The Little River news., 1921-05-18
Judge McCord Writes of the
 Needs of Charity Homes

MT. Editor:
 l Please allow ne space in your val
 uable paper to mention my association
 with the Commission of Charities
 and Corrections, a few days ago at l Little Rock at which I was invited to
 attend, and to the association was
 known as the Arkansas Conference of l Social Welfare.
 1 The membership of the conference
 was composed of a few of the prOba- i tion officers of the state, and goodly
 number of ladies and gentlemen of
 our great state. who are putting forth
 a great effort to find homes for the
 homeless and to pick up young men and young women, who have fallen by the wayside. 1 Mir. Editor, no one can hardly realize | how much is being done to protect the i homeless and unfortunate children of Arkansas unless they would attend one of those meeting of the Social Welfare i, Workers One regretable feature of the meet ing was that there was only two county judges of the state in atten- dance and I am sure that a great deal depends on cooperation of the county judges in this great work. And when 1 say great work, don't want you to think I am putting it in mild form. The work is in it's in- fancy as compared with what can and will be done if every official and lay man will just wake up and take ad- ] vantage of the opportunities to come to us.
 The law makers of our great state have enacted some laws which will be of great help to us in broadening , the moral standard of Arkansas. I had set up a Juvenile Court a short l time before I attended this meeting; and I felt could learn something that would be of some assistance to me in carrying on my Juvenile work
 While at Little Rock I visited the I orphans home; and the home and 1 surroundings were something to be proud Of I have heard some people express a horror to send children to the orphans home That from the looks of things around that home, that if the state could enlarge that home and finance the situation it would be a God send If about 30 to 40 oP fathers and mothers could be trans ferred to the orphans home '
 Mr. Editor, the people don't have much idea about the educational and ! moral training that those children 1 1 have in that orphans home. All of . the children showed to be in good | health and we'll provided for in every way. They attend Sunday School i and church every Sunday, and of i course the rules layed down for the ! keepers of the home to carry them to the closest church which is the Pres l byterian at this time.
 After taking in the surroundings I | wondered why it was that Tn nomes that had never been blessed wkh children that the people didn't go up there and get some of those bright and beautiful little children to bless your homes with. I think from what I saw in that home, that after a child had been in that home for few months it would be somewhat like stepping over your best neighbours home and securing one of his children to come into your home and bless it.
 Also on Saturday evening quite number of the delegates visited the girls reformatory school. There we found everything just as near like an institution of that kind should be, as near as could be-
 There was some beautiful young ladies there who are capable of step ping in any home and help to make t happy. Every one was just as clean and tidy as could be.
 The girls take it time apout doing the work. and they do all the work.
 There is young lady school teacher that gives those girls one-half dsy educational training each day Those young ladies served cake and cream to the visitors which was just as near up tc date as any one could ask for.
 Now, you cant get those girls out ! of that home to come into your home i