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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-21

TALES OF THE Town
TOLD IN FEW LINES
PeaCn Stubs Picked Up AT
Random.
An advance shipment of the famous
Alabama indestructible rag dolls Just
received, Make your selections early.
HOLIDAYS BOOK STORE.
Evidently the wires are down be-
tween the voters and that executive
committee, and repairs may not be ef-
fected until too late for the primary.
Not few Americas cotton plungers
Struck 1t right" the past week and
are several hundred dollars to the
good in this game OF chance.
OF course the public schools get a
holiday next Thursday, probably four
In bunch, for which pupils and peds
are alike thankful
An Americas married man, who
knows, says that after woman once
makes up her mind is doesn't take
her long to make up her face.
Gorgeous fall roses make beautiful
the gardens of Americus, and these
royal flowers, at this season, are the
finest ones of the year.
Just before man succeeds in get
ting ali he wants in this world, he gets
pellagra or the hookworm with 1t, and
then the undertaken gets him.
Americas gunners are preparing for
wholesale slaughter next Thursday,
and every available gun in town will
Will some citizen please attach an
alarm clock to that sleeping executive
committee and let them know that 1t Is
time to wake up
Think of tourists in Americas, strugs
Cling through muddy and unpaved
streets, to reach that hotel which will
soon be a credit to the city.
The absence of a few cts this week
may be accounted for in the presence
of the grand jury, which will camp up-
on the trail of evil doors.
Two white men occupy cells in the
county Jail and will be tried this
week, one for stealing looking glass
and the other for lifting a watch.
Americas cotton receipts-wagon
bales-are nearing the 10000 bale
notch. The crop here was not az
short as calamity howlers predicted.
History's most lenient mother-in-
law is she of Columbus who took her
daughter away from the bridegroom
an hour after the wedding.
The only drawback about buying an
automobile for your wife's Christmas
present is the size of stocking she
don't wear
What, after all, will it profit us TO
eexterminate the hookworm and pella-
Agra Some other disease. with
name as bad, would be discovered
When cold becomes settled in the
! system, it will take several days treat
mant tO cure IL and the hest remedy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04

