The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
70 GIVE EVERY HOMELESS
BOY CHANCE TO GET UP
Roger Moore of Wilmington Told Elizabeth
City Men Some Things About Boys Who
Need Helping Hand

There are between $500 and
8 ;lo orphan boys in North
,~oNna who stand 4 ghost OF .
chance OF doing anything or
4 ,;ag anything because there
\ ,r Nd homes for them and
. m a>vlums for dependent
,.l delinquent children are al
,saiy oycrcrowded, declared
\ 25grr Moore, District Cover
,,r OF Rotary in an address to
lie Rotary Club OF Elizabeth
nv Wednesday afternoon.
This was Governor Moorc'> first
,.. TO the Elizabeth City Club. He
zane not only to set acquainted with
o, Club, but to touch the hearts ot
Elizabeth City RotarianS with the
}av problem of North Carolina. And
,ouched their hearts; more stir
IN. appeal for unfortunate boys
-,ysr fell from the lips Of 'prac-
.ral man in this town.
In private life Roger Moore is
lead uf the firm of Roger MoOre's
Sons Co. builders supply dealers of
y. {. In his own town
,e IS mans man who gives of his
tine and means literally in the ad-
,anccment of humanity. He didn't
',Il the ROtarianS where he got his
"surcS from as TO the number of
lgmcleSS boys in North Carolina, but
a few know that at great personal
rNp"nse he obtained the figures for
himself, getting the facts from the
C,erkS of Courts. Judges and Wei
fare Officers in every county in the
State. Among other things he told
h;< hearers that S,4OO boys under Ii
, ears Of age passed thru the JuvC-
nile Courts of North Carolina last
Year.
Uo called upon the Rotariau> 10
join IN i great State wide movement
of every religious and civic organi-
zation for tho working out Of pro-
gram TO give every homeless, friend
loss boy in North Carolina chance.
Par; of this program will DC cmbod-
'ci in proposed legislative measures
20 be presented to the next General
Assembly.
Touching upon tue unrest, discon-
rear and immortality Of the world to-
day. Ny. Moore expressed the belief
that world problems would be settled
n the advancement of the spirit Of
Rotary, when men knew ono another,
had faith in one another and prac-
ICED the golden rule. OF the immor-
al:ry Of the times. Governor Moore
oppressed the opinion of Il famous
>oriul welfare expert. that if the
s.gl> Of America are not converted
- Christ before they are twenty
here is no hope for America He
,lgsr>ted that the salvation of the
rVu'ry'S morals rests with the fc-
male population and that the couu-
'7y'a crying need is for Il clean-miud-
q. serious. modest girlhood.
G"'crnOr Moore told a story Of
.wp u"grocS in a mule deal. Tom
aad >old Jim 4 mule, representing
lin 20 be good mule. Three days
a'rr lin saw Tom and said:
Tom. You sho done me Il reglar
Th.'" mans trick when you sol me
agr 'lIlo; why dat mule is aS blind
IS bat. Very fust day dat mule
,l0 iu-p u tree: yistiddy he run into
t"..foam pole; and dis mOrnm' dat
,o2. mule ran smack bang into de
,tr 20 DE- house"
jim listened patiently and then re-
Piled: Tom, dat mule aint no mo-
lrH dg0 YOU is; dat mule runs into
'a.nc- jest because he don't give 4
TAM Governor Moore prefers to
's'''e :ha' North CarOlinians gen.
'H..g are blind to so many existing
"lH'."u- that demand remedial
~"a-rr".: be- is not ready to believe
,a', 'nlusa are as they are simply
'.cai,c people don't give 4 damn.