Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-12-04
Some of the Things the Civic League
is Doing.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Civic League last Friday afternoon
was full of life and interest. The
school house being closed for the
Thanksgiving holiday, on the invita-
ton of Mrs. Stevenson, the meeting
the meeting was held most costly in
her spacious and hospitable home.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing, read by Mrs. Thrower. secretary
pro tem., recorded one amendment to
the constitution and two BY Laws;
the only additions found necessary to
the constitution after a period OF six
years.
One ofthe most spirited of COM
mittee reports was that of Mrs. w.
T. Thrower, chairman of Forestry.
The energy that she has shown In
getting her work in hand during the
past three weeks is an inspiration
to the activity of all. Under her di-
rection, committees in the four sec
tions of the town have visited the
various homes and requested that a
crepe myrtle be planted on the
grounds of each; the roots of these
trees to be furnished free by the For
estry committee. Already fifty-eight
trees have been planted and requests
are coming in for more. In time our
gardens will be bowers of pink and
white in the summer and will flame
with red and orange in the autumn.
The former bureau for the free dis
tribution Of seeds, cuttings and plants
has been reestablished with Mrs. j.
n. Stricklin again at its head.
With an eye to the future, Miss
Lynch has already been put in charge
of the two annual Flower Shows, and
plans are OH foot to have cpeclal
childrens' exhibit at the spring show.
At this, prizes will be awarded for the
best displays of sweet peas, and prob
ably other flowers, cultivated by the
children themselves. The seeds fer
this contest will be given free for the
asking.
Two new committees were added.
One of these, with Mrs. Stevenson
as chairman, is to take steps to fur
nish free reading matter in the three
railroad stations--af-,lther~71
stand or shelf of good magazines and
papers will be placed in each depot,
and it is hoped that the travelling
and waiting public will make con-
slant use of them. There are many
people here, doubtless, who find mag
azines accumulating rapidly on their
hands. This plan gives an opportuni-
ty to them of disposing of these in a
way that will do much good. The
reading matter of magazines two or
three months old is none the worse
for that time and Mrs. Stevenson will
be glad to receive contributions of
such for the shelves.
The other committee is for work in
Domestic Science. Since this covers
wide field, different Heads of De-
partments" will be chosen to take
charge of the divisions of Home San
itation, of Care Of Babies, of Cooking
and Household Arts. The work of
this committee lies in the homes and
has to do with the children and the
mothers, primarily. But it touches
the daily lives of every member of a
family, and is the most important
factor in preserving the health and
happiness of homes and in building
up a strong, wholesome race for the
future. Papers and talks will be
given on the various subjects, and
practical demonstrations when pos
sible. All the meetings will be open
to free discussion by wives. mothers.
and home-kecpers. Where 1ha NO.
men, in kind of romcstic experience
meeting. can be of mutual help to
each other by in interchange of cX-
pcricnces and ideas. There is no
doubt but hat the attention of many
will be called to household improve
ments that alone they may not have