The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
THE FRIENDS WORK
Reports From 0rphanage
and College.
The Throngs Grow Greater and the
Interest in The Yearly Meet
ing Seems to
Depene.
(Special to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
High Point, N. c., Aug. 6.-The
fourth days session of the 27th annual
gathering of the North Carolina Year
lily Meeting of Friends was very large
II attended the attendance being to, if
not over the average of previous
yearly meetings. The crowd grows lar
ger as Sunday, the big day of all
draws near. Tomorrow High fol4t
will hold within her gates thousands
Of Friends and visitors from far and
near There will be services not only
ir the large meeting house but in the
tent and at the stands on the grounds.
The Report on the Orphanagc.
At this mornings session the 18th
annual report of the orphanage COM
mittee said the school at the orphan
1ge was maintained for a term of six
months during last year. Through
the kindness and interest of some OF
the county officers of GuilfOrd, the
management procured suhlclentcy
Vt public school funds, supplemented
n ;th other funds, to lengthen the term
Of school and to provide very excellent
instruction and training for all the
hildren in the home except three, Whc
were too young to enter school. Anna
L.
and the progress and improvement OF
lhe children under her tuition has
been very satisfactory to the board OF
control.
The farm u,dpnrhtee S 10 shrdluetn
The farm, under the present faith
cul, attentive and active superintend-
mt, is in the finest condition that 1t
has ever been since the organization
IF the institution.
lAIn an n orc
very superior order. All surface rock
nas been removed from the cultivated
fields and placed in Gullies and depreS-
| SiOns to arrest the washes and wastes
incident 20 larSe rainfallS. The wheat
| erop netted 500 bushels. The vege-
| table crop, the fruit crop and the po-
,ato crop Will exceed 400 bushels and
IRE ample to meet the demands of the
| 'arge family in the house. Cows fur
aish plenty of milk and butter for all
domestic purposes.
The finance committee by rigid
system of economy in the administra-
LOn this year has been able to inn
prove the financial condition, all the
expense incident to support, superln-
tending and maintaining the school
las been met and the bonded debt as
reported last year has been reduced
from $500 to $500, two bath rooms
home.
The trcasurer's report in detail is
IS follows. Now i'm home 81, admitted
turing the year IS, placed in homes
"a. After mature deliberations we are
united in recommending the reorgani-
7ation of the committee. We believe
| that all the quarters of the Yearly
Meeting should be represented on the
board of control; that each quarter
|
zee; that Deep River quarter should
nave five members on board. which
Eve members shall constitute the exec
utiVe committee of the management
We recommend that the Yearly Meet
ing make a liberal appropriation of
The support of the orphanage the COM
Jig year, and that subscription be
taken in the face of the meeting. The
tcrms of a Mr.. Briggs, Rufus King
Emma Blair and Harriet r. Tomiinson,
appointed 1901, expire at this time
md we ask the meeting to fill these
vacancies.
The treasurer's report showed that
about ali expenses had been met with
Some reserve left i'll treasury.
Condition of GuiIford College.
The report of the trustees of Gull
ford College showed marked success
at that institution the past year The
school term just closed has been very
prosperous and the college is in q fine
way to be free from debt. 1t will be
noticed in the report of the president
that the attendance has been the lar
gest in the history of the institution,
land that the work has never hitherto
been surpassed. and that a high toned
religious influence has prevailed.
Their receipts for the year have been
sufficient to meet the current expense,
most of the departments have been
sclf-sustairing. Some have been oper-
ated at Il profit and one or two have
fallen behind on account of extra ex-
ncnscs. The school was fortunate in
being able to secure the services of
Rev. Allen Jay, assisted by President
l.. l.. Hobbs to solicit subscriptions