The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-15
MUCH PLEASED WITH
COLUMBIA INSTITUTIONS.
WHAT THE RpV. MIX ORNE sAYS OF
HIS IMPRESSIONs
Careful Inapecfion Mad" OF Charitable and
Corr. ctiunRi I"stitntIona- Work In
Behalf OF Indig"nt and Ill.
Treated Children.
THE State, March 6

travelling through the country, in
specting charitable and correctional
institutions, in the interest Of indi
gent and illtrrated children, have
prosecuted their Emission of mercy"
faithfully during their stay in Colum
bia. Upon being asked yesterday rs
, to how the institutions here compared
with others visited, he expressed
himself emphatically: "They all
rank very high, and | have fewer
suggestions to make than in most
cities and counties. Ofcourse," con
| tinued MIR. Orne, waxing warm over
the subject 30 dear to his heart,
"yonr most promising institutions arc
the Epworth orphanage and Indus
trial Home school.
eyes, 1 do believe prevention is
moro Christian and much cheaper
than poor houses or prisons. have
been q student Of sociology for 25
years, and l find that heredity and
environments breed criminals-poor
houses and prisons confirm them.
The offspring of one abandoned girl,
traced through six generations, num-
bored 600, and all were either crooks
or criminals, insane or idiotic.
"a young man married rauper
wife in 1910. In 1880 thirty Of
their offspring had been continual
county charges, and when out Of
poor house or prison lived by beg
ging or stealing.
IA father, mother and five chill
dren spent the winter of 1886 IN the
poor house. All are now serving
sentences in penal institutions.
"From 95 to 90 per cent. of our
criminals (and they have increased
rs per cent. during the past ten
years, our population increasing only
81 per cent. come from this class of
children.
Zone hundred thousand children
have fathers in prison; 1000 persona
killed by mobs; 20 have been burned
during the last ten years. Fourteen
thousand murdered in 1899, against
1000 in 1887, and 5000 suicides
A majority Of both classes came
from neglected children. Lincoln's
and Garfield's assassins, and nine.
| tenths of 100000 tramps are of
this class also.
"Not per cent. of the 1000 poor
houses and 300 jails have regular
religious services, more than half
none at all In places cursed with
drink and contagious diseases we have
found 100000 homeless children
100000 abandoned last year). Born
by no volition Of their own will, no
control whatever over the first ten
years of their existence in this wicked
world, no choice whether they shall
be trained as Christians or taught as
criminals, beaten and banged about
in an atmosphere of drunkenness and
dishonesty, creatures of circumstances
how can their course be otller than
criminalp
ut is because of these things that
God has sent us out TO speak in thun
dor tones to the people that the per.
petuity of our civil and Chlstian in.
stitutions plead for prevention.
"Children who are born and
brought up in the slums are self.
raised, and being self.raised, they
tend to evil. We want settlements
in the by-ways, and by that 1 mean
we want to go down into the slums
and teach those of tho tenement
houses cleanliness and godliness
We want to teach the children to use
their hands as we'll as their heads
We want to place them in position
to be able to help themselves. W.
want to give them an opportunity tc
bend their inclinations to thei,
wishes, and make of them useful citi
zens and industrious artizans. There
in lies oil hope for the reformation
of the street Arab and alley waif."
Mr.. Orne and his wife travel, anc
have travelled all over the country, fol
rs years, working as they are working
in this city. While he does a grea
tamoant of work in all manner o.