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REFERENCE .- Manuscript reports and letter from L. Bowen. secretary-treasurer, Alabama State Federation of Alabama in the Department of Archives and History.
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, THE ALABAMA. Organized April 17, 1895, in Birmingham, in response to a call issued by the Cadmean Circle of that city, acting upon the suggestion of Miss Mary LaFayette Rob- bins of Selma, who was at the initial meet-
ing elected first president of the Federation. The charter clubs were the Cadmean Circle, Clionian Club and Highland Book Club of Birmingham; No Name Club of Montgomery; Progressive Culture Club, Decatur; and Study Club, Selma. Approximately one hundred and thirty women comprised the total mem- bership. In 1921 twenty-six years after the federation, there are two hundred and twen- ty-five clubs with a membership of ten thou- sand in the organization.
Objects: "To bring together for mutual help, for intellectual improvement and for social union the different women's literary clubs of the state," were the original objects of the organizations, but with the develop- ment and growth that followed a few years experience, the Constitution was changed to read: "To bring into communication the various women's clubs throughout the state, that they may compare methods of work, become mutually helpful and through Fede- ration grow to be a power for good."
Eligibility for Federation membership re- quires the club to show "that its purpose is not sectarian or political, but chiefly educa- tional, literary, scientific or artistic."
With the growth of the organization, it was found imperative to divide the state into seven districts, in each of which an annual meeting is held in the spring by the clubs of that territory, presided over by a Chairman who is a vice-president of the Federation. Each District Secretary-Treasurer is an ex- officio delegate to the state convention. The District assembly may not initiate or endorse any movement not already approved by the Federation as a whole, but may discuss such matters and make recommendations in regard to them to the annual convention.
Organ: The work of the organization has been greatly facilitated by the use of an of- ficial organ, either a Department in a current newspaper or its own magazine. Of the former media the "Free Lance," Birmingham, was used in 1895; the "Birmingham Evening News," 1901-05; the "Mobile Register," 1905- 12; the "Birmingham Evening News," from 1913 to 1919, and "The Montgomery Adver- tiser," from that date to the present time. During 1899-1900 the Federation owned and published its own organ, a magazine, "Woman's Work," Montgomery. The Federa- tion editors have been, Mesdames Joseph Mc- Lester, L. J. Haley, Erwin Craighead, E. R. Morrisette, A. J. Ridale, J. Sydney Robbins, J. H. Phillips, H. P. Harshfield, W. H. Sey- mour, J. D. Elliott, Dora C. Fell, J. Walter Black.
Libraries: The first philanthropic educa- tional work of the Federation was undertaken in 1897, in behalf of the library of the Ala- bama Girl's Industrial School, now the Ala- hama Girl's Technical Institute, Montevallo. A committee on Traveling Libraries was also raised that year, and during the ensuing eight years a traveling library system was conducted by the committee, with a total of four thousand books in circulation in rural schools and communities. In 1905, such of
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these books as had not been donated to school libraries, were given to the Alabama Library Association, and the work of circulating them delegated to that organization. Later they were given to the Department of Archives and History and are now with extensive en- largements through the generosity of the late Dr. Thomas M. Owen, Director, greatly in- creased in numbers and constantly in circula- tion. The library committee of the Federa- tion was then dissolved.
Education: The committe on Education made its first report on the status and needs of education in Alabama at the convention of 1898, and recommended that the Federa- tion undertake to "create public sentiment for better standards and methods, especially in the public schools, and that it co-operate with other forces in the State for such educa- tional laws and reforms as are necessary and desirable." At once the club women began to investigate not only the educational sys- tem of their own state, but for comparison, the systems of other states. It has since ad- vocated, agitated, co-operated with and urged legislation for public school kindergartens, educational qualifications for eligibility to the office of county superintendent of education, local taxation for the support of public schools, better school buildings and equip- ment, a minimum school term, compulsory school attendance, institutes for teachers, salaries by grades, monthly payment of sal- aries, examination of teachers by a State Board, education in patriotism by the ob- servance of Alabama Day and Lee's Birthday in schools, women on school boards, industrial education and elementary industrial training in common schools, dormitory accommoda- tions for women at the State University, stim- alation of interest in library laws, and the elimination of illiteracy.
