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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
HSOoAI(eMHIRL
=. Edited by Miss Elizabeth r. Thomas :.

they will visit Mrs. S-mons' mother.
Mrs. Sarah Cadwallader at her home
in South Ninth street.
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WILL HOLD MARKET.
The women OF the Second Presby-
terrain church will hold market at
Mrs. l.. r. Overman, 210 North
Twelfth street.
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RETURNED HOME.
Mrs. 8. w. Shanhan and son Berton
have returned home from a ten days
visit at Niagara Falls.
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GUEST OF MRS. TENNIS.
Miss Josephine Newkirk, who has
been in Bloomington attending the
Kappa. Kappa, Gamma convention. is
the guest of Mrs. Charles Tennis, OF
South Eighth street.
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FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
Miss Pearl Atkinson has returned
home from Indianapolis where she Wis
tied friends and relatives.
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MISS CAROLINE HOLlINGSWORTH
Mr. and Mrs r. A. De Weese Is en-.
PERTAINING Miss Caroline Holdings
worth at their summer home al
Shoup's Millers.-Dayton Herald.
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A BRIDGE PARTY.
At the bridge party given yesterday
at the Country club there were five
tables. Miss Marie Campbell acted as
hostess. Favors were given to Mrs
Ramsey Poundstone and Mrs: Wick
ham Gown.
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MISS Aida SWAIN.
Miss Aida Swain will 60 to Rush
vile, Saturday, to visit friends.
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RETURNED TO NEW YORK.
DR.. Clark Wissler, who has been Wis
iting relatives at Hagerstown ant
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Robert Bretigny was walking quick

Robert Bretigny was walking quick
ly toward the Ibis club. He was. as
usual, in the very best OF humor. He
had Just had lunch with two OF his
very best friends and he knew that in
his pocket he had a letter from the
best and sweetest girl in all the world
II he could get moment to himself
he would read It over again at the
club, though to tell the truth he had
already read 1t five times.
Hello, Robert" cried a gentleman
he met near the club. How is the
girl?"
Fine" replied Robert and blushed
a little.
she is not very popular in the club
! can tell you. though. You were not
there last night. and we feel sore
when you let a girl come between you
and Ibis
1T will be all right. when am mar
ried." Robert answered.
"Will it," Are you quite sure?.
have heard the same thing before, bu
you don't know life. But I must hurry
on. I am not as fortunate as you
who have no business to bother
about"
A group Of men greeted Robert a.
he entered the smoking room at tho
club.
How are you Robert? What viii
you have" somebody cried.
Just wait a moment I have got t
look at the ticker" he replied.
He went into the next room and le
the tape run through his fingers care
lessly. Suddenly he saw figure tina
startled him:
"Amalgamated rubber. 15A."
He stared at the figures for som,
moments before their meaning wa.
quite clear to him. He was ruined
hopelessly ruined. About a week be
fore he had gone to his old school
mates Chartres' office and asked hin
to give him good tip on the Bourse
and he was about to marry and woult
like to add little to the fortune
Put all the cash you can get togethe
In amalgamated rubber. it is quoted a
S5 now. but It is bound to go up t
| TO-
He had taken Chartres' advice ant
bought rubber shares for all tn,
money he had had and even borrowe,
few thousands. And now he wa
entirely cleaned out. even II he nigh
be able to pay back what he had Dor
rowed. But there was Yvonne. H.
couldn't think OF asking her to MARI.
him now. accustomed as she was I,
every luxury. There was nothing I,
Go but release her from her promise.
For moment he felt bitter agains
Charities. but his sense of Justice toll
him he had only himself to blame. HI
squared his shoulders and went bacl
into the smoking room.
We'll Robert, have you made a for
tuner"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
ARE SWAPPING HOKE
(American News Service.)

