The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 07, 1905, Image 4
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UNION, S. C., APRIL 7, 190).
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S
CLUBS.
Doubtless there are not a great
many persons not members of the
clubs, ami some who are, have a
correct idea or knowledge of the
scope of tin; work undertaken and
now being pushed with enthusiastic
zeal by the federation of womens
clubs. Each year of the existence
of this worthy order gives evidence
of the broadening of the field of
usefulness, and the accomplishment
of much good. It is probable that
the original organization of woinans
< lul> was for social pleasure, and
today the skeptic regards the class
a* a mere gathering for gossip.
With the northern and northwestern
women the cluh was doubtless
the entering wedge for the advocates
of woman's rights, the right of
suffrage, since l\v persistent effort
through this medium, the state of
Colorado has by legislative enactment
granted to the women the
right to vote and hold oHiee.
We now make a feeble attempt
to show to what extent the organization
has grown. First froiji local
clubs to state federations then what
is now known as general federation
<*, Vtiinraeing and ineluding
lo states, the president of
which is Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt Decker 1
of Denver, Colorado, and Miss
Louise B. J'oppenheim, of Charleston,
S. C., corresponding secretary.
Laeh state has a state federation,
composed of the clubs throughout
th entire state; this State
federation is composed of r>|
clubs and 2. 1(H) members. Tliis
statu federation was organized in
1S98, adopted a eonstitution and
by-laws and was admitted into the
general federation in 1X99. The
ollieers are, president, Mrs. Wilbur
K. Sligh, Newberry; 1st vice-president,
Mrs. A. F. McKissiek, Oroenwood;
2nd. vice-president, Mrs.
L. K. Nichols, Chester; recording
secretary, Mrs. Julius M. Yisanska,
Charleston; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Andrsw ('. Moore, Columbia;
treasurer, Miss Varina 1). Brown,
Anderson; auditor, Mrs. T. Fraser
James, Darlington. The work of
the federation is divided into departments
with a committee for
each, the departments are education,
kindergarten, library, art, music,
forestry and civics, domestic science,
arts and crafts, reciprocity. The
federation lias also undertaken to
induce the legislature to enact a law
establishing an Industrial Reformatory
school and appointed one from
each as a committee to aid in accomplishing
this most laudable project,
and they deserve to succeed.
The South Carolina federation of
woniens clubs will meet in this city
May 1(1-18 and will be the guests of
the city. The mayor will deliver
the address of welcome in behalf of
the city. Kvery citizen who can
. 1 i i
snouiu oontrnnite to the success of
the entertainment and do all jxissib]e
and feel an individual rcsj>onsibility
and pride in making
the stay of the delegates Ixith
pi asant and profitable, as we
do not think it would he right and
proper to let the whole hurden rest
upon the moml>crs of the "City
Union." The City Union as is
known, is composed of the Every
Tuesday Club, {Standard Reading
Club and Bronte Club, Mrs. B. Ci.
Clifford president.
We clip the following from the
"Key Stone," the ollieial organ of
the South Carolina federation of
Women's Clubs.
"To the club women of the general
federation:
1 cannot be satisfied as your
president, simply to give you the
season's greetings: to wish you a
| merry Christmas and a happy New
Year. It does not give ine peace of
mind to feel that the club members
all over this land will meet in their
comfortable, even beautiful rooms,
and will have the new year welcomed
with song and feasting, with
pleasure and happines8 solely for
themselves. Into this scene 1 would
have also the thought of the purpose
and meaning of these gifts to us.
Not ours are they because we deserve
them, not ours because we should
keep them, but because we have
been selected as most worthy to
pass them on. More and more as 1
have met the women of the federation
during my recent journey, attending
state meetings and visiting
many clubs, more and more have I
realized that the federation work is
a part of the plan of the world ?and
so while my heart's wish for you is
that you may have joy of the season,
I while I hope for your health and
peace of soul, 1 desire withal to give
I you as a working motto for the new
I year these words from an old, old
I book: "And the old man made
.answer: to be a true knight is to
! remember the miserable, the tempted,
and the poor, to consider the
1 comfort of dependents and over
looked ones on life s road, to strive
to ease the sick and unhappy, to
shelter the homeless, to teach the
ignorant, to raise up those who
have wandered and got trodden
underfoot, always to give thy hand
and thy word of cheer even though
! thine own heart he sore. Above all,
son, to make thyself least of all.''
