The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-02
4 GOOD WORK.
Grace Church Relief Society and I'M
dustrIni School,.
. From the Monthly Record.l

From the Monthly Rtcord.]
A soclety was formed In Grace Church on
the lO;h Of February. 1868. 10 visit and ASSIST
the poor and sick in Ward No. 4. Sixteen ladies'
divided the ward, and visited from mousse 10
house. investigating every case OF sickness or
dsslitution which was brought to their notice,
and assisting with money, food, clolning.
wood, &C., according to circumstances. Bloles
ard PRAYER books were also distributed, anu
children encouraged by assistance In clothlos
and books to attend day as we'll as SUNDAY
schools. .,.
During the first year the income OF tns
society. from donations anu suSsctip. w d,s
trIbuted among one hundred and nity PEI
sons. CARRYING comfort to many o oesoiale
home. in the form Of occasional assistance, or
stinends. ranging from 81 to 81 or So q month.
The second wear $500 was dlstrlou!ea among
sixtv-tour persons; The third Sear sou among
sixty. During the ionrtn year lofty s1 psre onS
q iargs number of garments mode by the
elder Girls of On industrial school which had
Noon snrratted on the Relief Society. The
industrial school was organized on Inc ISL or
April. 1871. Eleven ladies and hVe chiioren
were present in a school.room, kindly lent,
until q suitable one could De procured. ny
,hs lar of MAJ the school, which had increased
IN e,phty children, was moved to No. s Liber-'
tv street. where rooms were hired until Sep
tsmber, when the ladies of the Mutual Aid
kindly allowed the use of the large upper
room ofthe depository, Chalmers street. In
The Industrial school the girls are taught IN
classes. Garments are given them to make,
and when completed become the property OF
the maker. Dresses, winter sacks and flannel
are furnished at half price, and payment al
lowed In small sumo, weekly.
At first, children were received with regard
TO church connection, but the number OF appll.
Giants rapidly exceeding The proportion Oh
ie achers and the income of the society, 1t be-
came necessary to limit the school to a0ont q
hundred children; aud In order to render 1t as
profitable as possible 10 the poor OF our oWn
:'Houaehold of Faith," applicants from our
pben's-were always received, and those from
other Episcopal Churches preferred 10 others.
More than four hundred children have ap-
piled, aud every Saturday poor little ones
have 10 be sent s%orTowfnlly away. Tnrs,
there appears to be material for many more
schools Of this kind.
To instructions In hand-woik, the use OIL tha
sewing machine was soon added, In oIapr 10
QUALIFY rirls lor renunerallre employment,
and q member OF Grace Church, about 10 leave
ner Charleston home, left nipleaSant remind
or of her luler.s IT 10 the society NY The gilt OF
a valuable sewing machine, on which In May,
1871. instruction was irst gwen. A hand ma
chine was afterwards purchased. Then a
lady Int a machine, and In September
Inc ladies of The Mutual Aid kindly al.
lowed the use OF ihrirs, to which has recent.
IL BEEN added another by purchase, go That
there are now seyera. good machines. on which
gratuitous% instruction Is given every Thurs
day and Saturday mornings from 8 A. NJ. TO
2 T. NJ, and the use OF which is allowed, on
those days. to any who may desire to work
Them At first u small charge was made for
the use OF the machines, but utter experiment
ID was abandoned. The Industrial School
girls are required TO make by hand The gar
inrnts given. them, bnt The elder ones receive
instruction on the machine, and make gar
meats 10 be given to The very poor aud help
less or the slck IN hospital. About thirty
garments have been 40 distributed during The
last year. The machine classes vary from
eight 10 about thirty. On account of he alb
spnce ofieachers and the dimiHnllon OF income
during the months of August and September,
lhe school will be closed until The fist Satur.
day In October. The machine classes ard
work of the Rrllef Society will be continued.
The income of the society for the fourth eur
was $3.50. of which $3.50 was spent on the
school. This Includes room rent aud The pur-
chase OF two machines.