Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-05

The scene OF the suffragette fight
in Kansas shifts 20 the Fifth district
this week and Dickinson county IL
70 be made the ha-e 81 operations,
With banners flying and trumpets
announcing their approach some OF
. the best known suffragettes OF the
state will swing into Dickinson
county early tomorrow for two
weeks automobile campaign Of the
district. The guest of honor and
the principle speaker ON this CAM
paign Is Miss Laura M. Clay Of KEN
lucky. With her will be Mrs. w.
A. Johnston of Topeka, state presi-
dent of the Equal Suffrage League;
Mrs. w. r. Stubs and Mrs. @. A..
KimbalI, OF Manhattan, district presi-,
dent Of the Equal Suffrage League.
The first stop. will be made at
Enterprise where Miss Clay and the
party will be entertained at dinner
and i'm the evening Miss Clay will
speak on the street at Enterprise to
the old settlers who are celebrating
at Enterprise tomorrow and Friday.
On Friday morning Mrs. G. A. Hoff-
man of Enterprise and Mrs. George
Humphrey of Junction City viii Join
the party for the tour Of the dis
trict.
At 8 O'Clock Friday afternoon the
party will arrive at Abilene and
will be entertained at the home of
Mrs. ]. e. Johntz. The reception
at the Johntz home will be held be-
tween and 5 o'clock, and all the
women Of Abilene who are interested
in the work are invited to meet Miss
Clay and the other members of the
party. On Friday evening Miss Clay
and all the other visiting suffra-
gettes will speak in the park and
all the people of Abilene are urged
to be present to hear these noted
suffragettes.
The campaign which starts tomor-
row is to be a speed campaign and
distances will be burned between
the towns in which the women are
to speak. Mrs. Johnson was asked
yesterday whether they expected to
accomplish much ooh, my yes she
said, we're going to canvass every
town en- route"
Miss Clay is an exceedingly in-1
teresting woman; she is practical
farmer and manages 275 acres of
land. She has devoted most Of her
life to suffrage problems and was
the first president of the Kentucky
Equal Rights association. She is
especially well educated and has
done much to promote the cause.
The latter part of the program
for the trip is as follows:
September 1.-THE official party
consisting of Miss Clay, Mrs. john
ston, Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Hoff-
man, accompanied by the Abilene
cars, will go to Minneapolis. Ottawa
county, with short stops at Solomon,
Niles, vardi and Bennington on the
way.
September S-The party will go
to Delnhos in the evening.
September 9--Beloit In Mitchell
county. stopping at GIascO. simpson
and Ashervllle.
September 1O--Concordia In Cloud
county, stopping at scottsviIle Yuma
and jamestown on the way.
September 11-Clay Center in
Clay county. with short stops on the
way.
September 12-Junction City in
Geary county, with brief halts en-
route.
September 49, Manhattan in Riley
county.
September 14-BIue Rapids in
Marshall county.
September 15-MarysvilIe in Mar
shall county.
September 1s--washingtOn in
county.
September 17-BelleyilIe in Re-
public county. speaks In the after
noon and at CORTLAND at night
September 1S--Mankato in jew
ell county. Here Mrs. G. w. Smith
Of the Sixth district will entertain
Miss Clay.