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; I |"1 h iRemen Good t Cakes-j ijt I 1 At "The Food Si j ONE CHARITY DIFFERENT FKOM ANOTHER OHARIT1 Dr. C. C. Brown. To be left motherless is a grea misfortune. but not the sorest tha ran befall a child. To have a mothei who is a cast-away?whose name thi -child cannot bear?of whom th< child must be ashamed in the aftei years?this is misfortune heaped up on misfortune. Something over a half mile fron my home, out in the Columbia sub ? U 'ltn, i?vthe Rescue orphanage, whost representative in the state is oui -brother. Rev. Carlile Courtenay. The trustees and managers, all good antl kindly men. live here in Columbia and Mr. William Devant. the active - superintendent, lives in a house at the entrance to the grounds. My first visit, some months ago, was made in obedience to an invention to preach to the children. Since then, upon the least provocation, my car turns its head in that direction, and I find tnyself loving to go ther". When a visitor comes in, and I need entertainment for him. I take him to rule?out to the Rescue orphanage. I want everybody to know the place to see it. When I go there the children gather about me?maybe because now and then I give some of 4 hem a ride?and aeem to want me to talk to them. There are now a hundred and twelve of them from all sections of (hp state, of all sizes and ages up to fourteen or fifteen years. Ia the front porch, which is properly screened, there are six or eight little beds with high sides, and In each is a chattering child, rolling Troni side to side, or holding to the railing in the effort to stand up. A few of them I know by name? George and Moss and Sumter ana Lee and Ruby and Jappe. Their surnames I have never heard. In fact 1hey are supposed to have no surnames. Their mothers in some cases are harlots or drunkards or human wrecks of some kind, whose namet v^ould be but a curse to them. Ir one bed I uncovered the head of f tiny baby, only a day or two old, thai had been picked up at the union stat'on. Out In front of the main building the yard was alive with boys and girls. All around is the farm, th( garden, the chicken yards?in all ol which the little ones are belnf taught to wortc, so as to irk" *' some revenue to the Institution and _ a 'J, Lkttl J -IEA i OF G< iber Christmas C o Eat. Our stoc -Candies?Raisin yum - Must be Sold < ??re 1 BEN. to make themselves of some worth, k* Many of these little ones must bear the burden of a curse for which hey are not responsible. The in t iquities of father and mother feil t upon them. To the grave,v whether r; it be near or far. they must carry a 5 j secret which they themselves cannot i explain about father and mother. If r they had not been gathered into this home they Would soon have taken their places in that dull line which j marches on to fill up the ranks of . thieves and prostitutes. A thoughr> ful and helpful charity has thrown . an institution across their pathway. , in which they find shelter from iinI pending evils. To one side is the last building erected, a combined school and chapel. and here it is that faithful women I ere seeking to make good the absence of mother. Now and then some loving soul, whose home is ch'Idless, is allowed to adopt one 01 the little fellows, according to certain prescribed legal forms -to make the adopted one a child, but not a servant. In this way the number of inmates is kept down to the capacity of the institution. 1 have seen a childless mother stand there among the little ones, and look on and wonder?and weep. And sure it is enough to move any heart that is not callous beyond all feeling to stand there and gaze upon them and haer their prattle, and think how little they know of the fearful handicap with which they begin life. One comes away assured that there is no superior charity anywhere; that this is the aupremest?a whole flock of little ones, not only to he made into something by kindly teaching, but first to be unmade and, in manyi cases, to be taught away from all, i that they have ever learned. To make a real man out of one of the boys; to give strength to his life and uprightness to his character; to dig i' out and uproot all the evils of his i antecedent history; to blot out i mother and father from his life?to i do all this would be worth a king's i ransom, and yet this is the task set t before the institution. To maintain the "home;" to fur nlsh food and clothing; to pay the I teachers; to enlarge the scope of j the work?this is the task of Mr. t C'ourtenay. who is one of my neigh f bora. I am not allowed to see a great deal of him. He is away from 1 his home a large part of his time, go% 2* fHE LANCASTER NEWS 1 DQL 3QD TH )nly comes once k of Pure Foodi s?Currants?Aj 1DRED THE VE1 it Better Prices Big Lot of Sugai NETT-l ing to the churches of every creed and faith and telling the story of want and woe. Some pastors in the state, not knowing the facts, or not caring, or not willing to aid an in* stitution not fostered by some specific religious denomination, are very chary about allowing Mr. Courtenay to speak in their pulpits. He has to write letters ahead, and get permission to speak where he can. He alIways gets help where he ran get a hearing. If the pastors only knew | the facts; if they could look just once down into the eyes of the little children, Mr. Courtenay would re' reive a welcome everywhere; and if the masses of the people knew the facts, no mail would come to Columbia without bringing some sort ot help for the Rescue home. I Boxes of clothing and shoes, and even toys, or tools and pieces of cloth, of anything that children could use. would be all be acceptable. The mere opening of a box, with the children standing around, would t^TVe sprightly variety to life's dull routine of work and school, with occasional play about the yard. But money to buy food is the chiefest need these days. The eost of maintenance Is about nine hundred dollars monthly. The board of managers is composed of some of our best citizens, and they give time and thought and money to the orphanage. If friends were to arise everywhere, whose charity would respond to the sorest calls for help, the in-' atitlltion COIllfl cr> ?n in iho anonm plishment of n still larger task. It j has about reached the limit of its ability to provide accommodation for inmates, and halt must be called until additional room is arranged. In the midst of our abundance out hearts Ought to be moved to help these meek-eyed little souls who have nothing, and less than nothing. I wish I knew how to write a worn that would serve as a key to thousands of human hearts in South Carolina. A letter addressed to Itev. Carlilel Courtenay, Columbia, will reach him with its gift, and the consciousness of having made the gift will bring rest and satisfaction to the heart of the giver. Columbia. 8. C. To Curo a Cold la One Dty Take LAX ATT VR BROMO Quinine. It atop* the Coafjh and Headache and worha off the Cold. Druggists refund money II it fatla to cnre. H. W. OROVR'S signature on eccb boa. 25c. FRIDAY, DEC, 15, 1916. f A DTI I /Al\ 1 INGS TC a year?and we 5 are Complete. >ples?Oranges ai BARREL *Y BEST Than Anyone Hi r Yet on Hand.? liRRY < YOUR This SI 1916 A Shave f"* A Shampoo %1 A Hair Cut _ , m. Saturd friends, ai 1916 High SANITAF . 1 Gold Man im 'T*7.'i. Wm k" * M? >k?a MAMMA NM MtBO ooNtNiM . IM 1 tne m? 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