Scholarships: The scholarship committee of the Federation was created in 1898 for the purpose of establishing scholarships at the Alabama Girl's Industrial School, Monte- vallo. Other institutions soon drew the inter- est of the cluo women and by 1916 the organi- zation having gradually increased its influence and resources maintained seven scholarships, four of which were loan, viz., Alabama Girl's Technical Institute, two; University of Ala- bama, one; Southern Industrial Institute, Camphill, one; Downing Industrial Institute for Girls, Brewton, one; Judson College, one, music; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one, open only to students from the Alabama Boy's Industrial School. Besides the tore- going the Federation has the gift of thirty scholarships, varying from one to four in the several schools, viz., The Congressional Dis- trict Agricultural Schools, Woman's College of Alabama, Judson College, Athens College, Presbyterian Synodical College, Howard Col- lege, Miss Woodberry's School, Atlanta, Ga., Southern University of Music, Atlanta.
Margaret Coleman Memorial Fund: In 1900 a special committee was created to raise funds for the endowment of a perma- nent scholarship fund of $10,000, the interest
only to be used annually. At the time of her death, Mrs. Phares Coleman, Chairman, had made fine progress in the movement, and later the Federation named the fund in her honor. More than half the sum was re- ported raised at the Convention of 1916, and since that date progress has been made.
International Scholarships: Similar in pur- pose to the Cecil Rhodes Scholarship for boys, International Scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, were established by the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. Any state contribu- ting through its Federation of clubs, $100.00 to this fund is given the privilege of present- ing candidates for the competitive examina- tion. Alabama met the terms in 1909 and although failing to win the award her candi- date passed a most creditable examination, standing third among the contestants.
Boys Industrial School (q. v.). Early in its history the Federation was brought to a re- alization of a need for reforms in the penal institutions of the state. At the convention of 1898, the club delegates were aroused to the importance of separation of juvenile de- linquents from adult prisoners, both those convicted and those in jails awaiting trial. The story of conditions was presented to the organization by Mrs. R. D. Johnston of Bir- mingham, who had for years been doing vol- unteer religious work among the convicts in the coal mines of the State. The Alabama Boys Industrial School is the result of that meeting. The Federation points to this insti- tution through whose beneficence more than a thousand Alabama boys have been saved to the state during the sixteen years of its existence, as a concrete illustration of its work. The fact that the Board of Control is composed of women has kept it out of poli- tics and left its welfare unhampered by am- bitions or avarice. The "open-door" policy which prevails at the school is regarded by the management as largely responsible for its fine morale. The Board of Control in 1916 was Mrs. R. D. Johnston, President; Mrs. Erwin Craighead and Mrs. Joseph Mc- Lester, first and second vice-presidents, re- spectively; Mrs. John D. McNeel, Secretary; Mrs. F. M. Jackson, Mrs. T. G. Bush, Mrs. Thomas M. Owen, members. Other officers were D. M. Weakley, Superintendent; Robt. A. Morris, Treasurer; J. N. Killough, Physi- cian; Mrs. D. M. Weakley, Matron; John M. Ballard, editor the school journal, The Boys Banner.
State Training School for Girls (q. v.) : Alabama Girls Training School (q. v.) : This institution was not inaugurated by the Fed- eration, but was endorsed by it in 1913. In 1915 the Legislative Committee of the Ala- bama Federation of Women's Clubs, co-oper- ated with the Board of Managers of the school and assisted in securing an appropriation of $50,000 for the purchase of a suitable site, new buildings and for maintenance.
