The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13
Meeting of the Dillon County Fedora
ton OF Women'S Clubs.

The Dillon County Federation of
IWomen's Clubs held its ninth meet
Ing in the school auditorium at Fork
Saturday, May 1st 1920. In the abb
sence of the president. Mrs. l.. Cot
tingham, the third vice president.
Mrs. Leroy Rogers, presided. The
meeting was called TO order at eleven
O'Clock and invocation offered by Rev
Ariail. The Federation was gracious
ly welcomed by Mrs. Chas. Taylor,
and a happy response made by Miss
Julia Afford. The Jordan Music
Company of Mullins rendered sever
al splendid musical numbers at differ
ent times during the program.
A report from the loan fund was
made by the chairman, Mrs. John
hargrove. She reported $500
(ninety five dollars) on hand. A mo-
ton was made and carried that each
club pay $3.50 1.-TWO dollars and fif-
ty cents) which would raise the suf-
fcient amount. instead of the larger
amounts previously pledged. Dis
cussion of whether once or twice
year would be best for the Fedora
ton to meet, resulted in waiting un-
til the fall meeting to decide definite
ly.
Names of committees were read
as follows: Legislative, Mrs. j. D.
Lane, Mrs. John Hargrove, Mrs. E.
C.. Major, Resolutions: Mrs. r. 5.
Rogers, Mrs. j. C. Adams. Miss Vir-
ginia Thompson.
! The report of Miss Mamie McLees
rural school supervisor told of the
good work done in school improve
merit. School grounds have been i'm
proved and piano placed in every
school except one, and septic tanks
through out the county. Sixteen
prizes were awarded the Dillon Coun-
ty school clubs during the year. Over
5000 (seven thousand dollars) has
| been raised since last March by the
! Clubs Tor the benefit of school work.
! Thn wOrl; against illiteracy met with
great success. Two teachers at the
mill villages enrolled ninety two dur
ing the NINTH of August, fifty four
OF hom were taught to read and
write During January and Febru-
ary eight special teachers conducted
night schools in different sections Of
the county. Two hundred and fifty
one were enrolled, ninety OF whom
had 10 be taught to read and write.
Miss McLees asked the co-opera-
ton of every woman in the county to
hep stamp out illiteracy.
Miss Sellers, Home Demonstration
Agent, gave a full outline Of her
work among the womens and girls
clubs along the line of canning,
dairying, poultry raising, dietetics,
costume designing, home beautify-
ing, and many other subjects. These
clubs will have bread contest at
the Dillon County fair next fall.
Miss Mcleod. county nurse, gave
an excellent report of her work. She
has examined nearly twenty-five hun
dred children and found very large
r:ajority of these defective, the two
main reasons being improper feeding
and defective teeth. To raise the
standard of public health, one must
begin with the children.
Mrs. Il. p. Hamer, thrift chair
man, gave splendid talk, emphasiz-
| ing The TACT that conservation and
thrift aIe al the bottom OF all enter
p:lscs.
Miss Amanda Edwards, district
dc.aOn>:rator, gave suggestive plans
for th" Dilion County Fair to be held
next lall. Sic urged that good cX-
hibiIs "l our county work be made
csp"cially the agricultural, giving
the following quotation from George
Washington agriculture is the
most hraIlhiul, helpful, profitable.
and "ubie Of all pursuits"
The Scope Of Home DemonStra-
tion Work. was the subject Of Miss
! Christine South state Home Demons
tratica Agent. This work touches
directly twenty five thousand women
and girls. IN its scope it is SociHl,
civic. vr!ruTII, economic, ard cduca-
.tonai. Mis- South proved how nee
csSar. that woman be in touch and
lyymrathy With her environment, as
!onlv that woman is the cultured wO-
'lTam.
Miss McLc,s represented the Dill
lion County federation At the state
mc"tlu% 1T Winthrop College and
.ayc an Interesting report OF her
visit. Tie stat" federation tins year
t.: ra ing an endowment fund oi
|ylo.uuu.uC Gcr thousand dollars
.u.i1,, III. interest only for expenses.