The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 21, 1921, Image 8
MOTHERS CLUB PROMOTES I
COUNTY-WIDE CAMPAIGN c
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1ft Conjunction With State-Wide "Save ^
The Baby" Campaign, Dr. E. j
T. Kelley Addresses Club
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The regular April meeting of the
Mathers Club was held at the home of
Mr&. Chas. C. Burgess, on Railroad
Avenue. Friday afternoon. Notwith- j
standing the inclement weather, the ^
attendance was exceptionally good, ^
Sort a IUJ! program i-aincu vui. f
Miss Yarn, local Red Cross Service ^
secretary, made a short talk explaining
the details of the "Save The Ha- c
hy" campaign to be put on through- L
cut the state next week. Mrs. B. A.
Brown has been officially appointed ?
county chairman and has in turn ap- ,
pointed the following ladies to assist 1
her in the management of the campaign
in this county: Mrs. \V. K. I
Brockington, Chairman of Keception
Committee; Mrs. L. A. Van Keuren, ^
chairman of visitation committee;
Mrs. L. W. Gilland, chairman of pro- ?
pram committee; Mrs. John D. Brit- ^
ton. chairman of publicity committee;
The county mothers meeting to be (
ield Saturday, April 30, at 11:00
o'clock in the Presbyterian Sunday (
school rooms will be one of a hundred ,
similiar meetings at various points in I
the state to be held in the interest of j
the statewide "Save The Baby" Cam- j
paign. The purpose of the acmpaign I
is to save the babies lives b> giving j
scientific information on tneir care [
to their mothers. An interesting pro- f
gram has been arranged, including an j
address by a noted authority on the j
care of babies.
All mothers in Williamsburg county
are urged to attend this meeting
and bring their babies. After the
program, lunch will be served in the
rooms. Immediately after lunch, all
babies present will be weighed and
examined, and leaflets on their care
presented to the mothers.
Dr. E. T. Kelley very kindly consented
to make a talk before the Club
n "Prevention of Baby Diseases
Peculiar to Summer", laying particular
stress upon the fact that prevention
is worth a great deal more than
cure when begun in time. The Club
as a whole is very grateful to Dr.
Kelley for his helpful advice, and most
appreciative of his interset in the organization
and his generous offer to
give the benefit of his knowledge and
experience when called upon.
The paper for the afternoon had
beta prepared and forwarded to be
read by Mrs. W. H. Welch, but was .
read bv Mrs. J. W. Swittenberg in the ;
absence from town of Mrs. Welch,
lie paper "The Bible and the Child"
toot up in detail the many perplexing
problems that come to a mother in f
frainincr nf her children; i
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and explained the supreme purpose j
in telling Bible stories to young and
older children, the moralizing of the
stories, the treatment of the element
of the supernatural, how to answer
tine inevitable questions, etc.
A vocal solo was charmingly ren- j
dered by Mrs. L. W. Gilland. 5
[The place of meeting for the Chil- |
rfren's Story Hour, held the fourth c
Friday in each month, changed from j
the school auditorium to the Kellahan s
Park, the park having recently been s
leaved up and new seats provided.
Ai bad weather it will be conducted
at the auditorium as heretofore.
This meeting closed the first year
f the existence of the Mothers Club
in Kingstree. A great deal of credit
is due the president. Mrs. R. K. Wal- i
lace, for it is largely due to her un- J
tiring efforts and her diligence in
keeping the club in the minds of the
members that it has become such a
success.
The constitution states that the election
of officers shall be held in May
of each year, but a motion was passed
in the April meeting to cast votes
* * oc tn whether or &
MX me mrjifc iununt
oot the constitution be amended, mak- |
ing the election take place in Septem- .
ber instead.
Btock cream and cake was served r
by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. T. S. It
Hemingway. C
The program committee for the p
May meeting is composed of Mrs. W. E
V. Boddie, Mrs. S. J. Deery, and Mrs. J
A. C. Swails. Mrs. W. I. Nexsen and 1
Mrs. J. W. Swittenberg will entertain a
*t the home of Mrs. LeRoy Lee, on J
Academy street. J
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Marketing Association Meet May 4.
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Columbia, April 20.?The formation |
of a cooperative. marketing associa- j
tion for cotton in South Carolina will ,
He the Drincipal matter to come be- |
fore the South Carolina Division of J
the Aemrican Cotton Association at ?
its semi-annual meeting, which will be ?
held in Columbia at Craven Hall on J
Wednesday, May 4th at noon. In !
making this announcement,, R. C. Ha- J
mer, president said that the associa- J
tion recognizes the absolute necessity >
of this state taking action along this C
line at once as the formation of co- J
operative marketing associations is t
proceeding ia every other cotton grow- J
ing state. J
An effort will be made to have ev- ?
ery township in the state represented ?
at the meeting on May 4, President ^
lamer said. The resident of each
ounty division has been asked to
lame 50 delegates and to see that each
ownship in the county is represented
n the personnel of the delegation.
Preliminary steps looking to the
ormation of the marketing associaion
in this state are already being
aken. Five regional meetings have
ilready been held and the sixth and
ast will be held tomorrow at Rock
iill. Last week meetings were held
it Florence. Sumter, Blackville and
Jreenwood. Yesterday a meeting was
leld at Spartanburg and tomorrow
me will be held at Rock Hill. These
neetings were called by Dr. W. W.
jOng, director of the extension forces
if Clemson College, cooperating with
he South Carolina Division of th-*
American Cotton Association.
At each of the regional meetings
our members of a central commtitec
o draw up the plans for the statewide
cooperative marketing association
famer said. The president of each
if twenty-four will hold a meeting in
Columbia some tinje soon and will
lave the plans for the association
Irawn up and ready for submission
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been passed, following explanations of J
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"I am convinced", said President *
Hamer, "that the time has come for *
the formation of such an association *
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we are obliged to take as practically J
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X business practices was very real and very painful to business. X
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I Restoring mat latent connaence too iuu^ ucgicuuui, 10 ^
ent task of business men. Every movement has its leaders. In 5> |
the present era of distrust and suspicion, clear sighted busk
ness leaders realize the necessity for strengthening weakened ul
loyalty. They know that they must reclaim the ground lost g B
when patronage was easy to get and so little appreciated. This X V
is no job for the piker, rather the task for the fighter. The 8 "
business is to be had, but the dayis gone when they hand it out on vv
a silver waiter. . 5
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jji[ on trying. The essential thing is to take stock of ourselves, j|p
\t our problems, our times, and shape a forward looking program M
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; j With transportation costs reduced, wages revised to meet the jr |
proper need of readjustment, in short, with the dream of infla- :
tion over, the world will awake to stern reality. Thus will the j, >
back of the now country wide "Buyers Strike" be broken. Our j i;
stores are standing everlastingly at it and some how or other ; i!
keeps on putting out more than the average volume every day !11 J
Needless to say this will continue to be our schedule, with efforts |1;
increasingly intensive if required to carry on handsomely. \ || m
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rights must be respected and their views met. Prices and qual- a; M
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beginnig Saturday, 1000 barrels of high grade self-rising flour, ; i;
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1? at a price of $8.00 per barrel or $1.00 for a 24-lb. sack. When J' j
j you buy from us, you have the assurance that it is fresh and pure. ;';
I We guarantee every article bought from our stores to be as rep- :
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