(American News Service)
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 2.-Scores OF fell
citous messages poured in today upon
Hoke Smith. congratulating him upon
his successful contest for the COVER
norship of Georgia and also reminding
him of the fact that this was his birth
day anniversary. Mr.. Smith, who was
governor OF Georgia two years ago,
and who is also to be the next COVER
nor of the state, was born in North
Carolina, September 2, 1855. Since his
seventeenth year he has been a resi-
dent of Georgia.
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c.
South
which he his wifeshown When
Mr. his daughter arrived
Paris twenty-five pieces of seized duty
republicans
saving he tried duck out of paying Mr. Stuart that the
is
unlikely
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
A MEGA TIVE VIEW

pleasant, even. But there their mower
should and does end. This world is
not yet the Kingdom OF heaven. God
knows, but the altar and the family
can alone help 1t ever to become so.
And the surragcttes are simply turn
ing tfolr backs on gold minc and
their own most sacred duties and high
est happiness to go hunting hornets
nests.
That matrimonial cooiic and slave
(not tyrant). the American husband,
father. son. brother (who ought al
ways to bo painted with a nimbus
around his head since he gives more
and gets and complains loss than any
man on earth), will have for once to
deny lovely woman something-tho
suffrage--just as we keep children ont
OF the Are, for their own good. Tho
Goddess OF Liberty In New York I1ar-
Dor does not mean tho goddess of IL
cense;": only that women in this coun-
try loom largo and have the earth
and the fulness thereof" as long as
to nut the case in common sense terms
they behave Themselves and keep
the place that ell the other women on
earth are cnyying-that God and
good men have given them.
Winchester Va. y
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ny KArE LANGLEY KOSHER.

( a statement in tho city papers
few weeks ago to the effect that there
would shortly be organized in Rich
mond an Equal Suffrage League
caused for the moment something OF
the furry of summer snow storm
and was as promptly over.
To those who for years have watched
the growth OF what has been called
"rhc Woman Movement; have recog-
nized certain resistless social, economic
and educational changes taking place;
have noted the Overwhelming outreach
OF woman's activities, the continual
insistencc with which time and CIR
cumstancc were forcing her from the
shelter of the centuries into the white
light of publicity, the call for organi-
zation came as the call inevitable. But
to those who had been unconscious OF
change. unmindful of certain impulses
and departures. unwilling to listen to
or hear aught concerning them. this
sudden awakening to an existing state
OF affairs found condition OF I'M
preparedness that was unaffected1y
| painful, and objected to all the more
+, vigorously because II was not fully
! understood
! The advance OF human progress. the
| slow processes by which men and
| women reach larger conceptions OF
responsibilities and obligation 10 their
fellow beings. the ever shifting sttua-
tiors In, which they find themselves.
and the relationship of governmental
! problems to social and economic con-
ditions are matters which to many
minds do not apeal Needless OF the
i causes bringing certain results to pass.
Y they fail to realize the forces which
/ have been at work. and not until con-
/ fronted with what seems startling
I innovation and the overthrow OF be-
! loved traditions do they attempt to
4 stem the tide whose banks have been
! undermined while they passed UNI
j seeing by.
One Class Shocked.
| To this class the organization Of
an Equal Suffrage League in Virginia
came as distinct shock. To another
/ 1t was the Same call for loyalty to
! conviction as moved the Yirginian OF
| old when courage was required TO
! take sides with an unpopular issue.
and clear vision to see the Justice
4 and righteousness of a cause which
Z was contrary to precedent. and de-
parture from the prevalent point OF
view.
And yet, not merely from fcnr of
criticism or unklnd comment nre many
! women, and mon also, in this very free
md independent tenth year of the
twentieth century, kept from enrolling
!, the mselycA as members of an Equal
I Suffrage League. They believe in
equal suffrage. They recognize the
incvitnbility of the conditions which
. Will some day bring 1T to pass, hut on
the ono hand, wOmcn-to he frank II
ineleEant-dnrc not como out and de-
clare themselves for fenr of losing
their job. and men for fear of their
constituents. or TINT their male friend.
will gtbc. Fear il indeed phantom
that will not down:
The question so frequently asked
| Why should a woman want TO vote?-
is best replied to perhaps by another
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
.aresidc, but would you call such per-

