The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-10-05
ocala, Fla. October 5.
SAVING THE ORPHANS
OF THE STATE

Marcus ~ FaRSs SIaLe SupeflnCen-
dent of the Children's Home Society
of Florida, has just recently complet-
ed his first ten years of service to the
homeless. orphan, neglected, afflicted,
abused and abandoned little children,
from every. section of the entire state.
During these ten years enactly 7217
of these little ones in distress and need
have received aid. care and attention
of the Children's Home society of
Florida, practically every one of these
cases having had the personal atten-
ton of Daddy Fagg."
During this same period Mr.. Fagg
las raised exactly $44s673.32, almost
half million dollars, to give to these
future citizens fair chance in life
practically ell of this money being
raised through personal letters of ap-
pear-as the home society employs no
solicitors of any kind, anywhere. The
income of the society has increased
by leaps and bounds, during these ten
lyeaTs-the largest amount that had
ever been received in one year before
Mr.. Fagg's coming to the work be-
ling $1,000. During the first year Mr..
Fagg secured over $4,000 or FIVE
times as much as in any previous
years and so far this year Supt.
Fagg has secured over $4,000 and
the best months for the securing of
funds this year still remain. This
wonderful increase in support indi-
Gates something of the interest and
confidence that the people of Florida
have In this great work generally
now conceded to be "Fgorida's Great
est Charity"
The number of children cared for
| by. the society has increased from
only 33 little youngsters year
before Mr.. Fagg took charge of the
work-to 344 during his first years
service, and 1928 during 1919-and
over thousand little ones during the
| first eight and one-half months this
year.
Without going into any detailed sta
Itistics-the record of thes ten years
of service to Florida's needy orphan
land homeless children shoWs-that of
the 1877 little ones in need, hundreds
of homeless children have been plac-
ed In homes for adoption and perma-
nent love, care, education and oppor-
tunity; these little ones having been
saved from poverty, disease, vice, ig-
norance and degradation, and from
the jaws of death. to lives of joy,
comfort and useful citizenship.
Hundreds of fatherless kiddies have
been cared for through the Children's
Boarding Home-for widowed moth
ers-who otherwise would have lost
their little ones permanently. Hun
dfeds of homes have in this way been
saved instead of destroyed.
Hundreds of little sick and afflicted,
crippled and deformed, diseased and
emaciated children have received med
ical care. hospital care. special opera
Itions-treatment for hookwofm, ira
choma, etc.-and have been saved
from lives of pain, misery and death
itself.
Hunreds of others have been sent to
special industrial and training schools
IN all parts of the country, to learn
trades, secure education, and become
self-supporting and useful men and
women.
Hundreds of others have been aided
IN ways too numerous to mention.
The society has known no cheed,
except the creed of Service to Others
and each little needy youngster has
been given just the help and attention
that was needed regardless of the
cost.
Ten years ago the Children's Home
Society of Florida was in debt two
thousand dollars-didn'f even own its
own typewriting machine-and had
but 155 contributors in all the state.
Today the society does not owe one
dollar; has property. buildings and
equipment valued at practically one
hundred thousand dollars. has eight
separate buildings for its work in
Jacksonville, and large branch home
IN Florida, has thousands of contri
butors in every town and hamlet. in
the state and is known everywhere in
Florida
Mr.. Fagg says: Cali The credit for
the fine record of service of the Chill
dren's Home Society in Florida dur
ing the past ten years belongs to the
thousands of friends who have CON
trlbuted the funds to make our work
possible. The newspapers of Florida
nave been our greatest help-for
without publicity our work would
never have been known and supported
as 1t is today. My fine group of. thirty
workers have really done the work.
IF the people of Florida believe in
our work. am sure we VIII have a
greater support and greater service
IN the ten years to come The past
ten years have been the best te,
years of my life and hope to nut IN
ten times as many right here IN
lFiorlda-the finest place on earth"
Inc ChIldren's Home Society of
Florida was organized eighteen years
ago, and is directed by board of
forty OF Florida's leading citizens, the