The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-11

u HGGLl1K OIL the AidDdI1d ltQSidAiob
in Montgomery, the convention as
| sembling so many of the states most
prominent women, and Birmingham send-
ing a delegation of leading club womsn.
Mrs. C. P. Orr. the brilliant president
of the federation. is the guest of Mrs. Lila
Little. who is also entertaining Mrs. Her
bert Ellerbe of Birmingham.
Mrs. J. D. Dabney is the guest of Miss
Lucy Cobb.
Mrs. Charles G. Brown and Mrs. Stone
wall jackson Cole are the guests of Mrs.
John A. kirkpatrick.
Mrs. R. D. Johnston and Mrs. R. C.
Hemphill are the guests of Mrs. A. G.
Forbes.
Mrs J. r. Wheeler is the guest of Mrs.
Louis Farley.
Mrs. A. j. Dickerson is the guest of the
Misses HARRISON.
Mrs. Edward H Cabaniss and Miss
Wilcox are guests of Mrs. Henry Habbie.
c. Coleman
Mrs. ]. e. Forney and Mrs. Charles
Read are at the Glenmore.
Mrs. J. c, Henley and Mrs. 7. H.
Motion are attending the federation.
Among other prominent visiting women
are Mrs. James L. McConaughy of Monte
vallo and Mrs. Erwin Craighead of Mo-
bile, who are the guests of Mrs T. Gard
ner Foster
Mrs. Rhett Goode of Mobile is among
the charming women at the federation
and Mrs. Richard Clark both of whom
are so we'll known in Birmingham.
Mrs. A. T. Goodwin, who made the ad-
dress of welcome at the opening session
last evening is one of the most widely
known of Alabama club women the
response was made by Mrs McConaughy.
Mrs Orr made her annual address last
evening, an account of the opening ses-
sion being printed elsewhere In The Age
Herald
After the meeting this morning of the
credential committee, the club women Will
adjourn to the capitol to hear the discus
sion on the bill asking for an appropria-
ton for the Boys Industrial school.
The first business session of the conven
ton will be held this afternoon when the
various committees will make their re-
ports.
The most important report will be made
by the legislative committee which IN
cludes Mrs. James Hardaway, Mrs. s. b.
Sterne, Mrs Richard Browder, Mrs
Halls Janney, Miss olivia Arlington
Miss Carolyn HARRISON, Mrs. j. l.. Nc
conaughy, Mrs. A. T. GOODWIN, Mrs. Jo-
seph McLester, Mrs. B. b. Ross, Mrs Err
win craighead, Mrs. E.. p Morrssette ana
Mrs. Rhett Goode. io5
In connection with their report the COM
mittee will present a pamphlet which
contains all the pros and cons concern
ing the child labor law, these facts haV-
ing been collected, condensed and ar
ranged by Mrs. Erwin Craighead.
They comprise excerpts from the
pamphlets of the Alabama central COM
mittee on child labor, Manufacturers and
Trades journals and the leading news
papers of the south.
It is shown that:
The Alabama Federation of Women
clubs is pledged to the support of the
child labor legislation offered by the
Alabama Central committee on child la
Dor, of which the Rev. e. G. Murphy Is
chairman and S. b. Marks, Jr,, is treas
urer.
At the May convention, 1901, at Monte
vallo, Mrs. FAC Smith of Birmingham
moved 'That the federation endorse the
action of the central committee on child
labor in behalf of child labor bill" and
1t was unanimously carried Miss Frances
Clark of Selma moved THAT we enlist the
efforts of our various clubs In the in
terest of the child labor movement" Car
ried.
At the May convention. 1902, at De-
catur, the report of the legislative COM
mittee endorsing the central committee
on child labor was adopted special
meeting of the federation was called for
the second week in February, 1903 for
the purpose "of securing a liberal APP
preparation for the boys reformatory
and the passage of the child labor bill"
Continuing, Mrs. Craighead says;
The names of the members of the CEN
trail committee on child labor legislation,
of the associations and newspapers and
of some of the well known people who
have endorsed the proposed law are suf-
f.cient RECITATION of the charge that its
advocates are not representative southern
people.
Central committee: Judge ]. b. Gas
ton. DIR. b. j. Baldwin, Rev. Neal l..
Anderson Judge Thomas G. Jones, s. B.
Marks, Jr., Judge w. II. Thomas. Father
O'Brien and Edgar Gardner Murphy of
Montgomer; John Craft, Joseph C. Rich,
Erwin Craighead, Mobile; A. j. Kelley.
Rev. John G. Murray, Hon. A. T. Lon
don and DIR. J. II. Phillips, Birmingham
TIE LUNCH QUESTION.