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■' V V - ■ ■■■•■ '■ ' . - If you have, you can realize the plight of the many old and helpless people right at your door. If you have been fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the necessities of life -- - then YOU should be willing to share at least a part of your good fortune in relieving the suffering of those who are old, ill or crippled and who are unable to provide for them selves. REMEMBER: “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these ...” Join the United Charities Now v Today! The reorganized United Charities is now making a strenuous drive to secure funds, clothing and food for these unfortunates. It is YOUR DUTY to join NOW when your help can he of so much real good. Every penny, nickle, dime and dollar donated now will ease someone’s hunger or cold. Below are three typical cases. Read them! Then if you have one spark of compassion in your heart for your more unfortunate neighbors you cannot refuse them your help. Case No. 1 (Investigated by W. J. Taylor, Welfare Officer) I Husband and Wife, ages 84 and 60 respectively. They have two children “somewhere.” The house is in poor repair, floors open, and leaky roof. They have a two acre plot, on which the wife tries to grow a little garden. This past season, she grew a few bushels of sweet potatoes, dug them, put them in the hill for winter use. They rotted. I learned that these were to be their bread supply. The old lady with tears in her eyes, stated that she did not know how they were going to live. I accounted for two sources of food, first there were four hens in the yard, and second, the old lady washes once a month for a white family. The husband was crippled a number of years ago by blood poison, leaving, him hardly able to get in and out the house. He is deaf and par tly blind. Case No. 2 Old Man, age 70 or more—no people that he knows of—lives with a family who has be friended him in his old age. He begs, does a little work here and there, and eats when he can get it, otherwise goes for a day or two without food. When he was seen last, he was poorly clothed, needed medicine, food and bedding. The bed clothing at thisJiome was unsuitable for our bird dogs. It was an old comfort, worn into strings, with parts of old coats rolled together with these strings. The mattress was beyond identification. Case No. 3 Widow, age 76, and little girl 7 years of age. She has one daughter “up North” on charity. Since she is partly paralyzed, she can hardly get about, and her only source of support for the past several years has been charity. She is poorly clothed, needs wood and food. Since January Ist. she has received $3.00 from the County for she and her little grand child. . ■ • 1 ■ This Full Page Advertisement Donated by THE CHOWAN HERALD i , THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1835. Ever Been HUNGRY or COLD? PAGE FIVE
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
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