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Established 1899 A DAY W TH THE ORPHANS AT BARIUM The Home for the Fatherless of North Carolina Presbyterians. NEED $50,000 FOR IMPROVEMENT Rev. W. T. Walker a Splendid Man for Superintendent—Orphanage Crowded for Lack of Room —Loving Care of the 185 Children Now There. When the university of Erfurt was the greatest school of learn ing in Germany, Prof. John Treobnius was accustomed to take off his hat and bow to the scholars whenever he came into the class room, "a great con descension in thoae pedantic times," we are told. The col leagues of Dr. Treobnius one day expressed their astonishment, and received this answer: "There are amongst these youths, some whom God will one day raise to the ranks of burgomasters, chancellors, doctors and magis tiates. Though you do not now see the outward signs of their respective dignities, it is yet proper to treat them with res pect." One of the students who sat under the doff of Dr. Trebonius's hat was Martin Luther. One cannot but think of the opportunity of the teacher when one stands face to face with the 185 children of the Barium Or phans Home. This at least was my impression on the occasion of visit, in a delighted compli ance with a request from tha Board of Regents of the orphan age. felt was a cold January day when I got off the train and a blustering wind was drying up the wet sand clay road, which Iredell County's $400,000 bond issue has recently helped to build, threading the orphanage village on its way from States ville, four miles northward, to Mcoresville. The numerous red brick buildings on either side of the road looked snug, like huge Rhode Island Reds, sheltering their little broods. I wondered if when poor homeless John Howard Payne wrote, "There's no place like home," he would be willing to except an orphanage. THE MOTHERLINESS OF BARIUM. I was rather glad that my first sight of the children was at the dinner hour. There they were — upwards of 185— standing back of their chairs in the big dining room of Rumple Hall, waitihg for the blessing to be asked. As we entered and were pausing by the doorway, I saw two tear drops in a little girl's eyes, I knew what it meant, even be fore some one said to Superin tendant Walker: "This is our little new comer." Those tear drops were in sharp contrast to the scores of bright faces all about. The little wet-eyed girl was Geneva Marks, of Salisbury, ten or eleven years old, lately bereft of both father and moth er. I was glad Geneva had come to stay the day I had come to visit, because it gave me the chance to take notice of the motherliness of Barium, the ten derness with which the women folks of the orphanage family sought to staunch the bleeding of that little stricken heart. When, later on, the children in the cot tage in which Geneva was to live, marched into the parlor to Bmg into the ear of visitors the I sweet Christmas carols which they had not yet forgotten, we overheard one of the teachers, who had an arm flung easily around the child's shoulaer, tell ing her that she too would soon he a member of that bonnie choir. As Mr, Walker led the way into the playroom of this 3am e cot tage, dollies were left scattered over the floor and he was mobbed in an affectionate assault by the baby girls of the orphanage fam ily, and seemed to enjoy the riotous attack of love. SCHOOLING AND TRAINING. I feit certain before I went to Barium that the Presbyterian orphans of North Carolina were well housed as far as brick and mortar were concerned, for I had Jeyer passed the place on the tram without a certain satisfac tion over the glimpse of that ctu>t*r of red brick buildings, out n >me is infinitely more than and wall and roof. The rresbyterian people of North will be glad to be con firmed in their confidence that Love lives at Barium, not as lav h as a mother's, of course, but as genuinely concerned for the prea eP^ nd future welfare of the children. The compensation to the or THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT ob*n for the loss 01 the sweet influences and memories of home Ues in the fact that at the or phanage he gains immensely in educational advantages, The or phans are those usually of poor parentage, for none are taken who have means for their own support and education. I made tree to go into the school rooms when Mr. Walker was called away by numerous interruptions , The teaching seemed to be thor ough The school work cor responds to the work in the pub lic schools of a city. That it seems to be inspirational is at tested by the fact that out oi -iitrht of the orphanage gradu ating class of last year, five are pursuing their education in high-» (*r schools —one taking a business j course while One has entered Rei: I spring* Seminary and Conserva tory oi Music, one Statesville female College, one the Stat" Normal and Industrial College. 