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number of words.

Mrs. Sprott, were read, and in the
matter of the Liberty Bond, com
mittee was appointed to work this
up.
As individual patriots severa
members gave in their names tc
purchase up to twelve $4,000 bonds
There are several others who will
act thus.
A membership committee was ap.
pointed, not only to get new mem
bers, but to stir the members not
regular attendants to better actiVi
ties.
The subject for the afternoon
was Franchise" and the president
gave this toast:
A Real Toast.
Here's to the woman with many 9
care,
Who sits all day in an office chair,
And ct night when her days work is
through,
Goes home and finds more work to do;
Gets up in the morning and cooks and
scrubs,
And wrestles around with laundry
tubs;
Yet the usual hour finds her smiling
there,
Beside her desk in the Office chair;
If she's strong enough these burdens
to tote,
Here's to the State where they let
her VoteH
The Red Letter Day of April
concerned "The Y. p. b." so this
department of work was discussed,
Mrs. Jas. H. White giving a good
paper.
At the last meeting of the Cultus
club the officers were elected for the
coming year. Miss Gertrude Strother
declined reelection as president,
which was deeply regretted.
Mrs. G. P. Corn was elected pres
ident; Miss Brockington, vice-presi.
dent; Mrs. Joseph Cox, recording
secretary; Mrs. Robt. Long, CORES
ponding secretary; Mrs. Earl
Crouch, treasurer; Miss Hayward,
critic.
The club voted to give $500 to
community work, and $500 to
Coker scholarship fund.
Delegates to State Federation,
Aiken, are Miss Strother, president;
alternate, Miss Brockington; Mrs.
Q. P. Corn, delegate.
The historical meeting of the
Mary Ann Buie chapter, U. D. c.,
was held on Thursday afternoon at
the Red Cross rooms, the chapter
deciding to spend the times of meet
ing in sewing, and at the same time
could listen to the program. Among
the organizations joining in Red
Cross work, the U. D. @. has taken
a high place, and this work is of
leading interest to allchapters. The
chapter at this time was celebrating
its twenty-second anniversary, and
no better way to do tnis could be
found than by the members engag-
ing themselves in such employment
as the women of the sixties under
took; than by doing patriotic work,
which is one of the corner stones
upon which the U. D. G. is organ
lied.
The historian, Miss Zena Payne,
opened the meeting after the usual
form, and read the poem, The
Red Cross" which was very fitting
for the afternoon.
The following is the arranged
program:
Army Relief Work Done by the
Women of the Confederacy," Miss
Maud Sawyer.
Economy of the Sixtles," Miss
Ruth Harriss.
For Our Soldiers Abroad" Mrs.
M. w. Clark.
The meeting was also in celebra-
tion of the centennial of the birth of
South Carolina's greatest chieftain,
Gen. Wade Hampton, and Mrs. o.
d. Black gave valuable paper on
The Life and Characteristics of
Gen. Hampton"
The program also had the three
generals, hose birthdays came in
April, discussion: Generals
Buckner of Kentucky, Walthall of
Virginia and Leonidas Polk of
North Carolina.
Gen. Polk is called the Warrior
Priest,'' and is buried under the
St. Paul's Episcopal church, Au.
gusta, Ga.
After the program the members