May the federation mean this in the
year to come. Then shall we truly
keep our Christinas and welcome
our New Year.
I With high hopes and my sincere
greetings,
, Sahaii S. Plait Dkckkh."
Tuk Timics extends hearty greetings,
with the sincere wish that
harmony may prevail and may the
members never have cause to exclaim,
that their efforts have been
hut "unfulfilled hopes, a profitless
strife."
FIGURES FOR THE FADM^1
i lie State, at the request of cotton
growers, reproduces from its!
columns the following editorial:
A few of our fcontemporaries are
contending that it is unfair to require
or expect the small farmer to
reduce his already small acreage.
We can show that it is fair; moreover,
as the greater portion of the
cotton cron is rtrodi !< <><] 1>\' tl?,.
small farmers, tIn; success of an
organization of fanners for crop reduction
is dependent on their cooperation.
Another 1 hale crop
this year will- certainly run prices
down to six cents. Such a surplus
cannot he warehoused; the expansion
of foreign markets cannot he
secured hy next winter. So, after
cultivating and picking the crop it
will sell for not more than $:'>() a
hale or 8;W0,(XX),000. On the
other hand a 1 (>,<Mk5,<KM> hale crop
will, in all probability, l>e marketed
for ?.",() a hale, or'$">(K),(XH),(KX).
The expense of cultivation and
picking will he much less than the
cost of producing the larger crop
and tl^actual sale price of the ten
millionhalc crop will he 8110,(MX),(MM)
greater.
Now if 1 ;l hales represented the
full crop of a small farmer planting
to provide his quota of a 1H,(XX),,
(MM) hale crop, ami the price was
( six cents per pound, he would sell
fur 8-WO. If, however, he reduced
acreage and planted to produce ten
! hales, or his quota of a ten million
| hale crop, his return at ten cents a
i pound, would he $~>(H). So hy rei
ducing his cotton acreage, the small
farmer would save, the expense of
nroducincr thre<? 1 ?; ! ?? <-<ao.n ..>wl
would make 8110 more than if lie
had grown the full crop. And if
lie planted in supply crops that
acreage representing Iuh cotton reduction,
his profit would he even
greater.
This is dependent, of course, on
the farmers standing together and
taking advantage of their opportunities.
If they view the matter
in the light of a cut throat game,
every man for himself and poverty
for all, there is nothing in the calculations.
The ahove editorial we clip from
The State. We heartily commend
it to the serious attention of the
farmers as l>eing conclusive and
convincing upon the question of
whether or not the small farmers
should reduce acreage in same proproportion
to the large farmers.
We have seen nowhere a clearer
calculation of facts and their necessary
results.
OUR SCHOOL COLUMN
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And Bureau of Information.
AN INTKRKSTINO LKTTER FROM LINOSKY
SCHOOL, l'KAISKS JACK T1IK
FARMER FOR UIS ADVICK ON
SCHOOLS.
Mr. Editor: The farmers in this
community do not wait for the "day
to break" now to rise from their
refreshing slumbers. 1/ong before
this time they are up and feeding;
waking up the horses to enjoy their
morning feed, the cows to lie milked,
the hogs, too, must he looked after,
for this animal seems to have a
keen instinct and knows where the
jKitatoes arc bedded and where the
weak place in the fenee'is.
The dear, good wife is also up
betimes preparing the morning
meal and getting the little people
ready for breakfast. There is no
playtime at the farmer's house now
?even the babies have in some instances
gone to cutting teeth; there
is no telling what the next generation
will do, hut just now the farmers
would vote unanimously against
the ten hour movement, and are
advocating fifteen hours and having
their lives insured.
We have received and read your
valuable paper for the past few
months, found much of interest in
its columns, some of which filled
the heart with joy and some in
which our hearts went out in svm
pathy to tired, troubled ami sadly
bereaved people. The original and
clipped articles upon education have
all had good points and some strong
ones also. The dear old state must
not any longer he called the most
illiterate of the I'nion (as I believe
the figures show) the causes are so
varied, the remedies so few. We
trust the "dear people" will one
day instruct their legislators to
make a property qualification for
marriage. The would-be husband
ought to be established in his business
and own property sullicient to
justify the state in believing that it
would not have to be called upon
for the educating of the children
with which the contracting parties
were blessed. Very little taxation
woidd then be required for public
schools, each family would 1m? independent,
the schools b'olild eonJ
tinue for ten months', children
! would have * fair education when
Lrt?a~crtf^wwnei' U'.UHh fin llltU! M?
many absents on the book and the
text books would be ready at the
opening of the school, but "this
will require time," so it will "better
late than never" must not be forgotten.
