The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

growing number and their pitiful helpless
ness that he determined to devote his re-
naming years to the pleading of their
cause.
He conceived the thought of founding
for them a home, school and farm, where
the home and industrial Ideas should be
prominent He secured the sympathy of
such men as G. R. Gem, state school COM
missioner; w. A Davis, grand master of
Masons; P D. Pollock, president of Mer-
GER University; Col C. M. Wiley, ordinary
Of BIbb county and f. ]. Wilingham, all
of Macon, and together, with himself, they
were incorporated without capital stock
as a benevolent corporation, under the
laws of Georgia and through Bib county
Superior Court.
Mr.. Mumford begun his undertake
ing without a dollar, but with strong
faith in the business and necessity of the
work in the goodness of God through HUI
mainly. He has made perhaps the most
wonderful start ever known in charitable
work in this state. Within a little
more than ninety days, his contributions
received for this work in cash, subscrip-
tions and kind. material for building, etc,
foot up nearly 5000, and no one man has
given over $3.50 and only one gave that
much In the meantime Mr.. Mumford has
located his home for Georgia's poor chill
dren five miles northwest of Macon and
finds himself as president of the
Georgia Industrial Home in possess
sion of 200 acres of splendid land
On the place is four-room
cottage, which has been neatly repaired
and sufficient out-houses for the present
work. The home was opened Feb. %, and
now has thirteen children as its happy
wards A manager, a matron and a
teacher are in charge as the resident man
agement. Two mules, a new wagon, a
buggy and horse, sufficient farming i'm
plements for three plows are in hand and
farming and gardening are progressing
finely
The idea is to give the boys and girls
of this home a full chance in life. "a
home and something to do" said Mr.
Mumford 10 the Morning News
yesterday. ARE the fundamentals of
the highest civilized life. These
two things will turn the current
of many poor little life in Georgia from
mendicancy to self-assertion and the
power to produce wealth, from the putrid
atmosphere of immortality to the delecta-
Bile mountains of purity and virtue. Save
the children of the slums and the slums
will disappear; reach and reclaim the
babes of the poor houses and you dry up
the fountain head of pauperism"
Industrial training will form a great
part Of the institution. Five hours
a day will be devoted to books. five
hours TO manual training. As fast as the
money comes new features of industry will
be added. The children will be trained
in agriculture, horticulture, Horticulture.
dairying and various other pursuits
1t will be an institution built from the
start on the home idea-the children are
to be grouped in cottages, each cottage
to contain from twenty 20 thirty inmates
All will be made 20 feel that this Is their
home. Each cottage will be provided with
it's own gardens, flowers and poultry and
stock and the friendly spirit OF rivalry will
be cultivated by the family groups The
meals will be taken at a central dining
room.
The discipline will be on the military
idea. Mr.. Mumford already has his boys
and girls uniformed, and his pictures Of
them that he has with him present a neat
and attractive appearance. He says they
are as happy as any thirteen boys and
girls in Georgia.
The inmates will he kept until of age or
in the judgment Of Mr.. Mumford, able to
fight alone The battle Of life.
over 5000 feet OF lumber has been given
TO put up the first provisional building TO
be used at present for domitory and school
purposes. This building. Mr.. Mumford
hopes 10 have open by July l. 1t will in
crease the capacity of the home 10 % chill
dre1. and this enlargement is immediai ely
needed as applications are crowding In
upon this only open door 10 Georgla's out
cast children. Mr.. Mumford has accepted
already many children for this new en-
larEoment
The great work has been recently en-
dorsed by the people Of Macon, VINO gave