the ''woman's flag" Meanwhile, fully
half the states in the union have
granted full suffrage to women, and
one state, Kansas, has given them mu-
nicipal suffrage.
In summing up the present situa-
ton, glancing backward so years, the
American women who called to order
the famous convention of 1S4S may
take proud place as the pioneer
founders" of all the various women's
clubs, organizations and societies that
have since sprung into existence all
over the world
In 1888 Susan B. Anthony and Eliza
beth Cady Stanton founded in Wash
ington, d. c., the International Coun-
Gil of Women, in order to provide a
means of communication between the
various women's organizations that
were being formed in other countries.
Mrs Fawcett of England was its first
president, and Miss Clara Barton vice
president. Ten new countries have
already been added to the 13 first rem
resented, and the council has for it's
president today her excellency the
countess of Aberdeen wife of tbo
viceroy of ireland.
The international Woman's Suffra %
alliance was formed in Berlin In 1eo4
with Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait as
president. This alliance held its first
convention in 1906 at Copenhagen and
its second at Amsterdam in 1908.
"Votes for Women" in England
Although the American suffrage
movement has been notably conserva-
tive with few striking exceptions)
and this conservatism has generally
been deemed "the better policy" much
controversy concerning more strenuous
methods has arisen in the various coun-
ellis owing to the militant tactics en-
ployed during the past year by the so
called "suffragettes" in Great Britain.
The brilliant women leaders in the
English movement, Mrs. Papkhurst; her
daughter Christabel Pankhurst; Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence. Annie Kenny, Mrs.
Drummond, and others. ably defend
their belligerent stand in their official
organ, Votes for Women, which is
recognized as one of the cleverest po-
litical journals published in Europe.
The women Justify themselves on the
plea that they have been using conser-
vative methods for 40 years without
avail and that within that period hun
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among the gallery gods who listened
TO the debates in the house. Wy
oming, "the first free state for women
was admitted June 81, 1890. by 29
ayes, IS noes, 81 absent. The women's
clubs all over the country celebrated
the admission on July of the same
year. acting on suggestion from
Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stone.
In 1870, the territorial legislature of
Utah, following the example so val
iantly set by wyoming, had dropped
into line by comforting the full fran
chise on women, to the CONSERVATION
of many of the older politicians, who
promptly wanted to move out of the
state. Meanwhile, arguments pro and
con kept the matter continually before
the public though the women man.
aged generally to exercise their privi-
lege until 1897 when congress, by
what is known as the Edmunds-
Tucker act, deprived them of their po-
litical honors and set them back II
years. Thereafter Utah became the
storm center for suffrage campaign
that brought recruits from all parts
of the country, including Susan B. An
thony and her able lieutenants In the
end the women triumphantly regained
their lost ground; for in 1896, when
Utah in her turn entered the union
she did SO with full suffrage for
women as prominent feature of her
constitution.
Women were granted the suffrage in
Washington territory as early as 1888,
but were DISTINGUISHED by a decision
of its supreme court in 1887. Mrs
Harper alludes to this as the one great
backward step in the advance of the
movement. Although the suffragists
have been focusing their energies on
Washington for the last 20 years. they
have not yet regained the ballot. The
Nationel American Woman Suffra ge
association. with Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw as president. is to hold its
annual convention in Seattle, Wash.
(July 2-7). The result of this cam
paign is being watched with eager in
terest by the women concerned
In 1893 Colorado granted full suf-
frage to women by an amendment to
its constitution. adopted by 6.347 ma
jority, and Idaho followed suit three
years later The four states=Wy-
oming. Utah, Colorado and Idaho-are.
represented by four golden stars on
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dreds OF worthless petitions ano argu-
ments have been presented to an indif-
ferent government. They claim that
they are now following the example set
them by the laboring men when they
made their successful fight for the
franchise. T. D. Benson. championing
the women's present attitude in PAM
phlet that is being widely circulated,
says in part:
"Of course, when men wanted the
franchise they did not behave in the
unruly manner of our feminine friends.
They were perfectly constitutional in
their agitation. In Bristol, I find, they
only burnt the mansion house, the Gus
tom house, the bishops palace. the ex-
else office, three prisons. four toll
houses and AZ private dwellings and
warehouses, and all in perfectly con-
stitutional and respectable manner.
The suffra gettes in those days
had constitutional weakness for
bishops and a savage vandalism toward
cathedrals and bishops palaces. =.
In this way the males set splendid
example of constitutional methods in
agitating for the franchise think we
are well qualified to advise the suf-
fragettes to follow our example, to be
respectable and peaceful like we were.
and then they will have our sympathy
and support"
Thus far, however. the suffragettes
have not burned houses nor issued a
call to arms Two women, Mrs. Leigh
and Miss New, did break the window
of the prime minister's official resi-
dence and for this they served terms in
prison along with scores of other re-
spectacle women, who have served
terms of from one to three months for
minor offenses against governmental
discipline. Miss Christabel Pankhurst
herself served 10 days for alleged as
sault on the police. Her mother also
gloried in a prison sentence. for 1t is
with exultation that these women go to
Jail and still more gloriously that they
commit fresh offenses. 1T Is WELL"
said Mrs. Panlxhurst. that in good,
liberal England women may be i'm
prisoned on slight pretext, for 1t would
be difficult to find many women who
would commit real crime. even for the
good of our cause" Moreover, II is
quite true, as Mrs. Pankhurst herself
foresaw that the falling OF the suf-
fragettes has acted like a boomerang
on their tormentors, since It has given
worldwide prominence to movement
that the government was attempting to
quell by stringent measures.
Free advertisement is a great boon in
any reform movement. and the English
women are jubilant over the fact that
they have obtained this boon through
the unwilling assistance of Mr.. Asuuith
himself. Recruits have fioeked TO Eng
land from all parts of the globe. prov
ing the axiom that "all the world loves
a row."
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Two Organizations Merge

