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SUMTER CH IC LEAGUE. Keport of the President of the Worn au's Ciub cf Sumter, S. C., May 1907. Madam President and Ladies of the Federation: Since our iast meeting at Rock Hill, che Woman's Club of Sumter, locally known as the Civic League, has had the most successful year in its history. Our membership has largely increas i ed. being now about 100. and the in? terest of the members has increased much more largely. Let us briefly review our work in detail. 1-Work at the City Schools: Upon the grounds of the public schools we have added to the number i of flower beds, ha\e had a nice stone coping placed around ali of them and ha;*e aranged to have them filled with rich earth. We have planted a hedge of privet in front of an unsightiy board fence, which bounds one sidr* of the grounds. The lawn grass mixtures sown last year having died .out, we replaced them with Bermuda grass, the greatest of all southern grasses and the only lawn grass that will withstand the heat and drought .of our climate. Twelve cast iron seats were placed upon the school house green. The monument to the Con ^ federate dead on the grounds has been beautified by beds of pansies, and ."..wer seeds were bought and planted in the yard of ore of our members in order to have a constant supply for renewing the beds as needed. Finally, a gardner has been hired by the sea? son to take care of the plants. 2-Work at the Railroad Station: Our club planted out flower beds in the .railroad station yard, but the flowers - were eaten up by the cows. The bookcase which we placed in the ^waiting room of the Atlantic Coast > Line station is kept supplied with magazines for the use of the traveling j public. We have secured the co.-ope .ration of the station agent in this v. ork and hope soon to have it better sj'stematized. 3-Work in the City Streets and .Country Highways: The streets of our city are excel? lently cared for by an efficient super? tendent; most of them a-re well paved and all of them are kept clean. Our president has been asked by the street .superintendent to aid him in selecting suitable trees for new streets and we have furnished him literature on the ?care and beautifying of the streets ! and co-operated with him in his de- { termined effort to make our public j thoroughfares smooth, clean and j beautiful. We hope soon to have wis? teria planted and trained upon the trees of our principal streets. On the public roads outside of the city, we have done little so far. We have gotten a promise from the -county supervisor to have watering troughs placed upon the roadside at some of the artesian wells adjacent thereto, cf which wells, our county "has a large and increasing number. "We have begun a campaign of educa? tion on the subject of planting trees on the public highways and hope soon to be able to report tangible re? sults. In this work we would like to see every civic league of the State en? gaged, as such trees improve the road bed and increase the value of land adjacent to such roads. 4-Work at the Jail: In its report to the judge at the last fall term of court, the grand jury said: "The jail is kept in a loose and careless manner. The jail is not kept cicctn, as is required by law. but needs a thorough- scouring, walis need patching and whit-washing and pris . oners are not supplied with sufficient beds and bedding." The jail was. in tact, in such a con? dition that lawyers refuse! to visit -clients in their cells, and ev?.n doctors fe:nd it almost impossible to examine a patient to determine the question of lu nc cy, and said th ac at any time ty? phus fever was likely to break out. Such reports had teen made before, but with no effect whatever. told the bea-th officer 'hat we wished to visit the jail under his escort. When our *. it was made two days h.ter, we found every place had been thorough? ly e'ear* 1, (ever the back >ard was as clean as a floor.) and limo and oth? er disinfectants had been freely used. Both the jailor and the prisoners seemed to appreciate oar visit and our interest in them. We have made constant visits to the jail since. The morning papers and other literature have been supplied to prisoners able to read, and the sheriff, at our re? quest, invited the ministers <>f the city to hold religious services f<>r them. On Christmas and Thanksgiv? ing days good dinners and fruit were served the inmates at eur request During the cold weather of December, finding that the prisoners had insuf? ficient covering, we i otified the sher? iff and he furnished them 12 pairs of new blankets and six cots. The great change wrought at the jad is testified to by the grand jury which examined it last month, and who say in their report: "In regard to the jail, it gives us pleasure to say that we find this institution in a clean and healthy condition, no omplaints r.~;^r>rr.-c pr.ri n management far better than ?. - ??:?< ever noted j before."' But "v.e find thc; jail to be j very dark and recommend that ei trie lights be placed in the corridor I would say that the ('.vic Leas brought this need of lights to the : tice of the authorities some time s and the supervisor of the coui promised to bring the matter bet\ the county commissioners and to hf electric lights put in, also a telepho: 5-Work at the Xew Court Hou: As you doubtless know, Sumter now building a new and handsoi Court House on a very beauti: square, near ?the heart of the ci When some months ago the gra jury recommended the county co: missioners to place a nev.' jail also this square, our league said that must not be done. We called an i dignation meeting and formulated protest, but before the protest w delivered to the commissioners. fact, as soon as they heard of our a tion. they announced that they h changed their plans and that the j; was not to be placed on the ni Court House square. They have ai asked our president to confer wi them in selecting a site for the n? jail. They have said that when il nev?