School Improvement Association, The Ala- bama (q. v.): One of the greatest achieve- ments of the Federation was the initiation, in 1904, of the School Improvement Associa-
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tion of Alabama, the work of which was con- ducted in the heginning by a standing com- mitte of the organization, the object being to bring the patron into closer touch with the school, and to create a community solidarity. In 1911 there were only four counties in the State without a School Improvement Associa- tion, and the work had grown to such propor- tions that a separate organization was brought into being. The four backward counties were soon brought into line and hy 1916 the As- sociation had become state-wide. The State Department of Education co-operated with the organization from its inception, and the or- ganization is now regarded as in part under the direction of that department.
Child Welfare: In 1901, there being no law in operation in Alahama regulating child labor, and in response to an appeal from the Central Labor Committee of Alabama, which had been organized by the Rev. Edgar Gard- ner Murphy, of Montgomery, the Federation appointed a committee to investigate child labor in mills and factories. It was found that children ten years of age, and even younger were working in cotton mills and that nearly one-third of the mill hands were under sixteen years of age. In 1902, the bill prepared by the Central Committee above referred to, was endorsed and its passage made the special work of the Federation for the year. In 1903, the Federation held a special Convention in Montgomery, while the legislature was in session, in the interest of (1) Child Labor and (2) an adequate appro- priation for the newly established reforma- tory for boys. From the beginning of its ef- forts in behalf of the child worker in Ala- bama, the Federation has stood for fourteen years as the minimum age, for reasonable hours and an educational qualification or con- dition. The present law enacted with the help of the legislative committe of the Fed- eration, covers all child labor except in agri- culture and domestic service, restricts night work materially and raises the age limit to fourteen. While the law measures up in merit to that of the average state, the club women are still asking for shorter work hours.
Women Factory Inspectors: In 1910 the Federation agitated for women asisstants or deputy inspectors in factories and prisons, and all places where children are employed. In 1915, hy the good will of Dr. William Oates, State Prison Inspector, a woman, Mrs. Loraine B. Bush, was appointed as one of the deputies of that office and filled the place with great satisfaction. (See Child Welfare Department.)
Juvenile Courts (q. v.) : In 1905 the Fed- eration hegan to form public opinion in be- half of Juvenile Courts in Alabama and in 1907 a bill was passed by the legislature establishing such courts, was appealed at the extra session of the same year, and re-enacted in 1909, carrying the amendments suggested by the Federation. In 1915 the organization supported an improved bill which is now written into the laws of the state.
Civics: The conservation of forestry, fish,
game and other natural resources of Alabama, and the need of laws governing their control, attracted the interest of the Club women early in the history of the movement. Among the subjects eliciting their support was the Na- tional Forest Reserves, the National Rivers and Harhors Congress, the organization of Junior Civic Leagues in schools, Clean-up Days, the beautification of streets, homes, school grounds, parks and playgrounds, pub- lic bath houses, swimming pools, planting trees on highways, and good roads legisla- tion.
Health: In 1906 the Federation raised a committee to report upon health conditions in Alabama, and to recommend measures and methods for community effort towards hring- ing about the best possible health conditions, with especial reference to preventahle dis- eases. Recommendations were made by the Committee that malarial surveys be made, and that counties employ whole time health of- ficers and county nurses.
Music, Art, Home Economics: The purpose of these committees is to raise the standard of music, the fine and domestic arts in the studios, homes and public schools of Alabama, as well as to introduce these arts into schools, where they have not yet gained a foothold. Scholarships have been raised through these committees, reproductions of masterpieces presented to schools and prizes awarded for competitive efforts in these arts.
Committees: The following are the stand- ing committees of the A. F. W. C .: Art, Civics, Child Welfare, Cluh Extension, Edu- cation, Health, Legislation, Home Economics, Literature, Music, Scholarships.
