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ONE CHARITY DIFFCRETH i ; FROM ANOTHER CHARITY t i f To be left motherless is a great ( misfortune, but not the sorest that ] can befall a child. To have a mother ] who lis a cast-away?whose name the < child cannot bear?of whom the j child must be ashamed in the after 5 years?this is misfortune heaped j upon misfortune. . v.u :i_ ? ouwc uuiig u v ci tx uou iiuiu i my home, out in the Columbia su- ; burbs, is the Rescue Orphanage, i whose representative in the State is our brother, Rev. Carlile Courtenay. The trustees and managers, all good i and kindly men, live here in Columbia, and Mr. Wm. Davant, the active superintendent, lives in a house i at the entrance to the grounds. ; My first visit some months ago, was made in ob: Jience to an, invitation to preach to the children. Since then, upon the least provocaWitt oov fiiime ifa VtaoH in fV?of , l?4V A* j JUUJT vox wvixiao IWJ MVMU AM umu direction, and I find myself loving to go there. When a visitor comes in, and I need entertainment for him, I take him for a ride?out to the Rescue Orphanage. I want every- i body to know the place and to see i it. When I go there, the children i gather about me?may be because i now and then I give some of them a Only a few more shop . . " I ing days 1 before Christmas mid yoi * ' : ? - time by shopping here, fb appropriate gifts for the \ ily. Boy The B House- ftj keeper a razor aluminum ware a flash i :hina plates ; a tool se iteq? auto too irving sets a watch icej3n (cutter i SHAVIN< scissors a sharin< :ut glass vases auto tiri ?es vases gun or r] ^| i^jfTT I m; rOOLS MAKE MIGHTY GOOD ^ CHRISTMAS PRESENTS W1 Darg nrlo onrl dodtyi In wonf ttio +V?< a them. There are now a hundred th ind twelve of them from all sections th >f the State, of all sizes and ages, b ip to fourteen and fifteen years, [n the front porch, which is pro jerly screened, there are six or in iighti little beds with high sides,- and to in each is a chattering child, rolling pr from side to side, or holding to the fu railing in the effort to stand up. A tic few of them I know by name? th George and Moss and Sumter and ev Lee and Ruby and Jappie. Their surnames I have never heard. In er fact, they are supposed to have no pc surnames. Their mothers, in some m cases, are harlots or drunkards or al human wrecks of some kind, whose so names would be but a curse to them, ct * T 1 T J J.1 T J 11 in one ueu, i uncovereu uie neau 01 zn a tiny baby, only a day or two old, ta that had been picked up at the Un- m ion Station. Out in front of the n< main building, the yard was alive ni with boys and girls. All around is tl the farm, the garden, the chicken hi yards, in all of which the little ones tl are being taught to work, so as to 1c bring in some revenue to the insti- A tution, and to make themselves to h some worth. Many of these little fi ones must bear the burden of a o curse for which they are not re- tl cnnnaihle TVio inimiifioc of father fi and mother fall upon them. To the I ? | I WILL HAVE HEAI B AT DARGAN-KING ( i" For '; igmi qi,.^ STROP T** LIGHT ;T DREiS DOLLS L SET W% CRYING DOLLS a JET SLEEPING DOLLS :S OR DOLL BEDS 1 DOLL GQ-CAfcTS FLE .... J TEA SETS r. ' : fou can Selec ave your pur iside. If you toek will be c :ome no\ Ranges Q f you, Mr. Man, want alv see a RADIANCE in fcle iur home this Christ- TITO ~r" yy as, buy a RANGE frn rERNAL. 11 will . ake the whole family W" ,ppy. Especially the cos fe. f to J an-K 1 / By must carry a secret which they that emselves cannot explain about fa- whei am A ?ma4>Vaw T-P 4-Vi ott Viorl -nnf o tu' CI OUU lUVbUUi XX. wutj U?U MVW m nn en gathered into this Home, they to I >uld soon have taken their places ly t that dull line which marches on and, fill pu the ranks of thieves and awa; ostituteg. A thoughtful and help- leari 1 charity has thrown an institu- 0f o in across their pathway, in which to h ey find a shelter from impending char ils. , the To one side is the last building to b ected, a combined school and cha- his ] si, and here it is that faithful Wo- worl en are seeking to make good the is ti - * it "VT~ J , >sence ox mouicr. i^uw aiiu iuuu, won. me loving soul, whose home is Ti lildless, is allowed to adopt one of nish ie little fellows, according to cer- teac ,in prescribed legal forms?to the ake the adopted one a child, but Cou it a servant. In this way, the bora amber of inmates is kept down to gres ie capacity of the institution. I his ave seen a childless mother stand goin lere among the little ones, and and iok on, and wonder?and weep, wan nH Hnr<> it. ia enoiicVi t.r? move anv Sfcaf eart that is not callous beyond all cari eelin?to stand there and gaze up- stiti n them and hear their prattle, and cific blink how little they know of the chai earfl handicap with which they be- to ? in life. One comes away assured to \ )QUARTERS | Ch COMPANY'S i L {an< Wjsa&St rer are really the^nes t 8 fir^^price't^l %? 