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gathered about $20,000 .worth of property, and $13,000 have been ex- 

 pended in its support. The endowment is already $5,270, in paying se- 

 curities. Aid has come from Sabbath schools and churches, and 

 from benevolent persons in this and other States, including Illinois and 

 California. Though great good has been accomplished, much remains 

 to be done ; and the orphanage is a most worthy object of benevolence. 

 Although a Presbyterian institution; it supports orphans representing six 

 denominations. 



There is an admirable school, a small library, and a printing press, 

 from which a newspaper is issued. The officers are as follows : Rev. W. 

 P. Jacobs, president ; Mrs. Lucy N. Boyd, matron ; Miss Pattie Thorn- 

 well, Prof. W. S. Lee, and Miss Laura Whaley, instructors; Mr. T. C. 

 Scott, agent, and Mr. R. S. Whaley, superintendent of the farm. 



VI. OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 



It is impossible to secure a correct list of the private schools in South 

 Carolina. The State Superintendent and the United States Commissioner 

 of Education have made repeated efforts to do so, without success. The 

 following partial list is published in the hope that it will stimulate other 

 teachers to report their schools to the State Superintendent of Education 

 in Columbia. The educational work of the State cannot be computed 

 without full statistics from private as well as public schools. Especially 

 is it important to secure itemized returns from those schools that are 

 conducted by joint private and public funds : 



Partial List of Private Schools, 18 S 1-2. 



ABBEVILLE. 



Lethe (De la Howe School suspended for the present.) 

 Brewer Institute (colored). 



AIKEN. 



(Private schools are usually conducted conjointly with public schools.) 



ANDERSON. 



TEACHERS. PUPILS. 



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Anderson Female Seminary, L. M. Ayer ' 



Vnderson Home School, Mrs. Murray 1 2o 



