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LITTLE ARMENIAN State Conference of Near Eas terest of Reestablishing I Away Country--Can Near East relief workers from many of the counties in the state meeting in Columbia Saturday for the first statewide coi'ference preceding the campaign to be waged in February beard the most touching appeal's to enter the twork wholeheartedly to save thousands of dying Armeni'ans and other peoples of the devastated coun tries, from speakers who have seen the horrors in the foreign countries. Speakers who have traveled through out Armenia and the countries of the Near East told of the slaughtering of thousands of women and children and bow countless hundreds are depend ing upon America for life. Various ideas as to conducting the drive were advanced during the conference, which began at the Jefferson hotel Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock and ended in the afternoon. The main address of the morning was made by Commander J. J. Broken shire of the United States navy, now stationed at Gulfport, Miss. Cominan der Brokenshire was stationed in the Orient for a long time and traveled extensively through the stricken coun tries. Commander Broken shire said he was thoroughly aroused to the need of raising funds to aid the suffering peo ple. lie has been interested in Ar, menia for years, and said lie thought it was the duty of America to come to the rescue of the many men, women and children who -were being deported from their native land. He told of see ing thousands of childrn in rags while he was in the little country and many Women nearly dead from the want of food. Turkish soldiers entered the homes of the people and carried off the children to te drowned. In some places the sh:ore would be lined with dead hodies that had floated in from the sea. Commander Brokenshire described the women and children who had been forced to eat grass for sustenance. "Their faces bore a vacant look, as if they had abandoned all hope, and I can not describe their physical condi tion for the want of proper words; such conditions as the women and children are in are too horrible to be told," he said. Somo women had become so do spondent and frenzied over their con dition that they 'lost their reason, and in many cases attempted to eat their own children. lie told of seeing a train load of refugees, almost naked and- dying from hunger, being sent to towns where they might procure relief. In one city he visited from 100 to :00 refugees nwere picked up ldead upon the stireets every onorning, having starved to death. The spweal(er said he saw an old friend who was nursing in one of the Near' East hospitals in Armenia. This friend related one of the most horrible sights to the commandier. One night she swas crossing a river near the hospital and saw hundreds of head less bodies floating dowvn the stream. Commander Brokenshire then told of visiting the Near East relief hospital and seeing hundreds of children being resu rrectedl practical-ly from the grave b~y this great agency. "The sight of this hospital brin~ng back to lhfe os many children was like a great iight from the dark." the speaker salid. "Of course, sonme people discredit the stories coming from Armenia and those count ries, hut I know by sight that thousands and thousands are dy ing from the lack of food andi atten tion." He described the wvhollesale de portation of thme Armenians b~y the Turks just at the beginning of the wvar, and how the roadls leading out of the countr'y were strewvn with bones of dlead 'wome'n and children. E. Ni. Peeples, county chairman of Hlampton county, told how lhe had can vassed his county in the drive last -year b~y using a Ford, and with the aid of N. A. Royajian, field representa tIve, exceeded the allotment for Hiamp ton, lHe assured the conference he would raise his quota this year. J. M. 'Mason of Florence said -be thought the campaign could be best conducted by meetings in cooperation wvith the churches rather than a house to house canvass. R. C. Burts of Rock Hill1 said he w av vry much interested in saving Armelnia and was glad to report that he would be found working for the cause this Februar'y. H-e thought the schools should he appealed to for aid in the dr'ive and indorsed the idea of ~llecting the funds by meetinigs rath. than a hottse to house canvass. If \ r oy1 fu.ndmi are not secuired by this .plan however, other' plans nlist be adloptedl for the money must be -gotten, he said. Mtrs. M. L,. Tillman of lrdgefleld spoke in favor of the campail ind said she intended to work with all her power to put her county over the top. Airs. Tillnian described the condhitions! Rho foudn in the Near East wvhen she1 S MUSTBE SAVED < ti t Relief Workers Here in In- t )evastated Lands in Far b paign in February. t Nas there several. years ago. SMrs. IR. A. Cooper, owife of the gov 3rnor, was present and when the sug ;estion was made that a state'wide t 'roclamation be made in favor of an armenian Sunday said she wou'ld icartily cooperate with the movement ind felt sure the -governor would give ils aid. 6Mrs. Cooper has been made state chairman for the women in the irive. - Dr. Oliver Johnson of 'Winnsboro old how he had successfully raised he Fairfleld county quota in the last frive and how he expected to raise he allotment this year. C Banks Dove, state chairman, who presided, said lie was more interested n reestablishing Armenia now than mny other one cause and felt that the )eople would rally to the support of he thousands of stricken people. Mir. Dove said the money twould be forth coming as he did niot see how the state could turn down such an appeal. He outlined the plans for the drive from February 1 .to 22, but said if the can vass iwas not made during this period a later date would serve. -le told of sending out letters to the people of South Carolina and how nearly $20,000 had been subscribed in this way by the generous hearted populace . 'Mrs. Florence Spencer Duryea, head of the woman's organization of the country, outlined the need for funds in carrying on the work already started and for widening the scope. Two million five hundred thousand people are dependent upon the relief fund to give them their life bread and a start in business. Over 60,000 chil dren need help to keep them from dy ing. Over 200,000 Armenian girls can be saved if the money is raised to op en schools and places of refuge for them. Whet Your EVERY cl natura ness going. But what ing out for what you tU and where:, . certain thin A FEW SUI W Laurens. S. George 13. Hyde of the 'Palestine onimission of the American Red Cross Did how it had been impossible for his agency to reach the peoples of he Near East and how the -work must e done by the present organization Dr that purpose. Following a short alk by ir. ilqyde during the morning he conference adjourned at 1:30 'clock for luncheon. During the din er hour 'Mr. Hyde gave an Interest ag talk of nwhat was needed and how he 'work had been carried on. N. A. toyajian, native Armenian and a stu ent of the University of Sout hCaro ina, who is field agent for South Caro Ina, made a most impressive talk. Among those attending the confer nce besides the speakers were: C. I. ,Wiggins, of Monek's Corner, I. C. lunt, Mrs. Margaret Miller of Cam en, Mrs. A. B. Kennedy of Camden, Irs. S. .M. Smith, Dr. A. W. Black-wood f Columbia, Dr. R. S. Truesdale of :olumbia, Miss Mary Guthrie Sledge f Chester, Dr. E. M. Lightfoot of Co umbla, the Rev. Joseph Walker of Co umbla, 51. A. Wright (f Conway, the Lev. W. 1. 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