The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-13
FARMWOMEN PLAN
ANNUAL. MEETING
Grows From Membership of Two
Hundred to Six Thousand
in Year

Rock Hill, June 9.-The annual
meeting of the State Council OF
Farm Women will be held at Win
throp college, Rock Hill, June IA and
Is.
The State Council of Farm Women
was organized last June with 200
members present, and the following
officers elected: Mrs. P. B. Morrah Of
Greenville, president; Mrs. Paul
Brown of Camden, vice president;
Mrs. T. l.. Tinsley of Seabrook, Sec
retary-treasurer. These women were
at Winthrop attending the short
course given annually by the home
demonstration department of VIM
throp college. Thirty-three counties
banded themselves together in this
state organization that they might
not only receive benefit themselves,
but that they might make their infiu-
ence felt and the voice of farm wom-
en- heard in matters pertaining to the
Improvement Of home, community,
county and state life.
The greatest drawback in any et-
fort to develop community organlza-
ton or otherwise aid the rural wom-
en- and girls to help themselves is Id
the lack of leadership. To this end
the officers of the Women's home DEM
onstration clubs of the county organ
lied themselves into county nome
demonstrations councils. The first
of these councils was organized in
Calhoun county and the second in
Greenwood county. There are now
SO of these organizations with a
membership of more than 5000 farm
women. In 1920 there were only II
of these councils. They served sew
eral purposes, among. which may be
mentioned the following:
To assist county home demonstra-
ton agents in planning work and IN
meeting needs of the county; to pro-
mote the economic and social welfare
of the county; to encourage special
lied industries for purposes of de-
veloping specific resources in the
county; to develop leadership in each
community; to foster friendly rela-
tions and cooperation between rural
and urban communities.
A good representation of the farm
women of the state is expected at the
meeting in Rock Hill and an interest
ing program has been arranged. The
opening address at 8 o'clock Wednes-
day morning will be made by Mrs. P.
B. Morrah, president of the State
Council of Farm Women. This will
be followed by an address by DIR. D.
B. Johnson, president of Winthrop
college. The mornings session will
consist of addresses by DR.. Ruby
Green Smith associate leader of home
demonstration work of New York;
G. w. Humphrey, live stock develop
ment agent of the Southern railway;
Mrs. Bertha T. Munsell, chairman Of
the legislative council; W. W. Long,
director of extension work, Clemson
college; O. B. Martin of the office of
extension, department of agriculture,
at Washington.
The evening session will be held at
8 O'Clock in the college auditorium,
at which time messages will be
brought from the Federation of We,
mems Clubs and the South Carolina
League of Women Voters and an ad-
dress will be delivered by G. W. Pugs-
ley, assistant secretary of agrlcul-
ture.
The second days program will in
c!ude addresses by Mrs. Elizabeth
Lauredbach, county agent of Hamil-
ton county, Tennessee; Mrs. Francis
Y. Kline, state marketing agent; DR..
Ruby Green Smith md Mrs. Julian
Sallev. third reginal director of the