1 stock of dolls *nd t So Shop this week a jjg want. Next week / )?_. -.' rT Fdr Girls * I SEW1W(^ SETS^ 'ip5di$. ~ '" \ Meet 7?? ? ? t now and I? chases put VI i wait the >icked over | /, jfl iina-Cut Glass ' rays make aecepta- jtISi Xmas presents and Kpjj can show you a line Kj m which a selection feg 1 be easy and the IBS it whatever you care "T? tiake it. there is no superior charity r.ny- mission re?that this is the supremest? always hole flock of little ones, not only a heari ie made into something by kind- facts?: eaching, but first to be unmade, down ii in many cases, to be taught dren, ft j from all that they have ever w^lcom tied. To make a real man out masses ne of the boyB?to give strength no majj lis life and uprightness to his . . . acter; to dig out and uproot all out D evils of his antecedent history? the Res lot ot mother and father from ing ant ? ? .? 11 I - MO/ life?to do an tms wouia De ?<"?> ;h a king's ransom, and yet this that ch tie task set before the institu- be acce a box, o maintain the Home?to fur- around, food and clothing?to pay the to life'i hers?to enlarge the scope of school, work?this is the task of Mr. the yar rtenay, who is one of my neigh- the chi i. I am not allowed to see a cost of it deal of him. He is away from hundre< home a large part of his time, of Man g to the churches ofevery creed of our faith, and telling the story of time ar t and woe. Some pastors in the Orphan & nnf; If no wine flip fflrts. nr Tint. arise ng, or not willing to aid an in- respond ition not fostered by some spe- the insi religious denomination, are very complis y abot allowing Mr. Courtenay It has j speak in their pulpits. He has ability vrite letters ahead, and get per- for inn ristmas 0 J child- g| l Children ^ o make happy at j you can get the Kr ia M<vkt an#] ST I w MMUg nuu 1011 *>u chose to pay/ is wide and our ? oys big. k| nd get what you the crowds will At " FOR BOYS M {lOtSE^riWAGON HUMCPTY DUMPTY Wf WATCHES \J TOOL SETS PAJNT SETS . ml FOR BOYS am guns r y W. can nur* plMM Ux? M lx>7- /M PL] IONAIs MAZDA' djj r A MAZDA IN EVERY C" SOCKET FOR ^ CHRISTMAS . Co. to speak where he can. He calle gets help where he can get rang ng. If the pastors only the In if they could look just once our 1 lto the eyes of the little chil- help Ir. Cortenay would receive a who ' e everywhere; and if the ing. of the people knew the facts, word vnnld r.ome to Colmbia with- thorn nging some sort of help for Car0 wue Home. Boxes of cloth- r ^ 1 shoes and even toys, of I pices of cloth, of anything ilaren could use, would all 01 n ptable. The mere opening of with the children standing 1 J would give sprightly variety ^ s dull routine of work and with occasional play about d. But money to buy food is efest need these days. The maintenance is about nine J dollars monthly. The iBoard ? io ArttwTVAO/i/1 nf ' onma agci a mo vuuiyva^u vx r wvu*v umu best citizens, and they give 1nTT,p id thoght and money to the age. If friends were to everywhere, whose charity me d [ to the sorest calls for help, tittion cold go on in the ac hment of a still larger task. about reached the limit of its py to provide accommodation lates, and a half must be camS] ' ' 7 -T?JT-r . d until additional room, is ared. the midst of our abundance, . hearts ought to be moved to these meek-eyed little souls have nothing and less than nothI wish I knew how to write a I that would serve as a key to jands of human hearts in south line. letter addressed to Rev. Carlile tenay, Columbia, will reachhim its gift, and the consciousness . < aving made the gut win Dnng and satisfaction to the heart of fiver. . C. Brown, 2517 Cypress St, Columbia, S. C. GUARDED SECRET. ee here, you old rascal, why t you tell me this horse was i?r t 1 1.4. uciurc x uuuguu uuui rail, the fellar that sold him to idn't say nothin' about it, so I jht is was a secret" thianism, patriotism and Amerim stand side by side.