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PUBLrsHE1) By THE LUTHERAN ORPHAN HOME.

VOLUMEXXVIII. SALEM, VIRGINIA: JULY 1924. NUMBE~ 7,

Home Directory( -

IPRESIDlJ'jNTOF THE BOARDJ. L. Sieber,. Roanoke, Va.

SECRETARY Al'm TREASURER HOME BRIEFS .R W K· E S I V Our workers are taking their. . Ime, sq., a em, a.

SNPERINTBNDENT well earned and much needed vaRev. E. W Leslie, Salem Va. cation. Some go in July and

MATRON Mrs.L. B. Spracher, I some in August, enough remain-HOUSEKEEPER, Miss Elizabeth , . t h t k th k

Steger. I m~ a orne 0 eep e worTEACHERS Mrs. G. V. Ruhl, Miss M. going,

McSherry. Miss. Myrtle Cutshaw!. 0 l'ttl t h fSEWING TEACHER Mrs. Janie Bailey' , 'ur I e cot age on t e armASSISTANTS Mrs. Cora Wheeler. Mrs hail received a much needed newEo W. Leslie dress of paint, which greatlyFARM MANAGER 1. S. Critselous. improves its appearance as wellBOOK-KEEPER AND STENOGRAP- as preserving the buildingTheHER----MissMabel Leslie house and garden rents for $25PHYSICIAN, Dr. G. A. L. Kolmer

per month.DONATIONS FOR JULY A number of our children

Mrs. J. A. Richard, 1 used coat,1i!:llseddresses. Womens Miss. Soc. Col. have recently had "fat jaws".legeCh, Salem. Va. (made by Mrs. onaccount of mumps among us.Thum, age 70 years) 2 boys blouses. Some have ~otten well--all areMay Va. Stickler, 3used nightgowns, doing nicely and none suffered~rused dressee, 3 used petticoats, 1pro any great inconvenie nee fromused bloomers, 1pair used shoes. D.L. Sedon Cherries. Mrs. R. L. Meyer the desease.2 used dresses, 1 used brassier. W. C. We regret to record the re-Goode, 1 bu. apples. Mrs. Emmett signation.of our farm manager,Fisher. 2 bus apples. J. S. Perrow ap-ples Mrs. McVitty, 1bu peaches. Gold Mr. J. S. Cr itselous, who, onen Rule Class, Lutheran Church, New- September 1st will sever hisport News, Va. 3 pkzs. new & used conneetion with the Home.clothing. Roanoke and Salem. Shriners Mr. (;ritse)ous bas been withPicnic, lunches, melons and tomatoes.Mrs. J. P. Saul, Magazines. A. L.. (Continued on page eight)

Snavely, Crockett, Va. 3 basketsapples. S. H. McVitty, Saiem, Va.large quanity of plums.

Rev. ... ~

2 THE MESSENGER• f ,

The Messenger comes a time, whengrown, when you canboth, but, son thatmember, isn't yet.Be sure and get the hours of

sleep that mind and body need:and with cheap novels burn no

: : : : VIRGINIA midnight oil, In youth you travel-----------'--.....- all day long, at rather break-

RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION neck speed, so sleep at night orSiqle Subscription, one J'eaJ'•.•• .16 else your health will spoil.To one address, tea copies OJ'mON, Don't squander pocket moneyten cents eaeh. that your dad has given you.All subscriptions must be paid in Don't figure . 'easy come and

advance. easy go." For every ~QlJar that. . you ~et Just save a dime or two

Entered at the Post OtIlce In! The benefit, in later years,SALEK, VA., as seeo~d clua ma~J'·1 yot'll know.Acceptap.ce for mai.liQ at special Just sum a1l1these little tips

rate of posta&,eprovided foJ' in Sec. and act accordingly.1108, Act of Oct. 8, 1917, authorized I know, the worth of what I'mOct. ZO, 1910. telling you. For, listen son, the

hardships that have made it hardTake Special Netice of Th•• Ship-' for me, are just these tips, the

pine Direetiol1&: things I didn't do.I.