0! the remaining three, two married and the other is working in a department store, haring become a member of the family of the proprietor. The meals are cooked and the clothes washed by the larger *irls; the farm is tilled, the cows .are milked, and type for the orphanage stationery and the newspaper is set by the boys. We saw the girls in the kitchen and in the laundry, and the Ms in the composing room of Our Fatherless Ones, and they were working with a will, happy in the tasks of tne day. We are assured too, that the training in the Bible was as efficient as that of the grammar and industrial schools. The children, by the way, together with the workers, had just made a gift out of the little pocket monies sent them by friends, of $134.20 or with $12.80 added from a collection taken in Little Joe's Church, of $147.00 toward paying off the foreign mission debt of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Here at Barium is indeed is a sDlendid feeder to the State and Church, and if these children had never lost th«ir parent* '»•> would hardly nave had such a chance to prepare for the battle of life. The touch of culture IF on their lives from the teaching torce; the library is -carefilliy stored with the best of children'?, books; the art room in the Bur roughs Building containing the oil and water colors of the late gifted Mrs. Carrie Burroughs Dula is to the Barium Orphanage what the parlor, with treasure? of painting, is to the usual wealthy home; while the 220 acres of surrounding land supply "The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood, And every loved scene that my in fancy knew. w The boys tickled the 220 acre? of the orphanage farm with their hoes, and it laughed with the following harvest, the crop values being carefully estima ted: Garden vegetables $250 00, 600 bushels of corn $425.00, 100 tons of hav $1500.00, tops and fodder $lOO.OO, 125 bushels Irish potatoes $lOO.OO, 75 bushels ol sweet potatoes $50.00, 200 gal lons of syrup at 50d $lOO.OO, 600 gallons of beans $225.00, 1200 gallons of canned pears $450.00, making a total value of $3,500. DAIRYING. The silo is full and the man agement hopes to made enough corn and forage till another crop is gathered. The results from the dairy will doubtless be much better another year for the rea son that a splendid new cow barn is nearing completion, front dimensions 56x34 with high loft above, rear 97x36, with stalls for 50 cows. " The barn is built according to specifications from the State Department of Agriculture, and is on the top of a knoll with slope oh either side, so that the drainage is ideal. the Jersey bull, is the only occupant at present; but soon the 25 cows will move in from the old excuse of a barn nearby. "Torment," since he was dehorned, has actually con sented to do a little hauling and plowing. THE MANAGEMENT. The homeyne&s, the chance in life and the management of th* Barium Home are the three out standing impressions of my visit We Presbyterians of North Caro lina have established a big en terprise there at Barium, the physical plant itself —the brick and mortar—is valued at about $70,000 In the arithmetic of Heaven the value ot 185 child souls is 185 times the value of the whole world. It is no small For croup or sure throa?, use Dr. Thomas 1 Eclectic Oil. Two sizes, 25c iri ate At all dr«£ stores. HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1913 Music on Menzies Hill Mr. Geo. W. Hall has taken the aeency in Hickory for the Victrola. and has already sold one to Mr. K. C. Menzies; one te Dr. W. B. Ramsay, as well as pur-has | ing one for himself.His house ha» ibeen full of the greatest of the i world's musicians and singers the j last few nights, who have been giving concerts, unbeknownst to ' themselves, to Mr. Hall's appre ciative neighbors, Mr. Dave Moore McComb likes Tetrazini's echo song the best, it probably waking in his breast undreamed, unconscious memories of the songs his highland ancestors used to sing when they slipped down from the Trossachs to drive off the cattle from the lowland pas tures of the Menzies boys' ances tors; Uncle Ellis McComb likes the soft, plaintive "Abide with me", rolls out into the room in the rich notes of the most famous of modern contraltos; Mr. Doll prefers the Spanish Fandango, Mr. Banks hankers after Elsie Baker's bell-voiced lullaby be cause its wonderful power put« his three rowdy boys to sleep; Mr. K. C. Menzies used to like "Annie Laurie" the best but since he andlex-sheriff Blackwel der sat together in the gallery of the Hub theatre and took a lesson on classical music from Edward Baxter Perry, he rather leans to the Lucia Sextette from Doni