fircsidc, but would you call such a per-
son a wife. mother, woman? How
lily tho tender. beautiful divine crown
fits such head! AS to politics. what
kind of n figure will sfc cut when men
concedc her equality" and take from
her "superiority" meet blow with
blow. taunt with taunt. rage with fct-
tors. fury with constraint, force with
force? IT is useless In economic qnes-
lions to point out to most women that
business is not matter Of sentiment
except SO far as 1t means good service
and good masters. good work and good
wage. sThis whole country. In every
family and every business. is LAM
gushing for the lack OF skilled and
faithful labor. Trade is a maker OF
supply and demand simply, and the
rawlings OF a million suffragettes cam
no taller the fact. Women can frown
on tho bargain counter; they can buy
their own stufts and have them made
up at living prices" but they cannot
alter tho currents or the rates Of
trade. They can help working girls
by clubs and classics and entertain
mcnts; by personal Justice and put
ting themselves in their places, cour-
tcsy and prompt payments make their
domestic servants lives bearable-
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The Equal Suffrage
League of Virginia
By KATE LANGLEY BOsHER

yyhy should she not? She has been sent
to school and college. She has studied
biology and history, political economy
and ethics. civics and sociology She
has been taught to analyze causes and
account for effects. Made to survey
the range OF human advance. she has
examined the practices of monarchics
and the experiments OF democracies.
She has understood the prices paid Tor
every departure from given position
and noted the struggle OF every step
forward made by man. All this the
student has seen and pondered and in
addition to this group much larger
one has begun to see certain things
also. And vet third has awakened
to certain compelling realizations, and
to-day there Is no stratum of the femi-
nine world which is not asking, Where
is It going to lead. this change in our
condition? What are we going to do
about 1t. this call that has come to us?
Shops and factories and Industrial
plants for generations have absorbed
the obscure poor, who helpless, worked
with little thought Of protest at condi-
TORS not allowed to-day by public
sentiment. but comparatively recent
has been the invasion of women into
different phase of professional and
business life. Thousands. hundreds of
thousands, are to-day familiar with
terms. with methods and management
that only a few years ago were con-
sidercd beyond their understanding;
and this association with men in COM
merce and Industry, in government and
finance. has familiarized them as no
theoretical preparation could have done
with the problems that confront the
nation, the dangers that threaten the
home. and their relationship to BOTH.
Offers Great Hope.
The third group is by value of pow
err and position also 10 be reckened
with That the rich, that women OF
large. social opportunities and great
wealth. of varied experiences and wide
comprehension of the Inequalities and
injustices of life. have been stirred to
a sense of the responsibilities and OBJ
legations which wealth and position
have placed upon them. is not without
significance Perhaps no single factor
offers for the future of mankind a
larger hope than this awakening of
the rich to the understanding that the
bestowal of money.is not enough; that
the community. the State. the nation
Is no stronger than its weakest part.
and to the weak the strong must
reach-help them indeed to help them
selves.
1t is not claimed that all womankind
is included in these three groups, the
women who study and think. the wo-
men who work and think and the wo-
men who play and think Many good
and intelligent women arc still unra-
| sponsive to any appeal that calls for
| a larger outlook on life, deep under
I! standing of its needs and wider cxer-
i else Of their activities than can be
| limited to their families. their per-
! sonal interest or their particular
| charities. All people have not the same
| taste. the same temperament. the same
| capacities. Those who do not wish to
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many at starlight and returned TO
when again the stars are out-but
no man stays awake at night fearing
from this that the home is to be abol-
ished. Let the man who fears for the
safety of the home see to it that wo-
men can remain in its protection and
out of the business and industrial
world. Let him who employs women
see that they are paid sufficiently to
lead an honorable life. Otherwise
neither the one nor the other can
expect them to stand idly by and lift
no hand TO right conditions that are
wrong, utter no protest at evils that
can be remedied, or shut their eyes
to the handwriting on tile wall. If
education and association is to con-
tinuc then must understanding be
awakened, then thought, then action.
and the Spirit of the Age will have
begun its work.
No one admits more quickly than tho
equal suffrasist that tho home is the
basis of all things good. the founda-!
tion of all that is best worth prescrv-
ing; and II is to protect 1t from dis
aster and develop it into ts#highcst
possibilities that it is desired by many
women that they shall be allowed
some voice In those matters which
pertain most closely to It's welfare.
Notwithstanding the prescnt-day liber-
ties of women. they are no longer SO
~, 90 ,Ti,,, - ,,-,,a,
they were producers.
thai, I;s.bt ,..,s 1,aa ~ zoo, t,,cv alone
Z. ~ Ied ,au 1irlt
" .,,rni hpvl1' .ornor,tinn 'nr com
nnnit, 'inen ~ fanlt ap an; Nv t,,en
.'ni, !, 70 ~ 49,. anu os at.si' , p,J
child -, a., sanit,',,nn ,ffccts tho
$fan,ilv ,n,,,, 80 ,il,i nrn,a. disa
ana .,irt, straa,. ~ u 's ,. tbcv
can M IL ian, ~. ut 1,nterrarn
t,hnn.ch Sf,.n,,,.Ion..
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after visit to relatives here is now
I spending few days in Pensacola,

