Saturday, September 5, 1914.
THE A3HEVTLLE GAZETTE-NEWS
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One View of Proposed New Orphanage Building
Planned for the Southern Rescue Work at Eliada
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There Is an Institution in this Bee-1
Mon, located about four and a half
miles west of Ashevllle, known as the
Eliada orphanage founded nine years
iibo by Jtev. jaicius a. yompion,
which 1h doing a work that perhaps
is little known to the people in gen
oral.' owlnn totho quiet and orderly
way In which the workers are devot
ing themselves to their tasks.
The institution has grown to such
an extent that It has become neces
sary to enlarge the quarters and now
an undertaking Is on foot for the
erection of a 112.000 tulimng, tne
plans and specifications of which
have been drawn, the ground staked
off and a large part of the material
ordered. It Is expected that the work
will be started on the actual consruc
tion of the building in the near fu
ture. All of the money raised for the
building of the orphanage is from
voluntary contributions.
Ulysses Lewis, a prominent attorney
of Atlanta, who has become interested
in the work being done by the or
phanage has written an article for
The Gazette-N'ewsi which In full fol
lows: A number of people from many
states are teeridlng this camp meet
vllle, on th Bear Creek road, about a
mile from the county home.
About 100 visitors are fed three
good meals a day In a large tempo
rary dining room on the grounds
without charge, all' who can, being
free to contribute to the expense. Mr.
Compton takes the responsibility of
all the expense of the camp which Is
considerable. There is a whito village
of twenty smaller tents In each of
which from two to four sleep com
fortably on cots, and, some In tho
chapel.
Tho attendance on tho day services
is good, and at night tho large tent is
ovcrilowod, the peoplo of the neigh
borhood and from the city coming in
largo numbers. The .preaching is able
and the interest intense. Many come
to tho altar for help to got sulfation
and some to bo sanctified. There have
been many conversions some every
day, and the shout of new born souls
is heard.
The preachers and workers assisting
Mr. Compton are E.. J. Richards of-
the Christian and Missionary Alliance
of New York, W. H.,Hedgens, evange
list of Rogers, Va., Wlnfred Cox, res
ident of Holiness university, Greens
boro, Charles Donle of Providence, R.
I., who speaks to the children and is
end Monday. September 7. Rev. 1m
clus H. Compton is the leader nsaisted
by a corps of preachers and workers.
The services are held under a large
tent seating about 1150, ipltched near
iVip Eliada Orohnnaue. which Is on a
hill at the foot of Pryman mountain,
four and a half miles west of Ashe-
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God. He Is about medium size, and
Is 39 years of age. He, was born at
Clyde In Haywood county; had only a
few months of schooling and was a
wild boy until he was converted while
a young man, He has preached In
most of tho states east of the Rocky
mountains and in Canada, and across
tho ocean In England and in Pales
tine, lie is a man of great force and
earnestness, and while he does not
care for grammar nor rhetoric, grips
his hearers with mental and spiri
tual mower, and is a strong religious
leader among men. He Is affiliated
with tho Apostolic Holiness Associa
tion and with th0 Christian and Mis
sionary Alliance.
Beginning about ton years ago wllh
little or nothing but faith in tiojil, he
has'Tstablished Faith Cottage Rescue
home for wayward girls, located at
53 Atkinson Btreet. Asheville, where
them, and was beginning to feel fa
tigue.
There were but two tables, his own
and another, presided over by one of
his assistants; a sheet had been hung
between them, to isolate the patients
from each other.
Although the sponge was kept con
stantly at work, the tables were always
red, and the buckets that were emp
tied over a bed of daisies a few steps
away, the clear water in which a single
tumbler of blood sufficed to red len.
seemed to be buckets of unmixed
blood, torrents of blood.
OLD FORT WFROVEMENTS.
New Residence Is Being BuiR New
School Prosrresalng Social
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ing which began August 28, and is trailed "Uncle Charlie," D. ' J. Fant,
railroad engineer of Atlanta, Mrs. O.
H. Vander8all of Perryberg, Ohio, who
leads the singing, and many others,
Including Rev. S. M. Stlckeleather of
West Ashevllle who is assistant to Mr,
Comnton and fills a unique place In
the management of the camp.
valuable, tract of land contalnlg one
hundred and nine acres, about two
thirds of which are In cultivation, pro
ducing good croips of wheat, corn, po
tatoes, vegetables and fruits for the
use of the orphanage. The girls as
sist In all the work of the home and
tho boys on the farm. There are five
lady workers In- the orphanage includ
ing the teacher. Both the Rescue
homo and orphange are supported by
voluntary offerings without solicita
tion and are Increasing 'every year.
Mr. Compton has staked off the
foundation for a new building to make
needed room for the orphans. The
new building to be for the girls, the
boys to have the present building. The
new building is to be of brick, three
stories high, sixty by one hundred
feet, and will cost $12,000, about
$3000 of which is now on hand to be
cln with the balance to come from
Old Fort, Sept. E. The early crop
of fall apples In this section is so plen
tiful that the fruit is rotting on tho
ground by the hundreds of bushels.