Officers: The officers for 1916-17 were: President, Mrs. J. F. Hooper, Selma; Vice- President, at-large, Mrs. J. Alex Moore, Jas- per; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lee Moody, Bessemer; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Ar- thur Loeb, Selma; Gen. Fed. Sec., Mrs. L. J. Haley, Birmingham; Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Calvin, Decatur; Auditor, Mrs. H. P. Cole, Mobile; Editor, Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Birming- ham; District vice-presidents: 1st, Mrs. J. D. Wyker, Decatur; 2nd, Mrs. W. L. Beasley, Bir- mingham; 3rd, Mrs. Eugene Smith, Sylacauga; 4th, Mrs. B. H. Craig, Selma; 5th, Mrs. John Tilley, Montgomery; 6th, Mrs. C. E. Harmon, Dothan; 7th, Mrs. J. R. Hagan, Mobile; His- torian and Parliamentarian, Mrs. Erwin Craighead, Mobile.
Annual Meetings, 1895-1916. - The list which follows shows the annual meetings in chronological order, with places of meeting and inclusive dates:
First Annual Meeting, Birmingham, April 17-18, 1895.
Second-Montgomery, May 6-7, 1896.
Third-Anniston, May 4-6, 1897.
Fourth-Selma, May 3-5, 1898.
Fifth-Mobile, April 4-6, 1899.
Sixth-Birmingham, May 2-4, 1900. Seventh-Montevallo, May 7-9, 1901.
Eighth-The Decaturs, May 20-23, 1902.
Special Session, Montgomery, February 12, 1903.
BIRD YOUNG Original of Hooper's "Simon Suggs"
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Ninth-Tuscaloosa, November 3-5, 1903.
Tenth-Mobile, November 29-December 1, 1904.
Eleventh-Birmingham, November 21-23, 1905.
Twelfth-Selma, November 13-16, 1906. Thirtenth-Troy, October 8-10, 1907.
Fourteenth-Montgomery, November 16-19, 1908.
Fifteenth-Greenville, November 16-19,
1909.
Sixteenth-Birmingham, November 15-18, 1910. Seventeenth - Mobile, November 14-17, 1911.
Eighteenth-The Decaturs, November 12- 15, 1912.
Nineteenth-Dothan, November 4-7, 1913. Twentieth-Montgomery, November 17-20, 1914.
Twenty-first - Selma, November 16-19, 1915.
Twenty-second - Birmingham, November 15-18, 1916.
Presidents. - Miss Mary La F. Robbins, 1895-1896; Mrs. James A. Going, 1896-1897; Mrs. George B. Eager, 1897-1898; Mrs. Er- win Craighead, 1898-1900; Mrs. B. B. Ross, elected President, resigned, succeeded by Mrs. John D. Wyker, 1900-1902; Mrs. C. P. Orr, 1902-1903, resigned before end of second term, succeeded by Mrs. W. G. Cochrane; Mrs. Rhett Goode, 1904-1906; Mrs. Joseph McLester, 1906-1907; Mrs. Wm. A. Gayle, 1907-1908; Mrs. Phares Coleman, 1908-1910; Mrs. J. H. Phillips, 1910-1911; Mrs. Charles Henderson, 1911-1913; Mrs. L. J. Haley, 1913-1915; Mrs. J. F. Hooper, 1915-1917; Mrs. J. R. Hagan, 1917-1919; Mrs. Jos. Brevard Jones, 1919-1921.
Roster State Officers, 1920-1921 .- Presi- dent, Mrs. Joseph Brevard Jones, Montgom- ery; Vice-President-at-large, Mrs. M. O. Car- roll, Ozark; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Louis A. Neill, Albany; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Bibb Graves, Montgomery; Treasurer, Mrs. Clifford Adams, Birmingham; Editor, Mrs. Walter Black, Montgomery; Auditor, Mrs. G. E. Crowell, Sylacauga; District Chair- men (Vice-presidents of the Federation.) First District, Mrs. Charles Dillard, Hunts- ville; Second District, Mrs. Eugene Leroy Huey, Bessemer; Third District, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, Birmingham; Fourth District, Mrs. Thomas W. Palmer, Montevallo; Fifth Dis- trict, Mrs. Harvie Chandler, Clanton; Sixth District, Mrs. Oscar Duggar, Andalusia; Sev- enth District, Mrs. James Samuel Davison, Thomasville; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Erwin Craighead, Mobile.