zetti; while Dr. Murphy, the Ca tawba Dutch Irish parson, with the Claremont pianos ever in his ear and Mrs. Murphy coaching him at home, makes out that he likes Liszt's Steenth Hoongareean Rhapsodie better than Kathleen Mavourneen. Oh there's music canned, classical music— on the Menzies hill these nights! burden —this responsibility for managing an orphanage. In the good providence of God he has sent us a man gifted with exec utive ability, common sense and consecration. Rev. W. T. Walk er is well equipped for this work. As he takes you over the place, and unfold his plans, you are impressed with the excel lence of hisjadgment. He hates debt. His first move when he j took charge was to raise the $4,500.00 debt on the orphanage* He said he would not remain there with the debt —one or the other must tro, and our people kept him. We will continue to stand by him that way, tco. No such enterprise as our orphanage could have been established without makine mistakes but Walker would nev#»r let a boat strike on a reef twice. He has an abiding confidence in the Presbyterians of North Carolina. I was pinning him down close: 1 "Have you ever failed to re ceive enough for all needs?" . "Our people are supporting the orphanage," he answered. "I have never appealed to them that they have not fome across, -No, sir; we never had a deficit" We owe it to this man who represents us at Barium to give him a hearty, prayerful and sys tematic support. It takes about $20,000 support a year for the Orphanage One fourth of this comes in the Thanksgiving Day offerings. The amount received on support last year (from Oct. Ist., 1911, to Oct. Ist., 1912) wa5521,469.48,an increase over the previous year of $1,999.55. About 160 child ren of the 185 or 190 are clothed by ladies' societies or individu als. The estimated worth of this clothing is $1760. I had a glimpse of the Barium cupboard. Editor William Laurie Hill, who took me in tow whenever some highwayman of business held up Mr, Walker, and Walker is an overworked man, found a key to the basement of the Burrough's Building, where the Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies are stored. We raided the peanut bags and orange box es we found there. I felt like a David whed he ate the shew bread-taking orphan children's cands this way, though Brother Hill did'nt seem to have any qualms of conscience, but then he is a sort of priest in the Bar ium temple and enjoyed inalien able rights where I did'nt. And by the way, Our Fatherless Ones eught to have 5,000 circulation instead of 1,600. A number of Sunday Schools, societies, Bible classes and indi viduals send monthly gifts to the support fund, but if all the 375 Presbyterian Sunday Schools would give $5.00 a month on an average they would over-raise the amount of the annual support fund. This they could easily if they undertake it systemati Children cry FOR FLETCHER'S i CAST ORIA A Great Pianist Coming. "A poetress on the piano" is the way the Boston Globe de scribes Mme von Unschuld, court pianist to the Queen of Roumania, who is to be at Clare mont College, Hickory on Miss Marv Ramsay, of the Claremont music department, has been able to secure this young, lovely and gifted musical genius for a recit al. Mme Marie von Unschuld is a member of the Austrian nobility, her father being Royal Imperial Field Marshal. She was talented as|i child and was given every advantage, taking the full course at the Vienna Conservatory, and studying such teachers as Leschetizky and Greadener. She has played at the Austrian court and in all the great cities of the continent, and possesses ten high orders and medals from the crowned heads and music academies of Europe. The New York Sun says; Her programe was one of lib- I eral proportions, and her choice ! ranged over the fteld pianoforte literature in a fashion that showed no narrowness of taste, nor any special daintiness. She has remarkably agile fin gers, a beautiful developed scale technic, a sound and ingratiating tone, a good variety of tone, color and knowledge of the use of pedals. And tha New York Herald; She displayed a beautiful sing ing tone and fleetness of fin gers. The most pleasing impres sion was occasioned by the play ing of the Heller preludes. cally. The 600 Baptist Sunday Schools in North Carolina fur nish 40 percent., or $36,000 for the huge Thomasville orphanage. I wish that we could have a Syn odical Convention of the Presby terian Sunday Schools Superin tendents of the state at Barium, or, if Barium could not take care of the crowd for a day. at States ville. I would like to be a member of the program commit tee for the same. The Presbyterians of North Carolina have maintained cheer fully and liberally this gteat en terprize, so close to the hearts of the covenant-keeping