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an enemy, and his bill as a trick and
snare. In the Rhode ls.and legis'
lature the other day, member of the
house introduced a bill giving a
chance to Rhode Island women to
express their views by the casting OF
sample ballots He also was furiously
denounced by the suffragists, and the
suffrage organizations appointed com
mittees to wait upon him and tell him
what they thought of him. In South
Dakota, where suffrage amendment
to the constitution Is to be voted On
next November, ii was proposed that
at the primary election in June, a
chance be given to the women to vote
upon the suffrage question in order
that the men of the state might be
guided in their vote in November by
some knowledge of what the women
want But the suggestion also was
vehemently opposed by the suffragists.
If the suffragists believe that the ma
iCIity of women want the ballot, how
are we to account for the fact that,
always and everywhere, when an at
tempt is made to ascertain the opln-
ions OF women they vehemently op-
pose it? Surely, there could be no
better way of getting the ballot from
the hands of men than to make it
clear that the majority of women
want it.
In my own state of Massachusetts,,
We are in doubt as to the position of
women. Only fifteen years ago, the,
Massachusetts legislature invited all
women of voting age as well as all
men voters to answer Yes or No to-
the question is it eXpedient that nun
icipal suffrage be granted to women?
The suflragists opposed the DILL In the
legislature, and, after it was passed,
went to the governor and entreated
him to veto It, Being balfled in their
attempt to prevent the vote being TAX
en-, they threw themselves into the
campaign with great vigor. They can
vassed the state from end to end;
they held meetings and distributed
literature everywhere; and before the
election became so confident that The
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New York. What is there which
ought not to be there, or what is no
there which ought to be there, with
reference to which you need the help
of women voters and legislators?
| know that it is said that, if the
ballot is given to women, in some
mysterious way women's wages viii
be raised. But if this is so, why does
not the ballot raise mems wages? We
see continually the struggles OF men
wage-earners to obtain better condi-
tions, but when they succeed it is by
agencies with which the ballot has
nothing to do. AS matter of fact,
has the ballot raised the wages OF
women in woman suffrage states? We
have negative testimony upon this
point from excellent suffrage author
ity with reference to the most import
ant and populous of the suffrage
states--Colorado. Miss Helen Sum-
mer of your state went out to Colo
RADIO some time ago to study condi-
tions there with reference to woman
suffrage. She went out as a represen-
tative of the College Equal Suffrage
League. Naturally she found many
cheering things, for it was those she
was in search of. But she found other
things not so cheering, and in writing
her book Equal Suffrage she was too
candid to suppress them. Writing up
on this question of the ballot and
wages, she says, ut is probably true
that suffrage has nothing to do with
the wages Of either men or women"
(page 170). AS to public employ
ments, Miss Summer concludes (page
155 that taking public employment
as a whole, women receive consider
ably lower remuneration than men,"
With reference TO the pay OF women
teachers Miss Sumner makes the sur
prising statement that not only do
women teachers in Colorado receive
lower salaries than men, but that the
difference "in the salaries OF men and
women teachers in Colorado, instead
of being unusually small is unusually
large (page 15O. Yet it is, here, If
anywhere, that we should look for
some effect of the ballot upon wages,
for school teachers are public SER
wants. Upon another point also, the
supposed effect of woman suffrage in
the publication of politics, we get
light from Miss Summers book. She
found in a single county, Arapahoe
county, 1872 women who were frau
dulently registered. 1t is true that, In
the same county the number of men
illegally registered was twice as large;
but it would appear that considering
the short time they have been voting,
women have learned how to play the
game of politics with considerable
rapidity and success.
