The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-29
AT HISTORIC BETHESDA HOME.
Continued from sixth Page.

COnIlnuCQ from SlAtl EdBCs
character it is to be expected that some
irregularities will exist, due to the DIFF
ference in the times at which some
children enter, but upon the whole the
pupils acquitted themselves very credit
ably. All the teachers have been faith
full in the discharge of their duties,
and | take pleasure in commenting
them to you for their good services
Last year, owing to the want OF
proper fencing, we sold the hogs we
had and replaced them with sheep.
This was a mistake; the sheep died.
Mr.. Chaplin was of the opinion that
with a hog-tight fence, to keep them
from straying off and falling sacri-
flee to the necessities of outsiders hogs
could be raised with profit. One hun
bred and fifty acres of pasture and
wood lands were enclosed with a good
fence, and several fine hogs purchased;
there are already several filters of pigs
from which may be expected supply
of pork next year.
The farm produced enough hay and
oats to feed the stock during the win
ter, and also all vegetables required
at the orphan house. This includes
800 bushels of sweet potatoes and
large crop of turnips and cabbages, of
all of which we had more than we
could use, and therefore sold the sur
plus. The farm bids fair to do as well
this year. Half of the old field, upon
which we had never raised a satls-
factory crop, was, through the liberali-
ty of w. J. DeRenne, Esq, who
contributed a ton of fertilizer, made
productive, and a fine crop of oats was
gathered from 1t. The other half of the
field did as poorly as ever. 1t was
an excellent illustration of what can
be done with our sandy lands by the
81 fart Additional raorfiotf-
lars as to the farm will be found in
the reports of Mr.. DeRenne, chair
man of the Farm Committee, and Mr..
Chaplin, the superintendent.
During the year two cows and seven
calves were killed for use at Bethes-
da.
Since my last report, there have been
III boys in the orphan house. Forty
six were admitted, and fifty-three left
during that period, and there are now
there 124. This fluctuation is due to
the temporary admission of boys un-
til provision can be made for them
elsewhere.
There was only one death during the
year among the boys, that of DeLoss
Gaylord, of malarial fever, which oc-
CURED at his mothers residence at
Thunderbolt.
Norman Morrison was operated on
for appendicitis by Drs. White and
Simmons, and, through their skill and
attention, fully recovered. He is now
at the orphan house. There We're a
few cases Of fever, and an epidemic
of mumps during the year, but they
were not considered serious.
While on this subject I would state
that the drainage at Bethesda needs
the attention of the County Commits
sioners.
Mrs. Williams matron, and Miss Ad-
kins,. assistant matron, resigned April
1. Mrs. Baynard was appointed ma
iron, but the assistants place has not
yet been supplied.
We are indebted to Drs. Charlton,
White, Fitch, Simmons, Morrison and
others for free medical services dur
ing the year, to DR.. Hers for atten-
ton to eyes of the boys. and to
Messrs Lawton & Cunningham and
Lester & Ravenel for attention to our
legal affairs.
MIR. A. v. Chaplin, superintendenti