The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-13


associates purchased forty acres Of
valuable property to be cut up into
lots and placed on the market, and
The BamEerg Herald's big popular
, ity contest was started. All this oc-
Cured in three days, and that's go
! ing some.
Report from Federation of Women's
Clubs.
How | wish it were possible for me
to give you an idea of the many stu
pendous forces which the State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs have in
fine working order, and the far
reaching results obtained through
this organization in this brief sketch,
but as that is impossible will try and
condense my ideas into one channel,
ideas which will be most helpful to
us as homekeepers and to Bamberg
as a town.
First of all, let US learn from
Sumter a lesson of true hospitality.
We we're made to feel as though we
were honored guests of the city from
the moment we alighted in a down.
pour of rain and were whirled away
to our home until we bade farewell
in the early dawn on Friday morning
to the inmates of this most pleasant
| of homes. l would love to confne
my sketch to the true hospitality Of
this charming home, to the lovely
luncheons given up by the Cultus
Club and Civic League of Sumter, to
the most delightful drive over the
beautiful city by the citizens OF Sum-
ter, and to the elegant reception IN
honor Of the visiting delegation, but
you will want to hear OF other
things.
To give you some idea of the vast
| proportions of this Federation OF
which this was the 11th annual con-
vention, will give these figures. 1t
is composed of Is clubs with a mem
bership of about $500 members, and
as the president, Mrs. Burney, ex-
pressed it: rs there not something
thrilling and soul-stirring in the
thought that our Federation is part
of the General Federation-oVer
500 900 strong-working for what Is
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goth century civilization!
The first session was health ses-
sion, and was confined almost entire
ly to the fight against the Wnite
plague" The salient thought OF the
addresses seemed to be that when 1t
is possible to suppress the filthy and
dangerous habit of splitting on the
sidewalks, on the floors Of buildings
and otherwise unfortunately that
the eradication of tuberculosis WILL
| he an easy matter. We must also
teach the negro better ways OF santa
tion and enlist his aid in the hght.
| Herein lies success.
One of the best ideas 1t seemed 10
me came from Charleston, that is the
organization of a Junior CIVIC
League. The children from 6 to 10
are banded together with some mem.
ber of the league as manager ana
are imbued with feelings OF pride IN
their native city and made to feel
that they are in part responsible 1or
the health and cleanliness of the city.
They are taught not only not TO
throw down banana peels, papers,
etc., on the streets, but to pick them
up and deposit in the nearest trasn
barrel when found on the streets.
Then, too, they are offered prizes TOT
the best kept flower gardens, increas-
| ing their love Of the beautiful. Even
the little negroes are offered prizes
and their interest awakened. Such
an organization here would help TO
solve the problem of keeping the
streets clean. But first we must 1ur-
nish garbage cans for Main street or
induce the council to do 80.
Next in importance seemed to me
the library department. There are
over 130 odd travelling libraries III
the State, of which 80 are owned oy
the Federation. There has been very
few calls for these libraries, reported
the chairman Of this department,
Mrs L. T. Nichols. 1t seems that
elsewhere, as in Bamberg, there ls
yery little time given to reading. II
was stated that these libraries were
! given free transportation over the
Seaboard and Coast Line, but not
over the Southern. Almost every
Climb reported a free library as one
of the results of their organizations.
What shall our league do about 1t?
Some one stated that the Woman s
Club is the beginning OF all good
things, so what men have not done
and needs to be done, the women will
have to do.
Among the many things which we
as individual clubs were urged to 90
were these: To try and arouse pub
lie opinion in favor of the passage OF
certain bills in the legislature, the IL
brary commission bill, the compul-
sorry education bill and the establish
ment of free kindergartens IN
the public schools; we must
also work on our representatives.
We are urged to take the keystone
which is the official organ OF the
Federation, and to send in reports
from the clubs at least once eacn
year, also to have extracts from Key
stone at each meeting and to keep
handbooks of the years work.
Each club is asked to observe one
day each year as reciprocity and IL