The Monroe journal., 1921-03-29
Near East Relief

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Another eablegram from the scenes
OF suffering says that Armenian ref
ugees In SomsOun. lsmid. Broussa
Adana. Ratum. COnstantiRople are
absolutely dependent upon charitable
aid for food. Near East Relief is
sole support of fifty thousand orphans
in orphanages. $4,000 in Caucasus.
l7.000 in Anatolia. We are sole
support of 1890 orphans in Har-
poot. Siyas. Caesarea. Konia. Marso-
van. Samsoun. Trebizona: 5000 in
Beirut area. and aiding over $4,000
homes and soup kitchens.
In the City Yards
They were harried they were hound
ed.
They fell. ran. hid. and crawled:
But fifteen thousand found a place
Within mud mission walls.
They came with torn and frozen feet.
And brains that reeled with fears
Came with sorrow-strangled hearts
Too dazed. too spent fof tears.
kurds ragged at the shcltering flag
And cursed the big barred gate;
The stricken crowds berged Gods
good might
He stayed the cries o; hate.
Last year North Carolina contrib
uted over 100000 toward the adop-
tion OF Armenian and Syrian orphans,
the state being the first In the Nation
TO reach its quota of 1894 adoptions.
and Chairman Bellamy is highly con-
fident that Tar Heels will not fall
down this year.
With two other organizations call
ing for funds. Central European Re
lief and Chinese Relief. much work
must be done in the counties to en-
able the Near East Relief to keep up
the aid now being given to the S,S34
homeless tots being cared for in the
Trebizond orphanage.
Pennies make nickels. nickels
make dimes. dimes make dollars, and
the dollars feed the little Christian
children of the Near East.
Thus the school children of North
Carolina are converting theirs-just
pennies. nickels and dimes Ito buy
bread and milk for the hungry chill
dren OF Armenia. Donations are COM
ing TO headquarters from every com
munity in the state. The contribu-
tions are not large, but they repre-
sent the spirit of the pupils in their
efforts TO aid the good and great
cause.
An examination of the records in
our. Raleigh Office shows that hun
dreds of people who pledged the
adoption OF one child last year are
renewing their pledges this year for
the continued support of their adopt
ed orphan. We hope to induce people
in this county to renew their support
for another year
The Near East Relief is proud
to welcome Hon. Josephus Daniels
back to North Carolina where he is
interested in the work of saving the
Armenian and Syrian orphans. AS
honorary chairman of the State Com
mittee, he has been instrumental in
helping the homeless tots in numer-
Gus ways. When transportation was
hard TO get. he furnished navy ships
20 carry food and clothing TO the
starving at time when II was al
most impossible to secuer watev craft.
We have received the following
contributions since last report: Mon
roe high school, S1l.16; Monroe
graded schools, $4,000; Monroe Ma
sonic lodge. $1,000; Mrs. Rosa Stack
Huey. $500; Mrs. J. F. Laney's Sun
day school class. $500; Mrs. W. o.
Metts. $500: Miss jamie Bland 800;
Rev. S. l.. Rotter. $500; Mrs. W. p.
Redwine, s1.00: Virginia Redwine,
sl.00 Allen Redwine. s1.00; Joe
Redwine. Sl.00; Robert Redwine
$1.00; Mrs. Madge Benson, Sl.OO;
Miss Nena Caldwell, S1.00 Red Cross
membership One of the most touch
ing donations we have received dur
ing the campaign was the large boN
of lovely clothing from Dr. and Mrs
j. W. Neal. belonging 10 their sainted
daughter, Josie, who went home in
January.