The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-04-21

DfEAg ttNA IA 0N0A Siu no AAhEANADG :
The traveller is hardly ever out Of
sight of a smokestack e here in
Carolina. I am just frCm the good old
town Of Laurenss only ,en miles away,
and they have a mill tlere with 10000
spindles and 500 looms. When every
county spins and weaves all the cot
ton it grows then Will the south be
truly independent.
But the most beautiful feature Of
Clintont is the orphanage-the Thorn
well orphanage-that in 25 a has
developed from a little plain building
with Dol for 20 orphans into a love
~ village of r~ock-bult, solid, handsome
houses two stories high and in the best
architectural design, and where 200 OF
the ~fatherless and motherless children
reside. No one would ever suspect that
this village vas an orphanage thatwas
DuITG on faith and charity, and for all
these years has been maintained in the
same way. Visited and inspected every
tenement and was delighted. 1 telIyou
that these orphans are not orphans
very long after they get here. They are
put to work and to school, and soon
learn to do their share in maintain
ing the institution. They are put to
printing, carpentering, shoemaking,
painting, engineering, farming, dairy
ing, dressmaking, cooking and every
thing else that helps to run a house
hold, and everything is methodized and
goes on like clockwork. A happier,
brighter-Iooking flock of children I
never saw. They dress neatly and
keep clean, and their rooms and beds
are models of cleanliness. The advanced
boys and birls have to graduate in the
seminary, and then some of them find
o place in the college that is near by.
Most of the boys find good places in
the shops and manufacturing estab-
lishments and printing Offices all over
the country. Many of the girls become
teachers and dressmakers, and they
never leave the o~rphanage until a good
place is offered them. Neither boys
nor girls are ever bound to anybody.
They have an Independent manhood
and womanhood acquired before they
leave the .~orphanage, and they never
dishonor or disgrace it. There r chill
dren here from every southern state
and a few from the north, and there Is
one little waif from Cuba. He'is about
ten years old, and is as happy now az
he was poor and miserable in Cuba. His
father and mother actually starved to
death there during the long trouble,
and this boy was found in a ditch sit
ting by the corpse of his dead sister. 4
Clinton soldier brought him here and
begged a place for him. I forgot to-
mention that the advanced scholars
did all the woodwork in several homes,
and it is beautifully dOne-stairs, man.
tells, doors, windows, bedsteads, hat.
racks and w~ainscoting is all their work,
and is in up-to-date style. Their print
ing goes all over the country, and the
girls sell first-class butter in the mar
ket. The orphanage runs a farm and
has a herd of Jersey cattle, and not
only supplies it's own meat and veg
etables, but always have some to sell.
There are not less than 225 mouths to
feed, and they are well fed, and they
show it in face and form and movement.
Isn't this wonderful, and it is all
done by q faith and trust equalto Null
ler's. They tell me here that DR.. Ja-
cObs is in partnership with the Lord
and that Mr.. Bailey is the Lords fnan-
cial agent. Certain is it that these two
work heartily together, and more so
since Mr.. Bailey's son married DR.. ia
cob's daughter.
Well, George has 81 orphans here
and cares for them, and I was proud to
know that Gainesville not only main
tanned an asylum, but had a little share |
in the mite cottage hat was built by
the offerings of the children. There
seems to be no limit to the expansion
of this great work. The money comes
in just as fast as the number of or
phans increase and no. faster. ST am
the God of the fatherless' is visible and
palpable in everything about this won
derful institution. / could write a
book about it, but time and space and
place forbid, for 1 am at last on the
train and bound for home. 1t saddens
me'to know that an engineer and fire.
man were killed on the engine that
wrecked the train a few miles from
Clinton.
On this little tour into South Caro-.
lima I have visited good old AbbevilIe
and NewsG Greenwood and was made
much of at both places. My stay at
Abbeville was most delightful, for il
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Speed.
where I found five little children who
behaved well and had bright, clean
faces and sat on my'knee and rode on
my foot and one wanted to know who
pulled all my hair out and I&old her
that Mrs. Arp did.
At Greenwood I stopped at the fine
new Oregon hotel, which is the best /
have rel found, and a Georgian keeps
it. He put me in the bridal chamber
and when I expressed my surprise he
said he heard about our golden wed.
ding and expected me to bring my
along.
But I don't believe the printer will
ever read this-Biu Arp, in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Bow on Mems Hats.
Why do we have bows on the left
side of our hats? In olden times, when