Roster of Clubs, 1921 .- The first name fol- lowing the club name is the club president. If a second name follows it is that of the Fed- eration Secretary.
Abbeville-
Young Matron, Mrs. D. W. Stewart.
Mothers Self Culture, Mrs. H. W. Parrish. Alexander City-
Tuesday Study Club, Mrs. R. S. White, Mrs. Margaret N. Dean.
Ashford Study Club, Mrs. G. E. Jackson, Miss Rosamond McArthur.
American Study Circle, Mrs. William Hen- drix, Mrs. John Foreman.
Andalusia-
Civic Improvement, Mrs. T. A. Broughton, Mrs. G. L. Gresham.
Study Club, Mrs. L. E. Brown, Mrs. L. B. Milligan.
Macdowell Music Club, Mrs. T. F. Plummer, Mrs. A. H. Riley.
Anniston --
Book Club, Mrs. J. C. Norton, Mrs. E. L. Field.
Euterpean, Mrs. Wyness Tate, Miss Eliza- beth Meredith.
Wednesday Study, Miss Iva Cook, Miss Al- ica Weatherly.
Ariton-
Mothers Club, Mrs. A. D. Mathews. Civic Club, Mrs. A. D. Mathews.
Athens-
Study Club, Mrs. Morgan Frierson, Mrs. Luke Prior.
Atmore-
Twentieth Century, Mrs. G. W. Powe, Miss Elise Shott.
School Improvement, Mrs. C. A. Peavy.
Attalla-
Study Club, Mrs. Othe McLane, Mrs. Joe Rhea.
Auburn-
Woman's Club, Mrs. Zebulen Judd, Mrs. R. R. Ellison.
Bessemer --
Culture, Mrs. H. L. Baines, Mrs. B. P. Har- ris.
Civic Improvement League, Mrs. W. W. Hollingsworth, Miss Annie Glenn Crowe. Wednesday Music Club, Mrs. E. L. Huey, Mrs. Hugh McEniry.
Billingsley-
Civic Club, Mrs. J. N. Carter, Mrs. H. A. Askin.
Birmingham-
Amaranth, Mrs. W. L. Murdock, 1500 S. 20th St., Mrs. Clarence Bonham, 1008 S. 32nd St.
Alabama State Nurses Association, Miss Mary Denman, 925 S. 19th St., Mrs. W. W. Foster, 2314 Highland Ave.
Southern Association of College Women, Birmingham Branch, Mrs. Chalmers Moore, 1432 Milner Crescent, Mrs. H. M. Gassman, Summitt Ave., Graymont.
Cadmean Circle, Mrs. Paul E. Chalifeux, 3838 Crescent Road, Mrs. E. H. Cabaniss, 2251 Highland Ave.
Castleberry-
School Improvement.
Caxton, Mrs. Edgar Collins, 3115 Norwood Building, Mrs. Clarence Going, 1117 Montgomery.
Clionian, Mrs. Frank Willis Barnett, 3900 Summitt, Mrs. R. L. McColley, 1136 N. 13th St.
Big Sisters' Club, Mrs. H. H. Snell, 1316 St. Charles Ave., Mrs. E. E. Smith, 1412 N. 30th Street.
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Crescende Literary, Mrs. James Wilson, 4922 5th Ave., South, Mrs. Elma Thurston, 3089 5th Ave.
Council of Jewish Women, Mrs. M. Lenk, 2310 Orange Ave., Mrs. Benjamin Lead- er, 1495 Milner Crescent.
Culture Club, Mrs. James Hood, 1210 30th St., Mrs. Charles A. Williams, Rldgley Apartments.
Current Topics, Mrs. R. T. Anderson, 2109 14th Ave., Mrs. C. B. Ratcliffe, 1823 11th Ave.