God who calls himself "the God of the fa therless". They will continue their liberality, both to the an nual support and toward rais ing the $50,000 needed for new buildings and equipment, and Rev. J. Murphy Williams, who will have charge of this cam paign, will find an open ear to his appeals. NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. The bill of improvements, en dorsed by Synod, contemplates the following: Ist. An up-to-date school build ing. The present rooms are in adequate for the number of children now in the home. The majority of the class rooms are on the second floor of the Rum ple Hall, but with a new building to house the school, the old rooms could be used for dormitories and would furnish the equivalent of a new cottage. 2nd. An infirmary, thoroughly equipped and sufficiently com modious to provide for epidemics among the children. The pre sent accommodations are entirely too small. Room is needed for isolating children with conta gious diseases, especially any who might have tuberculosis. There is no adequate provision now for isolating children when they first come to the home for examination, disinfection of clothing, etc. 3rd. The enlargement of the in dustrial building in which are located the printing office, the laundry ana the shop, all of which are over-crowded. 4th. A central heating plant by which the institution mav be more economically and thorough ly heated. sth. A horse barn to complete the barn facilities, the cow barn being now nearly finished. 6th. Extensive repairs on the present buildings. Fellow-Presbyterians of the Synod of North Carolina, let us engrave Barium on our hearts, name it in our prayers and re member it in our giving. Howard A. Banks. The famous Gcodyear Apple Farm, near Waynesvill, N. C , is now own ed by Jchn Farrior, Esq., who said: "King's Wild Cherry and Tarf is the best Cough Medicine. It is pleasant and effective, and I would not be without it." Even a slight cold is not a thing of no moment. It may end ir catarrh or pneumonia. Keep the breathing apparatus open and clean. All diseases of the throat and bronchial tubes are cured quickly and pleasantly by Dr. King's Wild Cherry and Tar. 25c., no cure, no pay; Sold by all medicine dealers. Catawba College Notes. The Philomathean Literary Society held an open meeting Friday night. After devotionai services conducted by the presi dent, H. F. Ingle, and J. C, Peeler, there came the deliver ing of a declamation by G. A. Ingle and the reading of "College Notes" by L C. Led better anci of a selection from "The Bishop of Cottontown" by H. F. Ingle. After this the secretary, Lucien Perry read the querv, "Resolved: That the high tariff laws are for the best interests of the people of the United States." The af firmative was represented by N. H. Fravel and H. A. Fesperman; the negative, by J. C. Peeler and S. J. McNairy. All the speakers did well; but it was felt by nil that Fesperman, in view of the fact that at the last minute he had agreed to take the place of a member call ed home by the death of his aunt, and S. J. McNairy, who is a member of the Freshn an and whose arguments were especially clearS and forcible,-that these two deserved special mention. The rejoinders were full of wit and to the point. The judges. G. C. Peeler, A R Tosh, and Miss Gracella Shank, decided in favor of the negative. Mr. McConnell, who was on the affirmative side was called away by the death of Mrs. Flora McClure at Huntersville. The last meeting of the com bined Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. was a most enjoyable one. The young ladies had charge, Miss Mary Peeler leading. After several Scripture readings and a song •by the female quartet, Misses Minnie and Mattie Rein hardt, Lucy Fesperman, and Mary Peeler, talks were nade'or papers were read by the follow ing; Ethel Josey, "Whst is a Christian?"; Gail Zug. "why I should be a Christian"; Julia Ludlow, "what difference does my being a Christian m \ke in my life?"; Ethel Peeler "why is the non-christian indifferent?" Mary Peeler, "How to win the non-christian." Reformed Church Notes. Dr. Murphy will fill his ap pointments morning and night on next Sunday. The male quar tette will sing at the nieht ser vice. The class of young people meet on Saturday afternoons at three o'clock for Bible and cate chetical instruction. The Teachers Training Class taught hyProf .Whisenhunt meets every Wednesday night after the prayer service. Will Enlarge Cotton Mill Lenoir Topic The Caldwell Furniture Company has purchased from the Mocre Cot ton Mill Company a lot on which they contemplate building an exten sion to their already large manufactur ing plant. The Moore Cottcn Mill Company has also bought of W B Watson &Co a lot adjoining their mil with a view