The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-17
HOMES FOR POOR
CHILDREN
North Carolina ChiIdren's
Home Society Organized
by Leading Folks.

MI. VIM. B. Streeter, Of Greensboro, was
in the city yesterday 10 file a certificate
OF incorporation of the North Carolina
Children's Home Society. of which he Is
the State superintendent. recently APP
pointed by tho National Society.
This is an organization for the care of
destitute. neglected and homeless children,
in accordance with the idea that the nat
ural place for the development of the
child is in the family. 1t takes charge of
such children and finds homes for them
with worthy citizens within the borders
of the State, and as far as possible, of
the same church denomination as the
parents of the child. North Carolina is
the twenty-eighth State now having q
society. Each State organization is an
independent corporation, and IS entirely
supported by the voluntary contributions
Of its own people, but all the State So
cieties are affiliated IN a national organiza-
ton, which has general supervision OF the
State organizations. Prof. Charles Rich
mond Henderson, of the University of
Chicago. is now the president OF the ma
tional organization. The society was
organized in Illinois in 1883. Since that
time more thar 0 1000 children have been
rescued and cared for.
The incorporators of the North Carolina
Society are: Col. w. H. Osborn, Judge
w. P. Bynum, Jr, Mrs. Lucy H. Robert
son, Rev. Henry w. Battle. Rev. Egbert
w. Smith, Capt. j. w. Fry. Hon. Robert
ID. Douglas, NJ. j. Van Lindley, of Green's
boro; Mr.. E. NJ. Armfield, of High Point;
Rev. Robert +. Campbell. of Asheville;
Mr.. H. w. Jackson, of Raleigh; State
Auditor B. F. Dixon; President F. P. Ven
able and Hon. Eben Alexander, of Chapel
Hill. Some members are: Capt. Thomas
W. Patton, of Asheville; Col. Robert
Bingham, of Asheville, who will be a di-
rector; Mr.. R. G. Glenn, of Greensboro;
Col. II. C. Jones, of Charlotte; Judge
Henry R. Bryan, of New Bern; Rev. A. d.
Mcclure, of Wilmington, and Rev. JONI
I. Cole, of Wilmington. Every one who
is a contributor to the society becomes
a member
The Society does not propose to inter
fere in any way with existing orphanages.
we will accept the care of any needy
white child said Mr.. Streeter, yester-
day, that is under twelve years Of age.
If we should run across a child that Is
distinctly of Baptist parentage, we vii
offer it to the Baptist orphanage, and II
they cannot receive it we will take the
responsibility of placing it in some home,
and in doing so we will place it if pos
sible in the home of some Baptist family,
and 50 with every other denomination
We have already made a tentative effort
to secure homes for children, and have
inserted advertisements in four papers OF
the county of Guilford. and have re-
ceived twenty-one applications for the
children. Of these we have filled five and
have three other homes approved, and
children are ready for them and will be
placed by Thanksgiving"
Mi. Streeter is a native of Michigan,
and for the last six and a half years has
been State agent OF the Board of Charities
OF Indiana. in charge OF all matters re
lating to destitute children. He says that
when he was appointed State Superin-
tendent of the North Carolina Society
he asked the State Librarian Of Indiana
something about North Carolina, and that
gentleman had said; .*There is no State
that has made such progress in the pub
lication of historical data