Our mountain work [serial] . C. Rev. H. B. Dendy, — Business ManagerWeaverville, N. C. Subscription Price: 50c Per Annum. VoL-afflE yu\, Jan. 1954 No. 1 PRESBYTERY PROCEEDINGSTO BE IN NEXT ISSUE Report Benevolent GiftsFor Short Year 1953 Asheville Presbytery will meet atHa/el wood, January 19, 1954, on the dayOur Mountain Work will be account of this meeting will be car-ried in the February issue. Effort was made to secure informationfrom the Churches in time to present astatistical table in this issue. This, too,will have to be held until the next issue. The report below summa
Our mountain work [serial] . C. Rev. H. B. Dendy, — Business ManagerWeaverville, N. C. Subscription Price: 50c Per Annum. VoL-afflE yu\, Jan. 1954 No. 1 PRESBYTERY PROCEEDINGSTO BE IN NEXT ISSUE Report Benevolent GiftsFor Short Year 1953 Asheville Presbytery will meet atHa/el wood, January 19, 1954, on the dayOur Mountain Work will be account of this meeting will be car-ried in the February issue. Effort was made to secure informationfrom the Churches in time to present astatistical table in this issue. This, too,will have to be held until the next issue. The report below summarizes the giv-ing of the churches through the CentralTreasurer of Benevolences for the year1953 (nine months) showing total givenby each church, and how much of thistotal went to Presbyterys Home Mis-sions and The Mountain Orphanage. A recommendation will be made toPresbytery which will substantially low-er the percentages assigned to these two(Continued on Page 4) MOUNTAIN ORPHANAGE NOWFIFTY YEARS OLD Founded By Dr. Smith. Rev. R. P. Smith, On January 19, 1904, in a little cot-tage on Crabtree Creek, in HaywoodCounty, Mrs. E. H. Bales opened thedoors as the Matron and head of theCrabtree Orphanage, afterwards calledThe Mountain Orphanage. The home began with about six chil-dren, sponsored by Asheville Presbyterythrough the Home Missions Commit-tee, and under the direct leadership ofthe late Dr. R. P. Smith, who served asSuperintendent of Home Missions andEvangelist in Asheville Presbytery from1897 to 1926, and continued as Superin-tendent Emeritus until his death, Febru-ary 4, 1936. In 1899, two years after Asheville Pres-bytery was organized, and under theleadership of Rev. S. C. Caldwell, pastorat Henedsonville, and Evangelist of thePresbytery, a school was started on Crab-tree Creek. It was to cost $ whencompleted. Another building was to beerected on Fines Creek in the same coun-ty, at a cost of about $ In the minutes of November 29, 1899appears the fol
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