PubJishecl MODWy B7THE LUTHERAN ORPHAN

BOllE

you areuse themtime, re-

SALEM

There are now no reduced rata to Cornell University investigat-our Home, either bJ' freiaht OJ' u- ed 1,303 farmers in Tompkinspress. Please mark J'OU]'shipments county, N. Y., and found thatplainly to LUTHERAN ORPHAN the average labor income ofHOME, SALEM, VIRGINIA. Pre- 1,007 men with only a districtpaid frel&'ht and apreas is of peat school education was $32~ aassistance to OU]'Home. year. The income of 280 men

with a high school education wasDAD'S ADVICE $682 and sixteen farmers with

Said an ordinary father, to all, a college education were re-srdinary son, there are lots of Iceiving a labor income of $847 atips I want to give you. Just, year, .plain advice, but· helpful, and Th test .te• dv i lif ', hId e grea est rage y III I e ISyou 11know, w en am one, ln f 'I b·' f '1'th d 'I thi h Id d not In ar ure ut In ai mg toh~ ladI ~t dIngSyou s ou an make an effort toward some-s ou n 0. I-h' h L'IYou've heard it said that t mg wort w~I!.e.smoking in your youth, will Unbelief finds fault, and gr~~~stunt you~ growth! so shun the 'II~S,and se.es 3;1lthe impossibili-, corncob pipe and cigarett, There ties and miseries of life.

EXPENSE, ACCOUNTFOR JUNE 1924

Bu tter. , '" , ... .... . ... , ,.Meat ,........... .. .Groceries .. , , "Cereals .Dry goods & ClothingDental work .Repairs & PlumbingHardware , ,.,.Blacksmithing ,Professional servicesFarm supplies .Seed ,. . .. . . . .. .. . . .. .. .. .Printing Supplies.,.", ..Painting cottage on

THE MESSENGER 3

81.9032.5821.2822.65

47.50

25.00

There is less vXCUSle for feed-ing a milk cow stingily than anyother farm animal. She does notask any credlt: ell. makes promptdaily payment and her productis a cash article.

.. THE MESSENGER. '" -"-'-'-~-"----'-

ANNUAL REPORT OF 115 tons straw . . . .FARM MANAGER 100 bu. tomtoes . . •

700 lbs. veal • • . .MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 750 bu. wheat .(!)F TRUSTEES: 5i>bls. Lettuce

Our crops consist of 221-2 Total • . . .acres wheat, 8 acres oats, 1 FARM EXPENSESacre rye, 30 acres corn, 3 acres Bailing straw . $ 58.00potatoes, 4 acres tomatoes, 3 Blasksmithing • . 68.75

t I 8 Fertilizer . . • . 515.00acres wa erme on. acres gar- F d 364 70den truck, 9 acres alfalfa and H::dw~re' : .. .. . . .. 180~5640 acres peas, making a total of Labor. . • . . 113.73128 1-2 acres. Light & Wator • • • •• 44.55

We only have twelve acres Paint . . . . . . .. 56.50of pasture but by rotating from Pigs : . • . . • . 70.00

f. ., Plumbmg.·... 17.92'one .Ield to the other It furnishes Repairs . • . . . .. 34.82'grazmg for our herd of ten Salary & Supplies . .. 1,300.00'COWS. Seeds . . . . . . .. 678.86

Twenty acres of wheat land Sundries & Supplies 42.62. . . h f Tractor and Oil . . . .. 754.71IS sown m grass, wit a av.or- Telephone . . . . . .. 34.28able stand. All crops are beI~g Total...... $4,354.00regularly cultivated and will Balance . . . .. 2,146.06'compare with the best. LIVE STOCK AND MACHINERY

Wheat is exceptionally good. 3 Horsss . $550.00-Alfalfa is being cut for the first 10 Cows 450.00"time with a good yield. Fresh 1 Heifer . 15.00'vegetables are being gathered 1 Bull .. ., 25.00f d dail 11 ~ 40 Hogs . 575.00. rom our gar en ai y, a 0 .•. Machinery 1,885.00which go toward supplying our Total value of stock and.needs, Machinery . . . .

FARM RETURNS J. S. Critselous,10 bu. beets . . . .. $ 10.00 Farm Manager.