after a visit to relatives here, is now
spending few days in Pensacola,
Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il. McLendon have
returned from their wedding trip, and
are at home to their friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. FL. NIcLendon gave
dainty four-course dinner In honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. McLendon FRI
day evening Covers were laid for
twelve.
Mr.. and Mrs C. +. Pemberton gave
a six-course dinner to ten guests In
honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Marshall.
Mrs Sarah Van Sands, of Hartford.
Conn, Is visiting in Wadesboro, after
an absence OF sixty-siS years Mrs
Van Sands is the daughter of the lata
Elisha Hubbard who with four
brothers, came to Wadcsbcro from
New England. in 1S2e. and established
stores. accommodating considerable
property The Hubbards sold out and
left Wadesboro 1913. Mrs. Van sands
was then ten years OF age. There We're
no railroads and she we'll rememb hers
the overland trip back to New Eng
land. IA a
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given the child in the obligations Of

~
citizenship, in the ideals OF govern
ment. and the necessity for the same
sense of honor In dealing with public
matters as with private. On other
subjects the mother could speak with
authority. On these she understood
that her opinions did not count. did
not challenge respect. even from her
child. and among the male members OF
her family created either amusement.
polite tolerance, or brought forth
the Pauline admonition that she keep
silent. Her opinions could not be.
emphasized byfan act. They We're In
operative, therefore valueless She
could not vote. Wherefore should she
think?
Question of Voting.
In many minds tho thought of a
woman casting a vote has some ngue
similarity to climbing u polo and
swinging off somewhere into dreadful
space. TO such the right of franchise
means not the exercise of an tntelli-
gent opinion concerning men and
measures of Importance affecting the
home. the city, the State, the nation,
butsthc mechanical act of depositinS q
piecc Of paper which is somehow assoc
cinted with deadly power for evil.
This group must be left to time, but
to that lurger one who secs only
obstacles and objections. only OWLS
and disasters. there should be given
full opportunity for frank discussion
until the many sides of the question
have been we'll weighed and loss
measured with gain, advantage with
disadvantages and wrong with right,
For the present this Is allatle Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia expects
to do. Advance in human progress
ican only come througll5the slow pro-
| ccsscs of evolution, and tits not iVrag.
| incd that when the franchise Is grant.
| cd women any startling results WI
| Immediately follow. Ruts 1t Is he
| levcd that no other single act vii
so Improve their position. SO civ,
! them recognition as intelligent, ri
! tional beings capable Qt thinking
| clearly and acting wisely.@and so Gre
| ate for their opinions respect and con
lsideration as the granting of the rish
of suffrage. He who fears that sucl
| granting Will lessen respect for thf
isscX falls In understanding of hannah
nature. Respect is rarely lessened by
|tl,c possession of power.
The Equal Suffrage League OF Viz
ginia hopes to continue It's existence
until equal suffrage has passed into
history az the successful Issue of It's
day. Its -menbers have been reared
I'M tho Virsinian atmosphore OF fair
splay aud no fhvors, 1t asks only that
the causes et.iis 7ereation, Its aims and
purposessts lln understood before con-
illusions fare reached either for or
against H.. i,
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Mon,t sncrIficc Homo.