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Z. A MANS REASONS AGAINST {:
:; WOMAN SUFFRAGE. u
n

Remarks by Mr.. Frank Foxcroft, OF
Boston, Before the judiciary Com
mittee Of the Legislature Of New
York, March 9, 1910.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee:
There are three fundamental and
elementary reasons against woman
suffrage, TO which | respectfully ask
your attention:
The first IS that the great majority
of women do not want the ballot The
time has long passed when candid suf'
fragists were able to claim that they
spoke for the sex. They now know
better. A member of your honorable
body has introduced n bill providing
an opportunity for all the women OF
New York of voting age to express
their views upon the grant Of the bal
lot. Have the suffragists Of your
state welcomed this short and easy
way OF obtaining an expression of the
opinions OF women? Quite the CON
trary. They have denounced the gen
tleman who introduced the proposal as
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Woman's Journal announced that, ait
er the election, Massachusetts sutfra-
gists would probably be able to claim
hat they spoke for the majority OF
Massachusetts, women The Massa.
chusetts Association Of women oppos'
ed to the suffrage did not advise wom'
en- who agreed with them to so to the
polls and vote No, but they appealed
to the men of the state TO give
strong vote against the proposal. Their
appeal was heard, and the men record
ed a majority of more than 100000
against the proposal, largest ma
jolity ever given in Massachusetts
against any proposal submitted to the
voters. As to the women, what hap
pened? Out of possibly 100000 wom-
en- of voting age, privileged to vote
and invited to vote upon the question,
only about 22,000, or less than four
per cent, went to the polls and voted
Yes. In AZ towns not single woman
voted in the affirmative; and in 13S
other towns, there were not more than
Is women, in any of them, who voted
Yes. Since that time, Massachusetts
suffragists have been forced to admit
that they represent only a minority OF.
the women of the state.
The second reason against woman
suffrage to which | ask your attention
is that women, as class, are already
carrying their full share of the bur
dens OF life. | speak not of the eX-
ceptional woman but of the average
woman. The average woman is STILL
and will always be, If society and the
state are to be secure, the wife, the
the home-maker. The nara
conditions of modern life have forced
an increasing number of women to.
leave the shelter of the home to face
the risks and undergo the hardships
of self-support. But even so, the eX'
pectation of marriage and the home
shortens the working terms of nun
dreds of thousands of such women,
and reacts upon the wages of women
more than any other influence. The
woman of the home, and her sister the
woman wage-earner scarcely less, is
already over-burdened with duties
from which she cannot be relieved and
from which no one proposes to re-
lieve her. Why should the responsi-
bilities of the suffrage be added? Our
Massachusetts, suffragists distributed
broadcast last fall a leaflet in which
they told women that casting bal
lot was something that took not more
than two minutes Of time and that
could be done on the way to market.
So, doubtless, 1t can. But of what use
to the state or to women would he a
ballot so lightly and carelessly cast?
We all know that the casting of bal
lot does not exhaust the duties of cit
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changes brought about by the votes of
a majority of women Joined with the
votes of minority of men. Let me
take a single illustration. There is
now pending before your honorable
body a bill which proposes TO give
women the ballot in local option
elections in towns. Suppose this bill
be enacted, what then? The purpose
Of those who support it would not be
accomplished unless, in some towns,
where a majority of men favor license,
a minority OF men plus the majority
of women would have it in their pow
er to carry the town for no-lcense
Would this be good thing? How far
can you go in the enforcement of no
license In community where the ma
jority OF the men are opposed to It?
The same principle holds in regard
to other questions. You cannot afford
to carry legislation much farther than
you are sustained by the public senti-
ment of men. Behind law there must
always be force, to make it effective
Women, by the limitations Of their
sex, are untitled for the stern work of
enforcing law. 1t would be Ill for
any state, for any country, where
legislation was shaped by women, over
the heads of a majority OF men. I'm
der such conditions, you would soon
have, not government, but chaos
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-26
RHEUMATISM
PURIFYING THE BLOOD
THE ONLY PERMANENT CURE

No case of Rheumatism was ever
cured except by thorough purifica-
ton of the blood; just as long as the
blood remains charged with fernent-
ing uric acid poison, the painful dis
ease will continue. The pains and
aches of Rheumatism are simply su-
perfcial effects of the impurities in
the circulation, and sometimes may
be temporarily relieved by the appli-
cation of plasters, liniments, hot
cloths, etc. But the person who trifles
with this dangerous disease by de-
pending on local treatment alone, is
certain to pay for the mistake with
constant suffering later on. S. S. S.
cures Rheumatism in the only way it
is possible to cure the disease. 1t
goes down into the blood, and re-
moves the uric acid from the circula-
ton, so that the nerves, bones, mus
cles and joints are fabricated and fed
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blood, the pains and aches cease, all
Inflammation disappears, stiffened
muscles are made plant, and every
troublesome symptom of Rheumatism
is permanently corrected. Book on
Rheumatism and any medical advice
free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
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Men make up their minds; women
make up their faces.