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100 bu. beans • . . 75.00 "Lest we Forget"i bu. cucumbers. . .. 5.00 "Lest we forget". we wish to!i00 doz. sweet corn. .. 120.00 . d f' H750 bu. corn . . . .. 750,00 remind the frien s 0 tne orneFodder . . . . • •. 250.00 that during the summer monthsBouse rent . • . . • 585.00 our cash receipts are usuallyHay . . • . 840.00 small, while our expenses for3,650 gals. Milk . • .. 1,460.00 food and clothing and the up-40 bu. onions . • . .• 40.00 keep of the Home and farms go150 bu. oats . • 100.0010 bu. peas . . . 10.00 right on. We trust, therefore,5 loads pumpkins " 20.00 that our faithful pastors, Sunday200 bu. potatoes . 200.00 school superintendents and oth-10 bu. sweet pepper 10.00 er good friends will put forth6,3501bs pork . . 793.00 extra efforts for the sufport of800 doz radtshes 40.005 bbls. salad .... 5.00 the Home during the summer

175.0075.0070.00862.505.00

6,500.50

3.5~0.OO

THE MESSENGER 5------------------- .-~----

256.6841.6043.2012.95p7.1632.9727.17234.851'

11.5021.0178,0098.9841.56128.641il4.6512.9718.0024.~5 .-----

SOMEBODY'S LITTLE I' Remember The Lutheran Or-phan Home of the South in your

BOY win, or better still, devote a

Iportion of your property while

I reckon someone loves him living, to the welfare of theAll the more becauss his face Home. If you need the interest

Is besmudzed among the freck-] un the amount you wish to give,e- we will issue you a Life Annuity

les I Bond which pays interest duringWhere his tears have Iefr their. ii~~ra~:.e time. Write for par-

trace. I ._- -'

months. We are making everydollar go as far as possible andyet it takes' 'big money" to runan institution like this. Helpyour orphan children,' dear Ifriends, and "DO IT NOW"Thank you!

•EXPENSE ACCOUNT

Groceries, .. ,,', $Meat .Butter .Cereals .Canned goods .Water & Lights .Insurance .Coal. .Farm Supplies .Oil & Gas for tractor .Fertilizer for farm .Printing Supplies .Laundry Supplies .Hardware .Dry goods & Clothing .Plumbing .Eye Glasses .Dental Work .Interest on AnnuityBonds. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. 135 GO

Pizs 45.00Subscriptian to theMessenger............... ;10.00

Salaries....................... 522.50Sundries.. 132.94

Total. .. .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . $2,121.58 i----- ~ ---- i

Reckon someone must be rain-in'

Angel kisses through theblue,

On his tousled locks, and pray-in'

That he'll come up strongand true .

Must be someone, somewhere,watchin'

Every childish step & turn,Askin' God to make him happy,An' to help him grow andlearn.

Maybe heaven would be sweet-erIf that someone only knew

That loving hands would guidehim,

Help him, keep him, see himthrough,

----Ben Hoovor.•

The right place to feel for thepoor is in the pocket.

FORM OF nEQUESTI give, devise and hequeth to

The Lutheran Orphan Home ofthe South, at Salem, Virginia,(Here describe property devis-ed).

NOTE-State laws should al-ways be consulted in making be-quests, as the laws governingbequests are not always thesame in different states.

TItE S REE'S REPORTRECEIPTS

Total receipts for CurrentE~penlle Fund $

Total receipts for C. E.Loans repaid

otal receipts for Build.ing Fund

otal receipt6 for Bldg.Loans repaid

Total receipts for Endow.ment Fund· Nothing

Total l' ceipta for Dona.tions (Estimated)

Total receipts for all pur.. poses 29,100.42

EXPENDITURESGroceriefl $MeatButterCerealsCann d gcodrofessional ServiceI'! of

Home PhYllicianrugsotJpital Expensesurses Expensesental Workislnfectan tsardware

Plumblnl:SmithlngPrintin SuppUOffice SuppliesFarm 5)uppli sRepairsPigsaundry SuppU II. ster & Lightll. ock & Poultry Fooded & Fertilizerailing Straw

TractorU&Gye Gla Il •

Coalarm Laboril & Laundry Stov II

Payment on EI~ab tIt Col.leg Prop rty

o nok CoUe Fub crlptionll 0 M !lecn~eu driL mberry I d

IPayment n Refrigerate> 400.00, Interest 1,169.30

IInsuransa 432.17

24,201,17 Investments 7,100.00Salaries 6,031.33

2,700.00 Total $ 31,411.86Less am't used for in.

vestment

100.001,015.001,750.00

$ 40,070.24174'45 I CU RENT EXPEN E FUND~~.~~ Renl estate, first mort-• gage

210.08 Savlnga Dept. Bank of480.47 Sal m241.60 Lib rty Bonds68.75 C h i b k M 31458 715 as In an, 8y ,29:70 I 1924236.92·185.3370.00 R al254.02876.M196.0064f.00180.34581 70 Truat Funds • Cover Fund267:37 Bank of Salem18 00 Trustees888'78 Huffmam Fund, United60:671 Synod of the South48.50 Trustees 2,400.00

Ryler Fund· Lutheran Ch.1,100.00 Irmo, S. • Trust (IS

42.50 P raonal note60.00

2,75. 445.861,1 7.17

199.25

1,000.00.

