Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-09
HOME FOR The VETERANS.
The New Quarters Provided Are in
Reality a Home"
(Greenville News, 4th.)


exercises. More than twenty vete-
rams are already domicued at the
home. and others will probably make
application within few DAYS
The home is complete in every APP
pointment, for 1t is said that IL any
Confederate veteran remaining the
guest of relatives or continuing to
dwell in his own house enjoys more
of creature comfort, of care and of
congenial companionship than do his
comrades now gathered within the
home a grateful State has now pro-
vided for them. happy far beyond the
average is his lot; for in the plan
ming Of this home no detail has been
omitted that thoughtful, generous,
loving kindness could suggest or will
Ing hands could by untiring dill
gence supply. One who has visited
1t must necessarily in writing of it
use often the word "home," fer .h.st
is what 1T is. A home it's founders
studiously wrought to make it, and
the last act Of the builders was to
inscribe the word over it's doorway,
so that the approaching veterans
first glimpse of the house that Is
likely to be his last earthly dwelling
place should show him that this was
indeed home-his home-"The
Confederate Veterans Home"
The Daughters of the Confederacy
in Columbia have come gallantly to
the rescue Of he commission in
charge and supplemented largely the
appropriation which the Legislature
through failure to understand the
conception entirely, failed to make
sufficient, and accordingly the privi-
lege of directing the opening cere-
monies was given to these devoted
women.
The place locks like home, even
from a distance. The low white
building, trimmed and girdled
by trees, with it's wbite-columned
porticos, looks out over the city, and
in the near foreground are the gent
ly rolling fields Of a farm calculated
to gladden. every farmers heart
and most Of the veterans come from
farms. Trolley cars Of two lines
pass in view of the right and in front,
and in the evening the light and
sounds of the busy city pleasantly
suggest the nearness of youth and
abounding vitality. The place is
peaceful, but not suggestive of bore
dom.
The house is of one story, with
basement, substantially built in
frame construction. It's general
plan is that Of a Latin cross, the
main corridor, long, wide and airy,
intersected by narrower hall run
ming approximately east and west.
The house faces southwark. Enter
ing from the front, a wide porch,
provided with lights for the even
ing, gives upon the main corridor.
where arm chairs and settees arc
grouped in a way suggestive of
casual coy gatherings after dinner.
To the left is the commentaries Of
fee, to the right a parlor for the
entertainment of the homes friends,
the very best of whom are ladies.
The living quarters Of the command
ant and his wife are entered by the
second door upon the right. The
second room on the left is the gene
raj assembly room, where the yete-
rams gather to talk, to read, to play
games, write letters or otherwise
amuse themselves when the weather
or inclination drives them in from
the lawn or piazZas, which at this
season are naturally preferred. A
large room is provided on this cor
ridor for the safe storage of the vet
Grams trunks and personal property
not needed in the dormitories. These
latter. with the bath rooms and toi-
let rooms, open off the cross-hall.
Each dormitory contains four single
beds, enamcled white, with comfor-
table mattresses and neat blue
spreads. The bath and toilet ar
rangements are altogether modern,
sanitary and convenient. The lights
throughout the building are electric,
and the entire building is heated by
steam. Eevery room is an outside
room and all openings are screened
The location and structure are such
that there is always some breeze.
The dining room Is a big, dry airy
place with plenty Of windows and
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