to enlargement. HIDES. Prices paid at the Hickory Tan nery: Green Hides 10c per pound. Partly cured hides 11c. " " Green Salted Hides 12c '* " Dry Flint Hides 18c 44 44 Dry Salted Hides V7c 44 #l . Tallow 6c 44 44 Rye Straw 50c per 100 lb Baled and delivered. Rev. W. R. Walker, superin tendent of the Barium OJ phan's Home, spoke in the interest of the $50,000 new equipment fund last Sunday morning, and also [preached again at nigl t. He | spent Monday canvasing and met i with a liberal response. A MOTHER'S LOVE. The Instinct of a Mother Greater and Stronger Than Anything m the Known World. We read a great deal about a Mother's Love and it is all right, bnt we read more about a Mother's Instinct to preseve her you ng. When it is possible to buy fo fifty cents or a dollar a bottle of Gowan Preparation —a certain and infallible remedy tor Pheumonia, Croupe and Colds, the mavel is that so many moth ers do not make the purchase. This wonderful remedy is applied externally and will positively cure colds, croup 9, and that dread disease, pneumonia. It is a remedy that has been on the market several years, contains no dope, no harmful ingredients, but acts as no other medicine ever acted on the afficted parts. All druggists sell this marvelous remedy—Gowans Preparation, and every fcome should contain a bottle. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 Some Important Needs. To the Editor of the Democrat Will you allow me a short space in your valuable paper to present my views on a few of the ques tions that are now agitating the minds of many of the people in our county, state and nation. While I am in favor of all the laws that we now have in regard to the manafacture and sale of liquor, and am in sympathy with the officers of the law that are doing ail in their power to enforce these laws. I believe that if every official had the support of the community at large, they would then do their duty more faith fully with no fear of criticism from any .service. They would be a great power to put down this great evil. Yet 1 believe that we need ether amendments to these laws we already have such as the search and seizure law for the county and state and the Interstate Commerce bill that is now pending in Congress. And I believe it is our duty as as citizens of this commonwealth to write our Legislators, Sena tors, and Congressmen, urging them to leave no stone unturned to bring about these desired leg islations, and I believe it is the duty of our preachers to preach more along these lines, setting before their members, their du ties along these lines, and I do believe when the laws are enact ed, and properly enforced, then we parents who have boys can lie down at night and go to sleep, having no fear or anxiety as to the safety of our boys in regard to the demon, strong drink. May we soon see the time when these results are a glorious reality, Yours for Success, Bill Driver Newton, N. C., Feb. 16,1913. Claremont Items The Columbian Society will bold its Anniversairy exercise on March 17, un der the direction of Miss Eulala Guinn president, the society is flourishing and the coming anniversary promises to be an event ol more than ordinary inter est to the friends of the college. An interesting programme is being for Washingtons birthday which takes place next Saturday. In addition to se lection by the school, the Rev Dr- Heald, rector of the Episcopal church of Hickory, has been seeured to deliv er an address. The friends of the school are invited to attend this meeting, the hour will be 11 A. M. • Mme. Von Unschuld who appears in the auditorium on the night of Feb. 28, is said to be a pianist of marked ability. She is a Russian and bean the highest testimonials from distinguished men. Miss Ramsay who has been elected as Lady Principal is now living in the College and devoting her time, in Con nection with the music department, to caring for the girls. Miss Mae Livengood spent Sunday, Feb. 16, in Conover, the guest of Mis 9 Essie Rowe. Misses Stella Foil and Effie Nelms visited Miss Lilly Hall Crowell at her home in Newton, on Mondav, Feb. 17. The Senior Class has recentlv held some very interesting meetings pre paratory to the coming commence ment. One innovation of the class is the decision not to have a literary ad dress, but to content themselves with an annual sermon by some distin guished minister. Married in the Road. On last Sunday Squire Sietz, the well known Justice of the Peace, out neat the Ivey Mill, was called upon to marry a young couple who drove up in front of his home and asked his ser vice. Of course the squire insisted on them going into the house to have the solemn ceremony but the young pair were in too great a hurry to do that, so squire performed the ceremony right there in the road- The participants were Mr. Pies. Marshal and Miss Ger trude Abernethy, both of the Ivey Mill village. The Democrat joins their many friends in wishing thtna a long and prosperous life together. Lutheran Pastoral Association. The Catawba County Lutheran Fas torial Association will meet Monday, Feb. 24th at 10 A. M, with Dr. W. A. Deaton, Hickory, for the discussion of following programe: 1 4th Petition Lord's Prayer, Rev. J. P. Price. 