I1,000.00

2,497.28743.1249U2222.04

1,615.91

200.0084.80

3,400.00

$28.011.861,088.5

of the HomeB~lance

The Resourcesfollow;BUILDING FUND

Real estate, first mort.gage $ 30,100.00

Porsonal notes, payable ondemand

Savings Dept· Bank ofSalem

Certificate of Deposit, Bankof Salem

War Saving StampflLiberty Bonda

2,000.00

5,105.24

$ ,700.00

1,182.571,000.00

2,178.77

$ 13,061.34ENDOWMENT FUND

state, first mort-gl1«e

Stockll • Linn Mille, Lan-dis, N. C.

Salem Loan & Trust Co.

$17.330.00

1,600.00100.00

10,000.00

1,0 0.002,400.{lO

34, 3 •7,961.5

v n)1'otal Resources(C ntinued on J -=-------'------

THE MESSENGER 7

CASH DONATION FORJULY

A. K. Epting's class 10 Pros-$ 9,000.00 perityH' S. C. 12.50. Interest65.004,000.00 O. SAker 5.00. Salem S. S. Mt.

Sidney, Va. 10.00. Cash 2.63.4,350.00 Mrs. C. W. Dobyns 5.00. Mrs O.

Henry 15.00: H. W. Stine 10.00.4,350.00 Interest 30.00. St Johns S. ~.4,350.00 Salisbury, N. C. 25,00. Mace-

donia S. S. Birthday Offering4,350.00 Burlington, N. C. 2.60. Ladies

$ 30,400.00 Aid Society Lincolnton, N. C.-11Net Assets $ 57,561.58 1.25, Class 4 Calvary S, S. Spen

REAL ESTATE cer, N, C. 15.25. Mrs. O. HenryElizabeth College Property 40,000.00 5.00. T. W. Dalton 40.00. Inter-Home buildings & grounds 35,000.00 est 120.00. Rent 30.00. GatesOld Home Bulldings and Linney 12.13: Dr. A. B. Greiner

grounds 10,000.00 T T LSeventy acres land reas. rustees utheran Synod

with buildings 30,000.00 of Va. 26.43. Cash .50. W. D.Loton College Avenue 5,000.00 Cronk 5.00, Mrs. Olga Zimmer-Live stock &machi- man 5.00. J. W. Whittaker 10.00

nery 3,500.00 Interest 36.00. St Marks S. S.Total real estate $ 123.500,00 Spring wood, Va. 5.20, Haven

Grand Total ajI Resourses 181,061.58 S. S. Salisbury, N. C. 12.50..•. Rent 1500. Interest 330.00. ID.

THE HALF· WAY POINT F. Efird, 'I'reas. S. C. Synod:Responses to our aj.peal for Emmanuels S. S. New Brook-

funds to buy twenty-two copies land 5.90. Ch. of Rede~mer S. ~.of the Common Service Book Newb~rt'y, 3435. Wittenberj,f I fi d hild Leesville 27.79. Colony, New'-or our new y con irme c I -

1 • h d h berry 5.00. St James Jalagaren nave reac e t. e half-way 11 00 Ch f R d N ~q.. t W h ' h d .. 0 e eemer, e-POIn eave money In all b 18 80 St A d h'ff" t t has I erry., n rews, C ar ssu icien 0 pure ase e even t 75 00 S St h L ,.~

copies. We are looking to hear tOl' 16' 7'3', t·S::' ePLekns, ~xm.g-

f 1 fri d . h on ., t u es ~. Srom e even more rien s Wit FI S C 3 38 "A .t I th $1 10 h d hi orence,..,. Mem-

no eSB an . eac, an t IS I "1 t Ch ' S G'II I t th d t k i ier s. .:s, . reensboroWI cornp e e e un er a mg. N C 2 00 St M k S S 'O hild ill ' .... ar s . . De-ur . c I ren WI appreciats, S t F'J 7 28 St P Sh b' k L t h f 0 a, a , . ,eters St e 00 s. e us ear rom S I' b N C 583 M . .tl I Th k a IS ury, ' . . . rs. J Ayou promp y p ease. I an K 2'7 flO M W d Zirkleoon . , rs, a e "Ir )eyou, •. 1.10. Miss Inozen Santrniers 1.10It is better to give thaw to rr- J. S. C, itselous 10.00.ceive, "(Continued on page eig ht.)

