The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-10-10
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s.prgi;. To Establish Il sclnol for the
Girls.
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( 'sOIllCii-l'' S'S''i siiC Fhl'S lli.iS
That is about al they can do when $.
great moral measure is triumphant.
They can just be giad-ihal's all. Tncy
cannot take any part il great reforms,
can make laws nor vote for item cant!
even cast vote in prohibition election.
Thirteen huadred negroes can go to the
polls in one town and vote Tor orwhi.ky and
ali that the wives and mothers and sisters
ca,I To is to plead and weep aud listen tc
the beating CT their hearts that are lhrob.
birg with hope and fear. Il I was a
law maker / would vote for bill that
would lie, women yo:e OH that question if
no other. les, vote vote at separate
| place for woncn only. Iii fact, they
ought to have two votes, for they have 9!
double interest at atakc-one vote for
themselves and one for their little cliil
ren. Ii all moral questions that effect
Tic home and tie fre.ide ard wDmaas
happiness, the vie and mr!hcr should I
least have an equa! voice. She is the
queen ofthe home ard ought to be. |:
she is not ,fcn i, is not hone, but is
simply house anl sone;inps prison.
JtiI the place where .lis. stays aud bears
the children and nurses them, and where
she loses her beauty and grows old and
dies. She !i.as msirly for thcse chill
| dren, and sh.n temptation and vice rebs
her of their love she is robbed indeed.
With scme mothers it is a helpless, hope
less, pilful grief. With others it is Ikea
linness robbed Of her whclps. ] know an
aged mother in my own town whnsa san
and grandson Here enticed away, and, in
her desperation, she seized the sword cahe
of her dead husband and sent to tie
bs!rooul Of the town and staggered behind
The counter and broke up every g lass and
bottle and mirror, and when the owner
tried to stop her she drew the sharp dirk
from The cane and ran him from the
house and then com:;ie;ed her ~Crs.
The love for Eer offspring had aTI!'e'i hel
with wild tren2Y and II sarpeF rau!ai
strength, and lilai Is The same feei;og
that every mother iiss, though they 10 rot
show ii that way. All. the good mothers
Of this land What blessed world We
would have if they could have their way
shout these things. Bat the world is
making progress in The right direction.
The time was when ms'ritd woman
could uwll nothing--not even her watch
or her clothing everything was her
lords. Bat now she can have her own
property without trustee, aud can make
her own will. But that is not enough.
She should have . voice and q vote 10 the
protection IF her children.
New, here arc hundreds, yes: thousands
OF our girls, who wish to cara their own
living, ai:,l Tie door is shut. For q cen
tnry they could 10 nothing but sew. II
has been ie.p ,hsn alf u century since
Ton Hood wrote:
oh. men with sisters dear,
Oh men with mothers AMI wives,
ii Is no: linen you're wearing ou,:
Bat human creatures lives.
Stitch, stitch, s!i!rh-ir poverty, hunger and
Sewing Al once with double thread,
A shrvu,! Rs we'll is :: shirt.
I!dt nov cur girls are waking up to
consciousness oi their lilue;s for other
things, anu all they ask i. an equal
chance with the boys an more con.
cerned FIR my girls than far niy bays
SO i4e7ery fa;l!cr-and hsyea suspicion
that those who voted against'!!e bill were
no! fathers; or. if fathers, they have 70
girls who are !ikc!-- 70 become dependent
on their own labor for 4 support. lknow
of some women and some girls who are
doirg mems wori; in the stores and
counting room.:, and they are doing i
we'll smd GET only half pay because they
are not r,en. l. there no remedy for tie
oppression What cur girls want is q
wider fed, more occupations and more
Independence When girl goes TO All
Industrial school she meaus business, and
tile States money will not be wasted on
her. When q boy /. sen; to college he
does no. always mean business. Most
generally he meaus to have Il good time,
AMI lie las it. The money spent on onr
girls sintrailiing them to rrac'jca! pursuits
i, well spent. 1t has proven soin M:ssis-
sippi. 1t viii he ro experiment herc,
and Georgia ca:l, wilh safety, follow the
LEAD Of State that has always honcre'l
women with . peculiar chivalry Georgia
i, three times Is rich as Mississippi in
taxable property and certainly ought to
-rcnt' rs much for her girls. Ii the wo'
men had vote in clec!ing the members
Of The legislature tie bill would have
passed unanimously.
wor,lcr what is the matter with our
people any';pw. I'm afraid they are los.
ins their sentiment. Not long ago tie
gosl la,Iie. Of Fredericksburg asked us
for l;:c money wiih which to fix up
the grave. of (icorsians. Only thirty
four have responded to that appeal.
Only thirty four, and twenty ofilan are
non resiie.i:S Just think ri il. Oa'y
fourteen Georgians have a!"wn croagii
regar, Ter orr dead to give q dollar tc
put hea,!,,ard tna ..r.;ve. Wha: shall
[ say 10 those Ia'iics, wlic f1r five
years, ;rayc cared iaf ;'iose graves: Oh,
tic sham" .. il. Here have 4 letter
l,nm .'c;l tl.a'ii:il'g ne ior what wrote
and tsiiing me bow many Virginia
pape.s copied il, and hew CAD they "'rc
at The hris'i, rrn.pac, O; getting tic
noney, and how these ladies "cso getting
up ~ cencer 10 he 7, and l,nw tie recent
: lload. waSlr! away der bridges and d.
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