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moting better morals and a higher appreciation of
womanhood.
D. CIVIC AND SOCIAL:
1. A trained, salaried, full-time Negro Welfare Worker,
to look after the interests of Negro Employees, to pro
mote a better and more wholesome community life,
and to direct the energies of the workers along help
ful lines when their work is over.
2. A wiard system, consisting of four Ward Committees,
with a Chairman and six Street Captains in each
Committee, popularly elected. This form of organi
zation leaves practically all the civic and social life
of the community under the control of the workers
themselves, and emphasizes the responsibilities and
duties, as well as the privileges, of citizenship.
3. The Committee on Public Welfare. This is the high
est body under the Ward System, and is composed of
the Ward Chairman and the heads of all general or
ganizations. The Director of Welfare Work is the
president.
4 Social welfare organizations (not previously men
tioned) :
a. Business League (Branch of National Negro Busi
ness League.)
b. Fire Department (Six companies).
c. Athletic Association (Including all sports).
d. Gladiators’ Athletic Club and Dancing Class.
e. Badin Buffaloes (Returned Soldiers.)
f. The Harmony Club (Includes band, orchestra,
glee club, quartet, and other musical groups).
g. Badin Stock Company (Commercial).
5. Amusements and recreation:
a. Pool room.
b. Athletic sports.
c. Dance hall.
d. Fishing.
e. Children’s Playground.
f. Moving pictures.
g. Church entertainments.
h. Private parties, banquets, etc.
6. Lodges and secret orders. The Masons, Elks, Odd-
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Supreme Circle, and the
Court of Calanthe have lodges and lodge-halls in
Badin.
7. Reading-room and news stand. Biddle House is a sort
of community center, with private dining room, read
ing-room, and news stand, where the leading white
and colored papers and magazines are sold and book'-!
may be read. Special recitals, entertainments, aiul
meetings are held in the reading-room.
READING-ROOM IN A COLORED BOARDING-HOUSE