The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-02
Bill. ART S ]. g [ Err.
His Mother FatherIess and Motherless at
Age OF Seven ears
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move all the children Immediately, !,
and James was hurried on schooner
bound for Boston, and Caroline on
another bound for Savannah. They
did not meet nor kiss sad farewell,
nor know Of each others fate nor
where they were going. What grief
was theirs! What briny tears! Be.
reft1 Bereftl that is the word, for it
means snatched away. Yes, I knew
! something about these orphans, for
this same Caroline was my mother,
aud many a tfmo have I sat at her
knee and listened and wept over the
sad story Of her orphanage. How in
| q day she lost her parents and her
brother, and was left alone without :.
relative this side OF the sea.
She was placed in the orphan asy-
lum in Savannah and was cared for by
good people until she was 10 years
old, when one day good lady came in
fine carriage to choose and adopt q
child. The orphans we're ell clad in
their best garments and gathered In
the great, big company room and
after they we're seated the grand lady
went round and round talking kindly
TO one and another and after long in
spection stopped at Caroline and said,
II will take this one The poor girl
was alarmed and cried with grief at
being separated from those she had
learned to love. The great lady was
the mother of Rev. DR.. Goulding and
the grandmother of Frank Goulding,
who wrote the pretty story Of 'sYoung
Marooners." In the meantime Caro-
lines brother had been placed in an
orphans asylum in Boston, and sfter
two years he was taken home by o
wealthy gentleman Of Randolph, who
had an only daughter and no son.
This daughter James married when he
was 81 and they received the old man 8
blessing and good estate. In vain,
and in vain,a had James visited Char
lesion to find some clew to his lost
! sister and sadly he returned and
mourDsd her as dead.
Caroline was sent to school at old
Midway, in Liberty county, where she
made good progress in her studies.
Her teacher took great interest in her
and kindly visited Charleston and adj
vertised in the city papers for her
brother, but learned nothing. When
Caroline was Is her teacher became so
deeply grieved over her sad and lonely
fate that he married her and here
am. Again he advertised in Boston
paper, and said in good, large type,
"If James Mcguire, whose parents
died Of yellow fever in Charleston, s..
&C., in 1916, is living he can find his
sister, Caroline. bby addressing tho uu-
dersigned. He saw that. A friend
handed it to him in church one Sun
day aud there was scene. He came
to Georgia by the first vessel that was
bound for Savannah. From there he
came to Lawrenceville, where my
father was then living. 1 was then
but7 years old, but I remember the
meeting aud no pen can describe it..
Tbs young people must imagine the
rest. When last in Savannah / visi-
tod the very ground and reverently
looked upon the place that gave to my
mother welcome and home. IF I
am anything that is worthy, owe it
chiefly to my mother and she owed all
that she vas to an orphanage. Friends,
do not forget the day nor the deed
that should be done. It viii pay in
the long run. Maybe it will open St.
Peters gate to some who have taken
a leetle too much toll. Forty times
are the fatherless mentioned in the
Bible. The word motherless is not
there, but the word fatherless includes
all orphans in the translation. Let
us not forget the day nor the deed.
A dime or q dollar or more given will
be like lending it to the Lord. Send
to Rev. a. s. Crumley, No. 200 Oak
street, Atlanta, Ga. / know him we'll
and love him. His life work is for
The orphans.
BILL ARP.