The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-18
ALABAMA WOMEN
|HEARFROM WORK
Reports Are Received BY
Federation.
MORE CLUBS HAVE JOINED
Elegant Reception in Honor Of
CreenviIe Visitors.
Committees Ten OF Thing. That Have
Been Accomplished In state
During the Year Draw
ing to a

Greenville. Nov. 17.--(SpectaD-The
delegates to the annual convention of
the Alabama Federation of Women's
Clubs spent a busy day In Greenville
today and were entertained tonight at
q brilliant reception In their honor at
the home of Mrs. Thomas w. Peagler.
This was distinctly day of bus
ness for the women visitors and the
sessions were filled with reports from
the federation work. These showed
an increase of membership. a good
balance in the treasury and general
progress.
The federation was called to order
this morning by the president. Mrs.
PharezN Coleman.
Greek 20 were read by the secre-
tary. My j.. j. Mayfield. from the
president of the General Federation,
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker and from the
State Federations of Delaware. Ken
lucky. Texas. Florida, North Carolina
and Ohio.
Reports from officers followed. and
the recording secretary reported a
meeting of the executive board at the
home of Mrs. Coleman preparatory to
the, present meeting.
At this meeting was discussed the
international scholarship. the request
OF the National Council of Jewish Wo-
men for the suppression OF details of
crimes in the papers. and the request
Of the General Federation for the sup
port for the paper, The Federation
Bulletin.
The secretary also noted the advo-
cacy by the General Federation of a
plan suggested by Mrs. Bashinsky of
Troy for interstate literary contests.
The plan has been adopted and litera-
ture promulgated concerning 1t.
Membership Increased.
Next followed the report of the
corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. H
Seymour. The membership last year
was fifty-six clubs. Two clubs have
Withdrawn, ana thirteen have been
added. giving q total of sixty-seven
federated clubs in the State The
membership has been increased from
1s400 to about 1000, the majority of
the new clubs being in counties here
tofore untouched by the club move
ment,
1t was noted that few of the north
ern counties OF the State have clubs.
OF the clubs fifty-three are purely lit
erary. five have special lines of work,
seven for general purposes. and three
for civic Improvement.
The union with the General Fedora
tion has greatly increased the scope
OF the work, broadening the infiuen-
ces OF its work.
The Credentials Committee reported
voting strength OF sixty-fve present,
Mrs. y. @. Converse. the chairman de-
livering the report 81. fessat 4sg !. r.
The President announced as special
Committees on Resolutions, Mesdames
Wyker Beeland. McLester and Fritter:
on Rules and Elections. Mesdames Hem
derson. Haley. crumpton. Harmon. Kay,
Hopper. Stanley; Press, Mesdames
Wood. tSanley and Miss Higgins.
The Treasurer Mrs o. c. Wiley re-
ported receipts Of $i.56S.54. with cash
balance on hand of $625a7
TIE Auditor. Mrs. 7. H. Phillips, re-
ported the books had been audited and
found In good shape.
The report Of the editor, Miss Kath-
leen Mallory. unavoidably absent. was
made by Mrs. w. H Seymour
The secretary OF the General FEEDER
alton, Mrs. w. A. Gayle, uged the in
dividual clubs to reach out for the ben
eft to be received by affiliatfon with
the General Federation, Mrs Gayle
dweit particularly on the influence Of
the General Federation as one of the
greatest factors In national life; that
the President had recognized their pow
err and sent club women to Panama.
that Senator Beveredge had used its
force, most effectively in the movement
of child labor and that it's help had
been to force the anti-tuberculosis and
forestry movements.
Mrs. Gayle spoke earnestly of the
great power for good OF 500 900 women
and urged that the individual clubs
Gomez INTO closer touch that their vision
may be broadened.
The report of the Legislative Com
mittee was deferred until the chair
man could be present Thursday.
Report ON Education.
The program for the afternoon was
moved forward and the report of Mrs
e. d. Thames OF the Education Com
mittee was called for. This is probably
the most important committee of the
Federation. The report was listened
to with keen inerest, though Mrs.
Thames prefaced her remarks with an
apology for abridgement unexpect ted
by the Federation. She particularly
urged the establishment of an Educa-
ton Day by every club In the State
when education was to be discussed on
the lines of moral training.
Forty-one clubs have celebrated such
q program the last year. Programs ar
ranged by the Shakespeare Club of Mo-