Edgewood Club. Mrs. J. M. Webb, Mrs. Kate Blacklock.
Edgewood Study Circle, Mrs. M. W. Fer- guson, Route 8, Mrs. W. J. Broughton, Route 8.
Eleanor Herde Club, Mrs. Roscoe McCon- nell, 3930 Clermont Ave., Mrs. John R. Carns, 5900 3rd Ave., North.
Fenelen, Mrs. John Broderick, 1305 Ina Street, North, Mrs. E. L. Martin, 3714 10th Ave., South.
Fortnightly Shakespeare, Mrs. Ernest La- Pointe, 118 S. 71st St., Mrs. J. M. Han- kins, 6609 First Ave.
Highland Book, Mrs. F. M. Jackson, 831 N. 24th St., Mrs. Frank Lathrop, 1923 14th Ave., South.
Impromptu Club of Inglenook, Mrs. C. L. Mills, 343 4th Ave., Inglenook, Mrs. Clarence Harvey, 1123 N. 26th Street, Inglenook.
Jefferson Study Club, Boyles, Mrs. John Cosby, 515 Euclid Ave., Boyles, Mrs. H. E. Pearce, 808 Huntsville Ave., Boyles. Joy Crofters, Mrs. R. D. Burger, Delmar Apartments, Mrs. J. J. Shannon, 3300 Cliff Road.
Kenilworth, Mrs. James W. Wood, 706 1st Ave., Mrs. Charles W. Burney, 5218 Aus- tin Ave.
L'Etude d'Art, Mrs. T. L. Hobart, 1301 16th Ave., South, Miss Ella Lee Smith, Ridgely Apartments.
Modern Study, Mrs. Max Wood, Sayreton, Mrs. L. O. Weir, 1516 N. 26th St.
Nineteenth Century, Mrs. John London, 1301 S. 21st St., Mrs. Brenton K. Fiske, 2109 Sixteenth Ave., S.
Pierian, Mrs. T. E. Huey, Underwood Ave., Mrs. J. T. McPherson, 200 N. 74th St. Present Day, Mrs. Thad B. McCarty, 1921 S. 13th Ave., Mrs. T. J. Bissett, Fair- mont Apartments.
Psychology Study Club, Mrs. Sumpter Be- thea, 2811 Highland Ave., Mrs. Frank G. Grace, 4300 10th Ave.
Quest Club, Mrs. Haskin Williams, 1312 S. 20th St., Mrs. R. Y. Jones, 2231 Ar- lington Ave.
Qui Vive, Mrs. Eugene Henry, 2127 12th Ave., N., Mrs. Oscar Reinhart, 2127 Ave. N.
Sahala, Mrs. William Peebles, 4212 Poplar St., Mrs. R. W. Powell.
Shakespeare, Mrs. Flanders Johnson, Ridge- ly Apts., Mrs. Clem Gazzam, 1314 Iro- quois St.
Studiosis, Mrs. Jas. C. Trout, 1326 Ave. I., Mrs. I. Gayle Horton, 907 S. 14th St.
Study Circle, Mrs. Kenneth C. Charlton, Edgewood, Mrs. C. Mitchell Williamson, 1424 Parkway, Ensley.
Twentieth Century, Mrs. J. B. Smiley, 22nd Ave., North, Mrs. D. G. Chase, 2205 5th Ave., N.
Twentieth Century Housekeepers, Mrs. T.
R. Eagles, 8016 Underwood Ave., Mrs. W. E. Bohannon, Underwood Ave.
Woman's Club, Mrs. W. G. Lewis, 6128 S. Second Ave., Mrs. Jas. R. King, 330 S. 60th St.
Woman's Culture, Boyles, Mrs. R. C. Bar- ton, Boyles, Miss Lila Russell, 800 Fourth Ave., Woodlawn.
Progress Study, Mrs. Cecil D. Gaston, 3801 Crescent Circle, Miss Josephine Cosby, Hanover Circle.
