The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1915-06-26
GREAT MEE7|NG1Of' COL. I.
.e0RED,V0MEN OF STATE
Several, Hundred Women
4Gather. At Darlington In
The Fifth Annual Session
: Of The Colored Wcrnen's
Clubs.--Next Annual Ses-
sion VIII Be Held In Col
umbia June 1916.

sion VIII Be Held In Col
umbia June 1916.
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
$4,000 raised for all purposes
during the fiscal year. Over $500
were raised for educational pur-
poses. There were so clubs re-
porting this year, where only a
bout half SO ga2Ry reported last
year. Maof kninent visitors
were n 81 (m all parts of
of the order states.
ll,.E:;;;, S;;:S S;;; ;::s s;;;{$! $s!$ *
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 a
total of $473. Charleston was a
.sclose second with $i3s4 ~. = ;s.
mo one Gould possibly appreci-
ate the amount and Kind of work
carried on by the; Federated
clubs of the state unless he were
present atthe 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-
,ration Of these women as shown
: theft reports, is, marvellous.
One, is 1nads, to believe that al
last: tlle:woTie7T of the state and
the Sou md have struck theil
,ps ce. onG ~ -fqft5hhsiasm of the
Rp Rtbsf> Floyd are tfacIl n',est;on t;aruct 81
tiyne Augusta srated Ch,h;
,s;H SsGI,exer owe efasIE g az the SiIp, aaa
; the grass. ~
NO other organization in tht
state conducts it's business o1
such a high plane of efficiency al
does the State Federation. <Ih,
womerhseem to have prpfitedb.
the tHNatakes of the men, ant
learhSd tsSn6et together, trans
.esaeE. bussih sN3th,, rapidity, with
OUT the many annoying feature
q that so often c0nlphny the larg
!. Jgatherings:of men. ~ egHr,
q. South Cardinals, women, hav
taken a foremost part in the grea
work of re-Yiving the Rurs
Schools of the state. Long ag
. her women of great vision an
foresight saw that in orde
..>to have superior civilization
built upon a firm basis the, child
ren must be trained perly i
their primary schools VA care
full investigation revealed tn
fact that the schools of this stat
were the poorest in the countr!
when it came to the colore
people. In many places it VIZ
found" that the people did NJ
even receive one whole month
training. The schools were foun
to be:in the hands of very incon
petent teachers. The federatic
:,set about. to improve these vi
happA conditions. The result il
in many rural communities tt
local clubs have extended tt
terms Of the schools and in SON
instances Home Economics ar
Agriculture" have been adde
TO tie course. Ayoung 'ady W
give her entire time next year
fostering of this Extension fe
s.4ture of the federation's, wor
filler salary and travelling eyre
4, ses will be met by the State..h Il
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