The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-29
The Widows Home.
sEMr-ANNUAL REPORT OF The s'HoME FOR THE
MOTHERS, WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS OF con-
FEDERATE SOLDIERS" FOR TIE HALF YEAR
ENDING APRIL Is, 1865

SEhl-ANNOAL REPORT OF THE home FOX THE
MOTHERS, WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS OF con-
FEDERATE SOLDIERS" FOR TEE HALF YEAR
ENDING APRIL Is, 1868.
The ladies in charge Of the "Home," believ-
ing the public to be interested in their mission
OF love and mercy, would lay before those who
have so kindly aided in this charity brief
statement OF what has been accomplished for
the welfare of its inmates. The .Home" has
been in operation for six months; and numbers
sixty occupants. Here these destitute ladies
and children, some of whom haYe been re-
duced from affluence to poverty by the misfor-
tunes Of war, find comfortable shelter and a
pleasant home. In the seclusion Of her apart
ment, each mother can carry on the work Of
training her children with the same privacy
and care that she could in her own home; and
the children can still enjoy the privileges and
pleasures of the domestic circle.
Three times week soups are supplied in this
institution; and from time to time such pro-
visions as have been sent by friends, have been
distributed among the inmates, and most CRATE
fully received.
school numbering over fifty children, and
constantly increasing, gathered from the fami-
lies in the ''Home, and from those unable to
secure education elsewhere, has been organ
lied and is gratuitously taught by young ladies
Of refinement and culture. The progress Of
the children in acquiring knowledge has already
been such as to reward and stimulate their dis
interested teachers.
The large and commodious building rented
by the Board of Control affording the facilities,
it is proposed, as speedily as possible, to admit
limited number of girls-daughters OF Con-
federate soldiers have been impoverished
by the war, and to afford them home in order
to secure them the means of a thorough edu-
cation. They will be placed under the super
vision Of discreet and experienced lady as
Matron. For the means Of their education and
board, however, the Board of Control makes
earnest appeal to the liberal and benevolent.
Tuition for them can be Obtained at some OF
the best schools in the City Of Charleston at
one-haH the usual rates; and the zeal and
determination of the young ladies to secure
the means of self-support will, doubtless, en-
sure double the ordinary progress towards
that coveted result.
Fortunately, the spacious premises occupied
as the "Home" have afforded shelter to per-
sons in need who do not come within the exact
letter of the purposes OF the institution, but
who have gladly availed themselves OF the
privilege Of occupying rooms in the building,
which were not Immediately required by those
for whom they were originally designed. The
eagerness with which ladies have availed them
selves of even 3 temporary shelter, which they
coyenanted cheerfully to resign so soon as it
should be needed by those having prior
claim, does but indicate the extremity to which
we are reduced, the patient magnanimity with
which it is borne, and the timeliness OF even
the least effort and prayer for its relief.
While thanking most gratefully all Who have
assisted us in this undertaking, we earnestly en-
treat them not to relax their generous endea-
vors on behalf of the "Home." There are
many wants Of its inmates which we are unable
to supply; and We feel that our work is incom-
plete until We pour out the full measure OF
comfort upon those whose protectors yielded
up their lives in defence Of their homes and
ours. We fully realize the vast Importance OF
our undertaking-its grave responsibility. We
know our work to be noble one-to comfort
the widow and the fatherless, and to shelter
the homeless. Therefore, with an abiding
faith in the kindness OF our people, and con-
fdent trust in the benevolent promptings Of
humanity, we earnestly commend the Home
to the liberal and the philanthropic everywhere.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
Mrs. Ii. A. SNOWDEN, President
Miss MATILDA MIDDLETON, Vlce-Preddent-
Miss II. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary and Treasurer.
Mrs. W. E. MIKELL, Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. P. C. Gaillard, Mrs D. E. Huger, Mrs. George
Robertson, Mrs. Henry Rayenel, Mrs. j. $. Palmer,
Mrs. j. 8. Snowden, Mrs. William havenel, Mrs. NJ.
P. Matheson Mrs. c. s. Yedder, Miss Anna Simpson,
and Miss E. E. Palmer.
rHE TINE FIXED FOR THE CITY ANB COUNTY
ELEcT1oNs.-As will be seen by the following
order, General Candy has named the second
and third days of June next for the election. of
Judge of Probate, Clerk Of the Court of