In 1863 difference of opinion re-
garding the ways and means Of OBJ
tanning the ballot for women resulted
in the forming of two separate organi-
cations. The National Woman Suffrage
association had for its object the secur-
ing of sixteenth amendment to the
national constitution which would en-
franchise women. Mrs. Stanton was
made president and Miss Anthony was
placed on the executive committee. The
American Woman Suffrage association.
formed in Cleveland the same year by
Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone and
others, had for it's object the obtair,ins 9,
of the ballot through amendments to
state constitutions. Henry Ward
Beecher was president of the latter or
ganization. In 1890 the two bodies
merged into one-the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage association, and
both methods of work were followed.
Meanwhile. in 1869, the legislative
council of Wyoming had conferred the
full franchise on women, with "the
right to hold all Offices" In 1871 a
bill to repeal this woman suffrage law
was passed by the legislature, but was
vetoed by Governor Campbell later
attempt to pass the bill over his veto
met with failure. With joyful acclaim
the suffragists published the news
abroad, taking Ii for granted that the
states, or at least the other territories.
would fall into line. When, in 1889.
just 20 years later. Wyoming applied
for admission to the union, her enfran-
chisement of women was pointed out
as a probable stumbling block in her
way. During the hot debate which
took place in congress in $780, Dele
gate Carey tefegraphed to the wyoming
legislature his fear that the suffrage
clause would deprive them of state
hood. with mild suggestion that il
be withdrawn. Back came the famous
answer that evidently carried the day:
I'VE will remain out of the union
hundred years rather than come in
without woman suffrage"
1t was Susan B. Anthony's own par
ticular little triumph, for she was
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a petition in Albany, n. Z. Ter raw
enabling married women to hold real
estate in their own names, but could
secure only five signatures to the paper
In 1s4s, when she had obtained the CO.
operation OF such women as Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Paulina Wright Davis
and Lucretia Mott, she brought the
matter before a favorable legislature
and bill was passed granting property
rights TO women
Meanwhile Sarah and Angelina
Grimke Of South Carolina, who. in 1925,
had freed their slaves and gone north.
were by public speeches enlisting the
sympathies Of other women in the para
mount question of the day. When the
American anti-slavery society was
formed several women demanded a
right to take part in the debates and
a fierce controversy was the result.
Garrison, Pierpont, Phillips. Pillsbury,
Foster, Stanton and Gerrit Smith,
strong abolitionists, then became cham
pions for women's rights. In 1910 the
worlds anti-slavery convention was
held in London and the body as a whole
refused to recognize the women dele
gates from the United States, so strong
was public sentiment against feminine
Intrusion, even in matters of reform.
Lucretia Mott, who was among the
delegates, bitterly exclaimed:
"As individuals we can do nothing
We lack organization; we lack num-
bers-but it will all come in time.
Eight years later Mrs. Mott, ably as
sisted by Mrs. Stanton, was instrument
tai in calling together at Seneca rams,
N Y. the first woman's suffrage con-
vention the world had ever known.
In July. lS4S, these two women, aided
nv Martha c. Wright and Mary Ann
McCIintock, vaIiantly emulating their
revolutionary fathers, drew up Dec
laration of Rights" and issued call
for a two days convention to be helo
at wesleyan chapel This preliminary
meeting met with enthusiastic support
from 1eo men and women Ca goodly
number considering the spirit of the
time) and was adjourned to meet IN
Rochester, August ?.
Mrs. Harper, commenting many years
later on these earlier meetings, said In
part:
IF the first organized demand for
the rights of woman-made at the
memorable convention of Seneca Falls,
N Y. in 1s4s-had omitted the one for
franchise, those who made 1t would
have lived TO see all granted. 1t asked
for woman the right to have personal
freedouo. to acquire an education, to
earn a living, to claim her wages, to
own property, to make contracts, TO
bring suit, to testify in court, to OBJ
tain divorce for just cause, to possess
her children and to claim fair share
Of the accommodations during marriage
Reasonable as the demands seem to-
day. they were all more or less revo-
lutionary measures In 1S4S Susan b
Anthonv,s father. mother and sister
were among the signers of the dec
laration" in Wesleyan chapel; but Miss
Anthony herself, whose name was later
to gain international prominence in the
movement. did not enter the field until
1851
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First Convention in 1850

