Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-12-22
JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
SOUNDS XMAS GALL
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EDITOR STATESMAN APPEALS
FOR NEAR EAST
ORPHANS
FIVE DOLLARS SAVES A LIFE
Children Fed And Clothed Whole
Month On This Amount
North Carolina Generous
FIVE DOLLARS SAVES A LIFE

With the Christmas spirit ,rervading
the Old North State the North Caro-
lima Division Near East Relief, has
just sent to all prominent citizens OF
this county an appeal to remember the
orphans Of Armenia, made homeless
and destitute through that martyr ma
tons refusal to renounce Christ and
all that he stood for and become Mo.
hammedans.
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, former
Secretary Of the Navy, has signed the
1921 Xmas appeal letter. which has the
endorsement Of nearly every high gov
ernment and state official. Woodrow
Wilson and President Harding have
given their unqualified endorsement to
this great humanitarian work.
r. The North Carolina general assem-
bly, passed in both branches an en-
dorsement Of the Near East Relief
work and workers. Governor Cameron
Morrison has given the work an i'm
petus and Col. George H. Bellamy
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District Of North Carolina, is state
chairman. .>r ~. =,
Mr.. Daniels letter calling attention te,
the fact that every five dollars (s5.OQl
given saves the life of a child for, .
month, follows: -: X;
Raleigh, Dec. 10. ,sat::
Dear Sir: a.. J
We are all making. ready for
chrlstmas-the season Of the year
when az at no other, the Child is
the center Of the worlds thought
and the worlds love. OF course,
our first thought 10 Of those In our
own home-how to surprise them
Into a.s!adness that will bring Joy {
to all about them. :....
And then, we will not forget
those children who are near us,
whose lives may not be as crowded
with comforts. We cannot have
the best relish for our Christmas
dinner unless We claim the prom.
lse, "lt 10 moro blessed to give
than to receive" -
Who Is your neighbour That.
question was put to us by the
christ. For years some good peo.
pie have been nelohborly to the
children Of Armenia, people Of that
country separated only a short
distance from Bethlehem. With
the coming Of war, the condition
Of these Christian people, sur.
rounded by prosecutors, has been
lntolerable. The United States
Government employed warships
to carry them relief before and
after we entered the war. The
present year has brought little to
them and winter ,finds them In
want.
Reliable Americans Just re.
turned from Armenia, tell Of pltl.
able conditions. As the state
| nnents Of their sore need now have.
become known, good men and
women In every state are planning
to send them Christmas uIfts.
North Carolina has already given
help. Let W all increase our help
to them 80 that we may gladden.
their hearts this Christmas. | am
writing you, knowing your tender
pity for those under prIvatIon and
persecution.
,'You can feed one Of these or.
phans for five dollars ($s.0o) 4
| month. Please send to Robert A.
| Brown, 9o1 Citizens National Bank
Building, Raleigh, N. G, such con.
tributions a. your heart prompts.
| Sincerely yours,
(siuned) JosEPHUs DANIELS.
1t Is hoped that the coming year vii
be the last one required to care TO
the $4,000 refugees who are being fe,
at the Near East Relief soup kitchen
In Armenia and Syria every day. tn
Turks were Just driven out of Armeni
last August but during their occups
tlon they have looted and destroye
homes and made fields unproductiye
Heads Of homes were in most case
murdered, mothers Of families ou1
! ragPd and then carried off te Turks