Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-02-08
DEBT 10 AfsMREIA NOT PAID.
Needs OF Suffering People Not Minis
tered to as Should Have Been. IL

t AslAo olesLSu Ny Mio. W. p. Jouulukbs
vice State chairman for the Near
East Relief, that America and the
Allies have not administered to the
necessitios Of Armenia as that little
nation was led to believe they would
when they were enticed into the war,
at which time they raised an army
OF 100000 soldiers. Throwing that
army across the front of the German
army, thus preventing the latter
from reaching the oil fields Of Baltu,
they thereby brought the war to u
close several months earlier than It
would have been possible to have
done otherwise.
We owe Christian duty, she says,
to the remnant Of this nation, and
ell Of South Carolina should see that
this obligation is fully paid.
vt Is further stated that IS per
cent of the Armenians are rural, and
they eagerly grasp every opportunity
offered for seff-support.
The Near East Relief now has pro-
tected by the American flag 11S.000
acres Of land, which is being culti-
waited by modern American agricul-
tural machinery under American ag-
ricultural experts; and these people
are eagerly grasping the new and
advanced methods offered by the
Americans.
1t appears now to be only short
step to the time when these Armcn-
ians, If given proper protection, will
be self-supporting, self-sustaining
and on the road once more to happi-
ness.
American hospitals, a permanent
monument to the efforts of relief
workers to better living conditions
in backward and turbulent countries,
are rising up everywhere throughout
the Near EAST. Reports received per-
iodically at headquarters Of the Near
East Relief here costantly announce
the establishment Of new hospitals
and health stations.
"The most recent hospital opened
by workers Of that organization was
announced in reports received from
Samson, port on the T7'ack Sea,
where the climate Is unhealthy at
the best.
"'For the under-nourished, scant-
lily clad, barelegged refugee young
sters, living in the filth of the streets
during the day and sleeping in fetid
refugee camp at night, this climate
Is quick breeder Of malaria, .dys-
entery. and tuberculosis.
" TO take care OF these cases tina:
arc picked Off the streets, as well as
to handle the orphanage; a new hos
pital has been opened in house
near one of the relief orphanages.
Here the timid, shivering, dirt
encrusted bit Of humanity is given
It's first contact with American clean
liness. The filthy refugee rags nre
burned. A bath-probably the first
in many moons-leaves a complex
ion several degrees lighter, but often
discloses a body covered with scab-
les, which require prompt treatment.
dIeads usually require shaving, as
the hair is mass Of nits and the
scalp covered with scabs. Favus, a.
scalp disease which takes months to
cure, has developed in most cases.
cit Is almost impossible to COM
pletely segregate the diseased chill
dren in the orphanages. There are
so many eye, scalp and skin diseases,
and disease spreads so rapidly. Here
at the new hospital, however, dis
cases can be segregated and easily
treated. The youngsters have gar
den to play in, get proper food to
build them up, and learn the value
Of neatness, cleanliness and disci-
pline. When cured and ready to en-
ter the orphanages, therefore, they
quickly fall into the daily program
Of orphanage life"
All contributions should be sent
to VIM. M. Gibbes, State Treasurer
Near East Relief, 211 Liberty Ma
tional Bank, Columbia, IS. c.
.