The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-21
Conf.dszats Hosss.

! Confsds5sts HoHs,
We have observed with inteseat ii the
QhsrlsstonT.pers the annual report oi
tie Confsderate Home, During q period
Of fourteen months. there have been re-.
sident in the institution 102 persons.
OF this .numbet, one-a very aged widow
lady-had died. There are now in the
Home 1o1 persons. The expenses for
fourteen months were So, 2556e all OF
which have been met. The health OF
the 'inssitution.lhas been fhe. The
school at the Home. numbering about
forty -five pupils, has been in successful
operation. The board began this year
with fifty-five pupils. representing nearly
every District in the State. The pupils
OF the school are not all beneficiary.
There ore pay pupils. Scholarships for
the next year have been provided-one
By Mr.. Charles Baker, of Baltimore; one
by Mr.. J. Francis Fisher, OF Philadel-
phia; one by Mr.. O. NJ. Manigault,
Brighton, England, and one each by
several ladies and gentlemen of Charles
ton. But one beneficiary can be re-
oeived from one family. Upon the rolls
Of the Ladies' Home Association, there
is an annual membership Of 600, The
annual payment of one dollar constitutes
q membership. The gentlemen q associa-
ton, auxiliary to the Indies. has nm
annual membership OF 152, at Si0 per
annum. Effort is now making to in
orease this number to 400. Our cotom-
porary Of the Courier we'll says:
"The objects for which the Widows
Home was established.-the relief of the
widows of those who perished in battle,
or who may have died from disease con-
tracted in the line of duty, and to edu-
cate and provide for the orphan chill
dren, who have been deprived by the
war of their natural protectors-must
commend themselves to the humane
everywhere. This noble institution
should be fostered. It appeals to not
only the sympathies of the people of
South. Carolina, but it has claims on
their charity. Have we turned our back
on the memorable past? Have we
ceased to cherish in our heart of hearts
the hallowed memories and glorious re-
collections of the cause for which the
sons of Carolina periled their lives, and
many OF whom sealed their devotion to
it's sacred principles with their hearts
blood? Have we become 30 loyal as to
Danish from our breasts the image of
that valiant comrade who went down be-
fore the red tide OF battle? Forbit it,
Heaven. Rather let US prove to the
world that we shrine in the warmest and
hottest affections of the heart the me-
mory. of our dead comrades. whose COM
mingled dust rests on hundreds Of
famous battle-felds. We earnestly hope
that papers throughout the State viii
call attention to this Home for the
Widows and Orphans of Confederate
soldiers, and that their appeal for aid to
carry on the institution will meet With q
hearty and generous response.
"The following are the officers elected
at the business meeting, held yesterday
morning:
BOARD OF CONTROL. 1872. Mrs. M.
A. Snowden, President; Miss s. NJ. Mid
dleton, Yics-P President; Miss NJ. B.
Campbell, Secretary and Treasurer; Miss
Jane a. AOger, corresponding Secretary
AIRS. I. 8. Snowden, Mrs. Geo. Robert
son, Miss Anna Simpson. Mrs. M. P.
Mathiessen, Mrs. @. s.: Vedder, Mrs.
James Conner, Mrs. G.. W. Olney, Mrs.
VIM. Shepherd, Mrs. s. Y. Tupper, Mrs.
F. j. Pelzer."
Most earnestly do We commend the
CONFEDERATE HoME to the support of
our people. 1t is doing great and q
good work. We should esteem it q
privilege no less than duty to help on
the good work-a work educational in
character and linked with the e,nories
of great and heroic effort on the part
OF our people. Sustain the CoNFEDE-
RATE HOME.
AGRIoULTURAL.-Weh have received the