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

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MOTHERS, WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS OF con-
FEDERATE SOLDIERS" FOB THE 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 af1uence to poverty by the misfor
tunes of war, find comfortable shelter and
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 couf. 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 ssHome. 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-who have been impoverished
by the war, and to afford them home in order
to secure them the means Of thorough edu-
cation. They will be placed under the super
vision OF "a 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 we're originally designed The
eagerness with which ladies have availed them
selves Of even q temporary shelter, which they
covenanted cheerfully to resign 30 soon as it
should be needed by those having prior
claim. does but indicate the extremity to which
we are reduced, the patient magnsnimity 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 it's inmates which we are unable
to supply; and We feel that our work is incom-
plete until We pour out the full measure ct
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. grave responsibility. We
know our work to be a 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. NJ. A. SNOWDEN, President.
Miss MATILDA MIDDLETON, Yce-President
Miss NJ. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary and Treasurer.
Mrs. W. E. MIKELL Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. P. C. Gailard, Mrs. D. E. Huger, Mrs. George
Robertson. Mrs. Henry Ravenel, Mrs. ]. s. Palmer,
Mrs. j. 8. Snowden, Mrs. William havenel Mrs. III.
P. Matheson, Mrs. c. s. Tedder, Miss Anna Simpson,
and Miss E. E. Palmer.
HE TINE FIXED FOR THE CRY AN3 COUNTY
ELEcrIoSs.-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
Common Pleas, Sheriff, Coroner, three
County Commissioners, School Commission
er. and such municipal officers as are provided
for By the Provisional Government, the cleo
ton to be subject to changes by the General
Assembly:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, S. c., april %, 1868.
| General Orders No. III
l. An election will be held in the State OF
| South Carolina, commencing on Tuesday, the
second day of June, and ending on Wednesday.
third day Of June, 1868. at which all registered
voters of said State may vote for such county
officers as BY the constitution, adopted by the
convention and since ratified by the people. are
elective, and are provided for in the said con-
| stitution. at the same election the duly reg
| istered voters may also vote for such municipal
officers as are by law elective by the people.
| II. The election hereby ordered will be gov
erned by the same rules as to revision Of reg
istration, conduct of election, qualifications OF
electors, and returns of election, as are pre-
scribed By General Orders No. 40 from these
headquarters, dated March IS, 1868: Prov,ded,
that if the constitution, adopted and ratified Las
aforesaid, shall have become the fundamental
law of the State OF South Carolina previous to
the commencement of such election, then,
and, in such case, the qualifications OF electors
will be those prescribed by said constitution.
Ill. The county officers to be voted tor at
this election are:
/. A Judge Of the Probate Court for each
county.
.. 4 Clerk for the Court Of Common Pleas.
8. A Sheriff.
| i. 4 Coroner.
s. Three County Commissioners.
6. One School Commissioner. a.,
The municipal officers to be voted TOR Will be
such as are provided for by existing laws OF
| the provisional government of South Carolina,
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