Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-12-18
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Section" The League makes that its
civic motto, too, and will do its best
10 keep it true-or make it true, if
should in some respects
have been blind.
Now, what do We women mean by
"inest?" We mean the most modern
building and management of church,
IS, school houses, stores, banks, hC-
tells, olsice, and clubs; we mean broad
paved Sidewalks; the best run water,
electric light, and telephone systems;
we mean officials who make good
laws for the welfare of the town anL
see that they are enforced, who adj
municipal finances so tha,
citizens are not burdened with taxes;
we mean q rail road service that is
lair 10 business and convenient to the
travcliTg public; We mean s'rna'r
filed with sellers and buyers OF loca,
pJoduce;. stores that are 80 crowdc
with shoppers that the clerks are a.
ways compelled to ''stcp lively" IL
other words we mean a town that is
materially self-respecting. that il
well-goyerned. and that is prosperous.
But is tais al that we womc2
mean by that little word 'hnest:
No, thousand times, no. We mean
that the buildings must be airy anG
comfortable for the people who have
to spend so many hours within them;
buildings whose back premises are
not choked with refuse that breed
disease, nor Uttered with old papers
piled high with discarded boxes and
III. g. 'rsSt:y7h,ssn a a1JIsiifsss striir>t
that is fiue and handsome in from;
and also sanitary and orderly at the
back. Any one would rightly con-
slider that person insane who smiled
in well-dressed satisfaction at cos
tuEe rich with silk and jewels be-
fore and slit and notified with rags
and patches behind. If some me-
chant m some town. not our beautiful
one of course, wants to have night
mare let him dream that he has to
do business for one day with the
back of his business facing on the
street.
4 clean, spacious well-grcomod
town has a commercial and moral
value far ahead of the untidy, rutty,
neglected streets and squares that
sometimes greet the travellers eyes
And Just here let us say, parentheti-
cally, that We ere thankful that this
is not the picture NaS Chcraw leaves
in the minds OF the travelling public
It has its shortcomings, but our
coast is not vain one when we cal
it beautiful.
Within oar meaninG,COmcs the fjc,
that Our homes should not only be
trim and weil-hept without, but also
wcil-conductai witlin We think tha,
'city the fines. whera tha lOgse-hcet t-
rs are Intelligent and good mana
GERS; where they can 5;gact lheir
cooks 20 do their own coCtinE; VIC c
tley know the best kinds CT food 10
prepare for thci. husbands and chill
,.rcn. and TIC most wholesome meth
u.a Of cooking it. Where the women
raa':zc tgat the kinds Of food. the
mos; aproti2in% preparation OF it,
sEn most di~nilied serving OF it are
al necessary factors in making d
family haD2y, healthy, and self-re-
s.cctirE. =. is the fact of having food
- cat at al. We consider that town
he GHe.t Were tle mothers act on
re sound principle that simple ana
ro,llar meals aie the first requisite
Tor their chiidrcn's good digestion;
whore they understand that oyec-
Gated nurseries and hot, ill-re"Ii-
'Jtel bcG-rCcms are laying the foul
d&l!on for weakly boj'os and fo"h'c
nerves; where they live uD to the.
'tucwlei@e that Gods fresh @tr aal
Sunshine a:e the hcs- ialc-a'o"'a
Tor Turning ont children wit rt"0 o..
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