LIABILITIESW. R. Hester Lean Eliza-

beth College prop-erty

One note due July 18, 1924Elizabeth College

One note due July 18, 1925Elizabeth College

One note due July 18, 1926Elizabeth College

One -note due July 18, 1927Elizabeth College

One note due July 18, 1928Elizabeth College

... THE MESSENGER

CASH FPR JULY'. Iheard the remark, "Just like a. (CONTINUED) Iminister's son?" And how many

First Church, S'.S. Riehmond, Itimes has that applied to some'a. 20.lH. Interest "5.00. Im- mischief j;n which some boy hasnanuel S. S.. ' Indian Springs, engaged? "'renn.A.05, St. JohnsS. S. Gravel Honestly, now, haven't you~prings Pastorate, Bloom, Va. been of the opinion that preach-i.50. P. G. Bryant 40.00. Willing ers' sons never amount to any-Workers S. S: Class, Staunbon,', thing. ? So often, when we checkl'a. 10.00. Lebanon Ch. S. S. upon that off-hand opinion, weLebanon Ch. Va. 2.97. Interest' find that we have been wrong00.09. Birthday Offering, St. It isn't fair to accept such an:'eterS s. S. Toms Brook, Va. opinion as truth just because3.06. Shiloh S. S. Blacksbarg, others frequently say it. TheTa. 4.69. H. W. Stine 20.00. F. thing to do is to test it out andT. Whitmore 20.00. James D. see whether is is true or not be-:~eiIig, Treas. N. C. Synod: fore we accept it ourselves.:lion S. S. Hickory 9.88. Christ Here are a few facts worthit S. Spencer 6.57. Salem S. S. thinking about, and that put a:'!owan 8.90. First Ch. S. S. Lex- new meaning into the old ex-ington4. 72. Mt. Moriah S. S. pression, "Just like a minister's:10.75.UnioR S. S. 25.00, Raders son":;I. S.. Childrens ' Day.., 40.57. I Of 12,000 'prominent men inHoly Trinity S. S. Troutman 9. the United States 1,000 are sons.JoS. Sharon S. S. Gibsonville 22. of preachers. 0f 2.145 notablen. Center Grove S. S. 17.75. men of England, 1,270 are sonslj"utheran Chapel S. S. Rowan of preachers. In 1910, Hlout of13.00. St. Stephens S. S. Cab-I every 51 persons ini the Hall ofarrus 13.45. Holy Trinity S. S., Fame were sons of preachers,Gastonia 11.96. St. Paals S. S. 'Five of our Presidents wereRowan 22.56. St Johns S. S. sons of preachers.Cherryville 14.78. Ebenezer S. S. "Just like a minister's son!"Kowan 1~.24. Salem, S. S. Rowan --Selected'-35. Calvary S. S. Sp~ 12. (C~a_lUed f~~m page one)~. Augsburg' S. S. ~6It k. W f b fW' k S S Chi G . ~ 08 a.t'.n0llHl or anum er 0 yearsmar s .. ma rove -.. d h . d d titwrt PI t SSW + . 2 an as ren ere us energe ICLVJ. • easan .. a.,auga. d' ff" t . Th b t!\O St J h S S C b •. 9 an e ICIen .service. e es~. • 0 ns . . a a~rus . . h f tb IH ith h'8. Mt. Hermon S. S. 3.19; In- WidS:~of ~l orne go WI imterest 15.00. Roanoke College an . IS ami y.(Refund Contingent Fee) 5.25 Mi~s Maud Isley, of Burling-

.•. ton, N. C. is very acceptably~'JUST LIKE A MINISTE'R'S filling the position of House-

SON" keeper in the absence of MissHow many times have yuU Steger, wh'b is off on vacation.