The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-09

lions. and some general sickness Of a
mild sort, but our physician frlenos
have served us with unWearied faith
fulness just as though we had peen
rich, and always h charge
We have now present in the instl-
tuition ninety-nine girls and eighty
three boys. During the year We have
received fifty-three children and nave
sent away twelve. ten of these re-
turning TO their people Two finished
with US, q girl entering college ana
a boy taking employment on q farm
am glad TO report that the do
nestle and household work of the in
! ~stitution has been about all that We
could wish as TO cleanliness ana
healthfulness and comfort. | know
of no workers more faithful and
more efficient than those who are
serving our children out here.
Our children have made reason
| able progress in school and show lat
they have been under efficient and
careful instruction. Their religious
life is a daily concern to every work
er here, and | am glad to believe that
the blessing Of HEAVIER is upon all
their labor.
Since our last meeting the following
requests have been made to the in
Stitution:
A bequest of S51.T5 IRON the es-
tate Of Mrs. Sophia Hammond. Of
Chatham county: a bequest from the
late John T. Pullen in value not yet
determined; a bequest from h late
Walter WOmble, Of Oklahoma; and a
bequest Of a thousand dollars from
the late Bro. d.. T.. Mckinnie, Of
Princeton, n. G.
Thus step by step the Lord is lead
ing us and giving us friends that are
helping the institution to come into
that larger life and into hat wider
field~that she is destined under God
to fill in the com rg years.
The expense account of the insti-
tuition for the year, June, 1912, to
June. 1913: salaries, $5,77S.43; sun
dries (dry goods, clothing, shoes,
books, stationery. postage, drugs
laundry. travelling expense and other
sundries) $2.611.41; provisions. $4,-
1925: light. s317.64; water, $427.7S;
fuel, s1.461.96; Page building, $921.-
10; lane purchase, s .20O.00; insur-
ance, $710.25: Jackson building, Sill
0O1.92; boys old building. s3,429.3S;
girls building. ~S3.072.67: annuity
$4,000.
By adding the first six items above
We get the full cost per child 70
maintenance and education in our in
stitutiOn for one year, which is SIS,
554.17 for 165 children, the average
enrolment which is 1886 per child
which is $3.50 per month.
The products from our farm am
donations in kind from some OF gu,
: friends and the fine economy of III
: workers have made these figures pos
| sible. In this expense exhibit tn
cost Of running the farm is Charge
} to the provision account, and wha
s comes off the farm goes to reduce on
! purchases for provisions.
. Our expense account IhOws tn
S large expenditures that we have mad
for repairs and for permanent i'm
e provementS and for furnishings an
+; building is going up and will be tn
: exact reproduction Of the JacksO
q building. These things have laid
n great cost upon the institution, an
we look with assurance to our FRIEND
to get under" with US and carry fol
ward to larger capacity for service.
! We can never contemplate the WOr
for orphan children that has bee
e done in our State without thankful
ness to God, and we can never ds
o miss the subject from our though
It without thinking of the work still
.e be done. For the field is large an
IS it is white with opportunity. w
IS have only touched the border of tn
great orphan world. There are va
e a SiAN
N There are unnumbered chlldre
homeless and ~defenseless standing o.
49, in the night waiting for the hand
some friend Of the Christ to open
a them the gates Of light. It is f,
~ US who have started we'll to go fu
=, ther into his darkness and to briT
the day Of redemption where the
&c has been hopeless night. Here is II
= field for vast armies of wOrke ar
- for vast offerings of gold.
g Our institution has about reacht
- the limit of its growth under o.
present plan of support. Our prese
- support fund is a sum equal to t.
- per cent of the pastors salaries. La
year our conference paid $165, 600.
:, on pastors SalarieS-ten per ent
N this sum will yield us S1%6,500.00.
.. costs around a hundred dollars
=. support and educate a child in t
- various OrphanageS of the State. O
" cost last year was about $4,000. Wi
" S16,500.00 as a support fund we c.
- support about 10 or $50 childre