The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-05-01


Presldent--striking Address by Miss
Y laura ID. GIN, OF Washington, ID. @.
The Eleventh Ar nual Convention Of
ne south Carolina Federation Of wo-
snenrs Clubs was called to order In
~ Court House at 10 a. m. We'd
aaesday BY the President. Mrs. w. b.
Barney Of Columbia. The session
wns opened with prayer by Rev. c. G.
nUwn. d. D.. and the regular order
- business was taken up.
The attendance. both of delegates
Gram the twenty-eisht clubs sending
ouprsssntatives and Of visitors. was
Urati5insiy large. the spacious court
Eoon being comfortably f,lied.
Following the opening prayer the
president introduced Mrs. Herbert
Wharton Beall. president Of the sum-
or Civic League. who IN behalf of the
civic Lsasue. the club women OF Sum-
eor and the citizens as q whole. well
eomsd the Federation to Sumter. Mrs..
Bsail spoke a. follows:
Ladies Of the South Carolina Fedora
sion Of women's Clubs:
I welcome you to our city. AS her
representative wish to say that Sum-
1sr fsss honorsd in having you al her
1ussts There comes time In the
history Of every town when she needs
you to come TO her; for there are few
women. unisss they are 20 fortunate
- 20 have been sent a. delegates to
-yUer oeavsntion. who realize what q
Ursut wrk you are doins N your diff
4srsnt departments. Therefore we
HeAl soro that your coming to us will
- m Inspiration to our women, and
- bensnt % our town. The chairman
'os the civsos Department once said
enat Snmter was one OF the leading
us1n Of the state in civic Improve
1mant.
Ih4sar that asyou pass through our
>n1uuAsyou viii feel that this IL not
tyue. ~ you VIII ind few we'll kept
1awns and zee few beautiful flow srs.
10 sparkling fountains. But II you
should 20 with our nurse today into
- homes Of our city's poor. there
you would ses many flowers. there's
rossmsU. that's for remembrance. and
nh~srs pansies. that's for thoughts.
90 you would surely md bleeding
AnArts. but we did not plant them
thsss spd We are ever trying to uproot
Ghapni iAnd make to grow In their places
8esrSs- Ease and balm and Lilly Of
J ~ Valley.
We have not sown In the SPRING
time. flowers that will wither in the
1nmr,er. or die In the cold OF Winter.
but ours are immortelles that are
planted in the present and will blos-
s~Um In Eternity. So when you go from
M may you stiil feel our town has
done something for civic improve
xnsnt and that our homes are not
without blossoms
Again bid you welcome and as
sure you that speak for every wo-
man when thank you for coming to
us and that you are welcome to our
city. our homes and our hearts.
Mrs. Theodore Brevard Hayne. Of
0reenviiie. In responding for the Fed
erAtion spoke as follows:
Madam President and Club Women OF
South Carolina:
We are assembled for the eleventh
annual meeting Of the South Carolina
Federation of women's Clubs. Great
Indeed is the growth OF the clubs
since this plan Of federation. was
proposed by Mrs. M. w. Coleman. the
nrst president and adopted by the
club members. gathered together at
Seneca In 1898.
From this seemingly unimportant
unxherlng q large and most infiuen-
ual organisation has developed into
. power that wields mighty In
nuence. we trust for good. In the af-
mirs OF our state. No longer are wo-
men. not entirely domestic. dubbed
niue stockings Precienses Ridieles.
supposed to wear garments OF queer
est cut with shortest of hair. deprlv-
snv themselves of woman's chiefest
slory. nor do they fear the obloquy
heaped upon Mrs. yellaby. famous for
Ink stained fingers. gotten while pc
ti,ionins her sisters to purchase pock-
et handkerchiefs for the unclad saw
ages In darkest continent: when
speaking and writing on subjects out
side Of their own four walls. No. the
ideal club woman OF today, Is a spien-