The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-28
PRIDE OF
METHoDISTS.'
THE EPWORTH ORPHANAGE DO.
ING A GRAND WORK.
forts Being Made to Secure Funds
to Erect Another "Home.o

Inc Epworth Orphanage, located in
Columbia by the Methodist Church of
South Carolina, is already the pride of
every Methodist in the State, and ere
long will be the leading institution of
its kind in the South.
1t was opened January 1st, 1896.
with Rev. G. II. Waddell in charge.
Under his able management there have
been fitted up two nice '.homes" and a
large three room chapel, and thirty
four otherwise homeless children are
being cared for. all this has been done
through the liberal support of the
Methodists Of the State. However,
hundreds have been turned away on
account of tho want of room.
In view of this fact the Epworth
League of Washington Street church
OF Columbia has come to the aid of the
superintendent and is caEvassing among
the Methodists Of the State for sub
scriptions Of one dollar each to build
So. 200 homo during the coming fall.
Tho local committee is meeting with
hearty response and quite a number of
subscriptions have already been secur-
ed. No name has yet been selected for
the home. and the con- mittee in charge
propose to Ie. the contributors name
it. Several very appropriate names
have been suggested, among them Ep-
worth League Wesley" "Waddell,"
and "Carisle."
The following circular letter issued
by the League committee gives the
plan in detail:
COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. IS, 1896.
Ny DEAR BROTHER: The Epworth
Orphanage located here by the Metho-
dists of South Carolina is doing q fine
work in this it's first years experience,
but the superintendent has been greatly
hampered in his usefulness by the
small space that he has. At present
we have the superintendcnt's home
with eleven rooms, the .'Giles j. Pat
terson" chapel with three rooms, and
the ''R. l.. Coleman" home with six
teen rooms. With these three are
thirty-four children being taken care
of, and still over three hundred ap-
plicants have been turned off for want
of place to put them. The Orphan
age should be the pride of every
Methodist in our conference, and we
believe you will aid us in making it
the leading one in the South.
The .Epworth League of Washington
Street Church has undertaken the plan
of presenting the claims of the Orph-
anage to tho individual Methodists of
this State, and for this purpose we ad-
dress you this letter and beg your sup.
port and cooperation.
We want just $1,000, and We want
five thousand persons to give it. It
Will not hurt you to give us one dol
lar, and with the other forty-nine hun
dred and nincty-nine we will have O
nice home to shelter and protect fifty
little orphans. We enclose you some
blanks, and ask you to fill ont one of
them yourself and get five others to
do likewise, and then return the six to
the chairman of this committee as soon
as you can. We only ask You to give
us the dollar on condition that We get
the whole amount subscribed. If you
cannot AID us as above please return
the letter and blanks to the commit
tee, as we are sending out only the re-
qured number to secure the five
thousand dollars and will want to send
this to some one else if you cannot
help us.
We propose to let the contributors
name tho home, and so have left space
on the blank enclosed for that pur-
pose, which you will fill out before
sending back to lis.
Your kind and prompt cooperation
will be greatly appreciated, and We
believe will prove blessing TO us all.
Thanking You in advance for your
assistance, we are, yours for the Or
phanage,
GEORGE WATUSs,
Miss SUSIE II. JOHNSON,
Miss MAMIE BoozER,
w. w. JONES,
j. ID. NCSNAMAKER,
Committee.
The blanks mentined in the circular
arc i'll !he following form:
.I". Gco,1c Watkins, Cniun,bjo, S. &.
DEAR SIR: Iu reply to yours of
August 18th, I hereby agree to send
yon on or before October, 1st, 1896,
one dollar to be used in building of n
Home at the Orrhanagc in Columbia,
s. G..
vote the Home TO be named
TRIED TO BUY HIM.