Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-15
GIRLS INDUSTRIAL HOME.
Annual Meeting at Church Street Church
Sunday Night

Annual Meeting at Church Street Church
Sunday Night.
The annual meeting of the directors and
members of the Girls Industrial Home was
held Sunday night at Church street, N. E.
Church, South where a large congregation
was assembled, most of the other churches
in the city having suspended services for
that purpose.
Colonel j. w. Gaut was chosen chairman
of the meeting, and Jno. H. Moore, secre-
tary.
After the singing of an anthem by the
splendid choir of that church, Rev. F. E.
Sturgis, pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, read scripture lesson from
Matthew, 25th chapter; 31-46 verses, and
led in a fervent and appropriate prayer.
The choir sang ITO the Work." and the
chairman, Colonel Gaut, made some re-
marks as to the objects of the meeting.
sEoRETARY's REPORT.
The report of the secretary of the board
of directors, was then read by Mr.. Lewis
Tillman, jr., and is follows:
To the members of the girls Industrial
Home the following report is submitted for
the year ending October 30th 1881:
| The work and management at the Home
has gone on as in former years, with only 8
| few changes.
During the year we have had at one time
! II
in age from to Is years.
| Pour girls have been placed in good
homes, Four new ones have been takeI
| into the Home.
One inmate having attained the age a
! which our agreement provides for, is nov
employed in the sewing room as seam
stress and receives regular wages.
Those not employed in the sewing de
partment or not engaged in the domesti
work, attend school.
There has been some sickness anon.
the children, but nothing of a serious charac
ter. Mrs. Lord, the efficient matron, still ha
the sole care and management of the chill
dren and all the domestic work of the insti
tuition. Tho directors feel and know tina
without the skilful management and stric
economy of the matron that it would be i'm
possible to sustain the Home on such Unite,
means. She is devoted to the work, an,
gives more than satisfaction to the direct
ors.
The sewing room has not proven
SO lucrative as heretofore. Tn
management of this department, having
been changed twice during the year caused
much delay and disturbance in the work
Consequently the profit therefrom was no
so much. The services of Miss Rachae
Davis have recently been secured as super
intendent, and we hope to realize more in
| come from this branchof the home. The seve
al efforts made by the board of directors sine
our last meeting to raise fund for the pun
chase of a home have met with some sue
cess, but as yet nothing like sufhcien
sum has been raise d for this purpose, and
resolution was offered at one of our regula
meetings to this effect: Tha
the board will take no step t
buy property for the Industrial Home, unit
sufficient sum shall be realized for tn
purpose. We are still trying to add to tn
amount we have.
The treasurer's report will show all mon
eys received and all disbursements
We have again to thank Drs. John an
Sam Boyd for medical services rendered t
the inmates of the Home.
Thanks are rendered to Mr.. T. r. Burgi
for No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma
chine, which he presented to the Home.
Many small donations have been receives
from friends and were duly appreciated.
We cannot close this report withou
asking that the public general,
will foster the Home and contribut
more literally than ever before for its mair
tenance. The outlook for the year jus
begun is not hattering one, and asa boar
| We are solicitous for the welfare of GU
undertaking.
Respectfully submitted,
| MRs. LEWIS TILLMAN,
Secretary.