Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1920 — INVENTOR OF MOTOR ENDORSES MOVEMENT [ARTICLE]

INVENTOR OF MOTOR ENDORSES MOVEMENT

ELWOOD HAYNES ENDORSES HOME SERVICE APPEAL BEING MADE IN'INDIANA. PRAISES SALVATION ARMY Indianapolis, —(Special)—The inventor of the automobile, Elwood Haynes, of Kokomo, has endorsed the Home Service Appeal made in Indiana to raise funds with which to finance the social uplift and relief work of the organization in this state. A quota of $452,000 is sought and county organizations have been put in the field in nearly all counties in the state to enroll subscribers to the fund. Major Arthur R. Robinson, of Indianapolis, is chairman of the state committee under whose direction the enrollment is being made. In his statement endorsing the appeal, Mr. Haynes points out that it never gets “too cold or too hot” to deter the members of the Salvation Army from their work for humanity. “It has long been an acknowledged fact that there are certain persons in every community whom the Christian church does not reach, and who never come under the influence of the Y. M. C. A,” says Mr. Haynes. “Whether this is the fault of the institutions or the individuals will not be discussed here, but we all agree that something must be done for the poor unfortunate who has neither food nor shelter, nor a place to lay his head when night comes on. Such persons not only become a burden, but frequently a menace to society. “When a man reaches a certain stage of neglect or depravity he frequently feels obliged to choose between suicide and crime. It is just here that the kind arms of the Salvation Army reach out to him in brotherly kindness and assist him to a better life.”