Thus the Sandhills Woman's Exchange began on the porch of the Way House on Peedee Road in Knollwood. A group of women banded together to visit farm women and teach them knitting, crocheting, rugmaking, sewing, baking and making of jams and jellies. In 1923 Tom Cotton died and the cabin became the home of the Sandhills Woman's Exchange. Today the Exchange is run by an executive board, elected every two years. Seven committee chairmen also serve for two years.
New members are always welcome.
There is some professional staff. Goods are left on consignment and marked up slightly. Every effort is made to sell items not found in local shops. Among the attractive articles for sale in the shop are hooked and braided rugs, knitted and crocheted bedspreads, patchwork quilts, placemats, aprons, smocks and pot holders, baby clothes and little girls' dresses, dolls, toys, knitted articles, pillows, birdhouses and feeders, pottery and cook books. Lunch is served by the members during the spring and fall seasons.