This institution is supported by annual subscriptions and has received many valuable bequests. Its business is managed by a board of directors who meet once a month. A visiting committee is appointed to purchase the necessary food, such as groceries, and clothing. The house is under the direction of a matron, second matron and teacher.

The Augusta Orphan Asylum was incorporated in January, 1852. In 1855 a house was rented and placed in charge of a matron, and four orphans were admitted to the privileges of the asylum. Mr. Isaac S. Tuttle, who died December 12, 1855, bequeathed his home on Walker Street and other property amounting to $50,000 for the use of the association. This gift, added to the annual income from 200 shares of Georgia Railroad stock, provided amply for the institution in its infancy. For seventeen years the Tuttle House was occupied as an Orphan home. On the 9th of January, 1859, Dr. George M. Newton, stepson of Mr. Tuttle, died leaving to the asylum property valued at $200,000. In 1869 an eligible site between Harper and Boundary streets, near the western boundary of the city of Augusta, was selected, mainly through the influence of Dr. Lewis D. Ford, the second president of the association. An elegant home was here built by Mr. W. H. Goodrich after plans furnished by Mr. D. B. Woodruff. It was begun in December, 1870, and completed in December, 1873. In 1889 this building was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt by Mr. Charles B. Allen, after plans frunished by Mr. Lewis F. Goodrich, the son of the builder of the old home. It was reoccupied by the children in December, 1890. There are connected with this institution a farm and dairy, which made for the year ending April 1, 1900, a net profit of $2,636.77. More than $1,400 of this came from the products of the dairy. These were.

5,023 gallons of milk at 20 cents a gallon 1,330 pounds of butter at 30 cents a pound

68 loads of compost from cow yards at 50 cents a load.

...

.$1,004 60

399 15

34 00

...

The farm supplied the following values at market prices: Potatoes, corn and other vegetables 578 watermelons at 5 cents each 1267 cantaloupes at 3 cents each And the following field crops: Oats, rye, vetch and green feed ... 25 tons of cured oats at $15 a ton 15 tons of peavine hay at $13 a ton Corn and fodder

Total value of products

30 00

$2,705 91

The larger boys of the home have their hours for school, for work on the farm, and for recreation. The girls have their hours for school, for work in the cutting, fitting and making department, and for recreation. They also take their turn at cooking and general housework.

The Orphan Home of the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is located at Decatur, in DeKalb county, about eight miles from the city of Atlanta. It was founded in 1867. The plan was originated by Rev. Jesse Boring, M.D., and D.D. The home has no endowment and depends upon the voluntary contributions of the people. Yet it is well maintained, and additions are constantly being made to its equipment. The property consists of seven comfortable buildings, prettily situated, and a farm which raises produce for sale in the market after supplying the needs of the home. In addition to going to school the boys work on the farm, while the girls learn to sew, cook, wash and iron.

The Orphan Home of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is located in Vineville, a beautiful suburb of the city of Macon. It was organized June 12, 1873. It has a dairy and farm for the boys, and a cutting, fitting and making department for the girls, who also take their turn at cooking and general housework. The trustees intend adding other departments as they may be able. Of course all the children attend the school of the home. This institution was first founded as a private benevolent enterprise in 1857 by Mr. Maxwell of Macon. In 1873 it passed into the hands of the South Georgia Confer

ence.

The Appleton Orphan Home at Macon is the property of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was built through the liberality of Mr. Appleton of New York.

The Baptist Orphans' Home at Hapeville, eight miles from the city of Atlanta, is beautifully located in full view of the Central Railroad. There are three main buildings. The central one, known as the Administration Building, fronts the railroad. To the right with a front of 60

feet and a colonial piazza 40 feet in length, stands the Boys' Cottage, a brick building donated by Mr. F. S. Etheridge of Jackson, Georgia, in honor of his mother. On the opposite side of the lawn stands a similar cottage for the girls, costing the same money and modeled after the same plan, a gift of Judge James R. Brown of Canton, Georgia, in memory of his daughter, Sallie Rice Brown.

Besides attending school the girls are taught to cut and fit clothing, do mending and repairing, housework, washing and ironing; and the boys are taught to cultivate the fields, clean the premises, cut wood and make fires.

Within the past year $500 worth of produce of the farm has been sold, this being the surplus left after supplying the wants of the orphanage.

The Hebrew Orphan Home is located in the city of Atlanta, under the auspices of the Hebrews of Georgia, and supported by their congregations in the State. The Abram's Home in Savannah, is one of their most noted benevolent institutions.

CHAPTER XV.

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF GEORGIA.

When, on the 12th day of February, 1733, the first settlers under the lead of James Edward Oglethorpe landed at Yamacraw Bluff, they were accompanied by Dr. Henry Herbert, a clergyman of the Church of England. In March of the next year a body of Salzburgers from Germany landed at Savannah. At Ebenezer in Effingham county, they built the first Lutheran Church in Georgia. Of this church the first pastor was the Rev. John Martin Bolzius. In 1786 there were three Lutheran churches in Georgia, one at Ebenezer, one at Goshen and one in Savannah.

Rev. Henry Herbert, pastor of the Episcopal Church at Savannah, was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Quincy, and he was followed by John Wesley in 1736, and George Whitefield in 1738. Charles Wesley accompanied his brother John to Georgia. The two Wesleys and Whitefield are renowned as the founders of the powerful and influential body of Christians known as Methodists, though neither one of them ever separated himself from the Church of England, in which the three were ordained ministers. When in 1755 the trustees surrendered their charter to the crown and Georgia became a royal province, the Church of England (Episcopal), was declared to be the established church of the colony. Parishes were formed, in three of which were churches; one in Savannah, one in Augusta and one in what is now Burke county. The three counties of Chatham, Richmond and Burke were at that time known as Christ Church Parish, St. Paul's Parish and St. George's Parish. Part of what is now Chatham county was known as St. Philip's Parish. Outside of Savannah, the churches were supplied with missionaries sent out by the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." The Revolution caused a temporary abandonment of the field by the Church of England and, as far as can be ascertained, there was no organized Episcopal Church in Georgia for nearly twenty years after the establishment of independence. The first bishop of this church who visited Georgia was Bishop Dehon of South Carolina, who came in 1815, to consecrate the new building for Christ Church, where he confirmed a class of sixty. This was the first confirmation ever held in Georgia. In 1840 the Rev. Stephen Elliott was elected the first bishop of the diocese, which