The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-11
DAWSON HELPS THE
STARVING CHINESE
THOUSANDS ARE DYING DIAL
LY FROM HUNGER. TREES
ARE STRIPPED FOR FOOD.

At the request of Mr. R. M. Arnau,
of Dublin, lay leader of the South
Georgia conference, Judge J. A. LANG,
lay leader in the Americas district, is
soliciting contributions to fund Tor
the relief of the starving people OF
China. Mr.. LANG has already col
lected in Dawson and forwarded to
Mr. Arnau 500, who in acknowledging
receipt of the money said it was the
first he had received.
Following are the names OF the con
tributors and the amount given by
each: A. ]. Hill $40, R. L. Saville $40,
]. A. LANG IS, G. w. Dozier & Co.
SO. c. NJ. Adams 81, w. H. Sirmons
ST, w. P. Hornady 81, d. F. McLain
81, ]. D. Weaver 81, w. c. Lockett
ST, Collier Drug Co. 81, J. R. Bridges
ST. K. S. Worthy S. G. c. Wall 81,
I. F. Cooke 81, R. D. Smith 81, J. d.
LANG 81, w J. Mathis ST. Ernest
Baldwin 81, J. S. Lowrey 81, {. d.
Cooke 81, r. E. Bell 81, Cooke Bros.
81, cash 81.
Judge LANG is still receiving con-
tributions. and any one who wishes to
have part in this humanitarian work
can hand the amount to him. All mon
ey given for this purpose will be Tor
warded to China without cost, which
assures that every cent OF the amount
given will be applied to the relief Of
the starving people.
Millions Are Perishing.
The area and extent of the famine
in China shows that the suffering is
far greater than in 1873, when fam
inc resulted in millions perishlng from
cold and hunger Forty-two years
ago. however, conditions were less
serious than at present, for at that
time a wheat crop preceded the
drought.
Reports from the stricken areas,
where no rain has fallen for two years,
say that the trees OF entire districts
have been stripped OF their leaves TOR
food. The starving people mix the
leaves with millet chaff, clover or
weeds, with a minimum of grain, and
bake them into cakes resembling clay.
Thousands of refugees, who are en-
deavoring to migrate afoot from the
famine areas, are said to be living on
such food
Children Offered For Sale.
Extraordinary means TO obtain mon
ey for food have been reported from
all sections OF the five provinces. Lit
tie children are found deserted on the
streets, and many have been rescued
from the rivers into which they had
been cast by their impoverished par
ents. The sale OF children is often re-
ported, much despised girl babies be
ing offered for sums as low as dol
lar.
Reports from numerous points in
the famine districts indicate that $780,
000, 900 worth of the plainest food will
be necessary to avert the greatest loss
OF life. 1t has been announced that
LOCO deaths are occurring daily in the
Picking district alone. Every road
northward from Changteho, in Honan,
swarms with hunger pinched human
ity; many of them fall exhausted out
OF the weary procession to die by the
roadside; the district southwest OF
Paotingfu, denuded of vegetation,
looks as though it had been swept by
plague of locusts at village near
WI Cheng an old man with a basket
on his arm containing about six
pounds of red millet explained that
he had traded two overcoats and a
pair OF boots for the millet, which he
was taking to his wife and their seven
children.