Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-13
BAPTIST oRPHANAGE.
Connie Maxwell Orphanage at
Greenwood Doing Excel
lent Work. Very In
teresting Report.

Columbia, Aug. 10.-Connie Max
well Orphanage was visited July 81,
1919, by Secretary Williams, of the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tions. This orphanage is maintained
by the Baptist churches in South Caro-
lima, and is under the direction of a
board of trustees elected by the state
convention. Mr.. G. B. Buell., of Char
lesion, is president of the board of
trustees.
The orphanage is maintained by a
staff of 3S persons, under the direc-
tion of the Rev. A. T. Jamison, D. D.,
superintendent. This staff is COM
posed of persons who know their
work well and cooperate to the last
detail in carrying forward the insti-
tutions. We noted that the individual
workers of the staff were alert and
thoroughly interested in also that
Ithese workers were intergraded into
a well articulated unit. This comes
from long management that had a
definite idea of how it wished to do it.
The population of the orphanage
at the time of our visit was $50, 16O
boys and ITO girls. The ages at which
children are received are from 3 to
10 years. There is no age limit for
dismissal.
Connie Maxwell odphanage ad-
heres consistently to the unit plan,
the children being grouped in cot
tages that contain not more than 25
persons each and have the sleeping
quarters, dining room, kitchen and
other home accessories under the
same roof, which gives the orphan as
much of family life as any institu-
tion can be expected to give.
There are IA cottage homes, each
having cottage mother. These homes
Eare lighted bgaele cttriiciity ror,.
city OF Greenwood, they receive wa
ter from their own flowing wells and
they have good system of sewerage.
All of the newer cottages are heated
by steam, the older ones by stoves.
Every cottage has ample bathing ia
ciiities with running hot and cold
water. Proper care is taken of the
tooth brushes, hair brushes, combs,
and other individual toilet articles.
Single iron beds with springs and cot
ton mattresses and clean linen are
furnished throughout. The dining
rooms had chairs, tables and side
boards. The tables were furnished
with tablecloths, napkins and white
crockery ware, glass and plated cut
lery. There was a homelikeness about
them. The secretary took dinner at
one of the cottages and felt as if he
were in a private home. The kitchens
of the newer cottages have concrete :
floors which make it easier to keep
clean, as no dirt can accumulate in
cracks and crevices.. On the day of
our visit we observed cleanliness and
good order throughout.
These are the cottage homes:
Greenwood cottage, for boys; Memo
rial home, for girls; Children's cot
tage, for baby girls; burst home, for
girls; The Terrill Smith home, for
larger boys; the Convention building,
Junior cottage, for boys; the Martha
Smith home, for girls; Cuthbert cot
tage, for small boys; the Eason cot
tage, for girls; Dairy Boys cottage;
Jenkins cottage on the Maxwell farm
half mile from the Office; MaulGin
home, for girls; Eastover cottage, on
the Maxwell farm.
Of special note is the Mauldin
home. This is the latest cottage of the
orphanage and 1t is MODEL one. Inc
plan of this cottage was published by
the Russell Sage Foundation in 'The
War Program of the State of South
Carolina" by DR.. Hastings H. Hart.
It is made of brick with three stories
and basement. The basement is oc-
cupied by the furnace and fuel; the
first floor has children's sitting
room, a sitting room for the staff, a
work room, dining room and kitchen;
the second floor contains the sleeping
quarters and the baths and toilets;
the third floor is used as a storing
place for clothes and as a dressing
room. On two sides of the cottage
there is a piazza, with concrete floor.