.Work on the new school-house at
Oakdale is progressing satisfactorily,
and tha building is expected to be
ready" .foAoccupancy at the opening of
school this fall.
T. I Ifichols hasxeommenced the
erection of rafive-roomdwelling house
on Catawba avnue next to the new
house of his brother, J. I H'; will
occupy it when completed.
The public school will open in Old
Fort next Monday.
F. H. Marley accompanied his sister-
in-law to Statesvllle lastTuesday. Miss
Clark returned home oiKaecount of ill
ness. Mrs. Marley, whoalso went
along, is still with her sister, who is
improving without having toundergo
an operation.
BRASS BAND AT MARION.
several hundred girls have found shel-! voluntary contributions. He has had
ter and help to a better life. I tis said
that sixty'to seventy per cent of them
havo made good and nre In homes
leading useful nnd chaste lives. Miss
Jeanette McGregor Is in charge of
that noble work. ,
He started Kllada orphanage nine
years ngo for destitute children. Now
has a- largo building on the hill here,
four and a half miles from Ashevllle
nnd overlooking the city, giving a
christian homo nnd teaching now to
thirty-five or forty little ones who arc
happy and call him "Father."
Roth Faith Rescue home nnd Eliada
orphanage have been chartered by
law and are under a board of trus-
Soocial Religious Services for Olil
Folks To Be Held Social Items,
Marion, Sept. 6. The brass band
recently organized by the young men
of Marion, about fifteen pieces, is
reported to be making good progress
under the leadership of w, F. wooa,
Closed Monday -X,abor &ay
f$on Marches
Saturday Closing
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With the talent Marion affords there
is no reason why this town shoufd
not have a good band.
Special services for the old people
of the congregation will be held at
the Methodist church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Will Pless left this week for Chapel
Hill to resume his studies at the university.
James H. Hemphill has returned f
home after a stay of several months
in San Francisco. )
Wjnfleld Keeter and Roby Conleyf
left yesterday for Raleigh to enter A. ,
and M. college. . '
Misses Mabel and Georgina Green
lee, of Studley, Va., are visiting the
Misses Gibbs. '
Mr. Compto Is a remarkable man of tees. Tho orphanage stands upon a
to turn away many orphans because
of the want of room for them. This
"nevt building is to be commenced at
the close of this camp meeting.
Mr. Compton Issues a small monthly
paper called "The New Testament
Christian," which circulates exten
sively, going Into all parts of the
United States and In other countries.
Miss Hattle M. liyers is the business
manager. Ashevllle and community
are blessed with such a work In Its
environs, and the whole country by
such a devoted man as Lucius B
Compton.
ULYSSES LEWIS.
Sept. 4, 1914. .
Socialist Columns.
These columns are published every Saturday, and controlled by the Socialist
Local of Ashevllle, which alone Is responsible for the opinions ex
pressed. The Ashevllle Loral meets every Sunday at 4 p. m in its reading room,
Central Labor Union Hall. AH Interested lire invited.
SOCIALIST PICNIC.
The Mociallst picnic was a great suc
cess, and it was decided to make it an
annual affair on a larger scale. The
socialists of Candler district turned out
in large numbers bringing their wives
and children, as did the Ashevllle
members. There were several speeches
by the men during the day, and the
women provided large baskets of deli
clous eatables. Tho children were
provided with swings, etc., for their
pleasure. The gathering was near
Mr. Candler's tine llthla springs. Every
nn thir thnrnuehlv enioyed the day.
and it Is hoped that no one will miss
tho next outing.
State Exccutlvo Meeting.
The state executive meeting will be
held. September 6 at 28' North Main
street, 3 o'clock p. m. sharp. Business
of Importance will be taken up.
The nssistnnt would thrust u napkin
saturated with chloroform to tho pa
tient's nostrils, the keen knife flashed
In the air, there was the faint rasping
of the saw, barely audible, the blood
spurted In short, sharp Jets that were
checked Immediately.
As soon us one subject had been
operated on another wns brought In,
and they followed one another in such
quick sueceBsIon that there was barely
time to pass a sponge over the protect
ing oilcloth.
At tho extremity of this grass plot,
screened from eight by a clump of
lilac bushes, they had set up a kind of
morgue whither they carried the bod
ies of the dead, which were removed
from the beds without a moment's do
lay in order to make room for the
living, nnd this receptacle also served
to receive the amuptatcd legs and
arms of the victims.
tlm like a flash, making him black .in
the face and delirious.
And finally the head more than any
other portion of the frame, gave evi
dence of hard treatment; a broken
Jaw, the mouth a pulp of teeth and
bleeding tongu, aft eye torn from its
socket and exposed upon the cheek, a
cloven skull that showed the palpltut
Ing bruin beneath.
