The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-01-08
Kings Daughters Annual Report.

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ters met Feb. 1, 1897, for the first
time after the new officers had AS
stunned their duties. The newly
elected officers were rs follows:
Mrs. n. 5. Nelson, Leader
Mrs. VIM. Yerger, Vice Leader;
Mrs. 5. II. Geise, Treasurer; Mrs.
Alfred III. Stone, Secretary.
During the year we had four
designations and have had an IN
crease of % members; our roll call
now numbering a names.
During the first 5 months of this
year we rented a house on Walnut
street where we cared for the sick
and destitute. In may we pur-
chased from DR.. Toombs, a house
on Central Avenue for 5000, pay
ing one-half cash and executing
our notes for the balance, payable
in one and two years, bearing 10
per cent interest.
We should indeed congratulate
ourselves upon our extreme good
fortune in being able to meet both
these notes long before maturity,
one being taken up in July, and
the second in December, thus
effecting a considerable saving of
interest.
Here wehave established an in
stitutlon of Charity, which, though
modest in its pretentions, we may
be pardoned for believing to he
destined to the seeing of a useful
and noble purpose-an institution
which we should take pride in
maintaining, for it is in every sense
worthy of support.
This Kings Daughters Home is
entirely unincumbered and eX-
empt from taxation. We may not
seek for more substantial proof of
the favor with which our under
taking is publicly regarded than
that which is evidenced by the
generous support accorded US by
the Board of Supervisors of the
county and the City Council of
Greenyille, both of which bodies
have voted us a monthly drawing
of $40.
In June we gave a Home Re
and many friends came
or sent presents, furniture, bed
linen, etc. BY these generous
gifts our Home was neatly and
comfortably furnished throughout.
Since it was first opened the
Home has been occupied by from
1 to 1 inmates, and we have had
only one death.
The Charity Committees have
been constantly at work respond
ing to the many calls made upon
them. The ladies of these COM
mittees were greatly aided during
the overflow by the cooperation
Of the ministers of all denomina-
lions, who rendered valuable SER
vices in the distribution of the |
Hood sufferer S fund"
There have been organized
the girls and children two
Auxiliaries, the Rose Buds" and |
Willing Hands," the former Cir
lie numbering IA members, the
after 10.
We wish to place of record our
appreciation of the many substan-
.ial kindnesses which have been
'hown US during the year just
closed; notable among which was
,ur formal exemption from tax
ltion, both by the City Council
md Board of Supervisors, also
he donations from these bodies
heretofore mentioned; the pre-
to us by Mr., Kerr of his
bill $1,000 for intro
luaing water into the Home; also
he Exemption from water rates by
he City Council. Our Circle has
ent off the annual International
.ues and subscribed to the Silver
ross, the national organ of the
ling's Daughters. Mr.. Finlay
onated the drugs used during the
lonth of December, and Mr..
lark gives free of charge, medi-
ines for January.
We close tho year having no
ills unpaid,
Mrs. ALFRED H. STONE, Sec'y.
rATEMENT OF KINGS DAUGHTERS,
CIRCLE NO. 2, FOR 1897.
mt. IN treasury Feb I, 1897. $ 317 %
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