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with nourlSn-
ing elements
instead of being
continually ir-
ritated and in
famed with the
sharp, uratic
/ nj p i t y
When S. S. S.
has c lie a II S e d
and purified the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-05-05

With impatience and high hopes
the Streight raiders set out from
Nashville on April 10, 1863, under or
ders to repair Ito the interior of Ala
bama and Georgia. for the purpose of
destroying the railroads in that coun-
try"
Upon the entrance of the raiders
into North Mississippi they were
ioincd by Il considerable force under
General GYcnvillc ". Dodge, whose
orders were TO facilitate the advance
Of Streight upon his important mis-
sion. 1t was the intent OF the Fed
erals so to divert the ConfederatcS
under Colonel p. d. Roddy by minor
skirmishes as to cause them to lose
sight OF the movements of Streisht.
On the 2Gth of April, 1868, just
past midnight, through almost impen-
etrable darkness and steady down.
pour of rain, Streight's lightning bri-
gade" rode out of Tuscumbia, Ala,
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he had taken up behind him on his
horse in his haste to discover the
crossing.
Il am not afraid" she declared
stoutly.
Are you sure about the ford?"
Forrest asked anXiously.
Il have seen our COWS pick their
way over in low water. l am sure!
AS they neared the place she indi-
Gated they dismounted and crept
through the underbrush toward the
ford. When they came into view OF
the raider sharpshooters across the
river their lives were in grave peril,
but the girls courage was of the quail
ity Of the fearless Confederate lead
er's and she stood her ground. On
they went to the very spot where
reasonably safe footing Was TO be
secured for the daring riders in gray.
winding their way down the mountain
road. When his Young guide had
pointed out to him the ZiSZas course
acrCss the swift stream she returned
10 the little home.
When Slreight, who had halted il
the town of GaGsdcn. four miles dis
tant, to destroy some commissary
stores stationed there. discovered that
Forrest was again after him. he felt
chat indeed he was veritable wizard,
and one. too, that was in covenant
with hell and leagued with the devil.
Again the raiders went forward
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The Alabama soldiers with the
Federals were familiar with the
passes, and this was Of service to
Streisht, for with his dreaded foe at
his heels, and detachments circling
around the mountain sides endeaVor-
ing to form a juncture to meet his ad-
vance, he seemed to be caught IN
tran. AS he ascended the western
crest of the mountain, which Is the
southwestern termination of the great
Appalachian range. and looked below
TO the valley which surrounded hlm'
the bold Indianian saw that he was
in a capital position to make stano.
He laid an ambush which was meas
urably effective. Counter-stratasem
and some vigorous fighting followed,
in which FORESTS only two cannon
were captured and number OF men
and horses killed on both sides.
The Wizard Of the Saddle told
hi. hand that their guns must be re-
taken if every man died in the at
tcmnt. and that they must dismount.
hitch their horses TO saplings and be-
gin their task. assuring them that II
they did not succeed they would neF-
or need their horses again.
From this moment there was run
ming fight across Sand Mountain.
Streight advanced as rapidly as pos
sible. and VIXEN finding his rear too
hard pressed, would take his stand
and fight or ambuscade his adversary.
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Emma Sansom, a Heroine.
By MARIE BANKHEAD OWEN.

TEEN and gratitude Of our people ana
a place in history as the heroine Oh
Alabama
Several times since this act efforts
have also been made to have the State
seal changed from its present form 10
a scene representing Emma SAMSON
riding behind General Forrest, and
directing him to the now immortal
lost ford
There was no more heroic or pic
turesque occurrence during the war
between the United States and the
Confederate States than the adven-
ture in which this incident figured.
an adventure rejecting glory upon all
participants. Federal and Confederate
alike. for it was one calling for high
courage, dauntless daring and the
best mettle of true soldiership.