Writer's Club, Mrs. J. O. N. Cullens, 140 N. 24th St., Mrs. M. F. Leak, 1205 N. 15th St.
Brewton-
Dickens Club, Mrs. G. W. L. Smith, Mrs. Oscar M. Gordon.
Civic League, Mrs. F. H. Mason, Mrs. C. R. Rankin.
Bridgeport-
Book Club, Mrs. J. C. Gunter, Mrs. M. B. Rankin.
Burnesville-
Inter County Club, Mrs. G. A. Underwood, Mrs. L. P. McCurdy.
Catoma-
Community Club, Mrs. Miriam Brewer Richardson, R. F. D. 2, Montgomery, Mrs. V. C. Elgin, R. F. D. 2, Montgomery. Camp Hill-
Study Club, Mrs. Lyman Ward, Mrs. T. C. Garlington.
Camden-
Friday Afternoon Club, Mrs. J. M. Bon- ner.
Centerville-
Civic Improvement League, Mrs. N. C. Fuller, Mrs. W. W. Lavender.
Childersburg-
Ladies' Book Club, Mrs. Forrest Chancel- lor, Mrs. D. C. Bryant.
Clanton-
Civic Improvement Club, Mrs. Hugh Jones, Mrs. J. P. Hays, Clara Schumann, Miss Daisy Gillis.
Study Club, Mrs. John F. Van Deveer, Mrs. Victor J. Heard.
Clayton-
Sesame, Mrs. S. W. Peach, Mrs. R. L. Petty.
Musical Coterie, Mrs. J. D. Sammons, Mrs. R. B. Teal.
Citronelle-
Cecilian, Mrs. E. G. Bradley, Miss Margaret Case.
Clio-
Study Club, Mrs. J. S. Tillman, Mrs. W. M. Shaw.
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Columbia-
Mother's Self Culture, Mrs. C. W. John- son, Mrs. J. M. Koonce.
Salmagundi, Mrs. C. A. McGriff.
Columbiana-
Culture Club, Mrs. Fred J. Koenig, Mrs. J. L. Bryan.
Cordova-
Current Events, Mrs. Chas. Nichols, Mrs. W. B. Pickard.
Dawes ---
Woman's Pioneer, Mrs. E. M. Downer, Mrs. J. R. Burns.
Albany-Decatur-
Berean, Mrs. D. D. McGehee, Mrs. W. A. Brown.
Cotaco, Mrs. O. B. Moebes, Mrs. E. R. Wolfe.
Progressive Culture, Mrs. B. Crawford. Woman's Literary, Mrs. E. Bailey.
Saturday, Mrs. Lamar Penny, 906 8th Ave., Albany, Mrs. S. Z. Irwin, 601 Canal St., Decatur.
Music Study, Mrs. L. A. Neill, 440 S. Jack- son St., Mrs. J. D. Jeffreys.
Demopolis-
Chautauqua Literary, Mrs. E. R. Berry, Mrs. N. C. Floyd.
Colonial Book Club, Mrs. A. Reid Smith, Mrs. A. A. Tibbs.
Music Study, Mrs. W. S. Prout, % Rob- ertson Banking Co., Mrs. Jennie Ely.
The Reading Club, Mrs. N. L. Lee, Mrs. M. E. Lipscomb.
Study Club, Mrs. T. C. Reid, Mrs. H. T. Hopkins.
Dothan-
Mothers, Mrs. J. A. Wilson, Mrs. G. M. Lewis.
New Century, Mrs. W. S. Zilson, Mrs. Ed- ward N. Passmore.
Study Club, Mrs. C. L. Collins, Mrs. T. R. Forrester.
Writer's Club, Mrs. Scottie Mckenzie Fra- zier, Miss Annie H. Jordan.
Ensley-
American Study, Mrs. Stephen Hoage, Mrs. Claud Eubank.
Cosmos, Mrs. Louis Mckenzie, 2430 Ensley Ave.
Progressive Study, Mrs. Robert T. Moseley, Mrs. J. B. Goodman.
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