The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1915-06-26
GREAT MEE7|NG,0F' COL.
: .aORED.:s .:sW0MEN OF STATE
Several. Hundred Women
,4S Gather At Darlington In
The Fifth Annual Session
OF The Colored Women's
Clubs---Next Annual Ses-
sion Will Be Held In Col
umbia June 1916


umbia June 1915
Orangeburg, June %, With
the falling of the presidents
gavel and the singing God be
with you till we meet again.
ended the greatest annual meet
ing of The State Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs, in the
history of the state. Darlington
celebrated in gala fashion the
successful ending of the meet
ings by giving a great banquet
Friday night.
The reports showed nearly |
1000 raised for all purposes
during the fiscal year. Over 5000
were raised for educational pur-
poses. There were SO clubs re-
porting this year, where only a
bout half SO E2py reported last
year. MaQd Ininent visitors
were N m all parts of
of thes |order states.
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President Marion B. Wilkinson's
annual address was a master
piece. Mrs. Anna Andrews.
paper on recollection of the Ma
tional Federation that met at
Wilberforce was fine. Mrs. N.
H. Collins paper on Why The
Federation |? was all that could
be desired.
The Sunlight Club of Orange
burg led all other clubs of the
state in the amount of money
raised during the year showing
total of $473. Charleston was a
close second with $34lss~ = =,
No one could possibly appreci-
ate the amount and Find of work
carried on by the, Federated
clubs of the state unless he were
present at the annual meetings.
The sessions began with reports
being made from clubs from all
parts of the state. These reports
continued to come in until the
last meeting Friday. The conse-
,wation Of these women as shown
: ~ their reports, is marvellous.
One is made to believe that at
last the ;,WonienS Of the state and
the Sou nd have struck their
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pre- ;1lovd T are tfuch a nature
time TIM, \osAA augusta" Grated ate''SIs Clubs bs
Viii cSveeYer owe e as the dew
the grass. .l'.y, DC q.
No other organization in the
state conducts it's business or
such a high plane of efficiency a:
does the State Federation. Tn.
womehseem to have profted b.
the ,iMistakes of the men ant
leaFsf 81 te&nest together, trans
ssaet busin esq W4th. gapidity, with
out the many annoying features
Z. that so often acc company the larg,
gatherings Of men. B
= South Cardinals women hav'
taken foremost part in the grea
work Of re-viving the Rura
Schools of the state. Long ag
her women of great vision AM
foresight saw that in orde
to have a superior civilization
built upon a firm basis the child
ren must be trained paperly il
their primary schools. VA care
full investigation revealed tn
fact that the schools of this stat
were the poorest in the country
when it came to the colore
people. In many places it wa
found that the people did ne
even receive one whole month
training. The schools were foun
to be:in the hands of very incon
petent teachers. The federatio
set about to improve these III
happN conditions. The result i:
in many rural communities tn
local clubs have extended tt
terms of the schools and in SON
instances Home Economics ar
"Agriculture' have been adde
to the course. Ayoung lady wi
give her entire time next year
fostering of this Extension fe
ture of the federation's, worl
'3Her salary and travelling e,'re
] ses will be met by the State, I
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