The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-04-22
AN ORPHANS HOME.
Rev. Tatum Will Try and Establish
, One Near This City-His Aims
Explained.

EDITOR IEXARKANIAN:
l wish to say to the readers of The
Texarkanians that l have felt it my
duty for long time to establish an
Orphans Home and an industrial
school. / mentioned this desire to
number of good people in Tennessee,
and Arkansas several months ago.
They told me to select a good loca-
tion for the enterprise and that
they would assist me in the work. l
Travelled two months last year in
Texas looking for suitable location.
/ found many good locations and
many people wanting just such an
institution. Some good PROPOSE
tions we're made me and many peo-
pie promised to cooperate with us
in establishing and maintaining our
ophanage. All advantages and dis
advantages here and elsewhere con
sidered, l have decided that a point
near Texarkana is the best that l
have found My desire has been to
secure a good farm and erect two
neat accommodation dwellings and
a college building thereon. We de-
sire to make one of these dwell
ings home for girls, the other for
boys. We wish to have a good
Christian husband and wife occupy
each of these homes to care for the
helpless inmates. We desire to fur
nish homeless children-the very
best OF Christian homes. We will
put bermuda grass, some good cat
tie, poultry, orchards, vineyard,
berry vines, ETC., on the orphans
farm and devote much time to vege-
table raising. In this way we will
open up a line of work by which
both girls and boys can soon make
themselves self supporting. We will
receive just as many homeless chill
dren as the farm can support. 1t
will be undenominational. It's doors
will stand wide open to homeless
white children regardless of whom
their parents we're. 1t will be per-
manent home for children until they
are reared, educated and taught to
work. The management of this or
phan's farms shall be under the
supervision of a board of competent
directors, composed of practical far
mers, good Christian gentlemen who
possess deep sympathy for the
homeless and helpless whose duties
shall be to have the proper parties
at all times occupy the homes with
the children and give them the very
best and kindest treatment and
have the farm produce as much as
possible. This board of directors
will occup farms djacent to the or
phans farm. Their supervision will
be given gratis. All of the net
products of the farm must go to the
support of homeless children. We
expect to build up thorough school
in connection with this work. Some
splendid teachers have volunteered
their services as soon as they are
needed, My desire has been to
locate a number of good farmers in
close proximity to this school who
will board poor young men, for few
hours work daily, who desire to
work their way through school,
Only sufficient work to pay actual
expenses will be demanded. | men
toned my plans and desires to Mr..
S. D. Larry who Immediately pro
posed to give land at the u. G.
Junction worth $1,000, to the in
stitution ] am now endeavoring to
locate twenty farms there and l am
making appeals to the public to as
sist us in establishing and main
tanning the orphanage. The in
dustrial department of the school
and the farmers will take care of
themselves, All donations received
will be appropriated toward estab-
fishing the Orphans Home and
school and in supporting helpless
children, The work is just now be
ginning but we have several hun.
dren dollars pledged besides Mr.,
Lary's donations Of land, Homer 7,
Wilson of Fort Worth and j. @.
Mason of Houston, Texas, have
promised to cooperate with me in
soliciting money John w, Morrow,
1922 Walnut street, Texarkana,
Texas, is our treasurer. Money re-
ceived will be kept in a Texarkana
bank until a sufficient amount is re-
ceived to begin building We ex-
pect to expend $40, 600, economically
aud practically, in establishing and
this home as quickly as
possible, am going out soliciting
money very soon, will make my ex