Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19
The CIUic League
(By 4 Member of the League.)

1t = too late for this to be remind
er OF the Civic League meeting called
by the president for Thursday after
noon today, but 1t is hoped that a
large number will be out to discuss
the new work Of the cemeteries and to
elect new officers for various depart
mentS and enterprises. This Gene
terry work is a beautiful and much
needed department, and it is Of in
terest to the entire town. We want to
make our graveyards beautiIul--a
credit to the town and a credit to
those whose graves it is our privilege
to keep in order. There should be a
full meeting this afternoon, and we
should go into this work with enthu-
siasm. Committees will be appointed,
but that does not mean that those
constituting the committees will be
responsible for all the wo.k and all
the success of the plans. Each citizen
of the town should be willing and glad
to do everything in his or her power
to help.
Everything in al the many diff
ferent parts of the work cannot be ar
ranged Immediately, so the president
asks that anyone having suggestions
to make will notify her. She also
asks those who have anything to give
in the way of shrubbery, roses, bulbs
and roots of all sorts will let Mrs.
t,,a a1rls Itof fn1 hnt
the committees will know what ma
terial they will have to work with. If
We all work together, in short while
we will have the cemeteries in good
condition.
The Flower Show committees will
be appointed today. The hardest part
of the work fo:' these shows has al
ready been done by the old commit
tees, who blazed the trail: the Flower
Festivals-SpTing and Fall-aIe es-
tablished. But the incoming com!ait-
tees will keep on improving TIE mar
agement and will bring in new dcpalt-
ments and ideas; so we will look for
the April Festival to be tic best y''t.
Last week the Mayor of the town
and a few interested members of the
League had the pleasure of listening
to an instructive talk by Mr.. w. D.
Woods, the tree expert. 1t is a pity
that all of the Town Council and the
League were not out to hear him, for
he gave many suggestions and much
good advice in regard to planting trees !
and the care of them after planting.
Mr.. Woods came here to examine and !
"dGStor" the big oaks on Mr.. Fl. D.
Mall6ys place. Also the one On Mrs. ,
Up. Harrells lawn. He says that the
old giant in Mrs. Sam Reid's yard
could be fixed so as to add many years
to it's life. Unless something is done,
and done at once, the town will lose
one of its most beautiful and re-
treasures. Can we afford to
lose it? There will never be such an
other.tree in CheTaw. With homes be- ,
ing built closer and lots getting small ,
e., there will never be room enough
for the growth OF such tree. J.
NJ. Woods spoke of how many of .
Our elms were dying, saying that the
cause CT that was the topping of the .
trees when they were set out-a tree
SO treated never lived one-third OF its .
allotted life. If the forestry commit
tee ard the streets and parks COM /
m;ttee would take that suggestion and .
act upon it, we would save nine
tenths Of what is row wasted on trees. /
For many, many %oars tees have beei: .
Set odt urGc" poGi conditionS-im- "
pl oper trimming and improper plant
liz. GHe-Eati Df tne trees planted
e,ch year simply died as they stood
made 10 etfort whatever. The other
half struggled along for Z few yeas,
ma..:nC Unsatisfactory growth, tuen
most o. tlcm gaze up and died, leaving
perhars ole OUt Of every eight or ten
to i've a,0Hg 10" twenty o. twenty-five
years = &rPy ~ every storm Of sleet
or rain o. wiyG, finally giving out en-
tire!y. and s,auuingt as for %"a's
some or OF" streets are still stand