The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-18
HAVE MEo CHARITY:
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s Irmediateiy Following the ar
n'iistice and the cessation OF the
butehery.. on. taae hpattle fronts OF
Europe the people of all sections
Of America, safe on this side Of the
broad Atlantic, ;ee;pIi5oyed a brief pe-
.id iriod. of 9uneNampled prosperity,
). when neneyawas so plentiful that
there was a perfect orgy of spend
ing and self.inad dlgsnce by all class
es Of people.la Fer America there
were no hardships as the inme>
). date aftermath Of the great war,
no one went hungry, naked or
shelterless... in. recent months the
wave. of prosperiw has subsided
.and many haee felt the deprivation
Z Of the lusuries to,. which they had
recently become. accustomed, but,
comparatively speaking there have
. beem.few cases OF destitution, at
tended by saMering and actual
want. that. haye, not been relieved
by 4ocal charity, In America there
9 has been re tragedy of famine.
dsath and fhe attendant horrors
that Central Europe and Russia
endured the last two years before
the arnisties aisit every year since.
We may complain of hard times
ard look backYard with regrets
and repininss sse othe fat years of
. 1918 and das1sebut we know moth
goof real suffering. We must turn
bur minds sysst sta, sta, Central Europe
IL We :wauld visualize and realize
!, SHAT suffering really is. Three mil
!. Hons are naked, ,nunsry and dying
eeaff Il famine. - p 80
For these people the various re-
.fef organi2ationsafave appealed to
. the. neoplea6f Anserca for charity.
: The response Has. Has, been generous
. and millionssof, dollars have been
contributed butsso great. is the
ssi,sed, so terrible the tragedy Of
:: :: famine that Stalks abroad in Eu-
'nSo rope Sc that the millions g.en with
in the last two or three years have
not cured TIE .Wbunds left by war
Oh the body of industrial and ag-
ricultural Europe. The need today
isgreater than eyer before, for the
5. situation has1bean aggravated by
droutns that DESTROYED the crops
:. Of last Year ands left the people of
Mfole provinces, without food. For
/, these millions eof'aour fellow men
!. the Jewish Refer Committee has
Rhdertaken to raise a fsnd to sup
p}enent the. funds provided from
:. other sources saad. now being ex-
pended by the American Relief orr
: eanizat;on. committees are work
siis throughout tie United States
this week to raise a fund that will
be representative of the charity of
America. .cTsei members Of the
Jewish faith in Sumter have re-
.sponded to tie ii essaiil ssasiil and have un-
dertaken to DO their part. In this
e;Fi;sat humanll11aa5gl cause they have
). 'inaFsited and; ares receiving the CO.
operation anda3substantial assist
ance of the. people of other re-
'1isgffoas faiths The people of
. Sumter should Do: no less than
those Of other sections, and we be-
lieve that tfecrespense will be lib
!. erai when the committee makes
the canvass of the City If each one
who believes in helping the needy,
who have sympathy with the help
less and sufferirg:r but give s.
snaan, part of what they have over
and above their; own actual needs,
the fund that<.will be sent from
Sumter will sare:4he lives OF many
r men, women and children who are
now in the deadly grasp Of dire