make "the drive" in Madison for
Near East Relief. 1t is all mistake |
| have no intention of making 81
"drive" in Madison for this cause. Our
people are tired O. drives, and the can
vassers who event over the top
again and again during the war, ar.
tired of making drives.
l decline therefore to make a drive
in Madison for Near East Relief.
Does this give to some of you who
read this a feeling Of relief? Or dc
some Of you as they read this call me
heartlesj and d "slacker?" "Lord
how tho1 dost separate the wheat
from the chaffw
Listen Madison! Put your ear to
call: america, America, Oh! Oh!
America" l hear it as l walk along
the STREET and look into the bI ght
happy faces of home-sheltered, home
cared for children.
America, America, OH OH Amer
ica." | hear it .~hen l look upon OF
read of wealth anu luxury of America
| hear il at my daily meal when l sit
down to my own table with my chill
dren about me. / hear it in the 81
lence of the night when l awake and
the gauat, pinched, hunger-smittcr
faces Of starving little children ris,
before rle "America, America, Oh.
Oh! America"
1t is he appealing cry, not Of one
little child, but of thousands, not of
one desperate, grief-crazed, heart
broken mother, but of thousands COM
PEELED to witness, in utter helplessness,
the suffcrings and death Of their chill
dren by starvation, while their hearts
break with agony as they listen to
their appeals for bread.
We must get in on this, Madison.
We cannot stay out and come clean.
Nearly all the other counties of Ken
lucky are lined up and have raised or
are raising amounts asked of them.
We must get in on this. There will be
no drive No teams will be sent out
to canvass. We are simply going to
put before you the facts and publish
each day the names and amounts as
they come in.
; group Of children playing on a lawn
Their mothers were grouped under the
} shade of large tree some distance
away. Suddenly from the group of
children arose the cry of child in
pain, and instantly one of the moth
er's broke out Of the group of womei.
and hurried toward the children. On
her return | asked her: "Was that
your child whose cry l heard ?" Eyes
'How could you distinguish among sc
NAM children's voices the cry OF
your child ?" Her reply was as beauti.
fal as true: "God has SO made {
mothers heart that it can always
: catch the cry of her child" Yes-ane
God has so made a mothers hear
/ that it can always hear the cry of ;
e Ichild
f | am trusting the mother hearts o
t Madison to catch, as perhaps we mel
:, do not, the appealing cry of the starv
ing little children in the Near Eas
d and that cry to the mother heart viii
il l believe, be more potent than drive
/. and canvassers.
s The time set for the money-raisin
4 campaign throughout the nation i
a from Feb. 1st to Feb. 22nd. Mex
a. Sunday, Feb. 18th, has been designate
lie Near East Relief Day and the mir
listers of all denominations through
IS out the nation have been requested
present this cause to their people an
support this appeal on that day.
.e Madison county has been asked
ID raise three thousand dollars and "
:. are asking for contributions in an
e. amounts from $25 down to one dolla
If payable in cash OF in monthly pa.