Year: 1863




The Soldiers Orphans Educational Institute,
have had the pleasure of reading in the Charles
ton Tri-W eekly Courier, highly commendatory
notice of this grand scheme of benevolence which
is pronounced by the Hon PlowGeh O. j. Weston,
Lieutenant Governor of South CarolIna-the best
move yet This distinguished gentleman does not
content himself with merely speaking so highly in
its praise butin proof of his appreciation subscrbes
one thousand dollars promising to do more hereaf-
ter toward the raising of fund for its permanent
establishment in South Carolina thus worthily
emuating the truly patriotic spirit of move which
had its origin in the old North State.


The Rev. DIR. Deems, Financial Agent for this In.
stituton, visited our county last week. and raised
seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars. Ten
thousand dollars Of which are from four gentlemen,
who took four scholarships


With Dr. d. l feel high sense of pleasure and
satisfaction that he could leave Halifax with such
success. indulge the opinion that if he can find
time to make US another visit he will be able to
double, at least, the amount already obtained.


Most energetically does he work, and most elo-
quently does he plead as is his custom in behalf
OF this enterprise; and well he may, for he repre-
sents class who have an urgently meritorous claim
upon the n0neyed sympathy of every citizen of the
least as well as of the most means four Confederacy
the destitute orphans of those who have sacrificed
their lives for us-for the protection of our proper
tY and for the achievement Of our independence


We put the solemn earnest question-what ought
we to spare of oor means for the poor orphans of
those who have laid down their lives for us?


The form in which we can accomplish most for
these orphans that for which Dr. D. is so earnestly
and so successfully laboring-an Educational Insti.
tute, which provides for feeding and clothing as well
as for educating them.


Fifty dollars or more contributed constitutes one
Trustee of this Institution, and for each fifty dol
lars given one entitled to vote in its management
Twenty-Five hundred dollars secures to one schol-
arshp, by which he has the right to select his or
Phan in perpetuity, from whatever county or State
OF the Confederacy he pleaseS. The donor NAV
designate the county to whose credit he wishes his
contribution placed. Orphans will be chosen from
the different counties in proportion to the con-
tributed by those counties. One hundred thousand
dollars, either in bonds or cash, is the minimum to
be raised, having secured which, meeting of the
donors will be called in Wilson, N. c., the birth
place Of this noble enterprise, to determine what
further shall be done.


Eighty-ive thousand of this minimum had been
obtained by DR.. d. up to the first of the week. He
proposes to, and will, carry the amount as much
beyond one hundred thousand as the liberality Of
the people will let him, all that be had will
be needed. In few days we expect to hear that
the Doctor has secured the one hundred thousand.
In parts where he has visited, he has met with
general readiness and hearty welcome. We eau
not allow ourself to cherish doubt THAI he will con-
tinue to meet with such, believing, as we do, that
the people of this Confederacy, from end Of it
to the other, prepared to Literally respond to
patriotic an object.


With view to more expeditiously forwarding
this enterprise as well to cooperate with our in
defatigable Financial Agent we propose that sub
scripiIon lists be opened in the different newspaper
offices in this and in the other Confederate States
for whatever sum the people may, according to their
ability feel disposed to contribute to this Institu-
ton.


May God speed this glorious work, so trulystyled
-"the best move YETI


CITIZEN OF HALIFAX.


May %, 1868.