"Jack the Farmer" has a good
idea for a present educational millcnium;
if he will excuse me I witl
add that when the state furnishes
the capital, the pupils should be required
to study the lw>oks which, in
its wisdom, it has decided is but
fitted for the proper development of
the mental and moral faculties of
the future citizen's education, for
as it is the pupils sometimes care
I for only a part of the required
! course and the parent yields to
those wishes and the state loses her
educated men and women.
The Lindsay fchool closed on
Friday, the :>lst of March, after
completing the full five months
with an unusual good average.
Several of the friends of the school
were present and enjoyed the closing
exercises of the Oak Knoll
literary society. A few extras were
added to the usual Friday afternoon
program. The school room mis
dressed in spring attire, evergreens ;
and bright wild (lowers from the
trees of the forest, these with the
happy young faces presented a !
pleasant picture. '
The result of examination conducted
the past week was very satisfactory,
very few went In-low eighty- 1
live per cent. Koyd Harmon made
one hundred in spelling and he, 1
Georgia Parks and Joe Parks did I
I well in Arithmetic, over ninety per 1
( cent. Gertrude Alexander, Hughes
Floyd, Mittie and Maggie Garner, 1
Krncst Parks and Mary I/>ng of !
the lower classes died well.
I ik* oak Knoll Literary Society '
bus done good work and honored
Miss Georgia Parks and her brother 1
Joe with the closing honors. Miss j
Gertrude Alexander's "Raise the 1
Flag'' deserved praise. The teacher '
Mrs. M. S. Britton received several 1
presents as loving remembrances, !
also a beautifully iced pound cake 1
from an appreciative patron. Truly ^
the teachers have much sunsnine x
in their pathways.
The patrons, pupils and teacher
feel under many obligations to Mr. '
1), Baxter Wood of Pacolet for al- ^
lowing tliein the use of one of his c
houses as a school house for over
two months free of rent, also the H
moving of the school property fret; v
of chacge. These acts speak well ^
to our community of Mr. Wood's jH
interest in educating the children. v
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will be a source of pride to the
patrons and that the children will
appreciate the school and the opportunity
to learn.
Best wishes attend the Timks in
its future course and may it always
lx> n true educator. /.
Lindscy School, April 3, 11)05.
WALLAoTsiMSrSUCCESS.
Gunner at Port Monroe Made
Highest Score in Contest.
The friends in this city of Wallace
Sims will he pleased to learn of
the success he is attaining in the
I nitial States army. For several
years past he has heen stationed at
the United States artillery school at
Fort Monroe, Ya., one of the largest
army posts in the country. Mr.
Sims has risen to the very responsible
position of gunner, ranking as
first corporal, ami a short time ago
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in- ?ii? in?ni?- imiu <ii me instructors
in the school.
Mr. Sims's inuthcmatical inind
has aided him very materially in
tin; handling of the ponderous guns
at the fort, and the fact that he
was appointed an instructor hy the
war department shows the, eonfr
Jencc the government felt in Mr.
finis's ability. During a recent
practice tournament at Fort Monroe
Corporal Sims, operating a 1 flinch
gun and an Armstrong rapidlire
gun made the best score of the
tournamint, and was warmly congratulated
hy the commandant of
the fort.
Spartanburg hoys generally make
their presence felt wherever they go,
ind the news of their success is always
pleasing to the folks hack at
home.
We clip the above from the Spartanburg
Journal. We l>eg to inbrm
the Journal that Wallace Sims
s a Union county l?oy, having been
M>rn here, l>oth mother and father
vere natives of Union, so we gladly
md proudly claim Wallace Sims
ind rejoice in his attainments, we
enow the blood that flows in his
reins to he the l>est.
Ijnst Sunday John Brown and
lim Young got into a fight near
!ross Keys. During the tight Brown
lit Young on the arm and chest
md made several other slashes
.cross his Ixxly. None, however,
ye re very serious. Brown says j
i'oung struck him first with a large,
tick. No particulars as to what!
/us the cause of row.
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