The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-07-19
ARMENIAN DRIVE
GETS UNDERWAY
Public is Responding Gener-
ously to Appeal for Help
Gap Subscribing its Quota

0uP SUBSCRIBING us Quote
An effort is being made this week
to raise the Wise county quota OF
S4,SO0.O0 to provide for the eighty
children which are in the stricken BIZ
BILE lands. All who have the mean.
are asked to adopt one of these little
children. II by the last OF this month
all Of these children nre not provided
for, the ones not provided for will
have to be turned out from the Vir-
GINA orphanages in Constantinople
to starve. The overseas workers will
have no other alternative. If the
Christian people of America stop
giving now, what they have already
given will not have been Of any good.
They had rather have died several
years ago than to die now.
A number of contributions already
have been received and it is believed
that the county will appropriate a
goodly amount to this cause.
There is much suffering among the
Armenians, Serians and other peoples
Of that section of the world, suffering
which it is our duty TO relieve. Wise
county always has been liberal in its
donations to worthy causes and we
believe that il will come up to its
standard once more in the forthcom-
ing campaign.
No contribution is too small to be
appreciated. If you can't give dol
lars, give pennies, but give what you
can.
Two hundred thousand children
and seven hundred thousand adults
in Armenia have been kept alive dur
ing the past three years by American
food furnished through the Near East
Relief. II we let them or any portion
of them die now this great work will
have been in vain.
This message was sent today to the
people of Wise county by Oliver j.
Sands, state chairman.
Mr.. II. +. Hyatt, county chairman,
and Mr.. II. G. Gilmer, county treas
urer, aud an able committee are in
charge of the campaign in Wise coun.
ty. To the sacred care Of Wise c0un.
ty, Mr.. Hyatt said, eighty children
have been placed.
All contributions should be sent tC
Mr. Henry Gilmer, of the First Nation
al Bank, of Norton. In order L
adopt child anyone can do so b,
signing pledge card agreeing to pa,
five dollars month. When ear,
is signed it is Immediately forwarde,
TO the New York office, then to Con
stantinople. assuring the life of on,
of these little children for anothe
year.
In speech to the people of tn,
Christian Endeavor nj the Presbyte
rian church, Norton. Friday night
Vance Tilley, Virginia Field Repre-
sentative, of the Near East Relief
brought up the cold facts of how tn
money that is donated is spent. Gu
of every dollar that you give, declar
ing Mr.. Tilley, ninety-hve cents OF
is sent to Armenia. Last year 81,
SAL ,33O.3a was contributed for es
pense 10 cur cause. Interest and ban
balances and incomes from securi
ties amounted to SG7S,s2l.32. Las
year il took only 1891 1880 for eS
pense to keep NJ our organization i
the United States. BY buying foot
supplies, ett.. in large lots, and i
lots OF instances, obt.i lining railroa
transpOrtations ~i,h practically II
expense by expert purchasing agent.
and after all expenses are paid, W
can almost send one hundred pc
cent. Of the money contributed to tn
starving Armenians.
The above figures are being ker
by the United States Congress an
our Offices in New York are open 10
inspection any time to responsible