Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-23
The LadicN, Benevolent society

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The Ladies, Benevolent Society.
Atthe request of the ladies OF the above
society we publish the appeal below. The
claims of the society are so ably set forth
In theappeal, that we need add no words
to the arguments and considerations the
committee have presented We may say,
however, that we learn fromNthe committee
that the total sum received and expended
by the society since last January, is only
$L47s, tayery small amount for such a city,
as ours), OF this sum, 5000, were contribu-
ted al a collection taken last winter, and
divided dbetweenuthe Soldiers Aid Society
and the Industrial School. In addition, 500
bushels oGcosr were generously donated
bySME Peter, Hayden, 1T will be, readily
seen that the society has hadat its ComE
mand but very limited means for relieving
the wants ss-of-thepoor and destitute among
us. But we commend the following appeal
to the. attentive perusai uand1consideration
Of every one af ooBr'Scits readers "a ca On
A,,apaeal for As Eddtess Benevolent Society Of
iC5fa5HJ uHaCotambtd& ,I51aAil an
AS far bacR sltlle yea6 1886, ltheladies of
Columbus, ,asreing the wapt-and destitution
lin their midst, organized the "Badfes' Be-
nesolsnt, Society," for the, purposeyof af7
lfording some relief to the poor and needy.
Since the time MISREPRESENTATION 1t has
steadily pursued Its Course through isum-
mer's soorehipg heat spd ,wihters Bipcling
cold,' relieving, according to its means, the
suffering and the destitute, administering
to- Sbhe ssickN mforting- the, mourner and
cofisoihE TIE dying. 1 So quietly and unosr
tentatiously, has it performed its self-deny-
ing and charitable labors that, its existence
is probably not known to many Of our clti-
zens; yet it. has always been managed by
our most respectable and reliable e-iatlies,
and Is In no way seo@rian or partizan either
in its organization or operatiOHg djgTo7o ;Hd
1OnB l0f the fundamental rules requires
that no relief be given except upon the
personal visitation and examination of one
Of the Society visitors; thus securing not
only prompt relief, but a judicious expend-
iture Of their tefy lihsitedineais. s3 lli1
.i1 The present, officers of the Society are:
Mrs.o 1Samnels Galloway, President; Mrs.
Randall, Vice President;d Mrs.. DR.. Awl,
Treasurer; and Mts, Francis Collins, Secre-
The city is divided into districts, and as
signed periodically to a certain number of
members, of;wliptir the following constitute
at present the visitors, viz:
n MrsgJ. N. Champion, Mrs. Edmiston,s
,'', ,"G ." A.Chittenden, p" Holman, ,a1
ga /" ~ J. a. WilcCx,9,, W; So E. lde,l
Rl"arA. B. Buttles, ''"' John Butler,
g. R:P. Little, J, II. Geiger,
G%. S'%, 6ldi,, 6HeI!, A;,bSal1' AiR,lGrd'
va Cyfas C;T 0tSs, Fay.7 rg4fS1eS nuoDel' eSH,s
Any one may become arnember by the
annual payment of one dollar. Only few
benevolent persons have availed themselves
of this privilege, and the funds so acquired,
with an annual collection, taken in most of
the churches, Is the only reliable meal s.
inadequate as it is, by which they can re-
spond to the hundreds of pressing claims
brought to their attention. ''''' ''i -
This oughtnot to be, and the sum consti-
tuting membership is so small, that its
members in city SO wealthy as this, should
be numbered by thousands, instead of by
scores, as is really the tact.r- .,-s,-..fy
1t is to be remembered that Soldiers Aid
Societies and like organizations, and the
State and County aid heretofore furnished
and which, to some extent, have lighteped
the demandsupOn us, have now ceased, and
we,must rely more than euer upon the few
liberal and charitable persons, who have so
long sustained our organization and cheered
us in our labors by their contributions, and
to whom due acknowledgment will be
made in our annual report.
When the, messengers OF John in the will
;derness came to inquire of Christ if 'hewas
the promised Messiah, they were com
nianded to return and report that "to the
poor the Gospel ispreached." hWhathigher
or better evidence OF the new dispensation,
beginning to dawn upon the world, or oil
the divine character OF Its author, than that
the hitherto despised, neglected, and suffer-
ing poor, were TO be recognized and cared
for! s',53 P"0 T.gTS2u g81E, !
/, On another occasion our savior reminder
the disciples, "fe have the poor always
with you." In, obedience to the call not
only of our highest State official, but OF
the chief Executive OF the natlon, day
has been specially set apart ana we are
mighty God, that intestine and terrible war
asceased In all our borders, and the Angel
OF Peace has at last brought healing on his
wings; that hitherto we have been preserved
from ''the pestilence that walketh IN dark
ness and the destruction that Wasteth at
oondayn-thatw we have been blest with
unusual prosperity, and our storehouses and
pa rpp an tnIl " / ar gFfIGV