The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-08

rnSo WIN f'r10c TO work Which
the League Has Accomplished and
Mentions Other Phases, Of Activity
which should be Pushed.
The annual election of the Civic
League Of Sumter. held last Monday
vesulted as follows:
President. Mrs. Nina M. solomons.
First Vice President. Mrs. Jno. r.
Sumter.
second Vice President. Miss RATHER
Inc Noses. I.
Treasurer. Mrs. Robert Graham.
Recording Secretary. Mrs. 8, c. Ba-
her.
Corresponding Secretary. Miss Julia
0benschain.
the presidents annual report fol-
lows: a
beg to submit this my second an
nual report TO you as your president.
In 90 doing I feel first the desire to
apologize for having been absent from
my post for half the year. and Sec
cndly. the desire to express my graft
tads to your ',ice president. Mrs. sum-
ter for having so capably and accept
ably nllod tn, chair during that time.
We have heli nine regular meetings.
At four Of which have presided. I
am glad to report that the work. has
zone smoothly along. Each year we
feel that. the work Of the league be-
comes more and more well denhed
factor In the srowth and development
OF Sumtsr. its roots striking deeper.
its influence ever widening.
FIRST In importance we consider the
City Nurse work. realizing that SO
much depends upon good health con-
ditionsl We devote much time in
teaching the laws of health. We are
fortunate indeed In being able to re-
tain the. services OF Miss Gibson. who
has made phenomenal success OF the
work. She reports conditions as be-
ins satisfactory, with the. exception of
an increase In the number, Of typhoid
patients. Two years ago. she had only
one. last year only two and up to this
time she has had seven. This. Of
course. II discouraging. but we hopa
that the. ordinance recently passed re-
garding tho Ssreening Of all surface
closes. win lbe speedily enforced.
thereby doing away with the principal
source of infection. The. number; OF
tubsrcular ana dysentery patients v
fewer thAa ~ year. We have q pa
tisnt nsF eHd&r treatment In a tuber-
culosis camp near COlumbha at q
cost Of so pei month, Which n paid
Gut Of the special fund for tul,srcuio-
sis. This fund Wa rsised priucipally
from the sale Of Red Gross stamps
here last Deceraber.s BY keeping her
there We feel that we are probably
saving her young ohildrsn+ from, oon-
tracing the disease. since while she
was az hone sl,e was dependent upon
their ministrations entirely. while In
her PROSTATE condition.
The nurse notices marked differ
encc In the proIaptness with which her
patients ssna fer her. showing their
anxiety TO take prompt action In car
Ing to their families at the first signs
OF trouble. alsO . new willingness to
allow their sick ones to be taken to
the hospital. We feel that the Moth
crs Club is a natural outgrowth Of
Z tho nurse work. The club has held
meetings monthly. The instructions
given the mothers by physicians,
nurses OF health workers. are closely
followed up by Miss Gibson. and she
10 much encouraged by the evidences
Of better conditions In the homes and
In the care OF children.
The league cooperated with the city
doctors and nurses In having a Bet
ter Babies Contest here I'm March, and
the nrst prize In the class from two
to three years was taken by a child
who had been q constant charge of our
nurse. We provided a rest room and
refreshments for those taking part on
this occasion.
Definite progress has been made in
the hbrary department durinG the
year. Since the library has been made
q public one the increased member
ship has made It necessary that we
increase the salary and the duties of
our librarian. During the year we
have lent out s.4si books and spent OIL
books SILT and have paid the first
instaliment on the latest edition OF
the encyclopaedia britannica. We
hope before another year has passed