The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-18
A NEEDED ORGANIZATION


and secret and fraternal societies,
and it has always been fine field in
which to plant such organizations
and societies. And yet there is heed
of another that would be II position
to help the needy and the suffering,
it matters not whether such case
should be found in the city or the
county. In other words, an organiz-
ed association of charities could find
a fine field right here in which to
function. 1t seems to us that there
used to be such an organization here
for the city alone, but it should ex-
tend it's helping hand to the remotest
corners of the country, wherever
want and suffering may be found.
The men of the town are building
a $4,000 club house just out from
Newberry, and it is well, and we are
glad they are doing this very thing.
There are other organizations which
meet twice month and have good
) luncheon and enjoy themselves and
have a good time and stand for all
that is good in the community. There
is chamber of commerce which en-
tertains the various organizations
which come to town, and which does
many other things for the commun-
ity that are helpful, and it also has
a subsidiary committee which enGea-
vors to keep the business men from
being imposed upon by fake adver-
tising schemes, and another that in
vestigates the credit of the people
and tells the merchants who will
meet his obligations and who will
not. and does various other things
for the good of the community, and
all these things are beneficial. And
then there are number of fraternal
organizations whose corner stone is
charity. And in addition there is a
branch of the Red Cross which helps
to maintain a county nurse and en-
deavors to tell the people how to
keep well, and we are under the i'm
preston that it is a real county or
ganization.
And yet, it seems to US, there is
need right here in Newberry for an
organization of associated charities
that will take in the entire county
and stretch out its helping hand to
the remotest sections of the county,
and lend helping hand wherevr
there is want and sickness and suff-
ering that deserves aid. And it
should be supported by the people of
the. county.
We are induced to make these OBJ
servations for two reasons. We read
an editorial in one of our exchanges,
we think the Union Times, along the
same lines. advising and urging the
formation of an organization of asso-
ciated charities for that town, and
then Just the other day a lady from
the county came in the Office and
asked if we knew of any organization
in the town to which she might go
and lay before it the needs of a de-
serving family in the county, in
which all the members were sick and
in great need of help. In fact, one
of the children had died and the 9TH
ers, including the father, as we un-
derstood, were also sick and in very
poor circumstances and without the
necessaries and without the proper
attention and medical aid. We sug-
gested the Red Cross or the health
department, and we understood her
to say that she had been to one or
the other or both. and they were
without facilities TO render the nee
essary aid. We then referred her to
the chamber of commerce, and she
left the Office to go, and we have not
heard any more from her. We were
under the impression that the Red
Cross, which is county organiza-
ton, would be in position to render
aid, or that may be the county health
nurse could be in position to investi-
gate the case, and may be render
some relief.
We are not saying anything here
in the spirit of criticism of any one,
but it seems to US that in this day
we should have some sort of an or
ganization that would be in position
to dispense charity, where it is need
ed and deserved, and especially that
no little children should be permit
ted to suffer.