FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1921
THE EREV.^
NEWS, SREV/ , NORTH CAROUNA.
JOSEPHUS DUNIELS
EDITOR•STATESMAN APPEALS
FOR NEAR EAST
ORPHANS
FIVE DOLLARS SAVES A LIFR
Children Fed And Clothe4 WhoU
Month On This Amount-
North Carolina Generous
With th9 Christmas pervading
the Old North State the North Caro-
Hna DlviBlon Near EJast Relief, baa
}ust sent to all prominent citizens of
this county an appeal to remember tbs
orphans of Armenia, made homeless
and destitute through that martyr na
tion’s refusr.I to renounce Christ and
all that he stoodf for and become Mo
hammedans.
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, former
Secretary of the Navy, has signed the
1921 Xmas appeal letter, which has the
endorsement of nearly every high gov
ernment and state official. Woodrow
Wilson and Pres-idont Harding have
fiven their unqualified endorsement to
this great humanitarian work.
The North Carolira general assem
bly passed in both branches an en
dorsement of the Near East Relief
work'and workers. Governor Cameron
Morrison has given the work an im
petus and Col. George H. Bellamy,
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, is state
chairman.
Mr. Daniels’ letter calling attention to
the fact that every five dollars ($5.00)
g:iven saves the life of a ciiild for a
month, follows:
Raleigh, Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Sir:
We are ail making ready for
Christmas—the season of the year
when as at no other, the Child is
the center of the world’s thought
and the world’s love. Of course,
our first thought is of those in our
own home—how to surprise them
into a gladness that will bring joy
to all about them»
And then, we will not forget
those children who are near us,
whose lives may not be as crowded
with comforts. We cannot have
the best relish for our Christmas
dinner unless we claim the prom
ise, “It Is more blessed to give
than to receive.”
Who Is your neighbor? That
question wss put to ufr by th§
Christ. For years some good peo
ple have been neighborly to the
children of Armenia, people of that
country separated only a short
distance from B^thrsKehC WHh
the coming of war, the condition
of these Christian peopls, sur.
rounded by psrdbeutors, has bson
intolerable. The United States
Government •mpioyed fwarahipa
to carry them relief before and
after we entered the war. The
present year has brought iittls to
them and winter finds them in
want.
Reliable Americans Just re
turned from Armenia, tell of piti
able conditions. As the state
ments of their sore need now have
beco.*ne known, good men and
women in every state are planning
to eend them Christmas gifts.
North Carolina has already given
help. Let us nil increase our help
to them so that ws may gladden
their hearts this Christmas. I am
writing you, knowing your tender
pity for those under privation and
persecution.
You can feed one of these or
phans for five dollars ($3.00) a
month. Please send to Robert A.
Brown, 9C1 Citizens National Bank
Building, Raleigh, N. C., such con
tributions as your heart prompts.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
It is hoped that the coming year wiil
be the last one required to care for
tihe 550,000 refugees who ai-^ being fed
at the Near East Relief soup kitchenp.
in Armenia and Syria every day. The
Turks were just driven out of Armenia
last August but during their o<jcupa-
Lion they have looted and destroyed
homes' and made fields unproductive.
Heads of homes were in most cases
murdered, mothers of families out
raged and then carried off to Turkish
honie.s, and children turned out lo the
strcpt'5 to perish. One hundred .'ind
ten thousand of them b'ive 'been taker,
into the 229 orphanages now being
maiuta'uecl by the Near Ea.-:t lleliet
in the Bible la,nds from money do
nated by generous hearted Americans
There are as many more c^iildren out
side the gates dying while they clamoi
fof Edniis.sion which i.s denied theci
because the institutions are alread:
taxed almost beyond their capacity.
William Jennings Bryan and Senatoi
Park Trammell, of J^lorida; Governor
Robert A. Cooper, Senator Nat Dia.
and Congressman A. F Lever, of South
Tarallna: CongresFuaan vVilliam P. Up-
shav,-, of Georj^ia; Governor Westmort
land Davis: Governor-elect E.
Trinklo, and Senators Claude A. Swan
son and Cart?r Glass, of Virginia, ai>e
among t\e big-Iitarted men of the
5)0Uui JLiIantic States who are working
heart and soul for the Near East Re-
Hot.
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His First
Christmas
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tfrirr.,... -j,
quiet in the
house. (3utside
the snowllakcti
were chasing
each other with
vigor end i\
gayety nul ••!
^en^ie of t^...
merriment of
the season.
Voices could
he heard shoutinj; across streets, wisli-
Ing others “A MeiTy Christmas.”
Now and again the wind blew loud
ly, but not shrilly nor harshly nor
with a wailing sound. The wind, too.
seemed to be quivering with happi
ness. All of nature had Joined to
gether to be as beautiful, as radiant,
in honor of the day as possible. *
The bills wero covered with snow.
The branches of the trees were laden
with it. Icicles hung from eaves and
from comers of liou.«es, and windows
were frosted with exqul.site designs.
The shrubs, too, were covered with
snow. It looked more like Fairykmd
than anything else.
In the house they were waiting, wait
ing, waiting.
How tense and long seemed the wait.
How nervous, how frightful, and yet
how marvelous—if all went well.
But just suppose everything didn’t
fo well? Siippo.«!e anything happened?