Meanwhile. in October, 1850, the first
national convention of women was held
in worcester, Mass. following a reso-
luton drawn up at an anti-slavery con-
vention in Boston. Lucy Stone, who
had graduated from Oberlin in 1847,
and Paulina Wright Davis were the or
ganizers and presiding spirits Of this
convention. Nine states were repre-
scented by as many speakers and a ma
tional committee was appointed to di-
rect annual meetings in various cities.
A brief report of this first national
convention appeared in the Westmin-
ster Review over the signature of Mrs.
John Stuart Miil-and this marks the
beginning of the woman suffrage
movement in Great Britain and in other
parts OF Europe
During the next few years enthusi-
astic campaigns were held in different
cities. Lucy Stone. whom Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe describes as sweet faced
and silvery voiced-the very embodi-
nenr or Goethes eternal feminine"
gave q series Of independent speeches,
preaching the doctrine OF human free
dom. She was revelation to the would
be scoffers. who had derived their ideas
OF the suffragist" from the sorry car
toons that had already made their ap-
pearance. That dainty feminine crea-
ture could deliberately choose the pub
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lie platform rather than the cloister
Of a home was beyond the comprehen-
sion of her average critics. Though
they found her eloquence charming, her
repartee delightful and her sincerity
convincing, her theme was so unpopu.
lar that she frequently had difficulty in
gathering together an audience large
enough to fill single row of six
chairs
At both early conventions the woman
suffrage theme had been sandwiched in
between temperance and anti-slavery.
The women, half fearful of the ridfcule
heaped upon them by the press, were
10Th TO drag their cause" into the
arena without the other props. In the
great gathering of 1852 these props
were unanimously cast aside, and this
the Syracuse convention, may be termed
the first genuine womans rights con-
vention, since 1t made no other excuse
for being. Eight states were repre-
sented, and Canada. The same year a
meeting was held in Westchester. Pa.
under the auspices of the Quakers, and
the nrst state suffrage association was
formed in Ohio. Thenceforward the
movement launched out in various
directions, and steadily gained ground
until the bursting of the war cloud
In 1851 seemingly scattered it to the
four winds
But neither war, pestilence nor famine
could permanently swerve the de-
termined little body of women from its
set purpose. Scarcely had Lee sur
rendered at Appomattox when they
were back in the field gathering to-
gether their spent forces. The eman-
cipation of the slaves and the enfran-
chisement of women had been argued
side by side for years. but the former
had already been accomplished through
a war measure while the latter re-
mained--just where the women had
left IL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Joe Henderson, one Of the cd
time settlers of Pawnee county,
was IN the city on business Sat.
urday, and made a pleasant call
at this office. Mr.. Henderson
has been a resident of Pawnee
county just thiriy-five yers
this month. He has seen all Of
the ups and the downs f the early
day settlers. He says there care
but very few of the people living
that settled in the country when
he did; some of them have died,
but the greater part of them
moved back east when the hard
times came on, and he says that
the only thing that prevented
more of them from going was
the fact that they were too
poor to do anything else but stay.
However, those who did stay, by
the country are now all well fix
ed and are able to travel when
they want to, but have no de-
sire to move away as they did
in the late seventies and the
early eighties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