- Court House is completed, th wish us to take charge o fthe groun ano* to lay them out and beautify we think best, and that they will f-u nish us the money to do it with. Th have furthermore promised at our r quest, to place at our disposal tv rooms in the new Court House. OJ Of these will be fitted up as a lavato: and rest room for visitors, especial for the women of the country wh< :n town shopping. The other will 1 used as a historical room and will 1 occupied as a civic museum and ?lh with valuable relics, books and doci ments throwing light upon the hi tory, of Sumter county. For this la object we have already had given i a glass case and several relics ar collections. Rugs and rocking chair tables. &c, for the rest room ha also been donated. 6-Work by Programme Commi tee: A committee was appointed to pr( vide an entertainment once a mont to which the public should be invite? These entertainments were more t educate the public than to entertai them. This committee has dor splendid work and is a joy to th heart of the president. This entertair ment censists of a lecture and music. Our first lecture was by Mrs. Vi ?anka. of Charleston, our correspond Lng secretary. Three others hare al ready been delivered by gentlemen c our city: One by the superintenden of our city schools on the Influence o Beauty Upon the Child Mind; anothe by the president of the Board o Health on Tuberculosis-Its Preven tion and Cure: and a third on Sanita tion of Our Homes by our health offi cer. We trust that sooner or late you may be able to hear all of thes< lectures through the reciprocity bu reau. 7-Work by our City Nurse: We have left for the last subject o notice that which our city seems t< regard as our greatest work, namely the employment of a trained nurs< whose duty it is to attend case: among the city's poor. We feel tha by no work in which the league coule engage could we conduce mort- to th< health and beauty of the city thar by such organized charity. A com? mittee appointed for the purport- verj quickly raised about $500 by sub? scription. We then advertised for a nurse and received applications foi the place from several States. Thc selection was left to a co rr. m itt- e o? three doctors, who unanimously Se? lected Miss Antonia Gibson, of Sum? ter. The splendid work which '.liss Gibson has d<?r.e and is doing shows that her selection was exceedingly fortunate. - We pay her sixty dollars per month for ;--r. hours a day. Unsolicited subscrip? tions are constantly adding to the fund f"r her salary, and sh? has re? ceived many valuable donations o. money and other things needed h~ her work. When her own patients J not demand her services, she is allow? ed to attend other cases which do not need the service o fa trained nurse ail the time. The patients pay the league whatever the doctor in charge thinks is right and the fund for her salary is thus still further increased. Nothing that our league has ever done has met with such hearty sym? pathy on the part of th" public. We believe -?urs is the only nurse in the State employed hy a (.ivie League and we feel that our example may well be followed by the other clubs. The monthly report of our nurse shows a. wonderful amount of effect? ive charitable work and always arouses much enthusiasm when read. Miss Gibson and her work are so veil known and so highly appreciat? ed hy the city, that h'-r name when mentioned by the speaker at a recent public meeting was enthusiastically applaud* We should say ir: closing that we have also had given a lecture by th< Rev. J. W. Daniel, pastor of th.' First Methodist Church of Sumter, and a concert by the orchestra of the Sec? ond Regiment Band. Recently we had a reciprocity meeting which partook, of the nature of a reception. The Culti?- club or itmit-.-r and the Stateburg Rural Im-J provement league inet with us. Some very valuable and interesting papers were read and a delightful musical programme was rendered. Such is a brief resume o fthe year's work, but it fails to convey any idea of the spirit of hearty sympathy and co-operation existing among our members, or of the eagerness on the part of our citizens to aid us in our work. So strong is this last feeiing that, when applied to, our men and women have given us the money needed for our various objects and we have not been compelled to resort to hot suppers and sales and the usual entertainments by which funds are usually raised fer charitable work. We feel just pride in our city and our citizens for responding so handsomely to our every request. The usual for? mula employed by a city official when asked to do anything for us is, "It is not only a pleasure, but an honor to do anything for the Civic League." ?When your food has . not been properly digested the entire system is Impaired in the same proportion. Your stomach needs help. Kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia not only di? gests what you eat. it tones the stom? ach and adds strength to the whole body. Makes rich, pure blood. Kodol conforms to the National Pure Food md Drug Law. Sold by ail druggists. You can't please everybody. 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