An electrician sunives a shock of
5,000 volts, tlianks to the pulmotor,
OIK* of uhich ought to be in every
meat market.
If Your Subscription Has\
Expired You Will Be Cut
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Off Without Further Notice.
Now Is
The Time
To buy the best fully
equippedicar for the money
! have oniy five new Chevrolet cars
and have reduced my price to
$577.50 Each
Until Jan. 1, 1922.
This is far helox/ cost. I MUST
HAVE SOME M . ;4EY, and the cars
4
must go at a loss.
See A. M. WHITE
Rosman, N. C.
Ku.\ C’hirke ijncetl isp ami (l«iwn the
floor and wondered how he could have
been so happy—so i’ree from nei’vous-
ness for so long a time.
Ke hated the great beauty of the
outside world. When he heard people
wishing eiich otht>r “Merry Christma.s”
he almost hated their smiles and their
t
clieerful voices.
How deeply he loved Lillian. She
was worth all the t'hristmas presents
In the world ! Of course. There were
no two ways about that.
And the doctor had said with such
a genial, merry twinkle in his eyes:
‘•Well, I fancy the young son and
heir will be a Christmas present from
the missus to you
He had laugJied at the time, and
Lillian had blushed and smiled and
laughed, too. The doctor was such
a friendly old .«jou1—he had been the
doctoi when Lillian had been boni.
And he was fine, too.
Hut i>erhaps he counted too much on.
Lillian’s strength. Kay had been sent
out of the room and he had been alone
here now for so long.
At first he had been so full of high
spirit'^. Hut the delay had been so
strange. They l-adn't tohi liini tln-re
',v«aild )k* any sudi delay. 'J'hey h.id
sinii)!y sent him our of the room and
had said that cr eryihing was all riglit.
and that they’d come sind tell him
soon to be back to see his child.
He would go upstairs. He couldn’t
stand this another moment. And it
was so quiet. He had fancied it
would not l>e quiet. Then ho heard a
strange shrill voice.
How curiously !t sounded. Was
that Lillian. She must be v -ry ill to
have a voice sound so curiously. He
never heani it like that.
They c»»uldn’t ke<‘p him from her.
She would want him, too. Of course
she would !
He hurriedly ran up the stairs. The
d(.'Ctor was at the top of the stairs.
“Wait a moment; not so fast; not so
fast,” the doctor smiUni.'' “I vas com
ing to tell you.” , •
“Couldn’t you have let me come to
her? I>id you Iiave to wait until it
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What Shalt I Giv4
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My Wife
?
The sams old question that worries us men folks every Christmas
and usually results in our buying some expensive little foible that is
pretty but not useful.
Why not make this a real Christmas for the wife? Give her ;some-
thing that will lighten^the burdens of her daily work—something that
wiil make the home more comfortable and attractive for her.
Why not A COZY BREAKFAST NOOK? It will save time
and many steps for her^ and she's wanted one all the time.
Or how about the BUILT-IN BUFFET and those BOOK
CASES that she has wanted for so many, many years?
i ■ his over. We believe you^ll agree that this is an idea that
will enable you to give the wife a Christmas that she^ll not forget.
We thank you for your patronage during the past year and wish
you Merry Christmas.
M.LLER SUPPLY COMPANY
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BEST
TOYS
FOR CHILDREN
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Bring the Children to our toy counter.
It will be a great treat for them. There is
no end to the little inexpensive thing that
will be a delight to them.
Just glance over the list of toys shown
in this ad and remember that they repre
sent only a few of the hundreds we have
on display.
Wiis al! over to come and tell moV”
Kay said in a hu.sky vctice.
••yiie V. anted it to be that way,”
the doctor said. Still he was ^’.niling.
i How could lie smile at such a TimeV
' How hard and inhuman »Ioctur.s be
came.
i “I don't believe a Avord of ir.” he
I said. ‘‘She wanted me, 1 k;inw. 1
I iieard her cry. That was it,. You
j kept me from her. You wouldn’i let
I me go to her and she—she—wan:ed
{
I “lly dear Ray, just a minute,” the
■ doctor said, but Ray had ruslicd past
I him and was in his wife’s io(»m. Tears
; were in his eyes.
i Oh, he'<l never forgive himseli that
be had c<m.sented to do what the doc
tor had lold him to when suddenly
he noticed that Lillian was looking at
him, her eyes wide open, smiling hap
I'ii.v.
“Did you hear him shout out a
‘^lerry CJiristmas’ to you, Kay?” .sh-^
asked.
“It v>as the babj' who crie/i?”
“Not a cry, my love, ‘Jlerry Clirist-
mas’ was what lie said!’
“TJIli'in. my own. my own.” he niur
mured. ;iiid bent down over her. An«!
n<m the T< ars came freely. He d.dn't
caf'O .1 ahout tiiem. Nothing mat
tered., T’or the tears—th..*y were the
tears ol joy I i
DOLLS, DOLL HOUSES, DRUMS
SKATES, PICTURE BOOKS, TRAINS
SLEDS, AUTOMOBILES
But don’t stop at toys. Our store is
loaded with useful gifts for people of all
ages and conditions—gifts that furnish
great joy and yet are moderate in price.
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Patterson’s Department Store
On the Corner
Hendersonville N. C. Opposite Two Banks