The boys at the court house
are accusing Epperson of being a
''get-rich-quick" promoter late
ly. Elmer received a lie ter from
an eastern party a few days ago,
In which the writer said he had
received some samples of water
from a farm south of town, ard
that upon examination they
showed a large per cent of petro
lium, and that he wished to in
terest few good business m n
IN the enterprise, and would
lease about fifty tho sand
acres of land in this locality,
and that he had an unlimited
amount of capital with which he
back the enterprise. The last
part of the letter is the one
which interests the printer mau.
Sort of interests us you know to
hear a man talk of money like
that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

which human flesh was served,
show us the long wooden bowls
in which human flesh was served
IN which human flesh was served
and the utensils with which they
prepared it for the feasts. In
1.-THE houses in which we sleep for
the night, feasts of human flesh
have been served, and had we
been here fifty years ago, would
have been eaten instead of eat
ing the chicken which was serv-
ed to us.
The most interesting part of
the trip through the interior is
1.-THE extreme hospitality of the
natives. They prepare feasts
for us, organize dances for us,
dnu ask us 10 spend a day or a
week with them. 1t is all spon-
taneous and has nothing of a de-
sire to make money out of us. 1t
is very refreshing to one who hal
always felt that every atten-
ton shown him in strange lands
"ns for the purpose of extra III,
coin. But l leave here for a
still stranger country-the Sol
onion Islands where man is still
looked upon as food.
Clarence E. Edwards.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

A mercantile firm in a we'll
known Central Kansas town re-
Gently got out a holiday trade
paper to show the beauties of
trading at home. The town
newspaper, in mentioning the
fact, praised the enterprise of
the merchant and innocently ad.
ded, "The printing was done at
Kalamazoo, Michigan kansas
City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Frank Schneck was down from
Larned for a visit with his pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs Paul Schneck
of northwest of town. Frank is
farming on quite an extensive
scale up there, and is handling a
bunch of cattle on the side.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Isom Wright en-
tertained the young ladies of the
Christian church Sunday by invit
ing them all to a fine dinner.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Miss Della Hammond was home
from her school near Pawnee
Rock for a visit with home folks
over Sunday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Ed Zeigenbusch has returned
from a three weeks visit in Ohio
Indiana and Pennsylvania. Ed
says that times are much better
here than they are in the east
ern states, and that the peo-
pie are even better looking, and
he is satisfied that Kansas is
good enough for him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Will Brandt, of north west of
town, was in town Sunday visit
ing with friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

John Lindas was down from La
ned Sunday for a visit with his
son, DR.. q. E. Lindas and family.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12
Charles A. Heninger. special

4. Charles A. Heninger, special
agent for the National Union
Fire Insurance Co., of Pittsburg,
Pa, was here last Friday set
ting up the insurance carried
by Mr.. Knight, whose restaurant
near the depot was recently de-
stroyed by fire, in this company.
Mr.. Knight is very well pleased
with the promptness and the sat-
isfactory manner in which the
company settled his claim. A
E. Smith is the local agent Of
the company here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12
Mr.. RaW|eigh SWears
THIS
State of Illinois,
Stephenson County,

:. H. w. 1. Rawleish, President Of The W. T. Rawlegh
Medical Company my oath do soemy swear that before the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Frank Ladenberger was over
from Hoisington on business Mon
day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bushnell
have returned from a visit with
relatives at Award, Okla.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

George Everett has returned
from a business trip out near
Spearville, where he has been
looking over the country with a
view of investing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

All Woodmen should make it a
point to attend the meeting on
next Monday night. There will
be, business that should interest
every member of the camp, and
all are expected to turn out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Mrs. j. E. McMullen and
children visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Tindall and family
in Hoisington Saturday and Sun
day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

c. L. Yost was a visitor
from the south side Monday. C.
L. says he doesn't believe in hav'
ing the wheat crop xii ed any
oftener than is necessary, but
that in his opinion it is being
badly hurt right along by the
heavy winds we have been havin
the last week or 50.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Lloyd Denote has been very
sick for the, past week, but is
better now and is able to be at
work again.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. George Winstead
have moved into the Amend prop
erty in the first ward, recent
ly vacated by Frank Ramp.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-12

Charles Lundhlade returned on
Monday from q business Tip east