Those In whose case the bullet had
touched tho brain or spinal marrow
were already as dead men, sunk In the
lethargy of coma, while the fractures
and other less serious cases tossed
restlessly on their pallets nnd beseech
ingly called for water to quench their
thirst.
leaving the large room and passing
out into the courtyard, the shed where
the operations were going on present
ed another scene of horror.
In the rush and hurry that had
continued unabated since morning It
was Impossible to operate on every
Speaking.
The socialist local Is planning to
hold several public meetings In and
around Ashevllle at an early date.
Posters and hand bills will ba put out
as soon as the time and places are
selected. '
APPALLING SCKNES IX SURGEONS'
RED-HTAINED BARRACKS
How Wounded Acted and Buffered as
They Reached Operating; Table.
(The following vivid and horrifying
description of modern warfare la re
printed from EmlbJ F.ola's great work
on the Franco-Prussian war, "The
Downfall." Forty-four years ago. on
August a, the first blow was struck in
ths last great European conflict," ths
Franco-Prussian war of 1170-1171.
Zola has been called th greatest de
scriptive writer on war subjects that
ever lived. Will these scenes be re
doubled a hundred times In the pres
ent war? The following Is a descrip
tion ot the scene when the wounded
were brought in after a big battlt
In that war.)
It was a sight to move the most cal
lous to behold the unloading of those
poor wretches, some with a greenish
pallor on their face; others suffused
with th purple hue that denotes con
gestion; many were In a state of coma,
otners uttered piercing cries of an
tulsh; some there ware who, in their
Seml-roneclous condition, yielded
tnemselves to the arms of the attend
ants with a look of deepest terror In
their eyes, while a few, the minute a
hand was laid on them, died of tho
consequent shock.
They continued to arrive In such,
numbers that soon every bed In the
vast apartment would have Its occu
pant, and Major Bourorhe had given
orders to make use of ths straw thai
had been spread thickly upon ths floor
at one end.
He and his assistants hid thus far
been able to attsnd to all ths cases
with reasonable promptness; he h.l
requested Mme. D.laherche to fur
nish him with anojhar table, with
riiattreu and oilcloth cover, for the
hd where he had established Ins
operating room.
In the vast drying-room, the wide
door of which was standing open, not
only was every bed occupied, but there
was no more room upon the litter that
had been shaken down on the floor at
the end of tho apartment.
They were commencing to strew
straw In the spaces between the beds,
the wounded were crowded together
so closely that were more than
two hundred patients there, and more
were arriving constantly; through the
loftly windows tho. pitiless white day
light streamed In upon that aggrega
tion of uttering humsnlty.
Now and then an unguarded move
ment elicited an Involuntary cry of
anguish. The death-rattle rose on the
warm, damp air. Down the room a
low, mournful wall, almost a lullaby,
went on and erased not.
And nil shout was a silence. Intense,
profound, the stolid resignation of de
spair, the solemn stillness of the
death's chamber, broken only by the
tread and whispers of the attendants.
Rents In tattered, shell-torn uni
forms disclosed gaping wounds, some
of whlfh had received a hasty dress
Ing on the bsttleleld, while others
were still raw and bleeding.
There were feet, still encased In
their coarse shoes, crushed Into a mas
like Jelly; from knees and elbows, thst
were ss If they had been smashed wllh
a hsmmer, depended Inert limbs.
There were broken hsnds, and. An
gers almost severed, ready to arop, re
talned only by a strip of skin.
Most numerous anions; the casual
ties were the frscturrs; the poor arms
and leBs, red and swollen, throbbed
Inloteralily sml were heavy as lesd.
Thsra were yawning fissures that
laid open ths entire flank, the knotted
vlrcera were drswn Into great hard
lumps beneath the tight-drawn skin,
whlls as the effect of certain wounds
the patient frothed at the mouth and
writhed like an epileptic.
Hare and there were cases where
ths lungs had been penetrated, ' the
puncture now so minute as to permit
no eacspa of blood; stain a wlds, deep
orifice through which the red tide of
life tacaped In torrents; and the In
ternal hemnrrhagrs, thoss that were
hid from sight, wars the moat terrlbls
In their sfltcts, prostrsting thtlf vlv
case that was brought In, so their at
tention had been confined to those ur
gent cases that imperatively demanded
it.
Whenever Bouroehe's rapid Judg
ment told Wm thaty amputation was
necessary, he proceeded at once to
perform It. In the same way he lost
ont a moment's time In probing tho
wound and extracting the projectile
whenever it had lodged In some local
ity where it might do further mischief,
as in the muscles of the neck, the re
gion of the arm pit, the thigh Joint,
tho ligaments of the knee and elbow.
Severed arteries, too, had to be tied
without delay. Other wounds wore
merely dressed by one of the hospital
stewards under hisdirection and loft to
await developments. Ho had already
with his own hand performed four
amputations, the only rest that he al
lowed himself being to attend to iome
minor cases In the Intervals between
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