Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-26

oncc to poverty, ny tho mistortuncs OF war;
find a comfortable shelter and pleasant home.
In the scclusion of her apartment each moth
or can carry on the work of trimming her chill
ircn with tho same privacy and caro- that she
could in her own home and the children
can still enjoy the privileges and pleasures of
the domestic cirolc &a# d
Three times week soup is supplied in the
Institution and from time to time such pro
visions as havo boon sent by friends have been
distributed damong the inmates, and most CRATE
fully received.
A school numbering over fifty children
and constantly increasing, gathered from tho
families in tho" HOME" and from those un-
able to secure education clswlere-has boon
organized, and is regularly and gratuitously
taught by young ladies Of refinement and cul
turo. Th, progress of the children in ac-
quiring knowledge has already bccn such as
to reward and stimulate their disiutcrcstcd
teachers.
The large and coni,aodious building rented
by the Board of control, aGordiug the faciIi-
tics, it is proposed, as speedily possible, to
admit limited number Of girls-daughters
of Confederate Soldiers, who have been ini-
povcrshod by the War, and to afford them
q homo, in order to secure them the means
of thorough education. They will be placed
under the supervision of discreet and OK.
perionccd lady, rs Matron. For tho means
of their education and board, however, the
B,ard of Control makes earnest appeal to the
liberal and benevolent Tuition for them
can be obtained, at somo of the best schools
in the city Of Charleston, at onc-half the usu.
al rates; and the zeal and determination of
tho young ladies to secure the means Of self
support will, doubtless, ensure double the or
dinary progress to that coveted result.
Fortunately, also, tho spacious promises
occupied by tho I" HOME" has afforded shell
ter to persons in need who do not como with
in the exact letter of the purpose of the Insti
tuition, but who have gladly availcd them
selves of the privilege of occupying rooms in
the building which wcrc not Immediately re-
quircd by those for whom they were original
ly designed. The oagcrncss with which
ladies have availcd themselves Of oven ten.
porary shelter, which they covcnancl cheer
fully to resign 80 soon rs it should be needed
by those having prior claim, docs but ind-
cate the extremity to which we arc reduced,
the patient tmagnanimity with which it is borne,
and the timclincss, Of even the least effort aud
prayer for its relief.
While thanking most gratefully all who
have assisted us in this undertaking, VIC earn
estly cntrcat them not to relax their generous
cndcavors in behalf Of tho I" "lIoME'
There are many wants of its inmates which
We are unable to relieve; and we feel that
our work is incomplete 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
undcrtaking-its grave responsibility. We
know our work to be n noblc ono-to comfort
the widow aud tho fathcrlcss, and to shelter
tho homeless. Therefore, with an abiding
faith in the kindness of our people, and con-
fdcDt trust in tho benevolent promptngs of
| humanity, VIC earnestly commend the "n )ME"
to the liberal and tho philanthropic every
where.