After the battle OF Murfreesboro
Major-General w. S. Rosecrans, of
the Federal army. determined, if pos
sible. to manoeaser Major-General
Bralton Bragg. commanding the Con-
federate Army of Tennessee, south OF
the Tennessee River in order that the
Confederates might not gain posses
sion of the natural stronghold of Chat
tanooga One step toward this end
was to destroy the two railroads lead
ing from that mountain city, one to
Atlanta. the other to Knoxville, by
which sustenance for the Confederates
could be supplied. The undertaking
was entrusted to a body of raiders
under the leadership of Colonel Abel
D. Streight. of Indiana. The plans of
this great enterprise, fraught with
great consequences" for it was thus
that the order ran, were carefully laid
by Rosecrans and his chief-of-staff.
igadier-General James A. Garfield,
with the aid and advice Of the intre-
pid Hoosier who was to be its leader.
The command selected by Colonel
Streight was the Fifty-first and the
Seventy-third Indiana, the Third Ohio.
the Eighteenth Illinois and two COM
panies of Alabama Union cavalry,
about 10000 officers and men in all.
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over broken and boggy roads, headed
for Mount Hope, thirty-six miles dis
tant, where they were to make their
enCampment. At sunset, hungry and
weary, having made only one halt for
food, they reached their destination,
from General Dodge that he had For
rest, the Wizard of the Saddle, y
whose pursuit was Streight's greatest
fear. upon the run in another diTcc-
ton. Early morning found the raid
ers pushing forward with all possible
progress through rain, mud and across
swollen streams. buoyed, however. by
the hope of success. Again at night
fall they rested. but on the morning
of the Goth. scarcely beyond mid
night, they once more rode off in the
darkness and the rain.
Forrest and his band OF 1000 men
had cut loose from in front OF Dodge,
and they, too. were riding through
the night with its ceaseless downpour
in hot pursuit of the confident raid
ers, and only sixteen miles behind
them,
On through those early hours the
two bodies of soldiers rode. Streight
bound for Rome. Ga. and Forrest
bent on capturing Streight. Both
forces moved along at steady gait
and by night of the 29th, the Fed
erals, after having swept the country
clean for swath of several miles on
each side of the road, entered into
Days Gap. the gorge that leads to
the summit of Sant Mountain. Here
the raiders rested for the night.
At daylight Streight moved for
ward, but before he had proceeded
two miles his rear guard was attacked
BY Forrest
The following three days contest
across Sand Mountain, as these con-
tending foes struggled to outwit, out
fight and ovcrmaster each the other
affords a dramatic spectacle rarely
eQualed in military annals. The set
ting was most auspicious for the trS-
gic action-a rugged country with
PERCEPTIONS cliffs and deep ravines,
cut across here and there with leap
ing streams; the combatants. two
bands of men who were soldiers all,
patriots all. venturing their lives for
their conscienccs' sake: the roar Of
cannon. the rattle of musketry, the
clank of crossed swords. the silences
of ambush. the cries of victory, the
groans of death. And over all now
that April showers had ceased, clear
spring skies or the silver rays of the
Southern moon.
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<aldDdIud ny NIS -hltOtIlio IA
vision. United Daughters
OF the Confederacy.
On July the Fourth, 1907, there
was unveiled in Gadsden, Ala, near
the site of her immortal deed of cour-
age, a monument to Emma Sarsom,
the Confederate heroine, to whom the
distinction belongs of having reared
in her honor a monument, which bears
upon its pedestal her figure in Italian
marble, and in relief upon the base,
scenes from the incidents which gave
her fame, together with epigrammatic
Inscriptions that perpetuate that
fame for all time in history.
No such signal honor has been be-
slowed upon any other woman par
ticipant in the daring deeds of those
epic years in our history embraced in
the early sixties of the nineteenth
century.
