The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1901-02-01
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BY ANNIE kENDRlck WALKER.

Alabama's capital promises to be storm
ed by fair women lobbyists in the interest
of the bills prohibiting child labor and
urging compulsory education. A joint COM
mittee from the Birmingham Woman's Club
and the Womans Christian Temperance
Union was appointed yesterday and the del
egation will go to Montgomery Tuesday
afternoon to urge upon the committee the
Importance of the bills and to assure Miss
Ashby of their earnest sympathy in her
work II is understood that a slight sent-
ment against Miss Ashby, the Trainer of
these bills, has arisen by reason that she
is an English woman, and while 1t seems
impossible that such a narrow prejudice
should be brought to bear in the fight for
the passage of these humane measures,
still Alabama women will leave nothing
undone to show that they are behind this
movement and are its strongest advocates.
When Miss Ashby was In Birmingham
she met with universal cooperation on the
part of the most prominent clubs and the
citizens generally and no movement ever
received stronger endorsement than that
which she advocated at both club and mass
meetings held in this city.
Mrs. FAC Smith, the president of the Biz
mingham Woman's Club, and Mrs. c. S.
Spencer, State president of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, received let
ters from Miss Ashby yesterday assuring
them a hearing before the General Assem-
bly, of representatives from both of these
organizations, and urging that a strong
delegation of Birmingham women be APP
pointed to visit Montgomery Tuesday when
the House committee is to consider the
bills.
Both. Mrs Spencer and Mrs. Smith were
seen yesterday and they believe that the
committees from the organizations will
have great influence with the Legislature
Mrs Robert Cunningham is chairman Of
the committee from the Womans Club and
when the committee has its hearing before
the Legislature, Mrs. Cunningham will ad
dress that body in the interest of these
bills.
Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs. Smith will
visit the Avondale mills this morning that
they may be more fully prepared to discuss
these measures.
Mrs Smith will accompany the delegation
to Montgomery, and the committees will be
composed of the strongest and most earn
est women in both the Woman's Club and
the W. @. T. U. Mrs. w. H. Jeffries, presi-
dent of the w. C. T. U. in Birmingham,
wall dieO ~ ~ A1OHtSOuloIy On 1ucSudy
and with such an aggregation of Alabama
women to lobby for the bills, the prospects
for their passage may be said to be un-
usually encouraging.
Mrs. Smith, president of the Womans
Club, has appointed the following commit
tee from the club, which has endorsed Miss
Ashby In her work for the two proposed
bills-the child's labor bill and the COM
pulsory education bill.
Mrs. Robert Cunningham, chairman; Mrs.
w. P. McCressin, Mrs. e. t. Taliaferro,
Mrs. ]. Fl. Phillips, Mrs. Ida Adams Mrs.
Ed MoCrossin, Mrs. w. b. Leedy Mrs.
Scion Jacobs, Mrs M ]. Gregg, Mrs. NJ. N.
Due, Mrs. w. ]. Zeigler, Miss Eugenia Self,
Mrs. Barnes Morgan, Mrs. F. A. Ollie, Mrs.
Frank Alexander, Mrs. r. P. Jones, Mrs.
c. 8. Simmons, Mrs. James Hardman, Mrs
James Kirk, Mrs. William Vaughan Mrs
Soper Mrs. David Fox, Miss Belle Dangaix
Mrs. Bruce Harris, Mrs. Sam Blake, Mrs.
Charles Washnurne.
The following women will represent the
w. c. T. u:
Mrs. C. s. Spencer Mrs, w. H. Jeffries,
Mrs. A. N Ballard, Mrs. James Weisell,
Mrs. T. A. Hamilton, Mrs George c. Jep-
son, Mrs. w. L. Murdoch, Mrs. William
Redd, Mrs. l.. F. Stratton, Mrs. G. l..
Thomas, Mrs. William Vaughan, Mrs. John
White and Mrs. w s. Brown.