One of the well-worn cries Of objec-
ton to women assuming the obliga-
lions of citizenship is the fear that the
home will be sacrificed and mother
hood be no longer the crown of wo-
manhood, 1t is difficult to be patient
with such an objection. More com-
polling than all law Is Love. and no
statute of man could crush from the
heart Of a woman the desire for pro-
lection In Its highest sense: for tho
making of shelter of joy and con-
tent for those who are dear to her,
for the best guardianship OF her SUI
premest possession--the children to
whom she has given life.
Six million women in the United
states are earning their living to-day.
Six million homes have to no lcft-by
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Wadesboro Social News.

tSpeclnl to eTlmessDispatch.l
e Wadesboro. N. G., January l5,-~Miss
an extended visit at tllntan, w. Va.
Mrs. W. i, McLehdon. of Marshall,
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be allowed to exercise an opinion in i
public matters certainly should not be
forced to do so. Those who do wish to
so exercise one should not be prevent
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1910-08-05
INDEPENDENCE SCHOOLS
Some Facts and Figures From
County Examiner Report

The following taken from the
county examiners report to the
state department of public instruc-
ton, shows the general condition
of the schools in independence
county.
Total numbero of districts 95; to-
tai number reported, "a; total
number of white children, 500;
total number of colored children,
402; total number white and color
ed, S,672; total number white
children enrolled 1929: total num-
Der colored children enrolled, 257;
total white and colored enrolled
6,4S6; average daily attendance,
white children, 3.799; average
daily attendance colored, 149; av-
erage daily attendance, white and
colored, 1928.
One hundred and thirty-one
teachers were employed, of which
127 were white and four colored.
OF the white teachers, 50 were
men and 40 were women.
Forty-four teachers held first
grade certificates, SO held second
grade and 80 held third grade.
First grade men received an av-
erage of $50 per month, while first
grade women received $43 pei
month.
Second grade men received S4a
per month, while second grade
women received $40 per month.
Third grade men received S3S
per month, while third grade
women received S3S per month.
The average length of term was
100 days.
There are 100 school buildings
in the county worth sos, $50. Val
ne of furniture and apparatus,
S11,505 Total value of school
property, $79,555.
The total amount received fol-
school purposes last year from all
sources was SIG, 1856. 60. Amount
spent for schools, $43, S67.18.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1910-08-05
GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
Interest in Arkansas State Fair Is
Becoming Widespread

The magnitude of the Arkansas
State Fair, to be held at Hot
Springs, October 1918, inclusive,
has increased to the point where
1t IS being spoken of by the lead
ing papers in other states as one
of the greatest state functions in
the southwest.
Ex-president Roosevelt will be
received by committe of notable
men when he arrives to participate
in the opening of the big show,
October TO- Among these will be
the governors of Arkansas, Miss
issippi, louisiana, Tennessee,
Missouri and Oklahoma. There
will also be numerous congressman
and senator's on the reception COM
mite. In addition to the above,
the State Fair officials have inylt-
ed Speaker Joe Cannon one of the
most talked of men In the United
States today; Judge Harmon of
Ohio, Democratic idol and probab-
lie nominee for the presidency; Adj
miral Dewey, hero Of Manila Bay
and Miss Helen Keller, the world
famoua- blind girl, who, although
deprived of thessenses of sight,
speech and hearing, has already
acquired an education far beyond
that of many noted graduates.
Poultry breeders throughout the
state will be glad to know that
work has already been commenced
on magnificent building in
which poultry exhibits will be TAX
en- care. of. Ample arrangements
are being made to accommodate
five thousand fowls.
Among other interesting feat
ures which will attract thousands
to the State Fair will be the an
nual conventions Of the Woodmen
of the World and the Fraternal
Order of Eagles. Friday. October
II, has been set aside as FraternaI
Day.