Henrietta C. Kornegay, who recently has been in several Eastern North Carolina counties soliciting funds for an alleged orphanage, is declared to be an imposter by officials of the state Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Mrs. Kornegay is operating no orphanage nor institution of any sort that is licensed by the State Board, says Miss Mary G. Shotwell, head of the division of child-caring institutions.
“A so-called orphanage run by Mrs. Kornegay was broken up in 1921 by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare because of its unsatisfactory condition,” Miss Shotwell says. “Since then Mrs. Kornegay has given trouble several times, particularly in operating a semi-maternity-home. She was in court about this time not long ago.
“People are warned that to contribute money to this woman will not be for the benefit of any dependent children but only for her own benefit.”
From page 6 of The Smithfield Herald, Friday, Dec. 12, 1924
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