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TO OUR CHURCH PEOPLE WHO
LOVE THE ORPHANS.
The contributions for the support of
the 270 orphans of the Thornwell Orphanage.
have not been sufficient for the
support of that number for any of the
months of February. March, April, May,
June and July. In each month the deficit
has been from two to five hundred
dollars. The little surplus collected in
December and January last is exhausted.
We must not run in debt. Summer
time is on us, the hardest time of the
year to raise funds. It is important that
August should not show a deficit if we
are to close the year, September 1, without
indebtedness. All churches and
Sabhath schools interested, all societies
and individuals with great big hearts
are asked to do something promptly, and
see to it that no shadow falls on the
home. Of the 270 pupils of the home,
110 are away on vacation, 160 are at
home, and each week sees new pupils
added to Ihe family. By the middle of
August, the cottages will all be filled to
overflowing. We must have $2,300 during
that month?a very small sum for
"the support of many pupils and to pay
the hoard of 36 teachers and matrons
mud foremen.
The above remark will lead some peeple
to think that the work is over-done.
Just ask yourself the question, whether
100 Presbyterians ougbt not to be able
to support one little orphan? There are
51,000 church members in the synods of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida who
own the Thornwell Orphanage. Nearly
forty of the orphans cbming from the
bounds of other synods, and it is their
support that gives us the least anxiety.
A very large number of orphans are
applying for admission. Here are some
of the expressions used. From a pastor,
"Your agreement to take these two
children has literally saved their mother's
life." From another, "If you could
admit these children, it will be a blessed
work; you will be taking them from
surroundings that cannot be other than
ruin to them." A mother writes, "Please
uciy a uiuncu-iieaneu, ueuriaaen momer.
In God's name I beg you, examine
into my children's case. I cannot bear
to leave them as they are." An orphan
boy writes, "Please, Doctor, let me come
to you. I do not smoke, I do not swear,
I love God. I want an education. Please
write that I can come." This lad is an
orphan 12 years old, supporting himself
in the cotton mill. And here is & letter
from a young girl. "I have not a relative
Id the world to write to you for
me, no father, motner, brother, or sister,
f am 13 years old. I can read a little
and write a little, and I do want a home
and friends and an education."
Well, gentlemen, there is the situation.
The Board of Trustees have instructed
me to build another home for boys!
The need can not stop.
Yours in Christ,
Wm. P. Jacobs, President.
Clinton, 8. C.
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I
: PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUTF
INTERESTING FACTS.
Danville voted dry in April. 1908. On
and since that time there has not been
an open saloon in the town. Mr. Frank
Talbott, a busines man of prominence,
has written for the Danville Methodist
an article, in which he gives the figures
Hum ui? recoras ror tne year ending
May 1, 1909, during which the town was
dry, and the year ending May 1, 1908,
when the town was wet. These figures
are very interesting. We reproduce
them. The first comparison touches the
moral aspect of the question.
A great deal of noise is made over the
probable financial loss which the expulsion
of the saloons will bring. This, of
course, is not the highest view td take of
the question, but it is worthy of consideration,
and here follows a few facts
bearing upon it. The total revenue for
the dry year was $4,530.65 greater than
jor me previous year, wnon the saloons
were open. In other words, the public
revenue for the year during which the
saloons were closed made good the $10,062.50
loss by liquor licenses and had
still a surpius of $4,530.65. In other
words, there was a real increase of $14,593.15.
Mr. Talbott well says: "It is
worthy of special note that every course
of revenue shows an increase except that
of the Police Court fines." The figures
for these are as follows: For the wet
year, $8,137.86, and for the dry year. $4,246.84?a
decrease of fines collected of
$3,891.02. It is plain to any thoughtful
otserver that this decrease must be more
for the prosperity of the town than all
ether increases combined.
The cost cf feeding the prisoners in
the city jail for the dry year was $J,069.95
less than during the wet year. The
costs of maintaining the courts, jail aild
police were $1,332.46 less than during the
wet year; the costs of maintaining the
almshouse and out-door poor were $229.61
less for the dry year than for the wet
year. Twenty-five representative men.
dealers in dry goods, clothing, groceries,
furniture and shoes, were selected, and
they reported sales for the dry year of
$44,133 in excess of those for the wet
year. The banks of Danville show an
increase on deposits in interest bearing
certificates of $Iol,891.1.'9 over
the wet year. There was an increase of
thirty per cent, in the building permits
granted. At the time of the closing of
the saloons there were in the principal
business sections o? Danville fifteen or
twenty vacant stores. The closing of the
saloons added to these eighteen store
rooms. To-day there are less than halfHr>7An
volant af/\r/va ? ?? *- *
mm cd 111 iue Buuie lerntory.
The Danville Railway and Electric
Company shows an increase in receipts
for the dry year of $2,804.38 over the
wet year. The post-office receipts are
$1,088.38 over the wet year. The books
of the Commissioner of Revenue show an
increase of a million dollars in taxable
values over the wet year. Now there are
the facts gathered by a careful hand. We
wonder how many of our daily, papers
will reproduce them.?Religious Herald.
I. August ix, 1909.
MONTREAT, N. C.
By the Rev. James B. Converse.
About three hundred are registered
at this beautiful mountain valley.
Among them are about ninety-five members
of Mountain Workers' Conference,
now drawing to a close. There are
among them Baptists, Methodists and
Presbyterians, Southern and Northern.
At a meeting held last Tuesday they
adopted four resolutions, which will
give to the reader their impressions of
Montreat.
The first thanks the Association, Dr.
White, of the Bible Training School,
New York; Mr. Magill, of the Publication
Committee, and their helpers, for
the Christian hospitality we have enjoyed
for ten days. The second thanks
the two hotels for good beds and good
fare. It especially mentions the services
of the Asheville school girls in
the two dining rooms. The third
praises the courses of study. And the
last urges all who can to come to
Montreat. Sijrely there is no better
place. Something is going on, but no
one is teased to attend the exercises.
Mountain climbing and cool breezes
bring good appetites and sound slumbers.
ON FOOD
The Right Foundation cf Health.
Proper food is the foundation of health.
People can eat improper food for a time
until there i3 a sudden collapse of the
digestive organs, then all kinds of trouble
follows.
The proper way out of the difficulty
is to shift to the pure, scientific tood.
Grape Nuts, for it rebuilds from the
foundation up. A New Hampshire woman
says:
Last summer 1 was suddenly taken
with indigestion and severe stomach trouble
and could not eat focd without great
pain, my stomach was so sore I could
hardly move about. This kept up until
1 was so miserable life was not worth
living.
"Then a friend finally, after much argument,
induced me to quit my former
diet ana try Grape Nuts.
'Although I had but little faita I
commenced to use it and great was my
surprise to find that I cou'd eat It without
the usual pain and distress in my stomach.
"So I kept on using Grape Nuts and
soon a marked improvement wa3 shown,
for my stomach wa3 performing. Is regular
wortc in a normal way without pain or
distress.
"Very soon the yellow coating disappeared
from my tongue, the dull, heavy
feeling in my head disappeared and my
mind felt light and clear; the languid,
tired feeling left, and altogether I felt
as if I had been rebuilt. Strength and
weight came back rapidly and I went
back to my work with renewed ambition.
"TnHov I om n ?? ?* *
?., <*..1 a. ucw nuuiun in mina as
well as body and I owe it all to this natural
food, Grape Nuts." "Iherels a
Reason."
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
nook, "The Road to Wellvllle."
Ever read the above letter? A new
cne appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.