The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-26
ANDERSON WOMEN
ALWAYS INTERESTED
TAKE PART IN ALL FARMERS
INSTITUTES
ECONOMICAL PLAN
Miss Mary E. Frayser Feels That
Many Women In State Are Not
Interested in the Work
ECONOMICAL PLAN

Maybe the women in some other
sections Of SOutli Carolina do not
cVlncc the proper interest in the farm
crS Institutes held in their section. but
inns does not apply to Anderson coun-
~. ne women Of the county have
always taken an active interest here
Wien anything Of the kind is proposed
ana thcy have been responsible in Il
lar6c measure for the successes at
talned by these Institutions.
Miss Mary T.. Frayser OF Winthrop
college, in charge Of extension work
III home economics. wishes cmphasiZ-
Cd the Iact that women have an equal
share and interest with the men in
tae state farmers institute now being
held all over the STATE. Miss Frayscr
Is again connected with the enterprise
this summer and was in Columbia
Yesterday. at which time SIT, gave out
an interview. Somehow. says she. the
women OF the rural communities
Go not seem to realize that the insti-
tute is for them as wcll as for their
husbands. Usually they attend the
meetings. but generally just for the
sake OF going somewhere or for the
purpose of carrying along the dinner
and they are surprised to find that q
part OF the program is for them-for
the discussion OF questions of vital in
tcrest to the home-such as econOin-
cal methods, labor saving devices and
appliances. the care and feeding Of
babies and all allied topics.
THE forces Of Clemson and Win
thrOp colleges are cooperating in this
institute work under the direction OF
w. w. Long, state agent in charge of
farm demonstration work, and l want
to impress upon the women Of the ru-
raj communities that Winthrops part
of the program is for the women as
Clemson's is for the men," declares
Miss Frayser.
The institutes arc being held by four
parties, each travelling in a different
section of the state. and giving three
days to each county. The women trav-
cling with these parties are Miss
Frayser and Miss Caroline Bostick 4
Winthrop graduate, who has made
good at the Berry Industrial School
for Girls in Rome. Ga. In the "a
counties where there are county or
ganizers for the girls canning club
work. the women's interests in the in
stitutes arc being handled bv these or
ganizers. Miss Frayser and Miss Bos-
tick look TO them In the other 20
counties.
Having woman with a party of
Of men conducting the institute work
was an experiment of year ago, sug-
gcstcd IT, Mis- Frayser of Winthrop.
Miss FrayGer accompanied one party
last summer and the interest on the
part OF both men and women in what
she had to offer soon proved the ad.
visibility of giving a definite part to
women on the program this year. Mr..
Long had hoped to have several wo-
men on the program this summer for
this work exclusively but the funds
were not available, SO Miss PARROT,
state agent in charge of girls clubs,
with her assistants in 81 counties, CO.
operated with Mr.. Long and Miss
Frayser to provide program for the
women in each county. In this way
the whole state is covered and the wo-
men everywhere are being given the
benefit OF lectures and demonstrations
on all phases OF household work and
eli questions of home economics.
The institute began July IA and will
last through August 90.