The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
THE POOR ORPHANS.
Bill Arp Makes Strong Plea For Them
Their Support Is Great work
Founded on Faith.

in the Thornwell orphanage, and
they would enjoy Christmas dinner,
and I reckon the little chaps would
like to hang up a stocking. Sam
Jones will take care of his pets at
Decatur, I know, but the Thornwell
orphans have no man to travel and
talk for them. As the Irishman said
when he had lost his almanac, they
will have to take the weather as it
comes. They have never suffered yet,
but some times it is close rub to
get along. It is close now-too close
for them to be calm and serene. l.
takes SIS q month TO maintain an
orphan, and the total receipts for
October we're S465 for 104 children.
Cheap boarding, that food and
clothing and fuel and room rent for
$3.50 a month, and washing and
lights and castor oil thrown in. Carrs
dog costs that much, and he furnishes
his own clothes. I wonder how DR..
Jacobs manages that? I've heen
reading the little monthly magazine
that the boys print, and there is not
q word Of begging or lamentation in
it. The doctor writes like he had
Aladdin's lamp somewhere. He seems
to rather Drag than beg. He says
that ten years ago the orphanage had
125 acres of Land and one house and
$1,000 of endowment money, and
now it has four handsome stone
dwellings and three stone public
buildings and a concrete printing
Office, all furnished, and $4,000 of
endowment money. He won't spend
that, but is letting it grow until
the interest will do some. good afoer
he is dead and gone. He says he is
going to put up little canning fac
tory, so that the children can save
for winter the vegetables they make
in summer. The factory will cost
about S150, and the money will come.
He is preparing to build a technical
school attachment that will cost $3,-
600 and has already got s31 OF tae
money. Good gracious what start!
That mans faith has never fickered
from the day he conceived that
orphanage in his mind and heart. He
Just goes along on trust-trust in
God. He is crank-that is to say
he is unlike the rest Of us. Maybe
we are the cranks, l don't know. It
is tremendous responsibility to
have the care and maintenance and
education of 100 orphans and no
money except what comes along nap
hazard through the mails. Sometimes
there is a'shower and sometimes
long dry spell, but he keeps on taking
in the orphans al the same; six more
have just arrived, and that makes
ITO. There is no blow made about
the institution-no footing Of horns
no boom-no pitiful appeals, but
the money comes about as fast as the
orphans come. There is no secjari-
anism about it. In fact, there are
more children Of Baptist and Metho-
dist parentage than of Presbyterian,
and yet nine-tenths, Of the money
comes from Presbyterian sources. 1t
was close hit In October, and the
good doctor began to snuff the air
and wonder, but the good people Of
Clinton found it out, and they just
poured in with -four and meal and
meat and fish and merchandise, like
asurpriseparty at Methodist preach
ers house. Two men of our town
got hold of the little magazine the
other day, and saw that the whole
State of Georgia with fine crops and
a sub-treasury in sight didn't send
but SAT in the month of October, and
they said it was shame upon the
State, and they rustled around and
picked up SIT in few minutes, and
one church sent S18 more and we
have been supporting two orphans
besides and so we all feel better now.
Arkansas sent more than Georgia and
so did one woman in New Jersey. It
is not the stinginess Of our people,
but it is their forgetfulness. They |
want to be punched up by some
body.
Now, is the time. Let US all send
something to pay for a Christmas
dinner and take some stock in the |
stockings, Send a money order to
DR.. William P. Jacobs, at Clinton,
S. G. Don't be afraid of sending too |
much and making the children sick. |
If there is q surplus, it will help |
build the canning factory. Giving to
charity is hard to start with some
folks, but when started, it grows on
a man and becomes habit just like
chewing tobacco. There is good
feeling that follows the deed and
makes man have more respect for
himself. You see, the next world is
a very uncertain condition to most Of
us, and every one admits that little
stock in bank on the other side of |
the river might prove to be good
stock, and there is no way to buy it
except in charity. asked man one
for some charity money, and as he
hesitated I quoted scripture to him
and said, 'Cast thy bread upon the
waters and it will return to you after
many days" He looked at me hard
and said, "About how many days?"
"The day after you are dead" said I.
He looked serious and handed me a
$40 bill, which was more than I e1-
pected Sam Jones says that the
most ridiculous performance in the
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