1t was to Emma Sansoms memory
also that DR.. John A. Wyeth dedicated
his monumental Life of General Ma
than Bedford Forrest" Among the
dedicatory lines is found this enco-
MUM: "She was woman worthy OF
being remembered by her countrymen
as long as courage is deemed a vir-
tue" and in the text Of the book he
says further: "As long as the fame of
Nathan Bedford Forrest shall last
among men-and it must endure for
ever-coupled with it in artless wom-
anhood and heroic pose viii! be the
name of Emma SAMSON"
Soon after the incident occurred
which brought this mountain girl into
public view, and placed her immemo-
rally in the hearts of all who love a
true soul and brave, the State OF Ala
bama in General Assembly adopted a
series of joint resolutions donating to
her a section of land and gold medal
Gin consideration of public services
rendered by her"
The resolutions set forth that "she
exalted herself above the fears of her
nature and the timidity Of her SEX
with a maiden's modesty and more
than woman'S courage, rendered her
services as guide, and, in the face OF
an enemy's fire, and amid the can
mons roar, safely conducted our gal
liant forces by circuitous route to an
easy and safe crossing, and left them
in eager pursuit Of affecting foe. which
resulted ir a complete and brilliant
victory to our arms within the con-
fines of our own State. By her cour-
age, her patriotism, her devotion to
our cause, and by the great public
service she has rendered, she has Sc
cured to herself the admiration. es-
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Government Fursues Gamblers.

New York. SpeciaI.-Following the
raiding Saturday OF two alleged buck.
bishops, TO the accompaniment Of
arrests and the cutting of wires, a
new turn has been given to the
government crusade by the statement
of federal inspectors that other
arrets are to follow and that sew
eral prominent brokers not yet NAM
ed are the real object Of attack.
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Forrest harried him constantly, at
tempting TO circle around him. and
steadily shooting at everything blue"
to keep up the scare" That night
the fight was renewed, Forrest. as al
ways, leading the assault in person.
The rencountcr became so spirited
ard so desperate that the participants
grappled hand to hand. When he
could no longer Withstand the attack,
Str2iSht ordered retreat. leaving
Forrest his coveted guns, which. how
ever, had been prudCntly spiked. At
once, with renewed eagerness. the
COnfederates were upon the heels of
their fleeing foe, Late in the night,
under the light of full moon, there
was fighting. following an ambuscade,
and again more fighting following an
other ambuscade. The following morn
ing the raiders reached Black Creek.
"a crooked. deep and sluggish stream
with precipitous clay banks and mud
bottom" which has its source on
Lookout Mountain.
Before reaching the bridge which
crossed Black Creek there was an un-
pretentious country home owned and
occupied by the VIZ Som and
her two young lis nne
was entered / e dreaded "'< y
KEGS" and the Ishly searched r
firearms and saddles. The only on
and protector of the home VIZ far
away in a Confederate comman The
indignity> of this invasion was Keenly
resented by the three lone women.
and to appease their fears the raider
chief placed a guard around the house
'for their protection Emma. the
Young red-haircd sixteen-year-old
daughter, was still in high dudSeon
over the occurrence when General
Forrest. little after the Yankee"
had taken their departure. rode up to
the gate. He found an eager little
Confederate volunteer
They have burned the bridge,
They have burned the bridge" she
cried. but | know the way through
the lost ford. No ore else can show
you. No one else knows"
1T will take me three hours to
reach the bridge above this ruined
one" Forrest said. meditativeiy: Il
cannot lose three hours. Come, show
ME the way"
Streight's rear guard was still
posted across the river, the cannon
balls and rifle shots were flying
through the air.
There is great danger to YOU.
Maybe YOU had better 20 back" the
General said to the young girl whom
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Fortifcations for Panama Canal

Washington, Special.-In a mes
sage accompanied by a detailed re-
port from the war department, Pres
ident Taft Saturday sent to con-
gress information regarding the nee
essity for Immediately beginning the
fortifcation Of the Panama canal in
order to have it completed by 1915.
the date set for finishing the con-
struction of the canal. The reports
accompanying the message do not give
the exact locations of the proposed
Notifications, but it is expected that
this can not be furnished until in
formation has been obtained regarding
the "status and availability of eer-
tain parcels of land