The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-13

Meeting Held to Consider Wavs and
Means to Secure More Genera,
Obedience to Order.

heads of all the women's associations
held yesterday in the Girls High
School to consider ways to bring
about a better enforcement Of the
program issued by the Food Admin
istration for economies in the use of
food. Miss Armida Moses was called |
to the chair and Miss Sal,ie Rembert |
was chosen as secretary. 1t was de- /
cidcd to hold at an early date mass
meeting of all the women Of the city |
and county to further consider this |
matter and if possible to have State
Food Administrator William Elliot
present
The minutes Of the meeting show
further:
Executives of all the Women's
Clubs having been invited to this
meeting, the gathering was a rather
representative one. At the request of
the president, Mr.. Herbert Moses, OF
the purpose of the meeting was to
formulate plans for interesting the
mass of women of the county in the
conservation Of food, so that all wo-
men may intelligently observe the
'wheatless" and "meatless" days in
accordance. with the order of the gov
ernment. Suggestions as to how this
should be accomplished were called
for In the informal discussion that
followed it was evident that some
thoughtful women were already busy
with this patriotic problem. The
consensus Of opinion, however, was
that not all of the women of the city
and county were as awake to the need
for strict economy as they might be-
Loyal cooperation with grocers was
urged, the suggestion being made that
the housewives order more system
ntically and that they include in their
order more wheat and meat substi-
tutes, Miss Kee(s, County Demonstra-
tor, and Miss Obenchain, Head of tho
Domestic Science Department of the
High School. suggested some practical
menus in which these substitutes may
be used, and extended an invitation
TO the women to attend the next meet
ing OF the demonstration club BIT
which the subject of meat substitutes
will be taken up and demonstrated.
Rye. barley. rice and potato nours,
plain buckwheat flour (not self ris-
ingl, and rye bread in small quantities
may now be had at the local grocery
stores. Victory Bread, the real war.
time bread. is expected soon.
1t was decided by the unanimous
vote that a mass meeting of the wo-
men OF Sumter and of the rural dis
'rlcts or the county be held at an
early date. The president appointed
Mrs' eugene Moses. Mrs. H. NJ. Stuck
ey, and Miss Sallie Rembert. as
committee to act with Mr.. Moses in
arranging the program for this
meeting. This committee hopes to he
fortunate enough to secure Mr.. Elliot.
state Food Administrator, and Mr..
u. A. Lennon, county administrator.
for the program.
Representatives Of the following
clubs were present and promised to
interest the members of their re-
speetive clubs in the mass meeting
and each to bring at least five mem
bers Of their organization with them
to the meeting when called:
Civic League, Red Cross, Patriotic
League, Business Women's Club.
Home Demonstration Club, d. A. r..
Progress Club. L. d. c., Charity
League, Literary Club. Domestic Sci,
ence Department OF City School, Coun.
ty Demonstration Club, Philharmonic
Club. Winthrop Daughters, Ladies' Aid
Society. Grace Baptist Church; Wo
mans Missionary Society. Grace Bap.
tist Church; Ladies' Aid Society
Christian Church; Junior and Senior
Guilds, Episcopal Church; Ladies' AL
tar Society, Catholic Church; Ladies'
Aid Society. Presbyterian Church: La
dies Aid Society, Lutheran Church
and the Sinai Sisterhood.
Further announcements Of the mass
will be given in the meantime
Fall in line and observe regularly and
consistently the meatless and wheat
less days.
The following schedule of substi.
tutes w"s read ut meeting, approved
as being excellent. and ordered pub.