The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-09
THE GRAND WORK
At THOMASV|LLE
New Buildings at Orphanage.
Old Ones Improved.
THE ANNUAL MEETING
Address by Professor CarIyIt---IuIian Medal
Awarded TO Miss Mamie kIler--- Second
Prizs TO {. B. Cox, Third to Will
liam Goodwin,
THE ANNUAL MEETING
liam Goodwin.
Especial to News and observer)

Thomasville, N. c., July S.-The eyes
of the North Carolina Baptists are turned
towards this place just now, the time
of the annual meeting of the Baptist Or
phanage, and from all reports, received by
the trustees, the institution is nearer the
hearts of the people than ever before.
hearts of the visitors are made glad by
seeing new buildings erected and old
ones improved each year.
Since the last meeting the Mothers
building, erected by Mr.. j A. Durham,
of Charlotte, in memory of his mother,
has been completed at cost of $4,000.
This Is the handsomest dormitory on the
grounds.
The Mitchell building has been greatly
improved by adding new porches and di-
yiding the large dormitory into smaller
rooms.
The manager has been authorized at
once to proceed with large building. to
be centrally located for a general dining
room. for use of all the children. Here
tofore each dormitory or family had its
own dining room. This new structure is
to be known as the "Faircloth building"
Three more dormitories will be built
during the next year. One by the Chow
an Association, one by Mr.. E. F. Aydlet,
prominent attorney of Elizabeth City,
and one by Mr.. J. G. Witty, a promi-
nent hardware man OF New Bern
This news will be received with great joy
by the Baptists Of the State.
A resolution of much interest, intro
duced by Hon. Steven Mcintyre, chair
man OF committee on bequests, and adopt
ed by the board of trustees, was that all
incomes arising from the endowment funds
of the Orphanage be expended in per-
manent Improvement.
The support of the children will be
on the hearts OF the people.
There are now 260 boys and girls here,
who are well cared for, well clothed and
fed with plenty of good wholesome food
and the great wonder is how the man
agement does it at so small a cost
With I'll the rise in the price of gro
ceres, dry goods, ETC., the expense per
capita, including all the expenses OF sala-
ries. etc, is only $4.S5 per month. This
is really wonderful when we take into
consideration that they have full school
term by splendid teachers, who are paid
out of this cost.
The schooling is fine, averages with the
best graded schools in the State. Twelve
young men and ladies who have spent
their lives here, will graduate and go out
and take their places in the world, well
equipped with good education and well
trained.
The shoe shop is a valuable addition to
the plant Several boys are learning the
trade OF making and mending shoes and
are at the same time doing the neces-
sary work for the institution.
The farm is well conducted and is pay
ing handsome dividends, after deducting
necessary expenses
Charity and Children, one Of the clear
est, brightest and best edited papers in
the State, has reached perhaps the larg.
est circulation of any weekly paper in
the commonwealth. 1t goes regularly to
5000 subscribers. 1t paid dividend of
something like 81 TOO above expenses in
the year just past. This splendid paper
should go into every Baptist home in
North Carolina.
The Orphanage plant now consists of
about 325 acres of land. about 100 of which
are in splendid white oak and hickory
grove. in which are twenty splendid brick
buildings, all of them worth some
thing like $4,000 to $4,000.
Perhaps the largest crowd are as
sembled here today that ever attended
an annual meeting, made up of people from
every section of the State A throng
came III on an excursion from Wilkes |
boro at noon.
The exercises of the day consisted Of
beautifully rendered program by the
children of the institution and a splendid
speech by Prof. j. B. Carlyle, of Wake /
Forest. on THE Ministry of Childhood.
The Julian medal given for the great /
est progress in studies was presented to |
Miss Mamie Allen, of Mars Hill, by Rev
r. L. Patton. The second prize was won |
by Ed Black Cox and the third by vii.
liam Goodwin.
PROF. CARLYLES SPEECH
The subject of Prof. Carlyle's Address
was, s'The Ministry of Childhood
Among other things he said
Everywhere and always childhood has
excited deep and abiding interest in
the human heart. In the little child the
poet has found inspiration for his sweetest
song, the painter models for his noblest
work OF art. the preacher materials for
his greatest sermon, the soldier incentive
for his sublimest deed of daring and the
field for his most unsel-
fish work. The Prophet Of old in d
OF supreme exaltation, at the
climax Of matchless period, painting
the glories to be, sounded the keynote OF