New-York tribune., 1905-11-27
CoLORED ORPHANS INDUSTRIAL HOHv
Appeal for Aid in the Work It Is Doing !,
South Carolina.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While acting chaplain Of the 10th 1-,,..s
States Infantry. a colored regiment. during -.
Spanish-American War. it came to mr mia
that the home was the greatest institution ~
earth when properly conducted I mean to saw
by this when there is woman at the head Of tba
house who has the proper training; that the bor,a
Is the Oldest institution earth and the most Inn
portant: that. without proper home training m
race could rise.
1t does not make any difference how many ins,i.
tutions OF learning have and how many
churches. libraries. Young Mems Christian assocIa
tions etc; none of these can take the place n
home as the training school for mankind
Knowing that great many Of the eolored chill.
dren of South Carolina without homes and
parents I founded. six years ago. the South Caro-
lima Industrial Home for destitute orphan coored
children" 4 generous woman in PENNSYLVANIA
paid $500 for hundred and sixty OF land
near the city of Columbia, toT this purpose had
a few other contributors help to support the work
an NY Wbfnsy iTt of NewYoTk and W Gbasa !" ~ NJ
Kine-sIa,, Of Roston RIIt these two sanch friend,
one will take their places or course there s-s
other people in the North who have contrilusi
who do not wish me to publish their names
+,+a bCroaIaSq cOIorad children from one Ia fr-
teen years of age We teach them in the schoa
from a. m. to 1 p In the afternoon they aa
In the last six years have had l65 children
under our care OF course. many of these hars
gone out to find work in good homes in South Car.
The home is supported entirely by voluntary Of.
feTings of the people It is not denomlnationals
moral training of the inmates. We believe ths,
the best way to save people Is to go after the
means teach them how to work inteliigenty E.
pecaly the little boys and girls should be taught
other way to benefit and lift UP race than By
giving them this training which they so much
We hope to add in the near future to the vct
eiready begun large number m OF IT. ths s. yOuil ,.G
will be there-the masses-for years TO come. We
teach agriculture, horticulture and the raising q
stock. poultry, etc, TO the small boys and girls
range it so that the majority of these can work
their way through school with very little money
Your readers could not put dollar where t
would do more good than into an institution Of
Southland and saves them from becoming idlss
and criminals.
teachers to instruct In agriculture, TO pay The
teachers we already have; money TO purchase food
supplies, two mules for the farm and farm In
plements, and money to erect a suitable barn an
stable for the stock.
me. 1 respectfully refer them to the following per
sons. who do not only know about the work, but
means: W. a Woolverton. president Of Dodd's E
press Company No. 1854 Broadway, New-York
houn No 40 Broadway. New-York; Mrs Rober
Harris, at the Lorraine Hotel, No East i5th-st
New-York; D. c. Hayward, Governor OF S0ud
Carolina, Columbia, s. c., and other references Or
application.
Our treasurer is Julius II. Walker. vice-presds1
of the Palmetto Bank and Trust Company, 70
Iumbia, S. c. All money can De sent to him. o.
persons can send money to O. g Waldbr1dse ~
40 Broadway New York. Those who have n
money could help this institution by sending dEsa
to Richard Carroll, Columbia. S c. cooking a.s.
sils cast-off clothing. bedding. reading mater aN
ANYTHING that might be useful in home
This work can stand Investigation. and We Ivy
RICHARD CARROLL
South Carolina Industrial Home. Columbia, s. t.
Nov 90 1905