2 9th Art Angsburg Conf., Pres. K. L. Fritz. 3 Proper Methods of Church Pub licity, Rev. J. H. Wanemacher. 4 Gospel Exegesis and Sermon Out line. Prof. M. L. Stirewalt. B. L. Stroup, Sec'y. \ CASTOR IA p«r Infanta and Children. Un KM YN Hin AlvqslNiM ALWAYS LOOK FOR A IMIMIIE WOODPIIi J A Tew Pertinent Points About the New Charter DON'T BE BAMBOOZLED What to Say to the Man Who Talks About Cost of Gleaning Closets —Poll Tax Same in New as In Old Charter—The People the Only Basses Under the New Charter To the Editor of the Democrat. Allow me to take advantage of your offer of space in your col umns to discuss the new charter. My chief object at this time is to sound a note of warning to many citizens who have been and are being, approached by those who would like to see the new charter defeated, in an in sinuating and misleading way. To illustrate, when a man ap proaches you and expresses ex treme solicitude over the clean ing out of your garden closet, don't for a minute suppose that he cares anything whatever how your garden closet is cleaned out, or what it will cost. This is the nigger in his woodpile: (Extract From New Charter) ARTICLE Vll—Franchises. Section 3.—The advertisement must state the character of the franchise or privilege it is supposed to be granted, ; that sealed bids therefore will be opened at a stated time and place, and that the franchise will be awarded to the bidder offering to pay to the ctty during the life of the franchise the highest percentage ol the gross annual receipts received from the use, operation or possession of the fran chise. Section 11.—The grant of every fran chise or privilege shall be be subject to the right of the city, whether reserved or net, to prescribe and regulate the rates, fares, rentals or charges made for the service rendered under such fran chises. i All bear in mind that the San itarv Board under the present government has the same rights that the new charter gives, the city physician. Again, when another , man comes along and tells you that your poll tax will be very largely increased, remember that it is not your poll tax that particular ly interests your informer. Look for the nigger in the woodpile: (Extract From New Charter) ARTICLE VI.-The City Manager Section 11.'—He shall have power to suspend, fine and dismiss any member of the police, fire, water works and sew erage and street departments in the in terest of discipline. But any officer ap pdinted or elected by the City Council to a position in said departments who has been suspended, fined or dismissed, may appeal to the City CouncU at any of the regular meetings, and it shall review his case, affirm or modify or reverse the order of the manager and make any res titution within the law which it may deem advisable. The City Manager shall promptly report all suspensiens, fines and dismissals as hereinafter provided io the article* in reference to the police powers ofthe city of Hickory. Afl bear in mind the fact that the poll tax under the new char ter is the same as at present. And still another man will come along and tell you that the new charter creates a BOSS in the form of a City Manager. Don't get frightened at this "bogey" man, because under the provisions of the new charter YOU will be the boss of this boss, who will simply be your employee to look after your busi ness, and make a monthly report of everything that is being done. Could anything be clearer than this: (Extract From New Charter.) ARTICLE XIII Finance and Taxation Section 5. —The City Manager at the first of each month during the fiscal year shall file with the City Council an itemized report* of all money received and disbursed by any and all officers of the city government during the pro ceeding month, and showing from whom and for what such money was re ceived and to whom and for what paid. To the said report shall be attached the monthly reports of each of the heads of the various departments of the city. The City Manager's report for the proceed ing month shall be published during the second week of each month in tome newspaper published in the city of Hick ory. Section B.—The City Manager in the collection of taxes shall be vested with the same power and authority as U given by the State to sheriffs for like purposes, and shall be subject to the same penalties Continued on Third Pagti